Chapter 1426: Chickens and Ducks
The three people who lived in the first district of the east of the favelas of Fashen City were Lu Menglan and Duanmu Qingyi, as well as the head of the civil officials of Fashen City, Lord Zhong Xinzhong, the secretary of the ministry.
No one would have thought that Lord Zhong Xinzhong, who was captured by Her Royal Highness Princess Phantom Sea, would be sent to the lowest place in Fashen City and sent to the slums, and what was even more unexpected was that Lu Menglan and Duanmu Qingyi actually lived here with him.
Lu Menglu and Duanmu Qingyi did not wait for Lord Zhong Xin to eat together, but the two of them ate first, should eat, should drink, and that Lord Zhong was still sweeping the floor in the yard angrily, sweeping as if he was writing a book, as if accusing these two dog men and women.
Seeing that he was almost done, Lu Menglan stood up and smiled meaningfully: "Okay! It's almost ready, come in and eat!"
When Lord Zhong heard this, he immediately threw away the broom, strode into the house, sat down and ate, without even looking at it, even if the leftovers from the other party were cold, he also ate with relish.
Only people who are hungry and anxious will have such a look! If you only look at the appearance of eating, no one would have imagined that this old man who devoured and even ate until he chirped and had no posture at all would actually be Zhong Shangshu, a veteran of the dynasty and a supreme minister.
Whoever is hungry for two days and two nights and is forced to sweep the floor will be like him and will eat his food like an enemy.
Only those who have experienced hunger know how important a full meal is for the belly.
Lu Menglan sat next to him, waiting for Zhong Shangshu to eat all the food on the table, and only licked the plate, then asked with a smile, "Do you want tea?"
Zhong Shangshu didn't even raise his head, he nodded vigorously, only after eating these foods, he seemed to have returned to his soul, and he turned back into the scheming Lord Shangshu.
Duanmu Tsing Yi brought two cups of hot tea to the table, then put away the dishes and chopsticks with a smile, twisted his waist and went to the back kitchen to wash the dishes.
Lu Menglu will feel very interesting when she looks at her appearance, a dignified god princess, but she is particularly interested in these housework, she was willing to be a nurse before, and she doesn't know how many patients she has saved with her single-handed treatment, she seems to be very happy to play any other identity except the identity of the god princess, and she enjoys it.
It seems that marrying a nerd like Mi Xiaoworm is really a very tasteless thing, Lu Menglan even felt that it was necessary for him to remind Huang Shaotian next time he returned to Tianzun Divine City, but after thinking about it, Huang Shaotian, as the Pope, didn't seem to be the kind of person who was not very interesting in itself, and the two stuffy gourds got together, maybe people had their own fun, so it was better not to talk too much.
"I've eaten the rice and drunk the tea, don't you have anything to say?" Lu Menglu smiled and withdrew his gaze from Duanmu Qingyi's back, and then asked.
Zhong Shangshu raised up, glanced at the other party with a slightly disdainful gaze, shook his head, and said, "Say it or not, the result is the same! The old man may die, but His Highness the Phantom Sea can't win!"
"Sweep the floor!" Lu Menglu said with a faint smile.
"Sweeping the floor? Sweeping the floor again? This official is a dignified scholar, not a miscellaneous servant! A soldier can be killed, but not humiliated!" Zhong Shangshu said angrily.
Since he was sent to this small yard, he has been sweeping the floor every day, and he has been sweeping for two whole days, and while he is hungry, he is sweeping the floor, and he obviously has a shadow on this matter.
"If you don't sweep a house, why sweep the world? You say that you are a dignified scholar, but what you do is all personnel? This place is so dirty, it is your responsibility, so you have to sweep the floor!" Lu Menglu raised his head and said with a blazing gaze.
Zhong Shangshu didn't expect that this young man who was hanging out of his mind could still say such philosophical words, and he was speechless for a while, and the old man thought for a long time, and then snorted coldly: "You are wrong! Sweeping the world is the business of His Majesty the God Emperor, and we people are just assistants, and we can't be at home! This place is dirty, in the final analysis, it is also the responsibility of their Phantom clan, you can't blame the old man!"
"Boy, don't think that His Royal Highness Phantom Sea really appreciates you! She handed over the old man to you and sent him to this kind of ghost place, obviously using the old man as bait, and you are just a funeral companion!" Zhong Shangshu rolled his eyes twice, and then began to attack his heart.
He has thought about a lot of things carefully in the past two days, although His Royal Highness the Phantom Sea is smart and knows how to lure the snake out of the hole, but the key to this is also the bloody battle on the long street that night, if it wasn't for the killing of the strongest Zong Zhixing, this led to the collapse of the situation, otherwise even if the Princess of the Phantom Sea suddenly appeared, she might not be able to win this game.
And the young man in front of him was the key person in killing Zong Zhixing nine times out of ten, because Zhong Shangshu had never heard of such a person in the Divine City, just seeing that His Highness the Phantom Sea believed in him so much, and actually threw himself to him to guard, he knew that this son was definitely not a thing in the pool.
However, he is not a descendant of His Royal Highness Phantom Sea, so he may not be loyal to the other party, as long as he finds the weakness of this son, he may be able to rebel against him!
