Chapter 971: Freemasonry

"How long has he been waiting," returned to the post house, and before he entered the door, Zhang Fan asked Liang Chao on the side, Zhang Fan asked no one else, it was Ding Guangyou who was waiting in the post house now.

Hearing Zhang Fan's question, Liang Chao also raised his head and looked at the sky, and then said, "It looks like it's almost two hours,"

Liang Chao is right, now it has passed the unitary time, plus it is already the winter season, the sky is already dark, although the climate here is good, but after all, it is winter, after dark, it is also a little cold, but it is not as cold as the capital is unacceptable, but if you are always in one place, don't move much, think about your heart, and haven't eaten until now, it's not very comfortable.

And now, this Ding Guangyou is like this, it was originally good, but after the people from the capital entered the city, he was found at the door, saying that it was Jinyiwei, and although he hadn't done anything, as long as he was an official, he had heard of Jinyiwei's reputation, and it would naturally not be very comfortable to be found by Jinyiwei.

Moreover, the important thing is that this Ding Guangyou was originally planning, whether to take advantage of Zhang Fan's opportunity to come here to do something, but now he just hasn't made up his mind for a while, now, he has such a mind, but he was first found by Jin Yiwei, no matter who it is, he will be a little scared in his heart, and Ding Guangyou is not only afraid in his heart, but now he has been pulled out of his house, and he has been sitting here for more than two hours, during which he does not dare to move, which is not comfortable It can be imagined.

Of course, Ding Guangyou knows what he did to pull him to this place, after all, the envoy from the imperial court now lives here, which is known to everyone in Chengdu's career circle, and he is here now, which means that Zhang Fan wants to see him, and Zhang Fan wants to see him, which is a good illustration of a problem, that is, nothing will happen to him now, at least he himself is still safe.

"It's already past the unitary hour," Zhang Fan nodded, and said, "Liang Chao, you go get some wine and food, the food in this post house is not very good, I'll meet this Ding Guangyou,"

"My lord......" After listening to Zhang Fan's instructions, Liang Chao did not go immediately, but looked at Zhang Fan with a look of wanting to speak and stopped, and after a long time, he still said, "How are you going to tell this Ding Guangyou?"

Looking at Liang Chao's appearance, Zhang Fan immediately understood, this Liang Chao is sympathetic to Ding Guangyou, although it is a little incredible, but after thinking about it a little, it is not strange, after all, what happened to Ding Guangyou is indeed too miserable, although it has not reached that extreme point, although there are more people in this world who are even worse than him, but his unspeakable misery is the most depressing, and now, even if Liang Chao is born in Jinyiwei, The characters who can be ruthless even when they do things have become sympathetic to his suffering, which shows that he is indeed miserable.

"You can rest assured," Zhang Fan said to Liang Chao with a smile, "I won't force him or anything, I will definitely talk to him well, besides, just like I said before, he has nothing left, I think he is nervous about me looking for him, but he will not be afraid of anything anymore, don't worry, I won't force him too much, he will be fine,"

Hearing Zhang Fan say this, Liang Chao didn't insist on anything anymore and turned to leave, but Zhang Fan sighed and didn't know what to say for a while.

"Fan, you will help that Ding Guangyou," Zhang Fan didn't speak, but Joanna, who was standing beside him, couldn't help it, with a pitiful and pleading tone, and there was also a look that made Zhang Fan not know how to describe it, "You don't look at a person, you can help but don't help, and in the end you end up with a miserable end,"

At this moment, Zhang Fan had a feeling of not knowing how to describe it, he didn't know how he would bring Joanna this time, if it was a different person, whether it was Ru Xue, Zhao Xue, Luo Ling'er, or Yingyue, even if they would sympathize with Ding Guangyou, but with Zhang Fan's persuasion, they would definitely not ask too much about this matter, but Joanna is different, not because she is not Zhang Fan's woman now, but because this Ding Guangyou's experience gives her a feeling of acquaintance.

Joanna knew what it was like to fall to the ground in that pain, she didn't want to try again, and in the same way, she didn't want other people to taste that taste, especially innocent people, and now, there was such an innocent person in front of them who had suffered this kind of treatment, and although, the tragedy has now formed, even if Zhang Fan can help him avenge and let him vent some resentment in his heart, but the past is in the past, and he will never come back, his wife cannot be resurrected, and his brother-in-law cannot be resurrected from the battlefield.

