He was extremely anxious in his heart, but there was nothing he could do.
I could only shake my head and sigh secretly.
And what was Wu Zhi doing at home at this time?
Last night, he earned a total of 75,000 taels of silver, as well as countless calligraphy and paintings, jewelry, and jades.
Looking at the room full of belongings, Wu Zhi was naturally very happy.
After lunch, he wanted to visit three stores.
But just as he was about to go out, several eunuchs from the palace came to his home to announce the decree.
The extremely complicated prefixes in the imperial edict only made Wu Zhi feel sleepy.
When the eunuch finished reciting the imperial edict, Wu Zhi tilted his head and almost fell asleep.
"Master Wu, did you hear clearly what this imperial edict said?"
"Shilang Wu, Shilang Wu?"
It wasn't until the eunuch called Wu Zhi several times that he came back to his senses.
"This father-in-law, what did you just say?"
The eunuch glanced at Wu Zhi angrily.
"The Zajia asked you, did you understand the content of this imperial edict clearly?"
Wu Zhi smiled awkwardly.
"I haven't read much, so I really don't understand what these people are saying."
"If not, please ask your father-in-law to translate for me."
This eunuch had delivered edicts to many officials, but there had never been one like Wu Zhi who had to translate the edict for him after he finished reading it.
But, since the other party has already said so, what can he do?
The eunuch sighed, and then faced Wu Zhi word by word.
"The meaning of this decree is for you to enter the palace immediately to meet the Holy Spirit. There must be no mistakes."
After Wu Zhi heard this, he almost stopped laughing.
In my heart, I was even more slanderous.
Things that can be clearly explained in one or two sentences must be mentioned in a formal manner and a lot of useless information.
Why……
After Wu Zhi said he obeyed the edict, he took the edict from the eunuch's hand.
Then, after putting on his brand-new official uniform, he followed the eunuch into the palace.
I really didn’t expect that a small businessman like you could be so ruthless!
When Zhao Ji saw Wu Zhi, he immediately asked him this question.
He said this in a very light tone, so Wu Zhi couldn't tell whether Zhao Ji was angry or not from his tone.
Wu Zhi was not frightened by Zhao Ji's questioning.
He directly told the words he and Commander Zhao heard outside the Changsheng Gambling House.
"Guan Jia, what I just told you is combined with what happened to the ministers and servants yesterday afternoon."
"Presumably, you can also have a rough idea of the character of the people in that gambling house."
"If they are good people, then there probably won't be any evil people in this world."
"The things I did with Commander Zhao last night were just to eliminate harm for the people."
"If the officials really want to punish me for this, then the humble ministers will have nothing to say."
Zhao Ji stroked the three strands of long beard on his chin with his hand.
His brows were slightly furrowed, obviously thinking about what Wu Zhi had just said.
But after a while, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Then if you lead some people and loot all the property in Changsheng Gambling House, you can be considered as eliminating harm for the people."
"Even before leaving, I didn't forget to give Zhao Liangju 10,000 taels as sealing money."
"Are all these things I said correct?"
Wu Zhi nodded with an awkward smile.
"What the officials say is true, true."
Zhao Ji waved to the eunuch standing beside him.
Then, he gave another order in his ear.
Immediately afterwards, the eunuch left in a hurry.
After a while, he walked in with two bowls of tea.
Place one of them next to Wu Zhi.
The other one was placed on the table in front of Zhao Ji.
Zhao Ji tasted the fragrant tea in his hand with a look of enjoyment.
"Wu Aiqing, this tea tastes good. Come and try it too."
After Wu Zhi heard this, he also picked up the tea bowl and took a sip.
"It is indeed a good tea. It is warm in the mouth and fragrant on the lips and teeth."
"After drinking it, you will have a long aftertaste."
Just as Wu Zhi savored this feeling, Zhao Ji's voice came to his ears again.
"When you gave Zhao Liangju the silver, wasn't your purpose just to shut his mouth?"
"Tell him not to spread what happened that night everywhere."
"But today, I also know about this?"
"If I tell Gao Qiu everything I know..."
After Zhao Ji said this, he smiled slyly.
Wu Zhi's aggrieved little eyes.
At this moment, it was firmly locked on Zhao Ji's face.
In my heart, I have mixed feelings.
This Zhao Ji, how can he still look like a noble person?
He even wants to knock the rip-offs out of his subordinates!
Regarding this matter now, even if Zhao Ji didn't explain it clearly, Wu Zhi could guess his thoughts very well.
Although he was extremely reluctant to give up, after all, he was responsible for serving other people's bowls.
If he dared not cooperate, who knows what Zhao Ji would do that would surprise him.
"Weichen, Weichen will go back now, pick out one or two rare treasures, and present them to the officials. I hope the officials will like them."
Zhao Ji raised his eyelids and glanced at Wu Zhi.
"Just one or two?"
"As far as I know, that's not the only benefit you got from there last night, right?"
"Otherwise, when Gao Qiu reported this matter to me in the morning, he wouldn't have looked sad and distraught."
"I think Wu Aiqing should reorganize your language?"
"At least what you are saying now is far from satisfying me."
Wu Zhi blinked twice with his bright eyes.
I thought to myself for a while.
"How about I pick out a few famous paintings from among those belongings and dedicate them to..."
Wu Zhi was interrupted by Zhao Ji just in the middle of what he said.
"Just pick out a few pictures?"
"You are the stingiest courtier I have ever seen, bar none!"
"Look at all the ministers in the court. Are there any of them like you who dig and search for every good thing they can get?"
"I want all the calligraphy, painting and jewelry you got last night!"
"Not only that, you also have to invest those gold and silver items in the management of Longhu Hall for me."
"So that you can earn more money for me in the future, do you understand?"
Wu Zhi sighed secretly, and then nodded reluctantly, agreeing.
It was only at this moment that Zhao Ji's face finally showed a smile that showed his treacherous plan had succeeded.
Then he pointed to the cup of tea placed next to Wu Zhi.
"Wu Aiqing, why don't you drink anymore?"
"This tea won't taste good if it gets cold."
Wu Zhi opened his mouth several times before uttering a word.