Chapter 21: Late Night Talk

A qualified leader must know how to be sympathetic to his subordinates, and even more so than his subordinates, know how to observe words and feelings, discover the signs of contradictions among his subordinates in a timely manner, and then consider whether to reconcile or use them to make them a driving force for healthy competition.

Cheng Yu and Gao Shun are both talents that Zhao Yun attaches great importance to, and he doesn't want to have a situation that he can't control at this critical moment.

On the way back, Cheng Yu wanted to speak and stopped, but because he was afraid of Gao Shun and Chen Jiang, he never spoke in the end, thinking that there was something unspeakable. If there is really any contradiction, Zhao Yun doesn't want it to become a knot in their hearts, so it's better to ask it as soon as possible, and it is better to deal with it as soon as possible.

Cheng Yu was very respectful, and after entering the room, under Zhao Yun's courteous instructions, he sat down with the guests and hosts.

He is a strict person, even if it is two months, but if he agrees, he agrees, and he should do his part well.

Zhao Yun saw Cheng Yu sitting down, and said straight to the point: "Mr. Zhongde, along the way, I see that you seem to have something to say, and there is no other person here now, but it doesn't hurt to say it, sir." ”

Cheng Yu shook his hands, but instead of answering, he asked: "My subordinates have a question in their hearts, and I hope that my son will answer truthfully." ”

Zhao Yun raised his hand and said, "Sir, excuse me." ”

Receiving Zhao Yun's consent, Cheng Yu raised his head and looked directly into his eyes and asked, "Childe, my subordinates have the courage to ask, is Zhao Fan killed by Childe!?" ”

After listening to the topic asked by Cheng Yu, Zhao Yun was stunned. It's not because he guessed that he was the real murderer of Zhao Fan. With Cheng Yu's intelligence, he deliberately showed them his ability in Fanfu today, and he was ready to guess the truth.

Cheng Yu's brother's death, Zhao Fan is the culprit, Zhao Yun killed Zhao Fan, it can be regarded as revenge for them, in Zhao Yun's mind, when Cheng Yu arrives at the truth, he will only miss his kindness more.

The reason why Zhao Yun was stunned was because he knew that he was too worried, it turned out that Cheng Yu was afraid of Gao Shun and others, not because of any contradictions, but for him Zhao Yun, regardless of whether Gao Shun was loyal to Zhao Yun or not, Cheng Yu didn't want more people to know the truth, so as not to bring unnecessary harm to Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun didn't answer, and Cheng Yu was not in a hurry, but looked at him in astonishment and waited patiently. Because he has already made a decision, Zhao Yun's next answer will determine his stay or not. If Zhao Yun didn't tell the truth, it would be a distrust of him, and since he didn't trust, then why did he stay for two more months.

Leaning slightly, Zhao Yun came back to his senses from his stunnedness. When he looked at Cheng Yu, who was still waiting for a reply, although he didn't know what he was thinking at this time, he could feel his earnestness at this time.

He didn't intend to hide it, and admitted categorically: "Since Mr. asks each other, Mr. and I have nothing to hide." Yes, Zhao Fan died at my hands. ”

This implied killing sentence was tantamount to a reassuring pill for Cheng Yu at this time.

I saw him get up suddenly, saluted again, and said, "Cheng Yu, thank you for telling the truth!" The meaning is already obvious, this is an attitude, an attitude that has received Zhao Yun's trust.

Seeing Cheng Yu like this, Zhao Yun also hurriedly got up and said, "Mr. is too outside, I have a relationship with Mr. as a mentor and friend, so I don't have to be so polite in the future." ”

Although Cheng Yu was grateful, he was still stubborn and said: "There is a difference between respect and inferiority, and etiquette cannot be abolished." Zhao Yun understood that Cheng Yu was stubborn, so he didn't say anything, so he did it.

