Shichu Temple.

Sikong Chen Tan, Situ Yuan Peng, Taiwei Zhang Hao, Shangshu Ling Cao Jie, Shangshu Lu Zhi, Liu Tao, Liang Hu, etc., Zhongchang Servant Zhang Rang, Sun Zhang, etc., Yang Qi, Huang Wan, etc., a group of high-ranking officials in the palace, as well as a group of doctors and Lang officials in Shizhong Temple, all stood outside the chicken coop in the backyard at this time.

Just because, at this time, a chicken in the chicken coop.

A chicken with a cockscomb and bright red coat.

"Who is bold enough to raise a rooster in the palace?" Zhang Hao was the first to ask.

His question immediately attracted several reactions.

First of all, Chen Tan, he took the initiative to distance himself from Zhang Hao, and he felt ashamed to be the third prince with this kind of person.

Then came Cao Jie, who looked at Zhang Hao a little speechlessly.

Yang Qi looked at Sun Zhang and the others and said, "There are no male birds in the palace, don't you know about it?" ”

Zhang Hao's face was suddenly embarrassed, he had never served in the Taiwan Pavilion before, how could he know this.

Moreover, Yang Qi's words made the faces of all the eunuchs extremely ugly.

Yang Qi is referring to Sang scolding Huai, but he can't return his mouth.

"Who put the rooster in?" Sun Zhang said in a deep voice.

The temples are all hens, and the roosters that suddenly appeared may have been put in on purpose.

If not, then this is no small matter.

It's just because this involves a person who is "a hen turning a male".

It is recorded in the Western Han Dynasty that in the first year of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty Huanglong, such a thing happened in the Weiyang Palace, and the hen suddenly grew a cockscomb and became a rooster; During the early Yuan period of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, the hens of the Prime Minister's Mansion not only had a cockscomb, but also a chicken distance, and even crooked.

And after these records, it was Wang Mang who usurped the throne.

So there's a strong political dimension to that.

"The number of chickens in the coop is checked daily." Yang Qi said.

"That's when someone stole the beams and changed the pillars and replaced the rooster into it." Sun Zhang immediately said again.

I can clearly feel that he is in a hurry, but it can also be seen from Cao Jie's silent performance at this time that there is nothing wrong with him being in a hurry.

Because there are no relatives with real power at this time, the queen Song is also Liu Hong's wife, dignified and virtuous, generous, and there are no relatives and harem politicians.

So if there are really females turning males, it is their eunuchs who are metaphorical.

Their eunuchs carried out palace punishments, neither male nor male, isn't it this female chicken that has turned into a male, not male or female? There is no hurry!

"Sun Changshi, there are a lot of people who come and go here, who can steal beams and change pillars under the noses of the servants and the Huangmen waiters? As for the front door after the shift, no one can enter again. Yang Qi continued.

This made Sun Zhang speechless, after all, he was not in Shizhong Temple, and he had no way of knowing these details.

Cao Jie looked at the Yellow Gate Attendant at this time, and the Yellow Gate Attendant at this time was all served by eunuchs.

The Yellow Gate attendants all nodded.

"Whether it's true or not, catch it and take a look." Cao Jie said when he saw this.

"Yes, take a look at it, if someone really dares to steal the beams and change the pillars, the cholera pavilion will definitely let them die without a place to be buried, no, everyone in this Shizhong Temple today can't escape from it! If the world is deceitful in front of it, shouldn't it turn the sky upside down? Sun Zhang looked at Yang Qi and the others and said indignantly.

Cao Jie frowned slightly, but didn't say anything.

The door to the chicken pen was opened, and a group of middle yellow doors went in and began to catch the chicken.

This Shizhong Temple, the important place of the Han Empire, is full of chicken feathers in an instant.

After a quarter of an hour of fuss, the "rooster" was finally caught.

Looking at the rooster that had been tied up and put in front of everyone in the back room, everyone's expressions were also different.

There is such a big event today, and no matter what the outcome is, someone is doomed to suffer.

Sun Zhang turned his head and made a look, and a henchman behind him immediately stepped forward to check.

At this time, it is necessary to determine two things, the first is whether the chicken is female or male, and the second is whether it has been instigated if it is a rooster.

As long as one of these things is confirmed, there will inevitably be a bloody storm in Shizhong Temple today.

Xiao Huangmen checked very carefully, but at the end of the inspection, his originally white face was so white that he could no longer see the color of blood.

Obviously, this chicken is not either of the above two cases, but a hen that has indeed been male!

Seeing this, Sun Zhang stepped forward quickly, and at this time, he didn't care whether it was dirty or not, so he snatched the rooster and checked it himself.

When the examination was finished, his face turned pale.

At this time, everyone was already talking.

In the past, Dong Zhongshu established the "Theory of Heaven and Man Induction", believing that man was born by imitating the image of heaven, and man was a copy of heaven, so man and heaven are the same kind, and there will be a phenomenon of mutual perception and movement between "like" things.

