【Zhou Ye】The King of Luoyang

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The commander-in-chief is sitting in Luoyang, on the surface everything seems to be the same, the military and political power is still in the hands of Zhou Zekai, but all government orders and military orders, in addition to Zhou Zekai's seal, must be stamped with the official seal of the commander-in-chief before they can be issued.In addition, Zhou Zekai's right-hand man, Jiang Botao, was also sent to oversee the army in other provinces.The civilian and military generals in Luoyang are full of shrewd people who have spent half their lives in the officialdom. They are highly politically sensitive, and they can smell the unusual atmosphere between Zhou's father and son at once.It seems that the son's wings are hardened, and the father came to discipline him with a whip.

For a while, although people were not panic-stricken, the number of people who visited Zhou Zekai every day was significantly reduced. Everyone did not forget whose meal they were eating. They were afraid that they would be too attentive to the young marshal and be classified as a member of the young marshal party. It aroused the dissatisfaction of the old man, and he became the unlucky ghost who sacrificed the flag.

There are also a small number of people from the Western School and New School who support Zhou Zekai. They don't know the secrets of Zhou's father and son. They only think that Zhou Zekai is young and vigorous. Qi, the Zhou family's world, sooner or later, won't it be his?

Zhou Zekai still never refuses anyone who comes to see him, and he still makes them wonder what he is thinking.

He's not someone who just sits and waits to die, but it's just that it's not time to break the boat.

In fact, Zhou Zekai was far calmer than he looked, and also more painful than he looked.His calmness, calmly doing his own thing, has a somewhat stubborn and tragic flavor, as if he was protesting and demonstrating without saying a word.His pain was not because of Ye Xiu's situation. It would be useful for the commander to keep Ye Xiu, since he would not kill him, he had to live for him.He did it for the deepening rift between father and son, and for the many suspicions his father had towards him.This relationship is not irreparable, but it must be based on his comprehensive compromise, which he absolutely cannot do.Whether it's for Ye Xiu, or for the interests of the Zhou family in his heart.

On the contrary, the commander-in-chief, perhaps wanting to ease the relationship between father and son, after admonishing him to be kind, he took Zhou Zekai to watch a movie and have dinner with his old friends for several days, to support Zhou Zekai in front of others.But Zhou Zekai knew in his heart that as long as he didn't bow his head and admit his mistake, these were just illusions to calm people's hearts.

That day, after Ye Xiu was taken away, the commander-in-chief threw the cup in front of him. There was no need to pretend to his son, and the anger that had been simmering for a long time came down one by one.

"You have grown up. I asked you to find Yuxi. You pushed back and forth, and you also evaded my enthronement a lot..."

"I turned a blind eye and closed my eyes, and it's up to you. As a result, you not only raised private soldiers behind my back, but also arbitrarily collected salt tax, dealt with the Prussians, engaged in military supplies, and thought I was an old bastard. It's been too long, it's getting in your way, isn't it..."

"...You dare to let an unknown and crooked person intervene in our Zhou family's country... Don't think that I can't see what kind of peace you have..."

"...You still get it on a man's bed, as if you are afraid that people will not know, yelling everywhere, even if you build ten courtyards and raise all the whores in Luoyang City, I don't care if you... play with men? That's What does it do, neither yin nor yang!"

"...you are so capable, let you get the treasure from Ye, how can you pay it back?"

Sitting in their position, even the father and son would not speak too plainly, but the general's tactful scolding fell into Zhou Zekai's ears, and clearly conveyed his father's true intentions to him—he doubted that Zhou Zekai With the heart of disobedience, he wins over the new sect internally and joins forces with Ye Xiu externally to cultivate his own power, intending to fight against him.

Zhou Zekai was not an eloquent person, and he couldn't explain why.The son's silence, in the eyes of the original father, was solemn, but in the eyes of the current father, it was rude and stubborn.What's more, what the Marshal said, except that the result is his misinterpretation, the examples are true, and his misinterpretation also represents his attitude towards Zhou Zekai, the grudge is already there, even if Zhou Zekai explains it, it will become unrepentant and sophistry.

