Seeing that he was so excited, Mr. Dou must have gone drunk. How dare he answer this question again? He quickly laughed and said: "Congming is drunk, drunk..."
Dong Sheng patted his cheek: "Look! I don't see any redness on my face. How can I be drunk? If you refuse, sir, you will be hurting the student's face."
Mr. Dou was sweating like rain, and Wei Wei responded: "Okay, I'll keep the map. But it's getting late now. You and I should get some sleep first. It won't be too late to discuss it tomorrow."
Dong Sheng suddenly raised his head: "Are you finally willing to accept it?"
"This...yes, yes." He was a little incoherent.
"Okay!" Dong Sheng laughed, wandered to the table, and picked up a bamboo pen, "Then please sign your name on the map to express my gratitude."
Mr. Dou took a breath and took half a step back: "It's unnecessary, why bother?"
Dong Sheng said: "No. You and I have not been in contact for a long time. Even if you send someone over to tell the whole story, how can your family believe it? Use your signature as a sign to avoid sudden suspicion."
Mr. Dou heard this so clearly that he could hardly evade it, and it was not clear whether he was really drunk or pretending to be drunk. I had no choice but to ask for pen and ink and gently signed my name on the map.
"How's it going? Are you satisfied with the gift you gave me to sir?" Dong Sheng put away the scroll with one hand, tilted his body and asked with a smile.
"Of course I'm satisfied..." Mr. Dou's face turned pale and he was as angry as a thread.
"Then the student can rest assured!" As he said that, Dong Sheng grabbed the teacher's sleeve without warning, "Now you can sleep peacefully. Come, sir, please come to the couch. The student can sleep on the floor."
Mr. Dou wished he could get rid of him early, so he nodded without even saying a word of humility, turned around and got on the bed. Seeing Dong Sheng turn off the lights one by one, he felt a little relieved.
After a while, he heard gentle snoring, and Dou leaned on the edge of the bed to see that his student was sleeping soundly. He clutched the quilt and thought to himself: "Dong Sheng didn't do this gift with good intentions. Now that he has forced me to sign my name, it is easy to frame him." It seems that this place is really a place of right and wrong, and it was manipulated by others in a daze... I can't believe everything that the Cun Si Jin said. I know nothing in this muddy water, something will happen sooner or later! It's better to just leave and maybe spare my life. ’ He became more and more determined to leave, immediately lifted the quilt, and tiptoed out of the door.
"Who!"
Mr. Dou shivered all over. He looked up and saw a guard on guard holding a torch, illuminating his whole body.
"Don't you remember?" Mr. Dou closed the door with his backhand and said in a gentle tone, "Dong Jianjun called me husband this morning."
"Oh, Mr. Dou," a smile immediately appeared on the postman's face, "Why don't you go to bed?"
"Master Dong originally asked me to stay here, but I don't want to disturb him too much, so I think it's best to leave."
"Then where are you staying this late at night?"
Mr. Dou said matter-of-factly: "Master Dong asked me to tell you that if anyone is willing to take me out of the city, I will reward you with ten taels of silver. Military Lord, I'd like you to show me the way."
The postman had never heard of such a large number, and he was overjoyed; not to mention that he was the mentor of a high official, so wouldn't he get the best of both worlds by taking the opportunity to curry favor with him? So he agreed without hesitation, went to the stable to find a good horse, pulled up a cargo rack, asked Dou to sit down, held the bridle and raised his whip, and left the inn, disappearing for a moment.
"It's dawn, it's time to go!"
Someone's shouting outside the house woke Cunzhao up. He stood up and sat there for a while, yawning a few times. Suddenly he noticed sunlight coming through, and he hurriedly opened the window. Sure enough, the sun was shining brightly, and it was almost noon. He suddenly slapped his head and thought to himself: "Last night I sent Dou Da to spy on the news. Why hasn't he come back yet?" Logically speaking, I should have been awakened early...'
Feeling puzzled, he put on his military uniform, pushed open the door and went out. Just as he was about to find someone to ask, his sleeves were quietly pulled tightly. He glanced back and saw that it was his most trusted confidant.
"Please take a step to speak."
Cun Zhao sensed the clue, took two steps at a time, followed him to the shade of the tree, and listened to him cupping his hands and saying: "Master Si Jin, the old gentleman teaching has escaped."
"What?" Cunzhao almost yelled, but quickly suppressed his emotions and lowered his voice, "He is an old man and can't ride a horse, so he can walk so fast? It's strange that he is so poor. Why don’t you want any more money?”
The confidant frowned and shook his head: "I don't know much about the specific situation, but there is also a post official who has also disappeared."
"That old guy must have been spotted by Dong Sheng and is in a hurry to get away!" Cun Zhao stamped his foot angrily, "After all, he is just a common man in the countryside, not qualified to handle important matters! What a shame that he took away my fifty taels for nothing! Five Twelve taels!"
He kept smacking his lips and pacing. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Then he glared at his confidant and said, "Then why don't you send someone to chase him? Get the banknote back as soon as possible! If it's late, tell the capital to get the banknote." Number, he is not allowed to redeem it!"
The confidant hurriedly tried to persuade him: "Si Jin, please calm down. We should focus on important matters at present, and we should not let such small people disturb our minds. Back then, you married the servant and did not take any of the undivided wealth, and you just escaped a big disaster." Catastrophe. A blessing in disguise, how can you know that it is not a blessing?"
Cun Zhao was extremely unhappy and said with a sinister face: "What nonsense are you talking about? That was the idea made by the old thief Taisu back then. It has nothing to do with me!"
"Can……"
Before he could finish his explanation, Cun Zhao pulled out the sword from his waist and said, "I don't want to hear about what happened back then. If anyone in the army talks about this again in the future, they will be executed without mercy!"
Dong Sheng finally felt relieved when he learned that Mr. Dou had left. In order to give the whole army a reasonable explanation, he had to arrange the matter, saying that he originally trusted this gentleman, but he was a swindler, and he escaped after seeing that he could not get money. Cun Zhao could not refute, so he could only sit back and watch his defeat, gave up the plan, and ordered the entire army to march towards Suidi.
"The journey is not smooth..." Cun Zhao held the bridle and walked along the rugged path, sighing towards the few confidants around him.
One of them understood the situation, slowed down his horse a little, and said to him: "It is precisely because it is difficult to walk, so we must prepare for a rainy day. Don't be obsessed with the road ahead, but prepare for the future."
Cun Zhao smiled: "You are right! I don't want to forget about the previous troubles. By the way, who is the governor of Suidi who temporarily replaces Du Qing? Can he be used?"
The confidant yelled, and then said: "This person is on a different path from Du Qing. He strongly opposes the new policy he implemented. He took office today and is extremely interested in the disarmament of the new army."
"What's your name?"
"Master Si Jin, his name is Zhang Chenghuai."
