The five people stepped forward and bowed to Meng Tianchu: "Subordinates, see Foreman Meng!" ”

Meng Tianchu looked around, dumbfounded, not knowing what was going on.

The five people immediately separated from the left and right, and one person walked out of them, and when he saw this person, Meng Tianchu was taken aback - this person turned out to be the second eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor, the one hundred households in Dongchang, and the big red man in front of the emperor, Father-in-law Wen!

Meng Tianchu looked at the hot spring that was still rolling on the ground with snot and saliva rolling all over the ground, and then looked at the one in front of him, dazed and at a loss.

Hot Spring slowly walked in front of Meng Tianchu, staring at Meng Tianchu with a pair of cold eyes, and saw that his hairs stood on end. Hurriedly turned his head to look at Steward Lu: "Father-in-law Lu, this... What's going on? ”

Grandpa Lu smiled and said: "It is our Father-in-law Wen who kidnapped you, and asked you to assassinate Father-in-law Wen, also to test you, the Father-in-law Wen on the ground is fake, it is a stand-in, he looks like Father-in-law Wen, and the one in front of you is the real Father-in-law Wen." If you killed that fake Father-in-law Wen just now, I'm afraid that at this moment you have been... Hey hey"

Meng Tianchu was shocked, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Don't dare to be humble!" It turns out that Father-in-law Wen is safe and sound, what a joy! ”

Hot Spring nodded, stretched out his hand and patted Meng Tianchu's shoulder: "Well, you are very good, very loyal to our family." Do a good job in the future, your benefits are indispensable! ”

"Yes! Thank you father-in-law for your support! ”

Hot Spring turned sideways and said to Steward Lu and the others, "You all go out!" ”

Everyone bowed and withdrew, and the little eunuchs carried the fake hot springs on the ground and withdrew.

Hot Spring walked to the chair and sat down, staring at Meng Tianchu.

Meng Tianchu came up in fear. asked in a low voice, "Father-in-law, what is going on?" ”

"You have passed this test, even if you are a confidant of our family in the future, I will not hide it from you, a few days ago, that is, shortly after your disappearance, the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch of the Dongchang factory, Ning Wei Kunning, the governor of the Dongchang factory, died of a violent illness, who will inherit this position, the emperor has determined two candidates. It is our family and the first eunuch Dongchang who are in charge of the punishment of thousands of Tang cones, and the two of us have always been in harmony. The open and secret battles are even more on the surface this time. He knows that our family has been taking the Xiaoyao San you provided. So I'm going to do it to you. This time you went to sea and disappeared, and after our family was broken and scattered, it was better to live than to die..."

Meng Tianchu hurriedly bowed down and said, "It's all ineffective in handling things, and my father-in-law is tired of suffering from this." ”

Hot Spring stared at Meng Tianchu and asked slowly, "Did you know before that once this Xiaoyao Scatter is interrupted, there will be this kind of symptom of life being worse than death?" ”

Meng Tianchu was shocked, and hurriedly bowed deeply: "I really don't know about my humble position." This easy-to-go formula comes from overseas. It was also the first time I had seen someone take it, and I only knew that I was very happy after taking it. I really don't know what the consequences will be if we stop it. If you knew, you wouldn't dare to dedicate yourself to your father-in-law. ”

Hot Spring's face eased slightly: "You're right, this Xiaoyaosan is really worthy of the word Xiaoyao." It's just that once it is stopped, the pain is incomparable. ”

"Father-in-law, please rest assured, this time the lowly post has more reserves, but the number of retained in this Xiaoyaosan configuration cannot exceed two months, otherwise it is easy to deteriorate and is very harmful to the body. That's why I didn't dare to make more systems in the past. Meng Tianchu's purpose in saying this was obvious, he didn't want to refine heroin on a large scale, once this white devil was scattered, he would become a sinner for the ages.

Hot Spring thought for a while and said, "In that case, then you should follow the previous rules and keep it for a month." ”

"Yes, father-in-law."

