kingnovel Chapter 1159 Xin Ji
Chapter 1159 Xin Ji
"What do you mean there's nothing left? You're just afraid I won't pay, aren't you? I've told you so many times, it's not that I won't settle, it's that we'll settle everything at the end of the year!" A haughty voice echoed into the office.
Immediately following was the courier's low apology: "Young master, I really didn't lie to you, there really isn't any extra fine feed left in the station today..."
"What do you mean by 'not much'? Is it that the feed that should have belonged to my beloved steed was given to someone else by you?" The arrogant voice grew louder and louder: "This is not my first time in your Liuyang Post Station. I know exactly how much fine feed you have! Hurry up and go get it for me, and prepare half a day's worth of food and wine. I will take it with me later!"
After he finished speaking, there was a moment of silence outside the office, and the courier seemed not to have moved.
The man addressed as "Young Master" was furious: "I'm talking to you, don't pretend you're deaf! Where is your Chief Inspector Li? I've been here for so long today, why hasn't he come yet?"
There was another moment of silence.
The "young master" laughed angrily: "Fine, you're playing dead with me, huh? Fine, I'll go find him myself, Chief Inspector Li! Chief Inspector Li! Li—"
The shouts grew closer to the post station. Shen Zheng and the other two exchanged a glance and slowly put their walkie-talkies back into their cases.
"Young Master Xin! Young Master Xin! You can't go over there!" The courier's footsteps were hurried. "Lord Li really isn't in the office..."
"Not here?" Young Master Xin clearly didn't believe him, and even seemed to walk faster. "That door was clearly bolted from the inside. After he bolted it, did he think he could crawl out from a crack in the ground? Move aside, I want to have a serious talk with him..."
Suddenly, he paused, and when he spoke again, his voice was full of doubt: "Who...are you? You're not from the post station, why are you stopping me?"
“Go back.” Hua Duo’s voice was icy.
"What?!" Just from his voice, Shen Zheng could hear the disbelief in Young Master Xin's tone: "Do you know who you're talking to? Don't think I'm afraid of you just because you're carrying a big sword!"
“Go back.” Outside the office, Hua Duo repeated himself.
"Fine, fine, fine!" Young Master Xin laughed angrily, "So, you people from Liuyang Post Station are determined to oppose me today? Come on..."
"Young Master Xin!" Suddenly, hurried footsteps approached, and Li Zhong's voice grew closer: "Young Master Xin, don't go any further..."
"Commander Li? You've finally stopped pretending to be dead?" Young Master Xin interrupted Li Zhong, then began to question him: "What's wrong with you today? You won't show yourself unless you're given feed, and you've even hidden someone in the office? Are you keeping a mistress in a golden cage?"
"Nonsense!" Thinking of the three imposing figures in the office, Li Zhong's voice trembled with fear: "Young Master Xin, there are some things you can't say carelessly!"
After he finished speaking, a deathly silence fell outside the office.
After a long silence, Young Master Xin's incredulous voice rang out again: "You're saying I'm 'talking nonsense'? Li Zhong, do you believe I'll make things difficult for you when we get home...?"
"Squeak-"
Just then, the office door suddenly opened.
Li Zhong and Young Master Xin turned their heads at the same time, one with a deathly pale face and the other with curious eyes.
"This humble official is guilty!" Li Zhong reacted the fastest, shouting loudly before kneeling down with a thud. "This humble official has failed in his duties at the post station, disturbing the three lords. I beg the three lords to punish me!"
Shen Zheng slowly walked out of the office, followed closely by Yu Shizhang and the other two.
"...My lord?" Young Master Xin murmured softly, looking at the red robe on Shen Zheng's body.
After a while, his eyes lit up, and he tentatively asked, "You... are Shen Zheng?!"
"Insolence!" Hua Duo drew his sword and shouted angrily.
Before she could even place her knife against Young Master Xin's neck, Yu Zhengqing arrived at Shen Zheng's side first, looking down at her and asking, "Now that you know Lord Shen's identity, why don't you bow?"
Only then did Young Master Xin realize that Li Zhong had just said "three lords".
Looking at the middle-aged man in the crimson official robe and the old man in ordinary clothes, a hint of annoyance flashed in his eyes. He bowed and said, "I was in a hurry just now and was impolite... Please forgive me, gentlemen."
Although he did not know the old man's identity, judging from his aura, he boldly guessed that the man's official rank was probably not low.
Shen Zheng glanced down at Xin Ji, but before she could speak, Yu Zhengqing suddenly asked again, "Lord Xin Shunyun, the Provincial Surveillance Commissioner stationed in Fuzhou... what is his relationship with you?"
Provincial Surveillance Commissioner?
Upon hearing this, Shen Zheng suddenly realized that the letter she had asked Jiang Zhiming to deliver a few days ago was addressed to someone surnamed "Xin," who was none other than Xin Shunyun, the fourth-rank provincial inspector stationed in Fuzhou.
Judging by the days, Xin Shunyun should have received her letter by now, and his reply is probably on its way.
But with his son being so domineering... I wonder what kind of person the father is.
Thinking about it, Shen Zheng looked at Xin Ji again.
"...It is indeed my father." Faced with Yu Zhengqing's question, Xin Ji paused slightly, a hint of probing in his voice: "Does this gentleman...know my father?"
After saying that, he prayed silently in his heart that he must not meet her.
If he knows the person, he'll probably suffer again when he gets home this time.
"Of course I know him." Yu Zhengqing's words shattered his expectations and even asked what he was thinking: "Is Lord Xin aware of Young Master Xin's actions outside?"
Xin Ji's face stiffened.
If the answer is "I know," it means that the father tacitly approves of him bullying others and bringing shame to his father.
If you answer "I don't know," this person in front of you... will probably complain.
Faced with pitfalls on both sides, he simply pursed his lips and pretended to be mute, refusing to choose either option.
Seeing this, Yu Zhengqing smiled and looked at Li Zhong: "Very well. Li, how much money does Young Master Xin owe the post station? This official and Lord Shen will find Lord Xin and collect the debt on behalf of the post station."
Li Zhong was overjoyed, but fearing Xin Ji's retaliation, he feigned hesitation and said, "This humble official cannot recall it at the moment. Please wait a moment, sir, I will go and check..."
"Wait!" Seeing Li Zhong about to step onto the steps of the post station, Xin Ji looked anxious. He reached into his robes and said to Yu Zhengqing, "My lord, I have come today to settle old debts..."
"Oh?" Yu Zhengqing's smile gradually faded, and his gaze sharpened. "In that case, I must also ask Lord Xin about what Young Master Xin just said about making things difficult for Li Yicheng in front of Lord Xin!"
After saying that, he turned and walked into the office, secretly tugging at Shen Zheng's sleeve.
"No..." Xin Ji's anxious voice came from outside the office: "My lord, please let me explain! I was just saying it, but I have never made things difficult for any official in front of my father. No... it's just that my family is very strict, and I would never dare to do that in front of my father... Hey, hey, hey! Heroine, sword-wielding heroine, don't push me, I'll leave on my own after I finish speaking..."