Chapter 679: Competing for Favor
For a time, the two great eunuchs of the two powerful and virtuous dynasties were separated by a curtain, one was greedy outside to enjoy the flowers, and was contented, while the other was in the flower hall, sitting and waiting, wanting to spoil the temperament of the other. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
After a long time like this, Liu Jin saw that Zhang Yong seemed to be really ready to enjoy the flowers and reward the golden crow falling to the ground, and when the sun and moon changed, he finally didn't want to wait anymore, so he had to take the lead and said: "Zhang Yong, if you like these flowers, why don't I give them to you?"
As soon as the words came out, a palm wind whistled out, and directly lifted the curtain, revealing Liu Jin sitting upright in the flower hall. Zhang Yong was about to answer, but after the palm wind lifted the curtain, it was condensed but not dispersed, and gently wrapped around the courtyard, as if a strong wind swept away.
Zhang Yong also didn't expect that just because he deliberately fought with Liu Jin, under the pretense of being greedy for flower appreciation, and neglected Liu Jin, Liu Jin made a brazen move and destroyed all the flowers that did not fall.
At that moment, he was both angry and shocked. The anger naturally lies in Liu Jin's domineering, but the shock lies in Liu Jin's martial arts. Originally, even if Liu Jin's martial arts were powerful, he was only secretive, which made people unguardable, and in terms of internal strength, he was not much higher than several others.
But now Liu Jin's move, instead of being a trick, is a genuine internal force, which is at least two levels higher than his own people.
How long has it been since I saw him, how could Liu Jin's martial arts improve so quickly? Zhang Yong was shocked in his heart, but how did he know that this was because Liu Jin had obtained the entire Sunflower Treasure Book from Xuanyuan Po, which made great progress in his internal strength.
Zhang Yong, who didn't know the reason, pondered in his heart why Liu Jin made great progress in martial arts, and asked on the other hand: "Since he said that he wanted to send them, why did Liu Gong destroy them! Many of these flowers are priceless, and it is a pity to destroy them like this!"
"Hehe!" Hearing Zhang Yong's words, Liu Jin's figure flickered, and when he said goodbye, he had already appeared at the door of the flower hall, looked at Zhang Yong condescendingly, and said with a lofty look, "No matter how valuable it is, if it is useless to me, I will destroy it without hesitation!"
"It's like the last time in Yujiazhuang, just because I helped Your Majesty out of the palace, you didn't hesitate to order Wei Bin to kill my subordinates, and kill all the people involved, whether they were my subordinates or not, as long as they weren't yours, right?" Zhang Yong also knew that this matter could not be avoided, rather than waiting for Liu Jin to make trouble, it was better to say it first, at least he could take a little advantage.
After hearing this, Liu Jin's eyes flashed with a cold light, smiled coldly, nodded and said: "Yes! As long as you dare to go against my Liu Jin's will, don't talk about flowers, even people, even you, or other people, I can destroy them without hesitation!"
"You ......" Zhang Yong also didn't expect that Liu Jin not only admitted it, but also said himself, he couldn't help but be angry, but he was helpless.
"Zhang Yong, you don't have to be unconvinced!" Liu Jin smiled disdainfully, slowly walked to the flower that had been destroyed by him, picked up a withered flower, put it between his nose and sniffed it gently, and said with a proud face, "You should know that in Your Majesty, in the Queen Mother, among the eight of us, who is the most trustworthy!"
"Oh, is it?" Zhang Yong heard Liu Jin talk about this, but he was not convinced, and immediately retorted, "Maybe it was you before, but now? Do you really think that after the incident of Yujiazhuang, Your Majesty will still believe in you wholeheartedly and reuse you?"
"Yes! Of course it will!" Liu Jin threw away the withered flowers and said with an affirmative face, "In the past, now and in the future, Your Majesty will only trust me alone, and always will!"
"I don't believe it!" The power of the eunuch comes from the emperor's trust, and the more trust, even if it is just an idle man who is clapped by the bell and drum division, it is not something that others can afford to provoke. When Zhang Yong heard Liu Jin say this, he naturally said in disbelief.
"Whether you believe it or not, it doesn't matter to me!" Liu Jin said lightly, "Are you just arguing about whether Your Majesty still trusts me today?"
"Naturally not!" Zhang Yong saw that Liu Jin's tone was very tight, and he knew that he couldn't make any breakthroughs from his mouth, so he immediately changed the topic and said, "Actually, whether it is me or Gao Gonggong, we are willing to follow you!"
"Oh, hehe, huh?" Liu Jin smiled mockingly, glanced at Zhang Yong, and waited for him to continue.
Zhang Yong naturally didn't expect Liu Jin to believe it like that, so he continued: "It's just that over the years, you have become more and more arrogant, and you want to be above all of us more and more, if you are simple-minded, even if you want to lead us completely, I have nothing to say."
