Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 565

"When I was a child studying in the Neishutang, Eunuch Zhang once told me that the inside of the palace is no better than outside the palace, and you need to be on guard all the time. If you worship our family as a foster father, you will have no worries about your future, but you must also guard against jealousy and resentment." , if you don't live to be rich and honored, don't mention anything..."

Zou Yi spoke calmly, untied a bag while talking, and took out a teacup from it, a lot of water spilled out of the teacup, but everyone ignored this, instead they saw a silver hairpin in the teacup , the lower end of the silver hairpin is pitch black.

"On Eunuch Zhang's side, on our side, we don't try to drink water and tea. Apart from this, even if you are in your own residence, you have to try it in the palace."

The silver hairpin was black, which meant that the tea was highly poisonous. Li Wenyuan, Zou Yi, and Lu Wancai gathered in the courtyard behind the Zhenxing Building with gloomy faces.

Outside the house were guards sent by Wang Tong, and people from Shuntian Mansion, Jinyiwei and Dongchang were on the outside, staring around vigilantly.

The entire capital seems to be fine now, and many people don’t even know about the assassination of Li Wenyuan, Lu Wancai, and Zou Yi. After all, the three of them are not the kind of powerful officials on the surface, but secretly, they have already checked the sky. Jinyiwei and Dongchang have already mobilized all available manpower.

"The assassins were not blocked on the South Street side. Either they were outside the house where they had prepared to hide, or they were answered by someone, but no one was caught."

"I suppressed the matter in Shuntian Mansion, and found some experienced old policemen to investigate there. There are many people in Shuntian Mansion, and they can't hide any news."

Li Wenyuan and Lu Wancai exchanged information, and Zou Yi picked up the silver hairpin in the tea bowl, looked at the black end, and said:
"From boiling tea to delivering it to our table in the palace, there are several people who have to go through it. I don't know how many loopholes can be exploited inside. If you want to check, you can't find it."

Lu Wancai lowered his head and pondered for a while, then asked in a deep voice:

"What does Eunuch Zhang mean?"

"Eunuch Zhang said, let's be careful and investigate secretly, but don't reveal it to the public."

Hearing this "don't bring it to the public", Li Wenyuan frowned, and just about to speak, Lu Wancai patted him skillfully, and said in a deep voice:
"Nowadays, because of the whipping method on the capital's side, the emperor's relatives, the rich and powerful, and Zhang Ge's old man are quite at odds. If there is any right and wrong, it will be brought up and debated by interested people, and it will be brought to the public. The capital is shocked. Said, it will involve people who are irrelevant..."

"Is the human life of our security department not human life?"

Li Wenyuan raised his eyebrows, and asked in a rough voice, Lu Wancai took a folding fan and beat his palms hard a few times, and said:
"Now that there are twists and turns, it must be a huge wave. The Secretary of Public Security can't be involved now, and neither can Mr. Wang!!"

Li Wenyuan slammed the table behind him, but without making a sound, he grabbed the wine jug and poured himself a glass, he threw it down, thought for a while, grabbed the wine jug and drank a few gulps at the spout.

The atmosphere in the room was dull, Zou Yi looked around, shook his head, and said in a low voice:
"The empress dowager doesn't want any more right and wrong in the palace. Brother Lu was fined and the secretary of public security was reprimanded. It's the same. Now this matter, once it is tossed about, the empress dowager is not in a hurry to investigate, but blames us for causing trouble. .”

"There is also news from my side that the empress dowager is much more lenient to the people who run errands in the palace... Some time ago, Li Wenquan's motion to go to the Beijing camp was refuted by Zhang Ge. ..."

The two of you talked to each other, but looked at Li Wenyuan. In fact, these were all explained to Li Wenyuan, and they only said a few words, but someone outside informed them that someone from Shuntian Mansion was looking for Lu Wancai.

The name was directly reported outside, and Lu Wancai let the person in after he was sure. The person came in, nodded and greeted everyone, and then leaned over to Lu Wancai and whispered a few words in Lu Wancai's ear.

After finishing speaking, Lu Wancai frowned, waved that person out, and waited for the door to close before saying in a low voice:

"After examining the corpse, the leather boots and lining, there are nine out of ten people who came from Datong, Shanxi."

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On October 21, the first snow fell in Tianjinwei.

During this period of time, there was another news from Tianjin Wei that Mr. Wang suffered repeated leg injuries and needed to recuperate in a manor outside the city. The canals and the sea were frozen, and ships were not allowed to pass. Merchants were busy preparing goods. Next It's time to sell New Year's goods to the capital, Liaozhen and Beizhili, and they don't bother to care about it.

Moreover, many people are still puzzled, saying that Mr. Wang appears on the street, riding a horse and walking is no different, why it repeats again, but there are still rumors that Mr. Wang has raised several beautiful women in the manor outside the city. Not leaving, happy there all day long, this is a follow-up to seeing the soft sedan being carried in a few days ago.

However, over and over again, everyone knew that Mr. Wang was fine, so they jointly entrusted Sanjiang Commercial Bank to visit him once, so they ignored it.

