Wu Shilai and Ni Tuiguan also came.

The two men said nicely that they sent him and his son home as an apology.

In fact, it was because Prefect Cao was worried that he asked them to follow and look for that thing.

Zhao Hao also needed the two men to act as witnesses, so he ordered the men in Caijia Lane not to stop them and let them search through the boxes and cabinets.

"All the luggage we brought is here." Cai Ming threw the bag from the warehouse in front of the two adults in a bad mood.

Wu Shilai naturally wouldn't take action. He stood beside Zhao Hao and said with an awkward smile:

"Let this fellow look for it and see if he has anything else to say."

Ni Dahong thought to himself, OK, another blame, I have more grievances than a camel.

But this was a serious matter, and he had finally gotten this opportunity after much hard work, so he had no time to complain. He silently lowered his head and began to search meticulously.

"Let's go and eat first and let him take his time to look for it." At this time, the servant reported that dinner was ready, so Zhao Hao called Wu Shilai and the young master.

"I have a meeting somewhere else, so I won't bother you any more." Li Chengen waved his hand and said to Zhao Hao, "Send someone to Chunxianglou in Jinyu Hutong to report whether they have found it or not, so that I can report to my mother."

Li Chengen received an order from my mother that he could not return home until he finished his business here.

He was almost bored to death at home, so he was in no hurry to go back. Before coming, he informed Liu Si De's gang of friends to prepare a banquet for him at Chun Xiang Lou, so that he could find a chance to have fun.

"Thank you very much for your help today, young lord." Zhao Hao saw him out the door.

"This is helping people to the end." Wu Shilai also followed out and exclaimed: "Her Royal Highness the Princess is really particular."

"Haha, who made my mother think of us as siblings?" Li Chengen patted his chest and said proudly, "My mother usually does things for others and always makes do with whatever she can get. She has never been so particular..."

At this point, he remembered something and smiled at Zhao Hao, "Oh, my mother asked me to tell your father something, but I was so busy just now that I forgot."

Zhao Shouzheng and Sanyang invited the scholars who helped today to go to Dengshikou for a drink, so of course they haven't returned yet.

Zhao Hao smiled and said, "Can a student convey this?"

"It's the same if you convey it." Li Chengen nodded, and then said casually: "My mother said that she felt bad for not entertaining you two last time. Please come to my house when you are free, so that we can prepare some wine to express our gratitude."

"Your Highness is so polite." Zhao Hao nodded and said with a smile, "Please inform Your Highness, I will convey it to my father and urge him to go as soon as possible."

"Hmm." Li Chengen hesitated for a while, like a worm eating eggs, and then said in a muffled voice: "My sister sends you greetings, you don't need to reply."

After saying this, he climbed onto the big blue horse with a red necklace, and did not forget to wink at Zhao Shixi and said, "Stand guard well, you have a bright future, I am optimistic about you."

Then he rode away with a big laugh.

"I guard my own house and I am happy with it. What's it to you?" Zhao Shixi muttered in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Hao patted his shoulder to show encouragement.

Zhao Shixi's body suddenly felt numb.

~~

Zhao Hao knew that Wu Shilai had something to say, so he invited him into the house and sat on the kang, and asked Zhao Shizhen to bring in the wine and food, and the two of them ate and chatted.

"Don't say anything yet. I'll drink three cups as punishment, uncle."

After Wu Shi finished speaking, he drank three cups in a row, then smacked his lips and said, "Your wine is really good."

"That's right." Zhao Hao said with a smile: "I just thought that my uncle was craving for wine."

"Hehe, you really are someone that people should not underestimate." Wu Shilai blushed slightly and sighed softly, "I'm really sorry about what happened today."

"Uncle, you are too kind. I know you are in a difficult position being caught in the middle." Zhao Hao poured him a glass of wine, picked it up and said with a smile: "No matter what, my father and I deeply understand the deep friendship of Uncle."

