Since he found three masters in a small noodle restaurant, Jia Huan often used the name of "seeking talents" to eat noodles and pry the corner. On this day, he casually revealed that his marriage was difficult, and after dark, a beggar saw Boss Wang enter at the back door of the old eunuch's house near the left side of the Forbidden City, and he didn't come out until the fourth watch, and no one came in or out.

The next day, Shi Li smiled at Jia Huan when he heard the news and said, "What am I talking about?" There are still three caves in the cunning rabbit, how can there be only one secret passage in the palace. ”

Jia Huan argued: "I didn't say that there is only one secret passage in the palace!" The house is too close to the imperial city, shouldn't the secret passage be built farther? If there is a soldier trapped in the Forbidden City, it is so close that it is still within the scope of the 'Pond Fish Disaster', so it is useless. ”

Schreis pondered: "Reasonable. Or is it because this secret passage was built late and there is not enough money? ”

Jia Huan said: "Is the Empress Dowager still quite young?" Could it be that the first emperor is dying, she has taken over part of the power of the first emperor, and I am afraid that the new monarch will settle accounts after the autumn, and secretly build a way out for herself? ”

Shi Li glanced at him: "Since she has a lot of secrets of the Heavenly Family and a group of internal guards, she wants to go away and fly away early, so why should she be trapped in that unsightly place." The first emperor still had the eye to see people, and he would not stand up indiscriminately. This empress dowager must have ambitions and is reluctant to honor the title. ”

Jia Huan thought for a long time and said: "She has been in the palace for a long time, and she may not dare to go out, I'm afraid she won't be able to live outside." Otherwise, the house could also be an exit from the long tunnel. ”

The two glanced at each other and immediately went to look through the map of the capital. With a stroke of his finger, this house is indeed on the line between a temple on the outskirts of the city and the Forbidden City. Shi Li said: "I'm afraid of it." This tunnel has an exit outside the Forbidden City, and there is no exit elsewhere in Beijing, and a temple is in the suburbs. ”

Jia Huan looked at the map and then at Shi Li: "Who is the nephew of that eunuch?" ”

Shi Li said: "Don't make up your mind, those who can be selected to guard the exit of the secret passage are loyal and reliable." ”

"I'm worried about Sister Lin's military books in Merlin outside the city." Jia Huan muttered.

"It's not productive, just thinking about idea books."

Jia Huan was noncommittal, and after a while, he said, "I still don't think it's quite right." ”

Tomorrow, Jia Huan will go to eat noodles again, and the proprietress will ask him with a smile: "Third Master Huan, how is the good thing?" But is there a way to think of it? ”

Jia Huan was originally full of interest, but when he heard this, he immediately deflated: "I have already thought of a way." It's really not possible, ask the prince to be a matchmaker, and only owe him a favor. He cupped his cheeks and said, "I just don't want to owe this favor." ”

The proprietress persuaded: "The third master of Huan is a famous talent in the world, and I think that all the princes are willing to marry their daughters to the third master." If this one doesn't work, there will be another one. ”

Jia Huan smiled bitterly: "It would be nice if you could find a family at will, and it is not that there are no good women in small households." I've already taken a fancy to her, and I don't want it, so I have a headache. ”

The proprietress said: "Although your sister helped you see it, she is young and may not be able to see it accurately." ”

Jia Huan glanced at her: "Although my fourth sister is young, she is very accurate. And she knows what I like. Marrying a daughter-in-law is not buying things after all. Although there are thousands of good ones, only one is the most favorite. ”

The proprietress said "oops": "I can't see it, the third master of Huan is still a lover." ”

Jia Huan smiled: "Love is not counted. After all, it's a lifelong thing, and you have to decide for yourself. ”

The proprietress frowned and said, "Since ancient times, marriage has been the order of parents and the words of matchmakers. ”

Jia Huan said: "It's no longer 'since ancient times'. Besides, my mother is unreliable. ”

The proprietress and Boss Wang glanced at each other and said, "Since I don't want to owe the prince a favor, there is still the queen mother in the palace." ”

Jia Huan said: "I don't know each other." Immediately realized that something was wrong, raised his eyes and looked at the two of them a few times, and said categorically, "You two are not good men in the green forest. ”

Boss Wang smiled: "I said earlier that we are just ordinary people." ”

Jia Huan rolled his eyes: "How many ordinary people still remember the Empress Dowager?" Few ordinary eunuchs remember. You can't be someone from the Queen Mother. ”

Before the proprietress was about to speak, Boss Wang waved his hand at her and said with a wry smile: "That's a good thing." Nowadays, not many people remember the Empress Dowager. ”

Jia Huan said: "In fact, even when the first emperor was still there, not many people thought about her, but the emperor often used her and the first emperor as a pretense to pretend to be filial." A woman, unless she hangs the curtain and listens to the government, whether she is the queen, the queen mother, or the queen mother, is just a pretense. Now that the little saint is young, their ancestors and grandchildren have no power at all, it is impossible for her to listen to the government. Nai blinked, "Three, it's really better to be a dart master." ”

Boss Wang said: "There are always a few people in the world who are loyal and unchanging. ”

