Moreover, Han Du's longing for living in the inner city suddenly came true. The backyard is such a big place, even if half of it is used as a workshop, the other half can also accommodate the entire Han family.
From now on, there is no need to get up and set off in the middle of the night when Han Du goes to the morning, and he can also enjoy the normal treatment of living in the inner city. Yinshi got up, slowly and leisurely combed his clothes, and Maoshi went to the palace on time to pay his respects.
After taking Han Du around, the eunuch said goodbye while Han Du was still thinking about his future life.
"Master Han, now that the handover has been completed, I will return to the palace to resume my duties."
Han Du came to his senses, quickly took the eunuch's hand, and said gratefully: "Thank you for your hard work, father-in-law." At the same time, a roll of treasure money in his hand was delivered to the eunuch without leaving any trace.
The eunuch refused at first and tried hard to get Han Du back. However, Han Du used greater strength to forcefully send him over.
The eunuch had no choice but to smile helplessly and said, "I'll take my leave then." After saying that, he turned around and led the people away.
Han Du waited until everyone left and looked at the empty shop, feeling very satisfied. From this moment on, these are all yours.
Looking at the broad facade, Han Du touched his chin and thought. It would be a pity if such a good place cannot be renovated and made tall and luxurious.
This is like a bathtub worker who sees a beautiful back. His first reaction is not how tempting this back is and how sinful it is. But it would be a pity not to use such a good back for a massage.
However, Han Du had no intention of thinking about how to decorate the shop now. Instead, he should go to the palace immediately to express his gratitude after receiving such great benefits from Lao Zhu. He also brought two jars of distilled wine to Lao Zhu, which showed his sincerity.
Lao Zhu was in the study, listening to Mao Xiang's report.
Although Mao Xiang was clean and neatly dressed, he always exuded a strong smell of blood. If someone had never seen blood, standing in front of Mao Xiang, the smell would be enough to make him gag.
However, Lao Zhu has experienced many battles and has not only become accustomed to this smell, but also has a slight obsession with it.
Mao Xiang's face was ugly, and he lowered his head and did not dare to look at the emperor.
Lao Zhu saw it, glanced at it, and asked casually: "Tell me, tell me the whole story in detail."
"Yes." Mao Xiang looked a little depressed and replied quickly after hearing Lao Zhu's order.
"In the afternoon of that day, Weichen sent capable men to lurk around Han Du's house. That night, Han Du cooperated and moved the sleeping room. Weichen's people waited until late at night before they noticed the movement. It was a man and a woman who came to Han Du's door. Use your hands and feet."
I heard that it was really human hands and feet, not something haunted.
Lao Zhu's pupils shrank slightly and asked: "Is what Han Du guessed true? Did someone smear eel blood on his door?"
"Yes, Wei Chen found eel blood from the two of them." Mao Xiang replied truthfully.
Lao Zhu lowered his head and pondered, how did Han Du, a scholar, know these tricky tricks? And he can guess it accurately. But now is not the time to think about this, so I shake my head to get rid of distracting thoughts for the time being.
Pointing his finger quietly, he said: "Continue, what happened next?"
"In order to prevent the two from taking people from the Han family as hostages, Wei Chen did not let anyone take action at the Han family. Instead, he waited until the two left the Han family before surrounding them on a street."
Having said this, Mao Xiang paused, took a deep breath, calmed down, and then continued: "These two people are extremely fierce. The ministers arranged for sword and shield men to come forward to surround them, and the archers and crossbowmen from a distance gathered to shoot, just like this. At the cost of six injuries, two people were captured alive."
After hearing this, Lao Zhu's eyes flashed.
Mao Xiang's arrangement was quite satisfactory, without any mistakes. Dozens of people surrounded the two people, and six people were injured under this arrangement. This only shows that these two people are too fierce. If it were an ordinary person, a single shot from a crossbow could kill him, where would he still be injured?
You must know that the men sent out by Mao Xiang were all masters. Under the siege of the sword and shield men and the crossbow men, six people were injured. Even if Mao Xiang was trying to catch him alive, it was enough to show how tough these two people were.
But fortunately, he was caught alive.
"Did anything come out of the interrogation?" Lao Zhu continued to ask.
Mao Xiang was shocked when he heard this, shook his head and replied: "They are all worthless things. These two people don't even know who gave them the order."
After hearing this, Lao Zhu asked doubtfully: "Since they don't even know who gave them the order, how did they know there was an order?"
Seeing that the emperor did not blame him, Mao Xiang felt relieved, and nodded quickly and replied: "They did this. It was outside the south gate of the city. When someone gave them an order, they put a mark next to the gate. They saw Just mark it to know that a new order is coming, and then dig out the real order at the place where you marked it."
Lao Zhu listened silently. Although he had known for a long time that those who secretly printed treasure banknotes must have secretive intentions, he did not expect that they would be so careful. Even the contact between each other will not be done face to face, but through this indirect method.
Seeing that the emperor didn't speak for a long time, Mao Xiang had no choice but to lower his head and ask for instructions, "Your Majesty, I don't know what to do with these two people?"
"Since it's of no use, then chop them up alive and feed them to the dogs." Lao Zhu hated these people so much that he would not let them off easily.
"Yes." Mao Xiang replied.
After saying that, he quietly stepped out as the emperor waved his hand.
Mao Xiang walked out of the door and let out a long sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, I passed the test so easily this time. When he was preparing to arrest people, Mao Xiang was still ambitious and wanted to atone for his crimes. After some interrogation, I realized that I had only caught two minions. I thought that I would inevitably be punished by the emperor, but I didn't expect that I would pass the test so easily.
Mao Xiang shook his head, wondering what was going on. What’s more, I don’t know that this is because Han Du vaccinated the emperor in advance. Lao Zhu was prepared in his heart, so naturally he didn't have high expectations for the two people Mao Xiang caught.
Therefore, Mao Xiang was able to pass easily.
Mao Xiang retreated, and the old eunuch walked in from outside.
When Lao Zhu saw it, he raised his eyes and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Go back to your Majesty and ask for an audience with Duke Xin and Han Du."
When Lao Zhu heard this, he couldn't help but frown slightly.
"Did they come together?"
"No, Duke Xin came first, and Han Du came later." The old eunuch replied truthfully.
Lao Zhu pondered for a moment, frowned, and ordered: "Let them go to Fengtian Hall and wait." Before the old eunuch could turn around and go out, Lao Zhu looked up at the sky outside, and then ordered: "Forget it. Pass the food around. Let them come here."
"yes."
