Walking out of the door, Fan Xian put down the cup of cold tea in his hand.

With a clang, the teacup rested on top of the other teacup on the desk, and the two cups were stacked on top of each other, and there was not much residual tea spilled. The teacup pressed against the previous teacup, just a very ordinary and casual small movement.

He went down the stairs and whispered something to Hong Zhu, and the two of them left the small building and walked along the cold stone road in the palace.

After sending Fan Xian out of the palace, Hong Zhu bypassed the Taiji Palace, passed through the stone bend door, and went to the imperial study to cover his life. Along the way, he joked with the palace maids he saw, and talked a few words with the little eunuchs, which was indescribably happy. Those eunuchs and palace maids were also a little surprised in their hearts, thinking that since the little father-in-law Hongzhu was by His Majesty's side, his status had gone up, and even with his heart, he was a little more calm and ruthless, but what happened today to make him happy like this?

Seeing that the imperial study was not far away, Hong Zhu woke up, knowing that he was a little too much, he quickly stopped, grabbed two handfuls of snow from the rocks beside the road, wiped it on his face, and forced the hot skin on his face to cool down, then he put his mind at ease, coughed lightly twice, and learned the style of the eunuch ancestor Hong Laogong in the palace, and with a calm face, he pushed open the door of the imperial study.

The emperor was arguing with Scholar Shu about something at this time, his voice was extremely high, this Scholar Shu was really bold, and he didn't give an inch in front of the emperor, only vaguely listening to what the river was, the embezzlement, and the matter of the household.

Hong Zhu pricked up his ears and waited aside, not daring to come out, but he knew in his heart what was the purpose of making Scholar Shu brave and his majesty.

This winter is a good time to dredge the river, and the province has already drawn up the charter two months ago, and only waited for the household department to raise the silver taels, so it organized various prefectures and counties to recruit people and repair the river. But I didn't expect that the household department couldn't get so much silver in the end, the gap was too big, and the time to repair the river was strictly delayed. So Fan Shangshu became the target of everyone, if it wasn't for His Majesty's efforts to protect it, why would that Lord Shangshu have to resign himself.

Qingguo is in its heyday, but the treasury can't come up with enough silver! The door asks the household department, but the household department doesn't know anything, and only says that it was called by the palace. But the items in the palace have always come from the inner treasury...... Could it be that Neku has now fallen into such a situation? The matter of Neku implicates the eldest princess and the face of the royal family, and recently the Supervision Yuan is investigating the Cui clan, and the spearhead is directly aimed at Neku, and at this moment, it is not easy for the ministers in the court to ask the emperor in person.

As a result, there was a trip to the palace by Shu University, and it seems that the communication between the two monarchs and ministers is not very peaceful.

The emperor coughed and said vaguely, Fan Xian, Jiangnan, and a few other vague words. Scholar Shu's face finally got better, and he seemed to believe that Fan Xian would be able to solve Qingguo's financial problems after he went to Jiangnan.

The old bachelor lowered his voice, but his face was worried: "I'm afraid that it's too late, if there is another big flood next year, what should I do?" Jiangnan is complicated, even if Fan Tisi is talented, if he wants to sort it out, I'm afraid it will take a year, even if God favors him next year, but what about the year after tomorrow?"

The emperor laughed, comforted Shu Wu and said, "Fan Xian will leave in a few days, it should be in time." ”

Shu Wu answered, and then left the imperial study with a smile. In fact, both the monarchs and ministers are old and respectful, how could they really stop worrying just because Fan Xian went to Jiangnan as a young man?

What's more, Shu is fighting for more than just these things on the surface. As the head of the current Chinese officials of the dynasty, he needs a statement from His Majesty, what should he do on the Neiku side, and more importantly, after those two rumors came out one after another, in the imperial court or the palace city, what is Fan Xian going to do?

The royal family plays mysticism and keeps many things secret, but the official system in the court can't stand this, and people are panicked and always ask for a quasi-letter. Since the emperor clearly said that Fan Xian left Kyoto, firstly, he announced that the governance of the inner treasury would definitely begin, and it would start very toughly, and secondly, he would tell the officials in the court that Fan Xian's identity was temporarily over, no matter whether he was the remnant of the Ye family who plotted against him, or the illegitimate son of the emperor, anyway, everyone else had left Kyoto, so don't guess and let things fade!

