Far away in Chaiyang County, Shao Peichen's small courtyard is hidden deep in an alley.
Zhou Zhaoyuan knelt on the ground and looked at Shao Peichen with tears streaming down his face.
"Sir, please save me." He cried and shouted, kowtowing repeatedly.
Shao Peichen was wearing a sapphire blue gown with gold trim, sitting on a rocking chair under the eaves, lazily squinting his eyes and looking at Zhou Zhaoyuan on the ground.
Feeling Shao Peichen's eyes falling on the top of his head, Zhou Zhaoyuan couldn't help but tremble.
"Master Zhou, this matter..." Shao Peichen dragged out his voice and clicked his tongue almost inaudibly.
Zhou Zhaoyuan looked at Shao Peichen: "Sir, you asked me to do it at the beginning, but you can't ignore me now."
"Oh?" Shao Peichen closed the folding fan in his hand and placed it on the table beside him with a snap. The sound was not loud, but it made Zhou Zhaoyuan tremble again.
"I didn't know that I ordered Master Zhou to rob the goods?" Shao Peichen no longer rocked his rocking chair, but looked at Zhou Zhaoyuan steadily, with a somewhat dangerous meaning in his eyes.
Shao Peichen is about to reach the age where he knows his destiny. He has been in a high position for a long time, and even the ravines on his face carry a huge sense of oppression.
Zhou Zhaoyuan was stunned. Shao Peichen did not explicitly say that he was robbing the goods, but wasn't that what he meant in his words?
Only then did he realize that he was being used as a weapon by Shao Peichen.
But now, the county magistrate of Chaiyang County Government was about to attack the Zhou family. He had no other choice but to throw himself in front of Shao Peichen and kowtow continuously.
"Sir, please save the lives of our family."
Zhou Zhaoyuan now has no trace of the toughness he once had. He is lying on the ground, like a bereaved dog wagging its tail, longing for Shao Peichen's mercy.
Shao Peichen looked at Zhou Zhaoyuan, who was lying on the ground sobbing and kowtowing, and twitched the corner of his mouth with an indifferent expression: "Why, don't you say you were ordered by me now?"
As he spoke, Shao Peichen knocked on the armrest of the rocking chair moderately. The sound was neither loud nor soft, but it was like thunder in Zhou Zhaoyuan's ears.
"I don't dare, I don't dare, it's my lard that has deceived my heart. Master Shao has a great reputation all his life, how can he be associated with a villain like me?" His voice was already hoarse.
The shrill, hoarse voice fell in Shao Peichen's ears, making him frown.
Shao Peichen looked at Zhou Zhaoyuan condescendingly, and suddenly regretted that he had gone to all the trouble to get him to the northwest.
He sighed and rubbed his forehead: "I also want to help Master Zhou, but it's a pity. The county magistrate is also mine. Your palms and backs are full of flesh. It really makes me embarrassed."
As he said that, Shao Peichen pretended to sigh and looked at the back of his palm over and over again, with a troubled expression on his face, as if he was weighing between Zhou Zhaoyuan and the county magistrate.
Zhou Zhaoyuan looked at Shao Peichen's actions and felt cold in his heart. Compared to the dead Jiang family father and son, Shao Peichen was simply a naked devil.
Shao Peichen shifted his gaze from his hands to Zhou Zhaoyuan: "Master Zhou, tell me, how do you want me to help you?"
He raised his brows slightly and looked at Zhou Zhaoyuan with a troubled expression.
Zhou Zhaoyuan was calmed by the speed of his change of face, but he had to try to fight for the Zhou family's last chance of survival from Shao Peichen.
The Nian family is a big family, and they are in Yongzhou. If nothing else, Chen Jinjun already knows that he has arrived in the northwest, and Chen Jinjun is having an affair with Huo Tingyu, the commander-in-chief of Yongzhou. If the Nian family sues and Yongzhou pursues the investigation, Shao Peichen will definitely not protect himself.
Already.
When that time comes, I'm afraid Shao Peichen won't even give him a look.
