However, Qian Ning, who was wearing a warm smile, suddenly turned gloomy after walking out of the Chunyu courtyard. Zhu Qianhu, who was standing by, noticed the change in Qian Ning's expression and whispered, "Brother Qian invites you.
Then Li Huan didn't give Brother Qian any face, he really didn't know how to praise him."
Qian Ning frowned. From being a slave to being a eunuch, Qian Neng liked and gained Liu Jin's favor and trust, and later he fell in love with Zhu Houzhao. Not to mention other things, his ability to observe words and emotions, and to understand people's hearts is definitely not comparable to ordinary people.
At this moment, Qian Ning recalled his conversation with Li Huan and Li Huan's attitude and noticed the sense of alienation that Li Huan showed after knowing his identity.
"Do you want me to send someone..."
After leaving Yunlai Inn, Zhu Qianhu whispered to Qian Ning.
Qian Ning shook his head, smiled slightly and said: "It doesn't matter, brother Li Huan may still be worried about what happened before. After all, this matter was our fault first."
Qian Ning said to Zhu Qianhu: "Brother Zhu, please don't cause any trouble again."
Zhu Qianhu patted his chest and said: "Brother Qian, don't worry, I will personally supervise this time and there will never be any trouble again."
The second day, Yunlai Inn
Qian Ning looked at the owner of Yunlai Inn with a look of astonishment and said, "What are you talking about? The master and servant in Chunyu Courtyard checked out the room early yesterday?"
After all, the desire to recruit Li Huan has taken over, not to mention that Li Huan is still an internal member of Jinyiwei. I think he will be able to win the favor of Eunuch Liu when he returns to Beijing. It may be difficult to be promoted to a thousand households in Jinyiwei by then, but
There should be no problem in getting promoted to Deputy Thousand Households.
When the time comes, all he needs to do is recruit Li Huan as his subordinate, and then he will have a good helper.
Therefore, Qian Ning went directly to Yunlai Inn to look for Li Huan after having breakfast, hoping to get closer to Li Huan and find a way to transfer Li Huan to him after returning to Beijing.
However, what Qian Ning didn't expect was that Li Huan had already left. This made Qian Ning deeply shocked.
"You're not avoiding me, are you?"
For some reason, Qian Ning thought of Li Huan's subconscious alienation from him yesterday, and had such thoughts in his heart.
Thinking of this, Qian Ning's expression turned gloomy. The innkeeper who stood across from Qian Ning fearfully glanced at Qian Ning subconsciously. He was immediately startled by Qian Ning's expression and quickly lowered his head.
She was afraid that she would become the target of Qian Ning's venting.
After taking a deep breath, Qian Ning revealed a strange smile and whispered softly: "Interesting, it's really interesting. Do you think you can escape it?"
Just when Qian Ning came to look for Li Huan, Li Huan and Forsythia had already boarded a large boat and the boat was sailing along the river.
From Hangzhou to the capital, taking the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal line, the speed was not slow, but it only took about half a month. Li Huan and Forsythia got off the boat at the canal pier, and then took a carriage and rushed to the capital.
The majestic capital with hundreds of years of vicissitudes hovered above the earth like a sleeping dragon. Li Huan and his wife got off the carriage, paid the carriage fare, and looked up at the big characters on the tall city gate.
"The capital has arrived."
Forsythia also had a bit of a smile on her face and said, "Yes, Master, we are finally here!"
Li Huan looked at the endless flow of people and said, "Let's go to Beijing."
Not long after, Li Huan and his wife, led by people from Yahang, rented a small courtyard in the capital. The courtyard was not big, but the rent was not cheap at all. A small courtyard required two rents a year.
At ten taels of silver, this price is almost equivalent to the annual expenses of an ordinary family of four.
But for Li Huan, just twenty taels of silver was nothing. If he didn't want to be too high-profile, the money he carried would not be a problem even if he bought a house in the capital.
With a place to stay, Li Huan did not rush to Jinyiwei Yamen to report. Instead, he wandered around the capital for two days, sitting in teahouses and wine shops for half a day, which also made Li Huan know a lot about the current affairs of the capital.
news in.
Among them, several elders jointly submitted a letter, imploring the emperor to eradicate several eunuchs headed by Liu Jin, Gu Dayong and others. There was also news that the emperor was preparing to transfer a group of people from Jinyiwei to serve. There was even news that the eunuch Liu Jin often bewitched
News that the emperor left the palace privately.
Anyway, in the land of teahouses and restaurants, there are all kinds of news. It is impossible to tell which one is true and which one is false. It may be true, or it may be just a rumor. Therefore, it is best to treat these news with a grain of salt.
Untrustworthy attitude.
On the third day after arriving in Beijing, Li Huan had almost rested and heard a lot of news. Then he took his transfer documents and went to Jinyiwei Yamen to report.
The Jinyi Guards are divided into the North and South Town Fusi. The North Town Fusi is responsible for arrests, torture, executions, etc., while the South Town Fusi is responsible for the law and military discipline of the guard. To put it simply, the North Town Fusi is the person who works outside the Jinyiwei, and
Nanzhen Fusi supervises the internal discipline of Jinyiwei.
The Yamen that Li Huan went to report this time was Fusi Yamen in Jinyiweibei Town. After Li Huan handed over his transfer documents, Li Huan was called in not long after.
In a side hall of the Yamen, a man wearing a brocade guard Qianhu robe was sitting there, looking at Li Huan and saying: "Are you Li Huan who was sent to Beijing by Qianhu from Fujian?"
Li Huan bowed his hands and said, "Sir, it is Li Huan!"
After sizing up Li Huan, Chen Ke nodded slowly and said, "You should know that although you hold the title of Hundred Households, there are too many people who lead the Imperial Guards of Hundred Households, Thousand Households and even the same class."
Li Huan naturally knew this. The title was just a title and did not represent real power. Who asked the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to reward meritorious ministers? What he liked most was to be Yinzi, Jinyi, Guard Baihu, and Qianhu. They were the kind of people who only had a salary but no real power.
People are equivalent to giving an honor.
Maybe a Jinyiwei Tongzhi has no obedient captain or strongman, and he can't even compare with the number of subordinates of Xiaoqi, a Jinyiwei who has real power.
He raised his head and looked at Chen Ke and said, "Li Huan knows this, and I would like to ask you to appoint me some duties."
Chen Ke was quite satisfied with Li Huan's attitude. After all, at the local level, hundreds of Jinyiwei households commanded hundreds of Jinyiwei. They did not dare to call the shots, but their authority was not small at all.
He didn't believe that Li Huan couldn't understand the meaning of his words just now, but Li Huan's reaction was something that made him look at him differently. Not many people could be so unfazed.
After pondering for a while, Chen Ke said: "In that case, I will order you to take charge of a small banner of imperial guards and be responsible for patrolling the royal hunting grounds."
Li Huan was even ready to be a bare-bones commander, but he didn't expect to be able to gain the real power of a small flag. He could have ten people under his command, which was already a great deal for him.
"Thank you very much, sir."
Chen Ke nodded and said: "Your Majesty and Eunuch Liu may go to the royal hunting ground recently. You must do a good job of inspection. If there is any accident, you will lose your head."