The Beidi man on the black horse was indeed heading to the Jin Palace.
However, he did not stop at the front door of Prince Jin's Mansion. Instead, he climbed over the wall from the backyard and left the horses outside.
Wu Luan had investigated the two candidates for the crown prince and knew that the Jin Palace was heavily guarded. On weekdays, a group of people would patrol outside the wall every half an hour.
After the owner left, the dark horse stood waiting under the wall in a familiar manner, which showed that he had been here many times.
"Let's go back."
Understanding this, Wu Luan was afraid that someone would find out that she was following her, so she bought two boxes of powder on the street corner and headed home.
Not long after Wu Luan left, Amao, who was squatting on the tree and using the wall to hide his figure, suddenly stuck his head out and stared thoughtfully in the direction the two left.
"The girl from Tianxiang Tower? She is as pretty as an oiran. She looks like she has blood from the Western Regions. I don't know which country she is of mixed race."
Fortunately, such a young and beautiful girl did not follow him to the Jin Prince's Mansion, but came to buy makeup.
Otherwise, today is the day when they will die.
Until Wu Luan and the two turned the corner, went around to the clothes shop at the other end of the street, bought new clothes, and walked back to Tianxiang Building.
Amao, who was standing in the canopy of the tree, felt completely relieved. He dodged and fell into the backyard.
"Woof woof woof!"
The vicious dog in the courtyard bared its teeth and started barking, alerting the guards who were responsible for taming it.
Amao made a sound to tease the vicious dog, until the guard frowned and tried to cover his ears, he smiled mischievously, took something out of his sleeve and threw it to the vicious dog.
The vicious dog immediately became obedient, snorted, hugged the toy A Mao threw and started chewing it.
This vicious dog was the watchdog given to Prince Jin's Mansion by Descarnate. It was as big as a calf and could not be restrained by a strong man when it went crazy. However, it was very sensitive to the toys it had tamed since childhood and was regarded as a reward from its owner.
So Descarnato gave it to the King of Jin to identify the origin of the Beidi people who got the token.
The guard who specializes in guarding dogs in Prince Jin's palace reached out his hand after knowing where Amao came from.
"You give this letter to Prince Jin. This matter is very important to Prince Jin and even the entire Prince Jin's palace. You should not neglect it."
"Whether it's important or not, the prince can decide for himself. Just wait here and don't move around randomly. Otherwise, if I don't see you when I come back, you won't be able to leave the palace!"
Not everyone in Prince Jin's Mansion, even a dog-watching guard, can instruct anyone to move.
Amao watched the other party leave leisurely. He was not in a hurry, he folded his arms leisurely and teased the vicious dog from time to time.
Anyway, he didn't lie. When Prince Jin sees his letter, the guard will understand that it is not bad for the young man's health to take a few more steps.
In the study.
King Jin was checking last month's accounts with Zhou Yu.
Before checking, King Jin already had a mental budget, but after checking, when he saw the deficit in the account, he couldn't help but slam the brush in his hand on the table.
Bang!
A large ball of ink smeared on the paper, and some ink splashed on Zhou Yu's body opposite.
If it were Zhou An, he would definitely get up at this time and greet him with concern.
But Zhou Yu was different from Zhou An. Instead of expressing concern verbally, he insisted on completing the affairs at hand, calculating the final results, copying the accounts on paper, and submitted them to the still sulking King Jin. before.
"Father, last month all the shops, land and fief income and expenses were owed a total of thirty-five thousand eight hundred taels of silver."
Thirty-five thousand eight hundred taels!
When King Jin heard that the amount was twice that of the one he had just calculated alone, he was even more furious. He picked up the inkstone and threw it out the door.
Snapped!
The dog guard who arrived was splashed with a basin of ink.
Fortunately, he had quick eyesight and quickly threw the letter aside, which prevented the letter in his hand from being stained black with ink and making it impossible to read.
"Your Majesty, forgive me!"
The dog guard who had been giving orders arrogantly in front of Amao just now fell to his knees without saying a word, bowing his head and begging for mercy.
He knew that the inkstone was not for him, but King Jin was in a bad mood at the moment. If he didn't admit his mistake quickly, he would probably never work in the palace again.
Except for Jiachu, the remaining guards knelt down and shouted for forgiveness.
Zhou Yu frowned slightly when he saw this scene.
He knew that this was his father's method, but he really didn't dare to praise it, because whether it was his own fault or someone else's fault, after hearing too many self-punishment words, he would only blame all the faults. others without reflection.
But it was not Zhou Yu, the new crown prince's turn, who had the final say in the Jin Palace.
Zhou Yu could only speak out to calm King Jin's anger: "Father, why don't we discuss other matters first?"
He was not good at saying flattering things like Zhou An, so he could only use diversion methods and slowly handle the rest by himself.
King Jin originally felt troubled by the bad debts, especially the expenses within the palace.
In the past, these accounts were taken care of by the princess. He only knew that the princess often used the revenue from her mother's shop to subsidize the palace. However, since Zhou An's death, the princess became ill and many people in the palace wanted to take over these accounts. He I'm thinking of sorting it out.
Unexpectedly, after sorting it out, I discovered that the women I raised were so prodigal.
What made him even more irritated was that these accounts were reviewed together in front of Zhou Yu. The shame was thrown at his son. How could he not be angry?
At this time, there were steps. King Jin walked down the steps, pointed to the envelope that fell on the ground, and asked the dog guard who was kneeling on the ground.
"Who sent this?"
The dog guard quickly replied: "It was sent by the dog owner who borrowed the dog in the backyard."
As for the emergency, the dog guard didn't mention it.
Descartes?
King Jin thought that the matter of the competition was already a certainty, and Ning Wuhou's side was progressing as expected. According to Descartes' cautious character, he would not sit idle. When his father was suspicious of the envoys from various countries, he specially sent someone to deliver the message. .
But he really couldn't remember anything important to contact the Beidi people, so he picked up the envelope himself, opened it unhurriedly and took a look. His eyes suddenly froze and his breathing became heavy.
"Where is the messenger? Call him over quickly!"
Prince Jin couldn't help but kicked the dog guard who was kneeling on the ground again.
"You come here slowly for such an important matter. When the dog owner comes to deliver a message in the future, you will be used by me to run away!"
He was so angry!
Ever since Zhou An's death, nothing has gone well around him.
Internal and external troubles are simply internal and external troubles!
King Jin used all his strength in this kick. The dog guard was kicked so hard that he almost lost his breath, but he did not dare to say anything. He covered his chest and hurried back to ask for the messenger.
Zhou Yu saw that his father was angry again, even more angry than before. He walked forward curiously and asked worriedly: "Father, what is written in this letter that makes you so angry?"
He knew that his father had always been in contact with foreign forces, and he also knew that the big dog tied in the backyard was a gift from the Beidi people.
At the same time, the twin sisters who accidentally fell into the water a few days ago seemed to have been sent by Japanese envoys.
As expected, this letter was sent by a force from the two countries.
But his father never let him participate in these things...
Zhou Yuzheng was thinking this, and the letter he was eager to read was already thrust into his hand.
"Take a look and think about how to deal with it after reading it."
"These damn Japanese people know that they are vicious by nature and have no good intentions, but I never expected that they would actually want to sit on my head and shit. What a fool's errand!"
