"... I believe that as long as His Highness can master this secret, he will be able to manipulate Huo Zhengyuan and Zhao Junchen behind Huo Zhengyuan at will in the future!"
Upon hearing Jiang Xiao's words, Zhu Hejian's eyes flashed immediately.
After a long silence, Zhu Hejian stopped scolding Jiang Xiao and asked seriously: "What kind of secret allows me to manipulate Zhao Junchen at will? Is Zhao Junchen so easy to manipulate? Is he trying to rebel?"
In Zhu Hejian's view, Zhao Junchen's current situation is like having too many lice but not itching. Every day, a large number of officials continue to impeach him. There are countless crimes such as corruption and bribery, forming cliques for personal gains, etc., but Zhao Junchen can always find reasons to excuse himself.
Ordinary charges cannot have any impact on Zhao Junchen at all, let alone taking advantage of Zhao Junchen at will.
Jiang Xiao said in a deep voice: "Although it can't be regarded as rebellion, it's almost enough! That is... Zhao Junchen is most likely secretly colluding with overseas forces through Huo Zhengyuan, and has reached some kind of invisible secret deal with the Dutch Governor of Nanyang.
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While speaking, Jiang Xiao raised his head, looked back, and waved again.
The next moment, Hu Xiao quickly walked up to Zhu Hejian, knelt down and saluted humbly, and said loudly: "Little man Hu Xiao, pay homage to His Highness the Seventh Prince! I have long heard of His Highness the Seventh Prince's reputation, and today I can see it with my own eyes.
Your Highness, I am very frightened and honored. In my eyes, Your Highness is the long-awaited master. I hope that Your Highness will take me in. I will definitely be loyal and do my best to serve Your Highness..."
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Jiang Xiao finally decided to introduce Hu Xiao to Zhu Hejian.
Although Jiang Xiao also knew very well that once Hu Xiao and Zhu Hejian were allowed to meet, Hu Xiao would definitely climb up the pole, take the opportunity to show his value, please in every possible way, and then surrender to Zhu Hejian and seek asylum from Zhu Hejian. When the time comes, Jiang Xiao
It would be difficult to take revenge on him directly.
However, after much thought, Jiang Xiao still believed that under the current situation, he should give priority to winning Zhu Hejian's understanding and trust, and was not willing to continue to damage Zhu Hejian's future plans because of his personal grudges.
As for revenge against Hu Xiao, Jiang Xiao thought that he could still endure it a little bit.
Under the current situation, Zhu Hejian's first priority is to protect Jiang Xiao, Hu Xiao and others from being rounded up by the government. Even if he accepts Hu Xiao's surrender, he can only hand over Hu Xiao to Jiang Xiao's custody, so Jiang Xiao's next step
There are still many opportunities to retaliate against Hu Xiao. There is no need to worry about Hu Xiao escaping from his grasp, and there is no need to rush.
What's more, according to Lu De, Zhu Hejian has now made up his mind to completely abandon Jiang Xiao and the "Chaofeng" organization. When he protects Jiang Xiao and the "Chaofeng" dead soldiers to escape from the government roundup, he will put them away.
Leading to the ambush of Jin Yiwei and completely eliminating the hidden danger is also Jiang Xiao's biggest crisis at present.
After Hu Xiao showed his extremely high value to Zhu Hejian, he might be able to prompt Zhu Hejian to change his mind and plan.
After all, Hu Xiao is being controlled by Jiang Xiao, and when he escapes from the government roundup, he will also go with Jiang Xiao. If Zhu Hejian still wants to ambush and destroy Jiang Xiao and the "Chaofeng" organization, it means that Hu Xiao will also be in the ambush.
In the process, he was attacked indiscriminately by the Jin Yiwei, and there was a high probability that he would be buried with Jiang Xiao. Zhu Hejian would not be able to use Hu Xiao to deal with Zhao Junchen in the future.
