Yan Cigui.

Eunuch Cao said, "It's not clear yet whether that person was mixed up with the guards or sneaked into the temple through someone's help."

The Holy Spirit was not surprised by this.

Li Shao was anxious: "If it's not among those eunuchs, it will be difficult to find him."

"Your Highness," Xu Jian advised, "this is not an easy task, and there is no need to rush. If we really find a monkey-faced eunuch in the palace with great fanfare, it will attract people's attention."

It's not that Li Shao doesn't understand, but he can't help but be anxious.

Even if I don't remember it at all, I feel calm. Once I think of something, I will inevitably be scratching my head and want an answer immediately.

Eunuch Cao sighed secretly.

He did try his best, but this matter does not mean that he will be successful if he tries his best.

"Then I will ask the Duke to look for old documents from the Ministry of Punishment," Cao Gonggong said, "and cross-compare them to see if we can gain anything."

Xu Jian naturally agreed.

Eunuch Cao's eyes turned away from several people.

For those who work in front of the emperor, the east side does not need to be lit, but the west side must be lit up. It cannot be completely dark and appear incompetent and dull.

"Feng Chang told me a few words," Cao Gonggong said. "When he was a child, he was sold into a house full of young children of the same age. He learned the rules from a steward named Bao.

Guanshi Bao was also an eunuch. Before Feng Chang came to Beijing, he had learned a lot about the palace rules and could speak the capital dialect. Guanshi Bao helped.

The young man checked the old files in the palace, but could not find the eunuch named Bao for the time being.

Feng Chang said that he had seen Wang Liuliu several times in the house, and other eunuchs had also appeared, including one named Tong. "

Xu Jian frowned.

"There is indeed an eunuch named Tong in the palace," Eunuch Cao continued, "but it doesn't match what Feng Chang described."

With that said, Eunuch Cao elaborated again.

The Holy Master nodded slightly.

Xu Jian pondered.

He knew the two young father-in-laws.

One was the young father-in-law who helped manage the banquets in the palace. He was in his thirties. Xu Jian had some interactions with him at the thank-you banquet last year.

The other one was Eunuch Tong who appeared in Chenmi Hutong. According to Su Chang, the man was over forty years old. He was quite thin and had slender eyes. No matter how hard he tried to describe it, he couldn't describe it. He had no characteristics.

Of these two, neither one has a monkey face anyway.

If it had a monkey face, it wouldn't be said to have no characteristics.

Besides, the age doesn't match up. According to Li Shao's recollection, the monkey face looked like he was in his forties or fifties more than ten years ago. If he were alive now, he would be in his fifties or sixties.

As for the Eunuch Tong mentioned by Feng Chang, he was around thirty at the time. In fact, he could be considered consistent in age with the one who appeared in Chen Mi Hutong.

As for whether they are the same person, it is difficult to say at the moment.

Xu Jian thought about it and asked a few more questions: "Eunuch Cao, how many Eunuchs have been found?"

Eunuch Cao replied: "I am only twelve years old. I just entered the palace three years ago and now I am sweeping the back garden.

He died at the age of fifty-three and disappeared eleven years after Taixing. He was originally working for Ruan Guiren, the late emperor.

There is another man who has just passed his thirties and is accompanying Eunuch Zhang to organize the palace banquet. "

Indeed, none of them match up.

The matter was temporarily deadlocked, so the Holy Father put it aside and only explained the Ministry of Punishment matters to Li Shao and Xu Jian.

Li Shao didn't take his mind back, and his face was straight, so that no one could see through his absent-mindedness at a glance.

After exiting the imperial study, Xu Jian and Li Shao went back to Qianbu Corridor together.

There have been several spring rains, and recently new buds have appeared on the branches, and the early spring flowers have also exposed their buds. It is a prosperous scene.

Li Shao had no intention of looking at the flowers, and his hurried steps showed his anxiety.

Wang Gouzi followed beside him, thinking that the interview just now might not have gone well.

Before entering the royal study, His Highness was not in high spirits, but he was in a decent mood. Unexpectedly, when he came out, even his steps were filled with impatience.

"What Feng Chang told you is not nonsense, right?" Li Shao turned to Xu Jian and asked.

Xu Jian pursed her lips.

He didn't want to talk about the "child father-in-law" in front of Wang Gouzi, but Li Shao had no such defense.

The Holy One only told Li Shao not to talk to others about Dingguo Temple, but Feng Chang was not the same thing, and Xu Jian's rash hints were of no use.

Firstly, Li Shao may not cooperate, and secondly, Wang Gouzi might figure out that Li Shao has something to hide from the people around him.

"I don't know Feng Chang very well, so I'm not sure whether he will talk nonsense." Xu Jian answered in a satisfactory manner.

Li Shao sneered: "Eunuch Cao also wants to submit a report. If it's true or false, report it first."

