After being mistaken for a fellow by Long Aotian

Obviously, the emperor has fallen into the spiritual friendship between himself and Lu Bin.He rubbed his chin and murmured: "Overseas drifting, desert island survival, island treasures... Obviously, this is a capable person! Unexpectedly, he has been keenly aware of the fact that I have just started to implement the advanced system. Drawing on experience from outside Jingguo, and reminding me..."

With that said, he turned to Zhou Xun: "Brother Xun, what do you think?"

Zhou Xun: "...I think you can talk to him first."

"There's no need to talk about it!" The emperor waved his hand, "The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water. In ancient times, everything between gentlemen can be said without saying anything. Just understand what's on your mind!"

Zhou Xun: ...

But seeing that their thinking seemed to lead to a good result, Zhou Xun didn't bother to say anything more.

"By the way, have you been busy recently? How is your review going? Have you finished your homework?" The emperor turned to Zhou Xun and asked with concern.

Since Zhou Xun moved out of the palace, he has indeed spent a lot more time studying these days.Old man Shen is a person who follows the ancient law very much. In addition to the Four Books and Five Classics for the exam, he also taught him the Six Arts of a Gentleman - especially after learning that he had moved out of the palace, he was asked to go to the palace in the morning. Study and come back tonight.

During this period of time, he was so busy that his head was dizzy, and the only thing that had nothing to do with study was that Yan Jia came to him to borrow a book a few days ago.Zhou Xun then thought about it and said, "Fortunately, I'm not very busy."

Emperor: "Huh? I heard that you have a lot of things to do recently. You leave early and return late—"

His words revealed his concern for Zhou Xun.Zhou Xun stared at him intently, and after a while, suddenly smiled.

"For you, of course I have to say I'm not busy, otherwise wouldn't it be a waste of time for the emperor to make a trip today?"

The emperor rolled his eyes: "You, this..."

"If I remember correctly, the emperor will have a rest tomorrow, right?"

emperor:……

"You found out about this, let's go out and play together tomorrow... No, let's go on a date, okay?" The emperor touched his nose and said.

Just as Zhou Xun was about to respond, Lian Rong whispered from beside him: "Here, have you forgotten about tomorrow's important event, my lord?"

"What's the big deal?"

Seeing Zhou Xun's slightly confused look, Lian Rong became anxious instead.Thinking that the emperor was beside her, she could only whisper: "Of course, of course, the Zhou family's... Zhou family's... case!"

Zhou's case?

Zhou Xun: ...I was too busy to forget.

Naturally, he wanted to see Zhou Hongfu, but compared to the emperor's earnest smile at the moment...

Just as Zhou Xun was about to open his mouth, he heard the emperor say, "Ah, the case of the Zhou family! It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter!"

Zhou Xun:?

"Previously, this case was with Jiang Wei, and the officials made a lot of noise, so it was thrown to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Jiang Wei cooperated with the trial. It's just right to try the court model that is still in the experimental nature." The emperor waved his hand, "If you want to Look, it doesn't matter!"

Zhou Xun paused, and said, "But you..."

Emperor: "It's okay, let's do it, the court session is in the afternoon. Let's set off in the morning, go shopping, then have lunch, go to the court in the afternoon, have dinner in the evening, and then go to the theater. What do you think?"

The time of the day is fully arranged in one sentence.Zhou Xun smiled and nodded: "Okay."

"Then the matter is settled like this!" The emperor slapped his knee, "I will come here to pick you up tomorrow morning!"

The matter of the two's first date was settled in a few words.After chatting a few gossips, Zhou Xun went to the door and watched the emperor leave.

"It's getting late, you should go to bed earlier!" The emperor waved his hand, "Good night!"

Zhou Xun also smiled: "Good night."

After closing the door, Zhou Xun always felt as if he had forgotten something.He went to bed and tossed and turned on the bed until the dead of night.

At the same time, under the same moonlight, everyone in the Zhou Mansion could not sleep at night.

