Jiangxia Marquis Manor.
Zhou Dexing and Zhou Ji were waiting anxiously. Zhou Dexing was still calm, but Zhou Ji was like an ant on a hot pan, running around in circles.
"Not good at doing things!"
"Not good at doing things!"
"How long has it been? Why isn't he back yet?”
"Can Old Killer do it?"
"Shut up!"
Zhou Dexing annoyed him so much that he threw the teacup at him.
"Father, if you smash me to death, who will inherit your title?”
"Can't you have something else in your head?" Zhou Dexing was about to explode.”
"You've been staring at my title every day!”
"And you're not doing your job well?"
"I'll let you try!"
"If you don't lose him, I'll call you father from today onwards!”
"How many times have I told you to treat the people around you better because those people know you the best. If you don't win their hearts, they might stab you at any time!”
"Wasn't Li Jia stabbed in the back by the errand boy?”
"Idiot!"
Zhou Ji couldn't outtalk him, but he pursed his lips and kicked the stones on the ground. It was obvious that he didn't take it seriously.
Zhou Dexing's heart was filled with hatred. He swore that after this matter was over, he would definitely have another child!
"Pa, pa, pa!"
There was a series of hurried knocks on the door.
Zhou Dexing quickly ran over."I hope it's good news!"
Only then did he open the door.
The manservant at the door was panting, and his legs were trembling from running.
"Aren't you a shop assistant?" Zhou Dexing asked. Why are you here?"
"Lord Marquis! Lord Marquis!" "This is bad, this is bad!" The waiter stammered.”
"Because the marquis fu's silver shop is at the customs. I saw the housekeeper leave the city and walk towards the lotus pond.”
"Who knew that a quarter of an hour later, there would be a fire and thick smoke!”
"I was afraid that something would happen, so I quickly chased after him.”
"When we arrived, we found that the house had been burned to black charcoal. There were four corpses inside, and they had long been burned to the point that we couldn't see anything clearly.”
"But…"
Zhou Dexing shivered, his heart filled with a bad premonition."But what?"
"There is an iron plate that has been preserved in the ruins…"
"That's right…"
The waiter took out the metal plate and Zhou Dexing took it with trembling hands.
Although many of the words had been burned out of shape by the flames, the blurry Zhou could still be seen clearly.
"Father…"
"This is the butler's waist token!"
"Could it be…"
Zhou Ji gulped and his face turned pale!
Zhou Dexing staggered a few steps and leaned against the wall. The hand holding the waist tag was trembling!
"Butler ~"
"The butler is muddle-headed!"
"We've been tricked!"
"We've been tricked!"
Zhou Dexing had thought that he had arranged everything properly. As long as he captured Liao Zhai, he would be able to change the unfavorable situation!
However, he did not expect that the butler, who had fought with him for many years and had rich experience in the battlefield, would actually fall for a scholar's fire attack!
"What did the soldiers of the five cities say?”
"Have you caught the person who started the fire?"
Zhou Dexing hurriedly asked. This was his last chance!
If they were caught, the Military Department of the Five Cities would be under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office. He could request for the transfer of the Five Cities Military Department and snatch the Liao Zhai before anyone could react!
may
"Lord Marquis ~"
"None of the soldiers from the Five Cities Military Department went.”
"Why?" Zhou Dexing asked in a daze.”
"The Lotus Pond is a slum. There's not much profit there. There's no perfect Lijia system.”
"In addition, those refugees are very fierce, so they don't want to get involved in this muddy water.”
Zhou Dexing sucked in a breath of cold air and fell to the ground."The heavens want me dead!"
The shop assistant quickly went forward and helped him up. He also grabbed his philtrum acupuncture point. However, Zhou Ji was indifferent and stood there in a daze, as if he was scared silly!
"Lord Marquis!"
"Lord Marquis!"
Zhou Dexing slowly woke up, but his mind was still buzzing.
What should he do?
It was already a dead end!
His nose twitched and he suddenly smelled a foul smell. He turned around and saw that although Zhou Ji was still standing there, his pants were completely wet.
That foolish and determined look was exactly the same as when he was locked up in the death row!
There was no improvement at all!
"Father ~"
Looking at Zhou Dexing's face, Zhou Ji subconsciously shouted. Then, he turned around and cried,""I don't want to die ~"
"What should we do?"
"What should we do now?"
Zhou Dexing looked at him in disgust. A hint of viciousness flashed in his eyes. Now that things had come to this, there was only one way!
Staying on the green mountain, there was hope!
As long as he pushed Zhou Ji out, he would say that he had secretly instructed the butler to attack the Ministry of Justice and that he had no idea at all!
If that was the case, there might still be a chance of survival.
As long as he was alive, the Jiang Xia marquis residence would exist, and the nobles would exist!
As for a son, he could just have another one in the future.
At most, they would find Liao Zhai and execute him, sacrificing his head on Zhou Ji's grave to avenge him.
Zhou Dexing calmed down and ignored Zhou Ji. He turned around and went to the central hall. He called a guard and wrote down an address."Go to this place!"
"Kill He Wenyuan, a member of the Ministry of Justice!”
"Bring Yan Donglou with you. He was the one who pulled the strings back then. He Wenyuan will definitely let down his guard if we bring him along!”
"After this is done, find a place to kill Yan Donglou as well!”
"Yes, sir!"
"Go to the accountant's office and collect a thousand taels of silver. After you kill them, you can go far away.”
This personal guard was Zhou Dexing's loyal follower. He nodded slightly."Lord Marquis, don't worry!"
Zhou Dexing returned to his room and poured two glasses of wine. The two of them clinked their glasses."I entrust my life to you!”
"I hope you succeed!"
"Yes, sir!"
The guard raised the white wine in his hand and downed it in one gulp. Then, he turned around and left.
Zhou Dexing sat on the rocking chair and organized his thoughts. What questions might Zhu Yuanzhang ask and how should he answer?
He remembered everything in his heart after thinking it through.
At this moment, Zhou Ji ran in and grabbed Zhou Dexing's thigh as if he was holding onto a life-saving straw. He cried out,"Father!"
"Did you think of a way to get Fang Wenlin out?”
"Save me!"
"Save me!"
Zhou Dexing looked at him coldly and patted his head.""Don't worry ~"
"Father has already thought of a way."
"If you are really summoned by the Emperor, don't say anything in the Hall of Heaven's Tribute.”
"Alright!" Zhou Ji hurriedly nodded. Good!"
"Father!"
"You must save me!"
"Don't worry," Zhou Dexing said.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a hurried knock on the door. Song He held the imperial edict and said,
"Marquis Jiang Xia!"
"Emperor, let you enter the palace!"
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