Chapter 151 Hush Money

After eating and drinking, Zhao Jue didn't rush to leave, but waited quietly under the eaves outside the house.

After the work is done, the money must be collected in time, otherwise what should the other party do if it is too late? It is true that you are the party A's father when doing things, but you are still the party A's father after the work is done?

Brothers are here to make money, not to rush to recognize their fathers!

After waiting for two or three quarters of an hour, Lu Wenyu, with a red face and a little drunk, pushed the door out. The moment he saw Zhao Jue, he already understood what this kid meant.

"You kid, are you still afraid that your uncle won't pay you?" Lu Wenyu joked with a little resentment.

Zhao Jue, wrapped in a cloak, stepped forward to support him and whispered quietly, "Fifth Master, there is no one else! You are still immersed in the play..."

"You kid, take a rest for two days first, why are you in a hurry, really..." Lu Wenyu seemed to be really immersed in the play, put his arm around Zhao Jue's shoulder, and whispered in his ear, "It's better to be careful, there are people up there. Keep your heart in your stomach, you can't be without you."

"Muzhi, if you can't drink, don't force yourself. So, go to the inner room and wait for me first, and I'll give you the documents later. You've been busy for ten days and half a month, and you can't rest..."

Zhao Jue understood the meaning of the words, pretending to be worried and said, "Fifth Master, drink less, I'll wait for you in the inner room", then bowed and said goodbye, turned around and walked towards the inner room.

I don't know what happened tonight, there are so many people working in the Jinyiwei Yamen. Along the way, "Master Zhao" kept coming, and Zhao Jue's ears and waist were both uncomfortable.

Why is the waist uncomfortable? You have to bend down to return the greeting along the way.

Fortunately, the inner room is not far from the banquet, and I don't know who got the wind. Zhao Jue had just sat down in the inner room when Xiaoqi came in with a cup of hot tea.

"Master Zhao, have a cup of tea to suppress the smell of alcohol."

He took the teacup and looked at Xiaoqi, who was bending over respectfully, in surprise, and asked in confusion, "How did I drink alcohol?"

Xiaoqi raised his head and smiled, "Master, you came from the front hall. Everyone in the yamen knows that the front hall held a banquet to welcome Master Lu today. I dare to guess that you came out to relax your stomach."

This man is very perceptive and speaks smoothly. The Jinyiwei Yamen is quite interesting.

"Well," Zhao Jue picked up the teacup and ordered, "Let all the errand boys outside the door go down. I have something important to discuss with Master Wu later..."

Xiaoqi understood what Zhao Jue meant. If two people were chatting privately, they had to dismiss other people. It was either a private matter or something important that they couldn't hear.

He quickly answered "yes", walked out quickly to let the two or three errand boys go down, and then carefully closed the door.

He didn't have to wait for long, but only half a pot of tea. Lu Wenyu came hurriedly, and before he sat down, he cursed angrily, "You kid, do you think silver is a woman? You are so anxious." Zhao smiled without saying anything, and put the four heads that had been prepared long ago on the table one by one from under the chair, and looked at Lu Wenyu with a faint smile. "You know how to do things. You are so greedy for credit, aren't you afraid that those people will make things difficult for you?" "What are you afraid of? That's because they are incompetent. If they can kill, will it be my turn to take the credit? Besides, I saved their lives, right?" "Sharp tongue!" He just took a simple look at the heads, put the banknotes on the table, and whispered, "Remember, this matter must be kept secret, and no news can be leaked, otherwise..." Zhao picked up the banknotes on the table and counted them by himself. He didn't take Lu Wenyu's words to heart at all. For him, keeping secrets for clients is the most basic quality of a professional killer. Besides, for such a big event that even the emperor is involved, he doesn't have any extra heads to chop off. After counting over and over again, the number was always wrong. It was clearly 26,000 taels, but the silver note was 27,000 taels. Rubbing the silver note in his hand, he asked, "The number is wrong, one thousand taels more?"

"That's hush money." Lu Wenyu didn't care at all, and said frankly, "I'll need you in the future, probably after the New Year. Don't refuse then..."

Zhao was of course happy to have business to do and money to make. It happened to be the right time, so he could take advantage of the New Year to have a good rest for a few days, keep his body and spirit in good shape, and make a lot of money!

"Okay, I'm willing to serve the Fifth Master and the court." Zhao saluted with a smile, his face full of flattering expressions.

"Okay, stop looking like that and go back. Have a good rest for a few days. I will report your contribution to His Majesty this time."

Lu Wenyu was a little worried and warned, "Don't tell others what you saw, not even the young marquis of the Li family!"

"If the emperor asks you to go to the palace to report, just say that you just felt something was wrong on the way here, and don't mention a word about the capital. Otherwise... no one can protect you!"

...

In front of the palace gate, Lu Wenyu wrapped in a cloak, quietly waiting for the eunuch to go in and report.

It has been a day since he returned to the capital. He felt that he had to go to the palace to communicate with Yuan Zhuo anyway, as some things could not be explained clearly in the letter.

"Lord Lu, follow me in, the emperor is waiting for you." The eunuch smiled like a flower, bent down and raised his hand to lead the way.

Although Lu Wenyu was very familiar with this road to the West Garden, he couldn't break the rules when the eunuch wanted to lead the way. He followed the eunuch with his hands behind his back and slowly walked towards Qingxuan Palace.

The two of them walked one after the other, chatting from time to time. Eunuch Feng had been waiting in front of the Qingxuan Palace early. When he saw Lu Wenyu coming, he stepped forward and greeted him with a smile, "Lord Lu must have been very tired on this trip. I think you have lost weight."

"Hahaha, Eunuch Feng is joking. If you want to talk about being tired, it's not easy for Eunuch Feng to serve the emperor."

The two of them smiled and walked inside. In the palace, Yuanzhuo did not sit on the altar, but stretched out his hands to warm the stove. When he saw the two people walking in, he covered his hands and straightened up.

"Well, people are afraid of getting cold when they get old. When it gets cold today, the hands and feet are the first to know. Haha."

"My companion, bring me a warm stool and sit down to talk. I've walked all the way, but I can't feel anything and my feet are tired."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lu Wenyu saluted anxiously before sitting down carefully.

Instead, Yuan Zhuo leaned on the desk and asked straight to the point, "There is something clueful in the letter, which one is it?"

Lu Wenyu replied, "He is one of my subordinates, Jin Yiwei Zhenfu Envoy Zhao Muzhi."

"No wonder..." Yuan Zhuo stroked the beard on his chin and suddenly realized, "What did he see? He doesn't know what happens in the palace..."

"That's not true." Lu Wenyu said softly.

"He just felt that something was wrong. After all, he encountered several assassinations on the way here, and the Hu people were deliberately delaying time, so he became suspicious. In addition, because I was escorting them, he felt that something was fishy..."

Yuan Zhuo, who was leaning on the desk, stood up and walked around. After thinking for a moment, he said with relief, "That's all. That kid is on the outside, so he can naturally see something. But it's already done, so it's useless to see it."

"Wenyu, do you think this person can be used?"

Lu Wenyu pondered for a moment, knelt down and said, "This person is intelligent and talented. In my humble opinion, this person can be used!"

"But it may not be easy to use."