"Come, to celebrate our reunion, Brother Hou, why don't you have a drink with me?"
Raising his glass, Zhang Suohao faced the uncertain Hou Jue with no concealment of disdain in his eyes.
"No."
Hou Jue shook his head and said calmly: "I have been practicing martial arts recently and cannot drink."
Zhang Suohao sneered in his heart. He knew that Hou Jue must be unhappy with him, but what was the use of his resistance? If he said it himself, wouldn't he still have to drink what he needs to?
"Brother Hou, what do you mean when you come to the banquet and don't drink?"
A cold look flashed across his face. For Zhang Suohao, although he was not even a fart among the third-grade officials, he didn't even have much grasp of the Dragon and Tiger Qi. But his identity determines that he can do whatever he wants in this small and broken place like Beiliang.
You don't want to drink? If you don't drink, you won't give me face. If you don't give me face, you won't give the governor face.
"ah."
Hearing this, Hou Jue immediately sneered. He raised his head and said sincerely: "I'm afraid that you'll be hit by a dog when you go out after drinking too much tonight, so I won't drink anymore. I'll protect you then. Otherwise, I'm afraid that the dignified governor will be killed." It's so ridiculous to be killed by a dog, and it will be so embarrassing to have a monument erected in the future."
"you!"
Zhang Suohao suddenly became furious. He was about to scold Hou Jue for being bold, but suddenly he found that Hou Jue was confident and showed no regret or panic at all for insulting his superior.
Um?
Zhang Suohao was suddenly shocked. He didn't believe that a person could be so calm after insulting his boss so blatantly.
Could it be him?
If Zhang Suohao has any scruples in Beiliang this time, it is only one person.
King of Han, Zhu Gaoxi.
Many people in the world are afraid of Zhang Suohao because his sister is the queen. And Queen Zhang was afraid of King Han.
But···
His mind was a little confused, and Zhang Suohao's originally indomitable momentum suddenly weakened. He could see that Hou Jue was not afraid of him, but even vaguely mocking him.
This is not normal, not normal at all. No matter how bad his reputation is, he is still a third-grade governor, and his sister, Queen Zhang, is even more frightened by others. It is absolutely abnormal for Hou Jue to insult him so much and yet be so calm and calm.
Is he a pawn of the King of Han?
Zhang Suohao thought secretly in his heart, so he did not dare to get angry. Instead, he suppressed his anger and said with a smile: "In this case, Brother Hou doesn't need to drink. Let's eat vegetables. Eat vegetables."
"Okay, you can eat more and get some fine chaff."
Hou Jue is now a broken man. Anyway, Zhou Li said that there is a way to protect him from death. He believed it anyway, so he might as well disgust the governor.
After saying that, Hou Jue didn't care about his image at all, stepped on the stool, hugged his robe carelessly, and started to eat the meal casually.
At this moment, Zhang Suohao was keenly aware of the light blue long-tassel gold-inlaid jade worn on Hou Jue's waist. Suddenly, Zhang Suohao's heart trembled, and his original guess was directly confirmed.
"Okay~~~"
Gritting his teeth and picking up his chopsticks, Zhang Suohao appeared to be looking at the food, but in fact he was looking at Hou Jue in front of him. Because Hou Jue was of low status and had nothing to do with the matter, Zhang Suohao did not pay attention to him when investigating.
Now it seems that the King of Han also got the news in advance.
Zhang Suohao knew that what he was looking for was not only evidence of crime, but also clues about Jianwen's orphan. He knew in his heart that when Emperor Taizong died of illness and Hong Xi was seriously ill, the King of Han was not as loyal as he is now. If the immortal had not taken action to remove the lesions on Emperor Hongxi's body, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty would have to go through another battle of peace.
No, no matter what, we cannot let this bead fall into the hands of the King of Han.
While Zhang Suohao was sizing up his thoughts secretly, Hou Jue also took a few mouthfuls. After a while, he raised his head and asked curiously: "What? Are you not used to eating fine bran? Let me go to the kitchen to get you some swill." ?"
