At dawn, the man sent by Zhou Ruhai's friend to look for Yi Ming finally came back, but the news he brought was not good.
This police officer led his subordinates to search many places overnight, but could not find any trace of Zhou Ming. Moreover, according to the feedback of these police officers, something big seemed to have happened in the capital last night. However, because of their low official position, they were The news about that major event was very tightly sealed, so they didn't know what exactly happened.
After getting the news, Zhou Ruhai was disappointed at first. He thought that it would be easy to find his son as long as the government people were dispatched. However, he did not expect that his son disappeared so completely. Even if the government people were dispatched, nothing happened in the end. information.
Although Zhou Ruhai hasn't returned home yet and doesn't know the results of his family's search, he has given up. After all, no matter how hard his family members try, their search abilities will definitely not be as good as those of the government.
After thinking of this, Zhou Ruhai felt sad. When he was young, his biggest dream was to rise to the top in the officialdom and make the Zhou family's foundation bigger and stronger. However, he only focused on reading the books of sages. It was only after he entered the officialdom that he realized that he wanted to It is extremely difficult to get promoted based on one's own abilities.
Seeing those people who were officials in the same dynasty, flattering their superiors in order to get promoted, Zhou Ruhai felt disgusted and despised, and he gradually understood in his heart that it was impossible for him to flatter like them in order to get promoted. It was precisely because of this The reason is that it is impossible for him to develop much in the officialdom.
After having this realization in his heart, his competitive spirit in the officialdom gradually weakened, and instead he focused all his energy on his family, hoping that one day, one of his descendants would be better than himself. Talents, in that case, even if you don't flatter those bureaucrats, you can rise to the top with your skills.
However, it was also difficult to implement Zhou Ruhai's idea. The Zhou family was very thin and only passed down the family for several generations. In Zhou Ruhai's generation, the situation has not improved at all, but has become more and more serious.
After Zhou Ruhai married Mrs. Zhou, no children were born in six or seven years, which made the family anxious. After all, the Zhou family had a huge foundation at that time. If there were no children to be his heirs, Zhou Ruhai would not only be ashamed of his ancestors, but also wait for him a hundred years from now. Who should I hand over my share of the family property to?
The couple are both scholars. Although they are anxious, they don't show it. They still treat each other with respect and love.
But two years later, Mrs. Zhou's stomach didn't move at all. Now Zhou Ruhai was really anxious. He sought medical advice everywhere, hoping that through such efforts, his wife could give birth to a son and a half as soon as possible. But as the saying goes, haste makes waste, and his chaotic approach not only failed to achieve any results, but also allowed some quacks to take the opportunity to make a lot of money.
Mrs. Zhou was equally anxious. During this period, she even persuaded Zhou Ruhai to let him take in several concubines.
In fact, which woman is willing to share her husband with other women? Mrs. Zhou had no choice but to do this. After all, her belly was not good enough. If she relied on herself blindly, wouldn't the Zhou family be ruined if she didn't have children?
A weak woman like her couldn't bear this crime, so for the sake of her husband and the entire Zhou family, she tried her best to persuade Zhou Ruhai to take a concubine.
Although Zhou Ruhai was anxious to have a son, he was not so stupid. He had been reading books from sages all year round and loved his wife deeply. Soon after they got married, he made a promise to Mrs. Zhou that he would only marry her in his life. , never take concubines.
As the saying goes for a gentleman, a horse cannot be chased. Zhou Ruhai will never let down his wife. Even if he has no children in his life, he will never break his promise.
Mrs. Zhou was moved when she saw that her husband cherished her so much. She worked harder to cooperate with the doctor's treatment. Finally, the hard work paid off. When Zhou Ruhai was in his thirties, Mrs. Zhou finally became pregnant and successfully gave birth to a boy. This boy , that is Zhou Ming.
After all the hard work, he finally got such a precious son, and it was just one seedling in a thousand hectares of land. Needless to say, the whole Zhou family loved this son.
Moreover, Zhou Yiming himself is also very impressive. He awakened his martial spirit at a young age, and his martial spirit is of a very high level. It can be said that he is one of a kind. As long as he develops smoothly, he will definitely have a bright future.
Seeing that his son was so outstanding, Zhou Ruhai couldn't be happier. He pinned all his unrealized expectations on his son and made a very good marriage for him early.
Zhou Ruhai paid very little attention to all other things. He even turned a deaf ear to matters in the officialdom. Sometimes he would just go to the Yamen to have a meal. When he found that there was nothing to do, he would just go back home and carefully cultivate his son. .
