"Meet the clan elder!"

The third chief manager understands the rules a lot, and after stepping forward to meet Chu Gongyun, he saluted Chu Zheng and said with a look of grievance: "Third Young Master, Murong Er's thirteen days in the palace really have nothing to do with me! Besides, I'm taking someone to see the courtyard here now, and I'm going to completely renovate the courtyard for the third young master, which is a good thing!"

"Nothing to do, be courteous, either treacherous or thiefy! Young master, I suspect that they will steal things when they come in. I think the eldest lady will ......"

Chu Zheng pulled over a guard from the courtyard and ordered: "Chief Murong must not speak more than ten sentences a day for three months, and one or two pieces of silver will be deducted for more than one sentence, and you go to inform the account office." After saying that, he walked into the courtyard. As for the third chief of the Chu Palace, Chu Zheng knew his intentions, so naturally he would not let him in.

Chu Gongyun shook his head and walked into the courtyard, Murong Er pursed his lips and was about to taunt the third manager, but immediately came to his senses and covered his mouth.

The Crescent Lake Courtyard covers an area of 200 acres, including the residential area of Sanjin, 10 acres of gardens, and 100 acres of orchards and dozens of acres of fertile land. The gate of the annex is only a few feet away from the crescent lake, and there is a small pier on the shore of the lake, a pleasure boat and a fishing boat.

The Crescent Lake Annexes do look a little older, and the last time it was renovated and decorated was ten years ago. However, under Murong Er's care, it is clean and tidy, after all, ordinary people can't stand Murong Er's mouth, especially those in other courtyards. I'd rather work more than let Murong Er target him, he can annoy people to death!

Murong Er settled Chu Gongfair, while Chu Zheng sat in the main hall and flipped through the account books, and Murong Lu, the bookkeeper with white hair but bright spirits, stood next to him and waited for Chu Zheng to inquire.

There were twenty guards, thirty handymen, one bookkeeper and one steward, as well as Xiaocui and a dozen children. In addition to Xiaocui, including Murong Er, they are all the sons of the Murong family, like Murong Er's ancestors are in the Murong family, and they have been friends for more than a hundred years now, which is very trustworthy. Most of the dozen or so children grew up in Crescent Lake.

The hospital includes food and lodging, and pays 210 taels per month and about 50 taels for other expenses. Chu Zheng's mother's family, Murong, is a wealthy businessman's family, so his mother and Murong Er have some experience in management. Now the average monthly income of the Crescent Lake Annexes is more than 1,000 taels of silver. The main sources are fertile land, orchards, and income from fishing. After more than ten years, there are still more than 80,000 taels of silver in the account, and of course, there are 1,000 spirit stones.

Put down the account book and encourage Murong Lu to say a few words, and said, "There are a few things that you can talk to Murong Er, and I won't see him." ”

"Young Master, please command!" Murong Lu owed.

Chu Zheng took a sip of the tea, and said in a deep voice: "First, send someone to Jiangzhou Mansion to check if there are any servants of the Murong family, and bring them all here." ”

"Young Master...... Young Master...... I've finally waited for this day, young master......"

Murong Lu, who was fifty or sixty years old, knelt on the ground and cried. The crying was heartbreaking, which made Chu Zheng sigh in his heart.

Five years ago, the eldest lady Murong Yan died of illness in the Chu Palace, and the personal maid cut off her heart, followed by the destruction of the Murong family in Jiangzhou, and it was really the feeling that the sky was falling that year. The Murong family was beheaded all over the house, and many domestic servants were left behind, lonely, and had to be incognito. After five years, the young master finally stood up, how could he not be excited!

Helped Murong Lu up, let him sit next to him, and waited until his emotions gradually eased Chu Zheng said, "Remember, there are some dangers in this matter. ”

"Young master, don't worry!" Murong Lu nodded through gritted teeth. There must be something strange about such a series of changes, which is very clear from the top to bottom of the Crescent Lake Courtyard. At least in the past five years, they have not allowed the people of the Chu Palace's Mansion to step into the Crescent Lake Courtyard for half a step, and only the people from the Chu Sect brought by Chu Zheng can enter, and they have been guarded as thieves.

