Chapter 96 Doting on a concubine and destroying his wife◇
When Zhu Xi saw Zhou Jin and Han Qianhu arriving, he hurriedly shouted:
"Hurry and save that woman!"
Zhou Jin gave instructions to Zhou Dai beside him, then rushed forward and stopped the guard carrying the woman...
After all, the guard was carrying a person, so the fight was a little awkward, and Zhou Jin snatched the person away in a few moves!
A guard nearby rushed to rescue her. Zhou Jin threw the unconscious woman into Zhu Xi's arms not far away, and then took the guard's attack!
At the same time, Captain Han and his men had already surrounded Zhu Xi as Zhou Jin had instructed, and started fighting with the other guards...
"Fifth Prince! What do you mean? Do you want to interfere in the affairs of our mansion?!"
When Tian saw that the woman fell into Zhu Xi's hands again, she suddenly became anxious and shouted at Zhu Xi angrily.
"Tian, who the hell are you? What qualifications do you have to talk to this grandson of the emperor?!" Zhu Xi immediately retorted!
Tian family...
"Ah! Don't worry about him! Hurry and get him back to me!"
Tian shouted hysterically at the guards.
After hearing this, the guards became more aggressive...
Zhou Jin was also fighting fiercely. The opponent he was fighting was none other than Ruan Er's brother, Ruan Da, who had fought Mu Qingni a few days ago. His martial arts skills were even better than Ruan Er's...
After several years of training, Zhou Jin's overall physical skills level is even higher than in his previous life. But even so, he still has a hard time compared with the master in front of him. It is only because of his practical experience in two lifetimes that he can temporarily tie with this person. If it takes too long, he will definitely lose!
Moreover, within a short while, they were surrounded by the guards of the Hu Mansion...
At this point, Zhou Jin had no other options but to hope that Zhou Dai, who had gone to ask Mu Qingni for help, would return soon...
The situation was urgent, and Zhou Jin could only think of Mu Qingni, who would come to Prime Minister Hu's residence to help them... Therefore, he asked Zhou Dai to quickly go to her for help...
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At this time, Zhou Dai was already running madly on the road to Pingxi Marquis Mansion...
Just now, Zhou Jin whispered in his ear, telling him to go find General Mu quickly. Zhou Dai took advantage of the moment when the servants and guards were busy snatching the woman and quietly retreated to a corner. Then, while no one was paying attention, he quickly retreated towards the door of the Hu Mansion...
At that time, the gate of Hu Mansion had not heard any movement in the courtyard, so Zhou Dai hurriedly took the opportunity to tell the doormen that he had to go out for business. In the past few days, they were reconciling accounts with the manager of Hu Mansion, and they often needed to go out for verification. The doormen of Hu Mansion were familiar with them, so they let them in easily.
As soon as he came out of the alley leading to Prime Minister Hu's residence, Zhou Dai started running towards the Pingxi Marquis' residence.
Zhou Dai was, after all, the great-nephew of Lord Zhou. Although he had lived in his hometown since childhood, he had visited Kyoto several times with his grandfather and father. Therefore, he was familiar with the various mansions in Kyoto...
Most of the princes and nobles in Kyoto lived in the west city of Kyoto. Therefore, the Pingxihou Mansion where General Mu lived was only five alleys away from Hu Xiang's residence. Zhou Dai was a fast walker and arrived there in a moment.
But when Zhou Dai told the doorman that he had an urgent matter to see General Mu, the doorman refused to go in and report on his behalf. Seeing that Zhou Dai was only wearing ordinary fine cloth clothes, he even laughed at him:
"I don't know where this poor family came from. This is the Pingxi Marquis's Mansion. How can you just walk in through this door if you want to?"
Zhou Dai...
He had served under General Mu for quite some time, and even shared the defense of Fuzhou City with him. Zhou Dai had always remembered General Mu as a very approachable man, but he had never expected the concierge at the Mu Mansion to be this bad...
"I am Zhou Dai, a captain of the Tiger Guards Battalion in Kyoto. I have urgent military information to discuss with General Mu. If this information is delayed, can you afford the responsibility?"
Zhou Dai followed Zhou Jin for the past few years and although he didn't learn anything else, he learned how to use the tiger's skin and wave the banner. Seeing that the doormen ignored him, he immediately took out the Qianhu Order in his arms and threatened several doormen.
