Not long after, Changfan brought hand-rolled dough and dough cakes and placed them on Zhao Qingzhou's table. Zhao Qingzhou folded the to-do items written overnight and handed them to Changfan: "Don't take it away, don't make a mistake." Chang Fan hurriedly put the pile of paper into his arms and said, "Don't worry, master, I will hand it over to Wang Xiancheng today." Zhao Qingzhou nodded, sat down at the table and began to eat cakes, Changfan also sat next to him, helped Zhao Qingzhou find one end from the noodles in the bowl and said: "Master, I specially rolled out a whole noodle, you start eating from the head, eat it all, and ensure that you can come back with all your mustaches and tails." ”

"All beards and all tails?" Zhao Qingzhou repeated it, thinking it was interesting: "This implication is good, when I come back, I will eat you a bowl of 'full beard and full tail noodles'." Changfan laughed, revealing two pointed tiger teeth and said, "Hey, when the master comes back, I will make a big bowl of garlic stewed noodles for the master." Before his words fell, a small guy suddenly broke in from outside, and said hurriedly: "Master, someone is coming outside, it's a big battle." ”

Zhao Qingzhou put down the noodles that he had only eaten one bite, and followed the little guy out of Youdaozhai. In the courtyard in front, there were many forbidden soldiers standing, and under the shadow wall in the middle, there were three court officials. Standing at the forefront is Yu Hangzhi, the general judge of Jiangning Mansion, who is not confused when he is old, and has been in Jiangning's officialdom for many years, which is quite slippery. At this time, seeing Zhao Qingzhou coming from behind, Yu Hangzhi coughed and said to the two officials in civilian clothes behind him: "Lord Cao, Lord Fan, this is Lord Zhao Qingzhou." ”

Fan Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, who was familiar with the officials of the Jiangning generation, saw Zhao Qingzhou in front of him like a crown of jade at this time, stepped forward to grab his arm, and looked at him: "Fan Mou is in Lin'an, and he has long admired the name of Lord Zhao. Zhao Qingzhou hurriedly said: "Thanks to Lord Fan's false praise, Zhao is really ashamed." Yu Hangzhi echoed on the side: "Two adults, I don't dare to guarantee anything else, but Lord Zhao Qingzhou's potential skills and achievements in Jiangning over the years are definitely obvious to all." ”

Cao Kechun, the servant standing next to him, heard this, and said without a smile: "Lord Yu's words are very meaningful, and the latent achievements are not actual achievements after all; It is obvious to all, and I don't know whether what is witnessed is good or bad. It sounds like a repatriation, but it means nothing is said. Yu Hangzhi said with a smile on his face a little embarrassed: "Lord Cao, the lower officials have no other meaning, Lord Zhao has really made a lot of contributions in Jiangning in the past few years, and the people of Jiangning have nothing to praise." ”

Cao Kechun showed a smile and said: "This official doesn't mean anything else, it's just that before the Yushitai has come to a conclusion, Lord Yu had better not easily exonerate the guilty ministers who were arrested by the Holy Order, lest you find out something when the time comes, and you will also be implicated in it, and you will be charged with protecting each other." Yu Hangzhi was shocked and said: "Lord Cao's lesson is that the lower officials don't dare. ”

Zhao Qingzhou looked directly at Cao Kechun and said: "Lord Cao, whether Zhao is a criminal or not, we have to wait until the joint trial of the three divisions to reach a conclusion, even if it is really proved that Zhao is guilty, it has nothing to do with Lord Yu, don't be alarmist." Fan Wenqi flicked his sleeves very unhappily, raised his eyes and said, "Lord Cao, the Holy Lord just asked us to bring Lord Zhao back to Faluo, why did you play an official role in someone's mansion." ”