Cheng Yu continued: "My subordinates now have a suggestion, and I hope that my son will pay attention to it and adopt it." ”

Zhao Yun affirmed: "Sir, please speak, Zhao Yun listens." ”

Cheng Yu said: "Childe's ability to kill people in the invisible is only seen in Cheng's life. If you don't see it in person, you will never hear of it. ”

"But with all due respect, before Childe has enough strength to protect himself, you must not expose this ability to kill people invisibly unless it is a last resort. Otherwise, it will become the target of the public, and the world will not tolerate it! ”

Zhao Yun was impressive, this was by no means Cheng Yu's alarmism, it was really his own negligence. The unknown is terrible, the unknown death is even more terrifying, and no one wants to control their life and death in the hands of strangers, even enemies. Even those closest to them may choose to leave in the shadow of fear of the unknown.

"Zhao Yun thanks Mr. Zhongde for reminding me, and I will definitely pay great attention to it in the future."

Zhao Yun bowed solemnly to Cheng Yu and thanked him sincerely, Cheng Yu wanted to avoid it sideways, but it was already a step too late, so he had to accept Zhao Yun's thanks.

Cheng Yu was very satisfied with Zhao Yun's ability to listen carefully to his advice and sincerely adopt it, and he was about to retire, but he was left behind by Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun called Cheng Yu this time, in addition to solving Cheng Yu's heart, there is actually another more important thing, that is, he intends to tell him about the Black Mountain Thieves will attack Zhaojiazhuang at night, and Cheng Yu, who also knows the situation, will be his best help.

Of course, he will say it another way, not that he doesn't believe Cheng Yu, but that he has decided to bury the unthinkable thing of crossing and rebirth in his heart.

After thinking about the rhetoric, Zhao Yun spoke: "Mr. Zhongde, I came to you this time, in fact, there is another important matter related to the life and death of my Zhaojiazhuang, and I want to discuss with you." ”

Zhao Yun's words were too abrupt, which made Cheng Yu, who listened carefully, confused, no matter how you look at the huge Zhaojiazhuang, it looks like it is thriving, and there is no trace of signs that it is about to collapse.

Could it be that there is a problem within Zhaojiazhuang? Is it a big bully and plotting a rebellion? Or are brothers fighting for the industry? These are very likely things to happen in large families.

Thinking of the recent action of hearing about Zhao Yun's recruitment, Cheng Yuhu turned his eyes to Zhao Yun suspiciously, could it be true!?

Smart people like to complicate and diversify things, and then find what they think is the most correct, Zhao Yun knows that Cheng Yu must be thinking blindly at this time.

So he directly revealed the answer and said: "Recently, the Black Mountain bandits have been rampant, I think you should have heard about it, right?" I have received reliable information that this bandit will come to attack my Zhaojiazhuang in two months. ”

Cheng Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it was good if it wasn't a brother's wall, but then he asked suspiciously: "Since you are here to attack Zhaojiazhuang, why do you have to delay it until two months later?" At the same time, he also thought of the reason why Zhao Yun had a two-month appointment with him, which seemed to be to address this problem.

"It's... I don't know very well, maybe they are waiting for some important person, or maybe they are using this time to gather troops. Cheng Yu's question was also one of the sore feet that he didn't confess to Zao Wou-Ki and Qian Fu, so he had to come up with two ambiguous answers.

Cheng Yu nodded thoughtfully, in his opinion, Zhao Yun was an extremely shrewd person and would not lie on such an important issue, so he continued to ask: "How many people know about this matter now?" ”

Zhao Yun replied: "At present, you and I are the only ones who know about this matter. ”

While Cheng Yu was grateful to Zhao Yun for his trust, he was a little more puzzled: "For such a major matter, why didn't Gongzi discuss it with the family master, the housekeeper, and the elders, but he had to face it alone?" ”

"Mr. Zhongde, it's not that I don't want to discuss with them," Zhao Yun shook his head and continued, "When I learned the news, my eldest brother went to Luoyang with the dart convoy due to problems with the family business. And the Great Elder and the Steward Qian, I can naturally trust it, but this is related to the Three Elders, how can they easily believe my one-sided words? Doing so will only startle the snake. ”

