In the lobby of the governor's yamen, Governor Zhang Tongchang sat on the chair of the second master, and the official uniform that was damaged by the whip was also taken off, and he temporarily changed into civilian clothes.

Ma Jixiang came angrily, and heard his voice before he saw him: "Master Zhang, what do you want to do?" ”

Without waiting for Zhang Tong to open his mouth, Ma Jixiang, who was dressed in a python robe and jade belt, was already sitting on the Taishi chair where Zhu Cihong was sitting just now, as if the leader asked his subordinates with an aggressive attitude: "I heard that you beat our family?" ”

Zhang Tongchang said calmly: "The two villains beat the horses and rushed the streets, trampled on the people, and insulted the officials, and the officials only punished them slightly. ”

As soon as he heard the word "villain", Ma Jixiang, who had just taken a breath, almost blew up, his eyes were like cow eggs, and he stared at Zhang Tongchang deadly.

After a long time, he said, "Okay! Okay, Lord Zhang, you are so bold now, dare to beat the emperor! ”

Zhang Tongchang sat there quietly, silent, calculating in his heart how to lure the old eunuch into the bait.

Ma Jixiang thought that this guy looked down on him, and was even more annoyed, and his tone was aggravated: "Are you insisting on fighting against our family?" ”

Zhang Tongchang smiled and said, "I have never been in the same stream, how can I fight against each other?" ”

"Complicity? Lord Zhang, what do you mean by this? Ma Jixiang said with a calm face.

Zhang Tongchang snorted coldly: "The roads in Tongguan, Weinan, Huazhou, Hanzhong, and Xing'an were built under the supervision of your Xijing Garrison Mansion, right?" Last year, there was a big flood in Shaanxi, and it was all destroyed! ”

Ma Jixiang snorted twice and said: "Those roads were built by your government, and if something happens, your governor's yamen is on top of it, what is the matter with our family?" ”

Zhang Tongchang raised his voice and shouted: "That's what you accepted!" ”

Zhu Cihong behind the screen suddenly felt a shock when he heard this.

"Tsk, Zhang Futai is so majestic, what if it is accepted by our family?"

Ma Jixiang's meaning is very clear, the court is also guilty of your governor's yamen, and he can't control our eunuchs.

Zhang Tongchang said: "Don't you miss the people of the world, and you don't miss the royal favor?" If you Ma Jixiang do this, you are not afraid of recruiting black for the royal family and infamy for the Son of Heaven? ”

Ma Jixiang didn't expect Zhang Tongchang to be so ignorant, and screamed angrily and angrily: "The surname is Zhang, you are rude!" What qualifications do you have to teach our family? ”

He stood up, pointed to the sky, and said in a loud voice: "It's not your turn to say a few words in the world!" The three capitals and eighteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty are carried on the shoulders of His Majesty and on the shoulders of our family! ”

Zhu Cihong was so angry that he began to tremble there, is this the house slave he raised? Greedy, arrogant!

He hated domineering people the most in his life, because he himself was a domineering person and was very sensitive to the domineering of others.

I only heard Ma Jixiang say again: "Master Zhang, our family only asks you one sentence now, are you determined to go against our family?" ”

Zhang Tongchang smiled slightly, was silent again, and sat there without answering.

His purpose has been achieved, and he is too lazy to rap with this old eunuch, if the expectation is good, the tyrant behind him is already on the verge of rage.

The eunuchs are greedy, and their hearts are cold, and they will repay if they are too much, Ma Jixiang snorted coldly: "Do you want to do it, a feudal official!" ”

Zhang Tongchang glanced at him disdainfully, and said, "Whether you want to do it or not, it's not up to you to decide!" ”

This sentence was like a deliberate provocation, which aroused Ma Jixiang's resentment, and he said gloomily: "I don't know good things! The surname Zhang is just the governor of a province, and we have a way to do it! ”

Not to be outdone, Zhang Tongchang said: "Oh? That official is waiting for you! ”

Previously, Zhu Cihong's lungs hurt by Zhang Tongchang's words, and hearing these at this time added fuel to the fire, he Ma Jixiang is a eunuch, what qualifications does he have to appoint and dismiss the governor of a province?