After saying this, Li Shao stopped commenting, and of course Xu Jian ignored the topic.

A flash of light flashed in the dog's eyes, and he was very curious about this.

He wanted to trick His Highness, but it was not a wise choice to trick him in front of Duke Fu, so he held back.

Anyway, it is impossible for the Duke to follow His Highness at all hours. It will not be too late for him to ask again when he returns to Yuqing Palace today.

When he left the palace, he had already passed Shen Zheng. After sitting in the Ministry of Rites for a long time, he left.

After dinner, Wang Gouzi served Li Shao to rinse his mouth, and pretended to ask casually: "Your Highness, is Feng Chang serving your father-in-law before the younger one is transferred here?"

Li Shao spit out the tea in his mouth: "Why did you ask about him?"

"The young one only heard that he committed a crime and was taken away by Eunuch Cao..." Wang Gouzi smiled sarcastically, "When the young one was first transferred, Eunuch Guo and Eunuch Cao both mentioned that he should behave accordingly. Be careful not to follow in Eunuch Feng’s footsteps, but no one told me what this kind of dust is like.”

"Eating the inside out and having evil intentions!" Li Shao became angry when he thought of Feng Changlai.

He trusted Feng Chang so much, but he didn't expect that Feng Chang and the king were in the same group for six years!

Li Shao felt as sick as a fly when he thought that Feng Changming was obedient to him and did everything for him, but his calculations were going on behind his back.

Through reminders and reports, Feng Chang brought private goods with him, all for the purpose of harming him.

And he was led by Feng Chang, and Feng Chang didn't know how to laugh at him behind his back!

The more Li Shao thought about it, the more annoyed he became. He gritted his teeth and said to Wang Gouzi: "You must not follow in Feng Chang's footsteps.

Let me tell you, there is no joy in falling into the hands of Eunuch Cao.

Feng Chang is not dead yet. I don’t know what he has become like after being tortured by Eunuch Cao!

If what he said was true, it would be fine, but if it was false, it would be worse than death if Eunuch Cao took care of him later. "

Wang Gouzi seemed to be frightened, his face turned pale, his neck shrunk, and his voice trembled: "Your Highness, please don't scare me. How dare you do anything so shameless..."

"If you don't dare to do it, what are you afraid of?" Li Shao patted Wang Gouzi on the face. "Hey, you are so timid," Wang Gouzi turned his head in a flattering manner and leaned in to show off his other half, "What did Eunuch Feng tell a lie?"

Li Shao only focused on flattering Wang Gouzi: "I don't know if I made it up to say that a child eunuch is not a child eunuch."

Wang Gouzi took a deep breath.

Child eunuch?

Eunuch Tong? !

He was in a state of confusion and wanted to ask a few more questions, but he saw that Li Shao had already stood up and gone to the clean room.

After such an interruption, Wang Gouzi couldn't bring the topic back again after serving Li Shao, and could only ponder it in his heart.

In fact, he didn't know Eunuch Tong, but he had heard that there was such a person around his master.

Although it is not clear what Feng Chang told Eunuch Tong specifically, it would be bad if Eunuch Cao was asked to follow the instructions...

Even if Feng Chang only said the word "child" this time, he had already opened his mouth once, and he would definitely be pried open by Eunuch Cao a second time.

No matter what, you still have to report to the master and make preparations in advance.

Auxiliary government.

The tables in the main courtyard have also just been removed.

There was no one around to wait on her. Lin Yunyan paced back and forth in the room to eat and listen to Xu Jian's talk.

When she heard about "Tong Eunuch", she couldn't help but pause.

Xu Jian said: "The eunuch Su Chang met in Chenmi Hutong claimed that his surname was Tong, and Feng Chang also confessed that he had met a eunuch named Tong in his early years.

If there really was such a young father-in-law, he could not be found on the palace roster.

But if they don’t have the surname Tong, then maybe the surname Tong is him or the fake surname they usually use. "

"Eunuch Cao is very meticulous in his work. He even dug out the almanac of Taixing who died in the eleventh year. It is expected that there will be no omissions," Lin Yunyan said, "As long as you have served as an official in the palace, there will be records."

Regardless of whether it is a purification in the palace or not, once you stay in the palace to do things, your name, surname, place of origin and other information are all available.

Another way is to purify themselves outside, and then not enter the palace, but find another palace such as the prince's palace, the prince's palace, the eldest princess's palace, etc. According to the rules, they can use the servants as servants. Then the information they report to the palace will say no. Right.

Normally you won't fake it, but if you encounter someone with ulterior motives, it's a different story.

If Eunuch Tong is in this situation, Eunuch Cao will not gain anything no matter how long he looks through the roster in the palace.

"Did you just say that there are two other young father-in-laws in the palace?" Lin Yunyan asked.

Seeing Xu Jian nod, she thought for a moment and continued: "People in the palace, whether they are maids or chamberlains, all like to recognize relatives.

