After Mrs. Zhou and Lin Ajiao followed them out, they were frightened and frightened when they looked at the things outside the gate. The servants lowered their heads and whispered secretly among themselves.
"Who gave these things?"
"It's a blessing, not a curse. It's a curse that cannot be avoided."
"Looking at this poor person, it shouldn't be a gift from a wealthy family."
Zhou Yiming did not rush to answer his father's words. He walked outside the door and picked up the things on the ground one by one. Several things still had warmth on them. A quick look showed that these things were very precious to the people who brought them.
"Ms. sir, what's going on?" Lin Ajiao couldn't help but ask.
Zhou Yiming turned around, looked at the street, and said, "If I guessed correctly, these things must have been given by the people in Chengnan District, and there will even be family members of the victims of the missing cases among them."
When everyone heard this, they all suddenly realized.
"The people are so kind." Lin Ajiao was filled with emotion after hearing Zhou Ming's words.
Zhou Ruhai stroked his beard and was very moved: "Ming'er, since you killed Yan Shikuan, although my father didn't say it explicitly, he has been complaining about you, blaming you for causing great trouble to our Zhou family due to your impulsiveness.
But at this moment, my father suddenly understood that you were right. Our common people are suffering too much, and this disappearance case has hurt them too deeply.
Ming'er, my father is telling you today, if you encounter the same case in the future, don't shrink back, don't think about us, do what you think you should do. "
When the servants of the Zhou family heard what their master said, they all thought to themselves, is the old man crazy? I don’t know if I can get through the trouble that the young master has caused in front of me. But the master didn’t strictly control the young master, and even encouraged him to do stupid things. It seems that I really can’t stay in this family for a long time, otherwise I will meet them sooner or later. Yama.
Mrs. Zhou naturally disagreed with Zhou Ruhai's statement, but it was not easy for him to refute it in front of everyone.
Lin Ajiao saw that her father-in-law finally understood and supported Yi Ming. She was so happy that she walked to Yi Ming and held his hand: "My husband, like dad, I will always support you, no matter what you do. ."
Zhou Yiming nodded excitedly. At this moment, he felt for the first time that he really did something remarkable last night.
"Father, mother, and madam, don't worry, I will do nothing less than what you need to do from now on, and I will definitely not make you worry."
After saying that, Zhou Yiming turned around and planned to go back home.
Laifu looked at the things on the ground and asked quickly: "Master, what should I do with these things?"
Zhou Ruhai also looked at Yi Ming: "Yes, Ming'er, I think these things should be returned to the people. They live in poverty, so they may have given them the best things at home. We can't have them."
Zhou Yiming understood in his heart that the people sent these things because they sincerely thanked him. If he didn't appreciate it and insisted on sending these things back, he would be shameless and make the people feel sad.
And even if he wants to send things back, there are so many people and so many things. Who knows who these things belong to? If you make a mistake then, you will let down other people's good intentions.
"Keep them all." Zhou Yiming said with a smile, "We can't take away the things from Little Prince Huai. What are we afraid of when the people give us the things? Move them all back to the house!"
After saying that, Zhou Ming and Lin Ajiao turned around and returned home. They were speechless all night.
After the disaster, the inspection yamen in the south of the city suffered heavy losses in personnel, and the damage inside the yamen was even more serious. Therefore, the yamen did not open for seven days in a row, and Zhou Yiming did not have to go to work.
He was concerned about the news about the disappearance case all day long, but he still had no clue, so he could only stay in the house all day, reading idle books, and chatting with Lin Ajiao. If there was not something important pressing on his heart, this kind of life would be okay. Comfortable.
On the eighth day, the imperial court assigned some manpower to the inspection yamen in the south of the city, and the inspection yamen began to work normally.
Zhou Yiming came to the Yamen for inspection as soon as possible. Just seven days later, when he came to the Yamen for inspection again, Zhou Yiming's status and reputation were not what they used to be.
The new yamen servants and the old people in the yamen all took the initiative to say hello after seeing Zhou Ming. Everyone nodded and bowed in front of Zhou Ming, looking like they were trying to please. This made Zhou Ming very uncomfortable, and sometimes even felt that Waves of nausea.
Even Director Cao, who had previously introduced Yi Ming to inspect the Yamen, changed his attitude towards Yi Ming.
Although Zhou Yiming was Mr. Lin's uncle before, since Mr. Cao had introduced him, he was very respectful to him and always regarded himself as a junior in front of him.
But this time it completely changed. Even if Zhou Yiming wanted to treat himself as a junior in front of Chief Cao, Chief Cao no longer dared to pretend to be an elder.
However, these changes are minor. The most important changes happened to Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang. Since that night, after experiencing life and death with Yi Ming, the two of them have regarded Yi Ming as their leading brother in their hearts, no matter what How low is Zhou Ming's title now? As soon as the two of them saw Zhou Ming, they were polite, like subordinates treating their superiors.
