Jin Yu Dynasty

Chapter 98

Xuan Huaifeng came out from the prime minister's study.

There was no one outside the door, and the vicious soldiers who rushed in just now, as well as Secretary He, were gone, so no one stopped Xuan Huaifeng when he came out.

He was greeted only by ornate corridor railings and decorations.

And this magnificence, in Xuan Huaifeng's eyes, is hazy with gray shadows.

He walked slowly in this hazy gray shadow.

The humiliation that swept away just now washed his tendons and marrow, as if the blood vessels in his limbs were still there, but the hot blood inside seemed to be coagulated or emptied.

Strange to say.

When he was pressed down and knelt just now, he felt his skin was being rushed by the blood, as if it was about to swell and burst. The body was sprayed and splashed, which made every cell in pain, but the farther away from the door of the study, The pain of humiliation gradually became numb.

He walked ignorantly along the promenade he passed by when he came, and stepped down the stairs covered with French art bricks step by step.

Probably because of the tingling sensation from knees and calves from time to time due to the kneeling just now, if it wasn’t for this tingling that reminded him, it would be difficult for him to find his feet, because he really felt that his body was empty.

In front of his eyes, there were large black shadows, rolling and churning like a tsunami and a hurricane, and there was no sound in his ears.

A servant in the Prime Minister's Mansion brushed past him, Xu recognized him, stopped to say something, maybe called him, Xuan Huaifeng only saw his respectful expression, his lips opened and closed twice, but a I didn't hear the words.

Xuan Huaifeng nodded indifferently, and the footman smiled and left.

Xuan Huaifeng continued to walk towards the exit, slowly.

He also didn't understand why he had to force himself to act calmly, as if some rules and regulations were pressing on him, forcing him to pretend to be calm like this.

Obviously there is no strength in his body, and his limbs are obviously empty. He is like a person whose head was smashed by a stick and the blood splashed all over the street. At the same time, he also stubbornly thought that he had already been humiliated in the study, and now he must straighten his spine.

He has been to the Prime Minister's Mansion several times, and he has never felt that it is so spacious and large. It seems that a single underground hall occupies hundreds of acres of land. From the stairs to the gate, it seems that he can't finish it in a lifetime.

Needle drop is audible all around.

But Xuan Huaifeng vaguely felt that this kind of silence that could be heard when a needle fell pierced into the bone marrow.

In the silence, there seems to be prying eyes, from behind the window, behind the pillar, behind the door, or upstairs, the cross corridor outside, looking far away, like exploring, hiding a deep meaning of snickering and discussion.

Those gazes, maybe they were real, maybe they were just his imagination, but he ignored them.

He stared ahead, straightened his back, and walked upright.

I don't know how long it took, but this section of the road is finally over. In Xuan Huaifeng's vision, the towering and majestic gate top of the Prime Minister's Mansion appears. The guards in front of the gate always stand still, like a statue of Yan Luo who is not smiling.

Song Ren had been waiting impatiently outside the gate, stretching his neck to look in, his thick eyebrows furrowed tightly.

As soon as he found Xuan Huaifeng's shadow, the two thick eyebrows relaxed for a while. Song Ren stepped over a few steps and almost touched the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion. The guard next door saw it and warned impatiently, "What are you doing! What are you doing? ! It’s not that you don’t know where this place is, you brother must obey some rules!”

Song Ren turned his head and said, "Brother, I was appointed by President Bai to be an errand. President Bai and your Prime Minister Bai are brothers."

One of the guards said: "Isn't it just because you are Chief Bai's man? If someone else could have allowed you to stay here for so long like a gatekeeper? The person you are waiting for has come out, please move out of the way. This is different from other places. Let the superior Seeing irrelevant people crowded at the gate, how do we explain it?"

As they were talking, Xuan Huaifeng had already left the gate.

Song Ren stopped talking to the guards, and went up to meet him and said, "Adjutant Xuan, why have you been here for so long? I'm afraid we won't be able to make an appointment with the doctor."

Xuan Huaifeng came out of the hazy gray shadow at once, the sun above his head was scorching white, and the shadow of the sun was long, wanting to make all the filth under the sky appear and splash down.

He raised his eyelids and glanced up silently, feeling that the sunlight was glaring for the first time in his life, almost piercing his tears.

Then he must not cry.

Not only can't shed tears, but also can't reveal a trace of grievance, sadness, or pain.

Because if it is so embarrassing, some people's wishes will be fulfilled.

Song Ren said a few words beside him, but he was in a daze and didn't hear them. He finally heard the last sentence, and replied: "Official documents need to be signed and signed by officials. I waited for a while, so it took a while. time."

Song Ren asked again, and he replied flatly: "My face has been like this for the past few days, it's just because I'm tired. When the work is done, just rest for a few days."

After finishing speaking, he tried to move the muscles on his face, but found that he could still squeeze out a shallow smile.

