Inside the imperial palace.
Wu Jia sat alone on his throne, seemingly thinking about something.
At this time, footsteps were heard at the door of the main hall.
The imperial servant who had previously received Lin Ziluo walked in quietly.
Seeing him come in, Wu Jia casually asked, "What's the matter?"
"Your Majesty, we have compiled the general behavior of Gu Zhuang and Lin Ziluo after they left the Imperial Palace that you requested yesterday." The imperial servant said respectfully.
"Oh? The two of them. Tell me about Lin Ziluo's behavior first." Upon hearing the news about the two of them, Wu Jia instantly became interested and asked excitedly.
“After being awarded the reward by you, Lin Ziluo followed Gu Zhuang back to the Gu family and stayed there for nearly two hours.”
"Later, I took a brother named Dasha and a brother named Guitong to claim the mansion you gave me as a reward. After staying in the mansion for about four hours, I went to the Gu family again."
"I went to the city administration office with a servant from the Gu family and found the administrator, Yu Fang. We extorted him in front of everyone, totaling 70,000 coins. The national treasury has already reimbursed this money."
"Hahaha, this guy is quite interesting."
Hearing this, Wu Jia laughed a few times, but did not feel particularly surprised.
It is normal for an ordinary poor person to do such a thing when he suddenly gains such great power.
Even Wu Jia felt that Lin Ziluo's vision was a bit narrow.
As the leader of a dignified knight order, how could he extort such a small amount of money?
Seeing Wu Jia laughing, the emperor's servant immediately stopped reporting and waited until Wu Jia stopped laughing before continuing his report.
"Lin Ziluo didn't do anything after that. He returned home after talking with Gu Zhuang for an hour. He didn't call any maids or servants into the room during that time, so no one knew what he did in the room."
Wu Jia frowned and said, "Not interested in women? That's hard to control. Fortunately, he still has the fatal flaw of greed for money."
"It doesn't matter if I'm close to the Gu family now. It's mainly because they've given me a chance to meet you. I understand."
"How about this, send more people over the next few days and find some excuse to give him some benefits. It will be easy to keep him here."
"I understand. I will arrange for someone to go there soon." The emperor's servant nodded respectfully.
"What about Gu Zhuang? What did he do?" Wu Jia continued to ask.
"After Gu Zhuang and Lin Ziluo left their home, they brought various gifts and went to visit the major families in the city. In total, they visited seven families."
"But it's all useless. The heads of those families have long agreed with us and don't care about the ancient village at all. Several of them didn't even open their doors to welcome us." said the emperor's servant.
Wu Jia nodded in satisfaction at the result, and then continued, "We need to investigate all the families that hosted Gu Zhuang to prevent them from appearing to be with us but secretly having ulterior motives."
"You know, none of the families responsible for guarding the city walls are simple. They are not easy to deal with."
"I understand." said the emperor's servant.
"Okay, in that case, then you..." Wu Jia was just about to let the emperor's servant leave when he heard hurried footsteps coming from outside the door.
Wu Jia frowned in displeasure.
He particularly hated to hear such hurried footsteps, and all the servants in the imperial palace should know this.
Along with the footsteps, a man in a gray robe and with a gloomy face appeared.
When Wu Jia saw him, he put away his displeased expression, because he knew that this guy came to see him because something urgent had happened.
The gray-robed man didn't waste any time. Before Wu Jia could speak, he took the initiative to speak: "Emperor, according to the urgent report from the secret agent planted in the Gu family, Gu Zhuang will leave the Gu family mansion in two hours and return to the mountain and sea high walls."
"Oh? Since the situation is not good, are you planning to run away first?" Wu Jia guessed doubtfully.
"Not only that, according to the spy's report, the leader of the Third Knights whom you appointed yesterday, Lin Ziluo, is also preparing to leave with Gu Zhuang." The gray-robed man continued.
"What!"
Wu Jia, who had no reaction when he heard that Gu Zhuang was leaving, suddenly stood up and roared.
"He actually wants to go with Gu Zhuang? Is he planning to betray me?"
"How despicable! The emperor gave him so many benefits, yet he actually wanted to leave, and he did it in a sneaky way."
Upon hearing this news, the emperor's servants beside him could hardly accept it and clenched their fists tightly.
The gray-robed man looked at their behavior, which was as if they had touched their reverse scale, and was very puzzled.
That's not right. Isn't this person the child of destiny who has just awakened?
Even if the potential is indeed good, you don't have to have this attitude.
But then, endless anger inexplicably surged in his heart.
"That's right, this ungrateful villain should be tortured! The emperor treated him with such courtesy, but he doesn't know how to be grateful." The gray-robed man said indignantly.
None of the three knew why, whenever Lin Ziluo was mentioned, their inner rage would burst out wildly, with nowhere to vent.
Wu Jia slapped the document in front of him and scolded.
"Pass on my order. Have Ding Minglang lead his men to surround the Gu family's old house. Keep it hidden for the time being. If they try to leave, immediately find a way to stop them. If they insist on leaving, you can use force. And notify me again."
You can use force!
And let Ding Minglang take action!
The gray-robed man and the emperor's servant looked at each other. It seemed that the emperor was extremely determined this time.
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