It was nearly noon, and the backyard of the Dongchang Yamen was full of joy, and Chang Yu's return made the Yamen happy, although he had been hiding in the room and chatting with Wu Mengming about what he didn't show up, the guards chatted hotly in the courtyard, foaming at the mouth and talking about all kinds of things along the way, and the surrounding people were excited to listen to it.

The kitchen was already open and he was busy with lunch, and Fang San was personally in charge of it, he was Chang Yu's royal cook.

Chang Yu closed a booklet in the room, this is the roster of secret agents placed by Jinyi Wei in the homes of various nobles and bigwigs in the capital, some of them are family members, some are housekeepers, and all kinds of things are pervasive.

These Chang Yu are not surprised at all, no matter which dynasty the emperor likes to put eyeliner in the minister's house to monitor their every move, Emperor Chongzhen is even more suspicious by nature.

"Guozhang Zhou Kui has been making a lot of trouble recently, but no one pays attention to him, it is not ruled out that his grievances are too deep and it is not good for you!" Wu Mengming's face was worried, and Chang Yu snorted: "Our family is safe in the army, but so far I haven't found any other tricks except for his wanton accumulation of money, such as plotting assassinations and the like?" As long as he gets a little bit of it, he won't even think about rolling over."

Wu Mengming shook his head: "I haven't found out for the time being, Zhou Kui's wealth is known to the government and the opposition, but he is the emperor of the country, and no one has moved him, and if you want to move him, only this handle can't bring him down."

Chang Yu smiled: "He and I have a deep hatred, our family is entrusted with loyalty!" ”

Wu Mengming was stunned and hurriedly shut up, he was an old oilman, the less he knew, the better, and he didn't want to get involved at all.

Knock, there was a knock on the door outside, and a fan said in a low voice: "Gong Chang, someone from the palace said that the queen invited you to the palace."

Chang Yu raised his eyebrows, pondered a little, and said: "Let him go back to the queen and say that our family is busy with military affairs and can't take a break, but as soon as the military affairs are over, he will immediately enter the palace to meet him."

Awesome, Wu Mengming sighed secretly in his heart, the queen summoned him and was worthy of being the first person in the house.

"Lord Wu, do you know that the queen has called, why don't you go to our family?" Chang Yu looked at Wu Mengming with a smile.

"The factory supervisor is busy with military affairs," Wu Mengming said seriously.

Chang Yu laughed and shook his head: "No, this governor promised the brothers in the yamen to have a drink at noon, how can he break his promise."

Convinced! Wu Mengming stretched out his thumb: "Father-in-law Chang, you are not just unauthorized power, you are simply a pamper!" I must refer to you! ”

"Then our family will give you a future" Chang Yu smiled slightly: "I won't leave you to eat, please come back door!" ”

Wu Mengming got up and said goodbye.

At noon, the first and second leaders of the third battalion of the East Factory, the little eunuch's relatives and guards, and several main leaders of the East Factory gathered together, and Chang Yu, who had always drunk less in laughter, also raised his glass and enjoyed everyone.

Shi Kefa and Wang Jiayan frowned in the Yamen of the Ministry of War, the little eunuch entered Beijing last night and went out of the palace early in the morning to the Dongchang Yamen closed the door and did not see the guests, even the two of them, what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd, now the Qing army is about to cross, the situation is so tense as the boss of the Ministry of War does not know anything, and he can't help anything, this is too ......

Kunning Palace, Queen Zhou, who has always loved and cared for Chang Yu the most, looked at the dishes on the table in a daze, she wanted to see Chang Yu when she heard that Chang Yu returned to Beijing in the morning, and specially ordered the imperial chef to make a few exquisite side dishes, wanting Chang Yu to enter the palace to have lunch and talk together, but she was rejected!

But I didn't know that in the palace, there was another person who looked at the carefully prepared meal on the table: "Linglong, Chang Yu is really not available?" ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the maid first asked Xiao Liuzi to invite, but he didn't even go into the yamen of Dongchang, and the maid went in person, although the yamen went in, he didn't see Chang Gonggong, saying that he was busy with military affairs."

Zhu Cihong was depressed: "It's impossible for him not to see the palace when he comes back, it must be really busy, recently the Tartars have crossed the border, and he suddenly returned to Beijing late at night to face the saint, there must be important things to deal with, and wait for the evening to see."