Zhong Shangshu is a treacherous and treacherous, he has been up and down in his life, and he doesn't know how many turmoil he has experienced, although he is trapped here now, he has not given up struggling.
It's just that under the observation of the past two days, Zhong Shangshu did not find the weakness of this son's character, to be precise, the other party was like a psychopath, he kept letting him sweep the floor, and then sleeping, as if everything was careless.
A lazy young man like this, in the past, Zhong Shangshu probably wouldn't even look at it, but now, he has a feeling of a mouse pulling a turtle, and he has no way to start.
"You are an old man sweeping the floor, how can you understand the strategies of Her Royal Highness the Princess!" Lu Menglan smiled lazily.
Zhong Shangshu became angry when he heard this, and said angrily: "This official is the official of the Ministry of Shangshu! The patriarch of the Three Dynasties! Not an old man sweeping the floor!"
"Oh, by the way, it's an old man who can't even sweep the floor!" Lu Menglan smiled.
"Hmph! Don't think you can provoke the official! Of course I know the strategy of His Highness Phantom Sea! What kind of wishful thinking she played, the old man knows it clearly!" Zhong Shangshu was so angry that his face turned red and said angrily.
"Really, then tell me about it?" Lu Menglu said with a smile.
"She doesn't dare to kill me! She wants to take advantage of the great court meeting to wait until His Majesty the Fashen Emperor returns, and then send the old man to the court and let His Majesty personally punish me!"
"This is actually a naïve idea! Because at that time, the other people in the Songlin Pavilion will definitely find a way to save the old man from escaping, besides, Your Majesty wants to clean up and have no intention of managing the government, and in the end it will depend on us people. His Highness Phantom Sea thinks that if he brings us down, he will be able to be peaceful?
Lu Menglu nodded and said with a smile: "You think about it quite thoroughly." But are you so sure that your comrades, they will save you?
"Naturally not! We all have handles in each other's hands, and our lips and teeth are cold, and blessings and misfortunes depend on each other! The old man is broken, and it is not good for them!" Zhong Shangshu said confidently.
"On the contrary, you are more dangerous, you only rely on your bravery, you have no foundation in the Fashen City, and sooner or later you will be sacrificed pawns! ”
Zhong Shangshu's words actually made Lu Menglu nod again and again.
"It seems to make sense! How do you think I can help you?" Lu Menglu smiled.
"You let me go? No, it's not proper! Around this house, there are most likely secret sentinels of His Highness Phantom Sea, as long as you make a rash move, they will come out! After all, you are not a confidant of Your Highness, so you will be put on the surface. Zhong Shangshu shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"I won't let you go! Isn't this tantamount to betraying Her Royal Highness the Princess? I don't want to die! Is there anything else I can do to help you?" Lu Menglan asked.
When Zhong Shangshu heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, he felt that this young man was really moved, but this kind of thing was like fishing, he couldn't be in a hurry, he could only slowly figure it out, pull the fish into the bait little by little, and don't be in a hurry.
"Perhaps, you can send me a message. Let them come and save me?" Zhong Shangshu thought for a moment and said in a low voice.
"Yes, but you have to tell me something so that I can prove who I am and make them believe me. Lu Menglan put away his smile and said.
Zhong Shangshu stared at him suspiciously, trying to see something from the other party's face.
As a result, he naturally didn't see anything, and it wasn't that he didn't think about whether this young man would be tricking himself and trying to get information about the Seven Sages of the Pine Forest from himself, but thinking about it, he felt that he was too worried, because he wouldn't leak anything valuable to him at all.
Zhong Shangshu pondered for a moment and said, "That's it! You go to the fourth floor above, Xifeng Street, and find a Bai pawnshop, after you go in, just tell the people in the pawnshop that you want to pawn a magic god ring, and if it lasts for three, they will take you to meet the person you want to meet, you just need to tell them where I am, and someone will naturally come to save me." ”
"After the old man gets out, you will come to Shangshu Mansion to be the captain of the guard, and within three years, the old man will protect you as a general. Zhong Shangshu said with a serious face.
"Can I really trust you?" Lu Menglu asked with a smile.
"Good birds choose trees to perch, you believe in me, a person in distress, the old man will protect you for a lifetime of glory and wealth. Besides, with your ability, if the old man dares to lie to you, you will always have a chance to kill me in the future!" Zhong Shangshu was bold, and his voice rose an octave.
He wanted to gamble, the bet was that this young man did not have such a deep relationship with Her Royal Highness Princess Phantom Sea, in fact, it was not a big deal to bet wrong, because he knew very well that before the Great Dynasty Meeting, Princess Phantom Sea would not kill him!
What Her Royal Highness wanted was to uproot the power of the Seven Sages of the Pine Forest, not as simple as assassinating one or two people.
"That's true! If I want to kill you, it's like killing a chicken! That's it! I'll think about it again, you sweep the floor first!" Lu Menglu said with a blank face.
Do you want to sweep the floor again? Zhong Shangshu was dumbfounded, and his heart was bottomless all of a sudden!
Who knows what this psychopathy thinks in his heart? Will he help me deliver the news? Zhong Shangshu didn't have so many ideas, but after saying these words, his heart became more and more troubled and lost.