It has only been less than a year since the Liu Mansion in Shajia Hutong became the most popular place in the capital. However, it is a rare day for the Liu Mansion, which has always opened its doors to people as long as they are willing to offer their loyalty and money. The place was extremely difficult to enter. A group of foreign officials who came to the door with heavy gifts heard that Liu Jin was going to entertain distinguished guests that night. After the initial disappointment, they all understood. Although many people left in anger, there were also more The people still didn't give up, and planned to wait and see if any of the big shots coming to the banquet tonight would like them. Therefore, when Xu Xun and his subordinates entered Liu's house with a tied-up man, there was a lot of discussion. .
"Have you seen it? That's the famous Uncle Pingbei!"
"This title will only be effective for a few days. Look, within a few days, this title will be upgraded to at least one level!"
"It's not surprising to be promoted to two levels. Who doesn't know that the current emperor trusts Uncle Pingbei the most? Tsk tsk. I heard that the emperor even had the National People's Congress sleep with him... I don't know who the person who was tied up just now dared to offend this person. In the hands of an adult..."
Amid those comments of envy, jealousy, or malicious speculation, the sky darkened unconsciously. As the sound of horse hoofbeats came again from outside the alley, some people suddenly stretched their necks to look at the place where the sound came from. When they saw that A group of more than a dozen people turned the corner and came in at lightning speed, as if they didn't care whether they would accidentally trample on anyone. Naturally, everyone rushed to the wall to dodge. A slow-moving servant was even kicked by the high horse's hooves. After a while, he sat up with his arms folded and rolled around. There was already bloodshot eyes at the corners of his mouth.
When I saw the old man in his early fifties wearing a python robe walking in through the main entrance at the head of the horse, the voices around him suddenly became louder. The newcomers asked the old man, and the old man was often not very clear. In the end, it was still the case. An old officer laughed and said: "Are you all ignorant? That is Eunuch Qiu, the admiral of Dongchang! He rarely comes to Eunuch Liu. Today, he is so reckless and reckless. He must have encountered some troubles and is in a bad mood. !”
Qiu Ju was indeed in a very bad mood. Although Wang Ping never ran away, someone from the back door of the mansion finally came out to inform him. When he learned that Xu Xun led a group of people to smash the door and beat his people, and also sent Wang Ping to the house. Ping was kidnapped, and he felt his heart boiling for a moment. When he inquired and found out that Xu Xun came directly to Liu Jin, he patiently arranged all the things that needed to be dealt with, and then he rushed over with his people.
At this moment, he went straight to the brightly lit main hall, barged in with a straight face and his hands behind his back, and saw that in addition to Liu Jin, Xu Xun, Gu Dayong, Zhang Cai, Jiao Fang, Liu Yu, Ma Yongcheng, Wei Bin, etc. Everyone was waiting, so he took a deep breath and asked sternly: "Xu Xun. Why did you trespass on my Dongchang's territory? After causing trouble, you even kidnapped our family members!"
Regardless of whether there are constant little tricks behind the scenes, today is a banquet, whether it is Liu Jin, Xu Xun, others on both sides, even Ma Yongcheng and Wei Bin, it is just because Liu Jin personally invited him. He will not come. It was nice to see people who came here just to show off their faces and make fun of each other. They were all smiling and enjoying each other. Therefore, Qiu Ju came with an attitude of calling for punishment, which naturally made the lobby originally extremely harmonious. The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
However, Xu Xun, who was being questioned, raised his eyebrows, but before he could speak, Liu Jin's face darkened and said: "Lao Qiu, our family is here to pick up Brother Xu tonight, what are you doing? Besides, what did you say?
Our family has also heard from Brother Xu that your god-grandson has gone too far. He has been banging gongs all day long next to the house of Ye Guang, the commander of Jinyiweidu. The noise has made Ye Guang, who is already ill, uncomfortable even recuperating.
, Brother Xu went to visit someone today, and he didn’t know how to calm down. Isn’t this causing trouble for you? Brother Xu personally came to the door to argue with him, but he even blocked the person outside. Who did he think he was? So disrespectful.
You know that the sky is the limit and the guy knows how to cause trouble, why are you so worried about him!"….
