Jia Jue understood Li Jiqing's intentions, and believed that he really wanted to form an alliance with him, and this time he took out Wu Shichang's handwritten letter to gain his trust.

However, after some intelligence collection, Jia Jue found that Wu Shichang was a hot-tempered person who did not have any city government, and he held the title of Imperial Doctor, and the affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were controlled by the second assistant Zhang Fu behind his back, and he would not write this letter in his mind, it was estimated that it was Zhang Fu's meaning, and Jia Jue guessed that Li Jiqing knew about it, but he didn't plan to tell himself.

From this, it can be seen that Li Jiqing has his own plans, even if there is no such thing, will Jia Jue believe him?

Answer: Obviously, he is negative, he will not believe him, at least he will not believe that he will unreservedly tell himself the news he got from the civil officials, it is a person who has selfish intentions, as long as it is beneficial to himself, he can sell anything, and he did it without seeing Zhu Wuxiang, the king of Shu?

You must know that Zhang Fu has always stood in his position and tried his best to help him, although he has his own plans, but he is very dedicated to Zhu Wuxiang, but he was still stabbed in the back.

But Jia Jue still planned to accept Li Jiqing's kindness and temporarily form an alliance with him to deal with Zhu Houjiong, the king of Zhongshun.

To a certain extent, this is a compromise means, but also a temporary means, now Shenjing Jingchang and Jinyiwei are full of eyeliners, and it is impossible for them to vigorously develop the intelligence network, otherwise once they arouse the emperor's suspicion, it will outweigh the losses, and the emperor will doubt himself seriously, and the emperor will monitor himself in all directions if he finds his small actions, and may even gradually deprive himself of military power.

For the emperor, is he inseparable from himself?

Obviously not, for those in power, key positions can be replaced by a confidant of their own at any time, and no one can do without anyone.

Even Zhu Houjiong can replace himself.

As long as it is beneficial to the imperial power.

Working with Li Jiqing is just to add a secure channel of information.

Thinking of this, Jia Jue smiled at Li Jiqing and said: "We are old relatives, although there were some small unpleasantness before, but there is no grudge after all, which is why I will make a move tonight." It's just that I'm afraid that the conditions offered by the civil officials are too favorable, and the Hou Ye will lose his eyes and can't distinguish friend from foe! ”

Jia Jue's words were like a boulder falling from the sky on Li Jiqing's chest, making him breathless, and he was weak for a long time before he said weakly: "Uncle, please rest assured, I am not a three-year-old child, let them be deceived, and after experiencing An'er's death, I have completely seen the faces of this group of people." Hehe, even the one in the palace is not well-intentioned! ”

Jia Jue smiled, smiling a little ill-willedly, he poured a bowl of new tea for Li Jiqing, and said squarely: "Uncle Shi, please mourn!" ”

Hearing this, Li Jiqing didn't answer, he didn't move like an iron cast, and for a long time, he said word by word: "If you don't swear this revenge, you won't be a person!" ”

Jia Jue was stunned for a moment, then picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, Fang said to Li Jiqing: "Uncle Shi has ever visited the old man?" ”

"Hey!"

Li Jiqing let out a long sigh, "You also know the temper of the old man, the incident of the martial arts field that day was in an uproar, and the old man was quite dissatisfied with me, plus the incident of the Moon Tower.... I also came to the door in person, but unfortunately, I didn't see the old man. ”

Jia Jue nodded, and asked again, "How is Hou Xiaokang?" ”

Hou Xiaokang?

A hint of ridicule flashed in Li Jiqing's eyes, and he smiled at Jia Jue: "This is a mud bodhisattva, you must have heard of those rumors in the Xiuguo Mansion, I can tell you, it's all true, a man who can't even fill the house is still a man?" If it weren't for the fact that Mrs. Fuli was still there, Hou Yong, the child, would not have known what it would be like to be tortured! ”

Speaking of this, he smiled mysteriously and said in a low voice: "I heard that the Ma clan personally went into battle in order to destroy Hou Yong, you know!" ”

This sentence is a bit excessive, not to mention that doing so will destroy herself, even the entire Xiuguo Mansion will be implicated, this is challenging the bottom line of the moral order of the entire Ming Dynasty, and Hou Xiaokang will not be so fond of her again.

Seeing Li Jiqing laughing so obscenely, Jia Jue couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, just now he was still immersed in the pain of losing his son, as soon as he mentioned these inner house lace news, he immediately changed to a different person, and he had to sigh that people were really strange, so he smiled at him: "Uncle Shi knows who Hou Xiaokang is?" ”

Li Jiqing was taken aback, "Whose person is it?" ”

"Hou Xiaokang has been at home for five or six years!"