"Hou Jue, don't bully others too much!"
Zhang Suohao immediately slapped the table and started to get startled, and said angrily: "I gave you a few portions of thin noodles because of His Highness the King of Han Dynasty. You are going too far to bully others now. Let me tell you, my sister, Queen Zhang!"
"King of Han?"
Hou Jue was stunned and said in confusion: "No, what does our quarrel here have to do with the King of Han?"
Zhang Suohao laughed out of anger. He looked at Hou Jue's sincere face and was speechless for a moment. After a brief silence, Zhang Suohao sneered and said:
"I see."
Before Hou Jue could speak, suddenly, a flash of white light flashed around him. The next second, Hou Jue fell to the ground, unconscious.
"Why did you suddenly ask me to take action?"
Dead Man's Sword slowly raised his head, looked at Zhang Suohao who made the gesture, and asked in confusion: "Isn't he from the King of Han?"
"yes."
He nodded, then shook his head. Zhang Suohao walked to the unconscious Hou Jue, stretched out his hand, and pulled off the jade pendant. Looking at the exquisite golden jade pendant and the blue tassel with rough workmanship, Zhang Suohao narrowed his eyes and looked at it for a moment, and then said slowly:
"But not."
"Can't understand."
"If you don't understand, just study hard."
With a snort, Zhang Suohao showed the jade pendant to the Dead Man's Knife, shook the long blue tassel, and said: "The people of the King of Han will all wear the jade pendant of gold. This is true. But have you seen the jade pendant of the King of Han?" Come on, are there any cheap tassels like this?"
Dead Man's Sword was stunned for a moment, and then said bluntly: "I don't know, I died once, and half of my brain was mush."
"madness."
Zhang Suohao scolded angrily and said:
"This Hou Jue is obviously a random spy found by the King of Han. He was given a job as a hundred households in Beiliang, and he was given a jade pendant that was not worthy of gold tassels, just to break away from him at any time."
"Even if Hou Jue's secret investigation of Jianwen's orphan is discovered, the King of Han will directly say that Hou Jue stole this jade pendant to use it as a front and has nothing to do with the King of Han. Do you understand?"
After calming down, Zhang Suohao glanced at Hou Jue, who was lying around, and said slowly:
"It seems that the King of Han only suspects the Jie family, rather than having the exact information like me. But what I am going to do next must not be noticed by the King of Han, so this person cannot be killed or let go."
"Kill him. If the King of Han does not receive the news, he will think of me and things will be in trouble. Let him go, what happened today has already happened, and we cannot let him go.
"what is it now?"
Faced with the doubts of the Dead Man's Knife, Zhang Suohao was silent for a moment, and then thought of a good idea.
"Send it to the Royal Forest Army's barracks, and I will interrogate it myself tomorrow."
He stretched out his hand and touched it. Soldier talismans, jade pendants and a note appeared in Zhang Suohao's hand. After reading the content on the note, Zhang Suohao threw the object to the Dead Man's Knife and said:
"Follow this flying pigeon number and deliver a six-word message at Mao hour every day."
Dead Man's Sword understood that the Fei Ge number should be the way to contact the King of Han, and Mao hour was the time that Zhang Suohao deciphered. He took the Flying Pigeon and took a look at its contents.
"Access everywhere?"
He raised his head and said with some surprise: "Master Zhang, the Flying Pigeon above is accessible from anywhere. It is the monster hunting hall run by Zhou Li."
"What?"
Zhang Suohao was stunned, and then asked quickly: "Are you sure?"
"I asked about it at noon today, and it's these numbers."
With a wry smile, Dead Man's Sword sighed and said slowly: "Master Zhang, I'm in trouble."
"No. Check, check for me!"
After a brief shock, Zhang Suohao frowned, shook his head repeatedly, and said in a solemn tone:
"It is absolutely impossible for Zhou Li to have anything to do with the King of Han. I have checked his life experience, and there is no connection with the King of Han. There is a high chance that Nadoutong is just a one-way stronghold of the King of Han, and Zhou Li has no connection with the King of Han himself."
