Chapter 32: The Holy Child King XXXII
Concubine Li couldn't think of any useful information, so she had to follow Feng Bao's suggestion and call the senior old eunuch in the data room to come in and ask questions. The purpose is to find a breakthrough from the clue of the great eunuch, and it is best to find some relevant clues. After the old eunuch saluted Li Guifei in a proper manner, he explained the past of the people on the list according to Li Guifei's instructions. Except for the three great eunuchs who were detained in Nanjing, and the seventeen great eunuchs who were currently in charge of ceremonies, there were almost no missing or missing eunuchs. The eunuchs who have retired are either dead or are retired in the Banzai Temple, and the celebrant is very strict with the supervision system of these high-ranking eunuchs.
Li Guifei waved her hand to let the old eunuch leave, and the old eunuch was also confused, not knowing what Li Guifei meant by asking these words. After Feng Bao saw the old eunuch leave, he told Li Guifei that some information was not necessarily completely correct, and a lot of information could be forged or modified. Feng Bao suspected that this "great sage" was not only a eunuch, but also very likely a real eunuch, but this person's information had been deliberately altered.
Li Guifei asked Feng Bao if there was any other way to find clues, and Feng Bao thought about it for a long time and finally came up with a stupid solution. This "Holy Child King" claims to be a descendant of the royal family, and the "Great Sage" is a witness who can prove this, which shows that this "Great Sage" is a person who can approach the members of the royal family. Even if this "great sage" is not a eunuch, he will not be an ordinary person. The father of this child is most likely the emperor or prince. In this way, the investigation can be close to the Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi and the Longqing Emperor himself, and investigate the contacts and current whereabouts of these people. Anyone who is missing or whose whereabouts are unknown is most likely to be a "great sage" or an insider. This may seem like a hassle, but it's been narrowed down a lot, and it's not too complicated to investigate. Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi's people have records, and they secretly investigate one by one against the list. The people around Emperor Longqing, Li Guifei and Feng Bao are very familiar, and they can be reminisced by insiders. This "Great Sage" is clearly no longer in the palace, and the focus is on people who disappeared or are missing a few years ago. This person is most likely a eunuch or a palace maid, and he went out with an identity certificate. For the sake of safety, even those who died innocently or violently died must be investigated to ensure that no one gets away with it.
For the sake of her own status, for the future of the prince, and for her honorific title, Concubine Li Guifei is already in a semi-crazy state. Don't say it's to check the clues, even if you kill a group of people, Li Guifei is willing to do it. Concubine Li almost didn't hesitate for anything, and directly took out her seal letter and handed it to Feng Bao. Feng Bao investigated the case on behalf of Li Guifei, and with Li Guifei's status and power, she was almost invincible in the palace. Except for killing Emperor Longqing, taking the position of Meng Chong's celebrant and eunuch, and abolishing Empress Chen's title, almost nothing is a problem. Feng Bao finally breathed a sigh of relief, and had a lot of confidence to boldly search for relevant information.
Feng Bao can transfer the people of the East Factory, because he is the legitimate boss of the East Factory. However, the rights of the East Factory are external, and the law can no longer be enforced in the palace, so the people in the palace are not afraid of the people in the East Factory. Besides, Dongchang is not a monolith, there are many people who secretly oppose Feng Bao, and there are even more people who disobey Feng Baoyang. If you want to be powerful in the palace, and if you want to seize power from Meng Chong and others, you need more powerful people to support Feng Bao. Li Guifei's backstage is a bit low-key these days, and she doesn't support Feng Bao in some things. Feng Bao had no choice but to take advantage of this opportunity to use the power of Li Guifei to expand Feng Bao's own sphere of influence.
Concubine Li Guifei was personally in charge of the Imperial Punishment Division, which was the law enforcement department in the palace, specializing in interrogating and interrogating palace maids or eunuchs. Its scope of duties is a bit like the criminal department and the brocade guards outside, which are specially responsible for interrogating and punishing the eunuchs and palace maids who commit crimes. This department not only has huge power, but also has an independent management method, and Li Guifei personally took over the Shen Criminal Division as soon as she entered the palace. The reason why Feng Bao wanted the full support of Concubine Li was that he wanted to use the Prudent Criminal Division. Li Guifei gave Feng Bao the power to investigate the case, and Feng Bao could directly use the Prudential Criminal Division to interrogate and interrogate any slave openly. This is the result that Feng Bao needs most, with the cooperation of these people, he is not afraid of not getting any results. Because of the interrogation and interrogation, Feng Bao was worried that the Shenxing Division would not have enough manpower, so he directly transferred his cronies Dongchang minions to the palace. This night was destined to be a very peaceful night, and it is estimated that most of the eunuchs and maids in the palace could not sleep.
Feng Bao made two lists, one was the list of eunuchs and guards around Emperor Zhu Houxi, the first emperor Jiajing, and the other was a list of eunuchs, palace maids and guards around Emperor Longqing in the past few years. In his later years, Emperor Zhu Houxi of Jiajing had to concentrate on cultivation, so he had already prevented palace maids from entering and leaving his palace at will. The people who served Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi were either eunuchs or Taoist priests, and the guards who were waiting outside. Almost none of these people have been retained by Emperor Longqing now, which shows that Emperor Longqing's preferences are different from those of his father, Emperor Jiajing Zhu Houxi. Since these people had been forgotten by Emperor Longqing, it was easy to interrogate and interrogate them. The main thing is how to ask the people around Emperor Longqing, because there is an Emperor Longqing in the middle. Emperor Longqing is not only a person who misses the old, but also a stingy man, and protecting his shortcomings and face is the biggest shortcoming of Emperor Longqing. Although Concubine Li Guifei was on Feng Bao's side, Feng Bao did not dare to offend Emperor Longqing's people too much. But for the sake of Concubine Li and the future of the prince, Feng Bao had to ask carefully.
