Chapter 562: Alarmist

The area south of Xuanwu Gate and north of Chang Gung Gate is called Langxia's house, all of which are lived by the eunuchs in front of the imperial court, and most of them are long-term followers with promise tokens. Although all of their subordinates are in the celebrant supervisor, and there are even some people who have their names on their heads to serve the emperor from the six-rank celebrant superintendent, but because they are all miscellaneous servants such as carrying large sedan chairs and small sedan umbrella fans or going out to carry bows and arrows to reward boxes, at most they are a miscellaneous servant head, so they don't even dare to wear regular clothes. This grade was set during the Hongwu period, but in fact it is equivalent to not entering the stream.

Most of the shops here are a dozen people in a room, and it is difficult to be idle every day, and the money for the work is small, so everyone here wants to climb the high branches and leave this place one day. As long as the celebrant sends someone over, everyone will change into the most decent and clean clothes, hoping to be favored by the big guys.

However, it has been five years since the emperor officially moved to Beijing, and there are no more than ten long-term entourages who can leave Langxia's family, and even fewer can rise to the top. Among them, Cheng Jiu beside Lu Feng can be regarded as one of the few people who are extremely mixed. He is only in his early twenties, and now he is already a six-grade canon, although it doesn't seem to be high, but there is only one canon book in the entire celebrant supervisor, which is naturally stronger than the long-term follower of hundreds of people.

Because the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15 is approaching, the edict of the class teacher has been promulgated, and the Beijing division has gradually had a bit of a festive atmosphere. Shuntianfu caught some nonsense guys and flailed them to show the public, and the palace was also purged fiercely, so ordinary people didn't dare to talk about any state affairs, even the ministers didn't dare to go around to gather because the emperor was about to return, lest they would cause trouble for themselves. As a result, the most discussed thing at the court meeting was nothing more than greeting the car, from the procedures to the congratulatory table to the etiquette and so on...... In order not to repeat the mistakes of Yongle in the twelfth year, where can the East Palace and the court officials take care of the two words of the festival. But the big man couldn't take care of it, but the celebrant had to prepare, but there was a few missing in the manpower allocation, so Lu Feng was not there, and a few heads had to think of another way by themselves.

At noon on this day, a rare guest came to the house under the corridor on the east side of Xuanwu Gate. When they saw the timid and inconspicuous young man in the past appear in front of him in bright clothes, many of the older eunuchs showed extremely envious expressions, and then they came up to salute, and some even knelt down and kowtowed.

Cheng Jiu, who was wearing a stone blue sunflower chest and back collar shirt, saw so many people surrounding, and immediately took a few steps back, and then stretched out his hand with a smile and told everyone to get up. Unnaturally, he rolled up the sleeves of the gauze shirt, and he said softly and slowly: "Gonggong Lu said that now there is a shortage of a few reliable people in the celebrant supervisor, and there are many candidates in the other yamen, but those have become old oilers, so he asked me to come to Langxia's house to choose four stable ones." You are all old people in the palace, and I don't want to favor one over the other, how about the four uncles in the three houses? Among so many people in the east of this corridor, you are the oldest qualified. ”

There has always been a habit of praising high and stepping on low in the palace, so Cheng Jiu is now developed, but he is still so humble, even if he is an old colleague of the Langxia family who was still a little jealous before, listening to him talk like this, the hot charcoal-like mind will turn into ice, at most, it will be a complaint in his heart. As for the four selected Fengyu, they were overjoyed, and thanked them again and again. When they packed up their things and changed into dark green regimental collar shirts that they hadn't worn for a long time and left with Cheng Jiu, they were even more grateful.

Out of the Xuanwu Gate and across the moat, to the east not far away, along the outer palace wall there are many houses, the office and living place of the eunuch 24 yamen are almost all here. The celebrant is located in the east gate of Huangwa, adjacent to the Si Jian Jian and the Shang Yi Bureau and the Needle Work Bureau, and the place is smaller than these three places, and the houses in the whole area are also half-old and not new, and even the main yamen is very low-key. The four elders who were picked out by Cheng Jiu would only come here when they were making a fortune or during the New Year's holidays, so even if this place was not even as magnificent as the Langxia family, they didn't even dare to raise their heads when they entered the courtyard in the middle.

