On the cold blue brick floor, Zhang Whale had been kneeling for a full quarter of an hour, and his knees were like pinprick touches, constantly reminding him that even if he was already a royal eunuch at the moment, he was still an insignificant little person.

Therefore, he knew whether he could successfully pass this level first, just now, where did he dare to show the slightest resentment, his head was lowered, his eyes were only three steps away from the ground, and he couldn't even see Zhang Hong's toes.

This is when he first entered the palace, when he and more than a dozen small fire people under Zhang Hong's name learned the rules together, the master who taught him told him thousands of times. Now, he can't remember all the names of those little firefighters, some of them died quietly in this deep palace, some of them are old, and they are still doing some cheap labor of sprinkling and sweeping and even emptying the toilet, and some are barely decent enough to make outsiders call their father-in-law.

But no one can match his achievements, because when he is needed, he can be petty-hearted, he can be impassioned, he can be fair and clear, and he can also turn his face and disown people. But most importantly, he understands the times.

Now that the situation is stronger than people, not to mention kneeling on Zhang Hong's side for a little time, it is to kneel for three days and three nights, and after surviving, he is a good man!

"Until now, you still want to say that just because you are jealous that Zhang Cheng is already the eunuch of the internal official and the seal, so you deliberately pretended to be him to see He Xinyin and framed him? You heard that Zhang Siwei sent someone to see Gao Gong, but someone robbed something on the way, which can be said to be accidental, but you suppressed the matter, but you still knew that you went to Songjiang to find the Xu family, and pry He Xinyin out of the mouth of the second child of the Xu family, and used the protégé of the son and nephew of the family as a threat, and let people take what you want into Beijing, and you still said that this was just a spur of the moment? Zhang Whale, you haven't been with me for the first day, you should know that although I am not as good as Feng Shuanglin, I don't rub sand in my eyes! ”

As soon as he entered the door and saluted, he **** knelt down, and after a long time, he was questioned so sharply, but Zhang Whale breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang Hong opened his mouth to ask, which was at least better than not saying a word. Therefore, he looked out a little, at least he could see Zhang Hong's knees and toes, and then he whispered: "Ancestor, I know it's wrong. When I found out about it, I shouldn't hide it, I should tell you first. It was I who ate lard and was blinded, thinking that this matter could be used, so I followed the vine step by step, and when I saw He Xinyin, I was not for Zhang Cheng at first, but purely to confuse the line of sight, in case someone found out. ”

Speaking of this, he deliberately stopped, and found that Zhang Hong did not interrupt or ask, while secretly pondering Zhang Hong's true attitude, he continued: "As for the design of Zhang Siwei, the conscience of heaven and earth, I never dared to frame the cabinet Sanfu, purely because I wanted to deceive him, and then get those high-arched manuscripts in his hands!" Ancestor, you are older than Gonggong Feng and have deeper qualifications than him, so that's all, but Feng Bao himself is the palm seal of the master of ceremonies, and you, the second-ranked master of ceremonies, don't even have the title of Admiral Dongchang, this is really too deceitful! I just thought that if I had a high-arched manuscript in my hand, it would be useful in the future......"

"Huh."

Zhang Hong laughed, and finally interrupted Zhang Whale's very moving-sounding statement: "Don't you know that I have already received a secret report from the outside world, and I heard that someone is holding a high-arch manuscript to make a living, so I went to find Feng Shuanglin?" At this juncture where the rumors are all soldiers, you can actually instruct the little firefighters in the cabinet to stuff such a post into Zhang Siwei's straight room, and then let people commit suicide by hitting the wall, are you eating the bear's heart and leopard gall? For me...... Heh, if you fall into the hands of Feng Bao, can you withstand the eighteen tricks of Dongchang or Jinyiwei? ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Whale was not only not surprised, but was overjoyed, and suddenly stepped forward on his knees and hugged Zhang Hong's thigh.

"Old Ancestor, I really didn't know what you discussed with Gonggong Feng before, but when I found out later, I couldn't hold it anymore. I thought that Zhang Siwei was unlucky, but he was the third assistant of the cabinet, and Zhang Juzheng was introduced into the cabinet, even if he fell because of this, it would always have nothing to do with the ancestor. As for the little fireman, his mother and brother are all supported by me, not to mention dying for me, even if he is allowed to go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, he will never frown, just like me, even if it falls into the hands of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, not to mention eighteen tricks, it is the most powerful punishment in the world, and I naturally will not spit out a word......"