Song Ren is a good hand when it comes to guarding, but when it comes to observing words and demeanor and being delicate, he is not up to the mark.In the past few days, he followed Xuan Huaifeng to go around back and forth, and he also knew that Xuan Huaifeng was really exhausted.

What's more, although he doesn't like to inquire about other people's privacy, he often listens to the servants in the mansion whispering, discussing the impulsive physique and enthusiasm of the Shandong man in the chief, which is really enough for Adjutant Xuan to bear.

It seems like last night...

That is, the chief executive is not sympathetic enough to others.

Song Ren thought of these things in his head, and it was too late to avoid them, let alone use them to advise Xuan Huaifeng. He touched his nose and asked Xuan Huaifeng what he meant, "Would you like to see that foreign doctor? I didn't dare to say you, You shouldn't have dealt with Adjutant Sun's matter. Do you think there's not much to do? You're so tired that your face is bloodless, and if you get sick when you go back, you'll always have a big fuss when you get angry."

Xuan Huaifeng was calm on the surface, but his heart was vague, happy and sad, and chaotic.

Many thoughts are mixed together, just like countless sauces are overturned and mixed together, sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty and pungent, but in the end, there is no orderly taste.

Instead of savoring these painful tastes quietly, it is better never to let yourself be idle.

Xuan Huaifeng said: "Mr. Brown's date is definitely going."

Song Ren asked: "Going now, I'm afraid it's a quarter of an hour too late. Didn't you say that foreign devils love to watch clocks and watches, and they always leave by themselves when they don't see anyone at an appointed time? I don't know if the foreigner has left, so why not..."

Xuan Huaifeng said, "Stop talking, get in the car."

The tone was calm and firm.

After speaking, he went straight to the direction where the car was parked.

After getting into the car, Xuan Huaifeng said to the driver, "Drive, hurry up."

Then he clasped his hands together and leaned back on the back seat, pretending to close his eyes and rest his mind.

Song Ren had preconceived ideas, seeing him like this, he thought he was tired, and was afraid of disturbing his rest, so he didn't say a word, and didn't make a sound, but he didn't know that Xuan Huaifeng had his arms around his chest, and deliberately put his palms against his body, pressing Where others could not see, the ten fingers hidden in the sleeve folds under the elbows were trembling slightly.

The place they agreed with Dr. Brown was actually an office temporarily rented by Dr. Brown in the city.

Dr. Brown's talent can't find a place to display it, and this office is just a half-baked place. It is only open for two or three days a week, but according to the usual practice, a young woman who can type is hired in a small cubicle outside. A clerk acts as a secretary.

As a foreign doctor, Dr. Brown must have this pomp.

The car stopped in front of the building where the office was located.

Xuan Huaifeng "closed his eyes and rested his mind" in the car for this section of the road, finally controlled the trembling of his fingers, heard the brakes, and heard the sound of the guards opening the door, Xuan Huaifeng opened his eyes, cheered up and went to the car go outside.

Stretch out your foot from the car and touch it down, but you can't find the ground.

Xuan Huaifeng noticed that his eyes were slightly dark, and subconsciously grasped the car door tightly with five fingers, supporting his body.

A guard said "Yo!" next to his ear.

Then someone supported him.

Song Ren was taken aback by this, and strode up to hold him firmly from the other side, staring and said: "I told you to go back to the mansion, but you just didn't go back. Could something be wrong?"

As soon as he became nervous, he couldn't control his loud voice, which made the ears of those who were close to him buzz.

Xuan Huaifeng was also a little sobered by his shock.

The dizziness is only a momentary thing. When a person stands up straight, his vision will turn from dark to bright, and the surrounding things can be seen clearly, but there is a pain in the body that does not know where it comes from. It seems that a bone is gradually cracking. You have to look carefully. , and can't count which bone it is.

Xuan Huaifeng gritted his teeth, and said with a smile: "It's all here, you want me to go back to the mansion? It's a waste of time, I will do the leftover work in the future."

Song Ren showed a very angry look.

But when I thought about it, there was really nothing I could do about him.

He was still trying to look angry, Xuan Huaifeng had already taken a document from the car and walked into the building, so he had no choice but to say hello to the other guards, sighed and followed quickly.

When I went up to the third floor, I saw a door that said "Dr. Aldrich Brown's Office", and the door was ajar.

Song Ren stretched out his hand to push the door, but Xuan Huaifeng stopped him and said in a low voice, "This is not allowed, you have to knock on the door."

I knocked on the door a few times, and sure enough, a beautiful female secretary in a white lace collared shirt came to open the door. She had a smile on her face, but when she saw a handsome and suave man in military uniform, she couldn't help but Some surprised.

After a moment of astonishment, the smile became even more charming, and he asked, "Excuse me, is this Mr. Xuan Huaifeng?"