"Following the previous words, the Tang Zhicone and our family fought in the dark, both wanted to weaken the strength of the other party, and assassinated each other Many of each other's right-hand men, and then after you went to sea and disappeared, you were free to disperse and break off, our family was better than death, and the imperial doctors were helpless, and they all said that our family was afraid that it would be difficult to escape this catastrophe, and our family sent people to look for you everywhere. After this matter was known to Tang Zhicong, he also sent people to look for you, according to our family report, Tang Zhicone has given a death order, and he will kill you immediately when he sees you. The news that you appeared in Fujian, Fujian East Factory reported to the East Factory Department with a carrier pigeon, and our family and Tang Zhicone knew at the same time, and after our family learned about it, they immediately flew pigeons to pass the book, and used all their strength to protect you secretly. ”

Speaking of this, Hot Spring smiled very proudly: "Hehe, you don't know, if it weren't for our family, you would have died at least twice along the way." ”

Meng Tianchu was taken aback and looked at the hot spring suspiciously.

Hot Spring said in a deep voice: "Tang Zhicone also sent his henchmen to set up ambushes along the way to kill you, and the first two batches were killed by my people, so you were able to move forward safely." If you don't believe it, the corpses of Tang Zhicone's men, as well as weapons and other things that we killed, have already been transported to our house, and you can ask Steward Lu to take you to see them. ”

"Faith! Of course, I believe that my father-in-law's kindness to my father-in-law will never be forgotten. ”

"Hehe, later, after our family learned the news from the Flying Pigeon Legend, we were afraid that you would make a mistake, so we used the Flying Pigeon Transmission to order the first strike, pretending to be a robber to attack you, kill your entourage, and kidnap you to the villa."

Meng Tianchu said in horror: "It turns out... It turns out that it was the people sent by my father-in-law who intercepted and killed us that night? I thought I was the enemy of my father-in-law. ”

Hot Spring smiled: "Our family arranged it this way, firstly, for your safety, secretly escorting you into the capital, and secondly, of course, I also want to test whether you are really loyal to our family, after all, you directly provide our family with a free escape, our family's life can be in the palm of your hand, if you have two hearts, it is a confidant, not bad, after this test, it proves that you are still loyal to our family." ”

Meng Tianchu was both frightened and grateful, cold sweat flowed on his forehead, and he bowed down and said: "The lowly position is loyal to the father-in-law, but the sun and the moon can be seen, the so-called wind knows the strength of the grass, and in the future, the guild will know that the lowly position is sincere to the father-in-law." ”

The cold sweat on Meng Tianchu's forehead was not fake, at the beginning of the abduction, Meng Tianchu did not know who was kidnapping them, and guessed that the most likely were the people who instructed Wang Jinhua and Zhang Yilei to assassinate him, but they were not killed on the spot, but deliberately left a living mouth, which shook his speculation. Wait until you get to the lodge. The first thing the white-robed old man did was to search their boxes, and after finding the heroin, he was ecstatic and immediately sent someone to escort him away, which showed that this person was anxiously waiting for this heroin, if there was anyone who would be eager to wait for heroin in the Ming Dynasty, it was only the hot springs that were already addicted to drugs.

In addition to this primary basis, there are two other grounds that support his hypothesis, and that is that after abducting them, there is no real rudeness to them, except for verbal threats. Also, when looking for heroin. They didn't use a knife to split the two boxes, because they didn't know if Meng Tianchu would pass this test. So he didn't dare to be rude casually, and he didn't dare to destroy the box, based on this, Meng Tianchu concluded that it was the people from the hot springs who hijacked them. Therefore, when he was coerced into going to the hot springs, he said the words of righteousness and loyalty.

Meng Tianchu was bent on killing Hot Springs to vent his anger, and when he first learned that the gang was going to kill Hot Springs. There was a burst of ecstasy to say yes. Fortunately, he quickly discovered the flaw, if it wasn't for his careful observation. I kept an eye on it, and realized in time that this was a test that the hot springs had conducted on him, and I was afraid it was over.

