Zhang Jiusheng is not stupid, when Zhou Xuanming's case was investigated, he already knew that there was a connection between Zhou Xuanming and Hongdou, as for what the connection was, he didn't know what the connection was.

It's just that both of them are from the capital, and both of them may have come for something in the Zhangfu, and such a thing made them very cautious, so that they hibernate for decades, just for a chance.

"Actually, I've always had two questions for you." Zhang Jiusheng rested his hands on the table, his head rested on his arms, and he tilted his head slightly to look at the red beans.

Hongdou also tilted his head to look at Zhang Jiusheng, feeling a little funny like this, and said, "What? ”

"The red rope on your wrist ......" Zhang Jiusheng paused, stared at the expression on Hongdou's face, and said, "Mr. Zhou helped you find it, right?" Important? ”

Hongdou was slightly stunned, lowered her head, a trace quickly flashed in her eyes, and she quickly covered it up, almost subconsciously, she reached out and touched the red rope with her temperature on her wrist, and looked up at Zhang Jiusheng, but saw a smile on his lips, and secretly cursed in his heart "stinky boy".

The two fell silent for a while, but the atmosphere was not depressing.

In the end, it was Hongdou who broke the silence first: "It's him, it's me who begged him." ”

"Mr. Zhou is really a good person, he has been dormant in Fan County for at least twenty years, no one found out that something was wrong with him, but he took risks for you, and finally lost his life and died tragically, you can't pay it off in this life." Zhang Jiusheng said, shaking his head with some regret, but there was ridicule in his tone.

Hongdou felt that he was right, and said hehe: "Yes, I can't pay it back, so I can only use him as a cow and a horse in the next life." ”

"The person Zhou Xuanming likes is you, and he went to Hongdoutai to see you, and that Lan Qing is just a shield he uses to hide his desire to like you."

Hongdou didn't think about this possibility, or maybe he didn't dare to think about it.

From her selfish heart, she has always felt that her status is lowly and humble, and it is already a gift from God to be able to do things for the one in the capital to save her life. And a person like Zhou Xuanming, although he is nearly ten years older than her, and is the teacher of dozens of officials in the court today, such an identity, even the daughter of the prime minister's family is worthy of it.

And she is the one who is the least worthy.

"But this red rope shouldn't have been given to you by Mr. Zhou." Zhang Jiusheng broke at one point, and Hongdou's face gradually turned pale, but fortunately, the light in the prison was relatively dim, so Zhang Jiusheng didn't see it too clearly.

Hongdou gradually tightened her fist, because of excessive force, her slender nails almost pierced her palm, Zhang Jiusheng pursed his lips and was silent for a while, he is a person who likes to chase after victory, and he doesn't intend to give Hongdou a chance to take a breath, so he continued to guess: "You cherish it so much, and Mr. Zhou is willing to take risks, it was sent by the one in Jingzhong, right?" ”

Suddenly, Hongdou raised her head, and her gaze suddenly became fierce. In the past, I only thought that Zhang Jiusheng was just a gentleman, and he was not afraid, but now I found that he seemed to be a little similar to the one in Beijing to some extent, in the dark, the two looked at each other, and the cool wind blew in through the narrow skylight, and after blowing over the person, it turned into cold.

Zhang Jiusheng also looked at her, and the two looked at each other, falling into a dead silence again.

He guessed right.

Zhang Jiusheng was not happy.

To tell the truth, he treats Hongdou as a friend, and he doesn't want Hongdou to fall in love with someone he shouldn't love, and the one in Beijing is the person he shouldn't love. Hongdou is a smart person, and she knows very well that her feelings are placed on impossible people.

But if feelings can be controlled, they are not feelings.

Zhou Xuanming has been walking on thin ice for decades, and he has been planted on this in the end.

"Second question......" The atmosphere was too embarrassing, Zhang Jiusheng scratched his nose and said with a smile: "There is a letter delivered to Mr. Zhou's house, I asked Mr. Zhou to see him at the old place, I want to know where that old place is." ”

Hongdou thought for a while, and said slowly: "Zhou Xuanming and I usually meet in the teahouse, but the last time we met was in another place. ”

"Where?"

"Smell the Fragrance Workshop."

It wasn't until night that Zhang Jiusheng slowly returned to Zhang's Mansion alone, and the two boys who were disguised returned to Baishitang in a low-key manner with their faces covered.

Hongdou still didn't tell Zhang Jiusheng the answer clearly in the end, but Zhang Jiusheng had already got the answer he wanted, and Hongdou's reaction proved everything.

Along the way, he thought a lot.

If the same thing fell on him, he might go the same way as Hongdou, he couldn't accuse her of anything, she just did something that she wouldn't regret after a hundred years, and Zhou Xuanming was the same. Zhou Xuanming knew that he might die because of this, but he still went.

Suddenly, Zhang Jiusheng stopped, but Hongdou still lied to him.

The red bean will change her appearance, and she can do it by herself when she gets the red rope back, but after changing her appearance, no one recognizes her, why did she become Zhou Xuanming later?

