Chapter 127 Chapter Thirty-six: Swords, Shadows, Swords, Light, Enmity, Elbows and Armpits

As soon as Zhang Jing came out of the clean house, he sucked his lips, as if he had a toothache—as long as he was in a hurry, he would look like this.He didn't know what Feng Bao wanted to say to the emperor when he encouraged Empress Dowager Li to come to Qianqing Palace. He knew by instinct that nothing good would happen.Walking all the way and thinking all the way, I didn't realize I passed through the east gate of Huangwa.This gate is between Xuanwu Gate and Donghua Gate on the north side of the Forbidden City. Passing through this gate is a side street. The south of the street is the duty room of the Shangyi Supervisor, and the north of the street is the Supervisor of Sergeants. Going further to the east, there are wine and vinegar in turn. Noodle Bureau, Nei Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, Neifu Supply Depot, Fanjing Factory, Hanjing Factory, Siyuan Bureau, Bell and Drum Department, etc.Walk through these inner government yamen one by one, and then go south, facing a vermilion lacquer gate, which is the entrance of the Great Neisi Ritual Supervisor.From Qianqing Gate to Huangwa East Gate, you have to pass through the north-south Dongchang Street, because it is the residence of the emperor and the queens and concubines, so it has always been solemn and quiet.The situation is different at the Huangwa East Gate for one person. On the street less than one mile away, more than 20 large and small inner government yamen are crowded, and there are thousands of supervisors and handymen working in various places.There are so many people mixed together to meet and greet, to move here and there, plus occasional quarrels and fights, so there is no peaceful time for noisy and noisy all day long.Zhang Jing walked in a hurry on the side street for less than half the distance. When he passed the door of the Inner Palace Supply Storehouse, suddenly a person rushed out of the door. Wearing a smoked hat made of ponytail silk and decorated with emeralds, he has fine features and delicate eyes, and the porcelain light shines on his smooth chin.He blocked Zhang Jing's way in the street, arched and shouted:

"Master Zhang!" Zhang Jing looked up and recognized Liu Ruchun, the prime minister's eunuch in the inner court supply warehouse.The prime minister's eunuch is the second-in-command of the inner court supply library, and there is another eunuch with palm prints on top of him.There is a rule in the palace that the young eunuchs often worship under a big eunuch in order to seek support.If the big eunuch accepts the salute, the young eunuch can claim to be a disciple of XX and respect him as his master.Seven years ago, Liu Ruchun was still a master of wine and vinegar. After worshiping under Zhang Jing's family, it was Zhang Jing's support that led him to the current position of the sixth-rank servant.Right now Zhang Jing has something on his mind, seeing Liu Ruchun stop him, he asked impatiently:

"What's the matter with you?" Liu Ruchun looked around, saw no one was there, and smiled in a low voice: "Master Zhang, what I promised you, I will finish it today." "What's the matter?" Zhang Jing asked puzzled. "A couple's feast!" Liu Ruchun winked, "My little client, I got the mouth, arm, and dragon's egg all right." If it wasn't an eunuch from Ouchi, and outsiders listened to it, they really wouldn't know what Liu Ruchun meant.The mouth he said refers to the female of the livestock; the handle refers to the penis of the livestock; the dragon egg refers to the kidney sac of the white stallion, all of which are eunuchs.However, after the eunuchs were eunuchs, although they lost their ability to have sex, the mentality of the men did not change.With a high status, I also want to work hard on the word "kinky".Although you can't turn upside down on the bed and turn the phoenix upside down, plow the clouds and sow the rain, but it's good to have a dry addiction by playing "Daishier".What's more, it's incredible that they combine the female penis of cattle, donkeys and other livestock, which is what they call "dragon eggs", and make them into dishes for guests. Feast for couples.If the servants entertain the master with this banquet, it can be called great filial piety.There is no comparison if the husband and wife eat a lot. The taste of the ox's mouth is better than that of other animals.Even cattle and donkeys are particular.The ox must be a two-year-old yellow ox from the Huaihe River, the donkey is a grass donkey from Fenzhou, Shanxi, and the best dragon egg is a hissing horse from outside Shanhaiguan.The couple's feast combined with these three items can be called the best.Although Diao Tang in Ouchi can often have a couple's feast, there are very few who can eat the above-mentioned top-quality food.During a chat, Zhang Jing said that he had never had an authentic couple's banquet, and felt quite regretful. Liu Ruchun, who was present, patted his chest and said that he had come to find a way, and the door owner must have made this wish.Zhang Jing didn't take it seriously at the time, and passed away with a smile, but he didn't expect that Liu Ruchun would really get back these three treasures a few months later.

