It is not difficult to see Xiao Zheng. Li Xin could even go directly to the eunuch in the palace to find Xiao Zheng. The difficulty lies in how to meet Xiao Zheng secretly.

Li Xin was the Grand Tutor of the current dynasty and the General of the Imperial Army. He can be said to be the ultimate foreign minister and has a high position and a powerful position.

Xiao Zheng was a great eunuch since Taikang Dynasty. He has been in charge of the inner court for nearly ten years and is the ultimate in the inner court. In theory, the two cannot meet in private.

But there are people in the world.

The previous time when Li Xin went to the eunuch in charge of the eunuch and asked Zhang Daozheng of Longhushan to take medicine for Emperor Taikang, the eunuch in the inner court once mentioned to Li Xin that he wanted Li Xin to help him.

At that time, Li Xin did not agree immediately because there were some things to consider, but now, Li Xin needs Xiao Zheng’s help, so this matter can be discussed.

Therefore, as long as Li Xin can inform Xiao Zheng quietly, there will be no problem with the two meeting in private.

Not long after Chen Shiliu went down, a small eunuch in the palace received a note from outside the palace.

He asked him to hand me something to Xiao Zheng on the note.

Originally, he was just a small eunuch at the bottom of the eunuch in the essay. He never dared to do such things on weekdays. However, thinking of the gambling debt accumulated in the past one or two years, the eunuch gritted his teeth and found the eunuch who was going to clean the house of the grandfather's public house today. He got the job at the price of five stagnant of money.

This is not surprising in the palace. After all, it is possible to get close to the old man’s errands. If you are appreciated by the old man and become your godfather, you will be able to reach the top in one step like Xiao Huai, the young eunuch.

So, that night, when the eunuch Xiao finished serving the emperor in Weiyang Palace and returned to his room, he saw a note on the bed in his room.

Xiao Zheng took a deep breath and hid the note in his sleeve.

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The next day, Li Xin, who was drinking tea in a private house in Liushufang, waited for his eldest grandfather Xiao Zheng in plain clothes.

This is one of Xiao Zheng's industries. He has worked in the palace for many years and naturally he will also buy some home businesses outside the palace. However, he dare not buy industries in Yonglefang. He only has several real estate in Mingdefang and Liushufang near Yonglefang.

After seeing Li Xin, Xiao Zheng hurriedly saluted respectfully.

"I've met the Marquis."

Li Xin stood up, pointed to the opposite side of the table, and said with a smile: "Please sit down, my eldest father-in-law."

Xiao Zheng nodded and sat carefully opposite Li Xin.

"Didn't you cause trouble for the eldest grandfather?"

Xiao Zheng shook his head and said, "In the past, I had to leave the palace for one or two days every month. People in the palace were used to it, so there would be no trouble."

As he said that, he looked at Li Xin carefully.

"I don't know if the Marquis summoned me here..."

Marquis Jing'an took out a few bills of money shops from his sleeve, put them on the table, and said with a smile: "Of course there are some things, so I want to ask my eldest father-in-law for help."

Xiao Zheng's face changed slightly and he waved his hands repeatedly.

"If you have something to do, just give me instructions. If you can do it for the marquis, you will naturally have no choice but to do it, but you will never dare to take the marquis's belongings."

Li Xin pushed the bill of exchange in front of Xiao Zheng and said with a smile: "There is not much, it's just a tea money. The eldest father-in-law received it, so we can both feel at ease."

Xiao Zheng lowered his head slightly.

"The Marquis would better talk about the matter first."

Li Xin's face was calm and he spoke lightly: "I want to know some things about the plum blossom guards."

The Plum Blossom Guard is in charge of the Eunuch Guard. Xiao Zheng is the eunuch Guard. He has been in charge of the Eunuch Guard for more than ten years, so he has actually been in charge of the Plum Blossom Guard for almost ten years.

As long as he is willing to say it, the Plum Blossom Guard will no longer be a secret.

