Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 229 The Imperial Spy
Seeing Zhou Wang looking at him suspiciously, Zhu Huiyu smiled and leaned into Zhou Wang's ear and said a few more words.

"What? General of Shanxi? Awarded the rank of general of the town?" King Zhou looked at Li Jing in surprise.

As long as Li Jing is dressed like this, no one would think that he is actually a second-rank military general of the imperial court.

In King Zhou's eyes, being from the second rank is naturally not worth it, but how old is Li Jing, does this mean that he is from the second rank?And the general has soldiers in his hands.

Suddenly the king of Zhou remembered something, Li Jing was a general in Shanxi, but he went to Henan to provide disaster relief, it would be a big mess if it spread.

In addition, if the emperor learns that Li Jing is his son-in-law, then the Zhou king's family will be destroyed immediately.

Thinking of this, the king of Zhou said in a deep voice to everyone in the hall: "No one is allowed to say that the county horse is a general in Shanxi, um...you can't admit that he is a county horse to the outside world. Otherwise, it will be heard by the emperor, and the vassal king Colluding with the generals leading the army is a crime of treason."

Everyone's heart trembled when they heard this, and they hurriedly nodded in agreement, since it was a matter of everyone's life and death, they naturally wouldn't talk nonsense.

Li Jing didn't expect that Zhu Huiyu would reveal his identity. Wouldn't this make his family suffer?
At this time, Zhu Huiyu was also too late to regret, but the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to say anything else.

Li Jing's thoughts changed sharply, the only plan for now is to let the Zhou Palace get away first, he can't say that he has been here, and let the Zhou Palace refuse to admit that he has been there.

When it comes to dealing with such a major event, the people in the Zhou Palace are far behind. Seeing that everyone was in a panic and had no idea, Li Jing said in a deep voice: "Everyone, don't panic, father-in-law, you should go to see the governor right away. If you ask about me, tell him that there is no one in the mansion today, let him look elsewhere, and at the same time let the mansion know that anyone who came back with me and the princess is forbidden to speak."

King Zhou nodded and said, "I'm going to see the governor right now. Can you find a place to live here? If not, let your brother Wang arrange it for you."

Li Jing smiled and said, "No need, please ask my elder brother to order someone to call one of my people."

Zhu Gonghao nodded, and called a servant to ask him to call immediately.

After a while, Li Dingguo hurried in.

Li Jing didn't wait for him to salute and said: "Dingguo, you immediately take someone to the restaurant and inn here, set up a room for us to rest, and at the same time send someone to kill the official who met us today. Aunt speaks."

After pondering for a while, Li Jing continued: "Order the people below to arrest all the spies placed by the imperial court in the palace."

After speaking, Li Jing took out a token from his arms and handed it to Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo hurriedly took it, fisted Li Jing, turned and went out.

Seeing that Li Jing was decisive in killing and attacking, and arranged the matter in an instant, everyone in Zhou Palace was dumbfounded.

It's just that Li Jing is an official in Shanxi, do the people below know the situation in Kaifeng?
Especially how would he know about the spies arranged by the emperor in the palace?You know, things like this are very confidential.

The people in the palace knew that there were spies sent by the emperor in the mansion. It would be strange for the emperor to beware of the vassal king not sending spies.But the people in the mansion don't know exactly who it is and how many spies there are.

But listening to Li Jing's words, it seems very clear. Doesn't this mean that Li Jing is also monitoring the palace?
Naturally, Li Jing would not send someone to monitor the Zhou Palace, let alone find out who the emperor placed in the Zhou Palace. He knew that there were spies arranged by the emperor in the Zhou Palace, thanks to Ma Wu's intelligence department.

Ma Wu had arranged spies in Kaifeng, and these spies would inevitably have to deal with many people if they wanted to inquire about the news.

Coincidentally, when Wang Zhong, the director of Kaifeng's intelligence department, went to Jingji Bank to collect funds for activities, he accidentally saw a person from Zhou Wangfu also withdrawing money from the bank.

Wang Zhong knew that this person was the steward of the Zhou Palace, so he was very surprised that this steward came to the bank to withdraw money.

If this person came to save money, it would not be surprising at all. There are so many relatives in the Zhou King's lineage, and some of them have already started to go downhill. The Palace may want to help them.

But it is a bit wrong to withdraw money, because it is impossible for Zhou Wangfu to deposit money in the bank.Then the money can only be sent from other places, but the properties of Zhou Wangfu are all in Kaifeng, so where is the need to go to the bank?
As for the relatives from other places, it is impossible to send money to the palace. What they want to send is some rare gadgets. How can it be possible to give money?
Moreover, the person who took the money was wrong, this person was just the steward of the outer palace of the palace, and it was impossible for the palace to take money, so it was his turn to do such a job.

Those who do intelligence work are naturally curious about things that have doubts, so Wang Zhong immediately asked the manager of the bank.

The intelligence department had close contacts with the people in the bank, so the manager would naturally not hide anything, so he immediately checked the source of the money exchange and found that the money exchange was issued from a bank in the capital.

Then the bank manager checked again, and found that the manager of the palace actually withdraws money from the bank on a regular basis, at least 500 taels each time, and even 2000 taels a year ago.

When he found out that the stewards of the palace were withdrawing money on a regular basis, Wang Zhong suddenly had an idea in his mind that he had met his colleagues.

