The weather is getting colder and colder, and it is snowing today, Caiju changed into a gray cloth cotton jacket, and hurriedly left through the back door with an umbrella.

She walked like a fly, and when she went out the back door, she went to the horse market to find a carriage.

"Go to Pagoda Street-" Caiju got into the carriage and hurriedly instructed the coachman.

The coachman said hello, drove away, and did not forget to say: "Is it important for the girl to go to Pagoda Street?" Why is it so urgent. ”

Caiju said impatiently: "What are you doing with so much nonsense, hurry up, you must rush over to me in half an hour, otherwise you don't want to take the money." Otherwise, when you arrive, I will give you double the money. ”

The coachman was excited, and then raised his whip fiercely and said, "The girl is seated, and she will rush over in half an hour." ”

Half an hour later, the carriage stopped at Pagoda Street, and the coachman was full of joy and took more than twice the amount of silver in Caiju, nodded and asked her when she would go back.

Caiju only waved impatiently to let him leave first, and then went straight to Zou Mansion at the end of Pagoda Street.

The person guarding the door knew Caiju, and when he saw the latter, he hurriedly said: "I've seen Sister Caiju, why did my sister come over on such a cold day?" ”

"The master and the second master are there?" Caiju asked as she walked inside.

"It's all there."

Caiju came to the bookstore, Zou Batian, Zou Quan and Zou Jian were really there, she breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward and saluted: "The maid has seen the master, the uncle, and the second master, and the maid was ordered by the lady to send a letter to the master." ”

Zou Batian asked anxiously: "Why is it so important to let you run in person?" ”

Caiju looked around, and Zou Quanzhi knew that she had scruples. and sent down all the other servants in the house.

"That's right-" Caiju said, "Madame said, the eldest lady is afraid that she knows everything about us, and the Zhang family is broken with us. That's always a scourge.

What Madame means is that since the matter of Wu County has been exposed, it is better to plan it and let go of the Ling Mansion and the Zhang Mansion, simply not letting go of any of them.

Madame has already thought of a plan, let the maid tell the master, you see if it can work. So he acted according to the plan, and the lady had a hunch that it was after the New Year. It's hard to get your hands on it. Also, on the old lady's side, it is estimated that it has been a matter of the past few days. ”

Zou Batian listened to Caiju's words, frowned and said, "Is this plan really feasible?" ”

"Sir. Madame had been thinking about it for several days. The maid felt that this was the only chance now, the eldest lady was really unfathomable, if it weren't for the words she said to Madame that day, Madame would never have imagined that she actually knew the relationship between the Zou family and the Gong family, I'm afraid she would have known our thoughts early on.

Do you remember the incident after the Doule Festival? At the beginning, I only thought that the eldest lady wanted to be brilliant at the beginning of the housekeeping, but I didn't want to be afraid that she would already know at that time, and for more than a year, we have suffered a lot in her hands. Now the lady is in the house, but she is in danger.

Madame said. Please also ask the master and the second uncle, for the sake of the lady is your dearest, you must help her. ”

Zou Jian couldn't help but agree: "Father, I think the method that the third sister said is feasible, if we don't take the initiative to attack, then the girl will definitely not let us have a good time, so this time, the matter is all solved."

Think about it so many times before, every time I let that girl escape, take the recent incident of Bailan Temple, although I don't know what that girl did, but I always feel that Wei Zheng was degraded and she can't get rid of it, I am too aggrieved in my heart, I am played by a girl, and I can't get out of this breath in my heart. ”

Zou Quan was more cautious than him, pondering and considering.

Zou Batian asked Caiju to go back first, saying that there was a decision, so he sent someone to send a letter to the Zou family.

"Then the maid will go back first, and please ask the lord to think about it carefully for the sake of the Zou family."

After Caiju returned to the Ling Mansion, she reported the meaning of Zou Batian and Zou Quan and Zou Jian's brothers to the Zou family.

"Madam, both the master and the master are still hesitant, but the second master agrees."

Zou Shi showed a little tiredness and lowered his head to look at his abdomen, "Since I was a child, my second brother has hurt me more, and my eldest brother and father, they have always cared more about themselves." ”

"In that case, why does Madam still give them ideas, if the Ling family is really - then Madam will be implicated." Caiju looked worried.

"I have long lost my status in the Ling Mansion, you also heard what the slut said that day, she just wanted to warn me, now the Ling Mansion has no choice but to let me go, even if I am pregnant with the descendants of the Ling Mansion, she will not let me go."