"The second thing is to find someone to renovate the martial arts training ground, and these thousand spirit stones are arranged under the martial arts training ground. ”

"Young master, don't worry, it will definitely be done within three days. ”

The two sat in the living room and asked and answered, and Chu Zheng had some understanding of the current situation of everyone in the courtyard. After dinner, Chu Zheng returned to his bedroom, and Chu Gongyun lived next door to Chu Zheng, which made Chu Zheng temporarily rest his idea of cultivation. But he knew very well that this was not the way to go. Chu Gong left fairly, it was difficult to guarantee his safety, and it would take a long time for him to advance to the innate foundation. The only compromise was to return to the Chu Palace, but this required an opportunity, or an opportunity for Chu Gongyun to have to leave the other courtyard.

On the second day, Chu Zheng walked around the courtyard, lying in the bedroom most of the time to refine his body. A day has passed in the blink of an eye, Chu Zheng is still refining his body, but the mana in the divine court is only one-third of the original, and his mana will be exhausted in another day. Tomorrow I have to start cultivating no matter what, but I need to think of a way to ensure my own safety and make Chu Gong stay farther away from him.

On the morning of the third day, after breakfast, the guards came to report to Chu Tianfeng, the chief administrator of the palace.

"Please!"

After a while, Chu Zheng stood up and greeted him out, and personally welcomed Chu Gong into the living room.

The two sides sat down, Chu Tianfeng sighed first, and then said, "Yesterday, the princess left the palace and went to Qianyuan Prefecture. ”

"Qianyuanzhou?" Chu Zheng thought thoughtfully.

The fifteenth state and eighty-three counties of the Great Zhou Dynasty, when it comes to Qianyuan Prefecture, the first thing that comes to mind is the Qianyun Sect, the first sect of the Great Zhou. The Qianyun Sect's power is more than any of the four major gates, and Chumen's becoming the head of the four major gates also has a great relationship with the Qianyun Sect. Princess Chu was born in Qianyun Sect in Qianyuan Prefecture, her grandfather was the sect master of Qianyun Sect, and her parents were both Jindan monks of Qianyun Sect, and Princess Chu herself was also a foundation builder.

Very clever approach!

Chu Zheng immediately judged Princess Chu's intentions.

What happened in these days, many people can't help but doubt Princess Chu, and let Princess Chu be put in plain sight. Now that Princess Chu went to Qianyuanzhou, it seemed that she was staying out of the matter, but she turned herself from light to dark. Moreover, in terms of her identity, it is more convenient for her to mobilize the monks of the Qianyun Sect in Qianyuan Prefecture, and the threat to Chu Zheng is even greater. But on the surface, Princess Chu is doing this to clear her suspicions, and she is also acquiescing to the next purge of the Chu Palace, and no one can stop her from leaving.

Sure enough, after Chu Zheng digested the news, Chu Tianfeng continued: "I haven't found anyone to leak the news that the young master is coming to the Crescent Lake Courtyard for two days. Therefore, the prince has ordered Chufeng County to send 300 people into Beijing, and everyone in the palace will leave the palace and return to Chufeng County, and go there to investigate carefully. ”

This is the Great Purge! Although there is no sword and blood, it is simply uprooted neatly. And there must be rumors in the palace in advance, if someone has collusion with the outside world, they must take action in the next few days, which is also a surprise to the snake.

"The third thing, because he was worried about his safety, the eighth young master returned to the palace. I also asked the third young master to take care of the love of brothers, not to shake hands and make peace, but to be safe. This is what the prince meant. ”

"No way! He must stand at the gate of the palace for thirteen days!"

Chu Zheng roared angrily and slapped the case: "Prepare the horse! I want to return to the palace!"

