Chapter 169: Ji Gang, you’re finished.

Sushumi.

Zhu Jin was called by Zhang Anshi.

His position at this point in time is not comparable to what it once was.

Let’s put it this way, people have started calling him Master Zhu now.

It wasn’t just the merchants who met him with courtesy and respect.

Even the military officials of the Five Cities Military Command and the Waterway Patrol were all too polite to see him.

This change in status, if compared to the old days, is really a heaven and a hell.

Zhu Jin is very clear, this is all brought by Zhang Anshi, this kind of slowly began to grasp the power, gradually being respected by all the people around the feeling, by no means can be exchanged for silver alone.

That’s why he’s very meticulous in his work.

For example, the School of Law and Order, and the School of Arithmetic, all of which he worked desperately to raise.

There was also the matter of the United Chambers, which he sometimes had to keep an eye on, lest anything go wrong.

This inside and out, everyone had already treated him as if he was Zhang Anshi’s butler.

And now, Jukin had put almost everything at hand on hold for the past few days.

Because he had more important things to take care of.

“Marquis.” Zhu Jin respectfully arrived in front of Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “How is it, how is my mansion?”

“Marquis, it looks too austere, but this mansion is safe, and living here makes one very down to earth.” Zhu Jin smiled.

Zhang Anshi sighed, “As an important minister like me, and deeply trusted by His Majesty, my life and death is related to the safety of the country and the gods of earth and grain, so I have no choice but to do so.”

Zhu Jin then said very seriously, “Yes, yes, Marquis, your body is golden.”

Zhang Anshi crossed his legs, bet a mouthful of tea, and said with a flourish, “In these few days, how’s the matter that I asked you to investigate?”

Zhu Jin said, “There is an eyebrow.”

Said, took out a book from his sleeve, then said, “Originally wanted to come to report early in the morning, but I was not assured, and checked again.”

Zhang Anshi took the book, looked it over carefully, and smiled, “Not bad, not bad, you did your best. This time, there is also credit for you.”

Zhu Jin began to wipe his eyes, “How can the marquis say such words, without the marquis, there is no small today, the marquis you are the small regenerative parents, small can do things for the marquis, is the ancestors accumulated virtue, how dare to have any credit.”

Zhang Anshi lamented, “Your mother’s, the way you talk, more and more like the one in the palace is also lost ha.”

Jukin: “……”

Zhang Anshi said, “Very good, and then let people …… check carefully once again, after combing well, this matter is also water to the end.”

Jujin nodded, “Yes.”

Zhang Anshi then said, “It’s fine, go down.”

Zhu Jin nodded his head and excused himself to leave.

Zhang Anshi watched Zhu Jin walk away, so he said to the person waiting beside him, “Call my brother here.”

Within a short time, Zhang Anshi arrived at the torture room with a few brothers in an aggressive manner.

First, someone escorted Zheng Lun.

As soon as Zheng Lun saw Zhang Anshi, he immediately cursed, “Zhang Anshi, you …… have lost your conscience, you vertical son!”

Zhu Yong clasped his hands and stood next to Zhang Anshi, at this time he coldly looked at Zheng Lun and said, “If you don’t shut the fuck up, I’ll break your bones.”

Zheng Lun sneered unashamedly, “Come on, come on, come and hit me.”

Zhu Yong’s tiger eyes glared and said, “Huh, you have big guts, how dare you think that grandpa doesn’t dare to beat you?”

Saying that, without any more politeness, he directly rushed up and punched down with a few punches with his hands raw.

Where were the bones of this Zheng Lun as hard as Zhu Yong’s fist, and he immediately let out a guttural howl in pain.

It was Zhang Anshi who advised Zhu Yong, “Second brother, forget it, why do you have nothing to do with hitting him, he’s an imperial criminal, sooner or later he’s going to be put in the frying pan, be a bit sympathetic, we’re now interrogating a human criminal, not seeking a fucking vendetta, Lao San, you’re dragging the second brother out.”

Zhu Yong’s temper came up and he cursed under his breath.

It was hard to drag him away.

Zhang Anshi walked to the front of Zheng Lun and sighed, “Hey, Dr. Zheng, you and I are also considered acquaintances, I am the uncle of the royal grandson, you are the teacher of the royal grandson, we counted, we are still peers, but …… to this day… …I won’t nag you, let’s be open and honest.”

