Liaozhai: A scholar should draw a sword

Chapter 224 Eunuch Cao Unconvinced?

"Hehe, it turns out that the second gear is here to arrest people..." Sun Qi smiled: "Coincidentally, I am too."

"what?"

Feng Da thought he had heard wrong.

It stands to reason that Jin Yiwei is now in the same camp as Prince Jin, so he should do his best to protect Xiang Beinan, why would he come to arrest him?

wrong!

Feng Da was not stupid either.

After all, this guy has always been good at drilling camps, and his brain is bright enough, otherwise he wouldn't be able to climb so fast.

He suddenly realized that it was fake that Sun Qi came to arrest people, and he must have taken the opportunity to protect Xiang Beinan.

Having figured this out, he didn't bother to play tricks with Sun Qi anymore, and raised his hand to order: "Bump the door, go in and arrest people!"

Sun Qi followed suit: "Brothers, the Commander has issued a death order, so we must catch Grand Scholar Xiang, and no one can interfere.

Now, someone wants to get ahead, what should brothers do? "

"Beat them!"

I don't know which clever ghost roared.

"Yes, that's it, do it!"

"Sun Qi, you are so courageous..."

Seeing that all the guards in Jinyi really attacked his subordinates, Feng Da was startled and furious, and roared at Sun Qi.

"Sorry, if the second gear leader doesn't want his subordinates to be injured, then he should take the initiative to retreat, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless."

This time, Sun Qi came prepared and brought at least twice as many people as Dongchang.

Moreover, Jin Yiwei has been oppressed by the East Factory for a long time, and his heart has long been suffocated, and it is called a ruthless move...

Seeing all his subordinates being beaten to pieces and screaming, Feng Da was so angry that he cursed loudly and rushed off to help.

When he wanted to come, he was the second-tier head of the East Factory, but he couldn't believe that someone would dare to do something to him.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he got off the stage, he was slapped heavily on the head, and blood flowed profusely immediately.

Immediately afterwards, a stumbling block tripped him to the ground.

Then, I don't know how many legs stretched out and kicked wildly...

Of course, the guards in Jinyi also have a sense of proportion, in short, as long as they don't kill them, it's fine.

Not long after, Feng Da was carried away by his subordinates in despair.

Sun Qi was about to call the door, but the door opened, and Xiang Bei Nan walked out sullenly.

"Do you still have the king's law? If you want to arrest the old man, you have to produce evidence and an imperial decree."

"Calm your anger..."

Sun Qi went up and said in a low voice: "Actually, the humble official was ordered to protect the adults. If the humble officials don't come, then Dongchang will arrest the adults.

The adults should be very clear in their hearts that once Dongchang is caught, the consequences will be disastrous.

In order to protect my lord, please feel wronged, and follow us to Jinyiwei, when the time comes, the commander will personally explain to Leiren. "

Hearing these words, Xiang Beibei realized that he had misunderstood Sun Qi, and said apologetically, "So that's the case, the old man misunderstood, I'm really sorry."

"My lord, you don't have to be polite, it's a humble honor to be able to protect you."

For the sake of safety, Xiangbei's family members also came to Jinyiwei.

Not only him, but many important ministers in the court were also "detained" here.

Dongchang was almost in vain, and only caught some insignificant people. Cao Kun was so angry that he cursed angrily, slapped the table, and threw things.

Ever since he took power, he has been smooth sailing and aloof. How has he ever suffered such a big loss?

"Well, Jin Yiwei, if you dare to oppose our family, then don't blame our family for asking the imperial decree to deal with you."

Cao Kun was furious, and immediately left Dongchang and came to the palace.

This is one of the reasons for his arrogance.

Other ministers, even if they are princes, can't enter the palace anytime and anywhere they want, they have to report in advance.

However, in addition to being the governor of the East Factory, Cao Kun is also the eunuch in charge of the chief inspector and the head of the internal supervision. He can enter and leave the palace, and even the inner palace is as convenient as returning to his own home.

After arriving in the inner palace, Cao Kun went to Fuyu Palace alone and found Concubine Lan Gui.

When outsiders were around, Cao Kun would take the initiative to greet Concubine Lan Gui and greet her.

Once there was no one around, her momentum changed immediately, and she became the master, and it was Concubine Lan's turn to stand aside respectfully.

"Is the emperor not with you?"

"Returning to the lord, the queen came here before and said that she had something important to discuss with the emperor, so the emperor went to her."

"Discuss something important?"

Cao Kun couldn't help frowning.

"My lord, you have been busy outside the past few days. I'm afraid you don't know that the inner palace has changed."

"Oh? What changes?"

Cao Kun asked suspiciously.

