Chapter 14: Secret Fight (4)

The reply was not sent to Zhou's mansion until noon the next day. Zhou Liangkun tossed and turned all night and couldn't fall asleep. He was relieved after receiving the reply. However, looking at the short answer with only one line of words, a bitter smile appeared on his dead face: the other party only wrote an address in the reply and agreed on the time for the interview. Zhou Liangkun found that the person he was facing was indeed very cunning, with caution and shrewdness that was inconsistent with his age. Zhou Liangkun suddenly felt that maybe his daughter was right. She glimpsed the power hidden in that person with the intuition of a woman, and for their father and daughter, this power might be the last straw they could climb.

Spring has arrived, and the day gradually grew longer and the sky became darker and later. Despite this, Luoyang City still rumbling as usual at the twilight hour. The Jinwu Guards began to drive out the bustling crowds of the three cities. The doors of the streets closed, and the people closed their doors in a daze. People were ridiculed in the streets and alleys. Another warm wind hustle and intoxicating spring has arrived.

Zhou Liangkun waited until the sky was dark before he was covered with a large blue cloak, crossed the wide hood, covering his entire face with only a pair of eyes, and hurried out to get out of the carriage. The carriage went south along the straight road, passing several closed doors along the way, but could not stop the third-rank official of the dynasty, the Jinwu Guards obediently opened the door and let it go, and then entered the Shangxianfang in the south of the city unobstructed.

The carriage carefully avoided the territory around Di Mansion, and walked through the secluded alleys, and finally stopped in front of a small courtyard not far from Di Mansion. "Master, we are here." The coachman lowered his voice and called out to the car. "You must be this place?" Zhou Liangkun asked coldly. "Master, that's right, it's here." The curtain of the car was lifted up, and Zhou Liangkun poked out his head, which was covered by the wind hood, observed the quiet and solemn environment around him. After a while, he raised his legs and stepped off the carriage, and ordered: "Car the car aside and wait, be careful not to let people discover it."

When he arrived at the door, Zhou Liangkun gently knocked on the door knocker. As soon as he knocked, the door opened. Shen Huai stood straight in front of the door, bowed to him, but did not say a word. Zhou Liangkun was very satisfied with the other party's cautious attitude, nodded, and walked with him to the hospital.

This is the small courtyard where Shen Huai rented for Shen Jun. Since receiving a letter from Zhou Liangkun in Di's mansion yesterday afternoon, Shen Huai thought about it all night and tried to infer the purpose of Zhou Liangkun's appointment with him to have a separate conversation. In the letter, Zhou Liangkun only said that he wanted to have an interview with Shen Huai, and said that the matter was very important, hoping that Shen Huai could keep the secret. Only the two of them knew this conversation. Shen Huai certainly understood the meaning of this, and Zhou Liangkun did not want to report this meeting to Di Renjie himself.

Under Di Renjie's instruction, Shen Huai has been monitoring Zhou Liangkun for ten months and has never made any breakthroughs. Zhou Liangkun only handles official duties and stays at home every day, and has few social engagements. His life is so simple that it is suspicious. But he is suspicious, but he just can't catch any mistakes. Although the case of the tribute in the Sifangguan treasury was suppressed by Di Renjie, Zhou Liangkun still arranged for Shaoqing Yuchi Jian to thoroughly investigate all the remaining belongings in the Sifangguan. Zeng Tai and Shen Huai jointly supervised the whole thing.

The results of the Cheng investigation show that the tribute stolen in Sifang Pavilion were not as many as imagined, nor were they special treasures. If we only look at this case itself, Zhou Liangkun’s guilt is not too great regardless of whether he participated in theft of tribute. Even if he was exposed, with his qualifications and achievements in the court, he would at most dismissal from office and return home, and his life would be safe. In contrast, Zhou Liangkun’s act of killing Liu Yifei privately seemed to be a bit overreacting.

Chen Huai often thinks recently that Zhou Liangkun could have handed over Liu Yifei at that time. Even if Liu Yifei turned his back, Zhou Liangkun still had the opportunity to protect himself. Now he has a handle on killing people in Di Renjie's hands. He is really smart but has been mistaken for intelligence. In addition, Chen Huai has always felt that Di Renjie asked him to monitor Zhou Liangkun, and the intention was not to recover the lost tribute. It was just that this wise and wise old man would not tell him his more secret doubts about Zhou Liangkun. Many times when he was sleepless late at night, Chen Huai listened to the pacing and sighing sounds coming from Di Renjie's study, and he could not help but think that he would have such many concealment from Li Yuanfang, beware and suspicion? As he thought about this, a deep helplessness, confusion and resentment slowly and uncontrollably breeding in Shen Huai's heart.

Despite this, Chen Huai was still very dedicated. He monitored Zhou Liangkun's work without any progress, and he still did his best. In addition, Chen Huai had many things to do. Chen Ting's unclear death is to be investigated, Yang Lin and him have to do the mission, and... Chen Jun, whom he always cared about. Now, only when he had dinner with Shen Jun every day can Chen Huai feel comfort and warmth. Since the Flower Dynasty, Aunt He has indeed prepared several simple and elegant new dresses for Chen Jun. Chen Huai saw that she was solemnly decorated every day and dressed up beautifully waiting for him to pass. He felt really pity and love in his heart, and felt a lot of taste.

What exactly is Zhou Liangkun going to talk to him? And it's so secret? Chen Huai felt it was hard to figure out. He had no good feelings for Zhou Liangkun, and he was even more afraid of Zhou Jingyuan. When Chen Huai thought of the unconcealed admiration of this daughter for him, he felt ridiculous. He really couldn't think of somewhere that he had fallen into the eyes of this little beauty and was so favored by her. Chen Huai was originally not an unscrupulous young man with a despicable nature. Now with Chen Jun around him, he didn't want to cause inexplicable luck in love.

However, Zhou Liangkun asked to have a close conversation with him. Chen Huai thought about it again and again, but decided to talk about it for the time being. He chose Chen Jun's courtyard as a place for conversation. First, he came here in secluded place and almost no outsiders knew about it. Second, this place was his residence, and he was close to Di Mansion, which could move forward or retreat, and take the initiative. After dinner, Chen Huai asked Chen Jun to go back to his room to rest, and did not say hello to not come out.

Zhou Liangkun arrived as promised, and Chen Huai let him into the main hall. Aunt He was in a hurry when he served incense tea and almost knocked over the teacup. Chen Huai was unhappy. After all, he was a country woman who had never seen the world. The more important the time was, the less it was. Fortunately, Zhou Liangkun was full of thoughts and didn't care about anything else.

Aunt He packed the tea tray and stepped out. The two guests and guests were left in the room. In the quiet spring night, a few barkings came from afar. Chen Huai stood up and closed the half-open pane. A ray of cold moonlight was blocked outside the window. Two crisp sounds of candle wicks in the milky white gauze lamp on the table exploded, and the light and shadow swayed, flickering.
Chapter completed!