Chapter 105 Testing
Lu Jin.

uncle.

A strange yet familiar name and title.

The other party exists in the world of Chenji in the form of a legend, thousands of miles away, but like the towering mountains beside Chunlei Lake, it is hard to ignore.

In the study of Zhou's mansion, only Chen Ji, Jin Zhu and Xi Feng were reading the official newspaper.

Xifeng sat upright on the armchair, his expression dull and contemptuous, as if he was not reading the court bulletin, but the memorials from the governors-general of the provinces of the Jing Dynasty.

Jin Zhu sat at the mahogany desk, put down the newspaper in his hand, and looked at the tiger face opposite him: "Do you think that the previous firearms explosion in Luocheng was caused by the internal strife in the Jing Dynasty's Military Intelligence Department?"

Chen Ji took the official report in his hand and spread it out for Jin Zhu to read: "Lu Jin stepped down due to his failure in the political struggle, and his political enemies must have immediately clipped his wings. This can explain why the assassins from the Jing Dynasty who attacked you, sir, killed each other with the monks from the Jing Dynasty Kujue Temple."

The Golden Pig clapped his hands and said, "It took me a whole day to figure out something, but you only needed to read one sentence in this newspaper to figure it out. That's amazing."

"So the Lord knows about this."

Jin Zhu smiled and said, "The internal cleansing of the Military Intelligence Department is not only happening in Luocheng, but also in Beijing, Jinling, Suzhou, Yangzhou, and Tianjin."

Chen Ji was puzzled: "They are fighting among themselves like this, aren't they afraid of delaying important matters?"

The Golden Pig said meaningfully: "Is there anything more important than power in this world?"

Chen Ji thought for a moment and asked, "Is the internal struggle in the Military Intelligence Department over?"

The Golden Pig smiled and said, "It's still early."

"Oh?"

At this moment, a spy came in with a tray and a pot of hot tea outside the door.

Jin Zhu held up his sleeves and poured hot tea for Chen Ji, saying with emotion: "Lu Jin will not be content with failure. For a person like him, we can never easily judge his success or failure until the moment he dies."

"Your Excellency seems to hold him in high esteem?"

Jin Zhu poured himself a cup of hot tea and started to chat slowly: "Lu Jin was originally a descendant of the military meritorious service of the Jing Dynasty. When his family fell into poverty, he knelt down at the door of the residence of the Deputy Privy Envoy Yuan Zhong and acknowledged Yuan Zhong as his adoptive father. He also offered all the remaining land and money in his family in exchange for a position of 'Secretary' of the Privy Council."

"At that time, it was popular for the descendants of the nobles of the Jing Dynasty to take up idle positions in the Privy Council, where they would walk their birds, fight their dogs, gamble, and visit prostitutes every day."

"But this Lu Jin did not just hang around in the Privy Council, but asked for permission to establish a Military Intelligence Department. Yuan Zhong laughed at him in public, telling him to just hang around in the Privy Council and not get confused. Lu Jin did not give up, and he simply knelt in front of Yuan Zhong's door for three days and three nights. Yuan Zhong became impatient and said in public, 'Go to Ning Dynasty and kill a cabinet minister, and I will let you establish that nonsense Military Intelligence Department.'"

Golden Pig sighed, "From that day on, Lu Jin disappeared, and it was several years before he reappeared. When he reappeared, he was holding the head of our Minister of Revenue pickled in lime, and standing in front of the red lacquer gate of the Privy Council. This incident shocked both dynasties. Our Ning Dynasty was furious and sent more than 30 groups of assassins to assassinate him, but they returned in vain. At the same time, Lu Jin was spotted by the Minister of the Central Secretariat 'Yuan Mao', and he rose rapidly on his way to a higher position."

The Minister of the Central Secretariat was the prime minister of the Jing Dynasty, second only to the emperor and above everyone else.

Chen Ji was a little surprised: "Why does the Lord know so much about this matter?"

