Chapter 508: The Heart of the Viper Snake

"You, why are you here again?" Chen Hongzhi exclaimed.

Li Fuguo patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm here to commend you."

He turned around and pointed to the box on the ground, "Look!"

Only then did Chen Hongzhi see two large wooden boxes on the ground, all of which were open, filled with gold, with yellow gold, at least hundreds of ingots. He had never seen so much gold since he was a child. He couldn't help but be stunned and his eyes were a little straight.

When Li Fuguo looked at his expression, he had to secretly admire Li Heng's eyes. Although this person was young, he was indeed greedy for money and died of money. It has been a famous saying since ancient times!

He walked to the box and picked up a ingot of gold, like a poisonous snake seducing a bird, whispering: "This is fifty taels of gold, worth 600 guan. There are a total of five thousand taels in the box, which is 60,000 guan. This is what the Supreme Emperor rewards you, and he praises you for doing a good job. In addition, there is a house covering an area of ​​30 acres in Pingkangfang, which belongs to you, and the deed is in the box."

Chen Hongzhi felt his legs weak, and the displeasure and worry in his heart just now had disappeared. He slowly walked forward and gently stroked the gold. A strange look flashed in his eyes. What kind of face was it! Like a blooming flower, the greedy and shiny eyes with a kind of evil spirit opened wide, his mouth and nostrils were also opened, and he greedily inhaled the heavy breath. He looked straight in front of him, not just gold, but seemed to want to take everything he saw, the earth, the sky, the sun and even the air.

Li Fuguo did not disturb him, but stood behind him with his hands behind his back, waiting for him to react from his intoxication. After a while, Chen Hongzhi finally returned to reality. He turned his head and asked in a hoarse voice: "Do you give me all these...?"

"Yes, it all belongs to you. The Supreme Emperor has always been very generous to his own people. Your performance makes him very satisfied."

Li Fuguo sat down and smiled and said, "Tell me now, how did you do it, but it was not discovered."

This sentence finally woke Chen Hongzhi up from his dream of getting rich. He lowered his head and whispered: "The emperor likes to drink a kind of flower dew honey juice, which I made with one hand. I put a little croton powder in the flower dew honey juice."

"Well! Not bad, then don't others doubt you? For example, the imperial physician, or are you not seen by others?"

Chen Hongzhi's head lowered, and his voice was almost inaudible. "Whether it is the food delivered in the kitchen or the medicine that others decompose, it must be inspected by the imperial physician, and the flower dew and honey juice is no exception."

"Then how did you escape the inspection?"

"I, I am the last link. The imperial doctor gave me the things after the examination. I will serve the emperor to drink it. Moreover, in order to escape his dereliction of duty, the imperial doctor insisted that the emperor had caught a cold at night and the illness worsened. The queen mother did not doubt me, because the emperor had been with him since he was a child. The queen mother could doubt anyone, but she could not doubt me."

"I see!"

Li Fuguo then realized that Chen Hongzhi was actually the person Li Shi trusted the most. God really helped them. A treacherous smile immediately surged in his eyes and said, "Although you did a good job, the Supreme Emperor does not want his grandson to have diarrhea. He just hopes that the emperor can sleep for a while. You know, the imperial government affairs hall is re-recommended, and the Supreme Emperor does not want the emperor to interfere in this matter, so I have to work harder for you."

As he said that, he placed a small red crystal bottle as big as a little finger on the table. Chen Hongzhi's face changed drastically. In his eyes, the red bottle seemed to be the letter of a poisonous snake. He took a few steps back, his eyes were full of fear and his whole body was trembling.

"No! No! I won't do it."

Before he finished speaking, Li Fuguo slapped him in the face and gritted his teeth and cursed: "You bastard, do you dare not do it? If you don't do it, you will die. You stole the jasper Pixiu and you put the croton powder. Do you think you are so loyal and noble?"

Chen Hongzhi collapsed, as if he heard the sound of the door behind him closing heavily. His retreat had been cut off. He was like a bird that could not withstand temptation, being hugged by a poisonous snake.

"You will kill me to silence me!" This is what he fears the most.

Li Fuguo squatted down, patted his face gently, and said with a soft laugh: "You are so confused! The emperor finally died because he was seriously ill. If you die, wouldn't you tell others what the truth is? Don't worry, not everyone will be silenced. Just like me, I know more than anyone else, why didn't the Supreme Emperor destroy my mouth?"

"You are different."

