On the shore of Mochou Lake, the willows are still around. When I left, it was a New Year's scene, and when I came back, it became a hot summer day, and I couldn't help but sigh at the loss of years.

Xu Ruyi walked very slowly on the road from Dongzhimen, and many things had to be thought about carefully.

Throughout the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty in 276 years, Dongchang and Si Lijian, the pinnacle of power of these two eunuch groups, almost ran through the entire history of the Ming Dynasty. The reason why it is said is almost because the East Factory was established in the Yongle period, and the celebrant was established in the Xuande period of Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty. There is no master of ceremonies yet, but Dongchang has stepped onto the stage of history in advance because of his arrival.

There are some differences, though.

The original East Factory, whose status was higher than that of Jinyiwei, was used to supervise Jinyiwei. And Zhu Yuanzhang's sentence "the same as Jinyiwei's duties" equalized the status of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and turned it into a mutual check and balance.

From this point of view, Zhu Yuanzhang is still wary of eunuchs and eunuchs in his heart.

But so what? A smile appeared on the corner of Xu Ruyi's mouth. With his relationship with Zhu Yunwen, it is only a matter of time before he overrides Jinyiwei.

What needs to be thought about now is the job structure in the East Factory.

"Sit down. Hearing the sound of footsteps behind him, Xu Ruyi casually found a willow shade and sat down. Yun Zheng also hurriedly sat down opposite, with a very respectful attitude.

"It doesn't have to be like this. Xu Ruyi smiled and said, "You and I are old acquaintances, but now that we haven't seen each other for a few months, you and I seem to be unfamiliar." ”

"Father-in-law, Yun Zheng... Yun Zheng, I... Yun Zheng's face was a little red, and he looked flattered, and he couldn't even speak.

"Ugh." Xu Ruyi sighed and said apologetically: "Xu I was too strict in front of you in the past, and I made you so afraid of me, don't say more, don't do this in the future." ”

"Father-in-law. Yun Zheng seemed to have moisture in his eyes, but then he took a deep breath, calmed down, and suppressed the excitement in his heart: "At that time, you asked me to stop that person, but Yun Zheng didn't stop me, I... ”

Yun Zheng was talking about the night Lan Chun was taken captive, and he didn't stop Ah Er. I didn't expect that after such a long time, he was still haunted.

Xu Ruyi waved his hand and comforted: "I don't blame you, those two are the personal guards of the White Lotus Buddha Mother, and their martial arts are very high. ”

Xu Ruyi was relieved, and then asked, "How are you doing these days?"

Xu Ruyi's kind attitude and the smile on his face made Yun Zheng relax, although he was still very respectful, he spoke much more fluently, and he also had that familiar and honest smile on his face: "The dish hasn't been cooked yet." ”

"What?" Xu Ruyi was a little puzzled, not to mention anything else, with Yun Zheng's martial arts, it stands to reason that it is enough to take revenge.

"Hey, hey. Yun Zhengyin laughed, and then said: "I can take revenge at any time, just arrest the two of them in the middle of the night, but I have changed my mind now." ”

"Oh, what did you change?"

"It's too cheap to kill the two of them, and the main course is there, and there are always some side dishes to drink. Yun Zheng didn't hide it from Xu Ruyi, and said honestly.

This fat man has not seen him for a few months, and he has become a ruthless man, and now he is thinking about destroying people. Xu Ruyi smiled, tore off a willow branch floating on his head, and fiddled with it in his hand: "Our luck is coming, your wish may be fulfilled in a few years, and our family may be able to give you a bright future." ”

Listening to Xu Ruyi's words, Yun Zheng's eyes flashed with excitement.

Xu Ruyi didn't continue, but asked first: "Tell me about the situation over there first, and I'll listen." ”

"Oh. Yun Zheng simply talked about the situation on the other side of the rotten alley under his men. In the past few months, there hasn't been much change on the side of Rotten Man Alley. If you want to manage a force, with Yun Zheng's wisdom and mental skills, there is still a long way to go. Everything is still the same as before, the only difference is that there are more people in the Rotten Man Alley, and the rotten people who go into the city every day to scatter and beg have an additional task, which is to tell him what they have heard from passers-by who find it useful, and the useful news can be worth a penny a day.

Yun Zheng said that he could have a quarter of an hour, Xu Ruyi listened carefully, and finally asked, "Is there any useful news for you?"

"Then it depends on what you're asking, father-in-law. "For what kind of news is useful and what kind of news is useless, in fact, Yun Zheng himself does not have a concept, after all, Xu Ruyi did not tell him which aspect to specifically investigate.

Xu Ruyi thought about it, and didn't have anything special to know, so she didn't ask any more, seeing that Yun Zheng could find herself so quickly today, this intelligence network is not bad.

