"Baiyun Temple? Are you saying that my father-in-law sent someone to tell me that he wanted me to go to Baiyun Temple outside the city, saying that he had something important to discuss?" Zhang Shou, who was studying in the public school, felt puzzled by this familiar yet unfamiliar place name.
Familiarity is because Baiyun Temple is also a famous Taoist place in later generations, of course, this name has both good and bad. And unfamiliarity is because he has not been to that place since he arrived in the capital, after all, he has too little free time. Of course, the most important thing is not familiarity or unfamiliarity, but...
There were a lot of people in the Duke Zhao's mansion. The Madam and Jiu Niang had always stood firmly on his side. Zhu Er had long been subdued by him. Now, Zhu Ying's two sisters-in-law were also very kind to him. The ones who had the most problems with him were Zhu Jing and Zhu Tingfang. Zhu Jing usually didn't specifically ask to see him, and he could see him at the Duke Zhao's mansion, why go to Baiyun Temple
Seeing Zhang Shou was obviously hesitating, as if he was questioning whether this matter was reasonable, Ah Liu, who had come in to deliver the message after receiving a report from the doorman outside, took the initiative to ask, "Master, do you want me to go to the Zhaoguo Mansion to ask first?"
If it were normal, Zhang Shou would never refuse his father-in-law's appointment, but the situation was different now. He always felt that the recent events were fierce and strange. After thinking about it, he finally nodded. The boy left quickly and came back quickly. When Zhang Shou finished another class in Jiuzhang Hall, Ah Liu appeared in front of him again.
"Duke Zhao is not at home. The eldest young lady told me that he sent someone to deliver a message home saying that he had important matters to attend to in the next two days and would not be back for the time being." When he said this, Ah Liu's face was also somewhat suspicious. "I went to the Ministry of War to ask again, and they said that after the morning court session this morning, Duke Zhao first entered the palace, then went to Minister Lin's residence to pay his respects, and then left the city, and only brought a letter asking for leave."
"Then I went to the Lin residence again. Since there were many people paying their respects, I sneaked in quietly. I heard people talking about how so many people followed the Duke of Zhao, who were all people who curry favor with the powerful. Some people also said that the Duke of Zhao came by car instead of on horseback today, and he brought a lot of followers with him."
After saying this in one breath, Ah Liu saw Zhang Shou raised his thumbs up, as if praising his meticulousness, but he did not feel happy about it. Instead, he became more solemn: "Then I went to inquire about the whereabouts of the Duke of Zhao and his group. Someone saw that they did leave the city. However, after the Duke of Zhao got on the car in front of the Lin Mansion, he stayed on that street for a while before leaving."
Although Zhang Shou was not very familiar with Zhu Jing, he felt that what Ah Liu said was obviously different from Zhu Jing's usual style. Getting on the carriage but not leaving... Wasn't it because there was someone else in the carriage
So, when he heard Ah Liu say that someone had gone to the palace specially to confirm that Zhu Jing had just come out of Qingning Palace and went to Lin Mansion to pay his respects, and then went to Zhaoguogong Mansion to verify it again, he found out that Zhu Jing had only brought eight followers with him today, and it was obvious that only eight people could not present the posture of being surrounded by guards as the servants of Lin Mansion said. He pondered for a moment, and finally made a decision immediately.
"Come with me to the girls' school to see Yingying. Something is fishy and I need to discuss it with her."