Chapter 512: The Pit
The picture scroll of the Great Demon King Killing Bandits on the Water, under Zhang Wu's rich and colorful description, slowly unfolded in front of Zhang Shou.
So, he knew that his future uncle could kill the enemy when he got on the horse, and he could kill bandits when he went into the water. That pair of water-splitting thorns were used under water-as for how Zhang Wu saw how Zhu Tingfang used water-splitting spines underwater, then he didn't know. Well, it's better to be a young man and be incoherent.
In addition to Zhu Tingfang, there were also four guards from the Zhao State Mansion who went into the water, and the weapons were exactly the same as Zhu Tingfang. Because of this, Zhang Wu described these four people as like the guards around the White Dragon King, and when they came out of the water, the evil qi around them was colder than the river water, and they didn't care about the injuries on their bodies.
At this time, the people who were talking and walking had already left the university archway of Guozijian, and were about to get on the horse, Zhang Wu saw that Zhang Shou was smiling at the corner of his mouth from beginning to end, and he looked like he didn't care, he couldn't help but be a little anxious, so he simply led the horse to stop Zhang Shou and deliberately lowered his voice.
"Little sir, don't take it seriously, Boss Zhu thinks that he is a figure that no one in our circle dares to provoke, first, he is older than us, and second, he is ......"
He swallowed hard, and saw that Zhu Tingfang and the guards in front of him were obviously more than twenty steps away from him, but he still lowered his voice.
"Second, he is too capable of fighting, once the eldest prince of the Duke of Chu was not convinced by his reputation as the first prince of the capital, relying on the sons of the three brothers of the Duke of Chu, he gathered a total of seven or eight brothers, plus more than twenty guards, blocked Boss Zhu and the two guards in an alley, and called me and Xiao Wu and a bunch of noble sons to testify, and the result was ......"
He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then continued with a bitter face: "As a result, a group of us saw with our own eyes that Boss Zhu was the horn of the three people, Boss Zhu was the front, and the other two were waists, and the three of them put down more than 30 people, which is not count...... We, the hapless bystanders, were also beaten up! ”
Zhang Shou was immediately amused: "Zhang Wu, it seems that you have a really deep impression of Yingying and her eldest brother, no wonder you are good, Zhang Chen is also Boss Zhu, you even called the big demon king directly just now!" ”
Although Zhu Er on the side was squeezed aside by Zhang Lu, when he heard this, he couldn't help but open his mouth, and was about to remind Zhang Shou that the eldest brother was not a weak chicken like him, and he must not be underestimated, when he suddenly thought of a question.
The last time the eldest brother came back from the Northern Expeditionary Army, he had a-for-tat confrontation with Zhang Shou, but in the end, Zhang Shou quietly broke the siege on his own. Zhu Tingfang, who loves Zhu Ying the most, doesn't say how he treats Zhang Shou, he hasn't even touched a single hair of people. In this case, even if the eldest brother comes back this time, it won't be okay to pick Zhang Shou's stubble, right?
But Zhang Wu's words were as if Zhu Tingfang was looking for Zhang Shou to settle accounts!
Zhang Chen listened beside him, and saw that Zhang Wu was suddenly speechless, and Zhang Lu wanted to speak and stopped, and he couldn't help asking: "Hey, I don't understand, no matter how powerful Boss Zhu is, what if he doesn't see Mr. Xiao on the first day, will he beat him for no reason?" Didn't he get along well with Mr. Xiao in Cangzhou before? In just over a month, this day of great joy will be approaching,"
Although he couldn't get along with Zhang Chenping, Zhu Er, who was also thinking so just now, couldn't help but nod his head in agreement: "That's right, my eldest brother is not an unreasonable person." This time he just killed a few bandits, what does it have to do with my brother-in-law? ”
Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu exchanged glances, and finally Zhang Lu whispered: "Actually...... The water bandits who were captured alive said that they wanted to teach the Zhao Guogong Mansion a lesson, and if they could, they would have wanted to make a big fuss at the wedding of the little gentleman and the eldest lady. Results ......"
"Of course, the result was that he was almost killed by the angry Boss Zhu." Zhang Wu sighed and took his mouth, as soon as he thought of the scene he witnessed at that time, he had the urge to vomit, but because he was in front of Zhang Shou and Zhang Chen, the two people who had helped him a lot, he couldn't show it, so he could only smile bitterly at the moment, "Then Boss Zhu tortured him and forced some words out of their mouths." ”
He glanced at Zhang Chen, and then looked at Zhang Shou: "They are the fish that slipped through the net during the previous purge of the Linhai camp, so I hate you for ruining their big thing, Mr. Xiao...... Of course, Miss Zhu, who also ruined their good deeds in the bamboo forest behind Rongshui Village, was also among their enemies. In addition, it is Brother Chen, they said that they must kill you and sacrifice those spirits in the sky! ”
"Huh."
