Daming Yinghua

When Zheng Haizhu opened the door and entered the courtyard today, Zhu Yuewen, who was waiting in the front hall, vaguely saw the figures of her bodyguards.

Zhu Yuewen has been serving Prince Zheng since he was a child. He is not bad at cooking, drying and other household chores. Now he is hiding in the city, concentrating on composing music, and he must be clean. Therefore, he does not hire any servants, and there are no servants to answer the door at home. .

At this time, he speeded up the action of tying his belt and said to Zheng Haizhu: "Your men seem to have had a conflict with someone. Let me go and take a look."

Zheng Haizhu, however, unhurriedly fumbled with the buttons on the collar, aligned and fastened them, and then said to him, "Don't worry, I know what's going on."

Zhu Yuewen, who was standing at the threshold, heard the men's argument getting louder and louder. He looked back at Zheng Haizhu, only to see that she actually sat down at the table, opened the lid of the bowl and started drinking tea.

He seemed to understand: "Do you know who the other party is?"

Zheng Haizhu nodded: "Yes, the person who came is the one who came here on an appointment with me."

She had only finished speaking for a moment when the sound of "Cang Rang, Cang Rang" as a weapon was unsheathed was finally heard outside the courtyard.

Zheng Haizhu then stood up and said, "Both sides are my people. You don't have to worry, just stay in the house." Then he walked to the front yard.

When she opened the door, Wei Zhongxian was staring and ordering a Dongchang fan who showed off a meteor bronze hammer to fight Cai Feng who was holding a Japanese pickaxe blade tightly.

Wei Zhongxian was stunned when he saw Zheng Haizhu coming out.

He immediately stopped his men and stepped forward and asked: "Are you in there? These unfamiliar boys are your new guards? Then why are your people unwilling to go in and report? You didn't ask our family to come to this place at this time to look for them? Is it yours?"

Facing Wei Zhongxian's barrage of questions, Zheng Haizhu only replied calmly: "They are all my fellow Fujianese. They have just arrived in Beijing and will be my guards from now on. I just told them not to allow outsiders to enter the house."

After hearing the words, Eunuch Wei thought about it carefully and understood.

This woman is so weird. Damn it. She tested her new bodyguard again to see if he was obedient and obedient. She also tested me, Old Wei, to see if he was worried about her safety in his mind.

Wei Zhongxian then grinned: "Fortunately, I was suspicious just now. I thought something happened to you inside, and I thought these warriors were arranged outside the door by bad guys."

After saying that, he patted Cai Feng on the shoulder: "No wonder, when our family asked you that this is Mrs. Zheng's house, you didn't say anything. Yes, when I was on duty, except for the master, I didn't recognize any of my relatives. Even the source of our self-reported information was unknown. It cannot enter your eyes."

Cai Feng saw that Zheng Haizhu and her father-in-law, who was wearing a mesh hat and a python robe, were obviously very familiar with each other, and he also realized that his wife was testing them.

Zheng Zhilong had already told him that although the mistress he wanted to follow was shrewd and suspicious, once she gained her trust, she would never treat her brothers lightly.

Therefore, Cai Feng didn't have the slightest idea of ​​being played by the new master at this moment. After sheathing the sword, she simply knelt down to Wei Zhongxian and said, "Forgive me, sir."

"What's the crime?" Wei Zhongxian raised his hand to signal Cai Feng to stand up, "Well, your swords don't look like ordinary ones. Let's talk to our brothers in Dongchang."

Cai Feng hurriedly stood up and cupped his hands and fists towards Dongchang Fanzi who was practicing the meteor hammer. The subordinates on both sides retreated dozens of steps away from Zheng and Wei.

Wei Zhongxian looked back at Zheng Haizhu and praised softly: "You fellows are good, you are ruthless when you show off a guy, and you can understand the meaning of the words after you accept the guy. Then I, Old Wei, can rest assured. I was thinking, Jin Yiwei Now that Lao Huang is gone, it’s my turn to show off, right? Then in our Dongchang, what kind of good people can’t we arrange for you?”

As he spoke, he looked over Zheng Haizhu's shoulder and into the courtyard.

Zheng Haizhu also turned around generously and said to Zhu Yuewen, who was standing and watching in the dusk: "Nothing, I'm leaving, you come and lock the door."

After saying that, he closed the door and explained to Wei Zhongxian: "The piano master of Prince Lu's palace was allowed to live in the capital." Wei Zhongxian considered Zheng Haizhu's behavior and tone, and pretended to suddenly realize: "It turns out that this Zhu Live here, sir.”

Seeing Zheng Haizhu's nonchalant expression, Wei Zhongxian became more and more concerned: "We really think of my wife as my sister, so that's why I remind you. Not long after I returned to Beijing in the winter, my brothers in Dongchang told me that the master in the court They are talking about your bad personal ethics and raising male actors."

