Chapter 1818 Rong Li Epilogue 6

In the evening of that day, Zhong Ziyu received a secret message in Maoyuan, Kyoto.

After reading the letter, he burned the paper, walked out of the room, and walked to the front hall.

When Deng Tu, the envoy of Ning State, saw him coming out, he smiled openly and waved to him.

Zhong Ziyu doesn't wear a mask now, but uses his original appearance. He has no beard extension, his face is tender, and he looks to be in his thirties at most.

Deng Tu was Ning Guo's uncle. In order to get along with him, Zhong Ziyu used many tricks. In front of Deng Tu, he had to show favor and catering, which Deng Tu liked.

Acting was actually not Zhong Ziyu's specialty, but the emperor had promised him that if this big event came true, he would be exempted from the rest of his prison sentence. This exchange was too tempting, and Zhong Ziyu forced himself to go all out.

"Master Deng, haven't you rested yet?" Zhong Ziyu asked with a smile.

Deng Tu, who was about fifty years old, looked at Zhong Ziyu's outstanding appearance and patted the chair next to him: "Brother Lin, come sit here."

Zhong Ziyu's current identity is Lin Yu, the head of the largest grain connoisseur in Chongzhou, Qingyun Kingdom.

Lin Yu was really a real person. Before departure, Rong Jindong sent people to Chongzhou to make arrangements. Now, no matter how much the envoys from Ning and Ping States check, they can only find out that Zhong Ziyu is Lin Yu.

Zhong Ziyu suppressed the disgust in his heart, walked over and sat down.

Deng Tu immediately came over and said, "Master Han has gone out and has not returned. I am waiting for him here. Brother Lin is also here to wait for him?"

Master Han is talking about Han Tai, the eunuch of Pingguo. The eunuch of Pingguo is in charge. This eunuch Han can make the final decision on matters such as selling grain.

"Lin just slept a lot during the day. He's not sleepy now. Let's go out for a walk." Zhong Ziyu said, then looked at Deng Tu: "Master Deng is waiting for Master Han so late, but is there something wrong?"

"Of course there is something." Deng Tu's face showed an evil smile: "Brother Lin, does he know where Master Han has gone?"

Zhong Ziyu shook his head: "I don't know."

"Brother Lin, have you ever heard of a cat house?"

Zhong Ziyu frowned, feeling queasy in his heart, but he still pretended to be confused: "Is this a place that sells cats?"

"Hahaha." Deng Tu laughed and said, "Brother Lin is not a member of the same camp."

Zhong Ziyu clenched his fingertips hidden in his sleeves, and after a while he smiled and said, "Lin's knowledge is shallow, and Master Deng is laughing at him."

Deng Tu's eyes were even more evil: "This cat house, the people inside are all like cats, they have tails..."

Zhong Ziyu gritted his teeth tightly and was about to explode, but he still held back: "I have never heard of people with long tails. Are there such strange people and strange things in the world?"

Deng Tu looked at Zhong Ziyu and shook his head: "Brother Lin, please stop pretending. Deng doesn't believe it. You really haven't heard of it."

Zhong Ziyu stood up and said, "Lin really doesn't understand, but it's getting late. Lin wants to go back and rest first, so he'll leave first."

"Hey, wait, why are you leaving right after you arrived?" Deng Tu reached out and grabbed Zhong Ziyu's wrist.

Zhong Ziyu suddenly had goosebumps on his back. He refused and said, "Aren't you going to work at several grain stores in Kyoto tomorrow? It's better to rest early. If Mr. Deng can't sleep, why not find some leisure time with Lin?" , join with you?”

"Hahaha, okay, thank you very much, Brother Lin."

Zhong Ziyu turned his back and winked calmly at the guard assigned to him by Rong Jindong. This guard was now a domestic servant. He nodded in agreement and soon arranged for two brothel girls to come over.

With the pretty woman in his way, Zhong Ziyu was finally able to escape, but before leaving, he still heard Deng Tu laughing loudly from behind: "Oh, there is no tail."

Zhong Ziyu left immediately.

When he came out of the front hall, Zhong Ziyu said to the guard with a dark face: "The front hall is from Ningguo, and the back hall is from Pingguo. This Deng image knew that I wanted to run away, so he blocked the front door himself, so I couldn't get out. , you think of a way to send a message to the emperor, and then you say that I am incapable of doing anything else. "

The guard responded, thinking about what happened just now, and sighed: "I have wronged you."

Zhong Ziyu snorted: "If it were before, he would have only an empty skin."

