After killing the third uncle and his wife, although Qi Yanming felt soreness and weakness all over his body, he did not immediately sit down to rest, but took advantage of the fact that the sky was not completely dawn now, Qi Yanming dragged his heavy body to the gate of the courtyard, went out of the gate and locked the outside door with a lock, and then climbed over the wall into the courtyard.

The reason why he did this was because Qi Yan knew that with his current physical condition, he couldn't go far at all, so it was best to be able to rest here, but he was worried that someone else would come to find the third uncle and his wife, so he locked the door from the outside, so that even if someone came, he would only think that the third uncle and his wife were not at home, and at least no one should break in for a short time.

After returning to the courtyard, Qi Yanming threw the bodies of the third uncle and his wife to the west room of the main house, this incident alone consumed most of his physical strength, and finally dragged his body back to the east room, and the whole person fell on the bed and couldn't get up again, and his consciousness was a little blurry, and he finally fell asleep groggily.

Because of the poisoning, Qi Yanming's body was extremely weak, and he also slept very soundly this night, but when he woke up, he found that it was already dark, which made him startled at first, and immediately got up from the bed to check it, and found that there was nothing unusual in the room and the courtyard, and no one had touched the bodies of the third uncle and his wife, which made Qi Yanming finally put his mind at ease.

At the moment, taking advantage of the darkness, Qi Yanming went to the shed to make something for himself, after a whole day of sleep, although he still felt very uncomfortable in his stomach, and his whole body was a little weak, but he was much better before, especially after eating, Qi Yanming felt a lot of refreshment.

The land of right and wrong cannot be left for long. If the third uncle and his wife don't show up for a few days. It will definitely attract the attention of the villagers. So Qi Yanming felt that his physical strength had recovered a little, and immediately packed up some of the food in the third uncle's house, and then took advantage of the night to climb over the wall and run all the way to Shizui Cliff, and then found a cave to live temporarily for a few days, and when his body was almost recovered, he crossed Shizui Cliff and left the Bazhou territory.

Just when Qi Yanming finally escaped from the round-up of the officers and soldiers after nine deaths, Zhou Zhong and his party also came to Shandong. And soon came to the Qingzhou Mansion next to Mount Tai, from the Qingzhou Mansion to the east, you can reach Weihaiwei, then board the ship there, you can return according to the original way.

Last time Zhou Zhong also passed through Qingzhou, but because they were in a hurry, they only stayed in Qingzhou City for one night, and left immediately the next morning, and there was no time to enjoy the scenery in the city, as for Mount Tai not far away. They can only look at it from a distance.

However, when he came back this time, Zhou Zhong planned to stay in the city for two days. First, Jinxuan is now pregnant, it is not suitable for a long time of bumps, and she needs to recuperate in the city, and secondly, it is also a rare opportunity for Bang'er and Xie Lingyun to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Mount Tai when they passed by Mount Tai last time, but unfortunately there was no time at that time, Zhou Chong had promised them to climb Mount Tai again when they came back, so he couldn't break his promise, and there was a third reason, that is, Zhou Chong wanted to visit someone in the city and talk about a business by the way.

Zhou Zhong was very low-key along the way, and when he passed by some state capitals, he did not play his own guard of honor, and even many magistrates did not know about his arrival. However, when they arrived in Qingzhou, Zhou Zhong sent someone to notify the magistrates in the city in advance, and then entered Qingzhou with the honor guard equipped by the imperial court, and when they arrived at Qingzhou City, the local prefect, Tongzhi and other officials also stood in front of the city gate to greet them, but standing in front of these officials, it was not the Qingzhou prefect, but a middle-aged man in his thirties wearing a python robe and a jade belt around his waist.

For this middle-aged man standing at the head of the officials, Zhou Zhong was not surprised, if he did not guess wrong, the other party should be the Hengwang Zhu Youyi who was enshrined in Qingzhou, this Hengwang and Emperor Xiaozong are half-brothers, that is, the uncle of Emperor Zhengde, who was enshrined in Qingzhou a year before Emperor Xiaozong's death, and the fief includes the entire Jiaodong Peninsula, which shows Emperor Xiaozong's favor for this younger brother.

Seeing Zhu Youyi, who was the king of Fan, coming to greet him in person, this made Zhou Chong a little flattered, but before he got off the horse, he saw Zhu Youyi greeted him very enthusiastically and said with a smile: "Presumably this is the world-famous Zhou Zhong Zhou Admiral, this king likes Zhou's Journey to the West very much, and he has long wanted to make friends with Zhou, and today he finally got his wish!" ”

Seeing Zhu Youyi so enthusiastic, Zhou Chong hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "The prince's daughter's body actually came to greet the lower officials in person, which really flattered the lower officials!" ”

In fact, what Zhou Chong didn't know was that the reason why the King Heng in front of him came to greet him was not because he was a new upstart in the Ming Dynasty, but because Zhu Youyi liked literature very much, and he couldn't put it down for Journey to the West, so because Zhou Zhong was the author of Journey to the West, he came to greet him in person, otherwise if he was replaced by another court official, I am afraid that he would not be moved at all.

