Chen Hong still lives in that single-family house, a comfortable and good location, low-key and not luxurious.

Because he didn't have to move. The person who really has an enmity with him, he just moves to the ends of the earth, and others can find him.

At the beginning, he helped Xiao Feng do things, promoted Yan Niang, and made a move on the trading books of the master of ceremonies and Baihualou, and he had already gambled on Xiao Feng's safety after retirement.

Now Xiao Feng is in full swing, and he has a good relationship with the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, Shuntian Mansion, Dali Temple, and Jinyiwei in the capital, and Chen Hong is naturally safe.

Chen Hong dismissed the redundant servants, and now there are only a few people left in the courtyard.

Chen Da is still the porter, the cook who does the big banquet, the mother-in-law who washes and sews at home, and the old eunuch who broke Chen's three legs with a stick.

Chen Hong originally gave the old eunuch a sum of money and let him live alone. But the old eunuch was used to following Chen Hong, and refused to leave, so he stayed.

The courtyard is big, there are few people, it seems very deserted, in a prosperous place like the main street, it can be regarded as a quiet and ordinary day, which is also Chen Hong's ideal life.

When Xiao Feng came to the door with Yan Niang, Chen Hong was making dumplings with his mother Xiaoqin, and when he saw Xiao Feng entering the house, Chen Hong greeted him with his white hand.

"Brother Xiao, you are a noble person, but you haven't been at my door for a long time! Today you have a mouthful, the first sauerkraut I just fished, with dumplings wrapped with pork belly! ”

Xiao Feng smiled and nodded, and after seeing the salute on both sides, Xiao Feng glanced at Yan Niang.

"You help your sister-in-law make dumplings, make more dumplings, let's eat here." Brother Chen, wash your hands and accompany me to the study for a cup of tea. ”

Chen Hong naturally knew that Xiao Feng had nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, so he went down to the kang to wash his hands and put on thick clothes.

Yan Niang was already the number two person in the Teaching Department at this time, but she still often walked around Chen Hong's house, and she was already very familiar.

Hearing Xiao Feng's instructions, he quickly washed his hands, and laughed while making dumplings on the kang and Xiaoqin.

There was no hot burning in the main house in the study, so Chen Hong lit a brazier with a teapot on it, and put tea leaves in the teacup while boiling water, waiting for Xiao Feng to speak.

Xiao Feng took out Jiajing's handwritten book from his sleeve and handed it to Chen Hong.

"Brother Chen, I want to ask some things about the palace of the first emperor, long live let me ask you."

Chen Hong glanced at him unexpectedly, took the book and looked at it, and cherished it into a box, which also contained many things that Zhengde had rewarded back then.

"Brother Xiao, it's hard for you to think about it for you, I didn't misunderstand you. If you come to me directly, it will kill me. ”

Xiao Feng smiled, and stopped beating around the corner: "The first emperor is still martial, and his body should be strong, why did he suddenly die at the age of thirty-one when he was at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period?"

The first emperor built the leopard house, was it really just for frolicking and recreation? The first emperor offered many Tibetan lamas in the leopard house, was it just because of the worship of Buddha? ”

Chen Hong was stunned for a moment, and looked at Xiao Feng in awe: "Brother Xiao, why did you think of asking these things?"

The world has long concluded that the first emperor covered the coffin, he was a ridiculous and amorous emperor, why do you ask this? ”

Xiao Feng smiled: "Since the eldest brother wants to live an ordinary life, the less he knows, the better." Anyway, there is a long live edict, what do you know, just tell me. ”

Chen Hong nodded, knowing that Xiao Feng was doing it for his good. He let out a long sigh and stared blankly at the coals on the brazier.

The room was eerily quiet for a moment, except for the beeping and popping of red-hot coals.

"The fifteenth emperor ascended the throne, a young talent, ambitious. In the first two years, the court was well organized, and it was a thriving scene.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and the first emperor had one of his biggest weaknesses, that is, being a good woman, and this was precisely used by the ambitious Liu Jin.

At that time, the first emperor favored eight eunuchs, collectively known as the Eight Tigers. I'm not among the Eight Tigers, but the First Emperor trusts me a lot.

I'm a low-key person, so the Eight Tigers and I are at peace. Among the Eight Tigers, there are many ambitious, but Liu Jin is undoubtedly the most ambitious.

He favored the first emperor, not only helped the first emperor to search for beautiful women, but also offered a kind of elixir to the first emperor. ”

The water in the teapot boiled, and the steam diffused in the study, making both of their faces a little blurry. Xiao Feng lifted the teapot and brewed the tea, digesting Chen Hong's words.

"The first emperor was young, martial, and healthy, but it was difficult to continue singing every night.

After taking the pill, it is not only more powerful and long-lasting, but also full of interest, thinking about men and women all the time.

