The servants in the yard were also sincerely happy for Zhou Ming. After all, their young master had passed the most difficult level, and what happened next might not be so dangerous.
Zhou Ruhai stroked his beard and was very satisfied with his son's performance at the critical moment. Moreover, he had to admit in his heart that his son's courage and adaptability may be dozens of times better than his own. In other words, if he was If he is carefully cultivated, his achievements in officialdom are likely to be countless times higher than his own.
Thinking of this, Zhou Ruhai was secretly excited. After all, although the Zhou family used to be a wealthy family, that happened decades ago. In the past twenty or thirty years, the Zhou family has not produced a single promising person. Before he gave up his fame and fortune, the official position he held was already the highest achievement achieved by the Zhou family in the past twenty years.
Seeing that his son is expected to restore the Zhou family's former glory, how can Zhou Ruhai not be excited?
Zhou Ruhai put back his chaotic thoughts and checked his surroundings. He found that everyone was looking at him, as if he had done something outrageous just now while he was in a trance.
In order to relieve his embarrassment, he coughed twice, then raised his sleeves, pretended to wipe away the sweat, secretly wiped the moisture from the corners of his eyes, then returned to normal, raised his head, looked at Zhou Ming, and slowly praised: " Ming'er, well done. The more critical a moment is like this, the more important it is to remain calm in the face of danger. Only in this way can we accomplish great things.
The heroic behavior you just mentioned is very much like your father's demeanor when he was young. You must keep this precious character, because it will be of great help to you at critical moments in the future! "
Zhou Yiming had a question mark on his forehead and an unnatural wry smile on his face. He thought to himself that his father was too shameless. Usually he rarely praised me, but it was rare that he really praised me once, and he ended up bringing me along with him. He turned around and praised himself hard. His character was too bad.
When Mrs. Zhou saw her master's funny look, she couldn't help complaining in a low voice: "What an old kid. He was obviously praising his son, but in the end he went around the corner and praised himself. What an old boy." Sell melons, sell yourself and boast.
How could he have the nerve to say those last words in front of so many people at home? "
Although most people in the yard felt that Zhou Ruhai's words were inappropriate and seemed like he was trying to steal Zhou Ming's limelight and put money on his own face, Lin Ajiao didn't think so. She felt that her father-in-law could say such a thing. I said these words because I was happy for my husband-in-law from the bottom of my heart. When I was relaxed, I showed my true feelings and spoke out my heart.
And she thought that this was in her own home. Although there were many people, they were all family members. Even if her father-in-law said some outrageous words when he was happy, it would not hurt.
After Zhou Ruhai said what he said, he regretted it because he realized that it was very inappropriate to speak like this. In order to relieve the embarrassment, he immediately asked Zhou Ming how things turned out.
Of course Zhou Yiming understands his father's intentions, but as his son, he can only cover up his ugliness obediently:
"I was also very puzzled by Han Pingzhi's attitude at the time, but I didn't think much about it. After all, he had already shown his attitude. If I was coy and couldn't be honest, it would make me look like a petty person. .
In line with the principle of employing people without suspicion and discarding those who are suspicious, I told Han Pingzhi the full story of the thieves from the North lurking in Huijing City without reservation.
Originally, I was worried about his reaction, fearing that he would be self-serving and excluding me and my brothers in order to seize the credit, but it turned out that my worries were unnecessary.
After listening to my story, Han Pingzhi immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, so he personally expressed his position to me that he would fully support me in capturing the traitors from the North. "
As Zhou Ming told the story, everyone in the courtyard was worried that Han Pingzhi would play some tricks to prevent Zhou Ming from making great achievements.
After hearing the end, these people breathed a sigh of relief, and from Zhou Ming's explanation, they even felt that Han Pingzhi was not bad in nature.
Only Zhou Ruhai showed suspicion: "Ming'er, although this guy surnamed Han has escaped from Yan Qiu's sphere of influence, he is still not an old thief. Only he knows it in his heart.
Based on his background and position, will he really help you? "
"Dad, I have to admit that you are very thoughtful, but you really think too much about this issue." Zhou Ming once again showed no mercy to his father, "The thieves from the North are lurking under the emperor's nose. , and has not been discovered for a long time, this is a serious dereliction of duty for the leaders of various yamen in Huijing City.
And this kind of dereliction of duty was even more fatal to Han Pingzhi.
Because the yamen of the General Affairs Office where he works is responsible for the security of the entire Huijing City. Even our inspection yamen in the south of the city is his subordinate yamen.
