I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl - Chapter 369: The Lonely Minister Hua Zhihe 2
I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl
Chapter 369: The Lonely Minister Hua Zhihe 2That man could use his Yue family to do so many bad things, so naturally not everyone in his Yue family is clean.
As the saying goes, "even a big tree has dead branches." In a big family like his Yue family, there are always seven or eight or even ten members who are greedy and willing to take risks for profit.
Especially since they were accustomed to breaking the law and bullying men and women in the previous dynasty, and had taken too many advantages for nothing, if they were asked to run their business according to the rules and live in accordance with the law, there would be no part of their body that would not feel uncomfortable.
Some people have a better sense of the overall situation and can understand the situation clearly, or even if they don't have that ability, they can listen to the orders of the head of the family obediently. But some people are stupid and vicious, and they feel itchy if they don't do bad things.
These people thought that no one noticed their little actions, but they didn't know that the emperor had actually been sending people to monitor their clan.
The combined crimes of all of them were enough for the emperor to deal with their clan, which had committed many evil deeds during the previous dynasty.
The man’s wife didn’t expect that even though she had divorced him in time, he still implicated her father and brother.
She wished she could kill that man who was more trouble than help with one blow, but at this time she was already unable to take care of herself. She had no chance, nor the ability to personally kill the man who served as a trigger.
Her family fell apart at an extremely fast pace, and she and her two children were kicked out by her sister-in-law after the family fell apart.
After this incident, Hua Zhihe helped the emperor to bring down several families with heinous crimes. The emperor and the victims had a very good impression of him, but those officials in the court with bad backgrounds regarded Hua Zhihe as a thorn in their side.
They couldn't wait to kill Hua Zhihe, but Hua Zhihe seemed to have set up a circle of iron wall around him, making it impossible for them to find any gaps to attack.
Mu Hanzhi reminded Bai Jingzhou, "You'd better not let people know that you have a good relationship with him, otherwise you will definitely be targeted by many people."
Bai Jingzhou nodded, and began to understand why Hua Zhihe never contacted his old friends again after coming to Beijing.
He felt a little complicated, "Thank you, Brother Mu. I will be careful not to get involved."
Bai Jingzhou has always been reliable. Since he said so, Mu Hanzhi let the matter go and said nothing more.
What he didn't know was that although Bai Jingzhou didn't come to Hua Zhihe's house to reminisce about the past because Hua Zhihe chose to remain a lone minister, he secretly went to Hua Zhihe's house early the next morning when there were few pedestrians on the street.
He sent a letter and a set of local rituals to inform Hua Zhihe of his trip to the capital, so that if the other party wanted to see him, he could take the initiative to ask him out. If he didn't want to see him, he could just pretend nothing happened.
Hua Zhihe did not pretend that nothing had happened, but he did not make an appointment to meet Bai Jingzhou. Instead, the next day, he asked someone to send a reply letter and a return gift to Bai Jingzhou's newly purchased house.
The address of the house was revealed to him by Bai Jingzhou in the letter, and the person who went to deliver the return letter and gift to Bai Jingzhou was one of the only two followers around Hua Zhihe.
His two followers are both very skilled. Not only do they help Hua Zhihe with things, but they also have to work part-time to protect his personal safety.
With Hua Zhihe's income level, they certainly couldn't get much monthly salary, but none of those who tried to coerce or bribe them were able to make any concessions from them.
What those people didn't know was that these two people had suffered unjust accusations and carried a blood feud. It was Hua Zhihe who saved their lives, and then combined his wisdom with their martial arts to help them avenge themselves after they recovered from their injuries.
It was still a time of chaos, and Hua Zhihe had done many similar things. Although not all of those who had received his favors were single and suitable to be like these two, accompanying him in this bloodless court, they were all Hua Zhihe's eyes, ears, and hands and feet.
Hua Zhihe's followers were experienced and knew how to perfectly avoid surveillance. In addition, over the years, those responsible for keeping an eye on Hua Zhihe's residence had become lax, so it was easier for him to get rid of those spies.
He sent the return letter and gift to Bai Jingzhou's house, and those who were monitoring Hua Zhihe didn't notice it at all.
Bai Jingzhou received the reply letter and the return gift. When he opened the letter, he saw that Hua Zhihe simply thanked him and had no intention of asking him to meet. So he let the matter go and started to concentrate on buying a property.
Some time ago, he bought a small courtyard house with two entrances near the Imperial College. Unlike the houses in Qingshan County and Xingzhou Prefecture, which were generally large in size, only a few houses in the capital city covered a large area.
Most of the remaining houses, including the two-courtyard house that Bai Jingzhou bought, only cover an area of about half of the houses of the same size in their area.
A small courtyard, many rooms, and an excellent location. In addition, there is a well in the house, so people living in it don’t have to go to the public well outside to fetch water every day. The price of this house is four and a half times more expensive than the two-story house they bought in Xingzhou City, which has the same excellent location but is twice as large.
When Bai Jingzhou paid, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. No wonder many people complained in unison that "it is not easy to live in the capital." Apart from anything else, it is difficult for ordinary people to afford such a high-priced house.
Of course, not all houses in the capital are so expensive, and not all houses in the capital can be bought with money.
The prices of houses located in civilian areas or near red-light districts could not rise. On the other hand, houses near the imperial palace and in prime locations in the capital were always owned by the royal family, high-ranking officials and nobles.
Bai Jingzhou couldn't buy a house in a civilian area. He was going to be a government official in the future. If he lived in a civilian area, if he became an official, even if he was just a minor official who was not qualified to attend court, he would have to go out at three or four o'clock every day to report for duty.
Wasting a lot of time on the way was the worst thing that happened. He was worried that he would die very quickly because he had to go out so early every day.
This is also why he and Gu Wenxuan planned from the very beginning to buy a house near the Imperial College or in an area where officials live.
In the next few days, Bai Jingzhou bought two more shops located in a busy commercial street in a civilian area. These two shops also had backyards, but the backyards were very small and the houses inside were basically used as warehouses.
There are only two habitable rooms. One is used by the accountant to record and store the shop's accounts, and ordinary people are not qualified to enter. The other is used by the shop assistants who guard the shop at night to rest. Both are very small.