Return to the Qing Dynasty (62)

The house that Hongzhou bought in the name of Zhou Hong Zhou Wu, is really not very obvious. But the location may not be really remote. Through a narrow alley on the street, it is a slightly wider alley. The alley is not long, forty or fifty meters away, and there is a wall at the top, which is a dead end. It means that it is easy to get in and out. Hongzhou's house is at the innermost part of the alley. The door is a black painted door, with the mottled years of time. The curtain is not big, and the width and width of two people can be entered side by side. Standing at the door, Lin Yutong glanced over here.

The environment was clear at a glance. There seemed to be an old couple living opposite. The front door was half-closed, and the old woman sat in the yard to put on the soles of her shoes. Seeing that she and her group looked at each other curiously. Lin Yutong withdrew her gaze and looked up at the sky. At this time, it was still very hot, but the woman was sitting in the sun doing needlework. She could do needlework a little further. She should be able to take the shade of the trees in the yard. One more step back, and it was the shadow cast by the eaves. Why not in a cool place? Because in those two places, the half-closed door blocked her view.

I am afraid that someone will be monitored here. The doors are all open, and I am afraid that they will be too deliberate. The door is half-closed, so I have to choose the angle of observation.

Lin Yutong knew it in his mind. When he withdrew his gaze, he looked at the pile of blue bricks at the door opposite the door. The blue bricks were not new, but newly removed. The traces were very obvious. It was quite raining before, and it was definitely a trace on the bricks and stones on the back. However, these were useless. Instead, you could see the wet marks on the ground below from the gaps of the pile of bricks. The ground was wet and the bricks were dry. This thing was probably just taken down yesterday. Thinking about it, you could see the yard. Lin Yutong suddenly realized that this thing was probably the screen wall that had just entered the door. It was directly removed because it blocked the view.

She lit the Fourth Master's hand a few times without hesitation, and the two of them were on guard at the same time.

With Hongzhou's cleverness, it is impossible to see that the place is being monitored. Even though he knows that he is being monitored, he will not ask anyone to send messages to him. Although this child is not reliable, he still has this measure.

Something must have happened in the middle of this.

Because the carriage could not be entered in the alley, the two of them walked in alleys. They were wearing the most ordinary clothes, and they didn't show any other expressions when walking in the alley with sewage. Lin Yutong was used to being cautious and did not ask Su Peisheng and the guards to follow her. She was holding a fan in her hand, which was a round fan used by her daughter's house. It was not abrupt at all when she took this place. The fan was hanging on it with a small round mirror, which was used as a fan and could tidy up her appearance. Now this is popular in the capital. When Lin Yutong didn't ask Su Peisheng and others to follow her, she bought it for twenty cents at a small stall on the street. Some of them were hanging small combs and other small items.

She kept silent, as if she was playing around with the mirror in her hand casually.

Su Peisheng sat under the wall and looked resting. His eyes suddenly shook by the dazzling light, and he opened his eyes instantly. Then he saw a light flashing across his chest, flashing three times in a row.

He stood up as if he was unintentionally, walked two steps to exit the alley. Several children were playing in the alley. He took the whistle and called a five or six-year-old boy over, showing a kind smile, "Can you blow it? If you can blow it, just blow it a few times and give you candy." He took out a handful of candy with his other hand.

The child was greedy and indeed blew obediently for a few times. Su Peisheng stuffed the candy to the child and then left quickly. He had to report the message quickly.

Lin Yutong heard the whistle and smiled at the Fourth Master, but she still raised her eyebrows.

The Fourth Master just laughed, and the meaning in his eyes was that you were smart.

What is there? Being used to being cautious. When I went out with the Fourth Master, it was impossible for me to ask both of me to go rashly. It must be a few groups of people who explored the way to ensure safety. But what can I do?

Hongzhou returned to Beijing without entering the palace, but sent a secret letter. What does this mean? It means that there are indeed difficulties and it is not convenient to meet. At this time, batches of stalls and spies with military labels are all back and forth. They really think that they are fools. It is still a trivial matter to ask Hongzhou to waste all his efforts for such a long time, and then he will take his life into it.

So Lin Yutong didn't ask these people to explore the way rashly, so she came with the Fourth Master himself. But before leaving, she was afraid that if something happened, she would specify the way of sending signals. Just look at the signals and act, but there would be no trouble.