The snow seems to flow from east to west. After Tianjin Wei, Xianghe County and Tongzhou snowed in turn. When the snowflakes began to flutter in Tongzhou, a team of more than 30 people entered Tongzhou.

Every year when November is approaching, business travelers from all over the country gather in Tongzhou to rest and wait here. In mid-November, businessmen from all over the capital will come to Tongzhou to buy new year's goods.

A team of more than [-] people is really not unusual. This team lived in an inn outside Tongzhou City, and no one noticed.

This group of people is quite generous. It looks like a wealthy family travels, lives in an inn, and rents out the house, even the stables, and does not let the waiters of the inn come near. Have a good time.

But if you go in at night, the waiter will definitely be surprised. The servant who is with the master during the day is acting like the master in the house, and the master is standing aside instead.

"Lv Wancai and the others were overthinking the previous incident. It's true to take care of the overall situation, but the other party has come to the door, so they have to go back anyway."

Wang Tong sat on the chair, said with a smile, Tan Jiang was silent for a while, and said:
"Master, even if this matter has something to do with Uncle Yong Sheng, if you report it to His Majesty, I'm afraid there will be no explanation. On the contrary, there is a crime on our side, and the Empress Dowager loves King Lu, regardless of whether this matter is true or not. , I am afraid that the master will not get a good job here."

Wang Tong smiled and shook his head, but his face was rather cold, and he said:
"Of course not to sue. They sent people to kill the people of the Department of Public Security. We can't speak up because of the situation. But in this situation, if their people are killed, we have to pinch our noses and recognize them. I want to compare with them. Who is it? The means are ruthless."

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"Eunuch Zhang is coming today, and the Delicious Restaurant has everything set up, so don't make any mistakes!"

"Eunuch Zhang hasn't been here for a while, why is he so interested today?"

The little eunuchs at the Delicious Hall are discussing in a hurry, while they are busy making arrangements. The Delicious Hall is now the dining hall for the eunuchs and guards in the palace. cleaning.

As soon as I spoke, someone came from behind and scolded:

"I'm still chewing my tongue here, and our family will show someone to look at it later. If you make a mistake, you will be deducted two months' regular money. If you make two mistakes, don't even think about eating meat!"

Everyone hurriedly lowered their heads and was busy. When the steward left, someone suddenly realized and said:
"I heard that Eunuch Zou, the supervisor of ceremonies, was poisoned. Eunuch Zhang was in a bad mood and said he wanted to go out for a walk..."

Everyone looked back and saw that the steward was not there, and started whispering again.

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The guards guarding the side door of the palace gate saw the eunuch Zhang Cheng, the supervisor of rites, Bingbi, walking slowly, followed by two young eunuchs with their heads bowed, and they both dragged their legs when they walked, which was quite strange, but Zhang Cheng Sincerity is here, no one cares about the people behind, the head of the guard hurriedly ran over to say hello.

Seeing that Zhang Cheng's expression was not bad, the head of the guards greeted him a few times, and quickly moved out of the way. According to the rules, he had to inspect the badges of the eunuchs entering the palace, but who would find it boring with Zhang Cheng's status? When it was said that it was Zhang Cheng, even the two little eunuchs who followed him ignored him.

After a few steps out of the palace gate, a general of the forbidden army stepped forward and reported:
"Eunuch Zhang, the street has been quiet here once. The delicious restaurant is guarded by the Forbidden Army from Ouchi to the north, and guarded by Jinyi's pro-army from South Street to the south."

Zhang Cheng nodded with a smile, and said:
"Why did our family go out and make such a big battle, let outsiders see it, and say that the internal officials are domineering, you have worked hard, and you will lead your people to the Zhenxing Building for a drink in the future."

The general was still puzzled after hearing the previous few words. It was obviously Eunuch Zou’s order. Eunuch Zhang, why don’t you want to? He was relieved when he heard it later. He was very happy that he had won this prize, and he quickly said with a smile on his face. :
"The young ones are doing business, but they are like the father-in-law, it's really hard to beat!"

Zhang Cheng also patted him on the shoulder, which made the general's bones lighter by three points. The nodding and bowing man took a few more steps before returning to his original place of duty.

There are quite a few bigwigs in the palace who like to sit in the delicious restaurant in their spare time. Although it is managed by the palace, it is outside the palace after all, and the atmosphere is quite different.

Zhang Cheng led the two little eunuchs into the gourmet restaurant, where food and tea had been prepared as ordered, but he drove everyone else out.

The door curtain was lowered, and a little eunuch who had been bowing his head sat down on a big horse with a golden knife, and said angrily:
"Wang Tong is really capable of tossing around, why should I be so careful in the distance palace and delicious restaurant, I don't know what he is guarding against!"

Another little eunuch bowed and saluted after entering the room, and then stood outside the door. Not long after, the outside announced:

"Li Wenyuan, a hundred households in Jinyiwei on South Street, has come to pay his respects to Eunuch Zhang."

While speaking, the cotton curtain was lifted, and Li Wenyuan walked in with an attendant. The curtain was lowered, and the attendant behind Li Wenyuan stepped forward and knelt down, and said:
"Your Majesty, Wang Tong, greet His Majesty...
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