Haidingzhuang, the capital of the Wanhua Emperor of Cangwu Kingdom, is the most favorite place for the eunuchs in the palace to buy land outside the palace. It is not far from the supreme Zhangren Palace, and it is not too close to the market, so it is very low-key and quiet.

The houses on the village are not too dense, but they are all big mansions with five entrances and five exits. The eunuchs have children and grandchildren who have no money to keep, and all they think about is the present, so wherever they can spend money, most of them are not ambiguous. So the house I bought was also more elaborate than the other, not much worse than the mansions of those official eunuchs.

However, the difference between the eunuchs and the eunuchs is that they basically spend all their time in the palace on errands, and they rarely have the opportunity to go back to live when they buy a house, so the servants in the house can be few.

At the end of the road in Haidingzhuang, there is a mansion surnamed Li, which is more magnificent than any of the surrounding houses. However, the strange thing is that not only is there not even a gatekeeper at the entrance of the house. Even in the house, there is not a single person to be seen.

A seven-grade eunuch took a group of people to the front of the house and dismounted, felt very strange, and whispered to the little eunuch on the side: "Gonggong Li really lives here?" ”

The little eunuch had a smile on his face: "That's right, the master lives here, look at the head, isn't there a clear word Li Zhai written here?" ”

"But why isn't there even a subordinate in front of this mansion?"

The little eunuch seemed to be familiar with the road, and pushed open the door from the front and said: "My master bought this house and rarely comes back to live, and he is an old man who likes to be quiet, so as long as he lives here, most of them are sent back." When he returns to the palace, let the subordinates come back to see the family nursing home. ”

The big eunuch let out an "oh", held the dust in his hand, and stepped into the high threshold with his feet raised.

"There are a lot of steps here, you step carefully. The master is mostly in the vegetable garden in the back now, and the little one will go and report it first. ”

The little eunuch bowed and saluted, and hurried to the backyard.

The great eunuch watched as he walked, sighing as he watched.

I don't know when I will be able to cultivate and be able to buy such a beautiful mansion, even if I can be a eunuch in the next life, it will be worth it.

The greedy room had unconsciously arrived in the backyard, and the little eunuch who had just gone to pass the word was standing at the door of the vegetable garden waiting, and when he saw the big eunuch arrive, he pointed to the garden and signaled that the person was inside.

"The villain meets Grandpa Li."

"Yes...... Zhao Gonggong? "The voice is a little lazy.

"It's the villain."

"Gonggong Zhao didn't serve in front of the palace, why did he come to me?"

"Hey, isn't this the emperor missing you? In the past few days when you were sick, the emperor didn't say anything, but we all saw it in our eyes, who called Gonggong Li has good skills, no one can serve you so intimately. So the emperor sent me to ask my father-in-law, how is your back injury doing? ”

"Father-in-law Zhao, I said before I left the palace, no matter what happens, as long as the emperor calls, I will rush over immediately, why did you come here today?"

"Ouch, father-in-law looked at what you said, it was the emperor who cherished you and wanted you to raise you for a few more days, so he stopped the villains from coming over, which shows the weight of your heart in the emperor."

“…… Well, then we don't have so much nonsense, I still have two seedlings left in this vegetable garden, and I will go back to the palace with you in a while. As he spoke, he shouted: "Xiao Qizi, pour you a cup of tea for Master Zhao." ”

Although he couldn't see through the fence, Father-in-law Zhao still didn't dare to slack off, bent his waist, and said with a smile: "Father-in-law has a bad waist, why are you still busy with this?" ”

There were a few sounds of shovels shoveling dirt inside the fence.

"The more bad your waist is, the more you can't be idle, you can shovel soil and move your muscles and bones, so you have the confidence to serve the emperor."

Zhao Gonggong was stunned, is there such a reason? But he said, "Yes, yes, you are so right." He looked around, and then praised: "Oh, you have such a big garden, and there is no one to help take care of it, so it is so easy to spend so much time planting the vegetable garden to be wasted again." Why don't you call a few apprentices and grandchildren over and ask them to water you and weed? ”

"Not necessarily!" The voice was resolutely like a stone wall, blocking the beauty of Zhao Gonggong's slap on the horse mercilessly.

happened to come over with Xiao Qizi bringing tea, heard the conversation between the two, and whispered: "But all the objects in this house, my master doesn't like to let outsiders touch them." ”

Zhao Gonggong shrank his head and let out an "oh", didn't dare to squeak anymore, and honestly began to drink tea.

Gonggong Li returned to Zhangren Palace with Gonggong Zhao, just after noon, and the sun was quite sunny. Emperor Wen was dozing in the Evergreen Palace, and the two palace maids next to him were gently shaking Luo fans.

Gonggong Li stepped into the hall and saw that Emperor Wen was still closed, so he lightly took the Luo fan in the hand of the palace maid and fanned himself.

After a while, Emperor Wen closed his eyes and sighed slowly: "It's better for you to know the importance of your hands, and I want to teach them, but where can I teach them, and I don't have the leisure to do it, but fortunately, you are back." ”

Gonggong Li put down his fan and kowtowed: "It's the old slave who is lazy, and he raised it for a few more days to make His Majesty suffer." ”

Emperor Wen opened his eyes, stroked a wisp of clear whiskers on the side of his chin and said, "It's okay, since you have injuries on your body, you should take care of them more, after all, the age is there." It's just that you've heard about it that there are still a few elderly people who are gone these days, and they're really busy for a while. ”

When Gonggong Li heard Emperor Wen mention Li Taijun, his heart ached, and he forcibly remained silent.

"But the most important thing in the palace now is the pregnancy of the crown princess, since you are back, you have to worry more about me."

