Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 96 Who is the employer
"Li Baizu is the nephew of the Minister of the Household Department. The Li family is more or less because of the Minister of the Household Department. The wind is smooth. 3 taels is not a problem at all. It is more cost-effective to buy a future fame with 3 taels. " Xiao Huanzi rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

It is said that Li Baizu is a mediocre person, but he was able to pass the previous college examinations, general examinations, and rural examinations. It can be seen that he did not buy test questions once or twice.

What Xia Zijin was thinking about was not this one. The man said that he had visited 3 families. Children from poor families such as Fang Zhou naturally couldn't and couldn't afford 15 taels of test questions. Why is it that only the Li family bought the test questions, and the court judge of the Imperial Academy only prosecuted Li Baizu?
If there were more people who bought it at that time, would there be another person on the court's report list...

These convoluted questions gave Xia Zijin a headache. She frowned and asked, "Who is it that asked you to sell the test questions?"

The man was silent for a moment, but shook his head.

"Now that you are seriously injured and have come to hide in Li's mansion, I am afraid that you will end up with the sentence of killing a donkey. Since he wants to kill you, why are you still unwilling to reveal his name?" Xiao Huanzi sighed. Said, clasped his arms with his hands and sighed twice.

"It's not that I don't want to say...it's that I don't even know who the employer is..." The man let out a long sigh, and gasped a few times while clutching his abdomen, which seemed to be in great pain.

"He...should be either rich or noble. He is not tall, and his body is a bit wide and fat. He has a kind face, but his smile makes people feel sinister. After the employer explained what he wanted me to do, there was no more It happened before, until yesterday when I was packing my luggage at home and preparing to flee, three men in black with long swords suddenly appeared in the yard, trying to kill me, and I didn't know that I had been taken advantage of..."

The man covered his wound and sighed, with a look of remorse on his face. The theory of rabbit dead dog cooking abounds since ancient times. He mistakenly caused the disaster of killing his life because of his wealth, and after his death, he was nothing more than a fistful of loess. , What is the use of more gold and silver.

"Three men in black with long swords..." Xia Zijin recited a sentence silently, but felt a little unbelievable. Since the employer sent people to kill people, the killers used must be good martial arts. The three killers with martial arts swords Now, it is really strange that this person can still save his life.

The man also saw the doubts of Xia Zijin and the other two, and coughed while covering his stomach.

"Don't be surprised, you three. I just had better luck. Each of the killers stabbed a hole in my body, one in the left chest and two in the abdomen. They thought I was going to die, but they didn't know that my heart grew in the right chest since I was young. , After I was hit by the sword, I fell to the ground and held my breath, pretending to die. I lay on the ground for an hour before I dared to get up, and I was lucky enough to save my life..."

The three of them suddenly realized that when they looked carefully, there was indeed a sword wound on the left chest of the man, but they didn't pay much attention to it when they saw him clutching his abdomen.

This person is quite smart, knowing that the most dangerous place is the safest place after the incident is revealed. The killer and the employer probably would never have guessed that the person he wanted to silence was actually hiding in Li's mansion under the nose of the officials.

"Princess...what should I do now..." Xiao Huanzi looked at the middle-aged man on the ground who was already exhaling more air than breathing in, and felt a little bit troubled.

"I will carry him to the carriage later and find a safe place to settle him."

Xia Zijin's eyes were gloomy, and the gloom in her heart was getting thicker and thicker. There were still two days left, and her time was running out.

Now the clue was on the man who sold the test questions. If she didn't know who the employer was, she couldn't proceed to the next step.

This conspiracy seemed to be getting bigger and bigger, she didn't even have a clue, who on earth would go to such great lengths to frame a eunuch?
Xia Zijin pieced together only a few clues in her mind, but she still couldn't weave a complete net. What she has to do now is to perfect the net step by step.

After contemplating for a moment, she had an idea in her mind, and waved to Xiao Huanzi. He listened to it, and was taken aback for a moment, then nodded solemnly.

The main hall of Yuehua Palace.

It has been half an hour since Yue Jing'an knelt on the Buddha mat. Holding a small hammer in her hand, she kept beating the wooden fish on the table.

"My lady..."

Xiao Zhu called from behind, holding a plate of cold Yulu porridge in his hand, and sighed.

Yue Jing'an was still beating the wooden fish in her hand self-consciously, chanting words in her mouth, chanting the whole Guanyin Heart Sutra over and over again, chewing out the words of calmness like water over and over in her mouth, but in this way, the worries in her heart were undoubtedly exposed.

"What does the emperor say?"

The sound of the wooden fish finally stopped, and Yue Jing'an said a sentence with a blank face, but the slight trembling of her fingertips dissected her mind completely.

Xiao Zhu shook his head and said: "There is no movement from the emperor. Since he imprisoned Director Xia in the sky prison, the emperor seems to have forgotten about it. , it seems that we have to wait for Dali Siqing to close the case in two days before making any plans..."

Yue Jing Rushui sneered, threw the wooden fish in her hand aside with a bang, raised her heavy skirt and stood up and said, "Call Kunsha's foreman in."

