Zhu Bajie stayed in Bingzhou for a few days, investigated and secretly visited, and made a clear picture of the inside story of the Bingzhou case. During this period, Xue Shao was only in charge of hospitality and did not interfere with his behavior in any way. Anyway, Xue Shao has nothing to hide from the imperial court and the two saints in the case of merging states, and it is best to report it truthfully.

However, Xue Shao still had an extra heart, and sent a few henchmen of the Three Knife Brigade to secretly pay attention to Zhu Bajie's daily itinerary. With the current skill level of the people of the Three Swords Brigade in terms of "reconnaissance", the tips sent to keep an eye on a eunuch seem to be a bit big and useless.

On this day, Guo Yuanzhen came to find Xue Shao and said that Wu Yougui and Wu Yizong, who were supposed to go to Jizhou to collect grain, quietly ran back to Bingzhou, and invited Zhu Bajie to talk secretly for a whole afternoon, not knowing what to do.

Xue Shao's heart froze slightly, since the last time he appeared with Tang Huaibi and the others, the two martial brothers left Bingzhou in disgrace. This time, I heard that Zhu Bajie, the henchman of the queen of heaven, came and went to the state, and the two of them sneaked back quietly, so there must be no good thing.

Xue Shao thought to himself, the current Zhu Bajie is no longer the little eunuch who was casually kicked down from the ring by him before. Although Zhu Bajie still behaved like a subordinate slave in front of him, he must not be despised because of this.

The prime minister's concierge is still worthy of a seven-rank official, let alone a confidant of the royal family?

Therefore, Xue Shao planned not to ask Zhu Bajie for verification in person, otherwise wouldn't he let him know that he had sent someone to keep an eye on him?

Let's knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, it is best for Zhu Bajie to take the initiative to say it himself. Otherwise, this person is not trustworthy!

That night, Xue Shao called Zhu Bajie to have dinner together as usual. Zhu Bajie also behaved as usual with sincerity and fear, afraid that he would not dare to drink at the same table with Xue Shao, and took a couch to sit with Guo Yuanzhen and Xue Chuyu in the second seat, which was particularly humble and cautious.

After three rounds of drinking, Xue Shao gave Guo Yuanzhen and Xue Chuyu a look, and both of them left the table first on the grounds of military affairs.

Zhu Bajie's expression changed slightly, and the atmosphere seemed to be a little wrong today......

"Come, let's keep drinking." Xue Shao raised his glass.

Zhu Bajie has always been good at figuring out Shangfeng's "specialty", and he immediately gave full play. Instead of raising his glass, he avoided the table and knelt down and said in a panic: "Childe Rongyu, but what did the little slave do wrong and make Childe unhappy?" ”

"Oh, what is Eunuch Zhu talking about?" Xue Shao was stunned, "I don't mean anything like that!" ”

"......" Zhu Bajie lowered his head and rolled his eyes, and said, "That may be ...... It's the little slave who is a thief with a weak heart. ”

"To be a thief?" Xue Shao couldn't help but smile, "Why did Eunuch Zhu say this?" ”

"Uh...... The little slave did not dare to deceive the child. Zhu Bajie said truthfully, "In the past few days of the visit to the state, many officials and gentry under the rule of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion have frequently feasted and drunk small slaves, and they have also given small slaves a lot of benefits in private. ”

Xue Shaoha laughed, and said in his heart that more than ninety percent of the eunuchs throughout the ages were greedy for money, and another ten percent were not greedy because they couldn't be greedy. Eunuchs, if they lose the power to be a man, they also lose many rights and ideals, and it is difficult for them to have any other pursuits except to get more money to enjoy life.

Moreover, the eunuchs of the inner court were sent to the local states and counties to do things, and if the officials below did not give a little filial piety, it would be simply "unreasonable". This is an unspoken rule that everyone from the emperor to the common people knows. As long as you don't go too far, anyone will turn a blind eye.

Zhu Bajie hurriedly said: "The little slave should have informed the son of this earlier, but he was afraid that the son would resent the little slave after knowing the Tao, so he ......."