"Same, it's such a silly child. You are a eunuch. Only eunuchs can become the confidant of the Supreme Emperor. Do you understand? Now you are the confidant of the Supreme Emperor. Do the most secret thing for the Supreme Emperor. You understand now!"

Chen Hongzhi nodded as if he was ignorant. Li Fuguo stood up and said, "Okay, before, you were not the confidant of the Supreme Emperor, so you wanted to reward you with gold. But now you are ours, so there will be no reward. Let's get things done tonight, and then you go to study and become the general manager of the imperial study room in the future."

After saying that, Li Fuguo opened the door and left. After a while, Chen Hongzhi slowly stood up and locked the door. He staggered to the bed and stared blankly at the two boxes of yellow gold. It was five thousand taels of gold, worth 60,000 guan. He had never thought that he would have so much wealth. Gradually, the fire of greed in his eyes burned again. He suddenly turned around and stared at the small red crystal bottle. At this time, in his opinion, it was no longer a letter from a poisonous snake, but a beacon that illuminated his future.

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Chen Hongzhi was also a powerful eunuch in the history of the Tang Dynasty. He was the one who harmed Emperor Xianzong of Tang in history and was powerful for a while. However, when history turned a corner when he was young, he became a hoe for Li Heng and dug the grave for Li Shi.

When Chen Hongzhi watched Li Shi drank the glass of bright red flower dew honey juice with a long eye, he also knew that he had changed history. He didn't know when the medicinal properties would strike, and his heart was so nervous that he almost stopped beating.

"What’s wrong with you?"

Seeing that his expression was a little abnormal, Li Shi couldn't help but ask strangely.

"No, nothing, these Tianshou may not have had a good sleep and was very dizzy."

"Yes! I've gotten sick and made you suffer. I feel very guilty. Go and rest! You don't need you anymore."

The emperor's care made Chen Hongzhi almost cry, but he knew that it was irreversible now. If he showed a little bit of slightest breath, he would be dead. He bit his lips tightly and restrained his emotions.

Chen Hongzhi knelt down and kowtowed heavily, "Your Majesty cares about you, and I am grateful to you. I hope Your Majesty's dragon body will recover soon and I will serve you again."

"I also want to get better soon, hey! I'm studying every day and my head is too big. I want to take a boat to play. Then you can play with me."

"Okay! I will definitely accompany Your Majesty." Chen Hongzhi's voice was filled with crying voice.

At this time, a strong sense of sleepiness came to Li Shi. He nodded and said, "I want to go to bed, you go! Go and have a good rest, come and talk to me again in the evening."

"That slave has said goodbye!"

Chen Hongzhi was so nervous that he jumped out quickly. He slowly retreated and immediately walked towards his room quickly. He was worried that his five thousand taels of gold would be hidden under his bed. If something happened to the emperor, the palace would definitely search. If someone found it, he would be dead. No, he had to bury the gold.

It was dusk at this time, and several eunuchs were cooking by themselves in the yard where he lived. When he saw him coming back, they all smiled at him with a flattering smile: "Eunuch Chen, we have a bottle of good wine here. Do you want to drink some?"

"No need, I want to sleep, no one is allowed to disturb me."

Chen Hongzhi walked to the door. At this time, a palace maid came over and bowed to him and said, "Eunuch Chen, the Supreme Emperor wants me to give you a jadeware."

"Shh!"

Chen Hongzhi was so scared that his heart was about to jump out. He looked at both sides, but no one paid attention to him, and then whispered: "Get in the house and say!"

He pushed the door and entered the house, and the palace maid flashed into the house. She took out a jade horse from the basket she carried with her and put it on the table and smiled: "The Supreme Emperor heard that you like jade, so he gave you this jade horse. This is a tribute from Khotan, which is the best jade, and it is a reward for you."

"Thank you, the Emperor. Please tell the Emperor that the matter has been done, so please rest assured!"

"Is that true?" The palace maid flashed a hint of coldness, pointed to the bed, and said in surprise: "Dadfather-in-law, why is your gold gone?"

Chen Hongzhi was shocked and turned around and looked down at the couch. His gold was indeed gone. He was stunned. In the moment of lightning, a rope tied his neck and pulled it violently. Chen Hongzhi fell to the ground. He struggled desperately, grabbing his hands in the air. His throat clattered, rolling his eyes and looking at the palace maid behind him in despair. He never expected that a woman's strength would be so great.

"I said... I won't kill me!" He tried his best to make this sentence.

"We don't want to kill you, but you must commit suicide, and we have nothing to do."

The palace maid's voice was as cold as a poisonous snake. This was the last sentence Chen Hongzhi heard in the world.

