After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 924: Comprehensive
Zhang Lurong was not a spy, but he was also doing the work of a spy. How could he dare to inquire about something that Haijiao did not dare to inquire about in his previous life?
However, no matter how high the Qianhu Lord is, with so many people under him, he may not be able to shut up everyone. His family affairs would be discussed privately by his colleagues in the Jinyiwei, and naturally it would inevitably reach the ears of the spies. Zhang Lurong grew up in the spy circle since he was a child, and was regarded as a close junior by the spies. As long as it was not a confidential matter, they would often talk about it in front of him. Therefore, Haijiao did not need to specifically ask Zhang Lurong to inquire about this kind of news. He only needed to ask Zhang Lurong, and the latter would tell him the answer immediately.

Haitang sighed, "Brother trusts Zhang Lurong quite a bit. Although you said a long time ago that he is a trustworthy person and told me to just ask him to do anything. But I always have some concerns in my heart. Although I asked him to run errands, they were not really confidential matters."

Haijiao smiled and said, "Just order him around, he won't leak anything." Zhang Lurong has been smart since he was a child. He has studied for a few years and learned martial arts from his spy elders. With his good family background, he really wants to make a difference. He is not satisfied with inheriting his adoptive father's career and just being a Jinyiwei spy who cannot see the light of day.

However, once you have entered a place like Jinyiwei and participated in the investigation of many cases and learned a lot of inside information that cannot be easily told to others, it is not easy to get away from it.

Zhang Lurong was trapped in the circle of Jinyiwei, and could only be a spy according to the routine. He was unwilling to do so, but he had no way to escape the predetermined fate. Although his adoptive father Zhang Sande had a son-in-law of a small flag, it seemed that he had the capital to climb up, but this son-in-law was only good to his wife and filial to his father-in-law, but never thought of arranging a regular military status for his brother-in-law. Jinyiwei were used to treating spies as tools. Unless a spy became a confidant of his superior and made great contributions, it might not be possible for one in a thousand spies to turn over and become a regular military officer, or even a real military officer with a real rank.

Haijiao, as a newly promoted military officer of the Imperial Guard, was willing to give Zhang Lurong a chance. He was so grateful! Not to mention that Haijiao had previously done a favor to his master Zhang Sande and his daughter. Even if it was not for his own future, but just to repay the favor, Zhang Lurong would not betray Haijiao and his family.

Hai Jiao explained everything to his sister and told her to just trust Zhang Lurong: "Except for our biggest secret, I can trust him to handle everything else. I even entrusted him with the investigation of the affair between the grand scholar's son and the daughter of the Sun family."

Since Haijiao was sure, Haitang didn't say anything more: "Okay. Anyway, grandma has asked my brother to check Qiao Fu now. Even if I ask him to check Qiao Fu's information in detail later, it will be reasonable."

Haijiao smiled and nodded: "When I return to the palace for duty, I will send Zhang Lurong to report back to the family about Qiao Fu. Then you just need to tell him to investigate. Although the spies of the Imperial Guards are not allowed to see the light, they will live their own lives and interact with outsiders when they are not on duty. It is not taboo for our family to go to look for Qiao Fu."

Haitang understood what was going on and nodded in agreement. She paused, then suddenly smiled and said, "Come to think of it, when Zhang Lurong first came back to our house that day, he said he came here on the orders of 'Hai Jingli'. I was shocked at the time, thinking, didn't grandpa get a promotion? Why is someone calling him Hai Jingli again? Besides, he just went to the government office not long ago, why would he suddenly send someone back? After a moment of shock, I realized that the 'Hai Jingli' Zhang Lurong was referring to you, brother. When we first returned to Chang'an, grandpa was Hai Jingli. Now, a few years have passed, our family has moved to the capital, and brother has come to grandpa's former position. It feels quite strange."

Haijiao also laughed when he heard this: "My experience in the sea is just the beginning. Just wait and see, little sister. I will rise step by step! The things I didn't get in my previous life and the things I want to get, I will work hard to get them in this life!"

Haitang nodded. After all, he was the "male protagonist" who had lived a new life. Haijiao didn't want to fly into the sky or escape into the earth. He just wanted to be rich and prosperous. What was wrong with that? She thought of the son of the Grand Secretary mentioned when she was talking to her brother just now: "Has my brother mentioned the Grand Secretary's Mansion to my cousin? What did my cousin say?"

"My cousin said he would inform Elder Tao as soon as possible." Hai Jiao sighed, "Our family has received a lot of care from Elder Tao over the years, and this favor is no less than that of the Zhou family. In this case, I can't ignore Elder Tao's feelings for the Zhou family. If it weren't for him this time, I wouldn't have reported it secretly for the sake of the civil servants' face, but didn't arrange for anyone to expose the matter."

In fact, he even selected the tools to uncover the secret, and he could trick them into doing it at any time, but he didn't take action for a long time, just to hand the matter over to Tao Ge Lao to deal with. He was so cautious, but no one in the world knew his painstaking efforts. Apart from his younger sister, he couldn't find anyone else to talk to.

Haitang smiled and comforted him, "As long as the final result is in our favor, that's all. You have made great contributions this time, and I'm sure that Elder Tao will not treat you unfairly. By the way, brother..." She lowered her voice, "When you went to cover up this morning, did you do it thoroughly? No one will find any flaws, right?"

"Don't worry, I won't give people anything to talk about when I do things." Hai Jiao smiled complacently. Today he went to meet a few familiar spies and visited a friend of the same age whom he met during the military examination. The latter was assigned to Kang Wenshu's command. He hadn't seen him for several months, but he heard that this time he was assigned to block the neighborhood where the Sun family lived.

Hai Jiao heard in the palace that the parents of this classmate and good friend had recently arrived in Beijing. Unfortunately, their son had to leave home due to his duties and could not go home overnight, so the two old people had to adapt to the life in the capital by themselves. Their family was ordinary, and there was only a pair of old servants at home. Recently, the weather has turned cold, the old man was not used to the climate, and the old lady caught a cold. It was very troublesome to ask the doctor for medicine, and even the classmates heard about it. Hai Jiao went there specially, invited a reliable doctor for the two old people, and left ten taels of silver for their daily expenses. He used the excuse of sending a message to his classmates and ran to the street where the Sun family lived to look for someone.

Although Kang Wenshu was strict in his military discipline, he was still very humane in private. Haijiao brought such important news. Although he could not enter the inner circle to see Tongnian, he could ask someone to take a letter to Tongnian and let the latter come out to talk with him. Haijiao took the opportunity to stand outside the house rented by the son of the university scholar, because it was next to the temple and was a very conspicuous landmark. While waiting for Tongnian, he also paid special attention to whether the servants entering and leaving the house had dirt on their bodies, whether there were any sounds of digging inside the wall, etc.

Haijiao told his younger sister Haitang: "Even if someone is suspicious about where I got this information, they only need to find out where I was, and they will find that every step I took was well-founded and not fabricated. Anyway, as long as they enter the house and find the entrance to the tunnel, there will be nothing more to say."

In his life, he had heard the whole story in detail from his familiar spy elders, and he knew exactly where the house was and what was inside. He even knew that the grand scholar's son had already prepared a place to hide his mistress at the foot of Xiangshan Mountain, and he had inquired about the price from the real estate agent, so he had definitely not wrongly accused anyone.

He did the whole thing so carefully and thoroughly. My cousin uncle has always trusted him, so how could he be suspicious of him?