Chapter 56: Arrogant and domineering
Time slipped by second by second, and the voices outside the yamen began to slowly bustle, Chang Yu knew that the time was almost up, and the audience was waiting.
At this moment, there was a hurried knock on the door outside, and it turned out to be the crown prince Zhu Cihong.
"It's really easy to find you" Zhu Cihong complained a little and pulled Chang Yu to the yamen lobby and closed the door, and then took out a note.
Chang Yu fixed his eyes and took a look, good guys: Xu Yunzhen, Duke of Dingguo, Zhu Chunchen, Duke of Chengguo, Song Yu, Marquis of Xining, Xue Lian, Marquis of Deyang, Xue Lian, Bo of Xiangcheng, Li Guozhen, and Gong Yonggu, the commander of the horses!
It's great, the protagonist, the assistant actors, and all of them are all together, how can tonight's play not be exciting. Chang Yu stroked his palm.
Zhu Cihong's eyes flashed with little stars, this fifteen or sixteen-year-old child has been in excitement recently, I don't know if it's because it's too exciting, or if the silver temptation is too big, or both, anyway, he is fully engaged: "It's going to be sent tonight."
"That's a must" Chang Yu smiled slightly, and then his face turned straight: "There is still something important to tell you"
Seeing his Chang Yu's expression, Zhu Cihong knew that the matter was serious, and his expression was correct: "You just talk about it"
"I found a lot of people from the guards to participate in the competition this time, but these people are usually on duty, and it is not a way to always skip shifts, and it is still ......"
"If they win, you're worried about retaliation from those old dogs, right?" Zhu Cihong snatched Chang Yu's words.
Chang Yu was stunned: "They are the emperor's own army, and there should be no retaliation, but wearing small shoes is inevitable."
"I see what you mean, are you trying to say that it's best to remove some of the command of those old dogs?" Zhu Cihong is really good at this, and he can understand it at all.
"That's what it means" Chang Yu was stunned by what he said, but he secretly scolded in his heart, why does your uncle always interrupt me, I actually want to say ......
"You think too much, these old dogs are just on duty every night, they don't have any command authority over the pro-guard army, the emperor's pro-army naturally only obeys the command of my father, and they are just a duty officer to put it bluntly, so there is nothing to worry about."
Hey, okay, Chang Yu sighed: "This is the best, but what I want to talk about today is actually about Jingying"
"Jingying?" Zhu Cihong was stunned.
Chang Yu nodded and sighed: "Jingying is the head of the elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, guarding the national capital, and the responsibility is heavy and cannot be ignored."
"What do you want to say?" Zhu Cihong looked puzzled.
"I want to say that the glory of the Beijing camp is all in the past, and now it is just a garbage heap, I want to say that the Beijing camp is now empty to a shocking point, I want to say that the Beijing camp is now vulnerable, I want to say, please ask the prince to check the Beijing camp strictly, this may be the last straw in the future, and there is to replace Li Guozhen, he is not only a waste, but also may become a stumbling block for us."
"You ......" Zhu Cihong stood up with a shout: "How do you know the current situation of Jingying?" Saying that, he sat down again: "Yes, it must be that dream again"
Chang Yu nodded silently.
"Is it really that shocking?"
"Really! After checking, you will know, "Chang Yu is sure."
"Hey, my Ming foundation has been so bad" Zhu Cihong's expression was depressed to the extreme, and the excitement just now was swept away.
"It's not necessarily too late to make amends, at least there's a glimmer of hope" Chang Yu actually patted him on the shoulder, this young man really endured too much.
"I will go to see my father early tomorrow morning to explain this matter, and Li Guozhen's old dog father has been thinking about how to dismiss him in the morning, but I haven't found an excuse for a while."
Chang Yu nodded: "I have an excuse to check, this matter will be discussed tomorrow, make some money tonight and be happy"
Zhu Cihong glanced up at him, with a smile on his face.
The night is a little late, the hay warehouse in the grass fence field is crowded, crowded with nearly a thousand people, noisy and noisy, the VIP seats next to the ring are also full, the nobles on duty, the eunuchs in power have already entered, are greeting each other.
As Chang Yu expected, these nobles on duty would never be able to sit still after the palace closed, and no one wanted to take a boring nap in that duty room, let alone wander outside in the biting cold wind.
Since yesterday, Chongzhen suddenly decreed that there must be more than five nobles on duty in the imperial city at night, which made them a little surprised at first, but it is also good to think that there are more people on duty together, and it is better to brag and nag than to stay alone.
The three of them are crowded, many people love to be lively, and the fact that there is a boxing match in the palace is almost an open secret among the nobles, such as Li Guozhen lost to the prince for thousands of taels of silver, for example, Zhu Chunchen won more than three thousand taels in one night, for example, Xue Lian won several hundred is even more curious, and the most unfortunate ones also want to go to see the excitement without gambling, and they don't care if they lose some money, it is better to win, anyway, they just want to pass the time happily.
No, the nobles on duty tonight were already itching, and under the proposal of Gong Yonggu, I don't know if it was the coaxing of Xue Lian and Zhu Chunchen, Xu Yunzhen, who was still a little hypocritical, also readily entered the scene early.
