Volume 4: Gathering of Sages Chapter 724: Birds of a feather flock together?
The Fourth Prince, along with Xiao Cheng and Xiao Huasheng, actually planned to continue the attack overnight. When Zhang Shou, who had just finished a day's lecture, heard that Ah Liu had ordered a small flagman from the South City Military Department to bring back such a message, he couldn't help but be a little surprised. However, this was just a message, a message that Ah Liu passed on to ordinary people, which was exactly concise and to the extreme, and he had no way of asking for details.
Because the people from the Nancheng Bingmasi were only dispatched once at the request of Ah Liu and captured two villains.
Since he was the one who sent Ah Liu out, and now that he was not there, Zhang Shou could not not go home. However, when he wanted to send someone to give Ah Liu a message, the flag said in a timid manner that he did not know where the Sixth Master was at the moment, so he had to give up. With no other choice, he thanked the man and sent him away. As for giving a reward, it was illegal in the eyes of the uncle!
Although he still had the escort of the Ruiqi Battalion and was not worried about safety, he felt a little uneasy after getting on the bus without Ah Liu. When he entered Xuanwu Gate, he happened to hear a noisy voice outside the bus. After catching the conversation, he couldn't help laughing, and his mood suddenly improved.
Scholar Kong is now planning to leave Beijing for Huairou. Isn't this good news?
When he passed through the city gate, he even raised the curtains and looked out. In a moment, he saw a group of soldiers and horses surrounding a carriage passing by him. Perhaps it was a telepathic connection - in other words, it was a bad fate - in short, the curtains of the carriage opposite were also raised, revealing a slightly haggard, but deliberately majestic face.
The two looked at each other, Zhang Shou smiled and nodded slightly to the other party. Seeing that the first reaction was to drop the curtains, if he was not in the carriage and there was no one like Ah Liu who didn't need him to pretend, he would have wanted to turn into an emoticon, pound the seat and laugh loudly. He was very curious about how Qin Guogong Zhang Chuan persuaded Confucius to deal with the eldest prince. It was a pity that he couldn't watch!
However, as if the scene just now was an illusion, the curtain of the opposite carriage was opened again the next moment, and when Mr. Kong showed his face again, his eyes were shining with brilliance, and he glared at Zhang Shou fiercely, but he could not say anything too late, and the two carriages had already completely crossed each other.
This time, Zhang Shou, who was content to let go of the curtains, breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back on the soft pillow to rest his eyes. What's wrong with letting the enemy charge into battle and work hard? This is simply the most wonderful thing in the world! As for the fact that Master Kong won this trip and returned to Beijing in triumph... he had no regrets, because Master Kong's political enemies would take advantage of the situation.
In such a good mood, he returned to Zhang Garden. When Zhang Shou got off the car at the gate, he learned that Zhu Ying had come once, but did not wait for him, but left a letter and left. When he met Wu, Wu could not help complaining that she had repeatedly tried to keep Zhu Ying, but Zhu Ying still left in a hurry. It was unknown whether it was because the wedding date was approaching and she was afraid of gossip from outsiders.
"Those gossipers deserve to die! Your marriage is already a done deal, why should they keep talking?"
"Okay, mother is right." Zhang Shou coaxed his adoptive mother as he did before. However, after receiving the letter, he wanted to have dinner with others before going back to the study to read the letter. However, Wu urged him to finish reading it early, and she said to avoid suspicion that she would go to the kitchen to see how the stew was cooked first. He didn't want to go against her kindness.
However, after he finished reading Zhu Ying's letter that explained the whole thing in just a few words, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Is this Zhang Chen a gift for topping up your phone bill?"
Shouldn't this kind of frustration education be strictly disciplined by the father from childhood, and timely intervention when something goes wrong? Why is it pushed to him and Zhu Ying now? Although he felt that Zhang Chen was a little too smooth sailing - except for the fact that he suffered a heavy loss in front of him and Zhu Ying, this loss not only did not bring any harm to Zhang Chen, but also brought a lot of benefits.
Just look at the fact that the man confidently told him that he wanted to marry a rare and beautiful woman in the world. But, this is not the reason why Zhang Chuan asked him for help, right? Although the conditions given by the man are really hard to refuse...
