The guards took the letter with them, and when they were leaving, the prince repeatedly instructed: "This letter is extremely secret, and it must not fall into the hands of outsiders." In case of danger, destroy the letter, and you ...... yourself."

Before the crown prince's words could be spoken, the guard immediately spoke: "I would rather die than reveal the slightest secret of His Highness." ”

The prince nodded with satisfaction and watched the guards leave.

Zhou's house, front yard.

There were too many people in the hall, and Zhou Ming and Lin Ajiao were reluctant to go in, so they kept talking and laughing in the courtyard.

Zhou Zhou Ming suddenly sneezed: "Who is this talking about me?" It's definitely not good. ”

At this time, Lin Ajiao suddenly thought of a question: "Xianggong, if the current prince doesn't plan to help us, will we just ...... Quite dangerous? ”

Zhou Zhou Ming rubbed his nose and said with a smile: "Don't worry, no one who stands at the pinnacle of power is a fool."

If the prince had allowed Yan to get rid of me without much effort, his own life would not have been easy.

First of all, his own subordinates will lose confidence in him, and they will even turn their heads to the strict old thief's men.

And now the people of the entire capital city regard me as a great hero, and even begin to praise me.

Now the only person in the court who can resist the strict demand is the crown prince, and the people are hoping that he can save me, at this time he disappointed the people and lost the hearts of the people, even if he can ascend to the throne in the future, he will only become a puppet. ”

Lin Ajiao nodded thoughtfully, but in the end she was still not at ease: "Then what if the prince just doesn't save us, do we still have a way?" ”

"Yes!" Zhou Zhou Ming hugged Lin Ajiao's shoulders and said with a smile: "You are not a waste of fame. Even if the prince doesn't want to save us, then we will become a weight in the struggle for power between him and Yan Qiu, and when the time comes, I have the confidence to maneuver between the two factions, after all, you and I are the best at surviving in the cracks! ”

Hearing this, Lin Ajiao's face was slightly red, and she took a sip: "Phew, people talk to you about serious things, but you always say that you don't have these things." ”

After speaking, Lin Ajiao turned around and walked towards the hall.

Zhou Zhou Ming was stunned on the spot, carefully recalled what he just said, suddenly woke up, and chased after him with wide eyes: "Gillian, you misunderstood, I didn't mean that, can we still have a good chat?" ”

The two of you chased after me, playing and laughing, and when they were about to walk into the hall, they heard sneaky footsteps at the same time.

The two of them held their breath and secretly hid in the dark to observe.

I saw a figure, sneakily coming out of the account room, sneaking towards the gate.

Zhou Ming and Lin Ajiao glanced at each other, and they both felt funny in their hearts.

The person who was about to escape secretly was none other than the old housekeeper of the Zhou family, Laifu.

Ever since he heard that his young master had caused a big disaster in the hall, he had been thinking about secretly escaping to save his life, and at the same time, he also planned to steal something valuable from his master's house before leaving, and after returning to the countryside, he would also be a rich man and enjoy pure happiness.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he fell asleep, someone sent him a pillow, Master Zhou sent him to pack the young master's luggage, and sent him to the account room to bring all the money to the young master, which undoubtedly made his plan a lot easier.

He first went to the storehouse to pack up a set of good luggage, took a few pieces of silk cloth, and when he returned to the country to make clothes for himself, he went to the account office and took out all the silver and put it in his bag.

Because he has been busy stealing things, he didn't know anything when Xiao Huaiwang came just now.

At this time, he heard everyone talking in the hall, and there was no sound of Zhou Ming talking to Lin Ajiao in the courtyard, he felt that it was the best time to escape, so he took his things and tiptoed to the courtyard.

When he approached the gate, he was about to run away, when a stone suddenly flew behind him and smashed a flower pot beside him.

"Laifu, you are in a panic, where are you going with so many things?"

Zhou Ming held back a laugh and said loudly.

Seeing Laifu's behavior, Lin Ajiao was very angry for the first time.

The Zhou family is facing a crisis immediately, although it is understandable to say that Laifu as a subordinate thinks about himself, but he can't run away in such a hurry, right? also brought all the remaining finances of the Zhou family, which is a bit excessive.

However, seeing Zhou Ming's relaxed expression, Lin Ajiao was instantly relieved.

When a catastrophe comes, even his parents have to dissociate themselves from him, let alone the people in the family?

Laifu was so shocked that he almost had a heart attack and died on the spot.

"Ah, young master and young grandmother, why did you come out so early? I haven't packed your luggage yet. ”

Zhou Zhou Ming slowly walked forward and said with a smile: "Didn't clean it up?" So what's on your back? ”

Laifu was full of embarrassment, but fortunately reacted very quickly: "This is ...... This is the half of the young grandmother, young master, I haven't had time to take it yet, so it's better for you and the young grandmother to go back to the house and sit for a while, and I'll call you when it's ready. ”

Zhou Zhou Ming picked up another stone from the ground, and while holding the stone in his hand, he approached Laifu, with a malicious smile on his face: "Laifu, did you say that your head is hard, or the flower pot just now is hard?" ”

Laifu was already scared and sweating: "Young master, I was wrong, I won't dare to do it in the future, please spare me!" ”

Zhou Zhou Ming actually didn't intend to be embarrassed, after all, he was the old man of the Zhou family, and he had been loyal to the Zhou family for many years, and he did his best, and it was reasonable that he wanted to escape in the face of the crisis.