Hearing Zhang Whale swearing in that curse, saying that everything was for the sake of his ancestor, Zhang Hong did not scoff, his face was pale, and in the end, he impatiently stabbed Zhang Whale with his toes and motioned for people to get up. When Zhang Whale staggered and stood up straight, he said coldly: "You are the person who went out under my name, if something goes wrong, it will implicate me." So, if you don't want to say what you just said, I have to protect you. Don't think that last time in the drum room, I fished Zhang Cheng first, and then you, this is eccentricity, you don't want to think about it, who connived at Sun Hai that time! ”

Seeing that Zhang Whale's face changed, Zhang Hong casually put down the teacup in his hand: "Except for me, no one knows that 'Zhang Cheng' has seen He Xinyin, and He Xinyin will be tight-lipped." He won't step into the capital half a step in the future, and naturally he doesn't know that Zhang Cheng still has you behind him, so don't play any tricks, otherwise God knows if he will draw a Danqing picture behind his back. Okay, this matter is over, you go back to the Qianqing Palace. ”

Zhang Whale bowed his head deeply and said yes, but he hid the murderous intent in his eyes well. However, when he turned around and went out, he didn't see that Zhang Hong's eyes were staring at his back, as if he was looking at a dead man.

"What did you say that fell into the hands of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and they wouldn't spit out a word? If you dare to do such a thing, how can you be alone, and how big a hole will you have to poke if someone finds out? ”

After muttering a sentence to himself, Zhang Hong clasped his hands and finally made a general judgment. That is in the system of Jinyiwei or Dongchang, someone is secretly helping Zhang Whale, not to mention the design and planning, at least sweeping the tail or removing those traces, so that Feng Bao will not find out. Or is it that Zhang Whale planned such a play, just to give Feng Bao a knife?

"Can't stay...... The heart is too big, and now I'm afraid that even I will be a revenge! ”

But Zhang Hong knew better that Zhang Whale was talking nonsense with his eyes open while doing a little low in front of him, which seemed to be very deferential, but in fact, he was just making a gesture, not afraid that he would break it.

He still has many apprentices and grandchildren in this palace, and some of them are no less than Zhang Whale, and even among the celebrant eunuchs, there are two who go out under his name. However, he has the trust of the emperor, has a reputation for being kind to others, and has a lot of praise among the courtiers, but he lacks two things compared to Feng Bao.

He didn't have what the second-ranked celebrant should have - that is, the power of the Admiral East Factory!

And he is not like Feng Bao, who has a powerful ally like Zhang Juzheng!

Therefore, Zhang Whale had no fear, that is, he was sure that in addition to punishing him by kneeling and reprimanding, it was impossible for him to directly beat him to death with a big stick! Zhu Yijun, the emperor, will not allow it, Empress Dowager Cisheng Li will not allow it, and Feng Bao will not allow it. Therefore, he can only use other means, the best way is of course to use Feng Bao, or Empress Dowager Li, or simply through the emperor, but now Zhang Whale has already taken precautions against him. Now, he had to regret that he had warned Zhang Whale in advance and made him take precautions.

Of course, Zhang Hong did not indulge in remorse or annoyance all the time. Since he had made a mistake before, he would naturally not be restrained by the involvement of Zhang Whale, a eunuch under his name, so he quickly made a decision and immediately sent someone out first.

So, in the evening of that day, Wang Fulin, who took leave to return home in the morning and was still on duty in the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the evening, ushered in an unexpected and reasonable guest.

When Liu Wanfeng, the capital official, received Zhang Hong's summons, he once felt that he had misheard. Although Wang Fulin has only been the imperial history for more than two years in total, he has been patrolling for a year, and is now in charge of the Guangdong Daoyin, and the other twelve years of the Imperial History of the Imperial Court are on an equal footing, and because the two Zuodu Imperial Historians have trusted him, he has saved the dilemma of several candidates who were originally going to return to the Ministry of Officials, so in the entire Imperial Procuratorate, many people don't like him, but more people have to believe him.

It is easy to impeach a high-ranking official in the imperial history, and it is easy to invite names, but once you get on the first one, you can refute others speechless every time, which is not easy!

And such a character who is regarded by outsiders as Zhang Juzheng's confidant actually has a connection with his distant uncle?

But as a clerk, he witnessed Wang Fulin blocking back Qin Yiming, the head of Huguang Road, and then retaining the courage of those white-clothed clerks who were not officials, and he knew that Hu Quan, the capital official, almost regarded himself as a lackey under Wang Fulin's door.

