Ming Dynasty 1566

Chapter 95

The chief eunuch saw that he was resisting him, so of course he couldn't take it too far, so he also showed a smile and walked over: "Eunuch Huang can be so considerate..."

The palm of "slap" has already slapped him in the face!The chief eunuch was unprepared, and was slapped around in place by Huang Jin's ear, and almost fell down.

"Long live God's will, you must see Eunuch Lu before dawn! If you don't lead our house, you, a slave, will not see the sun tomorrow. Lead the way!" After Huang Jin roared these few words, he climbed to the top of the stone steps, Gu Go to the row of houses where the eunuchs live on the left side of Xiangling Palace.

It's really better to say than to beat hard, the chief eunuch was finally saved by Huang Jin's ear, and chased after him covering his face: "Huang, Huang Gonggong, old, old ancestor is not over there..."

Huang Jin stopped again at the top of the stone steps: "Where is it?"

The chief eunuch caught up and pointed in the direction of the mausoleum: "Over there, for half a month, I've been at the entrance of Jixue every day, and slept there on the floor at night."

Huang Jin was stunned for a moment, and when he spoke again, his voice was a little hoarse: "Lead me there immediately."

The chief eunuch didn't dare to say anything more, and led Huang Jin straight to the mausoleum.

The moon is white, and when it shines into the lush and verdant hills, it becomes hazy. The light of the two lanterns is as weak as a firefly in the unshaded sky and earth, and the mouth of Ji Rang's cave can't be seen as real.

Huang Jin walked over on tiptoe, and immediately stood there in a daze.

A mat was spread on the brick floor outside the entrance of the cave, and Lu Fang slept there sideways facing the cave, covered with a coarse cloth sheet, and the pillow under his head was actually a piece of green brick—the king is the father, and guarding the tomb is just like keeping filial piety, "Pillow thatch" is due filial piety!
Huang Jin's eyes were covered with tears, and his throat was also choked with tears, so he couldn't speak for a while.

The chief eunuch called softly: "Old, old ancestor..."

Lu Fang was obviously not asleep, and she was still lying on her side: "I've said that, I'll sleep here. You all go back to your room and sleep."

The chief eunuch: "Eunuch Huang is here..."

Lu Fang's body moved slightly, then slowly sat up, and then slowly turned around.

"Godfather!" Huang Jin cried out, plopped down on his knees, and sobbed on the brick floor.

Lu Fang stood up, looked at Huang Jin, sighed softly, and said with a forced smile: "Those who don't grow up always don't grow up. Master told me to go back?"

"Yes..." Huang Jin straightened up on his knees, wiping away tears, "I have to get to the palace before dawn..."

Lu Fang glanced at the chief eunuch, "Prepare the horse immediately!"

The chief eunuch was in a panic: "Yes, yes..."

Galloping all the way, got off the horse at the back gate of Xiyuan, and trotted to the gate of the main hall of Yuxi Palace. Can't enter the temple.

Fortunately, the eunuch on duty had already made preparations, his casual clothes had been prepared here, and a large basin of water and a large face towel were also placed in front of the hall outside the hall.

"Quick, wait for the grooming!" Huang Jin urged in a low voice.

One eunuch on duty quickly untied Lu Fang's coat and underwear, and the other eunuch twisted his face towel and wiped his face and body in a hurry.

The eunuch who undressed Lu Fang was about to pull out the copper hairpin on his bun again, and there was already a chime of "dang" in the abode!
"I can't wash my hair anymore, get dressed for me." Lu Fang stretched her arms behind her bare upper body.

After putting on his underwear, Lu Fang quickly tied his belt, Huang Jin put on his outer shirt himself, and Lu Fang walked into the palace gate immediately, and tied the belt of his outer shirt as he walked.

Huang Jin went in and closed the palace door.

The term "meditation" is said in this way by Buddhist scholars, and it is also said by Taoists.The key is not in the word "sit", but in the word "play".Clearly eyes closed, legs crossed like a mountain, what is called "strike"?It hits all kinds of thoughts in the mind at this time, which is called a demon in Taoism and an obstacle in interpretation.

It is recorded in the history that Jiajing practiced Dao and Xuan for decades, "in order to live long, he often meditates all day long and does not lie in bed", but he does not know that this meditation alone is beyond the reach of human beings, and it is not just for longevity.Don't you know that many national fortunes and personnel events come from the word "fight"?It was like this again tonight, five hours had passed since you hour until Lu Fang came in, he had been meditating on the futon, and at this moment there were dense drops of sweat on his face and neck.

