Zhu Hao entered the palace. Before he could reach the dormitory in the west courtyard, the sound of boots hitting the ground quickly came from behind. When he turned around, he saw Lu Song and several guards hurriedly chasing after him.
"Master Zhu, I hope you can have a good meal next time."
Lu Song breathed a sigh of relief after catching up with Zhu Hao.
Zhu Hao smiled and asked, "What does Lu Dianzhan want from me?"
Lu Song waved his hand and asked his subordinates to change their shifts. He stepped forward and after taking a breath, he said, "Didn't you make an agreement with Mr. Tang to finish the government examination before noon and then leave the examination room? I'll wait before noon. I'll wait."
For half an hour, it wasn't until the organizers came out and listened to their discussion that I realized that you had handed in your papers early... I hurriedly looked around again."
It's really rare to hear Lu Song complain.
The Lu Songs Zhu Hao usually saw were the type of old scalpers who worked hard in the fields. They only panted and did not bark. Now I realized that Lu Song also complained sometimes.
After asking in detail, I found out that Lu Song had been called by Tang Yin early in the morning to wait for Wang Shouren at Shili Pavilion outside the city. After receiving Wang Shouren, he escorted him to the state government office... He had not been free all morning.
"Lu Dianzhan, what are you going to do next after you find me? You won't take me to the state government office to find Mr. Tang, right?" Zhu Hao asked with a smile.
Lu Song said: "That's not necessary. Mr. Tang guessed that you might return to the palace, so he asked someone to hold a banquet in Dongsheng Pavilion, not far from the palace. You can just go down there."
Lu Song didn't have time to rest, so a new group of guards followed him, and he took Zhu Hao to the restaurant.
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It is certainly unusual to say that the palace provided money for Tang Yin to host a banquet for distinguished guests.
Tianxing Prince's Mansion directly booked the entire Dongsheng Pavilion and only entertained the guests at the table of Tang Yin and Wang Shouren.
"Good name."
Zhu Hao stood at the door of the restaurant, not in a hurry to go in. He looked up and saw that all the windows on the second floor of Dongsheng Pavilion were closed, so he could not detect what was going on inside.
When Lu Song saw the palace guards guarding the door, he knew he was in the right place. He walked over and said, "Send a message and tell me that I have brought Master Zhu here."
"yes."
The guard quickly went upstairs to inform.
Zhu Hao thought to himself, this is quite formal. Normally you, Lu Song, can just take me up. Is this giving Wang Shouren face?
It doesn’t look like it!
It should be to give Tang Yin face, so that Tang Yin's old friend Wang Shouren felt that Tang Yin received great courtesy in the palace, which gave him enough face.
This is how the royal family behaves. Maybe Yuan Zonggao and Zhang Zuo had told Lu Song and others in advance that they must do this when they follow Tang Yin.
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After the communication, the two went upstairs smoothly.
Lu Song went in front and Zhu Hao followed. After going upstairs, they saw two people sitting in front of a large round table in the middle.
In addition to Tang Yin, there is also an old scholar in his forties who looks weathered, slightly depressed, and has a goatee. At first glance, he looks a bit like Fan Yikuan, but when he looks directly at the staircase, his sharp eyes
His eyes were like sharp arrows with murderous intent, obviously different from those of a weak scholar like Tang Yin.
Zhu Hao originally thought that the other party would bring many followers, but he turned out to be alone. It seemed that he was going to the meeting alone. After all, Prince Xing's Mansion entertained Wang Shouren for no reason.
"Zhu Hao is here? Come on, let me introduce you. This is Wang Zhongcheng, the censor of Qiandu and the governor of the southern state of Jiangxi and Jiangxi."
Tang Yin introduced with a smile.
Tang Yin did not stand up, so Wang Shouren naturally did not need to stand up. After all, the person coming out of the stairs was not a big shot. If someone from the palace came, even Zhang Zuo, Wang Shouren would have to stand up to greet him.
