Seeing that his father was finally sent away, Zhou Yiming breathed a deep sigh of relief, because he knew in his heart that if his confused father kept fighting with him and refused to leave, then he would take it for himself. He had no choice at all. After all, there were outsiders in the study now. He couldn't kick his father out in front of outsiders. Even though the matter could be solved satisfactorily, his reputation for being unfilial would definitely be ruined. Everyone knows it.
The uninvited guest was extremely happy when he saw Zhou Ruhai leaving, because the hatefulness shown by Zhou Ruhai since Yi Ming came to the study had already made him plan to kill him.
Suddenly, only Zhou Yiming and the uninvited guest were left in the study. Zhou Yiming smiled, stretched out his hand to signal to the uninvited guest: "Don't be restrained, please sit down."
The uninvited guest nodded, returned a simple salute, and then sat back on his chair.
Zhou Yiming took a seat at the main seat, and then continued to ask: "Brother, I sent my father away. You should be able to tell me now why you came to me so late, right?"
Although Yi Ming always kept a smile on his face, the uninvited guest knew in his heart that Yi Ming's mood had already changed. If he continued to be verbose and didn't tell the truth, he would definitely get no good results.
"Master Zhou, it's like this. I came here entirely under the entrustment of my master to give you something important." The uninvited guest said very seriously.
Zhou Yiming was stunned for a moment, thinking where to start with this? For a long time, I was just a small catcher in the inspection yamen in the south of the city. Whether it was my face or the power in my hands, it was not enough for others to curry favor with me or give me gifts.
And even if such behavior happened, it would only happen after he solved the missing woman case, because after all, the common people in the city at that time respected and appreciated him beyond imagination. For this reason, they sent him Some expensive gifts are understandable.
But now, a long time has passed since he solved the case of the missing woman. The people's admiration and gratitude for him have faded a lot. The Northern spy case he solved last night is still in the trial stage. Puro The public has no idea at all. Even if this case is announced in the future, the impact of this case among the people will definitely not be as great as the case of the missing woman.
The reason is very simple. The victims of the missing woman's case are all ordinary people, and the biggest victims of this Northern spy case are the Great Chu State and the current emperor.
Ordinary people will not feel the harm of this case at all, so it is simply wishful thinking to expect that they will be grateful and even receive precious gifts because of this contribution.
After thinking about these reasons, Zhou Ming became even more confused. Although because of the case solved yesterday, he might rise to prominence and win the emperor's appreciation, thus making the entire Zhou family prosperous again. By then, the power in his hands would naturally not be the same. would be too small.
After having such power and honor, those flatterers in the officialdom will definitely flatter themselves to the best of their ability. When the time comes, they will definitely sharpen their heads and give themselves gifts at home, but these are all things for later. , it can’t happen now.
Zhou Yiming raised his head, stared at the uninvited guest, and then said in a calm tone: "Who sent you here?"
After seeing Zhou Yiming's gaze, the uninvited guest felt shuddered, because he understood that if he continued to show off, he might lose his life, because Yiming had already committed murder.
He quickly stood up from his seat, bowed and said: "Master Zhou, since you and I are the only ones left in the study now, I don't have to hide anything from you.
The person who sent me is my master Yang Shijun. I am the housekeeper of the Yang family. My surname is Xu. "
Zhou Ming, who was originally sitting on the chair with his whole body on guard, suddenly became enlightened after hearing what the uninvited guest said. He thought to himself that this guy was here to give money. No wonder he said he had something important to hand over. Give it to me, and keep it secret like this.
Originally, he had been thinking about the money before eating, but after eating, he was so sleepy that he forgot about it after falling asleep.
The thought of earning a huge sum of money made Zhou Yiming extremely happy, because he was really short of money now and there were still many ways to use it.
The first thing that is imminent is his wife’s birthday. If she spends a very shabby birthday in the first year of her marriage to him, not only will I feel sorry for her, but if her family members find out, they will definitely ridicule me mercilessly. Although their bullshit won't have any impact on him, he really doesn't want his wife to be embarrassed along with him.