The guard was embarrassed: "Mr. Zhong, stop saying harsh words, it's useless."

Zhong Ziyu was depressed and angry!

Without inner strength, he was transformed from a wolf into a sheep. He could only be slaughtered by others, and he was so frustrated that he died!

The guard had been working with Zhong Ziyu for the past two months, and he was considered one of his own. The guard looked around to make sure there were no ears on the wall, and then said cautiously: "You must be careful these two days, I can't hold it in anymore after seeing that Deng Tu. "

Zhong Ziyu immediately stared: "You have to protect me!"

The guard nodded: "I will, but if he tries hard, I'm just a slave. If I use my martial arts to intercept him, doesn't that mean I'm asking for it?"

Zhong Ziyu grabbed the guard's sleeve: "You must protect me!"

The guard could only sigh: "I'll do my best."

Zhong Ziyu was about to cry.

Late at night, Zhong Ziyu was drowsily asleep when he suddenly felt the door latch twitching. He woke up and immediately overturned the small table next to the bed.

The small table was filled with porcelain. When it fell down, there was a loud banging sound in the room.

With this loud noise, the sounds outside the door stopped.

Zhong Ziyu didn't dare to lie down, he just stared at the door.

After a while, he saw a figure outside the door slowly walking away.

Zhong Ziyu breathed a sigh of relief.

After a while, there was a knock on the door, and Zhong Ziyu suddenly became alert, but he heard the voice of a guard coming from outside the door.

Zhong Ziyu hurriedly opened the door and saw the guard saying cautiously: "It's Deng Tu, but you scared him away."

Zhong Ziyu was furious: "I'm not a woman, why should I be in fear every day?"

The guard could only say: "The more capable you are, the more work you can do. You can do both men's and women's work."

Zhong Ziyu: "???"

The guard hurriedly changed his words: "No, that's not what I meant..."

Zhong Ziyu waved his hand and said tiredly: "He shouldn't come tonight. We have to hurry up. The emperor wants me to see him. He said it's urgent, but the main road is blocked. I can only take the side road. You can find all the tools for me. I will make a mask tomorrow night. The day after tomorrow, you will show it to people in Maoyuan on my behalf. I will leave secretly and come back at night."

The guard agreed and left.

The next day, according to the previously agreed itinerary, Zhong Ziyu, Deng Tu, and Han Tai will go to the major grain stores in Kyoto to check the prices.

Zhong Ziyu pretended to be a grain merchant in Chongzhou and cooperated with the vassal state. He asked the vassal state to sell grain cheaply and give him the rice grain to the disaster victims in Dingzhou in the form of loan interest. The interest rate was increased every month. As long as all the grain was loaned out, the people of Dingzhou would have to work for them for free for at least five years. The profit was not small.

Ningguo and Pingguo saw this business opportunity, so they went to inspect it in person. They came to Kyoto a few days ago, but after hearing rumors, Deng Tu and Han Tai began to doubt Zhong Ziyu. Therefore, this inspection of the Kyoto grain store was proposed by Zhong Ziyu, who wanted to turn the tide and regain the trust of the two. He believed that there was a lot of potential in the loan and tried his best to complete the cooperation.

It takes at least half a month to transport grain from the vassal state. Now it is decided that it will take half a month to get the grain. Time is already very tight and can't be delayed.

After visiting the major grain stores, Deng Tu and Han Tai didn't say anything. Zhong Ziyu didn't know what they meant, so he could only go back to Maoyuan with them.

But on the way, the carriage changed direction.

Zhong Ziyu's face changed drastically, and the guard secretly told Zhong Ziyu: "This is the way to the cat house."

Zhong Ziyu's face was extremely dark!

...

Rong Li waited outside Maoyuan for nearly an hour, but heard the attendant report that Zhong Ziyu and his men had changed their route.

Because the emperor said that it was not easy for Zhong Ziyu to come and go, Rong Li planned to come to Maoyuan to meet him in person. He knew the itinerary for today. Zhong Ziyu and the two envoys went to the grain store and would be back in the evening. He planned to design a plan to meet Zhong Ziyu by chance and fish in troubled waters to find out their pulse. But at this moment, he heard that they changed their route.

"Where did you go?" Rong Li asked.

The attendant was a little embarrassed: "It seems to be going to... a cat house..."

"A place where cats are sold?"

The attendant shook his head: "No..."

"Where is that?"

The attendant was going crazy!

How to say this? There is no way to say it. If he tells the truth, the emperor will definitely blame him for corrupting the young master! Maybe he will even beat him with a stick!