Although most of the big eunuchs in the palace have private residences outside, as a lieutenant official, they have to serve in front of the emperor most of the time, and unless they can retire like Xiao Jing, the eunuch who was the former eunuch of the master of ceremonies, most of the time they live in the palace. Among them, most of them live in the riverside straight house on the east side of the Miyagi moat, and there are eight districts of the house. Historically, most of the palm prints and pens will not exceed the number of eight, so they naturally do not worry about not enough. And those who are subordinate to the great eunuchs are also in this place, the small ones are only one room, but the big ones can have a small mansion.

At this time, Du Jin served Li Rong to rest, and he dragged his feet back to his yard like lead. He was known to be frugal when he was in the banknotes, but there were at least three or four scholarly servants to serve him, but there was only one small fireman in the palace. Coupled with the fact that he didn't know where people were related to, he didn't even care about whether people were dedicated or not. When he returned to the house, he found that it was pitch black, and he didn't even have a light on, so he didn't bother to call anyone, so he walked straight in. However, as soon as he stepped through the threshold and entered the house, he was keenly aware that something was wrong, and was just about to open his mouth to call someone, when a voice came from ahead.

"The kid who was serving Du's father-in-law was already asleep, although there were many people around, but I still hope that Du's father-in-law wouldn't shout."

Hearing this voice, Du Jin was stunned for a moment, and only after a while did he ask in a trembling voice: "At this time, the palace gate has been keyed, how can you come to me when you are newly married Yan'er?" ”

"The newlywed Yan'er is good, but someone wants to break ground on Tai Sui's head, so tired that I have to stay in Xiyuan for one night tonight. In that case, of course, let's come here to meet the old people. In the dark, it was difficult for the eyes to see, but the sensitivity of other senses seemed to rise in a straight line, so Xu Xun could vaguely hear Du Jin's heavy breathing, and after a pause, he continued, "Grandpa Du is now serving Grandpa Li at night, and he is the most trusted person of Grandpa Li, can you tell me that Nanjian Zhang's sacrificial wine is resigned in a row, what's going on?" ”

Du Jin was stunned by Xu Xun's straightforward question, and after a while, he stammered and asked, "What is this......?" I don't know about it......"

"Oh?"

Although Xu Xun didn't ask directly, Du Jin vaguely heard the displeasure, thinking that Xu Xun actually had the courage to blend into the riverside straight house, a territory where all the celebrants were in the eunuchs, he couldn't help but feel numb, and immediately added: "I only heard Gonggong Li say that Zhang Mao is confused, and he shouldn't have stayed in the position of Nanjian Priest Wine for a long time, and he taught the students badly for no reason." ”

"I see." Although Du Jin just said this, for Xu Xun, this is already a very valuable clue. Counting the distance from Nanjing to the capital with his fingers, he couldn't help but sit there and mutter, and then asked again, "Recently, Gonggong Li and Jiao Fang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, have seen each other frequently?" ”

Xu Xun's whimsical way of questioning made Du Jin a little unaccustomed, and he hesitated for a moment before replying in a low voice: "Master Jiao hasn't seen Gonggong Li much, but the correspondence is very frequent. Gonggong Li personally opened the envelope with a paper cutter, and after reading the letterhead, he threw it in the charcoal basin and burned it, even if the little one served beside him, he didn't know what was written on the letter, and the adults forgave him......"

"It's no wonder you, what is there to plead guilty about." Xu Xun smiled slightly, but the smile in the dark was not safe for Du Jin to see. Then, he said gently, "This time I will go to Nanjing, if you have any news to spread, write a note and put it in the crack of this window." Du Gonggong is now in the prime of life, and he hopes to cherish his future prospects. You know, Father-in-law Li has used a lot of people around him one after another, but few of them have a good end, I remember when I came back from a victory, and there was a suicide in fear of sin. And a few years ago, Jia Shichun, the steward of Renshou Palace, also died in an unknown manner. ”

The master of ceremonies and the hall Cui Ju committed suicide in fear because he had detained Xu Xun's excerpt for the soldiers, Du Jin, who was already by Li Rong's side at that time, of course would not be unaware, and he knew better that it was Xu Xun's trick, and Li Rong responded in a hurry. And after Jia Shichun's death, he had a share, and the letter he handed to Liu Jin was ordered by him. Although he didn't participate in what happened on the Xuanwu Gate Tower, he could guess with his toes, how could he not worry about whether he would become a victim?