Zheng Lun s eyes, dead eyes, staring at Zhang Anshi, at this …… time he is covered with cold air.

“Zhang Anshi …… you’re dead!”

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The Imperial Prison.

For three full days, the entire Imperial Prison, howling continuously.

Here and there, the howls rose and fell.

Kizuna listened to the creepy voices with an expressionless face, his eyes brightening and darkening.

“Dudu, another confession has been made.”

At that moment, a clerk fetched a confession.

Gee took a closer look, and then he said, “Verify.”

His words were decisive.

The clerk saluted, “Yes.”

With his hands behind his back, Ji Gang suddenly turned to ask the lieutenant beside him, “Where is Commander Deng?”

The lieutenant said, “No …… don t know, I go to invite.”

This Deng Wu is the Commander Commander, is responsible for the affairs of the Imperial Prison of the Brocade Guards.

He came here early in the morning, did not see that Deng Wu to welcome, already let Ji Gang heart upset, until now at noon, this Deng Commander is still missing, but let Ji Gang accumulated enough anger.

Only after two incense sticks were burned did that Deng Wu arrive late and saluted, “Greetings to the Governor.”

Ji Gang stared at Deng Wu dead in the face, “Where have you been?”

“I am in the stalls of the Imperial Prison ……”

Kijang said, “Don’t you know I’m coming?”

“I …… know …… it’s just that …… you, Governor, have important matters to attend to, and I . . dare not intrude.”

Kizuna smiled, a smile that was extremely bizarre, “Is that so?”

Deng Wu was afraid and hurriedly bowed to the ground, “Dudu ……”

Kizuna looked down at him, “In the beginning, you called me big brother.”

“Big …… brother ……,” Deng Wu said timidly.

Ji Gang said, “In the twentieth year of Hongwu, you lived in my next door manor, and thereafter we joined the army together to serve His Majesty, and at that time I became His Majesty’s personal soldier, while you were under the account of the Duke of Chengguo, just a pawn ……”

After a pause, Ji Gang slowly continued: “and so into the city of Nanking, your merit, but also a hundred households, if not for my constant promotion of you, not only let you into the jinyiwei pro army, but also let you become a thousand households, and later became the jinyiwei commanding officer commander, Deng Wu ah, I have ever treated you poorly?”

Teng Wu seemed to look more fearful, and busied himself with saying, “Dudu …… no, big brother did not treat my humble self.”

Kizuna said, “But you’re rusty with me.”

“There is a difference between the top and the bottom of the guard, between the inferior and the superior ……”

Ji Gang narrowed his eyes, still staring closely at Deng Wu, “Thousand households Chen Li …… you are friends with him, right?”

“The relationship …… is okay …… he …… and I are pretty much in tune with each other’s temperaments.”

Ji Gang, with his hands behind his back, paced a few steps, then said, “Do you know that he has been in cahoots with Zhang Anshi. ”

Deng Wu bowed his head and kept quiet.

Ji Gang said lightly, “From now on, Chen Li is my enemy, is he your enemy?”

Deng Wu said periodically, “Perhaps there is some misunderstanding ……”

“Is that so?” Ji Gang stared at Deng Wu with a pleasant face, only his eyes, more and more morose: “Deng Wu ah, we can have today’s wealth and prosperity, because of our brothers a heart, if our hearts are scattered, in the future ……… this jinyiwei, there is no place for you and me to live. ”

“Yes, yes.”

At this time, the clerk hurried in and said, “Dudu, another one didn’t make it through and died.”

Ji Gang said expressionlessly, “I only want results, regardless of anything else!”

After four decisive words, the clerk nodded, “Yes.”

He said, and retreated.

Ji Gang then looked at Deng Wu and said, “When it comes to torture, these people down here, there is always nothing light and heavy, in this regard, you are an expert, you go in person.”

Deng Wu looked stunned, “I’ll go and start the torture?”

Ji Gang said, “What? After becoming a Commander, you refuse to condescend?”

Teng Wu hesitated for a moment, then said, “Since it is at the command of the Governor, then I will go.”

So he got up and hurried away as if he had been pardoned.

Ji Gang stared at this Deng Wu’s back with a morose gaze, his face growing more and more annoyed that the place was already empty.

