peasant young lady

Chapter 329 Drink old wine and tell some old stories

"Who, who do you think you are?" Zhao Dezhong didn't hear Zhu Youzhao's words clearly, so he couldn't help asking again.

"Cough," Zhu Youzhang raised his hand and put his lips lightly. Seeing Zhao Dezhong's ignorant and stupid face, he couldn't help laughing. He coughed hard twice, and just about to repeat it, he saw Cheng Xia slightly pulled him off. Seeing her blinking at him, Zhu Youzhu instantly understood something, quickly turned her voice cold, and then said, "Your Majesty specially sent me to see how your mission is going?"

"Then this one?" Zhao Dezhong pointed at Cheng Xia and asked in confusion.It's been half a year since I saw him, and he himself only saw Cheng Xia a few times, and he didn't remember who it was for a long time.

"Oh," Zhao Dezhong asked, Zhu Youzhao choked, but Cheng Xia reacted quickly and said with a smile, "Cousin, I'm his cousin. I ran into my cousin on the road and happened to catch up with each other."

"Nonsense!" Zhu Youzhu glared at Cheng Xia, and said in a low voice, "Why is she a cousin, I'm older than you."

"I am older than you in Hyundai." Cheng Xia smiled back and returned.

Zhao Dezhong frowned and watched the two of them coming and going, and couldn't help turning cold, "I think you two are messing around, come here, who put them in here, don't you know this is an important military camp, don't worry about it Yet?"

"Don't," Zhu Youzhao quickly took out the token in his hand, approached Zhao Dezhong and shook it in front of him, "I am indeed sent by His Majesty," Zhu Youzhao said, and carefully moved a little closer to Zhao Dezhong, Leaning close to his ear and whispering softly, "To tell you the truth, it was General Wang Yue Wang who asked me to help you."

Zhao Dezhong was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head to look at Zhu Youtang in disbelief, his brows were wrinkled, "Really?"

"That's natural!" Zhu Youzhao blinked with a frank expression on his face.Cheng Xia couldn't help admiring it, Zhu Youzhu challenged her status as an Oscar statuette, and she acted so decently that she almost fooled her.

Zhao Dezhong glanced suspiciously, and finally nodded, "Please come inside."

Cheng Xia followed in, saw the delicious food on the table inside, pouted immediately, and went out, in such a bad environment, Zhao Dezhong can still enjoy it like this, it is really extremely corrupt.

Zhao Dezhong asked the two to sit down, asked the guards beside him to go out to guard, and then looked at Zhu Youzhao, "What did General Wang say?"

Zhu Youzhu poured himself a glass of wine, drank it all, and then said, "The general said, you have done a good job this time, and you will be rewarded. He sent me here to see if you have any embarrassments." , I also want to know if you have any other requests, so that he can report to His Majesty in advance and give you an official title."

When Zhao Dezhong heard this, he immediately let go of his defenses, and his face was full of smiles, "General Wang once promised me that after the matter is completed, I will be transferred from Liangzhe to the capital to serve as the official servant of the third rank. Under Du Zhiqian, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, General Wang once said that he would vigorously support me and push me to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials, replacing Du Zhiqian who was against him in everything."

"Oh," Zhu Youzhao suddenly realized, "It happens that there is indeed a vacancy in the Six Departments, and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is a high-ranking post. It is not difficult for Zhao Yushi to please General Wang."

Zhao Dezhong's mood instantly rose. Wang Yue himself simply mentioned in the letter that he was not very sure whether he could be promoted to the sixth servant of the capital. Now that he heard what Zhu Youzhao said, he had a certainty in his heart.

Zhu Youzhu calmly took a pair of clean chopsticks and handed them to Cheng Xia's hand, and pushed a few plates of obviously untouched dishes in front of her, letting her listen while eating.

"Zhao Yushi," after finishing all this, Zhu Youzhao said with a smile, "Actually, there is one thing I don't know."

"Tell me," Zhao Dezhong said heartily. He is in a good mood now and doesn't resist any questions.

Zhu Youzhu chuckled lightly, and spoke after a moment of deliberation, "I am the consolation envoy from the fourth rank, who will be sent to a certain place by His Majesty from time to time to convey His Majesty's orders and appease the soldiers and civilians. The purpose of this trip is to reward the soldiers who transported food and grass. But to be honest," Zhu Youzhao drank the wine in his glass with a distressed look, and sighed, "Although I am an official in the court, I am far inferior to you, Zhao Yushi. , the sky is high, the emperor is far away, and the two Zhejiang provinces are so rich, so what can you do if you want to, why do you insist on running to the capital?"

Cheng Xia tried her best to hold back her laughter, drank a bowl of soup that Zhu Youzhao poured for herself, then turned her head to look at the serious Zhu Youzhao, who couldn't stop praising him in her heart. A proper acting lunatic, with a figure, good looks and acting skills, who specializes in acting like an actor.

Zhao Dezhong answered Zhu Youzhu's question seriously, "It's said that people go to high places and water flows to low places. Just ask the officials of the Ming Dynasty, who would not want to run to the capital if they don't work in the capital? Why, the capital is at the feet of the emperor. I have been a county magistrate in that poor place of Chong'an County for so many years. If one day I can become an official in the capital, it will be a great event for the family. I don't want to come out."

"Oh," Zhu Youzhu suddenly realized, "So Zhao Yushi tried every means to climb the big tree of General Wang?"

"No," Zhao Dezhong waved his hands repeatedly after eating his food, "General Wang came to me."

"Huh?" Zhu Youzhu was surprised, "It seems that General Wang Yue hasn't been to Zhejiang for a long time, so why did he take the initiative to contact you?"

