Chapter seven hundred and thirty fifth ups and downs
"Master Zhu, my wife and my husband have always been at odds with each other, but this time they didn't call a doctor because they thought he was sick!"
"That's right, the doctor who was invited secretly sent him away, and the prescription for the medicine was given by an unknown doctor. There is no such outrageous thing in the world. Please give me the final say! How can there be a relationship between husband and wife?
There is such a thing!”
"Mr. Zhu, who doesn't know that you are very perceptive and impartial? Please do justice to my husband! Otherwise, if he really can't afford to be sick like this, wouldn't it be an injustice? He is usually in the best health, let alone the cold.
I haven’t even had a cough all year long. It’s really strange to suddenly have a high fever..."
Being surrounded by a group of gorgeous orioles and swallows, crying and asking for the decision, even if it is Zhu Tingfang, this is a particularly fresh experience - after all, although he is famous, even before he was disfigured, he still had trouble with women because of his indifference to women.
He was famous for his pretentious speech, and most of the rich ladies would only say hello and say a few words when they met him. As for chatting...
Most rich ladies are not willing to humiliate themselves. Because if they are willing, they can talk to you about astronomy and geography, about the world... Even talented women like Princess Yongping who are proficient in poetry are not willing to talk to him.
Let alone others.
But at this time, Zhu Tingfang, who had always had a very cold attitude towards women, was surrounded by a large group of women. For the first time, he did not say anything to chase them away. Although he did not speak, he at least listened very seriously, so that the few who followed him
The entourage couldn't help but look at the sun in the sky, wondering if the sun was coming out in the west. How could the cold-faced Master Zhu also smile at women?
Didn’t it mean that Zhu Tingfang had just impeached the cousins of the Kong family two days ago? Didn’t it mean that Zhao Guogong’s government and the Confucian University had always been difficult to deal with? Didn’t it mean that...he came to the door today with bad intentions? Of course, this last point
That's what they guessed.
After all, Zhu Tingfang was still not used to being so close to so many women. At this time, he coughed heavily, moved his shoulders slightly, and shook off a woman who was trying to grab his arm. Then, with his footsteps moving lightly like clouds and flowing water, he quietly exited the house of the concubine of the Kong family.
surrounded him, and then asked coldly: "So, Dr. Kong hit a ghost?"
Seeing Zhu Tingfang asking such a question, a group of concubines, although a little annoyed and ran away at this time, still rushed to explain the tragic situation in the kitchen of their home, which was like countless hungry ghosts sweeping through the border, and to add fuel to the fire about the bloody footprints in Master Kong Jiu's study.
Zhao Ming just happened to rush out at this time. Seeing this scene, she was naturally so angry that she fainted.
"You little hooves, what nonsense are you talking about! Go back to the house. There are differences between men and women. If you don't understand this, then go and learn the rules!"
But her scoldings were completely ignored by the group of concubines. No one paid attention to her and only talked vividly about the ghost story of the Kong family last night.
Zhu Tingfang seemed to be listening with great interest, but he was thinking about other things. When Zhu Ying came to see him before, she mentioned that Xiao Cheng pretended to be a ghost, and said that it was the fourth prince's idea, and that he and Xiao Huahua were pawns for Xiao Cheng.
When he heard about it, he thought it was too ridiculous, especially when he heard that Zhang Shou personally went to clean up the aftermath and even changed the public school system. He always felt that this was a bit ridiculous.
But now when he saw the chaos in the Kong family, his feelings were different. Last night's disturbance seemed to have a greater impact on the Kong family than the time he blocked the door of the Kong family and then came to threaten!
It seems that for some people, the threat of impeachment is not high at all. He was able to gain the upper hand that time because he caught the escaped slaves of the Kong family and the transfer of property by the eldest young master and his wife. Because these people have evil intentions.
People are actually more afraid of ghosts around them than tangible objects!
It’s just that I didn’t expect that Xiao Cheng, a child who has always been honest and serious, would return to his old job of playing ghost again not for the sake of survival. Is this considered growth, or... has he been led astray by the Fourth Prince and the others? Xiao Cheng
When you first thought of pretending to be a ghost to protect your home, was it also influenced by him? Forget it, evil people will be punished by evil people. These days, good people are deceived by others!
Zhu Tingfang thought so in his heart, but when he saw Mrs. Zhao shaking with anger at those concubines, he still asked unhurriedly: "Based on Ruren's tone, is the story about Dr. Kong's encounter with ghosts a lie?"