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After a moment, the palace maid quietly left through the back window, and the room was locked, only Chen Hongzhi's thin figure swayed in the air.

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There had been a huge change in the palace, but at this time, no one in the court realized that something happened in the palace. Everyone's mind was on the public promotion of the Political Affairs Hall. Tomorrow will be the deadline for the governor to announce the public promotion of the Political Affairs Hall. From tomorrow, it will be a three-day public promotion period. At this time, everyone's hearts were tense, and everyone forgot the seriously ill little emperor.

In the politics of the Tang Dynasty, the Political Affairs Hall was actually a consultation mechanism. Because the three provinces and six ministries were in great power and had the power to entrust edicts. In order to limit the power of the Secretariat, the Ministry of Education was supervised by the Ministry of Education. A royal was not enough to just stamp the seal of the Ministry of Education, and it was necessary to have a large seal of the Ministry of Education, so it was called the Ministry of Education.

If the edict of the Secretariat is inappropriate, it can be directly rejected. The edict of the Secretariat must be re-written. There are two problems here. First, the edict of the Secretariat has been approved by the emperor. If it is rejected, the emperor will have to approve it again. Secondly, the edict of the Secretariat is criticized by the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Justice will easily delay military and national affairs.

In order to resolve this contradiction, there was a consultation system like the Zhengshi Hall. The heads of the Secretariat and the Ministry of Internal Affairs sat together in advance to negotiate. After the negotiation was approved, the Ministry of Internal Affairs drafted an order. In addition, the Tang Dynasty implemented a multi-prime system. In addition to first-level prime ministers such as the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there were also several second-level prime ministers, that is, senior officials who obtained the qualification of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and were generally the Ministers of Internal Affairs. They also participated in the consultation of the Political Affairs Hall together. Gradually, the Political Affairs Hall became the cabinet of the Tang Dynasty and had great power.

Especially in the absence of imperial power, the Political Affairs Hall has become the de facto supreme authority, and it will make decisions on military and national affairs of the Tang Dynasty. Both Li Qing'an and Li Heng attach great importance to it.

When it was almost dark, several carriages were parked in front of Pei Min's mansion. This was an important backbone of the Zhao Wang Party discussed countermeasures together. Five people sat in Pei Min's outer study, Pei Min, Cui Huan, Wei Tao, Lu Huan, and the Secretariat Secretary Zhang Hao. Zhang Hao was originally a royalist, but Li Heng's serious threat to Li Shi made Zhang Hao realize that only by relying on the Zhao Wang Party can we better protect the young emperor, so he turned to the Zhao Wang Party.

"The more I think about it these two days, the more I feel strange. We can't do the three conditions that Wang Gong put forward. He knew that we would not agree, so why did he put forward these three conditions? It's obvious that their purpose is to disband the Political Affairs Hall. This was Li Heng's intentional work. I'm sure he has been planning for this for a long time."

Pei Min's words made everyone think. At this time, Cui Huan frowned and said, "According to the current power structure of the court, the Zhao King Party accounts for 40%, the royalist Party accounts for 20%, the Zhangist Party accounts for 10%, and the National Party only has 30%. If we publicly promote the Political Affairs Hall according to this proportion, we can account for three of the seven members of the Political Affairs Hall, one of the Royalist Party and one of the Zhangist Party. There are only two members of the National Party at most. I don't understand. Dissolution of the Political Affairs Hall and the Public Promotion of the Political Affairs Hall is not good for them. Why do they do this? And since they have won Zhang Yun, they account for four members in the Political Affairs Hall and become the majority. What resolutions cannot be passed, disband the Land and Land Return to the Land Master, and these resolutions can be passed smoothly. Why do you still have to dissolve the Political Affairs Hall? "

Wei Tao also nodded and said, "Shangshu Cui said it well. I think so too. There is no need for them to dissolve the Political Affairs Hall. I think Li Heng should have another intention."

Pei Min walked a few steps with his hands behind his back: "Maybe they have other intentions, but there is another very important reason you didn't expect, that is, Zhang Yun. I don't know what compromise they have reached with Zhang Yun, but one thing is certain that Zhang Yun is a fence-skinned man and it is impossible for him to support them in everything. Zhang Yun might just agree to resign with them and disband the Political Affairs Hall. Anyway, he will definitely be there in the final public recommendation. For him, this is just a favor, which is in line with Zhang Yun's style, but Cui Shangshu is also right. They are willing to take a lot of risks to re-election. They must have other plans. I have a premonition that something big will happen in the past two days."
Chapter completed!