Perhaps the one who can understand the truth is Yan Song, and the other is Lu Fang.When he came in, he was still the same as usual, seeing Jiajing sitting on the futon with his eyes closed, knelt down and kowtowed silently, although he saw the bloodstain on the ground—the bloodstain left by Yang Jinshui's kowtow, his heart was a little turbulent, and he was still innocent. Standing up, he went to the golden basin and twisted a handkerchief, walked to Jiajing who was sitting on the futon, knelt on the steps of the futon with one leg, and wiped gently from the back of his neck until he finished wiping his face. Cheek, walked away to put down the towel, wrung out a wet cloth from another basin, walked to the bloodstain, knelt down on one knee, and wiped the bloodstain on the ground.

"Yang Jinshui is really crazy." Jiajing spoke softly.

While wiping the blood, Lu Fang replied: "It's all slaves who have not been trained well, and they owe it to the grace of God."

Jiajing: "Actually, his job is not bad. Some things can't be entirely blamed on him."

Lu Fang stopped talking and lowered her head to wipe the blood.

Jiajing: "It's been so many years, and a dog has adopted a relative. I don't want to go crazy like that. I have already asked people to send him to Chaotian Temple. If he is with Lan Shenxian and the others, ghosts will not dare to haunt him anymore."

Lu Fang lay on the ground, tried her best to control her body, but her tears dripped down on the brick floor.

Jiajing looked at him: "Jiangnan Weaving Bureau has become such a mess. There are so many slaves in the palace's clothing supervisor, needlework bureau, and scarf and hat bureau who have been greedy for so much money. They only missed coming to Yuxi Palace to demolish tiles. This is all because of you." The person in charge. I only let you go to Yongling for half a month, do you still feel so wronged?"

Lu Fang raised her head, her face was full of tears, and she choked with sobs, "I don't have any grievances... Kyushu and Wanfang are all on the shoulders of the master alone, protecting this and protecting that, the master is the most wronged of……"

Jiajing sighed: "I've been in charge of the family for three years, I'm a dog! I've been entrusted to you in the palace, and you have been responsible for some things on my behalf. The confessions of Zheng Michang and He Maocai, who were re-examined in Zhejiang, were sent to the palace yesterday. Originally, I didn't want to dismantle it to see it, but after a hexagram, I got a Qian hexagram, 'Yuan Henryzhen', which is very lucky. The confession is on the case, you should go and see it too."

"Yes." Hearing what he said, Lu Fang thought that Zhejiang's confession must have been corrected and submitted according to the wishes of the Ministry of Rites and Supervisors. She felt relieved, wiped her tears with her sleeves, and stood up.

Jiajing took out his own pair of spectacles from the wide sleeves of his robe and handed them over. Lu Fang quickly bowed and took them with both hands, and walked towards the imperial case.

Walking to the imperial case, he found that there were confessions one by one on the imperial case, all of which were pressed with jade paperweights. Some of the letters were large and some were small, densely packed. He lifted Jiajing's imperial glasses to the void After bowing, I put it on and looked carefully at the confessions.

At a glance, I found that the confession that I sent back was placed in the first place!Lu Fang was stunned immediately, and couldn't help looking quietly at Jiajing.

Jiajing: "Look, let's talk after reading."

Lu Fang hurriedly scanned all the way to confirm that the confession that was typed back and returned was unchanged, and her eyes immediately skipped to look at the confession behind.

Jiajing had already got off the futon, and began to wander alone in the monastery: "There is a common saying in the family, the more you help, the more you help. If you don't show me the confession you handed in for the first time, you will keep it from me. He ran to Yan Song to find Xu Jie, and brought a jar of 40-year-old wine to persuade him to drink. One first assistant, one second assistant, one well water, one river water, this glass of wine is also what you can persuade (sound di)! No need Busy kneeling, and then read."

Lu Fang was startled, and wanted to kneel down to explain a few words, but after hearing what Jiajing said, she had to put on her glasses again, and bent over to look at the testimony behind her.

Jiajing circled the three-tiered futon table and started to gossip: "When I heard you go to persuade you to drink, I remembered the two words Taizu Gao said when he feasted on the meritorious officials... I know that Taizu said at that time What are the two sentences?"

While listening to the rumble of thunder, while watching the sharpening of knives and pens, Lu Fang's face was already covered with sweat, and she already knew what it was after reading it.Hearing that Jiajing suddenly mentioned Emperor Gao, he couldn't look at it anymore and couldn't take off his glasses, so he couldn't look at it. He could only stand sideways by the desk and bow his head to answer: "I don't know, please enlighten me, master."

