Tong Guan was a eunuch.

Hao Sui was also a eunuch.

But there is also a difference between eunuchs and eunuchs, which is different from their beliefs and ideals in life.

So do eunuchs have ideals?

Of course, Hao Sui's ideal is to become an elder like Feng Shining, the ancestor of the palace, even if the queen mother faces Feng Shining, she has to give face to the kind of detachment. Live an awe-inspiring horror with your age, and of course, you have to be honest and impartial to accumulate a good reputation. But even if Feng Shining has a transcendent status in the harem, it is unlikely that he wants to leave a name in the history books.

Tong Guan's ideal is different, his ideal in life is to be like Li Xian, the commander of the Western Army during the period of Emperor Shenzong, to open up territory for the imperial court and leave a name in the history books. He clearly remembered that twenty years ago, Li Xian told him after a drunken illness that Li Xian's ideal was not only to exterminate the Western Xia, but to be crowned king, or crowned king. In addition to the clan, there are only relatives and civil officials who want to be crowned kings in the Great Song Dynasty, and they are basically crowned kings after death. But there is still a way to seal the king, to subdue the sixteen states of Yanyun. This is the will of Emperor Taizong himself, and no one dares to fool it.

If a eunuch wants to be famous, or even to the extent of being famous in history books, it is definitely not something that can be done by being famous. According to Tong Guan's simple view of history, he felt that there were only two ways to become famous for attaching to eunuchs, to be a traitor or a loyal minister.

But the former has no conditions, although Zhao Xu is young, he is not ridiculous, and there is no sign of growing into a faint king. And he didn't want to be a traitor.

Then there is only one other way to go, and that is to be a loyal minister. Loyalty requires a lot of merit and ability. In the Great Song Dynasty, there were only two aspects in which the eunuchs made contributions, water control and army command. Not to mention the former, the Yellow River is too difficult to tame, and many predecessors have been slapped to death on the river beach by this arrogant and untamed river.

Commanding troops is different, as long as you really make meritorious achievements, then it is a great achievement to expand the territory.

is like Li Kui, although his official position is not big, his achievements in the northwest have been recognized by the secretary province and left a record. After the emperor's big trip, it will inevitably be guided by the Zhongshu Province, led by the secretary province, and implemented by the Zhiji Pavilion, sorting out the exploits of Zhao Xu's dynasty, and it is indispensable to use pen and ink on Li Kui's body. Tong Guan can't do anything else, and following Li Xian can be regarded as having military experience in the northwest, if he wants to make merits, it is impossible for him to succeed in the palace. The only way is to go to the northwest, and when Qingtang Tubo has not been bullied, go up and beat Ali Gu, the king of Qingtang Tubo, down with an old fist.

Moreover, in Tong Guan's memory, Ali bone is a soft persimmon. Why can Wang Shao do it, but he can't do it?

Anyway, the land of the river has already been recovered once, and he doesn't care about being reclaimed again.

Before he hurried over, he had actually gotten the news.

Qin Fenglu and Qingtang Tubo, who were entrenched in the land of the river, began to fight.

But the scale of the operation was not large, and he was just puzzled. When I came to Hao Sui's mansion, I saw Ruan Xiaoer, and brought Li Kui's questioning, so I felt strange.

Tong Guan sat down slowly, he was a little tired at this time, but he was in good spirits, his eyes were very bright, and he seemed to be thinking about the stakes. He looked up at Ruan Xiaoer, suspicious in his heart, Ruan Xiaoer, this kid is not very reliable, can he answer his own question?

"Little Er, what did your young master ask you to bring to me?"

Tong Guan finally squeezed out a little smile, and now he is not the lost dog when Li Xian just fell, but the celebrity around the emperor. Even if he is a high-ranking official in a third-grade purple robe, he will not lose face.

can be regarded as a catastrophe, although Ruan Xiaoer is not smart, he is loyal!

