Chongzhen's open life

Chapter 34

Late at night, Qianqing Palace.

In front of the silent mourning hall, Zhu Youjian was standing quietly, his eyes were slightly closed, and he didn't know what he was thinking about. The people around him were all careful not to make a sound, causing any movement.

Sudden!A candle in front of the mourning hall went out without warning!
Zhu Youjian, who had slightly closed his eyes, also opened them suddenly!
The hearts of all the eunuchs and court ladies instantly rose to their throats!His heart was beating wildly uncontrollably, and his face became pale.

Under such a dignified atmosphere, a court lady hurried forward, carefully took out a fire pocket from her bosom, and relit the extinguished candle.

The mourning hall, which had been a little darker, was bright again.

Zhu Youjian's originally opened eyes also closed again, and all the court ladies and eunuchs breathed a sigh of relief when they saw it, and their beating hearts gradually returned to normal.

"All go out."

Just when all the court ladies and eunuchs thought it was all right, Zhu Youjian, who had his eyes closed suddenly, made a sound.

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, but then immediately bowed and retreated.

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

After a while, there were only Zhu Youjian and Wang Chengen standing behind him in the mourning hall.

Zhu Youjian said again: "I said, go out."

Wang Chengen was stunned for a moment, and then realized that His Majesty asked him to go out together, so he didn't dare to stay here any longer, and saluted: "Yes! Your Majesty! The slave and servant will leave!"

After saying that, Wang Chengen also withdrew from the mourning hall, and before going out, Wang Chengen also closed the door.

Just as Wang Chengen closed the door, Zhu Youjian said again: "No one is allowed to come in without my order."

"Yes!"

Wang Chengen lowered his head in response, and then slowly closed the door.

As the door closed with a creaking sound, guest Zhu Youjian was left alone in the entire mourning hall.

Zhu Youjian stood quietly with his eyes closed, not saying a word.

Suddenly, in the dark of the mourning hall, a masked man in black, who was dressed in black except for a sword pattern on his right chest, came out of the darkness, came to Zhu Youjian in a few steps, and knelt on one knee on the ground.

"Your Majesty, the people from Liaodong have arrived!"

Zhu Youjian slowly opened his eyes, looked down at the man in black kneeling in front of him and nodded slowly: "Well, I got it. Send them into the palace to see me tomorrow. Remember! Don't let those people Eyeliner spotted."

"Yes!"

The man in black bowed his head heavily, yes!
After another half an hour, seeing that the man in black still had no intention of leaving, Zhu Youjian asked, "What's the matter? Is there anything else?"

The man in black immediately replied: "Your Majesty! Dongjiang Town asked Huangming Chamber of Commerce to buy 40 shi of grain. Because the amount was too large, it was difficult for the lower levels to make a decision, so I reported it."

"40 shi? How many people are there in Mao Wenlong's Pidao?" Zhu Youjian asked.

The man in black thought for a moment and replied: "According to the report from the spies, Mao Wenlong took in a large number of Liaodong refugees a while ago, and now the entire Phi Island has almost 40 soldiers and civilians together!"

"Already 40 people?"

Zhu Youjian frowned, and the thumb and little finger of his right hand behind his back began to rub unconsciously.

After a while, the movement stopped, and his brows gradually relaxed. Zhu Youjian nodded slowly: "Give it to him! It's a skill to gather so many people together. It's better for the people to fall into his hands than to fall into his hands." in the hands of the Tartars.

Ask the people below to tell him that it is okay to ask for food.

Our food can only be traded in two ways!

One, buy it with silver!Sell ​​him as much grain as he has silver.

Second, exchange the heads of Tartars and tell him that the head of a pure Jurchen can be exchanged for ten catties of high-quality rice, and the head of an ordinary Tartar can be exchanged for five catties. Not only the head, but also their identity badge , can only be exchanged after verification and verification.

As for which method he uses to exchange the food in our hands, it depends on him. "

"This……"

The man in black hesitated.

Zhu Youjian raised his eyebrows: "What? Is there a problem?"

The man in black nodded and replied: "Your Majesty, if you exchange the heads of Tartars for food, the relationship between the Huangming Chamber of Commerce and the court may be suspected, is it alright?"

Zhu Youjian shook his head after hearing the words, and said indifferently: "It doesn't matter, anyway, I can't hide it for long, sooner or later I will be exposed after I start to act, it doesn't matter if it's earlier or later.

However, although some people outside may guess the relationship between me and the Huangming Chamber of Commerce, we cannot take the initiative to admit it, so let them guess slowly, and they will not act casually until there is definite information. "

"Yes! This subordinate understands! This subordinate has resigned!"

"Well, let's go."

Zhu Youjian nodded slightly, and then slowly closed his eyes.

The man in black nodded and backed away gradually. After a while, his whole body re-integrated into the darkness and disappeared.

After a while, there was a light knock on the door of the mourning hall.

Benedict!Benedict!Benedict!
"What's the matter? Come in!"

Zhu Youjian helplessly opened his eyes again, and said coldly.

Really are!Can't you just take a good look at it for a while?Do you have to disturb me one by one?Make me anxious, believe it or not, I will give you a crime of entering the door with left and right feet and chop you off!

Because Zhu Youjian has not rested for many days, he finally found an opportunity to take a good nap for a while, but he was interrupted one after another, so he is very irritable now, and has the urge to kill someone.

But in the end, the irritability was suppressed by reason, and the person who knocked on the door was allowed in.

"Crunch~~~"

The door of the mourning hall opened slowly, and this guy Wang Chengen walked in cautiously, first secretly glanced at Zhu Youjian's expression.

Seeing that although his Majesty has an angry face now, but is in a state of concealment, he should have forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart.

Judging from his years of experience in serving His Majesty, he immediately judged that His Majesty is in a bad mood. He had better speak up as soon as possible, and don't waste time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous!
Therefore, after Wang Chengen came in, he didn't say anything else and went straight to the point and said, "Your Majesty! Huang Shoufu is asking to see you! He is waiting outside the palace gate."

"Huang Liji? What is he doing here?"

Zhu Youjian's eyes narrowed immediately.

In the middle of the night, Dang Chao Shoufu secretly wanted to see him, what kind of trick was he trying to do?What shady secret does he need to hide like this?

"This servant doesn't know, and Huang Shoufu didn't say anything." Wang Chengen replied respectfully.

Zhu Youjian didn't expect to get an answer from him, Dang even waved his hand and said, "Understood, take him to the imperial study, where will I wait for him."

"Yes!"

Wang Chengen immediately took orders and left.

After Wang Chengen left, Zhu Youjian looked at the direction of the palace gate, smiled coldly and murmured in a low voice: "Huh! I want to see what kind of tricks are sold in this Huang Liji gourd?!"

After saying that, Zhu Youjian flicked his large sleeves immediately, and went down to the imperial study room surrounded by court ladies and eunuchs, quietly waiting for the arrival of Huang Liji, the current Chief Assistant of the Ming Dynasty...

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