Along the way, Jing Zhe was afraid that Hanhan would forget again, so he bombarded him with "brain-boosting" messages, to the point that even Hanhan, who was as simple-minded as he was, was almost sick of hearing them.

"Young chieftain, you don't need to repeat yourself, I've remembered it all!"

Seeing that Jing Zhe had finally stopped, Hanhan breathed a sigh of relief, but then hesitated and said, "Young Chieftain, there are some things I've been wanting to tell you, but I don't know if I should..."

If you don't know whether you should say it or not, then don't say it.

Jing Zhe kindly reminded him.

"..."

Hanhan paused for a moment, then shook his head and said, "But I feel suffocated if I don't say it, so I still have to say it."

"If you're going to say it, just say it! What are you hesitating for?"

Where's the hammer?

He muttered something, then said seriously, "Young Chief, when we came down from Mangshan, the Chief instructed me to keep a close eye on you and not let you be bewitched by the alluring women of Jingzhou."

He glanced at Jing Zhe, and seeing that he didn't react, he continued, "Regarding Miss Zhang, I thought the young chieftain did a good job, so I didn't say anything. But Master Wang..."

After hesitating for a moment, Hanhan finally mustered his courage: "Although I didn't keep an eye on Master Wang, I think she's a good person, and it's not bad for the young chieftain to be with her. However, the young chieftain should probably tell General Jinghong and Zhu Sheren..."

Jing Zhe glanced at him: "This is my eldest sister's order. How can you expect me to tell my second and fifth sisters?"

"Because the chieftain said that when she's not around, I have to listen to the other sisters of the young chieftain!"

"Heh, so you listen to them but not me?"

Jing Zhe sneered and waved his hands repeatedly with a silly grin.

"I'm not ignoring it, I'm just discussing it with the young chieftain."

Jing Zhe shook his head. "Sigh, it's still my fault."

"Is it your fault? What happened to the young chieftain?"

"I don't know," Hanhan asked curiously.

"It's my fault for letting you eat too much!"

"..."

The two continued walking, and Jing Zhe said again, "Silly boy, I'll say it again, we can talk about other things later. If you don't get this done for me later, I'll give you a surprise!"

"What surprise?"

"..."

Jing Zhe was taken aback, thinking to himself that although this guy had improved, he still needed to work on it. Couldn't he even hear the threat?

"Surprise my foot!"

He muttered something and kept walking.

"Young Master, is this the kind of hammer?"

Just then, the two passed by a blacksmith shop.

The blacksmith shop was quite large, filled with all sorts of iron tools, such as hoes, shovels, and hammers.

Jing Zhe thought for a moment. He had been thinking about making a weapon for Hanhan, but he had forgotten about it. Why not take this opportunity to make one?

So he nodded: "You guessed half right, it is a hammer, but not this kind, but the kind you can use to wreak havoc!"

"Slaughtering all in all directions?"

Upon hearing this, Hanhan's eyes lit up, a rare sight indeed.

He didn't want to wreak havoc, but having a handy weapon would be ideal. After all, in the recent battles, the enemy had used weapons, and he felt powerless fighting bare-handed.

"Okay, come with me!"

So Jing Zhe went into the blacksmith's shop, talked with the blacksmith for a while, and explained to the blacksmith the shape and size of the hammer in his mind—which was actually a throwing axe.

The blacksmith had never made anything like this before and initially wanted to refuse, but when he saw the gleaming silver in Jing Zhe's hand, he happily accepted the job.

Hanhan was very happy when he came out of the blacksmith's shop.

Jing Zhe felt much more at ease. Surely this guy wouldn't let him down again?

...

Before long, they arrived at the gate of the Prime Minister's residence.

Compared to last time, the Prime Minister's mansion was wide open today. Looking inside, servants were walking back and forth in the courtyard, and there were two more guards outside, making it much more lively.

As soon as Jing Zhe stepped forward, the gatekeeper recognized him—after all, Jing Zhe had caused quite a stir when he came last time, and was almost kicked out by Madam Zhu.

"Young Master Jing has arrived!"

"Please come in quickly!"

"Master and Miss are getting impatient!"

"..."

Jing Zhe nodded and smiled, thinking to himself that he had really made it big, even these security guards knew how to read people's expressions.

Upon entering the Prime Minister's residence, I went straight to the main hall.

Chubby Zhu Tangwen ran out and almost bumped into Jing Zhe's leg. After realizing it was Jing Zhe, he cautiously took a step back.

"Call me Big Brother."

"Big...Big Brother..."

Jing Zhe left a very deep impression on the chubby boy, who called out without thinking. Jing Zhe patted his big head, kicked his butt, and told him to go play somewhere else.

At this moment, the people in the hall also heard the commotion.

"Oh dear, it's my dear nephew who's back!"

To Jing Zhe's surprise, the first person to come out was Madam Zhu, who had almost gotten into a fight with him last time.

She was clearly too excited; she ran out of the house in such a hurry that she almost lost her shoes.

"Nephew, come inside quickly! We've been waiting for you for ages!"

Jing Zhe nodded expressionlessly and walked into the house.

He had no good impression of Madam Zhu. Even though she was now behaving humbly, it was only because she knew that he had become successful. Such an opportunistic woman had once been extremely mean to his second sister. Jing Zhe would not be happy to see her now just because of her attitude.

Of course, Jing Zhe didn't need to be rude to her anymore, since Zhu Xinning would be living here in the future.

However, I believe that she will no longer be so harsh and sarcastic towards Zhu Xinning in the future.

Madam Zhu did not change her expression because of Jing Zhe's cold attitude. On the contrary, her enthusiasm increased even more. Seeing the simple-minded boy behind him, she hugged him and said, "Oh my, why did you bring so many gifts? It's fine if others bring them, you don't need to be so polite!"

As he spoke, he called over a servant to help carry the things from Hanhan's hands into the front hall.

In the front hall, Zhu Tong sat in the seat of honor drinking tea, while Zhu Xinning and Liu Jinghong sat on the lower side. On the table opposite them, there were a dazzling array of gift boxes!

These gift boxes vary in size, but they are all exquisite and beautiful, similar to Yu Haixing's gift boxes.

Jing Zhe nodded to Zhu Tong, then greeted him as "Uncle" and asked with some curiosity, "Eh, what day is it today? Why are so many people bringing gifts? Are you hosting a banquet for guests later?"

Zhu Tong smiled and shook his head: "These gifts aren't for me!"

"???"

"They're all for you!"

"For me?"

Jing Zhe was puzzled at first, then understood.

"You shone brightly at the hunting grounds today. Anyone with a discerning eye knows you're destined for greatness, so they all wanted to get to know you first. That's why they rushed over as soon as they learned you were coming to the Prime Minister's residence today!"

After Zhu Tong finished speaking, he sighed with some emotion, "Alas, I have been the prime minister for quite some years now, but I never expected that I would have to rely on your influence to experience such a bustling scene!"

"..."

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