Chapter 836: The Black Hand Appears

There is a way to be rich in the west and rich in the east, because Yongfang is close to the imperial city and in the west of the inner city of Beijing, it has always been a place where officials gather, and the houses are expensive. Therefore, many officials who are not high in official positions and whose family background is only well-off will choose to rent houses to live here, and there are many small houses in the two squares that only enter one or two. And He Xinyin, who was invited to Beijing, was hidden in the city and quietly lived among the many court officials in Yongfang. Although he is famous, because most of the activities in the southeast Huguang area in previous years, there are few people in the capital who know him, and he lives in a simple place, so he is very low-key.

But on this day, with two healthy servants, he quietly went out and came to the Lingji Palace in Lingji Hutong, which was very close to the Tangzi Hutong where he lived. This street also has a name, called Xuancheng Bo back wall street, south is the famous Xuancheng Bodi Garden, through the high wall, you can vaguely see the carved beams and paintings. Although the Xuancheng Uncle is no longer the Xuanhe of the past, as a nobleman, as long as he does not make big mistakes and manages it well, those royal Xuntian Zhuangzi plus the many ancestral mountain and forest industries are enough for the family to live in luxury. The Lingji Palace in the north has always been the most famous royal Taoist temple in the capital.

Although it is forbidden to smoke folk incense, the incense of the Buddhist temple in the Beijing has always been better than the Taoist temple, so when He Xin is hidden, he only sees a few palaces Although there are many pious pilgrims, it is not a crowded Buddhist temple in the end. Because the time and place of today's day were all agreed a long time ago, he had never been much interested in Buddhism, so he immediately went straight to a small garden behind the Lingji Palace, and when he saw the door from a distance, he saw two Taoist children standing there.

However, when he got closer, the two little Taoist boys saluted at the same time, but stopped the two healthy servants behind him. He only raised his eyebrows at this move, glanced at the servant, and walked in without dodging, still speculating in his heart about the person who had invited him here. Although the person he suspected the most so far was Zhang Siwei, he knew that people like Zhang Siwei were the best at seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, even if he found out that he had secretly robbed the documents he had obtained from Gao Gong, it would not be so easy to think of using Xu Jie's stupid son to easily guess his head, and boldly invited himself to Jingshi.

This can only be done by a large number of forces!

So, when he saw a middle-aged man about forty years old with a slight white face and a slight beard standing up in a pavilion at the end of the path, his eyes suddenly sharpened. Although the other party looked quite elegant and had a beard on his chin, at a glance, the other party's demeanor and demeanor were different from ordinary men. In the past, when Xu Jie was still a second assistant, he had also seen a similar character visit at his home, so he immediately asked bluntly: "Dare to ask which father-in-law in the palace is it?" ”

"Mr. Fushan has good eyesight, our family is the emperor's companion, and the eunuch Zhang Cheng is the official and the eunuch."

If Zhang Hong or any of the eunuchs in the palace were here, they would definitely be dumbfounded when they heard this. Zhang Cheng? This is clearly Zhang Whale, who is favored by the emperor's side no less than Zhang Cheng!

He Xinyin is not as good as other idlers in the mountains, officials in the court, and Da Jue in the palace, he has a lot of understanding. Therefore, he is naturally not unfamiliar with the name Zhang Cheng, but the original seven-point vigilance has suddenly increased to ten. He stepped forward quietly, arched his hand slightly, and then asked, "So, it was Gonggong Zhang who used that kind of invitation to invite me to Beijing?" I'm an idler in the mountains, is it worth so much effort? ”

"I just heard that the servant of Zhang Ge's hometown went to Henan on the way back, and it seems that he encountered something and lost something, and I happened to hear that Xu Ge Lao of Zhishi had seen Mr. Fushan several times, but he had the intention of giving it a try, and asked the second son of the Xu family, who knew that he asked such a thing." Zhang Whale smiled, his face was unusually sincere, and he stretched out his hand to ask He Xinyin to sit first, and then he sat down and said, "After all, I was once introduced to the emperor by Gonggong Feng, and I have been in the East Factory for a while before, and there are a few acquaintances among the factory guards. ”

