After being mistaken for a fellow by Long Aotian

Is the Zhou family okay now?

The face between the two was already torn apart, they were standing close together, and no one else was present, and Zhou Cai no longer showed his usual camouflage as a brother and friend.

"Brother, you are doing well in the palace now," he said slowly, looking at Zhou Xun, "You don't know what the Zhou family is like now, do you?"

Zhou Xun knew that he was watching his expression while talking.He lifted the curtain of the car and said leisurely: "I really don't know about the Zhou family, after all—"

He smiled at Zhou Cai: "The emperor didn't tell me about unrelated people, and he didn't intend to make me worry about these insignificant things."

Zhou Cai's face was distorted for a moment, and then he said with a smile: "After a few days in the palace, you have become sharp-tongued, quite different from your previous appearance."

Zhou Xun was not in a hurry to answer him.He knew that the one who was more anxious between the two of them was Zhou Cai.

The Zhou family is an upstart in the court, and Zhou Cai is busy consolidating his power and glorifying his family in the court.After all, it is difficult for one person to succeed alone. If he wants to bring the whole Zhou family up, little brother Zhou must not have any accidents.

——When he came here and waited to check his badge, he had already heard about Zhou Xiaodi from the whispers of the guards next to him.

Sure enough, after Zhou Xun hadn't spoken for a long time, Zhou Cai spoke first: "Brother, you have to know that one cannot go far without the power of the clan."

"You are alone in the court, no matter how good you are, you are just 'one person'. When something happens, others are from aristocratic families, and there is always a glimmer of life if you have clansmen to support each other. And you, if you only If you are a lonely person, when things come to your head, you will not even have a chance to fight back, and you will be thrown into Abi Hell in an instant." Zhou Cai said, "You are smart since you were young, so you should understand this truth."

Zhou Cai was really in a hurry. If Zhou's younger brother's matter could not be resolved, he would have no peace for a day.Now, he actually put his mind on Zhou Xun himself, and even came up with such a set of high-sounding rhetoric.

It's someone else who is standing here at this moment, maybe I really have to weigh it in my heart.Although Zhou Cai is often hypocritical, his words are not unreasonable.

Chinese people often pay attention to a circle culture, a clan culture.Clans naturally form blood circles to integrate resources and integrate individual interests with collective interests to increase the group's influence and ability to resist risks.Among the various promoting factors that make up the "circle", none is more natural and logical than blood relationship.Therefore, all officials who can get ahead basically cannot do without the support of their relatives.

however……

"As an official of the imperial court, I always do things for the emperor and the imperial court. In his position, he seeks his own government. In public office, he doesn't want to seek the welfare of the imperial court, but wants to form a small circle of himself..." Zhou Xun said, "Acquisition Brother, is this trying to form a small imperial court?"

——What a big hat of "forming a party for selfish interests"!

With the phrase "forming a party for personal gain", Zhou Cai dared not say anything anymore.Even if he wants to say that Zhou Xun disregards family affection, it is unreasonable-the emperor is the emperor, in the face of the emperor and the righteousness of the family and the country, what is the so-called family affection?

He could no longer make a case for it.

"But brother talked about the affairs of the Zhou family, and I really care about the affairs of the Zhou family." After Zhou Xun said this, he said slowly, "It's not wrong for brother to say that I don't care enough about family affairs. If this is the case, please tell me more about the...interesting things that happened in the Zhou family."

He bit the word "interesting things" unhurriedly: "Seeing how you guys are doing, I'm also relieved."

"you……!"

"What? Brother," Zhou Xun said with a half-smile, "Since you came to me on your own initiative, you should know what kind of answer I will give. Now that the emperor or others are not here, you can save yourself the trouble of acting sad." Kung fu. In this regard, we are 'brothers and brothers respectful'. The guards-"

He lowered the curtain: "Let's go."

The carriage rolled by.The little guard who followed him sat in the carriage and looked at Zhou Xun with neither sadness nor joy.He has always followed Zhou Xun and got close to him for more than ten days, so he couldn't help but said: "Mr. Zhou, since you hate that person, why don't you invite the emperor to admiral them..."