Qiu Ju never expected that before Xu Xun could speak, Liu Jin would step in for him, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak. After a long time, he was so angry that he laughed and said: "Eunuch Liu said it very lightly! If you are here
Zhang Wenmian and Sun Cong also made mistakes and fell into Xu Xun's hands for a while, and ended up being treated like this. Could it be that you can also say such gentle and clever words? "
"Are there any such ungrateful people in our family?" Seeing that Qiu Ju dared to argue with her, Liu Jin's face suddenly became more gloomy, and then she leaned on the armrest with one hand to support her chin, and said with a half-smile, "Our family
Unlike you, Eunuch Qiu, who has a godson on the left and a godson on the right. Up to now, our family has not had more than two eunuchs under its name, so of course we don’t have to worry about anyone misbehaving outside in our name.
Cheating!"
"you……"
Seeing that Qiu Ju was so angry that Xu Xun's face turned blue, he stood up and said slowly: "This matter started because of me. Please stop arguing. It's just that, Eunuch Qiu, the whole capital doesn't know that Jin Yiwei and I
I'm afraid there aren't many people that Mr. Ye is close to, and that probably doesn't include Eunuch Qiu, who is in charge of Dongchang and has good eyes and ears. Since he knows, he still has to harass him day and night. I don't think it's Eunuch Qiu who is such an unkind act.
Instructed?"
Although the words sounded soft, the sharp meaning in them immediately made the listeners awe-inspiring. Even though Qiu Ju was furious with Liu Jin at this time, he would never let this loophole be taken advantage of in his words, and he immediately suppressed his anger and said
: "It was just a momentary oversight by the people below. How could our family allow someone to do such a stupid thing!"
"In this case, what Eunuch Liu just said is correct. Since it was not Eunuch Qiu's instruction, it must be the people below who acted recklessly, and..." Xu Xun paused, and then said with a half-smile, "Before, I
When I asked Wang Ping, he swore that he was under the orders of Eunuch Qiu!"
Although Xu Xun was smiling, Qiu Ju didn't know that this little fox had always had the temperament to hide his sword behind his smile. In the past, it was others who realized this, but now he was the one facing such sharp words. He couldn't help but
His heart froze. Looking around at the people in the lobby, he saw that Liu Jin still looked gloomy. Some of the other people were gloating about his misfortune, some had nothing to do with themselves, some were very interested, and some were whispering... From a glance, there was nothing he could do for him.
Talking out of trouble.
Thinking back to the time when he was in the East Palace, Liu Jin was not the highest-ranking among them. Later, when the young emperor came to the throne, they were called the Eight Tigers, and Liu Jin was not the leader. But now the court knows Eunuch Liu, and they all stand aside.
. He couldn't win over any officials at all, and the anger in his stomach suddenly became more intense. After a long while, Qiu Ju finally burst out a sentence word by word.
"Then what does Uncle Pingbei want to do with someone to vent your anger?"
"We are in the Liu Mansion now, and the person belongs to Eunuch Qiu, so I don't have to do anything for you." Xu Xun raised his head and said with a smile to Cao Qian, who was standing behind him, "Cao Qian, go and take the person up.
, please Eunuch Liu and Eunuch Qiu deal with it."
As the tied-up Wang Ping was escorted up, the huge main hall became quieter for a while. No matter how majestic the official was in front of his subordinates, he didn't say a word at this moment. Qiu Ju stared at Wang Ping with angry eyes.
After watching for a long time, although he wanted to kick this troubled godson to death, he still calmed down and said: "I will take him back. When he comes back, he will be driven to Nanjing's new house to work as a handyman, and he will not be able to come back for life."
Beijing!"
Seeing Xu Xun nodded slightly, as if he had no objection. Qiu Ju brushed his sleeves and was about to turn around to leave. Unexpectedly, before he could take a step forward, Liu Jin's gloomy voice came from behind: "Lao Qiu, what kind of treatment is this?
Isn't that too lenient? Drive people to Nanjing, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. God knows whether this person is doing a handyman job to pay for his crime, or is he enjoying himself and continuing to be prosperous and wealthy? Let us tell you, troublemakers like this need to be taught a lesson.
More importantly, it should serve as a warning to others! Besides, God knows if he was ordered to ruin your reputation by being so wanton and reckless before. In our opinion, punishing him by confiscating the drum room and becoming a pure army is better than going to Nanjing.
"….
The so-called Jingjun can be said to be the lowest eunuchs among the eunuchs. Most of them are from the palace. Except for a few who can be assigned to the nobles, most of them are called Jingjun.
