Great Qin Emperor

Chapter 42

"Brother Zhou, is it you? Didn't you leave? Why are you back? Where have you been these days? How are you doing?" When Zeng Shuyao saw Zhou Chong's face, she seemed to see her relatives, and suddenly He walked over, took Zhou Chong's hand, and asked this and that.

I haven't seen you for a few days. Zeng Shuyao has become more mature, more feminine, and more beautiful. These are all good things, even that impatient person has become more impatient, asking so many questions in one go, even if Zhou Chong has ten mouths, it is impossible. Answer once.

Her caring made Zhou Chong, who was unaccompanied in this world, feel warm. He patted her jade hand twice and said, "Thank you for your concern. I'm doing well. How about you? How are you doing?" , Did Master Li bully you?" The two got along very well, Zhou Chong was so happy that he actually joked with her.

Zeng Shuyao blushed, and said coquettishly: "It's not serious, let's see what you said."

Zhou Chong chuckled and said, "Are you shy?"

Zeng Shuyao patted him lightly on the shoulder and said, "Is he still paying attention to you?"

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything, okay?" Zhou Chong waved the white flag and asked, "Is uncle okay?"

Before Zeng Shuyao answered, Zeng Shufa strode out from the room, clasped his fists from a distance, and said happily: "It turns out that you are a good nephew, and you want to hurt uncle. Good nephew, where have you been? You didn't even send a gift to uncle." Send a letter to report that you are safe, so that people will worry."

Zeng Shufa has always been kind to Zhou Chong, treating him as his nephew and nephew, which made Zhou Chong regard him as an elder invisibly. After hearing his words, his eyes were a little moist, and he bowed deeply, saying: "Little Nephew greets uncle, how is uncle doing?"

Holding Zhou Chong up, Zeng Shufa said very affectionately: "Nephew, excuse me, excuse me, we are all from our own family, so we don't need to follow these etiquettes." Looking at Zhou Chong from left to right, it was like appraising a treasure. After watching the same thing for a long time, he said very happily: "Nephew is in good health and spirit, and he is living a good life. Uncle can rest assured."

"It's all thanks to my uncle." Zhou Chong laughed.

Zeng Shufa took Zhou Chong's hand and said: "Nephew, come in quickly, and talk in the room if you have something to say." Complaining about Zeng Shuyao, he said: "Yao'er, look at you, just talk, and don't invite virtuous people. Nephew came into the house."

Zeng Shuyao stuck out her sweet tongue, made a grimace, and asked, "Father, what about you? Why don't you invite Brother Zhou into the house?"

Zeng Shufa raised his right hand and said, "There are no rules." Zeng Shuyao hid on Zhou Chong's right side, took Zhou Chong's arm, and said, "Brother Zhou, let's go in. Brother Zhou, Listen to me and ignore Dad, okay?"

"You are so naughty." Zhou Chong pointed at Zeng Shuyao and smiled.

Zhou Chong crossed his arms from left to right for Zeng's father and daughter and invited him into the room, sat down, Zeng Shuyao made tea for him, sat beside him, and asked, "Brother Zhou, tell me where have you been these days? Brother Zhou travels all over the world and must have learned a lot, tell me quickly."

"Such a big man, like a primary school student, knows how to listen to stories." Zhou Chong sneered at her in his heart, and replied: "Speaking of it, Zhou Chong is ashamed. He said he was traveling around the world, but he went out for a while and then went around again unexpectedly." came back."

Zeng Shuyao was very disappointed and said: "It's over? You went out for such a long time and it's over with one sentence? Isn't it too simple?"

After all, Zeng Shufa had a wealth of experience in life, and asked: "Nephew has gone and returned, must have encountered some difficulties. Nephew, tell me, uncle will help you."

Zhou Chong couldn't help admiring his experience, he cupped his fists and said, "Uncle Xie. Xiaoxian came this time to ask Uncle to do me a favor, and ask Uncle to help my nephew."

