Chapter 451: Wagging Tail and Begging for Mercy
"yes."
Chunque looked at Zhou Jianwu who agreed immediately, and her almond-shaped eyes were full of confusion.
So the current situation is that Zhou Jianwu has reconciled with Ji Mingzhu, right? Otherwise, why would he meet Ji Mingzhu's confidant?
"But Lord Kong is also an official appointed by the imperial court."
Zhou Jianwu's "but" made Chunque feel a little relieved. It meant that there was a rift between Kong Danren and Ji Mingzhu, right?
Chunque almost thought that his trip was in vain.
When Kong Danren pushed open the door and saw Chunque beside Zhou Jianwu, his eyes raised slightly, and then he turned his gaze to Zhou Jianwu.
Zhou Jianwu raised his hand towards Kong Shanren, "Master Kong, please take a seat."
Kong Danren nodded to Zhou Jianwu and sat opposite him.
"This is the first time I see a maidservant with the Second Master."
Although Kong Danren's eyes were not on Chunque, he was obviously still concerned about Chunque's presence.
"I'm accompanying you back to Beijing to report on your work this time. You'll see it often."
Kong Shanren turned his gaze to Chunque beside Zhou Jianwu again and said, "It seems that this little maid has a very special identity."
"He is the one who served before the new emperor."
Kong Shanren raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this.
"With her around, you and I will feel more at ease, right?"
Kong Danren looked at Chunque and nodded slowly.
If she was the new emperor's former maid, then waiting for them to enter the capital would indeed be more kind than going before the new emperor like this.
Zhou Jianwu came to Kong Danren this time to discuss the matter of going to Beijing. Chunque silently gave a thumbs up when she heard Kong Danren talk about how he helped Zhou Jianwu hide the truth in front of the eldest princess Ji Mingzhu.
Ji Mingzhu probably never thought that the person he trusted most would disobey his orders and help Zhou Jianwu stay in his lair for so long.
Not only did she stay in Nanzhou for such a long time, she even wanted to take him to the capital to destroy her job.
"Master Kong, you won't go back on your word, will you?"
Kong Shanren looked at Zhou Jianwu, who didn't trust him that much, and said slowly: "If I go back on my word, isn't it too late now?"
Zhou Jianwu thought about it and said, "Then we will set off tomorrow."
"good."
After Kong Shanren left, Chunque looked at Zhou Jianwu and said, "It's not too late to go back on your word now."
Anyway, the evidence has not been handed over to the court yet, and people with ulterior motives have plenty of time to take the evidence away.
"I know."
Zhou Jianwu said to Chunque: "I just said that to lower his guard. Evidence..."
He pointed at Chunque, who pointed at himself in surprise and mouthed: Me?
Zhou Jianwu nodded.
To be honest, Zhou Jianwu really can't protect his current body if someone comes to snatch it away. Instead of letting it be snatched away, it's better to give it directly to someone who can protect the evidence.
The person Zhou Jianwu is optimistic about is Chunque. With Chunque's martial arts skills, few people can do anything to her unless a master like Chusan comes in person.
Chunque actually didn't understand a lot of things.
I don’t understand why the family was divided into two factions; I don’t understand why Zhou Jianwu didn’t directly hand over the evidence to the eldest princess; I don’t understand the mutual vigilance between them.
But what she understood was that whatever her master asked her to do was definitely right, and she only needed to listen to her master in the entire Zhou family.
So she doesn't care about right or wrong, as long as it is what her master wants, she can do it.
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The grain ship that Du Mazi and Hu Zi transported to Yuncheng arrived at the dock with Zhou Yunzhi and others.
Zhou Yunshu thought the journey would be uneasy, but she didn't expect that during the few days' voyage from Jiangzhong to Yuncheng, Zhou Yunzhi and his companions actually experienced two robberies.
The robbers' target was the Zhou family, not the grain ship, so Zhou Yunshu was very surprised.
After all, there were many guards escorting the grain, but there were also many guards following Zhou Yunzhi. Robbing Zhou Yunzhi would not get as much as robbing the grain ship.
Unless, they are not ordinary pirates and bandits.
Fortunately, the Zhou family, whether it is the female members such as Li Jialan or the younger ones such as Yuan Li and Yuan Yi, have all seen big scenes. Except for being a little nervous when holding the knife when they encountered the robbers head-on, they were relatively calm afterwards.
However, small boats like Cen Miaofu's that followed the Zhou family were in a bad situation. Although no one died, they were outnumbered even if they stayed together, and a lot of their luggage was lost.
When Zhou Yunshu took people to the dock to pick up the Zhou family and food, Cen Miaoying followed her with paper and pen.
It’s not that she didn’t see her elder sister and younger brother, but now they have no relationship.
The disheveled Cen Miaofu took Cen Ruize to the side of the dock, wanting to see where Xiu Niang and the others were going, and then they would follow Xiu Niang.
They are all Zhou Yunshu's trusted subordinates, and their residence must be not far from the Zhou family, and the price is quite affordable.
But before she could find the embroiderers, she saw Cen Miaoying first.
At this time, Cen Miaoying looked similar to the timid and honest concubine in Cen Miaofu's memory, but her temperament had undergone a drastic change.
She no longer had any of her previous timidity. Just looking at her like this, I would have thought she was the mistress of a wealthy family.
Cen Miaofu looked at her dirty clothes and then at Cen Miaoying's decent and comfortable long dress, and couldn't help but hide behind her younger brother Cen Ruize.
How could she live a worse life than Cen Miaoying?
"Sister, is that person..."
"No!" Cen Miaofu interrupted him without hesitation.
Hearing her own hoarse voice, Cen Miaofu's eyes became even gloomier.
She paid such a high price for her innocence. How could a broken and destitute Cen Miaoying live better than herself?
Cen Ruize's eyes unconsciously glanced at Cen Miaoying, who looked exactly like his half-sister.
He didn't understand why both of them insisted on being so noble when they had fallen into this situation. Shouldn't the most important thing now be to survive?
"Sister, what should we do now? Should we still follow the Zhou family?"
The Zhou family would never pay any attention to them, so it would be better for them to go and seek refuge with his half-sister.
Based on Cen Miaoying's previous submissive attitude towards them, they would not have a bad life in Yuncheng.
"Let's find a place to stay near Zhou's house first."
"But our luggage has been lost and stolen. We might as well seek refuge..."
"No!" This was the first time Cen Miaofu lost her temper with her brother, who depended on her for everything. "I will never fawn on her!"
Cen Ruize felt a little dissatisfied when he looked at Cen Miaofu. Although he did not refute her on the surface, he had already decided to secretly go find Cen Miaoying.
"Sister, we have no money."
It's a very realistic problem. The saying that a penny can make a hero fall is not just talk.
Cen Miaofu looked at the only relic left by her mother on her wrist and said, "Yes, let's go."
Before Cen Ruize was dragged away by Cen Miaofu, he glanced again at Cen Miaoying who was saying something to the boatman at the dock, thinking that he had to find an opportunity to get rid of Cen Miaofu today.
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