Chapter VII: Eunuchs Gain Power
After the Liuhe gang left, Li Qing and Jiang Yuan fished the package out of the dry well and came to the knight. The two of them clasped their fists and thanked the knight: "Thank you for the help of the strong man, I don't know the honorable name?" The knight hurriedly replied: "The end ...... My name is Li Gao, and the two young heroes don't need to say thank you, I just happened to meet the enemy. The three of them went into the tea house together, and found the boss and Xiao Er who had been ordered by Zhao Shisan behind the counter, and ordered them to make some food, so they found a table and sat down.
As soon as he sat down, Jiang Yuan asked Li Gao: "What kind of enmity does Brother Li have with that Kou Ying, and why does that Kou Ying not know his enemy?"
Li Gao is also a cheerful person: "I don't think the two young heroes are treacherous people, so I'll make it clear." I was originally a general under the tent of the Marquis of Xining. In recent years, I have followed Hou Ye to fight everywhere, but there is a big eunuch Wang Zhen in the court, and he has asked our Hou Ye for bribes several times, you say that we are soldiers and fight, and sometimes we can't even pay food, where will there be money for him! So he said in front of the emperor that the Hou Ye supported the army and respected himself, and did not take the court in his eyes, the emperor actually believed him, and sent a bullshit supervisor to come down, pointing fingers at our strategy, and our Hou Ye was killed in battle, and the brothers were killed and wounded, so I cut off the head of the bullshit prison army and fled here. What kind of Kou Ying is also a subordinate of Wang Zhen, the great eunuch of Dongchang, I saw him once when they came to give the order before, so I will take revenge first. Sooner or later, one day, I will unscrew off Wang Zhen's dog head to avenge the brothers!"
Li Qing nodded: "I have heard of these things, that Wang Zhen relied on the emperor's favor and acted everywhere. Last month, I heard that someone from the Golden Sword Society assassinated him, but unfortunately he was taken down without even seeing his face, and then more than 1,000 people were killed. If Brother Li has a useful place, he will go to the soup and go to the fire, and he will not hesitate!"
Jiang Yuan furrowed his eyebrows and said, "Kou Ying is from Dongchang, so why did he join the Liuhe Gang again? Could it be that there is something wrong between Dongchang and the Liuhe Gang?"
Li Qing thought for a while and said: "There is this possibility, the rise of the Liuhe Gang in just a few years to the current level, there must be someone behind who is supporting it, maybe it is Wang Zhen's dog thief." There are some things that Dongchang is inconvenient to do, so he wants to support a Jianghu force for his use. This person has a deep scheming heart, which is not something you and I can guess. ”
Li Gao said: "You still underestimate him, as far as I know, he can be described as a master around him, his sphere of influence is not only Dongchang, even the superintendent of Jinyiwei Ma Shun is also in collusion with him, willing to be his minions." Only Lord Kuang Yi, the secretary of the military department, is not afraid of him, so some honest and outspoken ministers are united around Lord Kuang, and I also plan to go to Lord Kuang. I just hate that I'm still guilty now, how can I go and cause trouble to Lord Kwong?"
Jiang Yuan said: "There is such an evil thing? The ministers of the imperial court are actually afraid of the eunuch chief?"
Li Qing said with a smile: "Don't you know, what the emperors of the past dynasties are most afraid of is that the generals will support the army, and the civil ministers will take power." Therefore, when Emperor Taizu was in power, he killed the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty in horror, and many unjust, false and wrongful cases were all for the purpose of maintaining imperial power. And the eunuch is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and he must be very favored to get along day and night, so I have a lot of eunuchs to gain power. ”
Li Gao suddenly remembered: "What is that thing you just snatched back, and is it worth your life to rob it?"
Jiang Yuan patted his head and suddenly realized, and reached out to open the package, but was held down by Li Qing.
