【Zhou Ye】The King of Luoyang

The branches and leaves of the camphor tree stretched out, like a green mattress, covering a luxuriant shade. Ye Xiu stood underneath, imagining the looks of the maids when they exchanged these words. It was probably a secret joy amidst the shock.When the servant is alone, the face he puts on in front of the master is naturally different.

In the courtyard, the one who started the conversation was Mrs. Liu, who worked as a kitchen helper. She had joined the Zhou family since the Luoyang mansion was completed, and she spoke with a sense of seniority.She took out her hand inserted in the water, shook it, and went to tie the bun on the back of her head. During this period, her brows and eyes narrowed, and she was about to continue talking when a crisp voice cut her off with doubts, "Ms. ? But the young master and that gentleman are both men!"

Mrs. Liu became more energetic and even more excited. She clenched her fists and put her thumbs together for a kiss, "You little girl has never even been out of the house, where can I see you... Hey , is the gentleman who did that."

The little girl still didn't understand, and couldn't ask any more questions. Several "veteran seniors" who were similar to Mrs. Liu started talking in a hurry.

"Yes, yes! I had dinner in the South Hall last night. You also know that the young master never brings outsiders into the South Hall, not even Master Jiang. Only when the old handsome and his wife come, will they be there. Seat."

"Hey, what about last night?..."

"Of course they are sleeping in the same room. I heard that the young master personally served the soup before going to bed, so it's just a matter of feeding... The breakfast is served directly and placed on the bedside."

There was a burst of laughter with different timbres and different meanings, as if holding some shady secret.

An old woman finished laughing and said, "Oh, the young master treats this husband unusually, he eats and sleeps with him..."

She spoke halfway, but she hesitated to speak, leaving her mouth alive. There were so many people in the yard, and there was a bold and pungent girl who spoke out, "No wonder the young master hasn't married at this age, and he hasn't brought a girl back. It turns out Those who like to fuck ass..."

Her words were too vulgar and she broke the rules, and she was immediately scolded to silence her a few times, and another person intervened to smooth things over, "What is the origin of Mr. Ye? Could it be that he is an actor?"

"It doesn't look like a pie, but it looks like a young master."

"I heard that those young masters all look like delicate and expensive young masters. Otherwise, how can the real young master pay for the money."

"...Yo, make it sound like you've seen it before."

A pair of hands rose up from the water and knocked over a small basin. The man smiled and spat, "See if I don't tear your mouth apart!"

There was a commotion inside, and it was meaningless to listen to it any longer, Ye Xiu wanted to leave again.He didn't mind what others thought of him, and he wasn't annoyed when he heard these embellished speculations and criticisms, he just thought it was funny.

At this time, someone said something again, which caught his attention.

"If the old man finds out about this, it will be terrible. Last time the old man came to Luoyang, the father and son quarreled for some reason. Could it be that the young master had a showdown with the old man at that time? It's the first time I've seen his father and son quarreling after working in the mansion for so long."

"Hey, who did you listen to? Don't dare to talk about such things!"

The man was provoked by this sentence, and immediately puffed up his chest to prove that what he said was true, "It happened to be my turn to serve tea outside the house, and I heard that there was an argument inside, but I couldn't hear what was arguing."

If Ye Xiu realized something, he turned his head and walked back, gradually clearing the clouds and seeing the sun in his heart.

Zhou Zekai was wearing casual clothes, sitting in the head of the study, with a straight posture, holding a "New Tang Book" in his hand, flipping through the pages one by one.He had just finished practicing calligraphy, and the Four Treasures of the Study on the table had not been removed. The huge Chinese character "Xi" was soaked with ink, stretching vigorously on the rice paper.Jiang Botao sat on the table diagonally across from him, clicking and sending telegrams.

There is only one sentence in the telegram, and the job can be done immediately.

Jiang Botao secretly sighed, and probing, "This is not in line with etiquette, why don't you add a title?"

Zhou Zekai's eyes followed the lines of words on the book, he hummed lightly, and continued after a long while, "Marshal."

