303. The Gentle Assassination (4)
At that time, Zuo Yi did not expect that he had just gone to the Heavenly Pavilion, and in just two days, there would be such a wide range of rumors in the Banana Kingdom within one day, and the next day various small-scale riots and uprisings began to appear among the people, and then, with the increase of the number of people involved, and at the same time, because the local government also began to deliberately force the suppression, it only stimulated the people's will to resist even more.
Soon, several reactionary hard-hit areas with an increasingly wide range of influence and extremely rapid growth of power appeared one after another, forcing Jiaohuang to personally focus on dealing with these reactionary forces......
Let's go back to Zuo Yi, the real reason why he was able to be promoted to the personal eunuch of the Jiaohuang Emperor at a very rare speed in the palace is because the Jiaohuang Emperor has taken a fancy to a very special trait in him since he remembered him: Zuo Yi is a rare person who can live a sober life, and he has always been loyal to himself.
Even on the surface, Zuo Yi is indeed loyal to the Banana Emperor at the moment, and the Banana Emperor does trust him very much. But Jiaohuang's trust in him stems from Jiaohuang's confidence in himself. Jiaohuang firmly believes that with the absolute advantage he has always occupied, he will definitely be able to make Zuo Yi loyal to him. - And the value of Zuo Yi lies in this, his own characteristics can make Jiaohuang have such confidence in himself because of him. And because of his self-confidence, he is more at ease with Zuoyi.
In this regard, before Zuoyi, no one has ever been able to gain such trust from the Jiaohuang, and after Zuoyi, I am afraid there will be no more.
Therefore, what Zuo Yi said, whether it is pleasant or harsh, Jiaohuang will listen to things and not people.
In Jiaohuang's eyes, Zuo Yi's existence is a real mirror of him: it not only allows him to gain self-confidence that can stand the test, but also prevents him from becoming complacent and ignoring any potential threats that may exist. - Because Jiaohuang is very aware of the fact that Zuo Yi will always be loyal to himself, so once he no longer agrees in his heart that Jiaohuang is still the party with absolute advantage, then he will not hesitate to make the most beneficial choice for himself at the first time.
Therefore, for the Banana Emperor, Zuo Yi is the only one who can really be trusted in this Banana Country, and the only one who should be kept by his side to remind him at all times: even if he is already the "strongest" one, he must continue to maintain this "strongest" advantage, otherwise, as a proof that he has begun to irretrievably weaken, the first sign will appear immediately - that is, he will lose Zuo Yi first.
Although Jiaohuang has inevitably begun to age physically, he knows very well in his heart: Zuo Yi, who has no background since he entered the palace, can survive by his own strength, and can still quietly attract his attention, and even make him remember him, and after nearly ten years of secret investigation of him that he has also been revealed, he really openly promoted and placed him by his side, making him one of his few henchmen, and soon became the only person he really trusted。
Jiaohuang believes in his own judgment: such a left-minded righteousness, his judgment of the changes in the current situation, the long-term development trend of the various forces, his sensitivity and accuracy, absolutely few people can match.
And to place such a person by his side, as long as Jiaohuang can be keenly aware of the subtle changes in his attitude towards himself, then he only needs to be sensitive to Zuo Yi alone, and through him, he can perceive in time the possible changes in the current situation—especially the first signs of change that are unfavorable to him but are least easily perceived by others (especially himself)......
This point has always been clear in the heart of the Jiaohuang, and Zuo Yi is also well aware of the real reason why he was kept by the Jiaohuang and trusted by him like that.
But about Zuo Yi's trait that few people can have, Gao Liwen, who initially fell in love with him, may have known that he had such potential earlier than Zuo Yi himself, but before he really went to contact him, he only knew about him only by Ye Yu, who seemed to have detailed information, and he didn't know about it.
What she understands is nothing more than what the intelligence shows: what exactly he has done, who he has had specific contacts, what things he has directly or indirectly participated in, who he has obvious interests in, and which people he has a weak but "harmless" relationship that cannot be ignored, and so on...... These are records that emphasize facts, not people themselves.
Therefore, Ye Yu could only rely on Zuo Yi's actions recorded in the intelligence to preliminarily figure out his possible general character......
Naturally, she could not have expected that the reason why Emperor Jiao would decide to let go of the two princes who could most threaten his imperial power at the same time was actually mainly influenced by the silent attitude of Zuo Yi who was close to him.
If Ye Yu knew this before she decided to act privately, then perhaps, she would have re-evaluated her original plan to keep Zuo Yi in the dark and use him to kill people with a knife......
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And Ye Yu, who knew almost nothing about the real Zuo Yi, had a very clear goal of assassinating the little eunuch who had just been transferred to Zuo Yi to serve him after sneaking into the palace.
The figure of this underage little eunuch looks like Ye Yu at a rough glance, and he was originally placed by other forces in the palace to bypass the Jiaohuang Emperor and simply install it next to Zuo Yi, and he didn't come for a long time - these finally contributed to Ye Yu picking him out of several "candidates", and after killing him, he cut off his face to make a human skin mask, disguised himself as him, and then after disposing of his corpse, he went to Zuo Yi's side instead of him.
But what Ye Yu didn't expect was that Zuo Yi had actually realized it when she first came to him as the little eunuch: this person was not the original one—— although at first glance, it was almost exactly the same as the original one.
But at that time, Zuo Yi only thought that this was probably another trick of those forces secretly fighting each other: one side wanted to secretly set up eyeliner around him, and while obtaining the most accurate new trends of the Jiaohuang in time, he could also use his position to wait for an opportunity to provoke the relationship between him and the Jiaohuang at any time, even if it could not immediately weaken the power of the Jiaohuang, but it could also shake the internal stability of the forces. However, there is more than one party that also covets the convenience of such a good position, and the other forces will naturally not be willing to be coveted by the sidelines, and naturally want to use some more shady means to snatch the greatest benefits in time, but let the disasters that may be encountered at any time fall on the heads of others. - Tricks like this, Zuo Yi has seen a lot. It's long been no wonder.
In fact, since he became a celebrity around Jiaohuang, the little eunuchs around him began to have an unusually obvious "change rule": almost every few months, there will be a change- Because the original one usually doesn't stay for a few months, it will either disappear mysteriously, or die inexplicably, or just like this time, it is suddenly replaced by a force on unknown sides (among them, of course, there are occasional Zuo Yi's own handwriting; but more often, it is the result of the struggle between those forces; and more often, Zuo Yi is only responsible for "watching the play" on the side. And the Banana Emperor has always been just "watching the play" from the beginning......
But Zuo Yi, as the attendant eunuch beside the Jiaohuang Emperor, according to the rules of the palace, with his rank, there must be at least one attendant eunuch responsible for "serving" him. Therefore, for the sudden change of people around him, Zuo Yi is only vigilant about whether the person who comes will harm him, but he never cares about the true origin of the person who came and how he will die well in the future.
And the little eunuch who could be sent to Zuo Yi to be responsible for "serving" him was naturally a person who knew how to observe words and feelings, so when he saw that Zuo Yi had clearly stated his position with silent actions and attitudes from the beginning, the comer naturally did not dare to easily offend the bottom line he had drawn - even if most of them were only done on the surface that Zuo Yi could see.
And Ye Yu is naturally no exception - at least, at the beginning, she got along with him like this......