Chapter 431: Chaotic Situation (Part 1)

The courtyard is deep, surrounded by red walls and yellow tiles, and the wind can only pass by high above the head. However, the flour-like raindrops still fluttered down, dyeing the flowers, plants and trees of the entire palace all green. Deep in the forbidden palace, in a small side courtyard, the old eunuch Lu sat on a creaking rocking chair, shaking his body slowly, and slowly peeling the peanuts in his hand. Several eunuch leaders in big red robes stood respectfully in front of him, whispering something.

The rain was fine and dense, but none of the people noticed that their clothes were stained and wet, and they were discussing in a low voice in the open air.

The peanut shell slowly shattered, took out the red-clothed nuts inside, gently rubbed the thin layer of skin with his fingers, and then threw the peanut into his mouth, chewed it into pieces with a 'gabeng'. Old Eunuch Lu squinted his eyes intoxicatedly, carefully savoring the mellow fragrance of the peanut kernel, and slowly said: "What a fragrant peanut... What an annoying little bastard! Alas, what's the baby in my family? Someone wants to make trouble behind my back and take over my power."

He carefully slapped the little bits of debris on his hands. Old Eunuch Lu sneered: "Little Lizi, okay, it's not a blessing for my father-in-law, I felt sorry for you so much back then. It's true that I have a bit of a father-in-law's demeanor. Hehe, Dongchang, how long has it been established just now? Before the foundation is solid, I dare to plot against my father-in-law behind my back. I want to take over the spy of Tenglong, is this your noble's idea? But if you want to gain power from the Jinyiwei, where will I place my father-in-law?"

A eunuch leader smiled sinisterly and said flatteringly: "Dadfather-in-law, that little boy is not authentic and wants to compete with Lord Lu for power. You can't just let him go. It's better to do this. Let's just take action as soon as possible and give him..." He gestured to chop with a knife and said softly: "Slay the weeds and eliminate the roots, as long as the Lord's Highness doesn't know, the matter will be over. Now the undercurrents in the city are surging, and we secretly kill a few people, which will not attract the attention of others."

He slowly picked up a cup of tea, and the tea in the tea cup instantly turned into light smoke and dissipated. The wisp of light smoke was sucked into the mouth and melted into green tea liquid again. With this unpredictable skill, it was obvious that the Taoist practice of the old eunuch Lu had already been very impressive. After all, the many magic medicines that Lu Feng gave him were not used to recharge. He swallowed the tea very gently, and the old eunuch Lu threw the clean tea cup back to the small square table beside him and stood up slowly.

"It's raining heavily. My father-in-law, I'll go back to the house to shelter from the rain. Alas, I'm older and the years are not forgiving people. I'm a little wet. Why does this bone hurt all over?... Let's go, let's go, you guys, I'm too lazy to take care of the matter, you guys, you guys, you guys, I'm too lazy to take care of the matter, you can do it... Your Highness, the state affairs director, I suddenly became idle. No one asked me for advice on the matter inside and outside the palace. Alas, you can do it!"

A glimmer flashed in his eyes. Old Eunuch Lu showed a terrible smile and slowly walked into his room. The eunuchs and leaders looked at each other, with ferocious smiles on their faces. After kneeling down and kowtowed in the mud and swaddled, they retreated respectfully. Just after exiting the gate of the small yard, the eunuch with the highest status had already whispered: "Go quickly, Tenglong Secret Spy, Jinyi Guard, and the Fourth Camp of the Imperial Guard of Tiger, Leopard, Wolf Eagle, and the Imperial Guard of Tiger, Leopard, Wolf Eagle Camp is on standby at any time."

Since ancient times, there has been no such arrogant eunuch in the palace. They soared straight into the air, exerting their skills of high spirits, and quickly ran away on the eaves and walls. With that murderous order, all the forces under the old eunuch Lu quickly moved, just like a cobra in the dark, raising their bodies and launching a fatal blow at any time.

In the palace hall, Yuan Shengxiong stood there with anger, shouting at Zhu Xi who was sitting on it: "Your Highness, there are too many things in Yingtian City, whether it is a human or not. Someone dares to attack the Jinyiwei on the street. This is a crime of treason. If it is not thoroughly investigated, wouldn't it be that those lowly villains succeed?... I have found out that the hard crossbows used by those people are from the Armory of the Ministry of War! It was the attack directed by the officials of the Ministry of War behind the scenes. Therefore, I think that all the officials of the Ministry of War should be put into the prison of the Jinyiwei!"

After coughing, Ouyang Zhizun added: "Hehe, Your Highness, what Lord Yuan said is a little too serious, but the powerful crossbow did come out of the Ministry of War's armory. This matter must be investigated in detail. It is too much to say that all the officials of the Ministry of War were put into prison. However, you must ask the Ministry of War to cooperate with the investigation."

