Even though Yun Liu was talking to Zhang Yong calmly, Zhang Yong, who was stimulated, couldn't listen to it. He had been preparing for a long time, but he was suddenly told to give up and could not accept it for a while.

Zhang Yong said furiously: "Our family wants to meet Lord Shen. Even if he refuses to see him, our family will have to break into the mansion! What does it mean? Our family is ready for everything, and suddenly let our family stop? Why?"

Yun Liu said: "Please forgive me for being an expert... Today is a major issue, and even Beishi is not qualified to enter and exit Shen Mansion freely, so Eunuch Zhang's request Beishi cannot be conveyed to Lord Shen... Beishi has other things to do, so I say goodbye first."

While speaking, Yunliu turned around and left. Zhang Yong hurriedly stepped forward and tried to stop him, but was blocked by the guards brought by Yunliu. Just as a group of guards were about to move, Yunliu raised his hand to interrupt his subordinates' resoluteness and bowed:

"Eunuch Zhang is a nobleman in the court. He dare not offend him as a humble position, but please believe that Mr. Shen will not be detrimental to you. This is just a temporary avoidance of the edge."

Zhang Yong shouted, "Then why, there should be an explanation, right?"

Yun Liu said: "It probably means that the incident happened suddenly and someone offered a high price that Eunuch Zhang could not afford, so please be patient and not fight for the time being... But not fighting at this time may not necessarily mean not fighting in the future. It is just a temporary solution. As for the specific reason, the adults have not explained it."

This reason cannot convince people at all!

Zhang Yong had a faint smile on his face: "What a Shen Zhihou, I'm afraid he's been bribed. I think the money we have given him is less?"

Yun Liu smiled apologetically and did not explain any more. Then he bowed and took the people away. Zhang Yong stood there for a long time without coming back to his senses, obviously unwilling to accept it.

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Zhang Yongzhi was proud and thought he was sure to win, but after Shen Xi sent someone to persuade him to leave, he became extremely depressed. He knew very well how powerful Chen Xi had in selecting the Sili Supervisor's Printing, but now Shen Xi is obviously not on his side.

When Zhang Yong arrived at the intersection of the street, he walked to the carriage where Xiao Tiaozi was riding, called Xiao Tiaozi down and told him about the situation. He was almost collapsed.

Zhang Yong said with a sad face: "Mr. Shen is not trustworthy. He has fooled us this time."

Xiao Twist frowned: "Mr. Shen said someone had a high price that others could not reach? Who was it? How much money was it? Did Mr. Shen make up his mind to support this person in the right position? Have you asked clearly?"

Zhang Yong said annoyedly: "Our family hasn't seen Lord Shen himself. He just found someone to say hello. How can our family know the whole story? Isn't this bullying?"

Xiao Guozi was also a little angry at this time: "Just knowing complaining, but not asking clearly. Lord Shen can be said to be free from things. If he asks you to give up, then there must be his reason. Since this is the case, don't offer a high price. Just give a thousand eight hundred taels of taels, so as not to lose money in the bamboo basket. In the end, the price you offer contains our capital."

Zhang Yongdao: "What does your father-in-law mean? You...you want to quit too?"

Chen Xi has already annoyed Zhang Yong. Now even Xiao Tiaozi is saying something that has lost the chain, which makes Zhang Yong even more difficult to accept. At least in Zhang Yong's opinion, no matter who is the boss, he must maintain an intimate relationship with Emperor Zhengde. In this way, one person cannot be avoided, that is Xiao Tiaozi.

Because no eunuch can see the emperor as often as a small twister, which is convenient for blowing the wind in his ears. If the one who poses the greatest threat to Zhang Yong is the small twister, even Zhang Yong thought that even if he loses Chen Xi's support, it can be accomplished by relying on the small twister alone.