Slowly he took a roster out of his sleeve and set it down on the desk, taking his pen as he did so.

Eventually …… lifted his pen and drew a circle on Deng Wu s name in this roster.

And then carefully put the roster away.

Right now …… is not the time to do other things, now the only dry, is to hurry to find out the chaotic party, this chaotic party is not trivial, his majesty has been like a fish in the throat, who if you seize the opportunity to take the lead, then before all the unpleasantness of causing his majesty, can be dissipated.

“Dudu, Dudu ……”

Just then, a Qianhu hurried in and said, “It’s not good.”

Ji Gang looked up at this Qianhu and said in a cold voice, “What?”

“That Marquis of Annan, Zhang Anshi, …… has petitioned that the chaotic party has been found, and just now, he has petitioned ……”

“What?” Ji Zhan’s body shook and his eyes snapped wide, looking incredulous.

“It says that the rebels will be escorted to the palace for an audience tomorrow, and that His Majesty will be asked to conduct a royal trial in front of all the officials.”

“How could it be so fast? It can’t just be that Zheng Lun, right? What are they, how can they be behind this?”

“That, I don’t know.” Chito said resentfully.

Kizuna’s face became even more grave.

He said anxiously, “Tomorrow …… tomorrow ……… if it is really found by Zhang Anshi, then …… Then ……”

With that, he gritted his teeth and said, “We have so many men, but we are still inferior to a group of teenagers? Are all the people in the Jinyiwei, all of us, just a bunch of kids?”

Ji Gang’s gaze sank, coldly said, “Continue …… to continue the interrogation …… before tonight, there must be results!”

“Here.”

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Fuzimiao.

A mansion.

Someone hurried into the small hall.

The people in the small hall were still sipping their tea in a good manner.

The man who came in gave the man a wink and the man nodded.

So the man who had come in got into the man’s ear with abandon and whispered something.

The man blushed and said slowly, “Yeah? Got it ……”

He didn’t say anything else, as if nothing had happened, and continued to lower his head and sip his tea before saying, “Send a message out to tell the Lord …… that he has to step up his actions, and that now is the time to make a decision.”

“Yes.”

“Go on.”

“Yes.”

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Early the next morning.

A hundred officials entered the court.

Everyone has been talking about it for the past few days.

Regarding the case of the reverse, caused the capital inside and outside, the dynasty and the field, everyone has no heart to care about the matter at hand.

Who knows …… how many people are going to be implicated in this case.

There are all sorts of news circulating in the marketplace, adding to the confusion.

Xie Jin is one of them.

Together with Yang Rong and Hu Guang, the three of them brought the hundred officials into the palace for an audience.

Privately, Xie Jin said to Hu Guang: “Now arrested so many people …… where is this rebellious party? Now it is said that the imperial trial, hey …… this goes on ……”

He shook his head worriedly and whispered, “What I am worried about is that some people want to borrow the rebellious party to eradicate dissidents. Think of the early …… time of the high emperor of Taizu …… that empty seal case, Hu Weiyong case, blue jade case …… is not so? I see, in the future, sooner or later this world, and as in the beginning, to become the world of the Jin Yiwei and Zhang Anshi such relatives.”

This is the most popular complaints of the readers, from the mouth of Xie Jin, not a bit strange.

But when Hu Guang heard these words, he didn’t dare to pick up on them and kindly reminded, “Duke Xie, be careful what you say.”

Xie Jin laughed: “These words, but also just talk to you, you are honest.”

These words, originally to Hu Guang’s nature, should be a warm heart, after all, the two are the same hometown, and is the closest colleague, he is willing to say these words, naturally, because of Hu Guang as their own brother in general.

But now Hu Guang, but only feel uncomfortable, out of the corner of the eye, toward Yang Rong swept, heart sigh, can not help but have a few points lost, only toward Xie Jin arched his hand and said: “Xie Gong …… hey …… ”

“What, is there something you can’t say freely?”

Hu Guang opened his mouth, but said, “There are no words, let’s go, enter the palace.”

Xie Jin as if he ate a closed door, the heart of some displeasure, see Hu Guang cowering appearance, can not help but some contempt, the readers frank and open, why so obscene, the heart of the Hu Guangda (Hu Guang’s word) this person, has not been as dashing as in the old days.”

