"Even if you didn't tell me, I already knew. You're called Zhou Miaoxuan, right?”Xiao Rui tidied up his chopsticks and picked up a piece of meat from the wok and threw it into his mouth. Although it wasn't as delicious as eating in the imperial kitchen, it tasted pretty good.
This lunchbox naturally couldn't be compared to the modern thermal lunch box, but the thermal insulation effect was still okay. Now, it was just right to eat.
" You, how…" Hearing Xiao Rui's words, Bei Zhai's eyes suddenly became horrified. According to her thoughts, it seemed that other than that person, no one would know her name.
"As long as I want to investigate, there's nothing I can't find out.”Xiao Rui smiled disdainfully and calmly picked up a piece of fried meat. This was also not bad. It was salty and delicious.
"So what if you found out!" Although her eyes were full of panic, she still stubbornly raised her head and tried not to look in Xiao Rui's direction.
"What else can I do? I'll just go along with it and start with your father, that big corrupt official…"
"Shut up, how dare you insult my late father? My late father was a great, honest official and a great, loyal minister!”Hearing Xiao Rui's words, Bei Zhai also exploded and shouted.
"Tsk, an upright official? In the entire Great Zhou, the only honest official is sitting in front of you. That's because I just became an official yesterday! I haven't had the time to accept bribes yet…You keep saying that your father is a clean official. Your father started as a Rank-5 and his monthly salary is fourteen dan. Tell me, where did the nearly three hundred thousand taels of silver that your family stole come from?”
Xiao Rui looked at Bei Zhai with disdain and said with a face full of contempt.
"You, you're talking nonsense?" Hearing Xiao Rui's words, Bei Zhai's face turned red with anger.
"Nonsense? Alright, you were still young five years ago, so it's understandable that you didn't know the concept of money. However, you should remember how many servants you had in your house, right? The four treasures of the study you used were all good things, right? You've been painting all these years, so you should have some understanding.”Looking at Bei Zhai's expression, Xiao Rui continued to say disdainfully.
Hearing Xiao Rui's words, Bei Zhai was indeed a little angry, but although she was angry, she was not stupid. She knew very well how much 14 picul of grain was. Her family's monthly expenses must be more than that. If that was the case, was her father really a corrupt official?
"Who said that your father is an upright official? Do you know why Cao Zhengchun wanted to mess with the Donglin Party? That was because this was the Emperor's intention! Giant merchants had no country. The Donglin Party only focused on gathering wealth and fighting with each other, causing the entire world to be in a foul mood. Do you know how much food, armor, sabers, and information those people sold to the foreign races? Do you know how many people lost their families because of them? Do you know how blind those people are?”
"Enough, stop talking!" Listening to Xiao Rui's words that were stabbing into his heart, Bei Zhai was about to collapse.
"You don't have to say anything? What a joke! "You've heard the news about the Emperor's treasured ship sinking last month, right? I'm here to investigate this matter. The person behind this is the one you want to protect. He knows very well that as long as the Emperor wants to get rid of them, even if they kill Cao Zhengchun, there will still be Li Zhengchun, Wang Zhengchun, Zhang Zhengchun, and Liu Zhengchun. So, they want to change the sky…The guy you're protecting is not a hero or a gentleman, but a traitor." A traitor!"
Seeing Bei Zhai's expression, Xiao Rui narrowed his eyes and continued to speak to her.
But now, Bei Zhai had been forced to shut himself up by Xiao Rui. He held his head in his hands and looked at Xiao Rui in disbelief...
The person she liked and the person she protected was a hero, a peerless hero. He would overthrow the eunuchs and prove his father's innocence. How could he be a traitor who wanted to assassinate the emperor? She…did not believe it.
"Alright, think about it yourself. I'm going to eat!”Looking at Bei Zhai's frightened expression, Xiao Rui sighed. Sometimes reality was cruel, so it was better to live in one's own dreams. That was the most comfortable. Sometimes, it was not a kind of happiness to know less!
After finishing his meal, Xiao Rui walked over to Bei Zhai, who was still in a state of shock. He pulled her up and pressed her against the table, then lay down on the bed.
As the old saying goes, if you walk a hundred steps after a meal, you won't live past 99. If you lie on the bed after a meal, you can live past 280. If you lie there and sleep, you can live past 1,000 years…Although Xiao Rui wasn't prepared to live past 1,000 years, living past 280 years was still pretty good…
Bei Zhai sat there for a long time before picking up her chopsticks and slowly eating Xiao Rui's leftovers. She no longer cared about Hong Guo's body, because when a person's will collapsed, the body did not matter. At least that was the case for Bei Zhai now...
"If you're done eating, then wash up and sleep!" After Bei Zhai finished his dinner, Xiao Rui pulled her into the bathroom. He turned on the shower, and hot water flowed out. Bei Zhai was surprised to feel the hot water on her body, but she was still standing there after Xiao Rui finished washing her.
Seeing this, Xiao Rui had no choice but to help her wash up. Sigh, who asked him to be a good person? As for how? Of course, he would help her with his hands…
After taking a shower and wiping himself clean, Xiao Rui pulled Bei Zhai back to bed and hugged her to sleep. At this time, Bei Zhai felt the man behind her cry uncontrollably. She felt very sad…very sad…
It was a quiet night, and in the blink of an eye, the next day came. Today, Xiao Rui clapped his hands and took everything back, leaving only Bei Zhai in Xiao Rui's room. Then he left. Today, his target was the archives, where there was the supervision record of the treasure ship. Xiao Rui wanted to see who was used in the treasure ship and what materials were used.
However, when he arrived, he realized that the atmosphere was a little strange.
At this time, there were not only people from the Brocade Guard, but also the foreigners of the East Hall. It seemed that there was a conflict between the two sides. A thousand households of the Brocade Guard was smiling apologetically at a foreigner, and there was a hundred households standing there with an unconvinced expression.
"Yo, it's quite lively. What are you doing?”Looking at the situation on the field, Xiao Rui chuckled and then walked over with a playful look. When they saw Xiao Rui, the faces of the Qianhu and Fanzi instantly changed…
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