Knowing that it was not Zhang Siwei, but such a eunuch who wanted to blackmail himself, He Xinyin could be said to be extremely annoyed in his heart, if it weren't for the fact that he still had children and nephews at home, and there were many students and disciples outside, he couldn't wait to directly draw his sword and kill this ill-intentioned eunuch. But after all, he was not such an impulsive person, and he had a murderous intention in his heart, but he still said softly or hardly: "Gonggong Zhang is really good ears and eyes, but with those things about Chen Guzi's rotten sesame seeds, do you think you can succeed?" ”

"The emperor has been married." Zhang Whale's back was straight, and he said word by word, "But Gonggong Feng and Yuan Fu are inside and outside, controlling the government and government, just like one person, if this continues, is this country the country of the Ming Dynasty, or the country of Feng and Zhang?" I know how Mr. Fushan made a plan for Xu Ge Lao to take Yan Song back then, and this time I learned that Zhang Ge Lao got the manuscript of Gaoxin Zheng Gong, but he was robbed by you, so I invited you to Jingshi. I might as well tell you the truth, what I want to do is not done now, and someone will do it in the future. And if you do it now, whether it is Gonggong Feng or Yuan Fu, you can still retreat peacefully, but it may not be so good in the future! ”

"Don't forget, last year, it was the emperor who repeatedly stayed in Yuanfu, and he made an exception!"

"The emperor is just because of the repeated urging of the Holy Lady, and that's just the case. In the end, the love between teachers and students for many years, Yuanfu has no credit and hard work, and the emperor always remembers it. When Zhang Whale said this, he suddenly changed his words and said, "The words have already been spoken, and I really don't hide it, I invite Mr. Fushan to Beijing, not because I want you to come and offer advice, but for one thing, that is, Gao Xinzheng's manuscript!" As long as you can hand over all the manuscripts to me, there is no need for you to participate in the follow-up of this matter, Mr. Fushan, and it has nothing to do with you whether it is successful or not. ”

"If Gonggong Zhang wants to write a manuscript, when people asked me to blackmail me into going to Beijing, just say it straightforwardly, why do you want me to go to Beijing in person at a young age?"

"Naturally, I'm afraid that Mr. Fushan will use a manuscript or other things to fool me."

"Heh, Grandpa Zhang is suspicious. But since you have so many factory guards, you should know that I don't have what you want in my bag. ”

It was only at this time that Zhang Whale's face darkened. Although he did stay in Dongchang and got acquainted with so many eunuchs who were quite good in private, he was not Feng Bao who had eyeliner all over the government and the opposition inside and outside the capital, before He Xinyin appeared today, he didn't even know whether He Xinyin arrived in the capital and where he lived, how could he know what He Xinyin was carrying in his bag? However, from He Xinyin's words, he still clearly heard that what he wanted was really not in He Xinyin's hands, and he was a little upset. You know, without this thing, how can he blackmail Zhang Siwei to obey orders?

For a while, Zhang Whale, who had been soft-spoken, finally lost some patience and asked stiffly: "How can Mr. Fushan be willing to take things out?" ”

"See you next time." He Xin secretly spit out five words concisely, and when he saw Zhang Whale's face pale, he immediately said coldly, "Although I don't like the elders in power at any time, but in the end, there are still a few friends in Jingshi, and Grandpa Zhang is not willing to force me to death and let me shout about certain things." Three days, meet here in three days, and I'll bring you something. ”

I was so angry that I was just pushed by He Xinyin, but now He Xinyin is willing to take out something, as long as he waits for three days, Zhang Whale immediately put on a smiling face. He has set up people inside and outside this Lingji Palace, since He Xinyin is here today, the next whereabouts will be completely in his hands, and he is afraid that he will not know who the manuscripts of the high arch are hiding in his hands? Moreover, didn't he bring He Xinyin to the capital just to find out this person's network?

