Seeing that his father was finally sent away, Zhou Zhou Ming breathed a deep sigh of relief in his heart, because he knew in his heart that his father's confused appearance, if he kept competing with himself, if he didn't leave, then he had no way to take him, after all, there are still outsiders in the study now, and he can't blast his father out in front of outsiders, so that although the matter can be satisfactorily resolved, his reputation for unfilial piety will definitely be known to everyone.

When the uninvited guest saw Zhou Ruhai leaving, he couldn't have been happier, because since Zhou Zhou Ming came to the study, Zhou Ruhai's degree of hatred had already made him have plans to kill him.

Zhou Ming and the uninvited guest were left in the study all of a sudden, Zhou Zhou Ming smiled and stretched out his hand to signal to the uninvited guest: "Don't be restrained, please sit." ”

The uninvited guest nodded, gave a brief salute in return, and sat back in his chair.

Zhou Zhou Ming sat down on the main seat, and then continued to ask: "This brother, my father was sent away by me, you should be able to tell me now, why did you come to me so late?" ”

Although Zhou Zhou Ming always kept a smile on his face, the uninvited guest knew in his heart that Zhou Ming's mood had already changed, and if he didn't talk about it anymore, he would definitely not have good fruit to eat.

"Lord Zhou, that's the case, I came here completely because I was entrusted by my master to give you something as important." The uninvited guest said very seriously.

Zhou Ming was stunned for a moment, thinking where did he start with this? For a long time, I was just a small head catcher in the Chengnan Inspection Yamen, and neither my own face nor the power in my hands was enough for others to slap myself up and give me gifts.

And even if this kind of behavior happens, it will happen after he solves the case of the woman's disappearance, because after all, the common people in the city at that time admired and appreciated themselves beyond imagination, and it is understandable that they gave themselves some valuable gifts for this reason.

But now, it has been a long time since he cracked the case of the disappearance of the woman, and the people's admiration and gratitude to themselves have long faded a lot, and the case of the Northern State traitor that he cracked last night is still in the trial stage, and the general public does not know about it at all, even if the case is announced in the future, the influence of this case among the people is definitely not as big as the case of the disappearance of the woman.

The reason is very simple, the victims of the woman's disappearance case are all ordinary people, and the biggest victim of this Northern State spy case is the Great Chu State and the current emperor.

Ordinary people will not empathize with the harm of this case at all, so it is simply wishful thinking to expect to be grateful to the people and even get their precious gifts because of this merit.

After figuring out these truths, Zhou Ming was even more puzzled, although because of the case that was solved yesterday, it was possible for him to rise to prominence and gain the emperor's appreciation, so that the entire Zhou family would prosper again, and the power in his hands would naturally not be too small at that time.

After having such rights and glory, those who are sloppy and slapping horses in the officialdom will definitely do their best to flatter themselves, and when the time comes, they will definitely sharpen their heads and give gifts to themselves at home, but these are all later words, and it cannot happen now.

Zhou Zhou Ming raised his head, stared at the uninvited guest, and then said in a calm tone: "Who sent you here?" ”

After seeing Zhou Zhou Ming's gaze, this uninvited guest felt a pang in his heart, because he understood that if he continued to sell Guan Zi, his life might be gone, because Zhou Zhou Ming had already moved to kill.

He hurriedly got up from his seat, bowed and said, "Lord Zhou, since you and I are the only ones left in the study now, then I don't have to hide anything from you."

The person who sent me here is my master Yang Shijun, I am the housekeeper of the Yang family, and the younger surname is Xu. ”

Zhou Ming, who was originally sitting on the chair and was on guard, heard the uninvited guest say this, and his heart suddenly brightened, thinking that this kid was here to send money, no wonder he said that he had something important to hand over to me, and he kept it so secret.

Originally, he had been thinking about the money before eating, but after eating, he was so sleepy that he forgot about it after he fell asleep.

At the thought of earning a huge amount of money, Zhou Zhou Ming couldn't mention how happy he was, because he was really short of money now, and there were still a lot of places to use it.

The first thing that is imminent is his mother's birthday, the first year she married herself, if her birthday is very shabby, not only will she feel sorry for her, but if her mother's family knows, she will definitely mock herself mercilessly, although their will not have any effect on him, but he really doesn't want his mother to be embarrassed with him.

