Daming: From the end of Hongwu

308 Chapter 306 - The Eunuch Has a Kind Heart
Yan Jun's preparations for the battle were vigorous and vigorous, which quickly caused panic in the entire capital.

As for the strategic significance of Xuhuai and Xuhuai, Zhu Yunqi obviously knew that there was no room for loss, and because of his nervousness, it directly led to the atmosphere in the palace, which was extremely oppressive and dull for the first time.

Whether it's the queens and concubines in the harem, or the eunuchs and maids, at this time, they can't help but be affected by the atmosphere, and become a little quieter and more careful than before.

On this day, Xiao Anzi followed the rules and walked towards the yamen of the Imperial Horse Supervisor without looking sideways.

No.

At this time, it seemed that he should no longer be called Xiao Anzi.

Because since he became the palm print eunuch of the Yuma Supervisor a few years ago, most people have called him Mr. An with a smile on his face.

Among the 24 yamen of the eunuchs, the Yumajian is the office second only to the Silijian. In the 28th year of Hongwu, it was officially designated as the fourth-rank grade by the Taizu. It is closely related to the Ministry of War, not only in charge of raising and training horses, but also has the right to supervise the four guards of the Imperial Palace. Therefore, Eunuch An, the eunuch of the Royal Horse Supervisor, can be said to have great power in the palace.

Of course, when it comes to the power to supervise the imperial army, in fact, the commanders of the imperial army do not care about him as an eunuch, but no matter what, with his current status, some unfavored concubines in the palace cannot afford to be offended his.

It is precisely because of these factors that Eunuch An came all the way, and eunuchs, maids, and guards gave way to him from time to time.

Soon.

Eunuch An came to the Yumajian. These days, the Yumajian is a bit busy. Things are backlogged one by one, which makes him feel as if he will never be able to finish it.

He didn't dare to waste time, and hurriedly started to deal with official duties, but as he was dealing with them, he frowned slightly and found out that there were not a few horses and soldiers that needed to be mobilized by their Horse Supervisor alone, and the Ministry of War needed to be mobilized Wouldn't it be an astronomical figure?
Eunuch An was a little stunned, and couldn't help wondering suspiciously, could there be so many soldiers and horses in the capital that could be mobilized?
He shook his head and clicked twice.

But that's all, he's just a eunuch, he can do whatever he wants to do according to the order given by his superiors, those big things are considered by the emperor and the master of the Ministry of War, it's not up to him, a little eunuch, to dictate.

Then Eunuch An started to deal with things seriously again.

Because there were a lot of things to do, Eunuch An just ate hastily at noon, and then started to get busy again, and time always passed quickly when he was busy.

Before I knew it, the sun had already set in the west, and it was time for Luo Ya.

Eunuch An stretched his waist, sorted out the unfinished business and put it aside. He planned to continue doing it tomorrow. Today he planned to go home early. The third master Liu at home celebrated his birthday today. Make it lively for Mr. Liu.

After he had arranged for the young eunuch on duty, just as he was about to leave, a young eunuch poked out from the gate of the yamen.

This little eunuch looked only thirteen or fourteen years old, and his name was Xiao Shunzi. He worked in Fengtian Palace. He was handsome and very cute. At this moment, he smiled at Eunuch An and shouted joyfully: "Godfather."

Seeing this figure, Eunuch An immediately showed a smile on his face: "You little monkey, is this your next duty? Godfather has just finished his work and is going to look for you. What a coincidence, let's go home together go."

"No way."

Xiao Shunzi instantly put on a bitter face and said: "Today, the emperor and Qi Shangshu are still discussing things, and they can't leave. I'm still worried that my godfather will find me or wait for me, and sneak over here. Father took back my birthday gift to the third master."

As he said that, Xiao Shunzi took out a jar of wine from behind, and showed it off to Eunuch An twice.

Eunuch An took it over, opened it and sniffed it, and said pleasantly, "You little monkey, how did you get such a good wine, Mr. Liu will not be happy to bloom."

Xiao Shunzi proudly said: "I also got it with great difficulty. Third Master Liu has shown great kindness to his grandpa. As a grandson, I naturally have to do my best."

