Chapter 57: The Prelude to the Imperial Prelude [I]
Ouchi, Mankaden.
After being summoned, Wang Shouye had been standing outside this gate for a quarter of an hour.
It's not that the elders deliberately make things difficult, but the noise inside has been turned upside down, and the little eunuch guarding the door didn't dare to rush in to get through.
So Wang Shouye could only stay outside the door for the time being, staring at them with big eyes.
Saying......
What the hell is going on inside?
Is it still for the sake of the new yamen?
Curious, Wang Shouye pricked up his ears and listened carefully, but he was still two feet away from the palace gate, and he didn't know how much was deep inside, even if a single word leaked out, he couldn't tell it clearly.
After trying for a long time to no avail, Wang Shouye was about to retract his attention, but suddenly felt a refreshing coolness fill his ears.
At the same time, the indistinguishable voices in the hall became clear and clear.
"If the Cao Ding people want to live, don't the people in the north want to live? This prolific grain cannot be sold, but the imperial court still has to spend a lot of money from the south......"
As soon as he heard two sentences, Wang Shouye covered his ears violently, and at the same time shook his head vigorously, making it difficult for him to concentrate anymore.
His epileptic behavior immediately attracted the attention of the eunuchs guarding the door, and one of them immediately asked vigilantly, "How did you get it?" Should...... Something must be wrong, right? β
"Nothing, nothing."
Wang Shouye smiled and explained: "It seems that a bug flew into my ear. β
As he spoke, he shoved his tail finger into his ears and eyes again, and plucked it a few times.
Wouldn't it be worse if you covered your ears with bugs in your ears?
Again......
Why is this still covering both ears at the same time?
The two little eunuchs were full of suspicion, and it could be seen that Wang Shouye blew off the earwax on his nails, and he returned to his upright appearance, so he didn't bother to dig deeper.
Meanwhile.
Wang Shouye secretly said 'it's dangerous' in his heart.
The cool feeling just now was exactly the same as when the soft membrane melted into the eyes on the first day of the eighth monthβif he hadn't reacted in time, maybe his ears would have followed in the footsteps of his eyes and bleed without warning.
But then again.
This 'tailwind' ability, if there are no sequelae in a short period of time, can come in handy.
With such a thought, Wang Shouye couldn't help but concentrate again and try to listen to the quarrel in the hall.
However......
Half an hour passed, and the strange coolness never reappeared.
Is there still CD time for this thing?
If this is the case, the practicality will be greatly reduced.
Wang Shouye was secretly disappointed, and saw a middle-aged eunuch holding a dusty hand out of the Wenhua Palace, obviously seeing Wang Shouye in front of him, he still asked in a low voice: "Has Wang Shouye from the East Factory arrived?" β
The little eunuch guarding the door hurriedly bowed, and then pointed at Wang Shouye and said, "If you go back to Gonggong Chen, this person is Wang Shouye." β
"Then come in with me."
The middle-aged eunuch said, and then turned back to the palace.
Wang Shouye was also about to follow up, but he turned around and solemnly admonished: "Remember, what to ask and answer after you go in, don't be foolish." β
Do you need to explain this kind of thing?
Wang Shouye was speechless, but he still responded respectfully, and was able to cross the threshold and enter the hall.
After entering the door, the first thing that catches your eye is the rows of plain white gauze curtains rippling in the wind.
followed the middle-aged eunuch and passed through three gauze barriers in a row, and finally saw the full hall of Zhu Zijingui.
But the strange thing is that except for the white-haired Yan Song, who has a small embroidered pier, everyone else is standing solemnly left and right.
This is......
Prelude, right?
Other than that, there should be no other possibility.
No wonder the eunuch had to tell himself before entering the door!
At this time, the middle-aged eunuch put the dust on his left arm and said in a loud voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is Wang Shouye and Wang Baihu of Dongchang." β
Wang Shouye also hurriedly knelt down on one knee and arched his hand: "Humble Wang Shouye, meet all your lords!" β
Even though the uniform of this Dongchang is not good in a thousand ways, it can be regarded as a military uniform, and after wearing it, you don't have to kneel on your knees when you face Shangguan.
But if you really want to put it bluntly, there is not much difference between one knee and two knees, at most it is just a matter of talking.
Xu Jie, who was standing on the left, saw Yan Song, who was sitting diagonally beside him, still lowering his eyebrows and eyes, and he didn't react at all, so he took the initiative to speak: "Wang Baihu, you can get up and talk back." β
"Master Xie."
Wang Shouye got up in an orderly manner, slightly hunched his spine and stood with his hands bowed, but his mind had already flown behind the light veils around him.
Right now, Emperor Jiajing should be behind him, spying on everything that is happening in the hall.
I don't know......
Is he as handsome as Chen Daoming?
At this time, I heard Xu Jie's gentle words: "Wang Baihu, can you tell the story carefully about how you used the Buddha's light relics to suppress the plague in the city?" β
In his capacity as the second assistant of the cabinet, there is no need to be so polite to a small hundred households, but he just did it, and there was no trace of deliberateness.
I have to say that this Xu Ge elder looks like a dignified elder from his appearance to his voice.
If it weren't for Wang Shouye's coming from the next generation, he might not have imagined that just one year later, he would use thunderous means to completely eradicate the Yan family's father and son, who had been entrenched in the court for more than 20 years!
Knowing that this is the real ruthless man, Wang Shouye naturally didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly started from Kaiguang to try the 'medicine', and talked about the 'what he saw and heard' when applying the medicine today.
"Wang Baihu."
Seeing that he had already reached the end of speaking, someone suddenly interjected and asked, "How many things have you prepared?" β
Wang Shouye replied without hesitation: "A total of 133 pieces, and 96 pieces were used in the drug test."
At the same time, he carefully lifted his eyelids and forgot about the past, but saw that in the position of the head on the right, Zhu Xizhong, the Duke of Chengguo, was looking at him with fierce eyes.
Looking at his appearance, you know that the person who came is not good.
But it's understandable.
Zhu Xizhong's proposal to join forces with the factory guards to establish a new yamen specializing in different affairs, in fact, it was decided that the strength of the East Factory was not good, even if it had a small advantage in some things, but as long as the 'card' was bigger, it would inevitably only be based on Jinyiwei.
But at this juncture, Wang Shouye suddenly developed a new function of the Buddha's light relic, and even used it to calm the strange epidemic in the capital.
In this way, the separation between the master and the slave is in suspense again.
And Zhu Xizhong will naturally not be happy to see this.
Tut~
It seems that whether he has merit or fault today, I am afraid that he will have to pass this level to be conclusive!
"Humph!"
But after Zhu Xizhong heard Wang Shouye report the figures, he immediately sneered and asked: "I heard that there are quite some uncommon objects among them, how long did it take you to gather these many objects?" β
Time?
After a little thought, Wang Shouye guessed his purpose, but still replied truthfully: "It took three days in total......"
"Three days?!"
Zhu Xizhong suddenly changed color, and angrily reprimanded: "In this way, as early as August 11, or even earlier, you had already thought of using the Buddha's light relics to drive away evil spirits, but it took three days to report to the imperial court?!" β
He took a step forward suddenly, pointed at Wang Shouye and asked, "Say!" Do you deliberately want to wait for things to get bigger, so that you can ask the court for merit and reward?! β
This guy really wants to take advantage of the time difference to kill people and punish people!