Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 773 From Girl to Shrew
A few days later, He Liu watched He Zezhen study in the study at home.Hong Lang walked in.

Hong Lang said: "Master Liu, you told me to send someone to watch Zhao Dongqin dead, I'm afraid I can't keep watching him."

He Liu asked, "Oh? Why?"

Hong Lang replied: "The supervisor of ceremonies issued a decree and transferred him to Guangdong to be the guardian eunuch."

He Liu was surprised and said, "It's not uncommon for the head of the East Factory to be transferred to other provinces to be a guard eunuch. But just after we got our eyes on him, the chief of ceremonies released him? It's a bit of a coincidence. Hong Lang, Do you remember the iron law I taught your Jin Yiwei to handle cases?"

Hong Lang said: "Of course I remember. You always said that there are no real coincidences in this world, only the illusion of coincidence."

He Liu stood up and said, "Come on, follow me to the Jinyiwei yamen and find Eunuch Chen."

Not long after, He Liu came to Jinyiwei's supervisory eunuch's room.

Chen Ju got up: "Master Liu, you haven't come to my house for a long time."

He Liu asked: "Why is Zhao Dongqin suddenly transferred to Guangdong to be the guardian eunuch? You are the secretary of the ceremonial supervisor, so you should know about it?"

Chen Ju poured a bowl of tea for He Liu: "Master Liu, the appointment and dismissal of eunuchs in various places requires the emperor's nod. It seems that Zhang Jing begged the emperor for this job for his godson Zhao Dongqin."

He Liu stroked his beard: "Zhao Dongqin is a nail that Zhang Jing left in Dongchang. Why is Zhang Jing willing to let him leave Dongchang and go to Guangdong?"

When He Liu said this, Chen Ju also became suspicious: "Yes. Among the guarding eunuchs of our Daming, the guarding eunuchs in Jinling, Fuzhou, Datong, Gansu, and Xuzhou are the most honorable, and they are called the 'Five Great Guarding Eunuchs. '.Guangdong guards the eunuchs, but their status is very low. Because Guangdong is a land of smog, the people are fierce and uncivilized. It is said that a dozen or so Fujianese went to Guangdong to do business a while ago, but they were skinned and smoked by the local barbarians in Guangdong. Stuffed, stewed and eaten! How could Zhang Jing let his most trusted godson give up the third position in the East Factory and go to that ghost place in Guangdong?"

He Liu took a sip of tea: "A few days ago, I chatted with Zhao Dongqin. Don't Zhang Jing and Zhao Dongqin have something to hide from me, are you guilty?"

Chen Ju said: "Impossible. Although Zhang Jing repeatedly opposed Liu Ye more than ten years ago, but in recent years, he has become much more honest and respects Liu Ye everywhere."

He Liudao: "Eunuch Chen, do you have the guts to give me a hundred strong men and tie up Zhao Dongqin?"

Chen Ju was surprised: "Sixth Master, you want to tie up the ticket of the foreign eunuch?"

He Liu smiled and said, "Eunuch Chen, have you forgotten? Sapling, kidnapping, and assassination are the professions of the Jinyiwei. The officials called our Jinyiwei a villain, isn't it because of this?"

Chen Ju gritted his teeth and agreed to He Liu: "Master Liu, don't say you want to tie up a little Zhao Dongqin. Even if you tie up Zhang Jing, I will fully assist you!"

He Liudao: "Okay, Eunuch Chen, I'll go to Nanzhen Fusi to pick out a hundred capable fighters, and when Zhao Dongqin leaves Beijing, we'll tie him up! I'd like to see what secrets are hidden in him." .”

He Liu and Hong Lang went to Nanzhen Fusi and selected the wrestlers.Then went home.

Walking to the gate of his mansion, He Liu saw a carriage parked in front of the mansion.Beside the carriage, stood more than a dozen soldiers wearing military uniforms on the border of Ji Town.

He Liu was overjoyed.Daughter Zhu Xiang is back!

