The next day, because he had to wait for the Blue Crows to try to explore the situation in the palace before deciding on the next move, Zhao Hongrun, who had nothing to do, simply decided to take Mi Jiang and Que'er for a stroll on the street, and stopped by several restaurants in the city.
Check out the business status of shops with "Su's" plaques hanging on them.
In order to deceive others, Zhao Hongrun specially asked Zong Wei Gao Kuo to rent an ordinary carriage in the city. Wei Jiao and Zhong Zhao drove the carriage, while Gao Kuo and Mu Qing followed the carriage on their mounts to deal with emergencies.
In the carriage, Zhao Hongrun, Mi Jiang and Que'er discussed purchasing some evil-proof ornaments for their youngest son Zhao Wei and daughter Chu Chu - Zhao Hongrun suggested gold longevity locks, while Mi Jiang preferred peach charms, but Que'er thought
It would be best to have silver bracelets or anklets. The three of them expressed their opinions, but in the end no one could convince anyone.
In the end, Zhao Hongrun took action and simply bought them all. He then spread them out on the bed and let the little guy choose. The little guy would pick whichever one he caught.
It seemed that the little guy agreed with Zhao Hongrun's point of view. He was drooling and giggling at Zhao Hongrun, which made Mi Jiang and Que'er even have a hint of smile in their eyes.
Just as the family was enjoying themselves, they suddenly heard a light tapping sound coming from near the car window.
Handing the little one in his arms back to Mi Jiang, Zhao Hongrun moved to the car window, raised the curtain, and looked at Zongwei Gao Kuo, who was driving his mount and walking outside the car: "What's the matter?"
"Your Highness, since we came out of the palace, there have been people following us all the way." Gao Kuo tilted his neck behind him and said to Zhao Hongrun.
Zhao Hongrun frowned when he heard this. He would neither doubt Gao Kuo's loyalty nor doubt Gao Kuo's keen intuition in this regard. Otherwise, he would not leave the "Double Crow" to Gao Kuo.
After thinking about it, Zhao Hongrun said: "Just wait and see what happens, don't pay attention to it."
"Yes!" Gao Kuo nodded.
About half an hour later, the carriage slowly stopped in front of a shop with a plaque "Su's Chujin" hanging on it.
When Zhao Hongrun got out of the car, the waiters in the store had already seen Wei Jiao, Gao Kuo and others. They came up to them with surprise on their faces and greeted Wei Jiao and other clan guards.
It turns out that the clerks and accountants in this "Su's Chujin" shop were all servants brought by the young lady Yang Yanxing from Shangshui County for many years. In addition, there was also Yang Yanxing's brother Yang Yan
Jie.
When Zhao Hongrun, Mi Jiang, and Que'er walked into the shop together, Yang Shijie, who was in the inner room of the shop, learned about this and hurried to the front hall to salute Zhao Hongrun and the two girls.
Zhao Hongrun didn't know much about Yang Yanjie's brother-in-law. He only knew that he was Yang Yanxing's second brother. It was said that he was incompetent in literature and martial arts, and was a clumsy man. He was not very favored at home. It happened that Yang Yanxing was about to leave at that time.
After marrying into Prince Su's palace, it was not convenient for him to show his face again, so he invited his second brother to Daliang and entrusted two or three shops in the city to the latter.
"Brother Jie, you are well." Zhao Hongrun smiled and greeted his brother-in-law.
Seeing Zhao Hongrun calling him brother, Yang Shijie's face turned red and he was really at a loss. It was obvious that he was an honest man.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun stopped joking with the other party and changed the topic and asked: "How is business recently?"
Unexpectedly, when he heard this, he cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, take a rest." Then he turned around and ran to the inner room, which made Zhao Hongrun confused.
It wasn't until a moment later that Yang Yanjie returned to the front hall holding a thick account book that Zhao Hongrun suddenly realized.
Suddenly, he was angry and funny, and said to himself: I have received 20% of the income of Bolangsha River Port, why do I care about this little thing?