"All authentic?" Zhang Jing asked. "Grandpa, how can this be fake?" Liu Ruchun twisted her waist and said femininely, "The Shanxi donkey's arms look different. After soaking in swill for a day, they are still as hard as a gun. Like." A gust of wind blew, and the strong fragrance of lavender emitted from Liu Ruchun's body made Zhang Jing sneezed. He rubbed his nose and asked: "Who cooks it?" "Ma Sanwei from the Imperial Dining Room. In those days, Emperor Longqing liked to eat donkey intestines cooked by him the most. I invited him to our yamen for this feast."

"Ma Sanwei's craftsmanship is undeniable. A while ago, he made a mess for Concubine Gong, and was praised by Mrs. Li." "My lord, do me a favor, come in and have a cup of tea in our yamen, and then we will have a banquet." Zhang Jing looked at the sun, it was about noon, and it was time for lunch in the blink of an eye.Although this "delicious" meal was what he had been looking forward to for a long time, he was really not in the mood right now.When he thought of Empress Dowager Li and Feng Bao sitting in Xinuang Pavilion talking to the emperor, his eyelids couldn't stop twitching.He was hesitating what to do when he suddenly heard footsteps behind him, and when he looked back, he saw Du Guangting, another eunuch holding a pen under Zhang Hong's subordinate Du Guangting, rushing towards him.Seeing him, Du Guangting shouted:

"Eunuch Zhang, I have found you." "What are you looking for me for?" "Our master is in a hurry to find you." Du Guangting said out of breath, "As soon as our master entered the nursery, you had already gone to the Qianqing Palace. Waiting for you at the gate of Qianqing Palace. The little one waited for more than an hour, and couldn't hold back his urine, so he said to find a toilet for convenience, and you came out in a blink of an eye, so the little one had to follow behind." "What's the matter, so urgent?" "I don't know, you little one. Look at our master's face, it doesn't seem like a good thing."

Zhang Jing suddenly became nervous, and he no longer had the heart to eat the couple's banquet.Then he said to Liu Ruchun: "It's not a coincidence, there is no food to eat." After saying a word, he followed Du Guangting three steps in parallel and ran towards the supervisor's room. Right now, there are four eunuchs holding pens under Feng Bao's seal.Arranged in order.The first is Zhang Hong, the second is Zhang Cheng, and the third is Zhang Jing.When it comes to seniority, Zhang Jing entered the palace in the 26th year of Jiajing and was the most friendly with Sun Long when he was selected to study in the inner study.At that time, the manager of Neishutang was Zhang Hong.Therefore, both Zhang Jing and Sun Long belonged to Zhang Hong's sect. After Feng Bao gained power, Sun Long changed to join the sect, and Zhang Jing followed suit. Both of them benefited from Feng Bao.Even so, the mature and prudent Zhang Hong did not lose his temper.When Zhang Jing gradually fell out of favor, Feng Bao came back to show his respect.He didn't even have a word of reproach.It's just that Zhang Hong doesn't like to stir up trouble, he is a well-known "good man" in the palace, and whenever he sees Zhang Jing playing tricks behind Feng Bao's back, he always persuades him with kind words and reminds him not to get burned.

It is less than half a mile from the supply warehouse of the inner court to the Yamen of the Supervisor of Rites.Not a moment later, Zhang Jing followed Du Guangting into Zhang Hong's room.Zhang Hong's status in the Supervisor of Rituals is second only to Feng Bao, and he belongs to the "sub-prime".After entering through the gate of the Supervisor of Rituals, one has to pass through a courtyard with more than a dozen old pine trees, and then enter the second gate.After entering the courtyard, there are two small courtyards in the east and west. The east courtyard is Feng Bao's value house, and the west courtyard is Zhang Hong's value house.The two small courtyards are not connected to each other, but the back door is close to the moat with sparkling blue waves. Elms and willows are lined up on the river bank, and flower beds are lined up. In the Forbidden City, which is heavily guarded and tiled, you can see butterflies here. The idyllic scenery of Wufeng is actually the best residence in Ouchi.