Feng Bao is worthy of being an old and cunning person, he has learned all the skills of Lu Fang back then, and he is even too much in terms of bearing and decision. Because when Lu Fang realized this, Lu Fang was almost sixty years old, and now Feng Bao is only about forty. Forty-year-old Feng Bao has more energy and decisiveness than Lu Fang, who is in his sixties, and his killing heart has not completely retreated. Lu Fang was too tolerant and accommodating to Chen Hong back then, which led to Chen Hong finally forcing Lu Fang away. Feng Bao has a little more tenacity and decisiveness than Lu Fang, if he encounters an opponent like Chen Hong, he will definitely not let this person threaten him. If Feng Bao was Lu Fang back then, Chen Hong, Meng Chong and others would definitely not survive, and Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi would not dare to lose Lu Fang like throwing away a piece of torn clothes. Feng Bao ordered the Shen Criminal Division and Dongchang's cronies to secretly arrest the eunuchs and guards around Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi to come over for interrogation, and at the same time, in the name of Li Guifei, he transferred the people around Emperor Longqing to come over and interrogate them one by one. The purpose of this was not to attract the attention of Emperor Longqing and Meng Chong, lest they block Feng Bao's actions.
The eunuchs and guards around Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houyu did not cooperate, and from time to time they talked about the first emperor Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, saying that they wanted to protect the secrets of Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi. It also requires Feng Bao to invite Emperor Longqing's holy decree to ask them, and as for whether to say it or not, it depends on their mood. Feng Bao sneered, there are not many people who don't know how to lift like this, since they look down on Feng Bao, Feng Bao will let them know a little powerful. Feng Bao gave his own people a look, and his cronies immediately understood Feng Bao's meaning, as long as they didn't kill the other party. It seems that it won't be long before these arrogant people will know how powerful Feng Bao is.
Although the people around Emperor Longqing were not as arrogant as these people around Emperor Zhu Houxi of Jiajing, they did not cooperate with Feng Bao. There are even a few eunuchs and palace maids who are the old men of Emperor Longqing in Yuwang's Mansion, and they have seen Feng Bao low, so their attitude towards Feng Bao is not too respectful. For this kind of person, Feng Bao wants a way, and he is not too worried. You must know that if these people had the ability, they would have already stood out, so although these people were very loyal to Emperor Longqing, they were not capable. For this kind of person who can scare the scare, the inducement that can be lured, the bribe if he can bribe, and the person who does not cooperate needs to be taught a lesson. There is only one purpose, which is to ask what you want to know, and it must not be directed at any one of them. Even if it went to Emperor Longqing, Feng Bao had his own statement.
Feng Bao was ready for an all-night interrogation, and he would never stop without asking for some valuable clues. Whether it's Li Guifei or Feng Bao, they already have a plan, and since they have already done it, they have to do it all. You must not give up halfway, nor can you stop it, which is absolutely unfavorable to Feng Bao and others. The people under him also understood Feng Bao's determination, so the strength of his subordinates was almost enough, and they used all methods. The acupuncture, burning, and whipping of the Shen Criminal Division, and all kinds of small methods of Dongchang have been appealed to these people, as long as they don't kill each other. The people around Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi were punished, and the people around Emperor Longqing watched the punishment, which played a dual role. The people who were afraid of Emperor Zhu Houxi of Jiajing and the people who were afraid of Emperor Longqing, everyone demanded confessions.
After Feng Bao gathered everyone's confessions and excluded some rumors and false accusations, Feng Bao asked his cronies to record them. Everything that is relevant to this case is recorded in one booklet, and everything else is copied in another booklet. The booklet related to the case was shown to Li Guifei and Qin Tai and others, and the complete Feng Bao collected it himself. Such a forced question really revealed many unknown secrets, some of which Li Guifei and Feng Bao had long wanted to know. This is called "beating the rabbit with grass", "pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud", and it has received unexpected results.
Emperor Longqing has been hiding from Empress Chen and Concubine Li Guifei over the years, and has fooled around with unknown women many times. These women are not serious palace maids, and they were secretly brought into the palace by Meng Chong, but they don't seem to have left any trouble. All the women who Emperor Longqing was tired of playing with were almost all secretly dealt with by Meng Chong, and the weeds outside the side gate of the palace almost became a special place to bury corpses. It is because of this that Emperor Longqing not only alienated Empress Chen and Concubine Li Guifei, but also caused a lot of flower willow disease. In order to worry about infecting the child, Emperor Longqing deliberately alienated the child, in fact, Emperor Longqing did not dislike the son anymore. This made Feng Bao and Li Guifei secretly relieved, and Li Guifei had a lot less complaints about Emperor Longqing after knowing about it. However, Concubine Li hated Meng Chong even more, and decided that she must deal with this Meng Chong well.