The tenth collect eight hundred and eighty-eighth chapter
Chapter 888
Gao Ge was silent for a while and said: "If this is really the case, Shenchi... can't wait any longer." His words seemed to be addressed to Zuo, but also to himself.
Yu Zuo understood the meaning of his words and couldn't help but let out a long sigh, lowered his head and remained silent.
Two days later, on this day, Yu Zuo was meditating at home. A servant came in quickly to report that a servant from Nie Zhen's house was here and wanted to see him.
Yu Zuo, who was meditating, suddenly trembled. Could it be that the news from the mysterious man two days ago was true? He quickly calmed down and calmly said to the servant: "Invite him in!"
Not long after, a servant of Nie Mansion came in from outside. When he saw Yu Zuo, the servant bowed deeply and respectfully and said, "I pay my respects to Elder Yu."
Yu Zuo asked expressionlessly: "Why do you want to come to my house?"
The servant hurriedly bowed and replied: "I came here specially to invite Elder Yu to the Nie Mansion on the orders of my master."
After a pause, he continued: "The master said that I usually have a lot of friction with Elder Yu. Now that the Shenchi is in crisis, all the grievances and resentments in daily life should be wiped out and turned into friendship. Therefore, I sent a villain to invite Elder Yu to the mansion.
Have a meal."
What a nice thing to say! If I hadn’t gotten the news in advance, I might have fallen into Nie Zhen’s trap!
Yu Zuo couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart. He had devoted himself to Shenchi and had never had second thoughts. Just because he didn't follow the Holy King's wishes, the Holy King was going to kill him? How could the Holy King treat him like this?
At this time, his mood was surging and fluctuating, but the expression on his face remained calm and unchanged.
After waiting for a while, he smiled calmly, raised his head and said, "Elder Nie is too polite. Go back and tell Elder Nie that I will visit your residence in person before noon this afternoon."
The servant looked happy when he heard this, raised his hands and said, "Yes! I will definitely tell my master what Elder Yu said. I will retire first!"
"I won't send it."
After the servants of Nie Mansion left, the housekeeper came to Yu Zuo and asked in a low voice: "Master, are you really going to Nie Mansion for a banquet?"
The steward of the Yu Mansion is a confidant who has followed Yu Zuo for decades. Needless to say, he is loyal to him. He also knows everything about Yu Zuo's big and small affairs.
He said with worry on his face: "Since I already know that Elder Nie is not well-intentioned when he comes to invite you, how can you still agree to him?"
Yu Zuo smiled bitterly and said quietly: "You can prevent it for a while, but you can't prevent it forever! If you don't explain it clearly, won't I have to be worried all my life?"
"Master..." The butler looked around and whispered in Yu Zuo's ear: "The Holy King has murderous intentions for the master. Why don't the master follow the example of Elder Huangfu and Elder Jin and switch to Feng Kingdom?"
Hearing this, Yu Zuo took a deep breath. He had never thought of betraying Shenchi. In his mind, the people he lived and died in Shenchi should also be the ghosts of Shenchi.
Seeing that he had not spoken for a long time, the old housekeeper said with emotion: "I am alone and have no worries. As long as I want to leave, no one can stop me..."
"Stop talking." Yu Zuo waved his hand and said: "I won't leave. I was born in the Divine Pond, grew up in the Divine Pond, and if I die, I will die in the Divine Pond. However, neither the Holy King nor Nie Zhen wants to kill me.
It’s so easy, I want to ask you clearly in person, why do they kill me, why can they execute an elder of Shenchi casually!”
The butler swallowed the words as they reached his lips, shook his head and did not speak.
That afternoon, at midnight, Yu Zuo came to Nie's Mansion on time. He came alone without any entourage. If he really took action, it would be useless even if he brought all the members of the Yu Mansion with him. In front of Gao Zhen,
Except for him, everyone else is vulnerable.
Nie Zhen was very polite. After hearing the news about Yu Zuo's arrival, he immediately came out of the house to welcome him. After seeing Yu Zuo at the door, he quickly stepped forward and said with a smile on his face: "Elder Yu, rare visitor, rare visitor, hurry up
,Please come in."
Yu Zuo cupped his hands and returned the greeting: "Ah, Elder Nie is so polite."
Nie Zhen walked into the mansion side by side with Yu Zuo in an intimate and friendly manner. In the living room of Nie's mansion, the two of them took their seats as guest and host. Then, Nie Zhen greeted the servants and served wine and food. Yu Zuo waved his hand and said: "Elder Nie, there is no need.
It’s so troublesome, I’ve already had lunch at noon.”
"Hey! It's rare for Elder Yu to be a guest in my home. No matter what, we have to have a few drinks today." Nie Zhen sighed: "We have known each other for thirty or forty years, but we can sit down together and calm down and have a good drink.
Opportunities are few and far between!"
Yu Zuo nodded. If he hadn't been warned in advance, he might really be moved by Nie Zhen's heartfelt words! He smiled slightly and said, "Yes, although we can see each other every day in the elders' courtyard, in private
There are too few interactions.”
"So, today you and I are going to bury the hatchet and have a good drink?"
"Oh? Do we have any past grudges?" Yu Zuo said, and Nie Zhen burst out laughing at the same time.
