From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 412

Time goes back to more than a year ago, that was the second day after the imperial edict was received after the recovery of Lin'an Prefecture.

That day, Xiong Kuohai found several pleasure boats, and all the girls boarded the boats to cruise the West Lake.

Carefree and laughing, Xiong Kuohai stood with his hands behind his back and whispered: "Lord Zhou is really a good man. He rescued these women from the devil's cave and not only did he not charge any reward, but even refused physical thanks."

Zhou Yuan said: "And I sent someone to send them home."

Xiong Kuohai turned around and squinted his eyes and said: "Since you want to send them home, where do they live, who are in their family, and how much wealth they have, have you investigated it clearly?"

Zhou Yuan waved his hand and said: "Don't look at me with such eyes, such an investigation is just to send them home, nothing more, no other purpose."

Xiong Kuohai said: "I heard that Miss Chu invited you to Jinan Prefecture to find her? There are a few girls in Huguang? Shaanxi? Where will you, Lord Zhou, have a family in the future? Ah!"

Zhou Yuan tapped the edge of the boat and sighed, "I really hope I will never have to use such a home, but politics is no joke. Who can guarantee that they will be smooth sailing? The princes and grandchildren of the emperor have been demoted to commoners, let alone me, Zhou Yuan."

Xiong Kuohai said, "Then what are you going to do?"

Zhou Yuan said, "I am not short of money, and those girls will be discriminated against when they return home, unless they have money."

"I plan to sponsor a few girls and help them achieve happiness."

Xiong Kuohai smiled bitterly and shook his head, "You Zhou Yuan didn't take their bodies, but you took their souls!"

...

Back to the present, in a mansion in Jinan Prefecture, Zhou Yuan has bathed and changed his clothes, and sat comfortably on a chair.

The table was full of food and wine. Chu Wanping whispered, "Master Zhou, this is my husband Geng Qing whom I mentioned in my letter."

Gen Qing, wearing a black cape and wearing a martial arts uniform, knelt down and kowtowed three times to Zhou Yuan. He said loudly, "Geng Qing greets you, Master. Thank you for your generous help. Only then can my Geng family be what it is today!"

The Geng family, as the most famous martial arts family in Shandong, had been prosperous for a long time and opened the world-famous Weiyuan Escort Agency.

As the world gradually became difficult, corrupt officials took over and took bribes, and the escort business also plummeted, and the Geng family declined immediately.

By the time of Geng Qing, the Geng family had fallen to the point of almost selling their ancestral home.

It happened that at this time, that is, the Mid-Autumn Festival in August last year, Chu Wanping returned to Jinan Prefecture and met Geng Qing.

This martial arts man was immediately attracted by Chu Wanping's beauty. After learning about Chu Wanping's experience, he not only did not dislike her, but cherished her even more.

According to him, the sons and daughters of the underworld do not care about the past, but only the true feelings.

The two fell in love and got married. With the help of Chu Wanping's money and wisdom, Geng Qing saved his ancestral home, rebuilt the Weiyuan Escort Agency, and made it bigger and bigger.

A year later, the Weiyuan Escort Agency had hundreds of people, and was the largest underworld force in the entire Jinan Prefecture, and its reputation was finally spread.

Geng Qing kept the glory of his ancestors.

Chu Wanping became a noble of the Geng family, and Zhou Yuan was a noble among the nobles of the Geng family. It can be said that his kindness was as heavy as a mountain, like a rebirth.

In the correspondence, Zhou Yuan had notified Chu Wanping a month ago, asking her to prepare for the reception and send people to investigate in the mountains and fields around Jinan Prefecture at any time, so there was the previous rescue scene.

"Get up!"

Zhou Yuan helped him up and said in a deep voice: "You planted trees, so you have a place to shelter from the wind and rain."

"Just like me, Zhou Yuan, I saved Miss Chu and funded the Geng family, so I have a place to stay today."

"You accepted Miss Chu, and didn't care about her tragic past. Instead, you treated her as a treasure, so the Geng family rose again."

"People, fate is always linked together, and this is called good and evil in the rivers and lakes."

Geng Qing poured a glass of wine for Zhou Yuan, his eyes were a little red, and he choked up and said: "It's not me who accepted Wanping, it's her who accepted me. I, Geng Qing, am just a man of the rivers and lakes, doing odd jobs and performing arts to make a living. If it weren't for her, I wouldn't even be able to keep my ancestral home."

"Now that Weiyuan Escort Agency has regained its glory, even if I, Geng Qing, die, I can go to see my ancestors with my chest held high."

