Wen Qi fled in a panic to the study of Su Wang Zhao Hongrun. Only then did Wen Qi discover that in addition to Zhao Hongrun, there were three recent friends in the room, He Xinxian, Tang Ju, and Jie Zizi.
At this moment, these three friends were staring at him with their mouths slightly open, as if they had seen a ghost.
This made Wenqi feel a little distracted and subconsciously adjusted his clothes. But at this moment, a stick stretched out from the side and hit his leg hard, making him jump with pain.
Unprecedentedly, Wen Qi became angry, jumped a step into the house, then pointed at Zhao Hongrun, faced the woman holding a stick at the door of the study, and shouted angrily: "Look where this is?!"
The woman, Lu'er, the family leader of Prince Su's Mansion, seemed to have noticed at this moment, subconsciously hiding the small stick in her hand behind her back, and bowed to Zhao Hongrun: "Your Highness."
"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun nodded calmly, as if he was used to the interaction between Wen Qi and Lu'er. He casually ordered: "You're here just in time, Lu'er. There are several distinguished guests in the house today. What are your names?"
The chef will prepare some good dishes, and I will entertain these people later." As he said that, he raised his hand and pointed at He Xinxian, Tang Ju, Jie Ziguo and others who were still in a daze.
"Yes, Your Highness." Lu'er responded sweetly. Then, she glanced at Wen Qi and said coldly: "Common boy, didn't you hear His Highness's instructions? Why don't you follow Aunt... follow me to the kitchen?"
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"A handyman?"
He Xinxian, Tang Ju and Jie Ziyu had come to their senses at this time and looked at Wen Qi with strange expressions, wondering if this brother Wen was not a guest of King Su?
It is true that he is a retainer of King Su. If he is just a handyman, how can he enter and leave the study of His Highness King Su so casually?
That is to say...
"There's something fishy."
He Xinxian, Tang Ju and Jie Ziyu looked at each other with a bit of a bad smile on their faces - don't think that scholars don't gossip. In fact, scholars have always liked to tease each other with their friends' "funny things".
At this time, Wen Qi ignored the evil smiles on the faces of He Xinxian and others. He stood next to Zhao Hongrun and said with some pretentiousness: "I am His Highness's disciple, why should I listen to you? Your Highness, don't you think so?"
"You are seeking death..."
Zhao Hongrun glanced at Wen Qi, and then said to Lu'er: "Okay, Lu'er, these are my distinguished guests and Mr. Wen's friends. Please save some face for Mr. Wen. What's the matter?"
, go back and you two close the door and chat slowly... Go quickly."
"Your Highness, what nonsense are you talking about... Well, then Lu'er will take your leave first." Lu'er's face turned slightly red, and she hid the stick in her right hand behind her back and exited the study in a strange step.
But before leaving, she glanced at Wen Qi coldly, her eyes seeming to say: Wait for my aunt!
After Lu'er left, He Xinxian, Tang Ju, and Jie Ziyu looked at each other and finally couldn't help laughing.
Isn't it funny? Wenqi is also a man eight feet tall, a head taller than the woman named Lu'er, but he was chased by the latter with a small stick and ran around in a panic. Speaking of these two
There is nothing fishy about people, even if He Xinxian was beaten to death, the three of them would not believe it.
On the other hand, Jie Ziyu's sworn brother Wen Shaobo watched Lu'er leave with a ghostly expression on his face, clearly recognizing that Lu'er was the woman who had quarreled with him outside the Confucius Temple that day.
"Oh, let me tell you what happened that day. It turned out to be her husband who was protecting her..." Mr. Wen touched his chin and said in sudden realization.
Hearing this, Wen Qi, who was trying to stop He Xinxian and others from laughing, almost choked on his own spit. He looked at He Xinxian and others with shame and anger and curiously asked Wen Shaobo why he said such things, and Wen Shaobo also responded.
When he told what happened that day, everyone laughed. Even Zhao Hongrun and Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao couldn't help laughing.
Only Wen Qi looked embarrassed and tried his best to deny it: "No, no, she has nothing to do with Wen. She is a royal family member of the palace, and I am a retainer of His Highness... Hey, you should listen to me."
Seeing that he could not win the trust of everyone after several explanations, Wen Qi turned to Zhao Hongrun angrily and complained: "Your Highness, this time you saw it with your own eyes... Look at my hands, here, here, there are all bruises, and there are bruises on my legs.
...Well, it’s not convenient for His Highness to see her on her legs, but in short, this girl is getting more and more aggressive, and she’s going to get even more aggressive. If this continues, something big will happen!”
Zhao Hongrun looked at Wen Qi with a half-smile, and then asked Wei Jiao, the chief of Zong Wei, "Wei Jiao, what do you think?"
Wei Jiao shrugged, expressing his disapproval of Wen Qi's alarmism.
Seeing this, Wen Qi said seriously: "In short, Your Highness, you must punish that girl severely this time, otherwise... otherwise..."
"Otherwise, what will happen to you?" Zhao Hongrun looked at Wen Qi with a smile.
He was not worried that Wenqi would run away, because Wenqi had already lost the rest of his life to him. People in this era valued credibility extremely.
Sure enough, Wenqi said "Otherwise" for a long time without saying anything, and just stood there sulking alone.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun smiled and said with relief: "Okay, okay, I will talk about her later."
Hearing this, the anger on Wen Qi's face calmed down slightly. However, at this moment, Zhao Hongrun changed his tone and continued: "I know this girl Lu'er very well and have been in contact with her for five or six years. If
There is no reason why she wouldn't do...well, what she did just now...Did you, Mr. Wen, offend that girl?"