This is not just a compliment. It is rare for a fourth-rank official to run around like this today.

“I’m so ashamed…” Wu Shilai took the wine glass with both hands and drank it all, then put it down heavily and said, “I can’t let you call me uncle in vain. I’ll take the responsibility for today’s incident!”

"Oh?" Zhao Hao was delighted, he was waiting for you to say this.

"No matter whether we can find the thing later or not, this matter is over!" Wu Shilai slammed the table heavily and said in a deep voice: "I will go to see the master tomorrow and ask him to say that no one will harass your family again in the future."

"Oh, uncle..." Zhao Hao was already ecstatic, but his face looked surprised as if he didn't know what was going on. He asked, "Why do you want to alert the Prime Minister? Is the matter really that serious?"

"What do you think? Otherwise, how could your uncle be in such a difficult situation? How could the prefect hold his cousin of the same age in prison? Weren't we all forced to do so?" Wu Shilai sighed, patted Zhao Hao on the shoulder and said:

"My dear nephew, I know you are powerful and you don't stand being bullied. But listen to my advice, this matter is not something we can get involved in."

As he said this, he actually bowed to Zhao Hao and said sadly, "My dear nephew, please stop here. If things get out of hand, there will be no way to end it."

"Why do you say that, uncle? You and I are like uncle and nephew now. How can I not listen to what you say?" Zhao Hao said, "As long as they don't provoke me anymore, I will stop."

"Don't worry, no one dares to disobey the Master's words." Wu Shilai gave Zhao Hao another reassurance, and then asked worriedly: "Do you know what to say to the Princess?"

"I will say what my uncle teaches me." Zhao Hao nodded. He knew very well that if he was not worried that the princess would interfere and report the matter to Emperor Longqing, the shrewd and capable Wu Shilai would not be so humble and beg him with soft words.

Wu Shilai was indeed greatly relieved. While drinking, he taught Zhao Hao how to be perfunctory.

Basically, it was according to what Ni Tuiguan had said at first, that the Lu family wanted to come to Beijing to assassinate him, but they were discovered by Shuntian Prefecture in advance, and committed suicide when they were intercepted outside the city. Shuntian Prefecture was now just checking the people who had contact with him to see if there were any accomplices of the Lu family, or if there were any lists or something like that left behind.

This statement is very reasonable. If Zhao Hao had not read the two accounts in the copper tube, perhaps he, the person involved, could have been fooled...

~~

After he finished explaining his speech, Wu Shilai suddenly seemed to remember something, and slapped his forehead and said, "Look at my memory. There is another important matter that I haven't had time to talk to you about today."

"Uncle, please speak." Zhao Hao nodded. He remembered that as soon as they met today, Wu Shilai shouted, "You came at the right time. I have something to talk to you about."

It's just that once he interrupted me, I never had the chance to speak again.

"It's the poems you wrote to Yuanfu last time." Wu Shilai said embarrassedly, "Yuanfu read them and said that they still need to be refined. I hope you can make an effort to write poems that reflect the feeling of Zhou Gong spitting out food for his guests."

When Zhao Hao heard this, he was stunned.

He admitted that, firstly, he was a bit perfunctory in his response to Lord Xu and didn't really think about it. Secondly, this is the flaw of copying poems. The poems are all made by others. It's okay to use them to suit the occasion, but if you want to customize them to perfection, I really can't do it...

Zhao Hao thought at the time, after all, Lord Xu was not the client's father, so even if Xu disliked the poem he presented to him, he would not send it back and ask him to redo the work, right?

How shameless that is...

But unexpectedly, Lord Xu really turned out to be the shameless client and asked him to redo the work.

Seeing Zhao Hao's stunned look, Wu Shilai felt a little embarrassed and laughed dryly, "The Prime Minister is so serious and meticulous about everything, which is why he has become the Prime Minister of today."

"Oh, Yuan Fu is really a role model for our generation..." Zhao Hao came to his senses and hurriedly offered due flattery.

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