In November, the city of Beijing has already entered winter, especially after the sun is setting in the west, and when the northwest wind blows, it can freeze the people who are wandering outside. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Therefore, after the Shen Shi, people rushed home without the need to be driven by the officers and soldiers patrolling the streets, thus completing the task of curfew.

This day is also ordinary, many people in Dongcheng hurried to the road, and from time to time whispered a few words about the cold weather. Suddenly, behind them there was the sound of eager horses' hooves, followed by an oooh, and when someone turned their heads, they saw several fast horses galloping from behind, taking down a man who could not avoid it.

The man still had friends by his side, and when he saw this, he hurriedly stepped forward to help, and at the same time scolded with a mouth: "Damn, ......who is in a hurry to reincarnate?" Because he saw clearly the knights' attire on the horses, it was actually a big red robe, embroidered with a monster that looked like a dragon but not a dragon, like a python and not a python, and they also wore a narrow and slightly curved sheathed long knife at their waists.

As people from the roots of the imperial city, they naturally know where this dressed person comes from. Flying fish suits and embroidered spring knives are the unique symbols of Jinyiwei, a veteran spy agency of the Ming Dynasty. And those who can wear flying fish costumes to swagger through the city are not ordinary Jinyi Guard captains, at least officials with more than 1,000 households.

Although today's Jinyi Guard's forces are not as good as before, they are not something that ordinary people like them can provoke. It was in vain to be bumped into by them like this, but fortunately, the other party was in a hurry and didn't hear the man's scolding, otherwise there would be no good fruit for him to eat.

"I don't know which one is going to be unlucky......," someone on the side sighed in a low voice.

But this time they guessed wrong, and instead of rushing into a certain family's house to arrest any Qin criminals, they turned into a remote alley near Dong'anmen. Strange to say, in this city of Beijing, where every inch of land is valuable, there are no shops around this alley, and far away from here, I saw all kinds of buildings again, as if there is an invisible high wall here to block the bustle of the capital......

However, as long as you follow the knights, who have significantly slowed down their horses, continue into the alley, you will find out. In the depths of this alley, there is an extremely cold and solemn yamen, and on the high lintel, there is a plaque with four big characters on it -- "Dongji Factory". This is the location of another secret agency of the Ming Dynasty, Dongchang.

Dongchang, founded at the time of Chengzu, because the leaders are all eunuchs who are close to the emperor, so they have always been more trusted by the Son of Heaven than Jinyiwei. In this way, their power is naturally above the Jinyiwei, and sometimes they even manage the Jinyiwei. It is precisely because most of the people in charge here are eunuchs, and they act more viciously than Jinyiwei, so that people dare not approach. Over time, no one dared to live in Dongchang and near this alley.

When there was still a distance of seven or eight zhang from the gate, the leader of the Jinyi Wei Han had already jumped off the horse, and the others also hurriedly dismounted and walked to the east factory.

Even if they are Jinyi Guards, they have some lives on their hands, and they can't help but shudder when they are blown by the cold wind when they walk in this alley. The man in his early forties, with a lean face, only commanded before and after coming to the gate: "Wait." And he struck the thick brass knocker.

This East Factory is indeed strange, except for the two stone lions in front of the door, there is no one guarding the door. And even the gate is closed, and there is no consciousness of the imperial court yamen at all.

But that's what makes it special. The duty of the East Factory is to supervise hundreds of officials, but there is no need to be responsible to any yamen, and ordinary people dare not come here, and those who come here are all caught in.

After a while, an inconspicuous young man opened the door, and when he saw someone, he barely squeezed out a smile on his face: "It turned out that Liu Dudu had arrived, and he came really quickly." It turned out that this middle-aged man who looked extremely restrained at the moment was now the commander of Jinyiwei, who made Liu Shou have.

If anyone else learns that he has come to Dongchang at this time, they will definitely feel frightened, and I don't know what big moves these two spy agencies are going to make.

Liu Shouyou also smiled: "The factory supervisor is called, how dare Shouyou delay." I don't know where the factory governor is now? As he spoke, he handed over a silver ticket with a denomination of five hundred taels.

The young man quietly took it and put it into his sleeve: "My father-in-law is in the Hall of Loyalty, but after coming out of the palace, he is not in a good mood." ”

"Oh? Do you know why he is troubled? Liu Shouyou asked a little nervously. Of course, he couldn't have given so much money by asking where the factory governor was, but his purpose was still here.

"I think Liu Dudu should be able to think of this, and it's not the letter that just arrived at the General Administration Department today."

"Thank you!" After Liu Shouyi bowed his hand, he entered the gate and went straight to the Zhongyi Hall located in the southeast corner of the East Factory. At this time, his face was a little more solemn than just now, his right hand shrank slightly, pinched the things in his sleeve, and gritted his teeth secretly, looking like he had made a decision.