After listening to Yun Zheng's words, Xu Ruyi also had a rough idea of the Rotten Man Alley in his heart. To put it simply, there is no strength on the other side of Rotten Man Alley, but after all, it is united by Yun Zheng, and it is not impossible to really want to do something, if you use this as a framework。。。。。

Xu Ruyi's eyes froze, his face became serious, and when Yun Zheng saw it, he also put away the smile on his face, it seemed that Xu Ruyi was about to get down to business.

"There was a problem with Jinyiwei in Sichuan, which made the emperor a little uneasy about Jinyiwei, so I asked me to set up the East Investigation Factory to balance Jinyiwei. I will be the factory supervisor, and I will be in charge of the personnel arrangement. Xu Ruyi drew a circle on the ground and wrote the word "Dongchang": "The so-called Dongyi Factory, you can understand it as another Jinyiwei, you always know Jinyiwei, right?"

Yun Zheng nodded, Jinyiwei's fierce reputation, even if it was for him, it was like thunder.

"Then we are not ... Yun Zheng was about to jump up excitedly.

"Not so fast. Xu Ruyi shook his head: "From scratch, there is always a process, in terms of money, the emperor said that all expenses should go to his inner treasury, but the personnel depends on me." I thought about it carefully, the reason why the emperor asked me, a eunuch, to set up the East Factory was actually because I was not at ease with outsiders. And that's what I thought, too. ”

Speaking of the silver money, Xu Ruyi reached out and took out a thick pile of paper from his arms, all boxy, all brand-new Daming treasure banknotes, and reached out to hand it to Yun Zheng. Yun Zheng took the huge treasure money in a daze, a little dazed. Xu Ruyi was a little funny, but thinking about how Lao Zhang looked when he handed the nearly 10,000 yuan treasure bill to himself at the beginning, it was also the same. Money, written on paper, is just a number, but when you really hold it in your hand, it's a different feeling.

"After all, we rootless people are different from others, and we will inevitably be looked down upon wherever we go, so I decided to use as many eunuchs as possible at the top of the East Factory, mainly our rootless people, and I can develop the eunuchs in this palace, but if I take them out to do things, one or two are better to say, if there are more, there will inevitably be a shortage of manpower in the palace, and it is better to directly draw them from the rotten people under your hands. This money is for you to win people's hearts, and now the shelves of the East Factory have not been erected, and the emperor will not correct our name, so you can only use silver money to open the way, and this money should be enough for you. ”

After brushing a little bit, Xu Ruyi drew a few circles on the ground: "Under the East Factory, I am temporarily preparing to set up four supervisors, named 'Reward and Reward Division', 'Punishment Division', 'Inspection Division' and 'Yin Law Division'

Meritorious service is rewarded, and the East Factory does not treat meritorious people badly.

If there is a mistake, it will be punished, and those who will not accept it will be punished.

Watching sentient beings, the wind and grass are all in my heart.

The law is merciless, and arrest and interrogation are all in it. ”

The lines are outlined, connecting several circles: "You will be the commander of my East Factory, and the status is only under me." Usually I only go out of the palace to see you in the morning, and in the afternoon I have other errands in the palace, and everything can only be done on your own. There is no urgency between you and me, don't contact for the time being, if there is an emergency, you go... ”

Xu Ruyi thought for a while: "You go to the Tianzi Room C of the Tongfu Inn to find a person named Wang Yongzhen, and I will wait for the opportunity to meet you at that time." ”

"Rewarding the good, punishing the evil, inspecting, yin law, Tianzi No. C room, Wang Yongzhen" Yun Zheng repeated it several times and kept it in mind.

"Between you and me, don't want to be called by your real name or surname, just call me speechless. ”

"Speechless" Yun Zheng bowed his head.

"One more point. Xu Ruyi said again: "Our eunuchs are born with disabilities, if we don't have martial arts, we can't even do things as ordinary people." Once you've chosen your men, you might as well teach them your sword technique to ward off evil spirits. ”

"That... Yun Zheng hesitated: "If you can't suppress them in the future... ”

"No, it won't. Xu Ruyi reached out and took out a booklet from his arms: "I prepared a set for you on the way back... ”

When Xu Ruyi said this, he was suddenly stunned, he forgot that Yun Zheng was illiterate.

"Father-in-law. Yun Zheng hurriedly said: "Yun Zheng is literate now. ”

Xu Ruyi glanced at him strangely, a little unconvinced, this fat man wouldn't be afraid of being beaten and deceive himself, right?