The treatment of the VIP seat is different, there are a lot of drinks and snacks, the tea is good tea, the wine is warm wine, and there are a few palace maids with extraordinary posture who provide personal service, but a few nobles are happy, such as Li Guozhen's kind of goods, and even secretly touch the palace maid's little hands, with a face.
"Hey, the prince is here" Just when Xungui and the eunuchs were chatting and waiting for the opening, a big zongzi entered the VIP area, and the sharp-eyed Li Guozhen was the first to find that everyone hurriedly got up and saluted, without the slightest nervousness and embarrassment before, and even laughed secretly in his heart, the prince is really a child, fun, and Ming'er is definitely a gambler, but he ignores himself.
"The prince looks good today, and his luck will be strong later," Zhu Chunchen stroked his short beard and said with a smile. This product won more than 3,000 taels yesterday, and I can't close my mouth so far.
Zhu Cihong scolded secretly in his heart, Lao Tzu is wrapped so tightly, you can see that I have a good complexion, hell, but he said: "Tuo Chengguo Gong Jiyan, don't want to be prosperous today, just let the palace go back to the basics, cough, the first two days lost should be used as pants."
Everyone laughed, and the prince made a lot of money today.
"Hey, Dingguo Gong is here today, too" Zhu Cihong pretended to have just seen Xu Yunzhen, and his face was surprised: "Then you have to have fun today."
"Okay, the prince is happy that the old man sacrifices his life to accompany the gentleman, you can play any way" Xu Yunzhen smiled heartily,
Everyone sat down, Zhu Cihong deliberately sat between Zhu Chunchen and Xu Yunzhen, behind him were Gong Yonggu, Li Guozhen, then Song Yude and Xue Lian, Wang Dehua and Wei Dahai and other power eunuchs sat around.
The game is about to start, and a white and chubby eunuch in the field is talking about the rules of the game routinely, and this time is also the quietest time in the field.
When the white fat eunuch emphasized the new rules of the challenge competition, and the guards were not allowed to participate in the challenge, Zhu Chunchen showed a smug smile, this thing is really clever, and he found the loopholes in the competition system for the first time yesterday.
Nowadays, the competition system has changed, the personal guards can participate but the opponents are limited to the personal guards, and generally do not accept the game with the eunuchs, after all, this is the eunuch competition, and everyone also thinks that this new rule is understandable.
It's going to be made up very quickly, Zhu Chunchen sneered secretly in his heart, thinking that it must be the result of Wang Dehua and the others who lost too badly yesterday and discussed urgently, but so what, if the game is really as fair and just as you say, no one can stop Lao Tzu's luck.
Hey, Zhu Chunchen, who was being proud in his heart, suddenly saw a familiar figure in the ring below, and couldn't help but stretch out his hand and point at Zhu Cihong and said, "Does the prince know that person?" ”
The voice is not loud or small, just attracting everyone's attention.
Zhu Cihong took a look, oh said: "Of course I know, this person is known as the first eunuch in the palace, and even the personal guards have lost his hands one after another, this palace has seen him fight with his own eyes, and that time he won a lot of silver from Xiangcheng Bo" said and looked back at Li Guozhen and smiled.
Li Guozhen echoed with a wry smile: "It is indeed a hard hand, but it is too exaggerated to be called the number one in the palace, and there are countless people who can defeat others in the personal guards, but they are not allowed to enter."
When everyone heard this, they all nodded in agreement, after all, the emperor has tens of thousands of pro-army, and there are many brave people, if there is really no one who can beat Chang Yu, how can it be?
"This son is arrogant, there is no one in his eyes, and if he is so impetuous, he will suffer a big loss sooner or later" Zhu Chunchen and Chang Yu have Liangzi, so naturally they don't have a good impression of him, so they interjected coldly.
"Generally, people with ability are more arrogant," Zhu Cihong said lightly; "If there is a capable person under Cheng Guogong who can be found to fight him, it will be good for us to open our eyes and earn some silver by the way."
What the prince said was very true, and the others echoed.
Zhu Chunchen stroked his beard and laughed to himself; "The old man really has this intention, and he is looking for a suitable candidate, and sooner or later he will have a fight with this fight."
While speaking, Chang Yu had already walked to the VIP area and slowly walked up the stairs, looking at a few eunuchs beside him, Zhu Chunchen couldn't help but sneer and snorted: "The spectrum is not small"
Chang Yu walked straight to the VIP seat, and several nobles immediately put away their smiles and sat down, not even looking at him, with an attitude that it was obvious that this was either a powerful person or a powerful eunuch, and you were the old man, and you actually came here to set up a score.
But I didn't want the eldest prince to say anything, but several eunuchs all stood up and greeted warmly, Chang Yu nodded and walked up to Zhu Cihong: "The little one asks the prince for peace."
Zhu Cihong nodded slightly: "Aren't you going to play today?" ”
"It's cold in high places, although the small ones are intentional but have no opponents, they won't go up to fight fake boxing!" Chang Yu replied very modestly, and a few cold snorts immediately sounded in his ears.
"That's a pity" Zhu Cihong was expressionless, and then said: "These princes on duty also have a salute, and sit in Ansheng to watch the play."
"Yes" Chang Yu responded, and then made a circle salute: "Hello everyone" said and went to find a seat, this time a few nobles smoked, with their identity, how could they have to greet one by one, but this kid was reluctant to deal with the past with a circle salute, and it seemed that he was still taking care of the prince's face, which was really arrogant.
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