Those who have just entered the palace are not familiar with the place. If they want to learn more and find a better future, they will accept their godfather and godmother as their cousins, uncles and aunts. But the old people in the palace want to recruit a few obedient and sensible young people to do some things. , after being taught, many confidants also grew up in front of their master.

People with the same surname and hometown can have some connections. It is better to have such a relative than to fight alone.

There are also completely unrelated people who become brothers and sisters just because they have the same interests or get along.

If you want to find out more about Eunuch Tong in the palace, this can be considered a direction.

The one who had only been in the palace for three years must not be the one. The other Eunuch Tong who took care of the palace banquets. Judging from his age, he must have never been in contact with the deceased one, but he might know something about the Eunuch Tong mentioned by Feng Chang. . "

Xu Jian listened, holding her chin with one hand, thoughtfully.

Although he has been in the court for a long time and is not completely unfamiliar with the palace, he does not know as much about the affairs of the inner court as Lin Yunyan, who grew up next to the Empress Dowager.

When he first captured the king six years ago, he had lamented that this family liked to recognize relatives.

In the sixth year of the king's reign, he became a nephew to Li Mi's eunuch, Eunuch Ge, and after leaving the palace, he adopted a goddaughter.

Now that I think about it, it's not that Wang Liuliu likes to recognize him, but that many people in the palace follow this path.

Now is the time to look for various clues, and of course we can't let any of them go.

Xu Jian said: "I will look for an opportunity to ask Eunuch Tong."

The next day.

After retiring from the court, Li Shao went to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites.

Because he was going to the Ministry of Justice to observe politics in a few days, Xu Jian did not let Li Shao read many new documents in the last few days in the Ministry of Rites. He only took the "daily insights" that the two of them had handed in before. Come back and comb it through.

The Holy Emperor was very satisfied with this way of summarizing his thoughts every day. Even though it was Xu Jian who urged Li Shao to write it at first, as time went by, even when Xu Jian was recovering from his injuries and not following him, Li Shao persisted. .

It’s not hard work or not, it’s just that my father likes it.

It only took a quarter of an hour to rack his brains. Li Shao was still willing to do it to please his father.

Eunuch Cao sorted and bound the books that were handed in every day, and he got back several volumes.

Li Shao read it from the beginning for a while, his eyes filled with "satisfaction".

Very pleased with himself.

There was no one else in the study, so Li Shao made no secret of his pride and boasted to Xu Jian.

Xu Jian followed Li Shaozai with a few words of praise, and then lowered his voice: "Where is Eunuch Wang?"

"Isn't it outside?" Li Shao looked up when he heard this and looked out through the half-open window. He didn't see Wang Gouzi on the corridor where he usually stands. "Tsk, maybe it's convenient to go there?"

Xu Jian noticed Wang Gouzi leaving half a quarter of an hour earlier.

Yuan also thought that it was probably convenient for him to go, but he didn't come back after waiting for half a quarter of an hour, which made him feel abnormal.

On weekdays, Wang Gouzi would choose to stay close to Li Shao to ensure that he didn't miss the slightest movement around Li Shao. Even if it was inconvenient to stay in the study, he would stand on the corridor.

It's just through the window. As long as the words inside are not whispers, even if you can't hear the specific content, you won't ignore it.

Xu Jian looked at Li Shao calmly and made some judgments in her heart.

"It's okay if you're not here," Xu Jian pretended to feel reassured, her voice lowered, "Your Highness, do you think the 'Eunuch Tong' Feng Chang mentioned is a fake surname?"

"Who knows," Li Shao said angrily when he mentioned Feng Chang, "that is, he was taken away by Eunuch Cao. If he was in front of me, I would kick him hard. What a piece of shit!"

Xu Jian glanced at Li Shao's expression and said: "You are the Crown Prince, how could you not have people with bad intentions around you? Feng Chang is one, Geng Baoyuan is one, and Qian Hu is nothing..."

Li Shao directly interrupted Xu Jian's words, gritted his teeth and asked: "Didn't you have a hand in Geng Baoyuan's matter? Shan Shen went to your Fuguogong's house a lot in the past few days, right? Liu Xun's autograph by his aunt Xin, I'm curious, where did you get it? Don't say it's not you, except you Liu family, who would have that thing!"

"What your Highness said is wrong," Xu Jian said calmly, not afraid of Li Shao's accusation. "Sir Shan did come to the Duke's Mansion several times. He was troubled by Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment in those days, so he wanted to find someone. Pour some bitter water.

I have a good relationship with him and have handled cases together.

I can't do much, but it's okay to listen to Master Shan's chatter. He also has this habit. When he encounters a headache, he comes to chat with me for a few words.

But the so-called Liu family...

Your Highness, my surname is not Liu, but Xu.

His Highness knows very well what the relationship between the minister and Liu Jing and Liu Xun is. "

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