Jinyi champion

Chapter 41 Secret joint
Zhu Hao got the information he wanted, and he didn't care about the rewards at all.

The old lady was very cunning, she probably sensed that her grandson actually knew something but didn't say anything, but she felt that Zhu Hao didn't know too much in the short time he had been in the Xing Palace, so she sent Zhu Hao back to the city after a few simple confessions.

When they left the city, Butler Liu personally picked them up, and when they returned, they were driven by people from the house, and when they arrived at the gate of the city, Zhu Hao was asked to come down and go by himself. Zhu Hao didn't care about the difference in treatment.

It was almost noon when I got home.

Zhu Niang was not there, and after asking Aunt Li, she found out that the people in the government had invited the merchants from the city to the county yamen for a banquet.

After noon, Zhu Niang came back.

"Mother, is there something wrong with the county government?"

Zhu Hao didn't wait for Zhu Niang to say goodbye to her son, and asked questions first.

Zhu Niang said: "The new magistrate of Jing County said that the ground in Jiangxi and Jiangxi is not peaceful, and even our places such as Hunan, Guangdong and South have frequent bandits and chaos. There is no way to donate twelve shi of grain."

Zhu Hao really wanted to say that this was simply extortion.

If the imperial court wanted to suppress bandits, it would be fine to let the local government pay for it. Can this kind of thing be apportioned to ordinary merchants?You, Jing Zhongkuan, are really a person who will do anything for the sake of political future, even worse than your predecessor Shen Li.

"The magistrate of Jing County has just arrived, and he has taken care of us. We have to come out and express our views."

In Zhu Niang's opinion, not only did she promise to donate grain worth ten taels of silver, she was also a leader, perhaps because Jing Zhongkuan came to the shop as soon as he took office and put a high hat on Zhu Niang.

Jing Zhongkuan's move is simply...

Zhu Hao sighed softly: "Mother, we can't be too honest. How much did others donate? Also, we complained at Zhu's house that the family was about to be overwhelmed, and here we suddenly actively responded to the government's call for donations. Don't mess with it." Doubt?"

Zhu Niang said: "At the time, I didn't think too much about it, but the Zhu family and the company under their name are not included in this invitation, I guess I don't know."

Is it true that the news of the Zhu family is blocked?

Ma'am, you are not following the crowd, but jumping out to take the lead.

Zhu Hao is fortunate to maintain a relatively balanced relationship with his family now. Perhaps it is because he entered the Xing Palace to spy on information. Even if the Zhu family knew about this, they did not embarrass Zhu Niang. Yue handed over twenty-two cases of silver, and the rest Zhu Niang could arrange by herself.

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The family sat down and had lunch together.

Zhu Niang and Aunt Li are very concerned about Zhu Hao's experience in the palace. Zhu Hao can only tell some lies to comfort them, showing that he has started to study with Zhu Houcong, the son of Prince Xing.

In this way, both women were relieved.

"Mother, I won't stay at home tonight. I discussed with King Xiaoxing earlier that we will read at night together by candlelight." Zhu Hao planned to return to Prince Xing's mansion early.

Zhu Niang asked puzzledly: "You only come back for one day in a ten-day period...can't you stay for one more day?"

Zhu Hao said: "Mother, it's like this, I just met King Xiaoxing, we need to interact more to enhance our relationship, and I'm going back to study hard."

Aunt Li tugged at Zhu Niang's sleeve, and said comfortingly, "It's rare that Master Hao learns so much, let him go back."

If Zhu Hao didn't want to go back to the palace after returning home, the two women would definitely be worried.

Just like in later generations, if some classmates are unwilling to go to school, parents must cheer up to find out the truth and see if their children have encountered bullying at school, but now Zhu Hao has offered to go back to school. In the eyes of the two women, Zhu Hao is Prince Xing's Mansion shouldn't have endured hardships, so they naturally felt relieved.

Zhu Niang cooked the kitchen herself again, and made some meat-filled pancakes for Zhu Hao before dark, and gave her son some scattered silver taels and copper coins, so that Zhu Hao could take care of his relationship after returning. You can buy snacks...

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Originally, Zhu Niang wanted to call Yu San, Uncle Zhong and others to come to the house and send her son back to Xingwang Mansion, but Zhu Hao left home on his own because he was in a hurry to go back to study.

Zhu Hao wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to get in touch with Lu Song while the people from the Yiwei Department of the Wangfu inspected the Dongkua courtyard before dark.

After staying in the palace for a few days, he has figured out the daily habits of the people in the palace.

The bodyguards of the Yiwei Department of the Wangfu are all military households. In fact, they are also responsible for farming, and the fields are leased to them by the Xingwangfu. The guards are divided into two shifts, one for farming and the other for guards. Usually, they change shifts in the afternoon, once every two days. .

When changing shifts, Lu Song, the chief of guards of the Royal Palace, will appear.

Right now, Zhu Hao guessed that Lu Song might be the court's eyeliner in Xingwang's mansion, and his errand in Xingwang's mansion was at an impasse again, so naturally he had to make full use of this relationship.

As soon as Zhu Hao entered Xingwang Mansion from the southeast corner gate of Wang Mansion, there was still a distance from Dongkuayuan, when he heard the muffled sound of "bang bang bang" and a voice like a slaughtered pig kept calling: "I am wronged, I am wronged..."

This voice sounded familiar to Zhu Hao, wasn't it the guy who peed under the wall with Jian Maoying last night and discussed how to deal with him?

When I came to the gate of Dongkuayuan, I looked in with my probe and found that it was very lively.

More than a dozen people came from the Wangfu Yiwei Department, and three craftsmen were pressed on wooden benches, and the bodyguards of the Wangfu Yiwei Department were carrying out the cane punishment. The one who received the stick was the one who shouted, Zhu Hao was a little embarrassed.

