Granny Liu lowered her eyelids, and didn't dare to look at the ordinary carriage with a weak heart, but just tied the door after the carriage entered.

The carriage stopped at the original place, Zhang Ning got out of the car, and said to Granny Liu, who was cowering and followed: "Lead the way in front and go to the left door." ”

Granny Liu said curiously: "Don't you go to Linglong Pavilion?" ”

The courtyard where Yoyo lived was originally called Linglong Pavilion, but after Yoyo lived in, he felt that the name was not good, and he didn't change his name, and the maid she brought was called "yard", and Granny Liu was the original servant woman of this house, and she was used to hearing this name, so she couldn't change it for a while.

The coachman Ren Rong shouted: "If you want you to lead the way, you will lead the way, what do you do with so many words?" ”

"Yes." Granny Liu didn't dare to say any more, and quickened her pace to walk in front.

She was faintly disappointed that the coachman did not give a reward this time. But at the same time, she was a little worried, the skinny man at noon didn't know if it had anything to do with Master Zhang? If he had sent her, would he have killed her quietly?

Worried, she didn't dare to look back, but walked nervously towards the side door on the left side of the mansion. In addition to the main gate, that is, the main gate, there are also the left and right side doors and the back door, and there is a long way to go from the back door to the side door.

Coming to the door on the left, Granny Liu saluted and said, "This is it, the old woman retreats." ”

Zhang Ning looked left and right, identified the direction, and walked towards the southeast path, where some trees were planted, and a corner of the white wall was exposed behind the trees.

Ren Rong said: "Go, don't leak the news, otherwise you will die miserably." ”

Granny Liu's heart sank, and she hurriedly said, "The old woman doesn't dare." "This coachman is like a different person today, like he wants to kill someone, it's terrible.

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Zhang Ning came to the gate of the courtyard, pushed open the hidden courtyard door, the courtyard was pitch black, and he didn't see whether there was anyone inside and where they were for a while.

"Who?"

Someone in the courtyard spoke, and then the fire flickered, and a firelight lit up and shone on the thin man's face. His face was covered with a black cloth, revealing only a pair of sparkling eyes.

Zhang Ningju stepped inside.

The thin man saw that it was Zhang Ning, and was busy touching a candle behind a pillar under the corridor, lighting the candle, and blowing out the fire.

By the candlelight, Zhang Ning saw Deng Zhicheng lying next to the well, he stuffed a pair of stinky socks in his mouth, made a "hmm" sound, his hands and feet were caught, lying on the ground, and his body twisted around like a snake.

The thin man saluted and said, "My lord, please come here." ”

There was a half-worn table under the porch, two broken chairs, all covered in dust.

The thin man covered the courtyard door, stretched out his sleeves to wipe a chair with four legs and a broken back, and said, "My lord, please sit down." ”

Zhang Ning sat down.

The thin man lifted Deng Zhicheng, put it not far from Zhang Ning, and pulled out the stinky socks in his mouth.

Deng Zhicheng saw Zhang Ning's face clearly, showing a frightened look, but soon shouted and said, "Lord Zhang, Lord Zhang, help." I beg Lord Zhang to save our family's life for the sake of Prince Zheng, and our family is grateful. ”

Zhang Ning looked at him silently.

He shouted for a while, his voice gradually lowered, and said, "Master Zhang, what do you want to do?" ”

"Do you want to talk properly?" Zhang Ning chuckled lightly and said, "Say, who did you follow to lurk beside King Zheng, what do you want to do?" ”

Deng Zhicheng stared at him and said, "I am the little eunuch who serves beside Prince Zheng, Lord Zhang asked me to tie me here for no reason, aren't you afraid of hurting the hearts of Prince Zheng and the county lord?" ”

The thin man kicked him and said, "Say what you said to your companion again." Your companion has already been followed, and I think he has been carried by now. Adults value you and interrogate you personally, don't be ignorant. ”

Deng Zhicheng showed a look of despair in his eyes, after he came over, the thin man did not torture him, but just tore off the socks on his feet and stuffed them into his mouth, until Zhang Ning came.

This person is waiting for Zhang Ning to interrogate him personally.

"Say it quickly." The skinny man kicked again. The part of this kick was just right, Deng Zhicheng curled up in pain, and it took a while before he made an "ah" sound.

Deng Zhicheng didn't dare to hide it, and intermittently said what he said to the man who poured swill. The reason for it was intermittent, but it was the thin man's foot that hurt him so much that he kept pumping cold air.

After listening to this, Zhang Ning said, "Which father-in-law Cao?" ”

There is more than one eunuch surnamed Cao in the palace, and Zhang Ning wants to hear the name from his mouth.

"Cao Jixiang, Cao Gonggong." Deng Zhicheng said: "When I was ten years old, my parents died and I was dying of starvation, but fortunately I met Gonggong Cao, who was a prisoner at the time, and saw me kneeling on the side of the road begging, and gave me two steamed buns...... Later, he asked me to serve him cleanly, and at the beginning of the year, he asked me to go to King Zheng's mansion to find an opportunity to follow King Zheng. ”

"So, Cao Jixiang has the grace of asking for your life?" Zhang Ning said. looked at his appearance by the candle flame and said, "I'm afraid it's not just for you to go to King Zheng's side, right?" ”

This person's appearance is still okay. Zhang Ning didn't believe Cao Jixiang on the side of the road, and when he saw the little beggar begging on the side of the road, he was kind, and he gave steamed buns and took them in, but as for purification, it was nothing. There are too many people who voluntarily go to the capital to find a way to enter the palace. In comparison, Deng Zhicheng was lucky.

"Nope." Deng Zhicheng instantly understood the meaning of Zhang Ning's words, and vigorously denied it, saying: "Father-in-law Cao likes girls, and he has dozens of girls in his private house. ”

Zhang Ning said: "What did you find next to King Zheng?" ”

He persuaded King Zheng to take a walk in the middle of the night, and King Zheng agreed to such an abnormal thing. Under the pretext of getting lost, he took King Zheng to the back door, but King Zheng did not suspect him. It can be seen that he has won the trust of King Zheng, and King Zheng did not hide many things from him.

"Gonggong Cao said that as long as King Zheng has disrespectful words and deeds, he will be reported to him immediately. I have been by King Zheng's side for nearly a year, and King Zheng has always been only a drunken man, drunk on wine, and never talks about political affairs. Sending the county lord into the palace is only for birthday. ”

"Shizi suddenly fell ill, and it was also your handiwork, right?"

"Yes, the prince is smart and capable, if he goes to Beijing, he will definitely win the emperor's favor, Cao Gonggong said, I can't let him enter Beijing, so I put a little croton in the tea he drank. He collapsed in the middle of the night and couldn't move. Gonggong Cao didn't expect that the prince would not enter Beijing, but the county lord would enter Beijing, which would make King Zheng more favored. Deng Zhicheng talked about the chin bean, temporarily forgot the environment he was in, and looked proud.

Cao Jixiang is a madman, this is nothing to do and want to force King Zheng to rebel. Zhang Ning scolded secretly and said, "Why did he do this? ”

"I, I don't know."

The skinny man kicked him right away.

He screamed in pain and said, "I really don't know." ”

"Has King Zheng offended Gonggong Cao?" Zhang Ning said.

"I don't know, I served in Cao's father-in-law's private residence and never entered the palace. Gonggong Cao said that because I didn't show my face in the palace, I was asked to go to King Zheng's mansion. ”