The crimson winter clouds are getting heavier and heavier, and the gloomy and vast sky becomes darker. God has been holding back all day long, and finally he has enough strength before nightfall. Finally, one piece, another piece, two or three piece, and the snowflakes like willow catkins and cotton wool are sometimes tight and sometimes slow, gradually becoming denser. In a moment, white feathers are flying all over the sky, covering the solemn capital with a thin white snow quilt.

Zhou Yingqiu lifted up the thick cloth curtain in front of him with one hand, and suddenly felt a flower in front of him. It was originally a thick layer of snowflakes on the ground, and it was a white piece when he entered his eyes. When Zhou Yingqiu stepped out of the door, he felt a bone-scraping cold seeping in his body. He was burning charcoal fire in the house just now, but he didn't realize the cold. Now that he suddenly encountered such a huge temperature difference, Zhou Yingqiu couldn't help but shrink his neck and tighten his collar.

At this time, his immediate superior, Wang Zuo, also walked out of the door and met Zhou Yingqiu. Zhou Yingqiu immediately went forward and greeted him, saying, "Mr. Wang, why haven't you been back today? Why are you a low-ranking job today? Go to Jufulou to drink. Here you are the VIP guests in Jufulou!"

Wang Zuo is an old man who has been experienced in the officialdom. Knowing that Zhou Yingqiu wanted to flatter him again, he stretched out his finger and pointed at him with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, I will be sixty in a few months. I can compare with you young people there. I still want to live longer. I dare not do these drinking and having fun anymore. Master Zhou should go to someone else."

Zhou Yingqiu immediately smiled and said, "Mr. Wang, it's not necessary to drink when you go. It's also good to go and see the singing and dancing in Jufu Building."

After hearing this, Wang Zuo said, "Mr. Zhou, to be honest, a few days ago, the emperor asked me to submit a memorial to the performance review of the officials in the Ministry of Works, saying that it was for officials to review. I have been busy these days, and I am not interested in these romantic affairs. Thank you Lord Zhou today. I still have some things to do, so I will take my leave first." After that, I hurriedly left.

Zhou Yingqiu saw that Wang Zuo was a little weird and couldn't help but feel suspicious, but he couldn't think of any problem. He also walked out of the Ministry of Works with a lot of questions.

When they arrived at the yamen, they saw a group of people gathered together and bit their heads and ears and talked about something. Zhou Yingqiu thought of Wang Zuo’s strange behavior just now, and couldn’t help but step forward. When he approached everyone, Zhou Yingqiu vaguely heard his name, or heard the word “anti-corruption bureau”. Zhou Yingqiu was immediately shocked, and his hands and feet became weak and he almost sat down.

Zhou Yingqiu is a greedy person. Over the years, Zhou Yingqiu has taken money again and again and intercepted public funds. Anyway, Zhou Yingqiu has done all the money. After getting such money, Zhou Yingqiu went to the court to send money and gifts everywhere. Only in this way can he become the current third-rank official with a prominent position as the Minister of Works. For Zhou Yingqiu, this is the greatest official position he can achieve.

"Have you been targeted by the Anti-corruption Bureau?" Zhou Yingqiu, who was already in a ignorant state, thought to himself in his heart.

At this moment, everyone who was still gathered together to chat was obviously discovered by Zhou Yingqiu, and they dispersed for a while, but the rest of Zhou Yingqiu was still standing there stupidly. The moment before, Zhou Yingqiu still wanted to go up to ask someone for a question, but now he knew this situation. So he stumbled back home...

The heavy snow like goose feathers has fallen quietly for several hours since the evening. The thin layer of white snow just now has become much thicker. Zhou Yingqiu stood by the window of the study in his mansion. There was no light in the room, and it was pitch black. With the faint light outside the room, you can see the branches of the plum tree in the courtyard full of crystal snowflakes.

"Master, Master!" Zhou Bi, the butler of the Zhou family, shouted hurriedly outside the study.

Zhou Yingqiu gently closed the window, and the room became even darker at this time. Zhou Yingqiu was very skillful about the layout inside the room, and quietly walked to the chair behind the desk and sat down, whispered to the outside of the door: "Zhou Bi, come in."

Zhou Bi pushed open the door and walked straight in. Zhou Bi was very clear about Zhou Yingqiu's habits. Whenever there were any difficult problems, Zhou Yingqiu always liked to sit quietly in the dark study room and think, but can you still overcome the difficulties this time?

At this time, Zhou Yingqiu asked in a conversation: "How is the matter you asked you to investigate?" Zhou Yingqiu was very calm at this moment. When he had collected other people's money on weekdays, he thought of today. Maybe this is the enlightenment of a so-called corrupt official!

Zhou Bi hurriedly took out a piece of paper from his arms and said in a hurry: "Master, I just asked someone to inquire and learned that the Anti-corruption Bureau has started investigating 7 officials this time, and the master is one of them. Except for the master who is a third-rank official, the rest are officials who are from the fifth-rank official."

"Oh!" Zhou Yingqiu replied in a conversation, as if he had known this.