In the past few days, he was indeed in a state of desperation, and he almost stayed in the East Factory to issue orders in order to deal with the counterattack and defection of Jin Yiwei and Prince Jin.

In his opinion, the affairs of the inner palace are under control, and with Concubine Lan Gui watching, it is unlikely that there will be any trouble.

"The empress seems to have changed in the past few days. She used to hide in the bedroom all day long and didn't ask questions.

But in the past few days, he has been walking around frequently, and he also said that he will rectify the harem.

Yesterday morning, when Concubine Rong was chatting with another concubine, she inadvertently mentioned what happened to the Empress back then.

As a result, after noon, the queen passed it on, tied up and whipped in public..."

"Is there such a thing?"

Cao Kun couldn't help being surprised.

In his impression, the queen has always been gentle, let alone a concubine, even if she is a servant, she has never beaten her, the worst is to reprimand her.

"That's right, it looks like someone is giving her an idea behind her back to let her establish the prestige of the master of the harem."

"Hehe, our family knows, it must be Jin Wang who is behind the instigation."

"My lord, if the queen finds trouble with the servant, what should the servant do?"

This is indeed a problem.

Although Concubine Lan is subservient to the queen, in the past few years, relying on the emperor's favor, her status in the harem can be said to be supreme.

She is not the lord of the harem in name, but all the concubines already regard her as the lord of the harem.

The queen is almost an invisible existence.

But now the queen suddenly became tough. If she really troubled her, would she swallow her anger, or stand up and resist?
If she swallowed her anger, the prestige she had built up over the past few years would be instantly shattered.

All the concubines will inevitably fall to the queen's side.

If she rises up to resist, she must rely on the emperor's help.But if the emperor doesn't help each other, then she will be at a disadvantage. After all, the queen is the master of the harem in name.

Cao Kun also understood this truth.

It's just that he is confident in his power, even if it is the queen, he will not really pay attention to it.

So, he said coldly: "If she troubles you, you can resist as much as you want. As long as you don't do anything, our family can settle all the consequences."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Lan Gui was overjoyed and thanked her repeatedly.

"Okay, our family will now go to Kunning Palace to find the emperor."

Cao Kun turned around and left.

When he came to Kunning Palace, Cao Kun didn't even say hello, he just stepped in.

A court lady hurried forward and stammered: "Eunuch Cao, empress...empress order, say...say anyone..."

"Snapped!"

Before the lady-in-waiting finished speaking, Cao Kun slapped her across the face and scolded angrily, "Bitch, who gave you the guts to block our way?"

This guy is really unscrupulous.

Knowing that the emperor is also here, he dared to make such a loud noise without saying anything.

"Who is making noise?"

At this time, the queen came out with a sullen face.

Cao Kun strode over, bowed perfunctorily and said, "I've seen the empress."

"Cao Kun, you are quite courageous, you dare to beat even the palace maid?"

"Your Majesty, forgive me, it's really that lowly maid who doesn't have eyes..."

"Snapped!"

The present report came quickly, before Cao Kun could finish speaking, the queen slapped him across the face.

"Baby maid, are you talking about yourself?" The queen slapped Cao Kun, and then said coldly: "Who gave you the courage to trespass into Kunning Palace without reporting?

Also, since you are here, you should also know that the emperor is here, but you dare to be so arrogant. How many heads have you grown? "

Cao Kun covered his face in disbelief.

The queen actually hit him?

This is something he never dreamed of.

The queen has always been docile, even weak, why did her attitude suddenly become so tough?
"Why, is Eunuch Cao unconvinced?"

The queen looked at Cao Kun coldly and asked.

Cao Kun opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

He was indeed unconvinced, quite unconvinced, but... this slap finally made him sober.

After all, he was just a eunuch, a servant, and he was so domineering in the past because the emperor backed him up, so that he was not afraid of heaven and earth.

However, standing in front of her was the queen.

If he dared to beat the queen, even if the emperor stepped forward to mediate, it would be difficult to be kind.

Don't talk about others, I'm afraid the Yang family will never forgive him.

Although Dongchang is very powerful, if he really wants to completely anger the Yang family, the hundreds of thousands of troops are no joke.

After weighing it for a while, Cao Kun finally replied with difficulty: "Don't dare!"

"Then what are you doing here?"

"The servant has something important to report to the emperor."

"The emperor is tired and has fallen asleep, so we can talk about it another day."

"But empress, I really have something very important to do, and I must see the emperor today."

Unknowingly, this guy's stinking problem has committed again, and his tone unknowingly becomes tough again, and he actually used the word "must".

"presumptuous!"

The queen was furious, raised her hand again and slapped her across the face.

But this time Cao Kun seemed to be prepared, and turned his head to hide.

"Bold slave, how dare you dodge!"

