The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, Becomes a Disciple of Yue Buqun

The Queen Mother's tone sank: "Who else needs to gossip about this? The wife of the man has come to the palace to cry to me, do you think I can pretend that I didn't hear it?"

Zhu Shou laughed when he heard this: "Uncle, you are really annoying. You even bother mother with such a thing."

The Queen Mother did not want to hear his evasiveness and asked, "Did you say this in the court yesterday?"

Zhu Shou couldn't avoid this topic, so he could only say, "Yes, I did."

The Queen Mother looked unhappy: "He is your uncle, are you so cruel?"

Zhu Shou said with a smile, "Your Majesty, your words are too serious. Your title was not removed, was it? I just tried to scare him, so that he wouldn't do something that would anger the heavens and the people and bring shame to our royal family."

The Queen Mother ignored his explanation.

"What do you mean by heaven's wrath and people's resentment? Is it that exaggerated? I know you don't like Yanling Heling, but they are my brothers and your uncles. Blood is thicker than water. Why are you so harsh on them?"

Zhu Shou's smile faded.

"It's not that I don't care about my family, but do you know what they did? I heard before that they robbed farms, bullied men and women, and allowed their servants to beat up the people in the street. A few days ago, they threatened to throw the civilians who blocked the horse into the Ministry of Justice for punishment. The Ministry of Justice is the court in charge of criminal law and is a public tool of the state. Did he treat the Ministry of Justice as his own?"

The Queen Mother disagreed.

"It's just taking some land. What's the big deal? As for those words, they were just angry words. When your father was still alive, he was very tolerant of them. Why do you have to make things difficult for them?"

My father is my father, and I am me.

Zhu Shou felt a little cold in his heart when he heard the Queen Mother speak so lightly and without caring at all.

There is a small family but no big family.

This is his mother.

She only has her two younger brothers in her heart, and she loves them even more than her own sons.

Seeing that Zhu Shou didn't say anything, the empress dowager knew what had happened and she no longer had the heart to talk. She originally wanted to keep Zhu Shou in Kunning Palace for dinner, but now she just said she was tired and left.

Only Zhu Shou was left sitting quietly.

"emperor."

A eunuch said carefully.

Zhu Shou glanced at him and stood up.

"Go back to the palace."

After returning to the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Shou learned that Mou Bin had already arrived at the Imperial Study waiting for an audience, so he went directly to the Imperial Study.

"I see your Majesty."

Mou Bin waited in the imperial study for a while, and knelt on one knee after seeing Zhu Shou.

"No gift."

Zhu Shou waved his hand, sat down at the imperial table and motioned for Mou Bin to stand up.

"How's the matter you were asked to investigate?"

Mou Bin quickly took out a small notebook from his arms and handed it over with both hands.

"Your Majesty, here is all the information about Jiang Ning."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Shou took the notebook, opened it and browsed the information on it.

"Huashan Sect, Jiangning?"

Chapter 422: Spontaneous Combustion

When Zhu Shou saw the words "Huashan Sect", he understood.

It seems that he is a man of underworld.

But how could a small gangster make Chen Qingyuan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, so respectful?

Zhu Shou frowned slightly and continued reading.

"The hero of Guanzhong?"

Zhu Shou raised his eyebrows and found that Jiang Ning actually had a gold medal title awarded by the court.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I have checked, and the gold medal was awarded last year."

Mou Bin said quickly.

last year?

That was when his father was on the throne.

Zhu Shou nodded and continued reading.

However, there is not much information at the end. It only records some things about Jiang Ning, such as the bandit suppression in Shaanxi a few years ago, the siege of Huashan by a group of evildoers last year, and some major events in the underworld.

That’s all the information there is. It will be gone soon and there won’t be any more.

After all, there are only two or three days to check the information. Even the Jinyiwei cannot find out the life story of a person thousands of miles away in such a short time. Mou Bin has done his best to find out these.

After reading this, Zhu Shou looked at Mou Bin.

"What kind of sect is Huashan Sect?"

