"Lord Lu, there has been trouble in Hanzhong recently, the harvest is not very good, to be precise, there has been some famine, and there are a few big rebels among the people, hey. In addition, in terms of tax revenue in the south, although it is the same as last year, it seems that the saint is still a little dissatisfied. That day, I heard Sheng Sheng muttering, what the Shen family doesn't know what to do or something, as for who is the Shen family, what is the saint unhappy about, I don't know how to be a courtier, we are just eunuchs, I don't dare to say more and ask more. In short, you are good to me, we also have a friendship, the miscellaneous family just reminds you that the saint is not in a good mood, Lord Lu must be careful when he speaks for a while, and he will provoke the saint's anger. An inner eunuch rode a tall horse in the palace and said to Lu Bing under the horse.

There is nothing strange about the inner prison, and there is nothing unusual in the palace, but riding a horse in the palace is very powerful, which shows that this person is deeply favored by the emperor.

This person's name is Qin Fu, the word is given by God, his official career has always been smooth and steady, starting from serving the master in the orthodox years, until the Jiajing period, he has also experienced four dynasties, and can be described as a veteran in the internal prison. Although he did not soar into the sky like other eunuchs and became a person with power leaning towards the government and the opposition, he also kept his head, and now he can still eat and talk, and he has not returned to his hometown or been imprisoned for questioning, which is already very difficult.

In the first year of Jiajing, Qin Fu finally got ahead, mixed up with the position, and became the left eunuch of the imperial horse prison. Soon he was promoted to a young eunuch, and in the third year of Jiajing, that is, to this day, Qin Fu has become a eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch, the governor of the four battalions of warriors, and is allowed to ride horses in the palace. Although the glory is not as good as the previous inner prisons, it can be regarded as a rare honor among the eunuchs.

Speaking of which, Qin Fu is a person, whether it is a literary attack or a martial strategy. is still not outstanding, his only advantage is that he is cautious and low-key, knowing that he is just a eunuch. You can see your identity clearly, grasp it well, and you are quite self-aware, and you are self-aware.

All successful people, their own efforts and personality advantages are on the one hand, and only with God's help can they achieve great things, and now Qin Fu can be regarded as a successful person. His way to fortune can be said to be God's help. A generation of new people replacing old people can also be said to be the result of his own hard work. It's just that during the Eight Tigers' infighting and Yang Tinghe and Zhu Houxi's rotational rectification, those eunuchs who came up have been removed. The only one left is Qin Fu, a relatively low-key and self-conscious eunuch, so he can stand out and rise through the ranks in just a few years. As the saying goes, the tiger is not at home, and the monkey is called the king. It's not a good word. But that's it.

However, Lu Bing does not hate Qin Fu, although this person is not as powerful as Zhang Yong and others who are now secretly falling, but he is also courteous to Lu Bing, and he did not take the opportunity to take revenge on Zhang Yonggu, who was once infinitely beautiful and is extremely downcast today, and other eunuchs who are no longer powerful.

Whether it is Lu Bing who is high up and has won the favor of the saint, or whether he has been in a high position but has not been treated by the saint, in short, Qin Fu has never neglected Lu Bing. Lu Bing thought that this might be a major reason for Qin Fu's rising spirits, neither humble nor arrogant, nor shocked by honor and disgrace. Now facing Qin Fu's sincere mention. Lu Bing only hugged his fists and said, "Thank you Gonggong Qin for dialing it." ”

"You're welcome, they are all doing things in the big house, and they are all ministers, Lord Lu can rest assured, when I have the opportunity, I will say a few good words for you, maybe the saint can change his mind and reuse the adult, so please Lord Lu Don't be disheartened." Lord Lu is still young, and there will be many opportunities in the future, and the future will be limitless. Qin Fu said.

After Lu Bing thanked him, he shook his head slightly and sighed, smiling without saying a word, but this smile was the kind of bitter smile that could not be described.

Zhu Houxi sits high in the Fengtian Palace, not angry and arrogant, this kind of courage cannot be pretended, only the first person in the world who is in charge of tens of millions of people has such a temperament. Originally, Zhu Houxi may not have it, but it slowly grew out of daily life, and as time went by, this kind of temperament will increase day by day.

Now it is the third year of Jiajing, and Zhu Houxi has been the emperor for more than three years, so this majestic temperament is also deeply rooted in the bone marrow, even if he wears a disguise and changes his face, others can also feel the majestic and domineering kingly aura on his body.

Zhu Houyu looked down at a memorabilia, as if he hadn't seen Lu Bing, and even Qin Fu, who was sent to give the order, didn't make any move. Lu Bing and Qin Fu stood there, not daring to move, and after a long time, Zhu Houxi whispered: "If you have something, just say it, what are you doing standing stupidly." ”

Lu Bingdao: "The minister has something to do, there is a slave in the mansion of Guo Xun, the Marquis of Wuding, named Jiang Ran, and I hope that the saint will give him to me along with his family." ”

"Nonsense, I have every opportunity, you will delay my time for this matter! I heard that you had something to do and specially summoned you, but I didn't expect it to be such a trivial matter, you are too nonsense, you are really not angry, no matter how you hone it, you are just a husband, and you know the way of people but you don't prioritize it, and you don't know what to do. What are you doing in a daze, get out of here! Zhu Houxi stood up and shouted at Lu Bing with his fingers together.