At that moment, he nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, then I will wait for the good news from Mr. Fushan." ”

"Then I'll take my leave."

Seeing that He Xinyin simply turned around and left, Zhang Whale was not angry, but felt that this southeast celebrity who had voted for Hu Zongxian's shogunate and helped Xu Jie plot against Yan Song was really exaggerated.

However, Zhang soon realized that he was wrong. Because He Xinyin took two healthy servants and did not return to his temporary residence, he actually visited a number of high-ranking officials who happened to be at home today, including Yin Zhengmao, the secretary of the household department, Zhang Xueyan, the squire of the military department, and Wu Baipeng, the secretary of the criminal department, in addition to several Hanlin, and the next day, he also visited several officials with heads and faces in one breath.

The most important thing is that no matter which family he came from, He Xinyin's entourage and servant were carrying a burden that seemed to be holding something, making him completely uncertain whether He Xinyin had recovered the document or not, and from which family he had recovered the document scroll. He is not Feng Bao who controls the factory guard, and it is impossible to investigate all those high-ranking officials. Moreover, after such a high-profile appearance, He Xinyin actually lived in an inn adjacent to the mansion of Li Wei, a well-known Jingshi family, which made him dare not easily mobilize too many people to keep an eye on him, let alone kill him when he got something after the matter was completed.

Because his acquaintances in the factory guard have long revealed that Feng Bao has begun to fully call the factory guard, monitoring many important ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, especially Zhang Siwei, the third assistant of the cabinet, as well as him and Zhang Cheng! Just yesterday, he came out to meet He Xinyin privately, and quietly set a trap for Zhang Cheng, so that he also showed his head nearby, he had already taken a huge risk.

To say that He Xinyin has a relationship with so many high-ranking officials, it is naturally impossible, celebrities are divided into many circles, and high-ranking officials are also divided into many circles, and He Xinyin has an ordinary relationship with many celebrities, and most of the high-ranking officials are even more incompatible, but now that the situation is compelling, he doesn't care about this old face, and under the pretext of raising funds for a certain academy in Huguang, he actually visited the past one by one. It was not until the afternoon of the third day that he did not go out in the guest room, and only let two servants stand guard outside the door. When he was looking through a newly printed volume of Romance of a Western country with great interest, he only heard a knock on the door, saying that it was a guy who delivered tea and cleaned it.

He didn't raise his head and gave an order, and when a little er dressed in a short shirt entered the house, he glanced at it casually, and saw that people closed the door lightly, but he still looked around, and he smiled and quipped: "What are you doing sneakily, someone is watching outside, and the idle people can't wait to get in." You're smart enough to dress up as a buddy to meet me. ”

"Uncle He, why are your eyes so sharp." Xiaobei raised his head at this time, stepped forward quickly and put down the things in his hand, and then said, "What is it that makes you make such a big fuss?" ”

"Did Fu Lin ask you to bring Gao Xinzheng's manuscript?"

"Hey, Uncle He, did you agree with him in advance?" Xiaobei raised his eyebrows, directly pulled up his trouser legs, took off all the manuscripts tied to his legs, and put them on the table, then he glanced at He Xinyin in wonder, "Xianggong took out the most taboo of them, and the rest are here." Since you need this thing, why did you send it to him in the first place? ”

"At first, I thought it was useless to me, and it might be of some use to him, but now someone is forcing me to trade it. And he was so clever that he knew that I was making such a big noise, and that he was leading him to send me this thing. Speaking of this, He Xinyin flipped through the manuscript, and then looked up and said to Xiaobei, "After I go back, tell Fu Lin that the person who wants to blackmail me claims to be Zhang Cheng, the eunuch of the internal official and the eunuch of the emperor's side, but it is difficult to say whether it is true or not. He wanted to be unfavorable to Zhang Taiyue and Feng Shuanglin, so he tried so hard to persuade me to come to the capital, saying that it was just for this manuscript, but I think it was also to know who else was behind me besides Xu Huating. ”

