Chapter 26 The Holy Child King XXVI

In order not to attract everyone's attention, Qin Tai and his wife did not ride into the capital. Zhan Xiaoxiao led two horses and deposited them at a teahouse outside the city. After paying the boarding fee and forage money, the owner promised to take good care of the two fast horses. After arranging the horses, Zhan Xiaoxiao and Qin Tailuo dressed up and entered the capital with a large group of ordinary people.

Although Qin Tai and his wife are not too familiar with the capital, Zhang Juzheng's family is not only easy to recognize, but also known to everyone. Under the guidance of some passers-by, Qin Tai and his wife immediately found Zhang Juzheng's house. It was the first time for Qin Tai to come to Zhang Juzheng's new home, and when he was with Zhang Juzheng, that family had already moved. Qin Tai stood at the door of Zhang Juzheng's mansion, only feeling that this Zhang Mansion was too big and luxurious. Zhan Xiaoxiao on the side reminded her husband Qin Tai that Zhang Juzheng is now the second assistant of the cabinet. It's not awkward to live in this kind of house with this kind of identity, if Zhang Juzheng still lives in the previous house, it would be too pretentious.

The people in Zhang's Mansion didn't know Qin Tai and his wife, not only did they not let Qin Tai and his wife in, but also directly told them that Zhang Juzheng was not at home. Qin Tai originally wanted to wait for Zhang Juzheng to come back in the gatehouse, but the soldiers and family members standing guard refused to let him, and they wanted to drive Qin Tai and his wife away. For the first time, Qin Tai felt that the people of the Zhang family were too rude, and as Zhang Juzheng's friend, he should remind Zhang Juzheng to discipline his subordinates. Zhan Xiaoxiao is even more reluctant to do anything to Qin Tai, and anyone who dares to do it to her husband Qin Tai is Zhan Xiaoxiao's enemy. Zhan Xiaoxiao saw that a family member had already started to push Qin Tai, so he immediately went up and grabbed this family member's hand and twisted it, and directly subdued this person who dared to do something to Qin Tai.

Just as everyone was about to fight, a housekeeper-like person came up to stop the Zhang family. This old housekeeper not only knows Qin Tai and his wife, but Qin Tai and his wife also remember this old housekeeper. The old housekeeper has been in the Zhang family for many years, and Zhang Juzheng not only trusts him but also respects him, treating him as if he were a family member. The whole Zhang Mansion knew the authority of this old housekeeper, and no one dared to offend this old housekeeper. The old housekeeper came out when he heard someone arguing outside, but he didn't expect to see people preparing to do something to the master's friend and wife. The old housekeeper knew how powerful Qin Tai and his wife were, and knew that Qin Tai would not be in danger if he was a little there. But if Zhang Juzheng knew that his subordinates had beaten his friends, Zhang Juzheng would definitely discipline his subordinates well. Zhang Juzheng is a person who pays attention to personal integrity, whether it is a family member or a subordinate, he must not damage Zhang Juzheng's reputation, otherwise Zhang Juzheng will do everything. Ordinary subordinates don't know Zhang Juzheng's temper, but the old housekeeper knows Zhang Juzheng's character. The old housekeeper stopped everyone, in fact, he was saving everyone's lives, but unfortunately no one understood at that time.

The old housekeeper knew that Qin Tai and his wife would not come here for no reason, so while inviting Qin Tai and his wife in a low-key manner, he called a subordinate to go to the master and go home immediately. Because of Qin Tai's special identity, and the subordinate who passed the word didn't know Qin Tai, the old housekeeper asked the subordinate to make up a reason by himself, as long as Master Zhang Juzheng came back quickly.