And if you want to give your wife a beautiful birthday, you have to spend a lot of money, after all, the Lin family has a big business and a lot of money, in order to celebrate the birthday of his daughter Lin Ajiao, Master Lin spares no expense, and sets up a banquet to invite the troupe to sing, which is a routine operation, sometimes in order to make his daughter happy, Master Lin will even invite one of the best actors in the capital to come to the house alone, and sing alone for his daughter.

Zhou Zhou Ming had been worrying about solving this problem before, and what the uninvited guest said just now suddenly made him see the hope of solving the problem.

Although he was a little excited in his heart, Zhou Zhou Ming was still silent on the surface, and even showed a somewhat angry look: "What did your master do?" At noon, when we agreed, he kept saying that he would definitely send someone to send the money in the afternoon, but what time is it? I've slept before you came, and his untrustworthy behavior clearly doesn't take me seriously! ”

The housekeeper surnamed Xu thought that Zhou Ming would be very happy after learning the purpose of his trip, after all, such a large amount of money, no matter who it fell on, it could be regarded as a joy from the sky.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that after listening to his words, instead of showing a happy expression, Zhou Ming put on a straight face and asked himself why he came to deliver the money so late.

And in the end, he blamed his master for not taking him seriously.

At this time, the housekeeper surnamed Xu was already a little scared in his heart, because before coming to the Zhou family, he had already made a promise in front of his master that he would definitely handle this matter properly, if this matter was finally messed up, not only would it be difficult for him to get out of the Zhou family alive, even if he was lucky enough to escape back, according to his own master's ruthless style of doing things in the past, he would not let himself go.

Thinking about it, Steward Xu finally turned his heart sideways and decided to tell Zhou Ming everything that happened in the family before, although these things are very embarrassing, and his own master told him not to leak the slightest rumor before he came, but at this time it has reached a critical juncture, and he can't take care of it so much, first pass the pass in front of him, as for his own leakage in the future, whether his own master will know about it, it depends on his luck.

"Lord Zhou, don't be angry, things are not what you think, even if our master has the courage, he doesn't dare not take you seriously." Steward Xu's voice trembled a little and said, "It's not that my lord doesn't want to send me to give you money earlier, it's just that the amount of money is too big, and my lord can't get it together for a while, so he delayed the time." ”

Zhou Zhou Ming scared the housekeeper like that just now, but in fact, he was just pretending, meaning to let him know that he didn't care about the money at all, but what he didn't expect was that under some intimidation, there was an unexpected gain.

Zhou Zhou Ming naturally would not let go of this opportunity to find out about the enemy, he continued to pretend to be angry, and said: "Lord Yang's family has a big business, such a small amount of money, he shouldn't take it seriously, right?" How can you make it up?

When you talk like this, you are simply insulting your master! ”

As soon as Steward Xu heard this, he was immediately frightened, because he understood that if he didn't quickly resolve Zhou Ming's suspicions, he would probably leak what he had just said to his master in the days to come, in that case, he would die without a place to be buried.

After realizing the danger, Steward Xu suddenly knelt on the ground, with a frightened expression on his face: "Lord Zhou, what I just said is all the truth, and there is no half-truth.

When our lord came home and asked me for money, there were only a few thousand taels of cash in the account room of our house.

Not only did he sell all his beloved antique calligraphy and paintings, but he even sold a few properties that he had just purchased, which barely made up enough for the 200,000 taels of silver. ”

"Oh, really?" Zhou Ming deliberately pretended to be very suspicious and asked rhetorically.

"Absolutely." Steward Xu lay on the ground, and his voice was full of crying, "I'm not afraid of your jokes, Lord Zhou, there are a few properties, because they are sold too quickly, and they can't find customers for a while, my lord sees that time is pressing, and the house can't be sold, so he is almost ready to send his beloved concubine to your house to settle the bill." ”

Hearing the word concubine, Zhou Zhou Ming couldn't help but have infinite reverie in his mind, he knew very well in his heart that a person with money and status like Yang Shijun must have a very high vision, and the quality of the concubine in his income must be very good.

However, his reverie did not last long, because he knew in his heart that even if Yang Shijun gave his beloved concubine to himself, he would not ask for it, after all, he was a person with a spiritual cleanliness habit and hated second-hand goods the most.