"You don't know about that," Zhao Dezhong raised his sleeve boldly and wiped the grease from the corner of his mouth, "General Wang used to be the inspector censor of Liangzhe, which is my current position, but he was promoted later. , but the relationship between General Wang Yue and the follow-up supervisory censors of the two Zhejiang provinces is very close. I think that when I first arrived in Zhejiang, the supervisory censor I took office told me about General Wang Yue, although at that time General Wang Yue He didn't take power, but with General Wang's means, isn't it just a matter of time to regain a high position? I've been waiting for General Wang to contact me, really."

Zhao Dezhong raised his eyebrows proudly, "Because of this expedition, my chance has finally come. This grain transport officer is a fat man, and he can't get much money. General Wang gave me this position. Shouldn't I be grateful to you? Right, lad."

Zhu Youzhu nodded again and again, "So, your previous supervisory censor, and the previous supervisory censor, all received favor from Wang Yue?"

"It's more than that," Zhao Dezhong smiled mysteriously, "If General Wang has served in a position, the officials in this position will basically belong to General Wang's wings. I am also lucky. If I hadn't served in two Supervising the censor, it is not the turn of such a good thing."

Zhu Youzhu and Cheng Xia looked at each other, and they were both sneering in their hearts. This Wang Yue is really full-fledged. Fortunately, he completely cut off his way forward, otherwise it would be really difficult to deal with.

"By the way, young man," Zhao Dezhong patted Zhu Youzhao's shoulder abruptly, startling Zhu Youzhao who was defenseless, "What's wrong?"

Zhao Dezhong poured wine for the two of them respectively, "I don't know your name yet?"

"Zhu Youzhu."

"Brother Zhu Xian," Zhao Dezhong held up his wine glass to clink glasses with Zhu Youzhao with a familiar face, "Brother Zhu Xian is still a national surname, no wonder, uh, what do you say is your name?" The wine glass in Zhao Dezhong's hand fell to the ground suddenly, Standing up, pointing at Zhu Youzhao with trembling fingers, he said in disbelief, "You are King Xing? Zhu Youzhao?"

"That's right," Zhu Youzhu said calmly, "Have you heard of my king's name?"

"You, what on earth are you here for?" Zhao Dezhong almost knelt down, and only then did he realize that he had been tricked.

Cheng Xia looked at Zhao Dezhong who was about to cry with a smile, and asked him with a smile, "Magistrate Zhao, do you still remember me?"

"You?" Zhao Dezhong frowned and looked at Cheng Xia for a long time, then suddenly opened his eyes wide, and took a step back in disbelief, "You, are you that crazy woman?"

Zhu Youtang spit out all the wine that he had just poured into his mouth, and he pointed at Cheng Xia, whose face darkened in an instant, with great joy, "What are you doing, let people remember you as a crazy woman?"

"Shut up!" Cheng Xia looked at Zhu Youzhao angrily, and Zhu Youzhao covered his mouth tightly in fright.

"Why are you together? What are you doing here?" Zhao Dezhong fell on the stool. Seeing King Xing, who had always been unruly in the court and the opposition, was reprimanded by this woman and dared not speak, and his voice trembled instantly. It doesn't stop.

Cheng Xia walked slowly in front of Zhao Dezhong, and said in a calm manner, "Ask me what I'm here for? Come drink old wine with you and tell some old stories."

Zhao Dezhong would enjoy it. Just now, Cheng Xia took a sip of the wine. It was a fine lamb wine. She had only drank it once, but she was deeply impressed by its taste, so she could taste it in one sip.

Zhao Dezhong was really about to cry, "I have nothing to do with Wang Yue, I, I don't know Wang Yue, I haven't met him."

Cheng Xia shrugged, took another sip of fine wine, and then laughed lightly, "Tell me about you, what are you doing so quickly, we haven't been able to reminisce about the old days. After five months of separation, I am really serious to Mr. Zhao." I miss you so much, I think about bringing you to justice all the time, and making you pay for the ridiculous things you did. Coincidentally, Mr. Zhao understood my difficulty and sent him to the door. How dare you fight with Wang Yue? If there is collusion, does that mean you are going to push yourself to death?"

Cheng Xia smiled comfortably, "I see that you have prepared a rich meal. Eat more. Tomorrow you should go to the capital you miss so much and meet your Majesty whom you miss so much."

"You guys, why do you touch me? I didn't break the law. I was right. You can't do this." The horror in Zhao Dezhong's eyes was obvious.

Zhu Youzhao waved his hand to let the imperial guards outside come in, and swiped the token, "Take Zhao Dezhong into custody for this king, lock him up first, and take him to the capital personally when this king leaves, you should take care of this king for the next two days." , if there is even the slightest mistake, please come and see me."

Zhu Youtang walked up to Zhao Dezhong, "Do you want evidence? Go to the Forbidden City."

Zhao Dezhong was escorted out while screaming, Cheng Xia couldn't help curling his lips, "At least wait until he finishes his meal."

Zhu Youtang looked at Cheng Xia with a smile on his face, "He's guarding you, if you can eat it, it will be great."

"What do you mean!" Cheng Xia glared at Zhu Youzhao displeased.

"No, no, no," Zhu Youzhu hurriedly begged for mercy, "We may have to stay for a few days before Du Shangshu comes to replace Zhao Dezhong."

Cheng Xia nodded, "Understood."

Zhu Youzhu smiled and muttered softly, "I hope Du Shangshu will come back later."

Zhu Youzhao's voice was very low, but Cheng Xia could hear clearly, "What are you doing?"

"It's okay," Zhu Youzhu smiled awkwardly, "I'll take you to a place after two days, you'll definitely like it."

(End of this chapter)