Chapter 45: You Rise and I Fall
After Emperor Wanli finished writing his opinions on Ye Xiaotian's treatment, he threw away the Zhu pen, leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes tightly, and looked haggard. Sandezi knew that the emperor was in an extremely bad mood now and didn't dare to speak, so he hurriedly stepped forward and took the holy decree stamped with the imperial seal, and ran out in a puff of smoke.
Wanli was extremely tired and tired in his heart at the moment, not only tired of the ministers, but also tired of himself. Every day, before the rooster crows, he has already gotten up, the moon is bright and the stars are scarce, and he just falls asleep, so hard, what is the picture?
Taking advantage of the cause of Ye Xiaotian's case, all the people are peddling their personal calculations, which makes Zhu Yijun extremely disgusted, he would rather give up the pursuit of Ye Xiaotian than be used by these hateful "noble people" to make a big fuss.
After a long time, Zhu Yijun exhaled a breath of turbidity, his eyes slowly opened, and he was suddenly stunned. Kneeling in front of him was a man who should never have been in front of him. This person is actually Xu Boyi.
Because he was in his own palace, there were countless eunuchs around him, and it was just noon, the sun was shining, and the room was clear, Zhu Yijun didn't have a trace of fear, maybe his current boring mentality also had a certain impact.
He just looked at Xu Boyi in amazement and said in surprise: "Xiaobai? You're not...... You're alive? ”
The eunuch who led Xu Boyi into the palace next to him was called Sun Xian, who took a step forward and was about to explain to the emperor the situation when he met Xu Boyi, Xu Boyi had already wailed, walked a few steps on his knees, hugged Wanli's thigh, and cried loudly: "Your Majesty, the slave and maid were almost beaten to death, and the emperor wants to be the master of the slave and maid!" ”
Wan Liqi said: "How did you live?" Didn't Sandezi say that you were exhausted and transported out of the palace to be buried? ”
Xu Boyi cried: "Yes! The slave and maid had a big life, but they just held their breath at the time, and then woke up leisurely, but they also lost that the coffin was not nailed firmly, and the soil covered on it was not heavy. The slave and maid climbed out, and the capital was curfew, and the slave and maid did not dare to move around, and they came back in the morning. ”
Xu Boyi didn't say that someone robbed the tomb, he was selfish. Most of the ancients believed in the existence of fate, if a person does not die in a certain situation, others will generally think that this person has a very strong personality and is a person with great luck.
If he is beaten and dies, buried in the graveyard and still does not die, how strong should this character be? No one wants to be friends with a god of doom. If the emperor believed that he was hard-hearted, he would definitely look at him differently.
On the side, Sun Xian owed a debt, and said with a smile: "When people hold their breath, they always have a slight breath." The third father-in-law was also a little rough-hearted, but he didn't even find out, and almost buried Xiaobai alive. Fortunately, the third father-in-law was not only a little rough-hearted, but also a little bit on the money, and a dying man was able to kick open the coffin. Stir up the floating soil and crawl out of the grave......"
Before Sun Xian's cool words were finished, he was glared at fiercely by Wanli, and Sun Xian immediately said obediently: "The slave is talkative." ”
But he knew. Although the emperor was angry, he actually listened to it. Emperor Wanli himself is quite picky about money, but he doesn't like the person who picks the door very much, and as the master. He also doesn't like mean people.
Today's slander may not be able to shake Sandezi anything, but he is also an old man from the East Palace, who often walks in front of the palace. Some have the opportunity to take eye medicine, the so-called accumulation of broken bones, and the crowd of gold, there will always be a day to shake the status of Sandezi in front of the emperor.
The eunuchs in the palace are divided into factions, and the East Palace Department when Wanli was the crown prince is currently the most powerful faction, and in the East Palace Department, there are two factions, Wei Dynasty, Sun Xian, Wang An and others are one faction, and Sandezi is the other faction, and there is also a battle between the two factions.
Wanli turned to Xu Boyi and said, "You say." ”
Xu Boyi said sneeringly: "No...... Nope. When the slave and maid woke up, they ...... He crawled out of the cemetery and came to the palace until dawn. The slave's waist card is gone, and he couldn't enter the palace, but fortunately, Sun Gong passed by the highway and heard the slave's cry, so he brought the slave into the palace. ”
Wanli said slowly: "You have suffered for me, and I will remember it in my heart." Let's go down and get some rest, huh...... You can do things under Sun Xian. ”
Sun Xian is one of Wanli's henchmen, in charge of the imperial horse eunuch, second only to the three virtues of the ceremonial eunuch, Xu Boyi was originally in the ceremonial eunuch, but he was just a miscellaneous eunuch, and now it is assigned to Sun Xian's name, it is sent by the lord of Long Live himself, naturally it is impossible to be a miscellaneous eunuch, Xu Boyi was surprised, and hurriedly thanked him.
Xu Boyi followed Sun Xian out, and hurriedly stammered a few more words. Sun Xian felt that this person could climb to the front of the palace without help as a wild eunuch who had become a monk halfway, and he was obviously a clever and usable talent, so he took him for his own use, and got a right-hand man when dealing with Sandezi, so he was very kind to him.
Sun Xian said: "You still have injuries on your body, so let's rest for a few days." When we go back, we will ask someone to arrange another place for you to live, and then send you some good bone-setting medicine, rest for three or five days, and it is not too late to do things when your body is healed. ”
"Thank you for your grace!"
Xu Boyi agreed, sent Sun Xian away, and went back to his residence. After his death, all the surplus wealth he had saved was divided among several miscellaneous eunuchs in the same room, but since he was not dead, it was not good to keep his money for himself.
