flstandardbreds Chapter 363 Who is Your Wife?
Chapter 363 Who is Your Wife?
It was His Majesty's idea to let him come to Mangcheng.
Since he was specially asked to come to Mangcheng, it would not be as simple as just a tour.
Zhou Chengjun understood that in His Majesty's heart, the integration of military and political affairs in Mangcheng was indeed a major concern for His Majesty.
It was just a stopgap measure to win over Wei Ling. Now that the world is at peace, if the military and political integration of Mangcheng lasts for a long time, there is no guarantee that Wei Ling will have other ideas.
Therefore, if he can break the military-political integration situation in Mangcheng, he will be a meritorious official of Your Majesty.
Zhou Chengjun also understood that Wei Ling was indeed the one who had the final say in Mangcheng today, but as long as Xie Yingfeng, who was Wei Ling's right-hand man, was defeated, it would be equivalent to shaking Wei Ling's foundation in Mangcheng.
This was also one of the reasons why he asked Zhang Peng to cause trouble for Xie Yingfeng.
So he stood under the eaves and thought again and again, but he didn't feel that his actions were against the emperor's will.
So Zhou Ziqi was acting as a lobbyist for Wei Ling and was deliberately making things mysterious?
Zhou Chengjun flicked his sleeves and waved to his attendant who was standing far away on the other side of the carriage. The attendant came over and held an umbrella for him, and then he walked out from under the eaves.
Zhou Ziqi has been with Xie Yingfeng for so long, so it is understandable that he came out to speak for him.
After he got on the carriage, he leaned against the wall.
The carriage began to move.
But he still spoke up to stop the carriage.
"Let's go to the government office and have a look!" he said to the coachman.
Originally this direction was back to the posthouse.
But he was worried about Zhang Peng, and also wanted to know the progress of Zhang Peng's interrogation, so he turned the carriage around.
As Zhou Chengjun was heading towards the government office, Su Jixiang received the news. Although Xie Yingfeng was under house arrest, Mangcheng was still Wei Ling's base camp after all. Even if Wei Ling himself was not there, his spies would still tell Su Jixiang the news as soon as possible.
"Then the Imperial Censor is coming?" Qu Wanning frowned, "What should we do then?"
"Just wait here." Su Jixiang was calm and had no intention of leaving at all.
"Wouldn't that let Zhou Chengjun know that we have fooled Zhang Peng?" Qu Wanning asked anxiously.
"Just step away first. You are Xie Yingfeng's wife, it is indeed inappropriate for you to be here." Su Jixiang said.
"What about you?" Qu Wanning tugged at Su Jixiang's sleeve, "Come with me. This is not a good place. Let's just take Madam Qu away."
"Madam Qu is now a detained suspect. We will take her out of the prison and break the prison." Su Jixiang said with a smile, "Don't worry, you go away first, I'll be here. Zhou Chengjun doesn't dare to do anything to me. Besides, Lushui and Guihua are guarding outside. There are also Weidong, Weifeng and Weijing lurking in the dark of the prison. They will have no problem protecting Madam Qu and me. You don't have to worry about me. You go back first."
Qu Wanning thought about it, and although he was reluctant, he still nodded.
She is Xie Yingfeng's wife, and it is indeed out of place for her to be here.
"Then I'll sit here?" Madam Qu asked after Qu Wanning left.
"Just sit here." Su Jixiang said with a smile, "You don't have to be afraid. I'm here. You're just a suspect, and you haven't really done anything wrong. Even if you need to be tried, you have to be tried properly. It's unreasonable to torture him right away."
"Yeah." Madam Qu knew that Su Jixiang was here, so she didn't have much to think about. She just nodded and continued to sit in the chair to rest.
The previous beating had indeed damaged her vitality. Although she had taken medicine and the pain had been alleviated a lot, the feeling of exhaustion in her bones still lingered.
When Zhou Chengjun arrived at the gate of the government prison, he felt something was wrong.
At the door of the government prison stood two girls in plain clothes, one on the left and one on the right. At their feet sat two of their guards, who seemed to have fainted.
Zhou Chengjun was shocked. "Who are you?"
"Greetings, Master Zhou." Lushui and Guihua clasped their fists together and saluted Zhou Chengjun. "We are my wife's maids."
"You bold and shrewish woman! Who is your wife?" Zhou Chengjun shouted angrily.
The guards he brought with him drew their swords and surrounded Lushui and Guihua.
Lushui and Guihua were not moved at all, and did not even look at those people. They smiled slightly and said, "My wife is waiting for Lord Zhou inside. Didn't Doctor Zhou pass on the message he gave to Lord Zhou?"
Zhou Chengjun was even more surprised.
These two maids actually knew that Zhou Ziqi was looking for him!
"Who is your wife?" Zhou Chengjun asked.
"My wife is Su Jixiang, the wife of Marquis Zhenbei." Lu Shui said.
"The wife of Marquis Zhenbei?" Zhou Chengjun felt a little confused when he heard it!
Wei Ling is not in Mangcheng. It is said that the wife of Marquis Zhenbei is a maid from the palace. It was the current emperor who personally arranged the marriage for Wei Ling. However, this maid is not of high birth. His majesty originally did not want Wei Ling to marry into a wealthy family in the capital, so he gave this fire-making maid to Wei Ling to prevent other noble families from marrying Wei Ling!
These people knew what His Majesty meant at a glance.
So when he suddenly heard that the wife of Marquis Zhenbei was here, he unconsciously felt a bit of contempt in his heart.
She's just a palace maid who's in charge of the fire, and she's putting on airs here!
Zhou Chengjun's thoughts returned, and his eyebrows slightly raised, "The wife of the Marquis of Zhenbei is so arrogant. She broke into the prison at night and injured my guards. I'm afraid she is defying the law!"
"Your Excellency, please understand. It was not our lady who knocked these people unconscious. If there is any crime of contempt of the law, it is the two of us who are guilty. It has nothing to do with our lady!" Lushui and Guihua looked at each other, and then said in unison.
Zhou Chengjun was so angry that he almost laughed!
"Okay, okay, you're so good at quibbling?" Zhou Chengjun raised his hand and pointed at Lushui and Guihua in the air, "Then I really have to go meet this lady of yours!"
"Sir, they are so bold as to knock out our people. Who knows what else is inside. Think twice!" An attendant whispered to Zhou Chengjun.
"You don't have to be so afraid of death." Guihua said, "We are all women, we won't do anything to you. But if you really don't dare to go in, we have nothing to say."
Zhou Chengjun was so angry that he laughed. "I am a censor. If something really happened in the prison in Mangcheng, do you think Zhenbei Hou and Xie Yingfeng can escape responsibility?" Zhou Chengjun glared at the people around him, "Back off! Don't let others laugh at you for nothing!"
The followers could only lower their heads.
Zhou Chengjun took a step forward, but still felt that something was wrong, so he called a few guards to follow him.