Li Jiqing only reacted at this time, slapped the table, and stood up, "Damn! Careless! This old boy looks harmless to humans and animals on weekdays, if you don't mention this, I really can't think of it. However, I heard that he took the path of the Beijing Palace. ”

"Whose side is that water-soluble?"

"Water-soluble?"

Li Jiqing was excited, stunned for a moment, and was stunned!

There was silence in the study.

After a while, Li Jiqing came back to his senses and said casually: "I don't know much about him.... Don't talk about him. ”

Then he said: "Since the King of Shu put down his body, our Xungui line has been completely messed up, and even the civil official group has also been affected, after all, his identity is there. ”

Hearing this, Jia Jue looked at Li Jiqing deeply, knowing the meaning of his words, the water in the imperial court is muddier and more dangerous than before, you don't know who the people around you are, and also, he guessed from Li Jiqing's flickering eyes that he must know about water dissolving.

Li Jiqing was stared at by Jia Jue, and said with a smile: "Let's get down to business." ”

As he spoke, he took out a gift slip from his sleeve, handed it to Jia Jue and said with a smile: "Uncle, please take a look." ”

Jia Jue took the gift list and looked at it carefully, then put it on the eucalyptus table, "Uncle Shi has a heart, but I can't accept it." ”

Li Jiqing's heart sank suddenly, it was really difficult to deal with, this gift list was decided by him after careful consideration, which included all kinds of jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings, as well as shops in the east and west cities and a grange outside the city, about 100,000 taels of silver, which already accounted for nearly one-third of the assets of the Hou Mansion, of course, things that can be solved with money are not a matter, it seems that Jia Jue does not plan to collect property, and the oath of favor is the most headache.

"Then I don't know what Uncle has to do to nod?"

Uncle Shi laughed.

Jia Jue took a sip of tea and said: "We are old relatives, if this matter spreads, people will poke Jia Jia's bones in the back, and the rumors are like knives!" ”

Li Jiqing's sunken eyes flashed, and he understood that he didn't believe in himself, and said loudly: "If you are worried about this, we can sign a book deed, and we will definitely not spread rumors behind our backs to slander the Jia family." ”

After speaking, looking at Jia Jue quietly, Li Jiqing knew that Jia Jue would definitely put forward conditions.

At this time, Jia Jue picked up the gift list again, looked at it carefully and said with a smile: "Everyone is an old relative, and the life of each family has not been easy in the past two years, and I have received it with my heart, but this gift is forgotten." Besides, we are helping each other, not doing business. ”

If Li Jiqing still couldn't understand the meaning, he would have lived in vain for so many years, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, uncle, I understand, once there is any news, I will tell you as soon as possible." ”

"Uncle Shi listens to me."

Jia Jue smiled slightly: "Don't hide it, I also have my own news channels, and general news can be contacted as soon as possible." ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Jiqing's heart sank, he nodded, and asked, "Uncle, please speak." ”

"Uncle Shi should have heard about the gossip about next year's spring. I hope that Uncle Shi can help me get conclusive evidence, empirical evidence that can bring Zhang Fu or Wu Shichang down, for example, how they got the exam questions. ”

"Nope! No way! ”

Li Jiqing's eyes were about to fall off, and he shook his head resolutely and said, "I can't agree anyway, if that's the case, I'd better be..."

"Uncle Shi will listen to me first."

Jia Jue interrupted Li Jiqing's words, and continued: "Whether it is for Uncle Shi himself, or for the future of the Marquis of Jinxiang, Uncle Shi should change his impression in His Majesty's heart, otherwise something will happen sooner or later." In addition, I have a message to tell Uncle Shi that it was Zhu Zaiyan's idea to kill Brother Shi, and it is estimated that Zhang Fu and they already knew about this matter. ”

"What!"

Jia Jue waved his hand, "Uncle Shi don't be excited, we can make a deal, I will provide Uncle Shi with all the information of the Zhongshun Palace, including the evidence of crimes that may cause trouble to the father and son of the Zhongshun Wang, on the condition that Uncle Shi will provide me with important news about the civil officials, as long as Uncle Shi can do it, I promise to make Uncle Shi's wish come true." ”

Li Jiqing agreed without hesitation, "Okay! We'll make up our minds, and I'll find a way to get the inside information for you. However, I would like to sign a deed. ”

"Nope! We use the family oath as a guarantee. ”

"Good!"

Li Jiqing immediately agreed to this proposal, and the two immediately swore face to face, and then high-fived as an oath, which was considered to be the completion of the transaction.