He suppressed his anger, squeezed out a smile that was not much better than crying, and said: "The manager is polite, that's what I should do."
Zhou Quan nodded, and walked forward with Zheng Jiu again, but Zhang Quan stopped him after taking a few steps, "Didn't you say that there is nothing wrong with Concubine Shen? What else is the manager going to do?"
Zhou Quan's face darkened, he looked at Zhang Quan and said coldly: "What's wrong? If nothing happens at Concubine Shen's place, can't Manager Zheng and I be able to go out?"
This was the first time that Zhang Quan saw Zhou Quan talking to him in this tone. He was a little stunned. After a while, he said: "Of course not, I was just curious, so I asked casually, I don't know..."
"I don't know what?" Zhou Quan said with deep eyes: "Should I report to you Zhang Quan when I go out?" Without waiting for Zhang Quan to say anything, he said again: "I know you don't accept me as the general manager, but this is the emperor's order.
, you have to obey even if you don’t obey. These days, I remember that you are an old man from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so I turn a blind eye to your provocations and disrespect, but it does not mean that you can push your limits!
"
It has been more than ten years since Zhou Quan came to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This was the first time Zhang Quan saw him angry. He was a little overwhelmed for a moment. After a while, his face turned red and he said: "The manager has misunderstood. How dare I be disrespectful to you."
"It's best to have a misunderstanding. I hope Mr. Zhang will think about it before he says anything in the future, and stop meddling in things you shouldn't be meddling in like today." Throwing these words away, Zhou Quan walked away.
After he walked away, Zhang Quan spat at his back and said through gritted teeth: "Aren't you just a steward? What's there to be proud of? If the queen hadn't helped you, you would still be in the cold palace now.
Manager... Humph, just wait, one day I will take back all the things you took away, and when the time comes, I will make you pay the price for today's arrogance!"
Zhang Quan is undoubtedly angry, but at this time, all he can do is to talk behind his back. After all... the queen behind him is like a mountain, weighing him down.
Let's talk about Zhou Quan and his wife, after getting rid of Zhang Quan's entanglement, they quickly rushed to the Yongshou Palace. It was already dark. Although there were copper wire street lamps in this place, many street lamps were out of lamp oil. The palace people
I was lazy and felt that no one came here, so I didn't add oil for a long time, making this place much darker than other palaces.
After a while, a figure appeared furtively in their sight. Zheng Jiu recognized him carefully and said, "General manager, this is Xiao Chengzi."
Zhou Quan nodded and called softly. Xiao Chengzi heard the voice and hurried over. Without waiting for Zhou Quan to ask, he said: "Manager, I have followed your words and fed the food mixed with Mongolian sweat medicine to the crows here. It's just that
I don’t know when it will take effect.”
"It doesn't matter, let's just wait here." After saying this, Zhou Quan said with some worry: "No one doubts you, right?"
"Don't worry, manager. I used to occasionally feed the crows with him. Now I want to feed the crows for him, which saves him a lot of trouble. It's not too late for him to be happy, so there is no doubt."
"That's good." After saying these words, Zhou Quan stopped answering and stared intently at the crows sitting on the roof or the wall through the light of those street lamps.
When Xiao Chengzi's legs were numb from waiting, the crows finally started to move and kept making unpleasant chirping sounds. At the same time, several crows flapped their wings and flew up, but all of them were staggering.
, were unable to fly high, and fell to the ground one after another. One even fell directly from mid-air.
Xiao Chengzi said happily: "Manager, the medicine they took has taken effect." As he spoke, a few more flew down and swayed on the ground, as if they were drunk.
"Okay!" Zhou Quan had been worried that if the Menghan medicine was administered too lightly or too heavily, they would not get the results they wanted, but now it was finally okay.
Zhou Quan took a paper bag from Zheng Jiu, divided the medicinal powder inside into three parts, handed one part to Xiao Chengzi, and said: "Put these powders into the crow's wings, remember, it's the inside, not the surface.
.”
Xiao Chengzi stared at the medicine powder in his hand and asked doubtfully: "Manager, what is this? Are you spending so much time pouring sweat medicine on the crows just to wipe it on?"
"This is arsenic." When Zheng Jiu was talking, Xiao Chengzi lowered his head to smell it. Hearing this, he quickly raised his head, tried his best to stay away from the powder, and said in disbelief: "You... what did you say, arsenic...
…arsenic?”
Zhou Quan patted his shoulder and said, "This is the method we used to deal with Wei Yaosheng."
"Is this... possible?" Xiao Chengzi swallowed and asked doubtfully: "Although the crows were led to the vicinity of Yongshou Palace, they only perched on the palace or palace walls and had no direct contact with Wei Yaosheng. Even if
They are covered in arsenic, so I'm afraid they won't be able to cause any harm to Wei Yaosheng."
Zheng Jiu smiled strangely with his eyes: "Of course this alone won't work, there must be something else to match it."
"What is it?" Faced with Xiao Chengzi's inquiry, Zhou Quan said: "It's something that can make butterflies attack people crazily. As for whether it's effective against crows, it depends on what happens tomorrow."
Xiao Chengzi was stunned and blurted out: "So, Manager, you are not completely sure, but... you are gambling?"
"I hope I can win the bet this time." After saying this, Zhou Quan walked quickly to the crows who fell to the ground, and carefully applied the powder to their wings so that the powder would not fall off too quickly due to their flying.
Light.
After him, Zheng Jiu and Xiao Chengzi also walked over and smeared arsenic into the wings of the fallen crow. They did not stop until the arsenic was used up.
Xiao Chengzi glanced at the night and said: "Manager, let's leave quickly. If I remember correctly, it will be time for the guards to hand over. Although this place is remote, there is no guarantee that we will not be discovered."
Zhou Quan nodded, looked at the crows who were still wet with sweat, and said softly: "I hope... everything will go well tomorrow and nothing will go wrong."
The night passed as the crescent moon set in the east. Zhou Quan, Zheng Jiu and Xiao Chengzi were all nervous all night without closing their eyes. At dawn, Xiao Chengzi pretended to be casual and walked around the Yongshou Palace. He found that
Except for one crow lying stiffly on the ground where they were last night, all the rest were gone. The roof and walls of the palace were the same as the previous few days, full of crows, presumably after the effects of the medicine wore off.
, and they all flew up again.
Xiao Chengzi secretly breathed a sigh of relief and circled back to the House of Internal Affairs. When he rushed to Zhou Quan's room, Zheng Jiu was already there, discussing something. After hearing what Xiao Chengzi said about the situation at Yongshou Palace,
Zhou Quan touched his palms excitedly and said, "Okay, this first step is considered a success."