When I came in, the doors of the front houses were closed, and no one saw them. It was during meal time, and there was no smoke from the chimney. It was like this for every household, and every household was like this, and I could not hear any sounds quietly. There was no chickens and dogs barking, no noise from children, and no sounds? Isn’t this strange? The door was not locked from outside, which proves that there are people in the house. Who lives quietly?

The two of them must have been on guard. The door opposite was open, but the surveillance was too obvious.

At this moment, I can’t think about anything, just think about it, don’t be something wrong with Hongzhou.

The Fourth Master stepped forward and knocked on the door. The black and mottled door opened from inside immediately. It was a black and strong young man in his twenties. When he saw the Fourth Master and Lin Yutong, he was obviously stunned, "Who are you looking for?"

The Fourth Master was about to speak when Hongzhou's voice came, "Who is here?" The man poked his head out from behind the screen wall, and then a hint of astonishment flashed in his eyes, "Ah...Ah...Dad..." He flashed out from behind the screen wall, and then he saw Lin Yutong, "Mom? Why are you here?"

Sure enough! Hong Zhou was not the one who sent the message to the Fourth Master.

Someone knew what Hongzhou was doing, and this man even used Hongzhou to send a message to the Fourth Master.

Lin Yutong's mind was spinning quickly, but her face was covered with frost. She took a big step forward, "You rebellious!" She cursed Hongzhou, then reached out and twisted Hongzhou's ears rudely, "You dare to ask why we are here? Why are we here? You left your wife and ran away as soon as you got married, right? What's wrong with you? You bastard." As she said, her other hand slapped and slapped Hongzhou's back, "Where have you died for me in the past six months?" She cursed and cried in her voice, and then she cried loudly, "You

Do you know how much effort your father and I have spent to find you? We hit people every few days to see if you have come back? I heard that there was something happening here on you yesterday. Your father and you got up and went out in the middle of the night... You are unscrupulous, if you leave your parents, your wife and children, you will know that you are chasing outside." As he said that, he also looked at the black young man who was stunned and opened the door, very unhappy, "Say! What are you doing? Who are you? You don't look like a good person. Did you go out to rob your family or cheat?"

Hongzhou was stunned. Who is this person? If I hadn't known that this was his mother, I really thought it was a shrew from a farmhouse family. After the soft flesh on my waist was pinched again, I finally realized, "It hurts so much! Mom!"

Lin Yutong's hand was retracted like a needle, "It hurts? It hurts? It hurts? It hurts? Nonsense! It's useless." As he said that, he was about to lift Hongzhou's clothes and look at it, hoping that he could take off his pants on the spot.

Hongzhou hurriedly hid, "Where are you outside! Let me give you some face to my son."

"You still have shame?" The Fourth Master scolded and looked out, and saw that everyone in the opposite door came out to watch the fun. He apologized with his frown as if his family was ugly, and then went over and closed the door here. He turned around and raised his foot and went to the yard.

Under the big tree in the yard, there are several small stools, some rattans on the side, and half-woven bamboo baskets.

The Fourth Master went over and sat on the bench, took the half-weaved bamboo basket and started weaving. Hongzhou looked at him with a dark face, but his hands were particularly flexible and weaving the bamboo basket. He almost used all his strength to make him not show any strange colors.

Not only can the emperor's mother make trouble, but the emperor can also do such rough work.

Have gained some knowledge.

But then they became nervous. Why did they come so by chance?

They all had their worries, but they couldn't speak, and they couldn't even communicate with each other. Hongzhou was anxious and wanted to speak, but he didn't dare to speak as he saw Ama sitting there without moving. He believed that the emperor knew what was going on. He had to silently hand over the clarified vines on the side. The father and son cooperated tacitly, and it looked quite like that.

Lin Yutong cursed, "You bastard, you know you're crazy outside. You don't care if your wife is pregnant. I tell you, you can't run away this time..."

Have a wife?

He wasn't sure if it was said casually by the Emperor's Mother or if it was really Wu Zhaku's family?

Then he saw him nodding slightly, which means that he really had it. He was so excited that he almost threw out the vine in his hand. Then he heard the emperor's mother shouting and scolding, "Did you have another woman outside, have you raised a good person or married an outdoor room?"