Xue Shao waved his hand and said with a smile: "Eunuch Zhu, if you say that, you will be outside." I am also an official, and I know that officialdom is like a river, and it is impossible to be as clear as a river, without a little bit of sediment. What you're talking about isn't a problem at all. Besides, I'm neither the Imperial Judge nor your chief official, so I can't care about it! ”

Zhu Bajie smiled hesitantly and whispered: "The son is generous, and the little slave admires." The little slaves had already divided him into two parts. One more portion, the little slave is willing to honor the son! ”

Xue Shao smiled and was noncommittal.

This may seem like "sharing the spoils", but in fact this benefit is really necessary. Otherwise, Zhu Bajie will worry about whether I, Xue Shao, will use this as a lever to blackmail him, or sue him after returning to the court.

When the water is clear, there are no fish, and many times those who are officials have to accept a little benefit from others. Otherwise, you will not fit in with the group, and you will even lose the trust of "your own people".

As soon as Zhu Bajie saw that Xue Shao did not refuse, it was tantamount to acquiescence, so his heart was relieved for a while-this means that Xue Shao regarded him as "his own person".

Through a temptation, Zhu Bajie felt that he had been weighing some things in his heart before that he didn't know whether to "say" or "not to say", and now he could say it to Xue Shao.

"Childe, the little slave is brave...... Begging back left and right. Zhu Bajie said very quietly.

Xue Shao waved his hand, and the moon slave who was waiting for Xue Shao's meal on the side immediately "cleared" the scene in person, and there was no idle eyes and ears inside and outside the dining hall, and it was impossible for anyone to even eavesdrop on the roof.

"Have something to say?" Xue Shao asked.

Zhu Bajie cautiously walked closer to Xue Shao, knelt down in front of him, and whispered: "Today, Wu Yougui and Wu Yizong suddenly called the little slave and asked a lot of questions, and also explained a lot of things. The little slave was unstable and didn't know how to distinguish it, so he deliberately wanted to ask his son. ”

"Oh? Aren't they the grain governors of Jizhou, why did they leave their posts and run to Bingzhou without permission? Xue Shao looked surprised and said, "What did they say to you?" ”

"They also described the situation of the merger case to the little slave, but it was very different from what the son said and the situation that the little slave himself investigated." Zhu Bajie said with a worried face, "They said that the two of them had already discovered that Li Chongyi had the intention of rebelling, so they had already secretly plotted against Li Chongyi's grandson Li Xiantong and granddaughter-in-law Lu I, and deliberately let his wife lurk beside Li Chongyi. In addition, Tang Huaibi, the deputy general manager of the bank, is also one of the major contributors of those who know about it, and it is the joint efforts of several of them to quell the rebellion in the state. ”

Xue Shao smiled when he heard this, "Is there anything else?" ”

"They also said......" Zhu Bajie hesitated a little, and said cautiously, "Gongzi is suspected of forming a party with Li Jinxing, Wei Yuanzhong, Guo Yuanzhen and others, and relying on the support of Pei Xingjian's military power, he forcibly robbed them of the credit for quelling the rebellion, and bombed the two of them to Jizhou. In addition, they also said that Li Chongyi's death was also arranged by Gongzi. ”

"I arranged it single-handedly? I just can't arrange it if I want to! Xue Shao was a little crying and laughing, "What did the two of them say?" ”

Zhu Bajie smiled bitterly and said: "The two of them said that Gongzi secretly wanted to blackmail Li Xiantong and the Lu couple, and if they wanted to live, they had to kill Li Chongyi in advance. Otherwise, once they arrive in Chang'an, he and his wife will be guilty of treason. ”

"Ridiculous! Whether their family is dead or alive, what does it matter to me? Xue Shao shook his head again and again and scolded in his heart, villain, a brainless villain, and he doesn't pay attention to logic in arranging other people's crimes!

"Ugh! …… Because of this, the little slave also felt that the words of the two of them did not make sense, so he was quite suspicious. Zhu Bajie said, "At that time, the little slave also raised such a question, and the two of them replied that Xue Shao wanted to take this opportunity to completely kill Li Chongyi, so as to flatter and invite favor to the queen of heaven, and at the same time, he could easily eliminate Li Shangdan, who was in charge of Yulinwei. The two of them said that the martial arts academy managed by Xue Gongzi was quite contained by Li Shangdan, so Xue Gongzi had long wanted to eradicate this enemy! ”

"They're quite capable of." Xue Shao smiled, "Eunuch Zhu, I will neither refute nor explain what you said just now. Because I believe that you are a sensible and intelligent person, and you will be able to make a judgment of truth and falsehood. ”

Zhu Bajie's face suddenly became extremely distressed, "Childe, it is indeed not difficult to argue the truth from the false. The difficulty is, how will the little slave reply to the diva? ”

Xue Shao smiled.

