Running out of his parents' room and coming to the yard, Zhou Ming suddenly found that although it was getting late, there were still many people in the yard who were cleaning and cleaning.

"The big guys are busy? The food at dinner was so fragrant that I accidentally ate too much, and I felt a little panicked just now. Zhou Zhou Ming reacted quickly, and immediately found a reason to cover up his embarrassment, "Now that I have run two steps, I feel much better in my stomach." ”

"Young master, pay attention to your body, it's not too early, you're tired for a day, hurry up and rest."

"Young master, do you want to make a pot of good tea for you to promote digestion."

These subordinates knew that Zhou Ming's identity and status were not what they used to be, so the big guys all gathered around, rushing to pay homage to Zhou Ming, hoping to please their young master as soon as possible, in that case, their lives would be much better in the future.

After all, once a son of heaven and a courtier, his own master will most likely retire from the position of the head of the family, and the blessings of his subordinates have also been disposed of by the young master, and when the young master really ascends to the position of the head of the family, he will definitely need to employ people, and as long as they win the favor of the young master, it is very likely that the position of the Zhou family's housekeeper will fall on their heads.

Zhou Zhou Ming just wanted to go back to the backyard as soon as possible and rest early, so he didn't have the time and energy to speculate on the thoughts of these subordinates, he just said a few words, and then hurried into the backyard.

This made those subordinates feel very disappointed in their hearts, and everyone was muttering in their hearts, why is the young master so cold to them? Could it be that the trick they used to slap the horse just now had already been seen through by their own young master? So he doesn't give a damn about it at all?

Or does his young master think that these people are incapable and unworthy of his efforts, so he doesn't take them seriously at all?

After Zhou Ming's figure disappeared completely, everyone exchanged glances with each other, and they all wanted to get some valuable information from each other's eyes.

After a while, there was a person who couldn't help it, he stood up, sighed for a while, and said with some emotion: "It seems that our young master's vision is too high, and he can't look down on us rough people at all, and we won't have to slap the horse in the future, because this trick is useless to our young master at all." ”

Before the words fell, another subordinate with a quick brain said, "I don't think so.

Our young master is not a person who looks down on people with dog eyes, the reason why he is so cold to everyone may be that he doesn't want to promote our kind of flattery and evil spirit, after all, when our master was in charge, there was such a bastard thing, if the young master is in charge of the house, if he does not make any changes, in the future, our family may still appear Laifu No. 2 and Laifu No. 3.

And I can't guarantee the position of housekeeper, our young master already has a reliable candidate, if things really turn out like this, even if we fight for our lives and lose all our family resources, it can only be in vain. ”

Everyone thought deeply of what this person said, and many people broke off the idea of being housekeepers since then, because they all knew that even if the young master handed over the position of housekeeper to them, they would not have the ability to do it.

After figuring out this truth, these subordinates gathered together immediately dispersed and went about their own business.

After walking into the backyard, Zhou Zhouming's mood finally relaxed, he really admired himself in his heart, he was able to tell a lie so naturally in front of his parents, such a psychological quality, not anyone has.

In fact, speaking from the heart, Zhou Zhou Ming is not reluctant to take the 200,000 taels of silver to honor his parents, after all, his relationship with his parents is too deep, if his parents did not do their best to save him when he was young, maybe he would have died a long time ago, and his soul would have returned to the west.

The reason why he kept this money down was entirely because the money came from unknown sources and was blackmailed, his parents were both scholars, and they often talked about benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, and they usually made a joke on their lips, they all said that they were not serious, if they knew that they had come from Yang Shijun and had such a huge amount of money, they would definitely be frightened.

If they knew about the whole blackmail process, it would be even worse, after all, he and Yang Shijun were gambling on their lives at that time, and it would not end well if there was a mistake on either side.

If the amount of money was a little smaller, he could still think of a way to tell a few lies and obscure the source of the money, but the amount of money is so large that it is too difficult to rationalize the source of the money.

In addition, their parents may not have seen so much money in their lives, and if they suddenly give them so much money, they will definitely not give up if they don't find out the source of the money.

And more importantly, Zhou Zhou Ming needs money very much now, because after cracking this case of traitors in the northern country, he will definitely get the attention of the imperial court, and promotion is a sure thing.

In addition, celebrating your mother's birthday and buying a big house for your family all require money, and they are all a lot of money.