Lin Yutong pointed to a pair of embroidered shoes on the windowsill, and a pair of green mandarin ducks were embroidered on the pink upper, which was very bright, "Xiao Wu, I said, if you dare, I will beat you to death today."

Hongzhou said nothing, but he didn't move his feet, watching his mother holding a rattan, looking for his "love" in every room. He knew in his heart that he was looking for someone else in the yard.

He never knew that his own Emperor Ama and Emperor Mother had such a side.

With this flash of spirit, Lin Yutong came out, holding a girl of fourteen or fifteen years old in her hand. The girl looked embarrassed and had a little undetectable anger. Her wheat-colored skin and her eyes were shining. When Lin Yutong pulled her out, she looked at Hongzhou with a little anger.

Lin Yutong pushed the person forward, "Say! Who is this? You are so good at your wife."

Hongzhou lowered his head and said nothing. The rattan in the Fourth Master slapped Hongzhou's butt, "What's your mother asking you? Our family is an ordinary farmhouse. If you dare to do something outside, you will break your legs today."

Hongzhou covered his butt and grinned, "...that wife is not what I want to marry..."

Lin Yutong was stunned and raised her hand to twitch Hongzhou again, "What a bastard thing you said, I didn't want to marry someone, you got married, and the child was pregnant." After that, he looked at the little girl and scolded Hongzhou again, "Who is this girl? Tell me clearly. Let me tell you that except your wife, I don't recognize anyone. I want to enter my Zhou family, but there is no door!"

"Who wants to enter your Zhou family?" The girl spoke with a bit of a harshness. "You enter our Wang family and will be our Wang family's son-in-law from now on, and have nothing to do with your Zhou family..."

Lin Yutong pointed at Hongzhou with anger on his face, but thought to himself that this was strange. Do these people know Hongzhou's identity? Or do they not know? If you want to know, you can coax yourself and the Fourth Master to come to the door, and it is useless to have a good chance of assassination. Their surveillance is to monitor whether there is murderous intention or not, and Lin Yutong feels that he will not feel wrong. Hongzhou is being monitored, which is certain. But more malice, after such a long period of contact, I really don't feel it.

It was the black young man who opened the door, standing with an awkward look on his face. It was Hongzhou who signaled that he went to bring the tea.

But I don’t know, what happened to the secret letter sent to the Fourth Master as Hong Zhou in his hand?

There are two possibilities: First, Hong Zhou was exposed, but he didn't know it. It must be that the Cao Gang's higher-level arrangements for this matter, and Hong Zhou himself was also in the situation. Second, the person who sent the letter was not the same as the Cao Gang. This person was in the capital, not only knew that Hong Zhou was not in the capital, but also knew that it was a fatal matter. For example, Hong Zhou's whereabouts, such as the method of conveying superstitions, and even deciphering some codes. His false propagation of such news was unclear, but the advantage was obvious. If he and the Fourth Master exposed themselves, at the least they would ruin Hong Zhou's errands and remind the Cao Gang. At the worst, the other party saw through it on the spot and had a murderous intention. No matter what the result was, it seemed that it was not a bad thing to him.

Lin Yutong cannot draw a conclusion for the time being.

Her expression was serious here, and the black young man over there had already pulled the girl to teach her a lesson. He heard him call the girl's junior sister, "...How can you say this... After all, it's... your parents... If he doesn't give you a good face, don't cry again..."

The Fourth Master here has already asked Hongzhou, "What's going on? If you don't want your parents, wives and children, you just want other girls?"

Lin Yutong stroked her chest angrily, looking like she couldn't accept it.

Hongzhou went to Lin Yutong and said with pleasure: "Don't be angry, it's not that... I'm doing some business with people in the south. They are all people in the business world I met. Mom, I tell you, I've made money in the past six months..." As he said that, he whispered to Lin Yutong with his ears, looking like he was not showing his money.

Lin Yutong heard Hongzhou whisper: "... It's been a smooth time for his son to get into the Cao Gang... A month ago, I heard someone investigating his son's suspicion of his son's identity... I inquired from the side... Someone sent a letter to the Cao Gang, saying that the fifth prince had gotten into the Cao Gang... I didn't say who it was..."

Seeing the senior brothers looking at this side, Lin Yutong looked surprised and said quickly: "So much, it's much faster than farming money..."

Hongzhou laughed, "If my son makes a lot of money, he will give it to his mother's expenses..."