Hu Guang had broken his stride and retreated to Yang Rong’s side.

Yang Rong, on the other hand, glanced at Hu Guang with a meaningful smile in his eyes.

Hu Guang had to laugh bitterly.

Xie Jin was despondent in his heart, but he saw Lu Zhen, the Minister of Rites, on the sidelines.

This Lu Zhen was on a par with Jian Yi, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and Xia Yuanji, the Minister of the Household.

In his early years, Lu Zhen surrendered to Zhu Di, belonging to the earliest batch of ministers who defected to Zhu Di, and was therefore highly respected by Zhu Di.

Xie Jin smiled and said to Lu Zhen, “Lu Gong …… please.”

Lu Zhen hurriedly said, “Duke Xie is a university scholar, so he should enter the palace first.”

Xie Jin looked concerned, said: “I heard that Dr. Zheng Lun, is considered your disciple?”

Lu Zhen said, “Can’t talk about it, it’s just that when he first took the township exam, it just so happened that Lao Fu was the chief examiner.”

“I can’t believe …… him ……”

“The matter has not yet come to fruition, and there will be a public judgment as to guilt or innocence.”

Xie Jin sighed: “I hope there will be a public judgment.”

Saying this, the hundred officials entered the hall.

In this hall, Zhu Di has long since risen to his seat.

Yesterday, Zhang Anshi reported to the court, asked Zhu Di imperial trial of the case, so that Zhu Di’s heart is quite a bit strange.

After all, these cases of rebellion, not to see the light, in front of the hundred officials interrogation, if the trial really out of something?

To tell the truth …… Zhu Di still wants to have a face.

However, since Zhang Anshi played, I think he must have his reasons.

In the end, Zhu Di granted permission.

It was just that Zhu’s heart was vaguely uneasy.

At this time …… the hundred officials have not yet arrived.

But Crown Prince Zhu Gaoqi and King Zhao Zhu Gaosui, however, had sat down at the temple, and the two of them did not utter a word.

On the ground, on the other hand, were kneeling Ji Gang and Deng Wu, the Commander in charge of the Imperial Prison.

These two, were summoned early by Zhu Di.

Zhang Anshi s side …… also does not know what the result of the investigation is. Before the imperial trial, Zhu Di wanted to ask what is the movement on the side of the Jin Yiwei.

However, the answer of these two, Ji Gang and Deng Wu, made Zhu Di quite unhappy.

Although there are some clues on their side ……, these clues are disorganized.

Therefore, at this time, Ji Zang had to prostrate himself on the ground, maintaining the five-body salute and not moving at all.

Deng Wu’s heart was also timid, and His Majesty’s displeasure with Ji Gang was clearly written on his face.

At this time, the hundred officials had an audience and called out three times.

Zhu Di also just nodded his head and nodded, and then said, “Declare Zhang Anshi a few.”

Yishakha nodded and winked at one of the eunuchs.

It took a long time …… for that eunuch to come, “Your Majesty, Zhang Anshi and others have an audience.”

Zhu nodded.

Immediately, he saw Zhang Anshi taking the lead, and Zhu Yong and Zhang Yoking, who were escorting several of Zheng Lun’s men, coming in.

Zhang Anshi was a dignified man, wearing a new red unicorn coat.

The Zheng Lun …… in the back is a face of frustration, like a mother.

Zhu Di took a look at Zheng Lun, will be angry from the heart, this is the Zhanzhifu doctorate …… is Zhu Di personally point of view, so that he tutored the royal grandson, if the royal grandson has any difference, it is really regretful for the rest of his life.

Zhang Anshi led a few of Zhu Yong’s salutes and said, “I have met Your Majesty.”

Zhu Di said, “I heard that the chaotic party has a clue?”

Zhang Anshi said, “It’s a clue, that’s why I asked Your Majesty to try it personally.”

Zhu Di’s gaze fell on Zheng Lun and he said sternly, “Zheng Lun, you old dog!”

Zhu Di was furious and his eyes were murderous.

Zheng Lun immediately stepped forward, shouting under his breath, “Wronged, wronged …… Your Majesty ……鑷ｅ啢鏋塧h …….”