Hearing this, Cheng Yu had already heard a little bit of the way, and he had already guessed that there should be something wrong with this third elder, and muttered, "Third elder? ”

"Yes, it's the Third Elder," Zhao Yun paused, and said with a look of hatred, "It's just that the family doesn't believe it, and there are two traitors." The news that this Black Mountain thief wants to attack Zhaojiazhuang is exactly what I got by chance from the conversation between Xiahou Lie and Xiahou Lan's uncle and nephew. ”

Although this story was made up by Zhao Yun, the hatred for Xiahou's uncle and nephew was not fake. In the previous life, if it weren't for Xiahou's uncle and nephew, how could Zhaojiazhuang end up with a dismal end of ruined villages?

After Cheng Yu listened, he secretly said in his heart, sure enough.

Then Cheng Yu asked: "What is the son's plan now, and does he already have a countermeasure?" ”

Zhao Yun retracted his mind and said to Cheng Yu: "Although there is no perfect strategy, Zhao has already thought of a countermeasure. ”

"It is better to seek others than to seek yourself, the first thing is to strengthen our strength. Although the matter of my recruitment of Xiang Yong is well known, they are difficult to predict the truth and reality, and they don't know my purpose, which I will explain to Gao Shun and Liu Yin. ”

"And what Mr. Zhongde needs to do is also very important, tomorrow I will propose that you be the deputy butler. You have to be familiar with and control the subordinates of Zhaojiazhuang in the shortest possible time, be able to face any sudden changes, advance and retreat in any situation, and will not panic, I believe you can do this. ”

Cheng Yu did not refuse, and happily took the order: "Son, please rest assured, Cheng Yu will live up to his trust." ”

In order to prove his unreserved trust in Cheng Yu, Zhao Yun took out five hundred taels of gold from the box full of gold in the room, and couldn't find a usable box, so he took a piece of clothing and wrapped it and handed it to Cheng Yu.

"There are five hundred taels of gold here, which is enough for you to donate an official and a half position to the Luoyang Guanzhi, there is no problem."

Cheng Yu first took out the piece of warm jade that Zhao Yun had previously held in his hand and handed it back to Zhao Yun, before solemnly taking the five hundred taels of gold wrapped in clothes in his hand.

He knew that Zhao Yun had absolute trust in him, and believed that he would not take the five hundred taels of gold and fly away. It's impossible to say that you are not moved.

After Cheng Yu left, half of the time had passed, Zhao Yun felt sorry for Zhao Ling'er and Liu Wen, and asked them to put the medicine that Zhao Yun asked Zhao Ling'er to prepare in proportion to a bath bucket, add hot water, and let them rest.

When she took it away, Zhao Yun specially explained to Xiao Nizi and asked her to remember to bring Liu Wen when she practiced the 'Heavenly Immortal Dance'. Xiao Nizi ran away with Liu Wen with a smile, it turned out that she had already meant this and had already told Liu Wen.

This made the second monk Zhao Yunzhang puzzled, these two little girls have only known each other for a long time, and they have already become one so quickly, regardless of each other, are there two people who are more familiar with each other than this?

Poof!

After the two little girls left, Zhao Yun took off his clothes after trying the water temperature, revealing his toned body, and entered the medicated bath barrel in the splashing water.

Sitting in the medicinal bath tub, Zhao Yun released his spiritual sense, causing it to spread in one direction intentionally. Soon, two figures came into his mind, it was Xiahou Lie's uncle and nephew.

Since he knocked Xia Houlan unconscious that day, he has no news of their uncle and nephew, and when he returned to the village today, he didn't see Xia Houlan come out to pick up the wind, before being exposed, Xia Houlan was still very kind to Zhao Yun.

He didn't think that Xia Houlan was killed by himself like this, because if he was really dead, Uncle Qian would not fail to tell him, so he wanted to find out what the situation was.