The Pearl of the Prosperous Age of Red Mansions

Different.

Looking at it, I saw that Xue Qiu didn't even care about it at all, his face was heavy, and he didn't look small at all. He stared at his brother and gritted his teeth. Jia Cong tugged at Jia Lian's sleeve: "Brother, what should I do? In case the eldest brother finds out..."

Just as he was talking, Xue Pan turned the table over, and the props on it were scattered all over the floor. The troupe members came over to try to persuade them, but if they couldn't persuade them, things went wrong.

Liu Xianglian heard the commotion inside and hurried out. When she saw Xue Pan making trouble, she looked at Jia Lian and Jia Cong's faces.

Xue Pan was not Liu Xianglian's opponent, he was beaten and climbed down after two hits, the boy became more angry and yelled harder, and started to run the train with his mouth full, Jia Lian and Jia Cong wanted to find a crack in the ground when they heard it, If this spreads out, it will be embarrassing!

Just at this moment, a sound came from outside the door: "What are you doing making noise! ​​Jia Lian, Jia Cong, you two come here!"

When Jia Lian and Jia Cong heard this, their hearts skipped a beat. They turned around with their heads drooping. They didn't need to look at the elder brother's face. They just heard his words and they knew it. The two of them went over and hurried to admit their mistakes.

Seeing that the attitudes of the two of them were not enough, Jia Zhu felt more peaceful in her heart, which was not very angry. She turned her eyes on Xue Pan who was sloppy on the ground, Jia Zhu frowned, and before he could speak, Xiao Ze stepped over and used He kicked Xue Pan with his toes, Xue Pan was looking up to see who was coming, and when he saw Xiao Ze's face, he was immediately amazed.

He is dead... This is the voice of everyone present who saw Xue Pan's expression.

Meng Xian glanced at Jia Zhu at the door, then at Xiao Ze, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, since he didn't have anything to do now, he turned and went backstage.

Xiao Ze was angry, but he didn't do anything. He turned to Jia Zhu and asked, "Is he your cousin?"

Jia Zhu nodded, but at this moment Xue Qiu's heart tightened, he was used to observing words and expressions, as soon as Xiao Ze entered the door, he found that this noble person must not be an ordinary person. Look, Jia Lian and Jia Cong bowed their heads next to Jia Zhu to admit their mistake, and the nearest next to him was Liu Xianglian.

Even though he was unfamiliar at this time, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask in a low voice: "Dare to ask Mr. Liu, who is this master?"

Liu Xianglian sneered: "Haven't your brothers heard of the name of Prince Zhongshun?"

Xue Qiu heard a "hum" in his head, and his face turned pale. This prince is the one who has a heart smaller than a needle nose, a sour face, a bad temper, and unreasonable disturbance. Annoyed by his elder brother's salivating over the actor, he just stood by and watched, ignoring Jia Lian's eyes, but now it's out of control.

At this time, Xue Qiu stepped forward bravely, dragged his elder brother up, and then both brothers knelt down: "Caomin sees the prince, but he didn't know that the prince is coming, he deserves death for not being polite."

Xue Pan was dragged by his younger brother to kneel down and didn't know what was going on. Hearing this, he knew that this beautiful woman was a prince, so he kowtowed immediately, thinking in his heart that kowtow to a beautiful woman would also be happy.

Xiao Ze looked Xue Qiu up and down, this kid is not ordinary, turned his head to look at Jia Zhu, seeing Jia Zhu shaking his head slightly, his eyes full of helplessness, Xiao Ze snorted and said nothing.

This sneaking time was completely in vain, Jia Zhu led Jia Lian and Jia Cong home, Xue Qiu also took his elder brother back to Xue's house, Xiao Ze returned to the mansion depressed, Meng Xian leaned against the door and looked at everyone They are all gone, Yile, these two people are really, such a rebellious person like the prince, he was subdued by Jia Zhu's eyes. It can be seen that the most powerful thing in this world is not a knife for killing people, but a knife. part of the relationship.