Even with her husband's feverish nonsense, Ms. Zhao did not dare to admit that she had bumped into a ghost. Naturally, she immediately insisted that it was absolutely not the case. However, those concubines stopped doing it. Although they could not go to the kitchen casually due to their status,
But someone had already inquired about the maid next to her, so everyone spoke to each other and once again described the tragic situation of the robbery in the kitchen, and finally looked at each other.
"Master Zhu, if you don't believe it, please go and visit our master! There is definitely something strange about his condition. After getting up this morning, it is said that the master went to the kitchen in person, but when he returned to the study, he suddenly fainted before entering the door.
, those unscrupulous servants still left him in the yard and ignored him...my poor master!"
As one of the concubines sat down on the ground crying, others followed suit. There was so much crying that people who didn't know just thought it was Mr. Kong Jiu who died! But when Zhu Tingfang saw that Mrs. Zhao didn't scold her this time,
Instead, he stood nearby with a cold face and asked in a nonchalant tone: "Dare I ask Ruren, are they telling the truth?"
Mrs. Zhao got angry because Zhu Tingfang called her a child--although Mr. Kong Jiu was only of the seventh grade, because he was the younger brother of a bachelor of Confucius, outsiders would either address her as "Mrs." or "Mrs." when they met her?
In addition, being forced by this group of little bitches to even have the intention of killing people, she said firmly: "The master has just woken up. If you want to see Mr. Zhu, go and see him!"
Seeing that Zhu Tingfang was not polite and actually walked towards the main room, Mrs. Zhao glanced condescendingly at the concubines who were crying and making a fuss just now but were now so silent, and snorted coldly from her nose.
"Don't think that I don't know what you are thinking! You can make trouble, but when you are kicked out later, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Zhu Tingfang, who had already arrived at the door of the main room, happened to hear this last sentence, and immediately laughed and said, "Who will be kicked out at that time, but I can't say for sure."
His voice was not loud, and Mrs. Zhao who was fuming with several concubines over there could not hear clearly. However, Mr. Kong Jiu, who was so feverish in bed that he had no strength to move, and his throat was dry and hoarse, had no strength to speak, but his ears were very good.
Soon, he heard it clearly at once. Therefore, he turned his head with all his strength and saw Zhu Tingfang strolling in alone. He was immediately angry and resentful.
How could that idiot Zhao let this cruel guy come in alone to see him! What if someone took the opportunity to kill him?
As soon as Zhu Tingfang entered the room, he noticed Mr. Kong Jiu who was staring at him intently. The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, but that smile not only did not make him look gentler at this time, but made his face look even more...
A bit murderous.
Seeing Master Kong Jiu move uneasily on the bed, but as a result there was very little that could move, so he walked straight forward and sat down unceremoniously on the brocade pier in front of the bed.
"Dr. Kong, your concubines outside said that you are haunted by ghosts?" Seeing that Mr. Kong Jiu's throat kept throbbing, but it took him a long time to spit out the word "no", he chuckled and said, "It's a pity, the Five Cities Soldiers
Ma Si only cares about things in the world of the world and doesn't care about the things in the underworld. No matter how capable I am, I still can't catch ghosts."
Master Kong Jiu didn't hear the teasing in these words, but he breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Zhu Tingfang didn't interfere, he asked his wife to prepare generous sacrifices to send away the evil ghost. After getting over the illness, he would
He was able to live a vigorous life. Therefore, he who was obviously tense just now relaxed instantly, but he forgot to think about how a busy person like Zhu Tingfang would come here to see him when he had nothing to do.
When Mrs. Zhao saw Zhu Tingfang entering the main room but not coming out for a long time, and vaguely hearing his voice, she mistakenly thought that Mr. Kong Jiu could speak. Then she looked at the group of concubines with even more arrogance.
Having just said harsh words, she didn't bother to waste any more words at this time, so she simply left them and went back to the room.
After entering the main room, she saw Zhu Tingfang sitting on the golden pier beside the bed, but she didn't hear the sound of Ren Ren and Mr. Kong Jiu talking. She thought they were worried about her, so she hurried forward and smiled.
Said: "Mr. Zhu, it's all the ignorant women outside who are making you laugh. I really just felt cold occasionally, it's nothing serious, so I sent all the doctors away..."
Before Zhao could finish his explanation, Zhu Tingfang stood up with a joking smile on his face: "Since Dr. Kong is sick, he must take good care of it. You must know that even if you have a cold, you can't underestimate it, otherwise the minor illness will
It becomes a serious illness.”
Seeing that Mrs. Zhao agreed repeatedly with relief, as if hoping that he would leave quickly, he changed his words and said, "It's just that since Dr. Kong is like this, what I originally wanted to say to him can only be said to you, Ruren."
