Zhang Zhong turned around with an unkind expression on his face, looked at the young eunuch, and said in a deep voice: "Xiao Chen, please don't meddle in my business."
This young eunuch who suddenly appeared was none other than Chen Jing, the supervising eunuch of the expert factory and the eunuch in charge of the internal transport warehouse. He and Zhang Zhong had known each other since childhood. They knew each other very well and knew each other's trump cards very clearly.
Chen Jing looked at the group of people behind Zhang Zhong and said with a smile: "Brother Zhang, you and I have not seen each other for a long time, why don't we have a drink? It's at Mr. Zhang's Fengwu Tower. The younger brother is the host, and the older brother agrees.
how?"
Zhang Zhong snorted: "We have different paths and we don't agree with each other. Xiao Chen, my brother neither dares to drink your glass of wine nor can he afford it."
Chen Jing pondered for a while and waved to Gao Tongzhi behind him. Immediately, three guards in golden robes brought up a wooden tray covered with red cloth. There was something vaguely visible underneath.
When he arrived, Chen Jing pulled the red cloth and saw dozens of gold and silver in wooden trays, clearly placed there.
"Brother, do you know about horse thieves?" Chen Jing smiled slightly and said something softly.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a commotion behind Zhang Zhong. Liu Qi seemed to be about to pull out the long sword from his waist, but was hugged tightly by his eldest brother Liu Liu. The other party had two to three hundred Jinyi guards, and he only had twenty
The rest of us are not on the same level when comparing power and force. If you want to use force, you are just seeking death.
Zhang Zhong glanced at the other party: "Xiaoba, what do you mean?"
Xiaoba was Chen Jing's childhood name. The two of them had shared joys and sorrows in Datongpu in the East Palace more than ten years ago. Zhang Zhong now called him out, which was a disguised subdument and wanted to ask the other party to show his favor. Because he brought
The secret identities of this group of people are famous horse thieves.
Gu'an, Yongqing, Bazhou and Wen'an to the south of the capital, that is, to the east of the Daming Martial Arts Academy in Baoding, are the places where the Jingwei garrison and troops live together. Up to the Tianjin Sanwei, everyone is arrogant and fierce by nature. Riding, shooting and
Martial arts is the foundation for everyone to settle down and live a life.
Among these people, those who are lucky can squeeze into the Ming Dynasty's guard posts or border troops and make money as junior officers. But most people are not willing to do such hard work, but like to make quick money and do business.
Robbery along the road, known as horse thieves.
Chen Jing replied: "Brother, this money is the hard-earned money given to these brothers. I hope they will know their way back soon to avoid more troubles."
He was talking openly about this group of horse thieves, but secretly he was reminding Zhang Zhong not to do anything that would harm others but not benefit himself.
Zhang Zhong naturally understood and said in a deep voice: "These are all young men in the army and pillars of the court. Why are they causing trouble?"
The horse thieves were either local tycoons, or they were the children of the guards, or a family of soldiers and bandits, and the court had nothing to do with them. Take Zhang Mao for example, he lived in Wen'an County and was an old neighbor of Zhang Zhong. After Zhang Zhong entered the palace and became powerful, he did not forget this.
Old friends, the two became brothers and worked together to make money.
Zhang Mao's home had multiple buildings and walls, housing the most heinous thieves from all over the country. He had many brothers and strong men and horses. Hejian General Yuan Biao couldn't stand it, so he mobilized his troops and fought with Zhang Mao several times.
.Although General Yuan Shen is not a good person, and he is more ruthless than Zhang Mao in extracting illegal money, but he really has a few brushes under his hands, and he beats Zhang Mao, an old bandit, crying for his father.
With no other choice, Zhang Mao had to go to Beijing to ask for help from his old neighbor, his good brother Zhang Zhong. A few days later, Zhang Zhong sent a letter to recruit Yuan Biao from Hejian to his mansion and put him on a table.
Banquet, good hospitality.