Jia Lian and Jia Cong obediently followed their elder brother home, Jia Zhu didn't say anything else, let the two of them reflect on themselves, and turned to look for Zhao Ningchuan.

After talking about what happened in the Zuiyun Tower today, Jia Zhu was amused: "Sir, this is what you said, a good apprentice who has been taught by you to such an extent?"

This is glaring schadenfreude, Zhao Ningchuan's face turned green after hearing this, and he scolded this kid for being unworthy, making people laugh at him, Jia Zhu laughed even happier.

With Xue Pan on the sidelines for comparison, Jia Zhu has never been so happy about her younger brother's well-behaved and sensible, well, being friends with this kind of person has not been kidnapped, Jia Zhu is so happy.

"Don't mention him, let's talk about serious things. A friend from Shandong sent a message and said a strange thing." After Zhao Ningchuan finished speaking, Jia Zhu's expression became serious after he said this and that.

"The old accounts of Shandong in recent years have been looked at most recently in our department, and nothing unusual has been found. That's why it's so strange. Shandong has not always had a good year in recent years, but the food and taxes paid here have been stable. It turns out that there is this The reason is, Shandong, there are several provinces between Shandong and Fujian, it is very strange why people go to Shandong to buy grain."

It turned out that what Zhao Ningchuan mentioned was that some people from Fujian would spend a lot of money to buy some inconspicuous things every year when it was time to transport grain, but as time went by, there would always be some rumors, saying It was these people who transported away food, and it was actually food, and it was somewhat related to the pirates that Jia Zhu had been concerned about recently.

"Maybe sir find out who is the seller?" Jia Zhu asked, since there are buyers, there are sellers.

Zhao Ningchuan said: "This person is Meng Anyi, the eldest son of the Meng family, a well-known squire in Shandong."

Jia Zhu was taken aback when she heard this, and nodded, a thought slowly emerged in her heart.

"Mr. Troubled, keep an eye on this matter, and now it's time for the food to come in."

As Jia Zhu said, the household department was very idle during this period, but soon it was busy. Once Shandong's grain and taxes came in, the department was the busiest starting from the head and notes. The accounts they sorted out should be The summary was collected in the hands of Yuanwai Lang, Jia Zhu, and after verification, it was checked by Huang Zening, the doctor, and finally handed over to the assistant minister.

The entire household department was busy, and Huang Zening couldn't take over all the errands. It was the first time for Jia Zhu to do this kind of accounts, but he concentrated all his thoughts, but the more he did the accounts, the more Zhao Ningchuan's words would resound, I couldn't help but start looking for something strange in the tent.

Before Jia Zhu found out anything, something happened in Shandong. The grain grain transported from Shandong to the capital was robbed. Fleeing to Shandong to rob grain, the court was in a state of turmoil for a while, and many people's voices for banning the sea became stronger and stronger.

Jia Zhu was very anxious when he heard this, and when he asked Xiao Ze, his face was also very solemn.

"There is something strange about this matter. Brother Huang has spent a lot of thought on recruiting Haikou, and such mistakes will never occur at this time."

Jia Zhu mentioned to Xiao Ze the strangeness of the accounts of the Shandong Division of the Ministry of Households, and then said: "If this is true, every year the Meng family 'sells' grain with the pirates. Will you use force to rob? What's more, the reported losses are quite different from previous years' accounts."

After Jia Zhu finished speaking, he picked up a pen and listed out a set of data for Xiao Ze in detail. Compared with the amount normally recorded in previous years, there was a big discrepancy with this year's loss.

Xiao Ze frowned, thinking for a while in his heart, Jia Zhu was also staring at this set of data and thinking about something, suddenly the two of them raised their heads at the same time, seeing the look in each other's eyes, they knew that the other party had thought of something with him go.

"It seems that I have to go to Shandong in person."

Now the Weaving Bureau is being rebuilt, but the scope of supervision of the Weaving Bureau is in the south of the Yangtze River, and the entire north is still the sphere of influence of the Tianting Department. The emperor issued a secret order to Xiao Ze to investigate the Shandong matter as soon as possible. At this time, another accident happened in the north.