"You-" Cao Kechun was offended in public, and he couldn't get off the stage, so he said with a smile: "Then I want to ask Master Fan, is this Jiangning Zhao Mansion a place outside the law?" Zhao Qingzhou deceived the monarch and teased the monarch, this is a big crime that cannot be forgiven by Danshu and iron coupons, why do I say a word about the criminal, you can't listen to it. Fan Wenqi also smiled and said: "Lord Cao, we are all doing things for the official family, there is no need to hurt the harmony, let's take Lord Zhao back first." ”

Yu Hangzhi hurriedly said: "Come on, give it to Lord Zhao." No, Zhao Qingzhou put on the shackles and sent the two adults on their way. Zhao Qingzhou said: "Ladies and gentlemen, can you make it convenient, Jiang Ning's father loves Zhao a lot, Zhao can't bear to let them see me in shackles, can you wait until you get out of the city." "No, this is the rule, if Lord Zhao escapes halfway, or kills himself to die, what will we do to the official family?" Cao Kechun said righteously.

Zhao Qingzhou glared at Cao Kechun angrily, and helplessly stretched out his hand to put on the shackles. For a while, in the small courtyard, the maids and servants hiding on the verandah all knelt down one after another, some crying and shouting "master", and some begged Cao Kechun to loosen the shackles. Yu Hangzhi looked at Cao Kechun's face and said to Zhao Qingzhou: "Brother Zhao, look-" He motioned to Zhao Qingzhou to take care of his subordinates.

Zhao Qingzhou turned around and said aloud to the servants: "Don't be afraid, everyone, wait here for me to come back, and the official family will return justice to Zhao." If I don't come back, Changfan will give everyone my many years of income, and everyone will find their own way to make a living. With that, he stepped forward and walked forward. Cao Kechun and Fan Wenqi were a little surprised when they saw Zhao Qingzhou walking out so firmly and fearlessly, and they hurriedly led the forbidden army to follow behind. As soon as everyone left the front door, they heard a mournful call from behind them: "Master, master." ”

Zhao Qingzhou turned around and saw Changfan running over crying, carrying a green burden and holding the bowl of noodles just now. Zhao Qingzhou's nose was sour, and he almost burst into tears, but he only said: "Changfan, what are you doing?" Changfan cried and knelt down and said, "Master, you haven't eaten your noodles yet, my mother said that noodles can't be broken." Cao Kechun suddenly glanced at the face in Changfan's hand vigilantly and said, "What is this in your hand?" ”

Changfan said: "My lord, my lord ate a bite of noodles in the morning, so let him eat this bowl of noodles before going." Cao Kechun said: "It's just a bowl of noodles, I have to chase him to the door, it can't be mixed with something, come here, take him away together." The two forbidden soldiers came over and grabbed Changfan's arm. Zhao Qingzhou hurriedly shouted: "Lord Cao, slow down." This is my subordinate, a fool, who only knows that people have to eat three meals a day, and has no other eyes, don't arrest him. ”

Fan Wenqi had already gotten on the horse, and when he saw Cao Kechun holding on to this matter, he turned around and said, "Hey, Lord Cao, don't make any extraneous branches, we have to go back before closing the city gate, don't delay any longer." Cao Kechun agreed unhappily: "Then the official will not be held accountable for the time being." With that, he got on horseback.

Changfan hurriedly stood up, took the green burden off his shoulders and said, "Master, I have loaded the dough cake for you, you can take it with you on the road to eat." ”

Zhao Qingzhou shook his head and said, "I won't eat it, you can go back quickly." As soon as he finished speaking, the forbidden army brought a prisoner cart made of wooden rafters, and Zhao Qingzhou only felt that someone pushed him behind him, so he couldn't help but step into the prisoner cart. Changfan tearfully hugged the burden, looked around, and saw Yu Hangzhi in the forbidden army, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Lord Yu, Lord Yu, you have always had a friendship with my master, and you help carry it. ”

Before Changfan finished speaking, he was slapped by Yu Hangzhi and fell to the ground, and all the dough cakes fell out. Yu Hangzhi glared at his eyes and scolded: "Bah, you don't have long eyes, who has a relationship with your master, how can you speak in front of the forbidden army, don't get out of here." ”