The horsewhip in his hand slammed on the screen, and Zhu Cihong shouted angrily: "Formless minions, presumptuous!" ”

Ma Jixiang was taken aback, and subconsciously shouted: "Who is eavesdropping on our family there?" Get out! ”

Zhu Cihong walked out from behind the screen with a black face, like an angry tiger, and slowly came to Ma Jixiang's side.

After Ma Jixiang saw the person clearly, his face suddenly turned pale, and it was obvious that Zhu Cihong's sudden appearance frightened him into a daze.

Before, Lao Ma was sitting on the Taishi's chair, but now he was lying down, and his whole body was paralyzed by fright, and he slid down like mud.

"The three capitals and eighteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, when will it be your turn to carry it on your shoulders? You're a dog, too? ”

Zhu Cihong let out a low snort, and snapped a whip on Ma Jixiang's body, whipping him a spirit.

"The Emperor...... Emperor! ”

Ma Jixiang knelt down all of a sudden, in his spiritual world, he was a lion, proud of the well-dressed beasts!

However, in the face of the real master, he realized that he was just a dog! A dog that can be whipped by its owner at any time!

"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! ”

Zhu Cihong whipped seven or eight whips in a row, causing the flesh and blood on Ma Jixiang's back to blur.

He shouted with a calm face: "What qualifications do you have to get rid of the governor of a province?" Who gave you the ability? ”

"The slave is wrong! The slave is wrong! The emperor spares his life! ”

Ma Jixiang endured the severe pain and threw his head to the ground at an extremely fast speed, admitting his mistake while kowtowing.

Suddenly, he stopped his movements, stretched out his hand and slapped his old face fiercely, and said: "The slave and maid should be damned, this world belongs to the emperor, the slave and maid bark without a dog, the slave and the maid should die!" ”

Then, the old horse opened his bow left and right, and kept slapping and mutilating himself, not at all politely, until his mouth was full of blood.

He knows very well that if he doesn't take remedial measures, his old life will be explained here, and he will not be able to turn over in his life!

Zhang Tongchang's face changed slightly, and he secretly said that this old eunuch was ruthless to others, and even more ruthless to himself, so he was afraid that the Son of Heaven would spare his life when he remembered his old feelings.

However, Zhang Tongchang did not interject, the more this time, the more he could not show strong hostility, otherwise the suspicious Son of Heaven might doubt himself......

Officialdom is complicated, how can there be any truth at all, everything depends on the mood of the top.

Zhu Cihong whipped more than a dozen whips in a row, looking at Ma Jixiang's miserable condition, the anger in his heart was vented a little, so he stopped and asked: "Kneel down and talk about road construction and corruption!" ”

"Yes...... It's ......"

Ma Jixiang didn't dare to hide it, and all the 1510 were confessed, including several magistrates bribing the Xijing Garrison Mansion, and the matter of embezzling public funds for road construction was all shaken out.

He knew that the Son of Heaven had already arrived in person, and he couldn't hide this matter anyway, rather than waiting for it to be found out, it was better to give a full explanation, after all, the emperor's favorite loyal eunuch who had nothing to hide.

Loyalty is also the only life talisman for eunuchs.

Zhu Cihong squinted his eyes slightly, and asked coldly: "You said that the collusion with the Shaanxi magistrate to embezzle public funds for road construction was done by a few of your unsuccessful godsons?" ”

Ma Jixiang cried bitterly: "Back to the emperor, what the slave said is true...... The slave and maid knew about this, but they did not punish their subordinates, but also received some benefits...... The most damned! ”

Ma Jixiang, as an old man in the palace, is famous for his skill in patting horses, and is very good at catering to his boss, no less than Wei Zhongxian back then, and was promoted by several palm seal eunuchs in the palace.

Ma Jixiang was transferred to Xijing as a eunuch, and at the same time, he was also the identity of Dongchang, responsible for exploring the northwest intelligence for the royal family.