Father-in-law Wen jerked in his heart, and said slowly: "In other words, he doesn't know their background either?" They voluntarily entered the palace, or were they Jiangnan people - you bastard, you didn't even think about accepting people? ”

"It's just a few children, are there still fewer children in our packing?" The big eunuch said disdainfully, "No matter how tough a child is, he can't be honest." ”

"You stupid pig!" Gonggong Wen was furious and said, "These four children, let's kill them tonight." ”

"Huh?"

"Kill."

"It's hard—"

Wen Gong said: "Originally, it was not allowed to recruit new eunuchs this year, but a few of you were greedy for money, so you had to accept them, if you didn't accept them, wouldn't there be so much trouble?" You know what kind of person Zhang Shaobao is, he definitely can't hold sand in his eyes. ”

The big eunuch said: "He is also too lenient, and he simply doesn't treat the people in our palace as human beings!" ”

Wen Gong said: "You don't care if he is troublesome or deliberate, these four children can't be kept, even if there is nothing wrong with them, I am worried that someone will take the opportunity to pull us into the water." You close the door at night and put more coals in the stove. ”

"Okay, the old slave knows how to do it."

After Zhang Xiaowu left the net room with the little fat man on his back, he was worried and felt that life was unequal, four seven or eight-year-old children were castrated like this, and they had to accept the identity of a eunuch and live since they were young, and their physical disabilities would lead to their psychological disabilities, how unfair it was. No matter how good the Emperor Dade was, it is undeniable that this feudal era is the era of cannibalism.

"Master."

"What? What's wrong? ”

"Master, do eunuchs have to be like that?" The little fat man was a little scared, "You have to cut it out there and insert a tube?" ”

"Both."

"That's miserable."

Zhang Xiaowu said: "Yes, it's very miserable, but this is life." Chenghua, you were born as a prince, a prince, and an emperor in the future, so you have to know that your life is different from others. You have never been hungry, you have not been warmly dressed, and you have no place to live. And most of the people are not able to reach your life. What would you like to eat if you were hungry? ”

"I like dog meat." The little fat man grinned and said, "There is a master in the palace, and the dog meat he makes is delicious." ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "The people have no rice, no food, what do they eat?" ”

"Eat meat."

Zhang Xiaowu smiled bitterly, this is the real why not eat minced meat, but the reason for all this is not themselves, for a child, he can only learn passively, as the so-called godfather is not the fault of the godfather, teaching includes teaching them everything. He stopped, let the little fat man go down to the ground and walk by himself, took him by the hand and said, "The people can't afford to eat meat, they can't afford to eat anything, they can only see what they eat, such as eating grass, eating bark, eating soil, and even eating people." ”

"Huh? Cannibalism? The little fat man's face trembled with fright, it was the first time he had heard of such a thing as cannibalism.

Zhang Xiaowu said: "Today I will take you to the eight departments and six courtyards of the imperial city, not the people, another day I will take you out of the imperial city, let you know about the one hundred and eight squares of Longdu, so that you can really see the life of ordinary people." ”

The little fat man asked, "Will I meet those cannibals?" I'm so fat and have so much meat, they must eat my meat first, otherwise - master, let's take a walk around the palace, in fact, the palace is quite good. ”

Zhang Xiaowu smiled dumbly, this little fat man is quite afraid of death.

The next day, Zhang Xiaowu almost forgot about the matter of cleaning the room, and early in the morning, someone from the palace of Boling County found the Yinyi Wei Yamen, saying that the royal family of Boling County would invite Zhang Shaobao to go to the palace of Boling County to discuss the marriage of his son.

Shubai Zushang, the king of Boling County, was one of the thirteen heroes of the founding of the country, although he was not an official in the court when he arrived in this generation, he was very valuable, and monopolized the tea business in seven states, and specially provided tribute tea for the imperial palace, and even monopolized the foreign route of selling tea to the west and north. Although the king of Boling County is rich but very low-key, the last time Emperor Dade forced everyone to donate Jiangnan to draw silver, although the Dai family did not go to the court, but directly found Emperor Dade to offer 100,000 taels of silver.

The ancestors have merit, the descendants will do things and behave, this generation of children are married, and they are naturally valued by the emperor, so the wedding must be very grand, and the route to welcome the relatives must be closed, and the rest of the people will detour. When it comes to road closures, they must be carried out by the Silver Guards. The last time Yinyiwei closed the road was to welcome the coffin of the king of Nanyang County back to Beijing, which was a state funeral ceremony, and the wedding of the son of the king of Boling County was also closed, so it depends on his connections and relationships.

"Twenty thousand taels." Wu Song said with a smile, "The people from the Boling County Palace's palace said that the road was closed for 20,000 taels a day. The king of Boling County also wanted to get acquainted with the general, so he specially sent an invitation. ”

"Okay."

Two days later, Zhang Xiaowu remembered the incident, so he gave the list to Xia Ming for him to check, and told Xia Ming his suspicions.

Xia Ming immediately recruited, he took people to the address, and found that there were no more registered people in distress, and he asked his neighbors again. Due to the small flow of people in this era, a small incident or the arrival of a new person can make the neighbors around remember it for a long time, but the neighbors said that they have not seen refugees from the south, but they have seen many people from the north, most of them are rich families from the north, and it is impossible to send their children to the palace.

The clues were interrupted, and Xia Ming could not find other useful information, so he could only report to Zhang Xiaowu. Zhang Xiaowu immediately entered the imperial city and came to the Jingshifang to look for the four boys, but learned that the four boys had died a day earlier because they couldn't stand the pain.

The big eunuch sighed: "Being a eunuch is to walk in front of the ghost gate, many people are dying of pain, the old slave was still young when he was young, but he doesn't remember it deeply." ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "Where are their bodies?" ”

The big eunuch said: "Lord Hui Shaobao, it has been thrown away, outside the city." ”

Zhang Xiaowu asked: "Where to throw it?" ”

The big eunuch was a little anxious and said, "Lord Shaobao, you don't need to watch the child die, right?" How unlucky. ”

"It's necessary." Zhang Xiaowu said categorically, "I can't find the body, I'll ask you." ”

The chief eunuch was helpless, so he ordered his subordinates to take Zhang Xiaowu to the outside of the city and dig out the bodies of the four boys from the snow. Zhang Xiaowu noticed at a glance that something was wrong, these four children still had a ruddy color on their faces, their faces were peaceful and even a little smiling, they didn't die of pain at all, but died of gas poisoning.

They died of murder, of silence.