Jiang Xiao knew very well that Zhu Hejian valued and feared Zhao Junchen. If he had the opportunity to bring down Zhao Junchen, he could even control Zhao Junchen at will. This kind of benefit would undoubtedly be extremely amazing to Zhu Hejian. Naturally, there would be a chance for Zhu Hejian to reverse the situation.
In his heart, he chose to keep Jiang Xiao and the "Chaofeng" organization.
As for the cooperation plan proposed by Lu De, it was just a last resort and a backup option for Jiang Xiao, because Jiang Xiao had never trusted Lu De from the beginning to the end. Unless it was absolutely necessary, Jiang Xiao would never want to put himself with "ridicule"
The fate of the "Wind" organization is left to Lu De's control.
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At this time, Jiang Xiao was still unbearable when he heard Hu Xiao's endless flattering words, even though it was something he had expected.
Therefore, Jiang Xiao directly interrupted Hu Xiao's speech and reported to Zhu Hejian in a deep voice: "Your Highness, you should also know about the past grudges between my subordinates and this Hu Xiao!
The subordinates are very aware of Hu Xiao's nature. He has never been a righteous person. He is only good at seeking wealth and killing people, killing people and robbing their homes. Therefore, when the subordinates discovered that Hu Xiao was connected with Huo Zhengyuan, they immediately realized...
Huo Zhengyuan must be planning a plan that cannot be seen in the light, so he secretly colludes with a desperado like Hu Xiao!
During this period of time, my subordinates have been chasing Hu Xiao. In addition to their own personal grudges, they also want to find out the truth for His Highness! But tonight, after my subordinates finally took control of Hu Xiao, they discovered what was hidden in Hu Xiao.
The secret is far more shocking than expected..."
Later, Jiang Xiao told Zhu Hejian in detail about Hu Xiao's identity and background, as well as the relationship between Huo Zhengyuan and Hu Xiao.
After listening to Jiang Xiao's explanation, Zhu Hejian couldn't help but be shocked!
Huo Zhengyuan's staff are secretly colluding with the Dutch Governor of Nanyang?
Zhu Hejian had also heard of the existence of the Netherlands, but he did not know that the Netherlands was in decline. He still regarded the Netherlands as a Western power, not weaker than the Ming Dynasty, and definitely a powerful foreign country.
With Huo Zhengyuan's timid temperament and cautious style, it is impossible for him to secretly collude with the Netherlands. It must be Zhao Junchen's behind-the-scenes mastermind!
And Zhao Junchen, as a powerful official in the imperial court, secretly colluded with powerful foreign countries as a powerful official in the temple. The nature of this matter was so bad and the hidden dangers were so serious that it would not be an exaggeration to say that Zhao Junchen had a rebellious intention.
Just like Jiang Xiao's judgment, if Zhu Hejian can take advantage of the opportunity to grasp conclusive evidence, he can easily bring down Zhao Junchen in the future. Even using this handle to manipulate Zhao Junchen at will is a very simple matter.
Thinking of this, Zhu Hejian's eyes flickered, and countless thoughts quickly flashed through his mind.
Then, Zhu Hejian turned to look at Hu Xiao and ordered: "Are you Hu Xiao? Look up at me!"
Hu Xiao still lowered his head and said in a flattering tone: "This... villain has burns on his face and is extremely ugly. I'm afraid he may have offended His Highness..."
"No problem!"
In front of Zhu Hejian, Hu Xiao was extremely well-behaved and immediately raised his head to look at Zhu Hejian.
However, due to the burns on his face, although Hu Xiao tried his best to put on a humble and flattering smile, his image was still ferocious and terrifying. Anyone with a weak courage would immediately be frightened by his bloody appearance.
Jump.
But after Zhu Hejian saw Hu Xiao's ferocious appearance, his expression did not change at all. He just asked curiously: "Looking at your facial condition, you should have been burned recently... What's going on? Is it Jiang Xiao's method?"
Hu Xiao chuckled and said: "Your Majesty, it is not Jiang Xiao's method, but the villain himself."
Then, Hu Xiao explained to Zhu Hejian in detail why he took the initiative to burn his face and the specific process of burning his face.
