"Lord Zhou, please get up quickly."

Zhang Rui held Zhou Peigong.

"Shizi, the old man is incompetent, and Fang Yu and other strong men died for me."

"I'm guilty."

Zhou Peigong was in tears, and his face was full of guilt.

He blamed himself.

Thinking of the ghost slave leading people into their previous hiding point, after that, there was a brutal battle between the two sides, Fang Yu and they were all brutally killed by the ghost slave in order to cover him, the tragedy of that battle, he will never forget it for the rest of his life.

"Lord Zhou, they are all soldiers, and that is their duty."

"Where they died."

"Come!"

"Sit down first!"

As soon as he mentioned this, Zhang Rui felt extremely uncomfortable, and he couldn't wait to break Huang Degong's body into thousands of pieces, but fortunately, the direct perpetrator ghost slave had been killed by him with an arrow.

As for Huang Degong, he can only put down this hatred for the time being.

State affairs first.

"Shizi, Lord Zhou, this official knows that you have something to talk about, so I won't bother."

"I've already arranged the accommodation for the three of them."

"Call the people outside in a moment, and they will take you to rest."

Huang Degong said and got up and took his leave.

He knew each other well, and knew that he was the least popular one here, so he wouldn't be an eyesore here.

What's more, he still has something to do.

Roster!

As soon as he left the Dust Palace, Zhang Rui hurriedly checked Zhou Peigong's injuries, fortunately, Zhou Peigong's injuries were all skin injuries, and there was no danger to his life, otherwise, he would feel even more guilty.

"Shizi, you are so confused, how can you risk breaking into Huai'an City? Huang Degong has been running this Huai'an City for more than ten years, and you are tantamount to a sheep in the mouth of a tiger. ”

Zhou Peigong said.

"Lord Zhou, I can't help it, there are some people who are always worthy of me regardless of life and death."

Zhang Rui looked at Nanyin affectionately.

This reason is unassailable, killing two birds with one stone, one can hide his true intentions on this trip, and the other is to capture Nanyin's heart, so that the latter will treat him with all his heart.

This trick is clever, I have to say that he is indeed very cunning.

"Shizi, you ......."

"Alas!"

"This is a catastrophe."

"Shizi, I don't know whether to talk about it, I don't know how many heroes and heroes have been planted in women's bodies throughout the ages, you have the mission of the king, the future of the Ming Kingdom, how can you be so long-lasting."

When Zhou Peigong heard this, he immediately persuaded him.

"This, Lord Zhou, I don't think what you said is right."

Nanyin suddenly spoke for himself and began to refute this Sanpin Huainan political envoy.

"What I talk about with the prince is about national affairs, what do you know as a woman, don't talk nonsense."

Zhou Peigong is a full old feudal, in his cognition, women should be men's accessories, husbands and children are okay, this kind of national affairs and the like, they don't understand at all.

"Master Zhou, you also read the Four Books and Five Classics, and entered the Shi Shi through the subset of history, how can you say such a thing as a scholar."

"Although my Nanyin is said to be a dusty woman, I also look down on you from the bottom of my heart."

"You're an old rotten and stubborn."

"The queen of Wuding, the merchant king of the ancient Shang Kingdom, is a good woman, she does not let her eyebrows be shaved, commands the army, helps her husband fight in the south and the north, and sweeps the world."

"Isn't she a woman?"

"Isn't the merit of [good women] better than that of you men?"

"There is also the Daxie Dynasty of the powerful side thousands of years ago, the Empress Lu of the Daxie Dynasty who beheaded the White Snake Uprising, isn't she also the leader of the women, and has controlled the government for decades?"

"During the period when she was in power, the country and the people were safe, and the four Yi surrendered."

"The list goes on and on."

"That Confucian Mengmu, she is also a woman, but her wisdom and ability are inferior to you men."

"You're discriminating against us women."

Nanyin's words were exquisite, and Zhou Peigong was speechless.

He couldn't say a word of rebuttal.

"Alright."

"Yin'er, don't worry, don't worry, Lord Zhou doesn't mean to look down on you women, he is just worried about my safety, and he is also worried that because of my impulsiveness, he will delay the major affairs of the imperial court."

Zhang Rui also felt that Zhou Peigong's words just now were a little too extreme, he came from the 21st century, from childhood to adulthood, and accepted the concepts of "equality between men and women" and "women can also hold up half the sky", so he did not look down on women.

Of course, he also knew that in the era of the Great Liang Dynasty, the feudal idea of [male superiority and female inferiority] was still the mainstream, and he had no ability to change the world, so he could only be good to himself and do his best within his ability.

He does not discriminate against women.

"This, girl, I, I was sorry just now, my words were indeed a little excessive."

Zhou Peigong apologized for the first time.

He was also deeply influenced and stimulated by Nanyin's words just now, and he was greatly touched, and what Nanyin said was the truth, which made him speechless and faintly felt quite reasonable.

“.......”

Nanyin didn't pay attention to him, but just snorted heavily, indicating that she was in a bad mood at this time.

"Lord Zhou, this, in fact, I have some different opinions, I don't know if I should talk about it or not?"

Zhang Rui asked.

"Shizi, if you have anything to say, just say it, the old man will listen to it."

Zhou Peigong said humbly.

"Lord Zhou, let me ask you, you said that if I can even give up my own woman at will, and I can find a reason to abandon it at will, then what else can I not abandon."

"Do you think I can be 100% loyal to the court like this?"

"Can you rest assured that I'm in a high position?"

Zhang Rui's rhetorical question was quite sharp.

"I ......"

Zhou Peigong on the side fell silent again, he was seriously thinking about Zhang Rui's two rhetorical questions just now, don't look at them as just two simple rhetorical questions, but they contain extremely profound concepts of governance.

Only when there is a country can there be a home, and only when there is a family can there be a country.

These two are life and death.

An official, a military general, and a common man, only if they love their family deeply, will they abide by the law and be a qualified subject.

Only in this way will they defend their homeland with their lives when the country is facing aggression, because they know that once the country is destroyed, their family members will be killed and humiliated by the enemy.

Just now he accused Zhang Rui of risking his life to sneak into [Huai'an City] for the sake of a woman, regardless of the safety of the country, and intrigue with people like Huang Degong, how confused and stupid it is.

But thinking about it on the other hand, if Zhang Rui can take risks for Nanyin, then he can naturally do his best for the court and die.

I also think of the corrupt officials he has seen over the years when he has been an official, they are all "selfish people" who only love money and do not love their families, they only know their own pleasures, but they don't think about what they do will bring to their families.

Once a crime is committed, it is full of people.

A person's greed generally needs family members and relatives to pay for his actions after the East Window incident.

As long as these people can truly care about their families and cherish their families, then they will not take risks and embark on the road of no return to bend the law for bribes and seek money and kill their lives.

"Shizi, I, I was wrong just now."

"I apologize to you."

"It's all down to me because I'm so paranoid."

"Miss Nanyin is right, I'm an old rotten Confucian, and I have forgotten the simplest human ethics when I read and read. If a person can abandon his family, then such a person must not be trusted. ”

"He can even betray his family, and there is no one he can betray."

Zhou Peigong began to reflect deeply.

“.......”

After hearing Zhang Rui's words, Nanyin on the side felt that Zhang Rui was a good man who could be entrusted for life.