"The grandeur you can get by relying on the emperor's favor is only for a while," Zhou Xun said, "whether it's Zhou Cai or... me."

He tapped his fingers on his knees, as if he was reminding himself of this point: "Many acts of unrighteousness will lead to self-death. The Zhou family used to rely on Zhou Cai's favor in Beijing and often lost their sense of proportion. Now the matter of Zhou Xiaodi is just a ticking time bomb." , the Zhou family will kill themselves sooner or later. This is a matter of fairness and reason, so why should I interfere? Besides..."

——Don’t you think it’s more interesting to be a theatergoer than to be an actor?The longer their play was, the better it was.

The struggle of insects before dying is the most hopeless and painful.Since death is an established fact, the longer the struggle, the dawn of hope can always be seen, but it is more painful than death.

"I hope they can last longer." The guard suddenly heard Zhou Xun speak.The young master in Tsing Yi put his elbows on the window of the sedan chair, propped his chin, and looked out of the window sideways: "It would be even better if they could only roll in the mud when they saw me go up with their own eyes. Personality, seeing me live well, I'm afraid it will be worse than seeing myself live, and life will be worse than death."

Under the stunned eyes of the guards, the young master in Tsing Yi smiled, his usual cold face was actually a little more playful.

"Looking at it this way, I'm not a gentleman. Sometimes, I'm pretty bad." He said softly, but there was no self-blame in his words.

Zhou Cai was left far behind the Donghua Gate, his face twisted.

'If you don't eat a toast, you'll have to drink fine wine. When the time comes, there will always be a time when you need the Zhou family. ’ he thought bitterly, “Blood, in-laws…”

These few days Xie Zhengqing was busy with military affairs, he went several times but failed to get on line with him.However, at this moment, he thought of a better candidate.

His fiancée, Yan Shangshu's daughter.

The sedan chair stopped on the street outside Mo Yuan.Zhou Xun got off the sedan chair, and the others stayed here to wait for him. Only one guard kept a distance from him and watched him.

Standing on the street full of people, Zhou Xun felt as if he had passed away for a moment.For the first time in two years, he walked into the crowd again.

He walked a few steps away, and the palace people who sent him here were left behind in his world.The capital is the most prosperous capital in Dajing, and there are people coming and going in the city.Street vendors shouted, children played, couples quarreled, he stood in the fireworks of the world, feeling that he was also a part of all living beings.

So he gradually walked faster and faster, as if a wind had blown him up.

He walked into the mortal beings.

Moyuan is still the same as it was two years ago. There are many willow trees planted on both sides of the street. There are serious shops under the willow trees, as well as down-and-out talents selling paintings and calligraphy.He walked a few steps on the street, and soon found the listless shop hidden deep in the alley in the busy city.

After seeing the shop, Zhou Xun's footsteps became faster and faster than ever before—it wasn't because he was too excited, but because the eyes of people along the way made him a little nervous.

For some reason, Zhou Xun was clearly walking along the way, but there were always people looking at him.Those gazes were not malicious, but they made Zhou Xun's scalp tingle.Along the way, he checked several times whether he was wearing the wrong clothes, or he hadn't been out of the palace for too long, he got a certain custom in the capital wrong, or he took some wrong steps...

Naturally, he didn't think that there was no other reason for his frequent attention - just because he looked really outstanding in appearance and temperament.He just entered the capital two years ago, he is cautious everywhere, and he was raised as an unfavored bastard since he was a child, so naturally he doesn't have any good clothes.Now that two years have passed, his stature has grown a lot, and his demeanor and demeanor have become a bit more cold and condensed, which is rare in the ordinary world, which is very unique.The people on the road had never seen his face before, so they all guessed which family he was from because of his personality.

"...A few days ago I passed by the Fifth Prince's Mansion, and the front of the mansion is still guarded by heavy soldiers. It seems that the things that the Fifth Prince caused in the palace before are indeed not small!"

On the second floor of Linfeng Building not far away, several young people were chatting.They look and dress like the children of the central government officials in the capital.

