Chapter 129: Mixed Rice (Plus 1)
An Lu, Zhu's manor, backyard atrium.
Steward Liu was reporting to Zhu Jiashi that he went to the city to meet with the Changsha Mansion Juren, who was about to go to the palace to teach, and said with regret that the other party was about to leave Anlu and return to Changsha.
Steward Liu finally said: "The palace only sent someone to inform the teacher that there was a candidate, so that he could go back to the house, and give him a coil...... Old lady, is there something wrong with this? β
I didn't dare to say too much, because Steward Liu knew that the old lady didn't even say anything about Zhu Wanjian, maybe she only told him alone, and now that the teaching was in the place but was driven away, how could the old lady not suspect it? And he took the initiative to analyze, but he also wanted to clear up the involvement in a weak heart.
Zhu Jia's face turned pale, and he glared at Steward Liu angrily.
Don't doubt it?
With Zhu Jia's shrewdness and ability, it is not because the Zhu family does not have someone who can take the lead now, so they will not entrust a person with a foreign surname to a heavy responsibility, so if something is wrong, how can she not be angry?
"Go and call the second one."
Zhu Jiashi did not have a seizure.
Last time, she asked Steward Liu to inform Zhu Hao to contact the Jinyi Wei Neiying hidden in the palace, which led to Lin Baihu's secret agent in Xingwangfu being transferred, and she suspected that there were spies within the Zhu family, and this Steward Liu was very suspicious.
Now there is a problem again, it is still the specific affairs handled by Steward Liu, and the answer seems to be coming out, but Zhu Jiashi doesn't want to believe it, after all, this is the person she brought from her mother's family, and she has worked hard to keep the Zhu family in order over the years, and if she loses this powerful arm, her control over the family will be greatly weakened.
Of course, it is also possible that Lin Baihu is making trouble.
Lin Baihu learned that she had bribed the new church of the palace, secretly tricked the Zhu family, retaliated against her for her previous disrespectful remarks, and blocked the Zhu family's channel for spying on the intelligence of the palace, and always overwhelmed the Zhu family in terms of credit...... This explanation also makes sense.
Since the suspicion is no longer helpful, now the old lady is more interested in how to make up for it.
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Zhu Wanjian was called to the backyard by Steward Liu.
Unlike in the past, this time he didn't drink heavily, and his spirit was good, but his eyes were rolling around, and he had a ghost in his heart at first glance.
"Mother, are you looking for me?"
Zhu Wanjian felt that every time she was called by her mother, she was a little upset and irritable.
Zhu Jiashi didn't ask his son to enter the house, and spoke directly in the courtyard: "The whereabouts of the third family, can you inquire clearly?" β
Zhu Wanjian said disdainfully: "People are planning to escape, where are we going to chase them?" Besides, Daming's territory is so big, how can it be chased? β
This kind of slack attitude was not at all expected by Zhu Jia's family, she was not angry, and asked: "The house of the third family, has it been transferred to my Zhu family's name?" β
Zhu Wanjian said: "I found the old man in the township and the old man, and called a lot of respected people to go to the county government to testify, but that bullshit county is not accommodating, and said that it will not be decided until the third daughter-in-law comes back...... In the end, I came up with a good idea and asked someone to go to the county government every day to make trouble......"
Hearing that his son invited someone to go to the county government to make trouble, Zhu Jiashi almost wanted to take off his shoes, and picked up the soles of his shoes to beat people.
saw Zhu Wanjian with a thief smile on his face: "This trick still works, then Jingzhi County finally agreed, and the shop of the third family is temporarily used by us, but the original things must be sealed...... If the people from the third family come back, they will talk about it later...... Mother, you can't blame me, if I hadn't thought of a way this time, I'm afraid that I would still be treated negatively by the county government now. β
Zhu Jia's breath was heavy: "What's the use of just taking back the right to operate the shop?" It's never my own ......."