Chu Tianfeng opened his mouth in astonishment, he felt that he really couldn't understand this third young master. With Chu Zheng's performance over the past few days, he is simply a deep and steady temperament, how can he suddenly return to his violent temper before being executed.

Chu Zheng was furious, but what he thought in his heart were two different things. What is this called? This is called dozing off and someone will send a pillow!

Chu Tianfeng stood up helplessly, Chu Gongyun, who had just walked into the living room, glanced at Chu Zheng, and Chu Tianfeng could only follow Chu Zheng back to the Chu Palace.

galloped all the way to the Chu Palace, and Chu Zheng's face had returned to calm. turned over and dismounted and walked towards the small courtyard where Chu Yi lived. Chu Gong walked towards the corridor indifferently. Not to mention that in the Chu Palace, even the entire Wangfu Street is also very safe. At the corner of the street, there are innate monks who personally sit in the town to investigate, and in the palace, there are more innate and foundation monks.

As for the contradiction between Chu Zheng and Chu Yi, Chu Gongfair was not worried, and he could understand Chu Zheng's approach. Since Chu Zheng's mother Murong Yan died of illness in the Chu Palace, the people in the Crescent Lake Courtyard and the Chu Palace, have been hostile to each other. Fighting a dog also depends on the owner's face, since Princess Chu does not let the people from the Crescent Lake Courtyard visit Chu Zheng, it is natural for Chu Zheng to retaliate, otherwise how can she convince the public?

Chu Zheng walked into Chu Yi's courtyard and saw Chu Yi cultivating on the cultivation ground.

Chu Yi naturally saw Chu Zheng as well, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at him with some caution. He is not an idiot, he is clear about the force on Chu Zheng's body when he hits Chu Zheng in the Hall of Merit, and it is definitely not something he can compete with. What makes people wonder is that Chu Zheng does not have any energy on his body, and the power of qi and blood is just like an ordinary person. So now he is eager to compete with Chu Zheng again, but he doesn't dare.

But to Chu Yi's surprise, Chu Zheng just glanced at him and left, but there was no emotion in his eyes, which made him a little stunned in his heart.

The guards standing next to the cultivation ground lowered their heads one by one, they knew very well what happened to Chu Xiaoliu a few days ago, and the third prince of Chu Zheng in front of them was really good at killing.

Chu Zheng returned to the courtyard with his front foot, and Chu Tianfeng, the big housekeeper on his back foot, rushed over. Duan Yihong, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, and the commander of the Imperial Court Guard had just finished meeting the King of Chu, and Chu Tianfeng had come to report the news.

The two sat down, Chu Tianfeng said, "In the past two days, there has been new progress in the ambush of the third young master. The names of the three people who ambushed the third young master are unknown, and their origins are unknown. However, the leader of the three, the Monk of the Heart, had entered a willow villa in the South Acropolis a month ago. Last night, the imperial guards entered the Willow Villa and found that the building was empty, and the result of the investigation was that the people of the Willow Villa had crossed the South Acropolis and walked south the night before the ambush of the young master. It's just that out of the South Acropolis is a road that extends in all directions, and the clues are broken here, and the Imperial Court Guard is still tracking. The owner of the Fuliu Villa is called the Fuliu Jushi, who has been repaired in the later stage of the foundation building, and used to do some business, and has his own shop in the North and South Acropolis and Jade Kyoto. Another suspicion is that the Fuliu Jushi is only alone, and several wives and concubines in the Fuliu Villa are also redeemed from the Qinglou of the South Acropolis. Now the Imperial Court Guard is tracking down the whereabouts of the Monk Fuliu, and the Criminal Department is investigating the people who have business dealings with him, as well as the personnel of a total of five stores. ”

"There will be clues, but it's useless if the relevant people don't find them. Chu Zheng was not surprised that the people of Fuliu Villa evacuated early. No one knew that in order to deal with himself as an ordinary person, the other party sent two people to refine blood and wash the marrow, and such a cautious person must have thought about all the unexpected situations, and before he began to ambush himself, the people of Fuliu Villa withdrew, which proved this point again.