On the way home, Zhou Ruhai never knew whether he should tell his family about his cruel guess, because he was not sure whether his family could bear the news.
Especially Mrs. Zhou, after discovering the disappearance of Yi Ming last night, she was so frightened that she was completely panicked. If the bad news was told to her again, she might not be able to bear it at that time and die.
After much thought, Zhou Ruhai finally decided not to tell his family this cruel guess, at least to let them be mentally prepared before they knew the truth.
And the most important point is that although Zhou Ruhai thinks that his guess is accurate, there is no evidence to support his guess. What if there is a miracle? What if after returning home, Zhou Yiming is sitting at home, waiting for him to go back?
Although Zhou Ruhai knew that the last idea was simply a fantasy, he still couldn't help but hope that such a scenario would really happen.
Just as he was thinking about what excuses he should use to comfort his wife after returning home, Zhou Yiming suddenly appeared in front of him, which made him surprised, happy and angry. The huge reversal of emotions made him almost faint. Fall to the ground.
Fortunately, at the last critical moment, he calmed down and hugged his son. On the one hand, this would prevent him from falling, and on the other hand, it would also allow him to truly feel his son's existence. He hoped to This way of holding him tightly prevents him from disappearing.
Zhou Yiming saw that his old father was crying too much, and was afraid that he would be in bad health from crying, so he quickly comforted him: "Dad, please stop crying. Didn't I come back with a full beard and a full shadow? If you old man gets bad from crying, As a son, you really can’t bear it.”
After crying for a while, Zhou Ruhai felt much better and stabilized his emotions. He glared at Zhou Ming angrily: "What on earth did you do, kid? You can't be found suddenly. Do you know how worried your family is about you?" ? Your mother was almost anxious to death! Your mother went to look for you in the middle of the night, and she probably hasn’t come home yet!
You said that if you were really in a hurry, you couldn't send a letter home? You are happy that your family members are all anxious, right? "
The old family members on the side, when they heard what the old master said, they agreed very much, and at the same time they couldn't help but scolded: "Master, what happened today is all your fault.
Didn't you see that the house was in such a mess yesterday because you didn't come back?
After the young mistress went out to look for you, the master was afraid that she would not be able to find you alone, so he sent out all his servants. In the end, he could not wait for the news, and even went out in person to visit his old friends one by one, hoping that they would see In the past, I would like to help find you.
Alas, there were a few people at that time who treated the master as if they were sending him away as a beggar.
Even those of us who are servants cannot bear to be treated like this.
But in order to find you, our master can only swallow his anger. "
After listening to the words of his old family members, Zhou Yiming could imagine that his father must have received a lot of looks when he came to find him last night. After all, his old man had no achievements in the officialdom, and in the eyes of others, he had no use value at all.
Officialdom is very realistic and is all about exchange of interests. If you have no usable value, in the eyes of others, you are not worth mentioning at all. It is even more impossible to ask others to do things.
"It's all my fault!" Zhou Yiming admitted his mistake very sincerely. As he said it, with a smile on his face, he carefully supported his father and walked home, "You two have suffered so much just to find me. , It’s really hard for you.
I promise that this is the first and last time that this kind of unexplained disappearance happens. No matter what important things happen to me in the future, even if I can't come back in the middle, I will send someone back to report it. I will never let you do it again. So anxious! "
Seeing Zhou Yiming's attitude of admitting his mistake so well, the anger in Zhou Ruhai's heart gradually disappeared, and all that was left was his love and worry for Zhou Ming: "Ming'er, what happened to you last night? Why did it happen? Stayed all night? I asked one of your uncles last night to send someone to look for you. But when those people came back, they said they couldn't find you, and instead found out what happened in the city last night.
I was worried that you had something to do with this major incident, so I quickly asked, but those people said that the news of this major incident was very tightly sealed, and they had no idea at all. "
Zhou Yiming frowned, thinking something was wrong. This arrest operation had been carried out in secret. Old Han attached great importance to this operation and must have ordered his subordinates to keep it secret. As for Xia Dezhang and Deng Tong, he had already left early. Pass an order prohibiting them from spreading this matter.
It's really incredible that this operation could still be known to the outside world under such secrecy.
What went wrong?
Zhou Yiming carefully recalled the entire process of yesterday's arrest. Suddenly his eyes lit up and he thought of Yang Shijun and his four white-clad guards.