Cheng Jiu gave instructions to these four people along the way, exaggerating the rules and punishments among the celebrants and supervisors by ten points, and at this time, he would no longer talk about these things when he got to the ground. And he told them to wait in the courtyard, and he went into the north room in the middle, which was empty. After looking around the left and right ear rooms, there was no trace of Lu Feng, so he panicked, opened the curtain and left the house.

"Father-in-law Lu's illness is not well yet, why is he not in the house?"

After shouting twice, an elderly eunuch came out of the east wing, but said casually: "My father-in-law's illness has been more than a month, and I really don't want to stay in the house anymore. Liang Ming, who happened to be in charge of the house outside for his father-in-law, sent a message in, saying that he wanted his father-in-law to stay outside for a few days to recuperate and recuperate while the emperor had not returned, and his father-in-law naturally agreed. Just a short time before you came back, you just left Bei'anmen, and you will be home at this time. ”

Hearing this, Cheng Jiu suddenly changed color, and only after a long time did he smile and said: "It's such a coincidence, just when I was not there, someone just came." My father-in-law's illness is not yet well, and yesterday I finally invited another doctor to take a look. If I were here, I would have to discourage it, in case it becomes typhoid......"

"Gotta not show your loyalty in front of us!" The old eunuch snorted contemptuously, and then sneered, "Who doesn't know that Gonggong Lu believes in you the most, these days of illness, the affairs of Dongchang are stunned for you to take care of." Don't be too happy, just by your seniority, it's too early to climb up! ”

Cheng Jiu's eyelids jumped, but he finally couldn't help it, and retorted with a sinking face: "Father-in-law Li, don't talk nonsense, the affairs of the East Factory are all made by my father-in-law himself, and I just sort out some paperwork every day!" ”

"In that case, my father-in-law will only be raised outside for a few days, what are you nervous about?"

The old eunuch glanced coldly, then turned around and entered the house. The first was when he came back from outside Bei'anmen, and happened to meet Liang Ming who was waiting there. Knowing that it was Lu Feng's cronies and guards, and he was still holding a position in the East Factory, so he handed over a silver ingot on his sleeve, and he immediately smiled, and agreed to bring a letter in without saying a word. It happened that Cheng Jiu was not there, Lu Feng was awake again, and he successfully handed over the letter, but Lu Feng, who was originally unenergetic, suddenly said that he was going to live outside for two days, and explained to him again. At this moment, he went to the inner room and sat down, took a sip of tea, and fell into deep thought.

From this point of view, is it a public trust not to process nine of these guys? If that's the case, it's really happy, he can't get used to this guy who seems to be timid and humble, but in fact he is the best at drilling!

Lu Feng did not return to his house outside the palace. At this moment, he was sitting in the bumpy carriage with a quilt covered with a quilt, trying to sleep but couldn't sleep, and the uncomfortable feeling was gone. He even regretted listening to Zhang Yue's letter for no reason to suffer such a crime. However, thinking about the fact that the imperial doctor just said that he was suffering from heat stroke, but it turned out to be tossed for more than a month, he was a little hesitant in his heart, and finally made up his mind.

It's still your own life that matters, what's the point of suffering a little!

Even though he was walking on the main road, and the carriage was the best in the Jingshi, he still felt that his bones were about to fall apart. Just when he could barely hold on and was about to vomit, he finally heard a voice outside: "Father-in-law, we have arrived." Wait a minute, the little one will go in and ask for a doctor! ”

"Okay, hurry!"

Lu Feng commanded weakly, and then leaned on the backrest and gasped for breath. Due to the emperor's northern expedition, almost all the people in the entire Tai Hospital were transferred, leaving only the two Tai Doctors commonly used in the East Palace. He couldn't even move for a few days, everyone was invited by Cheng Jiu, and he heard those crepe diagnoses, but he really couldn't imagine that a small heat stroke could make him sick for more than a month? Thinking of this, he felt that Zhang Yue was really concerned about him, and Liang Ming was even more loyal, even if he didn't get a first-class good position in Dongchang, he was still worried about his illness.

didn't wait long, and a voice finally sounded outside: "Doctor, this car is our master, since the previous heat stroke, this disease has not been good, please take a look...... Don't mention the consultation fee, our master has money, even if he doesn't, I, as a subordinate, am willing to pay for it! As long as you can be cured, it doesn't matter how much money you have! ”

Hearing this, Lu Feng only felt more satisfied, and the pain of this bumpy trip was temporarily put aside. Hearing the sound of promise coming from outside, he stretched out his left hand as requested, felt two fingers pressing the pulse of his wrist, and after a long time to move away, he coughed lightly, only to hear Liang Ming ask outside: "Doctor, what is my illness?" ”