Xiao Zheng's face changed, and then lowered his head and said, "The Marquis was joking, but the inner court has not heard of any plum blossom guard..."

Li Xin looked at Xiao Zheng lightly: "I haven't mentioned the inner court yet, why don't my eldest father-in-law tell me?"

Xiao Zheng looked embarrassed.

Li Xin smiled and said, "Grandpa, I have often gone to and from the palace for many years. The late emperor also mentioned to me about the Plum Blossom Guard. Don't make such a dilemma. The Plum Blossom Guard belongs to the eunuch, which is something I already knew, otherwise I wouldn't have found the Plum Blossom Guard."

Xiao Zheng took a deep breath and looked at Li Xin carefully.

"Mr....what do you want to know?"

"How many people are there in the Plum Blossom Guard?"

Xiao Zheng frowned and said in a deep voice: "Not as good as Yulin Guard."

Li Xin nodded and continued to ask: "At the end of the eighth year of Taikang, after I returned to Beijing from the southwest, did the Plum Blossom Guard go to the southwest?"

Xiao Zheng looked up at Li Xin and smiled bitterly: "Marty, it's not me who concealed the Marquis. The Plum Blossom Guard has always been under the emperor, and it has always been a secret in the inner court. If the whereabouts of the Plum Blossom Guard are revealed to outsiders, they will be found to be broken..."

Marquis Jing'an's face was calm.

"It's not been a day or two since my eldest father-in-law knows me. I will never drag others down. But my eldest father-in-law just says that, it's your mouth and my ears."

Xiao Zheng looked hesitant.

He picked up the tea on the table, took a trembling sip, and said, "Marty, in those two years..."

This time, Li Xin answered without hesitation.

He said in a deep voice: "Two years later, the new emperor takes power. At that time, I dare not say that Eunuch Xiao is still a great eunuch in the inner court, but I can guarantee to Eunuch Xiao that Eunuch Xiao will not fall to the point of guarding the imperial tomb, and will be rich and noble for at least the rest of my life."

"If there is a chance, Eunuch Xiao will be the eunuch in the inner court."

At this time, if you directly promise Xiao Zheng that he would still take charge of the inner court two years later, it would be a bit fake. After all, Li Xin could not decide who the eunuch was in the eunuch. He lowered the price, but instead had to be much more sincere.

Xiao Zheng was a little moved when he heard this, but he was still hesitant.

Marquis Jing'an said in a deep voice: "Grandpa, no matter what the result is, this matter has nothing to do with you from beginning to end."

"Even if I know, I found it myself."

Xiao Zheng's face turned a little pale and he drank another sip of tea.

He looked up at Li Xin and gritted his teeth and said, "Marty, then I'll say..."

"At the end of the eighth year of Taikang, the late emperor did send a plum blossom guard to the southwest..."

"But I don't know where they went and what they did..."

Marquis Jing'an's face darkened.

He took a deep breath: "Does the eldest brother-in-law know if there is anything about the plum blossom guard? symbols or marks used for joints..."

Xiao Zheng's face turned pale.

"Marty, this..."

Some things, if you take the first step, you will have no way to go back.

After a moment, Xiao Zheng had already told him everything he knew.

Li Xin slowly stood up and bowed to Xiao Zheng and said, "Thank you, Grandpa, Li Xin will remember what happened today."

He took two steps out and suddenly looked back at Xiao Zheng.

"Grandpa, do you know about this today?"

Xiao Zheng swallowed.

"No...I don't know."

Marquis Jing'an nodded and turned around to say goodbye. Before leaving, he gave Xiao Zheng a newest glass telescope.

During the Chengde period, Li Xin made this thing with crystal. Ten years later, his craftsmen had figured out how to burn glass, but even so, this thing was still rare and valuable.

The eldest father-in-law hesitated for a moment, and finally put all the bills and telescopes on the table into his sleeves.

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Chapter completed!