Therefore, when Wu came back, he did not hide the contents of the letter from Zhu Ying. Sure enough, after listening to it, although Wu was amazed at the exchange conditions given by Qin Guogong Zhang Chuan, she also strongly disagreed with Zhang Chuan's behavior of throwing away the burden. Of course, Wu has always been gentle, that is, she is stubborn about Zhang Shou's affairs, and she only says a few words about other people's affairs.
"Anyway, you should take advantage of this opportunity to help Yingying. After all, Zhang Chen is also your student."
Zhang Shou readily agreed. After dinner, he went back to his room and read a book. When he wanted to drink tea, he suddenly realized that Ah Liu had not . Even though he knew that he didn't need to worry about this talented and courageous boy, he couldn't help but feel a little worried when he thought about the three children who needed Ah Liu to look after.
It is said that three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang. The three children he sent out today, the Fourth Prince is needless to say, Xiao Cheng has also dressed up as a ghost to scare people, and Xiao Huasheng has even dressed up as a woman to trick the First Prince. In other words, they are all more courageous than the other. If they are too bold and reckless, will something happen?
The more he thought about it, the more worried he became, and the more worried he became, the harder it was for him to fall asleep early. Even after he washed up, a servant outside brought him hot water to wash his feet and go to bed. Although he had gotten into bed, his thoughts still did not stop, and he was so dazed that he didn't know how long it took before he fell asleep.
When he was not sleeping very deeply, he suddenly heard a very slight noise. He opened his eyes subconsciously and found that someone was lowering the tent for him.
Recognizing that it was Ah Liu, he suddenly became fully awake and quickly supported himself on the bed and sat up: "When did you come back? How are those three naughty kids now?"
In a moment of urgency, Zhang Shou casually called out the name he had always only thought about. Ah Liu was slightly stunned, chewing on the three words "naughty kids", and then secretly decided in his heart that he would call the three little guys that in the future. And after being stunned for a while, he said calmly: "It went smoothly."
Faced with such a concise answer, Zhang Shou couldn't help but get angry. When he saw Ah Liu's mouth curled up, he realized that this kid was deliberately playing a trick on him! He pounded the bed board in anger and said unhappily: "Just seeing that you came back so late, I know that even if those three naughty kids were successful, they must have caused a lot of trouble! Hurry up and tell me, what happened?"
Ah Liu then coughed lightly and described in detail the heroic deeds of the Fourth Prince and his two sons in fighting against the villains during their home visits. He emphasized the Fourth Prince's brilliant idea of sending the villain like the eldest son of the Gao family to the Shunhe Escort Agency for re-education.
Zhang Shou, who had long known how powerful the number one naughty child was, was really amused. However, when he heard that the three little guys prepared home-cooked comfort items such as egg tofu under the name of a home visit, he still felt that the results of the Fourth Prince's civilian education were good this time.
However, when he learned that the three people came out of Gao's house, he pestered Ah Liu for help, hoping to find the so-called third manager of the Hua family, and he couldn't help but be happy. After all, children are children. Even if the corresponding person is found, with these three little guys, even if they can be one-tenth of Zhuge Liang, it will not work without executors.
He immediately understood and asked, "Did you really help them find the person?"
Ah Liu said helplessly, "The Fourth Prince said he would investigate overnight. Didn't the Young Master tell me to listen to him? Of course I had to help. I have some connections in the outer city, and I finally found the person."
He said it lightly, not mentioning the simplicity and roughness of his visit to the relevant people. But Zhang Shou didn't care how Ah Liu found him. Anyway, if this guy showed up, even if the relevant people wanted to hide it, they would definitely not be able to hide it. They would use all kinds of methods that ordinary people would not be used to to get the information they wanted to know.
So he simply asked, "What results did you get after you found the person? Tell me clearly, don't just dismiss me with a few words."
Since Zhang Shou had such a request, Ah Liu had no choice but to give a long speech: "The so-called third steward of the Hua family is a fake. When he took people to Gusu Restaurant, he pretended to be a steward of a certain family's banquet reservation, so he could wander around in the kitchen. Fang's mother and the two families were ignorant and fell for it. After I caught him, the Fourth Prince beat him up. He cried and told everything."
"He said that he was instructed by someone to trick students from the public school into dropping out and becoming his apprentice. He also said..." Ah Liu paused before uttering a name that sounded subtly familiar, "He also said that the person who instructed him was called Jiang Zhuo'er, a well-known figure in the outer city's black market. So, of course, I took him to the South City Military Department to find Master Zhu and asked to confront him."
