It wasn't until Zhong Zhiqing left Xin'an Mansion that Cheng Dexuan also went back to the room to rest, Jiang Xixi relaxed Fang Cai's shoulders that had been tense, and she rubbed her arm while asking Cheng Muyou, "My lord, is this Lord Zhong really the father of the girl named Zhong Min?"
” Cheng Muyou smiled at her tiredly, "They all said that the road is narrow, but I didn't expect that this time we would be met." ” Jiang Xixi pouted and shook his head, "But this Lord Zhong looks kind, but it is very different from that Miss Zhong's arrogance and arrogance, and he seems to have a lot of friendship with the master, and he also praises the Lord a lot, presumably even if he knows about yesterday's incident, he will not embarrass us." ” Cheng Muyou took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Don't worry about him, as long as we don't make mistakes and let people not make mistakes." ” Jiang Xixi nodded, and then asked, "My lord, does Lord Zhong really only have one daughter?"
” "That's not it, I heard my father say that he also gave birth to a son in a side house, but after all, he is not a relative, so he loves Zhong Min the most."
Speaking of this, he looked at Jiang Xixi, "You don't usually care much about these personnel, why did you ask a few more words today?"
” Jiang Xixi shrugged his shoulders, "Look, my lord, those people we usually meet, but those who have a little bit of wealth and status, all of them have eyes that seem to grow on the top of their heads, and they can't wait to look at people with their nostrils."
But this Lord Zhong is very kind, he is a servant, a second-class member of the court, a close confidant of the emperor, but he treats people so modestly, I have to look at it differently.
By the way, when he left just now, I sent him to the street according to your instructions, and he even opened the sedan curtain to say goodbye to me personally, and even remembered the surname of my little servant. ” The sedan chair stopped next to a remote house, Zhong Zhiqing opened the sedan curtain and walked out, nodded slightly at the accompanying guards, and flashed into the dilapidated courtyard door next to it.
The man in the courtyard had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw him come in, he hurriedly walked over and landed on one knee and saluted, and said, "My lord, the little one rushed over as soon as he received your message, please do not hesitate to tell me if you have anything." ” Zhong Zhiqing raised his right arm and motioned for the man to get up, while he himself looked back and forth, and slowly walked to the deepest part of the courtyard, then turned around and said to the big man who followed him step by step, "The salt boat has been running on the canal for more than half a month, and it will dock in two days, but you haven't done it for a long time, why is this?"
” The man bowed down and said to him in a low voice, "My lord, it's not that the little ones don't want to act, it's because the imperial court sent troops to accompany them this time, and there are no less than ten accompanying soldiers on each ship, and we really can't find a chance to do it." ” Zhong Zhiqing sighed, frowned again, and said, "I've heard about this too, but can't you isolate a salt boat at night to have more enemies and one, it should also be feasible." ” The man stomped hard, "Your Excellency, the soldiers on these salt ships don't sleep all night, the lights are on all night, and every half an hour, they have to report the number, and we can't find a chance to sneak attack."
To make matters worse, they also carried smoke balls on board, and if they spotted the enemy, they would throw fireballs at the enemy ship, and by that time, our brother would probably have sunk to the bottom of the river before he even approached the salt boat. ” Zhong Zhiqing narrowed his slender eyes, and his left hand gently played with a blood-red jade wrench on the thumb of his right hand, and after being silent for a while, he suddenly turned around with determination and said to the man, "In this way, we can only wait for the ship to dock before we can take further action." ” The man's body shook heavily, "Docking?
” Zhong Zhiqing took two steps closer to him, squinted at the beads of sweat on the top of his head that shone in the moonlight, and snorted in his mouth, "What, scared?"
It seems that you are still a little inferior to your cousin's wishes, at least in terms of courage. ” The man was taken aback by this, but his mouth still said indistinctly, "Cousin, he has been beheaded by the imperial court, and his head has been hanging on the gate of Jianzhou City for half a month, and his face has fallen off before he was taken off."
So now the brothers are scared and don't dare to say any more" Speaking of this, he timidly glanced up at Zhong Zhiqing, and saw that his face was as usual, without the slightest wave, so he continued to speak, "My lord, I always have to think about my brothers, they also have wives and children at home, if I am really arrested, what can I do?"
Before he finished speaking, an envelope suddenly appeared in front of him, and Zhong Zhiqing's cold voice came, "Take a look, it's not too late to make a decision after reading it." ” The man was stunned, took the envelope and opened it, pulling out a scribbled piece of white paper from inside.
He read it at a glance, and the more he read, the more desolate his heart became, and at last this desolation froze his heart into a hard stone, and he couldn't breathe for half a day.
Suddenly, his body went limp, and he fell to his knees with a "plop", unable to stand upright for a long time.
"What's the matter, is it chilling?
You keep saying that you want to take care of your good brother, and you actually wrote me a secret letter, saying that you are not doing things well, and you want to take this position in your place, by the way," Zhong Zhiqing turned his jade wrench a few more times, and said calmly, "He also said that your father and mother are all controlled by him, as long as I nod my head, he will cut down the grass and eradicate the roots of your Du family, and will not leave any trouble, and present your head, so that I can make a great contribution in front of the saint today."
You say, is he much more caring than you?
” The man suddenly clenched his fist fiercely and slammed it to the ground, "This dog mongrel, I treat him as a brother in vain, but he wants the lives of everyone in my Du family."
The back of his hand hurt, and his consciousness seemed to come back, he looked at the man in front of him, knelt on his knees, and kowtowed to him three times, "Lord Zhong, Du Ru is willing to be loyal to the adult for the rest of his life, but the adult is the first to look forward."
Whoever the dog eats, he will guard the door, and from then on, Du Ru is a dog of the adult, and he will never disobey the order of the adult. ” Zhong Zhiqing smiled with satisfaction, his fingers finally stopped playing with the jade wrench, he leaned over slightly, helped Du Ru up, and said softly, "Did your cousin tell you about that incident sixteen years ago?"
”