Emperor Hongzhi's flat voice sounded in the hall, but it made Xiao Jing feel a shock in his heart, and the whole person seemed to be struck by lightning, and then his knees weakened, and he fell to the ground with a plop, "Slave, slave, slave..."

In the confusion, there was only a slave and a maid, but he couldn't think of anything else.

"Xiao Banban, in your heart, I'm afraid that I am the same as Emperor Jin Hui who doesn't eat minced meat?"

The tone was still very flat, but Xiao Jing's face was already pale, and when he heard this question, he was even more frightened, and he kowtowed desperately on the ground, "The emperor Mingjian, even if you give the slave ten dares, the slave and the maid don't dare to think about the emperor like this!" ”

"Don't be presumptuous, you only have one guts now, and you are fooling me like a three-year-old child. If I were given ten guts, I wouldn't have thought of what you would be like for a while. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Youjiao's eyes were already full of coldness, he leaned forward, his cold eyes stared at Xiao Jing, his voice was soft, and his speech slowed down.

"Is it Zhao Gao? Is it Zhang Rang? Is it Zongai? Or is it Li Fuguo, Qiu Shiliang? ”

Each of these names represents the pinnacle of eunuchs in an era, some have usurped power and led to the collapse of an empire, some have caused the whole country to be in turmoil and then fall into chaos, and finally come to an end, some have abolished the Son of Heaven, and some have killed princes and even emperors.

And every time he heard a person's name, Xiao Jing's head buzzed for a while, and he didn't have the slightest courage to argue, only kowtowed on the ground more desperately.

There was a carpet in this warm pavilion, but he was still bleeding, the crown of his hair was also falling aside, and the whole person was covered with a drape, looking like madness.

With trembling lips like a repeater, he just repeated the same sentence, "The slave doesn't dare, the slave doesn't dare, the slave doesn't dare ....."

Zhu Youjiao's face sank like water, allowing the personal eunuch who had been with him for more than ten years to kneel at his feet and kowtow desperately, but he didn't make any response, and finally simply closed his eyes, and his knuckles were tapping on the sandalwood armrest.

It is the handrail that is tapped, and it is the companion of Xiao who has been with him for more than ten years.

As an emperor, he naturally hoped that all he heard was the truth, and that no one would deceive him.

But the most difficult thing in the world to understand is human nature, and human nature is accustomed to lying and deceiving.

Zhu Youzhu understands this truth, he sits on the top of the clouds, and can tolerate those ministers of the DPRK and the central government, and can tolerate local officials to deceive their superiors and subordinates, but he definitely can't tolerate the people around him to deceive him.

Just because this Xiao companion is his ears and eyes, he wants to use these pairs of ears, these eyes, to see the truth hidden in the fog of human nature.

If even these eyes and ears deceive themselves, he, the emperor, will be reduced to a deaf and blind man.

Fifteen years of friendship, he didn't want to abolish or replace this personal companion because of this matter.

But he will let these eyes and ears pass through this, and never dare to rise up to deceive himself.

Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi will change his generosity and easy-going in the past, and at this moment, he will be ruthless and let Xiao Jing stumble to blood, which is a beating, and it is also for him to remember this pain.

It wasn't until Xiao Jing stumbled into a blur of flesh and blood and the whole person was shaky that Zhu Youzhu finally opened his eyes, and then the coldness in his eyes gradually disappeared, replaced by tiredness, "That's it, you get up." ”

"Slaves don't dare, slaves don't dare ....."

However, Xiao Jing didn't seem to hear it, it was still a mechanical kowtow, and the slave didn't dare to repeat it mechanically.

"Come, pick up your ancestors."

With the order of Emperor Hongzhi, two eunuchs came in from outside the warm pavilion, and walked over tremblingly to help Xiao Jing up.

At this time, Xiao Jing's face had long been unable to see its true face, tears and blood were mixed together, and flowed down the cheeks into the neck, Zhu Youjiao's eyes couldn't bear to flash, and then asked: "Xiao Companion, can you be guilty?" ”

"Slave... The slave and the maid are guilty, the slave and the maid are dead to deceive the emperor, the slave and the maid will never dare again, and they will never dare again....."

Zhu Youzhu asked again: "A few days ago, the prince asked you what the house you wanted was used for?" ”

"The slave sent someone to check, and it was sold to that Master Xia, and it was sold for four hundred taels, too.... It may also be five hundred taels, the specific slave and maid are not clear, please, please ask the emperor to take a look. ”

In the end, Xiao Jing was already weak, and his head was also dizzy, if it wasn't for someone holding him, I am afraid he would have fallen down long ago.

However, he knew in his heart that since the emperor was still asking him about things, his life was saved, and his status was most likely preserved.

"Carry him down, and then ask the imperial doctor to treat your ancestors' injuries well."

"Whoa." The two eunuchs promised to take the old ancestor and walked out of the hall.

Soon, a few eunuchs came in with the carpet and began to replace the bloodstained carpet in the warm pavilion.

"Don't lose it, wash it carefully and use it again."

With a word of advice, Zhu Youzhu lifted his boots a little, picked up the book in his hand and flipped through it.

The book is an idle book, and it is a book of words, like this kind of reading, he has never read it before, and he will not read it, but this book was written by the master who worshiped his prince.

There is a saying that words are like meeting a person, and seeing what a person writes is like meeting that person.

For example, the eight-strand essay written by Xia Yuan when he participated in the township examination, Emperor Hongzhi read it carefully several times, but no matter how beautiful it was, it was only eight shares after all.

Therefore, it is difficult to see through the mind of the person who wrote the article through this kind of article, and Zhu Youjiao, after reading this book for a few days, feels that he has seen the mind of the person who wrote the book from the story and between the lines.

Even through the style of the protagonist in the book, it can be used to reverse the character of the person who wrote the book.

How to say it.

Zhu Youzhu really felt that Xia Yuan's position was a little crooked, but he had to admit that the protagonist in this book was a gentleman, so it can be seen that the person who created such a protagonist should also be a gentleman.

According to his understanding, the character of Mu Ne is to abide by the golden mean.

Temujin was surrounded by many people, and Guo Jing desperately rescued him, which was for righteousness and bravery, and it was also the way of a gentleman, the so-called grace of knowing things.

When learning kung fu, even if there is no result for more than ten years, he still practices hard and never complains, which can be called the way to learn.

After that, the martial arts were successful, but there was never a flamboyant act, which was for humility and courtesy.

At this time, Zhu Youzhu had already read that Genghis Khan wanted to attack the Southern Song Dynasty, and Guo's mother killed herself, so that Guo Jing made up his mind to break with Temujin.

Such a plot almost made Zhu Youzhang's eyes light up, and he subconsciously sat up straight and read it carefully.

After a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief, and prepared to retract his previous assessment.

Where is this position crooked, this is clearly the incomparable righteousness of the family and the country, especially in combination with the previous plot, it seems that this ethics is even more valuable.

And that Guo's mother also made him feel sorry and sigh, lamenting that this Guo's mother was a woman but had a big heart, and regretted that she was not the people under her own rule, otherwise she would have to set up a memorial arch if she said anything.