Many dynasties have been monopolized by eunuchs.

Generally, when this happens in the imperial court, it is most likely when the dynasty declines.

In fact, the emperor trusts the eunuch, but he also has his reasons. When the courtiers did not dare to speak out, or made the saint feel that no one was credible, he had to find a few more credible people for himself. Eunuchs are generally the closest to the emperor, and it is easiest to gain the emperor's trust. Once the eunuch has gained the emperor's trust, it will be more difficult than any courtier to lose power. Because they were already by the emperor's side, if there were any words that were unfavorable to him, he heard them before anyone. Sometimes even the emperor doesn't know, he already knows who is going to be unfavorable to him. The more this kind of thing happens, the more the emperor's ears and eyes will be closed.

Generally, the eunuchs who monopolized power were about to fall, and most of them were when the old emperor died and the new emperor was first established. No matter how powerful a eunuch is, it is difficult to gain the trust of two generations of emperors, unless he is really loyal and has no ambitions.

Shi Zhong, the current factory of Dongchang, not only has a monopoly on power, but also is an old minister left by the emperor. A eunuch who holds the power of the court, but the old emperor who trusted him the most is no longer there, which is not a good sign for him at all.

Shi Zhong was obviously very smart, and the moment he died earlier, he seemed to have predicted that he would no longer be trusted by the new emperor. Although the new emperor is not moving for the time being, he has already clearly felt that the new emperor's imperial brother Xiao Wang is gradually taking his place, and sometimes even has more rights than he has to speak.

Shi Zhong obviously sensed the danger, so in order to find a way out for himself, he had already secretly colluded with the largest Jianghu sect in the capital and the temple of one of the four major families in the Jianghu.

The two of them, one for power and the other for profit, are very complementary and hit it off.

These two forces colluded together, and the black and white roads in the entire capital had been collected by the two of them. If other forces try to move any of them, they will affect the whole body, and the consequences will be absolutely unimaginable.

It is precisely because of this that although Prince Xiao holds the military power, he does not dare to directly attack them after he catches the handle of the Sheng Ling people in the temple to rob the official silver. Because he knows that he does not have the strength to move these two families at the same time, and he can't even ensure the safety of the emperor and the queen mother.

At any time, the safety of the emperor and the queen mother is the most important, so King Xiao first asked the fifth line to invite his master Zhang Yu, the rain god, out of the mountain, which is also the first condition for him to challenge those two families.

The fifth line had previously entered Sichuan to investigate the case by holy order, and Dongchang had originally sent Fan Yunfan's father-in-law to cooperate with him. But Fan Yun not only didn't help him along the way, but also made trouble everywhere, making things more and more complicated, which also made the fifth line very unhappy with him, and even suspicious of him.

The fifth line did not know many interests in the imperial court before, so he handed over many important criminals to Fan Yun, after all, Dongchang was the official agency that was justified in pursuing the case of Guanyin.

But it was not until later that the fifth line gradually realized how inappropriate his methods were, and even killed many people. Or, it was precisely because of his mistakes that General Song Jin, Xiang Kun and others finally became uncertain. The appearance of Shen Yue could have solved many mysteries for him, but when he met him, he had already become a corpse.

So, the fifth line finally couldn't help it, and wanted to visit Dongchang, the father-in-law of Fan Yunfan, who had been ordered to enter Sichuan to investigate the case as himself.

On the side of the government, Zhu Zhizhi's identity is still very open, and everyone has to give her three points of face.

Therefore, the fifth line went to Dongchang to see the offender Yun this time, and was naturally accompanied by Princess Zhu Zhizhi of Qingying. Han Xiang was seriously injured by Suo Lekang, although he did not die, but he was really injured not lightly, and he was recuperating in King Xiao's mansion at this time. Now that there are so many masters in King Xiao's mansion, the fifth line and Zhu Zhizhi have no scruples, and only continue to concentrate on investigating the case.

"Princess, Fifth Young Hero, you are finally here! We've been waiting for a long time! You may be seated. When Fan Yun saw the two of them coming, he was very polite.

"Where's Gonggong Shi?" Princess Qingying saw that Fan Yun was the only one, but the Dongchang factory and several other masters were not there, so she couldn't help but ask.

Zhu Zhizhi naturally knew much more about the matter of Dongchang than the introduction of the five elements, and the fifth line had only heard of the names of those old eunuchs with high martial arts, but he had never seen them. And now that he is helping the government to do things, the involvement is very large, and he generally does not dare to talk nonsense.

"Oh! The factory father is still serving the emperor in the palace, and several other fathers-in-law also have important things to do. Our family was also in the palace, but I heard that the princess and the fifth young man were coming to our house, so I came back to wait for the two of us. Fan Yun's words did not seem to be false, and there was no need to lie about these words.

"Oh! In this way, it will be annoying to my father-in-law! The fifth line said politely.

"Don't worry, what's the matter with the two of you, please speak up?" Fan Yun asked.

"Oh! Father-in-law Fan, we wanted to ask you, what happened when you escorted General Song Jin and a few other prisoners into Beijing that day? Can you elaborate on that? "After all, Zhu Zhizhi has known Father-in-law Fan for a long time, and his identity is noble enough, so he is naturally better than the fifth line. She was the first to ask, Fan Yun wanted to lie, and she had to think about it.

