Chapter 1523 Borrowing a Knife

The next day, Zhou Shuren did not attend the morning court. He waited for Mingrui to get up and signaled the servant to call Mingrui over.

In the second room, Mingrui was having breakfast. He drank the last mouthful of porridge and stood up to ask his father, "Why did Grandpa call me so early in the morning?"

Chang Yi was also confused. He should be the one to be called. "You'll know when you get there."

Mingrui hummed and quickly walked to the main courtyard. Seeing that his grandpa and grandma had just finished breakfast, he sat down without any courtesy. As a result, he took the bowl in the maid's hand and served himself a bowl of wontons.

Zhou Shuren had almost finished his meal. "Yuanbo and Yueyang even knew to invite Yudie and Yuyi out for a walk. You are also engaged."

Mingrui was stunned for a moment, as if he really had not invited his fiancée out. However, Grandpa would not talk about this alone. "Grandpa, tomorrow is the day off. Should I ask someone to go to the orphanage with me?"

Zhulan had an indescribable expression. How should I put it? Mingrui was not the sentimental type. He was more concerned with his studies and responsibilities. If Yudie had not invited Lin Qing to her house, it would have been difficult for her to see Mingrui. Now that she was to be taken to the orphanage's manor, Mingrui did not want to miss the opportunity to give lectures to the children when he saw his fiancée.

Zhou Shuren was speechless, thinking that his grandson's appearance was wasted, "Yeah."

After breakfast, Zhou Shuren talked to Mingrui alone, and Mingrui wrote down that Grandpa wanted the Lin family to find someone to go to the relatives' house.

Zhulan waited until Zhou Shuren was about to go to the government office before she spoke, "Will the Liu family follow your plan?"

Zhou Shuren curled his lips and said, "Yes."

He knew that the Liu family had already secretly found many charges against the Qi family without his help.

There are too many black-hearted people in the capital, and it should be said that there are not many people with good consciences. The Qi family has received benefits from many drug dealers. Among the selected drug dealers, two have done many unscrupulous things. It is a good opportunity to deal with them all at once. The families behind them will also have to pay a considerable price, and they can still make room for bidding again.

Zhou Shuren took a carriage to the Ministry of Revenue. He felt a little tired and lowered his eyes. This time, the Qi family would be honest and would not be too aggressive in dealing with the Zhou family. They could also get the Zhou family out first, and finally seize some money for the Ministry of Revenue, satisfying the emperor's wish to suppress the Qi family. He felt like he was going to heaven.

Shen Xingjia, Changzhong is a person who can't sit still. After dinner, he came to find Lu Jiaqing. As soon as he entered the mansion, he saw Lu Jiaqing practicing boxing.

Changzhong brought some gifts over, "This is a gift for you."

Shen Xing motioned the servant to take it and said with a smile, "Thank you for your consideration, young master."

"You're welcome."

Shen Xing is also old, and his health is not as good as before. He injured his bones during the morning court session, and he still feels weak. "Young Master, do you want to take Jia Qing out?"

Chang Zhong nodded, "I promised him to go around."

Shen Xing said, "I don't know when the King of Qin will return. Jiaqing will live here from now on. He officially became my disciple yesterday."

"Yeah, then I'm going to give you a gift."

He didn't have anything on him, so he could only take off his jade pendant and hand it to Lu Jiaqing, "This is for you, congratulations."

Lu Jiaqing waved his hands and said, "I can't accept it."

Changzhong forced it on his friend, "Take it, this is a token of my love."

Lu Jiaqing turned his head and looked at his master. Shen Xing nodded and said, "Keep it."

Changzhong successfully led Jiaqing out, "There is no place in Beijing that I am not familiar with. Come on, I will take you around and then take you to eat delicious food."

Lu Jiaqing looked at Beijing. He didn't look at it carefully yesterday. He leaned against the car window and said, "There are many foreigners in Beijing."