While speaking, that gaze involuntarily appreciatively looked Xuan Huaifeng up and down.

Xuan Huaifeng nodded and said, "Yes. Is Dr. Brown there?"

The female secretary said: "Yes, yes, he is waiting for you. Please go inside first, and I will inform the doctor for you."

Let Xuan Huaifeng and others in.

It turned out that Dr. Brown saw that they hadn't arrived before the hour, so he was dealing with some irrelevant letterheads in his office. When the female secretary came in and said that Xuan Huaifeng was here, he asked the female secretary to invite someone in.

After meeting, Xuan Huaifeng naturally wanted to apologize.

Dr. Brown didn't care.

The host and guest sat down on the sofa in the office facing each other, and the female secretary was very enthusiastic. She hurriedly made two glasses of hot tea, brought them over on enamel plates, and offered a toast to each of them.

When a person sees a beautiful woman of the opposite sex, he can't help but pay more attention. The female secretary's eyes slipped silently across Xuan Huaifeng's face, and then she went down reluctantly.

It's a pity that Xuan Huaifeng didn't notice the slightest bit of kindness towards such a beauty.

He talked to Dr. Brown for a few words, took the plan that had been prepared, and handed it to Dr. Brown for reading.

All the energy, only ordering myself to focus on the business in front of me.

You are not allowed to think about the things in the study of the Prime Minister's Mansion, you are not allowed to think about messy and empty thoughts, and you are not allowed to think about the clamoring pain all over your body.

For this, he was very successful.

Dr. Brown was sitting opposite him, and he felt that his face was a little pale today, but he didn't notice any abnormalities at all.

Holding the plan book and asking about the details, Xuan Huaifeng also answered very clearly, and discussed with Dr. Brown.

There wasn't much smile on that handsome and eye-catching face, it was just calm and focused, but this attitude was exactly what one should have when discussing serious matters.

So Xuan Huaifeng covered it up.

No one knew that while he was clearly talking about the future of the drug rehabilitation center, there was a throbbing pain in his heart.

Dr. Brown nodded and said, "It's very good. The drug rehabilitation center is chaired by Mr. Xuan. It really has a bright future. This is the way to do things."

Xuan Huaifeng asked: "Then Dr. Brown, would you like to come to our place and give us medical advice?"

Dr. Brown smiled and said: "Of course I am willing. But the position you proposed is too much responsibility, and I have been idle for a long time. I will answer you when I go back and think about it, okay?"

Xuan Huaifeng pondered, showing a sincere expression, and said, "If Dr. Brown has any concerns, please speak up."

Dr. Brown shook his head and said, "I don't have too many concerns at the moment."

Xuan Huaifeng asked, "Is that something in the proposal that you disagree with? If so, we can discuss it now."

Dr. Brown still shook his head, paused, looked at Xuan Huaifeng, and said kindly: "Mr. Xuan, I will reply to you as soon as possible. Your complexion is not very good. I think we will meet here today, so I will come here first." Right. Overwork is bad for your health.”

Song Ren and the two guards were standing in the corner, talking about the drug rehabilitation center. He didn't understand anything and couldn't get in the way, but seeing Xuan Huaifeng's face, he kept worrying. Hearing what Dr. Brown said , the impression of this foreign devil doctor was greatly changed.

Song Ren immediately said: "Adjutant Xuan, don't blame me for talking too much. Everyone has said it, and he has to think about it. I think we should go back to the mansion. You should lie down and rest for a few hours."

In fact, Xuan Huaifeng was also feeling unspeakably uncomfortable.

The discomfort is not just pain, but another kind of indescribable powerlessness, as if sitting on the sofa to put on a mental attitude has become a very difficult thing, and you have to exert all your strength Just dig it out.

But probably because of Premier Bai's words, his temper became more stubborn.

The more uncomfortable it is, the more you have to pretend that nothing happened.

Others say that I am useless, is it true that I can't even do such a thing?

Xuan Huaifeng cheered up, and asked with a warm smile, "Doctor Brown, is there any dissatisfaction in terms of salary?"

After hearing this, Song Ren couldn't help clenching the fist hanging on the side of his leg.

Dissatisfaction with Xuan Huaifeng was written all over his face.

Dr. Brown didn't know what was on his mind, so he was silent for a while before saying, "I really need to think about it."

He repeatedly said that he would consider it, so it can be seen that the result cannot be drawn immediately.

Xuan Huaifeng could only say goodbye.

Dr. Brown personally sent Xuan Huaifeng downstairs, and the female secretary also followed, saying goodbye to Xuan Huaifeng with a polite smile.

As soon as Song Ren waited for Xuan Huaifeng to get into the car, he immediately slapped the car door with his big palm and said, "Go back to the mansion."

Hearing his somewhat fierce voice, the driver stepped on the accelerator tactfully, and rushed to the Bai mansion as soon as possible.