Mou Bin quickly replied: "It is a sect in Shaanxi, established in Huashan, so it is called Huashan Sect. It seems to be a branch of Quanzhen, a Taoist sect."

Before reporting to Zhu Shou, he had already investigated the Huashan Sect thoroughly.

Taoist sect?

Zhu Shou nodded.

No wonder he could feel that Jiang Ning was very familiar with Taoist classics when talking to him.

After reading it, Zhu Shou closed the notebook. At this moment, he was not thinking about Jiang Ning, but other information.

"I didn't expect these Jianghu people to be so rampant and completely ignore the imperial court."

Zhu Shou thought to himself.

The Ming Dynasty is now facing serious internal troubles. The civil officials in the court are seriously corrupt, the army is decadent, and the treasury is empty. The court can no longer control other places and allows those scoundrels to do whatever they want.

Zhu Shou never expected that he would take over such a mess as soon as he ascended the throne.

The Ming Dynasty was now close to collapse.

"You did very well."

Zhu Shou had a lot of thoughts in his mind, but he didn't show it on his face. He said to Mou Bin, "You continue to investigate. Investigate Jiang Ning. At the same time, you should also pay attention to what those people in the underworld are doing outside and understand their movements."

Mou Bin took the order.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

……

After seeing Chen Qingyuan off, Jiang Ning returned to his room to rest. The next morning, Zhu Shou arrived as promised.

Jiang Ning couldn't help but feel Zhu Shou's persistence.

I said I would take him to tour the capital, and I must do what I said.

For the next two days, Zhu Shou arrived early and never missed a day. Even the young eunuchs who followed him secretly couldn't help but sigh.

"Brother Jiang, it's getting late. I'll come back tomorrow morning to tour the capital with you."

It was almost the hour of You, and Zhu Shou looked at the sky and prepared to leave.

These past few days, Zhu Shou would not go home until almost the evening, and would come to see Jiang Ning early the next morning, very punctually.

But Jiang Ning shook his head and said, "I'm ready to leave the capital."

"what?"

Zhu Shou was surprised.

"So fast?"

Jiang Ning smiled and said, "I came to the capital just to have fun for a few days. I don't plan to stay longer. Thank you, Brother Zhu, for taking the trouble to lead me to visit the capital these days. I am very grateful."

"Brother Jiang, what are you talking about?"

Zhu Shou said unhappily, "Brother Jiang and I hit it off right away, and we have similar interests. I have long considered Brother Jiang a friend. Is Brother Jiang being distant with me?"

Jiang Ning smiled and said, "It is my great fortune to have made a friend like Brother Zhu in the capital."

Zhu Shou then laughed and asked, "Where are you going, Brother Jiang?"

Jiang Ning smiled and said, "Traveling around."

Zhu Shou felt a little regretful.

"Brother Jiang, after this separation, I don't know when we will meet again."

Zhu Shou added: "What a pity! I still want to drink and chat with Brother Jiang."

Jiang Ning said, "All good things must come to an end. If you have the opportunity to visit Huashan in Shaanxi, I will take you to see the beautiful scenery of Huashan."

Zhu Shou smiled and said, "Is it a deal?"

Jiang Ning nodded: "It's a deal."

"Farewell."

"Farewell."

The two bowed and said goodbye.

Looking at Zhu Shou's departing figure, Jiang Ning's eyes showed no fluctuation. He stood there for a while and then returned to the inn.

After returning to the inn, I packed my things and prepared to check out and leave.

It is almost the You hour now. Although it is not dark yet, if we want to travel quickly, we should set off early tomorrow morning. However, Jiang Ning does not plan to stay any longer. He will leave the capital city after finishing his work tonight.

When Jiang Ning arrived at the city gate and was about to leave, he happened to meet the soldier guarding the city from last time.

"Are you leaving town?"

The soldier guarding the city recognized Jiang Ning immediately when he saw him.

Although the incident happened a few days ago, he was still impressed by Jiang Ning. After all, he almost caught Jiang Ning.