About an hour later, the king returned. Meng Tianchu was chatting with Xia Fengyi and Feiyan in the living room. Seeing Wang Zhutou coming in, Feiyan hurriedly made him a cup of tea.

Wang Zhutou said: "Master, according to your instructions, I and a few brothers acted separately to investigate, and Zuo Jiayin's father was indeed sick. People in Zuo's house talked about it, Zuo Jiayin's father seemed to have a strange disease, he was getting thinner and thinner, but his complexion was very good, he could eat and sleep, but a big man was now less than 100 catties. ”

"Oh?" Meng Tianchu became more and more curious when he heard this, "Has Miss Zuo's father's identity been investigated?" ”

"Checked, it turns out that Zuo Jiayin's mother is not the original partner of Master Zuo, he was originally married in the capital. He and Zuo Jiayin's mother was met in Hangzhou, at that time Zuo Jiayin's mother was a very popular local Qinglou geisha, called Ning Caier, who knew the piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and was very beautiful. I heard that Mr. Zuo was originally living in Hangzhou for a few days, this stay was actually half a year, and he was redeemed from the Qinglou, and later when Mr. Zuo returned to the capital, he said that he would pick her up soon, but he didn't expect that Mr. Zuo would go for five years, and when he left, Ning Caier was already pregnant, and it didn't take long to save Miss Zuo. ”

After Wang Zhutou finished speaking, he sighed deeply.

"And then?" Meng Tianchu asked.

Ning Caier gave birth to Zuo Jiayin, and asked someone to bring a letter to her father, Master Zuo. But it was all the way to the sea, until Zuo Jiayin was five years old, and her father miraculously came back. ”

"Then Zuo Jiayin's mother has never married?" Meng Tianchu asked.

"I heard that there are none, and there are a lot of matchmakers, but I heard that they have all been rejected."

Meng Tianchu also sighed deeply: "Such a beautiful woman is willing to let her spend her youth in vain, this old man Zuo is too hateful." Xia Fengyi and Wang Zhutou also nodded in agreement.

"Then what is Zuo Jiayin's father sitting on when he comes back?" Xia Fengyi asked.

"I heard that it was a gift of money, and gave a lot of money to their mother and daughter, and at that time, Ning Cai'er didn't think much money was much, so he sent the money and left after living for half a year."

"What a man! Why didn't he bring them to the capital! Xia Fengyi asked unevenly.

"It's just that it's disgusting! Could it be that there is a at home? Meng Tianchu said.

"What the master said is very true!" Wang Zhutou said.

"Ahh Meng Tianchu and Xia Fengyi both called out in unison.

"Old man Zuo turned out to be a poor scholar, and after going to the capital to take the gold list, he was taken by his later father-in-law, so he was recruited as a fast son-in-law of Chenglong. The father of the original partner was the official secretary. So he easily entered the court and became an official. ”

"Oh! I see! Meng Tianchu said.

"That man knows that everything he has is given by his father-in-law Taishan, so he is also very careful about that lady, I heard that he is famous for being afraid of his wife in the court!"

"Then it's no wonder!" Xia Fengyi said. "And after that?"

"Naturally, he couldn't take them to the capital. Their mother and daughter have been staying here all the time. opened a hotel with the money given by Mr. Zuo. It's 'Zhiweiguan', and the business is actually very good. Na Ning Cai'er was born a master of business. Not only opened a restaurant, but also put a lot of land, in Hangzhou, in just a few years, it has been regarded as a rich party. ”

Xia Fengyi pursed her lips: "Why did this old man Zuo come back?" Conscience found out or fell in love with other people's wealth? Obviously, Xia Fengyi doesn't have a good impression of this old man Zuo.

Wang Zhutou said: "This is not clear at all, I heard that I was returning to my hometown, and I didn't leave when I came back this time." It's been more than three years now. ”

It turned out to be a retired old cadre, Meng Tianchu muttered in his heart.

Immediately, Meng Tianchu sent Song Xiangyu and Song Yu to the hall to help Li Ruhan come back from the prefect's yamen to help deal with the loss. After a while, Song Yu came back quickly and reported that he had gone up the mountain to be buried in the morning, and he had not returned at the moment. It seems that the site of this cemetery is relatively far away, so let's wait slowly.

