If you ask how many old ministers of the three dynasties in history, it may be difficult to count, but if you talk about the old ministers of the eight dynasties, it is rare in the history of the Chinese people, there is such a person in the court of the Great Song Dynasty, the Central Plains has changed for decades, and the change of dynasty is not a rare thing, and a gray-haired old man walking on the street has experienced at least three or more dynasty changes, but when it comes to changing the banner of the king at the head of the city again and again, it can still be mixed in the past dynasties. There might really be only one. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

He is the eunuch of the Great Song Dynasty, the eunuch of the Imperial City, Wang Jien, who has been in the palace since he was a child, and has been serving the emperor in Bianliang City, this stay is fifty years, how many emperors have landed in front of him, but he has always been consistent, which dynasty is saintly, I have to say that Wang Jien has figured out the emperors' thoughts in detail, sometimes as long as the emperors have a look, he can immediately guess the emperors' thoughts, but many times he is just a deaf person, or a mute, no matter what he sees or hears, he is not shocked, knows everything in the palace well, and in the eyes of the emperors, he is simply a living map in the forbidden palace.

In addition, Wang Jien has been in charge of the Imperial City Division since the first two dynasties, and he knows all the officials in the world, including the big families in various places, and can casually say the name of a local magistrate, but although the Imperial City Division is a royal secret service, it can only be ordered to monitor or spy on a certain person or something, without any administrative or judicial power, just a supervision yamen, only because they only obey the emperor's orders to appear pivotal, a bit like a reformed version of the imperial history platform, the only difference is that one is directly impeached, One can only be secretly played to the emperor personally.

Wang Jien has been in charge of the Imperial City Division for ten years, the first few years for Chai Rong, the next few years for Zhao Jiong, which dynasty is the master, and because of this, from the Beijing officials to the local officials, everyone wants to stammer him, thinking that if he has nothing to do, he often whispers whose name is in the emperor's ear, and it is difficult for the emperor to remember, but Wang Jien has the power and does not abuse, has authority but does not suppress it, has a name and does not show off, has a way to collect wealth but lives a life as pure as water, and when he is not on duty, he raises flowers and plants in the mansion given to him by the emperor. It's like a hermit who has no quarrel with the world.

The reason why Wang Jien is so indifferent to fame and fortune is nothing more than that he has been in the palace for a long time, and he has long seen through it, what power is sparkling, and what wealth is no match for the emperor's words.

The afternoon sun was strong, so that these servants in Wang Jien's mansion were listless, the old boss did not watch singing and dancing, and did not listen to sheng music, there was nothing to do in this royal mansion, and Wang Jien never brought official business back to the house, let alone met any officials in the mansion.

Wang Jien because of the trust of the Zhao official family, the emperor gave him a house on the edge of the palace, close to the palace city, deep mansion compound, if he has a wife and concubine, maybe he will sigh proudly: the concubine's high-rise building is even the garden, and the lover is holding the halberd in the bright light.

It's a pity that Wang Jien is a rootless person, without any family, and his only nephew Wang Zhi does not dare to make it public, only during the New Year or his birthday, Wang Zhi dares to come to see his uncle, like a thief, Wang Jien has never sought any way out for this nephew.

Hours for a living, Wang Jien did not abide by filial piety, sold himself into the palace, now old, this kind of guilt for the ancestors of the Wang family is getting deeper and deeper, fortunately God has eyes, the Wang family is not the queen, the son of his brother Wang Zhi is the only seedling of the Wang family, the brother fell into a power struggle in many years of changing the dynasty, died, since then, Wang Jien regarded this nephew as a parent, for his safety, the uncle and nephew have concealed their identities so far.

In the quiet and elegant courtyard, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, an osmanthus tree in the courtyard exudes the refreshing fragrance, and the white-haired Wang Jien is holding a book in his hand under the shade of the tree, and he is reading a chair and a high coffee table, a cup of tea, and a book, which is his one-day experience.