However, it can also be seen from this that Yang Shijie is indeed an honest and honest person regardless of his talent.
Seeing that his brother-in-law had specially brought this account book, Zhao Hongrun flipped through it casually, then put the account book aside and asked Yang Yanjie about the recent situation in the city.
But it's a pity that Yang Yanjie is also a person who doesn't pay much attention to changes in external things, and he can't explain why, which makes Zhao Hongrun a little disappointed.
At this moment, there was a noise outside the shop door. Zhao Hongrun curiously walked to the door of the shop and looked down the street. He happened to see a carriage driving slowly into the distance under the protection of a group of guards.
The noise was precisely because the guards were ordering the people on the street to move to both sides.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Hongrun didn't have any thoughts such as "Who is the owner of this carriage?" or "What a grand pomp!" After all, since the murder of Zhou Yan, the former Minister of Justice, the court has paid more and more attention to officials.
There is a safety issue, but in the past, the people responsible for the security work were soldiers and guards, but now they are replaced by imperial guards.
At this time, Yang Shijie also walked up to Zhao Hongrun, saw the carriage passing by in front of the store, and said casually: "It's Yang Shangshu's carriage."
"Yang Shangshu? Which Yang Shangshu?" Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but be a little surprised after hearing this, because in his impression, there was no Shangshu named Yang among the six ministers of the imperial court.
Seeing Zhao Hongrun ask, Yang Shijie calmly explained: "Yang Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Yang Shangshu."
Zhao Hongrun frowned and said doubtfully: "Isn't the Minister of the Ministry of Finance Mr. Li Liang Li?"
"Li Shangshu was dismissed." Yang Shijie said calmly: "Last year, someone impeached the Ministry of Accounts for unclear accounts, and Li Shangshu took the blame and resigned."
"Such a big thing happened. I just asked you about the changes in the city, but you told me that there are no changes in Daliang?!"
"..." Looking at Yang Tonjie's calm expression, Zhao Hongrun was furious.
He finally believed that it was no longer a question of whether or not Yang Yanjie was too stubborn. It was obviously because he had a weak head.
Shaking his head secretly, Zhao Hongrun turned to Gao Kuo and said, "Gao Kuo, go and find out."
Gao Kuo watched this scene carefully and couldn't help but laugh secretly. Hearing His Highness speak, he smiled and said: "Your Highness, I have a suitable candidate. I will bring him here and keep him safe."
Everything about Daliang is clear."
Zhao Hongrun knew that Gao Kuo had many friends, especially in Daliang, and was involved in all three religions and nine schools, so he had no doubts.
While Gao Kuo was leaving, Zhao Hongrun was too lazy to continue chatting with Yang Yanjie, a heartless guy, so he simply took Mijiang and Queer to the nearby shops to see if there was anything suitable to buy for their children.
apotropaic ornaments.
Unexpectedly, walking down this street, there are so many suitable things. In addition to longevity locks, peach charms, bracelets, anklets, etc., Zhao Hongrun also saw bone bracelets produced in Sanchuan, ram horn carvings, and even
A curtain made of wolf teeth.
But the most eye-catching thing is the ugly wooden carvings that Mi Jiang calls "voodoo dolls" - the kind of things that are specially designed to prick people with names and curse them after they are engraved on them.
Seeing Mi Jiang's eyes light up when he saw the thing, Zhao Hongrun and Que'er pulled the former away together while cursing the heartless shopkeeper in his heart for actually openly displaying such an intrusive thing for sale.
Afterwards, according to Mi Jiang, the voodoo dolls were not entirely used for curses. In fact, they could also be used to ward off evil spirits. However, no matter how she explained it, Zhao Hongrun and Que'er still could not accept such things as children in the house.
of evil spirits.
After walking around for more than an hour, Wei Jiao, the head of Zongwei, seemed to have seen something. He walked up, pointed to the second floor of a restaurant on the street, and said to Zhao Hongrun: "Your Highness, look."