Zhang Zhong was the eunuch in charge of the royal horse, an old man from the East Palace, and a popular figure in front of the emperor. Yuan Biao was just a small local general. He was immediately flattered and wished he could kneel down in front of Eunuch Zhang and call him godfather.
After drinking for three rounds, Zhang Zhong called someone over, sat across from Yuan Biao, pointed at him and said: "This man is my younger brother! We will see each other well from now on, and there will be no mutual understanding!"...
Yuan Biao took a look and realized that this damn thief was none other than Zhang Mao, the thief who was often taught a lesson by him. He had robbed him of several hundred taels of silver and an old sweetheart just a few days ago!
Before he had time to express his position, he heard Zhang Zhong say to Zhang Mao again: "General Yuan is one of our own, and you are not allowed to harass Hejian Mansion again in the future!"
Two tones, two attitudes!
Yuan Biao was not a fool, so he naturally did not dare to speak anymore. After returning home, he not only returned the money and women he had robbed a few days ago to Zhang Mao, but also handed Zhang Mao a greeting card. The two cut off the chicken heads and burned them on yellow paper. From then on,
They became brothers with different surnames, and the scale of thieves expanded from Shuntian Prefecture to Hejian, Baoding and Zhending Prefectures.
At the moment when horse thieves were running rampant, Chen Jing laughed loudly and said: "Brother, when you say this, you are just looking down on me. On the way here, I also visited Eunuch Liu and Zhang Yong."
Uncle Zhang."
He did not say anything about the attitudes of these two people, but Zhang Zhong could hear the profound meaning.
The key to the whole matter does not lie in whose attitude it is, but who the emperor chooses to support. As long as Zhu Shou is determined to support this person, no one will dare to kill him, and Chen Jing's attitude is the emperor's attitude.
This was also the reason why Zhang Zhong turned around and left as soon as he saw Chen Jing. The only thing he couldn't figure out was why Chen Jing stopped him and gave him gold and silver as payment for his hard work. How could this still be the style of an expert factory admiral Chen?
"Xiao Chen is the man for big things," Eunuch Liu, an old fox, once said to the younger generation of leaders and eunuchs. "When we guys get old, you should listen more to him about matters in the palace."
the meaning of."
Boss Liu is a leader among the eunuchs. By saying this, he undoubtedly appointed Chen Jing to take over his position.
Zhang Zhong thought of this, frowned, and asked in a low voice: "Xiaoba, what are you planning?"
Chen Jing smiled, pointed at Liu Liu, Liu Qi and others, and said in a strong tone that did not allow Zhang Zhong to refute: "Lend them a use."
Borrowing someone is borrowing, and borrowing a head is also borrowing. Chen Jing did not say how to borrow, but according to the rules of Zhang Mao and others, 90% of the time it was "borrowing the king's head to make an envoy". The thieves drew their swords one after another, preparing to fight to the death.
Give it a try.
"Stop it all!" Zhang Zhong shouted.
Chen Jing ignored these people, waved his hand, stretched out countless short crossbows from the surrounding windows, and together with hundreds of royal guards, surrounded more than 20 big thieves.
Zhang Zhong slapped Zhang Mao hard on the face, glared at the group of thieves, and shouted angrily: "Put away all the knives!"
He was the eldest brother of the group of thieves. They didn't dare to disobey orders, so they had to put their swords back into their sheaths.
Zhang Zhong turned to look at Chen Jing and said with a hint of pleading: "Xiao Ba, please spare their lives."
Chen Jing neither agreed nor refused, he just cupped his hands expressionlessly: "Brother, let's just say goodbye."
Speaking of arresting people, this is the special skill of the Jinyiwei. A group of wolf-like and tiger-like Jinyiwei lieutenants pounced on them, and in the blink of an eye, they tied up the thieves like rice dumplings, with a ball of rags stuffed in their mouths.