When he handed over the egg-sized copper pill in his hand, he hurriedly whispered again: "My father-in-law said that the key will be sent to the house when I turn around." This thing was made by the best craftsman the royal prison had ever used, and now that the man is dead, the craft is lost, and there are two keys in total, and if the key is not opened, the letter note in the copper pellet will self-destruct. The direction of unlocking is two on the left and three on the right. ”

It turns out that this is the Ming version of the security box......

The corners of Wang Fulin's mouth twitched slightly, and seeing Liu Wanfeng's face full of awe, he said lightly: "I know, if there is a reply, I will look for you." But you rarely come and go to me on weekdays, if you come and go often in the future, it will be a bit dazzling, if there is another matter, the matter is not big, you can find Zheng Yougui, put it in the official document to convey, and I will ask Zheng Yougui to send you a message when you reply to the letter. ”

For Zheng Yougui's good luck, Liu Wanfeng is naturally a little envious, jealous and hateful, but this is the fate of others, he can only think about it, and when Wang Fulin casually rewarded him with a pair of five-point small coins, he no longer had those messy thoughts, and after kowtowing, he retreated. It wasn't until he left that Wang Fulin took out the key from the drawer that Xiaobei asked people to put on the bottom layer when they brought dinner, which didn't look like a key at all, thinking that once Zhang Hong was really careful, it would really make people not know what to say. According to Liu Wanfeng's words, he opened the copper pill, and when he saw that there was a small closed hole on the inner wall, he generally understood the principle.

Nine times out of ten, if you take the key and open the wrong lock, or if an external force strikes, the liquid in the mezzanine will enter it and destroy the letterhead.

While trying to open the lock, when he took out the neatly folded letterhead inside, he gradually put away his careless curiosity, and soon became solemn.

Because, Zhang Hong reversed the habit of saying that half of the money was half hidden, and made all the suspicions about Zhang Whale clear, and promised that from now on, if there is any wind in the palace, he will send the news immediately, and in return, he also hopes that he will send the important news from outside to the palace. And most importantly, Zhang Hong made it clear in his letter that he meant to form an alliance and help each other, and for a celebrant who was equivalent to the second assistant of the cabinet, such a naked meaning of acceptance was completely different from the last time Zhang Feng came to him to inquire about his whereabouts, occupy the noodle stall he frequented, and propose it with a condescending meaning.

After all, no matter how many times they met before, Zhang Hong still revealed a sense of equal connection for the first time.

Wang Fulin knows very well that this is a very useful help in today's situation where the demons are dancing wildly. Moreover, he can rest assured that as long as he is still Zhang Juzheng's cronies for a day, Zhang Hong will support him for a day. And he has his back to this eunuch whose character is quite reliable for the time being, and it will be much easier to do things. And he was just thinking about how to give Zhang Hong an idea on this matter, and the opportunity was sent to the door.

After burning the letter, Wang Fulin thought about it for a long time, and then wrote a reply, and then locked it in the small copper pill secret box, and then called Zheng Yougui in. Because of the news that Wang Zhen gave him before, he was not sure how long he could stay in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and if he was really transferred to the Ministry of Officials, he would have to refamiliarize himself with the low-level officials who often had to deal with him, and he had a plan from then on. At this moment, after he waited for Zheng Yougui to salute, he asked straight to the point: "You have been with me for a year, and you can be regarded as a person I use very well." It's just that I may not stay in the Metropolitan Governor's Office, what are your plans? ”

Zheng Yougui was taken aback. You must know that the position of the official of the department is not limited to a three-year term, such as Chen Sanmo and Shi Yingyue in the matter, that is, they have been in office for more than five years, and the longer the seniority, the higher the official position will be when the time is transferred to another post. Now that Wang Fu Lin has only been in the imperial history for two years, how do you know that it won't last long? Thinking that he used to look down on no one, but now that everyone gives three points of thin face, he was extremely entangled.

After a long time, he suddenly knelt down: "The little one is promoted by the master of the palm, so that he can have today, and I am willing to follow the master of the master to serve the dogs and horses!" ”

"You see, you have to say such things without remorse."

Zheng Yougui was just a gamble, but when he heard Wang Fulin say this, he realized that Wang Fulin might really be willing to take him away, and now he was ecstatic in his heart, and hurriedly kowtowed: "The little one will never regret it!" ”

"Very well, from now on, no matter where I go, you are my man, get up." After the final word, seeing Zheng Yougui holding his knees and getting up, Wang Fulin said slowly, "Liu Wanfeng, the official just now, went to give him this box document, he came to ask for it before, and said it was for archiving." Then you go to the gate of the Metropolitan Inspection Courtyard and find someone to run errands to my house to deliver a message, saying that I want to eat Dingsheng cake tomorrow morning. (To be continued.) )