Chapter 250: Cutting off all ties and giving away everything I have
Zhu Xizhong had a wide circle of friends. According to Huang Liao, if you threw a brick on the street, you might accidentally hit the Duke's friends.
The words are exaggerated, which shows that the old playboy never offends anyone and always tries to please others.
"Duke, it's right here."
The guard turned around and said.
Zhu Xizhong glanced at the restaurant's sign and said, "Yellow Crane Tower, isn't this what Qingzhi was talking about...infringement of rights?"
On the second floor, Zhu Xizhong stood outside the door, listening to the noise inside, and signaled his followers to knock on the door.
"Who?"
"I!"
The door opened, and a middle-aged man saw Zhu Xizhong, a little surprised, then subconsciously looked back into the room.
"Who is in there that makes you, an old dog, so afraid?" Zhu Xizhong smiled and pushed his old friend away.
Qiu Luan, who was sitting inside, held up a wine glass and smiled, "Duke Cheng, long time no see. Let's have a drink today instead of tomorrow."
There was no direct grudge between the two, so someone chimed in: "Duke, since we are destined to meet today, why don't you get drunk with us?"
If he could ease the relationship with Zhu Xizhong, it would be of great help to Qiu Luan. Moreover, it could also indirectly annoy Jiang Qingzhi.
Everyone knew Zhu Xizhong's style of not offending anyone, so they all stood up and prepared to rearrange their seats.
The rightful name includes the distinction between superiority and inferiority.
There are rules for who should sit where.
Zhu Xizhong glanced at Qiu Luan and said to his old friend, "I just want to ask you something."
Seeing that he was not giving him face, the old friend advised: "Come in and have a drink, and we can talk slowly."
Zhu Xizhong looked at him and said seriously, "I just want to ask you something! Is it convenient?"
Qiu Luan sensed something and made a final effort. "Why would Duke Cheng offend the world for the sake of others?"
Jiang Qingzhi has offended the scholars and officials all over the world, and he is his enemy everywhere. You, Zhu Xizhong, never offend anyone... Aren't you afraid of being implicated?
"Inconvenient?" Zhu Xizhong looked at his old friend deeply, "In that case, sorry to bother you."
The old friend was shocked, "Duke, listen to me..."
Zhu Xizhong turned and left.
Qiu Luan said angrily: "I won't drink the toast..."
Zhu Xizhong stopped and turned around. The old playboy pointed at Qiu Luan and cursed him word by word: "What did you say, you bastard?"
Qiu Luan's face turned pale, but he dared not say anything more.
Zhu Xizhong is not Jiang Qingzhi, and the foundation of Chengguo Mansion is not comparable to that of Qiu Luan.
Qiu Luan didn't have the courage to completely offend Zhu Xizhong.
Zhu Xizhong cursed: "You are a piece of shit!"
He turned and left.
The old friend hurriedly chased after him, "Duke, we can talk it over. If you have any problem, just tell me and I will help you. I will definitely help you..."
Zhu Xizhong walked to the stairs, stopped and said, "If it were someone else, I would just pretend to be nice to him, but you, an old dog, and I have been friends for many years."
The old friend was delighted and said, "Of course, we are so close."
Zhu Xizhong turned around and took out a small knife.
The old friend subconsciously took a step back, and Zhu Xizhong cut off a piece of his sleeve with a knife and threw it on the ground.
"From now on, don't say that I am heartless and ungrateful!"
Zhu Xizhong strode down the stairs.
The old friend stood there in a daze.
On the second day, rumors spread in the capital that Zhu Xizhong had severed his friendship with his long-time friend for Jiang Qingzhi.
"Duke, someone sent a message asking if our family has joined forces with Qingzhi."
After breakfast, Zhu Xizhong's wife mentioned this matter.
"How did you answer?" Zhu Xizhong asked.
The wife sneered: "I replied to her: That's my brother!"
Zhu Xizhong remained silent for a long time.
Until Zhu Shitai handed him a cup of tea and looked at his father eagerly.
This is a warmth that I haven't felt in many years.
