The Pingxi Palace, in the east of Yuzhou City, has changed a lot recently. In the past, in his spare time, Pingxi King Yin Quan was hiding in the warm incense pavilion of the Chengwu Hall of the palace to steal jade and steal incense, since Yin Quan listened to Wan Deyan's advice and invited Mr. Cheng Jijia of Donghu County, he really dealt with the big and small affairs of the domain, and inadvertently snubbed those who lived in the Xiangyuan, Lanwu Garden, Qiuyun Pavilion, and Qunfang Courtyard.

In order to express his thirst for wisdom, Yin Quan also deliberately renamed the Qianyang Hall of the palace as Sixian Palace, and the Four Seasons Pavilion as Muliang Pavilion. Every day, Yin Quan, who wears a crown of good wings and a white python robe, tirelessly sits in the Muliang Pavilion of the Sixian Hall to deal with the major and minor affairs on his ground, and Cheng Jijia is also by his side.

Yin Quan asked Cheng Jijia if he was undecided, the old Confucian Cheng Jijia knew everything, Yin Quan was almost obedient to him, and the guests and hosts were quite compatible, so that Cheng Jijia, who was ambitious in his twilight years, wrote the poem "Yuzhou City is full of heroes, and Lao Mei is smiling in the spring breeze", which attracted Yin Quan's kind ridicule.

Recently, I learned that the king of Pingxi opened the door to recruit talents, and there were really some talented people who came to Yin Quan, the more famous ones were Hu Yuanlang of Nanji County, Jiangnan Province, Ge Xuanfeng of Anping County, Lingdong Province, etc., Yin Quan accepted these people as his staff, and introduced them as his cousins, and talked about tea in Siliang Pavilion every day.

Since Cheng Jijia renamed the scout room of Pingxi Wangfu as a vampire bat, Yin Quan handed over the control of Pingxi Wangfu, a unique spy agency, to Cheng Jijia.

The spies of vampire bats not only began to operate in Yong'an City, but even broke into the palace, and there were vampire bat spies in various important prefectures and individual large counties to establish secret strongholds, which were used to spy on and listen to various news in the court and local areas of the Great Shang Dynasty, collect all kinds of useful information, and continue to develop like this, and within two years, they would join the task of assassinating court officials and even Yin Guang.

Yin Quan sat on the sandalwood chair covered with tiger skin in the Muliang Pavilion, and said with a smile to his advisers and staff: "After the scout room has been rectified by Mr. Cheng, the effect is immediate. It turned out that Tianchang Mansion in Jiangnan Province also had a secret stronghold in the scout room of the Royal Mansion, but for some reason it was uprooted, and there was no clue after checking it for more than a month.

Staff member Ge Xuanfeng took a sip of tea and sneered: "That old man surnamed Tang really doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, he is relegated to Jiangnan Province and still chooses to be tied to Yin Guang on a rope, and I don't know how many days he can jump!"

Yin Quan shook his head, "Mr. Ge, you can't say that, people like Tang Fulong are still admired, they don't change their will, they don't change their temperament, if they don't change their character, if they are not opponents, they have quite good character." It's a pity that this old man's ability can't be used by the widow, and he will definitely be a fierce rival of the palace in the future. Fortunately, the widow has the help of you capable people, and it is enough to fight each other!"

Cheng Jijia, who was sitting on the side, said with a smile: "The prince treats me with the grace of knowing the encounter, before I meet the prince, I, an old Confucian in the countryside, have almost been disheartened by the situation in the court, and Yin Guangji, the Marquis of Jiyang, who is in Huainan Province, has also sent someone to invite me, I insisted on resigning at the time, fortunately I didn't go, otherwise I would have missed the prince!"

Yin Quan narrowed his eyes and smiled: "What if it was the imperial court at that time?

Cheng Jijia smiled disapprerovingly: "Good birds still know how to choose trees to perch, although the old man is not talented, he can barely recognize the master." Even the eunuchs in the palace can't check and balance, even if the children who sit in the deep palace every day give an edict to requisition, can they give me what they want? Now under the hands of the prince, calling for wind and rain, if one day the north enters Yong'an, the old man will be the founding father, worship the prime minister and the marquis, that is the ambition of my generation of scholars. ”

Yin Quan applauded and laughed, "What Mr. Cheng said is very much in my heart, when one day the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, the widow soldier pointed all the way to the north, will inevitably take all the horses to step on Yong'an, and sit on the world, and then the widow will face the south and claim the king, and you will bring Jin Peizi, it can be said that you are satisfied! As for Yin Guang's cousin, I will not bully him, and it is better to make him a prince than he is now an emperor without authority." ”

Several people in the cabinet looked at each other and couldn't help laughing together.

Cheng Jijia, who was brushing his beard, suddenly asked: "Although Yang Jingzhong is a non-seeded person, but his hands are very long, he can actually insert his Dongwei Fanzi to the southwest road, are you really afraid that we will chop off his hands? The most hateful thing is that even our palace has his eyeliner." ”

Obviously shocked by Cheng Jijia's words, Yin Quan put down the green jade teacup he had just picked up in his hand, and was quite surprised, "Mr. Cheng, this matter is no joke! Who is Dongwei's eyeliner in this mansion? The widow is going to see him in person! Dare to go to the heavily guarded Pingxi Palace, this requires courage and insight." ”

Cheng Jijia smiled brightly and clapped his hands outside the door, "Old decay, let people bring her up, don't be surprised!"