When Zhang Jing came in, Zhang Hong was sitting in the document room near the river drinking tea.He is almost sixty years old this year, fourteen years older than Zhang Jing.But he is well maintained, and there is not half a stem of silver in his blue hair.After Du Guangting led Zhang Jing into the document room, he withdrew. A small fireman who was originally serving in the document room made Zhang Jing a cup of tea, but was also dismissed by Zhang Hong.Seeing Zhang Hong's serious face, not as easy-going as usual, Zhang Jing, who was already a little nervous, felt more like a rabbit in his heart, and asked impatiently:

"Grandpa, what happened?" Zhang Hong looked at the bright waves on the moat, and asked leisurely: "What is the relationship between you and the owner of the Dian medicine shop on Qipan Street, Lu Xinggui?" When Zhang Jing was still working in Yuma Supervisor, because he had to buy a large amount of veterinary drugs every year, he met many businessmen who opened drug stores, and Lu Xinggui was one of them.Lu Xinggui thought that Zhang Jing would be prosperous in the future, so he was willing to spend money on him, so the two became close friends.Zhang Jing didn't know why Zhang Hong asked this suddenly, so he replied:

"An ordinary acquaintance." Zhang Hong asked: "Just an acquaintance? No way." "What did you hear?" "The night before yesterday, this person was secretly captured by Dongchang." "Didn't he go to Yunnan?" Zhang Jing suddenly raised his voice and shouted, "Why did Dongchang arrest him?" "What's the matter with the quarrel? Judging by your voice, it sounds like you're playing a gong." Zhang Hong gave Zhang Jing a white look, and then said, "You and Lu Xinggui are just ordinary acquaintances, how do you know that he went to Yunnan?" "Grandpa..." "Lv Xinggui returned to Beijing from Yunnan, and never got home. As soon as he entered the city, he was secretly arrested by the Dongchang Fan servants who were waiting there." "No wonder, we sent someone to his shop yesterday to inquire, and the shopkeeper said that he hadn't come back yet. Lord, how did you know?" "We just found out this morning." "What did Eunuch Feng tell you?" Zhang Hong shook his head and said: "He ordered Dongchang to block the news and keep everyone from knowing, so of course he wouldn't tell me. How did I know, you don't have to ask. You tell me the truth today, you let Lu Xinggui What did you buy?" "Mian Ling." Now that the matter has come to this, Zhang Jing has no choice but to tell the truth. "Buy it for the emperor?" Zhang Jing nodded, and then asked puzzledly: "We haven't told anyone about this, how did Eunuch Feng know?" "What does Dongchang do? You are such a smart person, and you still need to ask such stupid things." Zhang Hong still calmly said, "Don't say that your matter is still a bit shadowy, even if it is groundless, Dongchang If I want to clean you up, I will also make a mess for you." "Even if we buy Burmese bells for the emperor, what is it?" "If there is such a thing, you will be finished." "what?" "Do you still remember what happened to Sun Hai and Ke Yong back then?" Zhang Hong said with a straight face, "We know what Zhang Jing thinks in your heart. You think that if the emperor likes you, you can ride a tiger and not be afraid of a donkey? You think Wrong, Sun Hai and Ke Yong are examples. It is true that the emperor likes them, but what happened, as soon as Empress Dowager Li spoke, they were sent to Nanjing to serve as a clean army." Only then did Zhang Jing realize the seriousness of the problem.It can be inferred from this that Feng Bao has been monitoring his every word and deed through the Dongchang controlled by him.Thinking of how many things fell into Feng Bao's hands, Zhang Jing couldn't help being terrified, and said with a mournful face: "When we left from Xinuan Pavilion, Eunuch Feng followed Empress Dowager Li into Qianqing Palace to find the emperor." Zhang Hong sighed, and said: "We knew that this would happen sooner or later. Empress Dowager Li is determined to raise her son into a prosperous and wise monarch, and the last thing she can tolerate is that her servants seduce the emperor with adultery and thieves." "Then, what should we do now?" Zhang Jing's face was pale. Zhang Hong lowered his eyelids, pondered for a while, and said, "Since the matter has come to this point, you have only two things to do. First, if Queen Mother Li asks you, don't admit it to death, and insist that what Lu Xinggui said is