Anbei Duhu Mansion was established in the north, and someone from Yushitai came up with a report to impeach Guo Shiyun, the Duhu, who sent troops to Donghu privately.

This book temporarily suppressed the Shandong matter, and all the civil servants were pissed off. They all complained that this time was detrimental to the foundation of benevolence and righteousness of the Celestial Dynasty. Naturally, the censor seized on the matter of "sending troops privately". However, the people in the Ministry of War supported General Guo and would never do such a thing, and the two sides quarreled in the hall.

The emperor sent Xiao Cheng, the head of Shenjingwei, as an imperial envoy, and led his men to the north to investigate. At this time, not long after, Guo Shiyun's statement was rushed to the capital, but he said that Donghu secretly sent people across the border to enter the Celestial Dynasty. When he got the news, he took a small team to ambush, detained Dong Hu and his party of 20 people, and even intercepted a secret letter.

This secret letter was also delivered to the emperor, and the content inside was read out by the emperor at the meeting that day, which immediately caused another round of uproar.

The seal on the letter is the private seal of Donghu King Jin Shengping. The major event mentioned in the letter is related to the robbed grain and grass in Shandong—according to the letter, the grain and grass were not robbed by pirates, but faked Because of this, he made a deal with Donghu privately.

The imperial court was divided into two factions. Regarding the authenticity of this letter, the two factions held their own opinions. The emperor had already sent Xiao Cheng to the frontier. Mr. Su Zheng and Qin Su were involved in the matter of money and grain, and the Emperor of the Household Department ordered Jia Zhu to accompany him as his deputy.

It happened to be one civil and one military, so there was no need to elaborate on the accompanying guards, just to explain that the imperial envoys on the surface were these two, secretly, Xiao Ze had left the capital for Shandong a few days earlier.

This time I went to Shandong to investigate the matter of grain and grass, and as imperial envoys, Jiamu and the others were naturally happy for some unknown reason.

But Jia Zheng and Jia She knew the root cause, and they couldn't help being a little worried. The Shandong matter would either involve the pirates or the Donghu. The uncle gave a good explanation, which reassured the family.

Set off on the road, Jia Zhu and Su Zhengqin are not familiar with each other even though they were officials in the same dynasty. The only person they had any contact with was during the Chinese New Year. Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen had a fight with Xiao Kun's family because of the Wang family's affairs and were arrested by the Shuntian Mansion. Yes, but Su Zhengqin's upright and upright Jia Zhu is like a thunderbolt.

Jia Zhu thought, this Master Su hates dandies the most, and looks down on the children of prominent families the most. Now that he is on the sidelines, it is impossible not to have preconceived notions, but there is a saying that can be seen in people's hearts over time. This Mr. Su is really a just person, but he is not afraid of discord between the chief officer and the adjutant.

Jia Zhu knew the truth in his heart, but he didn't expect Su Zhengqin's attitude towards him to be surprisingly good. On the road, the two of them boarded the boat, and Su Zhengqin even took the initiative to ask him to play chess. He didn't see any sourness from Su Zhengqin, nor did he make things difficult on purpose.

Jia Zhu didn't know, just because he was not familiar with Su Zhengqin, it didn't mean that Su Zhengqin didn't know him.

No.80 Nine times diverted to land for a temporary rest station

Nothing happened on board, Su Zhengqin loved to play chess, the two of them sat on the cabin with a chessboard, and talked about things in Shandong while they were playing.

Su Zhengqin's impression of Jia Zhu has a lot to do with Meng Xian. Back then, Xiao Kun, Wang Ren and others pointed out that Meng Xian's appearance in "The Son-in-Law" was very similar to Jia Zhu. It is natural to compare an actor and actor to an official's son-in-law. It was an insult, but Jia Zhu did not embarrass Meng Xian in this matter. From Su Zhengqin's point of view, this is what makes Jia Zhu different from other people.

Naturally, Jia Zhu didn't know the relationship between Su Zhengqin and Meng Xian, and still wondered in his heart that the rumors from the outside world could not be trusted. Although Master Su handled the case honestly and selflessly, his temper was not difficult to get along with in private.