This is even worse. I don't know why I am not compromising because I am showing my position.Although Jiang Botao wanted to lubricate the Zhou family's father-son relationship, it was inconvenient to make his own proposals. Seeing that Zhou Zekai, a son, would give Lao Tzu a step down, he had no choice but to send this untitled and unfunded telegram first.

After sending the telegram, he took a few sips of tea, put down the teacup, and strolled to the table in front of the window, his mind was not idle, analyzing the pros and cons, and he felt more and more that it would be good to persuade Zhou Zekai.He is a courtier of the Zhou family, the current situation is turbulent, and the factions are fighting endlessly. If there is a crack in the relationship between the old commander and the young commander, if it cannot be repaired in time, it will be of no benefit to the development of the Zhou family.Furthermore, he was also Zhou Zekai's best friend and confidant, so he had to make the most thorough plans for Zhou Zekai.The old handsome has been the emperor for so many years, and his mentality is almost the same as that of the emperor. Although Zhou Zekai is his only heir, the only son he raised with all his heart, how long can he endure Zhou Zekai's disobedience?As long as he starts to show dissatisfaction with Zhou Zekai, those around him who are thinking about the handsome position may make a big fuss about it and drive a wedge between their father and son, which is very bad for Zhou Zekai.Of course, this is an idea of ​​being prepared for danger in times of peace, which is somewhat exaggerated, but it is always right to plan ahead.

Thinking of this, Jiang Botao sat down on the chair next to the table and wrote a note to guide Zhou Zekai, "You don't have to worry too much, Wu Qi and Du Mingboyuan have been following you all the time, I don't think the old man will really die. If you let them go, at most it will be in confinement to scare them, and when you find Yuxi, you send it up as a birthday present, maybe the old man will release the three of them when he is happy."

Zhou Zekai finally put down the book, looked at Jiang Botao and said, "I know."

Jiang Botao heaved a sigh of relief, and then wondered, "Then what else can you worry about? Do you feel that you have lost face?" He always thought that Zhou Zekai and his father had a quarrel because the old man had violated military discipline with Wu Qi, Du Ming, and Lu Boyuan. He locked them up and sent them to jail because of the reason. Zhou Zekai was a man of great affection, and his servants were generous. He was dissatisfied with the old man because he failed to appeal for the three of them.

Zhou Zekai's expression became solemn, as if a heavy burden was hanging between his eyebrows, but he let go of it for just a moment, his facial features returned to peace, and he didn't say anything after all.

Seeing that he was about to continue reading, Jiang Botao put it down temporarily, not thinking about why Zhou Zekai was so preoccupied, and quickly asked another question he cared about, "That Ye Xiu, what are you going to do?"

This time Zhou Zekai answered quickly, "Wait for the opportunity."

Jiang Botao's eyes met his. With years of tacit understanding, although he couldn't figure out what kind of opportunity Zhou Zekai was waiting for and what to do when he was waiting for the opportunity, he knew that he wanted to make a fuss, and it wasn't limited to Yuxi.He heard the string song and knew the elegant meaning, so he didn't continue to ask, just wait.

Zhou Zekai's attention fell to the book again, and Jiang Botao was also thinking about things, and the two of them had nothing to say for a while and went their separate ways.Suddenly Zhou Zekai raised his head, and threw out a sentence out of nowhere, "Yuyu... how to raise it?" After asking, he felt that Jiang Botao might not know something that he didn't know, so he added, "Do you know? "

"Yeah, Yangyu?" Even Jiang Botao couldn't keep up, he looked at Zhou Zekai's reaction, and his thoughts were on the literal meaning of "Yuyu".Is that what I thought it meant?Zhou Zekai is not good at this, why ask this?

Of course he didn't know that Zhou Zekai thought of Ye Xiu just because he caught a glimpse of Ouyang Xiu's cursive calligraphy, and thought of Ye Xiu's weird and embarrassed expression when he said he asked him to raise jade last night.

Such a look on that kind of person's face was so strange that it left a shadow in Zhou Zekai's heart.