In late July, in order to find a princess suspected of entering Yingchuan County, martial law was imposed in various counties of Yingchuan County, but even so, the whereabouts of the princess were still not found.

With a cautious attitude, Zhao Yu decided to go to Ye County in person and test him Yang Ding in person.

On July 28, Zhao Yu arrived in Ye County with Niu Heng, He Shun, and Gong Jiao.

Since he came to Ye County, he naturally wanted to visit Mrs. Mao by the way, after all, the old lady covered up for him in front of Mrs. Chen a few months ago, and Zhao Yu was very skeptical that the old lady recognized him.

Around noon that day, Zhao Yu and his entourage came to the Mao family's house with some melons and fruits as gifts.

The one who came out to answer the door was Mao Bing, the second son of Mrs. Mao, and when he saw Zhao Yu, he looked very surprised: "Zhou Duwei? How did you get here? ”

Zhao Yu didn't hide it, and said with a smile: "Zhou came to Ye County for something, so he came to visit the old lady, I don't know if the old lady is there?" ”

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"In, in."

Mao Bing hurriedly invited Zhao Yu and his party to the courtyard, and immediately shouted into the house: "Mother, Zhou Duwei has come to visit you." ”

After a short time, the figure of Mrs. Mao appeared in the main house, and it seemed that she was about to step out of the door to meet her.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu hurriedly walked a few steps and took the lead in saluting the old lady Mao: "Zhou Hu, I have seen the old lady." …… Old lady, do you still recognize Zhou? ”

Old Madam Mao didn't speak, just looked at Zhao Yu with a smile and nodded, and let Zhao Yu help her into the house.

At this time, I saw the old lady holding Zhao Yu's hand, turned her head and instructed her son: "My son, Zhou Duwei is a distinguished guest, he comes to our house, don't slack off, you take Zhen'er to the street to buy some wine and food, as for the baby, you two will stay, and the old man will take care of it." ”

"No, no, the old lady is too out-of-sight."

Zhao Yu repeatedly refused, but there was no specific action, because the old lady was firmly holding his hand.

He immediately understood that the old lady was deliberately trying to separate her son and her daughter-in-law.

"Okay, mother. …… Captain Zhou, sit down for a while, and I'll go back when I go. ”

"Second Brother Mao, then I'll trouble you."

"Where, where, Zhou Duwei is too polite."

After a while, Mao Bing and his wife walked out of the courtyard.

At this time, Mrs. Mao set her eyes on Zhao Yu, looked at Zhao Yu carefully without saying a word, and said tremblingly for a while: "Captain Zhou, can you take off your mask?" ”

Zhao Yu hesitated slightly, then took off the mask on his face, revealing his original appearance.

Seeing Zhao Yu's true appearance, a few traces of light flashed in the old lady's eyes, she raised her withered right hand to stroke Zhao Yu's face, and asked in a low voice, "Gongyu ......"

As soon as Zhao Yu heard it, he knew that the old lady had made a mistake, and said in a low voice: "Old lady, my father has passed away. ”

"Ah, you're not Gongyu......"

The old lady's hand trembled slightly, and then she sighed abruptly.

But immediately, she raised her head to look at Zhao Yu again, and asked uncertainly, "Are you...... Bohu or Zhonghu? ”

Zhao Yu chuckled and said, "Bohu is a brother. ”

"You're a lizard?" The old lady asked in surprise.

Before the words fell, there was a pop from the side, and it turned out to be Niu Heng who couldn't help but laugh.

Seeing that the old lady turned her head to look at Niu Heng and the others in disbelief, Zhao Yu glanced at Niu Heng, and immediately whispered with relief: "It's not in the way, these people are the life and death brothers of the younger generation." ”

"Oh."

The old lady was relieved, and after nodding slightly, she held Zhao Yu's hands and asked, "Bohu is okay?" ”

"Thanks to the old lady, my brother is fine."

"That's good, that's good. Heaven is pitiful, you brothers have finally escaped......"

After Mrs. Mao's explanation, Zhao Yu knew that the old lady did not know that his brothers were still alive before, until his eldest son Mao Zheng told him about the 'Battle of Liangcheng', and learned that there was a young man with a weak crown in the rebels who called himself 'Zhao Bohu', and the old lady became suspicious.

After all, the Luyang Zhao family, who is good friends with their family, and their eldest son, Zhao Yin, is called 'Bohu'.

It was this incident that made Mrs. Mao realize that Zhao Jing, the marquis of Luyang Township, who had a good relationship with their family, and her second son might still be alive.

It was after this that Taishi Chen took Zhao Yu to visit the old lady.

"Old lady, how did you recognize me?"

Zhao Yu couldn't help but ask curiously.

Hearing this, the old lady couldn't help laughing: "The old body watched your father grow up, and you resemble your father, even if you wear this mask, the old body can recognize it." ”

These words made Zhao Yu sneer in his heart.

He thought that he would be fine with a mask, but fortunately, only the Mao family was close to their family.

After some greetings and reminiscences, Mrs. Mao urged Zhao Yu to put the mask back on, and immediately asked Zhao Yu about his intentions.

Zhao Yu explained simply: "There is an official business that makes it necessary for me to come to Yexian County and meet Yang Ding face to face...... Hmm, talk to Yang County Order. I thought that since I had come, how could I not come to visit the old lady? ”

The old lady smiled kindly: "It's good if you have a heart, it doesn't matter if you come or not......"