Jia Zhu didn't know if Su Zhengqin knew about the emperor's arrangements for the pirates, so when he talked about Shandong affairs with Su Zhengqin, he didn't reveal anything, and only talked about the strangeness of the Shandong Secretary's accounts.

"I have read all the accounts of Shandong in the past three years in the department. If I look closely to see if there is anything wrong with it, there is nothing wrong with it. But the more so, the accounts of the past three years are more stable and suspicious when viewed together. Looking at the accounts of the whole country, there are also ups and downs due to floods and droughts." After Jia Zhu said this, Su Zhengqin also had a thoughtful look on his face.

"It's really suspicious to say so. But if you want to know whether it's a coincidence or man-made, you can go to a town and county in Shandong to find out if the harvest is good or bad over the years." After Su Zhengqin finished speaking, he turned to Jia Zhu's view also changed accordingly.

At first, he only felt that Jia Zhu was generous and tolerant from the matter of Meng Xian. Everyone is a success at a young age, he is the No. [-] scholar in Sanyuan, but Jia Zhu entered the officialdom by taking the route of Long Jinwei.

When he heard that Jia Zhu was his adjutant when he was ordered to inspect Shandong this time, Su Zhengqin didn't think he would be of much help to him, but after hearing these words now, Su Zhengqin's attitude became more and more serious. Get serious.

"You mean, let's not go to Jinan Mansion for the time being, and make an unannounced visit to the local area before making plans?" Jia Zhu said while thinking.

Su Zhengqin nodded and said, "Not bad."

Jia Zhu nodded frequently when he heard this, and when the ship docked at Chenzhou Ferry in the evening, Liu Fang lifted the curtain of the cabin and came in and asked, "Master, we're going to go by land next time, it's getting late now, so we're on the ship Take a rest overnight and leave tomorrow morning, or?"

Jia Zhu looked at the sky. Although the sun had set to the west, there was still some time before it got dark. Jia Zhu asked, "Since we are traveling by land, how far is the ferry here from the station?"

"Young one, go and ask." Liu Fang went out, and came back after a while: "This place is not far from the post station, if you travel faster, you can arrive in less than an hour."

Jia Zhu looked at Su Zhengqin after hearing this, and Su Zhengqin looked at the sky, then nodded and said, "In that case, let's go to the station and rest."

Everyone got the order, and the next step was to go by land, so they all abandoned their boats and landed. Su Zhengqin took a carriage, while Jia Zhu refused the arranged carriage and rode forward directly. They hurried along the way, or when it was dark When we arrived at the gate of the post station, the post was closed. Liu Fang went to the front and knocked on the door, and it took a long time for the door to open.

The clerk at the post station opened the door with a displeased expression on his face, muttering in his mouth, "Who is it so late!"

Jia Zhu's ears are good. At this time, she was riding a horse and was relatively close to the door. Not only did she hear the little official's muttering, but she also smelled a smell of alcohol in her nose. Although the official position is low and tempered, it is true when I saw it today.

Just as he was thinking, Liu Fang had already gone to the little official and announced the identities of the two adults. When the little official heard that Su Zhengqin and Jia Zhu were imperial envoys, the expression on his face changed instantly. They greeted them in, and called other officials, the one who tied the horse, the one who tidied up the house, and the one who tidied up the house. After finishing all the arrangements, they aimed their eyes at Jia Zhu and Su Zhengqin.

This inn is not far from the capital, and there are officials from the first-rank officials to the ninth-rank county magistrates. It's just that they are poor and unprofitable, and they can tell it with their own eyes.

It’s just that today he’s a bit undecided. It is said that the people who ride the carriage are all civil servants, and those who ride horses are all military officers. These petty officials are not well served, and it is common for them to be beaten, but these military officers are generous, and they are willing to pay more money for a beating, unlike civil servants who are not easy to serve and do not get rewards.

It's just that today the lord riding on the horse doesn't look like a big boss, but also looks like a scholar. The little official was not sure how to greet him, so he said: "You two adults, can you have dinner?"