Jia Huan shrugged: "Okay, got it." That sentence is just a final try, and I'm not going to dig into your corners anymore. Don't blame it these days. ”

Boss Wang sighed: "What the Queen Mother said is that the brothers of the Jia family are really slippery, and she is not a woman who can hold it." Mr. Jia rest assured, the Empress Dowager can help you with your little things, and you don't owe her favors. Even if she owes her favors, she has nothing to ask Mr. Jia to pay back. ”

Jia Huan thought for a moment and arched his hand: "In this case, I will thank the Empress Dowager for her kindness." A few days later, I asked my father to write an excerpt asking for a message, only to say that her old man had sent someone to find me first, how about it? Boss Wang smiled and nodded. Jia Huan was secretly surprised that this boss Wang dared to promise to come down without asking his master, and he didn't even eat noodles today, so he went straight to his house and went home.

Back at Lixiangyuan, Shi Li was waiting. Jia Huan didn't even take a sip of tea before saying, "It's weird." Boss Wang and the proprietress were so eager that they hurriedly said after a few casual words, let the Queen Mother help me solve the marriage. It's as if they knew for a long time that I wouldn't change to a woman, so they didn't try much. Cong'er is a temper who refuses to listen to people, and she still wants to stuff another princess and county lord over; I'm softer. After saying that, I found a teapot and sifted a bowl of tea, drank it cleanly, and sifted another bowl to drink.

He had no head or brain, so Shi Li had to sit patiently beside him. Jia Huan took a break after drinking tea, and then talked from the beginning, and said at the end: "Do you see if they are too anxious?" How many words have I prepared, waiting to stop their persuasion? ”

Shi Li said: "Miss Chen is a female guard, and she still has shortcomings in Liu Hu's hands, so it is not surprising that the Empress Dowager has made up her mind." You yourself have a crush on the princess and have a high status. ”

"If I had already chosen someone, what good would she have gained? It's nothing more than a marriage just to give face. Jia Huan said, "I deliberately pretended to be in a hurry to leave, and Boss Wang didn't ask me who my daughter-in-law was." It's weird. ”

"That's a strange thing to say." Shi Li frowned and said, "Aren't they curious?" Or did you guess it? ”

"Even if you guess it, you should confirm it in person." Jia Huan said, "It's all here, just ask casually." He was a little uneasy in his heart, sat stunned for a moment, got up and wrote a short message to Shi Li, "Let a pigeon go to Luzhou." Shi Li nodded and put it away. Since then, Jia Huan has stopped harassing noodle restaurants.

Two days later, the spies who were watching the old eunuch's house came to report that early in the morning a carriage went to the house to pull things, and pulled more than 20 carts, saying that the eunuch's nephew disliked the furniture and wanted to replace it with a new one. Jia Huan was excited, and patted the case: "Okay! This Empress Dowager is too greedy. "Hurriedly ran to Shi Li to discuss.

Shi Li clapped his hands and said, "Yes." At that time, the four generals raided many people's homes, and no one in the palace dared to copy them after all. The princes have fished some when they left Beijing, and King Yan has also fished some over the years, and there is still so much left after all. An emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, and there is nothing bad in the palace. ”

Jia Huan sighed: "Why does the Empress Dowager want so much money? Ever since she started selling her knighthood, she's been crazy. Since she stole the things in the palace, she wouldn't be so short of money...... Oh, yes! ”

The two of them looked at each other for a long time, and Shi Li said slowly: "There are no people in the palace who have been in the palace for a long time. How long did the Empress Dowager move to the palace? ”

Jia Huan said: "Could it be that she has been pretending to be poor." Also, if you don't pretend to be poor, you can't say it, King Yan will be suspicious. Obediently, this is called muffling and making a fortune. ”

Shi Li asked, "Where did all those 'furniture' go?" ”

"I don't know yet, the people who followed haven't come back yet." Jia Huan was stunned again, and suddenly laughed, "The Empress Dowager is quite enduring, and if you want to pretend to be poor, you have to pretend that it will not be a short time." No wonder she is in a hurry to sell the lord like a nouveau riche, and it is clear that having money can't make her uncomfortable. ”

After waiting for about half an hour, the people who followed came to report, and the furniture carriage entered the Faxiang Temple on the outskirts of the city. This temple is not far from the Iron Threshold Temple of Rongguofu, and it is the family temple of Liguofu. Jia Huan and Shi Li looked at each other for a long time and laughed in unison!

