Although Eunuch Qin Fu and Qin nominally became Eunuch Bingbi, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, he also served as the Superintendent of Dongchang Dispatch.
But in reality, due to the strong rejection of Zhang Zuo, the eunuch in charge of the ceremonial department, Eunuch Qin could not interfere in the work of the ceremonial supervisor. His main task was to supervise the East Factory.
The affairs of the Qin eunuchs have been very busy recently, because the emperor's southern tour is about to take place, and security is a top priority.
The personal troops who followed the emperor were the Jinyiwei, and the Jinyiwei officers and soldiers were under the leadership of Dongchang, so the Qin eunuch had to make arrangements.
To be honest, Eunuch Qin, who has a lot of patience, almost wanted to complain. This southern tour was just a bunch of blind decisions.
Literary and artistic young people believe in "leaving as soon as they say it", but the preparation time in all aspects is too short.
Eunuch Qin could almost predict that there would be many situations during the southern tour.
Therefore, he also made preparations very aggressively and thought of all kinds of excuses to shirk responsibility in advance, so as not to suffer the consequences.
He also needs to dispatch some imperial guards with whom he has no dealings, who will be pushed out to take the blame when the time comes.
While Eunuch Qin was sitting in his private room in Yangxin Hall, thinking about who should be blamed, a young eunuch from the librarian's office quietly came to pay his respects.
"While on vacation outside Yingong Palace, I went to Xianling Palace incognito..." the little eunuch reported.
Eunuch Qin frowned and said nothing. Zhang Zuojie was the first one to step into the cold pot. Zhang Zuojie's decisive and swift movements exceeded his expectations.
There was nothing that could be done about it. As the Chief of Ceremony, Zhang Zuo often accompanied the driver on operations, so he got the news earlier than he did.
In addition, out of caution, I wanted to investigate Tao Zhongwen's background first, but the result was even slower.
But now he couldn't wait any longer. Eunuch Qin got up and prepared to leave the palace. He decided to personally test Tao Zhongwen's tone before making his next plan.
One advantage of the Admiral Dongchang is that it is convenient to enter and exit the palace. However, if the eunuchs in other palaces want to leave the palace, they must apply for leave from the emperor.
First, he went to the outer house outside Dong'an Gate. Eunuch Qin also changed into the clothes of an ordinary rich man.
Then he took no eunuchs with him, but only a group of servants from outside the house to protect him, and headed for the Apparition Palace.
Eunuch Qin's appearance was still worthy of respect. The disciple guarding the rear hall of Xianling Palace responded as instructed: "Tao Xianchang has said that he is ill and has not seen any outsiders in recent days."
Eunuch Qin rubbed the jade belt around his waist and said with a sneer: "No foreigners? As far as I know, Taoist Master Tao just saw someone yesterday. How come he suddenly feels ill today?"
The disciple on duty didn't want to offend anyone, so he accompanied Eunuch Qin to say good things.
Eunuch Qin suddenly showed off his cards and shouted to the disciple: "I am Qin Fu of Dongchang! Can you see Tao Immortal?"
In the shadow of the famous tree, the disciples on duty immediately knelt down.
I didn't expect that the first person I would receive today would be such a difficult person. The difficulty is too hellish.
He could only explain in a low voice: "It's not that Immortal Tao refuses to see Duke Qin. In fact, Immortal Tao is not here. He went to Zhenren Mansion in the west to serve Zhenren Shao."
Faced with the strong pressure from the factory boss, this disciple even told Tao Laodao's whereabouts, and he really tried his best to compromise.
Eunuch Qin was a suspicious person, and he immediately guessed the inside story from a few simple sentences.
So he turned around and left without saying a word, not wasting any more time here.
Returning to the Dongchang Yamen Office, I saw Gao Zhong, the eunuch and eunuch of the Royal Horse, waiting to discuss the affairs of the southern tour.
"Where did Mr. Qin go?" Gao Zhong asked casually.