Zhu Wanjian said: "Then what can be done?" Do you know what I learned when I inquired? In fact, the woman has a backstage...... I heard that it was the Huang Fantai of Wuchang...... The people in the county government are all spread like this, no wonder the county would rather offend the Zhu family to help the woman, and the feelings are bullying the soft and afraid of the hard. β
Zhu Jiashi frowned: "Huang Fantai? Do you mean Hu Guangzuo's political envoy Huang Zhan? His brother-in-law came to Anlu to do business before, and he suffered such a big loss, would he still help that woman? β
Zhu Wanjian sneered: "Mother, haven't you figured it out yet? Although the woman secretly cheated Huang Fantai's brother-in-law, you don't want to think about it, why would an official businessman do business with a widow? There must be a leg in the back...... Before, the mother made the surnamed Su suffer a big loss, and the surname Su helped his good friends deal with our Zhu family, isn't it normal? β
Zhu Jiashi repeatedly heard his second son attack the widow of another son, and he couldn't bear it before, but this time he finally couldn't help but shout angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? β
Zhu Wanjian didn't care, as if she had long been used to being scolded by her mother, and she didn't bother to argue: "Believe it or not, that mother is telling me, why did the county government favor that woman?" β
Zhu Jiashi wanted to teach this uncompetitive son a lesson.
Obviously, he asked him to come back to tell him to do things, but he was bare and angry, and he made a mess of himself, and he didn't know where to start.
"Hurry up and send someone to get the third family back! Especially Zhu Hao, he studied in the palace for half a year, and he must know the inside story of the palace, this time he left Anlu, and the palace actually secretly helped, maybe he has betrayed the interests of my Zhu family, and the origin of his family's road must be investigated...... Just go! β
Zhu Wanjian disagreed: "It's just a guide, you can handle it with money, is it necessary to check?" β
Zhu Jiashi said angrily: "She didn't even sell the farmhouse, where did she get the money?" β
Zhu Wanjian couldn't argue with his mother, his head was not bright when it was critical, and he was dragging his heavy steps out at the moment, and he didn't look anxious at all.
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The thirtieth day of the first month.
In the palace, Zhu San and Zhu Si were sitting there with their heads bored with books, but they heard footsteps outside, and the two immediately began to read aloud.
When the others walked in, Zhu San and Zhu Si were dumbfounded.
"Mr. Gongsun?"
Zhu San exclaimed in surprise.
Gongsun Yi put his coat on the chair next to him, and a small head with beady eyes came out of his back, it was Lu Bing, and then Gongsun Yi smiled and beckoned the little guy to sit back on the seat, and then waved at Zhu San and Zhu Si: "Two princes, the teacher is back again." β
Zhu San immediately ran to the door to take a look, and found that there was no one else behind Gongsun Yi, so he couldn't help asking, "What about Zhu Hao and Jing Hong?" β
Gongsun Yi thought that his return would make the two children happy, but who knew that people only cared about Zhu Hao and Jinghong, which made him a little disappointed: "This ...... I don't quite know. β
Zhu Si looked very indifferent: "Third brother, you don't understand this?" Now that we are not teaching, Mr. Yuan invited Mr. Gongsun back...... Zhu Hao and Jing Hong used to only read together, but now that the palace no longer needs to read together, they naturally can't come back. β
Zhu San glared at Lu Bing angrily: "Then why did Ah Bing come back?" β
Lu Bing looked aggrieved: "Yes...... My dad asked me to come. β
Gongsun Yi said: "The two princes, come back to class for the teacher, and we can study and progress together again in the future...... Where have you been reading lately? β
Zhu San wanted to say something, but Zhu Si grabbed the white: "I read the place where Zhu Hao taught when he left." β
"Uh......"
Gongsun Yi was embarrassed.
In Gongsun Yi's opinion, although Zhu Si was telling the truth, he was actually deliberately choking him with words, which was clearly mocking, do you still have the face to come back?
