Zhou Fu, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Zhou Kang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, are both members of the Zhou family.

After the next dynasty, neither of them returned to their mansions.

Instead, they coincidentally went to the old mansion of the Zhou family to meet the real helmsman of the Zhou family, the first assistant of the Great Xia Cabinet who retired five years ago, and Zhou Zhizheng, the younger brother of the Empress Dowager.

Zhou Zhi is the uncle of the two.

Zhou Fu is the eldest son of Zhou Zhizheng's eldest brother, and he is also the largest in their generation.

Zhou Kang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, is the eldest son of Zhou Zhizheng's third brother, and they rank ninth in this line.

And Zhou Zhizheng is only three and five years older than these two people respectively.

After Zhou Fu and Zhou Kang gave their uncle a family gift, the housekeeper had already served the best tea to the two.

The housekeeper quietly retreated, and arranged for someone to guard outside.

Zhou Zhizheng looked at the two people who came one after another, took a sip of tea, and then spoke: "Boss and Lao Jiu, come over from the next dynasty, could it be that something has changed?" ”

"Uncle, you guessed right, Your Majesty's smallpox has been cured, and it is said that Xing Guogong's son cured him, and the little nephew guesses that His Majesty's smallpox is probably a conspiracy from the beginning."

Zhou Fu was relatively calm, so he didn't speak immediately.

Zhou Kang has his own little abacus, so he said it all in one go.

Zhou Zhizheng looked at Zhou Kang, and did not have mood swings because of this news, but pressed his hand at Zhou Kang and said, "Lao Jiu, don't be so excited, sit down and talk slowly." ”

"Uncle, my nephew slowly can't say it, the White Lotus Sect has captured Hedong City, Your Majesty has ordered the prince to lead 20,000 troops to go to the conquest, and the military horses and equipment need to be provided by the Ministry of Industry, and the nephew is ...... now."

Zhou Kang said this, but Zhou Fu, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke: "Ninth brother, now that I know that I am in a hurry, I have warned you a long time ago, just stop in moderation, you just don't listen, now such a, and come to trouble Uncle, don't you feel blushing?" ”

"Big brother, you don't have a conscience when you say this, I'm not ...... yet"

What else did Zhou Kang want to say.

But just now, he suddenly thought of something, and quickly covered his mouth.

glared at Zhou Fu, and then saluted Zhou Zhizheng again: "Uncle, I lost my words just now when I was the ninth child, but I did it before, it was indeed for the sake of the family, and now I am in trouble, please ask the uncle to pull it." ”

"For the sake of the family, you have indeed paid a lot, you can transfer some of the family equipment to make up for the shortfall you need."

Zhou Zhizheng was actually a little dissatisfied in his heart, and Zhou Kang was waiting for an opportunity to negotiate conditions with his family at this time.

What kind of gaffe was just now, it was obviously a threat to him.

It seems that in the future, we will have to find a way to shut up Lao Jiu.

Seeing that Zhou Zhizheng agreed, Zhou Kang's face showed joy, and he hurriedly saluted: "Thank you Uncle for your success, my nephew will definitely do his best in the future for the future of the family." ”

"Hmm."

Zhou Zhizheng pressed his hand again against Zhou Kang and said, "Xiao Jiu, sit down!" ”

"Yes, uncle."

Zhou Kang's goal has been achieved, and now he just listens to what Zhou Fu and Uncle say?

So he sat down obediently.

Zhou Zhizheng looked at Zhou Fu: "Boss, why are you looking for your uncle?" ”

"Xing Guogong's son is not simple, and now his interests have been tied to the prince, if he is not eliminated as soon as possible, when the prince and him all grow up, I am afraid it will become a big trouble for my Zhou family."

Zhou Fu was worried about the future of the Zhou family at this time, not some messy petty profits.

"Boss, is this alarmist?"

The first time Zhou Zhizheng heard about Li Xing was half a month ago.

Although this son does have some outstanding features, it seems a little unlikely that he will become a big trouble for the Zhou family.

After all, he is not the eldest son of Xing Guogong, but the eldest son.

No matter how strong your ability is, you can't inherit the title.

If he doesn't inherit the title and wants to be promoted by merit, as long as he makes a mistake, his Zhou family can pinch this person to death, and his property will be someone else's wedding dress at that time.

This is not a big disaster at all, but a big benefit.

But Zhou Fu shook his head: "It's still euphemistic for my nephew to say this, when Li Xing grows up and assists the prince to ascend the throne, my Zhou family will be doomed." ”

"Hahaha, boss, uncle admits that you have a unique vision, but do you think the two of them have a chance to grow up?"

Zhou Zhizheng suddenly laughed, not agreeing with Zhou Fu's inference at all.

In his opinion, in less than three years, the power accumulated by his Zhou family would be enough to launch a coup d'état that would overturn Great Xia.

In three years, let Li Xing and the prince grow up with their lives, how much can they grow?

That's why he laughed.

Zhou Fu still insisted on his opinion: "Uncle, you'd better take a look at everything Li Xing did in Lingwu, those people also looked down on him, and now he was either arrested or killed, and even I got a secret report, Tusi Mansion is also very fond of Li Xing now, as long as he is willing, I dare not say that he can control the entire northwest, but there is absolutely no problem in controlling Ling'an Mansion." ”

"What you said is true?"

Zhou Zhizheng's smug expression just now disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by solemnity.

He didn't expect that half a month ago, he received a report from the Liu family and the Heavenly God Sect, and everything was still normal.

Now there is such a reversal, so he has to deal with it seriously.

"It seems that Uncle hasn't received a secret report about Lingwu and the Northwest for a long time."

When Zhou Fu spoke, he had already gotten up and walked in front of Zhou Zhizheng, took out a secret report from his clothes, and handed it to Zhou Zhizheng.

After Zhou Zhizheng took it, he immediately took out the paper from the letter.

After reading the content, he took a deep breath and said: "It seems that I underestimated this Li Xing, he actually turned my son Shichang around, then arrange the dead soldiers, create chaos when suppressing bandits, and let him die in the chaos!" ”