Chapter Fourteen: The Man Behind the Kidnapping
Qiu Ruoruo seemed to have forgotten Mengsi's existence. She was more interested in Yu Zhi's next actions than Mengsi.
Yu Zhi thought about it and came up with a simple and crude method - a beating.
Qiu Ruoruo rolled her eyes and was too lazy to pay attention to Yu Zhi, who was talking nonsense. The other party was at the sixth level of armor-breaking, and the three of them together were not necessarily their opponents. Besides, in Kyoto, such behavior would definitely be punished by Shuntian Mansion and Wu Zhi.
The city soldiers and horsemen took him down and questioned him.
"Qiuqiu, can't you let the people from the Wucheng Army and Horses Division capture him? After all, that Du Ankang also injured Qing Huan." Yu Zhi said.
Qiu Ruoruo walked into Yu Zhi, stretched out her hand and knocked hard on Yu Zhi's forehead.
"Do you really think that the Wucheng Army and Horses Division is run by my family? Brother Ye was injured in the House of the Minister of Revenue, and no one saw it. Do you think they would confess on their own?" Qiu Ruoruo occasionally doubted Yu Zhi's IQ.
Sometimes he is extremely intelligent, but sometimes his words make people think that this child is out of his mind.
Yu Zhi rubbed his forehead and said: "Since the big one can't beat it, the small one can always control it, right?"
Qiu Ruoruo felt that Yu Zhi was thinking too fast and said, "Bai Li is at Qiuzhi Academy. Brother Xiaoyu, do you think you can get into that academy with your name?"
"Of course it's not me. You and Qing Huan's names are always loud enough. You go challenge Bai Li and beat him up at the same time."
It’s really a shame to ask!
Qiu Ruoruo understood that this name was not the world's misunderstanding of him. The truth was that Yu Zhi had insulted the four words "the shame of asking". This good idea was to let her and Ye Qinghuan challenge a child who had just turned twelve.
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Even a daily beating and scolding is not necessarily more humiliating than a challenge.
"Very good."
Ye Qinghuan's voice shocked Qiu Ruoruo even more. She yelled with anger in her tenderness: "Brother Ye." She never thought that Ye Qinghuan, who had always been steady, would also imitate Yu Zhi. Qiu Ruoruo blamed him for this crime.
When it comes to Yu Zhi, this person must have led Ye Qinghuan to evil.
Those who are close to vermillion are red, and those who are close to ink are black. Qiu Ruoruo began to have deep doubts about the truth of the saying in the poetry book, "come out of the mud but remain unstained".
"You really think..."
Qiu Ruoruo flicked her sleeves and left angrily, forgetting to ask the reason for Yu Zhi's disappearance. Ye Qinghuan also returned to the room. Ye Qinghuan also spent three days after Yu Zhi's disappearance and did not have a good rest at all. Now he is hanging
He felt relieved, and his fatigue also made him feel sleepy.
Yu Zhi accepted this feeling and kept it in mind. Just as he was about to go to sleep, there was another knock on the door.
"Master Xiao Yu." It was Qiu An's voice.
Yu Zhi responded. Qiu An knelt down towards Yu Zhi as soon as he entered the house. Although Yu Zhi tried to stop him, he couldn't stop the old man with gray hair. Qiu An was kneeling right in front of the door. It was snowing heavily outside the house.
, snowflakes swept towards the old man one after another.
Squeak!
Yu Zhi closed the door to make the room warmer.
boom!
Yu Zhi walked up to Qiu An and knelt down, looking at Qiu An. It was a bit funny that the two of them were kneeling to each other, but Yu Zhi didn't mind at all.
"Young Master Yu!" Qiu An shouted. He felt guilty. After all, he was the one who took Yu Zhi to Prince Zhao's Mansion, and during the three days when Yu Zhi disappeared, he followed Qiu Ruoruo around and let his
My friends helped me search in Kyoto. Unfortunately, Yu Zhi was not in Kyoto.
"Grandpa An, if you don't get up and talk, it will hurt me to kneel down." Yu Zhi said first. He had never doubted Qiu An. Since it was an unintentional mistake, there was no need to kneel down and apologize.
Qiu An then stood up, and the two of them sat down against the table. Qiu An was about to speak but didn't know where to start. Finally, it was Yu Zhi who spoke first and said, "Grandpa An, I have suffered a lot these days.
Of course, this is not Grandpa An’s fault. If Grandpa An feels uneasy, why don’t you find the mastermind behind it for me.”
Yu Zhi just wanted to find an excuse to get rid of Qiu An. He never knew how to comfort people, so giving the old man a goal was also a good solution.
However, why is it so easy to find someone who can pull off some tricks in Prince Zhao's palace? The fact that Qiu Ruoruo achieved nothing in three days has already explained everything.
"Master Xiao Yu, do you really want to find the mastermind behind this?"
Yu Zhi suddenly noticed a glimmer of light shining in the old man's dark eyes. It was obvious that the old man should know something. Yu Zhi choked up, and the sudden silence seemed to warn Yu Zhi not to pursue him any further.
Just as Yu Zhi was about to speak, Qiu An took the lead and said, "Young Master Yu, there are some truths that the Qiu family cannot afford."
Qiu An is talking about the Qiu family, not Yu Zhi. Yu Zhi knows how powerful the Qiu family is. Qiu Jinfeng, Qiu Yu and his son are the pillars of the Da Chu court, and Qiu Jinfeng’s students are also all over Da Chu.
above the officialdom.
If there really is something the Qiu family can't afford...