Xiaozhu was a little surprised. Kunsha's lineage was the personal secret guard of the former king of Dalai, and was only responsible for protecting the safety of the king. Later, Xia Chong rebelled and King Dalai died tragically. Kunsha's lineage seemed to disappear from the world. Generally, no one has seen anyone from Kunsha's lineage again.

Xia Zhong, the next emperor of the Ming Dynasty, also tried every means to find this dark guard who was said to be able to support half an army, and wanted to take it for his own use, but it was a pity that the famous emperor's dark guard never existed in the world since then. It had appeared, Ming Shengdi searched hard for two years, but it was finally gone.

Who would have thought that Kunsha's lineage did not disappear from the world, but was deeply hidden in every unknown corner of Shangjing, only waiting for the descendants of King Dalai, that is, the only remaining Dalai Xia Shengqing, the orphan of Wang Yi, can make waves again.

"Your Majesty... are you really going to use Kunsha's forces?" Xiao Zhu pinched the plate with both hands, his joints were faintly white.

"Would it be possible to see that Shengqing will become a dead soul under the knife two days later?" Yue Jing's voice was like a cold spring, enduring restlessness and fear. Those imprisoned in the prison were her own flesh and blood, the last of her and King Dalai. Bloodline, although she was extremely strict with Xia Shengqing on weekdays, it was all for his own good, to make him outstanding, as excellent as his father.

How could she stand idly by now that the time was imminent.

Xiao Zhu bit her lip and nodded, and immediately went down to do it. Although she was worried that the forces that had been hidden for many years would be exposed, but at this point, there was really no other way to speak.

But after a while, the leader of Kunsha, who received the order, quietly appeared on the side wall of the inner hall like a ghost in the dark hell.

The hidden guards of Kunsha's lineage have no names, only code names, and no one knows their looks, even the siblings of Kunsha. The face of the fox is like a charm.

But at this moment, the foreman of Kunsha was hiding by the wall like a ghost, and his hoarse voice made people shudder.

"What are your orders, Ma'am?"

Yue Jing'an held a string of rosary beads in her hand, each of which was polished from a thousand-year-old nanmu branch, engraved with scriptures and embossed, and when she plucked them one by one, there was a thick sound of wood hitting.

"Nuo Yi, how many years have you followed Ben Gong?"

The expression of the Kunsha foreman named Nuoyi did not fluctuate at all, and his voice was still low and hoarse like a machine.

"It's been 15 years since I returned to my lord."

"Very well, you should know what the meaning of Kun Sha's existence is. I am just worrying about Shengqing for a few more years. He will take over you sooner or later, and whether he takes over or not, he is your master." Yue Jing was as calm as water. Dao, the deep meaning in the words is ready to come out.

Nuoyi stood upright, his eyes were like glints of light, he hid in the shadows, but his mind was clear and bright.

"Return to my lord, Nuo Yi understands. Two days later, the case of leaking the test questions in the palace will be confirmed. If Master Sheng cannot be exonerated, Kun Sha will definitely keep Master Sheng safe."

Yue Jing nodded her head like water, her eyes were full of exhaustion. This time, leaking questions in the imperial examination was a sudden disaster. She never expected that Ming Shengdi would imprison Xia Shengqing in the sky prison with lightning speed. If she had heard the news earlier, maybe she would She could make preparations in advance, but this time the incident happened suddenly, everything was like a pre-rehearsed drama, and she couldn't help but intervene in the preparations.

"Let's choose five hidden guards of Kunsha's second generation, sneak into the dungeon and stand by at any time. Once the verdict from Dali Siqing's side comes down, if Shengqing is convicted, you will take immediate action to rescue him."

Originally, she sent Xia Shengqing into the palace and asked him to climb from a mermaid to the position of chief eunuch step by step. It was for the grand plan of restoring the country, so that Xia Shengqing could gradually gain the trust of Ming Shengdi, and then step by step. The bottom line was hollowed out, and the princes and grandchildren were allowed to kill each other for the throne, so that they could reap the benefits of the fisherman.But if he had to use Kun Sha to rescue Xia Shengqing this time, he might be as suspicious as the Holy Emperor Ming, and immediately suspect Xia Shengqing's identity.

Thinking of this, Yue Jingru Shui felt a terrible headache. Could it be that she has worked so hard for so many years that she will fall short?
"Head, here is a letter, which is entrusted to my lord by Master Cheng." Just at this moment, another hidden guard flashed out from the darkness, who was the second generation who had secretly protected Xia Shengqing in the prison beforehand. Dark Guard II.

Yue Jing'an's expression changed, and she immediately took the secret letter presented by Mu Er from Nuo Yi's hand.

She quickly tore open the seal, pulled out the thin yellow letter paper, shook it, and read every word, feeling a little bit shocked and a little bit at peace with the content on it.

"It turns out we were worrying too much."

Yue Jing'an curled her lips and smiled, her hanging heart was completely relieved.

(End of this chapter)