Fingers clasped the table one by one, making a crisp tapping sound, Zhou Jinzhi lowered his eyes and pondered, Chu Li was obviously unreliable, the Locke family gave him a little sweetness, and he floated to the sky, if the Locke family made another move, Chu Li would definitely be convinced.

As for Chu Li's so-called "back hand", Zhou Jinzhi is not optimistic, even if he has people's sympathy, but sympathy is not useful at all in the face of power. The Luo family is too important to Southern Chu, and so far, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces can no longer find a second family that can replace the Luo family, so in the end, the Luo family will be safe and sound, and Chu Li will only get a disdainful look in the end.

Even though Zhou Jinzhi scolded Chu Li for being a pig's brain, he still had to find a way to keep Chu Li, because this candidate was already the most suitable.

……

The next day, Zhou Jinzhi boarded the door of the Jingbei Hou Mansion.

Chu Li didn't believe his words, so he would find someone who could make Chu Li trust.

"Doesn't the third brother like to come here, why did he come here today?" Zhou glanced at Zhou Jin lightly, and then lowered his head and drank the black decoction in the bowl.

Zhou Jinzhi sat down on the other side and said, "The eldest sister seems to be dissatisfied with me? ”

Zhou's tone was not warm, and it was even mixed with resentment, which Zhou Jinyi noticed when he heard it.

"Dissatisfied?" Zhou's face was slightly cold, but then he restrained his emotions and said lightly, "The third brother has always been on the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, so what's the matter with today?" ”

"Let's get it straight, don't be sloppy with me." Zhou put down the empty bowl in his hand, wiped the corner of his mouth with a silk handkerchief, and then raised his eyes to look at Zhou Jinzhi.

Zhou's attitude was something that Zhou Jinzhi didn't expect, although he didn't have much contact with Zhou over the years, Zhou's still had some worries about him, and he had never been so indifferent.

However, Zhou Jinzhi didn't care what Zhou's attitude was, whether it was warm or indifferent, it didn't make much difference to him, "There is indeed one thing to trouble the eldest sister, recently the Luo family suddenly showed favor to the third prince, and the third prince believed it, but in fact, the Luo family didn't plan to support him at all, and asked the eldest sister to let Jingbei Marquis persuade the three princes." ”

"And this?" The Zhou family lives in the back house, but I haven't heard of it.

However, then she put away her puzzled expression and continued to recover her indifference, "In this way, the third brother must have persuaded the third prince, but the third prince didn't believe it, so you found me." ”

"But the third brother ......" Zhou paused, a sneer on his face, "Why should I help you?" ”

It sounds, she didn't want to help. Zhou Jinzhi didn't panic, and looked at the Zhou family, "The third prince is the son-in-law of the eldest sister, and the eldest sister is not helping me, but the third prince." ”

When Zhou heard this, his expression became colder and colder, "Why should I believe it." You say that this is helping the third prince, do I have to believe it? Zhou Jinzhi, you don't treat me as a sister, how can you ask me to trust you as a younger brother? ”

The more Zhou spoke, the more excited he became, and at the end of the day, his eyebrows trembled.

At this point, Zhou Jinzhi naturally saw that Zhou was extremely dissatisfied with him, and even hated.

"What does the eldest sister know?" Zhou Jinzhi's voice was extremely low, serious but not a little flustered, obviously he did something that made Zhou unhappy, but he was not afraid that Zhou would hate him because of this.

"What do I know?" Zhou's face was gloomy, "Zhou Jinzhi, ask yourself, have I treated you badly over the years?" Since I entered the Jingbei Hou Mansion, I have a lot of money in my hands, so I will try my best to help you and my second brother. The second brother is in business, I will send him silver, give him capital, you have high ambitions, to be an official, I will hand over in front of the Hou Ye, I want you to prosper in the official. You may not be uncommon, but I'm a sister and have a good heart for you. ”

"I know, you will definitely say that you have come to this point today because of your own ability, you did not rely on me, and you did not take the benefits of Jingbei Houfu, and even others don't know that you and Jingbei Hou still have this in-law relationship. But Zhou Jinzhi, even if you don't accept these benefits, it's true that I'm good to you, but you in turn calculate that I use me, you ......"

Zhou was angry when he mentioned this, clutching his aching chest, Zhou's tone became lighter and lighter, "Third brother, why are you treating me like this, I am your own sister after all." ”

Putting aside how Zhou treats others, she is still good to Zhou Jinzhi's younger brother.