Therefore, after being silent for a long time, he finally asked in a difficult voice, "Your Excellency may give me a guarantee?" ”

"Guaranteed?" Xu Xun was slightly stunned and understood, and then chuckled, "Isn't Gonggong Du still understandable?" The people who follow me, even if they die on the battlefield, I will fight for them to return to the country and bury them, not to mention other people who have made meritorious contributions after following me before and after the saddle. I am a man who has never shown mercy to my enemies, but I have never spared my own people. You don't have to worry about you turning your back on the owner now, and I will cross the river and tear down the bridge when the time comes. If Gonggong Li wasn't that kind of person, you probably wouldn't have betrayed him easily. ”

Hearing this, Du Jin suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. What made him even more relieved was that Xu Xun followed up and spit out another sentence lightly: "You did a good job in Linqing Banknote Customs before. This time I went down to the south of the Yangtze River, and the emperor seemed to intend to clean up the banknotes on the canal. As long as you can inquire about the news that you should inquire about in the palace, with your financial skills, I will ask the emperor when the time comes, and all the banknotes on the canal will be in charge of you, and it will not be a difficult matter. ”

Du Jin sharpened his head and got the position of Linqing Banknote Pass back then, but in order to make achievements in order to return to Beijing and be promoted, but now he has really become Li Rong's henchman, and the kind of trembling that accompanies the king like a tiger makes him fed up. His talent was already in the financial scheme, but Li Rong didn't care at all, he only told him that he would be loyal and would never treat him badly, where could he throw out the bait that Xu Xun threw out even if he was covered with thorns, he was willing to swallow it. After thinking about it, he finally gritted his teeth and pulled his robe and knelt down.

"Thank you, sir! The small ones will definitely live up to the trust! ”

After a winter of river closure, since February two dragons raised their heads to open the river, now the canal has resumed busy, Tongzhou wharf as the end of the canal waterway and the starting point of the land route to the capital, just ten days with the ship to the north of the grain ship or merchant ship, almost crowded the entire unloading wharf. However, in contrast, most of the ships heading south are difficult to load, and occasionally there are empty boats. But on this day, the freight wharf, which had been in full swing, stopped for the time being, and the coolies who had nothing to do were watching an official ship moored on the other side, but the thick cloth fence over there made them unable to see anything.

The canal is shallow, and Xu Xun doesn't like unnecessary pomp, and there are only twenty or thirty people on the whole boat, but there are more people coming to see him off at this moment. Originally, Zhu Houzhao, the little emperor, was also coming, but I thought of the last time the Son of Heaven sent him out to welcome him in victory, this time he insisted on saying goodbye in the palace. When "Farewell" sent these eunuchs away, and blasted away the men who were in the vanguard of the government army, he walked under the shade of the tree, and saw the little girl holding Li Qingniang's hand, her eyes were red, and he had to cough lightly. Sure enough, the next moment, a figure appeared on the other side of the tree.

"I thought you would quickly cut through the mess and give this marriage, but I didn't expect you to be good, and you actually dragged it out until we left Beijing without a shadow?"

Huitong saw that Xu Liang on the van over there also recognized him, and was staring at this side with round eyes, he couldn't help but have a bitter face, and avoided Shen Yue's vicious gaze with a weak heart, and said with embarrassment: "I want to do so, but I just tested Gu Gonggong's tone, but I didn't expect him to let me do a big job." The child in her belly is still young, and I am afraid that the messy etiquette and kneeling that day will go wrong, so I can only delay it first...... Don't worry, I'll marry her openly! ”

Shen Yue heard this, and couldn't help but sneer at Li Qingniang: "Godmother, there are so many good men in the world, why did you fall in love with this dead monk!" ”

"Ahem!" Huitong was extremely angry when he heard that he had become a dead monk, but it could be seen that Xu Xun was staring at him, so he had to touch his nose and muttered in a low voice, "I'm not your little two, I actually endure it for a year or two, we are all old, and it is too early to cook raw rice and mature rice...... In short, what kind of horse with what kind of saddle, except for me, there are few strong men in the world who dare to marry her back! ”

"What do you say? You have the guts to say it again! ”

Seeing Li Qingniang's phoenix eyes, Huitong immediately shut up. And Xu Xun looked at this funny scene and immediately laughed. Shen Yue knew that the wood was already in the boat, so he had to give a good command to Huitong, and finally reluctantly said goodbye to Li Qingniang. Waiting for Ruyi to help Shen Yue get on the boat, Huitong asked a mother to help Li Qingniang get into the car, and then immediately whispered: "Don't worry, this is the biological mother of one of my apprentices, who is good at serving pregnant women and mothers, and her mouth is tight." ”

"I don't have anything to worry about the people you use. However, you have to know that although I have already said hello to Jinyiwei, and the messages have gone to their side, you are not idle and have nothing to do. After I'm gone, you should know what to do. ”

Xu Xun has assigned all kinds of things in the past few days, but the only most important thing is attributed to Huitong. At this moment, this middle-aged man, who had long since ceased to look like a monk, squinted his eyes, and immediately said word by word: "Don't worry, I will do my best." It's just that as soon as you leave, they will inevitably change their ways to please the emperor, the emperor already likes all kinds of new gadgets and tricks, so I'm afraid that I will really indulge in it, and when you come back, the emperor may not be able to ......"

"The emperor is not that kind of person."

Xu Xun took a deep breath, thought about Zhu Houzhao's true surname in front of him, and immediately interrupted Huitong's words: "It's really going to get to that point, you try to inform Rayson and ask him to see Zhou Qiniang, the palace maid of Renshou Palace, Layson knows how to do it." ”

(To be continued)