Chapter 244 Zhu Hong Agrees to Surrender
After Pei Zirong left, Ye Chutang called Sun Chu out.
She pointed at the huge box on the ground and said, "These are too heavy to carry. Take them to Qianjin Casino to auction them and exchange them for silver bills."
After Sun Chu knew Ye Chutang's identity, he felt that she was particularly kind.
As soon as he saw her, he smiled and looked like a follower.
"Okay, I'll ask the shopkeeper to estimate the price and take it directly. I'll give you the banknote later."
After saying that, he picked up the heavy box and headed to the Qianjin Casino.
Old Madam Qi looked at Sun Chu who was working hard and felt worried.
She believed in Ye Chutang's character, but a good girl was afraid of being clingy.
I have to teach my son to be more alert. Such a good daughter-in-law cannot be snatched away!
When Ye Chutang turned around with the wooden box containing the banknotes, he saw the worry that Madam Qi had not yet put away.
She didn't understand what the old lady was worried about, nor did she ask.
If the old lady wanted to talk, she listened.
If the old lady didn't want to say it, she would pretend not to see it.
Madam Qi calmed down and said with a smile, "Atang is really amazing. It is his blessing that Azhou can marry you."
Ye Chutang smiled back.
"It is my blessing to marry into the Qi family. Mother, it is late. Go to bed."
"Okay, go to bed early."
Ye Chutang took the wooden box back to the room and put the banknotes into the space.
She lay on the bed, entered the space, and came to the planting area.
The apples are big and red, and have a sweet scent.
She picked one, rubbed it on her body, and took a bite.
Crisp, sweet and juicy, a delicacy.
After Ye Chutang took a look at his "achievements", he went back to the rest room and lay down.
The Simmons mattress has a massage function and she hummed with comfort.
Then, while chewing the apple, he checked the detailed list of merit points.
The price of Save Madam Pei rose by less than ten points.
Although it wasn't much, it proved that she was a good person and it was not a mistake to save her.
After Ye Chutang finished eating the apple, he got up and went to the pharmacy to take a look at the ice leech and the cicada.
There is not much time left before Qi Yanzhou's final detoxification deadline.
She was a little worried that the witch doctor from Southern Xinjiang would not arrive in time.
Thinking of this, she left the space and took out the map of Beichen Kingdom from her bag.
The last time I received a letter from Caesar was half a month ago.
He has already met up with the witch doctor A'man and is traveling day and night towards the northwest.
If nothing happens on the way, they will be able to catch up with them before Qi Yanzhou falls ill.
But if something unexpected happens, it’s hard to say.
Thinking of this, Ye Chutang took out a charcoal pencil and drew a line from south to north.
And circled out the next province and county - Jizhou.
Ye Chutang decided to walk slower on the road and stay in Jizhou City for a few more days.
In this way, Xize and A'man can travel less distance.
And with a clear location, you can work out the shortest route.
She placed the drawn map on the table and went to bed.
***
Qi Yanzhou waited in Taoist Taixu's room for an hour and a half before Zhu Hong showed up.
Zhu Hong originally didn't want to come overnight.
After all, building Hanguangyuan was not a big deal for him.
But he suddenly realized that if it wasn't an urgent matter, Taoist Taixu wouldn't have asked him to make a trip so late at night.
In addition, he came when he heard that his son was crying and calling for his parents.
Zhu Hong hurried to the gate of Taoist Taixu's courtyard.
He said to the Taoist priest who followed him, "Go down and tell them not to disturb me and the Taoist priest."
"Yes, Your Excellency."
After Zhu Hong and other Taoist priests left, he immediately pushed the door open and walked in.
He closed the courtyard door, locked it from the inside, and went to Taoist Taixu's room.
"Master, Lin'er..."
When he saw Qi Yanzhou sitting at the table, his words stopped abruptly and his eyes almost popped out.
Zhu Hong kept one foot in the door and was stunned for a long time.
He thought he was hallucinating and blinked hard.
Finally, Qi Yanzhou spoke up and forced him to face reality.
"Master Zhu, we meet again."
Zhu Hong came to his senses and was so frightened that his heart almost jumped out of his chest.
He pulled the corners of his stiff mouth, "Qi... Master Qi, why are you in Taoist Taixu's room?"
As he said this, he looked around.
I was very anxious when I didn’t see the abbot and his son.
Seeing that it was getting late, Qi Yanzhou was too lazy to beat around the bush and said bluntly: "I asked the abbot to invite Master Zhu."
After saying that, he took out an empty teacup and poured a glass of water.
"Master Zhu, come and sit down and talk to me about your distant cousin and your son Lin."
As soon as these words came out, Zhu Hong knew that Qi Yanzhou knew everything.
In this way, he was not so panicked.
The foot outside the door was brought in, the door was closed, and he walked to the table and sat down.
"Master Qi, you didn't do anything to my son, did you?"