The Marquis of Pingxi was originally granted the title based on his military merits. No matter how narrow-minded the gatekeeper was, he would not dare to delay the military intelligence. After hearing what Zhou Dai said, he was so scared that he immediately ran to report it. His speed was almost as fast as Zhou Dai!
Zhou Dai…If he had known this would happen, why would he have wasted his time talking to them!
After the doorman went in to report for a while, Mu Qingni came out. Seeing that it was Zhou Dai, Mu Qingni immediately thought of Zhou Jin and asked hurriedly:
"What happened?!"
Zhou Dai hurriedly stepped forward and quietly told Mu Qingni the whole story.
Mu Qingni was silent for a moment, then turned to Zhou Dai and said:
"Come with me!"
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At Hu Xiangfu...
Zhou Jin and his group were still struggling to hold on. The number of guards at Hu Xiangfu was increasing, and Han Qianhu and his men were also complaining bitterly. They had thought that following Zhou Jin out this time would be a good job, but unexpectedly...
Since being transferred to Kyoto, Captain Han's career has stagnated due to his lack of business acumen and limited connections. He was a Captain when he was transferred here, and a year later, he's still a Captain, and he's being ostracized by his colleagues...
Originally, although Zhou Jin and he belonged to the same Tiger Guard Battalion, they were not assigned to the same place. But a few months ago, Captain Han felt that he really couldn't make it anymore, and he didn't want to be transferred, so he went to Zhou Jin, his former subordinate, and asked him to help him...
So Zhou Jin used his connections and secretly paid a few hundred taels of silver to transfer Han Qianhu to his own company...
So Han Qianhu also changed from Zhou Jin's former superior to Zhou Jin's subordinate...
However, Captain Han didn't mind this at all. He was a man of great wisdom and had long seen that Zhou Jin was a man of great talent. He felt that if he followed him, he would surely become successful...
What's wrong with being a subordinate? As long as there's a promotion and benefits, he'd be willing to let Captain Han serve as Zhou Jin's guard! If Zhou Jin continues to rise two levels a year at this rate, then as long as he works hard, won't he also be promoted step by step? Then why would he worry about managing relationships? Zhou Jin is his biggest connection. As long as he sticks with him, there's no need to worry about not getting promoted and getting rich!
So, after receiving the transfer order, Captain Han came to Zhou Jin with his luggage and belongings to report. Seeing Zhou Jin's fawning look, Zhou Jin was very angry!
He had no choice but to ask Zhou Dai, Zhou Po and the others to invite Captain Han for a drink. They reminisced about their old friendship and told him that the more they were in Kyoto, a place they were unfamiliar with, the more they should stick together and help each other. Captain Han was so moved that he burst into tears and said that meeting them was his greatest fortune...
Later, Han Qianhu returned to his previous carefree self...
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Han Qianhu originally thought that he had come here with Zhou Jin purely for the sake of enjoying the good life! But who knew that everything was fine just now, and now a fight broke out...
The guards didn't dare to hit the Fifth Emperor's grandson, but instead attacked them directly. Seeing that two of his brothers had been injured and knocked down by them, Captain Han could only curse in his heart while using all his skills to kill the enemy...
Since the Prime Minister's Mansion dared to hurt people first, why are they still hesitating?!
Although there were many guards at the Prime Minister's residence, the only true master in the residence was Ni Da. Although the other guards were not weak in martial arts, they were still far behind Han Qianhu, who had fought on the battlefield for many years. In addition, the others who came with Zhou Jin were also not pushovers. Seeing Han Qianhu fighting for his life, they also fought hard...
The struggle between the few of them reversed the situation, and the Xiangfu guards were forced to retreat...
No matter how much Tian shouted from the outside, the guards couldn't break through Han Qianhu and his men, let alone snatch the woman from Zhu Xi's arms...
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At this moment, Zhu Xi was hiding behind Han Qianhu and his men, trying his best to wake up the woman in his arms...
Finally, he followed Zhou Yu's method of saving people in his memory and after some random manipulation, the woman finally woke up...
Zhu Xi... Thank goodness! If she didn't wake up, he would have wanted to imitate Zhou Yu and press her chest...
But even though this woman looked almost fifty, she was still a woman after all! If he pressed her chest, Zhu Xi was really afraid that she would blackmail him for losing her reputation and make him responsible...
Fortunately, before he pressed the button, the woman woke up...
Seeing the woman wake up, Zhu Xi quickly leaned over and asked:
"Why did you escape from the inner courtyard? Why did Tian want to capture you? Tell me now!"
