When they heard that the imperial edict came from the capital, and that it was the father-in-law who came with the edict, everyone's eyes flashed with worry.
Throughout the year, imperial edicts would also come to the palace, but they were all brought here by the cavalry of the Ministry of War. They had nothing serious to do, so they were just talking about the big cake.
But this time, it was delivered by the eunuch himself, which made people extremely worried.
Many generals quickly arranged their clothes and prepared to go out together to receive the order.
Fu San cursed and crossed the threshold, but instead of going to the backyard bedroom, he went straight out of the door.
Ma Rujing and others quickly caught up.
"You bastard, why don't you call Chu Qing!"
Fu San said angrily: "My young master is sleeping."
"Why are you sleeping? When the imperial edict comes, you still don't accept it personally."
Fu San was suddenly stunned for a moment, and his intelligent little eyes radiated light again.
If the fourth child had something urgent, he would definitely ask Qianqiying Tanma to deliver the message. Why would it be an imperial edict?
In the blink of an eye, the third brother thought of countless possibilities. Finally, he used the elimination method and got the accurate answer, with a look of disdain on his face.
Ma Rujing urged: "What are you doing here? Why don't you call your young master?"
"I talked about sleeping, it's not an important matter." Fusan squinted his eyes and said to himself: "It must be that the news of extorting money has spread. Old... The emperor is probably here to borrow money. This imperial edict says
Maybe it’s an IOU.”
"What?"
Ma Rujing was so angry that he cursed: "At what point do you still talk nonsense and pay IOUs? You are crazy. If it is an IOU, I will write the character "horse" backwards!"
Tian Hailong on the side swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
Emperor, you won't be so stubborn, right?
Fu San stopped talking to Ma Rujing and walked forward on his own.
When Ma Rujing saw that Fu San was confused, he quickly asked Niu Ren to wake up the bed and wake up Chu Qing. Unexpectedly, as soon as Lao Niu arrived at the door, he was stopped by Chang Xian and Tong Gui who had been guarding him all morning.
The same thing happens: Chu Qing is sleeping. Unless he wakes up naturally, no one can go near the bedroom.
This made Lao Niu angry. It didn't matter that Tong Gui was there. The main reason was that King Langya was there with red eyes. He would fight anyone who dared to disturb Chu Qing's sleep. Niu Ren had to go back and find Ma Rujing.
When we arrived outside the Marshal's Mansion, a row of cars were parked outside. The eunuch, who was not that old, was holding an imperial edict in his hand and was pacing anxiously.
The old eunuch's surname was Hu, Hu Xiao. When Chu Qing first debuted, the two of them had a relationship. The eunuch in charge of the outer court almost didn't let the imperial guards beat Chu Qing to death.
Hu Xiao's face was covered with sweat, and her heart was agitated.
Because there is no need to come out to receive this imperial edict. His boss’s boss’s boss, that is, Sun An, said that his boss’s boss’s boss’s boss, that is, the emperor, wants him to hand over this imperial edict to Chu Qing in person. No need
Get rid of those useless ones, kneel down, receive orders, etc. Just give the imperial edict to Chu Qing. Ask Chu Qing what he means and whether he can borrow it. Moreover, the fourth child also said harshly, if he can't borrow it,
Just cut off your mother's kindness, and don't go to the palace to play with him when you return to Beijing.
As a result, when they arrived at the place just now, the gatekeepers saw that it was the father-in-law from Beijing, and hurried in to report. Hu Xiao didn't stop him. He wanted to go in, but he didn't dare because he asked about it when he arrived at Jinge Town.
Okay, now Chu Qing has the final say in the Marshal's Mansion.
He didn't dare to go in rashly, because Chu Qing didn't let him in. If he went in directly, Chu Qing would go up and slap him twice, and no one would stand up for him.
Just over a year has passed, and their identities are already completely different.
Chu Qing entered the palace several times and saw Hu Xiao, but he did not recognize Hu Xiao. He felt that the eunuchs all had the same virtues, and the young eunuchs, middle-aged eunuchs, and old eunuchs all looked similar.
Several times when Chu Qing entered the palace, Hu Xiao hid far away, behind the pillars, and did not dare to take the initiative to say hello because of his low self-esteem, very low self-esteem.
How can you not know about the affairs of the outer dynasty when you are hanging around in the palace? In the second half of last year, you could hear the name Chu Qing wherever you went. Which doctor was put in jail today, which minister was killed tomorrow, and which one was killed the day after tomorrow?
The minister gave in, and the day after tomorrow he gave a certain prince a beating at the Moon Landing Tower. The day after tomorrow, he picked up a government office in one pot, and the day after tomorrow, he led the detective horses to surround the Duke's Mansion...
Therefore, Hu Xiao has low self-esteem and dare not take the initiative to say hello. He feels that he is not worthy.
He had heard about things in the outer dynasty, but he had seen things in the palace with his own eyes several times.
I saw Chu Qing chatting with the Emperor in the Jingyi Palace. After that, he was quite "full of mother-in-law". Or he went to the Zhaoyang Palace to have a drink with the Supreme Emperor. Going to the palace was like going to his own home, and he had fun.
In the middle of the night, the eunuchs had to open the palace door.
One time, Hu Xiao saw with his own eyes that Chu Qing entered the palace, walked around, and finally fell asleep sitting next to the flower bed.
After sleeping for half an hour and stretching, I happened to see a eunuch going to the Jingyi Hall to deliver tea to the emperor. Then this guy actually stopped the eunuch, picked from the food box, took two bites and put it back.
, and finally left the palace humming a tune with his hands behind his back, just like going inside the palace to have afternoon tea.
