Second minister and thief

Chu Linqiu was leaning in Xiao Cen's arms, raised his eyebrows slightly and asked instead, "Master Hou...what are you doing?"

"..." Xiao Cen turned his head to look at the scene in the hall, feeling a little guilty, he wrapped the person more tightly without any trace, blocked the sword that was left on the ground, and tried to fool him, "It's nothing It's nothing, this little eunuch must see you before he is willing to announce the decree. The Marquis is trying to reason with them, saying that you are not in good health and it is inconvenient to see the wind. Now people have seen it, and the imperial decree has also been read. Just go back and resurrect."

"Reasonable?" Chu Linqiu supported Xiao Cen's crossed arm to stand firm, casually glanced around at Captain Fei Ling, whose eyes were full of hostility, and thought it was a little funny.He thought to himself, does this person feel that he is already sick and insane, and has no basic ability to distinguish between true and false?

Before he came here, he hastily swallowed the antidote with water. Not only did he relieve a lot of the stagnation in his heart, but he also relaxed a lot. It's just that he had been ill for too long and was a little dizzy and weak.But it is not enough to rely on people's support to walk, and it will fall down at any time. The so-called sick face and weak support are just made for others to see.

"It turned out to be Eunuch Xiao Rong."

"My lord! You've come! If you don't come... this servant will be killed by the sword of Lord Marquis!!!" When the little eunuch saw Chu Linqiu, it was as if he had seen a savior. He crawled over and knelt down in front of him trembling, even leaving the bright yellow scroll on the ground.

"Eunuch is joking." Chu Linqiu's lips curled up slightly, and he gave a slightly weak smile. He slowly stretched out his hand and personally helped up the little eunuch who was still trembling. Mansion servant, "Can you see how the general's saber fell to the ground?"

"This..." At first, the servants looked around in panic, and they all cowered to the side and dared not speak.But then there was a fat and fat man who inadvertently saw Chu Linqiu's increasingly gloomy expression, and suddenly blurted out, "You guys can see clearly, it's the general who can't hold the sword steadily." Cause it to fall off! Scared...scared Lord Hou...that's why..."

"You don't want to spray people with blood!!!"

Lieutenant Fei Lingwei who was accused took a step forward, glared at him, and clenched his hands into fists as if he wanted to strike, but he was defeated by Chu Linqiu's indifferent eyes.

"Then why did this general hold the sword? Do you know what crime he has committed? Article [-] of the Daqi Law, despise and threaten important officials in the court, punish them as dismissals, and send them to Beijiang. Wait for the official to report the truth to the saint , do you have good fruit to eat?"

Although Chu Linqiu's voice was not loud, every word and every word hit the hearts of the Feilingwei captains, making them shudder in unison.

Those people usually don't know that there are such wonderful people who don't change their faces and turn black and white in the world, but today they can be regarded as more knowledgeable.But after being speechless, they also wanted to temporarily avoid the edge and suffer this hidden loss. After all, after today, this person will not be the same.

"My, my lord...what do you mean? We, we didn't offend..."

"Eunuch Xiao Rong should understand what I mean."

"..." Eunuch Rong suddenly raised his head when he heard the words, but suddenly met Chu Linqiu's threatening eyes, flinched immediately, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, my lord, today's slaves will Nothing, saw nothing, heard nothing..."

"In that case, let's declare the decree."

After finishing speaking, Chu Linqiu knelt down slowly in the front hall under the support of Xiao Cen who couldn't hide his smile.His face was calm, as if nothing had really happened just now.

Little Eunuch Rong hurriedly crawled over to pick up the imperial decree scattered on the ground, and began to read with trembling voice.Although the content in it is not very unusual, when Xiao Cen listened to it again, he was still sincerely happy for him.

He couldn't help but secretly looked at Chu Linqiu's expression sideways, only to find that this person was also silently looking at him.

"Master Tong Zhishu."

After Xiao Cen called out this sentence silently, he saw that Chu Linqiu's frosty complexion suddenly melted away, and the corners of his eyes and brows were filled with warmth, which was quite different from his previous temperament, which made people dumbfounded.

While he was still in a daze, he heard Little Eunuch Rong finally shouted "Qi this" loudly, then he took the scroll and handed it to the servant standing beside him, then stretched out his hand timidly to help Chu Linqiu up, and whispered Said, "Slave, congratulations, sir."

"Little Eunuch Rong has worked hard." Chu Linqiu changed from his previous gloomy and stern attitude, and he winked at the person behind him.The shrewd domestic servant understood, hurried forward and stuffed a coarse linen money bag into the little father-in-law's hand, and whispered a few words of thanks in his ear.Not only that, but even the captains of the Feiling Guard who accompanied the announcement also got a silver ingot.

"No, no hard work, this is what a slave should do..." Little Eunuch Rong was first threatened overtly and secretly, and then suddenly received a heavy benefit. The party members were naturally fearful and loving, so they gave up those little thoughts before.

"My lord, Lord Hou, since the holy will has been announced, I should resign. I have offended you a lot before, and I hope the two nobles, Haihan, please, my lord... speak a few words of kindness in front of the master for this little slave." Sentence. Slaves are like cows and horses in this life, and they will repay the adults."

Chu Linqiu didn't make a special response to his overtures, but nodded slightly, and said with a double entendre, "Eunuch Xiaorong has already learned the truth about Lord Yan, do you still need my help?"

The little eunuch didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only say "Don't dare" repeatedly, and after asking to retreat again, he took Fei Lingwei and the others to flee.

Seeing this, Chu Linqiu smiled inexplicably, and insisted on personally sending them to the door with Xiao Cen's support.In this way, those who are interested will be able to know the decree coming from the palace at the first time.

As for what was written on that piece of yellow cloth...I'm afraid it will spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital within a quarter of an hour.

"I can't see anyone anymore. Let's go in." Xiao Cen's hand was always around Chu Linqiu's waist and never let go. Naturally, he knew in his heart that this person's ability to last until now was already the limit.

I'm afraid if you let him stand for a while longer, he will slip out in public.So Xiao Cen didn't care about it right now, he just wanted to get people in so that he could close the door of the Hou Mansion.

Fortunately, Chu Linqiu was also very obedient at the moment, Xiao Cen told him to turn around, and let him take a step, but there seemed to be something wrong, so that everyone always held their hearts and dared not let go.