In particular, Xu Boyi is now working in the Imperial Horse Prison, and he will have a job in the future, how dare those miscellaneous eunuchs offend, not only obediently send back the money they have shared, but also repay it twice, so as not to attract his jealousy, so that Xu Boyi made a small fortune.
Xu Boyi collected the money, and the little eunuchs sent by Sun Xian also arrived, and led Xu Boyi to the courtyard where the eunuchs of the Imperial Horse Supervisor lived to settle down.
Li Jinzhong was still waiting outside the palace gate, he had been waiting for a long time, but in fact, he had gradually despaired in his heart. If the dead eunuch entered the palace, he would no longer pay attention to him, the great benefactor who dug up the tomb and robbed the tomb, and he had no choice but to sue the official or break into the palace.
If he had stayed in normal times, he would have left a long time ago, but today he really couldn't go. for his creditors were watching him from a short distance. It is also said that the road is narrow, Li Jinzhong and Xu Boyi went to the vicinity of the imperial city today, and they were targeted by his creditors.
In the past few days, the other party has been very anxious to ask for debts, and the original plan was to pay off the money owed today, so Li Jinzhong did not avoid taboos last night and robbed the eunuch's grave at night. Today he was blocked on the road, so that if Xu Boyi, a real eunuch, testified on the side, the creditor let him go, but he still followed all the way, most of the splashes like Li Jinzhong were homeless and unemployed, and they were really forced to leave, and they didn't dare to take risks.
When Li Jinzhong was feeling desperate, he suddenly saw a figure hurriedly walking out of the palace, and that person was Xu Boyi. Xu Boyi came to Li Jinzhong, and Li Jinzhong said in surprise: "My father-in-law is really a promise, I thought it was ...... Thought you weren't coming out. ”
Xu Boyi has a reputation for making a name for himself, and he has been a county leader, although he has bad morals, he will not do such a scandalous thing about a gaffe, he just smiled faintly when he heard the words, and said: "A little money is just an external object, how can a certain person lose his words." ”
Xu Boyi handed the silver to Li Jinzhong and said, "No matter what, you saved our family's life, even if it was by mistake, this is our family's thank you gift, you can take it." ”
Li Jinzhong held the silver and said gratefully: "The little one is doing something that is unseemly, and the father-in-law just ignores the small one, and the small one has nothing to say, the father-in-law is so righteous, and the small one is really ......, ah!" Haven't asked your father-in-law for his name? ”
Xu Boyi said faintly: "A crippled person who has shamed his ancestors, and he dares to talk about any honorable surname, you can call me Father-in-law Yu!" ”
Li Jinzhong said respectfully: "I don't know what the father-in-law is in the palace?" ”
Asked about this, Xu Boyi slightly showed a hint of reserved pride: "Imperial Horse Supervisor! ”
Xu Boyi shook the sleeves of his robe, put his hands behind his back, and walked towards the palace proudly. At this moment, he was already dressed in the robes of the steward eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch, and the soldiers on both sides of the palace gate with bright armor and extraordinary armor bowed to him one after another.
Of course, ordinary eunuchs do not have this kind of treatment, but the imperial horse eunuch is different, even if he is not a great eunuch, as long as he has some functions and is a person who is the imperial horse eunuch, the soldier is quite stubborn, because the imperial horse eunuch is in charge of the army.
Among the twelve eunuchs in the palace, the most important are the celebrant and the imperial horse eunuch. The celebrant examines and approves the cabinet tickets on behalf of the emperor, and the cabinet makes confidential decisions, which is actually an internal minister. The Imperial Horse Supervisor and the Ministry of War and the Governor jointly hold the military power, which is actually the Imperial Palace.
At the same time, the Imperial Horse Supervisor also had to manage the pasture and the imperial village, operate the imperial store, and manage the finances with the households, and was the "internal steward" of the Ming court. In addition, the east factory is subordinate to the celebrant supervisor, and the west factory is subordinate to the imperial horse supervisor, and at the same time to achieve a balance within the eunuchs, the authority is not insignificant. Xu Boyi is now working in the Imperial Horse Prison and is qualified to be proud.
Li Jinzhong saw Xu Boyi's majestic appearance, and a sense of envy rose in his heart. When a man is alive, who doesn't want to be in power? He turned his head to see that the creditor was still guarding across the street, and the ingot of silver in his hand could barely repay the gambling money.
Li Jinzhong suddenly gritted his teeth and shouted loudly: "Father-in-law Yu stays!" ”
Xu Boyi turned around in astonishment, and saw Li Jinzhong kneeling on his knees, kowtowing heavily at him three times, and said loudly: "Ask for the grace of your father-in-law, and introduce the little one to the palace!" ”
At this time, Sandezi had just arrived at the pavilion, read the emperor's decree to Ye Xiaotian and left. Ye Xiaotian got up, Xia Yingying ran out of the flower hall and asked impatiently, "Brother Xiaotian, what did the emperor say?" ”
Ye Xiaotian smiled and said, "We can go home!" ”
"Really?"
Xia Yingying was overjoyed when she heard this: "The emperor won't trouble you?" ”
Ye Xiaotian "hummed" twice, puffed up his chest and said, "Who am I?" ”
The holy decree was quietly rolled up by him, and the big characters of "degraded to officials on the same day, still leading the soldiers and civilians of Woniu Mountain" were covered by Huang Aya, who played with pearls in Erlong.
: Sincerely ask for commuter passes, recommended tickets!. (To be continued......)