So he can only take advantage of the fact that things are still fermenting in Chaiyang to ask Shao Peichen to make buns, so that even if Yongzhou comes forward for the Nian family, he can save the entire Zhou family.
It's just that Zhou Zhaoyuan overestimated the status of himself and the entire Zhou family in Shao Peichen's heart.
In Shao Peichen's opinion, Zhou Zhaoyuan, a declining businessman, has no value at all compared to the Magistrate of Chaiyang County, but Zhou Zhaoyuan himself still has some use value.
Seeing Zhou Zhaoyuan's embarrassed look, Shao Peichen clicked his tongue and said slowly: "I, Shao Peichen, love talents the most. I admire Shao Peichen the most for talents like the head of the Zhou family."
Zhou Zhaoyuan raised his head and looked at Shao Peichen, wondering what kind of medicine he bought in the gourd.
Shao Peichen lay on the rocking chair, looked at the blue sky, and said sadly: "It's just a pity that a talented person like the Zhou family leader is now caught in such a turmoil. It really embarrasses me."
Zhou Zhaoyuan knew that this was Shao Peichen's intention to save his own life, so he hurriedly kowtowed: "Please save me, sir. From now on, I, Zhou Zhaoyuan, will do anything for you without hesitation."
He knelt on the ground, his knees already hurting from the bluestones paved in the yard. Because he had kowtowed so hard just now, his forehead was red and swollen, and the broken wounds were covered with mud, making him look quite miserable.
Shao Peichen curled his lips slightly, it seemed that Zhou Zhaoyuan was not stupid this time, he was on the right track.
With a slight sigh, he sat up and looked at Zhou Zhaoyuan: "A cow or a horse?"
His eyebrows were very low, and when he looked at people, he looked like a puddle of mud. Even though he knew he would fall into her trap, he had to move forward.
Zhou Zhaoyuan gritted his teeth and nodded with difficulty.
"But the head of the Zhou family looks very embarrassed." Shao Peichen shook his head, with a hint of pity in his tone.
Zhou Zhaoyuan did not dare to be negligent in the slightest. He climbed forward and knelt at Shao Peichen's feet: "I don't dare. Your Excellency is wise and decisive. It is my blessing to follow you, Zhou Zhaoyuan."
These words made Shao Peichen laugh out loud: "Master Zhou is a smart man, but the smart people around me can't be worried."
Zhou Zhaoyuan raised his head and looked at Shao Peichen in confusion, wondering what he meant by his words.
Shao Peichen stretched out his hand and patted Zhou Zhaoyuan's face: "The head of the Zhou family is a smart man. I believe Zhou can do well if he catches someone."
Zhou Zhaoyuan heard the implication in his words and his eyes widened in disbelief.
"What, you're not happy?" Shao Peichen took a leisurely sip of tea, feeling as if he could easily control the life and death of others with every move he made.
Zhou Zhaoyuan quickly shook his head, now he had no capital to disobey Shao Peichen.
Shao Peichen looked at the shocked and surprised expression on Zhou Zhaoyuan's face and felt very happy: "I know about the relatives of the Zhou family master. How can there be so many moths in one family?"
"If this continues, no matter how hard the Zhou Family Master works, he will be dragged down by them sooner or later. I am doing this for the Zhou Family Master's own good."
His smile didn't reach his eyes.
Zhou Zhaoyuan looked at Shao Peichen blankly, speechless for a moment.,
But Shao Peichen didn't care about this. He nestled in the rocking chair and looked at Zhou Zhaoyuan with narrowed eyes: "I hope Mr. Zhou will remember that it was you who begged me so hard. I am the most talented person."
After saying that, Shao Peichen waved his hands as if chasing away a pet: "Master Zhou, please go back and say goodbye to your beloved relatives, friends, and brothers?"
Zhou Zhaoyuan froze on the spot and did not move for a long time.
Shao Peichen hadn't heard anything for a long time, so he looked out curiously and saw Zhou Zhaoyuan fainting and falling straight to the ground.
"Useless thing." Shao Peichen cursed and continued to lie back in his rocking chair.