Xiao Twist looked at Zhang Yong and frowned and said, "Is what Lord Shen said not clear enough? If he sincerely cheats you, don't tell you about the matter and wait for the result to come out and let you throw a large amount of money in it, and finally it's a mess. Now Lord Shen is willing to notify you to withdraw, and he has given a huge favor... You'd better listen to him, after all, Lord Shen is the leader in this matter, and he has received much more information than us... Could it be that you don't listen to him and are ready to go on your own?"

Zhang Yong was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect Xiao Guozi to fight back so resolutely. After thinking it through, he suddenly asked in surprise: "You...can't you and Shen Zhihou have any private agreement to drive our family out, and then you come to the position? You..."

Xiao frowned even deeper, and shook his hand: "Eunuch Zhang, if you don't believe in our family, why should you cooperate with us? When will our family have an agreement with Lord Shen? Don't swear!"

Zhang Yong seemed to have figured it out, and many thoughts flashed through his mind, and he slapped his thighs last: "Yes, yes, since His Majesty suddenly handed this matter back to Shen Zhihou yesterday, our family felt something was wrong. Now I finally figured it out. Among them, you, Xiao Tiaozi, have seen Shen Zhihou..."

"Okay, you have been connected to the front line of your relationship, but you keep our family in the dark. Now you have asked our family to withdraw voluntarily. That means you have already settled down and are just waiting to persuade our family to withdraw?"

Xiao Zhuozi was furious: "What nonsense are you talking about? When did our family discuss with Lord Shen? You... you are really unreasonable!"

Zhang Yong was already blinded by anger. He couldn't listen to Xiao Tiaozi's words at all. He furiously said: "Okay, you little Tiaozi, it's waste of our trust in you. Who knew that you were just two-faced and came to our house to pretend today! Humph, don't worry, our family won't even make any money. Even if you sell this time, you will fight you to the end. It depends on who has a richer family!"

Xiao Taozi asked in surprise: "Are you crazy? Who wants to compete with you for your family's fortune? Our family has never said that we want to compete with you, and even took out our own money to help you. You just repay it like this? You love to fight or not. If you don't listen to Lord Shen's words, you can participate and see who the person who suffered the loss in the end! It's hopeless, you confused old guy!"

Because he had not received respect from Zhang Yong, Xiao Tiaozi was a little angry at this moment and no longer felt sorry for Zhang Yong... Now the other party was clearly trying to draw a clear line with him, and he would not make peace with his face.

"You wait!"

Zhang Yong pointed at Xiao Tiaozi and went away angrily, as if he was going home to sell his property and raise funds.

Xiao Guozi stood there and looked at Zhang Yong's back, cursing: "If you have the ability to sell all your property, then you will be compensated. Then let you stay on the streets and see who will pity you!"

The two eunuchs quarreled very hard, and none of their entourage dared to speak casually.

Seeing that Zhang Yong was not going back, Xiao Guozi turned around angrily. Seeing that a group of followers were still looking at him, he said angrily: "What are you looking at? Go and do your own errands! That old guy is crazy, are you crazy too?"

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Zhang Yong did go home to raise money, and even sold his property.

He took advantage of the time before dawn and quickly sent someone to contact some big buyers in the city. Although he had no resources around the emperor, he had a wide range of connections in the capital. After all, he worked in the Imperial Horse Supervisor for a long time, and whether civil servants, military generals, or large households in the city, could speak.

This time he not only had to sell his property, but also borrowed money. He thought he could get support smoothly, but after the sent people returned it, he found that something was wrong.

"...Master, I have asked, no one will buy our house or land. I said someone in the court has said hello, as if he was from the Ministry of War..."

Zhang Yong slapped his forehead: "That's it, Shen Zhihou is insidious and cunning. If he knew that our family had a breakup with Xiao Tiaozi, he would definitely block our family's way of selling the property and raising money in advance. He wanted to cut off our family's retreat!"

"Master, what should I do?" the housekeeper asked in embarrassment.