"That child is the leverage I have over Master Zhu, so I will naturally not do anything to him."
After Qi Yanzhou finished speaking with a smile, he shouted to the inner room, "Master, bring the child out for Lord Zhu to see."
Taoist Taixu carried Lin'er out and handed him to Zhu Hong.
Zhu Hong held his son's red and swollen face, feeling heartbroken.
"What happened to Lin'er's face?"
“There was a fire in Hanguangyuan before, and Lin’er was frightened. He kept crying and clamoring to see his parents.
I couldn't coax him, so I had to take him through the secret passage to find his mother.
As a result, Master Qi caught up with me, and I was so panicked that I accidentally bumped into the earth wall of the secret passage.
Don't worry, Lord Zhu. Lin'er didn't break any bones. He will be fine in two days. ”
After listening to this, Zhu Hong frowned unhappily, but did not dare to get angry at Qi Yanzhou.
He touched his son's face and asked Taoist Taixu, "Why is Lin'er sleeping so deeply?"
"Lin'er was crying so hard that he was out of breath. I was worried that something might happen to him, so I knocked him unconscious."
Zhu Hong reluctantly handed his son over to Taoist Taixu.
"Please take Lin'er to the side room for a while. Master Qi and I have something important to discuss."
Taoist Taixu didn't want to listen to what was happening in the court, so he immediately took Lin'er away.
When the door of the room was closed again, Zhu Hong asked Qi Yanzhou.
"What does Master Qi want?"
Qi Yanzhou picked up the teacup in front of him and drank the cold tea in one gulp.
He poured himself another glass.
He dipped his fingers into the tea and wrote two words on the table.
submission.
Zhu Hong had already guessed Qi Yanzhou's intention.
He was not at all surprised by the words on the table.
He knew he had no choice but to strive for the greatest benefit for himself.
"I can surrender, but I have conditions."
Qi Yanzhou knew what Zhu Hong's conditions were.
Rescue his son who was held hostage in the capital.
He wiped off the two words on the table and asked knowingly, "Master Zhu, tell me."
"Mr. Qi naturally wants to incite me to rebellion, which means you know that my three sons are in the capital, in the hands of the emperor."
Giving up my three sons was a decision I had to make.
He would be very happy if he could have his son back.
Qi Yanzhou nodded, "I know, but I won't help you."
This answer was beyond Zhu Hong's expectations.
His face darkened.
"Master Qi, if you can help me save my son, I will be loyal to you."
What he meant was that he had shown his utmost sincerity and he also needed Qi Yanzhou's sincerity.
Qi Yanzhou looked at Zhu Hong, who was confused about the situation, and chuckled.
"Master Zhu doesn't seem to understand the situation yet. Your loyalty is in exchange for Lin'er's safety and the lives of the entire Zhu family!"
If the emperor knew that Zhu Hong had a concubine and secretly had a son, he would definitely kill his entire family.
Zhu Hong was aware of his situation and knew that he was not qualified to negotiate with Qi Yanzhou.
But he still wanted to try it.
The result was as expected, the little trick was seen through and failed.
He laughed to himself and accepted the reality.
"What does Master Qi need me to do?"
Qi Yanzhou: "Within a year, make the governor of Wu your man. If you say east, he won't dare to go west."
"What if I can't do it?"
"In a year, the emperor will receive news that you secretly gave birth to a son, and the Zhu family will be in danger."
Hearing this, Zhu Hong's face turned pale and his hands on his legs clenched into fists.
Qi Yanzhou added, "Don't try to erase the existence of your mistress and hide your son. My people will keep an eye on you. Submission and having no second thoughts are your only options."
"Don't worry, Master Qi. I will make Governor Wu submit to you within a year."
He has no choice, he has to do it even if he has to use all means!
Qi Yanzhou nodded with satisfaction, "Then I will wait for good news from Master Zhu."
After saying that, he stood up and left.
Zhu Hong still had some questions to ask, so he quickly called Qi Yanzhou.
"Master Qi, are you really planning to change the dynasty? When will you start?"
"The time has not come yet, wait."
Zhu Hong stood up and knelt down towards Qi Yanzhou.
"Master Qi, can you please, considering my submission and loyalty, do your best to protect my son on the day you attack the capital?"
Then he added, "If they are still alive."
"Okay, I promise."
Zhu Hong knew that Qi Yanzhou was a man of his word, and his depressed mood dissipated a lot.
"Thank you, Master Qi. If my son is saved, I will reward you handsomely!"
"If you were mine, it would be my duty to save your son. You don't need to thank me."
These words made Zhu Hong feel warm in his heart.
He reminded him, "Master Qi, the most powerful person in a prefecture is not the governor or the governor, but the commander of the garrison who holds a large number of troops."
Qi Yanzhou certainly knew this, so he had other plans for Pei Zirong.
