Chunfengting Inn.

Room on the second floor.

Hu Fei left Chundie's room and went straight back to his own room. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Xiao An in black robe sitting at the table drinking tea.

Seeing Xiao An finally appear, Hu Fei frowned slightly, his eyes fixed on Xiao An, looking up and down, as if he wanted to see through Xiao An completely.

"How do you feel? Have all the poisons in your body been eliminated?"

Xiao An looked up at Hu Fei and asked slowly.

"Thanks to you, I am no longer seriously injured. I will recover with a little rest."

Hu Fei replied calmly while looking at Xiao An.

"That's good. Peiping is no better than the capital. Beiyuan will send assassins here at any time. If you think there is no problem, go back to Beijing as soon as possible. It has been nearly a month since you left Beijing. Prime Minister Hu should also be very worried about your safety."

Xiao An nodded and reminded him.

"We'll talk about this later. I have a question I want to ask you. Although I don't know what kind of poison I was hit with, I can definitely feel its power."

"But you can actually resolve it with just three pills. How can there be so many miraculous medicines in the world? If you say that you don't understand Chunqiu Tang and the innkeeper's drug habits, I simply can't believe it."

"If my guess is correct, the Beiyuan Anzhuan who transformed into the innkeeper should also be from Chunqiu Hall, right?!"

"who are you?!"

Hu Fei looked at Xiao An and asked word for word.

In fact, from the time Xiao An appeared until now, he only knew that Xiao An was Hu Weiyong's man. Before, he had been lurking in the dark to protect Hu Weiyong, but now he had become his own shadow and started to protect him. As for the rest, he knew nothing about it.

Hearing Hu Fei's question, Xiao An couldn't help but frown and remained silent without explaining.

"What? You don't want to answer?"

"Then I am even more certain now that there must be some kind of relationship between you, Wu Yun, Yu Lingji, and Chunqiu Hall. Does the old man know about this?"

"Also, who are those people who appeared in the Yamen of Fanyang City? Your subordinates?"

Hu Fei hesitated for a moment, then sat directly opposite Xiao An, staring into Xiao An's eyes and asking, as if he would not give up until he found out the reason.

"Those people are the dark forces secretly cultivated by Hu Xiang. They are just a part of it. If it weren't for you, they shouldn't have shown up in the first place."

Xiao An looked up at Hu Fei and said expressionlessly.

After hearing Xiao An's words, Hu Fei couldn't help but open his eyes in surprise. Although he had already guessed it, when Xiao An said all this, he still couldn't suppress the surprise in his heart.

Those people are highly skilled, definitely not weaker than Jin Yiwei and the former inspectors. With such power, they are enough to accomplish many things.

"They have a unified name, Qilin Society, and the people in it are all loyal to Prime Minister Hu to the death. And now, Prime Minister Hu has decided to hand them over to you."

Xiao An looked at Hu Fei, hesitated for a moment, and answered slowly.

"Qilin Club?"

Hu Fei recited the name silently, his face solemn and his brows furrowed.

Now he suddenly had some doubts as to whether the words Hu Weiyong once told him that he had never had any intention of rebelliousness were true!

"Are you the one behind the Qilin Society?"

Then, Hu Fei looked at Xiao An again and asked in a deep voice.

"No, they will always belong to Xiang Hu, including myself. I will only live for Xiang Hu in this life. I am only responsible for managing them for Xiang Hu."

Xiao An shook his head and said seriously.

"What about you? Who are you? What secrets are there between you and Chunqiu Hall?!"

Hu Fei stared at Xiao An and continued to ask.

"There are some things that you don't need to know. You just need to know that neither I nor the Qilin Society will swear allegiance to Prime Minister Hu."

But Xiao An didn't intend to answer, and suddenly stood up. After speaking slowly, he walked straight to the door.

"By the way, remember what I just said and leave Peiping as soon as possible. It's not a good place to stay here for a long time. Don't let Mr. Hu worry for too long."

When he reached the door, Xiao An stopped and turned his head and said something.

"Chuntie needs to recuperate from his injury. I have no plans to leave just yet. I have the final say when I leave."

Hu Fei narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice without looking back.

Xiao An's refusal to answer made him feel very unhappy, but he couldn't beat him again and again, and Xiao An was not as respectful to him as he was to the old man, so he had no choice but to do anything.

