NIP Chapter 200 The Bird of Fright
Chapter 200 The Bird of Fright
Chapter 200 The Bird of Fright
After the meal, Changsun Wuji returned to the study not long ago.
The steward came to report and said: "My lord, after the morning court today, Your Majesty has returned to the Lizheng Hall. Before my lord, Your Majesty met with the Marquis of Jingyang County."
Changsun Wuji asked: "Have you found out why Lin Xuan entered the palace?"
"He entered the palace and gave His Royal Highness King Jin some things to play with, but before that, His Majesty met with him for a while, and couldn't find out what he said specifically," said the steward.
"The old man knows, you go down first." Changsun Wuji said.
He asked the housekeeper to investigate. Anyone who had seen Li Shimin just wanted to see whether Li Shimin trusted him and chose him, or someone tricked him and deliberately recommended him to do this job.
For Lin Xuan, the future nephew and son-in-law, Changsun Wuji only met a few times, so he didn't know much about him.
But no matter what, Changsun Wuji couldn't think of a reason why he had something to do with Lin Xuan.
"Could it be that His Majesty really trusted me and entrusted this matter to me?" Changsun Wuji couldn't help thinking.
"Come on, prepare the carriage!" Changsun Wuji ordered.
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"Sir, someone wants to see you!" said the housekeeper.
Hou Junji was taken aback, and asked, "It's almost curfew now, who wants to see you?"
"I don't know, the person who came here wore a bamboo hat and covered his face with a black veil, saying that the master will definitely meet him when he sees the greeting card." The butler said.
Hou Junji took the greeting card, opened it, his expression changed drastically, and he asked, "Have you seen this greeting card?"
"The person who came told me not to look at the old slave, but to hand it over to the master, but the younger one didn't dare to look at it." The housekeeper said hastily.
Hou Junji recovered his complexion, and said, "It's fine if you don't look at it, you go and take him to the study first, and be careful not to let others see it on the way."
"Yes!" The butler replied.
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Not long after, the housekeeper brought a man wearing a bamboo hat and a black veil to the study.
The housekeeper bowed to Hou Junji, closed the door and backed out.
"Duke Zhao came to visit in such a mysterious way, what's the matter?" Hou Junji looked at the visitor and asked.
Changsun Wuji took off his hat, found a place to sit down, and said, "Can Duke Lu not know the purpose of this old man's visit?"
Hou Junji's heart was shocked, but his face remained calm, and he said, "I don't understand what Zhao Guogong means."
"Your Majesty asked the old man to investigate a matter. The old man wanted to come and inform Lu Guogong. It seems that Lu Guogong doesn't welcome the old man. In this case, the old man will leave!" Changsun Wuji said, getting up to leave.
Hou Junji hurriedly stood up and stopped Changsun Wuji, and said, "Duke Zhao is here, how can he leave without even drinking a cup of tea? If word spreads, others will think that the old man is stingy and doesn't even want to part with a cup of tea."
"Then the old man will stay for a cup of tea." Changsun Wuji smiled and sat down again.
Hou Junji didn't let anyone serve tea, but looked at Changsun Wuji and asked, "Brother Fuji, have you heard something?"
"I don't know what Duke Lu is referring to?" Changsun Wuji asked pretending to be puzzled.
He guessed before that it was impossible for a large amount of salt to be transported out of the customs without any news.
To be able to do this, someone from the Ministry of War must have participated in it and concealed it.
After thinking about it, he felt that Hou Junji was the most suspicious.
He purposely came here to test it out. Looking at Hou Junji's appearance now, he has already confirmed that Hou Junji participated in this matter.
Hou Junji was like a frightened bird, he was cheated out of him in one go.
"Brother Auxiliary Machine just said that His Majesty asked you to investigate something, but what is it?" Hou Junji asked, staring at Changsun Wuji.
Changsun Wuji said: "Your Majesty has explained this matter and cannot tell others. Please forgive me for not telling others."
He has to wait for Hou Junji to speak out first, so that he can grasp more initiative.
Looking at Changsun Wuji's expression, Hou Junji knew that he must know something.
"Brother Auxiliary Machine, you must help me find a solution for something." Hou Junji said with a sigh.
Changsun Wuji secretly said 'here we come', but his face remained calm, and he said: "Let's listen, I will definitely help if I can help."
"Among all the countries, I can be said to be the worst mess now. Everyone used to be similar, but now Lin Xuan is doing business with several other companies, making them a lot of money. Didn't you see Cheng Yaojin They look rich and powerful." Hou Junji said indignantly.