"Don't worry, Lord Zhu. I want to control Dingzhou, and Pei Zirong is naturally part of my plan."
After saying that, he opened the door and left.
The night wind blew into the room, and the door creaked and shook.
Zhu Hong shivered from the cold and suddenly realized that he was soaked.
"As expected of the King Chen, with his strategy and prestige, he can easily gain the world if he wants it!"
***
When Qi Yanzhou returned to the post station, it was already past midnight.
He first went to the backyard to take a cold shower and wash his clothes before returning to his room.
There was an oil lamp burning on the table in the room.
The oil in the lamp is about to burn out, and the light of the wick is very weak and may go out at any time.
But it was enough to illuminate the map spread out on the table.
Qi Yanzhou looked at the line from south to north and immediately guessed that it was the route that Xize and A'man were traveling.
But he didn't understand why Jizhou was encircled.
The oil lamp suddenly went out.
Qi Yanzhou walked to the bed based on his memory and got on it carefully.
His body was filled with the coolness of the late night, and Ye Chutang instinctively moved closer and hugged him.
When she touched the well-defined abdominal muscles, she suddenly became more awake.
"I'm back. Did everything go well?"
The voice was lazy and lingering, like a cat's claws scratching Qi Yanzhou's heart.
He held Ye Chutang in his arms and kissed her forehead.
"It went well, go to sleep."
Ye Chutang originally wanted to talk to Qi Yanzhou about Pei Zirong and his temporary stay in Jizhou.
As a result, the man patted her back gently, causing her eyes, which had been barely open, to close again.
Both of them slept very well.
The next day, it was past midnight.
The exile team got up and packed their things, and the post station suddenly became lively.
Ye Chutang has been very sleepy lately and doesn't want to get up from bed.
She held Qi Yanzhou's waist and didn't let him move.
"It will take less than half an hour to pack up. Stay with me for a while."
When she woke up, she was no longer sleepy, she just simply didn't want to get up.
Qi Yanzhou looked at Ye Chutang, who was as lazy as a cat, and his sexy thin lips curled up slightly.
"Okay, lie down for a while."
Ye Chutang snuggled into Qi Yanzhou's arms.
"I rescued the mother of the garrison commander Pei Zirong last night, asked for 100,000 winter clothes, and forced him to surrender by rescuing his son who was held hostage in the capital."
After saying that, she reached her hand into the man's underwear and touched his sexy abdominal muscles.
"I'll take the winter clothes, and I'll leave it to you to help him save his son. I'll also give you the Dingzhou garrison."
Qi Yanzhou originally wanted to wait for Xize to arrive in Dingzhou, contact Pei Zirong in the name of curing Madam Pei's illness, and then win him over with the child.
Unexpectedly, Ye Chutang had already broken Pei Zirong, the toughest bone to chew.
"Atang, you are not only my lucky star, but also the lucky star of the people in the world!"
"Don't flatter me, it's just profitable."
After Ye Chutang finished speaking, he took his hand out of Qi Yanzhou's underwear and yawned with his hand covering his mouth.
She asked, "Have you heard from Caesar recently?"
Qi Yanzhou sat up and leaned against the head of the bed, his eyes emitting a cold light in the darkness.
"No, don't worry, they will definitely arrive in time to meet up."
Ye Chutang heard the hidden meaning in the words and sat up quickly.
"Is there something wrong with the witch doctor in Southern Xinjiang?"
Qi Yanzhou didn't want Ye Chutang to worry, and just as he was about to fool her, she added another sentence.
"A white lie is also a lie to me!"
"Okay, I'll tell you the truth."
As soon as Qi Yanzhou recovered southern Xinjiang, the emperor urgently summoned him back to Beijing in the name of granting him a marriage.
The emperor also arranged for someone to go to southern Xinjiang to replace him.
When he left, he left most of his trusted men in southern Xinjiang and asked them to lead an army of 150,000 to garrison southern Xinjiang.
Although the emperor's men were just decorations in the army.
But he was also the emperor's spy planted in southern Xinjiang.
When the witch doctor A'man received Qi Yanzhou's letter and set out to leave southern Xinjiang, he was targeted.
The emperor's people didn't know why A'man left southern Xinjiang. They only knew that she had saved the life of the seriously ill Qi Yanzhou and was the person the emperor wanted to kill.
So, he sent people to chase and kill Ah Man.
Ah Man is good at using poison and has average martial arts skills, so the journey north is full of dangers.
The time she was injured most seriously, she almost died.
Fortunately, Caesar found her in time.
After resting for several days, the two continued their journey north.
The time they delayed gave the enemy a chance to set an ambush, making the rest of the journey even more difficult.
Although we were able to escape danger each time, a lot of time was wasted.
Otherwise, with the speed of the two of them, they would have reached the capital by now.
After hearing what Qi Yanzhou said, Ye Chutang asked, "Didn't you send anyone to pick up Xize and the witch doctor?"
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