Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 144 Zhao Zhong
Luoyang, Dongshi.

Dongshi is the largest market in Luoyang, with a concentrated population, coming and going, rubbing shoulders, just close to Luoshui, Luoshui runs through it, and more than ten large wharfs are built on the left and right sides of the river bank, and there are countless goods coming and going. The in and out caravans are even more densely packed.

"Xiao Yuanzi, Xiao Fuzi, the ingredients you picked today are still fresh, and it can be regarded as letting our family explain something to the foster father!"

In the market, a young man in eunuch's robe said in an old-fashioned way.

"Eunuch Zhao, why do you need to take care of such a small matter, I will handle it properly!" The two humble little eunuchs said quickly and respectfully.

"Ha ha!"

The young man smiled sharply: "The affairs of the imperial dining room are not trivial matters. Our family is naturally in charge of His Majesty's meals, so we have to do our best. We can't let people outside laugh at our family's ineffectiveness these days!"

"Eunuch Zhao is dedicated to his duty, I admire him!" Many people around complimented him.

"All right!"

The young man waved his hand: "You send these ingredients back to the palace first, and I will go find some fresh ingredients. Your Majesty has a bad appetite recently, so we have to be more careful!"

"promise!"

Five or six eunuchs escorted some fresh ingredients back to Miyagi.

And the young man took the two personal eunuchs on the left and right into the most luxurious restaurant in Luoyang City, Yingkelou. Mu, the decoration is rich and majestic, and the interior is a bit elegant, and the people who welcome and send off are all dignitaries.

"Eunuch Zhao, you are here!"

A servant stepped forward to greet him, and said respectfully: "Your guest room is on the second floor, A, your guests have been waiting for a long time!"

"very good!"

The young man nodded with a smile, then walked up the stairs.

There is an open area between the first and second floors. Walking up the surrounding corridors, they walked directly into a box.

"The villain pays homage to Eunuch Zhao!"

In the box, Zhao Ping got up and saluted the young man.

"Treasurer Zhao, what's the big deal in rushing to find me?" The young eunuch's name is Zhao Xin. Although he is just a young eunuch in charge of the imperial dining room, behind him is Zhao, who ranks second among the ten permanent servants. Zhong Zhao Changshi.

"Eunuch Zhao, in fact, this time I asked Eunuch Zhao for something!" Zhao Ping approached Xin Zhao as a merchant of Jingping Trading Company.

"I wonder if shopkeeper Zhao needs our help?"

Xin Zhao's eyes became sharper.

He was willing to make friends with Zhao Ping because of Zhao Ping's arrogance of spending thousands of dollars. After all, eunuchs lack one thing, they are looked down upon by others, and those who can have greed are only those who have money left, so most eunuchs love him. Cai, he is no exception.

However, as Zhao Zhong's godson, his reaction is still very keen. The eunuch group has great influence in the court. alert.

"Actually, it's not a big deal. It's just what I said before. My shopkeeper just wants to meet Zhao Changshi. I don't know if it's possible!" Zhao Ping said.

"Your shopkeeper?" Xin Zhao narrowed his eyes.

"It's down!"

The young man opened a beaded curtain next door, dressed in a long robe, walked in gracefully, looked at the eunuch who was only about twenty years old, and said: "I, Mujing, I have seen Eunuch Zhao!"

"Treasurer Mu is really young and promising!" Zhao Xin did not expect the big shopkeeper behind Zhao Ping to be so young, which aroused his curiosity: "I heard that Jingping Trading Co., Ltd. is established in Nanyang, and my adoptive father has no experience in Nanyang. Real power, I wonder if shopkeeper Mu wants to see my adoptive father?"

"I heard that Zhao Changshi has some troubles recently, I am here to relieve Zhao Changshi's worries!" Mu Jing said indifferently.

"Relieve the troubles of the adoptive father?"

Xin Zhao scoffed.

He knew what Zhao Zhong was worrying about lately, it was a major matter for the court, and these merchant families were obviously talking nonsense, but seeing Mu Jing's smiling expression, his heart suddenly felt a little awe-inspiring, and he was a little uncertain about Mu Jing for a while. intention.

"Eunuch Zhao, it's the first time we meet, I brought a little to meet you, but it's just a wish, please accept it!"

Mu Jing clapped his hands, and the two guards on the left and right carried a box up.

When the box was opened, a golden light burst into bloom. The bright light made Xin Zhao unable to open his eyes, and his eyes brightened up.

There is at least one thousand pieces of gold here.

He could see clearly the arrogance of this young shopkeeper.

You must know that Zhao Ping also gave him a lot of interesting treasures, but he gave him one after another. After more than ten times, it was only about seven or eight hundred gold. Let him have to be tempted.

