It has to be said that Jin Gou of the Fuqiu people is really well-informed.
On the night when Zhao Hongrun sent You Ma away, Jin Gou came to the county government again and asked to see Zhao Hongrun.
Compared with the previous times, Jin Gou's expression this time was a bit unswerving, and his tone when speaking to Zhao Hongrun was also more aggressive than the previous few days.
"This move by King Su is not kind!"
At this time, Zhao Hongrun was sitting leisurely in the front hall, drinking tea and reading books casually. Hearing this, he glanced at Jin Gou.
Of course he could see a hint of anger on Jin Gou's face.
However, this did not scare Zhao Hongrun at all.
Zhao Hongrun glanced at Jin Gou casually and continued to read the book in his hand.
Seeing this, Jin Gou frowned and said with some displeasure: "Prince Su, why did you turn a blind eye to what I said?"
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun turned to look at Jin Gou, pretending to be surprised and said: "Huh? Are you talking to me? Sorry, sorry, I thought that the tone of my voice just now was not talking to me.
Talking...next time, I might as well address you by name and address me by my first name, so as to avoid such misunderstandings from happening to me again!"
After saying that, he glanced at Jin Gou coldly and continued to read the books.
After hearing this, the angry look on Jin Gou's face couldn't help but froze. After a moment's hesitation, he cupped his hands and clasped his fists. He lowered his tone and said, "You old and vulgar man accidentally bumped into His Royal Highness Prince Su. I'm still looking at you."
Your Highness sees that this old man is just a country man and does not understand etiquette. Please forgive me."
"It won't happen again!" Zhao Hongrun said calmly.
"..." A flash of anger flashed in Jin Gou's eyes, but he did not dare to get angry after all. After all, the person in front of him was the high branch he had finally climbed to, how could he give up so easily?
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun snorted secretly.
Jin Gou is a cunning, cruel and ruthless hero, which Zhao Hongrun has already seen through.
To be fair, Zhao Hongrun thought that it would be difficult to control such a character. The only thing he could do was to treat Jin Gou like a superior, and subtly let Jin Gou accept and adapt to the status of a "servant".
To put it bluntly, you need to hit this kind of person from time to time to prevent him from kicking his nose in the face.
"Why aren't you talking?" Glancing at Jin Gou again, Zhao Hongrun asked lightly: "You came to see me, you must have something to do, right? Tell me."
Originally, Jin Gou came here with the intention of raising an army to hold him accountable, but he was just knocked out by Zhao Hongrun with a blow.
No, he thought for a moment and then asked cautiously: "Prince Su, I heard that Yuma, who was obviously imprisoned in the county jail, not only escaped from prison for a time, but even after he asked to see Prince Su again
, King Su actually let him go... Is this possible?"
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun put down the book in his hand, stared at Jin Gou intently, and asked in an unhurried tone: "Are you questioning this king?"
"No." Jin Gou lowered his head and said, "I'm just asking... I'm just wondering why Prince Su is so open to Yuma Wang."
Zhao Hongrun chuckled twice when he heard this, and said meaningfully: "Because Yuma gave me a gift, a gift... Dad, you didn't give me a complete gift."
"I didn't give you a complete gift?...could you say?!"
Jin Gou's expression changed slightly when he heard this, and he gritted his teeth and asked: "The location of our Fuqiu people's... camp?"
"Sure enough, it's the golden hook, I hit the nail on the head!" Zhao Hongrun praised with a smile on his face.
However, Jin Gou couldn't smile, and his face was slightly bluish, which frightened Zong Wei Chief Shen Yu to take a few steps towards Zhao Hongrun calmly, staring at Jin Gou with a wary look on his face.
However, Jin Gou did not get angry on the spot. He just looked at Zhao Hongrun angrily and asked: "Why? Does King Su want to cross the river and demolish the bridge? Has King Su forgotten that it was the old man who first defected to King Su?"
Zhao Hongrun smiled slightly when he heard this, and said calmly: "Don't worry, I always do what I say... No one thought that you sent many assassinations to assassinate me a while ago, and you who want my head will do it for the second time." One came to defect to me. But it doesn’t matter. I am generous. If you dare to defect to me, I will accept you. But, Jin Gou..."
Glancing at Jin Gou, Zhao Hongrun continued: "I, the king, do not like people who are half-hearted. No matter if you join me for survival or for glory and wealth, I can satisfy you. However, if you only surrender superficially..."
Hearing this, Jin Gou couldn't help but interrupt Zhao Hongrun and said: "I, the King Mingjian, have indeed sincerely defected to King Su."
"Oh?" Zhao Hongrun chuckled when he heard this, raised the map on the table, the map sent by Jin Gou personally, marking the location of the hidden thieves' lairs in Yangxia, and said lightly: "In that case , the map you sent me, why is it that the lairs of the hidden thieves are clearly marked, but you, the Fuqiu people, are not there? Does this mean that you are not honest with me?"
"..." Jin Gou opened his mouth, speechless.
What could he say?
Can he say: I can't trust you, so I have to hold back in advance?