Xiaobei thought of Wang Fulin's judgment after learning the news that He Xinyin had appeared in the capital with great fanfare last night, and couldn't help but feel that these two people were really teachers and students, even if He Xinyin taught Wang Fulin swordsmanship, not strategy. She knew that she was far inferior to the two of them in these overall situations or details, and she didn't dare to delay for too long, so she hurriedly poured the tea, and began to really clean the house and pack up her things, but asked in her mouth: "Then Uncle He will go back immediately after giving the manuscript to that Zhang Cheng?" ”

"No, he asked me to go all the way to Beijing, and it will definitely not be so simple as a manuscript. Besides, he gave me his name and whereabouts, so where could I leave so simply? Rather than being robbed and killed halfway by then, it is better to tell others that I am in Beijing with great fanfare, and then wait and see what happens. I used to live in the third house of Tangzi Hutong in Yongfang, but I haven't been there since I met that Zhang Cheng, remember to go when you go back, I hid something in the study, it is Lu Changli's harvest, just in case, you remember to bring it to Fu Lin. Oh, here's the key, you don't have to go over the wall anymore. ”

Xiaobei knew that if he stayed in the house for too long, it would be very easy to arouse suspicion, so he immediately agreed. When she had left the house, and had gone to the teahouse for a while, and finally put on her clothes for an unlucky fellow, she crept over the wall and into a ready-to-wear store next door. After changing her clothes and sneaking out, she met with Yan's mother, who answered her, and immediately rushed to Tangzi Hutong.

Sure enough, unlike the inn that had a few eyeliners watching, He Xinyin's previous temporary residence had no idle people, and because the neighbors were all court officials with simple populations, when the master and servant opened the door with the key and entered, there was not even a nosy person.

Instead, it took a lot of effort to rummage through the study. Fortunately, she knew that Lu Guangwu had done something on He Xinyin's orders, and she carefully searched for the contents one by one, and finally found the two seemingly inconspicuous notes in the corner. When she and Yan's mother locked the door and walked out of the house, they went around in a big circle, and changed back into women's clothes at Xu's house, and then when they took the car back to their house, the sun had already set.

After such a toss, she didn't look exhausted at all, she went into the study and threw the book to Wang Fulin.

"Fortunately, now that the eyeliner that is monitoring our family and the Xu family has been removed, I can go so smoothly. But you just sent a secret letter to Zhang Hong before, and Zhang Hong obviously alarmed Feng Bao again. Uncle He is now being coerced by this person who claims to be Zhang Cheng, and if he is not good, he may be involved, can we help him get out of the siege? ”

"It's difficult, and Mr. He has already made a high-profile appearance, and he can't hide it anymore. Moreover, the person looking for Mr. He turned out to be Zhang Cheng, which made the matter much more complicated and variable, and the most important thing was whether Zhang Cheng did this or not, which is still a bad thing. It is impossible for Mr. He to leave the capital easily now! ”

Xiaobei hesitated for a moment, but still said without saying anything: "If possible, it's good to protect Lord Gao?" After all, his father's previous posthumous gifts and funeral sacrifices were still set when he was in office. ”

Otherwise, Hu Zongxian committed suicide in prison for so many years, but he still has a stigma!

"I want to too, but now the trees want to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop......" Wang Fulin pulled his hair a little distressed, and sighed deeply, "Lord Shoufu has only been gone for a few days, and he has already been dancing with demons, there are really no tigers in the mountains, and the monkey is called the king!" ”

At this moment, he only heard a voice from outside the door of the study: "Childe, Xinchang Lu Gongzi is here!" ”

Hearing this, Wang Fulin couldn't help but exchange a look with Xiaobei. At this juncture, Lu Guangwu actually came? Was it a pure coincidence, or did they rush to the capital after hearing the news?

But with Lu Guangwu, who is a master of art, He Xinyin only needs to go out of Beijing, and he doesn't have to worry about safety on the road!

PS: July 1st, starting in the second half of the year, the first is closer to 5,000 to ask for a guaranteed monthly pass (to be continued.) )