Zhu Bajie understood the facts of the merger case very clearly. But two people surnamed Wu suddenly appeared, not only wanting to grab merit, but also wanting to use his Zhu Bajie's hand to suppress Xue Shao.

Xue Shao couldn't help but laugh, these two surnamed Wu really deserve a classic infamy of later generations - "stupid"!

They relied on the fact that they were the nephews of the queen of heaven and had always been favored, so they tried in vain to let Zhu Bajie be their lackey and slave and do things for them. Perhaps in their opinion, since Zhu Bajie is the person of the Queen of Heaven, he is also their "house slave".

But why don't they think about it, Zhu Bajie is not only the person who is the queen of heaven, but also the personal attendant of Princess Taiping. If it weren't for Princess Taiping's big backer, Zhu Bajie still didn't know where Lu Dao was washing the toilet in the inner court - would he dare to do something unfavorable to me Xue Shao?

"Why is Childe laughing?" Zhu Bajie saw Xue Shao smiling so jokingly and indifferently, but he panicked in his heart, and hurriedly bowed down and said cautiously, "The little slave always remembers that he is a domestic slave next to Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping, and that is also Xue Gongzi's domestic slave!" Moreover, the son once had a heavenly and generous kindness to the little slave, and the little slave would rather die than do anything unfavorable to the child! …… But the little slave didn't dare to offend the two sons surnamed Wu. Therefore, I also asked Xue Gongzi for advice, what should the little slave do? ”

"Please." Xue Shao raised his hand, smiled slightly, and said, "The intentions of the two of them, you must be very clear. ”

"Yes, the little slave knows ......" Zhu Bajie nodded honestly.

Xue Shao said: "Then after you return to the court, you will report back to the queen of heaven according to the words taught by the two of them." ”

"Huh?!" Zhu Bajie was taken aback, "This, how can this be made?" Isn't that little slave going to harm the son? ”

Xue Shao smiled and waved his hand, "Don't worry, it won't." ”

"How, how so?" Zhu Bajie's mouth trembled a little.

Xue Shao said with a smile: "Such a shocking case, how can you have the final say in a few words?" The facts are there, justice is in the hearts of the people, and there are capable people in the court who will find out the truth of this case. The two saints must have their own clear judgments. ”

Zhu Bajie's face became even more ugly, "Isn't that little slave going to commit the crime of bullying the king?" ”

"You're just being coerced." Xue Shao raised his wine glass with a smile and gestured for a toast, "Understand?" ”

Zhu Bajie blinked his eyes again and again, thinking in his heart, yes, I will follow Wu Yizong's words to repay the queen of heaven, the queen of heaven is a person who understands, and must know that I am "talking nonsense". As soon as her old man became angry, I was "forced" to tell the truth that it was Wu Yizong who asked me to reply like this - can you blame me after that day? It's all a good thing done by her two good nephews, and of course I don't dare to offend them!

In this way, the queen of heaven will inevitably anger his good nephew! - What a clever way to use force!

Thinking of this, Zhu Bajie's expression was extremely ugly, "Master Xue, in this way, even if the little slave is a capital crime, it is impossible to escape the living crime!" ”

Xue Shao smiled and said, "After you go back, first explain this matter to Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping." Your Highness will not let you suffer too much, and will intercede for you in front of the Queen of Heaven. ”

"It seems that this is the only way to go! …… Thank you for your advice! Zhu Bajie sighed helplessly, bowed to Xue Shao, and was very annoyed in his heart, secretly saying that two stupid fools appeared for no reason, making it difficult for me to be caught in the middle!

Xue Shao saw a look of gloom on Zhu Bajie's face, who had always been smiling, and couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart: Those two beam-jumping clowns wanted to drive Zhu Bajie to deal with me, but they offended Zhu Bajie, and in the end they had to eat turtles at the Queen of Heaven.

It's not easy to be stupid enough to be stupid!