Chapter 267: Sitting on pins and needles
Zhou Ruhai was immersed in the small emotions in his heart for a while, so much so that he completely forgot to pay attention to the two poor people standing in front of him, which made the scene very embarrassing for a while.
The two messengers glanced at each other, and their hearts were immediately shrouded in a shadow, and both of them muttered secretly in their hearts, saying that when the old man asked the question just now, he was very polite and normal, why did the two of us answer the question, he was suddenly stunned, could it be that the two of us said something wrong? Offended his old man? If that's the case, things will be bad.
Originally, the two of us were in the south of the city to inspect the yamen, there was no status at all, when we encountered a good errand, it was not our turn, only these errands were sent to us, if the two of us came this time, did not complete the task well, but offended the big celebrity in the yamen, Zhou Ming's father, then there is no way to live in the yamen, even if Zhou Zhou Ming has a lot, after knowing this matter, he doesn't care about us, but once Deng Patrol knows the details of the matter, The two of us still don't have any good fruit to eat.
After thinking of this, the two messengers stood in the study, and for a while they had a feeling of sitting on pins and needles, at this time they had no other extravagant hopes, just begging this Master Zhou to hurry up and say something, and let them understand in their hearts where they did wrong, as long as they understand this, with the ability of the two of them to adapt to the situation and observe words and colors, it is very likely that in a short period of time, make up for the mistakes they just made.
Because his master had to receive important guests, the people in the study had all consciously retreated, and the only one left was the master of the Zhou family.
After Lin Ajiao felt that the atmosphere in the study was not right, she immediately turned around and looked at her father-in-law, thinking that the two poor people just now had already made it very clear, why did the father-in-law be stunned and didn't say a word to the people's answers, which was too rude, fortunately, these two poor people had very low positions, and if they were replaced by big people, they would have to offend people.
Mrs. Zhou also realized that the situation was wrong, and she knew in her heart that if this embarrassing atmosphere continued to be maintained, it would be difficult to end, so she could only bite the bullet, smile all over her face, and said to her master very naturally: "Master, the two poor masters have made it very clear, they want Ming'er to go back to the yamen with them, and there are important things waiting for our son to deal with in the yamen." ”
"Yes," the two messengers, seeing Mrs. Zhou helping them remind Master Zhou, the two of them were not to mention how moved they were, at the same time, they hurriedly said, "Master Zhou, we only have one purpose for this trip, you old man must not think too much, if your old man is convenient, help us invite Zhou Zhutou out." ”
Zhou Ruhai only woke up from his negative emotions at this time, he looked at the two poor people with some embarrassment, and felt nervous in his heart, afraid that what he thought just now would be seen by others.
After a short silence, he gradually regained his composure, so he pretended to be very serious, and said: "Originally, there is something in your yamen, and my family Ming'er is a person in your yamen, you call him back, I should fully support it, but today I can't do this, although I know that I say this, it is a little unreasonable, but there is no way, I only have Ming'er's son, I must think about his safety." ”
For a while, the two messengers didn't understand what Zhou Ruhai meant by saying this, did he think that the yamen in the south of the city was full of danger now? This is also unreasonable, even if there is a thief who is bold, it is impossible to go to the yamen to do evil.
Originally, after learning about the intention of the two messengers, Mrs. Zhou and Lin Ajiao were very unhappy, because they felt very sorry for Zhou Ming, knowing that he had experienced nine deaths yesterday, he was too tired, and if he didn't get enough rest today, he would probably fall ill.
It was precisely because of this worry in their hearts that when Zhou Ruhai did not react to the answers of the two poor people, Mrs. Zhou was very worried in their hearts, afraid that their master would not know how to feel sorry for his son, and it would be too easy to compromise, so that as soon as the two poor people spoke, he sent someone to call Zhou Zhou up.
However, in the end, it turned out that Mrs. Zhou's worries were superfluous, Zhou Ruhai changed his style of doing things that were easy to compromise in the past when facing two bad people, and tried his best to protect his son's interests at a critical moment, even at the expense of tearing his face with those two bad people, even Mrs. Zhou did not expect this kind of tough attitude.
The two messengers looked at Zhou Ruhai, who was not smiling, and the pressure in their hearts was very great, because the two of them knew very well that if they couldn't complete this task, they would not be able to go back to the errand, after all, the temper of Deng Inspector, the two of them knew best.