"It's about this, I hope Your Majesty will hear it clearly, this person's name is Jiang Ran." Lu Bing clenched his fists and bowed his head.

Zhu Houyu shouted a little tired just now, took a breath and said: "What about Jiang Ran, this" Zhu Houyu suddenly Lu Bing's eyes flashed very much, coupled with his continuous insults, Lu Bing neither left nor became angry, but looked at himself so calmly, and repeatedly mentioned this name, could it be that he knew it? Zhu Houxi pressed his mind, looked at Qin Fu and asked, "Qin Fu, who is this Jiang Ran?" ”

Qin Fu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Jiang Ran is the youngest son of the former thief Jiang Bin, and he is also his youngest son. Jiang Bin has been sentenced to death by His Majesty, his son and his comrades have also been beheaded in Xisichai City, and his daughter, family members and young son Jiang Ran have been sent to the home of meritorious heroes as slaves. Jiang Bin was a Beijing official, and in order to warn future generations and deter the officials in the capital, so that they could keep their own peace, His Majesty ordered his family to remain in the capital as slaves, not to be assigned to the frontier. In addition, based on the fact that the border was undecided at that time, the reason why the river thief was still powerful, this is also the reason why the Jiang thief's family stayed in Beijing, his young son Jiang Ran, and his daughter and several concubines were assigned to the family of Guo Xun, Marquis of Wuding. ”

Zhu Houxi nodded while listening, and after a while, he took a deep breath and said, "I see." Qin Fu, you should step back first, and I will have a good chat with Lu Bing. ”

Qin Funuo replied yes and quickly retreated. His heart was full of questions, the emperor was full of impatience and anxiety just now, why now that he understands Jiang Ran's identity, the emperor will have such a big change, and he has to leave Lu Bing alone. Since the last time the inner eunuch went crazy and the saint was killed, this was the first time Qin Fu had seen the emperor stay alone with Lu Bing. Among them, Qin Fu could only secretly speculate in his heart. Naturally, I didn't dare to say it everywhere, Qin Fu still understood the truth that trouble came from his mouth, and the most important thing as a minister was that his mouth mattered.

Wait for all the irrelevant others to retreat. Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi looked around, but he was still not very relieved, so he said: "Lu Bing, you go with me to the Qianqing Palace to talk." ”

Lu Bing hugged his fists and replied yes. A monarch and a minister did not bring a guard. Slowly walked towards the Qianqing Palace. Qianqing Palace is the emperor's bedroom, some emperors are on official business in the Qianqing Palace, and Zhu Houxi likes to review and read in the Fengtian Palace, because returning to the Qianqing Palace is not interested in working at all, as for what to do, there have long been rumors in the court, even outside the palace, you can know the Tao, and the whole world says that the lust of today's saints is better than that of the previous emperor.

Lu Bing has gone far from Zhu Houxi in recent years, even if he heard that the emperor was searching for beauties. Wantonly solicited show girls, and in some places, there were incidents of robbing people's girls, but Lu Bing saw it in his eyes, but he did not stop it. Let him be.

The two walked into the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Houxi ordered someone to bring the ice furnace, and then drove everyone out of the Qianqing Palace, and then asked, "What is Jiang Bin going to do?" ”

"Naturally, I want to bring back my family, but we said it was good back then. Among them, there is something about his family, Jiang Bin gradually handed over the strength to us, and now Jiang Bin said that he does not want to restore his status, he only needs to take his family away. Lu Bing said that Jiang Bin and Lu Bing agreed to help Lu Bing find the Shen family, and handed over the Jinyi Wei spies and Dongchang Fanzi who were distributed outside the establishment to Lu Bing, and announced that after his family was rescued, his own crimes were removed and the chaos was set right, the detained Yang Dengyun would be released.

Before Jiang Bin fell, he was in charge of Jinyiwei and was in charge of the East Factory, and there was no replacement of old and new rights at that time, so the secrets accumulated by these two departments for more than a hundred years were inherited relatively intact, and no one knows how much it was handed over to Lu Bing, but only these have shocked Lu Bing and Zhu Houxi, and they are very useful for their hidden power. After Lu Bing stepped down, these relationships were handed over to Wang Zuo, and Wang Zuo also rose to become the deputy commander of Jinyiwei.