Just as he was fascinated, the old servant came over lightly, for fear of disturbing the master, and whispered softly: "The host, there is a guest who wants to see you." ”

Wang Jien didn't take his eyes off the book, and said leisurely: "Who?" Is there a famous post? ”

The old servant said: "I don't know, and I don't have a name, he said that he is the former secretary of the palace, surnamed Lu!" ”

Wang Jien snorted and said, "Did you do things here the first day?" All the people in the official mansion, the old man did not see him at home, and told him that if it was official business, please go to the Imperial City Division tomorrow to see the old man, and if it was a private matter, he would not bother me, and he would not see him. ”

The old servant bent his waist and retreated, but after a while he came back again, and said very cautiously with a frightened face: "Bingdong, that person is not leaving, saying that he has something urgent to see you, and let the little one show you this." With that, he handed over a small cloth bag of gray material.

Wang Jien was stunned for a moment, but he still took it, opened the small bag, just glanced at it, his face changed greatly, he stood up, and the book on his lap also fell to the ground.

The old servant on the side had never seen the owner so flustered, thinking that he had done something he shouldn't have done, and was about to kneel in fright, but he heard Wang Jien say: "Invite people to the backyard, no one in the house is allowed to disturb." ”

As soon as the old servant left, Wang Jien walked back and forth in place with his hands behind his back, very puzzled, how could this thing be sent here directly, what happened?

Just as he was puzzled, Lu Fei, led by the old servant, came to the courtyard and served tea.

"Junior, Lu Fei, has seen the king's servant." Lu Fei smiled all over his face, and arched his hand: "This courtyard of the old-timers is really elegant and refined, with a kind of artistic conception of paradise, a good place." ”

Wang Jien smiled, and said indifferently: "It turned out to be Lu Du's envoy, our family has never been at home to meet guests, and the old servant's actions are so offended, please, please sit!" ”

Lu Fei sat down generously, there was a high-legged coffee table between the two, and the cloth bag just now was placed on the coffee table, Wang Jien pointed to the bag and said, "I don't know what Lu Du means?" ”

The bag is nothing else, it is the position card of Wang Jien's nephew in the army, with a column of words on it: Hold the Japanese Army Armory Treasurer, Wang Zhi.

Lu Fei couldn't see his moodiness from the face of the old chamberlain, but he was willing to see himself to explain that there was a chance that he couldn't be wrong, so he immediately changed to a puzzled expression and said: "The juniors took the liberty to disturb the tranquility of the seniors, and there was a reason for it. ”

A trace of worry flashed in Wang Jien's eyes, but his face was unusually calm, and he smiled slightly: "Oh? It's so serious, what's the matter? ”

Lu Fei was silent for a while, if he wanted to hide from this old loach, he had to pretend to be a little more like, and after a long time, Lu Fei said: "That's the case, more than ten days ago, the Japanese army had a case of self-theft, have you ever heard of it?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Wang Jien's brows jumped a few times, and he said: "Although our family mostly serves the official family in the palace, our family still has the errand of the Imperial City Division, if our family doesn't even know about this, there is no need to do this errand." ”

Lu Fei smiled and said: "Since the case happened in the army, the front division of the palace handed over the case to Shuntianfu for fear of causing panic in the army, and turned the civil case into a small one, and the two criminals were also convicted as ordinary people, because of the bad impact of this case, all the people involved in the case have been executed on the day they were convicted." ”

Wang Jien really didn't know what Lu Fei wanted to say, so he snorted and said indifferently: "You came to our house with this bag just to talk to me about this case?" Do you want to overturn the case? You're in the wrong place, you should go to the Punishment Department. ”

Lu Fei waved his hand and said: "No, no, dare to steal weapons for profit, this case does not need to be overturned, the criminal is innocent, what I want to say next is another thing, speaking of which, this matter was caused by this case." ”

"Let's get straight to the point, don't beat around the bush!" Wang Jien half-squinted, with a shrewd face.

Lu Fei stood up, walked a few steps in front of him, looked uneasy, and said: "The two criminals who stole the ordnance were taken down by the patrol soldiers on the spot, and they were dirty. ”

The confession was forged by Kou Zhun, except that the Chinese characters on it were true, and none of them were true.

