"A picky person like Lu Sanlang would actually agree to move to a house like this before?"
Standing in the narrow dormitory to the west of the Imperial College, touching the cold Datong bunk, and looking at the cheap bedding and simple fir furniture with disdain, Zhu Ying's face was full of disbelief. Hearing what she shouted, Zhang Shou shook his head and laughed, but he did not laugh at the eldest lady for not knowing how hard life is for ordinary prison students. Instead, he walked back and forth in the room.
The cramped dormitory had been cleaned. It was obvious that even if Xu Heizi was reluctant, he had no intention of treating Lu Sanlang harshly. There was even a rather simple tea set on the shelf. He reached out to touch it, suddenly held up the tea tray, and waited. I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when I found that there was no note or anything like that.
Fortunately, he and Lu Sanlang talked a lot about the principles of encoding Chinese characters and numbers the night before, and even jokingly used many modern emergency codes as examples. Did this smart boy not think of leaving a few words for him? ?
This cunning little fat man had previously stated that he would not go back to his home even if he was beaten to death, but he would never fight to the death. If he found that he could not resist, he would definitely obey for the time being. But there should be some traces of it!
Seeing Zhang Shoudong rummaging around, Zhu Ying immediately understood that he was looking for any message that Lu Sanlang might have left, and she quickly followed suit, almost turning over the entire bedding.
Seeing that the two of them were about to turn this small dormitory upside down, Ah Liu suddenly whispered: "There is blood on the door."
These five words suddenly shocked Zhang Shou, and the person who moved faster than him was Zhu Ying. The eldest lady rushed over and shouted hurriedly: "Where is it? Could it be that the Lu family is not just kidnapping Did Lu Zhutou go back and hurt him?"
In her haste, she took out the habitual name for Lu Sanlang. When Ah Liu pointed at the door, it took her a long time to distinguish the dark brown marks on it. ——Because it is really blended with the color of the door. If you don't identify it carefully, you will definitely not be able to tell.
However, even after discovering it, she was still confused: "This seems to be... 1... 1... 0?"
Thanks to the promotion of Arabic numerals by Taizu in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Ying recognized these three numbers. After identifying them, she looked at Zhang Shou blankly, but she saw Zhang Shou's expression was subtle. She suddenly thought When Zhang Shou once took Zhang Shou to Ge's Mansion, what password did Zhang Shou tell Ge Yong? She suddenly realized: "Ah Shou, is this the password?"
"It can't be said to be a password, it's just... ahem... the secret code I agreed with him. He must have been forcibly taken away by someone from the Lu family unwillingly, so I hope I can rescue him immediately after seeing it. "
Zhang Shou said this, but he was a little funny in his heart. Just now he thought that Lu Sanlang didn't leave a code, but he didn't expect that this guy was learning and selling. When he was kidnapped by his family, he finally wrote 110 on the door. I think it was because of something else. The password was too complicated to think about. However, after all, people used the word "bloody", so he immediately lost his sense of joking.
"What are you waiting for!"
Zhu Ying immediately threw things like passwords out of her mind and said indignantly, "Lu Wan not only used Lu Zhutou, but also bribed Zhu Hong to find out information about you, and even instigated Tang Ming and Xie Wanquan to come to the village to pick on you, so sneakily You evil old man! Why not go to the Lu family now, Ah Shou, use your name as teacher to rescue Lu Zhutou, and we will question Lu Wan face to face!"
Although the eldest lady kept talking about Lu Zhutou, Zhang Shou could tell that she had long forgotten the grudge that Zhu Er had almost betrothed to Lu Sanlang. However, he did not dare to take the idea of questioning him face to face.
Confucianism talks about the master of heaven and earth. Although the status of a teacher is very high, it is still inferior to his own father. What's more, Lu Wan is the second-rank minister of the Ministry of War, but he is only a seventh-rank doctor of the Imperial Academy. There is a difference.
Not a little bit older. The huge age gap puts Lu Wan in a condescending position.
But as soon as he thought about it, he laughed: "You are right, it is time to launch an army to investigate the crime, but we can't go. Don't worry, I have an idea. Let's go back to your house first!"
After leaving the Imperial College, Zhang Shou followed Zhu Hong, who was leading the way, and walked westward along Imperial College Street, turned onto Andingmen Street, passed Drum Tower from Shuntianfu Street, crossed Shichahai from Yinding Bridge, entered the Xicheng area, and finally arrived at Zhao Guogong's Mansion.
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It has to be said that the distance from the Imperial College to Duke Zhao's Mansion is at least three times the distance from the Imperial College to Ge's Mansion...
When he learned that Mrs. Tai went to the Duke's Mansion for a banquet, Zhu Er locked himself in the room after returning from the Imperial Academy. Zhang Shou couldn't go to Zhu Ying's boudoir to talk, so he immediately suggested that he go to Mrs. Tai's Qing'an Hall instead.
