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It is already midwinter in the capital.

The snow is as heavy as a mat, and the yellow tiles and green walls have disappeared, leaving only a vast expanse of white.

The snow outside the duty room of the Silijian has accumulated a bit of thickness. The eunuchs standing on both sides of the gate are shaking with their hands, while in the duty room, the charcoal fire is burning vigorously, and three eunuchs in red are sitting at a square table drinking tea.

The whole room is warmed by the charcoal fire. The three people are not wearing official uniforms, but a thin casual clothes, but they don’t feel a bit of cold. The three people’s tea cups are filled with mist and the fragrance of tea is refreshing. It is the first spring jade buds newly picked this year. In the whole Daqi, only the tea produced in the three gardens in Jiangnan can be called jade buds, which is the imperial tea.

These three eunuchs can drink the first spring new harvest, which shows that they are powerful. These three people are the eunuch Feng, the seal-holding eunuch, and the eunuchs He and Li, the pen-holding eunuchs.

Eunuch He is slightly fatter than the other two. Although he is over fifty years old, he does not look old and is still energetic. He sipped his tea slowly, put down his teacup, closed his eyes and savored it for a while before he smiled and said, "Godfather, the jade buds are out of the cellar, and the third brother hasn't come back yet. The fourth brother doesn't have the blessing of this spring jade bud."

"Hehe, the third brother doesn't have the blessing!" Eunuch Feng, who was sitting in the main seat, put down his teacup and said leisurely.

Eunuch Li on the other side was thin, with his gray hair combed meticulously, eagle eyes, hooked nose, thin lips, long face, and no flesh on his cheeks. At first glance, he was a sinister and cruel person. Like the two of them, Eunuch Li tasted a sip of tea, then blew the tea, let out a long breath, leaned over and lit a dry pipe on the charcoal stove, squinted his eyes and said, "Second brother, don't worry, it takes more than a month to walk from Chang'an to the capital, and it will take at least ten days and half a month. It's almost there."

Unlike his face, Eunuch Li's voice was very gentle and magnetic.

"Meng De has a poem that says, 'I patted the eagle-beaked buds in the fragrant bushes, and the old man sent them to the exiled immortals. Tonight, there is the moon over the Xiangjiang River, shining on the flying flowers in the bowl. There is not much good tea, let's taste the tea, and just wait for the third child's matter."

Eunuch Feng closed his eyes, his expression was calm, as if he was savoring the fragrance of tea, with a look of contentment on his face.

Eunuch He and Eunuch Li said "hmm" and stopped talking. They each held their teacups and tasted tea. For a while, there was only the "ding ding" sound of teacups hitting each other and the diffuse tea fragrance in the duty room.

"Eunuch Chen, you are back."

The voice of the eunuch on duty outside the door interrupted the elegance of the three people.

"Damn it!" Eunuch He spoke first, and the smile on his face was gone. The other two eunuchs also looked unhappy.

"Is the old ancestor on duty?" A low voice came from outside the door.

"Yes, the old ancestor is talking about Eunuch Chen!" The joyful voice of another eunuch on duty came.

Eunuch Feng smiled when he heard the voice, "Second brother, is that your godson Xu Ling outside the door?"

"Replying to Qian Dad, it is Xu Ling. This kid is very smart." Eunuch He's face turned from gloomy to bright.

Eunuch Feng smiled and nodded, "Smart is good, being smart can do good things." He finished the tea in the teacup and continued, "The third brother is back, let's go out to greet him."

The three of them just opened the door of the duty room, and the tired-looking Eunuch Chen had already arrived at the steps. Seeing the three people pushing the door out, his eyes lit up, and he knelt down hurriedly with his official uniform, "Godfather!"

"Good boy, it's good to be back, it's good to be back, it's cold outside, let's go into the house and talk, second brother, let the eunuchs go down." Eunuch Feng took two quick steps and lifted up Eunuch Chen.

"Didn't you hear what the ancestor said? Go down!"

"Yes," the eunuch on duty replied.

In the duty room, Eunuch Chen said without changing into his regular clothes: "Godfather, my godson is not doing his job well, please punish me!"

"Didn't you bring him back?"

"Yes"

Eunuch Feng looked solemn, and the two eunuchs beside him didn't say anything, their faces were gloomy.

"Didn't Baoshu do anything?" Eunuch Feng spoke slowly after sitting down.

"No, that old show-off was thinking of betting on both sides, not to mention doing it himself, even the people he sent were just four Buddha-serving Vajra, and they became four corpses before they even saw the people." Eunuch Chen looked annoyed, and his tone was as calm as possible, "Later Zhou Zhiyang took action, and with the cavalry behind, my son really didn't dare to chase him further..."

After saying that, Eunuch Chen knelt down and lowered his head in grievance.

Eunuch Feng closed his eyes as if thinking about something, and the fat Eunuch He helped Eunuch Chen up.

"Third brother, it's not your fault. No one could have expected this to happen. Godfather is not an unreasonable person. Get up first."

Eunuch Feng, who was sitting, opened his eyes and took a breath. "Alas, an imperial envoy died in Jiangnan for no apparent reason, and Chang'an didn't keep anyone. It's a troubled time."

"Shu is plagued by bandits, Hexi is disunited, the northern Hu repeatedly invades the border, and Annan is not peaceful. There are thousands of difficulties, but Your Majesty has the most difficulties! As servants, the most important thing is to share the worries of the emperor."

"Third brother, don't leave this time when you come back. You are doing the job of the second brother. Second brother, you have worked hard to go to Jiangnan , the New Year is coming soon, we have to kill a few pigs for the New Year. Boss, you work the hardest, Zhuo Yulang and Jin Lu Niang of Jinyiwei, pick some people from the East and West Factories to go out and travel around the world. "

"In recent years, the people in the world have been used to being unruly, and they are all hypocritical. If you don't know, you would think that we are scholars!"

"Hehe, let the world see blood and see the blade!"

After listening, the three of them replied, "Yes, godfather."

Eunuch Feng nodded, his face showing no joy or anger, "Get ready immediately, the third brother will stay for a while."

"Okay, godfather, I'll take my leave.", said Eunuch He and Eunuch Li together.

After the door was closed, Eunuch Feng stood up, took some water, and made a pot of tea himself. He pushed it in front of Eunuch Chen and said, "Old Third, you are already this old without realizing it. When you first entered the East Palace, you were still half-grown children. It's been almost forty years. Hehe"

"For thirty-eight years, it's all thanks to Godfather."

"Hehe, whether you are sincere or false, I will bear it." Eunuch Feng raised his hand to interrupt Eunuch Chen who was about to speak, and continued, "I don't know if you regard Godfather as a relative, but Godfather really regards you as his own sons. What parent doesn't hope for the best for his son? I asked the eldest brother to go here to finish it for you. Old Third, you didn't do a good job on this matter..."

"Godfather..."

Eunuch Chen cried and almost shouted, with tears in his eyes.

Patting Eunuch Chen on the shoulder and wiping his tears, he said, "Third brother, take a nap. You understand the truth, so I won't say much. Just do your job. Change into your official uniform and go serve the emperor."