Wang Jien was stunned for a moment, then took it slowly, and before he could see it, he snorted, and said with a smile on his confession: "Lu Du, there is no signature of the suspect, this is also a confession?" ”

This thing can't be faked, and it's better not to make it than to make it out of shape.

Lu Fei said: "That's the case, I didn't plan to try it at that time, in the end, it was also a scandal in the forbidden army, which was not enough for outsiders, and I just asked them a few words at that time, which was written down by the scribe of the same person, and I thought that since this matter could only be handed over to the magistrate, this confession was not handed over, so as not to say that Shuntianfu interfered with local government affairs." ”

Regarding Lu Fei's explanation, Wang Jien was half-convinced, nodded slightly, and then reopened a closer look, looking at it, Wang Jien's face became more and more ugly, he couldn't hide it anymore, and even his breathing became short, but he quickly calmed down, quietly put the confession on the coffee table, and said tepidly: "Lu Duzhi, you take a confession that has no signature certificate and the prisoner has been beheaded to show our family, what do you want to explain?" Even if your confession is true, why do you want to show it to our family? ”

Lu Fei sighed and said: "If it weren't for the fact that there was a reason, how would I dare to disturb the peace of the boss, that's the case, I heard a few days ago that this case was closed, and all the people involved in the case were sentenced to death, and I thought that this matter was over, but I never expected that the result of the sentence of Shuntianfu was inconsistent with the confession of the criminal when he was first arrested that day, and I wondered how Shuntianfu could judge the case so hastily, such a simple case could not be tried clearly, or that sentence, I don't want to quarrel with Shuntianfu, don't take out this confession again, and look at it again, It is clearly written that there is a mastermind behind the case, why did Shuntianfu not try it, but the case has been decided, and I dare not rashly deny the verdict of Shuntianfu without real evidence, so today I asked people to secretly inquire about the so-called 'mastermind' confessed in this confession, that is, the treasurer of the armory, Wang Zhi. ”

Wang Jien snorted and said, "You are setting up a private court, he admitted it?" ”

Lu Fei shook his head, "No, I denied it, and said that this was a frame-up." ”

Hearing this, Wang Jien's face trembled, his emotions were not more stable, and he said coldly: "So you lynched?" He secretly said in his heart: If you dare to move a finger of my nephew, the old man guarantees that you will not live tomorrow.

Lu Fei smiled helplessly: "That's not it, I can't retry this case with a confession that is not signed, I just let people scare him, it's strange to say, this person is not frightened, he fainted as soon as the knife was on his neck, and in the process of being unconscious, I heard him muttering to himself." ”

"What do you say?" Wang Jien was a little worried.

As soon as Lu Fei saw him like this, he knew that this matter was half done, and immediately made a very ashamed expression and said: "This, maybe this is just him being frightened for a while and talking nonsense." ”

"What the hell are you talking about?" Wang Jien was anxious, an old eunuch who had been in the court for 50 years was not afraid of death, not greedy for fame and fortune, but for the only descendant, licking the calf deeply, he just thought about it, he took a picture of the coffee table for a while, but soon he showed that he was out of shape, busy straightening his body, and said: "Our family is just curious." ”

Lu Fei smiled secretly in his heart, and said to Wang Jien: "Forgive me, I didn't think it would be like this, he said in a coma that he was wronged, and begged not to kill him, he said that he was your own nephew of the old-timer, and he wanted to send him to Shuntian Mansion with the confession, but when he heard that he was the family of the king's servant, he was angry at that time, who in Bianliang City didn't know that the king's waiter was alone, this must be his relationship for self-preservation, and when he woke up, he still said so, so he came to consult the old man in the next ......., so as not to misunderstand, It's not for the king, it's just to get to the bottom of the case, so that a thief doesn't slip through the net. ”

Not to mention that Wang Zhi was frightened and fainted, who is not afraid of this kind of thing, because he stole the ordnance and resold it, it only took three days for Shuntianfu to sentence the case, and a total of 28 people, including the buyer, were all beheaded on the same day, the imperial court would rather kill by mistake than let go of this kind of case, and dare to steal ordnance for profit, then pay it back, five years ago, a general surnamed Zhou who forbade the Great Zhou Dynasty to control the crane army because he sold more than 100 sets of military armor privately, and the last check turned out to be sold to the Liao people, Zhou Shizong Chai Rong was furious and personally issued an order, All the criminals were late, and more than a dozen people were tortured on the execution ground together, and the people in Bianliang City are still afraid when they think about that scene.

