Situ Zhou was leaning on a chair and feeling sleepy. After he came back last night, after detailed questioning, he finally found out the truth of the matter. It was really Xiaohuan who secretly led the two of them. Speaking of which, it is not his daughter's fault.
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I originally thought of dealing with it coldly and letting things go after a while, but Cheng Jiu came over and knocked on the door early in the morning, which made Situ Zhou very angry.
In Situ Zhou's view, his daughter was at fault in this matter, but Cheng Jiu was also at fault because he should not have agreed to such a ridiculous request for a private meeting at night.
Do you still need fame? Are you still ashamed of it?
In fact, Situ Zhou had already noticed that his daughter had feelings for Cheng Jiu through copying scriptures, but she couldn't bear it when she secretly met him as a father without telling him, so even though he knew that Cheng Jiu came early in the morning to apologize.
, he himself did not agree to see him.
Fortunately, today was a holiday, so Situ Zhou would not be affected by lack of sleep in handling official duties. However, he was too embarrassed to go to bed to catch up on his sleep in broad daylight, so he could only sit in the room and take a nap to recover as much as possible.
Just when Situ Zhou was about to fall asleep, a maid ran in from outside the house and said anxiously: "Master, please go outside and take a look. Brother Cheng is shirtless and carrying a thorn stick. He is kneeling outside the courtyard and won't leave.
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"Ah?" Situ Zhou was stunned and quickly asked: "Are you talking about Cheng Jiu?"
The maid nodded: "Yes, sir, it's Cheng Jiu. He's carrying a thick thorn stick on his back, and it's all scratched red on his back."
Situ Zhou suddenly felt more sleepy, and immediately slapped the armrest of the chair angrily, and said angrily: "Nonsense, what does he want to do?"
The maid immediately said: "Brother Cheng said that he came to plead guilty to you. He said that if you didn't see him, he would keep kneeling and wouldn't leave. We tried to persuade him for a long time, but we couldn't persuade him!"
When Situ Zhou heard this, he became even more angry and said angrily: "Leave him alone! If he wants to be noble, let him kneel down, he can kneel down as he pleases!"
After saying that, Situ Zhou leaned on the back of the chair, closed his eyes angrily, and said nothing.
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In front of the inner courtyard gate.
Cheng Jiu didn't know where he found a thorn stick, and carried it behind his back with his shirtless body on his back. He knelt on the ground with his waist straight, his expression unusually determined.
Because he had been kneeling for a while, many people from the county government came to watch the fun, and secretly talked about it while watching. Judging from the looks and words of the onlookers, Cheng Jiuye's private meeting with Miss Situ had spread.
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Cheng Jiu didn't care, he just kept kneeling, staring straight at the door of the inner courtyard without moving an inch.
Suddenly, a maid ran up to Cheng Jiu and said, "Brother Cheng, you'd better get up. The master said he can't see you!"
Cheng Jiu's eyes did not change and he replied: "If you don't see me, I will keep kneeling here until Lord Situ sees me!"
Seeing that she couldn't persuade Cheng Jiu, the maid had no choice but to shake her head and prepare to leave.
Cheng Jiu suddenly remembered something and asked quickly: "By the way, how is the young lady? Did you punish her?"
The maid said: "I'm punished. I'm going to punish you behind closed doors to think about your faults. From now on, you're not allowed to leave the room without my permission!"
"What about Xiaohuan?" Cheng Jiu asked again.
The maid whispered: "Sister Xiaohuan is kneeling on the porch. The master said that she will be punished by kneeling for a day and a night, and she is not allowed to eat or drink."
After saying that, the maid left.
Cheng Jiu sighed secretly and continued to kneel like this.
Soon, the four Ge Hong brothers appeared. They also suddenly heard that Cheng Jiu was kneeling here with a thorn stick on his back, so they hurried over.
Ge Hong approached and whispered: "Fourth, I don't blame you for this. Why are you kneeling?"
"Yes, Fourth Brother, it was Xiaohuan who pulled the strings. The responsibility is not on you!" Guan Maochun also said.
Fatty Lai and Yu Tie also looked at Cheng Jiu anxiously, wanting to hear what he had to say.