Yun Zheng explained: "In the past few months, Yun Zheng has found someone to learn some words, although he can't do any articles, he still knows a lot of words. ”

Hearing Yun Zheng say that he was literate, Xu Ruyi didn't ask much, and handed over the cold ice true qi in his hand: "You have practiced the evil sword technique for several months, and you are already higher than them, plus this cold ice true qi, it should be enough." Don't worry, there will be martial arts in the future, so let the people below practice like this for the time being. ”

Xu Ruyi thought of the bookshelves under the Tianmen Palace, and when he turned around, he must say hello to Li Caiyu and them and get those martial arts out.

After that, Xu Ruyi told Yun Zheng about some things that needed attention, and then sent Yun Zheng to go first and stay by himself for a while.

'Does Zhu Yuanzhang know about the existence of Yun Zheng and Rotten Man Alley?' Xu Ruyi was a little puzzled.

Nanjing City is the base camp of Jinyi Wei and the inspection school, decades of development and operation, it can be said that any wind and grass can not hide from their eyes. Okay, you may be able to hide it for a while, but there will always be clues as time goes by. But in the previous conversation with Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Ruyi felt that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't seem to know about Yun Zheng's existence, and seemed to still regard Xu Ruyi as a helpless and lonely person, does Yun Zheng really have the ability to hide his existence? Also, he has been in the palace for so long, why didn't Li Caiyu and them come forward to contact him, at least they should have met, something happened or...

In fact, Xu Ruyi didn't know that the inspection school and Jinyiwei were also the eyes and ears of Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates, and there was a big difference between the two. Jinyiwei is like another officialdom, subordinate to the top and bottom, one level presses the other, and each has its own function. The information was finally screened layer by layer, and finally reported to Zhu Yuanzhang by the commander, that is, Jiang Huan, and at the same time, Jinyiwei still had his own swords and guns, that is, the edict. And the inspection school is different, each inspection school is independent, and their identities are all secrets, they just send the information they think is useful to Zhu Yuanzhang, and they don't have any other power. The connection between the inspector and the emperor is theoretically two points and one line, of course, this is only theoretical. In fact, when the information is sent to the palace, someone has to put it in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, and this person 。。。。。 is Lao Zhang, and it is precisely because of his existence that the news that Zhu Yuanzhang knows has been discounted.

As for Jinyiwei's side...

"Your Excellency. In a dark room in the Yamen of Fusi in Beizhen, a pro-soldier arched his hand and said, "I have discovered what you have brought me to my attention. ”

"Oh, tell me about it. Jiang Huan's eyebrows raised.

Qin Jun said: "Today, a small yellow door in the palace went out of the palace, and brought a person named Xu Ruyi into the palace from the Tongfu Inn, and then about an hour, he came out of the palace and met a person named Yun Zheng by the Mochou Lake. ”

"That Yun Zheng... ”

"It's the head of the rotten alley outside the city, and you can't get on the table, if you need it, your subordinates... The pro-army looked up at Jiang Huan.

"Let me think, let me think. Jiang Huan lowered his head and pondered: 'Jinyiwei has such a big thing, and the emperor didn't even play a few boards, this is not the emperor's character. There has been no movement for so long, but a Xu Ruyi popped out today, here... ’

There was a knock on the door.

The pro-army stared, gently pulled out the embroidered spring knife on his waist, and slowly came to the door to ambush.

This knock on the door is not right, three short and one long is the usual rhythm inside, it seems that outsiders are not good at stubble.

"Who?" Jiang Huan asked in a cold voice.

"Sixteen taels of gossip, all in the gate of heaven. A dark voice sounded outside the door: "Master Jiang, guess who I am?"

"What a mess. The young pro-soldier scolded in a low voice, and he was about to push the door and cut people.

"Slow. Jiang Huan raised his hand and ordered, "You go out first." ”

The pro-army hesitated, nodded and said, "Yes" and pushed the door, strange, there was no one outside the door...

But since the lord commanded, the pro-army also left honestly.

"Come in. Jiang Huan casually pulled over a chair and just sat down. A person walked in outside the door, wearing a dark blue flower silk robe, with an ink-colored swirl brocade belt tied around his waist, and a golden ghost mask on his face.

Jiang Huan asked leisurely: "Gossip sixteen taels, I don't know which hexagram you are, which star?"

The person who came replied briskly, "Genzitang, Chu Buryinger." ”

After a moment of silence, Jiang Huan opened his mouth and said, "The Chu Hall Master of Tianmen actually came to see me in person, which really flattered Jiang someone. Jiang Huan said kind words, but the expression on his face was very gloomy.