"How is that possible? How do I know what's so crazy about that girl?" Wen Qi looked confident.
However, Zhao Hongrun was not fooled, and said with a half-smile: "Since you are unwilling to tell the truth, then I will have to call her over again and ask her face to face."
After hearing this, Wenqi's expression changed slightly. After hesitating for a long time, he said sarcastically: "It's not that big of a deal, it's just... it's just a jar of wine."
"Ha." Zhao Hongrun chuckled, turned to Wei Jiao and said, "Wei Jiao, go call that girl back."
"No, no, no, no." Before Wei Jiao could make any move, Wen Qi panicked. After looking at Zhao Hongrun in annoyance, he said like a broken can, "Okay, okay, I said, I said, I said, head office
Are you ready?" As he spoke, he smacked his lips, his expression
He said with some guilt: "Didn't I get caught by your Highness that day? I also knew that I had no grades, but after returning home, the girl said she wanted to reward me and gave me a jar of wine. Your Highness
The ones you keep in your wine cellar,
You know I can't drink it on weekdays. Even if Your Highness allows me to drink it at will, that girl protects her like a treasure. I never had the chance. I didn't expect that this time, she was willing to take it out... Later she asked me
, have you tried this time?
Hey, I was drunk at the time, so I said... Well, anyway, she was very happy at the time, and she made an exception and gave me half a jar every day for the next few days. Until today, I couldn't hide it anymore, so...
That... isn't a big deal, right?"
"You will not live if you do it yourself!"
Except for Wen Qi, everyone in the room looked at Wen Qi with strange eyes and shook their heads secretly.
"You deserve to be chased and beaten."
Zhao Hongrun rolled his eyes. In fact, he had already guessed that there would be similar reasons. Otherwise, although Lu'er has a stronger personality, he would not chase Wen Qi with a wooden stick and beat him randomly.
Shaking his head, Zhao Hongrun said to Wen Qi: "You can go back and solve this matter yourself. I don't have time to get involved... By the way, please first invite Mr. He and Mr. Tang to the side hall for me and help me.
Treat me."
"Huh?"
Wen Qi turned to look at Jie Ziu and Wen Shaobo in confusion, as if he had guessed, and nodded knowingly.
Suddenly, he licked his lips and said meaningfully: "Tea... to entertain?"
Zhao Hongrun rolled his eyes and pursed his lips at Wei Jiao. Wei Jiao nodded knowingly. He went outside the study and gave a few instructions to Su Wangwei outside the study, probably asking the latter to go to the wine cellar and move a few jars of wine to the side.
hall.
Seeing this, Wen Qi happily led He Xinxian and Tang Ju to the side hall.
After Wen Qi, He Xinxian and Tang Ju left, Zhao Hongrun invited Jie Zigui and Wen Shaobo into the inner room and asked them to sit down.
After sitting down, Zhao Hongrun asked Jie Ziyu straight to the point: "What you just said, sir, is it suspected that you want to surrender to me?"
"I am not worthy of being called Mr. Your Highness." Jie Ziziu arched his hands, then looked directly at Zhao Hongrun and said seriously: "I hope to serve as His Highness's staff and share your worries."
"Is it true?"
Zhao Hongrun and Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao looked at each other, feeling a little incredible.
You know, Zhao Hongrun used to be eager to recruit talents, but because of his relationship with Leng Zao, those with lofty ideals did not choose him, and Zhao Hongrun also looked down on those with average talents.
It took several years to recruit only two talented people, Kou Zheng and Wen Qi, who didn't really want to be ministers of the Dragon.
This is the first time that meson owl has taken the initiative to come to serve.
"Why did you surrender to me?" Zhao Hongrun asked puzzledly.
Jie Ziyu heard this and said calmly: "Your Highness, I am a Chu man who defected to the Wei Dynasty."
This sentence already explained the reason why he wanted to work with Zhao Hongrun.
After all, the 1.4 million Chu people who moved to Wei State were more or less favored by Zhao Hongrun, and now, as one of them, it is not surprising that Jie Ziyu is grateful.
"Okay, okay, okay." Zhao Hongrun said three good words in a row to express the joy in his heart.
It has to be said that he really lacks talents under his command, especially literati who are good at governing a party. Otherwise, he would not have to promote a mediocre guy like Zhao Wenlin to the position of Pu Banling.
Immediately, Zhao Hongrun made various promises, most of which were promises that the resources he had were enough to allow Jie Ziu to realize his ambitions.
However, the meson owl behaved very calmly about this.
The reason is very simple, because Jie Ziyu’s real ambition is not to assist "King Su", but to assist "King Wei" - to assist His Highness King Su in front of him to become the king of Wei and then to dominate the world. This is Jie Ziyu's ambition.
ambition.
But before that, Jie Ziyu knew that he had to cover up. After all, as far as he knew, the Prince Su in front of him was quite resistant to becoming the king of Wei, and he needed to slowly and slowly persuade him to take advantage of the situation.
"What about Shimizu?"
At this time, Zhao Hongrun turned to look at Wen Shaobo.
"I don't have the talent of Jiezi..." At this point, Wen Shaobo rolled his eyes slightly, and then a thought that fascinated him came to his mind.
"Your Highness, you...are you missing a royal merchant? A royal merchant who is only responsible for your highness and fully supports your highness's actions, even foreign wars." "Note: The term royal merchant is actually inappropriate here.
, but the author really can’t think of anything else.』