Changsun Wuji was noncommittal, and among all the nationalities, Hou Junji was definitely not the worst.
Hou Junji continued: "Some time ago, someone came to me and said that there was a batch of ordinary goods that wanted to be shipped out of the customs, and asked me to help. I was thinking about ordinary goods. killed them."
Changsun Wuji smiled and said: "If the old man's guess is correct, the things shipped out must be unusual, right?"
Hou Junji said bitterly: "Brother Auxiliary Machine is right. Those people tricked me. What they shipped was salt. Later, I was threatened by them and had to help them many times. I don't know if the auxiliary machine can do anything about it." Help little brother, get rid of their threats?"
"Did Lu Guogong really be threatened?" Changsun Wuji said with a half-smile.
Hou Junji's complexion changed, and he said, "My little brother doesn't understand what Brother Auxiliary Machine means."
"I don't mean anything, I just want to hear Lu Guogong tell the truth." Changsun Wuji said lightly.
Hou Junji's face was cloudy and uncertain, he looked at Changsun Wuji and asked: "So, the task that Brother Auxiliary Machine mentioned is related to this matter?"
"So don't try again, Lu Guogong." Changsun Wuji nodded.
The words had already come to this point, when Li Shimin announced that he was going to patrol the border, Hou Junji could guess it.
Hou Junji looked at Changsun Wuji and said, "Since that's the case, Brother Auxiliary Machine still came to see the old man, there must be your purpose. Brother Auxiliary Machine might as well just say it straight."
"I can help you with this matter, but I want this number!" Changsun Wuji raised two fingers.
"Twenty thousand guan? No problem, I can agree to you." Hou Junji said.
Changsun Wuji shook his head and said, "The old man said [-]% of the profit."
Before Lin Xuan came up with a new salt-making method, the profit of salt was very high, and now it is sold to grasslands and other countries, it will only be higher.
He took such a big risk, [-] Guan wanted to send him away, how could it be possible.
"Impossible, I can only give you [-]% at most. Do you know how many people will participate? If you get [-]% by yourself, others will not agree." Hou Junji said.
Changsun Wuji smiled and said: "Is [-]% a lot? You must know that once His Majesty finds out, you will be killed. The old man will take [-]% and not only save your lives, but you can continue to earn this money in the future. Do you think [-]% Isn't it worth it?"
Hou Junji's face was uncertain, and he said, "I can't be the master alone. Brother Auxiliary Machine will come over again tomorrow, and I will invite other people to come over and talk together."
Changsun Wuji shook his hand and said, "I'm not interested in seeing other people, and I don't want to know their identities. If there is a result, you can just notify the old man. But as soon as possible, don't wait for the old man to send the evidence to His Majesty. No results yet."
Money is secondary to him. He participated in this matter because he was worried that Hou Junji would jump over the wall and do something to him.
Another reason is to win over Hou Junji.
He found that Li Chengqian was not like before at all, and he no longer listened to him.
Changsun Wuji wanted to win over Hou Junji and support Li Zhi with him.
"I don't know how Brother Auxiliary Machine plans to settle this matter?" Hou Junji asked.
If Changsun Wuji accounts for [-]%, other people's interests will be reduced. He needs a reason to convince others.
"You hand over some people to the old man. The old man is like His Majesty on business. His Majesty sees that this matter is resolved, so naturally he won't stare at it anymore." Changsun Wuji said.
"What! Do you want us to hand over someone?" Hou Junji was a little unhappy.
Allowing Changsun Wuji to take so many benefits is to settle this matter.
But Changsun Wuji actually wanted them to hand him over.
Changsun Wuji said indifferently: "If you don't make friends, how can this old man act like His Majesty? Could it be possible to tell His Majesty that he didn't find out? What if His Majesty sends someone else to investigate?"
Knowing that Changsun Wuji was right, Hou Junji gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I will tell the others."
"In this case, the old man will go back first." Changsun Wuji said.
Hou Junji said in surprise, "You're crazy. There's already a curfew. If you go back now, you will definitely be checked and registered by the Imperial Army. Doesn't Your Majesty know about it?"
Changsun Wuji said: "Don't worry, if the old man doesn't even have this ability, why would he have the nerve to take [-]% of your profits."
Hou Junji looked at Changsun Wuji in surprise, and according to what he meant, he planted someone in the imperial army.
"Since you say that, I won't keep you," Hou Junji said.
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