However, all-night pleasure will naturally affect the court and government affairs during the day, and the ministers have made suggestions and asked the emperor to restrain himself.

The first emperor could not bear to be disturbed, and Liu Jin took the opportunity to suggest that the first emperor build a leopard house in Xiyuan to avoid the supervision of the ministers. The first emperor also readily agreed.

The elixir is very powerful, and once a person eats it, it is difficult to give it up. The first emperor was unsupervised in the leopard room, so he became more and more indulgent.

Relying on this elixir, Liu Jin not only got the greatest favor of the first emperor, but also obtained the authority given by the first emperor, and for a time the power was overwhelming the world, and no one was invincible. ”

This history Xiao Feng is clear, but in the fifth year of Zhengde, Liu Jin was suddenly sued by Zhang Yong, not only pushed to the end, but also executed by Ling Chi, this situation is very special.

The emperor trusts a person, it doesn't come out of nowhere, in addition to ability, there are feelings. Just like Jiajing refused to kill Yan Song, Kangxi refused to kill Mingzhu.

Whether it is power or corruption, these things are actually not so serious in the eyes of the emperor, why did Liu Jin change from the most popular person to Ling Chi to be executed at once?

Xiao Feng raised this question, and Chen Hong looked at Xiao Feng with a wry smile: "Brother, Liu Jin didn't die because of corruption and power, he did it because of rebellion!" ”

"Rebellion? He's a eunuch! What is the eunuch trying to rebel for? Want to be the emperor yourself?

Didn't he know that it was impossible for a eunuch to be an emperor? Or does he want to support others to be emperors and become powerful ministers himself?

That's not right! He is already the most powerful minister, even if he changes an emperor, can he treat him better than the previous emperor?

To tell the truth, even when Yan Shifan was proud, he may not have thought of rebellion. It was only later that he gradually lost his position, and he was bewitched by Xiao Qin.

But Liu Jin was in a high position at that time, and he was proud of the spring breeze, he had no reason to rebel! ”

Chen Hong nodded slowly: "Yes, when Liu Jin was convicted of rebellion, everyone was as shocked as you, and even the ministers who hated Liu Jin couldn't believe it."

But the evidence is ironclad, and then he copied out the clothes and armor and bow and crossbow hidden in Liu Jin's house, as well as the folding fan with two short knives! These things are clearly for assassination!

But as you said, Liu Jin was in power at that time, and whoever he wanted to kill didn't need him to assassinate himself.

Therefore, the only target of these assassinations can only be, the first emperor! ”

Xiao Feng fell into deep thought. A powerful eunuch who controlled the emperor with drugs and gained the greatest trust of the emperor, but he still wanted to kill the emperor, what did he want?

And although Liu Jin's family also copied a large amount of gold and silver treasures, it was less than everyone imagined.

For this reason, Wen Chen suspected that Jinyiwei had swallowed it privately, and he was so angry that Jinyiwei's commander pointed to the sky and the earth to complain.

In fact, this can't blame the Wenchen for suspecting that Liu Jin has been desperately making money in those years, and it stands to reason that there should be more stolen goods.

He has all the power in the world, and he doesn't need to pay bribes to others, so what is his money for? ”

Xiao Feng nodded: "If I guessed correctly, he did give some of the money to others for use." But let's not mention this for now, let's talk about the first emperor. ”

Chen Hong glanced at him approvingly and took a sip of tea: "After Liu Jin's death, although there are still people who have power, no one has reached Liu Jin's height.

And the first emperor also wanted to move back to the palace from the leopard house and regroup. But Emperor Xian lost that elixir, and he was in great pain.

He had to ask people to search for a lot of money on the one hand, and on the other hand, let the imperial doctors diagnose and treat, hoping to suppress the pain with medicine.

The imperial physicians all failed, but those who searched for the elixir gained something. This elixir can be found on the black market, and the price is high and comes and goes.

Later, a strange phenomenon appeared, only a few people could buy pills on the black market, while others could not.

These people who can buy pills are naturally relied on by the first emperor, such as Jiang Bin, who was promoted in this way. ”

Xiao Feng smiled bitterly: "The Bliss Pill has been in a uproar in the past few years, I'm afraid the eldest brother has already thought of it, the first emperor should have eaten this thing." ”

Chen Hong sighed and said, "Yes, when you investigated the case involving the Bliss Pill and the White Lotus Sect, I thought of these things.

But this is all in the past, and it is a secret matter in the palace, if you hadn't come to ask with an edict today, I wouldn't have said it.

