Shortly after Zhang Cheng hurriedly entered the cabin, Zhang Bin ordered the boatmen to dock as fast as possible, which made the boatmen quite confused.

After all, I always come to the flower boat for fun, not to cross the river or rush on the road, and I never have any requirements for speed. Why did Zhang Bin suddenly give this order this time?

However, despite the doubts, the ship workers did not dare to neglect their master's orders. Although they were just domestic slaves, they were domestic slaves in the second-rank minister's mansion. They did not want to be driven out of the mansion because of this little thing, and it was at the end of the year.

With the efforts of the boatmen, the flower boat quickly approached the shore. This time, before they could remind the owner to dock as usual, the cabin had already opened wide. Zhang Bin, who had no expression on his face, quickly left the boat and landed on the shore, got on the carriage, and disappeared into the darkness.

A group of officials from all over the Ministry of War, who were as unexplained as the ship workers, saw Zhang Bin "left" them without leaving a word and left, and in addition to doubts, he was somewhat angry.

Looking at the many officials who left with some dissatisfaction and resentment, the singing girls and maiko who were still on the flower boat, they couldn't help but look at each other, wondering what was going on. The singing girls and maiko were all fine, and the brothels where they were not far away was Chuguan, where they were. Just leave the boat and return.

But the boatmen were obviously at a loss.

Whether it was the owner Zhang Bin or the butler Zhang Cheng, they didn't say a word when they left and did not give any instructions to them, so they didn't know whether they should continue to stop here and wait for Zhang Bin and Zhang Cheng to return? Or should they drive the boat back to the dock and go home?

Not mentioning the boatmen's entanglement, Zhang Bin, who was rushing to a brothel not far away, had no longer had his face calm as before, and he looked at Zhang Cheng with disbelief and anxiety.

"Six doors really put people back?"

"It's not wrong, sir."

Zhang Cheng quickly replied.

"I heard it very clearly, and when I went to report to the master, I also met Manager Xu from the Duke of Wei who was boarding the ship and the official in the Duke of Wei's mansion."

"Didn't Hou Qing act like a business in the daytime and even offend everyone? Why did he suddenly change his mind after just so long?"

Although Zhang Cheng was very sure, Zhang Bin's face was still a little unbelievable.

"It must be that Hou Qing is afraid of the master and all the masters..."

Zhang Cheng immediately expressed his thoughts, and of course he did not forget the small compliment to Zhang Bin.

However, before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhang Bin.

"No, if this is true, then during the day, Hou Qing would not have done such crazy behavior that offends everyone. There must be something wrong with this."

Zhang Bin was pondering.

"Recount the news you found from beginning to end, let me sort it out and see if I can find out what I can do."

"yes."

Zhang Cheng naturally did not dare to refuse and nodded quickly.

"After receiving the order from the master, the old servant went out of the Nanguo Tower to inquire about the news. Everything was as usual before and there was nothing worth paying attention to. However, just about a stick of incense, a servant suddenly rushed into the Nanguo Tower with a happy look on his face, attracting the old servant's attention.

Sure enough, not long after, I heard a noise coming from the third floor. The sound seemed quite surprising, and the old servant could vaguely hear the congratulations.

After that, the servant left Nanguo Tower with a happy look on his face. The old servant stopped him and found out that he was a servant of Zhao, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice. This time he came to report to Lord Zhao. The guard guard who was arrested by the six doors in the mansion had been released."

"Is he the only one who comes to report the news?"

Seeing him pause, Zhang Bin couldn't help but ask with a little dissatisfaction.

"The old servant dares not believe it just because of his words, and then report it to the master."

Zhang Cheng didn't know what Zhang Bin was thinking, and couldn't help but explain quickly.

"The old servant then saw the servants at the mansion of the Taichang Temple Minister Zhou and the servants at the mansion of the Ministry of Personnel Wu. After asking them, they dared to make a preliminary determination after getting the same answer and quickly went to report to the master. After seeing more people who reported the same news on the road and on the shore, they dared to truly confirm that the news was accurate."

"Um."

Although he knew that he seemed to have wronged him, Zhang Bin just nodded without any apology. However, the expression on his face finally calmed down again, with his eyes slightly closed, leaning against the carriage.

Just now, he was in a state of dismay and drank a few more drinks. He was anxious before, but now he felt relieved after hearing the exact news, but he couldn't help but feel drunk.

Seeing Zhang Bin sleeping with his eyes closed, Zhang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief.

As Zhang Bin's old servant for many years, he dared not ask Zhang Bin to apologize to him. On the contrary, he was already very satisfied with being able to survive the crisis safely.

However, as Zhang Bin's old servant and the great manager in the mansion, he was still a little confused.

When did Zhang Bin send people to monitor the Six Gate Yamen? Why didn't he know any news about this? And after hearing the news today, he paid special attention to the people in the mansion and did not find any missing staff.

This inevitably made him feel alert, worried that Zhang Bin would no longer trust him and that there were forces outside that he didn't know.

Although the carriage is far less comfortable than the sedan chair, it is indeed much faster than the sedan chair, especially on a good road paved with mixed bluestone bricks on the Qinhuai River.

"Master, Nanguolou has arrived."

The carriage stopped in front of the Nanguo Building that Zhang Cheng had raised many times before.

After Zhang Cheng opened the curtain and took a look, he immediately reminded Zhang Bin in a low voice.

"good."

Zhang Bin slowly opened his eyes, got off the carriage with the help of the coachman, and stepped into the Nanguo Tower.

As one of the most famous brothels on the Qinhuai River, although Nanguo Tower is not the best, it is definitely the largest.

Therefore, in order to better "cooperate", most officials who "short money" and who do not have flower boats at home and cannot afford to rent flower boats have chosen Nanguolou.

The Nanguo Tower, which was extremely lively because of the arrival of these officials, was even more crowded at this time. Many officials who received the news like Zhang Bin also came to the Nanguo Tower.

In addition to confirming whether the news is true or not, they gathered here, more to "celebrate the victory."

Although the message brought back by Hou Qing entrusted those arrested people to "take a step back", in the eyes of these officials, this was obviously Hou Qing's stubbornness and in order to retain the last bit of face in front of his hands.

In the final analysis, the reason why Hou Qing released people was not because he was afraid.

Their deterrence is still effective.

However, they are not without differences.

The reason for the differences is naturally what Hou Qing said, "Each step back."

Some people think that since Hou Qing has surrendered, he will leave a face for him this time and no longer pursue the matter, so as not to make the matter worse again.

Some people think that even if Hou Qing accepts the consequences, he still has to teach him a lesson so that he will never dare to be an enemy of them again.

Zhang Bin was originally very supportive of each step back. After all, he was forced to wade into the muddy water this time, so he naturally thought about putting an end to this matter as soon as possible.

But when he heard a gloating words from an official's mouth, his attitude immediately changed by 180 degrees!

He finally understood the purpose of the crazy actions Hou Qing did in Baitian.

At this moment, he seemed to see Hou Qing standing in front of him.
Chapter completed!