Chapter 1495 The Sudden Change in Suzhou - An Inexplicable Search
"Tang Jingyu, get up, it's your turn." The man named Cao, who had the highest status among the guards accompanying Zhu Ying, walked into the public room where the guards were resting and called out.
"Yes, Brother Ziyu." Tang Jingyu was not sleeping deeply at first, but he woke up immediately after hearing his words and agreed.
"Hurry up, put on the knife and put on the hat." Cao Ziyu said again. Tang Jingyu didn't take off his coat when he went to bed at noon, so he didn't need to put it on, but he couldn't keep the knife and hat on him, he had to put them on again.
Tang Jingyu agreed again, dressed up as quickly as possible, and went to replace others.
Cao Ziyu woke up all the guards who were on duty in the afternoon, and after making another inspection, he yawned and went to sleep for a while. He got up in the middle of the night and inspected, and then he was worried about Zhu Ying's own actions, so he went to find the local
Jinyiwei Qianhu is very busy; now I finally have some free time and want to take a rest.
But as soon as he took a few steps, he saw someone face to face and said hurriedly: "Brother Zhu."
"Brother Cao." Zhu Hengshi returned the courtesy.
"Brother Zhu, did you just inspect the mansion?" After receiving a positive answer, he said: "Brother Zhu really admires me." Zhu Hengshi inspected the entire mansion five times a day, checking for omissions, and was very serious and responsible; Cao Hengshi
Ziyu thought he was serious and responsible, but he was worse than Zhu Hengshi.
"Brother Zhu hasn't had lunch yet. There are still people eating in the east courtyard. Brother Zhu might as well go to the east courtyard to eat. After all, the food of the palace guards is worse than that of the soldiers outside." Cao Ziyu said again.
"This is not urgent. Brother Cao, I have something to ask Brother Cao."
"What's the matter?"
"I heard that Brother Cao went to see the local Jinyiwei Qianhu this morning. I would like to ask where to find him?" Zhu Hengshi said.
"Why are you asking this? Could it be that someone is trying to assassinate His Highness?" Cao Ziyu immediately asked nervously.
"That's not the case." Zhu Hengshi explained: "There is something strange that I think, and I want to ask the local Jin Yiwei. It doesn't matter if you are not a Jin Yiwei, as long as you are familiar with the streets and alleys in the city."
"Here, Brother Zhu thinks there are some strange things related to protecting His Highness?" Cao Ziyu asked again.
"This seems to be slightly related." Zhu Hengshi thought for a while and said.
"What's that?" Cao Ziyu asked.
"This," Zhu Hengshi thought about it again, and said, "If I guess wrong, wouldn't it be a slander? So I dare not say it now. I will tell Brother Cao after the matter is confirmed."
"In this case, I will accompany Brother Zhu to find Jin Yiwei Qianhu." Cao Ziyu said. He wanted to know immediately what Zhu Hengshi said about the matter related to guarding Zhu Ying, but since Zhu Hengshi himself was unwilling to say it,
He absolutely couldn't pry Zhu Hengshi's mouth open; but he was very concerned about this matter and felt that it was of great importance, so he decided to accompany Zhu Hengshi in person to find the local Jinyiwei Qianhu.
"Brother Zhu will go to eat first. I will be waiting for Brother Zhu here in a quarter of an hour." Cao Ziyu said again.
"It won't take a quarter of an hour. Five minutes will be enough." Zhu Hengshi did not reject Cao Ziyu's intention to go with him to find Qianhu, the Jinyi Guards, and expressed his acquiescence. However, after hearing this, he replied, took out a piece of dry food from his arms, and went to the guard room from the guard room.
After pouring a cup of hot water into the pavilion, he sat in the pavilion and started eating. He finished eating quickly, stood up again and said to Cao Ziyu, "Let's go now."
Cao Ziyu glanced at him in surprise, said nothing, and took him out of the house.
Not long after, they walked to a house, and Cao Ziyu knocked on the door and said, "Where is Qianhu?"
He called three or four times in a row before someone inside answered: "Who is it?"
"I am the escort of His Highness Prince An. I have something to see He Qianhu." Cao Ziyu said.
Hearing Cao Ziyu's words, the people inside screamed in surprise, and then became silent again. After a while, the door was opened, and a middle-aged man wearing a fifth-grade official uniform came out, glanced at Zhu Hengshi and said
He looked at Cao Ziyu and said: "Master Cao, didn't you look for the villain this morning? What do you want to tell me about again?"
"He Qianhu, it's not that I'm looking for you, but Commander Zhu is looking for you. Commander Zhu is the person who leads the soldiers to protect His Royal Highness King An," Cao Ziyu said. He then introduced Zhu Hengshi: "Zhu
Brother, this is where the local Jinyiwei came from and Qianhu."
"I have met Commander Zhu." He Yuan hurriedly saluted. Although Cao Ziyu was a trusted guard of King An, King An himself did not have much influence, let alone a guard; but Zhu Hengshi was trusted and could not be neglected.
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"No need to be too polite." Zhu Hengshi said, "I came here to ask someone from Qianhu who is familiar with the streets in the city to guide me."
"That's easy to say. It just so happens that I have nothing to do with my official position, so I just want to show Master Zhu the way." He Yuan said immediately.
"Then I'll trouble He Qianhu." Zhu Hengshi agreed immediately. Cao Ziyu felt a little inappropriate, but since Zhu Hengshi had agreed, he couldn't say anything more and could only follow them and walk towards the place Zhu Hengshi was looking for.
go.
"He Qianhu, how to get to the jewelry store with the signboard Fujin Anxuan?" Zhu Hengshi asked.
"Come with me," He Yuan said, leading the two of them towards the Li family's jewelry store.
When they arrived at the place, Zhu Hengshi walked around the shop, paying attention to the signs of every shop nearby, and then walked towards a bank called a bank. Cao Ziyu and He Yuan hurried to follow. But Zhu Hengshi did not enter the bank, but
He walked around the bank again and walked to the next shop.
In this way, he searched for many shops in succession. When he reached an intersection, he named many shops and asked He Yuan which one was closest to here. He Yuan felt very puzzled: You are looking for so many shops, but you can't.
If you don’t go into any of them, what on earth are you going to do?
But the strange thing is that he did not dare to offend Zhu Hengshi, so he could only tell him which store was closest. Zhu Hengshi immediately walked to that store. Sometimes he would point to a certain house and ask which house it belonged to and where it came from.
I can only answer immediately.
The three of them walked around like this for a while. For more than an hour, He Yuan felt more and more strange, and Cao Ziyu was also a little impatient. When Zhu Hengshi walked to a house again and looked around, Cao Ziyu couldn't help but said
: "Brother Zhu, this is your second time on this road. You have already asked about the shops and houses of wealthy families nearby. What are you doing? What are you looking for?"
"I dare to ask Mr. Zhu, have you discovered that someone is trying to assassinate His Highness, so you are looking for their hiding place? If so, I will immediately dispatch the local Jin Yiwei to search." He Yuan also said. He was even more dissatisfied than Cao Ziyu.
Be patient, Cao Ziyu can at least see the prosperity of Suzhou City that is different from the capital city, but he has seen it all every day, and he really can't bear it, and he doesn't dare to say it directly like Cao Ziyu, so he said this
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Zhu Hengshi did not answer the two of them, but continued to look around. He looked for a while, pointed to the big house next to him and said to Cao Ziyu: "This is it!"