In desperation, the two of them could only bite the bullet and said to Zhou Ruhai in a low voice: "Master Zhou, we can understand your feelings, as parents, who doesn't care for their children, and we Zhou Zhutou are your only son, you think about him, this is right."
But the two of us can assure you that our yamen is very safe now, and after Zhou Zhutou goes back with us, nothing will happen.
If Zhou Zhutou has a good one, the two of us will pay for your old man's life, do you think this is okay? ”
After listening to the words of these two poor people, Lin Ajiao, who was standing on the side, almost laughed, thinking that although these two people are very experienced in dealing with people, their brains are really not very smart, and they didn't understand what their father-in-law said just now, and in this case, they actually dared to answer, isn't this looking for death?
"Bastard!" Zhou Ruhai was enraged by the words of the two messengers, he stood up with a pout, pointed at the two messengers and scolded, "Which ear of the two of you heard me say that you are in danger in the yamen?" I said that I was thinking about my son's safety, because I was afraid that your yamen would exhaust my son to death.
Yesterday, what kind of actions were carried out in your yamen, I think as a member of the Chengnan patrol yamen, you two know better than anyone else.
You two bastards know what my son has done in this operation, but do you know? After my son came home, he was almost paralyzed from exhaustion, and today he finally got a little more rest, you two life-urging ghosts, came to call him early in the morning, do you want to exhaust him to death? ”
After being taught a hard lesson by Zhou Ruhai, the two poor people were so frightened that they hurriedly knelt on the ground, lowered their heads, and didn't dare to say a word.
The reason why they are so scared is because Zhou Ruhai himself is a small official, although the official position is not big, but compared to these small officials, there is still a world of difference in identity and status, so it is definitely no good to offend him.
And more importantly, Zhou Ruhai is Zhou Ming's father, how powerful Zhou Zhouming's ruthless character is, the two of them know very well, if they accidentally offend his father, what terrible consequences they will have, the two of them can imagine.
After Mrs. Zhou and Lin Ajiao saw the two poor people who were as timid as mice, they all covered their mouths and laughed.
Seeing that the two poor people were so afraid of him, Zhou Ruhai's vanity was greatly satisfied, he sat back in the chair, crossed Erlang's legs, and wanted to see how the two poor people would beg him for mercy.
After a while, the two messengers found that Zhou Ruhai had lost his temper, and the two of them relied on their courage and began to beg for mercy: "Master Zhou, we were wrong, you have a lot of adults, don't be like us!" ”
Zhou Ruhai took a sip of tea leisurely, and then said very proudly: "Since you know it's wrong, let's get out of here, go back and tell you adults, just say that Zhou Zhutou is too tired today, and he wants to rest at home for a day, and then go to Yamen tomorrow." ”
After hearing this, the faces of the two messengers were very ugly, and they all raised their heads in unison, looked at Zhou Ruhai and pleaded with some despair: "Master Zhou, we really can't be the master of this matter."
Just now the two of us made you angry, how do you punish the two of us, both of us have no complaints, but Zhou Zhutou must go back with us, about yesterday's case, we adults really have something important to say to Zhou Zhutou, the stakes are very high, and we can't delay. ”
After saying this, the two men knelt on the ground, and they all kowtowed.
Mrs. Zhou glared at the two poor people, thinking to herself that my son has already arrested the prisoner for you, what is there to discuss with you to ask him to go back? How should you convict those people, can you just follow the laws and regulations of Dachu? If my son doesn't go to the yamen, you yamen won't be able to do anything?
Mrs. Zhou turned around and looked at her master, hoping that he could stick to his attitude and never let go, otherwise her son would have to go back to the yamen again.
Compared with Mrs. Zhou, Lin Ajiao's thoughts are more complicated, on the one hand, she doesn't want Zhou Yiming to go to the yamen to be tired, but on the other hand, she also understands that the two messengers have said everything about this, it must be a big event in the yamen, and Zhou Yiming, the backbone, must be allowed to go back to preside over the overall situation.
She originally wanted to come forward and ask the two messengers what was going on in the yamen, but when she thought of her father-in-law present at this time, she dispelled this idea, and finally could only focus all her attention on her father-in-law, hoping that he could make a rational decision.
Zhou Ruhai saw the appearance of the two poor people begging for him, and suddenly realized that they came to find Zhou Ming to return to the yamen this time, and there might really be something very important.
He has been in the officialdom all the year round, and he knows very well in his heart that although Zhou Ming's body is important now, his future is equally important.