As for Yang Dengyun, because he has been rescued, Lu Bing doesn't care about Jiang Bin, and because of Yang Tinghe's decision, he found a stand-in to make a face as Jiang Bin's being killed, and his family also used a stand-in to behead him all the time, in order to cover up the strategy of falsely spreading that Jiang Bin was captured. In this way, it will be impossible to restore Jiang Bin's name, otherwise the truth will be revealed, and it will inevitably make the world laugh at the court like child's play, and the world will be ridiculous.

The two sides have their own losses, and the back and forth can be regarded as a tie. Now that Jiang Bin has come to the capital from Anlu, Jiang Bin has been disheartened by the perennial dormancy, and he does not ask for a restoration of his name, but only one wish, to rescue his family.

Zhu Houxi pondered for a while and said, "It seems that you came in and saw Jiang Bin again, where is he now?" ”

"The minister doesn't know, he asked someone to deliver the letter." Lu Bing didn't tell the truth, he was a little flustered in his heart, he was worried that Zhu Houxi, a person with a cold temperament, would not keep his promises.

Sure enough, Zhu Houxi said: "I think that since Jiang Bin has handed over all his spies to the imperial court, it will be useless for us, and it should be a blessing for him not to kill him and not to continue to catch him at sea, how dare he ask to welcome him home again?" I really don't know how to make an inch" Zhu Houxi paused and said in his voice: "Lu Bing, Jiang Bin's dark lines, have you told Wang Zuo everything?" ”

"I have already told everything, it is true that as His Majesty said, Jiang Bin is now useless, but he must be honest in life, and he can't watch people put dishes on the plate, and compare today's things with his appointment. A dignified manly man, how can he cross the river and tear down the bridge without trust? Lu Bingdao.

Zhu Houxi frowned and said, "Are you teaching me how to do things?" ”

"The minister doesn't dare, but the saint can't help but shudder when he speaks like this, and His Majesty asked me if I have told Wang Zuo everything, can the minister understand that the minister is also useless to His Majesty, and can be discarded like a piece of?" Lu Bingdao.

Zhu Houxi scolded: "If I want to kill you, I will kill you last time, where will I wait until now." Hey, you don't believe it, the gentleman is frank, the villain is a relative, and I have nothing to say. As for Jiang Bin's case, let it be handled as such and no reply will be given. ”

Zhu Houxi's tone softened, and he continued to say "seriously": "You don't use your brain to think about it, if I give Guo Xun an order, not to mention that Guo Xun himself is the other courtiers who know about it, they must be suspicious." I am the king of a country, and I don't care about the orphans of the guilty ministers, and everyone will feel strange about this, what do you say? At that time, if the truth of Jiang Bin's death is revealed again, and the truth is revealed to the world, it will not make the world laugh, and it will leave a name in history and become the laughing stock of all generations. Who is the one who is disgraced? It's me! It's not that I don't believe in my words, it's just that at this time and that time, the current situation is by no means as simple as the situation back then, so ah, this matter has the right to do so, you can rest assured, I am mighty, Jiang Bin will not threaten you, he doesn't have the courage. ”

"Ha Lu Ha, what are you afraid of, how can the minister's father say that he is also a martial artist, the minister's martial arts have almost recovered since his body recovered, and Xinna's concubine Yang Feiyan also knows it, how to do kung fu The minister doesn't need to say. If Jiang Bin wants to threaten Chen's family, I'm afraid he is not qualified enough. What the minister is worried about is His Majesty, and the minister informed Wang Zuo of all the dark lines that Jiang Bin handed over to the minister, and whether Jiang Bin still has a back hand, the minister doesn't know. Jiang Bin knew that the current situation was that the minister had fallen out of favor, and he was not able to influence the holy judge, so after the minister had done his best, Jiang Bin would not retaliate against the minister. Lu Bing said, and Zhu Houxi's face slowly began to change color.

"It's just that open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to defend against, I'm afraid that you have to be careful." Lu Bing felt a little desolate in his heart, although he had long known that Zhu Houyu was like this to him, but he still didn't expect that Zhu Houyi would be treacherous and fall into injustice. Zhu Houxi didn't know about Yang Dengyun's rescue, and he was sure that he knew about his marriage to Yang Feiyan, that is to say, if he still remembered the agreement with Jiang Bin, then in other words, Zhu Houyu didn't take Lu Bing's family seriously at all. In his opinion, Lu Bing is no different from an ordinary courtier, or even worse, how can this not make Lu Bing's heart sad after the saddle. The brotherhood, so far, is completely broken.

Zhu Houxi listened to Lu Bing's words, and said angrily: "If Jiang Bin's guy dares to come, then it's good to come, where can he be presumptuous in this big interior!" Stand down. ”

Lu Bing hugged his fists and retreated, and after visiting Yang Shen by the way, he returned to the mansion and locked himself in the study and never came out again. In the evening, Jiang Bin turned in from the side window, looked at Lu Bing without saying a word, Lu Bing sighed and told him about today's daytime. Jiang Bin nodded, said hard work, didn't say anything, and turned away.

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That night, something happened in the palace. (To be continued......)