At this moment, a big drama is going on in Yongzhou.
Huo Tingyu suppressed the anger in his heart and looked at Nian Zheng, who was standing upright: "Young Master Nian, can you guarantee that what you said is true?"
Nian Zheng gritted his teeth tightly and stood in the open space in the hall.
"I, Nian Zheng, assure you that everything I just said is completely true. My Nian family has business dealings with the Chen family, so naturally I don't dare to talk nonsense about this kind of thing."
Huo Tingyu took a deep breath, looked at Shao Peichen with a smile on his face, and said to Shao Peichen with a gloomy face: "Master Shao seems to be very happy."
Shao Peichen ignored Huo Tingyu's gloomy eyes, only half-squinted his eyes and asked Nian Zheng: "Is the name of the businessman you are talking about, Zhou Zhaoyuan?"
Nian Zheng was stunned for a moment and nodded immediately.
Huo Tingyu frowned and looked at Shao Peichen.
The name Zhou Zhaoyuan was not unfamiliar. He had heard Chen Jinjun talk about the old and new grudges between the Chen family and the Zhou family before. Zhou Zhaoyuan was also extremely miserable. He was the only one left in the once huge family.
And who is the culprit of all this?
In Zhou Zhaoyuan's eyes, it all started when Xu Fanming killed Mr. Zhou on the day Chen Jinjun got married. As a result, the Zhou family had no one in charge and plummeted, ending up as an abandoned son in the hands of Shao Peichen.
Therefore, since the news of Shao Peichen's death came out, Zhou Zhaoyuan immediately approached Lu Ze and He Cheng, hoping to continue to use the capabilities of the Republic of China government to suppress Chen Jinjun's status in the northwest.
In fact, the seeds for all of this were laid early when the Qing government paid compensation.
Shao Peichen slightly bent his fingers, gently supported his head, and said meaningfully to Huo Tingyu: "I spared his life at the time, but I didn't expect that now it has laid a hidden danger for myself."
Originally, Shao Peichen thought that as long as Zhu Hong died, he could live in the northwest and live a life without participating in the political whirlpool.
But if the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop, someone will always involve themselves in it.
Now Zhou Zhaoyuan has used Lu Ze and He Cheng to try to attract attention with Chen Jinjun's past events of dressing up as a man in the capital, in an attempt to destroy Chen Jinjun's reputation.
As the young master of the Nian family, Nian Zheng heard Zhou Zhaoyuan's remarks at a trade fair of the Nian family.
The Nian family cooperated with the Chen family, and Nian Zheng naturally did not dare to underestimate it. What's more, he also knew the relationship between Chen Jinjun and Huo Tingyu, so when he could not find Chen Jinjun, he hid the truth from his mother, Boss Nian, and personally
Bite the bullet and come to Huo Huotingyu to explain the situation.
Huo Tingyu had investigated Chen Jinjun before, and naturally knew about Chen Jinjun's business disguised as a man.
But Huo Tingyu also knew that with Chen Jinjun's temperament, it was impossible and disdainful to do anything that would disgrace the reputation of the Chen family.
But the world is like this, people's words are fearful, and three people can become a tiger.
Unable to stand Zhou Zhaoyuan's nonsense and various tabloids running rampant in the northwest, when Huo Tingyu knew all this, this false and slanderous news, which was completely woven out of personal grudges, had spread like wildfire and seemed to be inserted into the northwest.
It went viral like it had wings.
Shao Peichen glanced at Huo Tingyu's clenched fists and chuckled: "Shuai Huo doesn't have to be so angry. Although rumors are said to stop among the wise, after all, there are only a few wise people, and the majority are those who are chasing rumors."
Huo Tingyu snorted: "She won't do such unreasonable things. However, she is not in Yongzhou now, but in Rongcheng. Are these all planned by Mr. Shao?"
As he said that, Huo Tingyu looked at Shao Peichen with eyes that gradually became deeper.
Shao Peichen looked at Huo Tingyu's eyes and waved his hand quickly: "Does Marshal Huo doubt me? But now you and Chen Dongjia and I are all grasshoppers on the same rope. Today, Chen Dongjia's reputation has been damaged.
Tomorrow the people in the Republic of China government will receive a letter of impeachment against me."
He was really unjust. He only stayed because he had some appreciation for Zhou Zhaoyuan's abilities before.
