Chapter 792: Repairing the Plank Road in the Ming Dynasty
Taisun Mansion Gate
"Zhenren Liu, please!"
After leaving, Zhou Licheng did not leave alone, but extended his hand for Liu Zhan to sit, then took the seat himself, handed Liu Zhan a hand stove, said "get up", and the ox cart slid steadily out.
The two of them were silent for a while. It was a light snowy day, and the streets were covered in snow, making it unclear. There were almost no pedestrians in the streets and alleys. They could only hear the cows' hooves trampling in the snow, and the falling and beating snowflakes.
Listening to the sound on the felt tent.
For a long time, Zhou Licheng squinted his eyes, looked outside, and sighed: "The real person may be a little surprised as to why he took the liberty to invite him. It's just that Zhou's daughter came back not long ago, but it's very different from before, so..."
Zhou Licheng's hesitant look made Liu Zhan immediately understand why he was invited to the house as a guest at night.
It turned out that something happened to Zhou Licheng's daughter, and he wanted to help find out if his daughter had gotten into something dirty.
It is indeed better to do this sooner rather than later.
"Since Mr. Zhou said so, Pindao will go and take a look." Liu Zhan squinted his eyes.
Although he had long known that Liu Zhan would agree, Zhou Licheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Liu Zhan had actually agreed. At the same time, he also felt helpless in his heart.
His daughter Zhou Yao disappeared suddenly, which made him and his wife anxious. However, they were afraid of damaging their daughter's reputation, so they always sent people to search for her quietly without making a big fanfare.
Just when she had lost hope of finding her daughter, Zhou Yao returned safely...
But the daughter who returned has changed a lot from the past.
First of all, Zhou Yao has become more beautiful. Of course, this kind of beauty can still be distinguished by familiar people, but it is more of a change in temperament. The facial features are more refined, the skin is better, and the temperament is more refined. The subtle changes are blended into
Together, they form a stunning beauty.
But such a daughter makes Zhou Licheng and his wife feel uneasy. Even if they can tell that this is indeed their daughter, such a big change and the reason why they refuse to tell the truth no matter how much they ask, make the couple anxious.
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Zhou Licheng's friendship with Liu Zhan was not very deep, but they were able to strike up a conversation, so he decided to ask him to come to the house to help.
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If something happens to my daughter, I hope I can help solve it. If nothing happens, it will also make the couple no longer suspicious.
There was no talking on the way, and they soon arrived at the Zhou Mansion. As soon as they entered the door, Zhou Licheng immediately said: "Go and invite the lady to come to my study."
"yes!"
Zhou Licheng took Liu Zhan to the study first. When he entered, he saw that the servants had just lit a charcoal fire and placed it directly in the copper basin to bring some warmth to the cold study.
"Funny." Zhou Licheng said with a wry smile at this time.
"This is an adult's stupidity, how can you laugh?" Liu Zhan took the hot tea and looked around. There were books all around, and some were depreciated. It seemed they were not decorations.
Perhaps it was because Zhou Yao hadn't fallen asleep yet. After a while, Zhou Yao's voice sounded outside the study door: "Father, my daughter is here."
"Yao'er, come in and see what dad brought you back." Zhou Licheng immediately said to the outside and glanced at Liu Zhan.
The door was pushed open and the girl slowly walked in from the outside. Liu Zhan looked over and his eyes narrowed slightly.
Ordinarily, considering Zhou Yao's current age, it is somewhat inappropriate to call her a girl.
But she seems to have been frozen in her teenage years. She had a cold expression, but in a blink of an eye she became charming. There is no flaw at all. What's more, she has an indescribable charm about her.
No, it's not just the flavor.
Although Zhou Licheng was a little surprised by his daughter, he was someone who had been in the officialdom for a long time. His face was not showy at all. After his daughter came in, he asked his daughter to salute Liu Zhan and lovingly handed the manuscript he had just put in the box to his daughter: "Yaoer, you
Look, what is this?"
Zhou Yao took it and flipped through it, and immediately recognized that it was a poem by Su Ziji.
