Chu Changcun coughed lightly, "Okay, let's sit down and talk." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Zhixian was busy inviting the two of them to sit and drink tea as if he had been ordered by a holy order, while he was standing aside and chattering, like a subordinate.

Ma Shun glanced at Zhou Zhixian, "Don't stand, we didn't come to you to see your appearance." ”

Zhou Zhixian nodded again and again, and carefully sat down on the opposite side, listening humbly.

Chu Changcun glanced at Ma Shun, the corners of Ma Shun's mouth turned up slightly, and said in a strange tone: "Brother Chu, isn't it convenient for me to know what is going on?"

Knowing that Ma Shun was provoking himself, Chu Changcun still decided to jump into this circle, he snorted coldly, "What I want to say is not something unseemly, whether Brother Ma is leaving or staying, listen to it." ”

Ma Shun smiled proudly, "Since that's the case, I won't move my position, after all, I'm a little tired after running for a day." Brother Chu, please take care of yourself. ”

Chu Changcun snorted again, then turned his gaze to Zhou Zhixian, and said in a low voice: "Since that's the case, I'll get straight to the point." Lord Zhou, I have come today to ask for silver for my brother. At noon today, all the brothers who have been instructed by Ling Lang will receive fifty taels of silver each, and the wounded will be given an additional fifty taels, and the dead will be given another two hundred taels. ”

Zhou Zhixian frowned slightly, his face was a little ugly, "The lower official doesn't know what Captain Chu means, can you explain?"

Chu Changcun slapped the table fiercely, and said coldly, "Lord Zhou, don't make a mistake. ”

Zhou Zhixian's face was bitter, "Captain Chu, I really don't know what you said, I'll go find the dog." ”

Zhou Zhixian hurriedly walked out of the study and whispered to the subordinate in the courtyard, the subordinate left in a hurry, and Zhou Zhixian paced back and forth in place.

The two people in the room raised their teacups at the same time and sipped the tea carefully.

The next person found the two sons in the house, and when the two sons saw Zhou Zhixian like this, they couldn't help but shrink their necks, thinking that they were very afraid of their father's majesty on weekdays.

Zhou Zhixian waved his hand to signal his subordinates to leave, and then whispered a few words to his two sons, the younger one shook his head slightly, and the older one nodded after hesitating.

Zhou Zhixian snorted coldly and took his eldest son into the study.

The two people in the study invariably put down the teacups and looked at Zhou Zhixian father and son fixedly, only to see a young man standing next to Zhou Zhixian, who was lowering his eyebrows at the moment.

Zhou Zhixian saluted the two of them, pointed to the figure next to him and said, "This is the dog Zhou Xiaowu." ”

After that, he pushed his son.

Zhou Xiaowu took half a step forward, saluted Chu Changcun and Ma Shun, and greeted meekly: "Xiaowu has seen two adults. ”

Chu Changcun's slightly squinted eyes shot out two cold rays, and he said lightly: "Lord Zhou, I won't say much nonsense, you can ask Ling Lang about specific things." As for the silver, before I left Jiaxing, remember to send someone to give it to me. I think with the strength of Lord Zhou, there will not be such a lack of silver. ”

Zhou Zhixian's cheeks turned red, he kicked his son over, and then bowed his body and said, "The dog is reckless, let Captain Chu worry about it." Rest assured, I'll get this done. ”

Chu Changcun nodded slightly, "Then it's decided, I hope Lord Zhou won't let me down." ”

When the words fell, Chu Changcun stood up from his seat, looking like he was about to leave.

Ma Shun, who was sitting on the side, also stood up immediately and said, "Brother Chu, don't be in a hurry to leave, I haven't said anything yet." ”

"Oh?" Chu Changcun was stunned for a moment, but he didn't save Ma Shun's face, he sat down slowly, and asked, "I don't know what Brother Ma is going to say?"

Ma Shun smiled slightly, "It's very simple, it's that young man's business." ”

Chu Changcun's face turned cold, and he said indifferently: "I don't know what Ma Zongqi wants to say?"

"I think there's a slight misunderstanding. Ma Shun smiled and did not restrain his emotions because of Chu Changcun's coldness.

"Misunderstanding? What is the misunderstanding? A thief killed a sergeant of Zhichong Mansion on the street and was captured by us, what is the misunderstanding?"

Ma Shun stretched out his finger, knocked lightly on the table a few times, and said softly: "Everyone in this is tired, why do you have to pretend like this?"

"Pretending?" Chu Changcun shouted angrily, smashed the table beside him with his palm, and asked in a cold voice: "I don't know why Ma Zongqi frequently maintains an anti-thief, is there an ulterior trick in this?"

Ma Shun Huoran got up and smiled angrily: "Okay, good, good mouth." You have lost your comrades, so I have been patient with you, and I don't care about your bad attitude, but if you say such despicable words, then don't blame me for being rude. ”

Chu Changcun was not afraid, and said-for-tat: "I'm still afraid that you won't make it?"

Ma Shun sneered, "You don't need to be afraid of me, the laws of my Liang will let you know what is right and what is wrong." ”

Chu Changcun didn't answer, just snorted.

Ma Shun's face was gloating, and he said mockingly: "You think that at this juncture, it has nothing to do with using a sergeant to strangle a civilian, but have you ever thought that that young man is not an ordinary person?"

Chu Changcun's face changed slightly, and his face was incredulous.

Zhou Zhixian took a few steps forward, bowed deeply to Ma Shun, and asked urgently: "Dare to ask Ma Zongqi, what is the background of that young man?"

