Chapter 1850 Zhong Ziyu 2

Near the East China Sea, there are two adjacent state capitals, one is Fengzhou and the other is Nanzhou.

Since the Nanzhou port is closer to the island where the Kaitung Army is stationed than Toyosu, the East China Sea Shipping Department was established in Nanzhou.

One day in May, Yue Shansheng had just returned from the official ship's office. Behind him, he was followed by a large group of people. When they went out on patrol this time, they intercepted a group of black ship dealers. After several days of dealing with them, they finally captured them. All captured.

Yue Shansheng stood at the door of the yamen, instructing his subordinates to lock up the prisoners. When people around him started to get busy one after another, he looked around and couldn't find his master, so he asked the guard: "Where is Master Zhang?"

The guard replied: "There was an incident in Master Zhang's hometown, and he had to go back temporarily. However, before he left, he hired a substitute. It is said that he was his classmate. He said that during his absence, if you have anything to do, please ask me. That gentleman."

Yue Shansheng nodded: "Where is that person?"

The guard said: "He is placed in the side courtyard. Do you want to call him?"

"Let him come over. The Yamen caught a few people and asked him to draft documents."

The guards are leaving now.

Yue Shansheng asked again: "What's that person's name?"

The guard turned around and said, "My surname is Zhong..."

Yue Shansheng looked stunned.

"My name is Zhong Pingya."

Yue Shansheng exhaled, clasped his fingertips, and waved his hand: "Go ahead."

After a while, the guard brought Zhong Pingya over. He was thin and about the same age as Master Zhang, around forty.

Yue Shansheng was sitting in a high position, watching Master Zhong lowering his head to say hello to him, then he put down his official duties and said, "I'm going to trouble you now. Master Zhang must have told you before he left."

Zhong Pingya nodded: "I told you everything."

His voice was a bit hoarse, either from birth or from a discomfort in his throat.

Yue Shansheng didn't care about his subordinates' personal affairs. He pointed to the desk on his right and said, "Sit here."

Zhong Pingya lowered his head and sat down, seeing some documents already placed on the desk.

He flipped through them one by one and realized that many people had been captured today.

Yue Shansheng, the leader, said: "If you have any questions, you can ask Mr. Li, or you can ask me. The newly arrested black ship dealers will be rigorously investigated. You can do your best to investigate as much as possible."

Zhong Pingya agreed, and then the only sound in the study was the sound of pages being turned over.

Yue Shansheng was busy for half an hour, then got up and went to the prison. When he walked to the door and saw Zhong Pingya still sitting on the master's seat, writing, he frowned.

The guard who had been guarding the door of the study coughed and reminded: "Master Zhong, you must follow my lord."

Only then did Zhong Pingya come back to his senses. He quickly put down his brush, stood up cautiously, tugged on his clothes again, and hurriedly walked over with his head lowered.

Yue Shansheng almost didn't see him raising his head, so he couldn't help but ask, "Can you see the way?"

Zhong Pingya was stunned for a moment, then reluctantly raised his chin, and Yue Shansheng finally saw his face.

A very ordinary face, gentle and popular.

He could see his face, but Master Zhong was probably too nervous. His eyes kept flickering and his eyelids were drooped. Yue Dansheng couldn't see his eyes. She only felt that this man was not very flexible and even a little dull. She didn't know why Master Zhang would find such a person. people to take over the shift.

The two were sent to jail, and Yue Shansheng intervened in the interrogation process.

Recently, there has been an increase in pirates in the East China Sea, and these black ship traffickers are both quite skilled. Therefore, when arresting people, Yue Shansheng suspected that these people were a certain branch of pirates, but the evidence was not enough and more trials were needed.

Yue Shansheng asked the jailer about official matters, and Zhong Pingya was there to take notes. There was a big difference between him and Master Zhang. Master Zhang was mature and prudent, and occasionally made some small tricks during the questioning to promote the progress of the interrogation, but Zhong Pingya didn't say a word during the whole process. He just buried his head in writing, as if he was not there.

