Smuggling Daming

The second day after Shenying visited Zhou Zhong was the day when he led troops to Bazhou to suppress the rebellion. In order to show his friendship, Zhou Zhong took time to see Shenying off outside the city. This also moved Shenying very much. Liao Ma took Zhou Zhong's hand and said a lot of words of thanks, and also took care of Zhou Zhong, that he would definitely wipe out the rebellion in Bazhou as soon as possible, and go to work for him as soon as possible.Zhou Zhong was also very happy about this, but he did not forget to tell the other party to be careful when asking him to suppress the rebellion, and try not to let Liu Liu, Liu Qi and other leaders of the rebels escape.

After sending away the anti-insurgency army led by Shenying, Zhou Zhong also began to prepare to leave the capital. Although there are only less than two months left before the Chinese New Year, he really cannot stay in the capital for a long time. The first is Nanyang There are still many things that need to be dealt with by the Chamber of Commerce. Second, he is now the newly established Admiral of the Four Seas in Ming Dynasty, and the documents of the Ministry of Officials have been issued, so he has to rush back to take up his post. This matter is more important than the Chamber of Commerce. It was urgent, so Zhou Zhong did not dare to delay.

Although Jinxuan and the others wanted to stay in the capital until the Chinese New Year, after all, the capital is crowded and prosperous, and the Chinese New Year must be very lively, but they didn't want to be separated from Zhou Zhong, so in the end they frantically bought some things in the capital, and they were satisfied Wang Lun was very reluctant to leave. After all, Jinxuan was still pregnant with a child. As a grandfather, he wanted Jinxuan to stay in the capital to give birth to the child. Unfortunately, Zhou Zhong was ordered by the emperor. , cannot stay in the capital for long.

It is also worth mentioning that after the official appointment of Admiral Zhou Zhongsihai, his name gradually spread in the capital. At the beginning, it was only spread among some top dignitaries.But later more and more people knew about Zhou Zhong, and they also knew that Zhou Zhong was deeply favored by His Majesty the Emperor. , the heart is full of jealousy, especially among those young poets and calligraphers, they have already regarded Zhou Zhong as a jester like Qian Ning, so Zhou Zhong's reputation among these people is not very good.

However, although poets and calligraphers did not have a high opinion of Zhou Zhong, they could not prevent Zhou Zhong from becoming the most popular figure in the officialdom.Especially during the few days when Zhou Zhong was about to leave, there was almost an endless stream of guests at Wang Lun's mansion, who came to visit Zhou Zhong all day long.For these visitors, Zhou Zhong received them very warmly at the beginning, but later there were too many people, so he could only choose some people with more important positions.Or people recommended by Wang Lun to meet, and others can only be kept out of the door.

Moreover, on the last day before Zhou Zhong left Beijing, Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe also came to Wang Lun's mansion in person. The most important thing for them is to get in touch with Zhou Zhong in person.Then judge Zhou Zhong's style of dealing with people, so that we can get along with each other in the future.

For Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe's intentions.Zhou Zhong can also guess, so he is also careful to deal with it. Although he didn't want to be an official before, but now that he has entered the officialdom, he has to take care of the relationship with the ministers in the court and leave a good impression on Li Dongyang and others. , don't say anything else.Whatever he, the admiral of the world, wants to do in the future, it is easier to get the support of the cabinet.

For Zhou Zhong's performance and character.Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe are also very satisfied, and they also believe in Wang Lun's vision. After all, with Wang Lun's temper, it is absolutely impossible for him to marry his daughter to a person with problematic character. It can also be felt from the contacts between Li Dongyang and Li Dongyang that although Zhou Zhong became a big official in the frontier overnight, his mentality was very peaceful, and he even didn't care much about his official position in his words. High rating.

In the afternoon, Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe left. Zhou Zhong looked at the sky. It was still some time before night. He originally wanted to go back to the backyard to help Jinxuan and the others pack their things. Speaking of which, these women are really born shopaholics. Every time I go out, I have to buy a large amount of goods, including food, supplies, clothes, and even toys for the children in Jinxuan's belly, etc. In just a few days, Jinxuan and the others spent all of them. Five to six thousand taels of silver, enough to fill three large carts, and they will leave Beijing tomorrow, so Jinxuan and the others are sorting the things and preparing to load them into the carts.

But before Zhou Zhong returned to the backyard, he was hurriedly chased by a servant, and then said in a panic: "My lord, a group of Japanese people came to the front door. They said they are your friends, and they have something urgent to come to see you." you!"

"Ashikaga Kazuki?" Zhou Zhong was taken aback when he heard this, and he knew without asking that the people who came to him must be Ashikaga Kazuki, Tayama Shangyoshi and others, but he didn't know why they came to see him suddenly?It is said that they will leave Beijing with him tomorrow, so they should pack up their things at the place where they live at this time, right?