Jiajing stopped in his tracks: "You don't know, but Yan Song and Xu Jie know. Two great scholars, they have read "Taizu Shilu" countless times, and they are familiar with it. When they picked up the wine glass, they had already read it. I just remembered the two words of the Taizu." At this point he stopped, and then read out the two words of the Taizu Gao Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang when he feasted on the heroes: "Drink the golden cup with you, and the white sword is not the same." Forgive me!"

Just now Jiajing's words were still like thunder, but these two words of Taizu's words were like thunderbolts!Lu Fang hurriedly took off her glasses and put them on the case, plopped on the side of the case facing Jiajing and fell to her knees, her head firmly lying on the brick floor.

Jiajing: "Some families you can take care of for me, and some families I handed over to Yan Song and Xu Jie, but the last family of the Ming Dynasty has to be taken care of by me. If you go to persuade them to drink, they must guess that it is my intention. The wine is here In the front, the sword is in the back, can they not find a way to deal with it?"

Lu Fang kowtowed three times and lay down on the ground without answering.

Jiajing: "The Japanese pirates are making trouble in the southeast, the Tatars are making trouble in the north, and the treasury is empty. Now the confession you sent back has not only been sent back without changing a single word, but also the retracted confessions of Zheng Michang and He Maocai, and added To deal with the other confessions and testimonies that have been retracted. Destruction of dikes and flooding of fields, private release of Japanese pirates, and embezzlement of the country’s money and people’s wealth, all have been found out! Innocent and innocent people have been involved, and you tell me to draw out my white blade to kill anyone at this time Is good?"

Lu Fang could only kowtow heavily again: "The slave is ignorant, has committed a big taboo, caused a big disaster, and is willing to be punished!"

Jiajing was already at the imperial case at this time, casually picked up the hexagram he had drawn and the imperial note with the hexagram written on it, and lightly threw it in front of Lu Fang: "You have been with me for so many years, and you also know the hexagram." Yao, take a look, what does this Qian hexagram mean."

Lu Fang slowly picked up the imperial note, knelt there and thought for a while, and replied: "The slave thinks that since 'Yuan Henry Zhen' means 'benefit from chastity'. This means that the master is wise and uses With Hu Ruzhen and Zhao Zhenji, there will be no disadvantages. Things in the southeast can be stabilized with Erzhen."

Jiajing: "Anyone can see the meaning of this. But the two hexagrams of Qian, how can we explain what to do?"

Lu Fang stared fixedly at the upper three horizontal lines and the lower three horizontal lines drawn by Jiajing on the imperial paper, and replied meditatively: "This is the image of the extreme sun. The top of the stem naturally refers to the master, and the bottom of the stem refers to the master." What, the servant will not be able to understand."

Jiajing: "If you all know the details, I'll be called True Monarch Fei Yuan in vain. I'm referring to Hai Rui!"

Lu Fang was taken aback for a moment, and then looked at Jiajing with wide eyes.

Jiajing looked at the moon that was about to set outside the door of the jingshe: "A small seventh-rank magistrate has such a thunderbolt method, so it can be seen that he is a very masculine and strong person. It is said that my son is weak and honest, but in fact he is also kind. appoint."

Lu Fang was stunned: "Master Shengming."

Jiajing: "This Hai Rui is going to kill people, but I can't kill people yet. In addition to Zheng Michang and He Maocai, there are also three servants headed by the Shangyi Supervisor, the Needlework Bureau, and the Scarf and Hat Bureau. Others, this time I won't kill any of them, and I won't arrest any of them. This decree must be communicated to Yan Song and Xu Jie immediately, telling them to enter the palace early in the morning."

Lu Fang: "This servant is going to deliver the decree."

Jiajing: "Don't go, let Chen Hong and the others go. It's almost dawn, you pack up and go to the Supervisor of Ceremonies. If you won't be here for half a month, it's already a mess."

"The cloud in the cabinet, the wind in the palace".These are two proverbs that were well known in the official circles of the capital during the Jiajing period.If you want to be promoted as an official, you must have rain from the cloud in the cabinet. As for whose head the cloud will eventually cover, it depends on where the wind in the palace blows the cloud. This is a meaning.There is another meaning, no matter how confidential things are, there will be wind in the palace in a short while, wherever the wind goes, whoever knows the direction of the wind can avoid evil.

Half a month ago, Lu Fangfa went to guard Yongling, and the wind and grass fell to Chen Hong's side.Tonight Lu Fang was sent back to the palace by secret order, and within half an hour the news was blown from Yuxi Palace to the Supervisor of Rites.