While Jin Gou was thinking hard about countermeasures, he saw Zhao Hongrun smile and said: "At first, I was very angry, but then Shen Yu said to me, maybe you were negligent. When I heard , Well, it makes sense... Since it was the negligence of a subordinate, I should forgive you." As he said that, he shook the map in his hand and said with a smile: "Look, for your negligence, I will take care of it for you. It’s been made up...why don’t you thank Shen Yu yet?”
"..." Jin Gou felt depressed after hearing this, but he did not dare to say anything after all. He cupped his fists towards Shen Yu and said insincerely: "Thank you... Mr. Zong Weichang."
"Heh." Shen Yu chuckled, assuming that he accepted Jin Gou's thanks.
He didn't care whether Jin Gou's thanks came from the bottom of his heart, after all, he didn't speak for Jin Gou.
He just simply thought this scene was interesting: Jin Gou was a hidden thief in Yangxia County and was already over forty years old, but he was ruled to death by his highness.
Just as Shen Yu guessed, Jin Gou felt so aggrieved at this moment. He obviously came here to punish the enemy, but in the end he ended up apologizing to Shen Yu. What the hell is this!
However, after this incident, he no longer dared to regard Zhao Hongrun as just "a kid with a noble status and powerful power", and he became more cautious in his words.
"Yuma gave this gift to Prince Su, so Prince Su must have made a promise to him, right? I wonder if Prince Su would mind revealing it to the old man?"
"It's not a big deal." Zhao Hongrun chuckled and said calmly: "Jin Gou, you told me that day that I lacked a secret force around me, and I deeply believed it. Therefore, I changed my mind and no longer Planning to eradicate all the hidden thieves in Yangxia, I decided to leave two groups...as my own exclusive hidden thieves."
"Two?" Jin Gou's eyelids trembled slightly.
But when he thought about it carefully, his expression became particularly bad: "I dare to ask King Su, if one of these two places...is one of my Fuqiu people?"
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun chuckled and said: "That depends on you... Jin Gou, I want two knives, but what are the names of these two knives? In fact, I don't care, as long as they are enough
It is sharp and will not cut my hands."
Jin Gou understood the unexpected meaning of Zhao Hongrun. He frowned when he heard this. He was about to say something when he saw Zhao Hongrun change his tone and said in a low voice: "Jin Gou, you can think of this as my love for you."
Punishment!... Do you really think that the several times you have sent three groups to assassinate me will not make me angry? What's more, you ignored the court and killed the wife and children of Ma Qian, the magistrate of this county. Do you really think that I have no temper?
?...It’s just that I tolerated you for a while because you took the initiative to defect to me. However, you speculated and tried to hide the location of your Fuqiu people’s lair. Haha, do you think I can’t get it?!
"
"..." When Jin Gou heard this, a fierce light flashed in his eyes.
"However, since you are the first one to defect to me, I will give you another chance." As he spoke, Zhao Hongrun narrowed his eyes and lowered his voice and said, "As long as you have the ability to win those two places.
First, I will let things go in the past... What? You think you are no match for the people in Yiqiu?"
After hearing this, Jin Gou snorted coldly and said: "It's just a mere Yiqiu people, why do you care about it?" After saying that, he looked up at Zhao Hongrun and asked seriously: "If we, the Fuqiu people, defeat the other hidden thieves, how can we be serious?"
Is Wang Guo really willing to let things go?"
"I will practice what I preach."
"good!"
After leaving these words, Jin Gou cupped his hands towards Zhao Hongrun and left without saying a word.
Looking at Jin Gou's back as he left, Shen Yu walked up to Zhao Hongrun and lowered his voice and said: "Your Highness, this person... just now had a fierce look in his eyes, I am afraid he is an immature wolf..."
Zhao Hongrun picked up the scroll on the table and said lightly: "If Jin Gou is a jackal, I will slowly blunt his claws... The premise is that, hum, he has the ability to win those two places...
…No matter what, we don’t care what the final outcome is.”
"Your Highness is wise."
Shen Yu thought about it and praised it sincerely.
At the same time, Yuma had returned to the camp of the Yiqiu people again, and told Ying Kang, the leader of the Yiqiu people, what Zhao Hongrun had said, and the latter fell into a long silence.
"As expected of someone from the palace..."
After being silent for a long time, Ying Kang said with emotion: "I originally thought that after Zhao Run eliminated Yangxia, the next step would be to take advantage of the victory to pursue the victory and make the Shang Shui army attack the hidden thieves like us... I didn't expect that.
This guy is so good at playing tricks. He is obviously only sixteen years old..."
"How can a child of the royal family who comes from the royal capital and the palace be comparable to ordinary people?"
Yuma smiled bitterly.
He understands this very well.
After all, he originally wanted to exchange some conditions with Zhao Hongrun using the location of the Fuqiu Zhong's lair, but it turned out that he was no match for King Su.
The location of the old nest is handed over.
"Two places, only two places..."
Ying Kang paced back and forth in the secret room, his face full of sadness.
After making an appointment for tea, Ying Kang seemed to have made some difficult decision, gritting his teeth and said: "Brother Yuma, I want to entertain the masters of the hidden thieves. Could you please be my broker for a while?" "Note.
: Broker, that is, middleman, guarantor.』
Hearing this, Yuma was slightly startled. He didn't mind running errands for Ying Kang and acting as a middleman. The problem was, at this time, he invited the leaders of the nearby hidden thieves?