framed; second, you take the initiative to go Find Eunuch Feng to make amends, tell him that "adults don't remember the faults of villains", and let him believe that from now on, you must change your past mistakes and never fight against him. One sorrow wins a hundred strong, maybe Feng Eunuch will forgive you." Zhang Jing shook his head when he heard this, and replied: "Since Eunuch Feng persuaded Empress Dowager Li to go to the Qianqing Palace, it would be useless for us to make the mourning soldiers. You pretend to be garlic and cry, but it will make people feel like a soft persimmon." "What do you want?" "When things have come to this point, we can only take advantage of the situation and have a duel with Mr. Feng." "You, old mustard green in March, you acted carelessly." Zhang Hong looked at Zhang Jing's appearance as a donkey with a stubborn neck, and reprimanded him, "Eunuch Feng's hair is thicker than your thigh, you are so brave! Who can do it!" At this time, Zhang Jing didn't seem to hear the sound of setting dishes and chopsticks in the hall outside, and sat there thinking like a wooden stake.Zhang Hong originally took a huge risk and delivered a letter to Zhang Jing behind Feng Bao's back. Now he was worried that Feng Bao would return to the Supervisor of Rituals to have a look, so he urged Zhang Jing: "It's time for lunch, and we won't keep you. You go back and calm down and think about countermeasures. Don't be reckless." Zhang Jing just got up and walked back to his room in a daze.Compared with Zhang Hong's small courtyard, Zhang Jing's value room is much narrower.The dozen or so clerks who were on duty under his house didn't know that their master was in serious trouble at this time, and they all gathered in the hall for the Double Ninth Festival tooth-beating sacrifice.Seeing him coming in, Zheng Shoucheng, the class leader, hurriedly dropped a piece of dry torn spicy rabbit leg, picked up a rag, wiped the oily mouth, and said: "Master, Liu Ruchun came here just now and said he was waiting for you to go over to have a drink. I heard that you have a meal, so the younger ones will eat first." "understood." Zhang Jing casually took a sesame seed cake from the bamboo basket, gnawed on it, and walked to the guard room. Zheng Shoucheng chased after him and shouted: "Master, Liu Ruchun said on the other side that if you don't go, the banquet will not be held." Zhang Jing replied without turning his head: "You send someone to report that we are in a hurry and can't eat wine." He entered the door and closed the door behind him.I just said to be alone for a while, thinking about how to overcome the difficulties in front of me. Before I could sit down, I heard the door slamming and being pushed open again.Zhang Jing looked up and saw that it was Liu Yu, his housekeeper.The great eunuchs in the palace have a group of people who handle errands under them, the most important are two people, one is the foreman, who helps to handle official affairs; the other is the butler who takes care of the housework.The class leader must be a registered eunuch, but the housekeeper doesn't care.Like Feng Bao's butler Xu Jue, he is a stubborn master who can do everything from eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.Zhang Jing's butler, Liu Yu, is also an eunuch, so there is no hindrance to entering and leaving the palace.At this moment, he rushed in sweating profusely. Before he could stand still, he shouted like a flute: "Master, something happened." "Huo Miaozi jumped into the room, huh?" Zhang Jing thought Liu Yu was reckless, and reprimanded, "Master Shen Gong, what are you howling like a wolf!" Liu Yu stuck out her tongue in fright, turned around and closed the door gently, then approached Zhang Jing and whispered: "Master, something happened to Lu Xinggui?" "how do you know?" "In the middle of the morning, the guards from Dongchang came to his house with a warrant to inform him that Lu Xinggui had been arrested for committing a crime." "Why didn't you say anything?" "Speaking of it, he said that he handed over Ouchigui and bribed him with Burmese bells. The Dongchang constable left before him, and Lu Xinggui's younger brother ran to the mansion to find the master." "How did he say?" "He said that the master entrusted his brother to buy the Burmese bell. He asked you to find a way to rescue his brother. When I heard this, it was no small matter. If you let Eunuch Feng know, ask the master, 'Would you buy Burmese bells? What is Ling doing?' This