Originally, the servants of the Zhang family advanced and retreated together. Zhang Yong wanted to compete for the position of Sili Supervisor in charge of the seal, which was a first-class event for the Zhang family. The slaves in the family wanted to become successful with their masters. Even Zhang Yong's godsons were particularly filial this time, wanting to help their adoptive father succeed, and many "juniors" will be promoted in the future.

Zhang Yong sneered: "He thought that if we could block the road of wealthy and powerful people, our family would have no choice. Go to the shameful businessmen in the capital to borrow money. With our face alone, we can borrow money back!"

The housekeeper was timid when he heard this: "Master, those people eat people and don't spit bones. Let's borrow money from them. If they don't pay it back, they may be in big trouble."

At this time, Zhang Yong thought of his method was not a formal way at all. He was actually planning to borrow money from the underground money house that released usury in Beijing. This was also the last method he could think of.

Zhang Yong said: "If our family becomes the boss's chief etiquette, how can we not pay the money? This is a huge deal. Our family wanted to borrow it before, but we didn't do it when we thought there was no need. Others didn't have this way yet! Go back from borrowing 20,000 taels of silver, and use all the land and houses at home to mortgage it, and even your contract for sale should be used."

"Master... think twice before you act."

This time, the servants of the Zhang family stopped doing it and all advised each other.

Zhang Yong cursed: "You bastards have been with our family for many years and have lived so many good days. Now they share some of their burdens for our family and they will stop working? Butler, hurry up and take the guards at home. Even if the end of the matter is not done, will those little people still dare to come to collect debts? Our family still has some ability at hand, which is enough to shut up these people!"

The housekeeper thought it was true. Although Zhang Yong is not currently in the Palace Affairs Office, he is a eunuch in charge and has a good reputation. It seems that there is no problem to deal with a few loan sharks.

Even if it is not dealt with, it can be resolved through some methods, such as negotiations, etc.

Anyway, someone wants to sell Zhang Yong's face.

"Master, wait a moment. The villain will take people to borrow money from them now, but I'm afraid there will be too late." The butler said helplessly.

Zhang Yong waved his hand: "It's okay, this time our family just went to see Shen Zhihou to report a number. There is no need to bring the money. As long as the money can be brought within two hours... This matter will be left to you. If you can't take it back, you won't have to come back!"

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Early in the morning, Zhang Yong was the first to arrive at the door of Shen's house, but after returning home, he became the latest one.

The wind and snow stopped yesterday. At this time, the clouds and the fog dissipated, and the sun rose high. However, the gate of the Shen family was still not opened. The eunuchs at the door gathered together in groups of three or three to discuss, and divided into distinct factions.

Originally, Zhang Yong and Xiao Guozi were together, but Xiao Guozi didn't want to pay attention to him this time. Instead, his biggest competitor, Li Xing, came to salute and greet him.

Li Xing asked, "Why did Eunuch Zhang come so late? I thought you would arrive first when you live outside the palace, but I didn't expect that it would be later than the others, so everyone waited for a long time."

"snort!"

Zhang Yong was not as good as Li Xing, so he snorted as an answer.

Li Xing seemed to be stranger and smiled and said, "We are all old people in the palace. We know everything. Don't show off after entering Shen Mansion. We can't afford to provoke this Lord Shen... Come and stand up quickly and wait to enter."

After speaking, Li Xing did not wait for Zhang Yong to express anything and walked towards the door of the Shen family first. However, seeing Zhu Hongli guarding the door like a door god, Li Xing called out: "Eunuch Zhang, who was participating in the election, has arrived. Can you open the door and go in?"

Dai Yi said: "What are you waiting for? Let the way out quickly. Could it be that the gate of Shen Mansion is higher than the threshold of the imperial palace?"

This statement obviously means provocation!

Many people looked at Dai Yi. Although Dai Yi was the most experienced among these people, saying some inappropriate words at the door of the Shen family still makes people suspect that he was not good at it.

Zhang Yong was angry. While looking for Xiao Tiaozi's figure in the crowd, he muttered in his heart: "What the hell is Shen Zhihou doing?"

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The gate opened and the group entered the front yard of the Shen family in an orderly manner.

