Xia Dezhang's dedication was even more outrageous, he immediately bypassed Zhou Ming, came behind him, picked up the teapot on the table, poured a cup of hot tea, held it in front of Zhou Ming with both hands, and then said in a low voice: "Lord Zhou, the weather is cold outside, you hurried to the yamen along the way, you must have frozen, hurry up and drink a cup of hot tea to warm your body." ”

Originally, before coming to the Yamen, Zhou Zhou Ming hated these two people, and thought that after coming to the Yamen, he must scold them to eliminate the hatred in his heart, but after seeing the scene in front of him, even if he was angry again, he couldn't scold it on his lips, after all, as the saying goes, it is difficult to beat a smiling person with a fist.

What's more, although these two wastes are incapable and are cowards, their own official positions are either equal to themselves or higher than themselves.

Zhou Zhou Ming took the teacup, sat down on the chair next to him, cocked Erlang's legs, and drank it leisurely, after drinking the tea, he frowned, and said a little unhappily: "Before I went back yesterday, didn't I already explain to the two of you?" I'm already tired, and I'm going to go back and rest for an extra day, so you can take care of things yourself.

You've all taken my words on deaf ears, haven't you? I just wanted to sleep at home this morning, and you sent someone to call me early in the morning, and you still didn't let me live? ”

After being counted by Zhou Ming, Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang were speechless, the two of them were like children who had done something wrong, standing in front of Zhou Ming, they didn't dare to come out, let alone have a word of rebuttal.

The more Zhou Ming spoke, the more angry he became, and then pointed his anger at Deng Tong: "And you, you are obviously the number one in our yamen, after coming to the yamen, not to mention presiding over the overall situation here, why did you go just now?" What kind of important guests do you need to serve with Xia Zhutou? ”

Seeing Zhou Ming, he finally asked the key point, Xia Dezhang and Deng Tong glanced at each other, and then Deng Tong walked forward, and said to Zhou Ming in a low voice: "Lord Zhou, it's really not a secret, the two of us don't want to bother you, both of us know that you were tired yesterday and need to rest, but the above is urging tightly, and the order comes, and the two of us can't do anything." ”

"Urging from above? What do you two mean by that? Zhou Ming didn't react for a while, so he hurriedly asked.

Xia Dezhang sighed and said with a bitter face: "Alas, Lord Zhou, don't mention it.

After you left the banquet last night, Inspector Deng and I accompanied me and drank with Lord Han until the early hours of the morning, and then went home.

Before leaving, Lord Han also told us, you have been busy for a day and a night, and you have worked hard, so you don't have to go to the yamen tomorrow on an errand, just let the people under your hands deal with the daily chores.

Inspector Deng and I were both moved at the time, thinking that it was no wonder that Master Han could be a big official, they really sympathized with our subordinates.

After I got home, I fell asleep indiscriminately, woke up in the morning, thought about it for a while, and felt that it was really a bit unreasonable to stay at home like this, and it also lived up to Lord Han's expectations of me.

So I planned to come to the yamen alone and keep an eye on it. ”

After Xia Dezhang said this, his expression was a little unnatural, and Deng Tong, who had been watching coldly from the side, showed a disdainful expression when he heard his words.

Deng Tong knew best in his heart that most of the words Xia Dezhang said just now were, in fact, the real purpose of his early coming to the yamen was to make a good performance in order to win Zhou Ming's favor, because only in this way could he get a little more benefits when he was rewarded by the imperial court.

Zhou Zhou Ming sat on the chair, drinking tea, while carefully looking at the reactions of the two people in front of him, it only took a very short time for him to see through the careful thinking of the two people, but he did not choose to debunk the true colors of the two people, because these two people compete for favor in front of him, for him, there is a hundred benefits and no harm.

The reason why Deng Tong can accurately see through Xia Dezhang's mind is actually very simple, because he also thinks so.

was afraid that Xia Dezhang would steal his limelight if he continued to speak, so Deng Tong hurriedly snatched the words: "I have the same idea as the head catcher, before dawn, I will come to the yamen, I am afraid that there is no one in the yamen, in case there is an emergency, no one will deal with it."

It's just that I didn't expect that Lao Xia and I actually thought of it, and it was really the same as the hero. ”

Just now, Xia Dezhang saw that Deng Tong gave him the opportunity to speak, and he was a little happy in his heart for the first time, feeling that he had taken the lead in the competition with Deng Tong, but he was not happy for long, and Deng Tong snatched the initiative back.

Although he has a lot of dissatisfaction with Deng Tong in his heart, after all, the official positions of the two people are high and low, and he can't blatantly express his dissatisfaction with Deng Tong on the surface, so he can only stand aside and sulk.

