A knife in love

Chapter 313

The imperial city, Zijin Mountain, and the Thousand-foot Pavilion.

At the beginning of the heavy rain, the raindrops kept dripping down the glazed tiles on the corner eaves of the Thousand-foot Pavilion, and hit the green bricks on the ground, causing countless splashes.

Every three or four steps outside the pavilion, there is a eunuch standing.These eunuchs formed a four-layer circle with the Qianchi Pavilion as the center.The eunuchs on the outermost layer were all dressed in green clothes and black gauze caps, standing with their heads bowed.The eunuchs on the second floor wore blue collared shirts and black gauze caps on their heads, but there were two small wings hanging behind the gauze caps.The eunuchs on the third level wore green robes with yellow patterns embroidered on them, and black gauze caps without wings.There are only five or six eunuchs in the circle of eunuchs closest to the Qianchi Pavilion, but these few people are dressed in big red python clothes, embroidered with dragon, red sun, and sea water patterns, and wear high black crowns on their heads.Different from other eunuchs, these five or six people did not stand with their hands down, but walked slowly around the Qianchi Pavilion.

On the stone table in the Thousand-foot Pavilion, there are four-color snacks and four plates of fruits. There is also a gold jug inlaid with emeralds beside the table. A coiled dragon carved in gold surrounds the jug. Protruding from the body of the pot, it happens to be the spout.There is a wine glass made of white jade on the east and west sides of the table, which are crystal clear and extremely delicate.There is a small half glass of wine in the two glasses, and a few strong aromas of wine are emitted from time to time.

At this time, there were two people standing in the pavilion, leaning on the railing and looking into the distance, looking at the Forbidden City under Zijin Mountain.

The man on the left is wearing a black gauze hat and a black long gown with a white underwear collar exposed at the neckline.I saw him with gray hair, two white eyebrows drooping from the corners of his eyes, and he looked like a fairy.He was beardless and had a ruddy complexion, like a baby.A pair of fine eyes seemed to be open or closed, as if he didn't pay attention to everything around him.The man on the right is in his 40s, with a square face, quite majestic and majestic.He was dressed in a big red python robe, which was the same as that of the five or six eunuchs beside the pavilion.It's just that this person is wearing a black gauze hat, with two long wings hanging from the back of the hat, which is exactly the same as the official hat of a first-rank official in the imperial court.

The old man looked at the Forbidden City at the foot of the mountain and said in a soft voice: "This mountain was called Qingshan in the previous dynasty. Chengzu built the Forbidden City and piled coal here, so he called this mountain Coal Mountain. Wait for Chengzu Sitting firmly, after the Forbidden City was completed, the soil dug out of the moat was piled up here, making the mountain even taller, and Chengzu named it Long Live Mountain. This mountain is located in the north of the Forbidden City, forming a barrier within the imperial city. That's why the palace also called it Zhenshan. The late Emperor often went to this Longevity Mountain to drink and have fun when he was wearing white dragon fish in Japan. At that time, Eunuch Zhang was with him, and our family had the honor to accompany him a few times."

The person on the right bowed and said: "Eunuch Yang is the minister of the late emperor, and he was reused by the late emperor, and his subordinates admire him very much."

The old man laughed sharply, shook his head, and said, "The minister of the arm? Eunuch Lan, you are flattering and killing our family!"

Eunuch Nalan was startled, lifted his robe with both hands, knelt down on his knees, and said in a trembling voice: "Eunuch Yang, I dare not..."

Eunuch Yang smiled slightly and said, "Eunuch Lan, what are you doing? Although I brought you into the palace back then, it's just that now you have become the chief eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor. Among the chief eunuchs of the 24 yamen, you can Ranked in the top five. Now our family is just an old eunuch working in the Huanyi Bureau. We can't even enter the Forbidden City. We can only live in the west of Deshengmen, lingering, how can we accept this great gift? If one day Eunuch Li thinks of our family, maybe he will reward our family with a glass of Crane Crown Red and kill our family. The one who will come to read the imperial decree may be your Eunuch Lan..."

Before he finished speaking, Eunuch Na Lan kowtowed his head like pounding garlic, and said repeatedly: "This subordinate dare not! This subordinate dare not!"

The five or six eunuchs in scarlet python clothes outside the pavilion changed their expressions immediately when they saw Eunuch Lan bowing his knees so humbly, they didn't dare to look into the pavilion anymore, they all turned around and turned their backs towards the Qianchi Pavilion.

Eunuch Yang smiled slightly and said: "Eunuch Lan, please hurry up, aren't you killing our family? If the murderers outside the pavilion reported this matter to the top, I'm afraid our family's life will not survive today." In the evening, it was taken by Eunuch Li."

Eunuch Nalan knelt on the ground, straightened up, and said to Eunuch Yang: "Eunuch Yang, you can rest assured that these are the confidantes of your subordinates, and all of them are reliable people. I will take his head!"

Eunuch Yang glanced at the eunuchs outside the pavilion, raised his long eyebrows a few times, and said to Eunuch Lan: "Stand up and talk."

Eunuch Lan agreed, got up from the ground, and carefully stood aside with his hands down.I only heard that Eunuch Yang said: "Although our family brought you into the palace that day, it was Eunuch Zhang who promoted and reused you. Going deeper, even if our family and Eunuch Zhang wanted to use you, the late emperor would not nod. I'm afraid you are the same as our family today, demoted to do hard work in the clothing bureau, swept out after death, thrown into Zhongguan's tomb, and got picked up by wild dogs."

Every time he said a word, Eunuch Nalan's body would tremble, and in the end, he was trembling like chaff, obviously terrified.

