The owner of the restaurant knew that his attitude had changed so drastically that it was impossible to hide it from these people. Anyway, he had already received instructions in advance, so he did not hide it and directly replied respectfully: "I am here to entertain friends. He reminded me
For my sake, you must never do anything wrong. More importantly, he knows one of you."
"Oh, who is that person? Let him come and meet him." Zhong Jinwei asked curiously upon hearing this.
Everyone present understood that the biggest reason why the restaurant owner changed his attitude was actually because he knew people.
Zhong Jinwei can be sure that he definitely does not know himself, otherwise he would not say that he knows one of you, but directly say that he knows him.
The restaurant owner received Zhong Jinwei's order and bowed back. After a while, he brought a middle-aged man over.
Zheng Zhilong, who had been standing behind Zhong Jinwei, suddenly realized when he saw the person coming. He quickly leaned down and reported to Zhong Jinwei in a low voice: "My lord, this new person is Cai Linwei, the nephew of Cai Shanji, the governor of Fujian Province."
It was through his uncle's arrangement that the general was recruited by the imperial court."
Zhong Jinwei nodded, this is reasonable.
Zheng Zhilong was a famous pirate in the south. He later became a guerrilla in coastal defense in Fujian and became even more powerful. There are not a few people in Fujian and Guangdong who know Zheng Zhilong.
Therefore, the probability of meeting an acquaintance of Zheng Zhilong by chance cannot be considered low.
"Student Cai Lin is here to see your lord." As soon as the visitor entered the private room, he saluted Zhong Jinwei.
His family had a close relationship with the Zheng family, so he not only knew Zheng Zhilong, but also knew about Zheng Zhilong's current situation. He knew that he had recently been promoted and served as the deputy director of the Ming Dynasty Naval Academy in Tianjin Wei.
Now he suddenly appears here, and it seems that he is just a follower. On the other hand, this young man who respects Zheng Zhilong must have a much higher official position than Zheng Zhilong.
Because of this idea, as soon as he came in, he greeted him with a big greeting.
When the restaurant owner saw his friend being so serious, he couldn't help but be surprised again. His friend reminded him in a hurry before, and he was too busy making up for it, so he didn't think much about how big an official this young man would be.
Looking at it now, it is definitely bigger than I thought. Otherwise, my good friend's uncle is the Chief Envoy of Zuobu, Fujian Province, and he has met many officials, so there is no need to pay him such a courtesy.
"Student Li Suiqiu has come to see you, sir, and I hope you will ignore the faults of others. This student will never dare to do it again." The owner of the restaurant quickly followed Cai Lin as a courtesy.
When the two women sitting at the table with Zhong Jinwei heard this, they stood up quickly in fright, and they dared to sit there again. Only the little boy was left alone for a while and was still gnawing on the chicken legs.
The young woman was holding the little girl in her hands and wanted to pull the little boy down, but she didn't have any extra hands. She was in a hurry when she heard Zhong Jinwei say: "It doesn't matter, you should eat and drink, you can do whatever you want, here again
Not a government office."
After finishing speaking, Zhong Jinwei turned to Li Suiqiu and asked in a cold voice: "If someone hadn't known Fei Huang today and guessed that I was not easy to deal with, how would you have dealt with this young woman's family? You didn't see that she was so poor.
There are two children screaming from hunger, don't you have any sympathy?"
Li Suiqiu's face turned red, his legs went weak, he knelt on the ground, and did not dare to reply.
Zhong Jinwei looked at him and continued to lecture: "You are now a civil servant, so you can logically serve as an official for one of your parents. But with your character, can the court hand over a common people into your hands?"
As Zhong Jinwei scolded, Li Suiqiu's head hung lower. I don't know if it was because of the hot weather, but the sweat on his face and forehead dripped down, and soon the floor was wet.
Cai Lin did not plead for mercy immediately because she saw this scene from the side. After waiting for Zhong Jinwei to vent his emotions with a scolding, he took a step forward and respectfully said to Zhong Jinwei: "Sir, among the students of my mentor, he is the most talented.
Outstanding. He wrote lyrics and poems, and once defeated the Yangzhou scholars to win the title of No. 1 Peony Scholar. It was only because he was rejected by this little lady who claimed to be a romantic, and his self-esteem was hurt, that he did such a ridiculous thing. The student must report this to his teacher and severely punish him.
, I hope you will calm down."
The atmosphere at this time is mostly romantic. Li Suiqiu's behavior is not an isolated behavior. Zhong Jinwei is very dissatisfied with this and wants to reverse this atmosphere, but there is no good way. After all, this cannot be reversed by just one person.
Now that he has encountered such a case, Zhong Jinwei is determined to make a fuss about Li Suiqiu. Or make a fuss and criticize his teacher. Anyway, the student's character is like this, and the teacher has failed to make good friends, so he is jointly and severally responsible.
Thinking of this, Zhong Jinwei still had a cold face, looked at Cai Linwei and asked, "Who is his teacher?"
Cai Lin felt a thump in her heart when she saw Zhong Jinwei's appearance and his cold tone, as if she had caused trouble for the teacher.
He felt a little regretful for carrying his mentor out, but after he had finished speaking, and this gentleman asked, he had to answer: "My lord, my mentor's surname is Chen Zizhuang, also known as Jisheng, and he is currently the right minister of the Ministry of Rites of the capital."
Cai Linwei can only hope that the official position of Right Minister of Rites is big enough for this gentleman, or that he can solve the current matter. But from his intuition, it seems unlikely.
Therefore, after he finished speaking, he winked at Zheng Zhilong and asked him to help him intercede.
Who would have thought that after Zhong Jinwei heard Cai Linwei's answer, he was stunned for a while, and then his cold face immediately turned into surprise, and then his expression softened, and he only heard him say: "It turns out that he is Chen Zizhuang's student, then...
Get up and speak!"
Cai Lin was overjoyed when she heard this, thinking that her mentor's official position was high enough, or that she was a close friend of her mentor, so she asked him to be merciful as soon as she reported her name.
However, when he thought about it again, he felt something was wrong, because no matter whether his mentor's official position was high enough or the master was a good friend of his mentor, he would not call him Chen Zizhuang directly. In this way, Cai Linwei was confused again.
He did not know that the reason why Zhong Jinwei changed his attitude was not because Chen Zizhuang's official position was high enough or that he was his good friend. In fact, Zhong Jinwei had never met Chen Zizhuang in person.
But when Zhong Jinwei was in later generations, he heard about Chen Zizhuang's deeds. Because he worked in Guangdong, he traveled to the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall in Shabei Village, Guangzhou and visited the Chen Zizhuang Memorial Hall.
If it were an ordinary memorial hall for historical figures, Zhong Jinwei might have forgotten it after seeing it. But Chen Zizhuang is not an ordinary figure. His deeds are comparable to those of later generations of revolutionaries. As long as someone has heard of them, they will never forget them. Therefore, Zhong Jinwei is
He would remember it clearly. As soon as Cai Linwei said it, he remembered who it was.