Since it has been speculated that this is a hot spring test. He immediately decided to take the plan into account, perform the play seriously, and gain the absolute trust of the hot springs. Therefore, when the robbers used Zuo Jiayin as a hostage to coerce the ground, if Meng Tianchu continued to be unmoved, it would seem a little fake, but it would arouse the suspicion of the hot spring gang, so they pretended to consider it. In the end, in Zuo Jiayin's gentle township, he agreed to go to the hot springs.

The reason why Meng Tianchu pretended to agree first, and only regretted the denunciation at the last moment, was to make this play more realistic and more in line with human nature, and secondly, he remembered the route along the way, so that the hot springs knew that he had paid attention, and the pretended promise was to ventilate the news so that he could catch these thieves, and take back the box to refine the "Xiaoyaosan" to treat the hot springs, in addition to showing his alertness, it was also a manifestation of his loyalty. Even if you guess wrong, when you get to the hot spring mansion, the chance of getting out of trouble is of course much greater than that in the mountain villa, which leaves a way back for yourself.

In the end, it turned out that Meng Tianchudi's speculation was correct, and this not only saved his life, but also allowed him to enter the core organization of the hot spring land.

Hot Spring listened to Meng Tianchu's loyal words, and nodded with satisfaction: "Very good!" As long as you are loyal to our family, our family will not treat you badly. ”

"Thank you, father-in-law!" Meng Tianchu bowed down and said, "By the way, father-in-law, this time the lowly post went to sea in distress, and it was the fanzi Wang Jinhua and Zhang Yilei who were instructed to carry it out, and this instructor, nine times out of ten, is the cone of Tang." ”

"Well, Tang Zhicone has secretly killed several of my henchmen, and killing you must be to cut me off the source of escape. So, you can't show your face until you defeat the Don Cone. ”

Now for Hot Springs, Meng Tianchu is a national treasure, and he is the key person among the key people who must be protected. Once Meng Tianchu is killed or kidnapped, it will be a huge nightmare for his hot springs.

"Yes! The lowly position is all subject to the arrangement of the father-in-law. Meng Tianchu bowed and said, "But I wonder if my father-in-law has thought of a way to deal with this Tang Zhicone?" ”

Speaking of this topic, Hot Spring's expression suddenly dimmed, and he sighed: "In all fairness, when it comes to the emperor's favor, we are on equal footing, and it is precisely because of this that it is difficult for the emperor to choose." Although his position in Dongchang is above our family, our family has been on an errand for the emperor much longer than him, and in terms of merit, the two of us are almost the same. Factory Supervisor Ning's father-in-law has not been in good health and has been critically ill several times. The emperor has already put down his words, and the successor is selected among our family and Tang Zhicong, and this Tang Zhicone also knows that there is no absolute certainty that he can sit on the top spot of the Dongchang factory governor, so he will attack our family. Of course, our family will not sit still, after two years of fighting, both sides have losses, but no one can have the upper hand. ”

Meng Tianchu said: "Now that Father-in-law Ning has passed away, hasn't the emperor ruled on who should be the governor of this factory?" ”

Hot Spring shook his head: "The emperor is very embarrassed now, and he has convened the cabinet several times to study, but it is difficult to decide. So it has been put on hold. During this time, the affairs of the East Factory have been managed by the two of us. ”

Meng Tianchu lowered his voice and said, "If this Tang Zhicone dies, won't the emperor have a good choice?" "This old boy sent someone to assassinate Meng Tianchu, so Meng Tianchu was angry when he thought of him.

"Tang Zhicone is cunning and cunning, he has long been guarding against this hand, you are now our family's henchman, so there is no need to hide it from you, our family has organized many assassinations against Tang Zhicone, all of which failed, and almost let the emperor know, of course, this Tang Zhicone has also organized assassinations against our family, and they are all in danger."

Meng Tianchu was not interested in this kind of political struggle, and he didn't bother to think about it. He lowered his hands and stood aside without saying a word.

The hot spring didn't seem to be ready to ask Meng Tianchu for his plan, and after pondering alone for a while, he shook his head: "Foreman Meng, you have been tired all the way, go down to rest first, Steward Lu will arrange accommodation for you." During this time, you will live in our house and configure a free life for our family. When the situation is clear, our family will make other arrangements. ”

Meng Tianchu hurriedly said: "Father-in-law Wen, the lowly concubine of the Rain Spirit Heavenly Master..."