When you were there, wasn't it Zhu Hao who gave us a lecture? You are a big bastard in the palace, do you know?
Even though Gongsun Yi's scalp was numb, he still said cheekily: "Then let's review the previous part a little and tell you the following for the teacher." β
Zhu San said: "Mr. Gongsun, I think you still got Zhu Hao back...... It's far more important than you coming back alone to teach. β
Zhu Si glanced at Zhu San, "Third brother, how can you talk like that?" Where is Mr. Gongsun's face? Mr. Gongsun, don't worry about my third brother, or else...... You take us out of the palace, and let's go to Zhu Hao together, okay? β
Gongsun Yi listened to the pair of children singing and harmonizing there, not to mention how awkward it was, but in order to eat together, he could only turn a blind eye.
Isn't it just to come to class?
Whether you like to listen or not is your business, and whether I lecture or not is only about whether I can eat or not.
"I'll tell you first...... Huh? Isn't there a chalkboard here? Lu Bing, you go to the West Courtyard and ask your father to send the blackboard, I always feel that there is no blackboard, and it is inconvenient to teach anything......"
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The first day of February.
Zhu Hao and Tang Yin's boat had crossed Jiujiang for two days.
Going up the river, the boat went relatively slowly.
Before arriving in Dehua, Jiujiang Prefecture, Zhu Hao and Tang Yin had already discussed, and Tang Yin agreed to return to Anlu with Zhu Hao, but the premise was that after arriving in Anlu, Zhu Hao would introduce the "master" behind him to Tang Yin.
Tang Yin couldn't hide the curiosity in his heart.
Who is the last resort, even his miserable situation in Jiangxi can be calculated, and he specially asked Zhu Hao to bring a drama troupe as a cover to rescue him in Jiangxi.
"Zhu Hao, you know that I did all this to repay the help behind you, and I am by no means an ungrateful person."
Tang Yin said that his behavior of going to Anlu was very noble.
One bite at a time......
Zhu Hao thought to himself, you just repay me with this kindness, why are you talking so much nonsense?
Originally, Zhu Hao told his mother that he was walking with Tang Yin so that Tang Yin could give him a lecture on the way, but the old and young seemed to know that the relationship between each other was not a teacher and student in the real sense, and Tang Yin was embarrassed to mention the matter of teaching Zhu Hao at all.
Zhu Hao said: "Mr. Tang, that's the case, after we arrived in Anlu, we first lived in a farm outside the city for a period of time, before my mother did a small business in Anlu, made some money, bought a few pieces of land, just twenty or thirty miles north of the city, at that time I specially did not let my mother buy ...... near the county seat."
Tang Yin interrupted Zhu Hao's words and asked, "This is also the coping strategy provided by the person behind you?" β
Zhu Hao didn't know how to answer.
This old guy is really stunned, why is he so naΓ―ve sometimes?
I really think that someone can do everything......
Wait, isn't that me?
Zhu Hao said: "At that time, there was no consideration in this regard, just to prevent the Zhu family from knowing that we secretly bought land and were robbed together...... It's a mistake. β
"Huh."
Tang Yin looked incredulous.
is clearly telling Zhu Hao, since the person behind you takes ten steps and arranges my life clearly, will it be rare to buy land to create convenience for your escape and avoidance in the future? You're a kid and you don't understand the trick! I'm old and good, and I've seen everything through.
"Anyway, if Mr. Tang comes to live with me for a while, I will find a way to let out the news so that the people in Xingwangfu will accidentally learn that Mr. Tang is in Anlu, and let him take the initiative to recruit him...... What do you think? Zhu Hao said.
Tang Yin shook his head: "After you go back, you should discuss it with the person who arranged the scheme, and see how you can safely inform the Xingwang Mansion...... If the rumor is not released properly and is known by King Ning's people, then it will be a big trouble...... It's better for you to do what you do, don't make your own decisions! β