The two Jin Yiwei, who had been so threatened that they were covered in cold sweat, finally found their way back to the scene, and while they were tied up, they beat the thieves until their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen, and they let out a bad breath.
Wang Qinian was stunned by this magical turn of events, and the thought of seeking death in his heart faded away. He stood there dazedly, at a loss.
Chen Jing smiled at the mahjong-tiled official and said softly: "Master Wang, please come with me."
Wang Qinian seemed to wake up suddenly, and with a plop, he knelt on the ground, facing the north, and cried loudly: "Long live..."
Chen Jingren helped the small official who had narrowly escaped death, walked a few steps, stopped again, looked at the embarrassed Zhang Zhong, and whispered: "Brother, if I were you, I would go back to the palace and close the door.
Eat a vegetarian diet for two years.”….
After the Jin Yiwei people entered the Yamen, it took a long time for Zhang Zhong to suddenly realize and cried out: "This damn..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly covered his mouth again, looked at the pedestrians on his left and right, ran back to the palace, and never left the imperial city again.
Not to mention how Zhang Zhong changed his mind, let's just say that after Wang Qinian accompanied Chen Jing into Jinyiwei, he was led to stay in an elegant room.
Two hours later, Chen Jing walked in without any entourage. When he saw Wang Qinian, he said briskly: "How good is this place?"
Wang Qinian was startled. As the saying goes, if you are polite to others, you must ask for something. But Admiral Chen has a high position and can kill himself with one finger. What does he want?
"You...I..." Wang Qinian stood up, his face flushed, and he didn't show any greetings. He didn't know what to say.
Chen Jing laughed loudly, found a chair and sat down, then pointed to another chair and said: "Master Wang, this is your room, do you still want me to invite you to sit down?"
Wang Qinian was determined and said loudly: "Admiral Chen saved this official's life. If you want me to do anything, just ask, I, Wang, will never frown."
Chen Jing smiled and said: "Wang Qinian, Mr. Wang, Prefect Wang, you are amazing!"
Wang Zhifu? Wang Qinian's heart seemed to jump out of his chest all of a sudden. He used to be an ambassador of the ninth rank of the Ministry of Revenue, let alone a Jinshi. The prefect, whether it was a big or small house, was a fourth rank ambassador.
Senior officials! Even the elites of the civil service group who were born in Jinshi would not be able to rise to this high position without ten years of hard work.
From the ninth rank, he crossed countless chasms and rose straight to the fourth rank! At this speed, among the civilian officials of the Zhengde Dynasty, he could definitely rank among the top three.
Chen Jing saw that this little official seemed to be so happy that he joked: "Prefect Wang, with that slap in front of Jin Yiwei's door today, you caused a sensation in all the nine sects. In this Ming Dynasty, there are really not many people who don't know you at the moment.
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What he was talking about was the slap Wang Qinian slapped Liu Liu, but what he actually meant was the words he said in front of Zhu Shou. In the eyes of senior officials in the capital, big thieves like Liu Liu are just like petty thieves.
Such a figure is not worth mentioning. But Wang Qinian, who spoke astonishingly, dared to go against all the bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty. His courage was rare in the world.
Wang Qinian knew Chen Jing's teasing intention, but he just didn't know what Chen Jing, an expert factory eunuch, wanted to tell him, or what the emperor wanted him to do?
No matter what Zhu Shou asked him to do, Wang Qinian knew that he had no room for resistance. From an emotional and moral perspective, he was even willing to die for Zhu Shou.
Chen Jing seemed to know what Wang Qinian was thinking and said with a relaxed smile: "Prefect Wang, it's not really a big deal. There's just one thing you have to do."
Wang Qinian asked tremblingly: "What's the matter?"
Chen Jing picked up the tea cup next to the chair, blew the tea leaves floating on the water, and said softly: "Kill someone!" as if chatting with a friend.
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Who does Xiao Chen ask Mahjong Wang to kill? Brothers, cast your votes...it will be revealed next time.