Everyone thought they could enter the room directly, but when they entered the yard, they found that there were many chairs here, as if the final bidding meeting was arranged in the yard.

Gao Feng asked Zhu Hong: "Why didn't your elders come out to greet me? Should we go into the study or go to the main hall to talk about things?"

Zhu Hong said: "Dear father-in-law, my master said that you can wait in the yard. You have prepared your seats and posted them with your names. Just sit according to the positioning."

Zhu Hong's words made the eunuch present very angry. Although they were just eunuchs in the palace, they stood at the top of the eunuch group and could get courtesy wherever they went, but when they arrived at the Shen family, they were not even qualified to enter the main hall and had to sit in the yard.

Dai Yi muttered again: "The Chen Mansion is indeed different. Perhaps the threshold here will be higher than that of the palace in the future... Let's sit down."

Dai Yi said what everyone wanted to say. Many people might not dare to be so arrogant in front of the Shen family. In the end, Chen Xi is not a role that is easy to mess with. Zhu Houzhao was not finished by the selection of Sili Supervisor's seal, but Shen Xi was responsible for it. It made everyone realize that except for Zhu Houzhao, the person with the highest status in the court is actually Chen Xi. He couldn't curry favor with this powerful man in the court even had no good life to serve in Sili Supervisor.

Zhang Yong found his seat and sat down. Although these eunuchs may not have a high level of knowledge, they all knew literacy, otherwise they would not be qualified to enter the Sili Supervisory Bureau.

"What is Lord Shen doing now? When will he come out?" Li Rong asked.

Zhu Hong did not answer, walked to the front door of the main hall and arranged for people to continue to bring tables and benches. Just as Li Rong stood up and was about to come forward to ask, he heard Chen Xi's voice coming from the moon gate of the side courtyard: "Why should Eunuch Li be so anxious?"

Originally, the eunuchs were still wondering if there was any need to make a fuss, but when Chen Xi came out, they couldn't help but stand up to greet him. A few of them were more familiar even wanted to come forward to say hello, but Chen Xi pressed his hand:

"You all sit down first. I am just following the order of Your Majesty to preside over the auction ceremony. There is no need to worry about it, carry the box over."

Following Chen Xi's order, the servants of the Shen family carried a square box, which looked different from ordinary wooden boxes because there was a gap on the top of the box.

Gao Feng said: "Mr. Shen, what are you going to do?"

Chen Xi explained: "Everyone, this box is no different from an ordinary box, but there is a long hole on the top. Just put the letter of silver that you have prepared to send to the leopard room and plug it into this hole. After everyone completes the bid, the official will read it in public. This is fair, open and just, and no one is left to say if they lose the election."

The people present looked at each other, obviously they had never seen such a method. While they were surprised, they were also wondering whether there was a possibility of cheating behind this, but after careful consideration, they felt that this seemed the most direct and objective.

Chen Xi said again: "Since yesterday, I have never seen you again except for having to send a decree to the father-in-law. I don't know what exactly you want to prepare. I don't know how much money you want to give to Your Majesty. You will make your own decisions. I will only be responsible for the final statistics."

Li Xing leaned forward and said, "Mr. Shen, why do you have to spend so much effort? Just collect the bottom of the mark and read it out. How can we not trust you?"

Chen Xidao: "Some things still need to be followed by the rules. The box can be opened from the back, but only one key will be opened after everyone stuffs their marks in...Who will come first?"

Chen Xi seemed not to waste time, so he looked at the people present, meaning to urge him.

When it was the turn of the eunuchs present to throw their bid price into the box, they began to hesitate, as if everyone wanted to make the next bid. Even if they didn't know the other party's bid, they felt that it would be better to take action later. Under this mentality, no one was willing to act first.

At this moment, Dai Yi walked out and said, "Mr. Shen's time is very precious. I will write a memorial to Your Majesty later. Don't waste your time... You are ready for everything you should prepare, just do your best... Let's do our home first."
To be continued...