Great Qin Emperor

Chapter 55

"Shopkeeper, please open the door." A voice came from outside the door.

The voice was very familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before, Zhou Chongwei immediately remembered that this was Cao Bo, the internal historian of Xianyang.Zhou Chong had a good impression of Cao Bo, he knew that he was honest, and that Sibaozhai was able to achieve what it is today, thanks to him. Zhou Chong felt relieved and hurriedly opened the door.

Cao Bo was standing outside the door with a group of soldiers. He cupped his fists at Zhou Chong and said, "Shopkeeper, King Cao Bo is on his life. Please forgive me for being rude." With a wave of his hand, he shouted, "Search."

Zhou Chong was about to speak, when he saw Cao Bo's eyes flickering at him, he quickly swallowed back the words of defense that came to his lips, and said: "Our shop is a serious business, and there is absolutely no violation of the laws of the Great Qin Dynasty. Please enter the shop and search."

Cao Bo stepped in, and waited for the soldiers to enter before he clasped his fists and saluted, saying, "Mr. Liaozi, shopkeeper Zhou, don't come here without any problems, Cao Bo is being polite here."

He was very gratified in his words, his joy was beyond words, and it was not a fake. Zhou Chong was a little puzzled, wondering where he was singing, whether he was using the name of someone to lobby for the truth, and replied: "Zhou Chong I rushed to meet the adults."

Wei Liao returned the gift and said, "Thanks to Mr. Cao, Liaozi is doing well. Your lord is busy with official duties, so it's rare to have the opportunity to visit our shop. I don't know what your lord has done to bring such an army." Why did Cao Bo come here? It was obvious, what Wei Liao said was just a subtext, what he really wanted to know was the progress of King Qin's suppression of the rebellion.

Cao Bo said with a smile: "The Marquis of Changxin is a traitor. Cao Bo was ordered by the king to arrest traitors. Two traitors fled here. Cao Bo disturbed them. I am here to plead guilty."

These words only talked about his responsibility, and did not talk about what Wei Liao wanted to know. It would be wrong to understand it this way. Wei Liao is such a smart person, and he has already come up with another meaning, that is, everything is in the hands of the King of Qin. under control.If the situation was not under King Qin's control, it would be impossible for him to mobilize the army, and it would be even more impossible for him to conduct a search with such fanfare. This is already the best answer.Wei Liaoxin nodded comfortingly, and said: "The way of heaven is turbulent, even if there are lawless people, it will be difficult to accomplish anything."

It was an ordinary sentence, but Cao Bo was overjoyed and said, "Mr. Liaozi intends to leave the mountain?" It is the best performance of his intention to serve Qin, how could he not be happy?

However, his excitement didn't last long before he was completely shocked by Wei Liao's next sentence. What Wei Liao said was "people in the mountains and fields have no intention of official career, as long as they are free from worries, that's enough."

Cao Bo sighed in disappointment, and said, "Mr. Liaozi is an extraordinary man, Cao Bo dare not have extravagant hopes."

"Do you think he really doesn't want to go out of the mountain? Then you are totally wrong. He has long wanted to go out of the mountain, but he is just waiting for the opportunity. Besides, an expert like him will not be burdened by fame. It’s okay to ask him for advice, but there’s no way to restrain him. To use a well-known saying for our descendants: listen to the tune but not listen to the announcement! If you have a problem, just ask him, he will know everything and say everything Maybe this is the real master.” Zhou Chong laughed in his heart, and pointedly said: “The world is changing, and the future is unpredictable. What will happen in the future, what will happen in the future? Only in the future will we know."

Cao Bo is also a smart man, without saying anything, he bowed deeply to Wei Liao, and then bowed to Zhou Chong: "Thank you, shopkeeper Zhou." , I, Cao Bo, am very grateful, thank you in advance.The salute to Zhou Chong is naturally to thank him for reminding him.

Zhou Chong was in a hurry to salute, but he didn't even dare to say it.Wei Liao received half the salute, and returned the half salute.Wei Liao's actions should be impolite, Cao Bo should be unhappy, but unexpectedly, Cao Bo was very excited, and said repeatedly: "The king is wise, with the help of Mr., the great things in the world will be accomplished! "

Chunyujue was a little confused, and whispered in Zhou Chong's ear: "Brother Zhou, what kind of charades are you playing?"

