The Wu family banker has a great business and must have a personal relationship with Tongchuan Mansion.
However, interests belong to interests, and conflicts belong to conflicts. If the official banknotes are robbed, it will greatly affect Zhou Ming's political performance as a military envoy.
Zhou Ming definitely didn't know what Wujiazhuang was doing.
It's important to figure out who's with whom.
Song Che put on his mask, gently opened the private room door, walked around the screen and walked into the main room.
I saw a middle-aged man in his forties, lying on a bamboo couch with his eyes closed. A maid was rubbing his shoulders and a maid was pinching his feet, so as to enjoy the happiness.
When the maid saw Song Che arriving, she was about to speak, but Song Che made a silent gesture first, signaling not to disturb others' pleasure.
"Oh..." Zhou Ming was completely unaware of the arrival of anyone, and shook his head and sighed: "Only by coming to your Yanchun Pavilion can I relax physically and mentally."
The maid glanced at Song Che.
Song Che shook his head slightly, turned to the screen, and listened to the chat first.
The maid understood, lowered her head and asked Zhou Ming on the couch: "Master Zhou, what are you suffering from? Tell me and let me share it with you."
Zhou Ming sighed: "Even I am very worried about this big event, let alone you. This time, I might even lose my hat."
The maid said: "Master Zhou, you are diligent and caring for the people, who dares to take off your black gauze hat?"
"I work diligently and love the people, but the people don't love me. When I talk about this, I feel angry. These barbarian slaves dare to rob officials and money, and they even robbed it outside the government office. Are you angry? People? If this matter spreads to the capital, will I still have to lose my shameful hat?
And let me tell you, I heard that an imperial envoy from above has been sent to the southwest for a private visit incognito. If he discovers my mess, and comes to the emperor to meddle with me, not to mention the black hat, he will even save his head. question! "
Zhou Ming suddenly took the maid's hand and pressed it into his chest. His eyes were lustful, but he complained: "Cui Cui, I'm feeling so tormented!"
"Okay, then I'll rub it for you..."
"By the way, sir, what does the imperial envoy look like?" Another maid suddenly asked.
Zhou Ming said: "I heard that his identity is very mysterious. He wears a white mask on everyone he sees, and carries a golden dragon-patterned sword given by the emperor. He has the right to kill first and then report. This kind of person generally has overwhelming power. In the capital city, one person is inferior to ten thousand people!"
The two maids looked at each other and laughed.
"Why are you laughing?" Zhou Ming wondered.
"They should be laughing. Mr. Zhou is so romantic and happy."
Song Che slowly walked out of the screen, pulled out the golden sword from his waist, and shook it at Zhou Ming on the couch: "Master Zhou, do you think this sword in my hand looks like a gift from the emperor?"
"ah!"
Zhou Ming's face changed drastically and he rolled off the couch in fear.
The two maids realized what they were doing and left the private room.
"You, you, you...yes, yes, qin qin qin..." Zhou Ming quickly stood up, straightened his clothes, and gave Song Che a big salute:
"The Imperial Envoy has arrived, but I am a bit disappointed in the way to greet you. Please forgive me!"
Song Che helped Zhou Ming up, "Hey, Mr. Zhou doesn't need to pay such a big gift. I only pass by occasionally, and I happened to meet you here... Mr. Zhou, we are quite destined, to be able to... be in such an elegant brothel. Encountered by chance."
Zhou Ming laughed twice and said bitterly: "Master Bai, please don't wash your hands of me. You can enter here silently. How could it be an accidental encounter..."
"I do have something important to do with you,"
Song He paused and then said: "But before talking, I have a question to ask Mr. Zhou——
During my trip to the southwest, I only showed my identity to two people. One was Mr. Weng Shu and Mr. Weng from Jiangling Prefecture, and the other was Mr. Zhang Shouzhang from Kuizhou Prefecture. Every time I finished talking to them, I specifically told them, This is a private visit incognito, and no rumors can be spread outside. So, how did Mr. Zhou know that I was coming to Tongchuan? "
After all, he is a fake imperial envoy who pretends to be a pig and eats the tiger. If word spreads, there will be trouble.
Zhou Ming hesitated for a long time before revealing: "Zhang Shou from Kuizhou Prefecture is Xiaguan's brother-in-law..."
He hurriedly explained: "But brother-in-law, he only mentioned you occasionally in his letters at home. I swear on the golden knife that no one else in Tongchuan knows about your private visit in disguise!"
"Really? Does that count the maid who just slapped your shoulders and back?"
"Uh, this..."
"Master Zhou, I didn't tell you that you couldn't control your mouth when you quietly fell into the land of gentleness. Then if they pry your legs open, how can there be any secrets?"
"Then...then...when the official returns, he will send someone to give them to them secretly!"
Zhou Ming looked hard and made a gesture to wipe his neck.
Song Che narrowed his eyes, otherwise how could these people be high-ranking officials? He almost blurted out the murder and silence.
"They are my people, and it doesn't matter if they know their identities. I just want to remind Mr. Zhou through this matter, be careful of misfortune coming from your mouth."
Song Che paused and said, "The above is just idle talk. Don't take it seriously, Mr. Zhou. What I'm going to say next will definitely rot in your stomach after hearing it. You can't even tell your wife or concubines if they ask." , otherwise we will suffer disaster.”
Although the words are light, they have enough power.
Zhou Ming responded solemnly.
Song Che pressed down his mask, and just as he gestured to lift it off, Zhou Ming quickly closed his eyes.
"Master Zhou?"
"Master Bai's appearance is not good for me, I think."
"I'm not asking you to see my face, I'm asking you to see my mouth."
"Look at your mouth?"
Only then did Zhou Ming open his eyes.
Song Che lifted off half of his mask, revealing the bruised corners of his mouth, and said, "I just want to tell Mr. Zhou that I was almost beaten to death in Tongchuan."
"Ah?" Zhou Ming hurriedly held Song Che's hand and was extremely concerned: "Is your body okay, sir? I know a miracle doctor in the city, why don't I take you to see him?"
Song Che smiled sideways, put on his mask, and asked, "Do you want to know who beat me?"
"Who is it! I will order my troops to capture him and let Master Bai punish him personally!"
Zhou Ming was so angry that he beat his chest and stamped his feet, "It is so unreasonable and lawless that you dare to beat the imperial envoy in Tongchuan. I will not spare him!"
Isn't this acting too damn exaggerated?
Song Che walked to the window, opened it gently, took a deep breath of the cool summer breeze, and slowly said:
"It was the people from Wujiazhuang who did it."
Zhou Ming frowned and rolled his eyes with ten thousand thoughts. He asked: "The owner of the Wu family is a good philanthropist, generous with money, and has always been famous. Is this a misunderstanding?"
Song Che directly told Zhou Ming everything about Wujiazhuang pretending to be Miao bandits to steal official silver and frame the blame on Miao village, and then said:
"If Mr. Zhou doesn't believe it, you can go out of the city and have a look. Portraits of my arrest are flying all over the sky. The head on my neck is worth two hundred taels of silver."
He gestured to Zhou Ming with the word "two" again, and said with emphasis:
"A whole two hundred taels of silver!"
