The disgraced official I took care of was actually Zhu Houcong's childhood friend.

"What's going on with this uncle and aunt of the weighing equipment company?"

Wang Yangming asked with some curiosity.

"I know this."

Tang Bohu immediately began to recount how he met Zhou Chu, how Zhou Chu had worked as a page in the Lu family, how the Lu family was later imprisoned because of Liu Jin, and how Zhou Chu had taken care of the Lu family's affairs.

Upon hearing that the Lu family had also been imprisoned for offending Liu Jin, Wang Yangming and Yan Song immediately felt a greater affinity for Zhou Chu.

As the saying goes, those who share the same fate sympathize with each other.

Yan Song's slight displeasure from just now completely vanished.

"In that case, Hengqi is indeed a kind and righteous person. I shall toast you."

Wang Yangming raised his wine cup and said.

Soon after, Yan Song left on official business.

Tang Bohu, having seen his old friend, drank a little too much and was now in a semi-drunken state.

"Hengqi, you seem to be somewhat wary of Weizhong?"

Wang Yangming, with his keen insight, immediately saw the problem. After Yan Song left, he asked with some doubt.

Weizhong was Yan Song's courtesy name, and Jiexi was his pseudonym.

Wang Yangming could refer to Yan Song as Weizhong.

However, as a junior, Zhou Chu could only address him as Mr. Jiexi.

Just as Tang Bohu could call Wang Yangming Bo'an, while Zhou Chu could only call him Mr. Yangming, it's the same principle.

Zhou Chu was also taken aback when he heard this.

“Master Yangming had keen insight. Mr. Jiexi may have been wholeheartedly devoted to the country and its people ten years ago, but now his integrity has been compromised. After all, ten years have passed, and people change. He is not like Master Yangming, whose character is incredibly resilient.”

Since Wang Yangming had asked, Zhou Chu naturally wouldn't hide his thoughts.

Chatting with someone like Wang Yangming is the most enjoyable.

There's absolutely no need to hide your true feelings, because he won't use them to his advantage.

Upon hearing this, Wang Yangming did not refute it, but fell silent.

"Are you saying that Wei Zhong will end up like those people in the future?"

In fact, Wang Yangming could see some clues from their interactions over the past few days.

I also heard some rumors.

He just didn't want to admit it.

How he misses the spirited Yan Weizhong of yesteryear, who was wholeheartedly devoted to the country and its people!

Unfortunately, time is the most terrifying thing.

Even the young man who was once devoted to his country gradually forgot his original aspirations as time went by.

Yes, how many people in this world can truly maintain their original aspirations?

Perhaps it wasn't a bad thing that Bo Hu didn't enter officialdom.

Given his temperament and his unrestrained nature, he would be completely out of place and suffer greatly if he entered officialdom.

Thinking of this, Wang Yangming glanced at Tang Bohu, who was already asleep beside him.

Zhou Chu was also slightly tipsy at this moment.

With Yan Song's departure, he suddenly became somewhat unrestrained.

“Master Yangming, look at all those officials in the court, each one shameless, talking grandly about serving the country and the people, but how many of the things they have done are truly for the country and the people?”

"Weighing instrument, you've had too much to drink."

Upon hearing this, Wang Yangming fell even more silent.

"Yes, I've had too much to drink, but I'm not confused yet. The most clear-headed person is the one who's drunk. If others were here, these words might have gone to my grave. But with Master Yangming here today, there are many things I just have to say. After all, there aren't many people in this world as insightful as Master Yangming."

Since arriving in the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Chu has had many thoughts and things to say, but there is no one to tell them to.

Zhou Chu has been very busy all these years, because he is afraid of being idle, as he feels boundless loneliness when he is idle.

In this great Ming Dynasty, how many people understand me? In this great Ming Dynasty, I don't even have a single confidant.

Although Shen Qing obeyed Zhou Chu's every word, and Zhou Chu treated Shen Qing very well, it was Zhou Chu's way of being accommodating to Shen Qing.

Shen Qing couldn't sense it because she and Zhou Chu were simply not on the same level.

Mu Yunjin knew some of the things, so she felt sorry for Zhou Chu. However, she was still young and didn't understand many things. She couldn't say many things and could only keep them to herself.