"Well, the place with the most foreigners is the embassy. Do you want to go take a look?"

"No, I want to go to a place where there are many students."

Changzhong tilted his head, "Don't you want to be a military commander? Why do you want to visit a place where there are many scholars?"

Lu Jiaqing, "I'm just curious. I'm curious about the place in the capital where the most scholars gather during the three-year imperial examination."

Chang Zhong's heart was like a beehive, and he squinted his eyes. "I kept asking you about your health, but you didn't say a word. You have good talent, but you insisted on becoming a military commander. Brother Wu even said it was a pity, but you still insisted. Let me guess, things will turn around when they reach the extreme. Is there a scholar in your family?"

Lu Jiaqing was generous this time, "Yeah."

Changzhong wanted to ask more, but saw Lu Jiaqing looking out the window again. However, Changzhong could not help but think more about his friend's life experience.

In Zhoujia Village, Boss Zhou saw his wife's red eyes and said, "If you really can't bear to let go, can we just keep an eye on her for a few more days?"

Mrs. Li said, "You have to go sooner or later. You have been at home for so many days. I miss home too. I don't know if Minghui's leg is healed. Let's go."

Boss Zhou was also thinking about his family. He helped his wife get on the carriage, turned around and said to Jiang Du, "If you have time, please help your uncle visit Lijia Village more often."

Jiang Du, "Uncle, I will visit you from time to time."

Zhou Laoda said to Mingqing, "Don't worry, I will make arrangements for the children who are going to Beijing with me."

This time he picked six smart kids from the family, around fifteen or sixteen years old. He felt more at ease bringing family members with him.

Ming Qing smiled, "I'm at ease with you, Prince."

Boss Zhou looked at Jiang Miao again, "Take care of yourself, your mother will be back soon."

Jiang Miao nodded, "Have a safe trip, uncle."

Boss Zhou got on the carriage only after he made sure that nothing was missed. The next time he came back, it would probably be because his father-in-law and mother-in-law had passed away.

Many people from the Zhou family came to see them off. Who could have thought that the Zhou family would have a marquis, and a marquis who was hereditary? The honest and simple eldest brother Zhou would also be a marquis in the future.

Wang Laosi hid in the corner, watching the long procession of carriages leave. On both sides of the carriages were guards riding tall horses. Wang Laosi thought of Zhou Changyi again. He heard that Zhou Changyi had also become an official. If only he had known this earlier, he would have known this earlier. In the end, Wang Laosi retreated back to the yard.

Li's eldest brother said goodbye to Ming and Qing, they came to see their sister off. To be honest, Li was even more confused when he heard the news, thinking that the Li family might have a marquis' wife in the future.

As the news came back, the Li family was no longer the same. In the past, people flattered them because they were related to the Zhou family, but now there was another reason because the younger sister was the marquis's wife. Because the younger sister married into the Zhou family, the Li family was completely different.

Boss Li also got on the carriage. Thinking about his brother-in-law's words, he became worried again. There were many people in his family who were good at studying. After so many years of hard work, he had some students who became scholars, but still no one who became a high-ranking scholar!

In a blink of an eye, five days had passed. Zhou Shuren was riding in a carriage to attend the morning court. Suddenly, someone else's carriage passed by his own. Zhou Shuren heard the sound and said with a smile, "Good morning, Lord Lin."

Lord Lin, "Marquis Zhou is here earlier. Marquis Zhou is in a good mood today."

Zhou Shuren, "Yeah."

The two looked at each other and then lowered the carriage curtain.

At the morning court, as soon as the emperor arrived, someone came to talk to Lord Shen Qi. The emperor frowned and looked at Zhou Shuren. He waited for Zhou Shuren to make a move, but Zhou Shuren did not let Jianyan do anything.

Zhou Shuren raised his eyebrows, he didn't do much, why would he do something himself if he could borrow someone else's knife? Borrowing someone else's knife to kill someone was his favorite method.