The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Zhang Maozhi was very proud and said with a smile: "Madam has suffered a lot. Now you can relax and take a good rest here. Why don't you let me take you over to see where you are staying and see if there is anything you need to buy."

"Don't bother me, sir."

Mrs. Baoguo is also very awkward.

This old guy was so attentive in front of her and called himself "Old Man". Was he trying to tell her that he was an old man with a kind heart?

Believe it or not.

Even a female prostitute knows everything about Duke Baoguo's palace. You, Zhang Mao, don't have a good reputation outside.

Zhang Mao smiled and said: "Madam, why are you so polite? I want to fulfill my duty as a landlord after all. Please go ahead."

With that said, Zhang Mao stood up and went to help him personally.

Mrs. Baoguo had just stood up, and before she could avoid her, a pair of big hands came towards her again. It felt like a dog-skin plaster.

But for her, there is really no stopping her.

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The two came out of the flower hall, but before Zhang Mao could welcome them into the courtyard of the guest room, the staff member named Zhong hurried over again.

"What?"

Zhang Mao's tone was very harsh.

Does this mean that you have no discernment, or that you just don’t understand the rules?

The man surnamed Zhong stepped forward and said in a low voice: "My lord, the Jinyi Guards are here, saying they want to take him back."

"Ok?"

Zhang Mao frowned, "We've sent everyone here, and then we're taking them back? What's the point of this? Could it be that someone is obstructing this?"

The man named Zhong said: "I don't know what's going on."

Zhang Mao said angrily: "Then you go out and send people away! Tell them that if they offend me, they will get nothing good from them!"

"I also refused, but the other party... said that Eunuch Li, the admiral of the East Factory, was at the door in person, and he was about to speak at this moment. You see..."

When he heard this, Zhang Mao felt that the situation might be a bit big.

Li Zhang is here?

Zhang Maodeng felt as if he had eaten a fly.

"Madam, you go inside first. I am going to meet a visitor. He is an important person and may be able to help your Zhu family. Let's go!"

Zhang Mao knew that Li Zhang's visit in person was not a big deal, so he could only put aside the matter at hand and let Zhong call his mother-in-law over to make some arrangements first, while Zhang Mao went out to meet Li Zhang in person.

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"Eunuch Li, I am sorry to welcome you from afar." Zhang Mao walked out of the door and smiled at Li Zhang who was standing next to the carriage.

Li Zhang also walked over with a smile, his eyes fell on Zhang Mao, as if he was observing something.

Li Zhang said: "You haven't disturbed my father-in-law, have you?"

"Huh?" Zhang Mao was startled, then smiled, "How could it be? This old man is usually too idle. I wonder if there is any order from His Majesty? I am waiting to receive the order."

This is a reminder to Li Zhang.

Even if you are the admiral of Dongchang and have a great status, but when you come to work with me, it is best to come up with an imperial edict.

Otherwise nothing else can hold me down.

Li Zhang smiled and said: "It is true that I came here for the Holy Father's wishes, but not to convey the decree. But our family heard that Mrs. Baoguo was taken to your residence by the British father-in-law. I wonder if this is the case?"

"This……"

Zhang Mao wanted to deny it, but when he turned his head, he saw Guo Ang, the governor of Fusi Town in Jinyiweibei Town, was also there, and he knew that there was no way to hide the matter.

Zhang Mao said: "This is indeed the case. It's just a matter of friendship between colleagues and helping each other. How can I see my old friend's family members wandering around and ignore them?"

"The British public has a chivalrous style, which is admirable." Li Zhang cupped his hands and expressed his admiration for Zhang Mao, and then said, "But your Majesty had previously made a decree to target all those who had been convicted in the past two years, including All their family members will be sent to Yongping Mansion for resettlement... No one will be left behind!"

"what?"

Zhang Mao frowned.

Old man Zhang naturally wanted to think about what Zhang Mao meant.

No one is left behind, that is to say, Mrs. Baoguo will also be sent there, but what value can such a woman achieve by sending her to Yongping Mansion?

Even in order to take the person back, Li Zhang, the owner of Dongchang Factory, came to ask for the person in person, which was a bit unusual.

Zhang Mao wanted to refuse, but he didn't know how to say it. At this time, the servant named Zhong came out and said: "Eunuch Li, that's what happened. Mr. Ying is doing it out of love for all his colleagues, and he will be settled well. Besides, You don’t need this one, right? Think of it as my father-in-law leaving a piece of incense in Baoguo’s mansion.”

Li Zhang smiled and said, "Who are you?"

He asked with a smile, and his tone was very kind, but the combination of it made the guest surnamed Zhong feel chills down his spine.