"Really? It's already February now, and I haven't seen them really have the courage to bring this matter up and scold them openly."

Wei Zhongxian thought to himself, this woman's face is really thicker than the wall of Deshengmen.

He then complimented: "I think it must be that after Donglin found someone to scold you in front of the Liubu Yamen, the entire Department of Rites and Orders was taken away. How could they have the courage to talk about you in front of Long Live Lord and the elders? Romance.”

Zheng Haizhu smiled: "The word father-in-law is a good one. They don't dare to report my affair publicly, and there is no need for them to deal with King Fu's affairs. We must get it done this time. .”

What Zheng Haizhu was talking about was a plan that she and Wei Zhongxian conspired with after one returned to Beijing from Shandong and the other from Henan in the early autumn of last year.

In Shandong, Zheng Haizhu relied on the strategy of using evil to fight evil and using violence to suppress violence, and cleared a number of fields for the Ministry of Household Affairs. Wei Zhongxian asked the King of Fortune Zhu Changxun to get money in Henan, but it was not so smooth.

After Zhu Changxun became a vassal, Concubine Zheng's eagle dog in Beijing shuttled between Beijing and Luoyang to communicate news between the two places to mother and son.

Zhu Changxun knew the year before last that his family's misfortune was all due to a bitch named "Zheng Haizhu".

If Zheng Haizhu hadn't brought up some "rebellion by the descendants of Emperor Jianwen" case, how could Eunuch Cui be implicated by his younger brother Cui Wenjing and Li Kezhuo of Honglu Temple, and be suspected of being involved. How could her mother, Concubine Zheng, lose the title of Queen Mother that she was about to get, and not be humbled by that idiot Zhu Changluo, and invite herself to guard the mausoleum of Emperor Wanli?

Therefore, when he continued to learn from the reports of the hawks and dogs that Wei Zhongxian and Zheng Haizhu were on good terms, how could King Fu allow this eunuch, who had not even gotten in with the ceremonial supervisor, to have a smooth relationship.

In the end, out of one hundred thousand taels of silver, only 30,000 taels were given.

In accordance with the agreement reached under the table with Zheng Haizhu, Wei Zhongxian collected 4,000 taels and sent them to Longmen Pass in Xuanda Town, and gave them to Ma Xianglin's team who was struggling to guard the pass. He collected another 1,000 taels for himself and returned to Beijing to manage Dongchang's favors. Brother, it's better than nothing to maintain the favor.

When Wei Zhongxian saw Zheng Haizhu last year, he expressed his frustration and said: "I didn't help you make things more beautiful. It's too shabby to send four thousand taels to the north."

Zheng Haizhu also hypocritically comforted you: "How can I blame you, Old Wei? You can squeeze out 4,000 taels from 30,000 liang, and you have already risked your life to keep your promise. Old Wei, you are so loyal. On the contrary, I feel that I'm sorry for you, but I thought you could get one hundred thousand taels, which is more than what I asked you to send to Longmen Pass."

Immediately, he went to ignite Wei Zhongxian's fighting spirit: "What I can't swallow is the bad breath that King Fu told us to eat. Didn't he just reincarnate better than us? In addition, compared with us, he is a complete waste . A good-for-nothing. The court provided him with tens of thousands of yuan of land to spend his days and nights, and he even lost more than half of a mere 100,000 taels of silver. In his eyes and heart, how could the people of Ming Dynasty have ever treated this kind brother like Long Live Lord? Do you have any respect at all? He is just relying on it, he is a prince, and as long as he does not rebel like Prince Ning of the previous dynasty, Long Live Lord cannot deprive him of his title."

Wei Zhongxian didn't care about the righteousness of family and country, the love of flesh and blood and so on in this passage. When he returned from his trip to Luoyang, he hated Prince Fu just because this fat pig-like prince and the officials of the prince's palace did not care about him at all. Take it seriously.

After Wei Zhongxian purified himself and entered the palace, he heard many beautiful stories about the former mining tax eunuchs. As the emperor's special envoy, who would not be worshiped like his ancestors when he went to the local area.

Eunuch Wei, who not only knew how to punish minor civil servants, but also wanted to punish the prince of Ming Dynasty, expressed his firm intention to Zheng Haizhu that he must show Prince Fu some power, and sincerely asked Zheng Haizhu how to make plans.

Zheng Haizhu then asked him: "When you went to Luoyang, did you hear that counties in the state began to draft girls?"

This question half a year ago was the beginning of the two men's plot to frame Prince Fu.

Today, Zheng Haizhu asked Wei Zhongxian to take him to meet a girl who had a deep hatred for Concubine Zheng and Prince Fu.