............ "Hong Zhu." The Emperor suddenly woke up from his contemplation and asked, "How did he react before?"

Hong Zhu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly responded in a low voice: "There are tears hidden in Fan Tisi's eyes, and his face is relieved...... I laughed three times in the building, but I don't know why. "At a young age, he can follow the emperor in person, and his natural intelligence is three points stronger than ordinary people, of course, he knows that he is Xiao Fan who has just left the palace.

The emperor's face was slightly gloomy, and he immediately smiled: "That's fine, after letting go, you can do things for the court without worry." ”

Hong Zhu smiled and didn't dare to answer, but he was frightened by the emperor's next words.

"From next month, you can go and wait by the queen's side. The emperor rubbed a piece of meditation jade in his palm and said very casually.

Like a thunderbolt striking the little eunuch's heart! With a sound of lying down, Hong Zhu knelt down straight, lay on the ground, and cried and said, "Your Majesty, slave...... The minion doesn't know what he's done wrong, so please kill the minion and don't drive the minion away. ”

The emperor frowned and looked at him, and said in disgust: "What is the point! Let you go to the palace over there to be the chief eunuch, I promoted you, but you are scared like this...... It's really useless!"

Hong Zhu's heart was confused, knowing that he had made a mistake, but his face was still full of tears, and he cried: "The slave doesn't want to be a leader eunuch, the slave wants to be by your side." ”

"Oh. The emperor looked at the little eunuch in front of him with a smile and said, "What is the benefit of being by my side?"

The word good can be used as a joke or as a head-killing knife, Hong Zhu raised his head from the ground in a daze, his tearful face was stained with some dust, and he said, "...... Serve by the emperor's side...... Minion...... Radiant face. ”

"Brilliance?"

Hong Zhu pounded his head like garlic, sobbed and said, "The slave should die...... Slaves shouldn't be covetous...... "He is like a mirror in his heart, the eunuch accepts a bribe, and no one cares about the masters in the palace, but it depends on the mood of these masters.

"How much silver did you take?" the emperor looked at the little eunuch's face full of dust and tears, and his appearance was very ridiculous, and he actually laughed.

Hong Zhu listened to the laughter, his heart was a little settled, and he replied: "The slave has been in the imperial study for two months, and he has received a total of four hundred taels of silver. ”

The emperor suddenly sank his face, and said coldly: "Is it? Who bought you the 800 acres of land in Jiaozhou? Your brother's official, who gave you the way? You are so bold, you are less than a hundred miles by my side, so you made such a move!"

Hong Zhu's face was bleak, all thoughts were discouraged, and he cried loudly: "The slave knows the crime, and the slave knows the crime." He didn't even dare to beg the emperor to spare his life.

"Who is it?" the Emperor turned, kicked off his boots, and sat down on the couch to begin grading the recitals again.

Hong Zhu's face was blue and white, knowing that he couldn't hide it after all, he gritted his teeth and said, "Yes...... Vantis. ”

The emperor's face remained unchanged, and he hummed softly to express his doubts.

Hong Zhu suddenly used his hands and feet together, climbed to the feet of the emperor, raised his face and sobbed: "Your Majesty, you can kill the minion, but the sky can be learned, the sky can be learned, the slave is loyal to His Majesty, and he has never secretly ...... with Lord Tisi Lord Tisi is a good man, and this is what the slave asked him to do, so spare him. ”

At this time, the emperor showed a hint of surprise: "Oh, you actually intercede for him?" He immediately laughed and said, "This kid, it seems that his popularity is much better than I imagined. ”

The emperor looked at the little eunuch's big face, and scolded with a smile: "Get out, Fan Xian has already played this matter, if it weren't for my liking that you are a little clever, he would have slaughtered you with a knife, and you actually interceded for him." ”

"Huh?" Hong Zhu's face was shocked with embarrassment and embarrassment, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

"Still not rolling?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. Hong Zhu cried with a sad face, but he was very happy in his heart, and he didn't get up, so he crawled out of the imperial study, as for whether he was going to be driven to the queen's palace to be the chief eunuch, or some other way out, he didn't care at this time.

............ Out of the imperial study, ran to the side compartment, Hong Zhu calmed down the panting breath, only to feel the cold sweat behind his back was so cold, took a towel, wiped the tears, sweat and dust on his face, and drove all his subordinates out irritably, until he sat alone in the room, he began to be extremely afraid.