"Wait a moment."
Reaching out to stop the imperial guard who was about to take action, Zhang Suohao said slowly after a brief thought:
"No, think about it differently."
He lowered his head and looked at the unconscious Hou Jue at his feet, with a confident smile on his face.
"I have access to everything. The Monster Hunting Hall should be able to accept the commission."
Zhang Suohao raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said softly: "Go and give the military talisman to Li Kuan. Let Li Kuan go anywhere and give Zhou Li a commission."
"The content of the commission is to find the missing Hou Jue."
Hearing this, Dead Man's Sword was stunned for a moment, and then the expression on his face gradually changed from surprise to admiration. He cupped his hands and said in admiration:
"Master Zhang is indeed wise. In this way, if Zhou Li knows the King of Han, he will definitely reveal his flaws."
Zhang Suohao smiled coldly and said slowly:
"Not only that, if Zhou Li has no contact with the King of Han, we can control him at any time. If there is contact, we will use his tricks to kill the Beiliang Jie family and the people around him, and put the blame on the King of Han."
"Playing a trick on me? Ha, let me see how you should deal with it."
"how to respond?"
Looking at Zhou Li with a strange expression, the old scholar held the teacup, shook it, and asked curiously: "Is this considered to have fallen into your trap?"
"Half and half."
Zhou Li put the sweet milk with sugar into Shuang'er's hands, looked at the girl happily sipping the milk, and said softly:
"I'm sure that after he sees the jade pendant of the King of Han that I got from Qianyun, he will definitely take Hou Jue into his barracks and keep him under guard. In this way, my supernatural power will be able to see the Royal Forest Army barracks."
Although Zhou Shuang'er's clairvoyance and ears are not magical and are almost impossible to prevent, they still have their own shortcomings.
First of all, this magical power must be visible, that is, if the other party is in a room with the doors and windows closed, this spell will be ineffective. Secondly, magical powers will also be ineffective in places where "invisible talismans" are hung or where invisible enchantments are set up, such as the Royal Guards' barracks.
Of course, Zhou Li can directly summon Zhou Shuang'er's immortal body, that is, just like Zhou Yi in the mountain temple, he can directly let Shuang'er, the "immortal body" in his heyday, explore at will. You know, the immortal Zhou Yi can tear apart mountain giants with his hands. If it were Shuang'er with an immortal body, he could even see any pattern on the emperor's underwear.
But this is not necessary, after all, the spiritual energy in the fairy gourd is too difficult to replenish. Ever since Zhou Yi used his spiritual energy to manifest his immortal body in the Mountain Temple, the gourd's spiritual energy had less than half a point left. Even if it was activated, it would only be able to keep Zhou Shuang'er's eye on it for a few seconds, which was meaningless.
Therefore, Zhou Li chose another method. That is to say, Hou Jue was "sneaked" into the enemy camp, so that Zhou Li could see everything in the military camp clearly through another way.
"What's the comparison, what's the comparison, what's the comparison."
Listening to the noisy voice in his mind, Zhou Li smiled nonchalantly. On Hou Jue's body, his all-spirited red ball was placed in his arms.
Zhou Li was betting that Zhang Suohao would not dare to touch things of unknown origin.
As expected by Zhou Li, Zhang Suohao did not dare to touch the strange-shaped Wanling Zhu Sphere. He just sealed a talisman and placed it in Hou Jue's arms, then allowed him to be escorted into the barracks.
As for the rest...
Zhou Li dispersed the golden light from his eyes and estimated that he would have to wait a few days if he wanted to use his clairvoyance and ears next time. He took a breath and thought about Zhang Suohao's "asking Li Kuan to entrust Zhou Li with the task of finding Hou Jue", and a strange smile appeared on his face.
"Being smart."
Someone asked Zhou Li if he should practice. This will be explained in tomorrow's update. The protagonist's level improvement in this book will not be so routine. Of course, there are routines, but it may be strange. After all, the tone of the book is somewhat abstract.
(End of chapter)