Jin Zhu drank the hot tea in the cup, closed his eyes and savored it for a while, then opened his eyes and smacked his lips and said, "It's the best Xinyang Maojian, but it's a pity that it's out of season... I know this is not uncommon. Ever since Lu Jin was appreciated by the Minister of the Central Secretariat, Yuan Zhong, that big mouth, has been talking to people about the fact that Lu Jin knelt down to him twice after drinking every day. Not only that, even though Lu Jin was at the same level as him, he still ordered Lu Jin around like a son."

Chen Ji laughed and said, "I'm afraid the grass on Yuanzhong's grave is already more than one meter high, right?"

Jin Zhu smiled and said, "If Lu Jin really killed Yuan Zhong, it would be just a cliché story. Lu Jin is just a cliché person, not worthy of our Secret Service to treat him as a great enemy. In fact, Lu Jin not only did not kill Yuan Zhong, but always called him his foster father, and gave him generous gifts every New Year and festival to thank him for his support."

Chen Ji was stunned.

The Golden Pig exclaimed: "Nowadays, the people of the Jing Dynasty may not know what laws the Emperor has issued, but they must know that Lu Jin will repay a favor. As long as you have helped him, it is like having a golden medal of immunity from death."

Chen Ji was puzzled: "This man has great political wisdom, why did he lose to Lu Guanwu?"

Jin Zhu shook his head: "It wasn't him who lost, it was Zhongshu Pingzhang Yuan Mao who lost... I won't say more, I'll continue reading the court newspaper."

"Ah."

Chen Ji quickly flipped through a whole box of official reports, and he suddenly realized something: none of the official reports mentioned that Lu Jin had a younger sister.

It was as if that woman had never really existed.

……

……

However, at this moment, a secret spy outside knocked on the door of Zhou Mansion under the cover of night.

As the wooden door creaked, the spy, without waiting for the door to open completely, stepped sideways into the yard, knelt on one knee, clasped his fists and said, "Sir, this is bad!"

Jin Zhu stepped over the threshold and walked from the study to the courtyard: "Didn't I ask you to escort Liu Tiao and the others to transport the deputy supervisor out of the city? Why did you come back alone?"

The spy said in a serious tone, "Liu Tiao stuffed the deputy supervisor into the interlayer of the dung cart at the top of the mountain and was about to secretly transport him out from the Qinglong Gate in the north. As a result, the Luocheng Military Department happened to search out the deputy supervisor! Before I could step forward to rescue him, the infantry of the Military Department had surrounded Liu Tiao and others and formed a military formation. The military formation consisted of more than 20 elite infantrymen, and I was not sure about it."

Jin Zhu's expression changed: "What? I asked you to transport just one person, but you made such a big mistake!"

The spy said bitterly, "This method has been tried and tested to transport people, but I didn't expect it to fail this time. Sir, what should we do now? Liu Tiao and others may have to suffer. Sir, why don't we reveal our identities and ask the Luocheng Military Department to release our people? How can we let these chickens and potters fall into the hands of us?" Chen Ji also stepped out of the house at this time: "No."

All the spies looked at him, as if they were knives cutting into his body.

Jin Zhu looked at Chen Ji: "What do you mean?"

Chen Ji looked up at the night sky and thought for a moment: "If I reveal my identity now, all my efforts will be wasted if Liu Mingxian finds out. Lord Jinzhu, is it more important to overthrow the Liu family or to save a few subordinates?"

"All important."

Chen Ji comforted him, "Maybe they will come back by themselves at dawn?"

"Hmm?" Golden Pig thought thoughtfully.

Chen Ji did not answer, but turned back into the house and continued to take out one official newspaper after another from the box and quickly flipped through them, constantly looking for some information.

Golden Pig looked back at the thin figure in the house and always felt that the other person was the Chinese Zodiac, while he seemed to have returned to the days of being a pigeon-level spy.

