Chapter 36: The Love of Father and Son

The room was like a bean, the house was simple, and there was a wooden bed against the wall, and on the wooden bed, an old man with a wrinkled face was glaring at Geng Chaozhong with a stunned gaze.

Next to him, there was a middle-aged man in his forties, and it seemed that the two lived together.

"Who are you?" The middle-aged man vigilantly picked up the broom at the head of the bed.

"On the orders of Emperor Datong Kant, come and take away the old things!" Geng Chaozhong clenched his fists casually.

"Your Majesty?" The old man threw himself on a single coat and sat up.

"Yes, the emperor has already gotten something, but the "Qingming Riverside Map" in it is not the Qing Dynasty book, but the imitation of the Tongzhi period, you and the Jin eunuch are so bold that you dare to deceive the emperor!" Geng Chaozhong shouted.

"Oh?" The old eunuch on the bed glanced at Geng Chaozhong, his eyes flashed, and he hesitated for a moment before he spoke again: "Who are you?" ”

"I am a disciple of Grandmaster Huo of Huo Diange, and I have come to Beiping to investigate this matter on the orders of the emperor!" Geng Chaozhong replied.

Huo Diange, the master of Bajiquan in the Republic of China, is also Puyi's current internal commander, Geng Chaozhong was in Qingdao, he once worshipped him as a teacher and learned Bajiquan. (See the second volume of the clumsy work "The Lone Wolf in the Sea")

"Oh, it turned out to be Commander Huo's apprentice, disrespectful and disrespectful." The old eunuch waved his hand, looked at the middle-aged man next to him and said, "Hengye, you go out first, I have something to talk about with this friend." ”

The middle-aged man next to him was at a loss, glanced at Geng Chaozhong, and then at the old eunuch, hesitating and refusing to leave.

"Go out, don't worry, this is an acquaintance, it's going to be fine." The old man commanded.

A middle-aged man named Hengye hesitated and walked out.

"Who the hell is Your Excellency?" The old man spoke.

"I just said that." Geng Chaozhong replied indifferently.

"Now that the matter has come to this, why should you deceive others?" The old man's cloudy eyes showed a hint of sadness, "I heard the gunshots in the palace just now, Kim Min-joo, I'm afraid I'm dead, right?" ”

Geng Chaozhong nodded slowly.

Jin Minzhu should be the name of Eunuch Jin - Geng Chaozhong knew that it would be difficult to deceive this old guy, and he originally only had the idea of what to do, but now it seems that this person is extremely shrewd and has long seen through his intentions.

"When people are old, they can't sleep when it's windy and rainy," the old man smiled self-deprecatingly, "I know that sooner or later there will be such a day." ”

"Yes, I killed Eunuch Jin," Geng Chaozhong spoke, "You should also know my intentions." ”

"I know," the old man nodded, "you're for the antiques that have been dropped, but, let me tell you, you're late, and the antiques have already been shipped back to Mukden." ”

"No, the antiques weren't shipped back," Geng Chaozhong said sharply, "I'm sure of that." ”

The old man was silent for a while.

Eunuch Jin was very anxious when he was dying, obviously afraid that Geng Chaozhong would interrogate him from the little eunuch - in other words, if the antiques had already been shipped back, he would never be in such a hurry, so Geng Chaozhong was sure that the antiques must not have been transported away yet.

Now the reaction of this old eunuch obviously proves his judgment.

"Haven't asked your last name yet?" Geng Chaozhong broke the silence in front of him.

"My surname is Luo." The old eunuch spoke.

"Mr. Luo ,,,," Geng Chaozhong considered his words, "I have no intention of harming you and your family, but if I don't get those few things, I don't promise that I will do something." ”

"Ahem," Eunuch Luo clutched his chest, coughed a few times, looked out the window with gray eyes, and after a long time, he spoke: "I can give you something." ”

"Let's talk about it, I'm not a person who kills indiscriminately, as long as you tell the whereabouts of the treasure, I can spare you and your family." Geng Chaozhong said calmly.

Bang!

The door was pushed open, and the middle-aged man named Hengye rushed in with a wooden stick, Geng Chaozhong sighed, kicked out without looking back, and the middle-aged man snorted and fell to the ground.

"My patience is limited," Geng Chaozhong glanced at Eunuch Luo again, "I know that you and Eunuch Jin are alone in the palace and one outside the palace, he is responsible for dropping the cultural relics, and you are responsible for preserving the cultural relics." If the Japanese grabbed the cultural relics yesterday, the Jin eunuch would have handed over the cultural relics to you, and you would have transported all the cultural relics back to Mukden, I am right! ”

"You're right," Eunuch Luo smiled bitterly, "I really didn't expect you to move so fast. ”

"Where's the thing?" Geng Chaozhong didn't answer, and asked again.

"You let him go, and I'll tell you the whereabouts of the artifact." Eunuch Luo pointed to the middle-aged man who was moaning on the ground.

"I can't see that you have a bit of father-son affection." Geng Chaozhong's face showed a bit of ridicule.

"Hengye is something I grew up looking at, and besides, he was originally my nephew." Eunuch Luo glanced at the middle-aged man on the ground with kind eyes.

"Everyone has the love of licking calves, I can let him go." Geng Chaozhong's face softened a little.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, many great eunuchs would inherit a male from their own nephews to inherit the incense, and Geng Chaozhong was not surprised.

"Hengye, go back! Go to the countryside to live a good life, this Beijing city, don't come back. Eunuch Luo instructed the middle-aged human.

"Dad, I'll go with you!"

The middle-aged man climbed to Eunuch Luo's bed with difficulty, his face full of sadness.

"You go out first, and I'll look for you later." Eunuch Luo stretched out his dry hand and touched the middle-aged man's head, his face full of kindness.

Geng Chaozhong sighed secretly - even a mutilated eunuch has innate human feelings.

"My lord, sir, please, go around my father!" The middle-aged man turned around and hugged Geng Chaozhong's leg tightly.

"Don't worry, as long as your father returns the government's things, I won't kill him." Geng Chaozhong raised his foot and gently kicked the middle-aged man away.

"Dad, you give him the things, and I'll take you back to the country." The middle-aged man looked at Eunuch Luo again.

"Well, you go out first, don't worry, I'm still waiting for you to retire!" A smile appeared on Eunuch Luo's face.

The middle-aged man finally put his mind at ease and walked out slowly.

"Right there," Eunuch Luo pointed to a mahogany box in the corner, "Originally, after today, I was going to send it away." ”

Geng Chaozhong walked over, unscrewed the copper lock on the box, opened it, and saw that it was indeed the few cultural relics that had been dropped!

"I don't want this to be a fake," Geng Chaozhong looked at Eunuch Luo, "You should know that no matter where your son goes, it won't be too difficult for me to find him." ”

"Don't worry, it's all true," Eunuch Luo nodded, "I didn't know you were coming, so how could I lie to you with a fake in advance?" ”

Geng Chaozhong nodded, took out the contents of the box one by one, then pulled a piece of cloth from the bed, packed all the things and put them away, and carried them on his back.

"Farewell!"

Geng Chaozhong spoke, turned around and was about to walk out, but at a glance, he saw that the old eunuch had stuffed something into his mouth, Geng Chaozhong saw it really, it was a gold bar!

Geng Chaozhong paused, but did not stop it.

Eunuch Luo swallowed the little yellow croaker with great difficulty, then struggled to get up, kowtowed in the direction of Fengtian, and shouted hoarsely:

"Your Majesty, Daqing, is dead!"