was a question that couldn't be answered. So the little one yelled at Lu Xinggui's brother and drove him away." "What are you yelling at him for?" "The little one said, 'Don't frame our lord, God knows who told you to buy the Burmese bell? Go, go, don't mess around here.' That kid still wants to argue..." Before Liu Yu finished speaking, Zhang Jing slapped Zhang Jing hard. "Presumptuous!" Zhang Jing scolded, stomping his feet. Liu Yu originally thought that he had handled this matter properly, so he came here to repay the credit, but unexpectedly he was beaten up.He covered his hot face, he couldn't understand where he was wrong, he was wronged, only to hear Zhang Jing say again: "You go to Lu Xinggui's house right away and tell him that we are trying to rescue him. With Zhang Jing here, Lu Xinggui will not be wronged." "Master, you..." "Liu Yu, as human beings, we can't pluck hair from our faces, and turn our faces when we say we turn our faces. It is a disaster that cannot be avoided, but it is not a disaster. It is true that Lu Xinggui was entrusted by us to buy Burmese bells, and now he was framed, but we kicked him Jumping onto the high bank, is this still a human being! Besides, why did Dongchang arrest him, Lu Xinggui, to punish us? By then, we will not escape this disaster, and our friends over there will also be offended. !" After this explanation, Liu Yu finally understood what his master was thinking, and hurriedly turned around and went to Lu Xinggui's house in a hurry.Coming out of Zhang Hong's value room, Zhang Jing felt that the end was imminent. Now seeing Liu Yu's leaving back, he suddenly felt lost again, and thought: "Could it be that Feng Bao is really the Tathagata Buddha with boundless mana? Can't Zhang Jing jump out of his slap?" He was very dissatisfied, and lay down on the grand master's chair, there was no place to distract him, when suddenly he heard someone knock on the door. "Who?" Zhang Jing didn't even bother to open his eyes. "Eunuch Zhang, we are Zhou You." As soon as Zhang Jing heard that it was Zhou You, Zhang Jing jumped up from the chair and opened the door himself.Zhou You didn't come in either, and just said at the door: "The emperor sent a message, asking you to go over immediately." After speaking, he turned around and left. Hearing the news at first, Zhang Jing was shocked like a drowning man who suddenly grabbed a life-saving straw.He guessed that the emperor was able to summon him immediately after meeting Queen Mother Li and Feng Bao, which shows that things are not as bad as Zhang Hong imagined.However, there is one thing he knows in his heart, if he can't use this summoning to persuade the emperor to get rid of Feng Bao, even if he escapes this disaster, he will one day become the ghost of Feng Bao's sword: at the same time, he knows, Even though the emperor had been wary of Feng Bao for a long time, he still had some fears about this great companion who had been with him for many years.At this time, if the emperor is to make up his mind to "clear the emperor's side", the first priority is to arouse his courage.It is not a joke to use the "provoking general method" against the emperor. If you are not careful, you will be smashed to pieces.In this dilemma, Zhang Jing thought of Zhang Siwei. He really wanted to go to the cabinet to ask Xin Ren Ge Kui, who had hidden armor on his chest, but time was running out and it was too late.In a hurry, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a book on the table, which was a "Mystery Book" bought from Guizhufang Bookstore a few days ago.He picked it up casually and flipped through it, and suddenly he had a plan. He hurriedly selected three of them, and called his supervisor, Zheng Shoucheng, to find a piece of yellowed old note paper and copy them all, and then found an ordinary envelope. , folded up the old note paper and carefully put it in the Tibetan sleeve, and then went out to look at the Qianqing Palace with an uneasy heart.As soon as he left the second door of the Supervisor of Rituals, he remembered the "fetal brush" that the emperor asked for, and went back to the guard room, found a pen case inlaid with gems from the mahogany bookcase, and went out again with it in his pocket. In the half hour since Empress Dowager Li and Feng Bao left Xinuang Pavilion, Zhu Yijun neither sat nor stood, feeling terribly irritable.He just said that he wanted to eat some fresh fruit, and the waiter hurriedly brought a large plate of sweet, rosy, bright