The latter two, also shouted and screamed, “I am wronged …… I have a great injustice.”

Zhu Di laughed even colder: “Do you really think that Zhang Anshi will wrong you? When that damned Chen Wenjun, is also you like this cry of injustice, you are not see the coffin do not shed tears, you want to death by a thousand cuts, I will naturally also fulfill your wish!”

Zheng Lun, with a pale face, fiercely knelt on the ground and said with tears in his eyes, “鑷� ……鑷�……”

Zhu Di then looked at Zhang Anshi and said, “Zhang Anshi, you can say it. I’m going to take a good look at this Zheng Lun and how he is going to argue.”

Zhang Anshi then said, “Yes, then the minister has spoken.”

Chu: “……”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “Your Majesty, this Zheng Lun …… is unjustly accused ……”

This statement was made.

The hall was in an uproar.

Everyone looks at me, I look at you.

Zhu was also jaw-dropped.

Isn’t this a joke?

You asked me to come to the Royal Court just for this?

Zheng Lun raised his head and also sighed in relief, the other two wrongly accused ministers, could not help but shake their heads.

Zhu Di angrily scolded, “Zhang Anshi you ……”

Zhang Anshi said, “Your Majesty rest your anger, in fact …… this is a play, I based on all the signs …… and finally came up with a result, that is… . the accomplice behind this Chen Wenjun must be ranked in the court class, and must be a heavy minister.”

After a pause, Zhang Anshi said, “It’s just that …… such a person …… has an extremely deep heart and is extremely well hidden, and I was thinking that I want to find this person, it’s very not easy, and since the arrest of Chen Wenjun, who has already hit the grass to scare the snake, this person would be even more unlikely to reveal his cloven foot.”

Zhang Anshi said here, then said:” just …… this rebellious party rampant, I know that, one day not to find him out, my Ming will never have peace, in order to catch the rebellious party, so I also had to soldier risky …… ”

Zhu Di fiercely realized what, at this time, he also had to admire, Zhang Anshi this guy …… is really nothing to do, this is full of civil and military, and only this guy …… can do such a thing.

But on second thought, what Zhang Anshi said is not wrong …… If the other methods work, that person has long revealed the cloven foot, and now it is also just a very time to do very things.

Zhu Di nodded, “Then why did you take Zheng Lun several people?”

Zhang Anshi said: “your majesty, I call this knocking the mountain shaking the tiger, these chaotic party, now home took Chen Wenjun, I suddenly began to take Zheng Lun a few people, in fact, is to put out a signal, tell them that Chen Wenjun did not give an account of them to come, and is now climbing indiscriminately, so that they learned to take hold of are unrelated people, but also rest assured that the only way to let them rest assured, can teach them to put down their defenses, can reveal the cloak. can teach them to put down their defenses, only then can they reveal their cloven foot.”

“So ……” Zhang Anshi said, “This is thanks to Zheng Lun and Zhou Jin as well as Liu Yan a few, they have suffered some pain, but …… I am in the Qixia, did not let them suffer any flesh and blood, the reason why I chose them, but also because …… they are loyal to His Majesty, especially Zheng Lun, Zheng Lun often said to the royal grandson, he read the Four Books and Five Classics, the most sensible, especially to His Majesty, incomparable loyalty, willing to go through fire and water for His Majesty, I’m just thinking that, since he is willing to go through fire and water for His Majesty, then for His Majesty, he is willing to go through fire and water for His Majesty. to go through fire and water for His Majesty, then to suffer a little bit of aggression for His Majesty for the time being, that should not be a big deal.”

Zheng Lun false alarm, froze for a long time, he still still loathes Zhang Anshi, what are you Zhang Anshi, also dare to make fun of the old man?

But right now …… Zhang Anshi was right, he was busy and spirited, saying, “Your Majesty …… I am loyal to Your Majesty, and the heavens and the sun can judge.”

Zhu Di gently breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately …… finally it is not the people around the imperial grandson who have problems.

Zhang Anshi laughed again, “The second person to thank in this process is the Commander of the Brocade Guards, Ji Gang.”

Keegan: “……”

Zhu swept a glance at Ji Zhan, “What is this about?”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: “If it is not Ji Commander, this scene, really a little difficult. Your Majesty is aware of the minister, although I took Zheng Lun people and so on, but the minister’s heart is good, the trouble is not as bad as the family, but if you just take a few of Zheng Lun, those rebels see, I’m afraid that they also think that there is something fishy.”

