"I'm leaving, this is the last batch."

The middle-aged man in brocade looked at Zhou Xing with an aggrieved expression.

"What are the families this time, you tell me, you give me a clear explanation!"

As he spoke, Zhou Xing coughed violently.

was provoked by Zhao Ding, although he didn't ask for his old life, but most of his old life was gone, and he still relied on medicine to maintain it.

"The Zhang family, the Li family, the Lu family, the Qian family, and the Sun family, as well as the Yangzhou Patrol Division Yamen Hu Liu, and the Qingzhou Patrol Division Yamen Liu Quan.

That's all. ”

Qi Cheng lowered his head and counted honestly with his fingers.

After saying that, he lowered his head again.

"Qingzhou and Yangzhou, not only the gentry but also the officials of the Patrol Division? You...... cough cough cough ......"

As he spoke, Zhou Xing coughed violently again, and scolded angrily: "Don't you know that Qingzhou and Yangzhou are extremely sensitive now? Don't you know that even I was transferred out of the Guozijian by the Holy Lord and sent to Taichang Temple?

You know all this, how dare you break off the ties with those families? ”

Zhou Xing was so angry that even Zhou Shan's face on the side became completely ugly.

"But in previous years, they were like this."

Qi Cheng looked at Zhou Xing and Zhou Shan with a face full of grievances.

"Previous years are previous years, this year is this year, can this year be compared with previous years?"

Zhou Xing leaned on the back of the Taishi chair, coughing violently while clutching his chest, and looked at Qi Cheng with an extremely embarrassed face.

In previous years, in order to deal with the threat of Nan Chen and Bei Liang, Zhao Chongyuan turned a blind eye to what they did, just to prevent civil strife in Daqian.

But now, there is civil strife in Nanchen, the old emperor of Beiliang is seriously ill, and several princes are vying for power and profit.

There is no longer any threat to the big cadres.

It was when Zhao Chongyuan freed up his hands to clean them up, but he didn't expect that Qi Cheng hadn't realized the seriousness of the problem.

"Tell me, how many taels of silver are there this time? What is all this money for? ”

After a while, finally calmed down, Zhou Xing suddenly grabbed Qi Cheng's collar and asked eagerly.

Qi Cheng subconsciously replied: "A total of 100,000 taels of silver, 50,000 taels is to honor us, and the other 50,000 taels is for me to store grain for them, and then take advantage of the rainy season to transport them back to Qingzhou and Yangzhou." ”

"What do you call us, don't get involved with me."

Hearing Qi Cheng's words, Zhou Xing subconsciously looked at Zhou Shan on the side and hurriedly waved his hand.

"What do you mean by stockpiling? What do you mean by that? This year, the imperial court has a plan for floods, but it does not mean that the dry water will really flood, so what does it mean that the Zhang family, the Li family, the Lu family, the Qian family, and the Sun family will let you store grain in advance now? ”

Zhou Shan looked at Qi Cheng with a somewhat gloomy expression when he heard this.

"I... I...."

Listening to Zhou Shan's question, Qi Cheng suddenly became stammering, and looked at Zhou Xing with a plea for help in his eyes.

However, Zhou Shan suddenly turned his head to look at Zhou Xing: "Brother, what did he mean by us just now?" Did you get involved too? ”

"I...."

Zhou Xing opened his mouth, and suddenly he didn't know how to speak.

looked at the faces of Zhou Xing and Qi Cheng.

Zhou Shan is even stupid and realizes the wrongness of things.

stood up and glanced at Zhou Xing and Qi Cheng coldly: "Since you don't want to say it, then I don't know about this matter today, and don't beg me in the future." ”

After saying that, he was about to leave.

Seeing this posture, Zhou Xing was suddenly in a hurry, and Qi Cheng hugged Zhou Shan's thigh: "Lord Zhou, if you don't save me, then I'm really going to be finished." ”

"Ahem.. You sit down first,.. You listen to me first.. Ahem..."

Zhou Xing coughed and looked at Zhou Shan eagerly.

Zhou Shan's face suddenly turned cold, and he looked at Zhou Xing coldly: "What did you say?" Let me listen to the filthy things of your collusion? Do you really think Your Majesty doesn't dare to do anything to our Zhou family?

When you were in the Guozi Prison, because of that little thing, Your Majesty was angry, and Your Majesty did not move you, not because he was afraid of the power of my Zhou family, but because the time had not come.

Don't forget, why didn't the four major families of Qingzhou and Yizhou get it! ”

"I..."

Zhou Xing opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer at all.

Zhou Shan said with a cold face: "Don't tell me about you, I don't want to know, because I can't protect you, if you still want to leave a trace of blood for my Zhou family, you will take Qi Cheng to the Criminal Department now and go to Dali Temple to surrender."

In this way, I may be able to protect my Zhou family from falling into the hands of you and me! ”

Zhou Shan looked at Zhou Xing with a cold expression.

After speaking, he brushed his sleeves and went to look at it directly, without looking at Zhou Xing.

"Brother-in-law, we.."

Watching Zhou Shan leave, Qi Cheng suddenly hurriedly looked at Zhou Xing.

Zhou Xing glanced at Qi Cheng coldly, then stood up and looked at Zhou Shan, who had already walked to the door, and shouted: "You are high, you are amazing, you just want to keep your black yarn hat, but have you ever thought about why Qi Cheng's matter was found out by King Yan at this juncture."

Do you think that if you lose me and Qi Cheng, you will be able to protect your black yarn hat? Can you make Your Majesty not do anything to the Zhou family?

Your Majesty kicked me out of the Guozijian with the front foot, and there will be a problem with Qicheng on the back foot, and His Royal Highness King Yan wants to reform the Guozijian again, do you think all this is a coincidence?

Your Majesty's purpose is to reduce the strength of our clan.

And my Zhou family and the Ye family are the heads of the Great Qianshi clan, and if they take us under the knife, the other scholars behind will naturally not dare to obstruct the reform of the Guozijian anymore.

Once the reform of Guozijian is successful, do you think that in the future, our scholars will still be able to get a piece of the pie in this Daqian court?

Can we still have today? ”

Zhou Xing shouted.

He coughed violently as he spoke.

After speaking, he continued: "Once you don't have the support of the scholars, how long do you think you can sit in the cabinet and the secretary of the ministry? ”

Listening to Zhou Xing's words.

Zhou Shan's footsteps gradually stopped.

Standing in place, the expression on his face was a little uncertain.

I don't know what I'm thinking.

After a while, he raised his head and glanced at Zhou Xing, and then at Qi Cheng.

Then he walked towards the gate without saying a word.

And watched Zhou Shan leave.

Zhou Xing's whole person also seemed to have lost all his strength, and with a pop, he collapsed on the Taishi chair, panting violently in his chest.

Turning his head to look at Qi Cheng, he ordered: "Find a trustworthy person, give him a sum of silver, and let him take one of your heirs and leave Yingtian immediately." ”

After speaking, Zhou Xing sighed and closed his eyes.

Maybe this big thing is really going to change!

Hearing Zhou Xing's words, Qi Cheng sat down on the ground with a puff.