Li Kui once said that Tong Guan was a traitor with a bad stomach, and he remembered it. He is an aspiring young man who wants to become a loyal minister of the Great Song Dynasty, how can he be mixed with traitorous ministers?

Ruan Xiaoer immediately shook his head and said, "My young master has nothing to say to you, my young master said it, let me not talk to you...... lest they be harmed. ”

The smile on Tong Guan's face that had finally been piled up suddenly froze, and in his memory, Li Kui had never had a good face towards him, probably because he had laughed at Li Kui outside Yizhou City. But this was five or six years ago, Li Kui was fourteen years old at the time, this thing is too resentful, right?

Even Hao Sui, who was sitting with him, looked embarrassed, Tong Guan and Li Kui have a grudge?

He and Tong Guan are now fighting hotly, but Li Kui is a good brother to Hao Sui, and at the same time, he is also the key to Hao Sui's foothold in the palace in the future. Li Kui's relationship is not only his merit and civil official, he is also the fiancé of the emperor's sister-in-law and the son-in-law of the Taishi. One is Tong Guan, who is of great benefit to him at the moment, and the other is Li Kui, who is almost a backer, how can he choose?

Hao Sui stood up, walked up to Ruan Xiaoer, and said kindly: "Xiaoer, now that we are together, Tong Guan is still a close confidant of Concubine Xian, how can he be said to be an outsider?" Your young master has many opponents in the court, and Cai Jing is one of them, you don't know it, right? ”

Ruan Xiaoer hesitated and said, "But I think my young master and Master Cai have reconciled!" ”

"Reconcile?"

Tong Guan suddenly jumped up in shock and looked at Hao Sui angrily. The anger in my heart is rolling, and you are all in a gang, so you have come to deceive you? The reason why he didn't have a seizure seemed to be waiting for Hao Sui to give him an explanation.

Hao Sui's raised arm hadn't fallen on Ruan Xiaoer's shoulder, and he was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know whether to put it down or pull out. I can't help but regret that it was a mistake to let Ruan Xiaoer be there. He suppressed the horror in his heart and said kindly: "Didn't your young master have a holiday with Cai Jing?" How is it possible to reconcile? ”

Tong Guan didn't speak, but after hearing this, his face suddenly turned a little pale, and Li Kui's cautious temper was concerned, could he reconcile with Cai Jing?

No way!

Ruan Xiaoer was puzzled: "But Cai Jing came to Yanyan Road last year, and he sold the young master's face, and later bought thousands of war horses, Tong Su is not bullied, isn't this reconciliation?" ”

Good guy, Hao Sui was also scared out of a cold sweat, the festival of civil officials and civil officials, if it is untied, it is really not difficult. Fortunately, Ruan Xiaoer's brain is really speechless. If you give money, you will be reconciled, and this civil official is too worthless.

Hao Sui slapped Ruan Xiaoer hard and said, "Xiao Er, don't think about being an official in the future, just be upright...... character, easy to be deceived. Or follow your young master, wait for your young master to ascend to the court that day, become a major minister of the Great Song Dynasty, and open the palace with the three divisions, you can be a five-grade official. ”

"Isn't it going to take years?"

"You go back first, I'll have someone call you if there's something."

"You have to hurry, in a few days, I will go back to Yan'an Mansion."

When Ruan Xiaoer left, Hao Sui wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said in his heart: I almost made this kid bad.

And Tong Guan also figured out the taste, and made a false alarm. But at the same time, he warned himself in his heart, saying that he would have less dealings with the people around Li Kui in the future, and he couldn't stand this anger.

"Brother Tong, let you smile."

"Out of the way."

When only the two eunuchs were talking together, the scene was quite harmonious.