"Brother, please go back. Mr. Situ will come out later and see you all surrounding me. It's not good," Cheng Jiu said.
After Cheng Jiu finished speaking, he immediately added: "By the way, brother, you must control their mouths and don't go around saying that it is Xiao Huan's responsibility. This matter depends on me. Do you understand? It depends on me!"
Ge Hong looked at Cheng Jiu, suddenly exhaled, and said, "I'm going to find you, sir!"
Cheng Jiudao: "No need, I went to look for it early in the morning. The master asked me to do this. He said it is called asking for forgiveness while bearing a bush."
"My lord asked you to do this?" Ge Hong was quite surprised.
The other three were also very surprised when they heard this, and couldn't help but look at each other.
Cheng Jiu saw that Ge Hong and the others had not left, so he had to say: "Brother, I beg you, just go back first! You really can't help with this matter, I can only do it myself, please...
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Ge Hong looked at Guan Maochun and the others, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, let's go!"
With that said, Ge Hong, Guan Maochun, Fatty Lai and Yu Tie waved to leave together.
"But brother..." Guan Maochun couldn't bear to walk away.
Ge Hong glared and said: "Let's go, don't cause trouble to the fourth child, let's go, let's go!"
Under Ge Hong's urging, the four of them reluctantly left. In an instant, the entrance to the inner courtyard became much clearer.
Gradually, an hour passed...
Cheng Jiu was still kneeling in front of the door with his back straight, staring directly at the closed door, motionless.
At this time, all the people watching the fun have dispersed. Today is a holiday. Even if there is time to watch the fun, everyone has to do their own things. Who has the patience to keep staring at this stupid person?
At noon, Cheng Jiu was still kneeling. By this time, the sun was already high and hot, making Cheng Jiu sweat all over his body. His knees had long been numb and unconscious, and he could no longer feel that they were his own.
In the room, Situ Zhou was about to have lunch.
Before entering the dining room, Situ Zhou asked the maid curiously: "Are you still here?"
The maid nodded: "You're still here, sir. Brother Cheng has been kneeling like that the whole time and hasn't moved the ground at all."
Situ Zhou thought to himself that this Cheng Jiu could endure it, but if it were an ordinary person, he would have been unable to hold on since he had been kneeling in the morning.
Seeing that Situ Zhou was silent, the maid thought that his mind had been shaken, so she asked tentatively: "Master, are you really not seeing him?"
"Shut up!" Situ Zhou shouted loudly: "When was it your turn to say these words?"
The maid was so frightened that she quickly lowered her head and admitted her mistake, not daring to say anything more.
"He loves to kneel, right? Let him kneel as much as he can!" Situ Zhou sighed angrily, turned around and walked into the dining room.
Time flies, and soon it’s past noon...
Cheng Jiu's physical strength was okay, but he had no feeling in his knees and his body felt very uncomfortable.
It felt like there was no one around, and when Cheng Jiu was thinking about moving around, he heard footsteps coming from far behind him...
Cheng Jiu didn't dare to look back, and quickly straightened up with great energy and stopped moving.
"Still kneeling?"
Suddenly, a voice came from the direction of the footsteps. This person was none other than Chai Yan.
Moreover, Chai Yan was accompanied by Hang Baiqiu.
Cheng Jiu then turned around: "Master Chai, why are you here?"
Chai Yan approached and said, "If I didn't come, wouldn't you have to kneel down and die here?"
Hang Baiqiu said: "You adults are here specially to serve as steps for Master Situ..."
Chai Yan smiled at Cheng Jiu, passed him and walked directly to the inner courtyard door, then raised his hand and knocked on the door three times.
After the maid inside opened the door, Chai Yan said: "Tell Mr. Situ that I want to have a chat with him!"
After hearing this, the maid hurriedly ran in to report it.
Soon, the maid came back. She opened the two doors and asked, "Master Chai, please come inside!"
Chai Yan turned his head and glanced at Cheng Jiu, then said to Hang Baiqiu: "I'll go in alone, you wait outside."
After saying that, Chai Yan stepped into the gate and followed the maid away.
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