Zhao Hongrun looked up and happened to see Gao Kuo standing at the second-floor window of the restaurant, waving in this direction.
He suddenly understood: Gao Kuo had already brought him.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun took Mi Jiang and Que'er into the restaurant and arrived at the private room that Gao Kuo had reserved.
At this time, Gao Kuo was already waiting outside the wing. He saw His Highness and said, "Your Highness, I have reserved these two adjacent wing rooms."
Zhao Hongrun nodded and motioned Zhongzhao and Mu Qing to follow Mi Jiang and Que'er, while he took Wei Jiao and Gao Kuo to the wing next door.
When Zhao Hongrun walked into the wing, there was already a man in jujube clothes standing in the wing. When the man saw Zhao Hongrun, he clasped his fists with joy and said, "Your Highness, King Su, do you still remember the villain?"
"Sun Luo?" With his photographic memory, Zhao Hongrun immediately recognized the person. Isn't that Sun Luo, one of the famous ranger leaders in Daliang City?
I remember that at the beginning, Sun Luo helped Zhao Hongrun monitor the movements in the Dali Temple prison. Later, he also assisted Tong Xin, the right commander of the Royal Guards of Chui Gong Hall, to uncover many of Xiao Ni's remnants who were hiding in Dali Temple.
"His Royal Highness King Su still remembers the villain." Seeing Zhao Hongrun say his name, Sun Nuo's face was filled with a smile, and then he licked his lips and said: "According to Master Gao, His Highness wants to know the current situation of Daliang.
Right?" After saying that, he clapped his chest and said solemnly: "I, Sun Luo, have no other abilities, but if there is any trouble in this beam, it will be impossible to hide it from me."
Zhao Hongrun smiled slightly and saw that dishes and drinks were placed on the table in the room, so he motioned for Sun Luo to take a seat.
"Then tell me about the recent changes in Daliang." Zhao Hongrun poured a glass of wine for Sun Luo and said with a smile.
Sun Luo was flattered and held the wine cup with both hands, and then cautiously probed: "What your Highness wants to ask is about King Yong's seizure of power?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Kuo coughed and said impatiently: "Just say what you are told and stop asking."
"Yes." Sun Nuo nodded repeatedly. After drinking all the wine in the glass, he licked his lips and lowered his voice and said: "Your Highness, if you want to talk about the changes in Daliang over the past year, nothing can be better than the arrest of King Yong.
This matter of rights..."
With that said, he told Zhao Hongrun exactly what he knew about the situation, only to hear Zhao Hongrun frown frequently.
Before returning to Daliang, Zhao Hongrun only knew that Prince Hongyu had taken over the military guards and imperial guards, incorporated the Junshui Army, Chenggao Army, and Fenxing Army, and formed a Daliang Imperial Guard that was claimed to be 200,000 people, but was actually about 100,000 people.
The Wei army never expected that the situation in the DPRK would also undergo huge changes.
He Mei, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, resigned and retired, and Zheng Tu, the right servant, took up the post of Minister; Li Liang, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was impeached due to unclear accounts of the Ministry of Household Affairs and was dismissed, and Yang Yi, who came out of nowhere, took over the post.
The post of Minister: Xu Guan, the Minister of the Ministry of War, was dismissed because the number of weapons in the warehouse of the Ministry of War did not match the account books. Tao Ji, the Minister of the Ministry of War, was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of War.
In addition, even for the positions of minister of various ministries and ministers, there are also some personnel changes.
It is no exaggeration to say that, in addition to the Ministry of Justice, which was dedicated to the honor of King Yong, and the two less important ministries, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry, the three most important ministries of the imperial court, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Households, were already
Fall into the control of Yong Wang Hongyu.
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but be secretly surprised: Prince Hongyu's courage completely exceeded his expectations.
"Although there is an emperor and a court, but you... are too hasty, Brother Yong Wang?"
Staring at the wine cup in his hand, Zhao Hongrun frowned and said to himself.