While the two were chatting and joking, the servants had brought the food and wine one by one. Yu Zuo lowered his head and took a look. There were quite a lot of dishes on the table, including vegetables and meat dishes. There were more than ten kinds of them.
He smiled bitterly and said: "Now is the time when we are in trouble both internally and externally in the Divine Pond. Elder Nie's meal is really... a waste." He wanted to say it was too extravagant, but then he thought about it and decided not to keep Nie Zhen from coming to Taiwan.
He came today not to compete with Nie Zhen, but to speak clearly.
Although his words were polite enough, Nie Zhen still felt unhappy after hearing this. He entertained him with such a sumptuous banquet, but he still made irresponsible remarks. This kind of person is so annoying that it is really difficult to be friends with him.
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This is what he was thinking in his heart, but Nie Zhen did not show it. He smiled and said: "In order to entertain Elder Yu, I will give up all the wealth in the house."
"Oh, thank you very much, Elder Nie, for your kindness."
Nie Zhen raised his gaze and looked at the servant standing behind Yu Zuo. The servant understood and immediately picked up the wine pot and filled a glass of wine for Yu Zuo. Nie Zhen picked up the wine glass and said to Zuo: "Elder Yu, from now on, you and I will
People work together to share worries and solve problems for Shenchi."
Yu Zuo picked up the cup and said seriously: "This is natural."
Nie Zhen drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and then looked at Yu Zuo.
I saw him holding the cup and about to drink. Suddenly he seemed to remember something, put the cup down a little, and said: "Actually, I have no personal grudges with Elder Nie. The reason why I had differences with Elder Nie in the elders' courtyard is just
It’s just because of political differences.”
Seeing that he had not drank for a long time, Nie Zhen was anxious, but he did not dare to show it on his face. He responded absently: "I understand, Elder Yu doesn't need to take it too seriously."
Yu Zuo said sternly: "No matter how big the differences between us are, we are all Shenchi people and elders of Shenchi. When we face a strong enemy together, as long as Elder Nie is in trouble, I will definitely sacrifice my life to help him."
He was making his last effort, hoping to arouse Nie Zhen's sympathy and goodwill. However, Nie Zhen's mind was not on this at all at this time. He was just anxious about when Zuo would drink. He even asked Yu Zuo when he said
Nothing was heard clearly.
He nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, yes, what Elder Yu said makes sense."
Yu Zuo raised the cup and asked, "So, do I have to drink this glass of wine?"
"Of course!" Nie Zhen blurted out without even thinking about it. After saying this, he also realized that he acted too hastily and too obviously, so he quickly added: "Only by drinking this glass of wine can Elder Yu show his determination to put aside the past feud.
Well!"
Alas! Yu Zuo secretly sighed. He had already said this. How could Nie Zhen still want to kill himself? Did he hate himself so much? Thinking of this, he smiled bitterly and looked down at the cup.
Drinking wine, he said quietly: "You and I have known each other for more than thirty years and have worked together for nearly twenty years. Now the enemy is facing us and the Shenchi is in danger. But at this time, why are we still killing each other and fighting to the death?
What if it’s not possible?”
Nie Zhen nodded in agreement again, but suddenly he realized that something was wrong with Yu Zuo's words. He looked directly at him and asked, "What does Elder Yu mean by this?"
"Is this wine clean?" Yu Zuo held the wine glass up to Nie Zhen.
Nie Zhen's heart was moved. Could it be that Yu Zuo saw something wrong with the wine? That shouldn't be the case. The poison in the wine was given to him by the Holy King. It was colorless and tasteless. Even he couldn't tell there was anything wrong with the wine. Yu Zuo
Can you tell?
He was in a panic, but his face remained calm, and he said calmly: "What does Elder Yu mean by this? How can the fine wine collected in this mansion be unclean?"
"Elder Nie said this..." As he spoke, Yu Zuo stood up, walked up to Nie Zhen, handed the wine glass in his hand forward, and asked: "Elder Nie, do you dare to drink my glass of wine?"
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Looking at the wine glass brought to him, Nie Zhen's expression suddenly changed.
"What? Elder Nie doesn't dare to drink too?"
After hearing this, Nie Zhen became angry and slammed the table, stood up and scolded: "Yu Zuo, don't be too pushy. I kindly invited you to dine in my house and wanted to settle the old feud with you, but you are so aggressive."
*Man, do you really think that I am easy to bully?"
"Stop your tricks. The Holy King ordered you to poison me with poisonous wine. Do you think I don't know?" Yu Zuo stepped forward. He had already said everything he needed to say, but he still couldn't dispel Nie Zhen's murderous intention.
There was nothing he could do anymore.
Nie Zhen took a breath, how did Yu Zuo know that the Holy King wanted to poison him, and also knew that he was using poisonous wine? This is incredible.
He gritted his teeth and said in a solemn voice: "You are brave enough to slander me, Yu Zuo, but you also slandered the Holy King. For this alone, you deserve to die!"
"Haha——" Yu Zuo looked up and laughed, shook his head and said: "If you want to accuse me, there is no need to say anything. I am the dignified elder of Shenchi. If you want to kill me, you can execute me in front of all the people of Shenchi. Let's
I am so convinced that by using such despicable methods, I am simply humiliating the ancestors of Shenchi!" As he spoke, Yu Zuo slammed the wine glass in his hand into Nie Zhen's face.
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