Zhu Xi looked at Yuan Sheng with a smile on his face, feeling happy: "Okay, Lu Qing's family left, and he thought it was missing an arm. But he didn't expect that Yuan Qianhu could do it. Don't the people in the Ministry of War support their second brother? Hehe, it would be nice to replace all the people in the Ministry of War with this reason." But when he looked at Yuan Sheng who was arrogant and domineering and did not take all the ministers in the hall at all, he frowned and thought: "But he is too arrogant. After all, he is also the state affairs officer of my chief, but he made a lot of talk in the hall, even the officials of the Ministry of War proposed. It can be seen that he is a barbarian who does not understand the way of being an official at all."

Without even looking at Zhu Xi, who was above his eyes, Yuan Sheng pushed Ouyang Zhizun away with one hand, stood in front of the group of officials of the Ministry of War, and said arrogantly: "You are you, colluding with the J thief, providing them with weapons and letting them attack the Jinyiwei's troops. You are a group of traitors, and you should have all destroyed the nine clans... Humph, it would be good to leave your daughters and granddaughters and sell them to Jiaofangsi as bitches! I must be the first to enjoy the glory."

"Random!" Angry roar made the entire hall tremble for a few times. Several generals of the Ministry of War stood up in great anger and looked at Yuan Sheng fiercely: "You little thousand households dare to be so arrogant in front of our officials of the Ministry of War, but have you rebelled? Even if the powerful crossbows used by those thieves came from the Armory of the Ministry of War, what does it have to do with us?... Are the guardians of the Armory of the Five Cities?

Zhu Xi frowned and glanced at Little Lizi beside him. Little Lizi also had a deep brow. He stepped forward and was about to speak. However, Yuan Sheng was a guy who was afraid of the world's chaos. After hearing the reprimands of the Ministry of War, he immediately turned his back. He stomped on the ground with heavy feet, causing the entire hall to jump up almost one foot high. Yuan Sheng howled loudly: "Tsk tsk, yeah, you have some fucking reason? Well? The city defense force guarding the warehouse is true, but this thousand households have checked the archives of the ordnance, and all the ordnances matched the registered numbers. Only a month ago, someone took away five hundred powerful crossbows from the warehouse with the Ministry of War's warrant!"

The faces of several generals of the Ministry of War changed, and they looked at the Minister of War, the Minister of War, and other civil officials. The Minister of War's face was so wonderful, it was blue and purple, like a pumpkin that was so beautiful that it was so beautiful. Yuan Sheng saw this scene and immediately jumped up excitedly: "Come, come, come, tie them up for me... I searched the house, searched the house, and all their correspondence letters and case files were copied by me! Come, tie them up!"

Yuan Sheng was so excited that he was jumping around in the hall with his teeth and claws. All the civil and military officials in the court, and even the left and right censors, no one dared to speak. The officials of the Ministry of War had a ghost in their hearts, but what about the other ministers? A small number of them surrendered to monk Daoyan and joined his Xinfu Sect, so they naturally would not speak; some were the Jinyiwei who had grasped the handle and pinched the painful feet, so they naturally did not dare to speak; and some were gloating and looked at the unlucky ministers of the Ministry of War, so they naturally did not want to speak.

For a moment, Yuan Sheng was shouting there for no end, but who dared to move the Golden Gourd Warriors in the hall? It was not Zhu Xi's order, who would dare to tie down the dignified second-rank official of the Ming Dynasty, the dignified Minister of War, and all the officials of the Ministry of War in the hall?

Zhu Xi curled a smile on his lips and said softly: "Yuanqing family, this case is left to you. You must find out the truth and see who made the military hard crossbow flow into the hands of the bandits. Alas, the father's expedition to Yuanmeng took too long; Lord Lu went to the West to share the worries and make contributions to the court; Xu Qing, Zhou Chu, Lu An, Lin Shi and other Qing families led the Jinyiwei south to handle the case, which made the entire Yingtian City supervisory force weak for a while and people's hearts were loose."

Yuan Sheng, who was dancing up and down like a monkey, suddenly became quiet, with a gentle and jade-like divine light on his face, and a warm and unfathomable smile on his face, as if he had gone from an uncivilized barbarian to a Buddha who was enlightened. "Your Highness, I am willing to share your worries. It is my duty to monitor the world and control the hearts of the people in the world. Although Lord Lu and his friends are responsible for their heavy responsibilities and have left the capital to do business, I am still in the capital. I can share your worries."

Zhu Xi laughed loudly, glanced at the adults of the Ministry of War, then glanced at Yuan Sheng with a solemn face, and said with a long smile: "Okay, okay, okay, this is a wonderful statement. Manager Li, how many Jinyiwei are there in Yingtian City now?" He looked at Little Lizi. He did not ask about the two senior generals present in the Jinyiwei, but asked Lizi about the implication, and the implication was very profound.

Little Lizi bowed respectfully and whispered: "Report to Your Highness, there are less than a thousand 'official' Jinyiwei in Yingtian City. Although the number of those who were temporarily recruited is embarrassing. I believe that such a force can indeed not bear the heavy responsibility of defending the capital and supervising the world. Please give your Highness a clear guide."