The other two beaten Zhu Hao knew each other, one was Wang Wu and the other was Lao Ga.

Lu Song, the ceremonial officer of the Royal Palace, stood aside. He was the executor. As for the craftsmen of the Royal Palace, they stood at the base of the wall. Hou Chun and Li Shun looked at Lu Song and the ceremonial officials of the Royal Palace with angry eyes. The guard, Jian Maoying was not punished, and no one was seen at the scene.

"Lu Dianzhan, what do you mean? My people fight if they say so?" Hou Chun couldn't stand it anymore, so he went up to Lu Song to question him.

Lu Songdao: "It was ordered by Yuan Changshi himself. People in your east courtyard have unclean hands and feet, and frequently lose items. This time, you caught them... In addition, the accounts of the wood purchased in the past six months did not match... this matter Check back."

Lu Song is obviously not a foolhardy man.

His words had two meanings. One was that these people had dirty hands and feet and should be beaten.

The second layer is to warn Hou Chun, if you speak for them, then there will be problems with the audit later, don't blame my ruthless subordinates.

Hou Chun felt a little frightened when he heard this, and stepped aside obediently, and stopped talking to his subordinates.

Zhu Hao was originally an outsider. After looking around, he suddenly noticed something was wrong.

Last night, I just heard that Jian Maoying was discussing with that pig-killer guy how to deal with him. The next day, this person was reported for having dirty hands and feet and being dirty. Could it be that someone secretly protected him?
Zhu Hao couldn't help thinking of the person who was hiding in the wall to listen to the news last night, and then looked at Lu Song's figure, hey, it really looks a bit similar.

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The guards inside who executed the cane punishment withdrew after hitting twenty sticks.

Lu Song led the people out, and seeing Zhu Hao standing at the door, he couldn't help frowning slightly, obviously he didn't want to face Zhu Hao directly, and he was about to leave after beckoning the staff.

Zhu Hao walked over and greeted with a smile: "Lu Dianzhan, I'm Lu Bing's friend... My name is Zhu Hao, and my grandfather is Zhu Qianhu from Jinyiwei."

Lu Song didn't expect Zhu Hao to greet him in such a "special" way, just when he was about to wave his hand to drive Zhu Hao away, Zhu Hao suddenly approached and whispered: "I have something related to your son's safety, and I want to discuss it with you Take a moment... do you think it is convenient tonight? I'll wait for you!"

After speaking, Zhu Hao ran away first.

Instead, Lu Song was stunned.

"Boss, what did that kid say?"

A man walked up beside Lu Dianzhan and asked.

Lu Song looked him up and said, "What can a child say?"

The man smiled, and didn't ask any more questions, but Lu Song's face was not very good-looking. It was obvious that what Zhu Hao said to him caused waves in his heart.

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At dusk that day, everything was as usual.

Zhu Hao first went to the kitchen to have dinner together, and Jian Maoying and others also came back. They went out early in the morning to work in Wangzhuang outside the city, and the three people who were beaten before had been taken home to recuperate.

"There must be a plot by a villain. We have worked in the palace for so many years and have been doing well. How could such a thing happen? Master Li, I can't swallow my breath!"

Jian Maoying was filled with righteous indignation.

Daxi, as the other of the "two doglegs", slapped the table and said: "We must teach them a lesson, please be sure to bring the matter to the inner courtyard!"

Li Shun put down his wine glass and said with a sneer, "He is a decent soldier of the royal family, what are you? Hurry up and eat, and leave after eating. If the mother-in-law, aunt, and children are noisy, go back and treat them as soon as possible, so that you don't have to go to the house for three days. , or find a place to sleep properly with your head covered... These days, the yard will be locked, and whoever makes trouble will be punished when it is in the limelight!"

As the leader of this group of craftsmen, Li Shun felt that they were being targeted, and even the money gambling show every night was cancelled.

If this group of people didn't gamble, they wouldn't be able to get out of the small gate of Dongkuayuan. Zhu Hao originally thought about trying to sneak out at night to explore the terrain, but now it seems that there is no way.

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Zhu Hao returned to the yard of the warehouse.

He came to his room, lit the tung oil lamp, and took out a pack of candles that Zhu Niang had prepared for him in his schoolbag.

In order to make her son not feel lonely at night, Zhu Niang prepared nine candles for Zhu Hao, which meant that Zhu Hao would light one candle at night. The candles were very thick, and as long as one had a normal fire, it could burn for nearly two hours. Zhu Hao thought it would be all right to have lights illuminated in the middle of the night every day.

It is considered a very extravagant thing these days.

Zhu Hao originally wanted to pick up the book and read it, but he couldn't calm down.

What he was thinking in his heart was whether Lu Song would really come to the appointment at night. At that time, he said that Lu Bing's safety was involved. Lu Song was only such a son for the time being, and his second son, Lu Wei, was not born yet. He should understand Zhu Hao's identity as an undercover agent in his heart. Would it be indifferent to what he said?

It was approaching midnight, when there were footsteps outside, Lu Song finally came.

"Bang Bang Bang!"

There was a slight knock on the door.

In fact, Zhu Hao had already seen it from the top of the wall. He came down cautiously and opened the door. Lu Song was holding an unlit lantern in his hand and a saber on his waist. This was equally dangerous to Zhu Hao.

What if Lu Song wants to kill someone?

"Lu Dianzhan, you are finally here, I have been waiting for a long time."

Zhu Hao greeted with a smile, as if he had a winning ticket.

Lu Song closed the door by himself, and when he turned around, he looked around the room with a slightly nervous expression.Zhu Hao smiled and went to light the tung oil lamp by himself.

(End of this chapter)