So Hu Xiao was very afraid. Go in. You didn’t notify anyone, and they didn’t allow you to go in. You just stabbed yourself to death, and there was no room for reasoning.
According to the rumors Hu Xiao had heard, he really felt that he was not just imagining it. According to the rumors, Chu Qing was an unstable master who would kill others at every turn. The ministers would go down one after another.
He is said to be a eunuch.
But don't go in. The soldiers rushed in and yelled, saying that a dead eunuch had come to the capital and asked Eunuch Chu to go out to receive the order.
Fu San and a group of generals came out. Before Hu Xiao, who was in a panic, could speak, the third brother frowned and said, "It's just you?"
Hu Xiao quickly searched for Chu Qing's figure, and Ma Rujing also spoke: "But is there an imperial decree for Chu Qing?"
"Yes, I don't know, Commander-in-Chief of Chu?"
"This is handsome Ma Rujing." Ma Rujing turned around and saw Niu Ren running over, but there was no sign of Chu Qing.
Niu Ren hurriedly ran out of the house with a smile on his face, gritted his teeth, took out fifty coins from his sleeve, and handed it to Hu Xiao: "Master Chu went into battle yesterday and suffered some injuries. He is still unconscious and unable to do anything.
I accept the order, my father-in-law forgives me, and I hope you will see me again..."
"What?"
Hu Xiao's face turned pale instantly, and he was confused: "Commander Chu is actually injured?"
At this moment, Hu Xiao felt that he was dead. When he returned to the capital and the palace, when the emperor asked, he said that Chu Qing was injured. No need to think about it, the furious emperor would definitely be the first to kill him and spread evil fire.
When Niu Ren saw that the other party did not accept the "huge sum of money", he asked in a low voice: "The emperor actually sent his father-in-law to announce the edict in person. I didn't know this edict..."
"This...this..."
After a long time, Hu Xiao didn't come up with a reason, but Niu Ren was frightened: "What is the content of this imperial edict?"
Hu Xiao subconsciously said: "Excuse me."
"A warning?!"
Niu Ren's complexion changed drastically, as did Ma Rujing and others.
Tian Hailong's heart skipped a beat, and he blurted out: "Could it be that a family from Xunyang Dao has found someone to go to Beijing to file a complaint?"
Ma Rujing walked over quickly and said loudly: "Is that true? Are those aristocratic families so talkative?"
Hu Xiao didn't hear the previous sentence at all, but he heard "Aristocratic Family" and nodded instinctively.
Others didn't know it, but he knew very well that this was Lao Si's IOU, because Chu Qing had blackmailed tens of millions of dollars from the noble family before, and Lao Si was jealous, and then he came over to him.
Seeing the eunuch nodding, everyone's hearts sank to the bottom.
The eunuch sent the imperial edict in person, and clearly stated that it was an imperial edict, and it was because of the noble family!
Ma Rujing took a deep breath and slowly knelt down: "The affairs of several major families in Xunyang Dao have nothing to do with Chu Jianzheng. I am the one who makes the decision. If you are questioned, I will bear the responsibility."
Tian Hailong also immediately knelt on the ground, as did other generals.
"Yes, the incident involving the Xunyang Taoist family started because of us. We were also killed by the border troops and had nothing to do with Chu Jianzheng."
There was a lot of talk, and everyone began to take the blame.
Only Fu San remained silent. He looked back at the group of generals and suddenly remembered something.
When he was in Beijing, the young master always had one word on his lips, what was it called, yes, funny!
Hu Xiao was dumbfounded.
Ma Rujing lowered his head and said loudly: "My father-in-law, Supervisor Chu was injured by a knife and was unable to receive the order. The commander-in-chief of the Border Guard, Ma Rujing, accepted the order on behalf of Supervisor Chu."
Hu Xiao wanted to go in quickly to see what was going on with Chu Qing, so she quickly spread out the imperial edict and read it word by word.
"The commander of the Qianqi Battalion, the supervisor of the three military weapons, Chu Qing, a man from Si'an County, has bad moral conduct, is arrogant and rude..."
Ma Rujing sighed repeatedly, and the expressions of other generals were not very good either.
"Repeatedly speaking to offend Your Majesty is a crime of great disrespect..."
"The so-called ministers are those who share the king's worries. Since I ascended the throne, I have been diligently governing the country..."
"I regret that the draft ceremony has not been held. It is not because I am willing to waste people and money, but because this old guy, the Supreme Emperor, is urging me all day long..."
Everyone raised their heads.
What the hell?
"I'm not a greedy person, a million dollars is enough..."
"If I say I'll pay you back, I'll pay you back. Whoever doesn't pay you back is a dog..."
Except for Fu San, everyone had their heads raised, their mouths grinned, and their expressions were dull.
"The price is only 300,000 guan. It can't be any less. You have plundered 10 million guan in the capital. You must know that when we were in Huachuan, you and I conspired to do big things. We even said 30-70, I am 70,000 guan.
, that time, even though I was not a human being, I deceived you, but this time, I will pay you back as I said..."
Everyone's brains are blank.
Except for Fu San's expression, Tian Hailong subconsciously turned his head and looked at Ma Rujing, admiring him.
It's really an IOU, and it also has the meaning of a letter of apology.
"Three hundred thousand guan, it's settled, thank you Brother Chu, I appreciate this!"
The last word from Hu Xiao's mouth fell, and there was silence outside the Marshal's house.
After a long while, Ma Rujing asked dumbfounded: "Is this imperial edict written by the emperor of our Chang Dynasty?"
Hu Xiao looked at Ma Rujing as if he were an idiot.