At that time, if the sky fell, there were tall people to hold it up, so it was not his turn to worry. At the order of his superior, he rushed to catch the thief of Jing Chao with his head held high. After catching the thief of Jing Chao, he ate a bowl of steaming beef noodles on the way home, as if he had swallowed the bloody smell in his mind.

Jin Zhu smiled to himself and went into the house to continue reading the official newspaper, leaving the spies looking at each other in bewilderment.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the sky outside Zhou's mansion was already bright.

Xifeng was so sleepy that he kept nodding his head, but Chen Ji was full of energy and took out a new report from the second box.

He stood beside the box, opened the first page and saw a passage: In the autumn of the fifteenth year of Jianing, Chen Liqin of the Chen family was appointed as the Tongzhi of Luocheng. The eldest son of the family was quite talented, while the illegitimate son was dull and taciturn...

Just as he saw this, a hand reached out from the side and took the newspaper from his hand.

Chen Ji looked up in astonishment, and Jin Zhu smiled as he closed the report. "This report is a secret document sent by my Secret Service to various states for Hai Dongqing and the twelve zodiac signs to review. Hai Dongqing and the twelve zodiac signs need to take blood from their eyebrows to open it. It's an exception that I can show you and Xifeng the information from Jing Dynasty today, and you can't read the rest."

The two looked at each other, and the atmosphere suddenly became stagnant.

Chen Ji was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "Then I won't watch it."

The Golden Pig smiled and patted his shoulder: "Hurry up and make achievements. When you become a Saker Falcon, you can see whatever you want. If you become a zodiac animal, you can even go to the Jiefan Building to see more confidential documents."

Chen Ji explained: "Making a contribution is secondary. The main reason I helped to bring down the Liu family this time is to avenge you, sir."

"Brothers!"

At this time, several spies climbed over the gray tile wall and entered Zhou's mansion.

"Huh? Six!" A spy in the courtyard was puzzled: "Weren't you arrested by the Luocheng Army? Why did they let you go?"

The Golden Pig came to the courtyard and asked solemnly, "Have you revealed your identities?"

Liu Tiao shook his head. "No, before we left last night, the master beside you told us not to reveal our identities as spies, so we could only let the military department catch us. They took us to the tower and detained us, and then took the deputy supervisor away for interrogation. About an incense stick of time later, Master Liu from the military department came to tell us that we could leave and would be waiting for the master in three days."

The spies were stunned: "We're just going to let you go like this?"

The Golden Pig asked, "Is anyone following me?"

"Yes, but we got rid of him."

The spies looked at the Golden Pig and said, "Sir, there is something fishy."

Chen Ji said calmly, "This is a test from the Liu family. The deputy supervisor should be from the Liu family. Liu Mingxian deliberately handed him over to us to see how we would deal with him. You did not reveal your identity after being arrested, so our plan to pretend to be the Jing Dynasty Military Intelligence Department has been half completed."

The Golden Pig exclaimed: "I didn't expect that you are so young, but you can do things so flawlessly."

Chen Ji bowed and said, "It's all thanks to your teaching. The Liu family should have believed us now. When we meet again in three days, there will surely be a surprise. I am here to wish you revenge. But I have been out for too long this time, so I have to go home quickly."

"Go ahead, go ahead. Remember to meet up here the day after tomorrow night."

"clear."

Jin Zhu stood on the steps in front of the study, watching Chen Ji's back as he walked out of Zhou Mansion. His smile gradually faded. He waved to Liu Tiao, "Send someone on a fast horse to Kaifeng Mansion to invite Meng Ji over. Now that the matter with the Liu family is over, I have many people to interrogate."

At this time, Xifeng stood up from the armchair and asked in confusion: "...I have been with you for seven years, how come I didn't know that you still have a grudge against the Liu family?"

Jin Zhu was stunned for a moment, and then sighed: "Master, you are really immersed in the play."

……

There is one more chapter tonight but it will probably be very late to finish, so everyone should get up early tomorrow morning to read it.

(End of this chapter)