The Fourth Master stared at him, but turned to Lin Yutong: "I have been deceived by him because I have heard of his sweet words, and I have cheated you less..."

"I do!" Lin Yutong said to the Fourth Master, pulling Hongzhou's kiss-in-law to not be enough, "Look, I'm so dark and thin... money matter..." She looked at the senior brothers and sisters on the side with a vigilant voice, and whispered to Hongzhou, "If it's dangerous, get out immediately, it's important that you have nothing to do..."

While Hongzhou was tidying up Lin Yutong's head, he lowered his head and only heard the voices of the two of them, "......... It's not just his son who came to Beijing this time... Now, they are deliberately trying..."

Seeing that the girl's Yu Guang glanced here, Lin Yutong thought to herself that she still had to find an opportunity to talk to Hongzhou in person. So she immediately tilted her head, "Go away! Don't let me make trouble, the more messed up your head..."

As he spoke here, the girl snorted coldly again, as if she couldn't stand Lin Yutong's philanthropy, who was a perverted person who had money.

The Fourth Master weaved the basket, put it on the side, wiped the hand on the lapel, then stood up and looked at Hongzhou seriously, "Ask you again, are you going with me and your mother?"

Hongzhou knew very well what this meant. Emperor Ama and Emperor Mother really didn't want to ask themselves to continue.

But I know where the problem lies. It’s not that there is a problem with me, but the problem lies in the capital. As long as I handle it well, I can survive this crisis safely.

The Fourth Master snorted lightly, turned around and left, took two steps and turned his head to scold Lin Yutong, who was reluctant to leave Hongzhou, "A kind mother is so bad! I want to discipline me now, it's too late! If you don't leave, you will never go back if you leave."

Lin Yutong cursed the old man, then pulled Hongzhou and gave instructions. The most important thing was to say, don’t forget to bring the money home. Then he followed the Fourth Master and left the alley.

Su Peisheng came over hurriedly, and the Fourth Master whispered: "Call Ha Chaqi to come over, take down my master and the Empress, and then send someone to surround the place. All suspicious people will be arrested first..."

"That fifth prince..." Su Peisheng asked quickly.

"Same!" After the Fourth Master said that, he didn't stop, as if he was just passing by Su Peisheng.

Before he could take ten steps, someone Gao Han stopped and turned his face to see that it was not Ha Chaqi. He used his two fingers to kneel down and apologize, but his face was fierce, "What about you? Stop it."

Lin Yutong cooperated and shouted, and then someone yelled, with all kinds of noises, saying that he received secret reports, and there were rebels and other words.

When the Fourth Master and Lin Yutong changed into a carriage and sat in, through the curtain, you could see a long list of people caught from the alley, including men and women, old and young. Hongzhou and the black-faced man and the girl were inside.

These people did a good job. They knew that Hongzhou's face was not revealed. When they were blocked, they deliberately lowered their heads, which made their heads messy. Even if Geng saw this, they had to identify them carefully.

In a private room in a restaurant opposite the street, there was only a gap in the window. When the escorted person passed by, the window closed.

There were two people sitting on the table, one of whom was obviously full of grass-roots aura, and a little impatient, "How are you? Have you seen an acquaintance?"

Sitting opposite was a man with two beards, nodding, "I didn't see the fifth prince, but I saw a white-faced, beardless man with a familiar face, as if..." He pointed up, "The person around me..." As he said that, he dipped in tea and wrote the word "Su" on the table.

The rude man was stunned, "Did you see it?" If it was someone around the emperor, then the detention and departure may not be said that Master Zhou Wu is not the fifth prince. What if it is a cover-up?

The mustache hesitated for a moment, "It should be right?"

What does it mean? Yes! No, it means no! What does it mean?

The reckless man frowned and then laughed: "Didn't he brag about being in the royal palace for more than ten years and seeing the late emperor and seeing the present day? Why can't even recognize the eunuchs around him now?"

This is a harsh word!

The expression on the face of the bearded man was not good. Although he boasted that he had seen the late emperor was fake, but he had seen the eunuchs who had sent the orders around him was real. And he had seen the current situation. As for Su Peisheng, he seemed to have seen it from afar. He was just a guest living in Prince Yu's mansion, so it would be good to be able to take a look from afar. "If you don't look down on your abilities, please ask for a good wise man..."
To be continued...