Zhou Chong looked at her confused face, and her pretty face became even more charming. His heart skipped a beat, and he whispered something in her ear. Chun Yujue blinked and covered his mouth with his hands and laughed.

The reason why Wei Liao received a half-respect is undoubtedly a strong signal, that is to say, he came for Daqin, how can Cao Bo be unhappy?They are all funny and wonderful people, so the relationship between each other is closer, they laugh at each other, and they are very happy.

"Let's go, let's go!" A burst of scolding interrupted their good spirits, and the laughter of everyone stopped abruptly.

Zhou Chong searched for his reputation, and saw several soldiers pushing and shoving two wounded people. The two were dressed in silk and satin, which was very luxurious, but it was a pity that many holes were cut, it was difficult to cover their bodies, and they were ruined. Wearing high-quality clothes, wearing expensive rings on his fingers, the gems on the rings are shining, and his body is full of scars and bloodstains.

"Pamper and be pampered!" Zhou Chong commented on the two of them in his heart, thinking that Chang Xinhou was pleasing to the queen mother, and his power was so powerful, his diners and dead soldiers were naturally arrogant and unruly, and it was reasonable to dress up magnificently.He bowed to Cao Bo and said: "Master Cao, it is clear that these two people are not from our shop. Please, Master Cao, look into it."

Wei Liao glanced at the two of them with disdain in his eyes.An expert like him is very enthusiastic about the general trend of the world, but he doesn't bother to wear fancy clothes, gold and silver, so naturally he looks down on them.

Chunyu Jue curled her beautiful mouth, and said disdainfully: "Golden-clothed beast!" It meant that the two of them had no real skills, they only knew how to dress up and dress up, no different from animals in golden clothes. (Those modern people who only know how to pursue fashionable dresses, do they deserve these four words? Hehe!)

Cao Bo clasped his fists in return, and said, "Don't worry shopkeeper Zhou, your store is a serious business, how could you raise such useless people, I will handle it impartially. I can't bear too much burden now, so I bid farewell."

"My lord, go slowly." Zhou Chong and the others sent Cao Bo outside the door.

Zhou Chong believed in Cao Bo's character, and believed that he would handle it well, so he didn't take this matter to heart, it was just a small episode, let it pass.

However, the appearance of Zhao Gao a few days later made Zhou Chong frightened.One day, Zhou Chong was doing business in the store. He saw Zhao Gao heading straight to the store with a few big and thick tiger guards. As soon as they met, he said in his thin eunuch voice: "Congratulations to shopkeeper Zhou, congratulations to shopkeeper Zhou!" .”

Zhou Chong hurriedly returned the gift, saying: "Craftsman Zhou Chong has met Mr. Zhao. May I ask Mr. Zhao, where does the joy come from? The king ordered goods from our shop again? It is all due to Mr. Zhao's kindness. Zhou Chong is very grateful."

Zhao Gao smiled and said: "That's not true. The king wants to call the shopkeeper Zhou. Zhao Gao has been a slave for so many years, and he has never seen the king call a businessman. Zhang Zhou is the No. 1 cabinet. Great joy, great joy Ah, shopkeeper Zhou, please." It was supposed to be a happy event, but his shrill and high-pitched eunuch's voice uttered it extremely harshly, and it was extremely unpleasant to hear.

It is indeed an exciting and good thing to be summoned by the King of Qin. However, Zhou Chong was not only not happy, but also worried. It’s a bad thing, the king of Qin must have sent him to arrest me. Those tiger and cardinal guards are always looking at me, ready to strike at any time. Could it be that Mr. Cao betrayed me? People in the officialdom can’t believe everything. False, it’s often a scene; second, even if he is pressured by the superiors, he can’t change. This is involuntary. Time can pass, but this officialdom experience will not change. Isn’t the world I came from like this? It is entirely possible that Zhao Gaozhi's coming has something to do with this matter, what should I do?" Thinking of the terrible consequences, Zhou Chong was going crazy, and cast the curse on those two unlucky ones.

(End of this chapter)