Yuan Sheng smiled and stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Your Highness, the strength of the Jinyiwei is too weak now. Lord Lu went to the West and took away three or five thousand good players; Xu Qing and four other masters went to the south to investigate the previous dynasty... Oh, after tracing the whereabouts of that person, he also took away thousands of good players. Although the Jinyiwei still has a large number of spies left in the capital, it is not enough to intimidate the world."

Zhu Xi smiled and nodded and said, "I know about this. Manager Li has formulated an imperial edict and promoted Yuan Qianhu to the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei. Together with Ouyang Qing's family, he will rule over the Jinyiwei in the capital. Is there not enough staff in the Jinyiwei? For nothing, just draw good hands from the imperial guards and the imperial guards to replenish them. To add two thousand people, it is barely enough. After all, there are a large number of good people around the Lu Qing family. If the Jinyiwei is too expanded now, it is afraid that it will be difficult to explain when the father returns to Beijing."

After pausing, he suddenly said softly: "As for the Jinyiwei's power is beyond the reach, we will work together to handle the situation."

A 'boom' sound was like a thunderbolt in the sunny day. All the civil and military officials in the court, as well as Yuan Sheng, opened their mouths and couldn't speak. This was OK, it didn't matter if the Jinyiwei expanded any more, but Zhu Xi's gentle words made the Dongchang come out of nowhere, and it became half of the Beijing intelligence system. The civil and military officials were wailing: "The tight spell of Jinyiwei has not been solved, but the Dongchang came out again... I heard that the Dongchang is near the Beiping City, which really makes everyone dare not speak. What should we do now?"

Yuan Sheng looked at Zhu Xi with a smile and knelt down respectfully. The poisonous fire in his heart was churning. He was extremely angry and almost slashed out a thunder in his palm to kill Zhu Xi. "Okay, okay, okay, it's true that he is a good child of the Zhu family, none of them are simple. This saint has spent a lot of effort and finally gave his subordinates some more troops. He can have a legitimate excuse to deal with these civil and military ministers, but he made a wedding dress for you... The little eunuch named Li, please wait! You don't have the little head below now, be careful of the big head above you."

Deep in the forbidden palace, the old eunuch Lu, who was lying on the bed with his eyes squinting, was listening to the report of a eunuch of Sili: "Dude, your highness and your eunuch Li, have really played a good show. He was ignorant, but he took away half of his power. Especially the Yuan Qianhu of the Jinyiwei, who was really inexplicably inexplicable, was so arrogant in the hall, but was used by the Grand Highness. It was just so unreasonable that the newly established supervisory agency of the Dongchang Factory was on par with the Jinyiwei. It was simply outrageous."

The eunuch Si Li looked very angry, but the old eunuch Lu said slowly, "As for this matter, the Yuan Qianhu of the Jinyiwei is obviously the confidant of my little boy, so he acted a little arrogantly. Not to mention this, he did not intend to cooperate with the actions of His Highness. As for the Dongchang to let the Dongchang get a piece of the Jinyiwei this time... it is natural." The old eunuch Lu smiled sinisterly: "Little Lizi has been with His Highness for so many years, and it is time to take office. Moreover, can Your Highness rest assured that there is only one capable person under his jurisdiction?"

The eunuch Si Li suddenly realized the "ah" and looked admirable. He nodded and bowed to the old eunuch Lu and said, "Duanteed, you are so wise. Why can't the young people analyze this matter? But you have broken the secret at a glance, which really makes the young people admire him... Hey, but, father-in-law, since you said that Dongchang is right to seize power from Lord Lu, then should we do what we have prepared?"

The old eunuch Lu narrowed his eyes and looked at him, and said, "Don't you tell me what did you do? No? Oh, I don't know many things. Little Li... Well, he is still young. I think back then, how long did I get to where I am today? He actually wants to replace my father-in-law. Is this a little lesson? What do you think?" After clearing his relationship with him, the old eunuch Lu suddenly smiled sinisterly, and his long nails gently stroked his eyebrows, and he was cold: "If you can kill, kill. If you can't, you will blame the second and third princesses. Someone wants to mess up the water, so I'll give them a lot of fire."

Looking up at the mosquito net above, the old eunuch Lu sighed leisurely: "Your Majesty is in good health, and there shouldn't be so much trouble. These Your Highnesses are so anxious... But, father-in-law, I also have to do more things for my child, so I can't bully him? Little bastard, do I really don't know if I am a father-in-law? You, and the other people in charge, all of them are my child's nominal disciples? Humph, why are you still showing seriousness in front of me?"

The cold sweat in the eunuch Si Li's head was dripping. The old eunuch Lu was funny and laughed and scolded: "I'm scared by the little bastard, you are my disciples, and naturally my father-in-law's good grandson. I feel sorry for you, so how can you deal with you?... Humph, after all, you have to do something recently. Please join hands with the brothers from the Jinyiwei, so you won't be afraid of losing." After a pause, he said: "Tomorrow, I will tell Your Highness, I am seriously ill, so I won't go to the imperial study room to serve you."
Chapter completed!