What a coincidence? He was the guy who was so bold as to try to intercept Ah Liu, but when that didn't work, he simply turned around and blamed a bunch of big shots? Zhang Shou simply found it a little unbelievable, but then he thought again, maybe someone secretly instructed Jiang Zhuoer to do this, so he couldn't help but sneer.
"It seems that I am really hated. Someone actually planned to plot against me by plotting against innocent students! What was the result of the confrontation? Since Jiang Zhuoer told me the exchange conditions in order to save his life, then he will not remain silent this time, right?"
"Well..."
Ah Liu, who always told Zhang Shou everything he knew, hesitated this time, with flickering eyes. How could Zhang Shou ignore the boy's abnormal reaction? He was worried about the huge destructive power of the three naughty kids together, so he immediately felt uneasy and said with a gloomy face: "Just tell me what happened, don't hide it!"
Knowing that his clumsy tricks could not be hidden from Zhang Shou, Ah Liu finally revealed the truth: "Jiang Zhuoer readily admitted that he had ordered a scoundrel he knew to do it. And the one who came to him in a roundabout way was none other than Master Kong Jiu."
Zhang Shou was not unfamiliar with such a title... No wonder! He was not like Zhu Ying who had lived in the capital since childhood and knew the relatives of the nobles and officials. It was not easy for him to remember all the chief officials and deputy officials of the six ministries, temples, and important government offices such as the Censorate, as well as the officials and censors with some fame.
After all, there are already one or two hundred people!
Therefore, when Ah Liu explained that Master Kong Jiu was Doctor Kong of the Taichang Temple and the younger brother of Academician Kong, he realized that the person was the one that Zhu Tingfang had deliberately gone to Academician Kong's house to squeeze! Considering that this person had deliberately spread the news that Zhu Tingfang was seriously injured and dying because he saw Ah Liu buying ginseng for Zhu Tingfang, he knew that Jiang Zhuoer was very likely telling the truth.
But if it was only confirmed that this was the case, then he didn't think that Ah Liu would have been so hesitant just now. Obviously, the Fourth Prince and Xiao Huasheng Xiao Cheng had probably taken extraordinary measures.
Zhang Shou simply kept silent and just looked at Ah Liu. As expected, the young man was not good at fooling people, so he immediately looked away. After a long while, he whispered, "The Fourth Prince couldn't swallow this breath, so he suggested going to the door to seek justice. Then I helped a little, and Xiao Cheng used his old tricks again and pretended to be a ghost to scare people!"
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Zhang Shou stared at Ah Liu in astonishment, wanting to ask him if he was joking. However, facing a face that was always serious, he knew there was no need to ask any more questions. He sighed and asked directly, "Tell me, did you scare him to death, or what? You didn't scare him to death, did you?"
He had originally planned for the worst, but when he saw Ah Liu's indescribable expression, he couldn't help but blurt out that he was worried that the person was really scared to death. Fortunately, Ah Liu quickly shook his head and said, "The person was frightened and fainted several times, but he is definitely not dead!"
Fortunately, he didn't die... Pah, not dying is not something to be thankful for! These three brats are really bold. Of course, he shouldn't have sent Ah Liu, who doesn't know what fear is, to help them. The brats have someone to back them up, so of course they can do whatever they want, and forget about the consequences!
Zhang Shou took a deep breath, and then suddenly realized another important problem: "Master Kong Jiu should live next door to Scholar Kong Daxue, right? Weren't you investigating in the outer city before? How can you get into the inner city before dark ? It must have taken you a lot of effort just to catch the person who pretended to be the manager of the Hua family."
"Because Master Zhu is the one who is patrolling inside and outside the Five Cities Military Department, the Xuanwu Gate has been open all night these days, so we can follow him through. So when we entered the city and saw Jiang Zhuoer at the West City Military Department, the Fourth Prince insisted on going to the Kong family to seek justice."
After explaining the whole story, Ah Liu coughed and said, "After Xiao Cheng pretended to be a ghost, I ran away with the Fourth Prince on my back. Xiao Huasheng and Xiao Cheng were both good at climbing over the wall, and they got out safely after me. They are all at home now, do you want to meet them, Master?"
Zhang Shou took a deep breath. Xiao Cheng was usually the most honest of the three naughty kids, but today, Xiao Cheng was back to his old ways of playing tricks. Is this really the saying that those who keep company with good people will be good, and those who keep company with bad people will be bad?
