Chapter 017 Tempest
The inner courtyard of the Zhu family is brightly lit in the flower hall.
At the entrance of the hall, several servants in green clothes stood with swords, and were on high alert.
The hall is filled with shadows and candlelight swaying.
Zhu Liang was sweating profusely, and saw that he was familiar with the road and walked around the corridor in a big way. He went under the back window of the flower hall, and his heart was beating like a fight.
Tang suddenly turned around and smiled at Zhu Liang. Zhu Liang's eyes were black and dizzy, and he almost fell to the ground.
The more dangerous the place, the safer it is.
The boy lived in the Zhu family for so long and often came and went there in the past. He was very familiar with the terrain and architectural layout of the Zhu family's mansion.
Moreover, hundreds of people from Zhu's servants and maids guarding the house guards were divided into different "factions", and many of them did not know each other. With Zhu Liang, a powerful second housekeeper, leading the way, as long as he doesn't run into Zhu Teng's father and daughter, he will be fine.
Of course, this can be considered a real risk.
Tang Kuo decided to do this when he came back from outside the city.
He had to do some things himself to figure out what the Zhu family was going to do. He could not sit idly by and become a tool to be used, and he didn't know what other party had conspiracies.
Tang Chu hid under the back window, raised his feet, reached out and spit out the window paper, held his breath and focused, and quietly peeked in.
In the hall, Zhu Teng and his daughter were talking to the young eunuch from the capital who "had a good bite of fresh fish in their lives".
The eunuch in brocade was arrogant, with his hands on his back, leaning over in the hall looking at a few boxes of items, nothing more than gold and silver utensils, silk and satin.
Zhu Teng smiled and bowed his hand, "Eunuch, this is the kind of intention of the filial piety and honorary envoy. Please accept it with great smiles. After returning to Beijing, you will give more good words to the rank of Lieutenant Qiu."
The eunuch Jinyi stood up straight, looked at Zhu Teng with a smile, and said in a sharp voice: "Since the governor Zhu is so kind, the family will not be polite. But..."
After a pause, he said, "The Zajia wants to talk about ugly things before. If that matter is done, Lieutenant Qiu will be fine. The Zajia will make good words for governor Zhu. But if the matter is done, Lieutenant Qiu will be furious. Not to mention governor Zhu, even the Zajiajia will not be able to afford to be guilty."
Zhu Teng beat him up and agreed: "Please rest assured that this matter has been arranged and absolutely sure. Please give me a speech to Lieutenant Qiu, and the lower officials are willing to go through fire and water without hesitation!"
"It's so good! I hope that Governor Zhu will do what he says and be trustworthy!"
The eunuch in Jinyi laughed loudly, his sharp voice wandering around the hall three times on this dull night, and then came out through the hall, which was very harsh.
The father and daughter of the Zhu family respectfully sent the young man in brocade to the guest room to rest. The smile on Zhu Teng's face instantly stopped and said angrily: "This castrated man is just a little eunuch who is a deacon under Qiu Shiliang's sect. He is a little man like a native chicken and a dog. He dares to be arrogant and domineering in front of me, and is really hateful!"
Zhu Wei smiled: "Father, please think about it. The eunuchs are rampant and arrogant, and they don't even take the emperor seriously, let alone a local official like his father? Why should my father be angry about this eunuch? Qiu Shiliang wants to use our Zhu family to eliminate dissidents. In fact, isn't our Zhu family using the power of the eunuchs to pave their own path?"
"After Qiu Shiliang's men entered Qingzhou, his daughter was worried that Yan Xiufu would find out. If so, he would definitely suspect his father. So no matter what, he must send this eunuch to the road as soon as possible to cover up his eyes."
Zhu Teng nodded: "Yan Xiufu must die. But my son, I have always felt that using the Tang family's cowardly waste to send poisoned wine is an unnecessary move? If something goes wrong, it will be difficult to deal with it."
"Father, Yan Xiufu is meticulous. He is already wary of his father and is very cautious, so it is difficult to start directly. But he would never have thought that we would make a fuss about the Tang family servant and his birthday party. The wine given by the old friend later hidden poison in the wine, and even if he died, he couldn't figure out how he died..."
Zhu Wei's graceful lips raised a hint of coldness: "As for the servant of the Tang family, the father doesn't have to worry. He has obvious thoughts about his daughter. If his daughter asks him to die, he will definitely not say a word."
Her casual words made the panic outside the window shudder. He gasped. What a vicious woman, such a reckless plan, she actually wanted to poison the governor of the town on the spot at the banquet!
This kind of crazy behavior is in line with the eunuchs in the capital.
He clenched his teeth, and his lips were bleeding from anger and excessive force.
He originally wanted to use Zhu Liang to sneak into the Zhu family several times to find clues of conspiracy, but he did not expect to achieve his goal on the first trip.
At this point, he suddenly realized that the Zhu family was willing to take in a weak boy after falling into trouble with the Tang family. It was not because of kindness and affection, but because of his bait like a fat sheep.
If it weren't for the sudden journey through time... this young man would have died in a month without a burial place, and if he died, he would have to bear the blame for murdering the Jiedushi.
He lived for seventeen years and died once he was unfaithful.
Is it wronged or not?
...
Zhu Liang hid in the dark ground at the entrance of the inner courtyard, leaning against the courtyard wall, and was frightened and sweating profusely. The boy who was eating softly had gone for so long and had no movement. If he was caught, he would not be able to escape.
The insects were chirping in the yard, and the cold wind blew, and he was cold all over but could not feel a trace of coldness.
When he walked in a hurry, his face became paler.
He walked up to Zhu Liang, his voice hoarse and low and vicious: "Today, I just pretend that nothing happened. I have never been there. I don't know anything about you. If you dare to reveal any news, I will treat you as a cushion before I die."
"Not only you, but also your wife, children, and you can't even think about living!"
Zhu Liang's heart trembled for a moment. He suddenly felt that the boy in front of him was a little different from what he had just now. His pale and elegant face gradually magnified and became ferocious and terrifying.
He walked through the night with Tang Abs and entered the back garden again. When Tang suddenly opened the arch and left the Zhu family, he could no longer control his fear and all kinds of fears, and collapsed on the wet grass.
The boy was threatening him, but it was definitely not a false threat.
He knows better than anyone else who Zhu Teng is. If Zhu Teng knows that he has an affair with Zhou, as Tang Kuo said, not only him, but also his wife, children, will be worse than death.
The northwest wind blew even harder, and the dark clouds in the sky completely swallowed up the last bit of the bright whiteness of the moonlight, and the overwhelming heavy rain suddenly fell from the sky.
Running wildly in the dark night and in the storm.
Chapter completed!