Gonggong Li replied: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, if there is an old slave, you will do your best." ”

Emperor Wen said again: "Speaking of which, these days, the Bihai Kingdom is not at peace, if there is some rumored news, I am worried about disturbing the tranquility of the crown princess...... "As he spoke, he glanced at Gonggong Li.

"Yes, the old slave must be careful, staring at those who are waiting, let them do more things and talk less, some things outside the palace can not be worried about by His Highness, and the old slave will never let it reach His Highness's ears."

"Well, I know you've always done things well." As soon as Emperor Wen's words fell, a little eunuch stepped in from outside the hall and said: "Your Majesty, someone from Bihai Country has come, saying that it is on the order of Emperor Bihai Ming to send a lot of objects to Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess." ”

"What did you send?"

"There are a lot of items, more than a dozen cars, and I don't dare to look through the list without His Majesty's permission."

Emperor Wen let out an "oh", turned his head and ordered: "You go and take a look, you should know the proportions." ”

Gong Li agreed, and immediately replied: "Yes, the old slave will go to open the box and check it in person, and if there is a suitable one, he will send it to His Highness, and if there is anything that makes His Highness worry in vain, it will be put aside in the treasury for a while." ”

Emperor Wen smiled slightly and said, "Okay." ”

The old man in the palace who served his mother is different, and I don't need to know what I want to say.

"Give the fan to the palace maid, you go down and do your job." Emperor Wen slowly closed his eyes again.

Gonggong Li bowed knowingly, and took a few steps back out of the Evergreen Palace.

The little eunuch asked, "Master, please go this way, the things of the Bihai Kingdom are piled up in front of the east attic outside the hall." ”

Gonggong Li waved his hand and said, "I'm not going over, you go and tell those people to put all the things into the warehouse, and when I have time in the future, I will naturally go back to check it." I'll go to the temple and rest for a while, and then you can go back and show me the list. ”

The little eunuch agreed, and then walked away, leaving Gonggong Li alone in front of the palace with a lot of thoughts.

He looked at the iron tree planted by Emperor Qinwen himself in the distance, and unconsciously shed a few old tears.

It's just a few days, and the things are wrong.

Li Rou...... I should never have gone to the Taishi's Mansion on that day to deliver the news to you, so that you died in vain at the hands of His Majesty. I also didn't expect that Emperor Qinwen would listen to Wei Xi's slander before he died, and the decades that my Yin Mu Li clan had worked hard to design would become a dream.

Alas, the most pitiful thing is the eldest princess, who was so reluctant to be Concubine Jing back then, and after giving birth to twins, she was sent away by the pain of skin pain, but she didn't expect to be manipulated by that Wei Ji, leaving behind the end of the blood loss. What I didn't expect was that this kid was so hidden, and I followed him in vain, and I didn't even notice his hatred of the Mu Yun family.

Gonggong Li smiled bitterly.

Thinking about how the wisdom of the old slave can be compared with the twin sons of Mu Yun who are the best in the world, if Your Majesty has a deep hidden heart, the old slave is naturally invincible.

But now, what should the old slave do?

Li Rou, if someone else kills you, the old slave will also avenge you with a thousand knives, but it is Your Majesty who can do it, and it is the eldest princess's own flesh and blood! The old slave swore that no matter what happened, she would protect the child until death. I heard that the boat that Mu Yunzuo was on also sank into the Hanjiang River, so Your Majesty is not only the only descendant of Mu Yun's family, but also the last bit of blood and blood of my Li family. What else can I do with him?

It's ridiculous to say, a majesty, a prince, sitting in the Li family, but no one has the surname Li. In fact, now, why does Your Majesty care about the crown princess? The fetus in her womb has nothing to do with my Li clan or Mu Yun's clan, but it is just a tool to cover people's eyes.

The bloodline of the Li family is broken, and the bloodline of the Muyun family and the Li family is also broken, whose family's pocket will the throne of this Cangwu country become in the future?

Gonggong Li looked at the afternoon sun, shining warmly on the twelve begonia trees in front of the hall, shining on the leaves extraordinarily spiritual.

It happened that a little eunuch came in from outside the hall, and when he saw Gonggong Li standing there, he was startled: "Master, are you back?" ”

"Hmm."

"The apprentice heard Xiao Jizi say that he was going to your house in the morning, and I thought that you would have to return to the palace after a while, Master."

Gonggong Li waved his hand impatiently, signaling him to hurry down, so as not to disturb his peace.

Seeing the little eunuch retreat in amusement, Gonggong Li frowned and remembered Xiao Jizi.

Thanks to the fact that when he left the palace, he gave the boy a word and asked him to keep an eye on His Majesty's side. If it weren't for his cleverness and telling him everything he heard and saw that night, I am afraid that no one in the world except His Majesty would be able to know how Li Rou and Wei Xi died.

But sometimes, Xu is destined to be rich and rich, no matter how smart and clever he is, when that day comes, he can't hide from it.

Gonggong Li bent his waist with his hands behind his back, and walked towards the room next to the hall step by step, his gray hair had turned silver in the sun.

The late autumn sun has always been unbiased, not only shining in the Zhangren Palace, but also shining in all corners of the Wanhua Imperial Capital. In the largest house in Haidingzhuang, in the field that Grandpa Li cultivated by himself, the dark soil was also shining black and shiny by the sun.

But there was nothing planted in the field, and near the edge of the ridge there was a side of the soil, apparently freshly turned over with a shovel, and piled up softly, about one man long.

The foraging finches chirped through the dirt, picking up a few places that were covered with dirt. Apparently they had found nothing to eat, so they flapped their wings and flew away, leaving a faint hint of flesh in the dirt.

You can only see clearly when you crouch down and get closer.

That's a finger.