But it was a child who came...
Why is this?
"Bohu, who is he?"
Wang Shouren asked very directly.
Wang Shouren himself is two years younger than Tang Yin. One of them is from Zhejiang and the other is from Nanzhili. They are both talented and famous. They also participated in the joint examination in the twelfth year of Hongzhi. They usually have no friendship, but they can talk about each other after meeting.
Be friends.
Tang Yin said with a smile: "This is the descendant of the Zhu family, who lived in Changshou County, Anlu Prefecture, from a family of thousands of Jinyiwei. He is the only son of the late loyal general Zhu Hao during the rebellion in the Central Plains in the seventh year of Zhengde."
During the introduction, Tang Yin did not say that Zhu Hao was his disciple.
What a shame!
As a teacher, I ask for help from my disciples every day. If I tell this, who will believe it?
Now he wants to use Zhu Hao as a gunman and let Zhu Hao make up some excuses to deal with Wang Shouren. Then he can no longer treat Zhu Hao as a junior, but as a peer. Only in this way can he, Tang Yin, have the opportunity to hide behind and watch the fun.
When Zhu Hao heard this introduction, he thought to himself that this old boy must have been embarrassed by Wang Shouren many times in the morning and found it difficult to deal with, so he praised me and asked me to help you greet this contemporary man who can't get a grain of sand out of his eyes.
Famous minister.
Tang Bohu, Tang Bohu, you are really insidious.
When Wang Shouren heard that Zhu Hao was a child of the Zhu family, a family of thousands of Jinyiwei families, his expression changed obviously.
This involves the past that Wang Shouren was imprisoned in Beijing for offending Liu Jin in the early years of Zhengde, and was later assigned to Longchang Station in Guiyang as a post official. During the period, he was continuously chased by Liu Jin's people and escaped by pretending to die... Only
Only those who have experienced the difficulties faced by Dongchang and Jinyiwei will have a deep understanding of the methods of these two spy agencies.
It is a kind of fear that comes from the heart.
Tang Yin obviously knew this, so he used Zhu Hao's identity as an excuse.
"It turns out that he is the queen of Zhongliang, so he is respectable and respectable." Wang Shouren still did not stand up, but he slightly cupped his hands, which was regarded as giving enough attention to the child.
Lu Song on the side didn't quite understand what was going on.
This Wang Shouren is the most difficult to talk to among the officials he has ever seen. He is rigid and likes to make things difficult for others. He will not let go when asked a question. He often makes others blush when asked, and is speechless. He still presses forward step by step.
How could he show such courtesy to a child like Zhu Hao now that he had never seen him in the morning?
"Lu Dianzhan, are you sharing the table?"
Tang Yin was very polite and asked the stunned Lu Song next to him with a smile.
Lu Song said hurriedly: "As my humble duty, I won't interrupt our conversation. I'll wait downstairs first. If you have any orders, just let me know."
"Um."
Tang Yin nodded and watched Lu Song go downstairs.
Then Tang Yin directly said to Zhu Hao: "Sit down."
To actually let a junior like Zhu Hao sit at the same table as the famous Wang Shouren, Zhu Hao thought to himself, Tang Yin, you don't have a ghost in your heart...
There is no way to deal with Wang Shouren's pressing step by step. Even if the etiquette and respect are messed up, you will not hesitate.
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Wang Shouren's expression didn't change much.
Seeing Zhu Hao sit down, he didn't mind much. The other party was Zhongliang, and he came from a family of thousands of Jinyiwei. He was likely to join Jinyiwei as a servant in the future... Officials, especially those who had seen Jinyiwei's methods, why should they follow a future person?
What about the secret agent leader getting angry? There is really no need!
Tang Yin said with a smile: "Zhu Hao, in front of Wang Zhongcheng, please explain one thing clearly... Wang Zhongcheng has asked you many times before, and I can't explain it clearly. I can only let you clear up the confusion."