Jia Zhu and Su Zhengqin were feeling hungry now. After hearing this, they asked them to prepare some dinner. Neither of them drank any alcohol. On the other hand, Jia Zhu saw him standing there for a long time, looking for something to say, and knew in her heart that this was a reward.

He took out the broken silver from his body and rewarded him. When the little official saw the silver, he stretched out his hand to take it, with a smile on his face, he weighed it in his hand, and curled his lips inwardly.

When the little official arrived outside the door, a small official next to him came over and winked his eyes, which meant asking if there was any reward, and the two adults inside were very rich.

The little official took out the money: "It's all poor, hey, it's better than nothing, I still have dinner, I will go to the kitchen later to have a look, clean up the leftovers from the master, put them on a small plate and serve them up." That's it."

Not to mention that the two little officials went down to prepare, just that Jia Zhu and Su Zhengqin's rooms are next to each other, and they plan to have dinner in Jia Zhu's room, and then they go to rest, so as not to make trouble. The two copies were very troublesome, and Su Zhengqin also saw the appearance of the little official just begging for rewards, and was very displeased.

With a cold snort, Su Zhengqin thought that the officials at this post station really should rectify it, and glanced at Jia Zhu again, Su Zhengqin was not satisfied with his actions: "Every year, this post station allocates money to specialize Responsible for various expenses, should not spend any more money, and what you do is obviously fueling their arrogance, which is terrible!"

Jia Zhu smiled: "It's just some scraps of money, and it will save trouble if I give them a penny. If I don't give a penny, it's hard to say whether there is anything in the dinner that will be brought to us later."

Su Zhengqin was taken aback for a moment, and then he was furious: "Why, this inn has become a black shop, they dare to prescribe drugs!"

Jia Zhu laughed: "They don't dare to prescribe medicine, but it's too possible to get you some unclean things and make you go to the toilet for two days."

Both brothers Gao Yong and Gao Wu told Jia Zhu about these things as if they were jokes. When you go to a restaurant or an inn, those guys are the ones you should not offend. This appearance is no different from that of the guy in the inn.

Su Zhengqin was furious when he heard this, thinking that he would write a booklet and send it to the capital to play the next one. Just as he was thinking, there was a knock on the door, and two servants came in with food.

There are a lot of serious dishes in the two trays. There are all chicken, duck and fish, and the vegetables look good. Jia Zhu didn't think anything at first glance. After they got to the table, the petty officials also retreated. Jia Zhu just moved his chopsticks when he realized that something was wrong.

The chicken is missing its claws, and the fish is missing a piece in its stomach, and there are green vegetables. Jia Zhu never eats rapeseed, lettuce, and corn.

As soon as the chopsticks were lifted up, they couldn't be put down. Su Zhengqin also found out. Before Jia Zhu could speak, Su Zhengqin put down the chopsticks with a "snap" and called the little official in. up.

"My lords, what other orders do you have?" The little official said this very politely, but the expression on his face was not the same.

Su Zhengqin pointed to the dishes on the table, his face was very ugly: "Take a closer look with your eyes, what kind of dishes are these!"

The little official looked at it, and then sneered: "My lord, your request is too high. This dish is so good. There are chicken, duck, fish and everything. Is it possible that you still want bird's nest and shark's fin? How can this humble post be returned?" Really not!"

Su Zhengqin's face was livid with anger, and he poked the fish's belly with his chopsticks: "Tell me, what about this fish's belly, eh?"

The little official grinned: "I said my lord, whether the fish belly is in your stomach or in this lord's stomach, then we don't know, do we?"

At this moment, the little official was impatient to put on a show, Su Zhengqin felt blocked when he heard this, he was angry in his heart, but he couldn't express it.

Jia Zhu looked at it calmly. It would have been okay if the dish had just been found on the tray, but now that the dish was on the table and the door was closed, even though it was only a short while ago, it was hard to argue with Jia Zhu. Zhu touched his chin, he was not very angry, but seeing Su Zhengqin's face, he could understand Su Zhengqin's mood.