When these five people left the Yamen of the General Affairs Office, they were treated very badly, especially Yang Shijun. Not only did he almost lose his life, but he was also blackmailed out of 200,000 taels of silver by Han Pingzhi.
In this arrest operation, Yang Shijun himself also put in a lot of hard work. The four white-clothed guards he brought even played an important role. Originally, they could have received rewards from the court after this mission. However, Yang Shijun He didn't know whether to live or die, but he chose to fight against himself, so that he didn't get any credit, but lost two hundred thousand taels of silver in vain. After suffering such a loss, no one could bear to be so angry.
Yang Shijun was furious, but he did not dare to take action against himself and Han Pingzhi. All he could do was to use his hands and feet on this case to eliminate his hatred.
Zhou Yiming couldn't help but laugh in his heart. He felt that Yang Shijun was simply a fool. Let's not talk about whether he deliberately leaked the news and whether it had any harm to this arrest operation. Even if it did, he had nothing to do with it. Good luck, after all, he was deeply involved in this arrest operation. If something went wrong in the operation and the court punished him, he wouldn't be able to escape.
Zhou Yiming wanted to answer his father's question immediately, but when he spoke, he suddenly found that many passers-by were already looking at him and his father on the road next to them.
"Dad, this is not the place to talk. Let's go home first. You have been busy all night, so you must be hungry. I went home and cooked a pot of porridge, and also filled a bowl for you and your family. You have eaten your fill first. Let me tell you more about my experience last night."
Zhou Yiming supported his old father and walked into the yard.
Zhou Ruhai nodded and did not raise any objections. After all, he knew in his heart that something that kept Yi Ming away all night must be a big deal. There were so many people talking on the street. If someone leaked the secret, the consequences would be disastrous.
His old family members followed him closely. After entering the Zhou family's gate, when he was about to close the door, he noticed the pedestrians outside and followed him. They all stood outside the Zhou's family's gate and looked inside the door frequently.
The old man was very experienced, and he knew that if these people were gathered at the gate for no reason, it would probably cause trouble, so he smiled amiably and said to these people: "Everyone, please leave. There is nothing in my house." It’s beautiful, my husband was blinded by sand just now on the street, so he shed a few tears, it’s nothing to make a fuss about!”
When the people watching at the door heard what the old family member said, they all lost interest and gradually dispersed.
After all these people left, the old man stuck his head out, looked around carefully, and found that no one was gone, so he closed the door.
"Master, are you back?"
As soon as Zhou Yiming and his old father entered the yard, they saw Chun Nier coming out of the kitchen with two bowls of porridge in her hands.
"Well, is the young lady back?" Zhou Ruhai immediately asked Lin Ajiao for news.
Chuni shook her head: "No, after dawn, the young mistress said that it would be too slow for two of us to search together, so she separated from me. Later, I really ran out of energy and wanted to know if the young master had gone home, so I came back first."
Zhou Ruhai nodded: "Hurry up and have something to eat and have a good rest."
After sending Chun Ni'er away, Zhou Ruhai looked at Zhou Ming with a serious face: "Ming'er, hurry up and find your wife. I've been looking for you all day and night.
If we continue to look for it, even the toughest people won’t be able to bear it! "
Zhou Yiming just went out with the intention of looking for his wife, but he met his father on the way and forgot all about it.
"Dad, don't worry, I will look for her. To be honest, it was purely a coincidence that we bumped into each other on the road just now. I was planning to find my wife at that time."
"You have some conscience!" Zhou Ruhai pretended to be angry.
Zhou Yiming was scolded, but instead of feeling sad, he was moved because he knew that this was a sign of his father's love for him.
Zhou Yiming hurriedly helped Zhou Ruhai into the study.
In the study, Mrs. Zhou and Huan'er were enjoying their porridge. When they suddenly saw the master coming in, they were both startled.
After Mrs. Zhou drank several bowls of porridge, her physical strength had almost recovered. She stood up and said softly: "Master, where have you been this night? I told Ming'er just now to ask him to find you quickly. and daughter-in-law.”
Zhou Ruhai sat on the chair, raised his hand to signal his wife to sit down, and said with a sad face: "Oh, forget it. If it weren't for looking for our son, I really don't know that I would be so useless.
I used to think that my face was worth something, but last night I realized that it was all wishful thinking on my part.
If something really happened, if you went to someone's door to ask for help, no one would pay any attention to you. Some of my former friends didn't even come out to see me. They just asked my servants to send me away, just like sending me away like a beggar. "
Zhou Ming felt very unhappy when he heard this.