A cool breeze blew, Zhang Jiusheng rubbed his face, he was a lot sober, and he chuckled: "It's Zhou Xuanming who is going by himself, he is worried that Hongdou will be emotional, causing a mistake in the plan and being punished." He knew that the red rope was very important to the red bean, but he didn't know that the most emotional person in this matter was himself, he was worried that something would happen to the red bean, but he forgot that he was the one who held the important evidence in the whole plan, and once he was exposed, the whole plan would also be in danger of collapse, idiot! ”

Zhang Jiusheng is an outsider, he can easily see it thoroughly, but Zhou Xuanming and Hongdou are not, they have already fallen into the mud in this game, and they can't help themselves.

Can you blame Zhou Xuanming for ignoring the overall situation?

No.

Can you complain about red beans being emotional?

Nor can it.

The easiest thing in the world is a love word.

The most difficult thing in the world is also a love word.

He can see it clearly, and the one in Jingzhong should also see it clearly. Originally, Zhang Jiusheng was still cowering, but now that he has completely figured out the person behind him from Hongdou, he is not afraid, in the infamous situation back then, he can sit firmly on the dragon chair, can protect his eldest grandchildren, and now he can protect it even more.

When he returned to Zhang's mansion, Yun Sheng was already asleep, and Zhang Jiusheng was standing outside the room, looking through the gap in the hidden window, and he could vaguely see the slightly bulging quilt. He was always worried that Yun Sheng would not sleep well here, even though she had been sleeping here for three years.

When Zhang Jiusheng was about to turn around and leave, the door behind him suddenly opened.

"Second Young Master......" Yun Sheng stood inside, looking sleepless.

Zhang Jiusheng was stunned: "You didn't sleep?" ”

Yun Sheng shook his head.

"Why are you blowing out the lamp when you don't sleep?" Zhang Jiusheng was a little incredulous.

"Save some oil." Yun Sheng said it extremely naturally.

Zhang Jiusheng held his forehead, suddenly had a little headache, and said seriously: "What a good boy who is thrifty, but why don't you sleep so late?" Can't sleep? Having a nightmare? ”

Yun Sheng continued to shake his head and pulled Lazhang Jiusheng's sleeve: "Let's go into the house, I have something I want to ask you." ”

After the two entered the house, Yun Sheng lit the candle, and when he turned around, he saw Zhang Jiusheng sitting at the table, pouring himself a cup of tea, Yun Sheng frowned: "The tea is cold." ”

"It's okay, you said yours." Zhang Jiusheng didn't raise his head.

"Second Young Master, are you going to see Red Beans today?"

"yes." Zhang Jiusheng replied calmly, he didn't intend to hide anything from Yun Sheng at all, so he answered very happily, and Yun Sheng squinted, and suddenly felt that there was fraud in it.

"What did you all do?" Yun Sheng asked again.

"I asked her to help me disguise." Zhang Jiusheng raised his head, the candlelight in his eyes was lit, and he seemed to have a slight smile, but Yun Sheng felt weak for no reason.

Her lips squirmed a few times, and when she was still wondering whether to continue asking, she heard Zhang Jiusheng say: "I asked my eldest brother for two people, who are about the same size as Mr. Zhou, and asked Hongdou to make them look like Mr. Zhou, and then asked Hongdou if he knew where the old place in Mr. Zhou's mouth was, and I was going to explore them." ”

"I thought you were going to hide it from me." Yun Sheng pouted and said sullenly.

Zhang Jiusheng laughed: "Even if I don't tell you, you will find a way to find out by yourself, how dangerous it is, it is better for me to tell you directly." ”

"But if you do that, isn't it just a surprise?" Yun Sheng expressed the same concerns as Hongdou.

Zhang Jiusheng rubbed her hair and said, "Now that I am in the light and the enemy is in the dark, if they do something behind their backs, we can't guard against it." But if we trick them first, they will become panicked, and it is naturally best to show up, even if they don't show up, at least they can show some horses. ”

Yun Sheng thought for a moment and nodded.

Zhang Jiusheng lowered his head, thought for a while, and touched the medicine in his arms, which had been hidden for an unknown amount of time.

"Second Young Master......"

"You say."

"I've seen you lately, and you've always touched your stomach at every turn, are you sick to your stomach? Have you gone to see the eldest young master? Don't stop watching it because it's a minor illness, do you remember how the Xuedian girl walked? Yun Shenghu frowned suspiciously, she had wanted to ask this question for a long time, but because Zhang Jiusheng didn't say it himself, she felt that it might just be a minor illness, but after such a long time, he still touched it at every turn, that might be a big problem, she had to persuade it well, and she couldn't hide the illness and avoid medical treatment.

Zhang Jiusheng smiled, hesitated for a while and didn't take out the medicine: "It's okay, I'm just a little bad at stomach, go back and find my eldest brother to get some medicine." Then he stood up, pushed Yun Sheng, and said, "It's not early, hurry up and go to bed, I'll go, lock the door." ”

"Eh......"

Before Yun Sheng could speak, Zhang Jiusheng took a long step and ran away, disappearing at the end of the corridor in a blink of an eye. Yun Sheng pursed his lips, according to Zhang Jiusheng's past behavior, he would definitely not obediently go to Zhang Qiye to see a doctor.

"Okay, since you don't say it, I'll go to the eldest young master tomorrow to ask for clarification, anyway, you must take medicine." Yun Sheng said and closed the door angrily.