With doubts in his heart, Zhou Zhong also rushed to the front door. The main reason why he didn't go to the living room was that the servants of Wang Lun's mansion saw that the other party was a Japanese, so they looked down on him a little, and only asked them to wait in the gatehouse. When they saw Ashikaga Kazuki and Tayama Shangyoshi again, they didn't even have a cup of tea in front of them.

"What's the matter, you don't pack your things where you live, why come to me when you have time?" Zhou Zhong asked immediately when he entered the concierge, and he found that only Kazuki Ashikaga and Shangyoshi Tayama came, as for Hideo Hatano Xiang didn't come, and both Ashikaga and Kazuki are now with bruised noses and swollen faces, and they look like they were beaten up.

"Help, my lord. We didn't dare to disturb your lord at first, but we have encountered a huge trouble, and we are powerless to solve it, so we can only come to ask your lord for help!" Hearing Zhou Zhong's question, I saw Tian Shan Shangyi said to Zhou Zhong with a sad face.

"What's going on? What's wrong with your faces? Does anyone else dare to beat you?" Zhou Zhong also asked in surprise. Kazuki Ashikaga and the others came to Beijing secretly this time, and in order to keep it secret, they have been attacking you all these days. Living in the residence arranged by Wu Shan, he seldom goes out at ordinary times, so how could he get into any trouble?

At this time, I saw Ashikaga Kazuki also crying and said with a mournful face: "My lord, we are also to blame, because we will leave the capital tomorrow, we have been staying at the residence these days, and have not been able to appreciate the prosperity of the Ming capital, so As soon as the three of us discussed it, we decided to take a walk in the street, but we didn't expect to encounter big trouble."

Before Kazuki Ashikaga could finish speaking, Shangyoshi Tayama rushed over and said, "We were enjoying the prosperity of the capital with Hatano-kun on the street, and we also bought a lot of things, but we didn't expect to go shopping in the street. At that time, I accidentally collided with a few people, and the other party was also very arrogant. He opened his mouth and pointed at us and scolded us. Resisted, but the other party had many people and powerful forces, not only beat the two of us, but also kidnapped Hatano-kun!"

"Abducted...Abducted?" Zhou Zhong was very surprised when he heard that at the end, Hatano Hideo is not a beautiful woman, even if he offended the other party with his words, at worst, he would just beat them up, why was he also abducted in the end? , the more I thought about it, the weirder it became.

"By the way, do you know the identity of the assailant?" Zhou Zhong asked again. The capital is so big, and there are so many rogues. If you don't know the identity of the other party, trying to find the other party is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"This..." Ashikaga Kazuki and Tayama Shangyoshi were both dumbfounded when they heard this question. They were beaten half to death at the time, and the other party would not be stupid enough to leave their names, so it is naturally impossible for them to know each other's identity .

Seeing the reaction of Ashikaga Kazuki and the two, Zhou Zhong cried out in his heart that it was terrible, he didn't know the identity of the kidnapper, how could he find it?But at this moment, Ashikaga Kazuki's eyes suddenly lit up and said: "My lord, although we don't know the identity of the other party, those who beat us were well-dressed, especially one of them was even more luxuriously dressed. Ordinary people."

Zhou Zhong smiled wryly when he heard this. You must know that this is the capital city. There are so many nobles and rich people. It is meaningless to rely on the characteristics of the other party's luxurious clothes. Moreover, since the other party is so arrogant, he must have a strong background. This is even more important. It brings a lot of trouble to find someone.

But Zhou Zhong is not helpless, he immediately asked Wu Shan to let him come, and then brought Ashikaga Ikki and two people to the living room, after a while, Wu Shan came with Ma Liang and Wu Shi , and then Zhou Zhong asked Ashikaga Kakki to tell the story again, and then asked: "Wu Shan, are you sure you can find the person who kidnapped Hatano Hideyoshi?"

Hearing this, Wu Shan smiled and said: "Don't worry, my lord. In this capital, there is nothing that can be hidden from our Jin Yiwei's eyes and ears, so don't worry, my lord. Before dark, I will definitely take you away." Find someone from Ambassador Hatano!"

Hearing Wu Shan's reassurance, Zhou Zhong felt relieved, and then saw that Wu Shan immediately ordered Ma Liang, Wu Shi and the Jinyiwei to act, and he himself ran to rescue Qian Ning. After all, only through Qian Ning could he rely on Jinyiwei's help. Power to find someone.Although Qian Ning didn't flatter Zhou Zhong like other officials, he also wanted to build a good relationship with Zhou Zhong, so he naturally tried his best to help find someone.

Sure enough, Wu Shan didn't lie. When the sun just touched the western horizon, Wu Shan came back with the news of the kidnapper, but at this moment his expression was very strange, as if he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh. In addition, Ma Liang, Wu Shi and others also had the same expressions, and they looked at Ashikaga Kazuki and Tayama Shangyoshi with playful eyes. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)