She didn't seem to care much about Liu Zhan. She glanced at him and was fascinated by the article. Zhou Licheng had a complicated mood, but he continued: "The people in Taisun's Mansion asked my father to compile these manuscripts into an anthology and publish them. This
You can take the manuscript to have a look in the next two days and correct any mistakes along the way. When necessary, my father will come back to you to ask for it."
Zhou Yao raised her head, and a faint smile finally appeared on her expressionless face: "Thank you, dad."
"You are my daughter, why don't you thank me?" Zhou Licheng said with a smile and looked at Liu Zhan.
Liu Zhan had been sitting there. His originally expressionless face was even more expressionless at this moment. But this lack of expression made Zhou Licheng swallow subconsciously and his eyes fell back on his daughter. Although her daughter smiled faintly, she still had a calm expression.
It was light, as if no matter what happened, nothing could cause her to have big mood swings.
"Nothing bothers you."
Is the girl in front of him still his daughter? At this moment, this thought even appeared in Zhou Licheng's heart, making his heart beat.
Because Zhou Licheng was not alone here, and Liu Zhan was also there, Zhou Yao did not stay in Zhou Licheng's study for too long. She said good night to her father, said farewell to Liu Zhan, and left.
"Master, why did you look so shocked just now?" After his daughter left, Zhou Licheng finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked.
Liu Zhan hesitated and said: "You are so precious... I am a poor man but I can't see through it."
"Zhenren's words made Zhou even more uneasy." Zhou Licheng's eyelids twitched.
Liu Zhan didn't say there was nothing wrong with his daughter, but said he couldn't see through it. Doesn't that mean there was something wrong with his daughter?
"But it's not that nothing can be seen. But if you look closely, you can see that the auspicious aura of your daughter is lingering around her. It seems to be beyond words. It can be said that... she has the aura of phoenix..."
"Feng Qi?" Zhou Licheng was shocked, this was something he had never thought of before.
This was also the reason for Liu Zhan's hesitation. He was silent and silent. This indescribable phoenix energy, like a wisp of smoke, enveloped the center of his eyebrows. At this moment, there seemed to be an extra trace.
Everything is not in vain, where does it come from, and to whom does it come true?
Taisun Mansion
"Huh?"
Watching from the steps, snowflakes were falling rustlingly outside. Su Ziji suddenly let out a sigh, and his initial uneasiness and palpitations subsided a lot.
He touched the very well-behaved fox lying in his arms, thoughtfully.
"Could it be that something has changed in the Dragon Palace?"
Seeing that the sky was approaching dusk, the snow on the ground was deep and covered with a thick layer. He remembered that someone from the palace had just told him to enter the palace. Su Ziji stopped thinking and heard the sound of footsteps and turned around to look.
, they saw Zeng Nianzhen striding over. He couldn't see clearly under the light, but he just gave a respectful salute.
The two were silent for a while, and Su Ziji said calmly: "The emperor may not be kind to me, you know."
"I understand."
"If I have one year, how many more people can I add?"
Zeng Ninzhen understood immediately and thought for a moment: "My lord, if you give me one year, you can at least add 500 more people."
The total number of people is one thousand, which is not too small. At that time, Li Shimin only had 800 people.
Including the palace guards and the Yulin guards who may be drawn out, although compared with the military power controlled by the emperor, it is simply the difference between a stream and a river, but there are one or two thousand soldiers who are die-hardly loyal to him. For him, they are already
It can play a big role at critical moments.
Su Ziji nodded: "Gu only trusts you when it comes to military training. You still need to handle this matter. Remember, don't let the outside world find out. The soldiers you train will be Gu's trump card."
"I understand!"
"Also, you must have exposed your traces. It would be unreasonable to say that you did nothing at all. You have to build the plank road openly, secretly attack the warehouse, and send your soldiers back first."
Zeng Nianzhen said thoughtfully: "Yes, I understand. I still train my troops overseas, and the current people will also go back."
"But I am running around again, recruiting so-called martial arts masters and retainers for my lord."
"Shan, that's right." Su Ziji was very satisfied. The so-called martial arts masters and disciples were actually of no use, but Zeng Nianzhen worked hard for it, which made people feel relieved.
Seeing that the driver had arrived, Su Ziji patted him on the shoulder: "Go ahead and do it!"