As a Han Confucian, he seemed to be unqualified to talk to a big shot like Li Zhang.

Zhang Mao said: "Eunuch Li, can you please be accommodating? I do have good intentions."

"How can our family not be aware of your high moral integrity, Sir? But there are some things that are beyond our control, and the people below are incapable of handling them. After our family heard about it, we were afraid that His Majesty would blame him... This is the case with many things. I want to maintain the friendship between my colleagues, but I am also afraid that the embankment of a thousand miles will be destroyed by ant nests, so this wind cannot be blown."

Li Zhang took a business-like attitude, which meant that he would not give Zhang Mao face.

"Mr. British, should we send the people out now, or should we..." Li Zhang gave Zhang Mao room for discussion, but his tone seemed to be that he did not discuss it.

Zhang Mao held back his anger and said with a cold face: "I will personally send the person to Jinyiwei tomorrow."

Li Zhang said: "Do we want to send people in and invite people out?"

"you……"

Zhang Mao almost spit out blood.

I thought you, Li Zhang, were giving me face, but you didn’t give me any face at all.

Either hand the person over, or force your way in and take the person, right?

Looking at the Jin Yiwei who had more than a hundred people in black crows in front of him, Zhang Mao seemed to understand that Li Zhang also seemed to know that there was no use in calm discussions from him, and they were all ready to rob.

"Go get the person out." Zhang Mao said to the man named Zhong.

"Master, you..."

Everyone named Zhong was a little reluctant.

After all, Zhang Mao had put a lot of thought into this matter, and now it would be a bit too much to hand it over directly to someone like this.

"go with!"

Zhang Mao said sharply.

"Yes." The man named Zhong then went in to pick him up.

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Not long after Mrs. Baoguo entered the courtyard, she was picked up again.

Even Mrs. Baoguo herself was confused.

She thought that her life for the rest of her life was settled, and she was already resigned to her fate. Who knew that when she turned her face, everything seemed to be back to the same old state, and she had to continue to live in that dirty little courtyard, waiting to be sent to other places. Being homeless, you may even have to experience bitter cold and endless labor.

Compared with the uncertainty of the future, maybe the humiliation in front of you is actually nothing.

"Is this Mrs. Baoguo?" Li Zhang saw the woman coming out with a narrow smile on her face.

That look seemed to say, what is it that Zhang Mao deserves to care about so much? Are you so reluctant to ask you to befriend someone?

Guo Ang stepped forward and said something to Li Zhang. Li Zhang then said: "Excuse me, madam, to get in the car. I will give you another place to live. You don't have to go back to where you used to be today. I will send you to Yongping Mansion in the next two days." .”

Mrs. Baoguo was about to get into the carriage as instructed.

Zhang Mao walked over and said to her: "Madam, it's not that I don't want to help, it's because they followed His Majesty's order. If you go to Yongping Mansion, you will definitely suffer a lot. I will still find a way."

"My father-in-law is interested."

After hearing Zhang Mao's false words, Mrs. Baoguo only expressed her polite respect and then got into the carriage.

Li Zhang said: "Master, you don't have to see me off. Our family will take them away now."

Zhang Mao said coldly: "I dare to ask, was it Zhang Bingkuan... Cai Guogong who ordered what happened today?"

"hehe."

Li Zhang smiled and said, "My lord, what do you mean by this? Do you think Guild Cai Guo cares about such a trivial matter?"

"he……"

Zhang Mao was also speechless.

It is said that Zhang Zhou is lenient in his management, but no matter how lenient he is, it seems that he will not make any fuss about a Mrs. Baoguo. It is even unclear whether Zhang Zhou knows that this person exists.

"My father-in-law, are you curious about why our family came here? In fact, our family is more important. It is to set the ethos for the factory guards. Previously, even Shouning Hou broke the rules, and our family also sent people to deal with it. This is not good. Once the trend is established, the whole court will be in chaos! Our family has just been promoted to important positions, so we really don’t dare to neglect it." Li Zhang said with a bit of emotion.

There is a general feeling that when a new official takes office, he must make a difference.

Zhang Mao said: "Eunuch Li, I'd better give you some face, you might as well..."

"Master, please don't go on. It's not that we don't want to give you face. It's just because you have too much face that we have to avoid it."

Li Zhang said with a somewhat tough tone, "Master, you don't have to see me off. The person who came is leaving!"

"Yes."

Guo Ang and others quickly came over to move the horse stool and helped Li Zhang get on the carriage.

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A group of royal guards left in a mighty manner.

Zhang Mao stood there, feeling lost, and more importantly, aggrieved, as if the duck he had got flew away and he didn't get a bite.