Mrs. Zhao's eyes widened in confusion, and Master Kong Jiu, who originally thought he could send away the god of plague, suddenly became frightened. The couple saw Zhu Tingfang slowly leaving the bed and waiting.
When he reached the center of the room, he said without looking back: "Today, someone who claimed to be the messenger from Huairou was shouting at Xuanwumen, saying that while the Confucian scholar was pacifying the place, the eldest prince committed suicide out of fear of crime."
Upon hearing such shocking news, Mrs. Zhao felt as if a bolt of lightning had struck her mind, and she felt a little bad all over.
Although the emperor had already expelled the eldest prince and the second prince from the clan, and then sent one to Qiongzhou Mansion to plant trees and the other to Huangzhuang to farm, but that was only depriving them of their inheritance rights in fact. It only depends on how outsiders treat these two people.
As you can see from the title, even if the emperor hates iron and cannot become steel, it will be different if outsiders cause them to make any mistakes.
It is said that the second prince was shipwrecked. Although the emperor insisted on the death of the person, the Linhai and Zhenhai camps in Tianjin were shaken again. And if the eldest prince was really dead... the bachelor of Confucius who had volunteered before would definitely
Bear the brunt!
Ms. Zhao didn't understand the major events outside, but she would come to such a conclusion. Master Kong Jiu, Dr. Taichang, felt that something was wrong even more. He only regretted that he could not speak or move at this time, even if he could hold back
There were a lot of things I wanted to ask, but I just couldn't ask them. I could only wait there passively.
Just like when going to the guillotine, waiting for the last knife to fall - although this analogy is very unlucky, if anything happens to his cousin, Bachelor of Confucius, he doesn't think that he can safely handle this too often.
Doctor, come on!
When he was so anxious that he almost went crazy, Zhu Tingfang, who had been silent for a long time after revealing the news, finally spoke slowly: "It's just that Zhang Chen, the eldest son of Qin Guogong, happened to pass by Xuanwu Gate, and after a verbal exchange, he discovered that this so-called
The messenger was a fake, so we captured the person and handed him over to the people from the Nancheng Army and Horses Division who arrived."
False messenger?
Both Mrs. Zhao and Mr. Kong Jiu felt that they were in disbelief, and then they couldn't help but become ecstatic. Since he was a false messenger, then Academician Kong didn't have to bear the bad reputation of being a prince who pushed the prince to death. This is really great! However,
Just when the couple was holding their chests and reciting Amitabha, and the other was lying on the bed silently reciting the gods and Buddhas in the sky, Zhu Tingfang spoke again.
"Of course, the messenger is fake, but the message is true."
"..."
At that moment, if Mr. Zhao and Mr. Kong Jiu knew what a roller coaster was, then they would know that their mood at this time was exactly the feeling of the roller coaster going up and down! First they fell to the bottom, and then gradually returned to the clouds, but they still couldn't.
Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he hit the bottom again. If looks could kill, the looks of the couple at this moment could kill Zhu Tingfang a thousand times!
However, eyes can't kill after all, and Zhu Tingfang, who had his back to them, didn't care at all about the eyes that stabbed his back. When he walked slowly to the door, he suddenly stopped again: "By the way, there is one more thing I just forgot.
I heard that the Taoist priests at Baiyunguan are very good at exorcising ghosts. If Dr. Kong and Ruren are really in trouble, you can go to them and say goodbye."
Seeing that the door curtain finally fell in front of her, Ms. Zhao felt filled with fear. She almost subconsciously turned around and threw herself at Mr. Kong Jiu on the bed: "Master, what should I do about this matter? Why don't you... why don't I go tell my sister-in-law? Even if she has been there before,
No matter how quarrels we have with you, in the face of such a big event, we should put aside our suspicion and handle it together as a family!"
Although he couldn't trust his wife at all - because Mr. Kong Jiu had always thought that this yellow-faced woman was an idiot who couldn't even take care of the family. The only thing that was passable was that she was very strict with the two bastards, which finally made up for it.
The disadvantage of her not being able to give birth - however, at this moment, he had to admit that his wife's idea was the only one.
At this moment, instead of looking for relatives and friends of the same age, it would be better to join forces with Gu's cousin!
Seeing her husband moving his head with difficulty and nodding, Mrs. Zhao did not dare to hesitate and hurriedly went out. However, as soon as she walked out of the front door, her whole body froze because Zhu Tingfang, who she had just thought was gone,
She was actually standing under the eaves in front of the door. With this person's ear, what she just said to Mr. Kong Jiu was very likely to be heard!
But Zhu Tingfang just smiled at her: "If you want to report the news, please do it as soon as possible. Don't let me down my intention of taking this trip. You know, I am always very busy."