Chapter 21: The Great Butler of the Wooden Mansion
"Soon, those thieves were killed cleanly, the blood all over the ground made me feel very illusory and unreal, everything was like a dream, those who held the token shot very fiercely, it seems that what they decided is not ambiguous at all, most of my people have already been killed by thieves, and the rest of the few are protecting Lord Hu with me, Lord Hu has already got out of the car, he looked at all this and sighed,
Soon, all the thieves were killed, and the man who had spoken to Master Hu that day began to look for things on the thief, and suddenly, he found a letter, and his face was overjoyed,
He came to Master Hu's side and said, 'Please read this letter,'
The lord took the letter and looked at it carefully: 'The evidence is conclusive, this is his handwriting, he asked these people to come here to ambush me, and he also made it clear that he must take the head of the person,'
'Well, take care all the way, my lord has returned to the court, and I will give a portion of my brother to escort him all the way home,' said the lord.
'Thank you,' said Hu. ”
After the old man finished speaking, his face was still full of horror about the blood of the year,
"Who is the person who took this brand, and what happened later?" The young man is asking,
"I later heard Lord Hu say that the identity of the person who took this brand is called Jinyiwei, they are working for the emperor, and then Lord Hu arrived home safely, we just arrived home, the emperor's condolences arrived, the emperor informed that Lord Hu's opponent has been arrested and brought to justice, and countless gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings were found in that person's home, and the emperor encouraged Lord Hu's loyalty to the country, and made unremitting efforts to impeach that person, and also put forward the hope that Lord Hu will return to Beijing to continue to serve the imperial court." The old man said,
"Then did Master Hu go back?" The young man asked,
"No, Lord Hu was already very tired, so he repaired a book, thanked the Holy Grace, and then said that he really had an infinite desire for the mountains and forests, and hoped that the emperor would be perfect, etc., and then the emperor also approved, and I saw that Lord Hu was safe, and I would come back," the old man said,
"I saw this sign tonight and remembered it." The old man said,
"Then the person in front of you, is it Jinyiwei, Jinyiwei is the emperor's person." The young man said,
"Yes, it looks like he's a brocade guard, you quickly release the rope for him and let him sit down." The old man said,
Zhu Houzhao and Feng Zhongyan were taken to a very nicely decorated room, and it could be seen that this was a tea room, which was specially used for secret conversations.
When Zhu Houzhao and Mu Lan sat down on the upper seat, Zhu Houzhao wanted to ask some questions but couldn't ask.
"What is the name of the chief?" Zhu Houzhao said,
"My name is Ai Lao, and the one I spoke just now is my child Ai Na, they are a pair of masters and apprentices, this is Master Nisan, this is his disciple Saibao, why do you want to invite you here, this question is very complicated." The chief of Ai Lao said,
"Well, can you tell me about that?" Zhu Houzhao said,
"My lord, you are really the Lord of the Jinyi Guard." The chief of Ai Lao said,
"No, no one can fake this brand, the whole world, the most dare not fake is this brand, that is to destroy the nine clans." Zhu Houzhao said awe-inspiringly,
The old man Ai Lao suddenly felt such an atmosphere,
"Your Excellency, we didn't know the identity of the adult at first, so we did such a thing, but fortunately, I was cautious, because the man originally asked me to kill the adult, and I asked Master Nisan to bring you here out of prudence." The chief of Ai Lao said,
"Oh, it's okay, everything is fate, I won't blame the old man, I look at the old leader Ai is a happy person, you said Master Hu, my father and him also have fate, and my father also protected him back then, so we are all very fateful." Zhu Houzhao said,
"Is the adult's father also the master of the Jinyi Guard?" Ai Lao asked,
"Well, yes, my father is involved." Zhu Houzhao said,
"What do you call me?" Ai Lao asked,
"My name is Dongfang Feiyu." Zhu Houzhao said,
"Hello Lord Dongfang, there is a reason why adults come to our Lijiang." Ai Lao said,