"Lord Xiao Fan is right, there is nothing in this world that can be hidden from His Majesty. The little eunuch thought with palpitations: "Your Majesty allows you to be greedy, and you can be greedy, so it is better to simply do everything on the bright side." ”

At this moment, his admiration for Fan Xian has been deeply rooted in his bones, and in addition to his admiration, he has a lot more gratitude and gratitude for Fan Xian, and the other party can guess that His Majesty Xià doesn't care about the little eunuch next to him who is greedy for money, this is just that Lord Xiao Fan is very smart, and Lord Xiao Fan used this matter to hide the most important thing, this is the key, after rì and Lord Xiao Fan get closer, His Majesty Xià will not be suspicious.

Thinking of that incident, the little eunuch Hong Zhu's eyes narrowed, and he couldn't say how grateful he was, but he was about to be transferred out of the imperial study, and he didn't know if he could help Lord Xiao Fan in the future.

In the carriage ―――――――――――――――――――――――― leaving the palace, Fan Xian was recuperating with his eyes half-closed, and Gundam and two tiger guards were supported by him under the car, and in the car was Su Wenmao. He closed his eyes and thought, although he couldn't judge whether there was any eyeliner in the palace in the Qi Nian group, but he was bumping into Wang Qinian, and Wang Qinian went to pick up so many unambitious Supervision Yuan officials to his side, for himself, the most trustworthy are these people, and if he wants to do things, he can only believe in them.

"Is there a tail in the Yingzhou matter?" he asked with a frown.

Su Wenmao didn't catch the car at this time, and listened carefully to the movement outside the car, and then said softly: "Don't worry, my lord, Yingzhou Zhizhou died of illness after being imprisoned, and he didn't go the way in the hospital. ”

Fan Xian nodded: "If it can be confirmed that it is safe, the family member of Zhizhou will not move, this matter is over, you should know what to do." ”

Su Wenmao nodded, knowing that Lord Tisi was telling him to keep it secret, and for this kind of private matter, Lord Tisi trusted him to do it, which showed that he had finally succeeded in becoming an adult's confidant.

But as a confidant, he naturally had to think about Fan Xian, and he still disagreed with this matter in his heart. Secretly killed an official of Dazhizhou, Zhengsipin, after so many years of the establishment of the Supervision Yuan, this kind of thing rarely happened. If nothing happens in the future, if something happens, the entire Supervision Yuan will be unlucky-not to mention that the governor has no faction, he is a pure protégé of the Son of Heaven.

As if guessing what Su Wenmao was thinking, Fan Xian sneered: "That Zhizhou Cao Kan people's lives, occupy the villagers' property, and even go the same way with the bandits, slaughter the village and exterminate the clan, and the official only takes his life, which is already cheaper for him." ”

Su Wenmao said with concern: "My lord, having said that, after all, he has not held any real evidence, and the captured bandit has a very tight mouth, and he refuses to testify against the Zhizhou. ”

"Nonsense. Fan Xian said: "If I can hold the evidence, why should I use this method." ”

Su Wenmao shook his head disapprovingly and said: "After all, it's still too risky, so that the Lord wrote and folded the middle book, and even skipped the middle book under the door, and directly faced His Majesty, although there is no evidence, but His Majesty will take the name Zhizhou in the face of the adult." ”

Fan Xian smiled, shook his head and didn't say anything more.

The matter of that Zhizhou must not be known to His Majesty. He closed his eyes and recuperated leisurely, but his mind was spinning rapidly-the reason why he had to deal with the Zhizhou who was far away from Kyoto was because he wanted to sell the little eunuch Hong Zhu a favor, a great favor, a favor that Hong Zhu would have to return when he thought of it in the future.

Hong Zhu, the little eunuch who is now working in the imperial study, is a native of Yingzhou, and his original surname is Chen. When the Zhizhou who was killed by Fan Xian was still the magistrate of the county, he once forcibly took away the family business in the Chen family because of a certain mountain property.

The magistrate was frightened, and the killer was ruthless, colluding with the bandits in the middle of the night, and forcibly wiped out the Chen clan!

I don't know how many people died that night.