"My lord, what is this? Are Jin Yiwei playing a trick on someone? They were sent to you, and yet they were taken away?" The guest named Zhong couldn't accept it.

Zhang Mao's eyes were still looking at where Jin Yiwei and his entourage were leaving, and his old face frowned and said: "I just feel something is strange. Could it be that someone is deliberately targeting me?"

"What you said is..."

"It may be Zhang Bingkuan, or it may be someone else. Although I can't tell what is going on, I still feel vaguely that something is wrong. Alas!"

Zhang Mao sighed heavily and said, "What if you give me another hour?"

"you……"

"Find a way, I can't let it go, the worst I can do is go find Zhang Bingkuan and talk to me personally!"

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Li Zhang led his men back to Fusi, Jinyiwei North Town, where Mou Bin was already waiting to apologize.

"Commander Mou, why are you so polite? This is not your fault." Li Zhang said.

Mou Bin said: "They are all humble and unable to control their subordinates."

Although Mou Bin can be regarded as a simple and honest person, at this time, he still has to shirk the responsibility.

His subordinates were there to take the blame.

Li Zhang smiled and said: "You did a good job. Just follow the current. If we were in your shoes, we would do the same thing."

Mou Bin's face turned green and red. Li Zhang's words were obviously telling him, don't think that our family doesn't know that you are leading this matter.

"Originally, it was okay to send him to the British government, but now he has to be brought back." Li Zhang said, "Our family will keep him first, and we will send him to you tomorrow. Then we will send him to Yongping Mansion." Can."

Mou Bin said: "This person..."

"Don't ask questions that shouldn't be asked. Do you think that only our family knows what you do? Mou Bin, you should be more careful as a human being, and don't let others take advantage of you and remain in the dark! Sooner or later, you will suffer a big loss!"

Having said this, Li Zhang walked over and patted Mou Bin on the shoulder.

It means you still need to learn more.

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Li Zhang personally sent the person to a secret mansion in the capital, and then entered it himself.

He even pushed away all his followers and faced Mrs. Baoguo alone.

Mrs. Baoguo was first scolded by Zhang Mao in person, and now she was scolded by Li Zhang. She was also thinking that if she didn't know that this was an internal official, she really wasn't sure what he was going to do.

"Thank you so much, father-in-law for saving your life." Mrs. Baoguo hurriedly saluted and thanked her.

Li Zhang smiled and said: "What are you talking about, madam? Do you also know that the British prince's mansion is a dragon's den and a tiger's den? If you go in, you can't get out?"

Mrs. Baoguo lowered her head and said in a slightly inaudible voice: "I know my fate, and I have no choice. In any case, I just want to protect the younger generation of the family. If I can fulfill my wish, no matter how much suffering I have to endure, And also willingly.”

Li Zhang nodded with satisfaction and said: "It's easy to talk to smart people. It seems that you can also see, madam, that our family brought you here because they have something to do with you?"

Mrs. Baoguo was once Zhu Hui's concubine, and was not only responsible for the affairs of the inner courtyard of the house.

With her shrewdness and ability, she is responsible for meeting with military generals, even receiving gifts, accepting requests, etc...

Her knowledge is not comparable to that of ordinary people.

Seeing Li Zhang bringing her here like this, she thought there were only two possibilities.

Either there was a big shot who was more powerful than Zhang Mao, and Li Zhang took the risk of offending Zhang Mao to fulfill the other side's wish, take her out, and then give her to that "big shot".

This is almost impossible.

There are only a few people in the court who are more powerful than Zhang Mao, and whom Li Zhang can be more afraid of. But with her background, age, and appearance, none of those powerful people would be so aggressive. She also knows that she It's not a fairy who came out of the world. Even if she was, she was an old fairy who was half buried in the earth, the old-fashioned kind.

Probably only Zhang Mao, who was older than her and had special tastes, would embarrass her regardless of his status.

Other than that, there is only one possibility...

Li Zhang wanted to use her to accomplish something. In other words, she, the Baoguo Lady, still had a certain value even if she was in prison.

"Father-in-law, please speak." Mrs. Baoguo was informed.

Li Zhang sat down, crossed his legs and said, "Let me tell you clearly. Your Majesty wants to take back the military power of the Beijing camp."

Mrs. Baoguo said: "So, you want me to spread the bad name of the British Duke and let him... be ruined?"

Li Zhang smiled and said: "Madam, you are serious. If the British Duke's bad deeds need others to publicize him, then he can be called a saint. Do you think he is?"

Mrs. Baoguo looked solemn and said: "When it comes to corruption and bending the law, he is worse than my husband..." (End of Chapter)