Zhu Xizhong took a sip of tea and said, "I married a good wife!"
……
"Why is Lord Xia asking about this?"
Xia Yan met with old friends in a restaurant.
Xia Yan raised his glass and took a sip of wine, "Just tell me what you want to say."
"The relationship between Mr. Xia and that person..." The old friend chuckled and said, "I asked too much."
"That child..." Xia Yan's eyes were gentle, "That's a good child."
"You are really old. You weren't so warm and gentle in the past." The old friend sighed.
"No, I just suddenly came to my senses." Xia Yan said.
"I will have someone investigate this matter and let you know if there is any news."
"Thank you."
"Why are you being so polite? You saved my family back then."
"I have saved many people, but only a few of them still remember me."
"Don't blame me for being cold-hearted. Friendship is friendship, but it fades every time you use it. The same goes for favors. Is that person worth using up your remaining connections, Lord Xia?"
Xia Yan was silent for a moment.
"I told you, that's a good kid!"
Xia Yan thought of the young man by the river, and he smiled and said to himself: See you in the capital.
He thought of the torment in the imperial prison.
Thinking of the ecstasy of seeing the light again...
"For that child..." Xia Yan raised his head and drank the wine in the glass.
"Give it all I have!"
……
"Commander."
Yan San has his own room in Xiyuan, and at this moment he is silently reciting scriptures.
"Say!"
The eunuch outside the door lowered his hands and said, "The assassin must have entered the capital with the diplomatic corps."
"Where is it hidden?" Yan San looked up, and the compassion in his eyes disappeared instantly.
"The more than ten officials from the Ministry of Rites who went to greet the guests should be involved. Our people are investigating."
"be quick!"
"Yes."
……
"No suspicious persons were found at any of the inspection offices or post stations along the way."
Zhu Xizhong brought a piece of news.
"Can the Duke be sure?" Hu Zongxian asked.
Zhu Xizhong nodded, "Those nobles are very unscrupulous. If you investigate this kind of thing carefully, you will definitely find it." "There is a tall giant among the assassins. If this person enters the Ming Dynasty in the usual way, he will not be able to escape the eyes and ears of the inspection department along the way." Xu Wei sneered, "Then who could it be?"
Xia Yan is here.
"Officials from the Ministry of Rites!"
Xia Yan sat down and ordered tea.
"That's right." Xu Wei said, "The assassin was tall and could only hide on the carriage of the Ministry of Rites to avoid being seen along the way. How brave!"
Zhu Xizhong asked: "Where did Xia Gong get the news from?"
Xia Yan took the tea handed over by Dou Jialan, drank a few sips first, and said: "An old friend found the official in charge of the post station and found out that the carriage from the north of the Ministry of Rites was quite secretive and no one was allowed to touch it. Later, it was found that the more than ten officials of the Ministry of Rites had big appetites and ate a lot every day, not much worse than those big-bellied men in the army..."
"Good appetite." Jiang Qingzhi smiled, but there was more murderous intent in his eyes.
"How much food do those assassins need to eat every day to hide in the cart? It is not easy to cover up this matter." Xu Wei said: "My Lord, this person must be of high status."
"The person leading this trip is the head of the Ministry of Guests and Guests, Wang Chi," Xia Yan said.
"Keep an eye on him!" Jiang Qingzhi ordered.
……
The topic of who will succeed the Minister of Rites has been going on for a long time.
There was even a betting game within the Ministry of Rites, with the main candidates being the two vice ministers, plus some possible important officials.
"I think Minister Chen has a chance!"
Wang Chi, the head of the Ministry of Guests, also followed suit and placed a bet of ten strings of cash. The official in charge of the betting smiled bitterly and said, "It's all for fun. Wang, you..."
Wang Chi was fond of gambling, so he asked, "Don't you dare take it?"
"Why not?"
The official said.
"That's good."
Wang Chi returned to his duty room.
After sitting down, I felt limp all over.
The room was somewhat dark, and he curled up in a ball in his chair, shivering.
"I missed it. Damn it. Why did I miss it?"
"Jiang Qingzhi is your Majesty's cousin. If he fails, he will definitely frantically look for suspicious points..."
