Chapter Thirty-Eight: What You Eat and What You Make!
Zhou An has been rewarded again!
This time, in the eyes of others, it is a bit of a matter of course! Secretly hiding weapons in the palace, this must be implicated in a conspiracy, even if it is not a rebellion, it is also a conspiracy! This incident was discovered after Zhou An became the palm seal of the direct hall, and it can be said that it belongs to the credit of pie falling from the sky!
In this regard, in addition to lamenting this kid's good luck and expressing envy, jealousy and hatred, others will not chew their tongues.
However, speaking of Zhou An's reward, the heaviest reward is not the promotion of the fourth-grade eunuch, nor the money, but the waist card of the Qianwu Palace, and the permission to walk in front of the palace, with the waist card of the Qianwu Palace, Zhou An can enter and leave the Qianwu Palace freely alone, and if he is allowed to walk in front of the palace, he can go to the Qianyuan Palace alone to meet the Empress Shenzhao!
This kind of grace is enough to make all the eunuchs in the inner court envious, jealous and hateful except for Kang Longji!
Because even the second chief administrator, Gu Huaiyong, can't go to Qianwu Palace at will without being summoned by the empress!
Zhou An is not the empress's side, but he is infinitely close!
On this night, something big happened in the prison!
Wei Ningwei commanded Xue He to die by cutting off his meridians!
He committed suicide!
Of course he killed, he was already a fool and would not take the initiative to commit suicide, but it was impossible for the outside world to know how Xue He died, only that he committed suicide!
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The "private weapons case" is widely implicated, in the days after Zhou An was rewarded, although there is no major turmoil, but almost every day someone will be arrested, the four guards of the inner court, the twelve prisons of the inner court, the four divisions, and the eighth bureau, not only the internal guards, eunuchs, and even some female officials were also implicated!
In the entire Ouchi, since the "private weapons case" came out, there has been a feeling that the sky has changed, and the atmosphere has completely changed!
According to the plan discussed by the empress, Kang Longji, Zhou An and others, in order not to stimulate the internal turmoil, this matter must be done slowly, and some wrong people must be arrested, and then let it go!
Ouchi Four Guards, only the management of Wei Ningwei was completely removed and transferred, and the new Wei Ningwei commander was transferred from the Shence Army, and the entire Wei Ningwei was "bloodbathed" up and down, which can be regarded as becoming the control of Gu Huaiyong.
And the other three guards were only partially arrested, there is no reason, among the people who were arrested, some of them were indeed involved in rebellion, and some were deliberately caught by mistake to confuse the public!
No one knows what the Shence Army has found and what the empress has known.
The empress asked to arrest people, and the Shence army would arrest them directly!
Because of the deliberate mistakes, this made some people with ghosts feel that the empress only grasped part of the situation or was misled.
Of course, the most important point is that Gu Huaiyong is fine!
After checking and checking, Gu Huaiyong was not found, among the first batch of people to be arrested, only Wei Ningwei commanded Xue He to directly obey Gu Huaiyong's orders, Gu Huaiyong was not arrested, so it was naturally thought that Xue He did not confess Gu Huaiyong, and he died!
And Xue He has "committed suicide", and it seems that he has died without proof!
What they don't know, however, is that it's a soft knife grinding!
The reason why Gu Huaiyong is so important is because he has been in charge of the imperial horse prison for more than ten years, and it is enough to be the chief administrator with his qualifications, but there is a Kang Longji who can be called a god on it, so since the Shendu Empress ascended the throne, until the death of the Shendu Empress and the accession of the Shenzhao Empress, he has always been the second chief.
He has unimaginable connections in the palace, in the twelve eunuchs, the four divisions, the eight bureaus, and the four guards in the inner court, and there are too many people involved with him, and even many have become his cronies, and his power is like a net, covering the entire inner court.
Although once Gu Huaiyong's incident happened, there would not be too many people who would take the initiative to participate in the rebellion because they were worried that the previous matter would be exposed, but even a small number of people, because they spread throughout the inner court, would cause chaos!
And what the empress is doing now is to interrupt some key nodes of Gu Huaiyong's net!
It is impossible for Gu Huaiyong to directly control so many people, he can only rely on some cronies, such as the dead Xue He, he controls Wei Ningwei through Xue He, Xue He is dead, although there are still people in Wei Ningwei who obey him, but there is a new commander to suppress it, and without Xue He's call, Gu Huaiyong's control over Wei Ningwei has been greatly reduced!
Now that Wei Ningwei's management has been arrested and transferred, Gu Huaiyong naturally has no control.
But the other four guards, this is the case, if some people are arrested, Gu Huaiyong's control over them will be weakened!