Soon, two people in Tsing Yi escorted a girl into Muliang Pavilion, pushing and shoving all the way, and the girl knelt in front of Yin Quan. Yin Quan looked at this girl quietly, she did have a bit of a look, looking at the clothes, it should be the eldest maid of the concubine of the palace, it seems that she had a relationship or two, but I don't remember it clearly. It's no wonder that there are too many women in the palace, how can Yin Quan remember everyone's name?

The girl with big eyes and a mouth that was not too small in front of Yin Quan had no fear on her face, raised her head and sneered: "I often hear that the prince is thirsty for virtue, and recently he has changed this Four Seasons Pavilion of Qianyang Hall to Muliang Pavilion of Sixian Palace, but there are really wise men who come to vote, but they enjoy the treatment of prisoners under the stairs, is this the hospitality of Pingxi Palace?"

Yin Quan sneered: "What a weak woman has such a big mouth! What is your name, and which girl is you following? You are just a small work of Dongwei, and you dare to say that you are a wise man, and you are not afraid to make people laugh off their big teeth?"

The girl kneeling on the ground said coldly: "My name is Zihua, and I am the personal maid of the Zhimeng girl of Xiangyuan, I don't know if the prince remembers it? It is fate to be born as a woman, and the prince is a little shallow in terms of gender!"

The man in Tsing Yi who was standing next to him heard that Zihua dared to contradict the prince, and couldn't help but be furious, and he was about to slap it down, Yin Quan stopped him with a loud voice, and then lowered his head and muttered for a long time, "Your name is Zihua, right? Zhimeng's maid, well, the widow has a little impression." What's the matter, is Zhimeng also Dongwei's meticulous work?"

The purple painting who was kneeling on the ground sighed, "Miss Zhimeng is not someone from Dongwei, in fact, she doesn't know anything about this matter, the slave was raised by her father-in-law since she was a child, and she was only selected to serve Miss Zhimeng in the palace a year ago, and later became her personal maid." ”

Yin Quan slowly walked to the purple picture, leaned down, lifted her chin, and asked suspiciously, "Who is your father-in-law?" The two people in Tsing Yi were like a great enemy, and they were so frightened that they hurriedly took vigilance, for fear that the purple painting would burst out from the ground and hurt the prince.

Zihua bit her lip and said softly: "My father-in-law is Yang Jingzhong, I was picked up and raised by him since I was a child, so I recognized him as my father-in-law." ”

Yin Quan let go of his hand and nodded, "Well, that is to say, your father-in-law is the most powerful eunuch in the Great Shang Kingdom? You are so bold, you actually forged your identity to infiltrate the palace, aren't you afraid of killing your head? Let's make a deal, if you confess your comrades, the widow will not kill you." ”

Zihua smiled miserably, "There is no one in the world who is not afraid of death, and many things are done as a last resort." My father-in-law raised me, taught me to read and taught me martial arts, and treated me like a mountain, how could I betray his old man? If I can repay his kindness with death today, Zihua will be able to get what I want!"

Yin Quan clapped his hands and laughed strangely: "What a strange woman with affection and righteousness! Others say that your father-in-law is the head of the house, but in the eyes of the widow, he is just a domestic slave of my Yin family! I won't kill you, the little guy in the palace stables just lacks a woman, so the widow will match you to him, and the daughter of the slave will match the slave, make the best use of it, and it will not humiliate you, what do you think?"

Zihua glared angrily, "Scholars can be killed, but not humiliated! Since the prince is thirsty for virtue and is a person who wants to achieve great things, how can a scholar come from afar, how can he be so insulted to her?"

Yin Quan squinted his eyes and looked at the purple painting, "Are you a scholar? Or is your father-in-law who held the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes to be a scholar? Are you willing to be used by the widows? Why can't you be humiliated by the widows if you refuse to be used by the widows?"

Zihua stood up from the ground and said angrily: "The prince is so unclear when he sees things! It is difficult to find a thousand troops, although the righteous father cannot be used by the prince, but the rest of the people in Dongwei may not be able to! The prince does not ask, he will insult the slave maid, although I am only a weak woman, but I am also not humiliated!"

Yin Quan was startled, and as soon as he said the word "slow" in his mouth, he saw that one of the two people in Tsing Yi had already made a move and pulled the purple painting back from the pillar.

Yin Quan said with a smile: "The widow was just a little tempted, why should the purple painting girl really seek death?" Yin Quan waved his hand downward, "Come on, give me a seat!"

Soon someone brought up a chair, Zihua sat underneath, and Yin Quan asked tentatively: "The girl just said that the other people in Dongwei may not be able to be used by me, who is this person? Is it the girl herself? or?"

Zihua smiled bitterly, "I'm just a weak woman, like duckweed, even if I die, it's not a big deal." In this chaotic world, what difference does it make between a dead person and a dead dog? My father-in-law said that he only wants to be 9,000 years old, not a long live. But there are people in the East Guard who want to follow Long live. Today's emperor has to look at the face of his father-in-law in everything, and he is not a good candidate to follow, and a good minister chooses the lord to do things......"

Yin Quan asked quietly: "Then what? Do you want to choose the master? Who do you represent?"

Zi Xiang replied expressionlessly: "I can't represent anyone, just pass a word for him, he said that he is willing to follow the prince and be the future minister of the dragon, of course, if the prince is willing." If you want to ask his name, he is Lord Ye Zhaoli, who is in charge of the Eastern Internal Guard, is the prince still satisfied with this answer?"

Hearing the name of Zihua, Yin Quan was surprised and delighted, and couldn't help but stand up from his chair, "Girl Zihua, what you said is true?

Zihua didn't answer, just nodded silently.