Zhou Zhou Ming just wanted to teach him a lesson, let him have a longer memory, and dare to have two hearts for the Zhou family in the future, and never spare him.

"Laifu, what are you talking about? I don't understand. Zhou Zhou Ming turned his head, looked at Lin Ajiao, and blinked, "Lady, do you understand?" ”

Lin Ajiao smiled knowingly: "I don't understand either, Laifu, what is wrong with you?" ”

At this time, Laifu finally understood that his young master was no longer the young master who was sick before, only read sage books, and didn't listen to things outside the window, he really grew up.

He hurriedly knelt on the ground, spread out the burden on the ground, and took out the contents one by one.

"Young master, young grandmother, this is what I secretly took from my family, and I plan to run back to my hometown and escape for my life.

This is really the first time, please beg the young master and young grandmother, just spare me this time, don't tell the old lady, otherwise I will have no face to live. ”

Zhou Zhou Ming squatted down, carefully looked at the things on the ground, and said with a smile: "Laifu, you are not just running for your life, right?" Take these things back to your hometown in the countryside, don't you be a pampered master, you can also be a big man with thousands of acres of fertile land, right? It's dark enough. ”

Laifu kowtowed like pounding garlic: "Young master and young grandmother, I deserve to die for my crimes, please spare me this time." ”

Zhou Zhou Ming stood up suddenly, put on a straight face, and took out the young master's style: "Laifu, my Zhou family has always treated you well, when you are in danger in my family, you do this kind of thing, it is simply better than a pig and a dog."

However, this young master remembers that you usually take care of my parents and do your best, and you are also loyal to the Zhou family, so I will spare you this time for the time being, and write down this account, if there is a next time, my father and mother may be able to tolerate you, but the stone in my hand does not recognize people. ”

After speaking, Zhou Zhou Ming gently lifted the stone in his hand, and another flower pot on the courtyard wall shattered on the spot.

"Young master, don't worry, even if I die in the future, I will never lose my master's family.

I'm going to help the young master and grandmother pack their bags. ”

Rifle stood up and ran to the backyard.

Lin Ajiao was soft-hearted and felt that Laifu already knew the lesson, so she stopped him with a smile: "Laifu, no need, the young master and I don't need to go anywhere." ”

Laifu was stunned for a moment, then looked at Zhou Ming with a happy face, and asked, "Young master, is our family okay?" You and your young grandmother don't have to run for your life? ”

"Let's just put it that way." Zhou Ming nodded slowly.

"Great!" Laifu was so happy that he jumped up and ran out of the gate as soon as he fell to the ground.

Zhou Zhou Ming and Lin Ajiao were all puzzled, and they called him one after another: "Laifu, they all said it's okay, where are you going again?" ”

Laifu turned around and explained while running: "Young master and young grandmother, you don't know, I'm not the only one who wants to escape, our cook Lao Liang has already taken the first step, I'll chase him back." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Zhou Ming and Lin Ajiao felt funny and angry, are these people in the family so unconscionable?

The two smiled bitterly, no longer paid attention to the affairs of these subordinates, returned to the hall, and talked and chatted with the elders of the two families.

With Xiao Huaiwang's door-to-door guarantee, the Lin family is no longer worried about the safety of their daughter, and Mrs. Lin even thinks that Zhou Zhou Ming will definitely rise to prominence in the officialdom in the future, so her attitude towards him has also changed.

Similar to the previous blame and blame and contempt, it immediately disappeared from her.

Lin Ajiao's eldest brother and sister-in-law turned faster, they not only shouted cold and warm to Monday, but also called more cordially, a brother-in-law on the left, another brother-in-law, called Zhou Ming is a little uncomfortable.

At noon, the two families were together and had a big reunion dinner, and it was not until the afternoon that the Lin family left.

In the evening, when the Zhou family was preparing for dinner, Laifu suddenly shouted at the gate.

"Master and young master, come out and have a look."

The whole family of the Zhou family was shocked, Zhou Zhou Ming took the lead in running out, and when he walked to the gate, he was stunned.

Outside the gate of Zhou's house, I don't know when it was full of all kinds of things, including eggs, chickens, ducks and geese, all kinds of vegetables, millet and white noodles, among which there are gold, silver and copper coins, and the number is not much.

Zhou Ruhai walked to the door, and when he saw this scene, he burst into tears, and he hurriedly asked Laifu: "Laifu, have you ever seen who sent these things?" ”

Laifu shook his head: "Master Lin, after they left, I didn't go out, just now I was going to lock the door before eating, and as soon as I came out, I saw that the door was full of these things, as for who sent it, I really didn't see it." ”

"Dad, you don't have to ask, I know who sent these things." Zhou Ming said.

"Who is it? We can't ask for this unclear thing, you know who sent it and send it back to others. Zhou Ruhai was afraid that accepting these things would bring greater disaster to the Zhou family.