Since Mr. Su took office in Shuntian Mansion, he has been able to see clearly. Most likely, Wang Ren's unsolved case is a blemish on his ability to solve cases like a god, and this incident of leftovers at the post station can be regarded as a capsized ship in the gutter.

Well, recently all the smart people got together in the gutter, Jia Zhu thought of Zhao Ningchuan's face, and couldn't help but secretly compared it, but Jia Zhu didn't think much about it, now Su Zhengqin was flushed red by the little official's words With a slap in the face, Jia Zhu came out to smooth things over and let the little official go down first.

Who knew that this little official would not give up when he got the advantage, and continued: "My lords, if this dish is not to your taste, you don't have to force it, just tell the humble official that's all, take this dish away, tomorrow During the middle of the night, people from nearby towns and counties drove to collect slops, and it would be best to keep these things for feeding pigs.”

This is too harsh to say, not to mention that Su Zhengqin can't bear it, but Jia Zhu has always had a good temper. At this time, he couldn't help but sink his face, glanced at the little official, and Jia Zhu called out: "Liu Fang Come in."

When Liu Fang came in, Jia Zhu touched it from his bosom, took out a gold ingot and handed it to Liu Fang: "You go outside to find brothers from the Gao family, and go to the nearby town store to buy five dishes and one soup to take back to the post."

The little official was dumbfounded the moment he saw Jia Zhu stretching out his hand, blinked his eyes, and looked again, it really was gold, not silver, and the little official's face was immediately full of smiles.

"My lord, you are tired all the way, and these little brothers are also very tired. How can I bother you to send someone there personally? Aren't these people in the humble job just running errands? You just need to rest, and the humble job will call someone else." Get ready to prepare hot water for you to wash off your tiredness, and when you get rid of your tiredness, the wine and food will also be served, and it will be better to eat again!"

Jia Zhu raised eyebrows and looked at Liu Fang: "Why don't you go soon?"

Liu Fangying went out, and then Jia Zhu looked at the little official: "Go down and rest first, you don't need to serve here."

The little official watched Jin Zi grow wings and flew away, and left dejectedly. When he went outside and talked to his companions, everyone beat their chests and stamped their feet and missed the opportunity to make a fortune.

"Forget it, who made a mistake this time! Hey, fortunately, there is still a God of Wealth living in the inn. Let's serve him comfortably. Maybe we can give him more money when he leaves."

Jia Zhu didn't know what these people outside thought, but thinking about the change of face of the little official just now, the dark cloud in Jia Zhu's heart dissipated, and his expression returned to normal. Su Zhengqin couldn't help laughing as he watched from the side .

"Have you thought about going to the Ministry of Punishment to be on duty, or to be a local?" Su Zhengqin asked suddenly.

Jia Zhu was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Su Zhengqin puzzled, "What do you mean by that?"

Su Zhengqin said with a smile: "It's a shame that you stay in the Ministry of Finance with your quick wit. If you catch the case and ask the case, you will definitely be able to win the title of a god in solving cases."

Jia Zhu smiled: "What is this, it's just that the little official is both ridiculous and hateful."

Not long after, Liu Fang came back with a food box in his hand. When he opened it, there were indeed five dishes and one soup. It was not expensive, but it looked very appetizing.

Liu Fang took out the gold ingot and handed it to Jia Zhu: "Master, there are two taels of silver in total, and I gave you one tael more as a reward. I'd better return this ingot to you. Even if I give it to the shop, they won't be able to find it." .”

It turned out that Liu Fang knew what Jia Zhu meant by observing his words and expressions, so he went outside to find the brothers of the Gao family, and Gao Wu accompanied him for a walk. The door was closed under the pretense, but he was forced to open the door. Seeing that Liu Fang gave a lot of rewards, he opened the fire and made some food for him, even giving away the food box.

After dinner, Su Zhengqin went back to his room to rest. Jia Zhu felt a little tired, so he also turned on the light to go to sleep. Who knew that Jia Zhu was still half asleep and half awake when he fell asleep for less than half an hour. There seemed to be movement at the door.