As soon as Wang Zhi heard that the criminal who was guarding the self-theft had splashed dirty water on him, could he not be afraid, coupled with the bright steel knife on his neck, where did he still have the courage to refute, just hoping to escape this catastrophe.

Wang Jien knew that he couldn't hide it, so he sighed and said slowly: "Don't hide it, he is indeed the nephew of the old man, just because the old man is used to officialdom and doesn't want to cause unnecessary trouble because of him, so he concealed it, thank you Lu Du for coming to tell him." ”

Lu Fei hurriedly arched his hand and said: "I see, the seniors' self-cleaning behavior is admired by the younger generations, since the matter has happened, I dare not ignore the national law, and if I offend, please don't worry about it." ”

Wang Jien also stood up and said, "Do you want Shuntianfu to retry this case?" ”

Lu Fei nodded affirmatively: "Of course, since I know that there are still omissions in the case, I naturally have to do business, but the old-timers can rest assured, the clean ones are self-purifying, you have been honest all your life, and your family style is pure, and I don't believe that my nephew will do such a thing, and when the case is closed in Shuntianfu, I will naturally make my nephew innocent." ”

Wang Jien didn't quite understand why Lu Fei was so curious about an ordnance case, he really enforced the law so impartially, unlike it, even if you retry it, you have to be able to gain any benefits, harming others and yourself.

"Lu Du Envoy!" Wang Jien snorted, sat down steadily, and said: "Wang Zhi is my nephew, the old man is not a person who bends the law for personal gain, if he is really guilty, the state law will not forgive, but if anyone dares to frame him, the old man will give him justice if he gives up this old life." ”

Lu Fei looked panicked and said: "You are serious, you are guilty or innocent Shuntianfu has its own public opinion after the retrial, and this case is not my trial." ”

Wang Jien smiled coldly, and tapped his finger on the confession on the coffee table and said, "Retrial? Lu Duzhi, just based on a 'trumped-up' confession that was not drawn, and the human evidence has no evidence against him, do you think Shuntianfu will really retry it? ”

Lu Fei smiled ashamedly and arched his hand: "I am just reporting what I know to the truth, as for how Shuntianfu can distinguish the true from the false, it has nothing to do with me." ”

Wang Jien suddenly laughed sharply and said: "The newborn calf is not afraid of the tiger, Lu Duzhi, do you know who this Shuntian Mansion Yin (also known as Kaifeng Mansion Yin) is?" ”

Lu Fei said: "I know, it's Zhao Yuanzuo, the eldest son of the emperor, the king of Chu." ”

Wang Jien snorted lightly and said, "Do you think that the case that Shuntianfu just betrayed will be overturned and retried by himself, will the King of Chu agree?" Do you want to say that the King of Chu did not handle the case effectively, and he didn't even investigate such a small case? ”

Lu Fei pretended to be very aggrieved and smiled bitterly.

Wang Jien said: "Lu Du, if you are young, listen to the old man's advice, don't ask for hardship, Wang Zhi is the old man who brought him up, he has a pure temperament, timid and cowardly, he has no courage to do this kind of thing, and it is even more impossible, my Wang Jien is a rootless person, serving the emperors of previous dynasties for decades, and he has saved some money, sooner or later the money is his, Wang Zhi He understands very well, how could he risk killing his head for such a small profit, don't say that the old man doesn't believe it, do you believe it?" ”

Lu Fei said in his heart: Don't believe it! But I don't believe you'll let me get the case out again.

