Tianjing City is divided into four cities: east, west, north and south.

There are many markets in the north city, and there are many winds and moons in the south city. There are many nobles in the east city, and many starving people in the west city.

The entire Tianjing City is covered with a veil of prosperity, and when it is lifted, it is only when it is lifted that it is so bleak under its morbid prosperity.

By the time the first incense was lit in the eastern city, the western city had already carried the starving people out of the city one after another.

Among the shacks made of various colors of thatch, a row of blue-tiled houses stands out. Although such a house can only shelter from the wind and rain a little more, it is already one of the best houses in this West City.

The largest of the rows of blue-tiled houses had a wooden sign with the words Salesian Bureau written crookedly. This is the Salesian Bureau built by Guo Yi. Today, there are more than 100 fatherless and motherless orphans living in this row of low-rise blue-tiled houses, but these are only a very small part of the vast Tianjing City.

At this moment, it was the time for the Salesian Bureau to eat, and the canteen in the middle of the row of blue-tiled houses was crowded with orphans eating, and there were no tables and chairs, they stood one by one, holding their own bowls, and burying their heads in pulling rice grains. Although there is no meat, it is able to eat enough.

"It's not easy for you to make two meals a day." It was a middle-aged man of ordinary stature who spoke, and his eyebrows were too thick, like two pieces of black charcoal.

"How?" The supervisor who put the meal was wearing a gray cloth robe with four or five patches on it, and he didn't answer the man's words, looked at the children who were eating, and asked.

The thick-eyed man knew that this person didn't want him to evaluate the meal, and said: "I killed two of Xu De's people, and about a stick of incense was discovered by the touching servants who came out of Liu's mansion. ”

This middle-aged man's eyebrows twitched when he spoke, which was too attention-grabbing. If there were a few prodigal sons who had just come over in front of Liu's mansion, maybe someone would be able to recognize him.

"It's too risky, what if you get caught?" The supervisor who put the meal was scared, and in broad daylight, he killed Xu De's eyeliner, isn't this looking for death?

"I naturally know that those two eyeliners have obviously been scouts in the army, if I start a little slower, I'm afraid they will have to do something to me." The thick-eyed man explained.

"The adult's plan seems to have come to fruition, and there was such a big disturbance last night." The director said, greeted, it turned out that there was a tall child, grabbing another girl's food, seeing the director waving, he could only give up, but his eyes still did not leave the little girl's bowl.

The thick-eyebrow man watched this scene and said, "Look, just the food will be snatched around, let alone the emperor, you don't have to worry about it." ”

"Since I have entered Tianjing City, it means that I don't have so many scholarly habits." The director paused, turned to look at the thick-eyed man and said: "It's you, you have to be more cautious, after all, the seven girls and the nine girls are still in the Xude Mansion, if something happens, you and I may be able to run away, and the seven girls and the nine girls can only wait for death." ”

"Got it." The thick-eyed man replied with a smile, "I'll go back to the adults first, I came here to eat." ”

"There is no food, Guo Yi has kept the money, and it will have to be used until next year, don't think about eating and drinking all at once."

The thick-eyed man smiled, stopped talking, turned around and walked out of the cafeteria through the side door, he climbed over the wall on tiptoe, looked at the empty and dilapidated streets, a few ups and downs, and disappeared into the West City.

There were many eunuchs who did not have masters living in the internal affairs house, and if there was something in the palace, they would send them to help, and when they were done, they would come back. If there is a master, it is different, and often the master can find a place to live around it, saving the trouble of running at both ends.

Lu Xi was holding two doses of decoction in his hand at the moment, looked at the team going to the palace, found a little eunuch in a hurry, and asked, "Are we going to the palace?" ”

The little eunuch who was caught by Lu Xi couldn't hide the joy on his face, looked at Lu Xi's face and clothes, and said: "You don't know this, the emperor is holding a Mid-Autumn Festival moon viewing party, saying that he invited the best opera troupe in Beijing to sing, and what he sang is that, yes, the East Chamber." ”

"The Story of the East Chamber" Lu Xi still knows, why are you so happy to listen to a play?

