Zhou Chong didn't expect that on his trip to Xiangshan, he actually met Zhu Chenhao, the rebellious King of Ning in history, and the other party suddenly revealed his identity, which shocked Zhou Chong, coupled with Zhu Chenhao's repeated invitations, Zhou Chong couldn't refuse, and finally had to follow King Ning to an independent courtyard behind Yong'an Temple to taste tea, and Jinxuan, these female dependents rested in the pavilion of the courtyard with the female dependents of King Ning's mansion.

In the meditation room, Zhou Zhong and Zhu Chenhao sat opposite each other, a beautiful maid from Ning Wang's Mansion knelt at the table, showing the two of them tea art, but unfortunately Zhou Zhong was a complete practical idea, in his opinion, the biggest function of tea is to quench thirst and eliminate food, as for what tea art is empty, but the movements of this beautiful maid are soft and smooth, it looks like a dance, but it also makes people have a sense of pleasing to the eye.

Waiting until the maid finished the whole set of tea performances, she gave Zhou Zhong a cup of tea with an elegant aroma, only to see Zhu Chenhao take a sip of the teacup, and said with a look of enjoyment: "Good tea!" Good water! This dragon and phoenix group tea is already very rare, and this water has just been transported from Yuquan Mountain, coupled with the tea art of my maid, the tea brewed with the cooperation of the three can be compared to the legendary fairy syrup jade liquid! ”

Although Zhou Zhong didn't understand tea, but at this time he couldn't lose face, at the moment he also pretended to take a sip, and found that this tea was really better than the tea he drank before, and he praised it hypocritically: "The prince is really an elegant person, although the grass people have no research on the tea ceremony, but they also feel that the aroma of this tea is elegant and pleasant, and the smell makes people refined, it is really a rare treasure!" ”

Zhu Chenhao seems to like tea very much. I heard Zhou Chong praise his tea for being good. I am also very happy at the moment. actually began to discuss the tea ceremony with Zhou Chong, but unfortunately Zhou Chong was not interested in it, and just casually perfunctory a few words to the other party.

Zhu Chenhao is also a smart person, and soon found that Zhou Zhong was not interested in his words, so he smiled and stopped the discussion of the tea ceremony, and then waved his hand to let the others retreat, so that only the two of them were left in the meditation room, and then he spoke again: "This king heard that Zhou Gongzi entered Beijing this time. It's to ask to see His Majesty the Emperor, I wonder if this is true? ”

Hearing that Zhu Chenhao even knew the purpose of his coming to the capital, this made Zhou Zhongzhong feel a pang, and at the same time scolded in his heart, it seems that there are also the eyes and ears of King Ning among the Jinyi Guards, but I don't know if Lu Dao is the news leaked by those Jinyi Guards under Wu Shan? Or is it the news leaked by the Jinyi Guard in the capital? If the first one is fine, but if it is the second one, it means that King Ning has his own eyes and ears among the high-level Jinyiwei, after all, the news of Wu Shan's return is only known to some high-level people in the capital Jinyiwei except for themselves.

Come to think of it. Although Zhou Zhong felt helpless about the corruption of Jinyiwei, he smiled quietly on his face. did not answer the other party's question directly, but asked rhetorically: "His Royal Highness King Ning has every opportunity, how can he pay attention to such a small person as Zhou, and where did you hear that I am here to ask to see Your Majesty?" ”

For Zhou Chong to ask himself so directly, and even secretly questioned in his words, Zhu Chenhao did not show the slightest anger, but said with a smile: "Zhou Gongzi does not need to be suspicious, in fact, the reason why this king pays attention to Gongzi is mainly to see that Gongzi's Chamber of Commerce is so prosperous, and the profits of overseas trade are also extremely amazing, so he is also very excited, and now the people in my house are also preparing the goods to be transported to Shuangyu Port, and I hope that Zhou Gongzi will take care of one or two!" ”

Zhu Chenhao's words seem very reasonable, after all, the profits of smuggling have made many Ming nobles excited, and many nobles have been directly involved in smuggling, of course, they are only providing goods, and the real smuggling is still done by Zhou Chong, so now Zhu Chenhao proposes to participate in smuggling, which is very normal.

Moreover, Zhou Chong also knew that in order to prepare for rebellion, Zhu Chenhao had been looting money on a large scale, and even raised a group of thieves to rob the people, which can be said to be doing everything. But if you think about it carefully, you will find that Zhu Chenhao is lying, after all, with his identity, how could he come to Zhou Zhong in person because of this "trivial matter", any steward of the palace can do this well, so Zhu Chenhao is definitely not so simple when he comes to himself.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chong did not pierce Zhu Chenhao, but nodded with a smile and agreed: "His Royal Highness King Ning is really too polite, the trivial things are really not enough to worry about, and Zhou may not be able to help with other things, but this matter at sea, he can still do his best." ”

Seeing Zhou Chong's agreement, Zhu Chenhao seemed to be very happy, and praised him a few words at the moment, and then began to chat with the sea from all over the world, in this kind of chat, Zhou Chong was surprised to find that this Zhu Chenhao was very knowledgeable, whether it was astronomy, geography or astrological arithmetic, he could talk about it. Of course, what Zhou Chong is not afraid of is this kind of chat, and his erudition and talent also made Zhu Chenhao admire, especially for Zhou Chong's book Journey to the West, he praised it non-stop.