"If there was no Wanping, no Lord Zhou, I..."

At this point, he was choked up and couldn't speak.

Chu Wanping glared at him and said, "Master Zhou has finally come here, why are you crying? Let's eat quickly."

"Yes, yes, yes."

Geng Qing hurriedly said, "Master Zhou, I don't know much about etiquette, please forgive me."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "Don't treat me as an official. I don't have the manners of an official. To be honest, I may not be a person from the underworld. I am YunA disciple of Baiyun Temple in Zhouzhou, a disciple of Taoist Su Youzi, and a good friend of Dark Moon Dharma King of Wusheng Sect, he can be considered half a Jianghu person, right? "

Geng Qing was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but said in shock: "What? The master is a disciple of Tianshi Su Youzi? God! There is such a connection!"

Zhou Yuan asked in confusion: "Is my master very famous?"

Geng Qing said loudly: "Of course, who in Jianghu doesn't know Tianshi Su Youzi? She is the leader of our righteous way."

It's over, Master has a glorious past, but I didn't know it.

Zhou Yuan pointed to Zhuang Xuansu beside him and smiled: "Then do you know her? A disciple of Qingcheng Mountain, a disciple of the head master, practicing the magic skill. "

Geng Qing's figure was shocked, and he couldn't help but stand up in fear.

His face turned pale, and he said in a trembling voice: "Could it be...Could it be that you are... Master Zhuang Xuanpu, the direct disciple of Qingcheng Mountain, who is known as the first person in Qingcheng Mountain in the past 200 years? "

"That's not right. Rumor has it that Master Zhuang entered the imperial palace ten years ago and became the current emperor's worshiper!"

Zhuang Xuansu's face was not good, and he just whispered: "That's my sister."

Zhou Yuan was also confused, staring and said: "So Master Zhuang is the first person in Qingcheng Mountain in 200 years? What the hell is this? "

He could only use these four words to express his shock.

Geng Qing was obviously a martial arts fanatic. He was very interested in the affairs of the martial arts world and martial arts. In the end, he was drunk and couldn't help wanting to learn martial arts from Zhuang Xuansu.

Fortunately, Chu Wanping pulled him back to the room, otherwise he would have to fight.

It was night.

It was late at night.

The hustle and bustle of the dinner party had passed, and there was only silence in the middle of the night.

The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. Zhou Yuan sat on a chair in the courtyard, looking at the bright moon in the sky, and remained silent for a long time.

Zhuang Xuansu couldn't sleep either. Although the poison in her forearm had been cured, she had a lot on her mind.

Finally, she came to the courtyard, looked at Zhou Yuan, and whispered: "I want to ask a question."

Zhou Yuan turned around and said: "What?"

Zhuang Xuansu said: "If I hadn't come to protect you, could you have walked here alive? "

Zhou Yuan was silent for a moment, then said lightly: "I have people in Baoding Prefecture and Hejian Prefecture in Jizhou, but I didn't use them when you came."

"Sure enough."

Zhuang Xuansu sighed: "You really have a plan... Alas, you always say that the majesty doesn't consider you, in fact, she knows you too well, she knows that you are a man of means."

Zhou Yuan's face suddenly sank, he narrowed his eyes and said: "At this time, there is no need to mention her, right?"

Zhuang Xuansu said: "I want to persuade you, because I know that you... may be very dissatisfied with the majesty, you may leave, right?"

Zhou Yuan laughed and said softly: "Leave? Where to?"

Zhuang Xuansu said: "To Goryeo, that woman can't wait for you to go, right?"

Zhou Yuan kept a gloomy face and didn't speak.

Zhuang Xuansu whispered: "I know you will go."

"What do you think of me?"

Zhou Yuan said coldly: "Do you think I'm a coward? "

Zhuang Xuansu said: "I... I didn't!"

Zhou Yuan said: "When I was in Lin'an Prefecture, I swore that I would save this world and the suffering people. Do you think this is a joke?"

"Now my ideal has just begun. Do you think I will give up halfway? Escape abroad? Only cowards would do that!"

Zhou Yuan said proudly: "I just want to do what I promised on this land."

Zhuang Xuansu was shocked at first, and then laughed: "Zhou Yuan, I didn't misjudge you. You really won't really get angry with His Majesty."

Zhou Yuan laughed.

He looked up at the sky and just murmured: "The moon is bright and the stars are sparse. The magpie flies south and circles the tree three times. Which branch can it rely on?"

"The mountain is never too high, the sea is never too deep, Zhou Gong spits out food, and the world is at peace. "