Because he also withdraws money regularly, withdraws money to pay his subordinates, distributes activity funds, and distributes rewards.

At this moment, Wang Zhong's curiosity arose, and he immediately arranged for his subordinates to check the details of this person carefully. Only after this investigation did he find out that the steward of the palace had a connection with Dongchang, that is to say, this person is a spy of Dongchang. .

In addition, after the investigation, it was also found that there were more than 200 spies placed by Dongchang in Kaifeng, some of them were hiding in the palace, some were hiding in the homes of local officials, and some were scattered among the people.

After Wang Zhong found out the details of these people, he didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly reported to Ma Wu, and Ma Wu immediately reported to Li Jing.

Li Jing asked Ma Wu not to disturb these people after he learned that the two parties had no conflict of interest, so dealing with the imperial court's spies, wouldn't that be asking for trouble?
Therefore, Li Jing just told Ma Wu to let the people below be careful not to be noticed by the spies of Dongchang, so he put this matter aside.

Li Jing brought the princess back to the Zhou Palace, he could try to escape from the local officials, but he couldn't hide the secret from the Dongchang spies lurking in the palace. Therefore, Li Jing must not let these spies pass the news of his coming to the palace back to the capital.

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King Zhou and his son went to meet the governor of Henan, and everyone in the side hall looked at Li Jing with trepidation.

Li Jing ignored the crowd, just found a chair and sat down, then closed his eyes and meditated.

After a while, King Zhou and his son came back and said that the governor had been sent back, and that the governor had not said anything.

Li Jingjing nodded, signaling Zhou Wang and others to be calm and wait for the news.

After a long time, Li Dingguo ran back in a hurry. After seeing Li Jing, he handed back the token first, and then said: "Father, the restaurant and inn have been arranged. The people from the intelligence department have already started to work after receiving the order. All the spies from Dongchang have been secretly monitored, and they can arrest people at night, and Wang Zhong has already led people to the palace, and he will start arresting people only after his father gives orders."

Li Jingwen heard Huo Ran get up, turned to King Zhou and his son and said, "Father-in-law, elder brother, order the door to be closed."

King Zhou nodded and waved to Zhu Gonghao.

Zhu Gonghao didn't hesitate, and immediately ordered the palace gates to be sealed off, and no one could come in or out.

After Zhu Gonghao's order was passed on, Li Jing said to Li Dingguo: "Let them do it."

Li Dingguo clasped his fists together: "I obey."

After speaking, he strode out.

Now that the action has started here, Li Jing has no need to stay in the palace. He bowed to King Zhou, and Li Jing said with a smile: "My lord father-in-law, I will deal with these people arrested in the mansion properly, and I will also let them in the capital If you handle it well, you can rest assured."

Seeing that Li Jing had arranged so carefully in such a hasty situation, King Zhou couldn't help but secretly nodded, and at the same time was secretly surprised by Li Jing's thunderous tactics.

Seeing King Zhou nodded, Li Jing continued, "I'll take Huilao to the restaurant for a while. I won't be staying in the city tonight. I'll wait until this matter subsides, and then let Huilao come back and talk to you."

After hearing this, King Zhou knew that this was not the time for his sons and daughters to love each other. Seeing that Li Jing acted decisively, he kept his word, and he would definitely let his daughter go home to stay with him for a while.

Nodding to Zhu Huiling, Zhu Huiling took out two pieces of paper from his bosom and handed them to King Zhou, saying, "Father, my daughter came back in a hurry and didn't bring you anything. Here are two vouchers from Jingji Bank, and one for you." Keep it as a reward, and ask your eldest brother to take someone to Jingji Grain Store to buy food for disaster relief."

The King of Zhou was not short of money, but his daughter's filial piety had to be accepted.

Sighing, Zhou Wang took the exchange ticket from his daughter, but was surprised when he looked carefully.

The exchange ticket that Zhu Huiling gave him as a reward was 1 taels of silver, and the exchange ticket for buying food for the palace was 5 taels of silver.

Zhou Wang was secretly shocked after watching it, this Li Jing is so rich?
But that's not all.

Seeing King Zhou accept the redemption ticket, Li Jing ordered someone to take the pen, ink and paper, picked up the pen and wrote a few words on the paper, then took out his private seal and stamped it, and handed it to Zhu Huiyu.

Zhu Huiyu took it and handed it to King Zhou, saying, "Father, there is grain stored by my husband in the Jingji grain shop all year round for emergency use. Only with this slip can I buy the grain back. After buying it, You ask elder brother to provide disaster relief in the name of the palace."

The king of Zhou took the note and looked at it, only to see that it read: [-] shi for grain adjustment.

The king of Zhou looked at these words and said in surprise: "Just these few words can transfer [-] shi of grain?"

Zhu Huiyu smiled and said, "It's not the words that work, but the seal on it."

The king of Zhou looked at Li Jing, handed the two redemption tickets to Zhu Gonghao and said, "Do as your sister says! In addition, our mansion will also distribute [-] shi of grain for disaster relief!"

Zhu Gonghao silently took the redemption ticket and the note, glanced at Li Jing, and nodded slightly, with mixed feelings in his heart.

This is power.

Compared with Li Jing, he, the prince of Zhou, is really far behind.

Just now he and King Zhou went out to meet with the Governor of Henan, who said that this man came to Kaifeng with tens of thousands of civilian husbands and soldiers, and is now stationed outside the city with a large amount of grain.

(End of this chapter)