He Liu entered his courtyard.A bloated 50-[-]-year-old woman was nagging He Zezhen a lesson: "You said that you are seventeen and still idle all day long. Your grandfather wrote me a letter saying that Eunuch Chen and Eunuch Wang let you You just refuse to go to Jinyiwei to make up for the shortage! People in Jinyang County mainly know that you are a prodigal son who does not do business all day long, and you may regret your marriage! You are simply the living ancestor of our He family! You Why are you pouting? Could it be that your aunt and I are wrong?"

He Liu called out, "Xiangxiang."

Zhu Xiang turned around, stared at He Liu for a moment, then "thumped" and knelt down to her father: "Father, my daughter is back."

Time is actually not a pig-killing knife, but pig feed.Xiao Xiangxiang, who was a slender girl back then, is now a fat middle-aged woman.

He Liu quickly stepped forward and helped Zhu Xiang: "My daughter. You really miss your father."

Zhu Xiang said with tears in her eyes, "Father, I haven't seen you for a year, and you're getting old again."

He Liu wiped away his daughter's tears with a handkerchief like he did decades ago: "Silly boy, my father is already 76, how can I not be the youngest?"

The family entered the house.

He Liu told He Zezhen: "I'll have a few words with your aunt, you go out first."

He Zezhen made a grimace on purpose: "Okay, grandpa. My aunt lectured me endlessly as soon as we met. My ears are almost callused."

Zhu Xiang made a gesture to hit He Zezhen, but He Zezhen flashed quickly and ran away.

Zhu Xiang asked He Liu: "Father, how's your appetite lately?"

He Liu opened his mouth and pointed to the missing teeth: "The crazy dog ​​He used to be, now he can't even bite the flesh! He is dying. I hope God will open his eyes and let me find out the cause of your brother's death before he dies." .”

As soon as He Liu talked about her younger brother, Zhu Xiang touched her tears again: "It's all the Queen Mother Li's fault! If she hadn't insisted on letting Shizhong enter Jinyiwei, Shizhong would not have been assassinated. If he had passed the imperial examination, he would have been a civil servant. , it is impossible to tell which province Shizhong is currently serving as the governor in a safe and stable manner."

He Liu shook his head: "You can't blame the Empress Dowager Li. It's all about fate. Man's fate is destined by heaven, and we can't blame others."

Zhu Xiang asked again: "I heard from Zezhen that you lived in Shunde Mansion for a while ago?"

He Liudao: "Well, it's been a few days. Your daughter-in-law is about to give birth. You can go to Shunde Mansion tomorrow to take care of your daughter-in-law. In two months, you will be a grandma."

Zhu Xiang laughed through her tears when she heard the words: "Oh, I still remember the way I acted like a baby in my mother's arms. In a blink of an eye, I'm going to be a grandma too."

He Liudao: "Decades are in the blink of an eye. By the way, are you going to enter the palace in the next afternoon? If you meet the emperor, don't stop nagging in front of him. He has long been different from before. It's the same. Don't provoke Holy Wrath."

Zhu Xiang sneered: "Hmph, he just became the king of Jie and Zhou, and I am also his imperial sister!"

In the afternoon, Zhu Xiang came to the gate of Yongshou Palace.

In the main hall of Yongshou Palace, Emperor Wanli was looking at the accounts of the inner transport warehouse.Zhang Jing said: "Your Majesty, Zhu Xiang, the head of Laiyang County, asks to see you."

When Emperor Wanli heard the words, his first reaction was to stand up, wanting to hide behind the screen: "Tell her, just say that I am out of the palace to hunt!"

As soon as Emperor Wanli finished speaking, a voice floated into his ears: "Emperors have golden mouths and jade teeth, why does the emperor speak nonsense with his eyes open?"

Zhu Xiang has already entered the hall!
Who in the palace doesn't know the name of Zhu Xiang, the lord of Laiyang County?She wanted to see the emperor, but those little eunuchs at the gate of Yongshou Palace didn't dare to stop her.

Order tofu in brine, one thing drops one thing.Emperor Wanli, the king of a country, is afraid of only one person in the world now, and that is the emperor's sister Zhu Xiang.Thinking of Zhu Xiang's endless nagging, his scalp went numb.

(End of this chapter)