agate grapes. He picked one and put it in his mouth, chewed it twice, and spit it out again. , scolded angrily: "How are you bastards doing things? Are you going to acidify my teeth? You will be driven away sooner or later." Out of the second breath, dare not stretch out, neither dare to stand far away nor stand close.If you stand far away, you are afraid that the emperor will not see you, and if you have trouble, you will have no one to support you. If you stand close, you are afraid that you will be scolded in his eyes. It is really a dilemma.At this time, under the eaves of the verandah outside the pavilion, stood eight Feng Yu dressed in bright yellow shirts with round collars and five pythons wrapped around breastplates—they were all bearers.At si o'clock in the morning, the emperor issued a decree to go to the imperial garden to enjoy the chrysanthemums, so they carried a big sedan chair with brocade railings and came to stand by for more than two hours.The emperor neither said to go nor said not to go, they stood there word by word, not daring to move half a step.Perhaps they were tired from standing for too long, and now they were joking for fun, but they didn't know what they said, and laughed together.Zhu Yijun heard it in the pavilion, and asked: "Who is making noise outside?" Zhou You, who was standing at the door with his hands down, took a step forward and replied, "I'm telling you, Long Live Lord, it's the long attendant of the sedan chair." "Bastard, who asked them to come? There are more and more no rules in the palace, and they all dragged on, and each person was hit with 20 boards." Zhou You didn't dare to explain that they were waiting for orders in the corridor, so he had to come out and take the entourage to be tortured.As soon as he came back, Zhu Yijun asked him to quickly go to the Supervisor of Rites to summon Zhang Jing. However, as soon as Zhang Jing entered the Xinuang Pavilion, Zhu Yijun got up from the embroidered couch with a carp, raised his eyebrows, and said like a cannonball: "The queen mother said that you are worse than Sun Hai and Ke Yong, and blamed me for sending you to do bad things. I don't even know what I sent you to do." Zhang Jing knelt on the ground with his knees clasped against the cracks of the bricks, and replied calmly: "Long Live Lord didn't send any slaves to do any bad things." "Then why would the Queen Mother say that?" "My slave dares to say that the Queen Mother was instigated by Feng Bao." "What reason do you have in Feng Bao's hands?" Zhang Jing fell on the ground, feeling Zhu Yijun's fiery eyes gliding back and forth on his back.Despite the fear in his heart, he still forced himself to answer: "Long live, do you still remember what the servant said about the bell?" "Mianling?" Zhu Yijun remembered that Zhang Jing mentioned it a few months ago, saying that it was a high-quality sexual device. He wanted to see and see, but he had never seen it, so he said, "You always talk about Myanmar bell, but you have never seen it to the real thing." "The slave just caused a little trouble to show filial piety to the Lord Long Live." Zhang Jing then reported that Lu Xinggui was secretly captured by Dongchang the night before yesterday, and said, "Eunuch Feng made a big fuss about this matter." , I really want to borrow a knife to kill someone." Zhu Yijun frowned, and said angrily: "That's why I didn't eat the mutton, but it made me feel so angry." Zhang Jing deliberately pretended to be sincere and fearful, and fell on the ground and said: "Your slave has made the emperor angry, you deserve to die." "Is it enough to just say 'slave should die'?" Zhu Yijun stomped his feet and said, "The Empress Dowager ordered you to be expelled from the palace." Although Zhang Jing had expected this ending, he was still horrified when he heard this sentence: he decided to test the emperor's attitude, so he knelt up straight suddenly and looked at the emperor.With tears streaming down his face, he said: "The slave's humble life has long been handed over to the emperor. Don't let the emperor let the slave go, even if the slave is blown up by a frying pan, the slave will be happy." Seeing Zhang Jing's pitiful appearance, Zhu Yijun felt uncomfortable.For several years.He was "alone" in the Qianqing Palace, and everything unfolded like shooting an arrow through the cracks in a stone-he couldn't draw the bow.Whenever he looks depressed, only this servant in front of him can give him a little comfort, and he is the