Zhu Houzhao came out of the palace ban, and in the past, he used to pass the test as a little eunuch, with the eunuch uniform in the palace, plus his height and body shape are no different from a little eunuch, and he knows more or less about the rules in the palace, and he can always get his wish. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

But as he grew older, many male characteristics became obvious, and the palace was heavily guarded during the war, so that Zhu Houzhao had difficulty leaving the palace.

Captain Yulin Zuowei, who was in charge of guarding the Donghua Gate, stepped forward, looked at Zhu Houzhao, and asked, "You are a little eunuch, alone and sneaky, where are you going?" ”

Zhu Houzhao didn't have the timidity of an ordinary little eunuch, he looked at the captain squarely, and said with a grin: "I have a token here, and I was ordered to leave the palace, can you manage it?" ”

"Just with the pass token, you can't enter and exit the palace gate at will, who knows if it's a fine work sent by the Tartars? You have to be careful in these extraordinary times! You'd better go back! ”

Captain Yulin circled around the bear child, his eyes full of suspicion.

Zhu Houzhao waved the token and shouted, "Why can't you go out of the palace?" I've got something important, get out of the way! ”

In the past, if Zhu Houzhao couldn't get out, he would give up, and at most wait for the guards to change shifts before trying, but now he doesn't have such good patience, and he also exercised his courage in the battle between Xizhimen and Zhengyangmen before, plus he was resentful of being "grounded" by his father and mother, and he was a little more arrogant and domineering.

To say that the officers and soldiers of the 12 guards of the direct army on this guard usually stay away from eunuchs, because no one knows whether a certain eunuch who has never known him is a celebrity in front of the emperor or empress, and whether there is any deep background behind it...... Or if you have an ordinary status now, but you may become the governor of Dongchang at some point, or the celebrant eunuch, the eunuch of the imperial horse, and the retaliation will ruin the family at that time.

But now there is a little eunuch in front of him, who doesn't know how to break into the palace gate, these guards of the Shangzhi army will not turn a blind eye, and they will arrest Zhu Houzhao when they come up, at least they have to beat a few sticks to relieve their anger, and then send them to the yamen of the official department to ask for guilt, and a crime of forcibly breaking into the palace gate is indispensable.

"Take it!"

Captain Yulin of Donghua Gate was ordering to take people, but he saw a middle-aged eunuch in the distance, holding the hem in one hand and raising his hand in the other, trotting all the way to Donghua Gate, shouting: "No, no!" Never! ”

As the voice came, more than a dozen palace guards all stopped what they were doing, didn't care about taking people, and looked sideways at people.

But seeing that person, his face was square, his lips were very thick, and his voice was like a duck's voice, which made people frown when he heard it, Zhu Houzhao glanced over there, but a touch of joy appeared on his face.

It was none other than Liu Jin, the former eunuch of the East Palace.

Liu Jin had an excellent opportunity to get ahead in the palace, after all, he was a regular attendant in the East Palace, and the relationship with the prince was the most intimate, and he knew how to speculate on the prince's psychology on weekdays, so he could be said to be an extremely smart person, but unfortunately he was "implicated" by Shen Xi, first lost the trust of the prince, and then was hated by his relatives Zhang brothers, and finally was transferred out of the Fang Palace.

But recently, because of Liu Jin's outstanding ability, coupled with the death of the eunuch Xu Ting, the imperial eunuch, the emperor ordered to transfer people from the eunuch yamen to supplement, because of Liu Jin's high qualifications, coupled with his good bribery, he finally got a vacancy of "in charge".

Among the 24 eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty, the highest status is the celebrant and the imperial horse supervisor, the celebrant is in charge of the responsibility of reviewing the ticket to represent the emperor of heaven, and the imperial horse supervisor is in charge of the Tengxiang four guards camp horses and elephant houses, etc., and the Tengxiang four guards camp is actually the palace forbidden army, which can be said to be the emperor's direct personal guard, and it is not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War.

Although Liu Jin entered the Imperial Horse Prison, it seems that he has a way out, but his status in the Imperial Horse Prison is not high, this director, speaking of which, is the official who manages horses in the inner palace, and there are hundreds of horsemen and thousands of horses under his command, which is similar to Bi Ma Wen, but even so, those guards know Liu Jin, who often goes in and out of the palace, and is respectful to Liu Jin.

Captain Yulin, who was on duty at Donghua Gate, stepped forward: "Isn't this Gonggong Liu?" What is the wind that blows you all the time? ”

Liu Jin looked at Zhu Houzhao, there was a lot of sadness in his expression, after all, he was a permanent attendant of the East Palace, which can be said to have a promising future, and even he himself did not figure out how he lost power, although Zhang Yuan seems to be doing all the hard work, but there are quite a lot of people who stammered with Zhang Yuan, but the Zhang brothers thought that they had mastered Zhang Yuan's life, so they did not have much respect for Zhang Yuan, but everyone knew that as the prince's permanent attendant, Zhang Yuan would have a great chance to be in charge of the celebrant or the imperial horse supervisor in the future.

