"Yo, it's the two of you." As soon as he saw Pei Shu and Chen Ying, the old man immediately opened his mouth and smiled, the very standard official language was very friendly to the ear.

Naturally, it is also very familiar.

When Pei Shu and Chen Ying heard this, they hugged their fists, bent down, and saluted: "He's in charge." ”

Almost aspiring together, neither of them has ever revealed his identity, only vaguely.

"Ah, this can't be helped, it's tormenting the old slave." The so-called He Steward, the chief eunuch He Shun'an, also changed his title.

He turned sideways to avoid their salute, and bowed deeply again, beckoning to the two of them: "Come on, you two, the master is waiting." ”

Pei Shu and Chen Ying should both be, one in front of the other, and step forward.

I don't know where the wind came from, rolling up the white waves, patting the waterfront, the painting boat also swayed with the wind, the water surface was colorful with light and shadow, like shaking the starlight of half of the river.

Suddenly, a few points of dampness and coolness, brushed Chen Ying's cheeks.

She subconsciously raised her hand to caress it, but her fingertips were cold again.

It turned out to be raining.

She looked up.

Under the dark sky, the rain fell sparsely and fell down, light and melodious, like flying flotsam in spring.

"Yo, it's raining while you're talking." He Shun'an also looked up at the sky, stretched out his hand to try it again, and smiled again: "But Qiao'er, you two have arrived, otherwise you can't get drenched in the rain?" Come up and get out of the way. ”

Chen Ying didn't speak, but Pei Shu smiled brightly: "I'm not afraid of the rain, we're not so expensive." ”

As they spoke, the two of them had boarded the boat.

"Take a trip to the river." A whisper came from the cabin, it was Emperor Yuan Jia.

He Shun'an hurriedly complied, ordered someone to untie the cable, and the boat turned the penny a little to the shore, and the boat swung away, carrying the lights of the boat, and slowly left the shore.

In a short time, the boat went to the center of the river, and the rain gradually became a trend, "trickling" knocking on the canopy, and under the lamplight, it seemed like a fine silver quill, dotting thousands of circles on the water surface.

He Shun'an extended Chen Ying and Pei Shu into the cabin, Chen Ying glanced at it, and saw Emperor Yuan Jia standing by the window with his hands in his hands, and there were two bronze candlesticks of the earth-reaching cranes beside him, and the bright candles were shining, reflecting his figure on the ground.

He is not wearing a dragon robe today, but a azure tuanfu round collar robe with silver edges, and only a green hosta is pierced through his hair bun, and a jade inkstone with an excellent water head hangs on his waist, which is a bit of a rich idler's style.

"See Your Majesty." At this time, Chen Ying and Pei Shu regained the courtesy of the monarch and the ministers, and asked for peace in unison.

There are no outsiders on this ship, so there is no need to hide their identities like Fang Cai.

Emperor Yuan Jia looked out the window and only raised his hand slightly: "Excuse me, sit." ”

The two little eunuchs tiptoed over, presented two gold-lacquered small pestles, and quietly retreated.

He Shun'an looked around, and saw that the refreshments on the lacquer case were all complete, and the candles were bright, so he also bowed and retreated.

The room was quiet, only the rain fell on the river, and the "rustle" was like spring encroaching on mulberry, adding to the silence.

After a long while, Emperor Yuan Jia finally turned his head, glanced at Chen Ying with a smile, raised his eyebrows and said, "You can be regarded as having your wish tonight." ”

Pei Shu knew that he didn't say this to him, so he was silent, Chen Ying got up and lowered his head: "I have asked to see Your Majesty several times, but I can't, so I can only make this decision." ”

Before Emperor Yuan Jia could speak, he slowly paced two steps to the front of the case, and suddenly asked, "How did you find out?" ”

How did you find out that Concubine Wu is the head of the Wind and Bone Society?

How did you find out I knew about this?

That's what he didn't finish.

Although the language is vague, the question is very direct.

"Your Majesty, after the case of King Kang's remnants on the Shangyuan Festival was completed, a round-faced chamberlain pretending to be a soldier appeared in the Pei family's army. And he is the cause of all this. Chen Ying replied very directly.

Emperor Yuan Jia was stunned, and his eyes quickly swept towards Pei Shu.

Pei Shu immediately got up and crossed his hands: "When Zhao Yucheng was talking to Weichen, it happened that Mrs. was also there. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Ying said: "The chamberlain named Zhao Yucheng came to speak, for some reason, his voice, movements, and some expressions are different from ordinary soldiers, and it is not difficult to recognize him." ”

Emperor Yuan Jia sighed, sat down behind the desk, and picked up the teacup: "Go on." ”

Chen Ying bowed and continued: "At first, except for knowing that Zhao Yucheng was an internal servant, no one knew anything about him. Fortunately, when he was keeping an eye on Tang Xiucai before, there was a person in the umbrella shop who showed his feet a little, followed him to check, and found out Zhao Yucheng's name, and even found out that he was actually the godgrandson of Eunuch He. Next, it's just a matter of making bold assumptions, carefully verifying, and finally locking on the suspect. ”

"Sounds like that's easy." Emperor Yuan Jia's evaluation seemed to be authentic, his eyes suddenly went up along the edge of the lamp, and his eyes were as introverted as bright as stars: "It's really hard for you." ”

A profound word, like a compliment, but also seems to be safe.

Chen Ying was stunned, and Gu Zi continued: "The relationship between the Wind and Bone Society and the palace is almost obvious, and it can also be seen that the head of the Wind and Bone Society is at least a figure with a head and a face in the palace. And with this as a benchmark, the first thing to rule out is the first-class waiter. ”

"Oh?" Emperor Yuan Jiadi looked interested, and his index finger was lightly clasped on the edge of the teacup, as if he was slapping the knots for his next words: "Why can't you be the leader of the inner servant?" I look at He Daban and he is quite capable. ”

"Although Eunuch He has a transcendent status, it is just that in the eyes of the scholars, he, or an inner servant like him, is very lowly and humble, and the scholars despise them." Chen Ying still spoke bluntly, and did not change the wording because He Shun'an was a confidant of Emperor Yuan Jia.

This is indeed true.

To a certain extent, the relationship between the civil official group of the Great Chu Dynasty and the eunuchs in the palace is somewhat similar to that of the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, the two sides are far from reaching the point of endless death, but they just don't like each other very well.

After all, the children of Confucianism believe in the sage precept of "the body is skinned, the parents are not daring to destroy it, and the beginning of filial piety is also", while the eunuchs are all physically disabled, and a considerable part of them are gloomy and eccentric, so they naturally look down on them.

Hearing this, Emperor Yuan Jia was not annoyed, and still lightly buckled the edge.

"Click, click", several soft sounds, and the sound of the wind and waves outside the window, the sound of rain dripping, there is a kind of loneliness, like a wanderer walking with a cane, the sky is full of smoke and rain, and there is no way out.

Chen Ying's voice, which also seemed to have the afterglow of water waves, was light and clean, and kept echoing in the cabin: "According to investigation, there are quite a lot of sergeants in the Fenggu Society, and no matter how charming the internal servants are, it is obvious that they cannot make these many scholars willingly join their command, and some of them even seem extremely fanatical. So, the chamberlain was excluded in the first place. ”

"Reasonable." Emperor Yuan Jia nodded, put down the teacup, sat in a more comfortable position, and said with a smile: "If you exclude the inner servants, you will also exclude at least half of the people." ”