Zhang Shou and Zhang Chen laughed almost at the same time. And Zhang Chen immediately said contemptuously and disdainfully: "I uncovered that matter, but at the beginning of the decapitated Liu killed a person's head, the majesty who had stayed in the Ruiqi camp in the past, it seems that after the past, he killed a person's head again, and the little gentleman caught a few fish that slipped through the net on Zhao Yuan's side, and the entire Beijing suburbs were pulled again like a fishing net." ”
"It's not done yet, isn't there too much fish that slipped through the net in the Linhai camp?"
When Zhu Er saw Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu suddenly looking at each other, he couldn't help but slap his hands and said: "That's right, so the four words Linhai Camp are a good excuse at all, with this name, the mastermind behind the scenes can hide it well, just splash any dirty water on Linhai Camp!" ”
Zhang Shou smiled disapprerovingly: "Okay, just tell Zhu Er, it sounds like someone is just selling dog meat on the head of a sheep under the reputation of a group of traitors, there is nothing to delve into." Although Master Zhu may be angry that someone is plotting against Yingying, he will not be angry with me. It's Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu, Zhang Chen just said that you got a batch of colored cotton seeds, what's going on? ”
He changed the topic, and Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu dispelled the fear they had at the beginning because of the Great Demon King Zhu, and immediately became excited. As soon as the two of you said a word, I could clearly explain the ecstasy after harvesting the batch of colored cotton, and the excitement when I immediately collected the seeds and planned to bring them to the capital.
Facing these two elated brothers, Zhang Shou couldn't help but feel that if he poured cold water on people at this time, it seemed a bit too much.
Colored cotton, in fact, is not a new thing, it is said that South American Peruvians have long been planted, but they don't care too much, after all, compared to the monotonous color of colored cotton, dyeing is more convenient. However, in later generations, colored cotton once became the trend of environmental naturalists.
Because of this all-natural non-dyeing fabric, it is really very in line with the requirements of small freshness. They believe that chemical raw materials should be used for dyeing, and dyed cotton textiles are unhealthy, so even if the color cotton fabric is actually a little uneven or even foggy, and the color is monotonous and not bright enough, as long as there is the advantage of not dyeing!
But in this day and age, he has to say that this is a big pit with no bottom visible! If you don't learn biology well, you want to grow colored cotton?
Thinking of this, Zhang Shou's face became more and more gentle, and he even smiled at Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu with a smile: "You two have made meritorious contributions this time, if these seeds are dedicated to the emperor and grow colored cotton, the emperor may reward you." By the way, have you reported this to the emperor in advance? ”
Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu are waiting for Zhang Shou. The two glanced at each other, and Zhang Lu said with a smile on his face: "Of course not, we want to go back to Beijing to discuss with Mr. Xiao and Brother Chen." At first, even Boss Zhu didn't know, but later because of the water bandits, we had to confide the truth, after all, we were really frightened at that time, for fear that Boss Zhu would throw us down in anger. ”
Regarding the confession of his former little brother duo, Zhang Chen immediately wanted to give circumstantial evidence in person, but who knew that he was stopped by Zhang Shou's gesture.
"Okay, I got it. In short, you have two days off, the emperor is busy meeting with several mountain chiefs in the past few days, plus there is also the matter of the eldest prince and the second prince taking concubines, don't worry. ”
Zhang Chen suddenly muttered: "Not in a hurry? Zhu Er and I have been back for so many days, and the secret of the new loom is almost impossible to keep, and another colored cotton has popped up at this moment, and if you are not in a hurry, it will be cheaper for others! ”
"The boss of the Jiang family stayed in Zhang Yuan and was so hungry that he didn't dare to complain to you, no, he could only come to me! We can be regarded as uniting most of the people in Beizhili, and connecting this cotton and textile into a line, if we don't hurry up and be stolen by those businessmen in Jiangnan and even Fujian and Guangdong, they will catch up in a blink of an eye! ”
Seeing that Zhang Chen was more and more depressed the more he talked, Zhang Shou quipped: "When did the eldest son of the Duke of Qin, who didn't care about everything, care about such a small career now?" ”
Knowing that the ridicule could only end here, otherwise Zhang Chen would be furious the next moment, he smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, there are some things they can learn, and some things they can't." In this way, let's go to Xiao's house for a good gathering first, and then talk about it after the afternoon class, I also have something to discuss with you. ”
As soon as Zhang Shou said this, Zhang Chen turned annoyance into joy. He was able to convince Zhang Shou because people not only regarded him, a rebellious son, as an ordinary person, but also helped him solve the awkward relationship with his father, but what he was most convinced of Zhang Shou was nothing else, it was Zhang Shou who never behaved particularly tough, but he would always unconsciously follow people's words.