There is no nonsense, Tang Yin will pass on the conflict when he comes up.
Wang Shouren looked slightly embarrassed: "Bohu, what are you talking about?"
"Haha, it's like this. Wang Zhongcheng rushed to Changshou County overnight and arrived before dawn. He made some inspections on the battlefield outside the city, especially the destroyed enemy camp. He thought that the gunpowder used by the palace was unusually powerful, so he thought
Ask what’s going on.”
Tang Yin's words were very direct.
This explains why he pushed Zhu Hao out as a shield when he first came up. It was mainly because Wang Shouren pressed too hard.
Wang Shouren is a great military strategist, so naturally he will not be like those civil servants who know only a little about military affairs. He will believe whatever you say. Naturally, he wants to personally investigate and verify it, and he likes to be more truthful.
After on-site inspection, they found that the explosive power of gunpowder was so powerful that they naturally did not think it was ordinary black powder. The sulfur, saltpeter and other substances left on the ground after the explosion of black gunpowder could be easily identified... An experienced leader like Wang Shouren could easily fabricate the story of Prince Xing's Mansion.
lies exposed.
Zhu Hao shook his head: "I don't know."
You asked directly, and I answered even more directly.
Tang Yin couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, this guy... is quite ruthless!
It was so grandly recommended before, but you just answered that you don’t know?
Do you think I went to all this trouble to find you just to fool ghosts?
Wang Shouren was listening, and his tense face could not help but soften slightly, and he looked at Tang Yin with a wry smile: "Bohu, what on earth is going on?"
If you find a kid, even if he has a rich background, what does it have to do with me asking you about gunpowder? Just answer me directly. How can you let a childish person explain?
Now that someone has said that he doesn’t know, do you have to explain it clearly?
Tang Yin felt extremely uncomfortable. It was not Wang Shouren who choked him, but this little guy Zhu Hao.
For a moment, he suddenly felt that Zhu Hao and Wang Shouren were in the same group. Isn't this embarrassing?
Tang Yin glared at Zhu Hao: "Zhu Hao, tell me as much as you know."
That look seemed to be threatening. If you dare to say that you don't know anything again, I will reveal all the details and say that you made that powerful gunpowder.
Zhu Hao calmed down and said: "Mr. Tang, I have never been to the battlefield in person, so I don't know what happened to the gunpowder, but I heard that it was so powerful that it blew up the bandits' camp in one blow and knocked everyone's back. The ground was covered with broken limbs. I think it was very powerful.
.But I also heard that this thing is very dangerous. It is said that it was gunpowder transported out of the city, and it exploded on the way, and it even killed the guards of Prince Xing's palace... Is this a thing?"
Tang Yin was startled.
Zhu Hao talked more this time.
It seemed like she was explaining to him, but after she finished speaking, it was as if she hadn't said anything at all, and she even asked him a question?
Am I asking you, or are you asking me?
But Tang Yin was not an ordinary person after all. He heard the key point in Zhu Hao's question. What he emphasized was not how powerful the gunpowder was, but how difficult it was to control.
"Alas! This is what happened... Bo'an, I didn't tell you in detail before. The guards sent out to attack the enemy camp at that time all went there with the determination to die, but some guards still accidentally died on the way.
The gunpowder exploded, so that...it's a pity that the palace has already provided pensions to his family..."
Tang Yin was able to actively learn and understand Zhu Hao's spirit. He found that although Zhu Hao's presence seemed to have little practical significance and would still give him difficult problems, Wang Shouren could finally pick up what Wang Shouren had to say and he was able to deal with it easily.
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Tang Yin's heart is like a bright mirror.
It doesn't matter if Zhu Hao makes things difficult for me. Anyway, this kid makes things difficult for me every day. As long as I can silence Wang Shouren, I will have completed the task entrusted by Prince Xing's Palace.