Caiju sighed, "The servant always thinks it's too risky to do this-"

Zou gently stroked his big belly and muttered: "So I have to give advice to my father and brothers, only in this way, they will not forget me, they will remember me in their hearts, if something happens, they will come to me, so that they will not abandon me." ”

But it was said that after Zou Batian listened to the words brought by Caiju, he pondered for a long time, and finally changed into thick clothes and prepared to go out.

"Father, where are you going?" Zou Quan knew his father, and he also wanted to know if Zou's proposal would be accepted, so he wanted to follow along.

"You stay, don't follow." Zou Batian said undoubtedly.

Zou Quan didn't give up, and wanted to say more, but he heard Zou Jian's persuasion: "Big brother, you don't plan to go to the Eight Sound Country today?" If you don't go, don't you justify Qin Zhu's intentions?

Xiaorentang can't be short of people, that road name, I look at it and get angry, now Jingzhong mentions Xiaorentang, and he says what his road name is, but there is no good word about me Zou Jian, I think he is also a wolf ambition, and now I don't dare to slack off for a moment. ”

"The second brother is right, you go back, I need you here, so I will naturally look for you two brothers."

Zou Quan hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and said, "That's okay, if the father has a decision, he must tell the child as soon as possible." ”

Zou Batian patted him on the shoulder, "Be careful on the road, the two people you talked about, they are on their own, and now they are all at a critical juncture, and they can't relax for half a minute." ”

The two brothers nodded yes, and after sending Zou Batian away, the two also returned to Bayin Country and Xiaorentang respectively.

Zou Batian didn't go anywhere else, it was the palace.

When the time comes. Gong Yunrui was talking to Gong Chengyan in the room.

Zou Batian is not an outsider, and after the next person reported it, Gong Chengyan let Zou Batian enter the house to speak.

"Father. The child is sure that the three masters around Princess Haining have been killed, Jin Wei and Quanzhi do have some skills, and now, not only those people in Wu County are alive and well, but Zhu Hua has also been arrested. I inquired and said that it would be sent to the capital in a few days. ”

Gong Chengyan's face sank, "Zhu Hua can be recruited?" ”

Gong Yunrui shook his head and said, "There should be no recruitment for the time being." This is surprising, that guy is greedy for life and afraid of death, how can he hide it for us in the face of torture? ”

Zou Batian was shocked when he heard this: "The matter of Wu County is about to be revealed? "He is also involved in this matter, if it is exposed. The Zou family will definitely not be able to escape.

Gong Chengyan said unhappily: "What." Scared? ”

Zou Batian sneered and said: "No, the lower official is-yes-too-I was too shocked, but seeing that the adults are still so calm, I think things haven't reached the worst yet." ”

"What's the worst, you say?" Gong Chengyan asked rhetorically.

Zou Batian hesitated for a moment before he said: "Although Xia Guan doesn't know how the adults do it, Xia Guan came today to give the adults a clever plan." ”

Gong Chengyan looked at him suspiciously. "Do you have a way to deal with Wu County's affairs?"

"Exactly." Zou Batian nodded affirmatively. "The lower officials are also involved in this matter, and they can't be left alone, so the safety of the adults is the safety of the lower officials, and the lower officials have come up with this method after thinking about it, and it will definitely be useful."

In fact, he originally came to discuss, because he didn't know much about the situation in Wu County, but now that he heard that Zhu Hua had been arrested, he couldn't afford to hesitate for half a minute, and the so-called tiger riding was more difficult than this.

Gong Chengyan asked people to serve tea, and then sent everyone down, and only the three of them were left in the house.

"Xia Guan has been able to determine that Zhang Tianhao is indeed defective, and he is secretly protecting the family."

"Yuancheng?" Gong Chengyan said suspiciously: "Why did he protect that fake monk?" Although I knew that he had two hearts, what does Yuancheng have to do with him? ”

Zou Batian guessed: "Xia Guan thinks that since my people have followed Zhang Mansion, it is right that he is secretly making a stumbling block." Xia Guan estimated that he was already a grasshopper on a rope with the Ling family and the Bai family.

I made a special inquiry, the eldest young master of the Zhang family, Zhang Zuolun, is very interested in the second miss of the Bai family, and the second miss of the Bai family has a good relationship with the eldest lady of the Ling family.