At this time, Zhou Bi said again: "I still heard that the Anti-corruption Bureau has sent people to the Ministry of Works to investigate the master today. I heard that a total of ten staff members from the Ministry of Works have been found. The person who investigated the Master this time was Ma Dezhi, the official in the Anti-corruption Bureau. This person is extremely smart. He was once seen by the Emperor. Now Yang Lian is valued in the Anti-corruption Bureau. Master, it seems that Yang Lian is determined to overthrow the Master this time!" Zhou Bi became a little sad as he spoke. For those who have served Zhou Yingqiu for decades, no matter what Zhou Yingqiu is, they are firmly standing with Zhou Yingqiu.

"Oh!" Zhou Yingqiu responded lightly, quietly closed his eyes and leaned on the chair to ponder.

Zhou Bi's eyes passed through the dark barrier in the room, and saw that Zhou Yingqiu was closing his eyes and pondering with a calm face, and he stopped talking and stood quietly aside.

After a long time, just as Zhou Bi was already impatient, Zhou Yingqiu's voice trembled.

"Zhou Bi, wait and tell your wife that she is going to leave the capital and go back to her hometown these days. The industries in Beijing have been sold in the past few days. As for some people who cannot sell, it will be given to others. Anyway, it will be done in the past few days."

"Master, you are............. Over the years, the master has not overcome the difficulties safely. Why is he so unconfident this time? Why would he go to meet the ministers in the court whom he usually has friends with him and ask them to ask the emperor to plead for the master." Zhou Bi had some blind trust in Zhou Yingqiu.

"Bi Zhou, you have been with the master for decades. Do you still don't understand the official affairs? The master has lost all dignity for money and power for so many years. Now Yang Lian must have taken action against the master as the emperor. Those bad friends in the officialdom are not worth it. If you get the power, you will naturally be treated very well. In this case, who would have been in this journey? Hi... Now the master is thinking about how to keep the head of this person." Zhou Yingqiu said quietly. The thought just now made Zhou Yingqiu think of the key to the problem. Why is he a third-rank official, and the others are less than the fifth-rank official. It is very obvious that he has been prepared to kill the monkeys in the court as a chicken.

"Master!" Zhou Bi obviously could not accept Zhou Yingqiu's current situation.

"Zhou Bi, you lit the lamp. Master, I want to write a memorial to call the emperor sick and return home!" Zhou Yingqiu said calmly.

"Master!" Zhou Bi was already choking in his words and said in his trembling voice. However, he still lit the light with the fire twister.

Zhou Bixian was still unwilling to accept it and asked again: "Does there be no chance this time? Master, you have been in the officialdom for decades, how could you be like this..."

"What do you know? The master's current status is not given by the emperor. The emperor's words are gone. A few days ago, the chief minister of the cabinet, Fang Congzhe, just a few words from the emperor, retired. I am a person, just like me. I have done a lot of things that go against the laws of nature over the years, and I have suffered retribution today!" Zhou Yingqiu's calm face finally changed a little at this moment.

In the dark night sky, the heavy snow like goose feathers fell from the sky, falling on the roofs of the people's houses in the capital. In the yard and on the street outside the house, the entire capital was so peaceful and peaceful. The occasional barking of dogs and the sound of the sound on the street was so clear.

Zhu Youxiao got up very early on the second day. He got drunk in Jufu Building yesterday. He slept there for a long time, but such a erotic thing happened. Therefore, he didn't feel sleepy at night. It happened that it was snowing heavily in the capital again, so he got up very early in the morning to watch the snow scene.

After the heavy snow fell all night, it finally stopped abruptly. Yesterday it had just covered the snow layer on the ground, but now it is a thick layer. The thick white snow on the ground in the imperial garden reflects dazzling light, and the flowers, plants and trees around it are covered with snow and ice.

If it were in the past, Zhu Youxiao would have been very happy in the Imperial Garden. However, today Zhu Youxiao felt that something was always hanging in his heart, and he had no intention of playing. He had just started building a snowman, but after a while, he felt bored, so he sat in the flower pavilion of the Imperial Garden and held a warm stove to enjoy the snow scene.

Zhu Youxiao turned his head and looked at Wei Chao behind him. Seeing that although Wei Chao was wearing a thick jacket, he was still a little cold. He rubbed his hands from time to time, and said, "Wei Chao, it's much colder today. Why not go back and add some clothes to avoid getting cold here."

"The emperor is cold without realizing it. How dare I say it is cold?" Wei Chao replied quickly.

"Haha, I know you won't go. Okay, let's talk about what arrangements are there today, so I'm ready to prepare!" Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

When Wei Chao heard Zhu Youxiao’s question, he immediately replied: “Today, the emperor is scheduled to go to Tongzhou to inspect the new army in Tongzhou. I won’t talk about some trivial matters. However, it was snowing so heavily last night, so it would be difficult to walk on the road to Tongzhou. Should the emperor still go today?”

"Will there be any informing the new army in Tongzhou that I am going there to inspect today?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"No, the emperor told the slave a few days ago that this time he went to Tongzhou was a secret, and he would not tell the new army in Tongzhou. In this way, it would be fine if the emperor did not go today." Wei Chao thought that Zhu Youxiao didn't want to go today, so he replied.

"Go, why not go? I have a good word. Besides, although the snow is a little heavier today, it is not impossible to walk. Why not go? All the cars and drivers are ready. Now you are ready, just set off now." Zhu Youxiao originally thought that nothing was wrong in the palace, so why not take the opportunity to go out and see the snow scene in the wild, and also treat it as a pastime and spend some time.
Chapter completed!