Looking at her expression, she seemed to be a little speechless.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu took the initiative to ask: "Old lady, don't you ask me anything else?" ”

Hearing this, Old Madam Mao looked at Zhao Yu's face with a complicated expression, then shook her head and said, "Don't ask." …… You've all grown up and know what you're doing, not to mention ......"

She paused, and after a moment of silence, she changed her tone and said, "Anyway, as long as your brother is well." …… Getting married early, giving birth to children early, and passing on the ancestry, the old body still has to urge Gongyu. …… Last time, I heard Mrs. Chen say, you are married, is there any movement in the girl's belly? ”

"This ......"

Seeing that the old lady suddenly mentioned this matter, Zhao Yu couldn't help but smile bitterly.

To be honest, there is still a big difference between him and the world in terms of looking at his children, and he doesn't want to be tied up by his children early, but he is a quiet girl, and she is quite persistent in this matter.

Subsequently, Mrs. Mao asked Zhao Yu about some things.

For example, what has Taishi Chen been doing recently, and can they be connected with each other?

For example, where is Zhao Yu's brother Zhao Yin?

In order to prevent the old lady from worrying, Zhao Yu picked out the irrelevant part and revealed it, saying that Chen Taishi had suppressed the local rebellion, and did not reveal that the object of suppression was his brother Zhao Yin's Jiangdong Yishi.

As for the whereabouts of his brother Zhao Yin, Zhao Yu also vaguely said that the brothers have no contact for the time being, and he does not know the specifics.

may have realized that the juniors in front of her didn't want to worry about herself, so Mrs. Mao didn't ask any further, but just nodded slightly.

Not long after, Mao Bing and his wife came back from the street and burned a table of wine and food to entertain Zhao Yu and his party.

Zhao Yu did not shirk, and had a lunch with the Mao family, until around the end of the day, he said goodbye and left.

Before leaving, Zhao Yu smiled and invited Mrs. Mao to sit in Kunyang or Xuchang when she was free in the future. The two sides have obviously only met two or three times.

Not to mention that Mao Bing felt inexplicable about this, after saying goodbye to Mrs. Mao and Mao Bing and his wife, Zhao Yu took Niu Heng and He Shun to the county office.

At this time, Yang Ding was handling county affairs in the house, and suddenly, his hometown walked Wei Dong into the house and said in a low voice: "Young master, that Zhou Hu came to the county office." ”

Hearing this, Yang Ding put down the brush in his hand.

As the county commander of Ye County, Yang Ding's control over Ye County is no less than that of Zhao Yu to Kunyang back then, and there are eyeliners he planted everywhere in the city.

What's more, this time it was 'Yingchuan Governor Zhou Hu', how could Yang Ding not know?

It's just that his friendship with Zhou Hu has not yet reached the point where he needs to personally visit Mrs. Mao's house to invite him.

"Did you really come looking for me?" Yang Ding seemed to be smiling.

Seeing this, Wei Dong frowned and guessed in a low voice, "Could it be that he noticed something?" ”

Yang Ding raised his hand to interrupt Wei Dong's words, and after a little thought, he said, "If you come, you are a guest, so let's prepare some wine and food." …… By the way, please invite him in. ”

"Yes." Wei Dong nodded, stepped back and prepared to go.

After a while, Zhao Yu took Niu Heng, He Shun, and Gong Jiao to Yang Ding's house.

When Zhao Yu stepped into the room, Yang Ding put down the pen in his hand and looked at Zhao Yu indifferently.

He didn't get up to greet him, and he didn't bow his hand.

However, Zhao Yu didn't care, after all, he and Yang Ding had always been at odds, and they didn't like each other, especially in Luyang County a while ago, the two sides almost tore their faces, even if it was him, he wouldn't have a good face.

It's just that Zhao Yu came today to test Yang Ding's tone, in line with the idea of 'a big husband can bend and stretch', and in the end, Zhao Yu took the lead in giving a salute to Yang Ding: "Yang County Order, don't come to harm?" ”

“……”

A hint of surprise flashed in Yang Ding's eyes, and he smiled lightly: "Zhou Duwei came to my Ye County, I don't know what to do, wouldn't it be on the way to Luyang to see Yang?" ”

"Haha."

Zhao Yu laughed twice, sat down on the seat in the room without authorization, and then turned his head to look at Yang Ding and said: "It seems that Brother Yang is still holding a grudge against Zhou, if I, Zhou Hu, have offended Brother Yang in the past, I hope Brother Yang will not be surprised......"

Zhou Hu, who has always been strong and arrogant, suddenly changed his temper today, which made Yang Ding secretly frightened: Could it be that this guy really noticed something?

He pretended to be impatient and said: "Zhou Duwei has something to say, Yang still has affairs to do, but he has no time to play dumb riddles with Zhou Duwei." ”

"Okay, then I'll get straight to the point."

Glancing at Yang Ding meaningfully, Zhao Yu Zhengse said: "A few days ago, my Yingchuan suddenly got the text of the inner court, and learned that Princess Xiangrui left Handan without saying goodbye, and her whereabouts are unknown...... Zhou heard that Princess Xiangrui had a close relationship with Yang County, and even, Princess Xiangrui had the intention to marry, but I don't know if Yang ordered to know the whereabouts of the princess? ”

"Is that really the case?"

Yang Ding was silent for a moment when he heard this, and then said in a deep voice: "Yang also just learned the news from the county. I'm sorry, Captain Zhou, Yang doesn't know anything about this. ”

“……”

Zhao Yu stared at Yang Ding intently, trying to find a flaw.