At the end of the scolding, the father also gave his son a chance to "rehabilitate himself" and let him calm down and end the arranged marriage.Marriage between warlords is perfectly normal. Zhou Zekai has not yet married at the age of marriage, so it is nothing more than a choice - not his choice, but the family's choice.The young lady selected in this way is no small matter, her natal family dominates outside the customs, and Zhou Zekai is indeed a match made in heaven.

Zhou Zekai's reaction to the flying good match was barely in line with the Marshal's wishes—his pupils dilated for a moment, out of surprise, and then returned to a faint indifference, neither resisting nor expecting.

The person sent to interrogate Ye Xiu was Zhang Yiwei, one of the marshal's confidantes, the captain of the guard, and taught Zhou Zekai marksmanship in his early years.

As a result, this Zhang Yiwei was so tormented by Ye Xiu's ability to point the sky and shoot cannons, he didn't understand the whereabouts of Yuxi and the treasure, and he exhausted himself physically and mentally.Zhang Yiwei didn't want to have the reputation of being incompetent in front of the commander in chief, but wanted to claim credit, so he pinned his idea on Zhou Zekai.

He has a good plan, Zhou Zekai has a close relationship with Ye Xiu, and he has always respected him, so he went to play a trick, even if Zhou Zekai would not provide a way to torture Ye Xiu, provide him with one or two tricks to pass the test, it should be It's not a big problem.

In the end, Zhou Zekai didn't say he wouldn't help him, but only said that he would help him only when he saw Ye Xiu in person.Zhang Yiwei hesitated and weighed several times, then gritted his teeth and agreed.He made up his mind to keep an eye on Zhou Zekai the whole time. No matter how capable Zhou Zekai was, at this moment, he would not dare to publicly go against the command of the commander-in-chief.

There was a sudden snowfall this day, it came and went quickly, it was very thin, the color of just covering the soil.

The cell Ye Xiu lives in is behind the woodshed, a separate cell, built when the commander's mansion was the county prince's mansion, specially used to imprison masters who broke the rules, and the conditions are reasonable.And because of Zhou Zekai's "care", as soon as the temperature dropped, someone brought charcoal basins and cotton quilts.

A small cell, once the charcoal basin was baked, it was dark and damp. Zhou Zekai and Zhang Yiwei walked through the narrow corridor, and they could still hear the crackling sound of charcoal cracking and sparks... and a scent that is friendly to the people. .

fragrance……?

Ye Xiu squatted on the ground, using a slender wooden stick picked out from the haystack as chopsticks, picked out grinning chestnuts from the charcoal basin, one by one, and threw them on an old newspaper to dry.

"Xiao Zhou is here, just baked, do you want to try it?" He picked up a burnt chestnut and shook his chopsticks quite proudly.

"Okay." Zhou Zekai agreed.

A rusty iron railing lay between the two of them, and the branches were so thick and dense that only an adult's slender arm could go in and out. Ye Xiu sat cross-legged in the prison, handing chestnuts to Zhou Zekai one by one, a small door The window opened on the high wall, letting in two gray beams of light. The light chased Ye Xiu and danced on the back of his hand.

Zhou Zekai lifted his robe, sat down cross-legged, and sat across from Ye Xiu, took the chestnuts, peeled them, and handed them back to Ye Xiu one by one.

Ye Xiu's hand was full, and he took one with his mouth, "This one is a bit mushy, don't bother feeding me, you can eat it too."

Zhou Zekai also stuffed a chestnut into his mouth and tasted it carefully, "It's very sweet."

"That's right!" Ye Xiu also thought it was sweet and delicious, "Next time I get some sweet potatoes, and I'll bake them for you."

Zhou Zekai raised his head sideways and looked at Zhang Yiwei who was standing beside him.

Zhang Yiwei endured it very hard without changing his face, what do you mean?Are you asking me to get you two sweet potatoes!