The rise and fall of human society will affect the operation of the Heavenly Dao; On the contrary, the heavens will also reflect the judgment of the governance of the human society through disasters or auspicious times.

Among them, small anomalies are called "disasters", and large anomalies are called "aliens".

Earthquakes and solar eclipses, which are all disasters, can now be responded to by removing the three princes, but the transformation of females into males is different, and this is not an easy thing to solve.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Sun Zhang threw down the rooster in his hand, snorted coldly and left quickly with the little yellow door.

Cao Jie was thoughtful, and finally turned around and left unhurriedly.

As for Zhang Hao, he quietly disappeared into the crowd and disappeared soon.

After a while, outside the chicken coop that was originally crowded, there were only some scholars left, and even the Huangmen waiter had disappeared at this time.

"The hen turns into a male, the chicken Si Chen, there must be a monster!" Yang Qi said at this time.

"Yang Shizhong, are you sure it chirped?" Chen Tan's face changed in shock.

The original meaning of the chicken is the hen on behalf of the rooster to report the dawn, which is a metaphor for women stealing power and messing with government in ancient times.

This is clearly recorded in the pastoral oath of the "Book of Shang": "The ancients said: 'The chicken has no morning, the morning of the chicken, but the family is the rope.'" 'Today, the king of Shang, but the woman's words are used, and she faints and worships Fu Answer. ”

If Daji is chaotic, if it really screams, then the nature will be upgraded to another level.

"I heard that, too." At this time, Huang Wan spoke.

There were also a few Lang officials who nodded one after another.

At this moment, the faces of the other people became cloudy.

Because when the matter comes to this, it means that they want to declare war directly with the eunuchs.

But now that the scholars are weak, what are their chances of winning?

After a while, everyone's eyes looked at Chen Tan in unison.

Now among the three dukes, Zhang Hao needless to say, Yuan Peng was born in the Yuan clan of Chen County, and he is of the same clan as the Yuan clan of Runan, but he belongs to the staunch neutral faction and never participates in the dispute between the eunuchs, and the only thing they can expect is Chen Tan.

Chen Tan, like Yang Ci, is known for his loyalty and outspokenness.

Chen Tan looked at everyone's gaze, and he also weighed it again.

Since this matter came out, he, as a commonplace, bore the brunt of it, and it was nine times out of ten that he was deposed.

It's just that if he attacks the eunuch with this, he may lose not only his empty position, but also his life.

But at this time, if he pushes it out soon, the Chen family's status among the big families will plummet.

Moreover, Si Chen's matter is rare in the world, even if it is different, it is a big difference, and there may be a real chance to turn things around in one fell swoop.

He greeted everyone and said: "As the third duke, it is my duty, so I will go to the forbidden place to meet Your Majesty." ”

"Taiwei Chen, this matter is very important, and it happened in Shizhong Temple, how can I let you go alone, even if it is nine deaths and one life today, I will be with you!" Yang Qi then spoke.

His expression at this time was also resolute, just like what he and Yang Ming said, this was what they were planning, even if there was no Yang Ming, they would do it, the difference was only sooner or later.

Liu Hong recently appointed Cao Jie as Shang Shuling, and appointed Zhang Hao as the Tai Lieutenant, coupled with the controversy over the scriptures and studies that the mountains and rains are about to come, if they continue to endure it, this world will really become the world of eunuchs.

"Captain Chen, I am willing to go with you." Huang Wan continued.

Other attendants and many Lang officials also echoed it, and the crowd was excited.

Chen Tan's face flushed when he saw this.

In the two disasters of the party, the loyal people have long been dealt a blow, and there are only those who tend to be inflammatory, greedy for life and afraid of death.

But today, they want to show those eunuchs that the scholars of the Han Dynasty cannot be defeated!

He bowed to the crowd, then turned and walked away.

Yang Qi and the others also followed, and a group of scholars marched towards the forbidden place.

Yang Ming was among the officials at this time, looking at the people who had left, his expression was also touched at this time.

The great families of the Eastern Han Dynasty annexed the land and regarded the people as livestock, which was already incorrigible.

But there is still Qinglian in the sludge, and there is also Lu Qiang among the regular servants, and there is no shortage of real Qingliu and loyal people among the scholars.

Although the chance is very small, if this big vision really makes Liu Hong change, not to mention cutting it off, at least it can change a wave of eunuchs? No matter how bad it is, can Cao Jieshang Shuling be removed from his position?

If that were the case, it would have been much easier for him to do things.

……

The rank of the main eunuchs: Da Changqiu (two thousand stones), Zhongchang Shi (more than two thousand stones); Little Yellow Gate (600 stones); Yellow Gate, Yeting, Yongxiang, Imperial Mansion, Ancestral Hall, Hook Shield Order (600 stones); Zhonghuangmen redundant servant shot (600 stones); Director of the Yellow Gate, the Studio, and the Jade Hall (400 stones); Yong'an Cheng (300 stones); Middle Yellow Gate (more than 300 stones).