Zhou's mother doted on Zhou Hong since she was a child.As the saying goes, the pain lies in the body of the child, and the pain lies in the heart of the mother.No matter how much Zhou Hong suffered in the imperial prison, Zhou's mother suffered no less during this period of time.Prison is not a place where people can stay. Just thinking about how many tortures Zhou Hong has suffered in it, Zhou's mother feels that her ten fingers are crushed inch by inch.

Now, Zhou Hong's case can finally be heard in court—and not at Jiangwei's, but at the Ministry of Punishment.Zhou's mother is quite a little bit happy after all the hard work.Of course she knew that this was inseparable from the hard work of her son.However, the trial by the Ministry of Criminal Justice is one thing, and how Zhou Hong will end up in the end is another matter.As things were not settled, Zhou's mother couldn't sleep well all day, especially tomorrow, when Zhou Hong's case was officially tried.

"Cai'er, you said that the matter of Hong'er is really settled?"

It was late at night, but the Zhou family hadn't rested yet.Sitting in the hall, Zhou's mother held her son's hand and said worriedly: "But if the judgment is not passed, I will not be able to rest assured as a mother..."

Zhou Cai frowned slightly with a look of boredom, but Zhou's mother couldn't notice it.He said to Zhou's mother in a gentle voice: "Mother, don't worry, I have already taken care of the Lu family, it's up to people. And now that the case has been handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, it is good news to get out of Jiang Wei's place."

"oh oh……"

Mother Zhou got the answer she wanted for the seventh time.She thought about it for a long time, looked at her eldest son who was quite tired now, and remembered what she said to her son in a hurry a few days ago, and suddenly a motherly heart welled up in her heart.

"Cai'er, the family is thanks to you this time." Zhou's mother said guiltily, "I said those words in a moment of impatience before, so don't take it to heart!"

Zhou Cai paused, and his smile faded a bit: "My son understands."

"Now when you're in adversity, you don't know who is the one who made trouble!" Mother Zhou spit out, "When you were still favored, those people rushed to catch up one by one, but now you have no ability for a while, and the trees fall and the monkeys scatter. Mrs. An Guogong, who kept saying that she had a lot of free time, invited me to enjoy the flowers in the Zhuangzi together. And Mrs. Zhaohui... Now I can see them all! A few days ago, I handed over my booklet, and they all changed. A face."

"Hey, you were too good-natured back then, and you didn't think too much about yourself. You just shirk what the emperor bestows on you. If your mother had an imperial order, you wouldn't be in such a mess." Mother Zhou couldn't help sighing, " This is the way of the world..."

——Think more about yourself?

——I'm afraid it's for Zhou's mother to plan a little more.

Zhou Cai pursed her lips, but didn't say anything.He greeted Zhou's mother a few more times and said a few words of advice before leaving the pavilion.

As soon as he left the pavilion, his face darkened, and his steps were as fast as the wind.Seeing this, his personal servant girl for many years hastily chased after her with a lantern in her hand: "Master, madam, she..."

"Ma'am, she only thinks about herself." Zhou Cai murmured, "It's ridiculous that I have always thought that I am the most favored heir of the entire Zhou family for many years... It is ridiculous that I have devoted myself to the Zhou family for many years, and I also thought , the Zhou family is towards themselves, and they are wholeheartedly for the glory of the Zhou family..."

He lowered his head and smiled again: "In the end, the Zhou family is nothing more than that."

... But, the young master has indeed grown up under the worship of the entire Zhou family for many years?The Zhou family tried their best to worship the young master with the best husband and the greatest dignity. When the second young master Zhou Xun was there, the cost was less than one-tenth of the young master's.Now that the Zhou family is in trouble, the young master should naturally...

The servant girl opened her mouth, but didn't dare to say that.

In the past, she always thought that the young master was a very good person. In the past, she dared to say that to the young master.But now, she dare not say a word.

So he had no choice but to follow behind Zhou Cai silently.Zhou Cai arrived at the courtyard where Master Zhou was resting, and said to the servant girl, "I'll go in and see my father, you just stay outside."

"……Yes."

