The Young Emperor and the Fearless

The servants ordered by Chang Chao walked around the house, found a young man in common clothes by the well, raised his chin and said, "Lu Li, you have been picking a tank of water all morning, why haven't you finished picking it yet?" ?”

Lu Li has passed the weak crown, and is not too old, but his expression is worried, his face is weather-beaten, and he looks older than his actual age.He was honest by nature, and he didn't seem to hear the man's complaints, so he explained: "They are washing with water, and I have picked out five tanks of water, all of which have been used."

"Forget it, don't pick, the second son is back, let someone go to Zhang's house to ask Mr. Zhang to come over, you go for a while."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

"Must be quick, Second Young Master is waiting."

Lu Li did a lot of running errands.Not only that, but also let him do all the work that other people don't want to do.Lu Li is not tall, thin, and looks like a frail scholar. Whenever he works, he grits his teeth and perseveres desperately.

He needs money very much, so, no matter what, he has to do it.

Originally, he had been picking water all morning, and his legs were already trembling with exhaustion, but something happened again, so he had no choice but to do it.Fortunately, running errands is much easier than continuing to carry water.

Zhang's house was a little far away, and it took less than half an hour to go back and forth. Lu Li ran all the way there, and when he arrived, he supported the stone lion in front of Zhang's house to breathe.

The servant at the door recognized him, leaned over and asked, "Isn't this Lu Li, are you looking for my young master?"

Lu Li took a breath and said, "My second young master seems to be in a hurry to find him, please pass it on."

"Unfortunately, Mr. Zhang is not at home."

"Where did Mr. Zhang go?"

The servant smiled meaningfully and said, "The old place, you can find it after turning around."

The old place refers to the places Zhang Guang usually goes to, flower houses and restaurants.

Lu Li was familiar with the way, and quickly ran over, and first arrived at Hualou.

Zhang Guangping was indeed here, but the door of the room where he was staying was closed, and there were two attendants standing at the door.The people around Zhang Guangping were all people with high martial arts skills. Lu Li didn't even dare to speak loudly, so he asked in a low voice: "Both brothers, can you bother me, I have urgent business with Mr. Zhang."

The two just turned their eyeballs to him and glanced at him.

Lu Li said again: "Brothers, I am not looking for Mr. Zhang, but the second son of my family. I am looking for Mr. Zhang."

The two remained motionless.

This was the reason why the other servants of the Chang family were unwilling to come to Zhang Guangping, his attendants were like dumb, they were all silent.

Lu Li waited at the door for a while, when the door creaked suddenly and opened from the inside.

Zhang Guangping stretched out half of his body and asked Lu Li, "Chang Chao looking for me?"

This Zhang Guangping looks mediocre, his body shape is a bit richer than ordinary people, and his whole face is also round.He is five or six years older than Chang Chao, married two wives in his family, and became a father last year.But he is still not satisfied, he likes to have a good time outside.

Chang Chao's friendship with him can be regarded as like-minded.

Lu Li said: "Yes, can I trouble Mr. Zhang to go to Chang's house?"

Zhang Guangping didn't open the door, but opened a gap just enough for people to squeeze through. After he got out, he closed the door cautiously, as if hiding something.Afterwards, he said: "Why doesn't he come here to find me, but wants me to find him?"

Lu Li said: "Second Young Master just came back, and if he didn't come to you directly, it must be because the situation is urgent and he can't take care of it."

Zhang Guangping straightened his clothes and said, "You wait for me outside first."

**

Zhang Guangping could more or less guess what happened. A few days ago, a follower sent news from Donghe Town that the situation was not good, so he sent Chang Chao and several people to deal with the matter.However, when Chang Chao came back this time, he was in such a hurry to find him, something must have happened.

Sure enough, when Zhang Guangping arrived at Chang's house and was ushered in front of the study, he heard Chang Chao's father scolding from inside, and at the same time, there was the sound of whipping and Chang Chao's screams.

Zhang Guangping frowned, but pushed the door open and went in.

In the study, Chang Chao knelt on the ground, with dozens of black and red marks on his bare back, and Chang Ning held his whip, furious.After seeing Zhang Guangping, Chang Ning put down his whip, gritted his teeth and said, "Guangping, how could you do such ridiculous things!"

It seems that Chang Chao told Chang Ning everything about Donghe Town.

Could it be that it has reached the point where the paper can't hold the fire? Over there, what happened?

Chang Chao said to this friend: "Brother Guangping, our plan would not be revealed, but Zhou Fu appeared and arrested Li Tianyuan and your people. Li Tianyuan recruited everything , I'm afraid it won't be long before they will come to your door..."

Zhang Guangping said, "Who is Zhou Fu?"

Chang Ning snorted: "He is the regional envoy appointed by the late emperor, and he specializes in supervising the local officials. This official position is higher than that of the prefect He Mao. We can't even deal with He Mao, let alone him! You, hey... ..."

Zhang Guangping smiled and said: "Uncle Chang, don't worry, but I don't care about mere envoys, I have my own way to deal with it!"

Before Zhang Guangping came to the study, Chang Ning thought that if he wanted to get out of this matter, unless Zhang's family asked relatives in the capital to come forward, they would be hard to escape the blame.

Chang Ning said: "Guangping, this matter can only be settled by your family's relationship. I can count on watching you grow up. I can't bear to let you be caught by the officials and go to jail to suffer."

Zhang Guangping said: "Uncle Chang is too worried, this matter happened because of me, I will definitely protect Brother Chang Chao."

Chang Ning didn't want his son to have an accident, but his family's relationship was no better than that of the Zhang family. He was worried that the Zhang family would completely ignore Chang Chao in order to protect himself. Hearing what Zhang Guangping said, he relaxed a little.

**

Zhou Fu and Yuan Zhimi were considered acquaintances, no, maybe it was Yuan Zhimi's eloquent tongue, the serious Zhou Fu really had nothing to do with him, avoid him if you can.

But this time he couldn't avoid it, Zhou Fu was stopped by He Li, and he wanted to have a night talk with him at the inn, and Yuan Zhimi was also there.

As for what Zhou Fu said in the courtroom, Heli must fight on the basis of reason, which is nothing more than how to maintain a legitimate relationship between officials and businessmen.Under He Li's ideal, this official should clean up businessmen who try to go astray, instead of colluding with others.

Zhou Fu defended a few words, saying that this person cannot survive alone. If he wants to enter the secular way, he will definitely be disturbed by the world. A bright heart accepts the world and finds a suitable way out of it.

Zhou Fu said: "There is nothing spotless in the world. There are ashes everywhere in this void, and even the water that everyone drinks is mixed with impure things. Your Majesty, your ideal state is of course perfect, but it doesn't exist in this world. The so-called perfection is full of things that fail to fulfill people's wishes, otherwise, how can there be beggars, and how can there be desolate things such as family ruin and death?"

He Li drank a large cup of tea, and said, "You are making unreasonable words."

Zhou Fu said: "Your Majesty doesn't understand the world, so of course he will disagree, but in the future you will definitely understand what I said today."

He Li turned to Yuan Zhimi and asked, "You think so too?"

Yuan Zhimi said: "It's not what I should think, it's what you think, Your Majesty. Lord Zhou is well-versed in the world, but Your Majesty has lived in the deep palace for a long time and is in a different situation, so you will each hold your own opinion and be at a loss for what to do. Lord Zhou's thoughts cannot Even if you force it on you, you can't convince Mr. Zhou. However, I hope you can understand the other side of the matter through Mr. Zhou's words."

He Li said: "You want to say that everything has two sides, right and wrong are not absolute?"

Yuan Zhimi said: "That is indeed what I mean."