But I don't know from one day on, your ambition will become bigger and bigger, not only above the court, excluding dissidents, and arbitrarily installing your own people.
Even the army, in the palace, is replaced with its own people in a large area. What you have done is not at all the duty of a courtier. I'm getting more and more frightened, but after all, you have led us to this day, and I still don't want to be your enemy!"
"It wasn't until after the incident in Yujiazhuang that you completely moved me twice?" Liu Jin also guessed what Zhang Yong said, and asked directly without waiting for him to say it.
"Yes!" Zhang Yong nodded without hesitation and said, "Regarding the matter of Yujiazhuang, you knew that it was my people who were protecting Your Majesty, and you still ordered Wei Bin to kill all my people, if it weren't for Qian Ning's martial arts, I was afraid that I would have been kept in the dark, thinking that it was someone from the Sun and Moon God Sect who killed all my people!"
"The moment you dare to take Your Majesty out of the palace without permission, you are provoking my authority!" Liu Jin couldn't help but raise his voice, looked at Zhang Yong arrogantly, and said, "Challenge my authority, then you must pay the corresponding price." Killing some of your men is just a warning to you not to think of competing with me for favor with Your Majesty.
Do you know that even if you deliberately instructed that Qian Ning to mislead Your Majesty with Your Majesty, saying that I want to get rid of Your Majesty together, Your Majesty still believes me?"
"Haha, is it?" Zhang Yong seemed to have heard some kind of funny joke, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh wildly, and then said after a long time, "Let's talk about misleading this matter, only you know best whether you have murderous intentions towards Your Majesty! Second, Your Majesty still believes in you? If you believe you, then why did you return to the capital for so long, and still didn't let me get out of Yang Yiqing, or let me become a prison army, and then make great achievements and return triumphantly?"
"Hmph!" Liu Jin's face changed when he heard this, as if he had been poked by Zhang Yong in the foot, and said quite ugly, "It's just a fluke! Zhu Ningxiao was beaten by me and only had one breath left, and he was about to die, you and Yang Yiqing picked up a bargain, and you didn't want to be grateful to me, but you shamelessly showed off to me!"
Besides, do you have murderous intentions for Your Majesty, hehe, everything I have comes from Your Majesty, but why do you want to kill Your Majesty? Zhang Yong, you still have this heart! Your Majesty definitely trusts me more than you do, believe it or not, if you continue to fight with me, it won't be long before I can let you go to Nanjing to retire, and then suddenly 'die' on the way!"
In the end, Liu Jin smiled sadly, which made people panic. Zhang Yong couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and faintly felt that Liu Jin's words were not a lie and threat.
However, he couldn't help but wonder that although the emperor did not blatantly support the negotiation with the rebels, he did not oppose it.
Moreover, Yang Yiqing said that Yang Tinghe and others told him that when the emperor was in a stalemate on the front line, he had been deliberately alienating Liu Jin, and he was also extremely interested in Liu Jin's various criminal evidence, as if he really wanted to convict Liu Jin.
If everything is true, where does Liu Jin's self-confidence in front of him come from, how can he be so confident, thinking that he can continue to gain the trust of the emperor, and can control his life and death in the palm of his hand?
Thinking of this, Zhang Yong's heart palpitations for no reason, and he faintly felt that including himself and Zilong, seemed to have underestimated Liu Jin a little, and this person must have some terrible backhand.
It's just that now he and Liu Jin, not to mention that they are on the same page, but they are no longer on the same page, and it is extremely difficult to find out any useful news from Liu Jin.
But no matter how difficult it is, Zhang Yong doesn't want to give up. At that moment, after seeing that his face changed several times, he immediately sighed, looked at Liu Jin and said, "So, are you really sure?"
This question is extremely strange, the preface and the afterword are all incompatible, and I don't know what Zhang Yong asked. But the strange thing is that Liu Jin seemed to be able to understand, but he also nodded and said: "Naturally sure! Do you really think that I have mastered the three factories and one guard, and I don't know anything about your little move?"
Zhang Yong was just tempting, but Liu Jin seemed to really understand everything, so Zhang Yong couldn't help but set off a huge wave in his heart, and looked at Liu Jin with a somewhat ugly face.
"What do you know?" asked Zhang Yong with a solemn face.
"Hehe!" Liu Jin smiled and said, "The last time I was in the Yellow River camp, I deliberately didn't see me, and I knew that something was wrong at that time. After I came back, I found that Yongcheng was imprisoned by you, and I understood even more that what you really want to deal with is not Zhu Ningyan and their rebels, but me Liu Jin!
Therefore, I deliberately silenced the drum and let Gu Da secretly collect your news. There are so many meticulous works in the three factories and one guard, and it won't be long before I know everything you are doing secretly!"
Hearing Liu Jin's words, Zhang Yong couldn't hold back his horror, couldn't help but take two steps back, looked at Liu Jin in disbelief, and asked, "What do you know?"