As for the fact that the yamen often punished him and demoted him, he didn't care at all, because he knew very well that as long as he trained Yi Ming well, as soon as he entered the officialdom, he could get back all the things he had lost, and double the amount. Take it back.
Just when Zhou Ruhai was full of confidence in his son and planning his future, bad luck suddenly struck. In order to save Lin Ajiao, Zhou Yiming was seriously injured. Not only did he lose his martial spirit, but he almost died.
Zhou Ruhai almost spent all his family wealth and finally saved Yi Ming's life, but his body was in a state of decline and he was always sick. No matter how he was treated, his health never got better.
This incident was a huge blow to the Zhou family. Yi Ming was originally a bright star that almost illuminated the future of the Zhou family, but this star suddenly fell. Zhou Ruhai was old and wanted to focus on It is no longer possible to achieve results in official circles.
Seeing his son like this, Zhou Ruhai was heartbroken and almost committed suicide several times. However, when he thought that his son was still young and needed to be taken care of by himself, if the Zhou family was so big and orphaned, they would be left alone. Mother, how can the two of them support this family? If they are bullied by the servants, they will die in peace even if they are under the influence of Jiuquan.
It was precisely because he was worried about Yi Ming and Mrs. Zhou that Zhou Ruhai managed to hold on and get through the most difficult moment.
Although Zhou Yiming has been ill since then, his mind is still very good. Zhou Ruhai knows that he can no longer practice martial arts, so he changes his mind and wants him to study. Although it is difficult to make a career in studying, he can make a living in the future. , still very easy.
Zhou Ruhai originally thought that his son's fate would never change again, but what he didn't expect was that after getting married, Zhou Ruhai would undergo earth-shaking changes.
Not only did he gradually improve and regain his health, but he also gained martial arts skills. This was great news for Zhou Ruhai.
What made Zhou Ruhai even more happy was that Yi Ming, through his father-in-law's relationship, went to the south of the city to inspect the Yamen. Although his position was only a small clerk, he only worked for a short time and solved the case of the missing woman. Be famous all over the world.
When Zhou Yiming became the hero who solved the missing woman's case, Zhou Ruhai couldn't even believe it. After all, his son was weak and sick at first, and even surviving was a luxury. But now he is not only in good health, but also has extremely high martial arts skills. , full of sense of justice himself, when others encountered this matter and avoided it, he faced the difficulties. For the sake of the country, the country, and the people, he did not hesitate to offend the powerful ministers.
With such a brave and fearless good son, Zhou Ruhai felt that all the previous efforts were worth it. He even expected his son to continue his efforts and make contributions to the court in the future while taking back all the lost foundations of the Zhou family. return.
But just when he was full of confidence in his son, a cruel accident happened again. Yi Ming's sudden disappearance cast a deep shadow on the entire Zhou family.
After leaving that friend's house and walking home, Zhou Ruhai felt mixed feelings and extremely painful, because he knew in his heart that Yi Ming was a well-known official, and now he was famous all over the world, and his martial arts skills were not bad either. , it is actually not an easy thing for such a popular figure to suddenly disappear.
In the entire Great Chu Kingdom, there were only a handful of people who could do this, and besides Yan Qiu, he couldn't think of anyone else who had the motive to do this.
Thinking of this, Zhou Ruhai felt despair. He was aware of Yan Qiu's cruel methods. It can be said that Zhou Ming had openly slapped Yan Qiu in the face before. For a narrow-minded and vicious person like Yan Qiu, He absolutely couldn't bear this tone. With his character, he would definitely kill Zhou Ming.
Zhou Ruhai understood this before and mentioned it to Yi Ming several times, telling him to be more careful and not to be careless.
But Zhou Yiming had a different view on this matter. He felt that Yan Qiu would not act rashly just after the woman's disappearance. After all, if he really attacked him, he would not tell the whole world openly. Is he the one who committed the murder?
Yan Qiu is definitely not a fool to be able to sit in the high position now, so he will definitely not do such stupid things.
After learning about Yi Ming's idea, Zhou Ruhai felt that it made sense at the time, so he relaxed his vigilance. But what he never expected was that the final result of the matter seemed to be the same as what he had originally thought.
When he thought that his son might have passed away, Zhou Ruhai was heartbroken and felt that the whole world seemed to have lost its color all of a sudden. He regretted that he had not insisted on his own ideas and allowed his son to suffer such a disaster.
Because this blow was so huge, Zhou Ruhai seemed to have aged ten years overnight. Even when he walked, he was trembling, shaking every step.
If Zhou Yiming and Lin Ajiao could have a son and a half, Zhou Ruhai might be able to get some comfort, but God didn't even give him this thought.