If the 200,000 taels of silver were handed over to his parents, it would not be so easy for him to take them out and spend them.

It was for the above reasons that Zhou Ming reluctantly put the money in his pocket.

Humming a little tune, he came to the door of his room, Zhou Zhou Ming was suddenly stunned, because he found that the light in the room was still on, and there was a graceful figure pacing back and forth in the room.

Zhou Zhou Ming was happy to visit just now, and only then did she realize that her mother hadn't slept yet, she must have been worried about her safety, so she had been waiting for herself in the room.

Zhou Zhou Ming gasped, thinking that it was too bad, it was easy to fool his parents just now, and at this time he was facing the level of his mother, how good is this, his wife is young and smart, but not as easy to deceive as his father and mother, if he is not careful when he speaks for a while, he shows his flaws, and is exposed by his mother, then it will be miserable.

Because in that case, not only will her prestige be gone, but once the mother complains to her parents, the lies she told her parents will be instantly exposed, and the matter has really come to that point, even if the family does not kick herself out, she will have no face to stay at home.

At this time, Zhou Ming realized the pain of lying, as long as you tell a lie, you will jump into an abyss, and from then on, you may never be able to climb out.

Zhou Zhou Ming hesitated for a while, and then immediately dispelled the negative thoughts in his heart, he cheered up, rehearsed the words prepared for the lady in his heart, and then held his head high and pushed the door in.

Originally, with Lin Ajiao's martial arts cultivation, she should have noticed Zhou Ming's footsteps a long time ago, but first, Zhou Ming's footsteps were particularly light, and second, Lin Ajiao had been worried about what had happened to her Xiangguild, so her heart was very chaotic and she couldn't concentrate at all, so that it wasn't until Zhou Zhou Ming pushed the door in that she realized that Zhou Zhou Ming had returned.

"Xianggong, you're finally back, I'm dying of waiting here." Lin Ajiao hurriedly greeted her and said anxiously, "I have been waiting for your news in my mother-in-law's room just now, but then my father-in-law came back, so I will go back to our room."

You've been there for so long, who have you been going to meet? Is something serious going on? ”

Looking at his mother's concerned eyes, Zhou Ming couldn't bear to lie to her, but there was no way, in order to surprise his mother and prevent his lies from being exposed, he could only tell the lie to the end.

"Don't worry, nothing happened, the person who came was Han Pingzhi's housekeeper, who came to me to borrow money, I said I didn't have any money, so I sent him away." Zhou Ming said casually while pouring tea.

After listening to Zhou Ming's words, Lin Ajiao finally breathed a sigh of relief, she walked to the bed, made the bed, and said to herself: "I asked you to borrow money in the middle of the night, and this surnamed Han is really brainless."

You are so young, you have only been on an errand for a long time, how can you have money in your hands?

By the way, how much did he borrow from you? ”

Zhou Ming sat on a chair beside him, holding a teacup in his hand, and said weakly: "Not much, 500,000 taels of silver." ”

"Huh?" Lin Ajiao put down the work in her hand, straightened her waist in surprise, and couldn't believe her ears, "He's poor and crazy, right?" If we sell all our property, we can't make up this amount. ”

"Who's to say it isn't." In order to prevent Lin Ajiao from continuing to get to the bottom of the matter, Zhou Zhou Ming could only continue to talk to her, "I was very angry at that time, and before the housekeeper could continue, I began to cry poor."

In the end, guess what, the housekeeper was not only embarrassed to borrow money again, but almost took money out of his arms to give it to me. ”

"Well done, this kind of shameless person, you have to deal with them like this." Lin Ajiao praised and continued to bend down and arrange the bedding.

Zhou Zhou Ming turned around and rolled his eyes, not to mention how proud he was, he thought that even if this matter was in the past, Lin Ajiao should not ask any more questions about this matter.

But as it turned out, his idea was too naïve.

After making the bed, Lin Ajiao lowered her head and thought for a while, feeling that Zhou Zhou Ming's refusal of someone's request to borrow money was really inappropriate.

She slowly walked to Zhou Ming's side, put a hand on his shoulder, then lowered her head, and said in a deliberative tone: "Xianggong, are you a little too ruthless to refuse people like this?" After all, you and that Lord Han are now sitting in the same boat, and if you don't give face to others like this, you will definitely attract hatred.

In case he obstructs you when he reports the case and writes off the credit you have made, you will not have a chance to defend yourself. ”