Yu Zhi thought about it for a while, looked around and saw no one around, then quietly approached Qiu An, lowered his voice and said, "Could it be that His Majesty wants to plot against me?"
As soon as Yu Zhi's voice came out, Qiu An's ears froze and she quickly covered Yu Zhi's mouth, thinking in her heart: "What a young man who speaks freely."
"Young Master Yu, don't talk nonsense. How could His Majesty want to plot against you? His Majesty has never known you. Even if he did, why would you, a young boy, bother His Majesty?" Qiu An said hurriedly. It is a serious crime to make arbitrary remarks about the Emperor no matter where he is.
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Yu Zhi thought the same thing, "Who is Grandpa An talking about? Who else can make the Qiu family doomed?"
Qiu An remained silent, but he found some clues but did not dare to dig deeper.
After a moment of silence, Yu Zhi said as if giving up: "I think Grandpa An has his own considerations. Grandpa An also knows better than me what is more important. But I have come back safely, and Grandpa An doesn't have to blame himself.
Let him go after the matter is over."
Qiu An nodded, not daring to look at Yu Zhi, so he could only look at the trees in the courtyard that were hit by the wind and snow. Yu Zhi was the victim, and he could only swallow his anger after being wronged. This was not something a proud young man could bear.
of.
Qiu An also came from a young age, and he knew this was something difficult to bear.
Qiu An resigned, and the moment he closed the door, he heard Yu Zhi's voice again.
"Grandpa An, what should I do if someone plots against me like this next time?"
Qiu An put her hands on the door and paused for a long time, then said: "Young Master Xiao, it is best not to stay in Kyoto. Master Li will definitely be able to protect you at Wenwen Academy."
...
After Qiu An left, Yu Zhi lay in bed unable to fall asleep. In this snowy weather and the dark sky, it was best to sleep peacefully in bed. But at Qiu's house in Kyoto, Yu Zhi could no longer fall asleep.
Qiu An's last words revealed a lot of information and made him guess a lot. Just like a pebble thrown into a calm lake caused many ripples, Yu Zhi's thoughts also drifted away with these ripples.
Yu Zhi got up, sat at his desk, studied ink and picked up a pen. In Wenwen Academy, he seldom wrote because of laziness and because of Li Qingru's constant pressure, but he had to pick up a pen today.
The Master Li that Qiu An is talking about is naturally referring to Li Qingru, that talented woman of Da Chu. Twenty years ago, she was one of the national scholars appointed by the emperor of Da Chu. Yu Zhi believed what Qiu An said. His aunt has raised her up to this day, and she will never
It may be dangerous to let yourself go.
Yu Zhi quickly finished writing and put the paper into an envelope. It was definitely not possible to send letters by flying pigeons on that day, so he had to send someone to send the letter to Taoist Academy.
boom!
Just as Yu Zhi sent someone to deliver the letter, he heard his door being kicked open, followed by the wind and snow, and a figure also came in brazenly.
Yu Zhi knew without guessing that Qiu Ruoruo was the only one in the Qiu Mansion who would walk directly into Yu Zhi's room like this.
"I'm so angry." This was Qiu Ruoruo's first sentence, and it was also Qiu Ruoruo's second, third, fourth, fifth... words.
Yu Zhi closed the door again, preventing those Feng Xue from entering the house. He felt that it was a very bad habit to enter the house without closing the door.
"Brother Xiaoyu, Prairie Wolf Ting is so shameless. I didn't expect him to be even more scoundrel than a street gangster." Qiu Ruoruo said angrily.
Yu Zhi's face was full of doubts. He heard Qiu Ruoruo start venting as soon as he entered the room without explaining what happened.
"Wait a minute, tell me what happened. Did the person at the door take a fancy to you and want to take you back to the grassland?" Yu Zhi asked.
Unexpectedly, Yu Zhi just said it casually, but Qiu Ruoruo nodded, just as Yu Zhi had guessed.
"That guy also said that he wanted to ask His Majesty for a marriage. I don't want to go to the grassland with that guy." Qiu Ruoruo held Yu Zhi's arm and said pitifully.
"The toad wants to eat swan meat. He really thinks he is a green onion. He wants to marry us Qiuqiu, so give him face. Don't worry, your grandpa will definitely not agree." Yu Zhi said, "I saw that he is not a good person.
, I’ve been stuck at the door for so long, it turns out I’ve fallen in love with you.”
Qiu Ruoruo is undoubtedly a model of being knowledgeable and reasonable to the outside world, but in front of Yu Zhi, she will always be the little girl next door. If she has any grievances, she will always complain to Yu Zhi. "Brother Xiaoyu, that person is so irritating.
Want to come again."
Yu Zhi whispered a few times in Qiu Ruoruo's ear, and Qiu Ruoruo suddenly cleared away the gloom.
"Tell Qing Huan about this and let him prepare." Yu Zhi ordered. He gave Qiu Ruoruo a good idea. Faced with these unavoidable things, Yu Zhi felt it was better to take the initiative. Qiu Ruoruo
If you can't get rid of the shame, let him do it, and of course Ye Qinghuan.
Yu Zhi did not tell Qiu Ruoruo what Qiu An said, so as not to worry Qiu Ruoruo. Qiu Jinfeng would definitely know what Qiu An knew, and since the Qiu family did not want to be involved, Qiu Ruoruo should not know.
Regarding the disappearance, Yu Zhi prevaricated a few words, and even blamed Qiu Ruoruo for not finding the real culprit and seeking justice for him. Only Yu Zhi could do this shameless operation.
Chapter completed!