For example, at this time, Zhang Shou will say that he will discuss with them, but will not say that he will tell them. Even Zhang Shou often lets them do it themselves, as if he doesn't worry about them messing things up.
So, under this attitude of letting go and letting you do things, he, who was always regarded as a locust before, or Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu, will always burst out with extraordinary inspiration. For example, he poured his left hand into his right hand in Xingtai, forcing the eldest prince to jump off the wall in a hurry.
But even if the eldest prince loses, his act of pretending to be the second prince's henchman is also contracted by Zhang Shou in front of the emperor.
It is precisely because Zhang Shou is such a responsible person that he is now willing to call Mr. Xiao convincingly, like Zhang Wu, Zhang Lu and Lu Sanlang, and call him a teacher in front of outsiders.
The first few people in the back were talking sneakily, and even gave themselves the title of the Great Demon King, although Zhu Tingfang was deaf and clear-sighted, and heard a little bit of it, but he didn't pay attention to it at all. Suddenly encountering water bandits, for Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu, it may be thrilling, but for him who once escaped death, it is nothing at all.
Because a noble son in the capital during the Yingzong period had drowned in Shichahai inexplicably, he was urged by his father to practice water since he was a child, and the water was so good that he could hold his breath in the water for a long time. Later, after the orphans adopted by his father became his bodyguards, he specially selected people to practice water warfare.
I used to have a sharp weapon suitable for water warfare on the ship, and I was still talking about dealing with the group of hidden bandits on the canal?
Although Zhu Tingfang didn't believe that the so-called remnants of the Linhai camp ran out one by one, the words of the person who was tortured by him to the point of almost collapse were corroborated, but they made this matter ironclad, so he didn't bother to care about it so much, and he just left people in the military department as soon as he arrived in the capital today, and he didn't bother to pay attention to it at this time.
As for Zhang Shou not following Zhu Ying back to the Zhao Guogong Mansion, he deliberately came to the Jiuzhangtang of the Guozijian to block people...... The reason is very simple, he is just to see whether his future brother-in-law is hiding from him, or is he really focused on the student. The baby sister is about to get married, and he can't help but have a sense of provocation.
However, walking and walking, seeing that the Xiao family was imminent, Zhu Tingfang suddenly noticed that the old mansion of the Liu family next door, which was once bought by Zhang Shou and Lu Sanlang, was filled with all kinds of noises, and now it has become quiet. Thinking that after Zhang Shou moved into Zhang Yuan, he seemed to have mysteriously transferred those hired blacksmiths and carpenters, and he was quickly relieved.
But the next moment, a figure appeared in front of the door over there, but he was stunned. As the other party shouted out in surprise and joy, Zhu Dagongzi hurriedly took three steps and rushed over in two steps.
"Miss Zhou? Why are you here? Could it be the teacher......
Zhou, who was called Miss Zhou by Zhu Tingfang, suddenly laughed: "It was Lu Sangongzi who sent someone to take the master to Beijing, and it happened that the emperor's conscription had also arrived, so the master decided to go to Beijing to take a look." After seeing Dr. Zhang, the lord and he had a very good conversation, a few days ago he arranged so many students of the Jiuzhangtang of the Guozijian to stay at the Xiao family next door, the lord was very happy, and said that he was thoughtful. ”
Zhu Tingfang suddenly turned his head and glanced at Zhang Shou, his mood was simply indescribable.
In order to apprentice at the beginning, he came every day, and he almost never went to the door to make snow, which finally moved Liu Zhiyuan to accept him as a student. Now it's good, Zhang Shou easily got into a fight with Liu Zhiyuan, who has always been a tall cliff!
But what he was most angry about was that he often sent people back to Beijing to deliver the news of Cangzhou, and at the same time, he also inquired about the movements of the capital, so no one told him that Liu Zhiyuan had arrived in the capital! What is this, to give him an unexpected surprise?
And just when Zhu Tingfang was a little angry, he saw Zhang Shou walking forward and smiling at him again: "Mr. Liu has always been a consultant for Lu Sanlang in the imperial chef selection competition, and now he is going to be the head of the public school in the outer city. ”
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