Li Qing said: "I can't watch it." This book is very important, once the wind spreads on the rivers and lakes, you and I will be inseparable from Chongyang Palace. The less we know about it, the safer. I thought they stole "Innate Gong", so I chased it down. Instead, this thing has become a hot potato. We are already on the cusp of this matter, and if we are not careful, we may be killed. ”
Jiang Yuan was quite unimpressed: "It's not as serious as you said, it's just a secret book." ”
Li Gao also held down Jiang Yuan: "The husband is not guilty, and he is responsible." Since the stakes are high, it's better to be careful. ”
Jiang Yuan thought for a moment, "Forget it, wait until you go back and hand it over to the Dao Master of Chongyang Palace, let them decide." ”
While the three of them were talking, the door of the tea house was pushed open with a creak, and a figure flashed in. The three of them were shocked, and reached out to touch the weapon, only to find that it was Sun Daochang of Chongyang Palace who came in.
Sun Daochang was also taken aback, looked at the three of them carefully and asked, "Are you a disciple of the Wudang Sect, Qingqing?"
Li Qing immediately clasped his fists and saluted: "The disciple is exactly." Uncle Sun, why are you here too?"
Sun Daochang breathed a long sigh of relief and returned the sword to the sheath: "Fortunately, it's great that you are fine." Last night, we noticed that two people were chasing after us, and we didn't pay attention to it because we thought it was an accomplice of the Liuhe Gang, and we didn't know it was you until your uncle came to resign this morning. I just saw traces of a fight outside, and I thought you were ......."
Li Qing said with a smile: "The two of us are a little reckless in this matter, fortunately, Brother Li pulled out his sword to help, otherwise I am afraid that I will really suffer some losses." ”
Sun Dao said: "It's okay, otherwise we won't be able to explain to the brothers and sisters of the Wudang faction." Oh yes, your brothers and sisters are still waiting for you in Chongyang Palace, go back early, don't let them worry about it. ”
Jiang Yuan saw that the two of them were left and right, and did not mention the matter of "Song Wu Cheats", so he was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, and saw Sun Daochang turn around to leave, and finally couldn't bear it, and casually stuffed the package into Sun Daochang's arms, and said: "Let's snatch back a package from the Liuhe gang of thieves, can you see if it is something you lost?"
Sun Dao grew up in amazement, and while looking at Jiang Yuan, he opened the package, and the four big characters on the writing were "Song Wu Secret Book". Sun Dao was stunned for half a cup of tea, and finally showed a crying and laughing expression: "Why did you snatch it back?"
It turned out that when Ma Daochang traveled all over the world, he found this book in a cave in Yashan, and because of its great influence, he did not dare to make it public, and he never mentioned it to anyone until his death. Ma Daochang knew that there was no impermeable wall in the world, and he also knew that once this matter was not handled carefully, it would bring ruin to Chongyang Palace, and at that time, I am afraid that it would be a catastrophe for the entire martial arts. But he understands that the catastrophe of this thing in the current world martial arts is inevitable, and no matter how high his martial arts are, he is powerless to stop it. People are inevitably selfish, he doesn't want Chongyang Palace to become the target of the public, so he repeatedly explained that after his death, if someone comes to steal this book, he will let him steal it, and he will not be stopped.
Sun Daochang smiled bitterly: "Now this book has been snatched back, and it is also the will of God." ”
Jiang Yuan's head was big for a while, it turned out that this book turned out to be a scourge, a great scourge that even Chongyang Palace could not avoid! He was actually involved in such a big trouble.
Jiang Yuan thought for a while: "I said, just burn it on fire, everyone will save trouble!"
Li Qing glanced at him: "This is the hard work of many generations of predecessors, and how many people have died in order to protect it, if it is really burned, we will be sinners through the ages." Besides, you have to be believed when you say you burned it. ”
Sun Daochang pondered for a long time, and then said: "Okay, let's go back to Chongyang Palace first, there is no other way now." ”