"Eunuch Zhao, it's just a word, so it's not hard to say!"

Seeing that Xin Zhao was obviously moved, Mu Jing said with a smile.

"Okay!" Zhao Xin was really tempted, and he is the adopted son of Zhao Zhong. It's just a simple thing to pass on a word, why not do it: "I can talk to the adoptive father, but the adoptive father is always busy, would you like to Seeing you, then I won't guarantee it!"

"Of course!"

Mu Jing cupped his hands: "Eunuch Zhao is able to pass on the message for me, I am already very grateful, but if this is done, I will give a bigger gift, thank Eunuch Zhao for his help!"

When Xin Zhao heard this sentence, his eyes flickered.

When Xin Zhao left the reception building, Mu Jing and Zhao Ping stood in front of the window, watching them leave with the box.

"Young master, what if he is unwilling to pass on these golden cakes for the sake of ignorance?" Zhao Ping said coldly with a hint of disgust in his eyes.

"He can!"

Mu Jing looked at the backs of these eunuchs, and said calmly: "Because he is greedy!"

If a person is greedy, he will want more, and if he wants more, he can only do things, so Xin Zhao will not only talk, but also recommend vigorously in front of Zhao Zhong, saying that Zhao Zhong is moving.

……

After waiting for a day, Mujing finally received the news from Xin Zhao. This is good news. The Zhongchang servant Zhao Zhong is willing to meet Mujing in person, but Mujing only has a quarter of an hour. The meeting ground is the gate of Nangong Palace. Xiadu Township Hou Mansion.

The ten permanent attendants all have mansions in Luoyang, and their mansions are richly decorated, comparable to the mansions of the Sangongs of the current dynasty.

At noon on this day, Mu Jing entered the Duxiang Hou Mansion alone.

He finally got his wish to meet the second eunuch, Zhao Zhong, who is now in power.

When he saw Zhao Zhong for the first time, Mu Jing was a little horrified. Zhao Zhong looked very kind, but the aura on his body made Mu Jing shudder. He didn't expect Zhao Zhong to be a master. This kind of vicious aura is very powerful. , even if he is not as good as his father Mu Shan, he is probably on par with the master Zhang Huo beside him.

Moreover, Zhao Zhong, who was in his early fifties, had a pair of sharp and sinister eyes, which made Mu Jing a little panicked.

"Nanyang Mujing, meet Zhao Changshi!" Mujing bowed and saluted.

"I heard from Xin'er that you want to see me!"

Zhao Zhong sat on his knees in the hall, his voice was very soft, which could make people feel a bit chilly.

He has a lot of things to do recently, but he favors Xin Zhao, a well-behaved and kind eunuch, as his own son, so Xin Zhao strongly recommends him, and he still finds time to meet him.

"I heard that Zhao Changshi has been worrying recently, so the villain came here specially to relieve Zhao Changshi's worries!" Mu Jing said neither humble nor overbearing. He had seen many masters, and he was surprised at first, but he was a little calm when he calmed down.

"Hehe!" Zhao Zhong smiled, his smile was very cold, his eyes were vivid, looking at this boy, he still rarely sees such a young boy who can be so calm in front of him, this boy is not simple , he asked: "Then you can tell me, I am a regular attendant in the hall, and I am in charge of the big and small things in the palace. What worries can I have recently!"

"Zhao Changshi is His Majesty's close servant, so he is naturally worried about His Majesty's worries!"

Mu Jing said: "I brought two gifts, Zhao Changshi will know it at a glance!"

"Father!"

Xin Zhao came up from behind carrying two boxes himself.

"Open it and have a look!" Zhao Zhong said calmly.

"No!" Xin Zhao opened it, and when he saw it suddenly, he was taken aback, and stepped back a few steps, his face was pale, and he lost his color in shock.

"A worthless thing!"

Zhao Zhong glanced sideways at Zhao Xin, and said, "Such a trivial matter scares you so much that your knees go limp, and if it spreads, you will lose your father's face!"

"My son's fault!" Xin Zhao quickly bowed his head and confessed.

"Get twenty boards by yourself, as a warning to others, how can my son be so timid and cowardly, how can he solve your majesty's worries and problems in the future!" Zhao Zhong said coldly.

"promise!"

Xin Zhao retreated tremblingly.

"Interesting, someone dared to give me a head!"

Zhao Zhong then turned his head, looked at the two heads inside the box, and looked carefully, his pupils changed slightly: "No, this should be the Yellow Turban bandits, Gong Du, Liu Pi, who are you?"

"Zhao Changshi's gaze is like a canal, I admire it!"