After listening to Wang Zhutou's introduction to Zuo Jiayin's old man just now, Meng Tianchu became more curious about this Zuo Jiayin, but judging from what Wang Zhutou said, he didn't find out why this Zuo Jiayin was so attentive to himself. Is it really as Feiyan said, this strange woman has taken a fancy to herself?

Zuo Jiayin is very beautiful, but compared with Xia Fengyi, it is still slightly inferior, but Xia Fengyi is not her true lady after all, she will have to work hard in the future, and she is lukewarm to herself, so Meng Tianchu has no interest in keeping this false marriage, or this Zuo Jiayin is really here. And there was a mysterious attraction on her, which made Meng Tianchu very curious, which made Meng Tianchu more or less want to chase her in his heart.

It was almost noon, he was hungry, and after talking about Zuo Jiayin for a long time, Meng Tianchu decided to go to "Zhiweiguan" to eat at noon, maybe he could find out more.

With Xia Fengyi and Feiyan, accompanied by Wang Zhutou, the four of them took a carriage to the "Zhiweiguan" by the West Lake. "Zuo Jiayin hasn't come to the store yet. It seems that he is still dealing with the serious illness of the old man at home.

The shopkeeper had already met Meng Tianchu and them, and he greeted them into the elegant seat on the second floor of the restaurant. A Hangzhou banquet was served.

Zuo Jiayin was not there, and Meng Tianchu was a little interested. After a few glasses of wine, I leaned on the railing and looked out at the pedestrians coming and going.

At this moment, I saw several iron horsemen galloping at the end of the street, and the whips crackled, and the pedestrians dodged one after another, so slow that they shrank to the side of the street and did not even dare to call.

These people are freshly dressed and angry, they come so fast, gallop to the front of the "Zhiweiguan", Le Ma stopped, these people wore pointed hats, white leather boots, brown clothes, and tied small silks, all of them were angry. The first middle-aged man with a fat head and big ears looked up and down the restaurant and nodded. The whip made a crisp sound in the air, and then slowly dismounted.

A shopkeeper greeted him with a smile on his face: "A few guests, are you sharpening or..."

"Smack~~!" The shopkeeper was whipped head-on, screaming and squatting on the ground with his face covered. From the forehead to the cheeks, a bright red blood mark suddenly appeared.

"Get out of here!" The fat man kicked the shopkeeper down, "Call out Lao Tzu to Zuo Jiayin, the owner of your knowledge." ”

Meng Tianchu frowned and said, "How can this person be so domineering? ”

"Shh~!" Wang Zhutou hurriedly raised his index finger to make a silence. "These people are the fans of Dongchang, can they not be overbearing. Master, don't look at it, beware of them looking for ballast. ”

Feiyan stood by the window and saw the person clearly, and pulled Meng Tianchu's sleeve nervously with a white face, asking him not to look at it again.

East Factory? This name is really too loud, so loud that Meng Tianchu, who came to ancient times hundreds of years later, couldn't help but feel excited.

Dongchang is the Ming Dynasty after the Jinyi Wei, Ming Chengzu established a well-known spy agency, the function is mainly responsible for 'visiting the rebellion and evil words, etc., and the Jinyi Wei is powerful', initially, the East Factory is only responsible for the investigation, arrest people, and there is no right to interrogate the prisoner, the suspects who are caught should be handed over to the Jinyi Weibei Town Fu Si for trial, because the senior officials of the East Factory are the emperor's personal eunuchs. It is also the people around the emperor, and it is much more convenient to speak than Jinyiwei, and it is more able to figure out the emperor's thoughts, and it is more able to be reused by the emperor, so by the time of the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, its power has been able to compete with Jinyiwei.

Because Jinyiwei and Dongchang were wearing very distinctive uniforms, the common people hid far away when they saw it. Just now, the shopkeeper of the "Knowing Taste View" went to greet him, but he was still whipped for no reason.

Meng Tianchu had only heard of this Jinyiwei and Dongchang in movies, TV or in it, and he really saw it today, and it was really worthy of its name, and it was very arrogant.

The shopkeeper was beaten, and it was impossible for the shopkeeper to hide behind as a grandson, so he had to come out hard, and laugh with a smile: "All the officials are angry, our owner has something to go out, a few guests please sit upstairs first." ”

"Out? Where did it go? Humpty Dumpty looked the shopkeeper up and down. I saw that the shopkeeper trembled all over.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Miss Zuo replied... I went home..."

