Zhang Xiaowu took out a belt from his waist pocket, tied the little fat man firmly on his back, and advised: "Hold your master and me tightly, I may kill someone in a while, don't be thrown off." ”

The little fat man was eager to try: "Master, don't worry, let's fight together." ”

He rubbed his wrist, and then slowly raised his head, his eyes were full of fighting spirit, and he sneered and said contemptuously: "If you don't kill me today, I will kill you, come, do it, let me see the ability of a few of you eunuchs." "Fighting, you just can't carry burdens. The little fat man couldn't run and couldn't escape, so he simply tied himself to himself, and he could still take care of it when he fought.

Several people glanced at each other and secretly complained, these eunuchs bluffed and bullied the weak and feared the hard, where did they dare to kill. Looking at the tall and mighty man in front of them, and seeing this person looking eager to fight, everyone couldn't help but take a step back.

The old eunuch said inwardly: "I count three counts, and after three counts, if you don't leave, we will catch you and castrate you, so that you will become eunuchs both big and small." ”

Zhang Xiaowu laughed, and then suddenly flashed, everyone only felt that a black wind was floating in front of them, and they saw the Taoist priest coming to the big eunuch. Zhang Xiaowu pinched his neck with his left hand, and as soon as he raised his right hand, there was a "Gaba" sound, and the palm of the big eunuch was twisted over.

How could the great eunuch have thought that this person in front of him was so barbaric and unreasonable, and in the imperial city, there were still people who dared to do something to the eunuchs? Who else dares to do anything with the eunuchs in the clean room?

It's just—it's unreasonable.

"There's something to say, there's something to say." The big eunuch immediately confessed, "You let go of my hand first, let go of my hand first, do you miss it?" ”

"No."

Zhang Xiaowu said this, took his hand and walked into the clean room, and walked out to the screams. I saw only four boys lying naked on the wooden plank, with their hands and legs tied. Despite the fire and the high temperature, the pain and muffled sounds of the boys were mixed, and the four boys had cotton cloths stuffed in their mouths, and the place where they peed on their lower bodies was exposed to the air, and a reed tube was used instead of a reed tube to pee, and from the healing of the wounds, it seems that the four boys had been cleansed only in the last few days.

Zhang Xiaowu frowned, turned around and said, "The emperor has ordered that no new eunuchs be summoned this year, why don't you obey it?" This is blatant defiance! ”

The great eunuch said, "Who are you?" Who are you to ask this question? The affairs of the palace, you officials in the imperial city do not care. I still say the same thing, the more you know, the closer you are to death, don't ask if you don't want to die, and when I really tell you, you will die. ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "I really take care of this matter today!" I decided and said, Are these four people the children of other people's families that you plundered? As he spoke, his hand increased its strength, the big eunuch screamed in pain, and the rest of the eunuchs were carrying sticks in their hands and wanted to rush over, Zhang Xiaowu kicked on a bench, the bench flew out, and slammed on the rest of the eunuchs, and several eunuchs were smashed to the ground by the bench, screaming again and again.

When the big eunuch saw it, he was so frightened that his body softened, this was a peerless master, so he could only say honestly: "This uncle, these four children are really not from us, they were sent in by their family at their expense." In order to enter the palace as eunuchs, each of them sent silver, and they were all voluntary, if you don't believe it, ask them. ”

These four children, the older one is about ten years old, and the younger one is seven or eight years old, in order to endure the pain, they bit the towel, Zhang Xiaowu took off their towel, and asked softly in a tone of pity: "Were you deceived into entering the palace, or were you forced?" Don't be afraid, I'll call your shots. ”

The eldest child was so painful that his facial features were deformed, and he still had sweat on his forehead and said: "If you go back to this hero, we are all voluntary, and the four of us are poor people from poor families, and if we don't enter the palace as eunuchs, we will starve to death." ”

"yes, we're here to live."

"We did it voluntarily."

"We just hurt too much, woo-woo-woo-it hurts."

Zhang Xiaowu frowned and said, "You are voluntary? Would your family be willing too? ”

"Naturally, I am willing." The eldest child said, and then begged, "Can you put a towel in your mouth, I'm afraid I can't help but keep screaming." ”

Zhang Xiaowu motioned to the other eunuchs in the clean room to stuff towels for them, and said with emotion: "These children are really sensible, they actually voluntarily come from the palace, and how many eunuchs voluntarily enter the palace from the palace every year?" Won't their families feel guilty? He looked at the four children, and suddenly felt that there was something wrong, but for a moment he didn't know what was wrong, in short, it was strange.

The big eunuch smiled and said: "No matter how bad life is in the palace, it is better than living outside, at least in the palace, as long as you obey the rules and obey, you will not starve to death." Outside, whether you are obedient or disobedient, unruly, as long as you have no food to eat, you will starve to death. As a father and mother, how can anyone not feel sorry for their son, but their mother wants them to survive more than starving to death. ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "They need to spend money to enter the palace?" ”

"This ......," said the great eunuch, "a little bit, a little bit, but just to give them sugar water money to nourish their bodies, for fear that they will not eat well and raise them well when they are castrated, and they will die in the ghost gate." ”

"There is money to enter the palace, but there is no money to support the children." Zhang Xiaowu shook his head and said, "What kind of parents are these, it's weird." ”

The big eunuch said: "Uncle, if it was in the past, it would not be easy for our palace to summon eunuchs, because we had to spend money to buy people in the clean house, and a boy would have to spend a lot of silver." But now in this year, the plague is rampant and starvation is everywhere, and being able to enter the palace is the creation, is it different from the past? The emperor is afraid that we will spend money to summon the little eunuchs, and now there is no need to spend silver at all, and people take the initiative to send silver into the palace as eunuchs - you say, we have no reason to refuse, right? ”

Zhang Xiaowu nodded and said, "Their family members can have records, but don't be unclean people." ”

The big eunuch was surprised: "Uncle, why are you asking this?" ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "I remember that the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace must be innocent, otherwise they are not allowed to accept people, you should know this rule better than me, right?" ”

The big eunuch's face became nervous, and he said, "I don't care about this, I just care about their injuries, and the rest is not my business." You know, in the palace, more things are better than less, and the less you know, the better, so that fools can live longer. ”

Zhang Xiaowu looked at the four boys who volunteered to enter the palace as eunuchs, and couldn't help but sigh, then who wants to participate for life, just to survive.