Chen Honggong stood at the gate of the outer courtyard, and two eunuchs surnamed Shi and Meng stood respectfully on both sides of him, and all the eunuchs who were on duty or not working in the supervisor of ceremonies gathered in the outer courtyard, kneeling on the ground in black.

Soon, led by two lanterns, Huang Jin and Lu Fang came by the arm.

"Godfather, you are always back!" Chen Hong lifted his robe and knelt down, and the two eunuchs followed suit.

"Hello, old ancestor!" The dark voices in the yard greeted the sky brightly.

There was a hint of light in the eastern sky, and the whole courtyard was faintly visible with their heads up and down.

Lu Fang was still wearing the casual clothes of Yuxi Palace's servants, standing at the gate of the courtyard and looking inside: "What is this for? Those who should be servants are not going to be servants, what are you kneeling here for? Get up, get up."

Chen Hong and the two Bingbi eunuchs stood up, while the eunuchs in the yard were still kneeling.

Chen Hong: "The sons and grandchildren are thinking about their godfather day and night. When they heard that the old ancestor was back, they all came here by themselves. It's not easy for the sons to ask them to go back." courtyard gate.

Huang Jin followed behind with disdain on his face.

Slowly passing through the stone road in the middle of the courtyard full of kneeling eunuchs, Lu Fang said to Chen Hong: "If there is an urgent errand, those who should be on errands should stay on the errands, and those who have nothing to do should disperse."

Chen Hong immediately answered: "Have you heard what the old ancestor said? The errands will stay, and the rest will leave!"

Four Bingbi eunuchs surrounded Lu Fang and walked towards the inner courtyard.

"Yes!" The answer from behind them was somewhat high and sometimes low.

Several eunuchs who were on duty today hurriedly got up and followed the inner courtyard.

The rest of the eunuchs who were kneeling on the ground slowly stood up, and some of them looked fiercely at the other eunuchs, but those eunuchs lowered their heads and dared not look at them.He walked out of the courtyard door with his chest upright, bowed his head until they had all gone out, and then walked out of the courtyard door listlessly.

Xu Jie was on duty in the cabinet of Xiyuan, and it took him only a moment to walk to Yuxi Palace when he was called, but it was already Maoshi when Chen Hong led him here, and he saw Yan Song's two-carrying couple carrying his wife from a distance. It has been placed under the stone steps outside the temple gate.Looking carefully, Yan Song himself hadn't entered the hall yet, he was accompanied by Lu Fang standing quietly outside the hall door, obviously waiting for him.

Xu Jie stopped in his tracks and looked at Chen Hong: "How can you call Elder Yan Ge first and ask him to wait for me? It's too rude."

Chen Hong smiled darkly: "The first assistant will naturally be called first, and the second assistant will of course be called later. Does Mr. Xu Ge feel strange about this?"

Knowing that he offended Chen Hong that day, Xu Jie smiled at him indifferently: "What Chen Gonggong said is true." Wei Wei raised the corner of his robe and walked towards the gate of the palace at a faster pace.

Seeing Xu Jie approaching, Lu Fang immediately walked down the stone steps to meet him.

The two met their eyes under the stone steps, and Xu Jie said, "Is everything alright in the Holy Land?"

"Everything is fine." Lu Fang answered briefly, "Mr. Yan Ge has been waiting for a while, so hurry up and enter the palace."

Xu Jie immediately climbed up the stone steps: "I just received the call, Mr. Ge forgives my sin."

Yan Song on the stone steps stretched out his hand full of age spots to meet Xu Jie.

Xu Jie reached up the stone steps with both hands and took Yan Song's extended hand.

Yan Song: "Mr. Xu Ge has been working hard for the past half month."

Xu Jie: "Many tickets are under pressure. I don't know what to do if Mr. Ge doesn't come again."

Seeing the situation of the two of them, Lu Fang smiled vicissitudes of life, lifted her robes and entered the palace door, and played loudly: "Qi Zou the emperor, Mr. Yan Ge and Mr. Xu Ge have arrived by order!"

Immediately there was a copper chime of "Dang" in the abbot.

Holding one hand and supporting the other, Yan Song and Xu Jie kept this posture and approached the Abode. Lu Fang bowed slightly and stood outside the door waiting for them.

Yan Song and Xu Jie walked to the door of the jingshe, and it was time to turn around and kneel outside the door to salute, but as soon as they turned around, the two were startled——Jiajing was standing on the threshold and looking at them with a smile!

Xu Jie supported Yan Song and was about to kneel down, Jiajing's two big sleeves had already floated over, holding the two of them with a gust of wind: "No need to kneel, let's all come in."

(End of this chapter)