It is the most painful and tiring job, and as long as the king feels that there are too many eunuchs in the palace, or when hundreds of officials write letters to make suggestions, there is a high chance that these people will be released and incorporated into the entrance and external guards to serve as troops. As for the watch room, that is more
It is one of the most painful jobs in the entire palace. Every night, you go to the Xuanwu Gate Tower to watch the watch. You are not allowed to bring lights. No matter it is windy or rainy or it is cold and snowy, you cannot slack off or make any mistakes.
It was a severe rebuke. I thought that when Li Rong got rid of Jia Shichun, he did it when Jia Shichun was demoted to the drum room.
Everyone in the palace knew the pain of Genggufang, so not only did Wang Ping lose his mind for a moment, but even Qiu Ju's expression changed drastically. But Liu Jin didn't seem to notice, and looked at Gu Dayong and Wei with a smile.
Bin Ma Yongcheng said: "Lao Gu, Lao Wei, Lao Ma, what do you think of our idea?"
"Well...isn't this a bit cruel?" Wei Bin just said this, and when he saw Liu Jin's eyes were different, he immediately laughed and said, "It's just that this kid is too vicious in what he does, and he deserves his own fault for this end!"
"
"I don't have any objections. It's not my person."
Gu Dayong ignored the matter as it had nothing to do with him. Ma Yongcheng pretended to be dumbfounded when he saw Wei Bin, so he didn't bother to pay attention to Qiu Ju's gaze. He secretly thought that when you were in charge of Dongchang and were prosperous, you didn't think about it.
Looking after me, he immediately pretended to be stupid and said in a stunned tone: "Death penalty can be avoided, but living crime is difficult to forgive. Lao Liu, you are so good-tempered that you gave him a way to survive!"
Seeing everyone agreeing with Liu Jin, Qiu Ju's face turned blue and white. In the end, he didn't even look at Wang Ping, who had a begging face, and said angrily: "Okay, okay,
You can deal with it how you want! Our family still has many things to do, so I won’t accompany you!"
As Qiu Ju walked away, Xu Xun saw Liu Jin's expression change, and waved his hand to signal Cao Qian to lead his soldiers to drag Na Wangzhi down. Then he smiled and cupped his hands and said: "Don't do it for such a trivial thing.
Man, you ruined today’s rare grand event. Speaking of which, I am the first person to come today. I am so hungry that my chest is pressed against my back. Shouldn’t we start the banquet?”
Being interrupted by Xu Xun, Liu Jin felt relieved. He nodded slightly to Sun Cong beside him, and he changed the topic. Today, everyone sat in separate seats, with a black lacquered table in front of each person.
, Sun Cong personally led several smart little eunuchs to walk there, letting the guests choose their favorite dishes and snacks from the gilded list, and then brought them up in boxes one by one. And the young and beautiful maid
He was always waiting with a pot beside him. While he was drinking heavily, a kabuki came up to add to the fun. He looked like he was overjoyed with laughter. But he only talked about romantic affairs and never talked about the important affairs of the court.
The guests and hosts were having a great time. Needless to say, Liu Jin was red-faced after drinking. Even Xu Xun, who was slightly drunk, half-heartedly allowed a picturesque singer to kneel beside the table to serve the wine. As for Zhang Cai, it was even less necessary.
After all, he even smelled of alcohol and said with a smile when Liu Jin asked about the quality of his concubine: "Eunuch Liu is such a beautiful lady. I don't know how much he must be envied by his poverty-stricken resources, let alone a low-ranking official? It's just that
The most beautiful person is by Uncle Pingbei's side, otherwise I would have wanted to ask Mr. Liu for a verbal favor."
With Zhang Cai's rapid rise, not only the whole court was aware of his shortcomings, but at least everyone here knew about it. Therefore, seeing him using his drunkenness to directly beg the singer who was serving Xu Xun, Liu Jin
He was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly and said: "Our family has no objection to this matter, as long as Pingbei Bo is willing to give up love!"….
Xu Xun's identity is different now. There are very few occasions where he can act on the spot. Therefore, when he heard Zhang Cai asking for someone in this way, he was half drunk. He glanced at Zhang Cai thoughtfully, and then said
He smiled and said, "Since Eunuch Liu is willing to do it, what else can I say? Just be careful, Xilu. You have quite a few pets in your house!"
This little interlude that just made people laugh came and went quickly. When the song ended and everyone left, they saw the delicate-looking singer helping Zhang Cai into the carriage, while Xu Xun's face was full of drunkenness.