In the eyes of the world, Dongchang is synonymous with evil. They framed the faithful, and did all kinds of evil. But in their own terms, they are loyal to the country, and they even enshrine Yue Fei, the general of the Song Dynasty. Because of this, the halls inside the East Factory are also in the name of serving the country with loyalty, and Zhongyi Hall is one of them.

After passing through the stone passage that seemed to be empty, but was actually full of murderous machines, Liu Shouyou finally came to the front of Zhongyi Hall. At this time, there were two brown-clothed men guarding the door, and when they saw that he was coming, they made a gesture of please.

Gently lifting the heavy door curtain, Liu Shouyou only felt a wave of heat rushing in, occasionally mixed with the refreshing aroma of ambergris. At this time, it was cold and windy outside, but it was warm like spring in this hall.

The furnishings in the hall are extremely elegant, with several landscape paintings of the ancestors hanging on the walls, and a few porcelain antiques on the side, each of which is perfectly matched to its location, showing the extraordinary taste of the owner here.

A long case of red sandalwood was placed in front of the portal, and a bronze beast-shaped incense burner was spewing wisps of fragrance in front of the desk, and the fragrance that Liu Shouyou smelled just now was coming from here. Behind the case, a man in a jade light robe was bowing his head and writing something.

This is a very young, handsome man, who looks no more than twenty years old, and has an elegant and aristocratic air in his gestures. Even if his brows are slightly furrowed at this time, people can also say that he is really a beautiful son in the world.

But in front of this person, Liu Shouyou, the head of the Ming Jinyiwei spy, didn't even dare to take a breath. When the man lowered his head and wrote something, he just stood at the door with bated breath, waiting quietly, and waited for a long time without the slightest hint of impatience.

Just because this seemingly harmless young man is the current owner of Dongchang, and he is one of the three most powerful people in the Ming Dynasty today - the eunuch Bingbi of the ceremonial supervisor and Feng Bao, the eunuch of the Dongchang Dynasty.

At this time, Feng Bao was already known to the world as a big man in power, but no one would have thought that he was such a young and handsome young man. What few people know is that in addition to these, he is also an elegant person with a high level of cultural accomplishment, including calligraphy, painting, piano, chess, and even antique appreciation. In the words of later generations, this is clearly a literary and artistic youth.

Feng Bao is very different from ordinary eunuchs, not only in terms of cultural accomplishment, but also in how he dresses himself and how he treats others. As soon as he was not in the palace to serve the emperor, he would put on the clothes of a scholar and entertain himself in the manner of a scholar. And he also gave himself the word and number, the word Yongting, and the number Shuanglin, which can be regarded as the only literary eunuch throughout the ages.

But he is Zai Wenyi, and he is also the third-in-command of the Ming Dynasty today, and he is Liu Shouyou's top boss. So even if he waited for almost half an hour, his feet were sore, and he didn't dare to make a sound.

Finally, Feng Bao put down the pen in his hand, and while admiring his ink treasure, he rubbed his wrist before he slowly spoke: "Guard, come, look at this "Drunkard Pavilion" I wrote. ”

Liu Shouyou breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and came to the front of the case to pretend to take a closer look. Although he is also a child of a family, and he has also learned some calligraphy and painting, but at this time, he really can't appreciate the subtlety of something in his heart, so he has to say: "Shuanglin Gong's words are getting better and better, and there is the charm of Ouyang Wenzhong when you look at it." He knows Feng Bao's character very well, so he always calls him by his name in private instead of his father-in-law or factory supervisor or anything.

"Really?" Feng Bao glanced at him with a smile: "But what I asked you to see is not what font is, but the content of this article." ”

"Uh......" Liu Shouyou was slightly stunned, but quickly came back to his senses. This Ouyang Xiu's masterpiece, he has been reciting since he was a child, the most famous of them, and the most recited by later generations is "The drunkard's intention is not to drink, but to care about the mountains and rivers", Feng Bao's intention in writing this article should be here.

After grasping the other party's intentions, Liu Shouyou's face tightened. Feng Bao had already paid attention to his expression, and his face sank when he saw this: "The drunkard's intention is not to drink, can you Jinyiwei's intention be with Mr. Zhang and me?" ”

Hearing him say this, Liu Shouyou's face changed even more, and he immediately knelt down: "Shuanglin Gong, the lower officials have never had such an idea, and they don't dare to have such an idea." ”

"Really?" Feng Bao sneered, took a note from the case and threw it in front of Liu Shouyou: "Then what is written on this is that Jin Yiwei was sentenced in Huguang and exposed by the prosecutor that Hu Lin and the Jiangling Zhang family had illegal affairs, how do you explain it?" Also, as Song Shuli said, your Jinyi guards in Huguang have already sent some evidence to the capital. Why don't you report to me? ”

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