By the time he came out of prison, Yue Shansheng's dissatisfaction with the new master was already obvious.

He asked Zhong Pingya to go back to the study and continue working.

He himself asked the leader of the guards: "When did Master Zhang leave?"

The leader said: "It was noon the day before yesterday."

"Did Master Zhang really bring this Zhong Pingya himself?"

"Indeed."

"The timing is such a coincidence." Yue Shansheng said with a stern face: "I just caught a black ship dealer at sea, and suddenly there is a stranger here in the Yamen who looks like he has never been in Master's profession. Are you sure that Master Zhang left on his own at that time? Yes, not missing?"

The leader's expression turned grim: "My lord, you are suspicious. Master Zhang was kidnapped. That Zhong... Zhong Pingya, is a pirate? Does he want to save people?"

"It's not impossible." Yue Shansheng said, and said thoughtfully: "I'll find a way to try."

In the evening, in the courtyard.

Zhong Pingya went to bed early.

Yue Shansheng was outside and saw the candles in his room extinguished. He approached the door again and heard the even breathing inside, then quietly climbed through the window and sneaked in.

The person on the bed was still sleeping peacefully and didn't notice anything strange.

Yue Dansheng glanced at the bed, walked to the cabinet on the other side, opened the closet, and rummaged inside.

Just after searching one space, there was sudden movement on the other side of the bed. The person on the bed woke up and asked warily: "Who is it?"

Yue Shansheng's first reaction was to jump out of the window, but suddenly she felt something was wrong.

When Zhong Pingya spoke during the day, his voice had changed its tone. It was a bit hoarse and the timbre was a bit long. But for the "who" sentence just now, he used another voice, which may be his original voice. The timbre was clear and even... somewhat familiar.

Yue Shansheng clenched his fist suddenly and stood still.

Zhong Pingya, who was on the bed, jumped out of bed in a hurry and quickly lit the candles in the room. Suddenly, the light suddenly appeared...

As soon as he raised his head, he saw an extremely familiar face on the opposite side, staring at him intently.

Zhong Pingya panicked, his hand holding the candle shook, and he almost smashed the candlestick.

Yue Dansheng and Zhong Pingya looked at each other. The other person still had the same ordinary face, but his eyes were like this.

He won't admit his mistakes.

In fact, as early as two months ago, Yue Shansheng received a letter from Jingli. The letter was from Liu Wei, saying that Zhong Ziyu had been released from prison after serving his sentence.

But in the past two months, he had not seen him. He thought he would not come to him. After all, he had nowhere to go. He could go to Dingzhou, where Wei Chou was.

Looking at the person in front of him now, Yue Shansheng's mood was complicated. He had many things to say, but in the end, he only said one sentence: "Is it fun to pretend to be a ghost?"

Zhong Pingya, no, Zhong Ziyu hurriedly lowered his head, annoyed, ashamed, and his whole person was shrouded in loss.

He was discovered in just one day.

He tried to open his lips and murmured, justifying his weakness: "I'm just... afraid of you..."

"Afraid of me?" Yue Shansheng sneered: "Aren't you afraid of everything?"

Zhong Ziyu gritted his teeth: "I'm afraid you don't want to see me."

Yue Shansheng remained silent for a moment, then asked, "Where is Master Zhang?"

Zhong Ziyu said hurriedly: "He really has something to do in his hometown and has gone back. But before leaving... I pretended to be an old friend of his and offered to cover for him. He thought I could be trusted... so he agreed."

Zhong Ziyu's disguise skills are superb. Master Zhang can't be blamed for being deceived.

Yue Shansheng said no more and turned to leave.

He held the window lattice with both hands and was about to climb out again when Zhong Ziyu called to him again.

"Brother Yue..."

Yue Shansheng turned around displeased.

Zhong Ziyu pointed behind him nervously: "...Let's go through the door."

Yue Shansheng: "..."