XVIII. Joint Hands
Eighteen join forces
Because Wang Yue's case was solved as soon as possible, and the murderer Zheng Kui broke himself in prison, Shuntian Mansion Yin was in a good mood, seeing that his subordinates were all smiling and praising a few words, Ding Qianzhong also got a few words of praise from Fu Yin, and he couldn't help but feel refreshed for a while, and the exhaustion of his body was swept away. On this day, Ding Duzhong also praised a few words in the fast catching room, and all the fast catchers were also smiling and happy. Ding Duzhong saw that the yamen was fine, instructed everyone a few words, and returned home in advance.
When she returned home, Mrs. Ding was busy preparing dinner, but she was surprised and happy to see Ding Qianzhong, Ding Quanzhong has been busy these days, and has not had dinner at home for several days.
The sky is getting dark, a new moon creeps up into the night sky, there are insects in the garden that keep chirping, the red candles in the house are shining, Mrs. Ding has already set up a table of sumptuous delicacies, but Ding Si has not come back for a long time, and can't help but ask Ding Qianzhong: "Master, why is Si'er still delaying his return so late?" ”
Ding Qianzhong was making a pot of good tea, and he took a sip of it, listening to Mrs. Ding's question, he didn't have time to taste the taste of this tea, and said strangely: "There are many miscellaneous things in the yamen these days, is this child greedy for fun, will have some fox friends and dog friends, and forget to go home." ”
When Mrs. Ding heard Ding Qianzhong's reply, she couldn't help glaring at her husband, and said with disgust: "I think Si'er has grown a lot of age these days, and the last time Li Cheng saw me, I couldn't help but praise Si'er for being sensible and smart, how can you be so stubborn." ”
Ding Duzhong was in a good mood, and he didn't refute it when he heard it, but just laughed and said: "Okay, good, the son you gave birth to is smart and smart, and my Ding family is also a successor." ”
Mrs. Ding laughed once, and then said abruptly: "It's a pity that Si'er can only be a quick catcher......"
Ding Qianzhong couldn't help frowning, knowing that his wife was going to nag again, so he hurriedly took another sip of tea and suppressed his impatience.
Who knew that before Mrs. Ding could speak, the door squeaked, and Ding Si flashed into the room. Mrs. Ding was full of joy when she saw her son, and she couldn't help but nag: "Si'er, why are you busier than your father, why did you come back so late when your father came back for a long time?" ”
The candlelight flickered, the light and shadow in the room danced, Ding Si's young and upright figure was like a straight spring onion, his nose was like a hanging gall, his eyes were like paint, and his body was full of youth, Ding Quanzhong saw his son in such a situation, and he couldn't help but feel a burst of pride in his heart, but there was just a hint of a smile at the corner of his mouth, but he forced it down, and his mouth was a little dissatisfied:
"Why did you come back so late? Are you fooling around here? ”
When Ding Si heard his father's question, he lowered his hand and replied respectfully:
"I went on a business trip in the afternoon, and I went to the east of the city to pick up someone."
Mrs. Ding was busy laying out the dishes and chopsticks on the side, and she took the chopsticks to Ding Si bowl and coerced a lot of Ding Si's favorite dishes, and looked at her husband and son on the side, only to feel full of joy, and for a while I thought that in a few years, Ding Si would marry a daughter-in-law and give birth to a few fat boys, and I don't know how lively the situation was in the house.
The Ding family has always paid attention to "food is silent, sleep is silent", this meal was quiet, Ding Quanzhong drank a few glasses of wine, his body was extremely comfortable, seeing Mrs. Ding collect the leftovers and cold burning, Ding Quanzhong felt that he was still unsatisfied, so he took advantage of the wine, called Ding Si, who was about to get up, and said:
"Is the Yamen still busy these days?"
Ding Si had always been in awe in front of his father, and hurriedly replied respectfully:
"It's okay, I also learned a lot from Brother Li Cheng."
Ding Qianzhong was also satisfied with Ding Si's answer, thought about it and said:
"When you first arrived at the fast room, I arranged for Li Cheng to take you, but I also had this intention, Li Cheng is cautious, and he is serious in his work, just like this Xiong family bloody case, if Li Cheng doesn't keep an eye on it? In the family dart bureau, Zheng Kui estimated that he had already fled. How could this case be so easily solved? ”
Ding Qianzhong picked up the cup, took another sip, coughed and said:
"I'm more happy in recent days, firstly, because this case has been solved, and secondly, because I visited the Mighty Dart Bureau, and you were also present, although the credit is small, but you must not be commended."