Judging from all indications, Liu Jin should have colluded with the White Lotus Sect. In this way, it becomes reasonable for him to rebel against this unthinkable thing. ”

Xiao Feng nodded: "The White Lotus Sect is really powerful, a eunuch, a person who has nothing to worry about, and has already reached the pinnacle of power, and it can still be used by them!" ”

Chen Hong sighed: "Liu Jin doesn't take medicine, he doesn't lack money, and he doesn't lack power, in fact, he can completely ignore the White Lotus Sect." As long as he didn't really want to rebel, it would be difficult for the White Lotus Sect to do anything to him. ”

Xiao Feng smiled bitterly: "Liu Jin was able to go from a little eunuch to the pinnacle of power, maybe it's not just that he has superior ability.

Maybe from a very early age, he was a member of the White Lotus Sect. If the White Lotus Sect wants to use a person, it must have left a fatal handle on this person from the very beginning.

If Liu Jin really dares to turn his face and deny it, I'm afraid it will be miserable. ”

After the two drank a few cups of tea silently, Xiao Feng spoke again: "Then the first emperor has been dying, and he has not been able to break this Bliss Pill?" ”

Chen Hong shook his head: "Actually, there was hope for withdrawal in the middle, and the first emperor didn't know the harm of this medicine, and he always wanted to quit this medicine."

At that time, the first emperor was very reverent of Tibetan Buddhism and was also very interested in Huanxi Zen, so he invited a few lamas to be in the leopard room.

One of the lamas mentioned that in fact, there is a set of cultivation methods in Huanxi Zen, which can help the first emperor get rid of the toxicity of drugs in the body. ”

Xiao Feng felt that his mouth was a little dry, so he hurriedly took a sip of tea and asked Chen Hong to quickly expand and elaborate.

Chen Hong smiled helplessly: "Huanxi Zen is extremely complicated, I can't remember so much, but I remember that the first emperor ordered to select women in the sect department."

Usually, the first emperor is lucky, and he likes women who are plump and healthy, but the ones selected that time are all frail and sickly, weak and cold.

After the first emperor cultivated, he did get a lot better, and gradually reduced his dependence on the pill, so the first emperor was very happy and rewarded the lama. ”

Xiao Feng was more concerned about another matter: "What about those women?" How are they? ”

Chen Hong glanced at Xiao Feng deeply: "I don't know, those women were originally the criminal slaves of the Jiaofang Division, and after they entered the leopard room, they were never heard from."

Some people say that the first emperor gave them money and let them leave freely, and some people say that they were poisoned and died after double cultivation with the first emperor.

At that time, I was on an errand in the palace, and I did not follow the emperor to the leopard room, and I didn't dare to ask about these things. ”

Xiao Feng was silent for a long time: "Go on." I thought, this must not be the end of the matter, right? ”

Chen Hong nodded: "After the first emperor's drug addiction was reduced, he was no longer willing to be bored in the leopard room, and began to patrol around.

You know, he also went to Yingzhou to fight a battle with the little prince of Tatar, and he won it.

A lot of great things happened in those years. He also went to Jiangnan and met a restaurant girl in the Dragon and Phoenix Shop.

Originally, I wanted to bring the woman back to the capital, but unfortunately the people refused, and the first emperor did not force it, and then he never forgot it until he died. ”

Xiao Feng smiled dumbly, he originally thought that Sister Li Feng of the Dragon and Phoenix Store was just a legend, but he didn't expect it to be true.

If he really can listen to the free choice of a restaurant girl, I think it may not be as said in the history books, a tyrant who purely robs men and overlords women, just a small critic.

Then Xiao Feng suddenly thought of his senior brother, and then thought of his two sons, it seems that the old Zhu family's color batch gene is inherited.

Thinking about Zhu Chongba's Queen Ma, Emperor Chenghua to Concubine Wangui, Jiajing to Concubine Cao Duan, plus this Zhengde to Sister Li Feng, it seems that the old Zhu family is more dedicated to a certain woman and there is genetic!

But later, the first emperor's drug addiction suddenly worsened, and he had to live in the leopard room again and find a woman to double cultivate.

But this time, the lama who instructed the first emperor to cultivate was accidentally killed on the street, and many soldiers and horses were dispatched at that time, but the murderer could not be found.

Losing that lama, the first emperor's cultivation was not lawful, his drug addiction became bigger and bigger, and he was extremely dependent on the pills that Jiang Bin bought, and Jiang Bin was extremely prominent.

And the greater the drug addiction of the first emperor, the more absurd and lascivious he is in the affairs of men and women, and many unbearable things in folklore are actually mostly at the time of the onset of medicine.

One day, the first emperor suddenly ordered me to rush from the palace to serve, and when I arrived, I found that the scholar Yang Tinghe was already in the house.

Guarding the door was Zhang Yong, the official of Dongchang Factory, and he asked me to wait outside the door. Only then did I find out that the leopard room was full of people from Dongchang, and none of Jiang Bin's people could see it. ”

Chen Hong's face became extremely solemn, as if he was recalling an extremely secret and important matter, and his lips trembled slightly.