"Sick? In my opinion, most of your master was poisoned! ”

After hearing only this sentence, Lu Feng, who was originally sick and unenergetic, sat up straight all of a sudden, and almost opened the curtain directly. After all, he had been immersed in the palace for twenty years, and he quickly reacted, and only asked sharply: "Don't you want to talk about it, those people who serve me are old family members for many years, how dare you harm me?" ”

As soon as he said this, the hand that was still resting outside was grabbed at once. Frightened, he was about to scream, but who knew that a mosquito-like itch suddenly came from several places on his arm, and then he grabbed his hand and let go, and the pain disappeared immediately. Enraged, he retracted his hand and was about to get angry, but when he heard what the outsider said, he immediately changed his mind.

"Acupuncture of these acupoints, if it is ordinary wind and cold, it is no different from ordinary acupuncture, if it is poisoned, it is itchy, dare to ask if this person just felt itchy? I once diagnosed a similar patient, the pulse of the two pulses was similar, and the acupuncture reaction was also the same. If you insist that there is no possibility of assassination, then go back and find another smart one, and you don't have to waste the consultation money! ”

If he was still skeptical at first, then at this time Lu Feng had already believed eight points. Regretting that he had just spoken recklessly, he was about to try to turn around a few more words, when Liang Ming's voice of pleading came from outside. After a long time, the doctor finally relented, but opened the curtain and looked at him carefully, then approached and sniffed, and asked him a few words in a low voice. He lifted his spirit and answered one by one, and the doctor retracted his head, but looked straight at Liang Ming.

"Your master should have been suffering from heat stroke, and people put a small amount of arsenic in the mung bean soup to relieve the heat, so that he was poisoned little by little. Fortunately, the poisoning is not too deep, and there is still medicine to save it. ”

The three words of mung bean soup made Lu Feng feel terrified, but the four words that there is medicine to save are a long-term drought and rain. He didn't care what the doctor and Liang Ming discussed, and suddenly fell on the backrest. After thinking about his actions in the previous days, his face was completely gloomy. Since the emperor handed over to him the most important matter of supervising the hundred officials, he had to take care of the celebrant supervisor on one side and the Jinyi guard of the Dongchang on the other, almost running at both ends, and he had never been to other places. If someone really poisoned him, he must be his confidant. Thinking of this, he only felt cold, and after thinking about it, only Liang Ming, who had not been in front of him these days, was reliable.

How could he leave this guard, whom he had always relied on, there to watch the house, and what was outside the body of gold and silver, how could life matter?

couldn't think of these things, Lu Feng finally became irritable. When Liang Ming jumped back into the carriage and drove the carriage again with a wave of his whip, he opened his mouth and said, "Don't go back to the palace, you can directly drive our family back to the Lu family's house." When the time comes, find someone to take our family's tokens and go to Yangwubo's Mansion, be sure to invite Lord Xiao Zhang here! ”

Liang Ming, who was outside the carriage, heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and then he lowered his eyelids as if nothing happened: "Father-in-law, what this doctor said alone is really not very reliable, why don't we go find a few more famous doctors to take a look?" Don't worry, we've just changed to a carriage, and the original one has already gone back, and everyone thinks you're going home to recuperate. As long as we pay the consultation fee, it is strange for us to hide in the car to see a doctor, and those doctors will not be verbose. ”

Lu Feng, who has always cherished his life the most, only hesitated for a moment before agreeing to the matter. Several medicine halls turned around, except for one doctor who said that it was extremely severe typhoid fever, the rest more or less implied that it was poisoning, and a lot of prescriptions were prescribed. When he finally returned to his mansion outside the palace, he almost gritted his mouth full of silver teeth, and everyone thought that he was a traitor, and he didn't even dare to let Liang Ming leave him.

He was still young, and he hadn't enjoyed enough of the glory and wealth of the world, how could he die so early?

After arranging for someone to send the letter to Yangwubo Mansion, Liang Ming, who came back, saw Lu Feng's gritted teeth and looked like he was crazy, and he couldn't help but secretly admire the idea handed over there. Lu Feng is not so much poisoned, it is better that someone has used his hands and feet on the prescription these days, so he has not been cured for a long time, but how can the deliberate delay in the condition sound serious compared to poisoning?

If it weren't for the alarmist and let this guy listen to the call when the time comes, it wouldn't be so easy.