During the period when he was forced to fake his own death, he was afraid that Zhou Zhaoyuan, who had nothing to lose, was frightened, so he lost his mind and tried to find Lu Ze, who had ordered the destruction of the entire Zhou family.
As for Lu Ze and He Cheng, since the accidental death of Zhu Hong, Chai Yang and Yu Cheng have become nothing more than worthless people in the eyes of the senior officials of the Republic of China.
It is tasteless to eat and a pity to throw away.
Shao Peichen sighed quietly: "But now you and I don't have any evidence that can prove that everything Zhou Zhaoyuan said is a lie."
Bang.
Huo Tingyu slapped the armrests off the Taishi chair he was sitting on.
"Zhou Zhaoyuan? I must let him die badly." Huo Tingyu gritted his teeth.
Shao Peichen knew that Huo Tingyu was really upset because of this matter, but now it is not something that can be solved only by force.
If killing Zhou Zhaoyuan can solve these rumors, things will be extremely simple.
But the current situation is that if Zhou Zhaoyuan is killed, these rumors will still be spread among the people who follow the crowd.
We can't just kill these people.
Doesn’t that make the rumors true?
Nian Zheng stood on the ground, watching the communication between Shao Peichen and Huo Tingyu, and felt oppressed.
In the past, the southern expedition only knew that Huo Tingyu, as the commander-in-chief of Yongzhou, was unsmiling and ruthless.
But Shao Peichen, a member of the Republic of China government, was not at all inferior to Huo Tingyu.
Nian Zheng took a deep breath. He had followed his boss Nian to discuss business in other places, but he didn't know when there was such a giant Buddha in Yongzhou.
Huo Tingyu glanced at Nian Zheng: "What is Zhou Zhaoyuan busy doing now?"
Nian Zheng was stunned for a moment, but he still told Huo Tingyu all the news he knew: "Zhou Zhaoyuan came back from studying in Japan before, so he still has his own strengths in business. Now he relies on what he has learned before.
The few family belongings that came down were busy doing some reselling business."
Huo Tingyu stroked his chin and narrowed his eyes thoughtfully: "No wonder, these reselling businesses can get acquainted with many people, and they can avoid our eyes and ears. It seems that Zhou Zhaoyuan is not completely brainless.
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Shao Peichen also sighed: "Who says it's not the case? I originally thought he was just a arrogant young master, but I didn't expect it, and I don't know if it was because the Zhou family was wiped out."
As he spoke, Shao Peichen showed a playful smile.
At this moment, the adjutant's announcement came from outside the door.
I don’t know when Xu Fanming came over.
Huo Tingyu and Shao Peichen both had a bad premonition about Xu Fanming's arrival, especially after seeing Xu Fanming's unsightly expression. This premonition became stronger and stronger.
Sure enough, Xu Fanming ignored the adjutant's obstruction and walked to the open space next to Nian Zheng, looking straight at Huo Tingyu.
"My people have heard some unheard rumors." His gloomy face looked like a cloudy day about to rain heavily.
Huo Tingyu nodded: "We just learned that there is such a person and such a thing."
Xu Fanming rubbed his neck, pushed his cheek with his tongue, and gritted his teeth: "I shouldn't have kept his Zhou family alive at that time."
"It's all over now, things have happened. All you and I can do is see how we can calm down this storm." Shao Peichen lowered his head, minding his own business and playing with the finger on his hand.
Yes, he found another ring to make up for the one he had placed on the suspended corpse.
Xu Fanming snorted: "Not to mention the entire northwest now, I'm afraid the news has also been received in the Central Plains. Don't think that the northwest can be isolated from the world."
He stood upright in front of Huo Tingyu, his triangular eyes full of displeasure.
Huo Tingyu was stunned for a moment, and then said to Xu Fanming in a confused manner: "I will handle this matter."
Xu Fanming was also stunned for a moment, and then he realized that Huo Tingyu had misunderstood that he was unhappy because Chen Jinjun's reputation was damaged and Qinghong would be affected.
But I am unhappy because the northwest has been targeted by the top brass of the Republic of China and warlords from other regions, and Huo Tingyu and Shao Peichen still haven't taken any measures.
After all, he didn't want the location of the entire Qinghonghui to become the target of the current situation.