Once these thieves from the North cause big trouble in Huijing City, the current emperor will be the first to want his head. It is for these reasons that he cannot abandon his own future and destiny and just stand by and watch me for the sake of personal grudges. .
And dad, don’t forget, these people from the White Guard are different from you and me. Their obsession with fame and wealth is engraved in their bones. "
What Zhou Ming said was so clear and logical that it even taught Zhou Ruhai a lesson. As for the servants at home, they couldn't keep up with Zhou Ming's thinking at all. It took them a long time to digest what Zhou Ruhai said. How deep the truth is.
Seeing her husband being speechless by Zhou Ming, Mrs. Zhou couldn't say how happy she was: "Our husband often boasts to others, saying that he is not obsessed with fame and fortune, but for officialdom. He knew all the knowledge he had learned, and even I was almost deceived by him.
Today is a good day, your true colors are revealed, right? He wanted to pretend to be a teacher in front of his own son, but was immediately silenced. I wonder where he would put his old face if he didn't come back from this. "
Compared with the scene where Mrs. Zhou laughed heartily, Lin Ajiao couldn't laugh at all, because she understood that there were so many people in the yard at this time, and if Zhou Ming embarrassed her father-in-law in public like this, the consequences would be difficult to deal with. .
His own shallowness and naivety were once again exposed by his son in public. Zhou Ruhai felt ashamed. His face turned red. He didn't know how to respond to Zhou Ming's words for a moment. He just stood there stupidly and kept talking. Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.
Zhou Yiming actually felt embarrassed when he refuted his father just now, so when he was about to finish speaking, he left a button and deliberately asked his father to take over, so that his father would not be so embarrassed.
What he didn't expect was that his father's political wisdom was so low. Not only did he not find the words he left for him at the first time, he was stunned because of shame.
Seeing his father's embarrassment, Zhou Yiming became anxious for him and even wanted to give him a hint to help him quickly solve the current predicament.
As the silence lasted longer, the embarrassing atmosphere created by Zhou Ruhai became more and more intense, and the servants couldn't help but whisper to each other.
"What's going on? The young master spoke well, why did he suddenly stop talking?"
"You can't even see this? You're so stupid. Didn't you see that the young master's two words just made our master so angry? Our young master wants to continue talking, but he knows the master's temper. Yes, if he doesn’t get his words back, once he is embarrassed, everyone in this yard will not have a good time.”
Another servant sighed and lowered his voice and said: "Can you blame our young master for this? It was the master who threw it away with his face. He knew that he had nothing in his stomach, but he still insisted on trying to compete with our young master. Really ignorant of current affairs.
Forget it, just now you took the opportunity to praise the young master to praise yourself. You said you are so old, do you really have no shame at all? "
"Shh, keep your voice down, be careful not to be heard by the master, otherwise you won't be able to eat and walk around."
After this warning, these servants all shut up.
Seeing that the situation continued to be at a stalemate, it would be difficult to end the matter, so Lin Ajiao planned to walk over and rescue her father-in-law.
It's just that Zhou Ruhai didn't give her this chance in the end. After being stunned for a long time, he finally understood the mystery behind his son's words. He was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "Ming'er, you mean, this arrest Han Pingzhi also wants the opportunity for the thieves in the North. He wants to use this opportunity to continue to climb up?"
Zhou Yiming finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it was too hard to talk to his father. He would never discuss such profound issues with him in the future, otherwise he would make himself uncomfortable.
"Dad, what you said is absolutely right. It seems that your perspective on problems is still very unique. As a son, I will learn from you in the future." Zhou Ming quickly grabbed the conversation and tried to make up for it. He quickly praised his behavior of slapping his father in the face just now, for fear that this incident would leave a shadow on his father's heart.
When things have reached this point, if Zhou Ruhai doesn't understand his son's good intentions, he will really be a fool.
He looked at his son with emotion, with tears in his eyes, thinking that having such a good son was really a blessing that he had cultivated for several lifetimes, not to mention how promising he would be in the future and how much he would bring to the Zhou family. What an honor, just for him to be considerate of himself, it is already very rare.
Thinking of this, Zhou Ruhai felt that all his previous contributions to Yi Ming were worth it.
Seeing this scene of a loving father and a filial son, everyone in the yard was very happy. Only Mrs. Zhou felt a little disappointed, because she had been expecting her son to make her master lose face even more thoroughly, because maybe in this way, she could Let him get rid of his bad habit of saving face.
