The news of Gao Jizhi's death quickly spread throughout the court, and everyone talked about this sudden incident, and public opinion was in an uproar. Seeing the loss of a clear leader, the prince sighed, and immediately discussed with Su Zongshan to temporarily suspend the meeting to elect provincial ministers, in order to prevent the ministers from speculating on the relationship between the two. And to the emperor, please mourn for Gao Jizhi and posthumously present the official title.

The next day, the edict was issued, and Gao Jizhi was given Wenzhong, posthumously presented Zhongshu Province to participate in politics, and gave a good coffin, loaded with the corpse, and the family took the spirit card of 'the position of Gao Wenzhong, the auxiliary minister, and placed it on the top of the family ancestral hall, and then put the coffin in the center, and asked the monk to do more than that, and stop the spirit to mourn.

He gathered a lot of party henchmen on weekdays, and as soon as he went today, many people rushed to the house to mourn, and the servants had to bow one by one, serving tea and pouring water, and they were so busy that they were dizzy and sweaty, but the front and back of the hall were crowded with people for a while, and there were about a hundred plans, and they were unable to cope with it for a while, so they simply didn't care about the trivial things, and looked at them outside the door and cried, and the sound of wailing was earth-shattering.

Naturally, Comrade Chen would not be absent at such a moment, and soon he came in a hurry, and before he could catch his breath, he greeted his family members a few words, and sighed while asking, very sad. Now, when all the officials saw him, they felt different from before, and they all recognized him as the future leader of the court, as if they had seen a living saint, and they all looked at him with admiration, and stepped forward to bow or bow their heads in reply, and they were as obedient as slaves.

The relatives saw that this person was very powerful, and expected to be extraordinary, so they also politely treated this Chen Shilang, and learned that he had written an epitaph for the deceased, so he came late, and took out the article in the cuff as he spoke, handed it to the relatives, and took out thirty taels of silver, and asked them to find a craftsman to carve it, and by the way to arrange the tomb. Seeing that he was so enthusiastic, the family burst into tears of gratitude, and after thanking him for a thousand thanks, they took all the things away.

After this incident, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty completely recognized Chen Tongpao as a replacement, and asked Chen Tongpao to be promoted to Shangshu. Because this is a matter of course, Liu Zhennian can't make a hindrance from it, so he has to order someone to hand over bundles of recitals to the forbidden place and put them on the inner province first.

"Let one go, let one let ......"

A thin eunuch with a document in his hand came out of the corner, pushed the man in the way with his arm, and walked cautiously on the stone path.

"How many masters, have you seen Grandpa Shen?"

"In the west, chanting the Buddha."

When the thin eunuch heard the familiar voice, he turned his head in fright, and saw that it was Lu Xinzhong, the henchman of Chief Shen, his face turned pale, and he hurriedly wanted to salute.

"Look at what you're holding in your hand," Lu Xinzhong bowed his head slightly, "What kind of courtesy?" How inconvenient. Go and report to Mr. Shen! ”

"Yes, yes......" the thin eunuch nodded several times, tiptoeing to the west.

"Lord, lord!"

Lu Xinzhong was about to turn around, but someone stopped him from behind, so that he was not bored: "Hurry, what to do!" ”

"Prince, Prince...... The prince has ......"

Lu Xinzhong didn't think that he would directly point out the word prince, he was startled, quickly beckoned, took him to a no-man's corner, and asked him under a big willow tree.

"Somehow, the prince has lost a bit of a temper with us. He began to count down Grandpa Shen, saying that his old man did not confide in His Majesty, and he did not understand what he meant. After thinking about it, this matter is not something we can manage, so we will leave it all to Gonggong Shen. ”

"Where the hell did this rumor come from?" Lu Xinzhong asked.

"It's a few forbidden there. They are a family with the crown prince, and it is common sense to get close to each other, and to say some intimate words and convey them through their mouths. They don't have the guts to spread false news. ”

Lu Xinzhong pondered for a moment, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Listen, you're only half right. The opinions of those people in the officialdom are all hidden in their hearts, they are angry on the surface, and secretly there are always a few complaints, but in fact, it is also human nature, which is understandable. Cun Zhao and Taisu have conspiracies, and it is very likely that they will turn His Royal Highness's unintentional words into a golden rule. It's still a matter of not understanding which side the prince is standing on now, if he catches the wind and misjudges the situation because of this, wouldn't it be tantamount to harming Manager Shen? He's getting old and needs the help of our men. ”

"But the prince's people have arrived, and they want to see Shen Ye by name, and even you don't want to see him, and he is being served by a few little eunuchs in the guest room to eat and drink."

"Are you sure it's the Prince?"

"He showed me the guard's sign, and I didn't understand it."

Lu Xinzhong waved his hand: "Just an object, what can this prove!" Well, I'll devise a plan here to see how he reacts. If he is calm, he is open-minded; If you are really panicked, you have a ghost in your heart! ”

"A bunch of bastards! The lord wants the new tea, you fool the lord with these! If I can't see your heads, I'll go back and get a big knife and cut off your heads!" The self-proclaimed guards kept making trouble, scolding the little eunuchs around them to the point of blood, they were used to being bullied, and they didn't dare to speak out, and at this time they almost responded to 10,000 "yes".

"Alas, Master Jun, don't be in a hurry," a slightly noble eunuch walked in, "they are all stupid people, they don't know big things, why bother demanding them?" Let's go, Mr. Shen, please tell me. ”

"Will he tell me to go?" Jun Han thought that he would have to wait for half a day, but who knew that it would be so smooth, with an expression of disbelief.

The eunuch walked up a few steps and bowed over: "When Chief Shen heard that the prince had a grievance, he was anxious and worried, of course he was willing." ”

The soldier was very happy, and his attitude was a little kinder at once, and he smiled and walked out of the guest room with him, and walked a few roads to a large room, opened the two sandalwood doors, and there was a wall in front of him. He looked at the surroundings and thought to himself, 'Such a spacious room must be for the chief eunuch.' So he went further around the wall and walked up to the hall, looking at a screen and a circle chair in front of him, empty and nothing else.

"You're His Royal Highness the Prince's guard, aren't you?"

The military man followed the shrill voice and looked at Lu Xinzhong slowly from behind the screen to sit down, dumbfounded, his expression numb and sluggish.

He was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses, and he didn't even want to listen to Lu Xinzhong's words, so he hurriedly turned his steps and wanted to escape, but five or six sturdy eunuchs flocked to both sides, each holding a sword, and blocked the door viciously.

"You're a fake guard!" Lu Xinzhong snorted coldly, "Tell me honestly, otherwise don't want to run out of my door here!" ”