After hearing this, Zhu Hejian looked at Hu Xiao more seriously.
Obviously, although Hu Xiao looks playful and smiling, his ruthlessness and decisiveness cannot be underestimated.
In fact, Hu Xiao told Zhu Hejian the process of his active disfigurement in detail because he wanted to take the opportunity to show his usefulness and ability.
After Zhu Hejian pondered for a moment, he asked again: "You just said... you want to surrender to me? Then how do you think you should win my trust? I have roughly seen your temperament, as cunning and vicious as you are.
Sir, I don’t dare to believe it casually.”
Hu Xiao shrugged, as if he had already guessed that Zhu Hejian would ask this question, and immediately replied: "I have also heard about His Highness's situation during this time. You are the future Crown Prince, and even the future Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
There is no bigger backer than you in this world! Although the villain is a bit cunning, he is definitely not stupid. Naturally, he understands the benefits of being loyal to you and fully understands the price of betraying you! What's more, the villain has already taken Huo Zhengyuan's
I want to tell you secretly that if Huo Zhengyuan and the Governor of Nanyang of the Netherlands knew what the villain was doing, they would definitely regard the villain as a traitor. Therefore, the villain has lost all retreats and will only have unreserved loyalty to His Highness in the future.
There is a way to choose."
Zhu Hejian's expression did not change at all, making it impossible to figure out his thoughts. He just asked again: "Then what kind of use can you play after you join me?"
Hu Xiao was still prepared and quickly replied: "If Your Highness accepts the villain's surrender, there will definitely be a lot of benefits! First of all, the villain can continue to lurk around Zhou Shangjing, or among the pirate forces in Nanyang, to collect more information for His Highness.
Details and evidence of cooperation between multiple parties;
Secondly, the villain is quite well-connected among the pirates in Southeast Asia. With just one order from you, Your Highness, the villain can quickly summon hundreds or even thousands of desperadoes in Southeast Asia to secretly sneak into the territory of the Ming Dynasty and deal with all the troubles for you!
Hey, I am not boasting. When the villain summoned the Nanyang pirates to do things for His Highness, not only was the final effect no less effective than Jiang Xiao and his dead men, but the concealment was much better, because the villain would never attack those people.
The desperadoes reveal His Highness’s existence, and can abandon them without hesitation when necessary, without Your Highness spending additional resources on training..."
Hearing what Hu Xiao said, Jiang Xiao's expression suddenly changed.
Jiang Xiao had long known that Hu Xiao would spare no effort to show his value to Zhu Hejian, but Jiang Xiao never expected that Hu Xiao would take the opportunity to replace the role of the entire "Chaofeng" organization.
Hu Xiao ignored Jiang Xiao's emotional changes and continued to talk: "Finally, a villain can make a lot of money for Your Highness! Your Highness, you may not know how many ways to make money in Nanyang."
, whether it is smuggling, trade, or robbery, it is all profitable!
Oh, by the way! Your Highness, you also know that the villain’s past background is that he was the secret minion of the Dutch Governor of Nanyang, so the villain can also gain access to the Netherlands! As far as the villain knows, the firearms of the Netherlands are better than those of the Ming Dynasty.
They are much sharper, so as long as His Highness is willing, I can provide His Highness with a large number of Western firearms..."
In this way, Hu Xiao kept talking and listed more than ten reasons why Zhu Hejian should accept his service and reuse him. Each of them was tempting.
For a moment, even Zhu Hejian couldn't help but be greatly moved, and even looked at Hu Xiao with admiration.
When a person lives in the world and interacts with the outside world, if he wants to be like a fish in water and be successful, he must understand the relationship between himself, others, and interests!
In short, it means how many benefits you have, how many benefits others have, what benefits you want, what benefits others want, what benefits you are willing to pay, and what benefits others are likely to pay.
These things all seem simple but are actually profound, but only extremely smart people can truly distinguish them clearly.
Obviously, Hu Xiao is such an extremely smart person.
At least, he knows exactly what he has and what he can give!