87_87886The waves on Rong Jing's face faded, but in an instant, it became cold.

"If you want to get rid of Ben Gongzi, it depends on whether they have that ability!"

"What are the plans of the Thirteenth Master?" Shen Yanling finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Rong Jinghui was normal.

Rong Jing tapped his palm with a folding fan, "How about the things I asked you to investigate, have you found out who is in charge of the key to the Great Zhou Emperor's Treasury now?" ”

"The subordinates are incompetent." Shen Yanling smiled bitterly, "Emperor Zhengde is strictly guarding this, and he has never leaked half a sentence to the outside world, even Chen Yuan, the eunuch closest to him, seems to be completely unaware, and several people in the prince's mansion have not found any useful news, Thirteenth Master, are you sure that Da Zhou really has any royal private treasury?" ”

"There must be, the amount of tax revenue in the Great Zhou Dynasty is only six or seven per year, and the remaining part always disappears without a trace, but when you look at Emperor Zhengde's private army and every time he fights with other countries, the Great Zhou Dynasty's grain and grass have never been lacking, and at critical moments, they also have an endless supply of silver money, but the treasury and the people's treasury have never wavered at the root, Emperor Zhengde is suspicious by nature, and he must have a royal private treasury in his hands that is not known to outsiders."

"But our people can't find out at all, and several people have been lost in the palace a few days ago, if we spy again, I'm afraid it will arouse the alarm of Emperor Zhengde."

Shen Yanling frowned, this Great Zhou is not Nanchu after all, the identity of the master is special, it is not easy to send people into the imperial city, those people have been inserted with great effort in the past few years, and the loss of any one will hurt the muscles and bones, not to mention the loss of several people in a row, if it continues like this, without waiting for the matter of finding out the imperial treasury, I am afraid that it will have alarmed Emperor Zhengde.

Rong Jing leaned back in the chair, the folding fan in his hand turned on his fingertips, but his eyes were deep.

After a moment, he asked, "Yanling, if you were Emperor Zhengde, who would you put the key to the private treasury in?" ”

Shen Yanling was silent for a moment before he muttered: "Emperor Zhengde is suspicious by nature, his ascension to the throne was not justified, although no one dared to disagree with him under his grace and authority over the years, but he would never dare to put such an important thing as a private treasury in the hands of those courtiers, if I were him, this private treasury must be in my own hands, otherwise I would never feel at ease." ”

When Rong Jing heard this, he hooked the corners of his mouth and shook his head, "He didn't dare to put it in his hands." ”

Shen Yanling paused slightly, frowned at first, and then figured out the trick after a while.

As the emperor, Emperor Zhengde has a lot of ill-intentioned people around him, pillow people, his own son, ministers of the court and even eunuchs beside him, anyone may betray him for the high dragon chair, and the tricks in the open and secret are not careful, rather than putting such a big goal on himself and presenting it in front of others, it is better to find a person who is absolutely trustworthy and absolutely let outsiders not think of being in charge of the private treasury key, and he only needs to hold that person in his hand.

Shen Yanling thought of this, and suddenly opened his eyes, "Thirteenth Master, you mean...... Will the kukey be in the hands of those people in the Great Zhou royal family who survived the bloodbath twenty years ago? "There are only these people, who have no real power, but they have a noble status, never participate in the affairs of the court, and can be controlled by the emperor.

"*Not far from ten."

"Then the subordinate immediately sent someone to investigate." Shen Yanling hurriedly stood up and wanted to leave.

Rong Jing stopped him, and a cold flashed in his eyes, "You must be careful when you investigate, Emperor Zhengde must have taken precautions in advance, and may even put hidden stakes and bait, if you can't find out, you will immediately retreat, and you must not be greedy for merit." ”

"The subordinates understand, does the Thirteenth Master still have orders?"

"You go and let Dark Three and Dark Five come over, I have something to order."

"Thirteenth Master?"

Shen Yanling's eyelids trembled, and he looked up at Rong Jing, and saw that he had a smile on his face, shaking the folding fan and laughing, which made people's hearts chill, "This Beijing has been cold for a long time, seeing that it is almost Chinese New Year's Eve, we also have to prepare a big gift for Emperor Zhengde." ”

Three days later, Xue Rou went to the appointment, and together with Mrs. Mu Enhou and Mrs. Lin, went to Puji Temple to burn incense.

Lin Chuchu also pestered Mrs. Lin to go together.

The carriage departed from Beijing, passing through Xishan to Puji Temple, where Xue Rou had a good conversation with the two ladies and Lin Chuchu, while Qin Xi served on the side.

Xue Rou watched the two ladies keep inquiring about Qinxi's affairs, and she was not annoyed, but answered them one by one with a smile on her face, and even promised to let Qinxi come over to teach their daughter for a few days after returning to Beijing from Puji Temple, and the two ladies got what they wanted, and their faces were full of joy.

"Sister Rou, when you return to Beijing, you can come to our house to play, the milk cake made by my nurse is the most delicious, I invite you to eat." Lin Chuchu shook Xue Rou's arm with a smile, and a pair of beautiful Danfeng eyes were crooked like a crescent moon.

Xue Rou did not agree immediately, but looked at Mrs. Lin.

Mrs. Lin nodded her daughter's forehead helplessly, and then said embarrassedly: "Let Miss Xue laugh, our master has a lot of sons, and he only has such a daughter as Chu Chu, who is pampered by our husband and wife on weekdays, but if Miss Xue doesn't dislike it, she often comes to the house to get together with Chu Chu, and it also saves her a daughter's family from being bored." ”

Xue Rou looked at Lin Chuchu's round little face full of begging, and couldn't help laughing, "Chu Chu's personality is pure and straightforward, I and her are also like acquaintances at first sight, she calls me a sister, I have no reason to dislike it, after returning to Beijing, Xue Rou will definitely go to the mansion to disturb, if Chu Chu is free, you can also come to Ronghua Lane to find me, the chef in my mansion is also good, and the cooking should be no worse than what your nurse does." ”

As soon as the last ridiculous sentence came out, Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Mu Enhou couldn't help laughing, Lin Chuchu pouted dissatisfiedly, "Sister Rou, you laugh at me!" ”

Xue Rou laughed, Lin Chuchu's temperament was delicate, and he blushed with the laughter of several people, and quickly stood up and wanted to tickle Xue Rou's itch, but he didn't want to be at this time when the carriage suddenly bumped, and the horses outside ran wildly, Lin Chuchu's body was crooked and hit the beam, and he rolled out of the carriage, grabbing his hands indiscriminately and screaming.

"Ah!!h

Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Mu Enhou turned pale and screamed in surprise.

"Chu Chu!"

"Miss Lin!"

Xue Rou hurriedly pulled the curtain, wanting to catch Lin Chuchu but it was too late, seeing her rolling down the carriage along the board, a horsewhip suddenly wrapped around Lin Chuchu's waist, and with a sudden shake, she rolled her whole person back and sent her into the carriage.

Xue Rou and Qin Xi hurriedly stretched out their hands and pulled Lin Chuchu hard, and the three of them fell back to the cushion in the carriage together, and Lin Chuchu was already scared stupid.

The person who drove the car outside the carriage had been thrown out as early as when the horse was crazy, Qin Yan jumped a little on the horse's back, grabbed the rope on the back of the galloping horse, and pulled vigorously in his hand, the horse neighed desperately but did not stop, seeing that it was about to rush down the snow slope, Qin Yan jumped down and slapped the horse hard.

The horses that had been running wildly screamed and fell to the snow with convulsions, and the whole carriage "banged" and half-hung ......between the snow slopes and cliffs.