Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 329 The Death of Zhao Hu, the Jin-clad Secret Guard
After Wu Gao sent Song Ying away, he called Zhao Hu into the camp.

"Sit down."

At this time, Wu Gao Gao was sitting in the main seat. Seeing Zhao Hu bowing and saluting, he nodded and gave instructions.

"Thank you, Lord."

Zhao Hu hurriedly cupped his hands.

"Did you hear the conversation I had with Commander Song just now?"

After Zhao Hu sat down, Wu Gao gently kneaded the index finger of his left hand with his right hand and asked expressionlessly.

Not only has he changed his name now, but he has also changed his name for Song Ying.

Zhao Hu was shocked, but deliberately showed a blank look on his face and said: "The villain didn't—"

"Old Zhao, you started following me in Yongle 17 years ago, right?"

Wu Gao suddenly stood up and interrupted Zhao Hu's words.

"The Marquis has a very good memory. It is indeed the 17th year of Yongle."

Zhao Hu said with a naive expression.

"Time flies so fast. Ten years have passed in a flash."

Wu Gao walked to the main hall of the big tent and walked with his hands behind his hands: "Do you still remember how you became my personal attendant?"

"The villain will never forget it in this life."

Zhao Hu also stood up quickly, bowed slightly and said: "In the 13th year of Yongle, the villain was transferred from Qianhu Station to the north to transport grain with the army. Because the superior officer violated military law by deducting food and wages, the villain was punished and beaten fifty times. He was expelled from the military, his wife and children were separated, and he lived on the streets, earning a living by doing odd jobs for others."

"A few years later, it happened that the Marquis was recruiting servants. I had the courage to go up and give it a try. Unexpectedly, I was selected. Later, I was favored by the Marquis and accepted him as a personal soldier."

"Isn't it?"

Wu Gao said coldly: "Zhao Hu, before you end up living on the streets, you still have a resume you haven't mentioned yet!"

"Master Hou, are you?"

When Zhao Hu heard this, he was almost frightened out of his wits. It took him a while to recover, and he shook his voice involuntarily and said.

He felt that the possibility of his true identity being exposed was not too high, so he decided not to let the rabbit out before he saw the rabbit, so he chose to pretend to be dumbfounded.

"For the past ten years, you have been my personal soldier on the surface, but secretly you have been working for the Jin Yiwei, right?"

Wu Gao suddenly stopped and turned his back to Zhao Hu.

He felt that the current revelation that Zhao Hu was a Jin Yiwei directly under the direct control of Emperor Qianxi of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Gaoxu, had frightened the other party so much that his voice trembled.

Wu Gao didn't see Zhao Hu's rebuttal, so he turned around and looked down at him and said, "You were indeed implicated and dismissed from the military. It's just that Jinyiwei Town Fu Liu Mian saw that you were young and capable, so he accepted you into the Jinyiwei Town Fusi."

"Later on, you followed Liu Mian and handled many cases, rising all the way up and becoming a member of the fifth rank of Qianhu. Until ten years ago, Liu Mian sent you to monitor me."

"Now that the Marquis has seen through it, I have nothing to say."

Zhao Hu knelt down very neatly and said: "But the Marquis said that Liu Zhenfu sent a villain, maybe he misunderstood what he said."

"Actually, I don't know who assigned me the errand. Over the years, the Marquis has been very kind to me. I have never seen you do anything that is invisible to others. I also ask the Marquis to resign me, so as not to It makes you feel uncomfortable.”

He acted calmly, but inside he was extremely shocked.

The identity of the Jinyiwei secret agent is confidential. Whether he is recruited or dismissed, no third person other than his superior officer is allowed to know.

Unless the Ming Emperor's special order is to access the Jinyiwei secret agent files, it will remain a secret forever.

If his true identity is discovered by a senior general like Wu Gao, Marquis of Jiangyin, who oversees the military affairs of the two provinces, even if he escapes unscathed, he will be executed by his superiors according to the rules when he returns!

"Humph, I never do anything unconscionable in secret, so I'm naturally not afraid of being sued by a scoundrel like you."