The two chatted in the meditation room for nearly an hour, and after the most reluctance, Zhou Chong excused himself that his wife was pregnant and could not wait outside for a long time to leave, Zhu Chenhao also behaved very reasonable at this time, and did not stop after listening, he and Zhou Zhong went out of the meditation room together, and after meeting with the female relatives waiting in the pavilion outside, Zhu Chenhao personally sent Zhou Chong out of the Yongan Zen Temple, until the two groups of people separated in front of the mountain gate.

After returning to the mansion, Zhou Zhong immediately called Wu Shan to the study, and then told all the things that Zhu Chenhao said when he was looking for him today, and then asked: "Wu Shan, as the king of Ning, he pays so much attention to me, and even knows our whereabouts well, what do you think is wrong?" ”

Hearing Zhou Zhong's question, Wu Shan's face showed a little embarrassment, only to see him standing there hesitating for a long time, and then he raised his head and looked at the study, when he saw that there were only two of them in the entire study, he said in a low voice: "Childe, in fact, I planned to come to you when I came back, but I don't know if Lu Dao should tell you about it, now that you asked, then I, Wu Shan, will no longer hide it, but after listening to Childe, I know the truth, don't tell outsiders, Don't even talk about it in front of Your Majesty! ”

Seeing Wu Shan's solemn face, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but ask with some curiosity: "Oh, what is the matter?" ”

I saw Wu Shan take a step forward at this time, approached Zhou Zhong and whispered: "Gongzi doesn't know, King Ning is not simple, when Liu Jin was in power before, he bribed Liu Jin with money, so that Liu Jin also treated him differently, and now Liu Jin is down, Lord Qian Ning Qian has become the first celebrity in front of His Majesty, and as a result, King Ning has bought off Lord Qian again, and many secrets in the Jinyi Guard are unknown to others, but they can't hide from King Ning, and ...... And ......"

When Wu Shan said the most embarrassing thing, his face showed hesitation again, as if he wanted to say something but didn't dare to say it. Seeing this, Zhou Zhong immediately asked, "And what?" Wu Shan, even if you tell me directly, you don't believe in others, don't you still believe me? ”

Hearing Zhou Chong's words, he suddenly gritted his teeth after seeing Wu Shan's most stubbornness, and finally continued: "And as far as I know, King Ning raised thieves in Nanchang to loot property, and used these property to buy off the ministers of the court, it can be said that the court is full of King Ning's eyes, not to mention anything else, Lord Qian and Lu Wan, the secretary of the military department, and others have had a close relationship with King Ning, and as he is a vassal king, he has made friends with important ministers in the court, so I suspect that King Ning has ill intentions towards His Majesty!" ”

Hearing Wu Shan's most ridiculous speculation, Zhou Zhong was also quite surprised, originally he thought that he was the only one who knew that King Ning was going to rebel, but he didn't expect Wu Shan, a brocade-clothed Wei Qianhu, to also have this kind of speculation, but he immediately asked a little strangely: "Wu Shan, I also feel that King Ning's plan is not small, but since you have this kind of speculation, why don't you tell Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty can prepare as soon as possible?" ”

Wu Shan was also overjoyed when he heard Zhou Chong's words agreeing with him, but when he heard the latter words, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Son, you think things too simply, although King Ning bribes the courtiers, but there is no strong evidence, and with my small thousand households, even if I go to His Majesty to tell the truth, I'm afraid His Majesty will not believe it, and even at that time, he may be charged with falsely accusing the imperial family, and it is nothing for me to take this life, but I am worried that my family will be implicated because of this, so I dare not report it!" ”

Looking at Wu Shan's helpless expression, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but sigh, he knew that Wu Shan was right, reporting King Ning's rebellion as Wu Shan's current identity is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and if he is not mistaken, it turns out that before King Ning's rebellion in history, there were officials who played to expose King Ning's rebellion, but not only did not attract the attention of the imperial court, but were also demoted to Nanjing by the imperial court, and even two local officials in Nanchang were killed, and their families were slaughtered by King Ning.

Thinking of the bloody facts in the original history, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but admire Wu Shan's wisdom. In addition, he knew that King Ning had even bought Qian Ning and others, so he must have a very good understanding of himself, and even knew his every move very well.

"I see, if I guess wrong, today on Xiangshan is not a chance encounter at all, but King Ning was waiting for me in advance, and his purpose in doing this is nothing more than to get close to me, and then buy me like buying Qian Ning and others!" I saw that Zhou Zhong said to himself, although there was no evidence, he firmly believed that his guess must be correct.

Just when Zhou Zhong was thinking about King Ning's affairs, Wu Shan suddenly hesitated for a moment, and then spoke again: "Childe, when you and King Ning were talking in the meditation room today, there was a person who peeked outside the courtyard gate, and I also knew this person, and then he asked me about some things, and these things are also related to Miss Bai!" (To be continued......)