After rebirth, the wife of the Houfu shark went crazy

Zhou Qin glanced at him, and after a while raised his hand to signal the people he brought to go out. The thugs went out quickly, leaving only the two of them.

Zhou Qin got straight to the point and asked, "Laier, are you still alive now?"

Xu Rui placed the teacup on the table and said noncommittally, "It should still be breathing."

Zhou Qin was furious at this. He stood up and pointed at Xu Rui, cursing, "Xu Rui, are you going to wipe out our Zhou family just for a woman?"

Xu Rui's face turned colder. "If he dared to do something like that, he should have thought about the consequences today."

"All of this was your mother's idea. She tricked my son into doing this, and now that it's been exposed, you're blaming everything on him and causing him so much harm. He's the only son of our Zhou family, and now his family lineage has been cut off. You're truly filled with hatred."

"I'm cruel? Zhou Lai took advantage of my absence in Kyoto and dared to scheme to humiliate my wife and even covet my title of Marquis of Yonglin. Your Zhou family is so cunning. If it weren't for my wife's cleverness, I would be cuckolded right now. How dare you come to my Marquis of Yonglin's mansion to ask for punishment?"

"Xu Rui, you're going too far." Seeing Xu Rui putting all the blame on Zhou Lai, Zhou Qin was completely furious. "Don't think that just because you're the Marquis of Yonglin, my Zhou family is afraid of you. My son was foolish and you took advantage of him. Even if I report this to His Majesty, you won't be right. If you don't give me an explanation, then we'll be on the verge of a fight. No one will have an easy life."

Xu Rui remained expressionless in response to his threat and poured a cup of tea and pushed it to Zhou Qin's seat.

"Uncle, sit down and have some tea to cool down your temper."

"I'm here to argue with you, not to drink some damn tea." Zhou Qin said angrily.

"I don't think my uncle is here today to seek justice for Zhou Lai. If that's the case, why can't we sit down and talk it out?"

Xu Rui raised his eyes and stared at Zhou Qin, his eyes filled with wisdom that saw through everything.

Zhou had been back at the Zhou Mansion for two days. If he really cared about Zhou Lai, why didn't he come to Yonglin Marquis Mansion immediately? Also, when he came, he made the thugs stand there and didn't vent his anger on everything in the Marquis Mansion.

So for Zhou Qin, Zhou Lai, who was still alive, still had some value to him, after all, he was his only son.

Now that Zhou Lai is crippled, his last value is just a bargaining chip in negotiations with the Yonglin Marquisate.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qin's expression changed a lot.

After a moment, Zhou Qin sat down with a gloomy face, "Tell me how you plan to explain to our Zhou family?"

"There are no outsiders here. If your uncle wants to tell you something, just tell him directly." Xu Rui stared at Zhou Qin leisurely.

Xu Rui had said so, so Zhou Qin stopped beating around the bush and said, "Help me become the Minister of Justice within a year."

His position as Minister of Rites was of the second rank, but his monthly salary was 500 taels of silver. He was in charge of the court's rituals, sacrifices, banquets, tributes, etc. He had no real power and was not highly regarded by the court officials.

Everything was as Xu Rui expected. He raised the corner of his lips wickedly, "I heard that the Minister of Revenue, Lord Li, has resigned from his post as a senior official due to his advanced age. What do you think of this position, uncle?"

Zhou Qin's eyes suddenly brightened, and he asked excitedly, "Are you planning to recommend me to His Majesty as the Minister of Revenue?"

The Ministry of Revenue is a lucrative job. This position is usually appointed after Gu Wei personally inspects the candidate.

Xu Rui has always been an unknown prince in Gu Wei, and he has always been by Gu Wei's side, not to mention that he has defeated Beidi now. Therefore, as long as Xu Rui recommends him, Gu Wei will definitely accept him, and it is just a matter of time before he becomes the Minister of Revenue.

If no one had recommended him, he might have ended up being the Minister of Rites in his life.

Xu Rui glanced at him calmly, picked up the tea and took a sip, "It's not difficult to recommend you, but I have a condition?"

"You said, I will agree to anything I can do." Zhou Qin smiled and said without hesitation.

Xu Rui put the cup down, his face full of frost, "I want Zhou Lai's life."

The smile on Zhou Qin's face froze instantly, and he asked in disbelief, "What did you say?"

Seeing Xu Rui's serious face, Zhou Qin realized that Xu Rui was not joking and shouted at him angrily, "Are you too cruel? Lai'er has been hurt by you like that, and you still want to kill him."

Xu Rui narrowed his eyes sinisterly.

"Zhou Lai did something wrong and must be punished. That incident has become a thorn in my heart. I will be miserable until I get rid of him."

"Didn't your wife run away that day? He didn't touch your wife. Now you have cut off his offspring. Isn't that enough to make you discouraged?" Zhou Qin asked angrily.

Although what Zhou Lai did was excessive, Xu Rui had already turned him into a disabled person and was not going to let him go.

Xu Rui held the teacup in his hand and said quietly, "If you want the position of Minister of Revenue, you have to exchange Zhou Lai's life for it."

In response to his threat, Zhou Qin stood up and looked at him angrily, "Xu Rui, don't go too far."

Even though Zhou Lai can no longer carry on the Zhou family's bloodline, he is still his own son. How can he exchange his life for his official position?

Xu Rui reminded him with a sneer.

"You also know how sought-after this position is. It won't be vacant for long. Uncle, you must think carefully. If you miss it, it will be very difficult to get it in the future."

Zhou Qin glared at Xu Rui furiously, "Don't even think about it. I'm going to take Lai'er back right now."

After saying that, she walked towards the door. When she reached the door, she turned around and said to him fiercely, "Xu Rui, I'm telling you, this matter is not over yet. Just wait for me."

After saying that, he left angrily.

Xu Rui said loudly to his back, "If you have thought it through, uncle, you are welcome to come to me anytime. If you lose the position of Minister of Revenue, there will naturally be a better position than Minister of Rites."

Zhou Qin paused, but quickly walked out.

After a while, Deji came back and reported to him, "My Lord, the people of Zhou are clamoring to take Zhou Lai away."

Xu Rui didn't care, "Let him take the person away."

"Yes." Deji responded and hurried out again.

Only with Xu Rui's permission was Zhou Qin able to enter the guest house.

As soon as Zhou Lai saw Zhou Qin coming, he burst into tears, "Father, you finally came to save your son."

"Laier." Zhou Qin saw Zhou Lai tied up, his body covered in blood and many whip marks. He stepped forward with both heartache and anger, untied the rope for him, and cursed, "Xu Rui is such a cruel man. He will not die a good death."

During this time, Zhou Lai had witnessed Xu Rui's viciousness and quickly spoke up to stop him, "Father, let's talk about this after we get back."

Zhou Qin also knew that this was not the place to talk, so he helped Zhou Lai up distressedly and said, "Father will take you home."