Knock knock knock......

The sky is short in the wax moon, and it has just darkened when it arrives. Yun Qi, who was holding on to the railing, saw that the last trace of afterglow was swallowed up, turned around and entered the gatehouse, and said to Qianhu who was in charge of the handle Xihua Gate with a hoarse voice: "Zhang Qianhu's time has come, please order the door to close." ”

Yulin Wei Qianhu, who had been napping in the city gate building for an afternoon, said impatiently: "This official is not deaf and doesn't hear it, so you still need to say it!" ”

Qianhu stretched his waist and walked out of the gatehouse and shouted, "Close the palace door!" ”

Yun Qi followed and urged: "The palace gate is related to the safety of the palace, and it is better for Qianhu to supervise it in person." ”

"Got it!" Qianhu frowned and snorted and swayed down the gatehouse, Yun Qi followed closely behind him, and the two of them went to the doorway together.

The palace door slowly closed under the push of the guards, and then the door bolted the lock key, and Yun Qi stared at the whole process without blinking, until the guards handed one of the two keys into his hands, and he was relieved.

"Xia Guan went to Yuansheng's father-in-law to hand over the key, and the one in your hand was also sent to Han Dudu earlier, last time Xu Qianhu missed the time and was cut off his head."

"Gonggong Yun just go and busy himself, you don't have to worry about the official's head!"

Yun Qi didn't say anything, he held the key tightly in his hand and turned around and left, and when he went out of the doorway, he vaguely heard Zhang Qianhu scolding "eunuchs", "rootless things" and "mongrels".

Although Yun Qi has long been immune to such words, why does he want to be a eunuch?

Yun Qi didn't know who his biological parents were, or even if he was a Han Chinese, a Mongolian, or a Semu, or both. Anyway, from the day he can remember, he was a slave in the Mongolian lord's house, an old woman in charge of the fire in the kitchen, and raised him with leftovers.

Later, the old woman died, and he was a person, although he followed the young master every day to be a small servant, but the young master didn't seem to treat him as a human being. He lived like this, and it wasn't until he met Ah Xiang at the age of fourteen that he felt that he had a pursuit in life.

Ah Xiang is not very good-looking, but he does a good needlework, and his shoes and socks are all made by Ah Xiang. Yun Qi was reluctant to wear it, and he would dream of Ah Xiang in his arms before going to bed, and sometimes when he woke up the next day, the inside of his crotch would be wet, and the taste was really indescribable.

He served the young master more diligently, hoping that the young master would be able to give Ah Xiang to him as his wife in the future. A good dream still has to wake up after all, and when he sent the young master a sobering soup that day, he saw Ah Xiang being stripped naked by the young master and pressed on the bed.

Ah Xiang cried and shouted to save him, but the young master roared like a wolf and told him to get out, and he ran away like a dog with his tail between his legs. Later, Ah Xiang threw himself into the well, and Yun Qi knew that it was not only the young master who killed Ah Xiang but also him, maybe his reason was greater.

After that, he lived like a dog as he did that night, and when he saw the well, he walked far away, and no longer dared to sleep with the shoes made by Ah Xiang, but Ah Xiang still often came to her dreams, and there was no such unspeakable taste of happiness, and every time he woke up, his heart was only full of regret.

Not long after, the soldiers of Zuo Cheng He Zhen of Guangdong Xingzhongshu Province rushed into the house to raid the house and arrest people, and he took advantage of the chaos to send half a pair of scissors that had been sharpened for a long time into the young master's heart, which was the scissors that Ah Xiang used to do needlework.

He was arrested, not because he killed the young master, but because he was a slave of the Mongolian master's family, and only then did he know that the world had changed dynasties, and it was Emperor Zhu of Huaixi who sat on the throne.

He and some of the boys were escorted to Yingtian into the palace, and when he lay on the cold wooden bed, he did not struggle and cry like the others. A beardless, black-faced uncle asked him why he didn't cry, wasn't he afraid? Yun Qi only told him that the girl he liked was dead, and it was useless to keep his children and grandchildren.

The uncle patted him on the shoulder and said that he was good, and he personally poured him a bowl of medicine and knew nothing, and when he woke up in pain, the roots of the offspring were indeed gone, and they were replaced by a wheat stalk.

After suffering for about half a year, when he was completely accustomed to squatting and relieving himself, he was sent to the black-faced uncle, only to know that this uncle was the great eunuch in the palace, and he became one of the apprentices of the great eunuch.

In the eyes of other eunuchs, Yun Qi was lucky, but Yun Qi didn't feel it, since he killed the young master, he felt that he could die without regrets.