"Why is the emperor going to listen to the drama with so many people?"

"You don't know this," the man saw that Lu Xi had a good face, and then leaned closer and said a few more words, "There were few masters in the palace in the past, and there was no place for us. Seeing that the emperor has set up a concubine, there are more masters in the palace, and there are always more opportunities to go to the palace on errands when he shows his face more. ”

"That's right." Lu Xi echoed: "Brother like this, I am sure that I can be a steward by the queen's side." ”

"Oh, my brother is too high-minded, where to be on an errand is not to listen to Grandpa Lu's arrangement."

Hearing this, Lu Xi's face darkened obviously, but the little eunuch didn't pay attention, looked at Lu Xi's six-grade clothes and said, "Which palace is my brother in on an errand?" Why don't you go to the palace and show your face? ”

"I followed Gonggong Gao, and I still won't go to the palace."

Hearing this, the eunuch's face suddenly turned cold, who in this palace didn't know that the old eunuch Gao had lost power, and now this Gonggong Lu was the thumb in the palace.

"It turned out to be by Grandpa Gao's side, so I won't bother and enter the palace first." The tone of the little eunuch was yin and yang, and he no longer talked about Lu Xi, and blended into the team that entered the palace.

Lu Xi sighed, although most of the eunuchs in this internal affairs office are eunuchs, but in the warmth and coldness of the people, it seems to be an ordinary world.

Gao Lishi's house is an ordinary double-entry courtyard, although he is a big eunuch, he is not greedy for money, and he has always been able to get by.

"Master, it's time to drink the medicine." Lu Xi put the two doses of medicine in his hand on the table in the room, and poured the black and yellow decoction medicine from the medicine jar into the bowl, he was still a little hot before going out, but it was warm at the moment, and he drank it just right.

"Uh-huh......" Colliers lay on the bed in the middle of the room, and the sound in his throat was like bellows.

Lu Xi's family was poor when he was a child, so he sent him to the palace to be a eunuch, thinking that he would at least have enough food and clothing. But within a few days of entering the palace, he was punished by the eunuch in charge of kneeling, and he was drenched in the rain again, and he couldn't afford to fall ill. Every year, there are too many little eunuchs who die of illness in this imperial city, and no one cares, at most, they will give you a straw mat, wrap it, and bury it.

Luxi was supposed to be in this fate, but he met Gao Lishi. Colliers gave him a decoction of medicine and spared his life. But his mouth was very hard, and he only asked Lu Xi to call him master. You must know that there are countless eunuchs in this palace who recognize people as fathers and recognize people as fathers.

"Master," Lu Xi took the bowl in one hand, and passed the other hand through the back of Gao Lishi's neck, helped him to sit up from the bed, and said, "Can you drink it yourself?" ”

Gao Lishi was confused and did not answer, Lu Xi took the soup spoon again, and fed the soup medicine from the bowl to Gao Lishi's mouth.

When he returned from the palace yesterday afternoon, he fell ill again and lay motionless on the bed. Lu Xi cut the decoction that he hadn't finished eating the previous time, fed him and took it, so that he could finally make a sound today.

"Master, I heard someone enter the palace say that the emperor is going to be the queen." Lu Xi said a word, wanting to see what the master's reaction was.

I saw that Gao Lishi didn't make a sound, and tears rolled out of his cloudy eyes, dripping into the decoction.

"I'll just say casually, master, what's wrong with you?" Xiao Luzi hurriedly put down the bowl in his hand and took a handkerchief to wipe away Gao Lishi's tears.

Gao Lishi's lips moved, his voice was too small, Lu Xi couldn't hear it clearly, leaned down slightly, and then he heard clearly, Gao Lishi kept repeating a word: "Do evil...... ...... iniquity"