“Fortunately, there are Ji Commanding Ambassador in time to hold Zheng Lun their families, but also let the minister conscience feel better, your majesty …… this time …… if you hold the chaotic party, not only Zheng Lun a few hard work, that is, this Ji Commanding Ambassador, the credit also is not small.”

Keegan: “……”

The smiles …… on several faces of Zheng Lun stiffened violently.

Without waiting for Zhang Anshi to continue speaking.

Zheng Lun suddenly looked at Ji Gang and said, “Commander Ji …… where is Lao Fu’s …… family?”

Ji Gang was in full view of the public, and by now he was dripping with cold sweat.

A mere Zheng Lun, he certainly didn’t put it in his eyes.

But ……

Now the rulers and ministers in the hall were all looking at Ji Gang.

Zhang Anshi also changed his face, “Commander Ji …… you ……”

Kizuna bowed his head, his heart in turmoil.

He has always been silent and indifferent, but now …… there is a feeling like a mane in the back. ”

That Deng Wu, lying on the ground, is even more pale as paper, scared and dare not come out of the atmosphere.

Zheng Lun several, as if all of a sudden, understood something.

Zheng Lun showed his teeth and cracked his eyes.

He no longer cared that this was the hall of the Son of Heaven, he stood up at once and pounced on it, his eyes round, “I …… my family ……”

Ji Gang sucked in a breath of cool air, other than His Majesty, no one in this world could be so rude to himself.

He panicked, “Most …… are still alive ……”

As soon as he heard this …… Zheng Lun s face was miserable, and he said as if he was crazy, “Is …… my son still there?”

Kizuna didn’t answer.

Zheng Lun said miserably, “I …… my wife and daughter ……”

Nor did Kizuna answer.

Zheng Lun said, “She …… them …… before they died ……”

Forcing back his tears, Zheng Lun glared at Ji Gang, “Have you been abused in any way?”

Kizuna was still unable to answer.

Zhang Anshi didn’t make a sound and only watched this with cold eyes.

Zheng Lun is indeed wrongly accused, but …… the reason why Zheng Lun was selected …… is because Zheng Lun is a hypocrite, he is in front of the royal grandchildren, the mouth of the so-called righteousness, but in fact …… his Sons rely on their own father is Zhanzhengfu Qinggui minister, in the capital for wrongdoing, not long ago, there was a merchant’s wife, was this Zheng Lun’s son looked at, this Zheng Lun’s son called on his friends, and even born that merchant’s wife to death.

Now …… is kind of a payback.

But the state of mind between people is very different at this time.

Zheng Lun’s pupils contracted as he stumbled and staggered through the hall, his body seemingly sucked dry.

The other two, one fainted, the other furious: “Ji Gang, I and you do not share the same day, today …… have you without me ……”

With that, Zheng Lun let out a heartbreaking howl.

Ji Gang only knelt coldly, and the direction he was kneeling in was still Zhu Di.

At this moment, Ji Gang only felt like a clown.

That Deng Wu was already kowtowing like garlic in fear.

Seeing this, Zhu Di was already fries in his heart, and looked viciously at Ji Gang, saying, “What is it that the Brocade Guards do on weekdays, anyway? Is this how you catch the rebels?”

Chu’s reproachful voice immediately rang out.

If anything, the bitter scoldings of a few Zheng Luns in the party were painless to Ji Gang.

But His Majesty’s rebuke has caused his forehead to sweat profusely, and he kowtowed toward Zhu Di, “I …… am guilty of ten thousand deaths.”

In a few short days, he had to plead guilty again.

The hundred officials looked at Ji Gang and only felt chills all over their bodies.

Teng Wu said at this time, “Your …… Majesty …… Your Majesty …… humble …… humble is just following orders.”

Zheng Lun, however, has been paralyzed, the person has been muddled, mouth repeatedly recited: “Your Majesty to be the master for me, to be the master for me ah.”

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Yesterday’s code words muddled, actually forgot that yesterday is the Mid-Autumn Festival, now to give you a belated blessing, all the book friends, Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, all the best, the tiger will always love you.