Knock knock knock!
There was a knock on the door outside.
Wang Chi walked to the door and asked, "Who?"
He didn't notice that his whole body was tense and shaking with nervousness.
It seemed as if the next moment the person rushing in would be Jiang Qingzhi.
"Someone is checking on you. In addition, the post station has also been checked, and the patrol inspector has been questioned..."
The man outside the door paused for a moment and said, "Take care of yourself. Your wife and children...will be fine."
Inside the door, Wang Chi held onto the door panel and slowly sat down.
He leaned against the door, sobbing softly.
……
"It's Wang Chi, the head of the Ministry of Rites' Department of Guests and Guests!"
Sun Bu Tong reported back.
Jiang Qingzhi stood up and said, "Let's go and meet this Master Wang!"
When they arrived at the Ministry of Rites, the doorman saw Jiang Qingzhi and subconsciously avoided him, smiled and extended his hand, as if he was welcoming a distinguished guest, politely and flatteringly, "Master, just come in."
Hey!
Am I that unreasonable?
Jiang Qingzhi smiled.
After entering, Xiao Zhuo was called over.
"Where is Wang Chi's duty room?"
"It's just across the street."
Jiang Qingzhi followed him to Wang Chi's duty room.
He pointed at the door and moved aside.
Sun Bu Tong came over and kicked him.
Bang!
The kick was so powerful that the entire door was kicked inward.
"Be gentler next time!" Jiang Qingzhi stretched out his hand to fan away the dust in front of his eyes, and then his eyes narrowed.
Under the beam of the duty room, an official was hanging by a rope.
The official's tongue was sticking out, his head was tilted, and he looked at everyone strangely. His body was hit by the door just now, and it was swaying back and forth.
Squeak!
Squeak!
……
Wang Chi committed suicide.
"Your Majesty, I am incompetent."
Yan San pleaded guilty.
"You are the third commander of the Yanqi. You witnessed the death of the previous emperor and the undercurrents in the palace for many years. I was almost strangled to death in the palace. Today, an official committed suicide in his duty room... I want to ask. Who does this Ming Dynasty belong to?"
Emperor Jiajing said quietly, "I was wondering, if I were to go boating on a lake or sea one day, would those people dare to attack me again?"
"I...wish you would die!" Yan San knelt down, feeling so ashamed and angry that he could not express it in words.
"Who was behind those palace maids who tried to strangle me during the coup?" Emperor Jiajing's eyes were deep. "Are they the same group as the group that caused the last emperor to fall into the water and die of illness, and the group that opened the way for the assassins this time? This is the point that I am concerned about!"
"I will check it out right now!"
"You have been investigating for more than 20 years, but still to no avail." The Jiajing Emperor suddenly flew into a rage. "Those people seem to be everywhere, yet they seem to be thousands of miles away... I am helpless. I am the Son of Heaven, but I have to hide in the West Garden to avoid the claws of those people. This is really a joke!"
……
"Keep checking, go now!"
The lord was humiliated and his minister died. After Yan San returned, he ordered the Yan cavalry to mobilize in large numbers.
After receiving the news, Lu Bing said to Zhu Hao, "Don't interfere."
"Yes. By the way, Commander, those people are..."
"Many times, curiosity kills people." Lu Bing looked at him, "I don't want to kill you with my own hands, so put away your curiosity."
Zhu Hao's whole body tensed up, "Yes."
……
"Uncle!"
Jiang Qingzhi, who was teaching three disciples, looked up and saw that it was Sun Bu Tong, so he asked the three of them to study on their own.
Walking out of the study, Sun Bu Tong said softly: "We followed the trail and found a place. Now the brothers are pursuing it."
"Who is it?" Jiang Qingzhi asked coldly.
"They must be the remnants of the assassins, Altan's men."
Sun Bu Tong was the best at observing people's expressions. "Master, how do we deal with those people?"
"I told you, hang them!"
Jiang Qingzhi said.
……
It’s the middle of the month, brothers, if you have tickets, please give me some!
(End of this chapter)