Soon after, Zhang Juzheng really went home, and the person who passed the word was an honest man who didn't lie much. So he told Zhang Juzheng that the old housekeeper at home was going to die, and asked Zhang Juzheng to go home immediately. Zhang Juzheng regarded the old housekeeper as his uncle, the old housekeeper was Zhang Juzheng's father's scholar when he was young, and later took care of Zhang Juzheng when he grew up, so Zhang Juzheng attached great importance to this old housekeeper. Knowing that the old housekeeper was no longer good, Zhang Juzheng didn't have the heart to work, and went home immediately after explaining a few words. As soon as he entered the house, he saw that the old housekeeper was fine, and Zhang Juzheng almost killed the lying subordinate. However, after seeing Qin Tai and his wife, Zhang Juzheng knew that the matter was not small.

Zhang Juzheng is a person with status, and with his current status, Zhang Juzheng should receive outsiders in the living room or hall. But Qin Tai and his wife were not only not outsiders, but what they said was confidential, so Zhang Juzheng invited Qin Tai and his wife to his study. Zhang Juzheng's study has many confidential documents, so except for Zhang Juzheng himself and a special scholar, only the old housekeeper can enter and exit the study. Zhang Juzheng's children and wife could not go in and out of this study directly without Zhang Juzheng's consent. It was the first time for Zhang Juzheng to invite someone to the bookstore to speak, but the old housekeeper knew the relationship between Zhang Juzheng and Qin Tai, so he had already seen it. Zhang Juzheng's wife learned that Qin Tai and his wife were coming, and immediately went to the kitchen to cook in person and made some dishes that Qin Tai and his wife loved to eat. This was the habit of Qin Tai and his wife back then, and Qin Tai liked to eat the dishes made by Mrs. Zhang Juzheng. Every time Qin Tai came to Zhang Juzheng's house, his wife would always cook for Qin Tai to eat. In addition, Zhang Juzheng secretly told his wife that Qin Tai's and his wife's child Xiao Ping'an was missing, and in order to appease Qin Tai, his wife was going to cook for Qin Tai again.

Qin Tai was not polite to Zhang Juzheng, and made a gesture to his wife Zhan Xiaoxiao, asking Zhan Xiaoxiao to guard the door. Then Qin Tai told Zhang Juzheng everything he had heard about these days, except for the news hall, he told Zhang Juzheng almost everything. Zhang Juzheng's expression was also very serious after hearing this, and he knew that if this matter was true, it would definitely be too amazing. At that time, Qin Tai was not a person who made a fuss, let alone joked with the lives of his own son and thousands of children. Nine times out of ten, this is true, and it can even be determined. But Zhang Juzheng didn't know the inside story, which Qin Tai had already guessed. After all, Zhang Juzheng is a foreign minister, and he is a person who will be the first assistant of the cabinet in the future, so it is impossible and will not know too many secrets of the royal family.

Qin Tai asked Zhang Juzheng to help, first, asked Zhang Juzheng to come forward and invite Feng Bao to be a guest. At that time, Qin Tai directly asked Feng Bao the truth about this matter. Second, Zhang Juzheng helped Qin Tai transfer troops. If you really want to search the temple and round up the other party, it is impossible to rely on some local officers and soldiers. Qin Tai even suspected that the other party's people had infiltrated the local military camp, and some soldiers or officers had become their tools or accomplices. Given that the other side may have military power, and the number may be a bit large, the army of the imperial court must be used. Now the soldiers and horses in the capital are divided into three units, the first of which is the Praetorian Guard of the Imperial Family, which is under the control of the Imperial Horse Supervisor of the Inner Palace. This force, in addition to Emperor Longqing, now obeys the words of Meng Chong, the eunuch who holds the seal of the eunuch. Qin Tai couldn't mobilize it at all, and Meng Chong wouldn't agree to use it for Qin Tai. The second force is the Imperial Forest Army guarding the capital, and the military power is ostensibly in the hands of the nobles, but in fact, it is mutual supervision and cannot be mobilized at all. The third unit is the Gyeonggi garrison, which belongs to the most sophisticated field army. This force was supposed to be controlled by the first assistant of the cabinet, but now it is controlled by Zhang Juzheng, the deputy assistant of the cabinet. Although this army is not large in number, its military quality is excellent, and it is a truly elite general. It was also the only army that came out near the capital, and Qin Tai was more assured of their ability.

