Zhu Hao went home normally, and there was no difference from before. If there was any inconsistency, it was that in the palace, he was more pretending to be sick and acted weak. Now in order not to make his family suspicious, he jumped around and looked like
Full of energy, in fact this is his true condition.
The first thing I did when I got home was to ask Su Xigui about drying salt.
Zhu Niang seemed to have a premonition, looked at her son and asked: "Xiao Hao, are you okay in the palace?"
Zhu Hao scratched his head: "Why did mom ask that? Did someone say something to mom?"
"No."
Zhu Niang frowned slightly, "I've just been feeling a little uneasy recently. Nothing happened at home. I thought you might encounter some difficulties in the palace, so I'll be relieved that you're safe."
Then Zhu Niang recounted what happened these days.
Zhu Hao said: "It has only been ten days. Logically speaking, the first batch of salt cannot be dried. Tomorrow I will go to see him. In addition to asking about the situation of the salt drying, I also need to hurry up and buy the land. After all, he has us in his hands."
Five thousand taels of silver."
Aunt Li reminded: "Master Hao, I have discussed this matter with your mother. Even if Su Dongzhu doesn't give us the five thousand taels, we can treat it as if it never happened. There is no need to face each other over the five thousand taels."
Zhu Hao refused to give up: "The deal was agreed in black and white, how can we allow him to cheat? Besides, five thousand taels is really not a small amount. We can't suffer this loss, suffer this thing... Once you suffer this once, others will think you are easy to bully."
, I will focus on you to take advantage from now on, don’t think that we orphans and widows don’t dare to fight.”
Zhu Hao's words gave Zhu Niang confidence.
Madam Zhu nodded: "What Xiaohao said makes sense. If we hadn't fought hard with our arguments before, we wouldn't even have been able to save our fields, houses, and houses. We can't make people think that we are easy to bully."
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Early the next morning.
The old lady Zhu Jiashi sent a carriage to take Zhu Hao out of the city.
This time he did not come to the city to ask questions in person, but instead took Zhu Hao to Zhu's mansion. Zhu Hao roughly guessed that it must be related to his previous incident of pretending to be the crown prince of Prince Xing.
The person who came to pick him up was just an ordinary coachman.
Zhu Hao took a carriage to the Zhu family manor. When he came to the back hall, he saw Zhu Jia and Lin Baihu standing together.
Everything was as Zhu Hao expected.
Lin Baihu specially ordered Lu Song to warn him not to tell the Zhu family about impersonating Prince Xing's crown prince, and to ensure that everything was under his control. Of course, he had to come to the Zhu family in person.
"Zhu Hao, this is Jin Yi Wei Lin Bai Hu, you have seen it before." Zhu Jiashi introduced.
Zhu Hao saluted respectfully: "I have met Lin Baihu."
The look he looked over was filled with confusion... Didn't he say that this person had returned to the capital? Could it be that when he told Lu Song about returning to the capital, he was lying to make Lu Song relax his vigilance?
Zhu Jiashi said: "Lin Baihu is about to escort Eunuch Zhang, the royal horse supervisor, to leave Anlu and go to Xuanfu for business. Before leaving, I came here to ask you about the situation in the palace. If there is anything, you can just tell me."
The old lady deliberately emphasized the word "speak directly" in her speech. In fact, she was warning Zhu Hao that you should clearly distinguish what can and cannot be said.
Zhu Hao said: "Everything is normal for me in the palace. I just go to class and study, and stay with Jinghong, the son of Jingzhi County, at night. There is nothing unusual these days."
This was considered to be in line with Lin Baihu's wish, not to mention his experience of pretending to be Prince Xing's son.
Lin Baihu looked over, with a smile on his face.
Probably because he was satisfied with Lu Song's efficiency and ability... He didn't think that Lu Song would reveal his identity, let alone that the two of them had already met.
And Zhu Hao...
As he imagined, he was very knowledgeable.
Zhu Jia was slightly dissatisfied with Zhu Hao's words, but this dissatisfaction was mostly pretended. She said with a stern face: "I asked you to enter the palace, but I haven't found any useful information until now. After you let Lin Baihu go back,
How do you communicate with the court? Tell me about your relationship with Crown Prince Xing."
Zhu Haodao: "The prince is currently studying Mencius. Mr. Gongsun teaches very well and his studies are progressing very quickly. However, there may be some celebrations in the palace recently, and the prince does not go to class every day. Besides... maybe Lin Baihu
You know something."
Zhu Jia naturally set his sights on Lin Baihu.
Lin Baihu frowned: "What do you mean by this?"
Zhu Haodao: "I remember that my family told me before that they wanted me to meet Lin Baihu's spy in the palace, but then for some reason nothing happened... Is there something wrong with the spy?"
Lin Baihu sneered: "What does it have to do with you?"
However, Zhu Jia seemed to have grasped the clue and followed Zhu Hao's intention and asked: "Lin Baihu, since you are going back to the capital, shouldn't you also inform the Zhu family of your local layout in Anlu, if something goes wrong?
So that someone can take care of him and avoid trouble?"
Lin Baihu didn't expect to be tricked by Zhu Hao. Naturally, he would not tell Lu Song's true identity, but he didn't know how to deal with Zhu Jia's questioning.
"The person has been transferred, and the palace has found out his identity... Didn't the old lady know it before? When I return to the capital this time, I may see Deputy Zhu Qianhu. If the old lady has anything to say, I will inform him as soon as possible.
Deputy Zhu Qianhu..."
Lin Baihu could only try to change the topic.
Zhu Jia thought of her eldest son who was suffering in the capital, waved his hand to let Zhu Hao go out, and then said to Lin Baihu: "Then let's discuss it carefully."
