Chapter 255: Calling a Deer a Horse
Phew~
Pinching his nose and pouring half a bowl of medicine into his stomach, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but let out a long breath of hot air.
After returning from the street, he felt sore all over, his throat was dry, and he had difficulty breathing. Now even his head was dizzy, and it was obvious that he had caught a cold .
I don't know if the prescription prescribed by the famous doctor in Jinmen Prefecture is effective...
"Brother Sun."
As he was smacking the strange taste in his mouth and thinking about random things, he saw Xiang Yi coming in through the curtain, frowning and saying, "It's already this late, and there's still no movement from the governor. Do you think we should go and urge him..."
Sun Shaozong raised his hand to stop him from speaking, rubbing his temple helplessly and said: "Brother Xiang, we have not had much dealings with Zhou Ruqing. If we just want to capture him, it is not difficult, but if we want to rescue those women safely, we have to rely on Lin Fantai to come forward."
Whether it is his understanding of Zhou Ruqing or the bargaining chips in his hands, Lin Tao, as the governor, is obviously the best candidate for negotiations - and in order to keep his official hat, Lin Tao will certainly do his best.
In fact, Sun Shaozong had already explained this principle to Xiang Yi before.
"That's true, but..."
But Xiang Yisi hesitated for a moment, but still moved closer to Sun Shaozong and whispered, "What if Lin Fantai is also in collusion with Zhou Ruqing..."
Before Xiang Yi could finish, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside, followed by Jia Shanyao's scolding: "Who are you? How dare you...you...you you...you...big sir..."
In the first half of the sentence, Jia Shanyao sounded quite condescending, but in the second half, his tone took a sharp turn for the worse. His voice became shrill and trembling, like that of a young widow who had been raped.
The two people in the room exchanged puzzled glances, and Xiang Yi strode out, intending to see what was happening outside.
However, just as he reached out for the door curtain, someone outside lifted the curtain and stepped in.
“You…you you you…”
Bumping into this man, Xiang Yi immediately developed the same problem as Jia Shanyao. He uttered "you" in a sharp and trembling voice for a long time before blurting out, "That Lin Tao is indeed the same as you!"
It turned out that the man who came in was wearing a bright red official robe, had a white beard and delicate features. He was none other than Zhou Ruqing, the governor of Zhili!
Outside the door, more than twenty soldiers had already pushed Jia Shanyao and others into a corner!
Finished!
It's all over!
Brother Sun risked his life to stabilize the situation, but he didn't expect that in the end he was one step behind and mistakenly trusted that bastard named Lin!
When Xiang Yi thought about this, he felt hopeless at first, but then he changed his mind and felt that at this time, he could not lose the integrity and character of a scholar!
So he puffed out his chest, put on a face that said, "I'm not afraid of being torn to pieces, I just want to keep my innocence in the world." He spat fiercely and cursed, "Shameless old thief, don't..."
"Brother Xiang."
Before he could even utter the word 'thief', he heard Sun Shaozong say quietly behind him: "Since the Governor has already let those women go, why don't you let him in and let him say a few dying words?"
Let those women go?
Dying words?
Xiang Yi was a little confused for a moment, and didn't understand why he could never finish his lines, but out of trust in Sun Shaozong, he obediently stepped aside.
Zhou Ruqing walked slowly to the opposite side of Sun Shaozong and sat down. He sighed and said, "How did you know, Lord Sun, that I came here to say that I was about to die? Aren't you afraid that Lin Tao would collude with me to kill you?"
Sun Shaozong laughed and pointed at his nose, saying, "I have killed at least 60 or 70 people today. It is not an exaggeration to say that I am 'notorious'. Anyone who dares to be my enemy and appear within ten steps of me is either not afraid of death or destined to die."
As he said this, he spread his hands and said, "No matter which one it is, since you have entered this room, you are naturally talking about death!"
Zhou Ruqing stared at him for a long while, then suddenly shook his head and smiled bitterly, "The second biggest mistake I made in my life was to underestimate Sun Zhizhong - otherwise, I would have been sailing on ."
This clearly means he accepted the words "dying words"!
Xiang Yi, who was listening nearby, could not help but question, "Since Lord Lin did not go along with you, why did he allow you to come and go freely? And... and let you dress so pompously!"
More than just high-sounding appearance, Zhou Ruqing looked like he had just taken a bath. The bright red official robe he was wearing was a fresh item cut from the finest silk.
"Let it go?"
Zhou Ruqing laughed a few times as if he had heard a joke, then he straightened his body and said solemnly: "I am the governor-general of Zhili, the head of all governors in the world, why should I let him, a provincial governor, let me do what I want?"
Xiang Yi was dumbfounded when he heard this. He felt that this person's words were extremely absurd, but he didn't know how to refute it for a moment.
At this time, Zhou Ruqing pulled out a memorial from his sleeve, handed it forward and said, "This is a memorial drafted by me, Lord Lin, and Prefect Wang. Please take a look at it, Sun Zhizhong, and see if there is anything wrong with it."
Before Sun Shaozong could make a move, Xiang Yi snatched it away, opened it and scanned the book at a glance. The more he read, the angrier he became. In the end, he was so angry that his whole body was shaking and blood was filling his pupils!
"This is absolute nonsense!"
He yelled angrily, raised the memorial above his head, and was about to throw it hard on the ground, but he heard Sun Shaozong stretched out his hand and said, "Brother Xiang, thank you for your help."
Xiang Yi had no choice but to stop and sent the memorial to Sun Shaozong in dismay, and reminded him: "The above absurd remarks are really shameless. Brother Sun, just treat them as jokes. Don't get angry and hurt yourself."
Sun Shaozong took it in his hand and read it carefully, and found that the various remarks in it were indeed shameless and absurd!
First of all, in this memorial, the mastermind who wanted to defect to the sea today was the already dead Hu Nietai, and Zhou Ruqing was coerced by him and had to play the role of a snake.
As for the intention to kidnap the North Korean envoy, there was not a single mention of it in the entire article.
Not only that, the previous street battle where one person was fighting against a hundred was also the result of Zhou Ruqing's secret communication and the decisive command of the envoy Lin Tao - and Sun Shaozong only took credit for fighting bravely and leading the troops!
The topic then changes and becomes Zhou Ruqing's monologue, in which he says that although he is obsessed with money , he will never dare to betray the court and become a lonely ghost among the barbarians.
Finally, he asked the court to cut him into pieces to warn the governors of the world.
What a good way of confusing right and wrong and calling a horse a zebra!