"Good boy, worthy of being godfather's good boy."

Xiao Shunzi had a child's unique shyness on his face, scratched his head and said, "Speaking of which, since I entered the palace, I have thanked my godfather for taking care of me and reminding me, otherwise I might have been thrown into that well .”

Eunuch An waved his hand and said: "What you said, you and I came from the same village, I still know your father, you say I don't take care of you, who else will I take care of, and you wait, I will find a chance later Transfer you to my hand, and then you won't be as tired as you are now when you do things again."

Xiao Shunzi nodded with a smile, then thought about it, and said seriously: "Godfather, don't worry, the third master Liu has great kindness to the godfather, and the godfather will take care of the third master Liu in his later years, and the godfather has great kindness to the godfather." Well, godfather also takes care of godfather in his later years, Xiao Shunzi will not be that ungrateful person, you have great kindness to me, when you are old, Xiao Shunzi will also take care of you, and you will never be miserable in your old age."

What Eunuch An said in this ironing post warmed his heart for a moment.

Why do their eunuchs raise their godsons? Isn't it just so that they won't be bullied in their later years, so that it won't be too desolate.

At this moment, when he heard Xiao Shunzi say this, his eyes were slightly red, and he only had one feeling in his heart, that he was right in seeing the right person and accepted a good son.

Eunuch An was touched and said softly: "Success, godfather is waiting for you to serve godfather in his later years."

Xiao Shunzi nodded heavily.

Mr. An recovered his mood, then changed his mind and said: "By the way, you see when you will be on duty. If it is early, the godfather will wait for a quarter or two, and then we will go back together to have fun."

Mentioning this, Xiao Shunzi's face became bitter again.

The errands around the emperor are not easy to do!
It's not a lie to accompany a king like a tiger.

He said worryingly: "I think it will be very late today, godfather should not wait for me, after I finish talking with godfather, I need to go back quickly, if the emperor finds out that I am slipping away, it will be a big trouble Yes, maybe he will be punished several times."

Speaking of this, Xiao Shunzi looked around and saw no one around, then whispered in Eunuch An's ear: "The emperor is in a bad mood today, Qi Shangshu and Mr. Huang have quarreled, it seems that the emperor Lord wanted Wei Guogong to lead the capital to Huai'an to stop the enemy, but Qi Shangshu was afraid that the capital would be empty, so he quarreled."

Eunuch An looked surprised, and then, for some reason, he thought of the recent transfer of their Royal Horse Supervisor.

Xiao Shunzi said in a low voice at this time: "I heard from the emperor and the others that if Wei Guogong leads the troops away, there will not be many troops left in our capital. Godfather, do you think that King Yan will really fight one day?" Our capital, I heard that King Yan is very kind to us eunuchs, he won't look down on us at every turn, I don't know if it's true."

Eunuch An was shocked for a moment, and reprimanded sharply, "Can you say this? And what you heard just now, it's all rotten in your heart. What can be said and what can't be said, godfather didn't teach Have you ever been? I think you are tired of living. "

Xiao Shunzi smiled embarrassingly and said, "I'm not talking to my godfather. I'm sure I won't talk nonsense about other people."

"In the future, you can't say everything to your godfather. You have to learn to rot what you hear in your heart, understand?" Eunuch An didn't give up, and reprimanded him.

Seeing Eunuch An's dignified expression, Xiao Shunzi straightened his expression and said, "I see, I won't do it in the future."

When Eunuch An heard this, he gave up, and his expression relaxed.

"Okay, you won't be too late, go back quickly, don't let people find you slipping away later."

Xiao Shunzi nodded, and just as he was about to turn around, he said again: "Then godfather, remember to celebrate Mr. Liu's birthday for me. If it's too late, I'll find a way to go home."

"Got it, got it, let's go." Eunuch An waved his hand.

"En." Xiao Shunzi didn't say any more, and hurried back to work.

……

There is a small street near the palace, where all the eunuchs from the Royal Horse Prison live. Eunuch An lives on this street, and his house is considered the largest house on this street.

The environment in the house is good. Eunuch An went straight to Mr. Liu's courtyard all the way back.