In Kunning Palace, Zhu Yujiao paced back and forth with a brocade handkerchief in her hand: "Qiao'er, is Chang Yu really back?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, the maid inquired about Grandpa Chang and came back last night, at this time in the Yamen of the Outer East Factory." The palace maid Qiao'er whispered.

"Can you call him into the palace? Or let's go out? Zhu Yujiao took it for granted. The palace maid looked embarrassed: "Your Highness, Father-in-law Chunxiang is not in the capital, we can't go out, and the maid heard that Gonggong Chang was busy with military affairs, and even the queen and the prince refused to invite each other."

"Ahh So busy! Yes, I heard that the Tartars are here again......" Zhu Yujiao sighed: "He has been leading troops to fight outside for so many days, but he has to tan and lose weight......"

Whether it's official or private affairs, too many people want to see Chang Yu, but he's really busy.

Not busy with military affairs, but busy with the toasts of his subordinates.

After a few cups, Chang Yu felt a little up, and asked Jiang Fa: "Master Jiang heard that there is a kind of internal kung fu that can force wine out of the body, right?" ”

Jiang Fa shook his head: "There is no need for internal force, the factory supervisor went to the thatched house and soaked in urine and came out."

The crowd burst into laughter.

After eating this meal for nearly an hour, everyone was happy and drunk, Chang Yu was also flushed and washed his face with cold water, and then went back to the room to rest for a while, and then asked Shi Kefa and Wang Jiayan to come to see him.

Dongchang has been established for more than 200 years since the establishment of Chengzu, and it has always been a rat feces that everyone avoids, and the government and the opposition regard it as a bad thing and have little contact with it, even if there are many dependents during the period of Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian, they are secretly dealing like thieves, and no one is as generous as the current door.

Shi Kefa of the Ministry of War, Wang Jiayan of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, Gong Yonggu of the Horse and even some generals with troops have come to the door, which is a big taboo in previous years, and the emperor himself can't sit still without ginseng at all.

But nowadays, door-to-door visits are commonplace, and many people pretend to turn a blind eye.

The reason is very simple, the general trend is inevitable, the little eunuch is now wrestling with the Qing army at a critical juncture, who wants to stumble at this time, it is really self-inflicted.

Moreover, Chang Yu was ordered to supervise the army, so he naturally had to have dealings with these yamen, and Emperor Chongzhen also acquiesced.

Shi Kefa and Wang Jiayan stayed in the Dongchang Yamen for nearly an hour before leaving in a hurry, no one knew what they talked about in the room, only that when the two left, their faces were solemn but vaguely revealed a trace of excitement.

After the two left, Chang Yu walked around the yamen and went to Wuzhong's room, this thing was drunk and sleeping, and checked that his injuries recovered quickly, and at most he was alive and well for more than a month.

"Factory, can you go to the house to have a look?" In the courtyard, Qiao Sanxiu saw Chang Yu looking up at a grapevine and asked in a daze, only he and Song Luoyu knew that Chang Yu actually had a home.

Chang Yu knew that he missed his son, Qiao Heling had been fostered in the Yellow Mansion in Guangqumen since he entered Beijing, and then his wife lived in Beijing with the Red Lady, and he didn't see Qiao Sanxiu for a few months and wanted to go back to see.

After a little contemplation, Chang Yu ordered Qiao Sanxiu to prepare the car, and ordered the third battalion of the East Factory to wait outside the Dongzhi Gate after dinner, and then an ordinary carriage drove out of the back door of the East Factory, except for a coachman, there was no other entourage.

No one would have thought that sitting in this ordinary carriage was the current Admiral of the Daming East Factory, and even someone didn't know him when he saw it, after all, there were too few people who had seen Chang Yu's face, and even very few people knew his name.

This is Chang Yu's motto to be a low-key person and do things in a high-profile manner, especially his special identity does not allow him to be too public, because there are too many people who worry about his head, and the spy leader must have a sense of mystery that is good for both others and himself, just like Dai Li, the big man of the military command in later generations, his whereabouts are erratic, and he is called one of the most mysterious people in Asia and China by Clares Magazine in the United States.

And Chang Yu wants to be the most mysterious person in the Ming Dynasty.

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