Zhou Jinzhi lowered his eyes and was silent, and did not answer her words.

"I know you don't look down on me, although the Zhou family is a small family, but the old saying says, I would rather be a wife of a poor family than a concubine of a high family, in order to get rid of the predicament, I tried my best to enter the Jingbei Hou Mansion, saying that it is a flat wife, but nominally it is actually a concubine. You're too high-spirited to look down on this. Although I feel sad, but I don't force it, everyone has their own ambitions, you are a man, and you can still get famous, but I can't, there is no other way to be prosperous and rich than to marry. ”

When he said this, Zhou couldn't help but shed tears, "You don't like it, and I don't bother you, so you haven't been in contact with the Jingbei Hou Mansion all these years, let alone talk about our sister-brother relationship, and I have agreed." Third brother, there is really nothing that I can't stand you as a sister, but what about you? What did you do to me? ”

"The people in the East Palace thought that the person who killed Huo Changjin was me, yes, it was indeed me, and it was me who secretly bought the murder. But in reality? ”

"If I hadn't noticed something was wrong and checked, I'm afraid I'd have been kept in the dark until now, and the person who really killed Huo Changjin was not me at all, but you, Zhou Jinzhi."

Zhou pointed at Zhou Jinzhi, gritted his teeth and said, "That bit of silver can't buy such a master at all, you secretly changed people." Even my intention to kill people was secretly instigated by you, right? ”

The person who started the murderous intention was Zhou, but Zhou was not a fool, when she found out about Zhou Jin, she only reacted, she was not a reckless person, she had endured it for so many years, and it was not worse than this, unless she was instigated by others unconsciously.

"The East Palace put the body in front of me, scared me so much that I almost had a miscarriage, the Hou Ye blamed me for offending the East Palace, I was really ......" The more Zhou said, the more angry he became, and all the unlucky things followed, making her almost out of breath.

And the person who caused all this is Zhou Jinzhi.

Zhou Jinzhi was silent for a moment, then got up and saluted the Zhou family, "Eldest sister, this matter is indeed that I can't stand you, I apologize to you." ”

With that, he bowed respectfully. But Zhou's expression still did not change, she was angry in her heart, and just a salute was not enough to calm her anger.

Of course, the Zhou family did not intend to break with Zhou Jinzhi from now on, and if that was the case, she would never see Zhou Jinzhi again at all.

However, I heard Zhou Jinzhi continue: "I apologized to the eldest sister, it was because I failed to kill Huo Changjin in a moment, but it was not for the eldest sister's mouth. ”

Hearing this, Zhou's brows furrowed, "What do you mean by this?" To this day, he still doesn't feel guilty for using his sister?

"It doesn't matter who is using whom, killing Huo Changjin is my wish, and it is also the wish of the eldest sister. If I have already killed Huo Changjin, then the eldest sister will have no worries, and this matter will be a good thing. ”

Guilty? Inexistent. In Zhou Jinzhi's opinion, his biggest mistake was that he failed to kill Huo Sijin, not that he took advantage of Zhou. If the Zhou family really didn't have the heart to kill Huo Changjin, she wouldn't have been instigated by him.

"You ......" Zhou's face changed instantly.

It's just that before she finished speaking, she was picked up by Zhou Jinzhi, "Sister, you don't have to be excited, I don't want to hurt you, but I didn't expect that I chose a killer with excellent skills, and I also went out myself, which was foolproof, but I didn't want Huo Changjin to be too lucky and be rescued." ”

The person who killed Huo Sijin was Zhou Jinzhi himself. Over the years, in order to climb up, Zhou Jinzhi has done everything he can, being ruthless to others, and even more ruthless to himself.

"This incident is indeed my negligence, and it has affected the eldest sister, and I apologize to the eldest sister." Zhou Jinzhi said calmly, apologetic and respectful.

Zhou's heart was cold, "You...... In your heart, is there really no family affection? ”

Even if he apologized, what Zhou Jinzhi said was only interests, and there was no trace of sister and brother affection.

The corners of Zhou Jinzhi's mouth pulled out a smile, "The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, eldest sister, you are also a master now, why can't you even understand this truth." ”

"The hustle and bustle of the world is all for ......profit," Zhou muttered to herself, and at this moment she suddenly realized that this younger brother was more ruthless than herself.