Zhang Juzheng treated Qin Tai's requirements differently. First, he immediately asked the old housekeeper to come forward in person to invite Feng Bao to come to the house. repeatedly instructed the old housekeeper not to tell Qin Tai and his wife about the inside story at home, but to bring Feng Bao back. Second, Zhang Juzheng drew something on a piece of paper like a ghost drawing. Then he was given to a subordinate and asked to send him to a place. Third, there is no mention of borrowing troops. Qin Tai also understood Zhang Juzheng's temper, and Zhang Juzheng didn't dare to trust Qin Tai easily. Although Zhang Juzheng also knows Qin Tai's personality, this is a big matter related to the country, so Zhang Juzheng has to be careful and careful. The ghost drawing is supposed to be a kind of directive code or symbol, handed over to some intelligence agency to verify. It is estimated that before Feng Bao comes to his home, he should be able to have some information in return. When the time comes, we will decide on future deployments based on intelligence, and even increase our efforts to speed up the process.

At this time, in order to ease the atmosphere and stabilize Qin Tai and his wife, Zhang Juzheng took Qin Tai to the Little Flower Hall together. The small flower hall was not far from the room where Mrs. Zhang Juzheng lived, and Zhang Juzheng also guessed that Mrs. would prepare meals for Qin Tai and his wife. Qin Tai and his wife knew that Zhang Ju was waiting for news, so they deliberately did not break it, and the four of them had a rare meal in the Xiaohua Hall. Qin Tai was full of praise for Mrs. Zhang's craftsmanship, and Zhan Xiaoxiao also felt that her sister-in-law's craftsmanship had not diminished.

Soon after, a senior official of Jinyiwei suddenly appeared at Zhang Juzheng's house, and Zhang Juzheng's subordinates did not stop the visitor. After Zhang Juzheng glanced at Qin Tai on the side, he didn't deliberately explain anything, nor did he introduce the identity of the person who came. However, Qin Tai and his wife determined the identity of the person who came almost at the same time, this person is really not simple. The people of Jinyiwei are not monolithic, especially when it comes to treating Qin Tai, there are quite a lot of differences. The people cultivated by Huang Jin at the beginning not only wanted to protect Qin Tai and his wife, but also wanted to reuse Qin Tai and his wife. They secretly told Qin Tai and his wife some secrets that should not be said, especially the secrets of some high-level officials. Although Qin Tai and his wife have not seen this person, they are very clear about his origin and identity. The person who came, Liu Shouyou, is the commander of Jinyiwei, the fourth person in Jinyiwei, and can be said to be the star of Jinyiwei. I didn't expect him to be Zhang Juzheng's person, it seems that Zhang Juzheng wants to train this person to become the boss of Jinyiwei in the future.

Liu Shouyou is already a commander of the Jinyi Guard at a young age, so it can be seen that his ability is not small, his means are not weak, coupled with Zhang Juzheng's support, it seems that his future is really not small. Although Zhang Juzheng can't directly intervene in the affairs of Jinyiwei, Zhang Juzheng's power can affect the people around him. As long as Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao maintain an alliance relationship, Zhang Juzheng is in charge of the foreign court, Feng Bao is in charge of the harem, and Liu Shouyou controls Jinyiwei, whoever becomes emperor in the future will be the same. Qin Tai felt Zhang Juzheng's strength for the first time, and Qin Tai was worried about Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng's current power and desire have reached their peak, what if he becomes the first assistant of the cabinet in the future and completely controls the situation? Does Zhang Juzheng want to be the emperor himself? Or do you want to sway the royal family? Qin Tai was worried that Zhang Juzheng would be discredited in the future, because he knew the ruthlessness of the royal family and the emperor. Zhang Juzheng may really assist the emperor or the crown prince wholeheartedly, but will they also treat Zhang Juzheng well? There are too many things to hide the bow of the bird, the rabbit to die and the dog to cook, and the people who are emperors are people without conscience.