Xiao An frowned, hesitated for a moment, said nothing, walked out of the door and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Hu Fei sat on the chair with a sullen face. This unknown helplessness made him feel very uneasy.

Especially Xiao An's words of swearing allegiance to Prime Minister Hu. From the current point of view, Xiao An is loyal to Hu Weiyong, not him!

He had long been accustomed to controlling everything, but Xiao An and the Qilin Society were just beyond his control, so he decided to ask Hu Weiyong for clarification after returning to the capital.

...

at dusk.

Hu Fei took Pei Jie and Ye Qing to walk slowly on the streets of Beiping City, feeling the excitement and prosperity of the place.

Although Peiping is located on the border, it is still indispensable for its prosperity. There are brothels and casinos, and restaurants and inns can be found everywhere.

Without the protection of a large number of Jinyi Guards and Golden Cavalry Guards around him, at this moment, he has become a member of this bustling crowd. He is no longer regarded as a maverick individual. No one stops to watch or retreats.

He is very ordinary now, so ordinary that no one would look at him twice.

However, Pei Jie and Ye Qing did not dare to take it lightly. They followed closely behind them, staring at everyone around them with all their attention, and kept their spirits high.

The group from the northern border not only killed Li Yu and Zhao Quande, but also went on a killing spree in the government offices of Fanyang City, and finally burned down the government offices.

Such an ending has completely humiliated the Beiyuan Imperial Court, and will only bring about deeper hatred, and killers will definitely be sent to assassinate him.

After a long time, the three of them happened to pass by a wine shop full of singing and dancing birds. The refreshing aroma of wine hit their nostrils, and the laughter of women kept coming.

Hu Fei stopped, took a deep breath, and walked slowly into the wine shop.

What attracted him was not the woman, but the unbearably itchy aroma of wine.

Soon, under the guidance of the waiter, the three of them went directly to the third floor and chose a private room facing the street.

"The wine you have here is pretty good. Give me three jars first!"

Hu Fei took a look at the scenery outside the window, slowly sat on the chair next to the window, and said to the waiter eagerly.

"okay!"

"Sir, you must be from a foreign country, right? We have not only fine wines here, but also beauties, who can play, play, sing, play, play, calligraphy and painting, and are good at everything."

The waiter looked at Hu Fei and said flatteringly.

Although this place is not a brothel, there are girls who are more outstanding than those in a brothel. They sing and dance and are so beautiful.

"I just want wine."

Hu Fei looked at the waiter and said very seriously.

He is not a lecherous person. He often went to Yanyu Tower in the capital just for fun. But now he is not in that mood and there is no need to pretend to anyone.

The waiter was stunned, hurriedly shut up, agreed, and ran downstairs quickly.

"Master, the poison in your body has just been removed. Drinking alcohol now may not be good for your health."

Pei Jie hesitated for a moment, then raised his hands and said.

"I know what I know, no need for you to talk!"

Hu Fei glanced at Pei Jie and said in a deep voice.

From finding out that he became Hu Weiyong's son to now, there have been too many thrills and hardships along the way, which made him exhausted physically and mentally.

Coupled with Xiao An's mysterious identity and the appearance of the Qilin Society, he felt heavy. Now he just wanted to get drunk.

Pei Jie bowed his hands and did not dare to say anything more.

Soon, the waiter brought in three jars of wine and placed them respectfully on the table.

"Sir, would you like some side dishes? The dishes that go with wine are also our signature dishes."

The waiter hesitated and looked at Hu Fei, who had lowered his head and started pouring the wine, and asked tentatively.

But Hu Fei ignored it at all. He poured a bowl of wine and drank it all in one gulp.

"Drink dry?"

The waiter looked at Hu Fei who said nothing and said hesitantly, with a puzzled look on his face.

"It has nothing to do with you here, get down!"

Ye Qing on the side glared at the waiter and said in a deep voice.

Hearing Ye Qing's scolding, the waiter shrank his neck and left in a hurry.

If he knew that Hu Fei in front of him was the boss behind Hong Binlou, his jaw would probably be shocked, and he would not dare to say that the dishes in his store are signature dishes.

There is also a semicolon of Hong Bin Tower in Beiping City, but Hu Fei did not go there. Since he promised to go outside to hear more and see more, he should see the people and things outside.

In this way, Hu Fei sat alone at the table, drinking bowl after bowl of wine from the altar, hoping to use the burning wine to temporarily numb his nerves and forget the many worries in his heart...


Chapter completed!