Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 587

"Master Yue treated me with great kindness, and said that he wanted to bring me into the palace to seek wealth and honor, but such a good person was taken away by the government, and his life and death are still unknown!"

"You broke your roots but you are not in the capital, why did you go to Tianjin Wei?"

"I lived in the Chenghuang Temple in the west of the city for a few months. I was hungry and full, so I had no choice but to run back to Tianjinwei and join my relatives. I only wear a fake beard on weekdays..."

In a place outside the capital city, several Wumingbai with unkind expressions were interrogating a thin and small man. The man had no clothes on his lower body, and that part had indeed been cut off, but the person who questioned him still had a cautious expression. The man's face was covered with sweat.

"Tianjin Wei is such a big place, how did you meet Le Liu?"

"Several big brothers, although Tianjin Wei is big, but the poor are in Sanjiaodian, the younger ones visit relatives there, and met Master Le on the street. Back then, Master Le and I lived together for a few days at the Chenghuang Temple in the west of the city. And a little friendship, too."

Although the thin and small man was nervous, he answered all questions. After asking this question, several Wumingbai who interrogated him took a few steps back, gathered together and whispered:
"It's true that Le Liu lives in the Town God's Temple. There aren't many people there, and no one knows if they haven't been there."

Everyone looked at each other, nodded to each other, and someone turned around and asked:

"Didn't Tianjin Wei leave you to farm in Zhuangzi? Why did you escape!"

"Let me tell you a few big brothers, Master Le pretending to be a woman will not last long. If it is found out, the younger one will be the same, and the younger one will definitely be convicted. Besides, Master Le also has something to entrust, so the younger one will come here." .”

"what?"

The thin man hesitated for a while, and took off the bag hanging on his body. His trousers had already been taken off, but the bag hanging on his shoulders had never been taken off. A gleaming gold ingot, Wuming Bai, who was interrogating here, all turned around and stared at the gold ingot.

"Master Yue got all these money over there, saying that he can enter the palace with these things to enjoy wealth. Now that the young ones are brought over, can you change the background of entering the palace?"

With the gold in front of them, several Wumingbai couldn't look away, and their breathing became heavy. Hearing the thin man's question, one of them coughed dryly, and said with a hey smile:

"You're right. The higher-ups said that there is too little money to flatter the higher-ups. Someone like you will definitely be a role model. There is no problem entering the palace..."

In the middle of speaking, he was poked in the waist by the person next to him, and he stopped talking quickly, but a nameless white man next to him took a step forward and shouted in a rough voice:

"This is all money that was enshrined to the higher-ups. You can't enter the palace without a penny. How much money you have hidden, hand it over!!"

Being so frightened, the skinny man trembled all over, buckled it in his bag, took out another gold ingot, and said with a mournful face:
"It's really gone. The silver that Master Le and the little one worked so hard to collect was deducted by the store again when they exchanged it for gold. It's just over 40 taels. Big brothers, you must let the little one work in the palace! "

Several Wumingbai stared at the gold, with unconcealable greed in their eyes, and after staring at it for a long time, someone said:
"The higher-ups need it urgently, so send it to the higher-ups first."

Everyone looked at each other, and wanted to share privately, but they couldn't trust each other at all, so they could only send it up. Only then did someone realize that they hadn't asked the skinny man's name.Immediately he piled up a smiling face and asked:
"Haven't you asked this brother's name?"

"I can't do it, I can't do it. The younger one's surname is Li Mingquan, and I need the elder brothers to take care of me."

The residences of Wuming Bai outside the city are dilapidated and messy, not even comparable to a village in a remote guardhouse. Li Quan handed over more than 40 taels of gold, and then went to get no good treatment. He was watched by three or four Wuming Bai, and lived in a In the ventilated shack, people brought food and water every day.

The food smelled bad, the color was rotten, and it was not edible at all, and the water also had a strange smell. It has been raining lightly for the past few days, and the rain still leaks in the shack. It is really hard work.

But Wuming Bai who lives here is very envious. Many people don't even have a shack to live in. The water given to Li Quan was boiled anyway, and many people drank a few sips by the water porch. Some people die here directly after having a stomachache.

Li Quan didn't expect such a difficult environment. After staying for two days, he couldn't stand it anymore. He had no choice but to take out a share of his private money and asked his guards to help him buy some white flour dry food. several times the market price.

After staying like this for eight days, at noon on the eighth day, the grassy nest in the east of the city became lively. Every Wumingbai who lived here ran out. Wumingbai's mouth has softened after eating for the past few days, and he is also familiar. He said with a smile:

"Someone has come to the palace, and I want to pick someone to serve as an errand in the palace..."

Being confined in this shack, it is difficult to get out. Although Li Quan was looking forward to it, he also knew that he might not have a share in this, but he didn't expect that after a while, someone would greet him outside. It was just a few days ago that he was accepted gold man.