At this time, his godfather was chatting with Third Master Liu, as soon as Eunuch An came in, he picked up the wine that Xiao Shunzi gave him, shook it at Third Master Liu and said, "Third Master, look what this is. "

Third Master Liu reached out to take it, opened it and sniffed it lightly, and said pleasantly, "Moon dew in the palace?"

Eunuch An gave Mr. Liu a thumbs up: "You are a great old man. It is Yuehualu, which was obtained with great difficulty by Xiao Shunzi. He is on duty today. I don't know when he will be back, but he has been thinking about it." I hope you celebrate your birthday today."

"Good guy, Xiao Shunzi is willing to put so much effort into the old man, not bad, you are not bad, you have accepted such a good boy, but speaking of the old man's life, I am old, and there are three of you!" To be a companion, I really am not alone in this life, I am not alone in this life." Liu Sanye said happily from ear to ear.

Eunuch An was also happy for a while: "If Xiao Shunzi hears what you said, I'll have a good drink with you. Well, it's getting late. You two should chat first. I'll ask someone to set the table. Let's not wait for Xiao Shunzi, let's eat first, we are happy today, I have to ask the best restaurant in the capital to bring us food."

After finishing speaking, Eunuch An went down and prepared to go.

After a while, the food was ready, and the three of them came to the table. You talked to each other, and they ate happily. As they ate, they didn't know who brought up the topic, but they actually talked about the current war.

Eunuch An looked at Mr. Liu and said, "Master, you have been in Peiping for many years. You must know King Yan and the others. Tell us about them so that we can learn more about them?"

"What's there to say?"

Third Master Liu looked sideways, still carrying the arrogance of following Taizu in the charge, and said: "In this Yan army, except for the interesting little guy Zhen Wu, the others are not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning."

hiss.

That little fellow Zhen Wu? !

brat?
This title made Eunuch An dumbfounded. The imperial court and King Yan have been fighting for so long, who hasn't heard of Zhen Wu's name?How many titans were beaten to pieces in Zhen Wu's hands.

The number one general in the hands of the King of Yan, that was not blown out.

Eunuch An asked: "Third Master, do you know Zhen Wu, Zhenjun Ma?"

"Know it?"

Mr. Liu said disdainfully: "Not only did I know each other, but if I hadn't been kind back then, their wives would have been unsure what to do. They wouldn't brag about you at all. Now that Zhen Wu is here, he has to honestly call me uncle." , and then Pidianpidian brought me two jugs of good wine and a roast chicken."

"Roast chicken?" Eunuch An didn't know why.

Mr. Liu, however, seemed to think of the time when he was in Beiping. He smiled and said: "This is the rule. Every time that kid comes to me, he always has two bottles of wine and one chicken. Back then, I was neighbor with his family, and that kid was a thief." Xi's thinking about my old horse every day, if it wasn't for my old horse helping him a lot at that time, his family would not be able to get rid of it."

"Is there still such a miserable time for Zhenjun Ma's family?"

"That's not true, but that kid is also capable, and he has become famous in a short period of time. This is beyond my expectation. I thought his father would be someone. Who knew that once his father died, he would force that kid to die. out."

"You still know his father? My good fellow, you have a good relationship with him, third master." Eunuch An was surprised.

Mr. Liu nodded, and inexplicably said with a touch of sadness: "It's really good. It's so good that when I left Beijing, he was the only one who came to see me off. And you didn't know that at that time, King Yan was having a hard time, so he still spared no effort. Come see me off, let’s talk…”

……

When the three of them were chatting soundly, the concierge suddenly ran over in a hurry.

"Master An, Master An, it's not good, it's not good, a little eunuch came to the palace, saying that Xiao Shunzi was discovered by the emperor and is being punished."

"What?" Eunuch An stood up abruptly.

Eunuch An's godfather was puzzled at this moment: "Xiao Shunzi has always been well-behaved, how dare he slip out of the job."

Eunuch An explained with a bad face: "He slipped away because he wanted me to return the birthday gift he gave to the third master."

When Liu Sanye heard this, his face darkened.