However, what Joanna asked Zhang Fan was not these things, she did not ask Zhang Fan to help Ding Guangyou take revenge, but asked Zhang Fan to help Ding Guangyou and help him get out of the current predicament, he is not too old, and now he has not lost his official position, and there will be decades to live in the future, if he can't get rid of this predicament now, I don't know how long this nightmare will haunt him, maybe the second half of his life.

He may not be able to see this kind of thing himself, but for the bystanders, they can see that when the time comes, Ding Guangyou will definitely face this situation, and in this regard, Joanna is the same, originally for Joanna, what happened to her was worse than Ding Guangyou, if it wasn't for the fact that she met Zhang Fan before, if it weren't for the fact that the two of them had already had a good impression of each other, Joanna wouldn't be here now, so first, how she would live now, she didn't think about it, but did not dare to think about it at all.

Now, Joanna has finally found her home, but, maybe it's because women are more emotional, or maybe it's because Ding Guangyou's experience really makes her empathize, anyway, now that Joanna has found her home, she won't be troubled by those things in the past for the rest of her life, even if she occasionally has nightmares, but at least there is Zhang Fan by her side, and there is someone who can comfort her.

But this Ding Guangyou has nothing.

"Joanna, don't look at me like that," Zhang Fan said in a very troublesome tone, "Besides, I didn't say I wouldn't help him,"

"Then you agreed," Hearing Zhang Fan say this, Joanna immediately became happy.

"Don't panic and be happy, I haven't decided on this matter yet," Zhang Fan saw Joanna's smiling face like a flower, and hurriedly said, in case she misunderstood something, "It's okay to help him, but there must be a limit to this help, even if he is pitiful, but I can't go too far, and if he asks for a price, then I won't agree,"

"Mm-hmm," listening to Zhang Fan's words, Joanna nodded, obviously she agreed with Zhang Fan's words, this kind of thing is too natural and impossible.

"One more point," Zhang Fan continued, "What is the reason why I found this Ding Guangyou, I think you also know, I also have some things to ask him to help with, to put it bluntly, I just want to use him, you have no objection to this,"

"No," Joanna shook her head and said, "I believe that Fan, even if he wants to take advantage of people, he will not let him do anything harmful, and in the end he will have to take his name, after all, he is not a bad person,"

Hearing Joanna say this, Zhang Fan couldn't help but smile bitterly, what Joanna said was not wrong at all, although she had not been by Zhang Fan's side for a long time, but Zhang Fan's style of doing things had already been figured out by her, even if Zhang Fan wanted to use someone to do something, it depended on what kind of person the other party was.

If the other party is a big traitor, then there will be no other feelings in this use, it can be said that after the use, you have to deal with it by the way, but if the other party has not done anything bad, and now Zhang Fan wants to use him as a last resort, then the situation is different, Zhang Fan will not let him do something he is not willing to do, and he will make up for it after he is done.

Joanna can be said to have figured out Zhang Fan's character, so when Zhang Fan said the ambiguous words just now, she was not worried at all, she knew that Zhang Fan just wanted to scare and scare herself, but she was in a very good mood now, and she really couldn't make any fright.

Sighing again, Zhang Fan walked into the post house, inside, Ding Guangyou was sitting there waiting.

looks very ordinary, his eyes are not big, but now his eyes are full of doubts and a kind of sorrow, obviously he is only less than forty years old, but his hair and beard are already a little gray, it is obvious that he has a lot of worries, dressed up, can only be said to be ordinary, on the whole, this Ding Guangyou does not look like a big traitor, more like a loyal and honest farmer.

"My lord," Seeing Zhang Fan walking in, Ding Guangyou couldn't sit still anymore, so he quickly stood up and greeted Zhang Fan.

"You are Ding Guangyou," Zhang Fan looked at him and said with a smile, "No need to do this, we are now in the post house, not in the yamen, where are there so many courtesies,"

Hearing Zhang Fan say this, Ding Guangyou stood up with a very unnatural look on his face.

"It's just right, it's almost time now," Zhang Fan said, "I asked my subordinates to order a drink and food, and Master Ding happened to have a few drinks with me, let's talk about it later," After speaking, Zhang Fan ignored Ding Guangyou's doubts and turned to leave.

And Ding Guangyou stood in place, confused and overwhelmed, not knowing what to think.