"Yes, we are here for a very important matter, which is related to the life and death of Lijiang, so I hope to become good friends with the old leader Ai, and tell each other frankly, if we can achieve the mission together, it will not only be the blessing of Lijiang but also the blessing of Daming." Zhu Houzhao said,
"The blessing of Lijiang, the blessing of the Ming Dynasty, it turns out that the Lord of the East has done such a big thing, Ai Lao admires." Ai Lao said,
"Yes, the common people are innocent, they are always dragged into some power and profit by some ambitious people, but the purpose of our government is originally to seek the welfare of the people, not for the people, water can carry a boat can also overturn the boat, those careerists are only for personal power, if those people take power, the people will definitely not be blessed." Zhu Houzhao said,
"Yes, my lord's words are from the bottom of my heart." Ai Lao said,
"Yes, I hope that for the sake of Lijiang and Daming, Ai Lao can tell the truth and let me know a lot of things." Zhu Houzhao said,
Ai Lao groaned, "My lord, for the sake of the common people, I will be desperate, this matter is related to the lives of my entire clan and family. ”
"Ai Lao, don't worry, I won't reveal what we say to anyone today, I just want to know some truths, and Ai Lao will not be involved when I really act, but the people present Ai Lao have to take care of them and not reveal them." Zhu Houzhao said
"Well, there's no one else here, the people just now are people I trust a lot, and I don't usually say it, but I won't tell them either, for the sake of prudence." Ai Lao said,
"Well, be careful and subtle, please say Old Leader Ai." Zhu Houzhao said,
"To tell you the truth, it was Mu Rong, the big housekeeper of our Mufu in Lijiang, who asked me to do you." Ai Lao said,
"What, it's him." Zhu Houzhao felt that he was stunned all of a sudden, he had been wondering if it was someone from the Mu family who did it, it turned out that it was the housekeeper of the Mu Mansion who had something to do with this matter.
"I don't know much about this Mu Rong, can Ai Lao tell me about it." Zhu Houzhao said,
"This Mu Rong usually takes care of a lot of things, he is in charge of the finances of the entire Lijiang, and he is also in charge of a lot of internal affairs, the old man usually only takes care of the army and some government affairs, and the second master is in charge of some miscellaneous things, because this Mu Rong is shrewd and capable, so slowly he is doing a lot of things." Ai Lao said,
"Who do you think this Mu Rong is?" Zhu Houzhao said,
"In short, I think it's very urban, you know that I know Lord Hu, that's my young friend who likes to play around and has no intention of knowing, Lord Hu is a very honest person, but this Lord Mu Rong makes people feel uncertain." Ai Lao said,
"Oh, why did he let you do us this time?" Zhu Houzhao said,
"I don't know, because after all, he has been so many years old, and many things about our Wa people are very important, we have to ask him for help in many things, and he has also helped me, he has always been very wooing me, I know in my heart, in fact, I also inadvertently know that he seems to have some ideas, but I didn't say it before, I didn't guess, but this time he suddenly came to me, saying that there are a few people who are not good for Lijiang, and I want to get rid of it, I muttered a little at the time." Ai Lao said,
"I was the one he asked you to get rid of." Zhu Houzhao said,
"Yes, he specifically told me that he wanted me to send the best people and get rid of them directly in the end, and then he hinted that if this matter is done, the affairs of the Wa people will be his business in the future, and he will do it well, otherwise, we will be in trouble in the future, so I had to agree to him at that time." Ai Lao said,
"But I became more and more suspicious of his words, I was wondering who was going to be bad for Lijiang, why did he want me to make a move, I was very skeptical, so I didn't do what he said." Ai Lao said,
"Oh, the old leader Ai is amazing, it's just how do you deal with him." Zhu Houzhao said,
"I can make them pretend that my people are killed, and say that I can't beat you." Ai Lao said,
"Yes, the old leader Ai is really amazing." Zhu Houzhao became more and more convinced of Ai Lao,
"It's not that I usually pretend to listen to him, and he doesn't know my experience, he just thinks I'm so good, and thinks I'm better when I'm older." Ai Lao smiled,
"Yes, the greatest stupidity of man is to think that he is smarter than others." Zhu Houzhao said,