Zhu Hao got the information he wanted, and he didn't care about the reward or anything at all.

The old lady was very cunning, and she could probably detect what her grandson actually knew but didn't say, but she felt that Zhu Hao didn't know much about the short time she had been in Xingwangfu, so she asked Zhu Hao to return to the city after a few simple words.

When he went out of the city, Steward Liu personally picked him up, and when he went back, he was driven by the people of the house, and when he was sent to the city gate, he let Zhu Hao come down and go by himself, Zhu Hao didn't care about the difference in treatment.

When I got home, it was nearly noon.

Zhu Niang was not there, and when she asked Aunt Li, she only knew that it was someone from the government who invited the businessmen in the city to the county government for a banquet and a good hospitality, and it seemed that there was something important to discuss.

After noon, Zhu Niang came back.

"Mother, is there something wrong with the county office?"

Zhu Hao didn't wait for Zhu Niang to say goodbye to her son first, and asked questions first.

Zhu Niang said: "The newly arrived Jingzhi County, it is said that the ground in Jiangjiang is not very peaceful, and there are frequent thefts in my lake, southeast and other places...... My mother donated twelve stone of food, but there was no way to do it. ”

Zhu Hao wanted to say that this was simply blackmail.

If the imperial court wants to suppress bandits, it is enough to let the local government pay for it, and this kind of thing can also be apportioned to ordinary merchants? You, Kyo Jong-kuan, are truly an unscrupulous person for the sake of his political future, no less than your predecessor, Shen Li.

"Jingzhi County has just arrived in the locality, and it takes care of us, so we can't help but come out and express our position."

According to Zhu Niang's meaning, she not only promised to donate food worth ten taels of silver, but she was also a challenger, perhaps because Jing Zhongkuan came to the shop when he first arrived and put a high hat on Zhu Niang.

Jing Zhongkuan's move is simply ......

Zhu Hao sighed lightly: "Mother, we can't be too sincere, how much have others donated?" Also, let's complain at the Zhu family that the family is about to be unable to open the pot, and here we suddenly responded positively to the government's call to donate, so as not to arouse suspicion? ”

Zhu Niang said: "I didn't think about it so much at the time, but the Zhu family and the business under my name were not included in this invitation, so I don't know if I think about it." ”

Is it really the news of the Zhu family?

Lady, you don't follow the crowd, but jump out to pick the head.

Zhu Hao is glad that the relationship with the family is now in a relative balance, perhaps because he entered the Xingwang Mansion to spy on intelligence, even if the Zhu family knew that there was such a thing, they did not embarrass Zhu Niang, after all, the old lady personally promised that as long as she handed over twenty taels of silver every month, the rest of Zhu Niang could be at her disposal.

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The family sat down to have lunch together.

Zhu Niang and Aunt Li were very concerned about Zhu Hao's experience in the palace, and Zhu Hao could only tell some lies to comfort them, indicating that he had begun to study with Zhu Houxi, the son of King Xing.

In this way, both women were comforted.

"Mother, I won't stay at home tonight, I discussed with King Xiaoxing before, we have to read together at night." Zhu Hao was ready to return to Xingwangfu as soon as possible.

Zhu Niang asked puzzledly, "You only came back for one day...... Can't you stay longer? ”

Zhu Hao said: "Mother, that's the case, I just met King Xiaoxing, I want to have more contacts to enhance my relationship, and I went back to study hard." ”

Aunt Li pulled Zhu Niang's sleeve and comforted: "It's rare that Young Master Hao is so eager to learn, let him go back." ”

If Zhu Hao didn't want to go back to the palace after returning home, the two women would definitely be worried.

Just as in the future, if there are classmates who are unwilling to go to school, parents must brace themselves to explore the truth and see if their children are bullied at school, but now Zhu Hao has taken the initiative to go back to study, in the eyes of the two women, Zhu Hao should not have suffered in Xingwangfu, so he naturally put his mind at ease.

Zhu Niang cooked again, made some pancakes with meat filling for Zhu Hao before dark, and gave her son some scattered silver taels and copper coins, so that Zhu Hao could have a relationship after he went back, and if he couldn't eat enough, he could also buy snacks......

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Originally, Zhu Niang wanted to call Yu San, Uncle Zhong and others to come to the house and send her son back to Xingwangfu, but Zhu Hao left home on his own on the grounds that he was in a hurry to go back to study.

Zhu Hao wanted to take advantage of the fact that when the people from the Imperial Palace Honor and Guard Division were inspecting the East Cross Courtyard before dark, he would find an opportunity to contact Lu Song.

After staying in the palace for a few days, he has already figured out the daily habits of the people in the palace.

The guards of the palace are all military households, in fact, they also bear the responsibility of tuntian, and the fields are rented to them by the Xingwang Mansion to plant, and the guards are divided into two shifts, one for agriculture and one for guards, usually in the afternoon, once every two days.

When the shift is changed, Lu Song, the warden of the royal palace honor guard, will appear.

At present, Zhu Hao guessed that Lu Song was likely to be the eyeliner placed by the imperial court in Xingwangfu, and his errand in Xingwangfu was at an impasse, so he naturally had to make full use of this relationship.

As soon as Zhu Hao entered the Xingwang Mansion from the southeast corner gate of the palace, there was still some distance from the east cross courtyard, when he heard a muffled sound of "bang bang bang", and a pig-like voice kept shouting: "Wronged, wronged......"

This voice Zhu Hao is a little familiar when he hears it, isn't it the guy who urinated under the wall with Jianmao last night and discussed how to deal with him?

When I came to the gate of the East Cross Courtyard, I took a look inside and found that it was very lively.