"What should be said, hasn't our family already explained it carefully to the emperor and the prince? And in the dossier of the imperial court, there are also records! If the princess wants to know the details of what happened, she might as well consult the file directly. Now that many days have passed, our family has a poor memory of old age, but I am afraid that we will not remember so clearly! Fan Yun said a lot of nonsense, but the purpose was just to excuse himself.

"Naturally, we have already read the dossier. However, there is one point, the father-in-law does not seem to make it clear, so I want to ask my father-in-law for advice in person. The fifth line is very polite, and it is not impatient, and the words are also leaky.

"Oh? Could it be that our family is missing something? Please also ask the fifth young man to point it out, if our family knows, we will definitely tell you bluntly. Fan Yun said with a slight surprise.

"When the prisoner's car was hijacked that day, my father-in-law personally escorted it?" The fifth line asked.

"Of course."

"Did that father-in-law ever fight a robber?"

"Then our family must have made a move, and our family also killed two robbers with their own hands." Fan Yun replied seriously.

"Oh! What did my father-in-law do with the bodies of these two robbers? The Fifth Ground continued to ask.

"Buried."

"Has my father-in-law ever figured out their identities?" The fifth line asks one question after another, and the more you ask, the faster you ask.

"This ...... Not yet...... Their identities are secretive and impossible to figure out. Fan Yun's answer was finally a little unsmooth.

"Isn't it too hasty for my father-in-law to bury such two important bodies without figuring out their identities?" The fifth line of words was typed like guns, and the words landed soundly.

"This ...... It was indeed our negligence. Fan Yun didn't seem to be able to explain the problem, so he could only admit that he was derelict in his duties.

"Has that father-in-law ever seen their martial arts path?" The fifth line paused, then asked.

"These two robbers' martial arts are too weak, and our family can't see their martial arts paths." Fan Yun explained.

"My father-in-law's martial arts are by no means below the fifth line, and ordinary gangsters are really not my father-in-law's opponents. Since the robbers can rob the important criminals in the hands of their father-in-law, there must be a master in the lead. Can't my father-in-law see the martial arts of those masters? The fifth line actually followed the topic and asked.

"The martial arts of those masters are very miscellaneous, there are Shaolin, Wudang, Huashan and other roads......"

"In my father-in-law's opinion, how many real masters are there?" The fifth line directly interrupted Fan Yun, and only asked in a row.

"Three...... No...... Four digits. ”

"Three or four?"

"Four." When Fan Yun said these two words, he was already a little weak-hearted, and he didn't dare to look at the eyes of the fifth line anymore.

"Oh! Thank you father-in-law for telling me bluntly, and I will say goodbye in the next place! After the fifth line finished speaking, he walked back expressionlessly, but seeing that Zhu Zhizhi hadn't caught up, he said to her again: "Hey! Let's go! ”

"Let's go, let's go?" Zhu Zhizhi obviously hadn't recovered from the rhythm just now, so he only asked blankly.

"Yes." He didn't reply to the fifth line, but only replied to the word.

Zhu Zhizhi didn't know what the fifth line was selling, but she found that when the fifth line had an extremely serious expression, she probably found something important. So she didn't ask much, just obediently followed.

The fifth walked very fast, Zhu Zhizhi had to trot to follow, and waited for a long way out of the gate of the East Factory, and finally asked, "Stingy ghost, what did you find?" Let's hear it. ”

"Grandpa Fan is lying." The fifth line answers.

"That's all you find?" Zhu Zhizhi still asked with some puzzlement.

The fifth line thought about it, and finally replied: "The matter of robbing prisoners he said is completely false. ”

"How so?"

"Fan Gonggong's martial arts, you and I must be clear, and there were no less than 300 officers and soldiers escorting the prisoner car that day. Just now he said that among the robbers, there are only four masters. Suppose that these four masters are me, Hu Daxia, my senior brother Li Yiru and second senior brother Wang Dazhu. In your opinion, if the four of us lead twenty or thirty ordinary robbers to rob many important criminals from Fan Gonggong and hundreds of officers and soldiers, how likely is it? The fifth line asked analytically.

"At most, it's not more than 30 percent." Zhu Zhizhi replied.

"That's right. Even if you think it, there is only a 30% chance. The dossier says that the robbers should not exceed 30 at most, and if 30 robbers want to snatch people from hundreds of officers and soldiers, and each of them does not have the ability to be 10, how can they succeed? The fifth line continues to analyze.

"Oh! I understand, Fan Yun thinks he is smart. He was afraid that you would ask about the origin of those people's martial arts, so he only said that there were three or four masters, and the others were very poor in martial arts. But he didn't think that with only these four masters, and more than two dozen minions, it was impossible to snatch prisoners from him and still be able to get out of his body. Zhu Zhizhi finally came to his senses.

"That's right. If this were to happen to me, I wouldn't be able to guarantee that I would catch all the robbers, but I would certainly not be able to escape a few of them. Line 5 says with great certainty.

Heroes are never more than many enemies, and Fan Yun was afraid that people would be asked about the origin of those people's martial arts, so he deliberately said that the number of masters was small. If there are too many masters, then with his experience, there will always be one or two who will be seen by him. He couldn't see three or four, but he could say it, but he didn't expect that he let three or four masters bring a few scaremongers to rob the court of important criminals, what a big dereliction of duty it was?

If so, there are only two possibilities.

It's either intentional indulgence, or it's nothing.

Obviously, the fifth line is more convinced that it is nothing.