Mu Jing bowed and said.

He didn't expect Zhao Zhong to recognize the two heads at a glance. The two heads were recognized by Gong Du and Liu Pi.

It seems that the rumor that Zhao Zhong has a news network is not false. He should be the eyes and ears of Liu Hong, the chief of the secret service in the court who specializes in inquiring about the world's news. As an eunuch, he is only responsible to Liu Hong.

"Nanyang County Captain Zhang Chuan, who is it to you?" Zhao Zhong responded a little faster than Mu Jing, and he immediately snorted coldly.

"It's my father!"

Mujing didn't expect that two heads could remind him of his father, he said in a deep voice with his heart broken.

"Your surname is Mu, and his surname is Zhang. Interesting, so the news that Zhang Chuan is the former giant bandit Mushan is true, and not Yuan Yin's report to frame him?" Zhao Zhong's eyes became stern.

Recently, the Son of Heaven is having a headache about things in Runan.

The suppression of the rebellion by the Runan Yellow Turban was originally a good thing. In this way, the imperial court could breathe a sigh of relief and focus on suppressing the rebellion in Xiliang, but a memorial by Yuan Yin, the prefect of Runan, made the emperor hesitate Woke up.

The emperor himself was afraid of the Yuan family, so naturally he would not directly listen to Yuan Yin's report. He was quite wise and decided to investigate the matter and see the situation on the battlefield. This matter has been handed over to his confidant to verify the situation.

He was sending people to Runan, Nanyang to inquire about Wuyin County Wei Zhang Chuan's reality, but he did not expect that someone would come to his door.

"Yuan Yin's report? My father is in danger, so please ask Zhao Changshi to help him!" Mu Jing suddenly understood, it seemed that he was still a step too late, the family's report had already been uploaded, and he wasted too much time after all. .

If it was a little later and waited for the official definition from the court, I am afraid that a rebel army would not be able to escape.

He still overlooked one point, he needs a channel to contact the emperor, but the power of the aristocratic family is directly connected to the heavens, so it is natural to get things done earlier than him. Mushan's ass is not clean, and it is easy to make a false accusation matter.

"Why should I save a Yellow Turban traitor!"

Zhao Zhong said coldly.

He didn't have much hostility towards the Yellow Turban Army, and he didn't have a little bit of affection, and after all, the Yellow Turban was the biggest enemy of the imperial court in name, and if he caught one, he would kill it.

"Changshi Zhao, my father had no choice but to become a bandit army in the past, but now my father already knows that he was wrong. In the fight against the rebellion, in the battle of Runan, my father was the Yellow Turban rebels in Kerunan, he took risks alone, defeated the enemy repeatedly, and personally beheaded the rebel generals in Runan, can't my father prove his loyalty to the court?"

Mu Jing bowed his head and said weepingly.

"This matter is related to the government, and our family may be powerless!" Zhao Zhong said calmly, unmoved.

"Zhao Changshi, as long as you can save my father, we father and son will obey in the future!" Mu Jing began to express his loyalty.

Zhao Zhong remained silent.

"Zhao Changshi, Zhang Zi, the prefect of Nanyang, is the confidant of the great general. My father and Zhang Zi are at odds. If my father is beheaded, the soldiers and horses under his command must belong to Nanyang. At that time..." The pastoral attractions will stop there.

"He Jinfu!"

Zhao Zhong's eyes flicked across Xiao Leng, he still couldn't hold his breath, but what he said was forceful: "Our family will report this matter to His Majesty, and how to make a verdict will be determined by His Majesty's holy will!"

Mu Jing breathed a sigh of relief: "I have five thousand pieces of gold, which have already been sent to the mansion, and I also ask Zhao Changshi to enshrine His Majesty to fill the national treasury!"

Five thousand gold, he threw it out in one breath, he was very heartbroken, but he had to add points in front of Zhao Zhong, one word from Zhao Zhong was worth ten words to him, the most important thing now is the attitude of the emperor, one thought of life, one thought of death, Between life and death.

Sure enough, Zhao Zhong listened, and finally showed a cold smile on your stiff face, and the eyes that looked at Mujing became softer.

According to historical rumors, he is greedy and loves money, and it seems that he is right.

The strategy of leading the way with gold is still correct.

"This is a memorial to your Majesty from my father, and I ask Zhao Changshi to convey it!" Mu Jing took out a memorial, which was written by Jiang Lu with Mu Shan's identity.

"can!"

Zhao Zhong took the memorial and said: "You will rest at my residence today, waiting for His Majesty's will!"

"promise!"

Mu Jing bowed to accept the order, very humble.

(End of this chapter)