Tong Guan pondered: "Now that the war on the frontier has started, I can't figure out whether it was Cai Jing's intention or an accident. If you don't understand the relationship, you and I will be passive. ”

"I'm afraid, I'm afraid, the Cai brothers have been in cahoots, and they have already had a tacit understanding. One is in the court, and the other is on Qinfeng Road, if there is really a wind and grass, most of our family will not be able to bear it. When Tong Guan said this, he was quite depressed. Cai Bian's status is not something he can move down if he wants to, and this is also a great god in the court.

Hao Sui was so worried that he couldn't help pacing, and suddenly stopped and turned back to ask Tong Guan: "Are you saying that Cai Jing has been prepared for a long time?" ”

"I don't know, but it's definitely not normal to do it so quickly." Tong Guan didn't have the heart to discuss it with Hao Sui again. After all, although Hao Sui has been by the emperor's side for many years, in terms of means and intelligence, he can't be compared with Cai Jing, who was born as a scholar in the imperial examination. Even he can't compare.

Tong Guan just stabbed Cai Jing in the back, Cai Jing is not an idle person, if he finds out that something is wrong, he will definitely have a countermeasure. War is undoubtedly the best way, once the war starts, Cai Jing, as Qin Fenglu's envoy, in order to stabilize the border, the imperial court's investigation of him will be stopped. He was a horse trader and embezzled the treasury, but these accounts could be filled in the war.

If it works better, there is no trace at all.

Even if Qin Fenglu's generals were dissatisfied with Cai Jing, would he care? The military general told the civil officer, this is looking for death!

When Emperor Shenzong was critically ill, Cai Jing followed behind Cai Qu, but even Prime Minister Wang Qi dared to assassinate him.

If it weren't for Wang Qi's instigation, Cai Jing's path to traitor would have advanced by twenty years.

Moreover, Cai Jing may have another meaning, as long as the land of Hehuang is recovered, the suspicion on his body can not only be cleared, but also a meritorious minister of the imperial court. is different from Li Kui's earth-shaking peace in Western Xia, but the credit cannot be reported, which is not in line with the dignity of the imperial court. Cai Jing, as Qin Fenglu's envoy, presided over the recovery of the land of Hehuang, and the credit will be real.

Even if you lose, it doesn't matter. He is fighting for the country, and his intentions are good, but the officers and soldiers of Qin Fenglu are unreliable, can he be blamed?

Of course, there will definitely be derogatory remarks from time to time, and it's a big deal to go back to be a governor, and it's not that there have been derogatory remarks.

But if you leave a mess on Qinfeng Road, someone must clean it up. And this person is likely to be the black hand behind the eye medicine on him. As long as he waits for the opportunity, he will have the opportunity to wrestle with the other party in the future.

Three days later, Tong Guan secretly drank in the box of a restaurant in the inner city, and there was a kind of impatient forbearance in his eyebrows.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, Yushi Huang'an dressed in civilian clothes, entered the private room, sat down opposite Tong Guan, poured himself a drink, and finally spoke: "The investigation of him has stopped." ”

After speaking, Huang An got up and left.

Tong Guan was stunned, and he finally realized how tricky it was to deal with a Dragon Pavilion. It's not that he can bring people down by digging into the dirt, he is also regretting his previous impulsiveness. If only I had to endure it, it would be fine. The opportunity in front of you is not necessarily an opportunity.

But there was no turning back when he opened the bow, and since Tong Guan had already launched it, he had no way back.

What to do?

This made Tong Guan burn inside, in terms of his identity, once he became an enemy with the Cai brothers, it was equivalent to being an enemy with Zhang Dian, what capital did he have to become an enemy with a prime minister like Zhang Dian?

If you are not careful, you will never recover.

Back in the mansion, the righteous daughter Sang Hongye hurried over and whispered to Tong Guan: "Father-in-law, someone from Prime Minister Zhang's Mansion came to invite his father-in-law just now, I don't know what's going on?" ”

Tong Guan was suddenly startled, and then his straight back was stiffened, it was a blessing or a curse, and it was a disaster that could not be avoided!