Humpty Dumpty's horsewhip whipped in the air: "Do you know who we are? ”

The shopkeeper forced a smile: "Know... Know..."

"Smack~~!" With a crisp sound, the shopkeeper had already slapped a heavy mouth, "I know that you don't want to call someone to call this little lady surnamed Zuo!" ”

The shopkeeper is over 50 years old, how can he stand the fat man's ear scraper. He fell to the ground with a stumble, bleeding from his nose and mouth, and almost fainted. One mouth, two molars spit out.

The fat man picked up the leather whip and was about to continue pumping, but Meng Tianchu couldn't hold back anymore when he saw this, and he couldn't care about anything else. Huh stood up and was about to shout "Stop! In the distance, I heard a woman's voice shouting, "Stop! ”

Meng Tianchu was slightly stunned, he was very familiar with this voice, and when he raised his eyes, it was Zuo Jiayin.

The fat man's hand holding the whip stopped in the air. I was very surprised in my heart, who still dared to ask the people of Dongchang to stop in these years? Could it be that you have eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall? Slowly looked sideways, and saw a stunning beauty, staring at him coldly, walking over step by step.

The fat man winked at a few fans.

A few Dongchang fans smiled and said, "Little lady, did you tell our captain to stop?" ”

Zuo Jiayin said coldly: "Yes." ”

"You won't let us beat that old man, do you want us to beat you?" A fan laughed.

"I see, she didn't want us to hit her, she wanted us brothers to be a few ... Hey, hey...", touching his chin and smiling.

Lightning-like Zuo Jiayin made a move, and this yin laughing fan was hit hard by Zuo Jiayin's stomach. Suddenly collapsed on the ground, and the rest of the fans still didn't understand what was going on. Zuo Jiayin pointed to the east and west like the autumn wind sweeping the leaves, and knocked these fans to the ground in a moment.

Meng Tianchu was simply stunned, and his mouth opened wide and couldn't close it. He was surprised not by Zuo Jiayin's martial arts, this kung fu was not much better than him, he was surprised that Zuo Jiayin knew that the other party was from Dongchang, and he dared to do it, it was simply dead.

Like Meng Tianchu, who opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it, there was also the short and fat head of the East Factory. He couldn't believe his eyes. I can't believe that there are still people in this world who dare to knock down a group of Dongchang fans on the street. Trembling asked, "You... Who are you? ”

"You came to me, and you didn't know who I was?"

"You... You are Zuo Jiayin...? ”

Zuo Jiayin slowly walked to Humpty Dumpty's side: "Yes, why are you making trouble in my hotel?" The one who hurt me? ”

"I... We are the East Factory..."

"I know you're from Dongchang, your dogskin has made it very clear, what I'm asking is why did you come to my shop to spread wild?"

"We... We are ordered by Lord Sifang to return to the capital with Lord Zuo..."

"Then you don't have to hit anyone, do you?"

This Humpty Dumpty knew that he was not the opponent of this woman, and he couldn't get up from lying on the ground just now, and the hero didn't suffer the loss in front of him, and said with a smile: "This is a misunderstanding... Hehe... Misunderstanding..."

"Really? What is the commander's surname? ”

"I... My surname is Xiao and my name is Zhenpeng. ”

"It turned out to be Chief Xiao." Zuo Jiayin smiled coldly. Slowly took out a small sign from his arms and lit up in front of Xiao Zhenpeng.

Xiao Zhenpeng looked at it, and was suddenly startled, bowed down and saluted: "Damn it!" Damn it! Please..."

Zuo Jiayin's pretty face was cold: "Shut up!" Go back and tell the person who told you to come to me, and say that when I have time, I will go to the capital to find her in person. ”

"Yes, yes! Damn it! I don't know if Miss Zuo is..., I quit my job..."Xiao Zhenpeng apologized repeatedly. Bowed, walked backwards in front of those fans, and kicked them a few times: "Damn, don't go quickly!" ”

Those few fans hurriedly struggled to stand up, supported each other, did not dare to get on the horse in front of Zuo Jiayin, led the reins of the horse and limped out of the distance, and then got on the horse and rode away.