As time goes by, more and more people are arrested, and Gu Huaiyong's influence will be lower and lower!
And Gu Huaiyong can only watch all this happen, he is powerless to change anything, he is also under Wu Xukuan's orders, unless Wu Xukuan is determined to launch a rebellion, otherwise, he does not dare to oppose directly!
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On September 14, it has been nearly half a month since autumn, and the weather is getting cooler and cooler.
Late at night.
Cherish the Spring Palace, cherish the Spring Garden.
In the courtyard full of apple trees, the door of the house on the south side is open, and there is a special charcoal stove at the door, which is full of skewers, which have been roasted and squeaky and fragrant!
Today, Zhou An wants to watch Princess Yunjing for the night, and he can't sleep at night, plus there are guests visiting, so he sets up a stove to eat barbecue, anyway, he is idle, in this Spring Palace, he can do such a slippery thing, and only he dares to do it.
"Lao Gao, taste this big waist, this fat oil, take a bite, it will be fragrant!"
"Big waist is ......"
"It's the kidneys of sheep......"
"Can I eat this?"
"You eat and eat, it's delicious, what do you eat, eat a big waist to make up for a big waist!"
Gao Hong was very hesitant, and at the instigation of Zhou An, he took a bite of the roasted big waist, and his eyes suddenly lit up, not to mention, it was really fragrant!
In this world, people with a little wealth and status don't eat things like animal offal, because they think it's all stolen goods, things that are eaten by the inferior, and the cooking ability of this world is very problematic, and the cooking is not delicious.
Gao Hong: This is the first time to eat roasted big kidneys!
"Delicious, right?"
"Well, what a fucking smell!"
"Come on, come on, come on again!"
The two of them ate happily, and the smell was very tormenting, and it spoiled the little eunuchs standing guard in front of the door and behind the house in this courtyard, but they could not move, so they could only stand like that.
Zhou An and Gao Hong not only eat barbecue, but also drink wine.
The current relationship between the two can be called good, Gao Hong is a rough man, a pure general, extremely strong, and straight, that time Zhou An improved "Iron Armor Gong", and then gave him the improved recipe of Iron Armor Soup, which made Gao Hong look down on Zhou An, and he did not have any contempt for Zhou An because he was a eunuch!
After the "private weapons case" happened, the two cooperated on errands, and they came and went, and they became familiar with it!
Zhou An's style of acting is not like a eunuch, he has a very good appetite for Gao Hong, Gao Hong is a pure and cheerful person, he does not despise eunuchs, but admires Zhou An's talent, which is the fundamental reason why Zhou An can befriend him.
In fact, even if he is the commander of the Shence Army, he can't enter and leave the Xichun Palace at will!
But Gao Hong is different, he is one of the Eight Emperors of Ouchi, and this identity is enough for him to go in and out of any place in Ouchi.
He came to the Spring Palace, as long as Princess Yunjing didn't drive him away, he would be fine.
Gao Hong is also bored today, he just finished his night patrol not long ago, walked around the imperial city, wanted to go back to sleep, I don't know what to think, I want to find Zhou An to chat, but the two of them did such a useless thing as eating barbecue at the door of Princess Yunjing's bedroom!
"Fragrant! Why didn't you find out before? Who the hell told me that you can't eat offal, and then tell me, Lao Tzu has to smoke him! "Gao Hong ate three strings of big kidneys in a row, and he really ate beautifully.
"There's nothing you can't eat, it depends on how you ......cook it," Zhou An replied.
Gao Hong picked up another string and stopped suddenly, looking at Zhou An with strange eyes, as if he remembered something.
"What's wrong?" Zhou An asked.
"What do you eat?" Gao Hong asked seriously.
"yes!" Zhou An nodded.
"What are you making up?" Gao Hong asked again.
"Uh......" Zhou An also reacted, he is a eunuch, make up a yarn?!
"I don't ...... this" Zhou An eased his nerves, and was a little embarrassed, "I don't, I want to grow out......"
"Huh? Can it still grow? Gao Hong's eyes suddenly widened, looking at Zhou An in disbelief, and then his face slowly changed, he wanted to laugh, but he couldn't help but smile, his face was red, and finally gave Zhou An a thumbs up, "Okay, I wish you success!" Hahaha......" He still couldn't hold back his laughter.
Zhou An gave him a roll of the eyes.
"Brother, I didn't mean to laugh at you, don't forget to go in your heart! Hahaha......" Gao Hong patted Zhou An on the shoulder and said.
"Alright, eat yours!" Zhou An rolled his eyes again.
Bang!!!
The roar of an explosion suddenly sounded from the courtyard to the south of Xichun Garden.
"There are assassins!! A sharp and poignant cry completely shattered the peace of the night.