The north side of the palace is the Xuanwu Gate, in the four elephants Feng Shui, Xuanwu is water, belongs to the yin, and the north gate has always had the saying of "ghost gate", so it is not liked by the dignitaries, so there are almost no nobles like to live here. But there are exceptions to everything, and outside the Xuanwu Gate, there is such a strange house.

The strangeness lies in their strange decoration and the imposing atmosphere that is incompatible with other buildings around them; The hard-to-find wood, the magnificent decorations, and the crowds of family members and slaves all show the wealth and power of the masters here; But in front of the gates of these mansions, there is neither an iron halberd that marks the majesty of the generals, nor a plaque that shows the elegance of the ministers, and as for the stone tablets that only have the family and show the glory of the clan lineage, they cannot be seen here.

To describe the owner of this place in one sentence, that is: "Rich but not expensive!" Powerful and powerless! "And there is only one kind of such person in Luoyang, the capital of the Han Empire, eunuchs, 'ten permanent servants'!

The 'Ten Standing Servants' sell their official positions and accept bribes, so they are all rich and rival the country, but no matter how much money they have, they are just a bunch of slaves and maids, inferior people, so they are 'rich but not expensive!' In the same way, they also have monstrous rights, but these rights are based on the emperor's favor, once the favor is lost, their rights will also collapse, so even if these eunuchs once held the right to rule the world, they will never be able to establish their own 'power'!

As a powerful eunuch, although there is no man's roots, this does not prevent him from pursuing and enjoying life, so he built his mansion outside the Xuanwu Gate of the palace, where it is convenient for him to enter the palace every day, and does not prevent him from coming back to enjoy his life.

And compared with the palace, there is no doubt that he prefers to live in his own mansion, in the palace he is a slave and maid, and he is always inferior to others, but here, he is the master, he is a master, he is a master, there are a large number of slaves and maids for him to drive, there are countless treasures for him to squander, and there are even dozens of beautiful singers in the backyard, all of whom have the appearance of captivating the city and the country, in short, he has everything that a normal man can have, and more, better!

However, Zhang Rang has been very unhappy recently, because the things he regards as life, rights, are slowly leaving him; The coup d'état failed, and his cousin He Jin's party relied on the merit of supporting the establishment, and now they are gaining power, and their 'ten permanent servants' relied on sacrificing the heads of their companions and the hard-won rights of the inner court, and begged bitterly from the Empress Dowager He, so that they were lucky to save their lives; he has repeatedly kept a low profile these days, and even had to hide in the mansion and pretend to be sick to avoid the sharp edge of He Jin's party.

As soon as the master is unhappy, the minions below should be unlucky, and in recent times, almost every day, the corpses of the dead slaves and maids still go out from the back corner door of the mansion, making all the subordinates in the mansion silent, for fear that the next unlucky one will be their turn.

"Smack! ......" Another teacup was shattered, Zhang Rang was about to be scorched by the anger in his heart, the form of the court was becoming more and more unfavorable to himself, the He Jin brothers covered the sky with one hand, and the power of the foreign relatives group was unprecedentedly strong, and those officials who were perfunctory to themselves on weekdays were like seeing ghosts when they saw themselves, and they couldn't hide in a hurry.

The most painful thing in the world is not the lack of rights, but the loss of rights after gaining them, that kind of taste is really painful!

"Report! …… Report to the master, someone outside the house asks to see! A little slave in Tsing Yi ran over and knelt down from a distance.

"Who? Have you ever brought soldiers and horses? Zhang Rang is now shocked three times a day, and he is always worried that He Jin's party will kill him.

"Back to the master, the person who came was alone, but he refused to report his name," Seeing that Zhang Rang was not angry, the little slave knelt down a few steps with courage and continued: "The person who came also said that it was the person who wrote the book late at night a few months ago!" ”

"A few months ago, ...... late at night, getting off the book?" Wake up from the dream, Zhang Rang couldn't help but remember that a few months ago, he did receive a letter in the middle of the night, which said that the party was too guarded by Zhang Yang, and he entered the mansion of the general He Jin late at night, and the two had conspired for a long time, and they were afraid that it would be unfavorable to him; But at that time, Zhang Rang was in power, and he didn't pay attention to a small foreign county guard, so he didn't take much precautions, who knows, on the night of the coup d'état, the one who ruined his big thing at the critical moment was the 3,000 Xuanjia army led into the capital by Zhang Yang, the party guard!