"Not long after Xia Zhutou and I came to the Yamen, Lord Han sent someone and said that the three of us should go to the Yamen of the General Affairs Office, and I told the person who delivered the letter at the time, saying that Lord Zhou was too tired yesterday, can you not let him go, and the two of us will replace him." Deng Tong's eyes flickered and he continued, "As a result, that person didn't agree, saying that Lord Han specially explained that he had to let you go.

As soon as the two of us heard this, we really had no choice but to send someone to invite you. ”

After listening to Deng Tong's explanation, Zhou Ming secretly lost his mind, thinking that this case of the Northern Kingdom traitor had a huge impact and involved a lot of people, and it was difficult for Han Pingzhi to sort out his head in one day, let alone finish writing a chapter to the emperor, and it was impossible for the emperor to ask himself if he didn't figure out the details of this case.

After ruling out the possibility that the emperor wanted to see him in person, Zhou Zhou Ming was even more curious, what was the purpose of Han Pingzhi calling him to go to the yamen of the General Affairs Office so quickly?

Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang, seeing that after Zhou Zhou Ming listened to their words, they didn't speak for a long time, let alone have no intention of going to the Yamen of the General Mansion with them, and both of them were anxious, because the envoy sent by Han Pingzhi was waiting in the room next to them, if Zhou Zhou Ming kept delaying like this, once Han Pingzhi was blamed, Zhou Zhou Ming would rely on his own strength, of course, there would be no danger, but the two of them would not be able to eat and go around.

At this moment, the little girl who had just spoken for Zhou Ming outside the door suddenly walked into the room and said to Deng Tong: "My lord, Master Cao asks to see you." ”

Master Cao is just a clerical in the Chengnan Patrol Yamen, and he usually has no status in the Yamen, so Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang never take him seriously, and when they meet on weekdays, they don't even greet him.

After listening to the little girl's words, Deng Tong felt a little angry in his heart, thinking that when would this old guy come to see me, but he came to me at such an important moment, didn't he deliberately come to make trouble?

He wanted to scold the little maid angrily and ask her to go back and tell Master Cao that he didn't see him.

But when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed it back, because he suddenly reacted, the reason why Zhou Zhou Ming was able to come to the south of the city to inspect the yamen was because of Master Cao, in a way, Master Cao is Zhou Ming's Bole, if he doesn't give face to Master Cao at this time, isn't it just a slap in the face of Zhou Ming?

After thinking of this, Deng Tong was a little scared for a moment, thinking that it was fortunate that he spoke a little slower, otherwise he wouldn't have known about the catastrophe.

"I see, please let him in." Deng Tong hurriedly replied, for fear that if he spoke slowly, it would cause Zhou Ming's displeasure.

Hearing Master Cao's name, Zhou Ming's thoughts were pulled back to reality, and he couldn't figure out why Master Cao wanted to see Deng Tong at this point in time?

Soon, Master Cao, under the guidance of the little maid, walked in.

After everyone met and saluted, Deng Tong hurriedly asked him: "Lao Cao, you are in a hurry to see me, what is the matter?" ”

Faced with this problem, Master Cao's face was a little embarrassed, and after a long time, he barely mustered up his courage and said: "Inspector Deng, in fact, I came this time to find Lord Zhou to discuss, the reason why I said I want to see you is because I know that Lord Zhou is in your house, so I don't dare to come in without permission, so I can only let the little maid report, saying that I want to see you." ”

Although Deng Tong is still talking and laughing on the surface, he is angry in his heart, and he said that you are an old guy, you are really embarrassed, Lao Tzu is kind and kind, and when I see you, you treat me as a monkey.

"I see, Lord Zhou, you see this matter......" After understanding Master Cao's intentions, Deng Tong behaved very decently, and he turned around and threw the question to Zhou Ming.

Since coming to the south of the city to inspect the yamen, Zhou Ming has been thanks to Master Cao's care, so when he first came, he was like a fish in water, and he didn't encounter any difficulties at all.

Zhou Zhou Ming has always remembered the kindness of Master Cao in his heart, although he knew in his heart that he was also entrusted by his father-in-law, so he did this, but no matter what the purpose, as long as he was taken care of by others, Zhou Zhou Ming knew about Entu.

"Lao Cao, if you have something to do with me, you can just send someone to tell me, you don't need to go through such a lot of trouble." Zhou Zhou Ming quickly stood up and stretched out his hand to signal Master Cao to sit down and speak.

Although Master Cao was entrusted by Zhou Ming's father-in-law to take care of him, when he first met Zhou Ming, he didn't have a good impression of this young man, first, because Zhou Zhou Ming was thin and weak at that time, and he looked like a hanger all day long, which made people feel that this kid would be difficult to become a big man in the future.

Secondly, because Master Cao is Master Lin's protégé, before the Lin family, all thought that Zhou Ming was a waste, as the so-called close to Zhu is red, close to ink is black, over time, even Master Cao has a sense of disgust for Zhou Ming in his heart, but for polite reasons, he has not shown this feeling.