Although Zhu Gui and Bailuting had a cooperative relationship before, after all, the other party was Jinyiwei.

And Zhu Gui hated the Jinyiwei organization as a whole, not to mention that his original purpose had been achieved.

If Bailu Pavilion knew each other, Zhu Gui would also consider making him his 'informant' and continue to obtain information for him, and it would be a big deal to pay some money, which would be a trivial matter for him.

However, since the last time he sent a secret letter to the other party, which led to the follow-up to the 'Imperial Garden Coup', the other party has not contacted him again.

And now after such a long time, the other party stopped Zhu Gui's carriage on the streets of Nanjing in the middle of the night.

Whatever the reason, Zhu Gui has already regarded the other party as a threat.

Perhaps seeing Zhu Gui's vigilance, this made Bailuting feel a little proud in his heart.

Because from his point of view, the other party is not only a helpless existence of Jinyiwei, but also the first one who made Jinyiwei deflated, and it was also the promoter who directly led to Jinyiwei's revocation by the emperor.

Not to mention that the little prince in front of him can be regarded as the 'mastermind' behind the 'Imperial Garden Coup'.

And now the other party would be 'afraid' of such a lowly existence as him, which made Bai Luting think that the other party was worried about reporting everything he knew to the emperor, making him completely lose everything he has now.

With this idea, coupled with confidence in his own skills, Bailu Pavilion relaxed his vigilance a little.

"Little prince, my subordinates are still on your side, the reason why I came at this time is because my subordinates are now the imperial guards, and I usually can't leave, this time I heard that the prince was summoned by the emperor to Nanjing, so I came to see him before."

The Egret Pavilion hunched over, and his posture and tone were low enough.

Zhu Gui was about to speak, when he heard Xu Miaoqing behind him remind: "Don't believe him, this person gives me a very dangerous aura." ”

Zhu Gui nodded at her, then turned his head to look at the Egret Pavilion.

"If there is something important, come to the palace tomorrow to report, it's late, and the king is going back to rest."

After Zhu Gui finished speaking, he turned around and was about to get into the carriage, but his hands were already on his waist, prepared for the worst.

If it weren't for Nanjing, he wouldn't have talked so much nonsense with the other party.

It's really that he has just found a way to make the emperor change his attitude, and he really doesn't want to make his already infamous reputation worse because of murder.

When Bai Luting heard Zhu Gui's words, a look of surprise appeared on his face, but it immediately turned into a sneer.

"Little Wangye, it's really no problem to go to the palace, but my subordinates have been a little short of money recently, I don't know if the little prince can fund one or two? In this way, subordinates can also collect more information for the prince. ”

It turns out that this is the real purpose of the Egret Pavilion, which is to ask for money.

Zhu Gui got into the carriage and threw out a stack of silver tickets from the window: "This is 20,000 taels." ”

Bailuting didn't expect Zhu Gui to be so easy to talk to, and he was so generous, and he was happy in his heart, and at the same time, he regretted asking for less.

However, he still quickly picked up the silver ticket and retreated to the side, saying in his mouth: "The prince has gone all the way." ”

Zhu Gui, who was sitting in the carriage, had a gloomy face.

He knew that since people like Bailuting dared to 'blackmail' him, it would not be the only time.

Although it is easy for him to make money, he will not use it to squander it like this.

So after the carriage had traveled some distance, he immediately said to the soldiers who were driving the car: "You go and deal with the man just now, pay attention to safety, and don't leave traces." ”

The soldier nodded immediately, then jumped out of the carriage and disappeared into the alley next to him.

Zhu Gui began to catch the car himself.

If you want to talk about his skills, although his salt dealer is a fierce salt dealer, but due to the short training time, he can't be compared with the more professional Jinyi Guard, not to mention that the other party is still a thousand households in the former Jinyi Guard.

Don't forget that Zhu Gui's guards are all good at using flintlock pistols.

Not to mention that the remaining four pro-soldiers are the ones who have followed him the longest, have experienced several bloody battles, and are comparable to the Jinyi Guards who are far away in heart and means.

If Zhu Gui wasn't still a little worried about the safety of himself and Xu Miaoqing, he would have the heart to let these personal soldiers out to command the Yunzhou army.

They're good enough to be on their own.

The carriage soon returned to the Acting Palace.

But to Zhu Gui's surprise, the main entrance of the Daiwang Mansion was brightly lit, like a night market.

He then drove the carriage around to the back door of the palace.

After entering the courtyard, he asked someone to inquire about the situation, and at the same time carried Xu Miaoqing, who was already asleep, back to the room and placed her.

After several subordinates took turns to elaborate, Zhu Gui understood the situation outside.

It turned out that the small merchants who came in the afternoon were only some of the shops in Nanjing, mainly in the northern part of the city.

The main reason is that the merchants over there were the least influenced by the acting king before, so they were not so taboo about Zhu Gui's 'notoriety'.

And a series of policies of the representatives of the Datong Caravan made these merchants flock to them, and they not only wanted to cooperate with the Datong Chamber of Commerce, but even wanted to join the Datong Chamber of Commerce to seek refuge.

Originally, this matter needed to be decided by Zhu Gui personally, but the caravan representative may have been too excited to make a decision directly.

The representatives of these small businessmen soon spread the news, and immediately caused a storm that affected the entire business community in Nanjing.

Although most of the merchants in Nanjing had backgrounds, due to the Ming tradition of valuing agriculture over commerce, their backgrounds were limited to spending money to get through relationships.

And the higher the official is more secretive about this kind of thing, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude towards this is still very resolute, and the 'corrupt officials' who have been dealt with for this reason have already piled up several 'Jingguan' outside Nanjing.

Therefore, the 'loosening' of the Daiwangfu immediately made countless businessmen see the opportunity.

No matter how much the acting king is not treated by the emperor, he is also a vassal king, and it is not an ordinary official background that can be replaced.

As a result, more than half of the small and medium-sized businessmen in Nanjing City were moved.

Only those big family forces with intertwined roots are still waiting.

After Zhu Gui heard the news, he was stunned for three seconds.

He was thinking about the pros and cons that it might have on him and the various possible effects.

Among them, the most important thing to consider is Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude, if the other party knows about this, maybe Zhu Gui's attitude will be bad again.

But now that it has happened, if he comes forward to 'clarify' the matter, he may not have credibility to reconvene these businessmen in the future.

After thinking about it, Zhu Gui still decided to take a little risk and take advantage of this opportunity to completely enter the Nanjing business community.