The master valued him very much, taught him a lot of rules, and let him serve the emperor with him, which seemed to be a chore. It's all to blame that the emperor is too hardworking, he often gets up late at night, and when he enters the harem, he has to work on the concubines, and he is so tired that he is always tired, and Yun Qi is glad that he was cut off.

After a few years, he originally thought that life would continue like this, until one day he took over the master's class, and waited for the emperor to die before serving the new emperor. Until one day he got up and found that the shoes and boots he usually wore were gone, and he couldn't find them anyway, but he couldn't serve the emperor barefoot, so he would die a miserable death, and he didn't want to go to the underworld to see Ah Xiang in the underworld beyond recognition.

Thanks to the shoes that Ah Xiang made for himself, he still kept them very well, and they were as new as if they had just been made. He hurried to the palace on tiptoe to serve the emperor, but the pouring rain still made his shoes soaked, and every time he stepped on the rain, his heart twitched.

The emperor did not sit behind the dragon case as usual, but stood outside the door of the store and stamped his feet anxiously at the pouring rain.

His new shoes attracted the attention of the emperor, and the emperor was very angry, "The people of the Huai River have drowned and starved to death, and the dog eunuchs are so arrogant and extravagant that they are running in the rain in new shoes, damn it!" ”

Yun Qi didn't understand what the Huai River flood had to do with him, and his shoes were not new, and they had been out of shape for many years.

No one listened to him, and the mighty Han general immediately pushed him to the ground, and greeted him vigorously with the weapon in his hand, and if it wasn't for the master's intercession, he would definitely have been killed.

The master asked him to take good care of him, and also invited the imperial doctor to treat him, and he was extremely grateful to the master. It wasn't until one time that a junior brother said that he showed his mouth after drinking, and he knew that everything was arranged by the master.

There is no other reason, just because he is too capable, and the emperor has made him do more and more errands, he believes that this is true, otherwise why would the master want the clumsy Xiao Huang to replace him?

He didn't complain about the master, after all, the master still gave him warmth, I heard that the master also has a son who is studying in the Royal Academy, and he will be an official in the future, and the master has to do this errand with the emperor.

It's just that Yun Qi has never called his master since then, but called him Yuansheng Gonggong. Yuansheng's father-in-law did not treat himself badly, and did not send him to the Huanyi Bureau or the Salary Division to do drudgery, but became the internal envoy of Xihuamen, a high-grade eunuch, and only needed to supervise the opening and closing of the palace door every day, which was the easiest job, and he couldn't ask for it.

Yun Qi arrived at the Jinshen Hall and found that Yuan Sheng was waiting at the door of the hall, he held the key in his hand and handed it over, "The Xihua Gate has been locked, please check the key." ”

Yuan Sheng carefully checked the key, then put it in the small box and handed it to Xiao Huang, and said to Yun Qi: "We haven't spoken for a long time, let's go, accompany the master to have two drinks." ”

"Doesn't my father-in-law have to serve the emperor?" Yuan Sheng subconsciously glanced into the hall, and saw that the emperor was sitting behind the dragon case and talking to Han Dudu of Jinyiwei, and he couldn't hear what he said.

"It's okay, there's Xiao Huang here!" Yuan Sheng dragged Yun Qi into the room of the side hall, and there were a few small dishes on the table, all of which Yun Qi liked to eat, and they used to drink and talk here.

"Eat, eat, eat, this is what you love to eat, Master specially asked the imperial dining room to make it, and the imperial dining room has changed the chef I don't know if it suits your taste."

"Then Yunqi is welcome, father-in-law first, please!"

At the moment, the two of them were eating and drinking and talking about the old things, after three rounds of wine and five flavors, the two of them were already hot, Yun Qi took advantage of the strength of the wine and asked directly: "Father-in-law called the lower officials over today is not just to catch up on the old days, if there is an errand, you can directly order it." ”

Yuan Sheng sighed and said, "Then the master can just say it directly, you can hear it clearly, and you can't make the slightest mistake or omission......"

After half a pillar of incense was opened, Yun Qi walked out slowly, turned around and said to Yuan Sheng: "Father-in-law stays, Yun Qi will go back and prepare." ”

Yuan Sheng nodded and said, "Well, Master has something to be sorry for you in the past, don't hate me." ”

Yun Qi was stunned and smiled: "Yun Qi calls you again, Master, please tell the truth, will I die?" ”

Yuan Sheng shook his head and said helplessly: "I don't know! ”

"Huh...... Yun Qi understood and said goodbye to Yuansheng's father-in-law! Yun Qi arched his hand and turned away.

Yuan Sheng stood for a long time, until a little coldness fell on his face, and when he looked up, he saw goose feathers and heavy snow falling from the night sky, and he put his hands together and said: "Ruixue Zhaofeng year, Amitabha!" ”