"But what about Zhou Cheng?" Zhou Zilong suddenly asked.

"Zhou Cheng?" Xu Qiao was stunned, and then understood that Zhou Zilong was going to use that box to negotiate conditions with him. In these years, people's hearts are not ancient, and even people like Zhou Zilong, who poked one intestine to the end, have learned this set.

"Oh, Lao Zhou, don't worry, Zhou Cheng is your grandson, and he is also my junior, can I ignore him? In this way, I will let Xu Xiaogui go to Baoding Mansion for a trip, no matter what, if you can find Zhou Cheng, then bring him back, if you can't find it, you have to find out where he went, whether it is safe, what do you think? ”

Xu Xiaogui is the son of the Xu family, and like Xu Xiaofu, he follows Xu Qiao in and out, and is very familiar with officialdom.

Zhou Zilong was finally satisfied.

This is where the clans are insufficient, not only are they not familiar with the official circles in the capital, but they are even less familiar with the circles outside the capital. Those who come and go are their own relatives and nobles.

"Okay, I'll have someone go home and get the object back." Zhou Zilong waved his hand, and the matter was decided.

An hour later, Zhou Zilong's little servant Ah Jiang came back with a box.

Zhou Zilong is still in Xu Qiao's house, and the jar of jade pot spring has not yet been drunk.

To be on the safe side, Xu Qiao also brought a few people back with Ah Jiang.

Ah Jiang handed over the ginger to Zhou Zilong, and Zhou Zilong handed it over to Xu Qiao without looking at it.

He didn't have an image of this box for a long time, he just remembered that there was such a box.

Xu Qiao smiled and rewarded Ah Jiang with three coins of silver for the first time.

Zhou Zilong's wine was almost drunk, and he was not interested in the contents of the box, but he was sure that it was not a silk skirt in it.

So Xu Qiao definitely didn't want to open the box in front of him.

"After a few more drinks, I'll go back to sleep, Third Master, you eat slowly."

After speaking, Zhou Zilong stood up and took Ah Jiang back to his house.

These days, he sleeps in this palm-sized cabin in the office. ‘

He and Ah Jiang were on a bed and an underground, and the master and servant had just fallen asleep when there was a knock on the door outside.

"Lao Zhou, Lao Zhou, open the door, open the door!"

Zhou Zilong's sleepy eyes relaxed, he could hear it, this was Xu Qiao's voice.

Ah Jiang hurriedly opened the door, Xu Qiao stood outside the door, and in late autumn, he was covered in sweat.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Zilong was confused.

Xu Qiao rushed in with an arrow, closed the door casually, threw the box he was holding in his hand into Zhou Zilong's arms, and said; "Look at this box, this box, this box ......"

Xu Qiao gasped and couldn't speak.

"What's wrong with this box?" The second monk Zhou Zilong was puzzled.

"Open it up and see for yourself!" Xu Qiao roared in a low voice.

The small lock on the box had been opened, Zhou Zilong looked at Xu Qiao, then at the box in his arms, and reached out to open the box.

At this glance, he was also stunned.

The box was empty.

"Third master, where are the things inside?" Zhou Zilong asked.

Xu Qiao's fingers almost poked Zhou Zilong's nose: "You ask me?" I also ask you, where did all this stuff go? ”

"Something? Didn't you say it was a dress? Where did it go and how do I know? "Zhou Zilong is also unhappy, do you think our family is as embarrassing as your Xu family, and even a skirt has to be sent to the pawnshop?

Our old Zhou family is a relative of the emperor, and any thing is a gift from the emperor, not to mention a torn skirt of unknown origin like you, even the horse whip used by Emperor Taizu himself, I will scarce your things? Phew!

Xu Qiao was choked by his tone for a while, he swallowed hard and said, "Old Zhou, don't care about what's inside, this box is empty as soon as I open it, it's really empty." Lao Zhou, just by virtue of our friendship, I won't lie to you, let alone try to blackmail you, and my things are not one or two pieces in you, at least ten or eight pieces. Let's put it this way, half of my net worth is with you, would I slander you for such a thing? It's really an empty box, it's empty! Hey, old Zhou, this is ...... Alas! ”

Xu Qiao hugged his head all of a sudden, and the beads of sweat on his face fell down. Zhou Zilong also came to his senses, Xu Qiao's appearance really didn't look like he was lying, that is, the things inside were really gone?

The box had been placed in the small storeroom by his hand, and although it was very light to hold, he could be sure that there was something inside.

There is a difference between an empty box and a box with something.

Zhou Zilong turned to look at Ah Jiang, and saw that Ah Jiang was the same as him just now, in a daze.

"Ah Jiang, when you brought this box, did you leave it halfway?"

Ah Jiang hurriedly said: "It's not far from our house to here, this box is small and hugged all the way, and it definitely hasn't left his hand." ”

"And who else went in with you when you took the box?" When Ah Jiang left, Zhou Zilong handed him the key to Xiaoku, and when he put the box in that day, Ah Jiang was there, so Ah Jiang found the box without much effort.

"Mrs. Zhang, she went with the little one. The old lady's small library is full of good things, and the little one is worried that there will be a mistake and can't say it clearly, so he called Mrs. Zhang to go in and go out together. This box has a lock, and the little one and Mrs. Zhang have never opened it. ”

Mrs. Zhang is Mrs. Zhou's companion, and after Mrs. Zhou died, Mrs. Zhang took care of Zhou Zilong's food and clothing.

Zhou Zilong nodded, he trusted Mrs. Zhang and Ah Jiang, what Ah Jiang said was true as soon as he heard it.

Ah Jiang didn't lie, and Xu Qiao didn't lie, so it's ......

Zhou Zilong knew in his heart that he was angry, this was an internal thief, an internal thief in the family!

But he couldn't show it in front of Xu Qiao, so he could only insist that this matter had nothing to do with him or his family.

Xu Qiao's eyes are about to burst into flames, Zhou Zilong has the virtue of a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, what else can Xu Qiao do?

At this moment, Xu Xiaofu knocked on the door outside: "Third Master, Zhou Tongzhi, Ning Jiuye is here." ”

The deputy commander of the guard battalion is Xiao Yi, the prince of Dingguo.

Ning Jiu is Xiao Yi's confidant.

Ning Jiu was ranked ninth, with eight elder brothers above and two younger brothers below. The eleven sons of the Ning family are all under Xiao Yi.

Their grandfather Ning Guoan was the deputy general of Xiao Yuan, the old Duke of Dingguo, who died in battle as soon as they got married, leaving a pair of twin posthumous sons, after the biological mother remarried, Xiao Yuan raised the two brothers and let them follow his son Xiao Changdun, and later the elder brother gave birth to six sons, and the younger brother gave birth to five, they are the eleventh brothers of the Ning family.

Later, Long Huwei was established, the twin sons of the Ning family went to the south, and died in battle, the eldest of the eleven children of the Ning family was eight years old, and the youngest was still in infancy, Xiao Changdun left all these eleven children to his eldest son Xiao Yi.

I heard that it was Ning Jiu who came, Xu Qiao and Zhou Zilong were stunned.

Xiao Yi was sick at home, why did he send Ning Jiu over at night?

Xu Qiao was dressed up, Ah Jiang hurriedly opened the door, and Xu Qiao asked in a deep voice, "Where did Ning Jiu go?" ”