Chapter 45: The Head of the Six Thieves
However, Cai Jing miscalculated this time, at the gate of Longde Palace, a little eunuch stopped him and said respectfully: "Master Cai, the official family is invited." ”
"Official? That official? Cai Jing asked suspiciously.
"Taishi Cai is really joking, is there a second official family in this world?" The little eunuch sarcastically replied to Cai Jing without yin or yang.
Cai Jing was stabbed by the soft nail of the little eunuch, couldn't help glaring at him, and said: "The Emperor Taishang is in a hurry to recruit the old ministers, the old ministers should go to meet the Emperor Taishang first, and then go to the official family when it is over." ”
After saying this, Cai Jing was about to continue walking, but was stopped by several little eunuchs.
"Master Cai, don't be embarrassed." The little eunuch was polite in his words, but what he did was not polite at all.
"What do you mean? Still trying to stop me? Cai Jing shouted loudly, after being the prime minister for so many years, Cai Jing's angry appearance is still very imposing.
"Master Cai, the slave is also acting on orders, please don't embarrass the slave." The little eunuch said politely.
"What if I don't listen!" Cai Jing continued to take a step forward and pressed the road.
The little eunuch grinned, showing his white teeth, and said to Cai Jing: "Your Majesty has explained a long time ago, and if you resist the order, you can be killed on the spot!" ”
If it was before, Cai Jing would only take it as a joke when he heard this, but when he saw that Tong Guan was directly killed by Yue Fei that day, Cai Jing believed it a little, this emperor is not easy to mess with.
"Hmph, I'll just go with you, I just don't know if the Emperor Taishang will be blamed at that time, can you afford it!" Cai Jing threatened.
"Master Cai, please!" The little eunuch didn't answer Cai Jing's words at all, and bent down to give Cai Jing a gesture of invitation.
Cai Jing snorted coldly, and could only reluctantly follow the little eunuch to the front.
Cai Jing was taken to the pavilion in the Imperial Garden.
"What do you mean, didn't you say that the official family had an urgent matter to see the minister? What about the current people of the official family? Cai Jing was indeed angry, feeling that he was being put on a stand by Zhao Huan.
"Back to Taishi Cai's words, the slave doesn't know." The little eunuch said politely, very politely.
"Hmph, you dare to tease me, look back and see that I don't go to the head of Cheng Dafu to sue a few of you." Cai Jing threatened.
"Master Cai, please!" The little eunuch replied a little mechanically.
"Poof!" Cai Jing let out a long breath, feeling that he was about to be angry with this little eunuch, "Hmph, let's take a look!" Cai Jing glared at the little eunuch, turned around and prepared to leave.
But he was stopped by the little eunuch again.
"What do you mean!?" Cai Jingrao is very good at concealment, but at this time he still can't help it, and his thin figure trembles.
"Taishi Cai has atoned for his sins, what is the meaning of slaves, these are the meanings of the official family." The little eunuch said softly.
"Don't use the identity of the housekeeper to pressure me, let me tell you, when I served the emperor, you were not born yet." Cai Jing angrily pointed to the eunuch's head and said.
The little eunuch was not angry, and when he saw that Cai Jing was not leaving, he withdrew from the small pavilion, and if Cai Jing wanted to leave, he would come over to stop Cai Jing again, and it became a cell for Cai Jing's activities.
"You ......" came and went, Cai Jing was completely lost his temper, and sat honestly in this pavilion.
Cai Jing sat in the pavilion in the imperial garden, and after a while, his forehead began to sweat, I don't know if it was because of the heat or because of the urgency, now it is early summer, the temperature difference between day and night is very large, Cai Jing entered the palace early, and he naturally wore a lot, and at this time he was roasted by the sun, and his body was immediately a little unbearable.
Cai Jing waited here for two hours, and when his heart and body were about to collapse, Zhao Huan belatedly appeared in the eyes of everyone.
When Cai Jing saw Zhao Huan, it was like seeing a savior, so he hurriedly greeted him, gave a salute, and said to Zhao Huan: "Your Majesty, I have finally waited for you." ”
Zhao Huan patted his head and said to Cai Jing apologetically: "Cai Zai forgives the sin, I had a lot of things in the early court, and it was delayed for a while, so it was late, and so is this person, why let Cai Zai wait in this pavilion, it's really ignorant!" After a pause, he suddenly said: "But it's good to bask in the sun here, when people get older, they should bask in the sun more, which is good for their health." ”
Cai Jing listened to Zhao Huan's previous words at first, and thought that he wanted to reprimand the little eunuch who brought him over, although Cai Jing also understood in his heart that the reason why this little eunuch did this must have been instructed by Zhao Huan, even so, Cai Jing also wanted to hear this little eunuch be reprimanded, at least to make his heart feel a little more comfortable.
But obviously, Zhao Huan didn't intend to make Cai Jing comfortable, so as soon as the topic changed, it became that Cai Jing took a lot of advantages, which was really unreasonable.
"What Your Majesty said is very true!" Cai Jing could only stubbornly reply.
"Cai Zai, let's go, let's go to my imperial study to talk." After Zhao Huan finished speaking, he took the lead and walked towards the imperial study.
This sentence made Cai Jing almost vomit blood in anger, since you are going to talk in the imperial study, then why did you go earlier, why did you let me be exposed to the sun for so long, but Cai Jing only dared to slander a few words in his heart, it is absolutely irrefutable, the official family obviously wants to clean you up, what can you do?
When he arrived at the imperial study, Cai Jing was startled, originally thinking that there were only two people in the imperial study, but he found that there was a large room full of people in this room.
After Cai Jing came in, he found that the student Chen Dong stared at him coldly, which made Cai Jing have an ominous premonition.
Zhao Huan came to his dragon chair and sat down, and everyone saluted.
"I called everyone here today because there was such an incident below, which made the people in Bianjing City boiling, and you all circulated it and took a look." Zhao Huan said and handed over the latest "Da Song Daily" to Li Gang next to him.
It turns out that many of these abducted children are the children of front-line soldiers, some of whom were killed in battle, and their mothers remarried and became orphans, and then they were taken captive by these people and became the objects of trade.
After everyone read it, they were all filled with righteous indignation, especially those generals, one by one, jumping to their feet one by one, now at this time, many generals are killing the enemy outside, but such a thing happened in the rear, isn't it chilling for the soldiers who killed the enemy on the front line.
"Your Majesty, who did this?" Li Gang, as the secretary of the military department and the privy envoy of the Privy Council, was the first to ask questions as being in charge of the army.