Yang Tinghe's face was blue when he came out, and he left without saying a word, so Zhang Yong let me in.

When I went in, I found that Emperor Xian was coughing incessantly, his face was yellow and thin, and the corners of his mouth were bloodshot. I couldn't help but fall to the ground and cry, but the first emperor laughed.

He said: 'Chen Hong, you are a scheming person with a bottom line, in the past two years, I have promoted you to the palm seal of the celebrant supervisor, and I am always not in Beijing, but you have not used your power to gain power, which is very rare. ’

I kowtowed again and again, saying that this was all my duty. Emperor Xian told me that he had fallen into a conspiracy, but found out too late and that he might be dying.

I was so frightened that I couldn't even say no. The first emperor said freely.

'What is the difference between a life that is not more than a hundred years long, a few years early and a few years later?' I'd rather die a happy death than live under the threat of others! ’”

Xiao Feng's face was solemn: "The power of the first emperor has never been sidelined, but he said that he didn't want to live under the threat of others, and he wanted to refer to the Bliss Pill!" ”

Chen Hong nodded: "At that time, I didn't know that the medicine was called Bliss Pill. But you guessed it right, the White Lotus Sect cultivated Liu Jin first to control Banzai.

When Liu Jin was exposed to death, they set their sights on Jiang Bin again.

Jiang Bin was more cunning than Liu Jin, he used the Bliss Pill provided by the White Lotus Sect to gain the support of the first emperor, but he did not want to help the White Lotus Sect rebel.

But later, after the first emperor's double cultivation, he reduced his dependence on pills. Jiang Bin panicked, he was worried that after losing the support of the first emperor, the bad things he had done would be turned out and brought him down.

You don't know, when Jiang Bin was a border general, he killed many times and committed many crimes. When he was powerful, no one dared to sue, but if he lost the support of the first emperor, he might die. ”

Xiao Feng smiled bitterly: "No wonder Yan Shifan falsely accused me and Qi Jiguang of killing good and risking merit that day, and the senior brother still believed it." It seems to be a lesson from the past! ”

Chen Hong nodded: "That's right, so Jiang Bin asked the White Lotus Sect for help, and the White Lotus Sect took the opportunity to give Jiang Bin a more powerful Bliss Pill and let him secretly mix it into the tea and rice of the first emperor."

Emperor Xian trusted Jiang Bin very much at that time, and he had the opportunity to do so. The most important thing is that the people who tested the poison for the first emperor were all eunuchs, and their reaction after tasting the pill of bliss was not obvious.

That lama was also killed by the people of the White Lotus Sect, and they cut off the path of the first emperor's double cultivation and detoxification, so they could only continue to rely on their elixir.

But it was they who killed the lama, which made the first emperor suspicious. Emperor Xian secretly ordered Jinyiwei and Dongchang to arrest the man who killed the lama. ”

Xiao Feng was stunned: "Didn't you catch it?" Then he woke up, and he just announced that he hadn't been caught, thinking that he had already been caught.

Sure enough, Chen Hong said: "Actually, I caught it, the first emperor already knew that someone around him had betrayed him, so he let Jinyiwei and Dongchang keep it a secret, and said to the outside world that he hadn't caught it."

In the edict prison, the person of the White Lotus Sect failed to resist the craftsmanship of the Jinyi Guard, and vomited everything.

But that person also threatened Jinyiwei that it was impossible for Banzai to quit drug addiction anymore, and unless Banzai cooperated and established the White Lotus Sect as the state religion, life would be worse than death. ”

Chen Hong said this, he couldn't help choking, he wiped his tears, looked at Xiao Feng, his eyes were full of pride.

When the first emperor heard this, he laughed and ordered the Jinyi guard to Ling Chi. But he didn't move Jiang Bin for the time being, but asked people to call Yang Tinghe and me.

He told me that he had put all the pills that Jiang Bin had offered, and that he hadn't taken any medicine for ten days, and that it was indeed better to live than to die.

And in the last two days, he began to vomit blood, and his body was so weak that he couldn't think about it anymore. But he'd rather die than touch that thing again.

The first emperor said that he was absurd and lustful and keen on pleasure, but he was the son of the great tomorrow, and the son of the great tomorrow would rather die than be threatened! ”

Xiao Feng's heart moved: "Since he already knows what Jiang Bin has done, why didn't he order Jiang Bin to be arrested, but waited until after he died, and Yang Tinghe did not start to arrest him?"

After Yang Tinghe was arrested, why did he not kill Jiang Bin for a long time, but waited until after Long Live ascended the throne today, and then Ling Chi Jiang Bin was charged with treason? ”