He thought for a while and said, "Xiao Anzi, you should go back to the palace quickly. If Xiao Shunzi is just errands, the punishment will not be severe, but if the eunuch punishes the eunuch severely, Xiao Shunzi will also have to die. Now that you are the eunuch in charge of the imperial horse supervisor, I think they will give you some face when they see you, so you can take some money and manage it."

Eunuch An also knew these truths, he didn't care to say anything more to Mr. Liu, he hurried back to the house, took the money and headed towards the palace.

Outside Fengtian Hall, the sound of Xiao Shunzi being punished spread far, far away.

When Eunuch An came here, seeing this scene, his heart ached, and he hurried up to intercede, but the punishing eunuchs were all cold-faced, ignoring Eunuch An's plea, and some even dragged Eunuch An away mercilessly.

Some eunuchs who used to have some friendship with Eunuch An, seeing Eunuch An like this, couldn't help whispering: "Eunuch An, don't make things difficult for us, we are also ordered by the emperor, and the emperor is still waiting inside. We dare not show favoritism, otherwise we would not hit Xiao Shunzi hard for your sake."

Eunuch An anxiously and disturbedly pointed at Xiao Shunzi who was already unconscious and said: "But Xiao Shunzi is already in a coma. Didn't you say that he was just slipping away? How many sticks did the emperor punish?"

The eunuch who mentioned Eunuch An was a little tangled, and he couldn't bear it and said: "Today, Xiao Shunzi happened to bump into the emperor and was in a bad mood, and was angered. The emperor said that he will let us beat him to death."

kill? !
Kill it!

These two words resounded in Eunuch An's mind like thunder, but the next moment, the voice of Zhan Zhe quickly brought Eunuch An back to his senses, and he glanced at Xiao Shunzi worriedly, he knew the situation It is useless to plead with the criminal eunuch again.

The only thing that worked was Zhu Yunqi.

He took a deep breath and pleaded with the eunuchs in a low voice: "Everyone, please be gentle, I'll go and beg the emperor right away." After speaking, he walked towards Fengtian Hall.

After the briefing, he walked into the main hall and saw Zhu Yunqi, who was still ashen and full of anger.

Zhu Yunwen watched Eunuch An walk in with cold eyes and paid homage to him. He asked coldly, "Why are you asking to see me?"

Eunuch An gritted his teeth and said: "This servant girl begging to see the emperor is begging the emperor to show mercy and spare Xiao Shunzi's life."

"Excuse me?"

Zhu Yunwen sneered, he was already in a bad mood, he planned to see Mr. An after hearing Mrs. An's request to see him before, but he thought that Mrs. An was the eunuch in charge of the imperial horse supervisor, so he saw Mrs. An because he was afraid that something would be wrong. Come to plead.

He became even more angry in an instant, the Yan army was about to go south, what a critical moment, these dead eunuchs were still thinking about their own selfishness, they all deserved to die.

Zhu Yunqi directly said angrily: "What kind of a dog are you, you dare to come to me to beg for mercy."

Hearing Zhu Yunwen's fury, Eunuch An kowtowed in panic. He knew that he was an eunuch and had no weight in the emperor's heart, but he also hoped that Zhu Yunwen would spare Xiao Shunzi because he thought that he had served him wholeheartedly for many years.

But Zhu Yunqi just watched him kowtow coldly, without saying a word.

I don't know how long it took.

The criminal law eunuch outside came in, and he reported to Zhu Yunwen: "To the emperor, he has been beaten to death."

Zhu Yunwen nodded, waved his sleeves, and left angrily.

When Eunuch An heard this, all the blood on his face disappeared in an instant, and he sat down in the hall with a heart ashamed.

Xiao Shunzi is dead!
He's only 13 years old.

Eunuch An seemed to recall Xiao Shunzi's sensible and well-behaved appearance when he first came off duty, and also remembered Xiao Shunzi's filial words when he said that he would serve him in his later years.

Their eunuchs are handicapped, but their family entered the palace because they couldn't survive.

It doesn't matter to them to serve others, it doesn't matter to suffer, it doesn't matter to be looked down upon.

But is this life really so contemptuous and worthless?

Contemptible to.

A vent of anger, in exchange for a life!

……

(End of this chapter)