"Call him in!" Zhang Rang waved his hand, let the little slave go down to lead the people, thought for a while, and quickly took off his robe, draped it diagonally on his body, tied a sick shirt on his head, his mouth was crooked, and he pretended to be sick and crooked, and then said: "Slow, please, please let him in!" ”

Soon, under the guidance of the little slave in Tsing Yi, a young man in white clothes, a slightly thin body, and a face like a peach blossom strolled in, but between the comers, his left arm swayed a little unnaturally, and from time to time there were some painful convulsions; It was the 'Purple Wood Boy' who cut the flesh last night and swore an oath. Although it was already the beginning of summer at this time, and the weather was mild, there was always a lingering cold on his body, which made people dare not approach, and they all said, 'A gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late,' but there is some hatred, and the last night is too long.

"The doorman of the General's Mansion - Gongsun Zimu has seen an adult!" reported himself to his home to show his sincerity.

"Excuse me, please be seated! Serve tea! Sure enough, hearing the other party directly say that he was from the Great General's Mansion, Zhang Rang breathed a sigh of relief, knowing the truth is much better than guessing.

Zhang Rang, Zimu Gongzi, the two looked at each other carefully, looked at each other carefully, looked at each other for a long time, and both smiled slightly, perhaps because of their similar temperaments, two people who were also far-reaching and far-reaching, actually had a feeling of sympathy for each other at the same time; Great, it turns out that we are the same kind of people!

"I don't know why Prince Zimu came? But does the general have any calling? "After too many conspiracies and plots, Zhang Rang has long been distrustful of anyone, although the other party claims to be the one who wrote the book late at night, but who knows whether it is true or not? What if it was the one sent by Ho Jin to test him? I have to guard against it!

"Huh! Definitely! It has nothing to do with the general here, but I heard that the adults have been slightly unwell recently, and they came to visit, and there is an ancestral medicine in the next one, which cures all diseases, and I am here to offer it! Comparing his heart to his heart, Zimu Gongzi naturally knew that the other party would not trust him immediately, so he immediately took a stand.

"Childe has a heart!" Hearing the word good medicine, Zhang Rang's heart couldn't help but hang in the air, in the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, the number of people who died under the poison is countless, "The house has its own good doctors to diagnose and treat, and the miscellaneous family is used to the medicine they prescribe, so don't bother with the son!" ”

"Although the medicine in the adult's house is good, it's a pity that there is a lack of a medicine primer!" Childe Zimu looked very good when he smiled, full of confidence, "Please give me a pen and paper!" ”

Immediately, a maidservant girl sent a pen and paper, Qingfeng wolf pen, at a glance it is the top grade produced in the palace Shangfang, as for the white paper, it is even more exquisitely made, because the inventor of this paper was originally a eunuch in the palace - Cai Lun!

Brushing a little bit, a small note of one finger width was sent to Zhang Rang's hand, with a puzzled gaze, gently opened it to take a look, and then Zhang Rang jumped up, the original pretended to be sick disappeared at all, but there was a burst of cold light in his eyes, just because there were four words written on the note, four murderous words --- He Jin's head!

"How can Childe help me?" Don't tell lies in front of Ming people, Zhang Rang has read countless people in his life, as the saying goes, words are born from the heart; From these four words, he saw the monstrous murderous intent in the other party's heart, and there was no bitter hatred, and he couldn't write such words.

"Huh! This tea is only tasting a little bit now! Zimu Gongzi didn't answer Zhang Rang's question directly, but picked up the teacup and tasted it slowly, but the moment he served the tea, his left arm trembled unnaturally, obviously yesterday's flesh cut wound was still very painful.

"Get out of here!" Zhang Rang, such an old and cunning person, how could he not understand what the other party meant, and with a wave of his hand, the maids and attendants around him all walked cleanly; "No one is allowed to approach within fifty steps, and those who violate the order will be killed!"

"No!" Immediately the figure shook, and a group of guards formed a line of defense in the distance with bright blades in their hands, which not only had the effect of preventing the leakage of news, but also served as a deterrent.

"If you want to get rid of He Jin, you must first guard against two people!" Looking at the wolf-like guards in the distance, 'Zimu Gongzi' was not chaotic at all, he had already experienced life and death, but now he didn't pay much attention to life and death, because he only said that there is still a kind of pain in this world, called life is better than death.

"Those two people, so important?" If you want to cut down a big tree, you need to cut the branches and leaves first, Zhang Rang naturally understands, but I don't know which two people are so important to He Jin, "Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, brothers from the fourth world and the third duke?" …… Or is it He Miao, who is now in charge of the Royal Forest Army? ……”

"The first one is Cao Cao! This person is resourceful, resolute and decisive, and can make big decisions at critical moments, so he has to guard against it! Without hesitation, Zimu Gongzi said the name of the first person, what happened on the night of the coup d'état, he could see it clearly in the dark, it can be said that if Cao Cao was not there, then He Jin's head would have been hung on the city gate.

"It makes sense, this person has to be guarded!" Nodding very approvingly, Cao Cao's ability and role are naturally undoubted, Zhang Rang then asked, "What about the second person?" ”

"Yat Siu! ……”