Second minister and thief

Chapter 96 Trouble

Sure enough, at the moment when the door was completely closed behind him, Chu Linqiu suddenly lost his strength and fell limp in Xiao Cen's arms, and was still sliding down, unable to hug him.

"Jiu Shang!!! Ginseng tea... Hurry up and get the ginseng tea!" Xiao Cen was startled, he felt his heart was about to pop out of his throat, he hugged Chu Lin hard Qiu's upper body turned around and shouted at the servant.

"Nine merchants? Nine merchants? What do you think? It's okay...it's okay...I'll help you over there, you hold on for a while." Considering that it was in the yard, Xiao Cen finally lifted Chu Linqiu's arm put him on his shoulders, he half supported and half hugged him to sit on the guest chair in the front hall, and then wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeve.

Chu Linqiu didn't know if he was very dizzy, since he sat down, he kept leaning on Xiao Cen's body, his eyes were slightly closed, and he didn't say a word, until he was fed a sip of ginseng tea, and then he regained his composure.

"Are you feeling better? Carry you to rest?" Xiao Cen saw Chu Linqiu's complexion getting paler and his thoughts getting more and more tired, and he felt that his whole heart seemed to be thrown into the fire to be roasted, and it hurt a little. out of breath.

Chu Linqiu was about to fall asleep, but when he heard this, he reluctantly opened his eyes and glanced at him, with a half-smile, and suddenly asked softly, "Master Hou still wants to hug me?"

The word "return" is thought-provoking, and it seems to be a hidden warning, which made Xiao Cen's heart skip a beat, and he didn't dare to act rashly for a while.His hand paused in mid-air, and then returned to Chu Linqiu's shoulder as if nothing had happened, caressing it intermittently, and said with a dry smile, "Benhou just said it casually... Let me just say it casually...how can people hug me when I know the affairs of the Privy Council? Does this make people see how decent it is? What this Marquis means is...Master Chu, why don't you just Let's go in after resting in this front hall?"

"En." Chu Linqiu was satisfied now, and he sat up on the chair with Xiao Cen's strength, his eyes often casually glanced at the direction of the gate, and after a long silence, he said, "I will have to trouble the Lord later. Blocked some trouble for Chu."

"Do your best for the beauty... Even if the Marquis goes through fire and water, he will do whatever it takes." Xiao Cen stared closely at Chu Linqiu's face that still showed brilliance even when he was ill. Why did he start talking nonsense again, and he was so annoyed that he wanted to tear his mouth open.

But what he never expected was that instead of being annoyed this time, Chu Linqiu looked at him for a long while, then lightly parted his thin lips and said something endless, "You and I have already signed the contract." For a period of time, I don’t know when I will be able to give Zhou Gong a big gift?”

"Cough...cough..." At that time, Xiao Cen was holding a cup and intending to drink up the remaining ginseng tea, when he heard this, he immediately spurted out all the yellow soup from his mouth, and violently Coughed up.

"You...you say it again?"

"I don't know if Lord Hou is willing to perform Zhou Gong's grand ceremony with Chu?"

"I wish... the Marquis is naturally willing! No, no, no, Jiushang! No rush... this matter is not urgent! You are still recovering from a serious illness, and Ben Hou is worried about making you tired." Xiao Cen He was so excited that he was incoherent, waving his arms indiscriminately, not knowing whether to put them down, completely like a childish child rewarded by an elder.

"Cough, Jiushang, why did you mention this suddenly? Benhou, Benhou is not ready yet..." Xiao Cen couldn't help thinking that he had neglected his duty. In his mind, this kind of thing should be The "husband" proposed it on his own initiative, how could the "madame" suffer from this?Besides, he didn't know anything about this matter, if he accidentally hurt Chu Linqiu, what would he do?

Thinking of this, Xiao Cen couldn't help feeling more guilty, and even his face turned blue and white. After a long time, he simply sat down cross-legged against the red chair, raised his head slightly and focused on the reclining chair. Chu Linqiu, who was at the top, pulled the man's hand over and kept playing with it in his palm, and said in a low voice, "Jiu Shang, I am very happy that you have this intention. But, it's really not a good time right now." Timing, Ben Hou... wants the best for you."

"Chu understands. You don't have to take it too seriously, Lord Hou, just let it be." Xu was a little tired, but Chu Linqiu couldn't help but raised his hand and pinched the center of his brows, and even lowered his volume involuntarily, until the end , almost just a breathy sound.

Seeing such a scene, Xiao Cen was really distressed and helpless, he hurriedly called someone to fetch a thin blanket, carefully covered the drowsy person, and then sat down on a chair close to him Now, I plan to guard this person for the remaining few hours.

Unexpectedly, after only a cup of tea, someone came to report from outside the hall door. Mr. Chengzhi, Mr. Editor, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, etc. were all waiting in the courtyard. They wanted to ask to see you and congratulate Gao Sheng. In addition, I also brought a lot of rare tonics and medicinal materials from Dongyang, Beijiang, which can be said to be intentional.

Xiao Cen thought to himself, how could people like them come to the door so rashly without preparing an invitation in advance?Are you not afraid to drive them out by yourself?Could it be that Daqi's "important ministers" are so informal?

At this moment, Marquis Dingnan finally understood what the "trouble" that Chu Linqiu let him block earlier referred to.Du Chengzhi and the editor of the courtyard are all officials of the Privy Council. It is considered sensible to visit the new boss at home, but this attitude is a bit too attentive, right?Not to mention that the people who announced the decree had been away for a short period of time, and they had already learned the news. It seemed that the ears were long enough.

Xiao Cen couldn't help recalling that Chu Linqiu had noted in the roster that the current privy secretary made him suspicious and useless, but they were just puppets put on the face of the sage and Mr. Song Ge, and now these people are sent to inquire about the news , I don’t know who was instigated by it?Looking at it from another angle, since he is so mediocre and ineffective, he would feel uneasy when a powerful figure like Chu Linqiu suddenly came to be his deputy even in name, and he might join forces with the rest of his subordinates to "fight to the last stand" and secretly make some small trips , you really have to be more careful.

"Let's go, go out with Benhou to meet these few."

"Yes. Lord Marquis, my lord..."

"Don't torment him." Xiao Cen suddenly said, interrupting what the servant was about to say, his eyes remained on Chu Linqiu's face, and after a while he let out a sigh of relief, "Finally fell asleep, after a while It’s not good to wake up again.”

"By the way, Feng Er, just now you said... besides the people from the Privy Council, there are two other servants? How could they get together?"

"I don't know about the younger ones. But those two said that they are the disciples of the adults."