As the entourage mounted their horses and galloped off, the two of them did not walk all the way. Liu Jin, who rarely walked to the door in person, immediately scratched his bare chin, his eyes twinkling. At this time, Jiao Fang, who had been delaying on purpose, stepped forward.
He smiled and said: "Zhang Xilu has been suffering from the disease for a day or two. I didn't expect him to be so arrogant and dare to compete with Xu Xun for a woman!"
Liu Jin smiled faintly and said: "Our family is not angry at Xu Xun. Maybe we don't take it to heart at all. The wife in Xu Xun's family is very fierce. Besides, when did you hear that he was lecherous?"
"Eunuch Liu, even if men are not lewd, they are all good at saving face. With Zhang Xilu treating Xu Xun's face like this, it will only be a matter of time before a rift between master and slave arises." At this point, Jiao Fang saw that Liu Jin was already moved.
Then he lowered his voice and said, "Furthermore, although Xu Xun lives in Beijing now, he is from the south, while Zhang Xilu is originally from Henan, but he is a genuine northerner. Since my father-in-law knows that he is ill, he should pay more attention to it.
Kung Fu, who knows he won't turn to his father-in-law? The meaning of Xu Xun's sentence about "too much favor" just now is very obvious. A smart man like Zhang Xilu will not fail to hear it! He has always been conceited in his strategy, so he may not always be willing to give in.
I am now assisting Zhang Fuhua first, and then Lin Han. This opportunity to take charge of a department should be what he wants most!"
"Our family knows."
Liu Jin nodded slightly, neither saying that he would adopt Jiao Fang's idea, nor that he would not adopt it. But when Jiao Fang left, he couldn't help but make some calculations in his mind. However, he did not start the matter first, but thought of it first. Qian Ning didn't even show his face tonight. This time, he didn't make a big fuss, and simply ordered people to go to Xi'anmen Nei Nei Factory to find someone from the Xixin Department. Two quarters of an hour later, Qian Ning's head was full. I came to see him in a sweat, but handed him a stack of case files without saying a word.
"Eunuch Liu, these are all the illegal things that Eunuch Qiu's Dongchang has done since last year!"
This Qian Ning is really worry-free and comfortable to use!
When Xu Xun was led into the house by two maids, Shen Yue, who was almost impatient with the waiting, breathed a sigh of relief. After retreating, she signaled Ruyi, who was coming to help, to take care of the child first, and then served her herself. Xu Xun took off the robe. But when her hand touched the third button, her wrist was suddenly firmly grasped by a hot hand. When she looked up, she found that Xu Xun had opened his eyes. When you open your eyes, they are clear and bright. Where is the slightest hint of drunkenness?
"Okay, pretending to be drunk again to fool people!" Shen Yue struggled hard, but seeing that she couldn't resist Xu Xun's strength, she snorted angrily, "It smells of wine and powder, and you are still making trouble with me. Did you forget everything while you were out having fun?"
"Do you really think your husband-in-law is this kind of person?"
Seeing the smile on Xu Xun's lips, Shen Yue was speechless and her voice could not help but become softer: "I know you are used to pretending to show off to others, but you have to be careful with your body, don't be like Mr. Zhang. Dad said he was out again last night. I wrote a note and asked a popular singer from Yanle Hutong to come to the house..."
"Zhang Xilu will probably wake up laughing when he hears your worries!" Xu Xun laughed loudly, and then simply pulled Shen Yue to sit on his lap, half jokingly referring to Zhang Cai asking Liu Jin for help tonight. After talking about the matter, he immediately said with a smile, "It is a sin for a person to have a disease, but in the eyes of a caring person, it is a weakness. People with weaknesses are always easy to deal with, and they are not easy to be feared. This is also Zhang Cai's cleverness place."
Although Zhang Cai didn't say anything to him when he hugged the beauty back, Xu Xun was still 90% sure of his guess. At this moment, seeing Shen Yue, Shen Yue couldn't help but widen his eyes, and he stopped explaining the matter. , but talked with great interest about visiting Ye Guang in the afternoon, going to the nearby house to make a big fuss, and tonight there was even more fuss at Liu Jin's place, and then he smiled and said: "Look If it’s done, Qiu Ju will be in bad luck!”
"Hmph, who doesn't know that killing someone with a borrowed knife is your most skillful move!"
"But this time, it was someone else who lent me the knife... But in the end, I can't say who borrowed the knife from whom."