"Anyway, I heard that the Fifth Prince was causing trouble in the palace and beating people. He offended someone who shouldn't be offended, and the emperor was furious because of it!" One of them said mysteriously, "This person's background is not small."

"Who is it? Could it be some empress in the palace?" Another person raised his legs and asked, with a bit of romance between his brows, "Is the emperor happy?"

"Do you think everyone is as lustful as you?" The mysterious man was very disdainful, "I heard it from someone, this is inside information - that man is a talented person hired by the emperor, he is very talented. He admires him very much, and because of the disrespect of the Fifth Prince, he got so angry!"

"Genius?" The romantic man said, "Then why did you keep him in the palace? By the way, where did you get the news? Is it reliable?"

"Of course I got it from my aunt's house. Her daughter entered the palace and became an aunt in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Her name is Hongling. She wrote it in her family letter." There is also a reason for staying in the palace. The man is not in good health, the emperor specially asked him to cultivate in the palace, and the imperial doctor will take good care of him!"

"Hey, two brothers, don't quarrel." One of the honest and honest people became a peacemaker, "Brother Ren knows someone in the palace, and what he says can never be false. Although Brother Ren usually gossips a little bit, I like to talk a little bit, but I never say things that I’m not sure about.”

The brother Ren mentioned by him was the person who had known Hong Ling through eight connections.He is also an interesting person, and he is very famous among juzi. If other people who love to spread gossip are small trumpets, then he must be a suona that blows a hundred birds towards the phoenix.As long as it is something he knows, even if it is a person from the underworld, he will pass it on.

Brother Ren smugly waved his fan and leaned back.That frivolous and lecherous brother Liu also shut up and didn't say any more.Brother Ren shook his fan for a while, and said to the youthful young man beside him: "Brother Yan, how are you preparing for next year's spring? I see that you have been poor all day for the past few months. If you are asked to go out, you will Pushing three blocks four, it is really..."

The young man called Brother Yan hurriedly said: "My father disciplined me strictly, it's really..."

Brother Ren just said it casually, but Brother Yan apologized with sincerity and fear.He hurriedly said: "Don't, don't, I'm just joking with you. Your father is Yan Shangshu, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, so naturally he has very high demands on you, and we all know it."

Brother Yan then sighed.Seeing his sad face, the honest and honest man decided to say something happy: "By the way, brother Yan, is your sister getting married soon?"

Brother Yan said: "Yes..."

"Your sister is going to marry Zhou Caizhou, who edited it. That is the number one scholar who has broken the dreams of countless girls in the capital three years ago." Brother Ren poked him with his elbow, congratulating, "This is a golden boy and a jade girl. You are a pair of gods and couples, you are so envious of others! I heard that your sister and Zhou Zhuangyuan met because of a heroic rescue..."

Several people were talking lively, but one of them noticed that since a certain point, that flirtatious brother Liu hadn't participated in the conversation again.He looked downstairs, as if someone had attracted his attention, even the fan that was always running stopped.

"Brother Liu?" Brother Ren leaned over to look, "What are you looking at?"

After what Liu Zhe saw came into his eyes, Brother Ren was also shocked: "Which family is this son? Why have I never seen it before? Look at the clothes on his body, which can only be bought by high-ranking officials." The ingredients..."

As he said that, he rubbed his eyes: "Hey, this person looks familiar... Where did he seem to see it?"

But Liu Zhe closed his fan calmly and stood up: "Younger brother will leave first, and the older brothers will talk first."

"Resign, why resign, you want to get to know that young master!" Several people laughed at him.

Liu Zhe didn't make any excuses, and after he got up, younger brother Yan got up too.

"I came out this time to find a book in the ink garden." He apologized to everyone, "I will take my leave first."

After the two of them left, the Linfeng Building became much cleaner, and the rest of the people were also in a slump.

Brother Yan came down from the stairs, thinking about the book he wanted to find, and thinking about his sister's marriage, his face became a little more worried.

In the eyes of others, his elder sister's marriage is full of flowers... But only he knows.

This matter is not as beautiful as it is in the eyes of others!

He, Yan Yan, who was waiting to be married with a smile on his face, had somehow hanged himself a few days ago!

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