And Hong Zhu and his brother were still children at the time, and forgot to go home after playing in the mountains, which was also considered a big fate, and escaped this tragedy, the two brothers were also smart, and they went over the mountain overnight, begging all the way to Shandong Road, and never dared to go to the Yamen to complain, but they struggled to live in the world with great difficulty, and there was eventually a rì, and the two brothers couldn't stand it, and the little brother Chen, that is, today's Hong Zhu, practiced magic skills, and threw himself into the palace with blood in his crotch.

............ After entering the palace, Chen Xiaodi cowered and behaved, was bullied by the older eunuchs, was pinched by the damn old palace maid, and was even more frightened under humiliation, and he didn't even dare to say his surname.

Coincidentally, there was a rì, Chen Xiaodi carried water and passed by the Hanguang Palace, and met the old eunuch Hong sleeping outside the house to recuperate, the old eunuch was only wearing old clothes from many years ago, not palace clothes. Little Brother Chen didn't recognize the identity of the other party, and looked at the old eunuch leaning on a broken bamboo chair, with a few black flies flying on his face, and felt that this old eunuch was so pitiful?

is also a fallen person at the end of the world, but Chen Xiaodi is still a little warm-hearted, thinking that he has nothing to do, so he went back to the house and got a broken pu fan, and began to fan and chase flies for Eunuch Hong.

After the old eunuch Hong woke up, he did not pass on the supreme magic of the little eunuch Chen Xiaodi as in the common scene in the script, accepted him as the younger brother, walked sideways in the palace, and ate and drank spicy food everywhere. However, with the grace of a fan, the old eunuch Hong knew that the little eunuch had no surname, so he only gave him one word.

Flood.

And because the old eunuch was lying on the bamboo chair at that time, he casually asked him to call it Zhu, which is the origin of the name of the popular eunuch Hong Zhu later.

............ Since that day, the old eunuch Hong has never cared about Hong Zhu's life or death, and he hasn't even said a word, even if Hong Zhu went to the imperial study, looking for a way to tie up with the old eunuch Hong, the old eunuch didn't pay attention to it anymore.

But the little eunuch has a name after all, and his surname is Hong Mingzhu. The surname Hong represents something unusual in the palace, and the old husband Hong did not object, gradually, some people began to say that Hong Zhu was the new grandson of the old eunuch Hong, so no one dared to bully him anymore, on the contrary, he had to stammer, and begged him to do any easy and decent work.

Hong Zhu is clever and clever, he has experienced a tragic childhood incident, and his heart is also extremely calm, and there are so many opportunities in front of him, coupled with the loss of power of Lao Dai, the personnel in the palace have been rotated several times, which actually made this little eunuch very lucky, and directly entered the imperial study and began to do things beside His Majesty.

This is the so-called chance.

I have seen a lot, knowing that the palace is like this, Zhizhou is not a big official, and the flame of revenge in Hong Zhu's heart began to burn, but after all, he is young, he doesn't know the way, and he doesn't know how to start, can he directly state his grievances to His Majesty?

At this moment, Heaven sent a man to him.

――――――――――――――――――――――――― carriage tossed, Fan Xian woke up and yawned, and the god jīng looked a little aggrieved.

Hong Zhu's matter was set up by him, and the follow-up means did not let Hong Zhu know about it at all, but did it silently, and only sued the other party today.

Fan Xian knew that with the development trend of Hong Zhu in the palace, watching the emperor's trust in him, but in three years, this little eunuch will definitely have considerable influence, and when the time comes, he will say something casually, and there are more people in the six departments of the court to help him sell his life and help him take revenge, so he must do it three years ago, and do it neatly, don't coerce, don't show gratitude, and don't leave future troubles.

This is the best way to give favors.

The dead Zhizhou is the Zhizhou of Yingzhou, Hong Zhu is from Jiaozhou, the two places are very far apart, the case of destroying the door has passed for too long, no one has remembered it for a long time, Fan Xian is not worried that someone will guess the relationship between Hong Zhu and this matter, this point, he is very careful, no one sued.

Even if it is found out that the Yingzhou Zhizhou is an unnatural death, and it is found that it was the hand of the Supervision Yuan, Fan Xian can also find a reason for a bamboo basket - as long as it has nothing to do with the people around him and has nothing to do with the important points in the palace, the life of a mere Zhizhou is not as good as his son Jin Gui in the eyes of the emperor.

He lifted the corner of the carriage window, squinted at the corner tower of the imperial city behind him, which was already extremely far away and blurred, and blessed the little eunuch classmates to be able to soar inside.