Jia Zhu's heart tightened, and she immediately came to her senses. She said in her heart, could it be that the money caused the disaster just now?It's just that this is a post station anyway, Jia Zhu doesn't believe that the petty officials here are so courageous that they dare to steal the head of the imperial court official!What happened before was at most dereliction of duty, even if the stabbing was serious, it was groundless, and most of it was nothing. If it was theft, there would be no good fruit!

Jia Zhu lay face down, slowly opened her eyes and tried to adapt to the dark environment, her ears were pricked up to listen carefully for the movement, he had already locked the latch at the door, and the sound at this moment was someone pushing the latch with something After a while, Jia Zhu heard the sound of the door being pushed open.

At this moment, his eyes could see quite clearly. Jia Zhu secretly clenched the dagger under the mattress. His clothes and purse were placed not far from the bed. If the thief They came for money, and when the time came to catch thieves and take the stolen goods, none of them would be able to escape.

The corners of Jia Zhu's mouth raised slightly. In other words, his figure and appearance are very deceptive. Those who don't know him will say that he is a white-faced scholar. Who knows that he has kung fu in him. Good boy, dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head, don't let him Letting some blood, I'm sorry for him coming here in the middle of the night!

Jia Zhu narrowed her eyes slightly, concentrating all the energy in her body, and realized that the man entered the room gently and closed the door with his backhand. As expected, he walked towards the bed. At this moment, Jia Zhu seemed to see The prey's cub is ready to pounce and bite the prey's throat at any time.

No.90 A false alarm turned out to be his secret investigation and parted ways

As that person's footsteps got closer and closer, Jia Zhu also stepped up his guard, but he had doubts in his heart. Hearing the lightness of this person's footsteps, he seemed to have skill, but the little official just now was not. If he has kung fu, then who would this person be if he wasn't that little official?

Jia Zhu thought about it for a second, whoever you are, I want to see your true face when I catch your wrist and light the oil lamp. Thinking of this, Jia Zhu pressed her mind, and when that person came to the bedside, Jia Zhu Zhu stood up suddenly, turned his wrist, and the dagger flashed a white light in the dark night, and went straight to the man.

Because he wanted to catch him alive, Jia Zhu avoided his deadly place, but he didn't expect to see that person's face when he got up this time, Jia Zhu was taken aback for a moment, and the movements of his hands could not be retracted in the blink of an eye. The man reacted quickly, and grabbed Jia Zhu's wrist as soon as he stretched out his hand, the dagger was removed, and the man pulled Jia Zhu into his arms with his backhand, hugging Jia Zhu whole.

"I haven't seen you for a few days. You're going to murder your husband when we meet." The person who came was none other than Xiao Ze who secretly left the capital a few days before Jia Zhu. An expression of lingering fear.

Jia Zhu stared angrily: "What are you doing so sneakily, I thought it was a thief with an eye for money, if I didn't want to kill you just now, you!"

Now Jia Zhu's back was soaked with sweat, and he was also afraid for a while, if he used all his strength just now, the dagger went directly to Xiao Ze's throat and choked his throat, what would happen?

Xiao Ze hugged Jia Zhu and sat on the bed, Xiao Ze chuckled: "It's not wrong to say I'm a thief, I'm just a flower picker."

"Seriously, why are you here?" Jia Zhu took a breath, then thought of the key question, and asked hastily.

Xiao Ze avoided talking about it and said instead: "Let's not talk about this first, I have someone prepare hot water in my room, you come to my room, you go by water first, and then change to ride a horse, why don't you take a good wash , you won’t be relieved of fatigue even after you wake up.”

Involuntarily brought Jia Zhu to his room, the two of them walked lightly along the way without disturbing anyone, when they arrived at Xiao Ze's house, Jia Zhu saw that this posthouse really had a good house, and Xiao Ze was alone here The courtyard consists of one main room, four side halls, and the middle courtyard is paved with bluestone slabs and planted with flowers and plants. Although the place is not too big, it is quite elegant.

Jia Zhu lived in the main room, and there was indeed hot water in it. When Jia Zhu saw the barrel, it was still steaming.