So Zhou Cai went in.Zhou's father was walking around in the room at this time, seeing his father's old and stupid appearance, he felt even more impatient.

But even so, he still had a smile on his face: "Father."

"Ah Hong's affairs are all arranged for tomorrow?"

Zhou Cai nodded.When he was in front of Zhou's father, his expression completely changed compared to the previous expression when he was in front of Zhou's mother.Zhou Cai smiled lightly and said, "Father, don't forget to promise me."

"If something happens, cut off the tail to survive..." Father Zhou said with a sneer after reading these words, "I didn't know that the child I raised for so many years would actually do such a thing!"

"This is for the entire Zhou Mansion, isn't it?" Zhou Caishi said calmly, "In any case, Zhou Hong has already had a great impact on the reputation of the entire Zhou Mansion. Since this influence is irresistible, it is better to maximize its advantages Transformation, to correct the family style of the Zhou family. But as an elder brother, it is not easy for me to make a move, and I need my father to be this villain."

Father Zhou sneered, "Are you threatening your father?"

"Don't dare." Zhou Caibin said politely, "It's just for the sake of the unborn brother in the family. It's a good thing for the father to have a son when he grows old. Ah Cai also hopes that the Zhou family will prosper."

When he said this sentence, Father Zhou panicked.He hurriedly said, "Your mother..."

"Mother naturally doesn't know about this, so don't let her get in the way." Zhou Cai said with a smile.

Only then did Father Zhou feel relieved.He realized that he had just lost his father's majesty, and he wanted to say something, but Zhou Cai had already resigned: "My son has resigned."

Zhou Cai came out of Zhou's father's yard, and the maid followed behind him, holding a lantern.Seeing that Zhou Cai's brows were not as tightly wrinkled as before, she tentatively asked, "Master's matter...is it done?"

Zhou Cai smiled.

He stopped in front of a clump of flowers, looked at the disorganized Zhou Mansion and said to himself: "After this experience, I finally understand that I am the future Patriarch of the Zhou Family, and the future Patriarch of the Zhou It could be me, but..."

He caught a flower and crushed it in the palm of his hand.

The bright red juice stained the palm of his hand, like someone's blood.He murmured: "But what kind of Zhou family should be, should I, the young patriarch, define it? I will inherit part of the Zhou family, but not everything. First of all, we have to prune the branches..."

"Cher."

Zhou's mother's voice came from behind him, and Zhou's mother panicked: "I still can't sleep soundly, you say..."

"Mother." Zhou Cai turned back and comforted, "We are not the only ones who can't sleep well tonight, for example..."

His gaze turned to a nearby flat ground.

It's ridiculous that he walked to Zhou Xun's original residence unknowingly.

What was Zhou Xun in his eyes in the past?Zhou Cai no longer remembers, if he had to say, in the past Zhou Xun, in his heart, was nothingness, a gray and gloomy shadow.

And he, standing in front of everyone, is the jewel in the palm of the Zhou family, a jewel, how could he care about a handful of dust?

He was studying in the capital, and Zhou Xun was silent in Jiangzhou.He has friends, relatives, and a mother who helped suppress Zhou Xun... But Zhou Xun has nothing.

He can even give Zhou Xun as a gift, but Zhou Xun has nothing to do.

This is the gap between him and Zhou Xun.

But in the past few months, he couldn't help thinking about this person who he once looked down upon, and even his opponent was not regarded as a real person.He thought about Zhou Xun's indifference when he saw him last time, as if he was some kind of garbage that people didn't like...

Zhou Xun didn't see him in his eyes, but he wanted to step on him day and night.

"Now he should also think that he can't sleep here." Zhou Cai suddenly smiled, "He hates us."

For some reason, thinking of Zhou Xun was also thinking of him... He suddenly had a distorted pleasure in his heart.

Now, they only think about each other, only hate each other... that's fine.

On the other side, Zhou Xun's mansion.

"I remembered." Zhou Xun, who hadn't fallen asleep for a long time, murmured.

...he forgot to ask the emperor to dress normally.