Negotiate.
Zhu Ying naturally had no objection. When she got behind the screen in the main room of Qing'an Hall, she was tired after a whole day and suddenly couldn't care about anything else. She only buried herself in the soft and thick pillows on the soft couch where her grandmother usually sat.
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I went to the Imperial College from home early in the morning, and then followed the emperor to inspect the Imperial College. I also toasted to a group of guys who used to just eat and wait for death, but this time they took credit for their achievements. I was not full for the last meal.
Forget it, she went to Ge Mansion and was kicked out by Grandpa Ge. After standing at the door for so long... she was almost exhausted!
Zhu Ying hugged the pillow and rubbed it hard until she heard Yutang's weak voice: "Miss, Mr. Shou is still here."
Oops, I completely forgot! The next moment, Zhu Ying jumped up. She immediately checked whether the skirt on her body was wrinkled, whether there was any problem with her image, and whether it was still flawless. When she found out that Zhang
Shou had already turned around and pretended to admire the original painting of Ge Yong on the wall that he had given to the concubine last time. She was just relieved, but a little embarrassed.
I don’t know how to remind her to make her look embarrassed!
Hearing the rustling sound behind him come to an end, and knowing that Zhu Ying must have resumed her sitting posture, Zhang Shou turned around and smiled at the girl who was tiptoeing over the tea: "I think
I'm borrowing Madam Tai's place to discuss an important matter with Yingying. Can you please retreat for a while? Just a moment."
This completely unruly request was met with a chorus of agreement, and a group of girls pursed their lips and snickered, or winked at their eldest lady, and finally filed out. The most outrageous thing was that Zhang Shou just
He saw Ah Liu striding out, probably to be the doorkeeper! Thinking about what Zhu Ying was going to do, he really didn't want the wife to know about it, so he had no choice but to let it go.
He looked at Zhu Ying, who was completely unaware of the two people's separate environment and showed no signs of shyness. He saw the person staring at him with clear eyes. As soon as he started to talk about business, he immediately pushed the messy thoughts out of his mind.
"Yingying, is Zhu Gongquan, who accompanied you to the village once before, still in the Duke Zhao's mansion?"
"What are you asking him for?" Zhu Ying suddenly raised her eyebrows.
"Hmph, I heard from Yutang and the others that after he returned to Beijing, he still spoke ill of you in front of his grandmother. In addition, Zhu Yu, who was bribed by Lu Wan, said that you were elegant and refined, but there were some insinuations between the lines. If my grandmother hadn't been a
You know what, later on, instead of sending people to give you gifts, I sent people to cause trouble for you! Later, my grandmother banned the second brother, and of course she also locked up Zhu Gongquan!"
"Then what was this person's reaction? Was he anxious or angry? Or was he calm and calm?"
"I don't know!" Zhu Ying snorted, "I have been in Rongshui Village these days, and there are so many things going on after I come back. I don't have time to take care of whether he is happy to be locked up!"
"In the past, you were the eldest daughter of Duke Zhao's family who was favored by others. Of course, you didn't need to mind a mere staff member, but since you already feel that it's time to grow up, you can't just follow your own temper." Before Zhu Ying could object, she said,
Zhang Shou said with a smile, "You can even accept those dudes who used to be polite and willing to help them plan their future and marriage, let alone your father's staff?"
"Hmm!" Zhu Ying was immediately speechless. And Zhang Shou's next words made her even more irresistible.
"Besides, whether it's to rescue Lu Sanlang or figure out why Lu Wan wants to deal with your father, someone needs to face the Minister of War directly. So, at this time, you, a rich lady, come forward,
This is the best way to subjugate your father's former staff arrogantly. Of course, your second brother will also need to come forward."
"So, how about I go to see your second brother and you go to see Zhu Gongquan? Your second brother is a tough-looking person, so it shouldn't be too difficult for me to go and talk to him. As for Zhu Gongquan, he is very thoughtful, but he also gets things done because of people.
I'm going to spend a lot of time talking, but it's more suitable for you to scare him and take advantage of his weaknesses for us to use."
Seeing that Zhu Ying was still a little unhappy, he laughed and said: "Don't worry, as long as you subdue Zhu Gongquan, I will let your second brother personally take Zhu Gongquan to the Lu family to investigate the crime and see if Lu Sanlang can be rescued."
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"Well, it's settled!" Zhu Ying finally turned from anger to joy and said decisively, "If Lu Zhutou is really rescued, he will owe me and you a lot of favors this time. Be prepared to do it for the rest of your life.
Let’s pay back what we did like a cow!”
Faced with such a statement, Zhang Shou was speechless.
If Lu Sanlang had feelings, shouldn't he... sneeze until his face bursts into tears?