Red Dust Daqian

Chapter 125 People of the Same Path

What was the purpose of the Ouyang residence's visit? Was he seeking revenge out of spite? That was not the case. If that was the case, he would not have bothered the inn's waiter to report it, and would have rushed directly into the room.

Since the person is already downstairs, we must meet. There is no point in guessing at this moment.

Shen Yue'er chose to avoid it, but Li Ning'er was different. She insisted on pestering Zhou Sen to meet with the steward of the Ouyang Mansion together. Zhou Sen owed Zhou Sen so many favors that it was difficult to refuse, so he could only do as Li Ning'er wished.

What made Zhou Sen speechless was that after Butler Ouyang came up, he only told Zhou Sen that the head of the family, Ouyang Changzong, invited Zhou Sen to his home for a chat. He didn't know what the specific matter was and just told the butler to make sure to invite Zhou Sen to his home.

It was quite mysterious, and Zhou Sen was instantly interested. After avoiding Butler Ouyang and saying goodbye to Shen Yue'er, Zhou Sen took Xiangcao and Li Ning'er directly to Ouyang Mansion with Butler Ouyang.

Ouyang Changzong had suffered severe mental trauma in the past few days and his body was very weak. He had to force himself to get up to meet Zhou Sen today.

After meeting Zhou Sen, Ouyang Changzong directly dismissed all the servants in the Ouyang Mansion. He also hoped that Zhou Sen would let Xiangcao and Li Ning'er leave together, but Zhou Sen emphasized that Xiangcao and Li Ning'er were people he trusted and there was no need to leave. Zhou Sen insisted on keeping the two, and Ouyang Changzong had no choice but to obey Zhou Sen.

Li Ning'er was quite satisfied with Zhou Sen's performance. She had finally pestered Zhou Sen to follow her. It would be so boring if she didn't learn anything and was avoided by others.

Ouyang Changzong asked Zhou Sen how he got Ouyang Zongren's confession? Because he had already asked the governor Zhu Deling, who said that Ouyang Zongren and his confession were provided by Zhou Sen to the governor's office. The investigation of this case had nothing to do with the governor's office.

The hermit had his own clever plan. Zhou Sen was vague in his response to Ouyang Changzong, and did not intend to tell Ouyang Changzong about pretending to be Yama to deceive Ouyang Zongren. It would not do Zhou Sen any good to tell the story of how he got the confession.

Unexpectedly, Ouyang Changzong did not dwell on the origin of Zhou Sen's confession. Instead, he continued to ask Zhou Sen whether he had any other confessions in his hands, in addition to the confession he provided in court and the one he showed him in private, and what secrets of the Ouyang family he knew?

Ouyang family secret! So that's why Ouyang Changzong was afraid that his family secret would be known by Zhou Sen, causing unnecessary trouble. He specially invited him to ask so that he could make other plans.

Zhou Sen sighed: It seems that the Ouyang family has many shameful secrets. It's just a pity that when pretending to be Yan Luo to investigate the case, he just wanted to get rid of the suspicion of killing Ouyang Zongxin and find out the real murderer, but he didn't think of digging deep into the secrets of the Ouyang family. Even Ouyang Zongren's affair with his aunt was accidentally revealed by Ouyang Zongren.

What should I do now? If I tell Ouyang Changzong directly, will I know so much? I don't know anything else. Will Ouyang Changzong believe it? What good will it do me?

But I do know this much. If I tell Ouyang Changzong that I know other secrets, wouldn't it be more troublesome if Ouyang Changzong asks me about them?

After much thought, Zhou Sen thought that a great characteristic of the Chinese nation could be of great help, that is - implicitness.

Zhou Sen pretended to be mysterious and said in a ambiguous tone: "I am a person outside the world. I should know about matters that concern me, and I know them. I should not know about matters that do not concern me, and I do not know them; even if I know them, I still do not know them." Zhou Sen was almost confused by his own words. Xiangcao looked disgusted, saying that Zhang Mumu was just fooling people; Li Ning'er covered her mouth and almost laughed. This Taoist priest was really good at talking!

Ouyang Changzong felt unwilling and stared at Zhou Sen in confusion, feeling like he had just heard nonsense. Did this Taoist priest know some secrets, or not?

Seeing that Ouyang Changzong was still unsatisfied, Zhou Sen continued ambiguously: "Please rest assured, Lord Ouyang, I will only tell others those things. Other things that are irrelevant to me will never be passed on to others by me."

Ouyang Changzong carefully pondered the meaning of Zhou Sen's words. This Taoist priest should be saying that he knew the secret of the Ouyang family, but he would never tell others, right? The Taoist priest's words were really annoying and roundabout. It was not Taoist Zhang's fault. He was used to seeing Taoist priests and monks, and they all spoke in the same way. They only said three-tenths of what they said and let people guess the other seven-tenths.

Ouyang Changzong asked directly: "It is said that Taoist Zhang is familiar with Princess Wanning. Is it possible..." Before Ouyang Changzong finished asking, Zhou Sen gave Ouyang Changzong a reassurance: "I dare not try to establish a relationship with the princess. I just met her at the poetry conference. We are not close friends. Please rest assured, Lord Ouyang. I will not mention anything that Ouyang Zongren tells me."

Ouyang Changzong finally felt a little comforted when he heard Zhou Sen say this. However, Ouyang Changzong still made a request to Zhou Sen, hoping that Zhou Sen could hand over all the confessions of Ouyang Zongren. Ouyang Zongren's confession, at present, seems to be the thing that Zhou Sen holds on to the Ouyang family to protect his life, how could he hand it over easily. Besides, he currently has no other confessions except the confession of adultery, so he can't hand over anything even if he wants to.

Zhou Sen could only continue to play to his advantage as a monk, and said implicitly: "Ouyang Zongren's confession? I don't know about this thing, and I have never had it. It will never appear again in the future. This thing should be my life thing. As long as I am alive, it will never appear in the world."

Ouyang Changzong cursed in his heart, this Taoist priest is really a tough guy. Ouyang Changzong once again asked Xiangcao and Li Ning'er to leave, and made it clear that he had reasons to meet Zhou Sen alone. What can a half-dead old man do to him? Since Ouyang Changzong made the request again, Zhou Sen obeyed Ouyang Changzong's wishes and asked Xiangcao and Li Ning'er to leave. Although Li Ning'er was dissatisfied, she also went out tactfully.

Ouyang Changzong and Zhou Sen were the only two people left in the room. Ouyang Changzong made it clear to Zhou Sen that they were actually fellow travelers and were working for the same person. Zhou Sen didn't need to hold any evidence against him. It was meaningless. Besides, the biggest evidence of the Ouyang family was also the master's. Even if Zhou Sen kept it in his hands, he would not dare to make it public.

Zhou Sen didn't understand what Ouyang Changzong meant. He didn't know what the most important secret of the Ouyang family was, nor did he know who the same person Ouyang Changzong was talking about was. Zhou Sen only worked for himself and lived for his own beliefs. He didn't work for anyone!

Zhou Sen asked doubtfully: "Master Ouyang, this is the third time we have met, and we have always been in a hostile state, so we can't be considered familiar with each other, let alone work for one person?"