And if you want to give your wife a glorious birthday, you have to spend a lot of money. After all, the Lin family used to have a big business and a lot of money. In order to celebrate the birthday of his daughter Lin Ajiao, Mr. Lin did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to throw a banquet. Inviting opera troupes to sing is a routine operation. Sometimes, in order to make his daughter happy, Mr. Lin will even invite the most famous actors in the capital to come to his home alone to sing for his daughter alone. Such a generous act, in his hands There is a small amount of one thousand eight hundred taels of silver, which I can't even think about.
Yi Ming had been worrying about solving this problem before. What the uninvited guest said just now gave him hope of solving the problem.
Although he was a little excited, Zhou Yiming remained calm on the surface and even looked a little angry: "How does your master do things? When we made an appointment at noon, he kept saying that it would definitely be in the afternoon. He sent someone to deliver the money, but look at what time it is now? I had already finished my sleep and you just came here. His dishonest behavior clearly shows that he doesn't take me seriously!"
The housekeeper named Xu thought that Zhou Ming would be very happy after learning the purpose of his trip. After all, such a large sum of money would be a blessing from heaven no matter who it fell on.
But what he didn't expect was that after hearing what he said, Zhou Yiming, instead of showing a happy expression, instead had a straight face and asked himself why he came to send money so late.
And in the end, he blamed his own master for not taking him seriously.
At this time, the housekeeper named Xu was already a little scared, because before coming to the Zhou family, he had already promised in front of his master that he would handle this matter properly. If this matter failed in the end, Not only would it be difficult for him to escape from the Zhou family alive, but even if he was lucky enough to escape back, he would not let him go according to his master's ruthless style of doing things in the past.
After thinking about it, Butler Xu finally made up his mind and decided to tell Yi Ming all the things that happened at home. Although these things were very embarrassing, and his master gave him countless warnings before he came, not to leak any information. , but now it has reached a critical juncture, and he can't care so much anymore. He will first get through the situation in front of him. As for whether his leaks will be known to his master in the future, it depends on his luck. .
"Master Zhou, please don't be angry. Things are not what you think. Even if our master is very brave, he would not dare not take you seriously." Butler Xu said with a trembling voice, "In fact, To be honest, it’s not that my master didn’t want to send me to deliver the money to you earlier, it’s that the amount of money is really too big, and my master couldn’t get it together in a short while, so that’s why the time was delayed.”
Zhou Yiming just threatened the housekeeper like that, but he was actually just pretending to let him know that he didn't care about the money at all. But what he didn't expect was that after all the threats, he got an unexpected gain.
Naturally, Zhou Yiming would not let go of this opportunity to find out the enemy's situation. He continued to pretend to be angry and said: "Master Yang has a big business, so he should not take such a small amount of money seriously? Why do you need to collect it?" Woolen cloth?
When you speak like this, you are simply insulting your master! "
When Butler Xu heard this, he was immediately frightened out of his mind, because he knew that if he did not quickly resolve Zhou Ming's suspicion, he would probably leak what he just said to his family in the future. Master, if you do that, you will die without a burial place.
After realizing the danger, Butler Xu knelt on the ground all of a sudden, with an expression of fear on his face: "Master Zhou, what I just said is the truth, not a lie.
When our master came home and asked me for money, there were only a few thousand taels of cash in the accounting room of our house. In order to collect this huge sum of money for you, my master has worked very hard.
Not only did he sell all his beloved antique calligraphy and paintings, he even sold several properties he had just purchased, so that he could barely make up the two hundred thousand taels of silver. "
"Oh, is this really true?" Zhou Ming deliberately pretended to be suspicious and asked.
"It's absolutely true." Butler Xu was lying on the ground, with a cry in his voice, "I'm not afraid of your ridicule, Mr. Zhou. There are several properties that were sold in such a hurry that they couldn't find customers for a while. My master thinks that time is running out. , the house can’t be sold, and I’m almost ready to send his beloved concubine to your house to pay off the debt.”
Hearing the word "concubine", Zhou Yiming couldn't help but have endless reveries in his mind. He knew very well that a rich and status person like Yang Shijun must have a very high vision. The concubine he took into his house must be of high quality. very nice.
However, his reverie did not last too long, because he knew in his heart that even if Yang Shijun gave his beloved concubine to him, he would not take it. After all, he is a person with mental mysophobia and hates second-hand goods.