More than a dozen people came to the palace honor and guard division, and three craftsmen were pressed on wooden benches, and the guards of the palace honor and guard department were executing the cane punishment, and the one who was hit by the stick was the one who shouted, and Zhu Hao was a little embarrassed.

The other two Zhu Hao who were beaten knew each other, one was called Wang Wu and the other was Lao Ga.

Lu Song, the warden of the palace honor guard, stood aside, he was the executor, and a group of craftsmen from the palace stood against the wall, Hou Chun and Li Shun looked at Lu Song and a group of guards of the palace honor guard with angry eyes.

"Lu Dianzhan, what do you mean? My people say to fight? Hou Chun really couldn't stand it, so he stepped forward directly to Lu Song to question.

Lu Song said: "It was ordered by Yuan Changshi himself, the hands and feet of the people in your eastern courtyard are not clean, and they frequently lose items, but this time they have been caught...... In addition, the accounts of the purchase of timber in the past six months are not reconciled...... Let's go back and look into this matter. ”

Lu Song is obviously not a brave and unscrupulous reckless man.

His words have two meanings, one is that these people have unclean hands and feet and should be beaten.

The second layer is to warn Hou Chun, if you speak for them, then if there is a problem in the account, don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless.

Hou Chun was a little stunned when he heard this, and obediently stepped aside and stopped talking to a few of his subordinates.

Zhu Hao was originally an outsider, but after looking around, he suddenly noticed that something was wrong.

Last night, I just heard the sharp hair and the guy who killed the pig discussing how to deal with him, and the next day this person was reported for having unclean hands and feet and being dirty, could it be that someone was secretly protecting him?

Zhu Hao couldn't help but think of the person who hid in the wall last night to listen to the news, and then looked at Lu Song's figure, hey, it really looks a little similar.

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The guards who were carrying out the rod punishment inside withdrew after twenty strokes.

Lu Song came out with people, and when he saw Zhu Hao standing at the door, he couldn't help frowning slightly, obviously he didn't want to face Zhu Hao directly, and he was about to leave after beckoning people.

Zhu Hao walked over and greeted with a smile: "Lu Dianzhan, I am Lu Bing's friend...... My name is Zhu Hao, and my grandfather is Zhu Qianhu of Jinyiwei. ”

Lu Song didn't expect Zhu Hao's way of greeting him to be so "special", just when he wanted to wave his hand to drive Zhu Hao away, Zhu Hao suddenly approached and whispered: "I have something related to Ling Lang's safety, and I want to discuss it with you...... Do you think it's convenient tonight? I'll wait for you! ”

After speaking, Zhu Hao ran away first.

It made Lu Song stunned.

"Boss, what did that kid say?"

A man walked over next to Lu Dianzhan and asked.

Lu Song glanced at him and said, "A child, what can you say?" ”

The man smiled and didn't ask any more, but Lu Song's face was not very good-looking, and it was obvious that what Zhu Hao said to him made waves in his heart.

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By dusk, everything was as usual.

Zhu Hao went to the kitchen to eat together, and Jianmao Hao and others also came back, they went out early in the morning to work in Wangzhuang outside the city, and the three people who were beaten before had been carried home to recuperate.

"There must be a villain plotting, we have been working in the palace for so many years, and we have always been good, how could this happen? Master Li, I can't swallow this breath! ”

Sharp-haired was filled with righteous indignation.

Daxi, as the other of the "two doglegs", slapped the table and said: "I must teach them a lesson, please Hou Ye must poke the matter to the inner courtyard!" ”

Li Shun put down the wine glass and sneered: "People are serious soldiers of the royal family, what are you?" Hurry up to eat, and after eating, the mother-in-law and children at home will go back to treat as soon as possible, so as not to go to the house for three days, otherwise find a place to sleep with their heads covered...... In the past few days, the yard has been locked at night, and whoever makes trouble will be in the limelight! ”

Li Shun, as the leader of this group of craftsmen, feels that they are being targeted at the moment, and even the program of gambling money every night has been canceled.

If this group of people didn't gamble, they wouldn't be able to get out of the small door of the East Courtyard, Zhu Hao was thinking about trying to sneak out at night and explore the terrain, but now it seems that there is no play.

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Zhu Hao returned to the warehouse yard.

came to his room, lit the tung oil lamp, and took out a pack of candles prepared for him by Zhu Niang in his schoolbag.

In order to make her son not feel lonely at night, Zhu Niang prepared nine candles for Zhu Hao, which means that Zhu Hao lit one at night, the candle is very thick, as long as the fire is normal, it can burn for nearly two hours, plus the tung oil lamp, Zhu Hao wants to have a light in the first half of the night every day.

It's a luxury in these years.

Zhu Hao wanted to pick up the book and take a look, but he couldn't calm down.

What he was thinking about was whether Lu Song would really come to the appointment at night, and at that time he said that Lu Bing's safety was involved, Lu Song was such a son for the time being, and the second son Lu Wei had not yet been born, he should understand Zhu Hao's identity as an undercover agent, would he be indifferent to his words.

It was close to midnight, and there was footsteps outside, and Lu Song finally came.

"Bang Bang Bang!"

There was a slight knock on the door.

Zhu Hao actually saw it on the wall earlier, he came down cautiously and opened the door, Lu Song was carrying a lantern without a candle in his hand, and he was carrying a saber around his waist, which was also dangerous for Zhu Hao.

What if Lu Song wants to kill people?

"Lu Dianzhan, you're finally here, I've been waiting for a long time."

Zhu Hao greeted with a smile, looking like he was winning.

Lu Song closed the door by himself, and when he turned around, his eyes looked around the room, and his expression was slightly nervous. Zhu Hao smiled and went to light the tung oil lamp by himself.