When Zhou Chong and Zhu Youyi each said a few words modestly, then the local officials in Qingzhou who were standing behind also stepped forward to greet Zhou Chong. The news in the officialdom has always spread the most rapidly, so these Qingzhou officials all know that Zhou Zhong is not very old, but he is very favored by His Majesty, but at a young age, he has been unusually promoted to the important task of the governor of the four seas, and is in charge of the affairs of the Ming coast, which can be described as a high authority.

It is precisely because of this that these Qingzhou officials also showed unusual enthusiasm for Zhou Chong, and when they came forward to greet him, they did their best to show themselves, hoping to leave an impression on Zhou Chong, and Zhou Chong felt that these Qingzhou officials would also need to be used in the future, so they also behaved very seriously, and kept the names of several important administrators firmly in mind.

After the greetings, Zhu Youyi took the officials to welcome Zhou Zhong and his party to Qingzhou City, this Qingzhou City is also called Yidu City, the Yuan Dynasty was originally called Yidu Road, but later after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the waste road was the house, and the name was changed to Qingzhou Mansion, so Yidu City is naturally also called Qingzhou City.

After entering Qingzhou City, the local officials had already prepared a residence for Zhou Chong and them, and to his surprise, this residence was next to Zhu Youyi's Hengwang Mansion, and it is said that Zhu Youyi took the initiative to clean up this place as Zhou Chong's temporary residence, and even the connecting wind banquet was held in Hengwang's Mansion.

Zhou Chong was a little puzzled at first about Zhu Youyi's warm hospitality, but after the three rounds of drinking, Zhu Youyi also let go and began to discuss some storylines in Journey to the West with him, and even asked some headache questions, such as Does Sun Wukong really have no parents? Did Tang Seng have any affection for the king of his daughter country, etc., seeing his obsessive appearance, it was like the appearance of book fans and writers in later generations, which also made Zhou Zhong finally understand why the other party was so enthusiastic, and it turned out that Zhu Youyi was his fan for a long time.

Speaking of the three reasons why Zhou Zhong stayed in Qingzhou, the last one was to visit a person, and this person was his fan Zhu Youyi, and the reason for visiting him was very simple, that is, to discuss with him to cooperate in the development of sea intestine resources produced along the coast of the Jiaodong Peninsula and jointly monopolize the production of monosodium glutamate.

Originally, Zhou Zhong planned to persuade Zhengde, and then let him cooperate with him in the name of Neiku to monopolize the production of monosodium glutamate, and at the same time, the imperial court issued a decree to prohibit the unlimited fishing of sea sausages, so as not to cause the extinction of sea sausages.

However, the development of things later was beyond Zhou Chong's expectations, he didn't expect Zhengde to convince himself to make him an official of the Ming Dynasty, and he still held a lot of power in his hands. Although the change of identity was somewhat unexpected by Zhou Chong, it also brought him a lot of convenience, for example, for the profiteering business of monosodium glutamate, Zhou Zhong did not have to cooperate with Zhengde, with his identity, and then find a local magnate in Shandong, he would have monopolized the acquisition of sea intestines, and he could also formulate corresponding rules to prevent overfishing of sea intestines.

It was also Zhou Chong's intention to cooperate, and Zhu Youyi also wanted to make friends with Zhou Chong because of the relationship of Journey to the West, so the two naturally talked happily at the banquet, and even the Qingzhou officials who sat with him were a little surprised, if it weren't for the fact that Zhou Chong and Zhu Youyi didn't know each other before, I'm afraid that now they would think that the two are friends who have known each other for many years and are catching up.

After the reception banquet, Zhou Zhong returned to the residence next to the palace to rest for a night, and so on the next morning, Bang'er ran to Zhou Chong and Jinxuan's room without the slightest scruples, and then clamored to climb Mount Tai, compared to later generations, Mount Tai is definitely the first mountain in the world in this era, and even the emperor thought of Mount Tai to seal Zen, which can know the charm of Mount Tai.

Zhou Chong was a little worried about Jinxuan's body, so he wanted her to stay in the residence for a day of rest, and he took the bracelet and they went to climb Mount Tai, but Jinxuan disagreed, in her words, she passed by Mount Tai twice, if she couldn't climb Mount Tai, it would be a pity. As for her body, Jinxuan didn't take it anymore, telling Zhou that she couldn't do what she could, and that she would rest on the mountain when she was tired, and she would definitely not hurt the child.

Speaking of which, Jinxuan is now pregnant and has passed the dangerous period of the first three months, and except for some morning sickness reactions, everything else is very good, and if everyone goes to visit Mount Tai, it is really boring to let Jinxuan stay here alone, so after thinking about it for a while, he finally agreed to let Jinxuan go to Mount Tai with them.

However, just when Zhou Zhong took Jinxuan and the others just wanted to go out, someone from Hengwang's Mansion came to report, saying that Zhu Youyi invited Zhou Chong and his family to go to Mount Tai to play, which made Zhou Chong also laugh, but he didn't expect the two of them to think of going together. (To be continued......)