Li Quan came out of the shack, and after a short wait, several eunuchs came here surrounded by people. Like everyone else, Li Quan stood respectfully by the side of the road as candidates. Someone said:

"This kid looks pretty smart, let him follow in!"

Everyone discussed a few words, and it was settled like this. Li Quan was pushed behind him before he realized it. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed to thank him. What was thought to be extremely difficult, never thought it would be so easy.

Several eunuchs selected a total of eight people before leaving in the nameless white ceremony. As soon as the eunuchs left, the place immediately became chaotic. Some people wept in disappointment, and some cursed there. Discuss together.

What everyone said was pretty much the same, it was just that Li Quan had only been here for a few days, how could he be chosen, and the few people in the lead squatted in a pile, and someone stood up and shouted:

"I have told you clearly that as long as you have money, it is easy to enter the palace as an errand. Do you know how much brother Li Quan took? 500 taels! 500 taels!! Whoever gives this amount can enter immediately, even if With less money, as long as you are sincere, it is not easy to enter the palace as an errand!!"

After the yelling, the people around fell silent, and the leaders squatted around, but they were also discussing this matter.

"Can Li Quan be at ease? Just bring him into the palace like this?"

"...sent someone to Tianjin Wei to investigate. Those who burned incense along with Le Liu were arrested, so we couldn't find out. But didn't we ask about the shop where Li Quan exchanged gold and silver? The people who went to Tianjin went there specially. That shop, that shop guy still remembers Le Liu and Li Quan..."

"Oh, that's not bad."

"Don't worry, the father-in-laws will try him on the way, the old dog and the others followed him..."

"...The higher ups are eager to ask for money, and it's because of Li Quan's luck that we want to use him as an example for everyone..."

Li Quan followed several eunuchs in this grassy nest, although the distance was only [-] paces, when he came out, he saw carriages, horses, pedestrians, streets and houses, but he felt like seeing the sun again, Li Quan couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

The eunuchs all got into the carriage, and the few of them who were selected followed the carriage. The eunuch who had previously selected Li Quan got into the carriage, raised his hand to greet Li Quan, and asked gently:
"Son, you are also a member of the palace now. If you encounter any problems outside or encounter any grievances, tell our family, and the palace will decide for you."

Li Quan was taken aback, looked at the eunuch in astonishment, bowed and said:

"Elder-in-law, my little family is poor, so I had no choice but to cut myself off... Well, I don't know if I should say it, but there is Le Liu who is my little master, and he instructed the little one to come here, saying that if you give him money, he will be able to do it." Entering the palace..."

In the second half of the sentence, the voice was very low. The eunuch who asked the question glanced behind him, then turned his head to listen carefully. Hearing what he said, the seriousness on his face turned into a smile, and he waved his hand and said:
"Don't mention the matter of silver in the future, An Xin will be a servant in the palace, and you will be a member of the palace from now on."

Li Quan repeatedly agreed, the eunuch who asked the question was no longer interested, raised his hand and sat back in the carriage, Li Quan raised his head, the carriage had already gone far, he quickly ran two steps to keep up, subconsciously turned his head Looking at it, I found that there were several people's backs at the edge of Caowozi near the street. Judging from their appearance, they seemed to be following them.

With a smile on Li Quan's face, he followed the carriage. After walking for a while, he wiped his palms on his pants, which were covered with sweat...

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"Long Live Lord sent our family over this time, because he didn't want to write the matter on the letterhead, so as not to cause trouble in spreading it. I haven't seen Brother Wang for a long time. I wanted to have a good chat, but this time the errand is tight, but I don't have the time."

"Brother Zou said that we brothers will have fewer chances to get together in the future, so it's more important to run errands for His Majesty!"

In Wang Tong's study, everyone was sent out, only Wang Tong and Zou Yi were inside, sitting and laughing at each other.

With a few words of politeness, Zou Yi sat up straight and asked:
"Long Live Lord sent Ma Dong to Datong. Originally, he wanted to arrange for someone to hold soldiers there and stare at the Yu family, but he didn't expect this to happen. Long Live Lord was also a little hesitant. After all, there was no evidence. The matter has been covered up for several years, and it is very difficult to investigate, and the Yu family is involved in Lu Wang, and the Wang brothers also said that the Queen Mother may not let it go."

Wang Tong flipped through the paper in his hand. The case of Liu Jin in Datong Town was written here in great detail. Hearing Zou Yi's question, Wang Tong closed the paper and said firmly:
"Brother Zou, please tell Your Majesty that this matter should be strictly investigated, and an imperial order should be issued to send imperial envoys to investigate with great fanfare!?"

"...There is not enough evidence. This matter involves the Yu family again. Brother Wang, you said earlier..."

"It's true that the Empress Dowager loves King Lu, but she is more concerned about Jiangshan Sheji, border towns colluding with the Tartars, and it's fine to keep it secret. Now someone has reported it. With this reason, as long as we uncover it, even if we don't want to investigate, the Queen Mother None will be allowed!"
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