Unexpectedly, there was a stern shout, followed by several crisp slaps, and Cao Kun was slapped on the spot until his mouth was splattered, and even one of his teeth fell out.

It was not the queen who made the move, but a court lady standing beside the queen.

Cao Kun was completely dumbfounded.

You know, although he can't be called a supreme master, he is more than enough to deal with ordinary martial arts masters.

But just now, when the opponent made a move, he had no chance to react at all, and he was already dizzy by the slap.

When did such a tyrannical master come to be around the queen?

Could it be that Prince Jin or the Yang family sent to the queen?
In fact, Cao Kun was only half right.

This court lady is not some martial arts master, but... an immortal cultivator from the Shushan School.

She was ordered to go down the mountain this time because she came to Beijing to assist Zhou Yu.

After all, Zhou Yu was a man, and it was impossible for him to stay in the harem to protect the queen and monitor Concubine Lan Gui, so he contacted Master Baimei and asked Master Baimei to send a female disciple to assist him.

With her here, Zhou Yu no longer worried about the queen's safety, and she could let the queen put aside all scruples and confront Cao Kun in the palace.

In short, Cao Kun cannot be allowed to jump over the wall in a hurry and make trouble in the palace.

"Get out! Next time you dare to trespass on Kunning Palace, be careful of your dog's head!"

At this time, how dare Cao Kun be arrogant?He could only hurry away while covering his red and swollen face.

As for the emperor... he is indeed in Kunning Palace, and he is indeed fast asleep.However, he fell asleep only after being cast by a spell.

After Cao Kun left, the queen couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, and thanked the Shushan female disciple, "Thank you, Fairy Yue'er, if you weren't here, I wouldn't be able to stop that guy at all."

Yue'er smiled: "Your Majesty, you are welcome."

Entering the bedroom, the empress couldn't help but glance at the sleeping emperor, and said, "Fairy Yue'er, what kind of trick did the emperor get?"

Yue'er sighed: "It should be a kind of magic to control the mind, but I can't tell what it is.

In addition, Mr. Zhou said before that Concubine Nalan had practiced charm, the emperor has been bewitched for so long, and it may be difficult to fully wake up in a short time. "

"It's okay, let's wait for a few days. As long as the emperor is not here, Cao Kun will not be able to get the imperial edict. Let's see how much trouble he can make."

"Ah."

Let's say that after Cao Kun left Kunning Palace, he had no face to go back to Dongchang, and returned to the Supervisor of Rites in despair.

A group of young eunuchs were shocked to see Eunuch Cao being beaten.

It's just that no one dared to ask.

In the middle of the night, Cao Kun quietly left the palace and came to an inconspicuous courtyard in the north of the city.

This courtyard is a private property he bought, except for a young eunuch, no one, including the stalls of Dongchang, is allowed to set foot here.

Moreover, Cao Kun is not worried about someone breaking in by mistake.

Even if someone broke in, there was no return.

Because, in this yard, Cao Kun secretly enshrined an evil spirit, and he was willing to be the servant of this evil spirit.

Because this demon had promised him that it would allow him to obtain monstrous power, and even allow him to live forever in the future.

Of course, this is conditional.

For example, those missing children were secretly captured by Cao Kun and dedicated to this demon.

Cao Kun covered the sky with one hand and almost wiped out all the evidence, which is why Jin Yiwei has been unable to find any clues.

Only a few confidants around Cao Kun knew about this.

Cao Kun walked into the backyard and activated the mechanism, revealing an underground secret passage.

Entering the underground secret passage, below is a stone room with a radius of several feet. Inside is lit a long burning lamp, filled with a foul breath and bloody smell.

"Master, please grant me strength..."

Cao Kun walked to the altar, knelt on the ground, and began to complain in tears.

Not long after, a wisp of black mist rose slowly in the stone room, forming a shape like a ghost's head.

"What's going on? Is there a master in the way?"

"That's right, a master appeared beside the queen, the little one couldn't figure out the depth at all..."

Cao Kun recounted what happened in the past few days, especially the situation of entering the palace today in detail.

After hearing the reason, the demon pondered for a while, and said: "It seems that they may have noticed something and invited experts to deal with you."

"The little one how to deal with it?"

"Right now, it's at a critical juncture for me to do my work, so it's inappropriate to go to war with the other party.

You first endure for a while, reserve your strength, and wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

In addition, find a way to find dozens more boys, if all goes well, in about three months, I will be able to transform and go out. "

Forbearance is definitely not what Cao Kun wants.

And at this juncture, going to the boy, I am afraid it will be difficult to be leak-proof, and Jin Yiwei may catch clues.

But he didn't dare to disobey the order, so he had to say goodbye and leave.

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(End of this chapter)