Zhou Yiming didn't take the other changes to heart, and was even a little uncomfortable with it. But this change was very useful to him.
These two old boys had done a lot to expose their superiors in front of them before, and this time they finally gave Zhou Ming a chance to take revenge.
On his first day of work, Zhou Yiming was greeted by Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang as soon as he arrived at the Yamen. The two of them respectfully brought Zhou Yiming to the back hall of the Yamen. They served him tea and water and served him meticulously.
After drinking tea, Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang hurriedly asked how Zhou Ming's injury was and whether they needed to find a good doctor to take a look at him.
"Don't bother me. This little injury is not that serious." Zhou Yiming waved his hand and rejected the two people's proposals.
Then Zhou Yiming asked two people, how is the investigation of the disappearance case going? Have you found any news?
Seeing Zhou Yiming asking this question, Deng Tong stood up and walked outside the door. After making sure no one was eavesdropping, he turned back, closed the door, sat back down, and said in a low voice:
"I have asked an acquaintance to inquire. The young minister of Dali Temple did not lie to us at that time. After we left, he did handle the matter impartially and followed normal procedures.
I heard that the Dali Temple Yamen may ask us to assist in the investigation in the past two days. It is estimated that after we go, this case will be almost closed. "
"Is there any movement from the old thief Yan Qiu?" Zhou Ming asked again.
Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang both shook their heads: "Yan Qiu has never heard any news. It seems that he has been standing still. I don't know what the old thief is planning."
"On the contrary, the prince seems to have taken action." Xia Dezhang added.
Zhou Yiming's eyes lit up and he quickly asked: "What's the news?"
Xia Dezhang paused for a moment: "A former colleague of mine has now been promoted to the General Affairs Office of Huijing and holds an important position.
According to him, the prince seemed to have secretly sent a message to the Dali Temple Yamen, telling them to handle the case impartially and not to bend the law for personal gain. "
Zhou Ming held the tea cup and thought for a while.
According to his previous guess, the prince was definitely a smart man. This case was causing quite a stir and Yan Qiu was involved. According to common sense, the prince would never let himself get involved easily.
Because if Yan Qiu wins this case in the end, not only will Yi Ming and the others die without a burial place, but the prince will also publicly quarrel with Yan Qiu. When there is no real power, the prince is just a title. With real power, Yan Qiu can have countless names. This way, the prince could be deposed or even lose his life.
Even if Zhou Yiming and the others were able to escape, this case ended in Yan Qiu's failure, and the prince could gain very little benefit from it. At most, it would be to gain the loyalty of Zhou Yiming and the others, and gain the love of some people.
Compared to the prince's efforts, this is a drop in the bucket.
He will still offend Yan Qiu and still face danger.
Zhou Yiming was puzzled. Why would the prince help him at a critical moment?
Suddenly his eyes lit up and he thought of a person - Little King Huai.
Could it be that Xiaohuai Wang tried his best to persuade the prince?
Thinking of this, Zhou Yiming nodded to himself, his heart filled with gratitude to Little King Huai.
Ever since they returned from Dali Temple Yamen, life has been difficult for Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang. Not only did they have to face complaints and censure from their families, but they also had to worry and be vigilant about the revenge of the old thieves. It can be said that they were in constant panic all day long. I lived on tenterhooks every day.
During this period, the two of them wanted to go to Yi Ming's house many times to check out Yi Ming's tone. However, they couldn't afford to offend Yi Ming now, and they were not familiar with the Zhou family. If they went there rashly, Yi Ming might not pay attention. them.
So when the two of them were at home, they were always looking forward to the inspection office in the south of the city opening up quickly, because in this way, the two of them could see Yi Ming.
Seeing that Yi Ming was silent at this time, Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang could no longer sit still.
"Brother Zhou, what should we do now? Do we need to take care of it? If necessary, you don't have to worry about money, we will take care of it."
Zhou Yiming looked up at the two people and smiled slightly: "It seems that you two have shaved a lot in the past few years as errands?"
Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang looked embarrassed: "No, it's all hard-earned money."
Zhou Yiming sneered: "It's better if you don't. It's best for you not to do anything at the moment. If you go to smoothen the relationship and send money to the relevant people, if you are caught, we can't explain why."
Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang nodded quickly.
After drinking a few cups of tea, Zhou Yiming felt that he couldn't let go if he continued to be so domineering, so he stood up and said goodbye to Deng Tong and the others: "Okay, we've almost finished drinking water. You two can go to work." , I also went out to do some work. After all, we all work for the government and we can’t always fish for fish.”
After saying that, Zhou Ming came out alone, came to his copying position, and continued to drink tea and read the Di newspaper.
Several colleagues around him had criticized him a lot when they were copying documents for Zhou Ming. At this time, several colleagues were vying to help Zhou Ming finish his work, and they even came close. Fight.