"Your nephew, just say what you have to say, uncle will definitely help you." Zeng Shufa encouraged him, "It is inevitable that there is an urgent matter when you are away. With my nephew's talent, ordinary things will never come back. This must be a big deal." , no matter how old you are, uncle will help you."

Zhou Chong thanked him again and said: "Uncle doesn't know something. My nephew accidentally made paper and pens while traveling. My nephew was eager to sell it in Xianyang. I didn't expect to attract the attention of the government and rushed to buy it. Uncle I know that dealing with the government is a matter of no choice. My nephew has to accept it or accept it. I have taken on so many jobs, but my nephew's ability is limited. How can I do it in a short time? Come here with the cheek to ask uncle for help." What he was thinking in his heart was: "This is all caused by that tall man. He is good, if he gets into trouble, he will throw the pickpocket and leave the bad thing to me, and he will be free."

Before Zeng Shufa could speak, Zeng Shuyao jumped up and looked at Zhou Chong in surprise, as if she was admiring the treasure, she patted her jade hand and said, "Brother Zhou, you made the Zhou Gong paper and Zhou Gong brush? That's great! Brother Zhou, you are amazing, you have such ingenuity!" Without waiting for Zhou Chong to speak, he turned and ran.

When she came back, she was holding a Langhao pen and a roll of paper in her hand. Zhou Chong knew that they were made by himself without even looking at them.Zeng Shuyao handed the paper and pen in front of Zeng Shufa, and said excitedly: "Father, look, Zhou Gong's paper and Zhou Gong's brush are Brother Zhou's masterpiece."

"What Zhou Gong wrote on Zhou Gong's paper? It's a mess. I just realized the flattest things in modern society in this world. It's really unexpected to be called Zhou Gong. If I were Zhou Gong, who would be able to interpret dreams, take responsibility What is the real Duke of Zhou who is the vassal of Chengwanghui? Oh, he is a saint." Zhou Chong was very surprised at his new nickname: Duke Zhou.

Zeng Shufa stroked his beard, and said very relievedly: "It's really unexpected, my nephew has so many miraculous things, besides being able to boil water to make snowflakes and rocks to make oil, there are also such magical skills. Uncle is happy for you."

"My God, making paper and making pens was done by the most ordinary workers in the world I came to. If you call it magic, you will make people laugh." Zhou Chong almost laughed in his heart, and said : "Uncle praised me, my nephew is just a fool, I dare not praise him as my uncle."

Zeng Shuyao really admired Zhou Chong's miraculous ability, and continued: "Brother Zhou, you still don't know what Si Ge said about this paper? People who wait for a good pen are amazing, they are either gods or masters, otherwise it would be impossible to have such ingenuity."

"The ancients really knew how to brag." Zhou Chong didn't dare to take his praise in his heart.

Zeng Shuyao's eyes lit up, and she said excitedly: "Brother Si also said that when he is free, he will come to visit this expert. I didn't expect that this expert is Brother Zhou. Brother Si will be very happy when he finds out. .”

"Come on, it's no wonder he's happy. If I hadn't left the border of Qin State and was still under his control, the assassins he sent would have caught up with me long ago. If I had launched this paper in other countries, I would have done it long ago. The ghost under his sword." Zhou Chong declined Li Si's visit in his heart.

Zeng Shufa thought for a while, and said: "My nephew has too many jobs, and I can't do it all at once. One is the lack of manpower, and the other is the lack of principal. That's why I thought of my uncle. My nephew can think of my uncle, and my uncle is very happy." I am happy. Nephew, don’t worry, Uncle will help you. However, this principal needs a lot, even the uncle’s family property, plus the gold that Nephew left in the house, is not enough, and we have to find a way to do this.”

As he said, what Zhou Chong lacked most were these two things, and he asked expectantly: "Does Uncle have a wonderful method?"

Zeng Shufa patted his forehead, frowning, shook his head and said: "Silver money, hard cash, although you can't pick up two, there must be a place to pick them up. This is really difficult."

(End of this chapter)