"Feng Bo, who is one of the dignified White Lotus Sect Tianwei Venerables, actually did this tanuki to change the prince, it's really unthinkable. Chu Shu'er also found a chair and made it to Jiang Huan's opposite: "Our family was also shocked when we heard the news before." ”

"Who said that I was from the White Lotus Sect, you are untrustworthy!" Jiang Huan denied

"How many people can call out my Tianmen name, and you still don't admit it?"

"My brocade clothes are all over the world, just a few people"

"Bullshit, Mao Xiang doesn't know, the emperor doesn't know, but you Jiang Huan is a Tianyantong?"

Jiang Huan was unhurried: "If I am from the White Lotus Sect, how can I not know about the incident in Shu before?!"

"It is precisely because you didn't know in advance that you hid the emperor from the past, and I also hid from me. Chu Bur'er's eyes showed a cold light: "Okay, there are only two of us in this study, and there are no outsiders, who are you scaring with a knife?" ”

"Hmph!" Jiang Huan snorted coldly and put down the knife in his hand: "If you have something to say, let it go." ”

As soon as these words came out, Jiang Huan acquiesced in his identity.

"We came here to make a deal with you. Chu Shu'er gently put down the teacup in his hand and said slowly.

"No, I don't. ”

"Don't be busy refusing yet, buying and selling is not benevolent, you must always listen to it first. Chu Shu'er said with a smile.

"Don't listen. ”

"Don't give face. Chu Xu'er's face sank suddenly, his body jumped up in the air, and he punched Jiang Huan.

Jiang Huan met with one palm, and his fists intersected, and the quiet room seemed to be a muffled thunder.

In the next moment, Chu Shu'er sat back on the wooden chair before, smiling as if nothing had happened.

On the other hand, Jiang Huan's cheeks were bulging, and his breath was a little heavy, which was obviously not comfortable.

"Donkey Kong Fist Technique. Jiang Huan said mockingly: "You eunuch also practices the kung fu of Shaolin monks, you really have yours." ”

"In front of Venerable Jiang's Yin Wind Palm Power, my Vajra Fist Technique is nothing. Chu Shu'er replied lightly, and then leaned forward slightly, forcing Jiang Huan to look: "Our family said that we are here to do business with you, not to take advantage of you, don't react so much, otherwise, if you don't wait for Zhu Yuanzhang to kill you, our family will kill you first." ”

"Lao Tzu chose to be the commander of this brocade guard, but he was originally an outcast. As for the transaction, at the end of the last transaction between my White Lotus Sect and your Heavenly Gate, even the sect leader died, what kind of deal are you talking about now, and you treat me as a fool?"

"Don't say that. Chu Shu'er was patient and said, "That is already your previous generation, you were not Fengbo at that time, there are some things you don't know." ”

"You look at this first. Chu Shu'er didn't want to waste any more time, so she reached out and took out something from her arms and threw it over.

Jiang Huan caught it with his hand, and after a closer look, he was a little confused: "Whose skin mask?"

"Do it in your face. Chu Burier said: "When you lead the Jinyi guard to kill the nobles of the court, Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely kill you too, I believe you also know in your heart." This mask can help you get to the execution ground when it matters. That's not a small payoff, isn't it? ”

"The Golden Needle Shen family is gone, you can still take out this thing, admire. Jiang Huan carefully checked the mask in his hand, and after confirming that it was real, his face was a little uncertain.

The real Jiang Huan is dead, and he was only arranged by Tang Sai'er to be the commander of this brocade guard because of his surprisingly similar appearance to Jiang Huan. The purpose is to kill the military generals of the DPRK and China. It can be said that the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang has such a big murderous intention for the nobles in the DPRK is that in addition to his own reasons, Jiang Huan's small reports from time to time on weekdays also have a great impact. At the beginning, Mao Xiang cleaned up the civil official group for Zhu Yuanzhang, and was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang with a knife, but now that it is his turn, he doesn't think that Zhu Yuanzhang will spare his life, he knows that he will die, so he has been trying his best to play his last role. But now that this human skin mask has come out and there is hope for life, who is willing to die.

"That's all there is left, for you, and we don't have it anymore. Chu Shu'er replied.

"Buying, selling, buying and selling. You Tianmen took out this thing, what do you want from Jiang?" Jiang Huan raised his head and asked.

"It's nothing, that Xu Ruyi is our person, you Jinyiwei usually don't embarrass him, how about it, don't ask too much." ”

"Not too much, it seems that this Xu Ruyi is going to embarrass my Jinyiwei?" Jiang Huan said thoughtfully.

Chu Bur'er waved his hand: "Do what you want on the surface, just don't embarrass him too secretly, just don't kill him, you know what I mean." ”

Jiang Huan snorted coldly: "What if I don't agree?"

"That Tianmen and your White Lotus Sect will do it again. ”

"Hmph. ”