Lu Fei arched his hand and said: "Senior Xie cares, no matter what the King of Chu does, since I know about this matter, I must do it officially, otherwise I will be an official of the court in vain, I'm sorry for the court, please forgive me." He said it awe-inspiringly, but when he heard it, he felt extremely shameful.

Wang Jien picked up the teacup and tasted it slowly, and said casually: "Aren't you afraid of lifting a stone and hitting yourself in the foot?" ”

Lu Fei's face became thicker and thicker, and he said: "The law of the country is like a mountain, this matter lies in the army below, and the subordinate can only enforce the law impartially and the justice of the law." ”

"Haha.......!" Wang Jien smiled, but his heart was very empty, he knew that it was impossible for Shuntianfu to be retried, but there was one thing he was afraid of, Wang Zhi's identity, for so many years, he had been hiding this matter from everyone, even the official family, if this matter broke out, whether Wang Zhi committed a crime or not, Wang Jien was a crime of bullying the king, even if he didn't die, he had to get out of the emperor's side, he knew the official family too well, the official family could accept the courtiers' direct advice, but he couldn't bear the people around him to lie to him, think about Wang Jien's current identity, the imperial city department supervisor, Every hidden thing outside the palace that the official family knows in the deep palace is reported by Wang Jien, think about what the result will be after the official family knows about this.

"Why are the king's chamberlains laughing?"

Lu Fei saw that he was smiling so calmly, and he was also a little uneasy at the moment, but unfortunately he was not Wang Jien, he didn't have such a deep city, and the subtle expression on his face was quickly captured by the veteran Wang Jien.

Wang Jien snorted and smiled: "Lu Fei, just order it and tell the old man, what is the purpose of your doing this?" Don't say anything about impartial law enforcement, the old man doesn't believe it! ”

Lu Fei was stunned for a moment and said, "What else is there?" ”

A young man of twenty years old is fighting in front of an old eunuch who is more hairy than a monkey, Lu Fei seems to have miscalculated, he can even fool the emperor, who can play tricks in front of him.

Wang Jien snorted coldly and said, "Hmph! Banmen got an axe, the old man has been in the palace for fifty years, and he has served five dynasties and eight emperors before and after, (five dynasties, ten kingdoms, a total of fourteen emperors) Your Taoism is not enough, let's say, what kind of deal do you want to make with the old man. ”

Lu Fei knew that it was very likely that he would not be able to hide this matter, but as soon as he heard Wang Jien say it so directly, he also affirmed one thing, and Wang Jien did not dare to make trouble again.

Lu Fei calmed down and said with a smile: "You are too careful." ”

"Humph!" Wang Jien took the case and said, "The old man is too careful? I hope I'm too careful, there's something I'm curious about, how did you find out about the relationship between Wang Zhi and me? ”

Lu Fei had to admire Wang Jien's old way, he saw through his little tricks so quickly, sure enough, Jiang is still old and spicy, and it won't be interesting to play anymore, I bet you don't dare to let me walk out of this door.

Seeing that Lu Fei didn't speak, Wang Jien said again: "The old man doesn't want others to know that Wang Zhi is my family, so he tried his best to hide it, what he was afraid of was that people like you would make a fuss about him, but the old man was still wrong, and the paper couldn't contain the fire after all." Speaking of this, his expression was a little gloomy, as if he was disheartened, sighed, and continued: "Since you have inquired about my relationship with him, you must already know my story, I have to say that the old man did not misunderstand you, and the future life is terrifying." ”

The more Lu Fei listened, the more wrong he became, and said in his heart: I just found out that Wang Zhi is your nephew, do you still have a story?

Seeing that Lu Fei still didn't speak, Wang Jien sighed again and said, "It's been two years, and the old man has silently helped you behind your back for two years, but I didn't expect you to be so kind to the old man, young man, you can't do things too much." ”

Lu Fei had a black line in his head, muttered in his heart, and said in surprise: "Are you secretly helping me?" Me, how did I not know? ”

Wang Jien smiled bitterly and said: "There are some things that the old man plans to die and don't know you, and some things involve today's officials, so it is inconvenient to say them clearly, but today I will tell you that you come with me." (To be continued.) )