Xiao Ze graciously helped Jia Zhu take off his clothes, and when he found that Jia Zhu's inner clothes were soaked with sweat, Xiao Ze couldn't help regretting that he had just frightened Jia Zhu.

When the whole person was soaked in hot water, Jia Zhu breathed out comfortably, looked up and saw that Xiao Ze had also started to take off his clothes, Jia Zhu said, "Why, you didn't wash it?"

Xiao Ze nodded: "That's right, it's just ready, and as soon as I found out you're here, I hurried to find you, and I haven't had time to wash it yet."

After Jia Zhu heard the leftovers from that table, she understood in her heart that those delicious dishes were probably prepared for Xiao Ze by the officials at the inn. To reveal the identity of the prince, but Xiao Ze has many official positions, and any one he takes out is qualified to spend the night at the post station, not to mention that Xiao Ze is rich and powerful, which of the petty officials is not attentive to serve?

Knowing the recipe in his heart, Jia Zhu still asked, after all, if those dishes were not eaten by Xiao Ze, then they were eaten by the petty officials themselves. The petty officials in a mere post station can eat such a rich meal, which is amazing. It's really oily!

Xiao Ze nodded when he heard Jia Zhu's question, and finally asked: "Why, what happened?"

Jia Zhu briefly talked about the little official's affairs. Even so, Xiao Ze was pissed enough, and thought secretly in his heart, but Xiao Ze didn't say anything, but said: "It's just a group of dogs looking at people. Low guy."

Jia Zhu felt a little strange, this one was the most vengeful one, and today the sun came out from the west, just as she was thinking, Xiao Ze came in with a whole person, the barrel was big, but the two of them were very tight inside. , The water also splashed out a lot.

It was difficult for the two of them to turn around inside. Jia Zhu asked him to go out first and change the water later before washing, but Xiao Ze disagreed. Take it back to me."

Xiao Ze looked at Jia Zhu pitifully, held Jia Zhu's hand and reached out to touch it, Jia Zhu felt the change in the other party, both exasperated and helpless.

In the end, Xiao Ze compromised, but the situation still had to be resolved. Jia Zhu's hand helped him, but at the same time, he couldn't help being moved. In the end, the two of them resolved it for each other.

At best, it was just an appetizer, which made Xiao Ze's long-satisfied appetite only taste a little bit, and he vented all his dissatisfaction on the unfortunate little official.

Xiao Ze knew that Jia Zhu's words must have omitted a lot, and later he had to find out what the little official said, so as to deal with these bastards.

Right now is not the time to think about these things, Jia Zhu naturally asked why Xiao Ze is here, counting according to the time Xiao Ze left, no matter what, he couldn't rush with them, so Xiao Ze told himself I shared my thoughts with Jia Zhu.

"As for the matter in Shandong, the Mingchao must have hit a wall everywhere. If it is an unannounced visit, Su Zhengqin will be a burden."

"How do you say it?" Jia Zhu was taken aback, and then his face became serious: "Could it be that the officials in Shandong are planning to kill the imperial court officials, and Mr. Su is an imperial envoy. They are planning to rebel!"

Xiao Ze's expression became serious: "Since the local officials dare to collude with Donghu, if it is found out, it is also a capital crime of collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country. What can't they do? What's more, there are many mountains and forests in Shandong, and bandits have always caused disasters. They used bandits to make this matter even more difficult—you are unannounced visits, and if you push responsibility at that time, it will be a bad thing.”

Jia Zhu frowned when she heard the words: "Are you so sure that this is a matter of local officials colluding with the Donghu to collude with the enemy and traitorous country, and not about pirates? You know, we went to Shandong to find out the root cause of this matter. If it is preconceived, I'm afraid It’s time to take a detour.”

Xiao Ze smiled, and approached Jia Zhu: "Why, don't you admire General Guo the most, and you don't believe him in this matter?"

The sour taste was so strong, Jia Zhu was helpless, he didn't understand why this guy was always jealous of General Guo.

"Believe it or not, it depends on the evidence.