My lord, if the Zhang family is counted, then this matter is not unfavorable to us-"

Gong Chengyan was puzzled: "What do you mean by this?" ”

"My lord, listen to the lower official slowly." Zou Batian told Gong Chengyan the method that Zou told him word for word, and after saying it in one breath, he gasped and said, "What do you think of this method?" Taking retreat as advance seems to be unfavorable to you, but if you can make good use of Zhang Tianhao's fight, this is a clever way to win in danger. ”

Gong Yunrui listened to it and disagreed: "Father, the child thinks this is a plan, not to mention that this will cause the emperor's suspicion, in case that Zhang Tianhao doesn't listen to us, what should we do?" Do you really want my Gong family to admit the crime? Since Lord Zou has proposed this plan, why don't you defy the law? ”

Zou Batian secretly said in his heart that he would not be so stupid to knowingly commit a crime, but he said sadly on the surface: "The second young master doesn't know, since Zhu Hua has been arrested, sooner or later he will confess to the palace family and Princess Haining, not to mention Quanzhi, Jin Wei will report this matter to the emperor as soon as possible."

Although the second young master inquired that Zhu Hua had not confessed yet, you may be sure that the emperor must not know about this? You also said that Zhu Hua was greedy for life and afraid of death, how did he get the courage to keep silent.

I guess maybe the emperor already knows about it, but there must be calm before the storm, and the dragon is just brewing a strong storm. Think about the worst in everything, and then think of a good solution to solve it, then the bad thing is not terrible.

Therefore, the crime of adults must be suffered, as long as we can catch Zhang Tianhao's gang, then we can turn over. ”

"Father—"

"Shut up." Gong Chengyan looked at him angrily, "I will consider this matter, you don't need to say much." ”

Gong Yunrui clenched his fists angrily, and suddenly asked, "Does the Hou Mansion know about this matter?" ”

"Hou Mansion?" Zou Batian shook his head: "Only the three of us, my two dogs and my daughter know about this matter. ”

Gong Yunrui immediately said: "Father, other things are up to you, but this matter must not be known to the Hou Mansion, although I don't know why Princess Haining trusts Gong Xiru so much, I won't trust him anyway." ”

Gong Chengyan was silent for a moment, and said to Zou Batian: "This matter will be handled by you, Zhang Tianhao's official will solve it, you just need to do your own thing." ”

Zou Batian was ecstatic in his heart, and said respectfully on his face: "Everything is subject to the arrangement of the adults, then the lower official will go to prepare, and in addition, is Zhu Hua going to send someone-"

"For the time being, let him first or for a while, didn't you say that you still need his testimony." Gong Chengyan said.

"Xiaguan understands." Zou Batian's face showed a hint of understanding, and he said with a cold smile.

After he left, Gong Yunrui said unwillingly: "Father, don't say that you didn't see what he was thinking, such a dangerous thing, you would agree, the child really doesn't know what his father thinks in his heart." ”

"If you knew, then I wouldn't have to be so disappointed in you." Gong Chengyan said angrily: "The tree is a big wind, if he wants to be the first bird, then I will let him do it, in case there is any mistake at that time, I still have a way out." ”

Gong Yunrui's face was puzzled, "What did my father plan?" ”

Gong Chengyan snorted coldly, "How do you plan, now of course I am going to meet Zhang Tianhao's old thing." Do you really think you can skim it off? He didn't know how many handles he had in my hands, and his ass hadn't been wiped clean, and he dared to run, and he didn't know what was alive or dead. ”

Gong Yunrui's face was overjoyed: "Does my father have a way to deal with Zhang Tianhao?" ”

"To deal with him, what is the way, you go with me, follow me to listen and watch more, and think more, if you don't want to be compared to him, you have to use more snacks." Gong Chengyan has already pointed to the way.

Gong Yunrui's face sank a little, and only after a moment did he whisper "yes".

Zhang Tianhao was leisurely practicing calligraphy in the house, and when he heard that Gong Chengyan had arrived, he hurriedly put down the pen in his hand and went out to greet him.

"Oh, Lord Gong is here, please come inside, what kind of wind is it today, it actually blew you here." Zhang Tianhao welcomed Gong Chengyan and Gong Yunrui into the house and asked his subordinates to serve tea and snacks.

After Gong Chengyan sat down, he looked around and said with a smile: "There is no wind today, but there is snow, I am afraid that this snow attracted me." ”

Zhang Tianhao laughed and said, "Lord Gong is really good at laughing. After letting the subordinates retreat, he asked: "Your Excellency should have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, come to find the lower officials today, isn't there something wrong?" ”

Gong Chengyan looked at him with an inexplicable smile, "I think Master Zhang is very favored in front of the emperor now, you have made meritorious contributions several times in a row, and the emperor now trusts you a lot." ”

Zhang Tianhao smiled and waved his hand and said modestly: "My lord is serious, what I do is to do it according to the emperor's requirements, and solve problems for the emperor, isn't it the duty of us as courtiers." (To be continued.) )