Eunuch Qin had nothing to hide from Gao Zhong, his closest ally. "I went to Xianling Palace because I wanted to meet Tao Zhongwen, who was recommended by Master Shao."
Gao Zhong became even more interested and asked quickly: "What was the result?"
Eunuch Qin replied: "Tao Zhongwen hid in Shaozhen's Mansion and saw no outsiders."
Gao Zhong was a little confused: "What does he mean?"
Eunuch Qin sneered: "I'm afraid I already had an idea, so I took such a stance."
Gao Zhong still didn't understand. He knew that he was not as thoughtful as Eunuch Qin, so he took the initiative to ask: "Are you sure?"
Eunuch Qin's true thoughts were rarely revealed, but he might need Gao Zhong's cooperation in the future, so he patiently said a few words:
"Any normal person, at this juncture, must be waiting for a price, so how can there be any reason not to meet the customer?
So Tao Zhongwen has made up his mind, he must have someone to connect with him, and he no longer needs to listen to other people's conditions, so he will hide in the real man's house!"
Gao Zhong said disdainfully: "He's just a Taoist priest. If you can't make friends with him, you won't be able to make friends with him. As Master Qin, why should you care about such a person?"
Eunuch Qin said a little sinisterly: "Don't ignore the evil because it's small, don't ignore the good because it's small, be on guard against the slightest, and don't ignore it."
Gao Zhong was stunned and puzzled. He didn't understand why Eunuch Qin got so violent. Tao Laodao just didn't want to see you. What about trivial things?
Eunuch Qin said with profound meaning: "As far as I know, Tao Laodao met Zhang Zuo before, and then Tao Laodao stopped seeing Zhang Zuo. Is it difficult to understand that you can't figure out the connection?
So I guess that Zhang Zuo is the one who makes Tao Laodao make up his mind. Do you think you can tolerate this in my position?"
In fact, Eunuch Qin only got half of his guesses right, but the other half went straight to the ditch because he was too suspicious. The person who made Tao Laodao make up his mind was really not Zhang Zuo.
However, Eunuch Qin couldn't help but be careless. They were all eunuchs trusted by the emperor, and they could be said to be respectable figures, but in the final analysis they were still domestic slaves.
Although the Imperial Preceptor also made a living in front of the Emperor, his identity was different from that of a "domestic slave" and had its own special features, especially when he met an emperor who was superstitious.
Eunuch Qin is not quite sure what the consequences will be if the eunuch, the eunuch in charge of rituals, and the imperial master join forces.
But he didn't want to take any risks to test it. The palace would hardly give anyone a chance to try and make mistakes!
"Just tell me what to do?" Gao Zhong always followed the lead of the Qin eunuch and asked without hesitation.
Eunuch Qin hammered the table hard and said with determination: "What I mean is, I would rather kill him by mistake than let him go.
Even if the future national master does not belong to us, we cannot let Zhang Zuo get it and let him increase his power.
That Tao Laodao is considered to be the future national master, but it is still the future, not the present! It is not impossible to make him become the past!"
At this time, Xu Miaojing, an errand worker employed by Eunuch Qin, came over to report on the affairs of Yongdinghe Manor.
Eunuch Qin felt that Xu Miaojing had matured a lot recently, so he casually ordered: "I'll put some more burden on you, put down these chores, and dedicate some manpower to investigate the information about Tao Zhongwen in the Apparition Palace!"
Xu Miaojing: ""
Eunuch Qin looked at Xu Miaojing suspiciously, why didn't he accept the order?
When Xu Miaojing got married to Mrs. Tao three years ago, her father-in-law, Tao Laodao, was an ordinary man with no special reputation, and no one would pay special attention to him at all.
Eunuch Qin handled so much information that he passed it after hearing it three years ago. At that time, he didn't even care about Tao Zhongwen's name.
I have long forgotten it now.
So Xu Miaojing wanted to cry again. It was so difficult to be a human being.
With the factory owner's ruthless determination, this must be a deliberate attempt to force him to kill his relatives out of justice, but he really can't do it!
