The disgraced official I took care of was actually Zhu Houcong's childhood friend.

Chapter 607

Zhou Chu found that the assassination attempts he encountered recently had become more and more frequent. Even if he occasionally went out for a snack on a whim, he might be poisoned. Fortunately, Zhou Chu was always very cautious. Shen Lian had learned a lot from the poison expert in the Northern Garrison over the past year. Although he was not as professional as that person, he could still recognize common poisons.

He would even frequently encounter sneak attacks, which were the hardest to defend against but also the easiest to avoid. During this period, whenever Zhou Chu traveled, he would have the Embroidered Uniform Guard secretly investigate and clear out all the houses along his route. It wasn't that Zhou Chu had a grand entourage, but this was necessary during this time; otherwise, a sneak attack could plunge Zhou Chu into utter ruin.

Zhou Chu's house was heavily guarded, but even so, he still managed to catch several groups of people who tried to set fires at night, and Zhou Chu dealt with them all.

This ruthless approach gave Zhou Chu a familiar feeling. Zhou Chu knew very well that such a dense series of assassinations could not have been done by those people. Although those officials who colluded with the Salt Gang might also carry out assassinations, they would not have such a large number of assassins, since most of those officials were of the third rank or even lower.

Calling them a mob wouldn't be an exaggeration.

From these methods, Zhou Chu could clearly sense that Xia Yan was definitely involved, taking advantage of the chaos to try and get rid of him.

Zhou Chu doesn't want to disrupt the overall situation, but he won't let Xia Yan off the hook because of it.

Therefore, Zhou Chu went to the palace.

"Weighing instrument, are you alright? Try to stay home as much as possible these days, these people are incredibly audacious!"

When Jiajing saw Zhou Chu, he said angrily.

Given the frequency of assassination attempts against Zhou Chu, Emperor Jiajing could not possibly have been unaware of it.

"Your Majesty, such a dense assassination attempt, with so many assassins, is probably beyond the capabilities of these people."

Zhou Chu said.

Upon hearing this, Jiajing immediately perked up.

"You mean, someone's taking advantage of the situation? Who do you think it could be?"

Jiajing hurriedly asked.

"In the capital, there are not many people who can train so many assassins. The only one who can be so unscrupulous is probably Elder Xia Yan."

Zhou Chu sneered.

When Jiajing heard this, he was stunned. He did not expect Xia Yan to be so ruthless. After all, Zhou Chu had always protected him, and Xia Yan had never laid a hand on him.

Do you have a solution?

Jiajing looked at Zhou Chu and asked.

“Xia Yan lost a bet with me before, so I will naturally send a doctor to treat his illness properly. However, if I only send a doctor, I am afraid he may not take the medicine prescribed.”

Zhou Chu looked at Jiajing and said.

“That’s easy. Let Huang Jin go with him and watch him take the medicine.”

Upon hearing this, Jiajing laughed.

However, Jiajing's expression immediately changed.

"However, you should be careful with the dosage of the medicine you prescribe."

Jiajing's meaning was clear: he could cause Xia Yanzhi some problems, but he couldn't kill Xia Yanzhi.

After all, Xia Yan was a member of the cabinet and one of the important pawns for Jiajing to balance the court. If Xia Yan, this Grand Secretary, was killed by the doctor sent by Zhou Chu, Zhou Chu would also be held responsible.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, I know what I'm doing."

Zhou Chu bowed and said.

"That's fine then. Huang Jin, go with the weighing equipment team."

Jiajing looked at Huang Jindao who was standing to the side.

"Yes, master."

Huang Jin said respectfully.

After saying this, Huang Jin followed Zhou Chu out of the palace and back to the Zhou residence.

"What was the name of that guy in the Northern Garrison who knew medicine?"

Back home, Zhou Chu looked at Shen Lian and asked.

Zhou Chu sounds impressive, claiming to be knowledgeable in medicine, but in reality, he's just someone who researches poisons.

"Never mind, go and call him over, have him change into a doctor's coat, and come to me. I have something to tell him."

Zhou Chu thought for a long time but still couldn't remember the person's name, so he said...

Upon hearing this, Shen Lian hurriedly went to the Northern Garrison Command to summon someone.

Soon, this person arrived in front of Zhou Chu.

"Your subordinate greets Your Excellency and Eunuch Huang."

The man bowed and said.