Jia Huan shook his head and said, "I didn't look down on Liguo Mansion when I was a child. ”

Shi Li said: "Each other! I also told the fifth master that the most useless thing for the four kings and eight kilometers is the Liguo Mansion. From this point of view, Liu Hu said that Ouchi Liu's branch and Liguofu's Liu Keli branch had long since broken off contact, which is pure nonsense. They have always been in contact. ”

Jia Huan asked, "What's going on with these two guys?" You know what? ”

"I don't know. But the incompetence of the people in the Guofu is true, and Gonggong Liu has investigated it in detail, and he will never be wrong. Except for the two sons-in-law who were caught under the list, the men in the house are all straw bales. Shi Li said, "I'll go to Dongping Wangfu to ask." The Liu family hides it so deeply, and the Mu family may not know about it. ”

Jia Huan pondered: "If the Liguo Mansion is dragged into the water, their family is still hidden deeply, and many things will be difficult to say." The Empress Dowager is a deep palace maid, even if she is rich, what can she do? This is not the case with the Liguo Mansion. They have money to do a lot of things, and it's not surprising that they raise soldiers. ”

Shi Li said: "Fortunately, firearms are not sold to people casually. ”

Jia Huan's eyes jumped: "Hey-it's so similar." ”

"Huh?"

"The Empress Dowager and the Fang family of Shu Kingdom." Jia Huan said, "They all have money, but they haven't bought firearms." ”

Shi Li frowned and said, "Do you suspect that the State Government and the Empress Dowager are raising troops?" ”

Jia Huan's mind turned elsewhere: "Fang Xiong raided the capital, except for giving us face in Ning Rong's second mansion, the rest of the families did not take care of the national mansion alone. The fifth uncle said that it was because Liguo Mansion took refuge in the King of Shu. ”

Shi Li clapped his hands again and said, "Yes!" Emperor Tai and King Yan are the two brothers who are the best at planting spies in other people's camps. Prince Xian Yizhong has a military advisor Guo Shu under him; In addition to him, the most powerful among the remaining princes is the old King Liuning - the current King of Shu. The two of them stared at each other for a long time.

Jia Huan couldn't help but touch his neck. Jia Yu once said that it was his strategy for Jia Zhen of Ningguo Mansion to take refuge in the sixth child, but he only knew that Li Guofu also took refuge in the sixth child, and he didn't know that their family still had one in Da Nei. It can be seen that this branch is very deeply hidden, and the Jia family didn't know until they met Zhenming. Jia Yu once said that if it weren't for his strategy, the sixth prince would not look down on Jia Zhen at all, which shows that no one is willing to accept it. The top and bottom of the Liguo Mansion are really straw bales, but the six princes have taken a fancy to it, but I am afraid that the people of the Ouchi Liu family managed to show him their hands. Since the two branches of the Liu family have no meristem at all, the one in Ouchi is the elite, and the one in the Liguo Mansion is a straw bale disguise, and the Liguo Mansion has taken refuge in the sixth ...... When the sixth child wants to rebel, the end will inevitably be the same as Prince Xianyizhong.

Jia Huan sighed: "The first emperor still hopes that the emperor can sit firmly in the country, otherwise why do you need to help him stuff nails into the head of the sixth prince?" ”

Shi Li said: "It's not too early. The Liguo Mansion took refuge in the Sixth Prince's Mansion later than the Ning Guofu, and it can be seen that it was only plugged after Prince Xianyizhong was gone. ”

Jia Huan said again: "Why did the female guard named Liu Mingqiu follow Concubine Hui to Chen Kingdom?" ”

Shi Li said: "Such a person can't be branched. The daughter was born an outsider, so she didn't have to wait to get married. That Liu Mingqiu, we can be trusted, and it has nothing to do with the Ouchi Liu family. ”

Jia Huan said "um", and said, "Turn your head." Liu Hu is loyal to the Empress Dowager and is in league with the Liguo Mansion. The Liguo Mansion has not been raided. The Empress Dowager smuggled items out of the palace. And she also sells knighthoods. They're so rich! So rich, what do you want to do? ”

Shi Li said: "In today's troubled times, what you want most about being rich is naturally raising soldiers. Hey, let them remember that they have not sold firearms to the Li Guofu? ”

Jia Huan hesitated: "There shouldn't be." It's Wu Xiaoxi who cares about this, a very detailed character. Moreover, the Red Bone Chronicle is not governed by people at all, but the rule of law. There are so many rules that it's hard to figure out the leaks. ”

Shi Li thought for a while and said with a smile: "Then I know why Liu Hu went to Chengtian Mansion." ”

"Huh?"

"The Empress Dowager and the Liguo Mansion are rich, have a very high status, and have many masters, but they are still subject to King Yan. Because there are no firearms. Shi Li said, "The firearms of Red Bone Ji have always been said to have been bought from the West, and they have long monopolized the supply of firearms in our dynasty. And Liu Mingqiu came to the capital again and said that she wanted to kidnap some of the first Da Nei guards to follow Zhenming to the West and delay the seven-year war of the Westerners, so her father Liu Hu followed. The partial-born willow bird has no father-daughter relationship with her. ”

Jia Huan took a deep breath and said slowly: "Liu Hu went to the West, not to help us, but to use our door to explore the source of Western firearms." They wanted to bypass Red Bones and buy firearms. ”

Shi Li nodded and said, "Not bad." But if the master of Da Nei has enough firearms, he takes advantage of the opportunity of King Yan's birthday and so on, and suddenly bursts into their full door, the capital, won't it return to the hands of the little sage? ”

"Returning to the hands of the little saint is really returning to the hands of the Empress Dowager." Jia Huan pursed her lips, "She can listen to the government." ”