Wu Gao sneered at first, and then said slowly: "You made no mistakes in running errands under me. Wouldn't it be suspicious if I resigned you without reason? You have to stay. In addition to running errands for Jinyiwei, you also have to If you sincerely run an errand for me, how about I give you ten times your monthly salary?" Zhao Hu dared not agree and hurriedly said: "This is absolutely impossible!"

He knelt down again in panic, waved his hands and said, "If the news is leaked, even the Marquis will be implicated."

Zhao Hu was so frightened by Wu Gao's words that he shivered, thinking that during this period Wu Gao and Qu Neng were fighting openly and secretly for the selection of officers at all levels under the Shaanxi and Pudu Governor's Mansion.

Even if he did not dare to report the truth to the Jinyiwei Yamen, he would never be able to inquire about the inner court news for Wu Gao.

"Since you are not willing to find out the news for me, I won't force you."

Wu Gao walked back to the main seat and sat down. He looked down at Zhao Hu and asked, "Tell me, what errands are you responsible for?"

"Specialized to protect and monitor the Marquis."

Zhao Hu didn't hide it and said it bluntly.

"Did Uncle Pingyang send you here on Liu Mian's orders, or did His Majesty order you here?"

Wu Gao suddenly asked again in a deep voice.

He had a feud with Pingyang Bo Qu Neng in his early years, and now Qu Neng is serving as the Military Counselor of the Shaanxi-Pu Dudufu. It is reasonable for him to suspect that Qu Neng paid Liu Mian, the governor of Jinyiwei Town, to send Zhao Hu to monitor him.

As for his suspicion that Zhao Hu was the person appointed by Zhu Gaoxu, of course he was aware of the Ming Emperor's method of using royal guards to monitor civil and military officials.

Since the advent of Jin Yiwei, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of Hongwu and Emperor Yongle Zhu Di have both sent Jin Yiwei spies to monitor officials. It is not surprising that Emperor Qianxi Zhu Gaoxu did this.

"Zhao Hu, don't forget, I am the military and political governor of the Shaanxi-Pu Dudu Mansion."

Seeing Zhao Hu's silence, Wu Gao threatened: "I said you are a Wala spy. I want to put you in jail and torture you. Who dares to stop you? Even if I beat you to death, Your Majesty will not do anything to me!"

"Master Marquis, I am willing to report the truth."

Zhao Hu made a look of despair, gritted his teeth and said: "Every time the villain delivers a message, he seals it with a wax pill in a silver bottle, and then takes out another wax pill from the silver bottle. I have never seen it before. Who is the Shangguan? This is the rule of Jinyiwei secret agents."

To be precise, it is also the rule of the Jinyi secret guards.

Zhao Hu and Wu Gaoxu had finally made it clear that Wu Gaoxu didn't know that he was a secret guard in brocade.

As mentioned earlier, the Jinyi Guards are an espionage organization formed by Qingyao under the orders of Zhu Gaoxu. They were born out of the Jinyiwei, but they are not ordinary Jinyiwei spies.

The Jinyi secret guards also monitor the Jinyi guards. One of the main purposes is to find out which Jinyi guards collude with foreign ministers to leak information.

He just used a trick to make Wu Gao mistakenly think that he was a Jin Yiwei, for this purpose.

"Every word of the villain is true."

Zhao Hu bowed his head and saluted and said, "Master Marquis, please take a closer look."

"Get up."

Wu Gao raised his hand to indicate.

"Thank you Lord Marquis for not killing me."

Zhao Hu stood up and cupped his hands.

"You will continue to work for me from now on, and I will give you two monthly payments from now on. Don't you like the Korean maid under Madam? I'll give it to you!"

Wu Gao said extremely magnanimously: "But you must find out for me who is the mastermind behind this!"

"This--"

After Zhao Hu hesitated for a long time, he nodded and agreed: "Okay."

However, late that night, Wu Gao received a report from his own soldiers that Zhao Hu violated the drinking ban and rode a horse while drunk. Unfortunately, he fell and died. His face was trampled by the horse's hoof, and his appearance could no longer be distinguished.

(End of this chapter)