When Tong Zigong dragged Xu Kun away, Liu Zhengqi was just about to come up.
Mr. Xu, who had originally collapsed from crying, suddenly perked up when he saw Mr. Liu. He cried out and pounced on him and started biting him.
Mr. Liu was so frightened that he sat down on the ground.
Fortunately, Tong Zigong grabbed the rope behind Mr. Xu Erye and avoided biting Liu Zhengqi's nose.
"Sorry, the newly adopted dog needs to be treated badly." Tong Zigong grinned at Mr. Liu and carried Xu Kun away roughly.
When he was about to go down the enemy tower, he suddenly turned back to Mr. Liu, licked his lips and said, "Your son is not bad."
Mr. Liu was immediately horrified. He waited until Tong Zigong led Xu Kun away before he climbed up tremblingly, holding on to the railing.
When he went up to the enemy tower, he saw that one of the two boys behind Zhao Hao was his son.
Liu Zhengqi hurried forward and hugged his son, and the father and son burst into tears.
After calming down a little, he let go of his son and looked him up and down carefully. Although the 17-year-old youth looked ridiculous with his hair tied up in a bun and half-let down, there didn't seem to be anything wrong with him.
"Cough." Feeling like a bully, Master Zhao coughed lightly.
Liu Zhengqi suddenly woke up from his dream and quickly knelt down to thank Master Zhao.
"What are you thanking me for?" Zhao Hao asked with a mischievous smile.
"Thank you for returning my son, thank you for letting me go, thank you for protecting me in the future." Liu Zhengqi said very obediently, "I am willing to work like a cow or a horse to repay your great kindness."
"Hahaha, little clever boy, get up." Zhao Hao laughed out loud. It seemed that Liu Zhengqi had completely understood the pros and cons.
This is better, so I don’t have to waste any more time talking.
"Thank you, sir." Liu Zhengqi stood up, patted the dirt off his knees, bowed and asked, "Sir, Xu Fan will definitely not give up this time, we should prepare for it as soon as possible."
"Well, what you said makes sense." Zhao Hao smiled and nodded, patted Mr. Liu on the shoulder and said, "It's most appropriate to leave this matter to you."
"Me?" Mr. Liu felt a headache. He didn't even dare to offend the second master of the Xu family, let alone the first master of the Xu family. "I'm afraid I'll make trouble for you, young master."
"It doesn't matter." Zhao Hao gave him some advice, "The county knows that we in Kunshan County are suppressing bandits here, so even if Xu Fan comes to them, they won't get involved."
"Yeah." Thinking of how Magistrate Yang obviously didn't want to cause trouble that day, Mr. Liu knew that what Zhao Hao said was right.
"So the key problem still lies with Cai Guoxi..." Zhao Hao whispered and gave him some advice.
Mr. Liu was stunned when he heard this, thinking how could even the prefect fall for such an obvious attempt to sow discord?
He couldn't help but worry: "If Laogongzu doesn't believe it and confronts Xu Fan, won't we lose more than we gain?"
"Hahaha, it doesn't matter. I've read their fortunes." Young Master Zhao smiled faintly and said, "They are not compatible. They will never sit down and talk."
"Is that so..." Mr. Liu had no idea of the magic of the great prophecy. Not only did he not immediately submit, he also started to murmur to himself.
"What? You don't trust me?" Zhao Hao frowned slightly.
"No, no, absolutely not!" Liu Yuanwai waved his hands hurriedly. "Xiao Ke, oh no, I will go to pay a visit to the Lord of the Mansion right now."
"Yeah." Young Master Zhao nodded, and suddenly thought of something and said, "By the way, don't blame Steward Wang. He didn't betray you in the end."
"Ah?!" Mr. Liu's jaw was habitually dislocated.
"He was just forced to agree to switch to my side." Young Master Zhao gently brushed away the grass leaves on Mr. Liu's shoulders, chuckled in a somewhat convinced manner, "But he still refused to tell us those dirty things of yours."
"This..." Mr. Liu moved his chin skillfully and carefully recalled the scene of meeting Wang Fugui three days ago. At that time, he seemed to have only said "I am already the young master's woman", and nothing else.
After a while, Mr. Liu stammered, "So I'm scaring myself?"
"Yeah." Zhao Hao nodded and said with a smile: "Your son has the same problem. He likes to scare himself."
"Yes, it's hereditary." Mr. Liu lowered his head dejectedly. It was useless to know the truth now. He had already made a deadly feud with the Xu family. He could only go down the same path with Zhao Hao.
"Ah, the young master's actions are really unpredictable. I thought he asked Lao Wang to serve tea that day just to humiliate Xiao Ke..." After a bitter smile, he looked up and said in admiration: "So he was trying to trick me."
"Hahaha, since you put it that way, I have no choice but to admit it." Young Master Zhao patted his shoulder vigorously and said:
"Okay, don't be so dejected. If you are really worried about the Xu family, let's do this... I'll have someone pass a message to Xu Fan."
Then he asked Mr. Liu, "Where does Xu Fan live?"
"If they are in Suzhou City, they all live in the Humble Administrator's Garden." Mr. Liu replied hurriedly.
Zhao Hao sneered. He wanted to say that the feng shui of this garden was bad and it would bring bad luck to the owner.
But thinking that as a scientist, it would be best not to promote superstition, he changed his words and said, "'A poor government is poor at governing.' His evaluation of himself is quite accurate."
Then Master Zhao ordered Gao Wudao: "Send a message to Xu Fan. Mr. Liu is my man now. If he dares to retaliate against Mr. Liu's family, I will cut his brother into pieces!"
"Yes." Gao Wu responded in a deep voice.
"Thank you, sir." Mr. Liu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. At least his home was safe until Xu Kun was released.
"Okay, go ahead." Zhao Hao waved his hand and said with a generous smile, "You can bring your son with you."
"Thank you, young master." Mr. Liu thanked him again, took his son's hand and hurried down the watchtower.
Jin Ke followed him up to the watchtower and reported in a deep voice:
"Sir, we captured a total of 507 prisoners this time."
"That's great." Zhao Hao smiled brightly when he heard this. He was worried that no one was mining. "It would be great if the Xu family came to attack us every day."
Jin Ke was so sweaty when he heard this, and hurriedly reminded Zhao Hao not to think about Tao Zi. "Sir, this time, firstly, Liu Zhengqi was the insider, and secondly, the other side underestimated the enemy, and they won't be able to capture so many prisoners every time."
"Hehe, then we can only hire someone." Young Master Zhao smacked his lips in disappointment. Fortunately, there are more people who can help and worry about it now, and Young Master Zhao doesn't have to do everything himself.
After they left the camp, Mr. Liu asked his son impatiently, "That pervert didn't do anything to you, did he?"
"Which pervert?" Liu Ji was stunned at first, then he smiled and said, "Dad, are you talking about Brother Tong? He just likes to scare people, he's not really a pervert."
"Really?" Mr. Liu was stunned, thinking that this person's hobby was quite unique.
"Yes, thanks to his care, I haven't been bullied by those pirates recently." Liu Ji nodded.
"Oh, that's good. I was so scared..." Mr. Liu breathed a sigh of relief, holding his son's hand and crying, "Your sister is already like that. You must not let anything happen to her."
"I understand, Dad." Liu Ji's eyes turned red when he mentioned his sister.
The father and son shed tears for a while, and Mr. Liu let go of his son's hand and said, "Since there is no pervert, you should stay here. It is safer here than anywhere else."
"I'll listen to my father." Liu Ji nodded and watched his father get on the boat.
ps. The fourth update is here, but there will be no more tonight.