"I've been sent to our house with you later, you can take it back and take care of it yourself."

"Thank you, father-in-law!" A stone fell to the ground in Meng Tianchu's heart.

Out of the door, Steward Lu waited outside the house, saw Meng Tianchu, greeted Meng Tianchu and led Meng Tianchu out of the courtyard with a smile, bypassed countless pavilions and pavilions, and came to a refined small courtyard: "Foreman Meng, this is your residence." ”

"Oh, thank you, Steward Lu." Meng Tianchu bowed his hand and asked again, "I don't know where my concubine Yuling Heavenly Master and our two boxes are now?" ”

"Hehe, they have all been sent to this courtyard, unscathed, please rest assured, Master Foreman."

Meng Tianchu stepped into the small courtyard, and several little eunuchs and maids in the small courtyard knelt down and kowtowed when they saw Meng Tianchu and Steward Lu.

Steward Lu said: "This is Foreman Meng, you want to stay here for a few days, in the future, you must obey the orders of the foreman, there must be no mistakes!" ”

The eunuchs and maids kowtowed and agreed.

Meng Tianchu waved his hand at them to signal them to get up, and then went straight into the room, in the living room, and sure enough, there was his forensic physical evidence investigation box, as well as Zuo Jiayin's box full of opium, but Zuo Jiayin was missing, and he hurriedly asked Steward Lu, who followed in: "Where is my concubine's room?" ”

Steward Lu looked back at the maids, and one of the maids replied, "Lord Huiyu: Madame has been placed in the bedroom of the back room, but..."

"But what's the matter?" Meng Tianchu's heart tightened.

The maid peeked at Steward Lu. Steward Lu snorted: "If you have something to say, what are you doing?" ”

"Yes~!" The maid bowed, "Madame seems... Looks like it's dead... It's out of gas..."

Meng Tianchu breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Zuo Jiayin's turtle breath pill was really useful, making people think that it was really dead, and waved his hand: "It's okay, take me to the bedroom." Having said that, after all, he was still worried, and he didn't know if this turtle breath pill really worked so well and if it caused harm to his body, so he hurriedly strode into the bedroom.

The bedroom was lavishly decorated, with carved beams and a thick carpet on the floor, and a beautifully crafted step-up bed rested in the back, half of the tent hanging low, and half hanging diagonally from the crescent hook. The big red brocade quilt on the bed is embroidered with a pair of mandarin ducks playing in the water. There was a woman lying under the brocade quilt, her long hair was scattered on the pillow, her face was pale without a trace of blood, motionless, like a statue of white marble. It is Zuo Jiayin, the Rain Spirit Heavenly Master.

Steward Lu saw that everything had been arranged, so he took his leave and left.

Meng Tianchu closed the bedroom door and preliminarily checked Zuo Jiayin's pulse, and sure enough, he couldn't feel it at all, and he leaned on her towering chest to listen to the heartbeat, but he couldn't hear it. Touching her hand was also cold. If this were an ancient means of detection, it would have been concluded that he was dead. It's just that now it's a modern forensic doctor who has come from the examiner.

Meng Tianchu first moved Zuo Jiayin's limbs, there was no stiffness at all, indicating that there was no corpse stiffness, untied her clothes and examined the body surface, and no corpse spots were found, which made Meng Tianchu greatly relieved, and then checked Zuo Jiayin's pupils, which could recover quickly after squeezing, and reflected on the light, which basically proved that Zuo Jiayin was not really dead, he took out a stethoscope from the forensic physical evidence investigation box, untied Zuo Jiayin's clothes, and listened to the heartbeat, although it was very weak, But it was still heard by the highly sensitive stethoscope of modern society, and it finally proved that Zuo Jiayin was not dead.

Meng Tianchu was very surprised, this turtle breath pill could actually make people enter a state of suspended animation, it was really amazing. It will take almost two days for Zuo Jiayin to wake up. Meng Tianchu kissed Zuo Jiayin's cold lips, stared at her, and whispered to himself, "Yin'er, who are you?" ”