Liu Jin was afraid of revealing Zhu Houzhao's identity, so he bowed his hand slightly to Zhu Houzhao as a salute, this small action would be difficult to be noticed if he didn't concentrate on it, and when he looked sideways at Captain Yulin, his tone was modest, and he said: "Our family has something to do out of the palace, here is the pass document issued by the Imperial Horse Supervisor, you have checked it, see if there is a problem?" ”

Captain Yulin took the official document from Liu Jin to investigate in detail, in fact, the main inspection was the token of leaving the palace, and after checking that it was correct, he returned the things to Liu Jin, and said: "Father-in-law Liu, please!" ”

Liu Jin looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Isn't this the little eunuch next to the prince?" You don't take care of the prince in the East Palace, why did you come to Donghua Gate? ”

When Captain Yulin heard that the arrogant little eunuch in front of him was actually a close attendant of the East Palace, he quickly put away his contempt and thought: "No wonder this kid speaks so arrogantly, and the prince supports him...... The eunuchs of the East Palace can't afford to be provoked, who knows when the emperor will die and change to a new master? Maybe then you will have to be slaved to the master! ”

Zhu Houzhao's eyes rolled around, and he understood that Liu Jin was trying to help him, but his little face was still a little arrogant, and said: "The prince asked me to go out of the palace to help him find some gadgets, saying that if he didn't find things back, he would cut off my head, and if anyone stopped this matter, his head would be cut off together!" ”

Liu Jin said with a smile: "Then bother a few guard brothers, make way and let him go out, the prince's temper is very anxious, if you offend the prince, there will be absolutely no good fruit to eat!" What do you think? ”

Captain Yulin frowned: "Gonggong Liu, although it is ...... This little father-in-law is from the East Palace, but there are some things that still have to be done according to the rules, and he has to take out the official certificate when he enters and exits the palace gate! ”

Liu Jin stepped forward, whispered a few words in the ear of Captain Yulin, and stuffed the silver over, although it was not much, but there were two or three taels, Captain Yulin's eyes lit up instantly, and after putting away the silver, he walked to Zhu Houzhao again, and asked Zhu Houzhao's waist card again, and after checking it, he said:

"Since it is Gonggong Liu as a guarantor, then this little father-in-law will go out of the palace, but he must come back before dark, otherwise, he will be handed over to the Yamen to deal with it!"

This Yulin Lieutenant was very cunning, he didn't offend anyone, he put the responsibility on Liu Jin, someone took care of the accident, and he also earned two or three taels of silver and wine money for nothing, killing multiple birds with one stone.

He didn't know that all the things he did were clearly seen by Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao hated people who were corrupt and perverted the law the most in his life, although Liu Jin was not a good bird for bribery, but after all, Liu Jin was to help himself, so he didn't have so much disgust.

Zhu Houzhao was indignant, and after following Liu Jin out of the palace gate, he said with some annoyance:

"My Daming court guards, are they all so unbearable? Just give a little silver and let it go, what if it is a person who is unfavorable to my father and the palace? ”

Liu Jin smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, this is not out of Dong'anmen yet, can you be quiet?" Prince, you may not know the current situation in the officialdom, how can anyone who is an official be clean? It's not that slaves and maids have to give money to those people, but they don't give money...... Don't give it pass! ”

"This is clearly the abuse of power for personal gain! No wonder Mr. Shen once said that absolute power leads to absolute corruption. Liu Jin, you have done a good job, you have helped Bengong out of the palace several times, Bengong will remember it in his heart, and he will repay you in the future. It seems that you eat very openly everywhere in the palace gate, and with your help in the future, I will be able to enter and exit the palace gate freely! ”

Zhu Houzhao has a somewhat appreciative and grateful attitude towards Liu Jin.

Liu Jincheng was terrified: "His Royal Highness the Prince, you want to leave the palace...... This is a big deal, if you have anything outside the palace, you let the slave ......"

Zhu Houzhao raised his hand and said, "Well, I said, as long as you help me do things wholeheartedly, I will definitely not treat him badly in the future." Liu Jin, you helped me out of the palace, you are my hero, through this matter, I can see that you are very good at doing things, and you will definitely do something in the future. In this way, I am going to go out of the city to fight with Mr. Shen now, as long as I come back, I will tell my father that I will transfer you back to me as an errand, what do you think? ”

Liu Jin hurriedly waved his hand: "His Royal Highness the Prince, don't do it!" ”

Zhu Houzhao frowned: "What, you don't want to continue to serve the palace?" ”

Liu Jin explained: "Prince, the slave maid was transferred out of the Chufang Palace, it must be because the slave maid served badly, if the prince mentioned this matter to the emperor, if the emperor thought that the slave maid was slandering in front of the prince, then ...... I'm afraid that the prince is not helping the slaves and maids, but making it difficult for the slaves and maids to survive! ”

Zhu Houzhao squinted at Liu Jin and said, "It's not so serious, right?" It's okay, if you don't come back, but I remember your merits, what reward do you want in the future, just come to the East Palace to find me, there is a lack of people like you around me, it's all Zhang Yuan's kind of eyeliner sent by the father and queen mother to monitor me, and the palace is angry, and I will find trouble all day long! ”

The more dissatisfied Zhu Houzhao is with Zhang Yuan, the happier Liu Jin is, after all, Zhang Yuan replaced him and became the head of the permanent eunuchs in the East Palace, if the prince can lose trust in Zhang Yuan, he must choose a trustworthy eunuch in the palace, so that he Liu Jin will have a chance to rise.

But Liu Jin didn't dare to return to the East Palace in a short time, because he didn't know how he was driven away, for fear that it was Emperor Hongzhi and Empress Zhang's intentions.

Before parting, Liu Jin repeatedly advised: "His Royal Highness the Prince, you said that you want to go out of the city, the slaves and maids don't seem to be necessary, at this time, most of the soldiers and horses of Lord Shen, the governor of Yansui, have entered the Bauhinia Pass, and you can't catch up when you go out of the city, I am afraid that you can't afford the hardships of this way, and it is best for the prince to go out of the palace and return early!" ”