only one who can make big decisions.Now, there are two choices before Zhu Yijun: one is to obey his mother's order and send this Zhang Jing to Nanjing.I'm afraid he will have to be the "son emperor" for a few more years; the other is to keep Zhang Jing alone, but Feng Bao and Zhang Jing are incompatible, so he can only keep one.Emotionally speaking.He is willing to keep Zhang Jing.But Feng Bao had the support of the Empress Dowager behind him, and he felt that he was not yet capable of moving this deep-rooted inner figure.After weighing again and again, he sighed and said: "I'm not willing to let you go, but my mother's life is hard to break." Zhang Jing had already seen the emperor's ambivalence, and felt that the opportunity would never come again, so he took out the gemstone pencil case from his bosom, raised his hands, and said with his tearful face: "The slave is at the mercy of the Lord Long Live. It's just this one." Let’s go, this servant will never see the Lord Long Live again. Thinking that from now on, when the Lord Long Live is wronged, there will be no one to share his worries and solve the problems, the heart of this slave is more uncomfortable than being gouged out with a knife. This is what the Lord Long Live wants, and this slave will offer it to you.” "What is it?" "Fetal hair brush." Zhu Yijun said "Oh", took the box and opened it, pinching the shiny black "pen hairs" with his hands, thinking that they were all produced in the girl's crotch, his body became hot.But at this time, he didn't have time to appreciate it, so he put the pencil case aside and said to Zhang Jing: "Get up, I have something to say." Zhang Jingxie got up and sat down on the small stool tremblingly.Zhu Yijun stroked his chin with a light black mustache and said dejectedly: "This disaster is approaching, and you are not the only one who is unlucky. I am afraid that Mr. Zhang Ge will not be the chief assistant for a few days." "Ah?" Zhang Jing widened his frightened eyes and asked nervously, "For Mr. Zhang Ge, the Empress Dowager also has an order?" Zhu Yijun answered irrelevantly and said: "The queen mother doesn't care about state affairs, but today, she was provoked by Eunuch Feng." Zhang Jing had saved a sentence for a long time, and blurted out at this moment: "Long Live Lord, Feng Bao is trying to confuse the Empress Dowager and use her old man's power to attempt a coup d'état in the palace." "Coup d'etat?" Zhu Yijun was taken aback. Zhang Jing swept away the fright on his face, bit his cheekbone and said viciously: "Long Live Lord has been in power for three months, and he has dealt with several major issues in a row, which is already very satisfying. Now if they are all overthrown, what is it if it is not a coup d'état?" Zhu Yijun nodded and sighed, "Even if it's a coup d'état, what can I do with the Queen Mother's support?" "Have." "Well?" "On the second day after Zhang Juzheng's death, the servant was worried about the government. He sneaked into a small temple in the countryside of Daxing County and met a stranger. The sloppy old man didn't say anything, but sealed the Let the servants carry a piece of paper with them, and repeatedly remind them that within half a year, if there is a catastrophe, you should unpack it and see it, and the way to avert the catastrophe is all on the paper." "Where's that piece of paper?" "The servant always carries it with him." As Zhang Jing said, he took out the letterhead that had been sealed half an hour ago in the ceremonial supervisor's room from his sleeve, and handed it over: Zhu Yijun opened it up and saw a piece of ordinary paper, scribbled on it. wrote a few lines: abortion Two sentences of "Four Books" Look at thirty one from the left, look at thirteen from the right, add up to three hundred and twenty-three. type a word Talent name is still Yang Luluo Bo also wants to move forward "Shu Jing" sentence Zhu Yijun looked horizontally and vertically, but he couldn't understand the mystery, so he asked Zhang Jing, who was standing beside him with wide-eyed eyes: "Isn't this a guessing game?" "Probably so." Zhang Jing pretended to be seeing it for the first time, and said in amazement, "Since an expert gives advice, there will always be some mystery." "The answer to the first two characters 'abortion' is in the Four Books," Zhu Yijun said, pulling out a copy of the "Four Books" from a large bookshelf on the north inner wall, shaking the book and muttering, "This is a thick book. , where can I find these two