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When Zhu Hao was called to the back hall again, Lin Baihu was no longer there, leaving only Zhu Jia standing there.
"Grandson, has nothing really happened in the palace these days?" Zhu Jiashi said indifferently.
Zhu Hao said: "Grandma, that's not the case. As far as I know, the royal horse supervisor, Eunuch Zhang, met Prince Xing's Crown Prince and seemed to have poisoned the Crown Prince during the banquet... The Crown Prince has not been to class for several days and does not know the circumstances of the poisoning.
how."
Zhu Jiashi said sternly: "Why didn't you tell us about such a big thing before?"
Zhu Hao said cautiously: "Lin Baihu was here before, and it seems that the poisoning incident was related to Lin Baihu. I can't say anything casually in front of him."
Zhu Jia's face was full of anger.
It seemed that he was angry that Lin Baihu deceived the Zhu family.
Zhu Hao had to say something on this matter.
Who knows if Lin Baihu will let someone tell him not to tell him about pretending to be Prince Xing's son, but at the same time secretly tell the Zhu family... Once Zhu Hao comes back and doesn't report anything, the Zhu family will definitely feel
He was estranged from his family and would stab him in the back again.
The people in Jinyiwei are sinister and vicious, so we have to guard against this kind of thing.
However, he observed Zhu Jia's reaction and roughly judged that Lin Baihu did not mention Zhang Zhong's meeting with Prince Xing to Zhu Jia.
Then Zhu Hao doesn’t need to say that he pretended to be Zhu Houcong when he went to see Zhang Zhong and was poisoned. Anyway, it’s true or false. Several forces don’t trust each other. I only promise to tell everything I can say, and Zhu Hao will be blamed later.
When Jia gets some wind and questions, he can say that he has told everything he knows.
Some people say that I pretend to be the crown prince of Prince Xing, do the Zhu family believe it?
Where is the evidence?
Zhu Hao now wants to destroy the mutual trust between Lin Baihu and the Zhu family. It doesn't matter what the truth is.
He is not afraid that the palace will hold him accountable.
Zhang Zhong poisoned, and Lin Baihu was present. Lin Baihu went into Zhu's house to talk to Zhu Jia, how could he hide it from Prince Xing's palace? Why do you think it was not Lin Baihu who informed the Zhu family about this?
Prince Xing's palace did not allow Zhu Hao to leak the news, more to regulate Zhu Hao's behavior and stance than to really rely on Zhu Hao to hide the matter.
"Grandson, you didn't say anything about this in front of Lin Baihu before. You are right. Recently I found out that he has hidden a lot from my Zhu family. Now you must try your best to find his informants in the palace. Lin Baihu is leaving.
Finally, you can use the eyeliner for my Zhu family."
Because of Zhu Hao's "report", Zhu Jia had more expectations for Zhu Hao.
Zhu Hao wondered: "But grandma, I don't have trust in the palace at all. If anything happens in the palace, the palace will avoid me. I can't find out the deeper information."
Zhu Jiashi had a good face before, but immediately turned cold after hearing this: "If it's not difficult, why let you go? If there's nothing else, you can go back first!"
Sure enough, after using it, it was discarded like worn out shoes. How do you still expect to make contributions to the Zhu family and gain benefits?
Zhu Hao was glad that he had chosen to join Prince Xing's Mansion from the beginning. If he had sincerely served the Zhu family and was thankless for his efforts, he might have been betrayed by the Zhu family in the end. The Zhu family did not regard him as a blood relative at all, but simply treated him as an enemy.
, it’s really puzzling.
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After Zhu Hao left, Butler Liu entered the back hall.
"Old Madam, Lin Baihu has just left. I heard that he is going back to the capital. Should you send the box you prepared before to his residence?" Butler Liu asked for instructions.
Zhu Jiashi said with a dark face: "No need."
Butler Liu looked surprised: "We are all ready...why is this? Doesn't the eldest master also need Lin Baihu's care?"
Zhu Jiashi's tone was full of disdain: "What can he take care of for a mere hundred households? He may have withheld much of the money he sent to the capital for establishing relationships. Now he is just accompanying the eunuch Zhang Zhong.
When he took office in the Xuanfu, he did a hard job...Do you really think of him as a capable person in the court? He is not worth mentioning in front of my Zhu family."
Is there a rift between the Zhu family and Lin Baihu?
Butler Liu, as the palace's internal agent in the Zhu family, has not kept up with the Zhu Jia family's pace.
Lin Baihu came to visit before, and the two parties had been talking secretly for a long time. Why did a conflict suddenly arise and lead to bitter hatred?
"Old Madam, did Lin Baihu do something... sorry about the Zhu family?" Butler Liu asked hurriedly.
Just like Zhu Hao spying on information in the palace, Butler Liu also relies on information in exchange for benefits. If he can find out the secrets of Jin Yiwei, Prince Xing's palace will naturally not treat him badly.
Zhu Jiashi glanced at him: "It's none of your business, don't ask about other things."
"Yes Yes."
Butler Liu found that the old lady was wary of him, so he turned to ask for instructions, "I wonder if the young master of the Third Madam's family..."
Zhu Jiashi waved his hand: "You can just have someone take him back to the city. If you are willing, you can do it yourself. This kid is very alert. I believe he can play an important role in the palace. Don't underestimate him!"
Regarding the relationship between the Zhu family and Lin Baihu, Zhu Jiashi concealed it from Butler Liu, but deliberately revealed her appreciation for Zhu Hao.
Butler Liu naturally listened to these words.
Butler Liu had originally been wary of Zhu Hao being used by the Zhu family. Now he didn't take the opportunity to go to the palace to file a complaint. He just said that this kid was cheating and he definitely revealed it to the Zhu family when he returned home this time.