Ma Shun didn't pay attention to Zhou Zhixian, but just looked at Chu Changcun with a smug face, and reminded: "Brother Chu, your team should have been to Yamen and inquired about some things, I think Zhou Zhixian has also heard about this matter, right?"

Zhou Zhixian was stunned for a moment, then raised his head slightly and asked, "Could it be that you inquired about the household servant?"

Ma Shun bowed slightly, "That's right." ”

Zhou Zhixian's body trembled, his legs were a little weak, and he looked like he was about to fall. At this time, Zhou Xiaowu, who was standing on the side, hurriedly stepped forward and helped his father to the seat.

After Zhou Zhixian sat down, he was angry, slapped his son on the cheek, and scolded hatefully: "You troublemaker, you are going to kill our family." ”

Zhou Xiaowu covered his red cheeks and stood there obediently, not at all as majestic as in the daytime.

Chu Changcun hesitated for a while, and finally bowed to Ma Shun, and said in a gloomy tone: "Please teach me Master Ma." ”

Ma Shun helped Chu Changcun up, and said softly: "Brother Chu is serious, not as serious as you think." The young man's father-in-law is indeed a household servant, but he has been a scholar for many years, and now he is at home. ”

Chu Changcun breathed a long sigh of relief, and muttered, "That's good, that's good." ”

Ma Shun smiled lightly, "It's just..."

"It's just what?" Chu Changcun had already lost his sense of proportion and asked eagerly.

"This squire of Zhishi is from the Zhang family, and this old man is not because of his age, but because of his poor health, the saint specially gifted him to return to his hometown to recuperate, and his same year is now an official in the center.

In addition, as far as I know, the prefect has a close relationship with the family of the prince, and although his father has passed away, Lord Zhao has always been very concerned about them. ”

Chu Changcun's face was gloomy, his expression was a little sluggish, and he sat down on the chair in despair. After a while, his teeth clenched, his expression was slightly fierce, and he heard a 'click', and he actually broke the armrest of the chair violently.

Ma Shun glanced at Chu Changcun and said coldly: "Brother Chu, even if you don't care about your net worth, you have to consider the lives of the whole clan, why make mistakes?"

Chu Changcun let out a sigh of relief, the whole person's spirit was a little sluggish, he slowly stood up, and hissed: "The lives of Chu and his brothers will be entrusted to Master Ma, and in the future, the fourth regiment of Hangzhou Zhichong Mansion will be the only one who is Zhan." ”

Ma Shun said calmly: "Brother Chu's words are wrong, and the Zhichong Mansion has the order of the Zhichong Mansion, so how can it be child's play." ”

Chu Changcun gave a salute, "Thank you Master Ma for your teachings, I understand my humble duties." ”

Ma Shun patted Chu Changcun's shoulder and said earnestly: "It's all for the court, I will definitely do my best." ”

"That's hard work, sir. ”

Ma Shun bowed slightly, then took out a piece of paper from his arms, handed it to Chu Changcun, and said softly: "Brother Chu, take a look, if there is no problem, sign and draw." ”

Chu Changcun took the paper and looked at it carefully, a fine and dense cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he asked with a stumbling mouth: "My lord, this... Why do you want to sign this thing?"

"It's just to prevent future troubles, if you do your best in the future, you will be naturally fine, if you are the first rat at both ends, the heart is bad, this piece of paper is your talisman, understand?"

Chu Changcun couldn't help but hesitate a little after hearing this, Ma Shun didn't urge him, just waited patiently, as if he already knew the ending.

After a while, Chu Changcun took a pen from the desk and signed and drew on the paper. Then he gave a salute to Ma Shun and walked out of the study gently, the not-so-bright candlelight illuminated his back a little stiffly, as if he had aged many years in an instant.

Ma Shun watched Chu Changcun walk away, and sat on the chair behind him, looking like an old god was there.

Zhou Zhixian, who was sitting opposite, hurriedly got up, his knees were weak, he lay on the ground tightly, kowtowed to Ma Shun a few times, and cried in his mouth: "Ask your lord to show you a clear way for the lower officials." ”

Seeing his father behaving like this, Zhou Xiaowu also quickly knelt aside and put his forehead on the ground.

Ma Shun sat for a while, then slowly stood up, supported Zhou Zhixian, and said: "Why do you have to do this? We are officials in the same dynasty, we are all a family, why bother with this posture?"

Zhou Zhixian stood up straight, his face was crisscrossed with tears, he raised his sleeve and wiped his tears, and looked at Ma Shun with a pleading face, as if he had died of his father.

Ma Shun smiled and said, "Okay, how old are you, you are still so snotty, and you are not afraid of making people laugh." In this way, let your son join the dark guard of the Xuan Wolf Guard, and I will help you settle this matter, otherwise, ......"

Zhou Zhixian pushed his son, and Zhou Xiaowu immediately agreed: "Thank you for the cultivation of the adults, and the small ones are willing to join." ”

Ma Shun said: "You can think about it, once you enter this industry, the rules of the Imperial City Division are greater than the sky, if you violate the rules, you will not end well." ”

The study was quiet for a while, and after a while, Zhou Xiaowu said: "Yes, I am willing to join the Xuanwolf Guard, and I am willing to serve the adults." ”

Ma Shun smiled slightly, took out a small iron plate from his bosom, and threw it in front of Zhou Xiaowu, "Take it, this is your identity credential, and someone will naturally find you in the future." ”

Zhou Xiaowu immediately kowtowed, and said respectfully: "See your lord." ”