Seeing his appearance, Eunuch Yang seemed quite satisfied and continued, "You must know that the one who promoted your Eunuch Lan was the former Emperor Zhengde. You are a young eunuch, and within a few years you became an eunuch in charge of the military bureau. This fat job is not something ordinary people can get. In the next few years, Eunuch Lan will be promoted every year. On the day of the late emperor's death, you were already a big celebrity in the supervisor of ceremonies. It's not difficult. Our family remembers that you were only in your 30s at the time, and since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that it is unprecedented to achieve such a high position at such a young age."

Every time he said a word, Eunuch Lan answered yes.After Eunuch Yang finished speaking, Eunuch Nalan knelt down on his knees again, and said respectfully: "Eunuch Yang and Eunuch Zhang's great kindness and virtue, I will never forget them!"

That Eunuch Yang chuckled and said, "But after the late Emperor passed away and ascended the throne today, Eunuch Lan was kicked out of the Rites and sent to Kangling to be the eunuch guarding the mausoleum. Our family knows that you spent 6 taels of silver , wandered around, and finally got the help of Mr. Zhang Cong and his concubine before returning to the capital and working as a supervisor of Zhidian. Eunuch Lan, am I right?"

Eunuch Lan didn't expect that all his actions were under the control of the old eunuch, he was horrified, kowtowed his head hastily, and said in a trembling voice: "Eunuch Yang really has a bright eye, I can only admire him."

Eunuch Yang sighed, and said, "Eunuch Lan, since the end of last year, you stood out from the crowd of eunuchs. You first returned to the Bureau of War and took charge of weapon making. Within a month, you were transferred to the Shangyi Supervisor by Jian Ba. , became the number one working eunuch under the chief eunuch of the Shangyi Supervisor. Two months later, the palace issued a decree to directly promote Eunuch Lan to be the chief eunuch of the Royal Horse Supervisor. This kindness can be said to be unprecedented, no wonder Eunuch Lan was so grateful that he swore to be loyal to Lord Lu and Lord Yang. After arriving at the Imperial Horse Prison, he killed six eunuchs without making a fuss. Eunuch Lan, you did a good job, you did a good job! "

When he said this, he sneered a few times.The laughter was sharp and thin, full of malice.The few princes guarding outside the pavilion listened to the laughter, and they were all startled in their hearts.

Eunuch Lan knocked his head on the ground, and at this moment he was too frightened to raise his head. He put his face on the ground and said in a trembling voice, "Eunuch Yang, it was Master Lu's idea to kill those eunuchs. It's just following orders..."

"Following orders?" Eunuch Yang snorted and said, "Eunuch Fan, Eunuch Guo, Eunuch Xu, and Eunuch Jin are indeed the ones Master Lu wants to kill, but it's you who are Eunuch Duan and Eunuch Xie." Is Eunuch Lan going to kill him?!"

Eunuch Lan shook his body and kowtowed several more times.These heads were knocked hard, and the official hat on his head rolled to the side, and he didn't dare to pick it up.

Eunuch Yang walked slowly to the stone table, sat on the stone bench, picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and said, "Eunuch Lan, you can be said to be proud of yourself now. But don't forget, more than ten Years ago, more than [-] cases involving the Fang family in Fujian were eliminated, but you, Eunuch Lan, handled it all by yourself."

As he spoke, he took out a piece of white paper about an inch long from his pocket, played with it for a while, and said with a sharp laugh: "Eunuch Lan, don't forget, although this warrant is just a small piece of paper, But he was able to take the head of the eunuch, the head of the imperial horse supervisor in the [-] yamen in the palace!"

Outside Hutouyan Shajiabao, a cave in the valley.

Mrs. Sha said: "When Yiming was talking, Uncle Hou had already untied Yiming's shirt, but he saw a black palm print on Yiming's left chest. Seeing the palm print, Uncle Hou immediately said in surprise:' Dusha Palm?!' I was shocked when I heard these three words, stopped crying, and said to Uncle Hou: "Poison Sand Palm? Is this martial art very powerful?" Uncle Hou ordered a My aunt went to the Bao Chinese Pharmacy to get the wound medicine, and she said to me: "I want to teach the young lady to know, so it is said that this poisonous sand palm is a unique martial art of Lingnan Baidumen. When practicing this skill, take poisonous snakes. , centipede, poisonous scorpion and other poisonous substances, squeeze out the poisonous juice and mix with iron sand to make arsenopyrite. Beat and insert the arsenopyrite with a pair of fleshy palms every day, and absorb the venom in the sand with internal force. After this skill is mastered, When you fight with someone, the palm force contains poison. If you get hit by this poisonous palm, you will be killed on the spot, or you will be poisoned in the body, and you will lose all your martial arts...'

"Uncle Hou's words hadn't finished yet, I was so terrified that I burst into tears again. Yi Lu said to Uncle Hou, "Since Yan Wuji knows such powerful martial arts, why didn't he use it to deal with elder brother in the first place?" Uncle Hou said: "Although this kung fu is powerful, it has a huge flaw. When a master who practices poisonous sand palm confronts an enemy, if the opponent has deep internal energy, the poison in his palm will be counterattacked by the opponent's internal energy. It will invade one's heart veins, just like being poisoned by poisonous sand palms, either death or injury. Although Yan Wuji is arrogant, he just saw the young master, but he didn't dare to trust him. He didn't know the details of the young master's martial arts , so he didn't dare to use this kung fu right away. Afterwards, the two of them fought hundreds of moves. He realized that the young master had deep inner strength, so he didn't dare to use the poisonous sand palm. But in the end, he was stabbed by the young master's sword. At the time of life and death, he will use the Dusha Palm regardless, so that he can injure the young master.'”

(End of this chapter)