Chapter 997: Awakening from a Big Dream, Zhou Gongjin
Chapter 997 Zhou Gongjin wakes up from a big dream
Wujun seemed to have become empty overnight.
It’s not that you can’t see people on the road in Wujun, it’s just...
For a time, Wu County, or the county seat of Wu County, without the voices of aristocratic families, really lost some flavor.
Of course, the common people are not interested in this.
To be honest, if a wealthy family disappeared from this world overnight, it would be too late for them to celebrate.
But...this change made some families who still stayed in Wuxian County deeply doubtful. Over time, it even turned into fear.
Zhu Ran...does not represent the family.
As the prefect, he is also a very important part of Wu County.
He was the first person to feel that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the city.
And he was the first to send people to go door-to-door to inquire about information - especially to inquire about the four families of Gu, Lu, Zhu, and Zhang.
On the second day after the banquet night, which lasted until noon that day, all the people sent by Zhu Ran returned without success.
After all, if it is not necessary and there is no special reason, even if Zhu Ran takes action in person, he may not be able to meet the parents of Gu, Lu, Zhu, Zhang and other families.
The Zhu family of Wu County responded to Zhu Ran. Although they were not a family, they were all comrades in the army after all. Zhu Huan's attitude towards Zhu Ran was still good.
But...Zhu Huan happened to be the family that was not involved in this so-called "conspiracy" at all, so even if Zhu Huan responded, it did not change the status quo.
"The Grand Governor...the Grand Governor hasn't woken up yet?"
In the afternoon...in the government office, an extremely irritable and helpless roar suddenly came out.
The subordinates who stood in rows in front of Zhu Ran, who had no response to his inquiries, could only lower their heads in cowering, not even daring to look at him.
Zhu Ran was about to collapse.
As a prefect, he is now under the jurisdiction of Zhou Yu. He has no power to act without permission. All decisions depend on how Zhou Yu speaks - and this is where the question arises... What is Zhou Yu... doing now?
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It was about the time when the sun was at its most intense at noon, and the sun hung lazily on a spot on the city wall. The humid weather naturally remained unchanged. Only the houses of wealthy families were filled with trees.
Only in the shade of the trees can you steal some coolness.
The Zhou Mansion is quiet today.
Xiao Qiao, the nominal wife of the mansion, has never left the house on her own initiative after experiencing some changes yesterday.
Of course, the servants didn't care about this, because the person in charge of the family was Governor Zhou Yu.
It's just... what's a little different today is that even at such a late hour, Zhou Yu still hasn't shown his face.
"Hey... tell me, when will the young master wake up today?"
"Who knows, you went to bed early last night. I don't know, but we night watchers had to go to great lengths to get the young master back from Fuchun Pavilion."
"Based on the smell of alcohol I smelled from the young master at that time..."
A round-headed servant was carrying a bucket while holding out two fingers to his colleagues -
"What do you mean? Two hours later?"
"Two days."
"..."
Of course the servant was joking.
Yesterday, Zhou Yu was indeed very drunk. It seemed that it was the first time since they entered the house that they had seen Zhou Yu so drunk.
Without Master Zhou Yi's words, everyone in the house acted lightly, fearing that they would make any unnecessary noise and wake up Zhou Yu who was sleeping soundly in the room.
Time is still passing by every second, and it will not stop for Zhou Yu just because he is sleeping soundly.
This situation lasted until the sun went down.
——
"So...how long have I been asleep?"
Zhou Yu, who had thatched hair, was wandering between a splitting headache and being half asleep, but some sense of mission in his heart made him finally stand up.
When they saw Zhou Yu going out, all the servants in the yard naturally stopped what they were doing and either smiled flatteringly or looked at him respectfully.
And Zhou Yu... asked with a little fear in this dizzy situation.
"Young Master... don't worry, it's not too much, not too much! I just... just slept for half a day. The sun hasn't set yet, so it's still daytime more or less!"
I don't know which servant who wanted to flatter him told such a lie with his eyes open, which made Zhou Yu roll his eyes.
It's a good thing that he didn't sleep much...but...Zhou Yu has a headache now and doesn't intend to argue with the servants about it.
Looking up at the sky, the setting sun dyed the clear sky orange. Zhou Yu sighed, patted his somewhat groggy head, waved his hand, and dismissed the servants present.
As for himself, he walked slowly to the bedroom, planning to wash up while it was still dawn.
Of course... Zhou Yu didn't stop thinking while washing.
He knew that he was drunk last night, and he also vaguely felt that something was wrong at yesterday's banquet - his headache slightly disturbed his thinking, but soon he remembered what he should do...
"Hey...why did I make a fool of myself and wasted a whole day...but...well..."
The day passed in vain, and Zhou Yu still felt a little regretful, but... yesterday's spring scenery did make him less tired in the past few days -
Zhou Yu wiped his face with a towel. After feeling a little more awake, he also settled on a certain idea in his mind.
"There are still three days...well, we have to hurry up."
"Wait until everything is over——"
He muttered, but his thoughts were not on capturing Sun Shangxiang, but...but on the beautiful figure that slipped away quietly like a dream yesterday...
I still vaguely remember that it was the Qiuci dancers invited by Lu Xun...and Zhou Yu was really moved.
Compared to his own yellow-faced woman who was neither obedient nor innovative, he now really wanted to take a concubine.
"Um?"
"Lu Xun?"
Zhou Yu suddenly discovered something. His memory was still in pieces, but... he could still more or less piece together the scene from yesterday.
He closed his eyes and thought carefully, as if he was now in the center of yesterday's meeting.
He glanced around, with an absolute sobriety, and first saw Lu Xun, who was still smiling... Let's not mention this for now, but the problem was as his eyes moved.
"Gu Yong? Zhang Zhao? No, no, no, no... they went to a banquet yesterday... for what?"
Zhou Yu was stunned.
Yang Zhi, who had already reached into his mouth and was about to clean the tartar, also stopped.
An unfounded fear ran up his spine. Years of experience in dealing with wealthy families gave him a very bad premonition.
"Concierge! Concierge!"
Zhou Yu pushed open the door with a bang, not caring that his mouth was full of concoction. He rushed out of the bedroom without having time to rinse his mouth, calling loudly to the concierge.
There was something he had to confirm.
It's just that... the sound of cars and horses outside the door was actually more timely and faster than the concierge's response.
"Grand Governor! Grand Governor! Caught! Caught!"
Listening to the inexplicable call outside the door, Zhou Yu was completely confused.