Ding Qianzhong is usually very strict in front of Ding Si, Ding Si is in awe of Ding Quanzhong, today I heard my father say this, I couldn't help but be stunned, looked up at Ding Quanzhong, the eyebrows and eyes are still the eyebrows of the past, but it reveals a bit of kindness, and then look at Ding Quanzhong's face, there are also deep and shallow wrinkles, and there are a few gray hairs on the sideburns.
Ding Qianzhong didn't know what Ding Si was thinking, and continued in his mouth:
"You will be in the fast house for two years, I usually hear Li Cheng say that you are also diligent, starting from your great-grandfather, the four generations of our Ding family catch fast, I hope you can be better than the blue, and the creation is above me, so I am very strict with you, if you are not careful, cautious, and bold in catching fast, it is really useless."
Ding Si was extremely depressed, and for a while he wanted to tell his father what he had encountered in the past few days, but when the words came to his mouth, he didn't know where to start.
Ding Qianzhong said for a while, the wine came up, waved Ding Si to leave, and got up to rest.
Ding Si lay on the bed, thinking about what had happened in the past few days, but he only felt that his heart was a mess, he had no clue, and he fell asleep unconsciously. Ding Si got up in a hurry, ate breakfast in a panic and went straight to the door.
As soon as I walked to the road, I saw a person on the side of the road, shouting: "Fourth brother......"
Ding Si stopped and looked, it turned out to be Xiong Tianlei, I haven't seen him for a few days, Xiong Tianlei has lost a lot of weight, and his face looks preoccupied, Ding Si didn't have time to speak, only to see Xiong Tianlei shaking his hand at him mysteriously, and said softly: "Fourth brother, come here." ”
Ding Si followed Xiong Tianlei closely, detoured a few paths, and came to a ruined temple, Xiong Tianlei stopped, beckoned Ding Si and said, "Fourth brother, let's talk about it when you enter the temple." ”
Ding Si was puzzled, he didn't know what medicine was sold in Xiong Tianlei's gourd, and saw Xiong Tianlei push the temple door open, and followed him into the temple gate.
This temple has been in disrepair for a long time, the statue in the temple is dull in color, dense with cobwebs, next to the dilapidated statue, there is a person standing impressively, when the person turned his face around, Ding Si couldn't help but be surprised, it turned out that the person was Zheng Qiaoniang who had only seen yesterday.
Zheng Qiaoniang said in a deep voice: "Ding catches quickly, the mountains don't turn around, let's meet again." ”
Ding Si was so bluffed that he couldn't speak for a long time, I don't know how Zheng Qiaoniang and Xiong Tianlei got in touch, Xiong Tianlei saw that Ding Si was full of suspicions, and he had already told what had happened:
It turned out that after Ding Si and Zheng Qiaoniang said goodbye yesterday, Zheng Qiaoniang found that she had nowhere to go, and when she returned to the city, it was already the beginning of the lights and the night was blurry, Zheng Qiaoniang had to go back to the small inn she rented two days ago, she just returned to the store, but found that there was an uninvited guest waiting for her, this person was Xiong Tianlei. These days, Xiong Tianlei is also groggy in his head, I don't know if he is awake or in a dream, he closed his eyes and saw his mother's bloodstained appearance, just wanted to go up to see it, the female corpse stiffened and sat up and said, "I am not your mother." But there was a mother's voice shouting: "Tianlei, I'm here, come and save me." After repeating this several times, Xiong Tianlei couldn't sleep all night and was in a trance. Xiong Tianlei simply immersed himself in cold water, and thought about things in recent days, the more he thought about it, the more strange he felt, thinking that if he didn't ask Zheng Qiaoniang clearly, he would not be at ease in his life, so he asked someone to inquire about Zheng Qiaoniang's residence, and he had been staying in the inn, and finally the emperor lived up to his wishes, and waited for Zheng Qiaoniang to return to the inn.
When Xiong Tianlei introduced his identity to Zheng Qiaoniang, Rao is Zheng Qiaoniang was calm, and she couldn't help but be a little flustered, plus she calmed down and thought about things carefully along the way, and decided to wash away the stigma for Zheng Kui, so without waiting for Xiong Tianlei to explain his intentions, he said clearly in his mouth:
"My brother is innocent."