The woman was stunned for a moment before she realized that the person in front of her was the young man who had just protected her. She quickly gathered all her strength and shouted, "Mrs. Tian is trying to kill Madam! Go save Madam!" Then she fainted again...
Zhu Xi...
Madam? Prime Minister Hu’s wife? Tian was going to kill Prime Minister Hu’s first wife?!
"Mrs. Tian wants to kill Mrs. Hu! Minister Hu wants to favor his concubine over his wife!!!"
Zhu Xi immediately opened his voice and shouted!
Everyone!!!!
Tian family!!!!
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In fact, no matter how stupid Tian was, she was not stupid enough to attack Prime Minister Hu's first wife, Lu, when the five imperial grandsons were living in the mansion!
But ever since she had managed to get Prime Minister Hu to transfer Lu's son, Prime Minister Hu's legitimate son, out of the capital to serve as an official outside the capital, mother and son had been the sole rulers of Prime Minister Hu's mansion...
Seeing that Hu Xiang had turned a blind eye to her bullying of Lu several times, Tian's ambition grew even bigger! Gradually, she began to think about replacing Lu. Although Hu Xiang couldn't make her her legitimate wife for the time being, Tian felt that it was only a matter of time! She wanted to quietly get rid of Lu so that she wouldn't be in her way when she was made her legitimate wife!
So, over the past year, relying on Prime Minister Hu's favor, Tian had been treating Lu harshly. First, she treated her like a slave in terms of food and drink. After a while, seeing that Lu's family in the capital were afraid of Prime Minister Hu's power and dared not speak out, Tian intensified her treatment...
Not only did he often beat, scold and humiliate Lu, he also only gave her food once every three or four days, and even added chronic poison to her food, hoping to kill her as soon as possible.
Thanks to the fact that Madam Lu had a few loyal servants in the mansion who often secretly brought food to Madam Lu and her maids, Madam Lu was able to survive to this day...
However, the whole person had been tortured by Tian to the point of being on the verge of death, unconscious and not far from death...
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These days, because the Fifth Grandson was bringing people into the palace to reconcile the accounts, Tian had to temporarily stop torturing Lu and had someone watch over her yard...
Seeing that Lu was already unconscious, Tian also relaxed her vigilance. She thought that she should just live for a few more days. Once the five grandsons and their group left, that would be her death!
But I didn't expect that Mrs. Lu was pretending to be stupid. It was true that she was tortured to death, but she was not stupid!
Because she played dumb, the servants guarding her in the courtyard also relaxed their vigilance, so Lu learned from them that the Fifth Emperor's grandson and his entourage were currently at the mansion. This was her only chance to save herself!
So, while the maids were not paying attention, Madam Lu secretly had her personal maid, Madam Deng, climb through the back window of her room and into the corridor in their courtyard. At the end of the corridor was the wall connecting the inner courtyard to the outer courtyard...
And now, the only one in their courtyard who can climb the wall is Aunt Deng...
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At first, Nanny Deng was the maidservant who came with Lu's dowry. Not long after Lu got married, she followed Nanny Deng's wishes and arranged for her to marry her childhood sweetheart, her cousin. She also gave her a generous dowry when she got married!
Therefore, Madam Deng enjoyed a few good years, but then she caught a cold and her husband and son died. Her in-laws didn't tolerate her, saying she was unlucky and had no children, so they kicked her out...
When Mrs. Lu heard about this, she took her back and made her the housekeeper...
Nanny Deng is now alone, and the one she cares about most is her youngest daughter, Lu. Over the past year, she's watched her daughter being bullied by Tian until she's no longer a human being. Although Nanny Deng is furious, she has no other options. Now, she's heard from Lu that a distinguished person has arrived in the front yard. If they can find this distinguished person for help, then perhaps they still have a chance of survival...
Before being sold into slavery, Madam Deng was a country girl who had climbed trees and walls before. To save Madam Lu, she had managed to climb up the wall to the front yard...
But just as she was about to climb from the backyard wall to the front yard wall, the women guarding the inner courtyard spotted her and chased after her...
So, there was the scene where Nanny Deng just popped her head out from the front yard wall and called for help towards Zhu Xi...
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Note: Hu Xiang and his concubine Tian Shi, Cai Cai references Longkodo and his favorite concubine Li Si Er, a prime example of a pair who favored their concubine over their wife...
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