sentences?" Zhang Jing pretended to be in trouble, and muttered tirelessly, then slapped his head suddenly, and said excitedly: "Long live, the slave figured it out." "Which two sentences?" "Desiring both life and death." Zhu Yijun thought about these two sentences, and said: "The fetus is in the womb, and life and death are also in a single thought. Well, this riddle is well solved." Zhang Jing looked at the paper in Zhu Yijun's hand again, and said, "The second mystery, I'll see it as a servant..." "You don't need to babble about this mystery, I already knew it." Zhu Yijun dipped a finger in the water from the teacup, wrote the word "No" on the mahogany desk, and said, "You follow the numbers Read from left to right, isn't it three hundred and twenty-three?" "Exactly, Long Live Master is brilliant." Zhang Jing smiled slyly, and said again, "I don't know what the old man meant by the word 'non'." "You won't know the mystery until you can guess the answers to all three riddles," Zhu Yijun said at this time, pointing to the note paper, "this third riddle, Yang, Lu, and Luo obviously refers to Yang Jiong. , Lu Zhaolin and Luo Binwang, plus Wang Bo, make up the four masters of the early Tang Dynasty. Wang Bo’s Bo is mentioned here, but the word Wang is hidden. Zhang Jing, look up the "Book of Books", and the word "Wang" is included. Some sentences." "You don't need to look it up, the slave has memorized the Book of Books in the inner school hall, and there is a ready-made sentence called 'The king dare not be an empress'." "The king doesn't dare to empress?" Zhu Yijun repeated in astonishment. "The answer to the three puzzles is: I want to live and I want to die, no, the king dare not be an empress. Long live Lord, read it together, and the news will come out." "What news?" "Desiring both his life and his death, it means that Eunuch Feng wants to use a knife to kill people today, forcing the emperor to drive away the slaves. In this way, the emperor will become deaf and dumb like in the past." "Although it's far-fetched, it's relevant," Zhu Yijun nodded, and said again, "What is the meaning of non-character?" "According to the servant's analysis, the word 'non' is an assertion, which means that all of Feng Gonggong's claims are unreasonable, and the emperor must not be manipulated by him. A slave who wants to control the emperor is committing the crime of deceiving the emperor. .” "Why doesn't the king dare to empress?" "Well, this is also a reminder to the emperor, since the king is in the world, he cannot tolerate villains messing with the government!" "The villain is messing with the government, who are you referring to?" Zhang Jing knew that he couldn't go around in circles anymore, so he gritted his teeth and spit out two words from between his teeth: "Feng Bao." Zhu Yijun opened his mouth, but no words came out.At this time, the room was terribly quiet.Zhang Jing only felt his eardrums swell, and before he knew it, beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.After a while, Zhu Yijun raised his head and asked gloomily: "You mean, you want me to get rid of Feng Bao?" "I don't dare. I just think that Eunuch Feng doesn't see the emperor in his eyes." Zhang Jing wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and murmured, "Long live, the ancients have a saying, you should stop it, and you will be disturbed by it..." "The king dare not be queen," Zhu Yijun muttered while circling around the room with his hands folded behind his back, a murderous look gradually formed between his brows.He raised his eyes and looked out the window, the yard was already silent.Zhu Yijun suddenly raised a hand, as if he had made up his mind.Suddenly he put his hand down again, and said worriedly, "I also want to act preemptively and avoid the palm seal of my big companion, but I am a little scared." "What is Long Live afraid of?" "What should I do if Eunuch Feng is not convinced after I issue the decree and runs into the Ciqing Palace to find the Queen Mother?" "Long Live Lord, you don't have to worry about this." In order to dispel Zhu Yijun's worries, Zhang Jing gestured with both hands and said, "You only need to issue an order to the guards in the palace, and Feng Bao is not allowed to enter the palace. If he flew in, the defenders would shoot him down with their bows and crossbows." After thinking about it, Zhu Yijun felt that it made sense, so he turned his heart and said: "Since that's the case, it's not too late, and we will start tonight."