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- "Looking at the little brother, he seems to have something on his mind."
In the past, Zhou Xi often went to Eunuch Li's place. When he was bored, Dezhong would come to Uncle Gui's place to sit there. Now that Zhou Xi has been transferred, he comes more frequently. Dezhong didn't believe in the theory that Uncle Gui attracted the evil spirit. Not to mention the scriptures and Buddha statues in this room, Dezhong thought that Uncle Gui was just an ordinary and kind old man after being in contact with him for a long time.
"Heyit's nothing. Even if I tell you, you can't help me." Dezhong fiddled with the small gourd ornaments on the table dully, "Otherwise, you can tell me the emperor's story again. "
"When do you want to hear about it?"
"Anytime is good."
"Well" Uncle Ghost slowly walked to the small cabinet next to the window, opened one of the drawers, took out a handful of herbs, carefully put them into the medicine jar, twisted the powder on his fingers, and then Taking the medicine jar, he walked to the low wicker chair and sat down. "Then let's talk about what happened when we succeeded to the throne."
"During Tianqi years, most political affairs were controlled by Wei Zhongxian, especially in the last years. At that time, the emperor was still King Xin. In order to avoid suspicion, he kept a low profile and often claimed to be ill and did not go to court. When Xizong was critically ill, he summoned King Xin to his bedside. He said: "Come, my brother will be Yao and Shun." King Xin was very frightened, and after a moment of silence, he knelt on the ground and said, "I am guilty of death! Your Majesty said this, and I will be punished by death." The Wei family was afraid that it was Wei's plan to harm him, so he declined politely. "
"Heywhat happens next?" Dezhong listened with great concentration.
"While King Xin was declining, Queen Zhang walked out from behind the screen. She said to King Xin: 'Uncle, the Emperor has a duty to refuse, and the matter is urgent. If he refuses again, something might happen.' With a sincere expression, King Xin accepted his orders."
"From the day he was appointed, King Xin was careful every day, walking on thin ice. When he entered the palace, he remembered Queen Zhang's warning, 'Don't eat the food in the palace,' and hid his own dry food in his sleeves. On the night before he ascended the throne, King Xin stayed up all night. He left the guard's sword with him and invited the guards to spend the night in the house to prevent any unexpected events. In the end, the emperor came to the throne safely and eliminated the trouble of Wei Zhongxian.
"There is such a story" Dezhong couldn't help but sigh, and then smiled, "Uncle Ghost knows so much."
"Haha." Uncle Ghost smiled hoarsely, lowering his head and twisting the herbs in the jar with the pestle. "Brother seems to be particularly interested in the Emperor's affairs."
"Well I guess." Every time I come to Guibo's place, the word "Emperor" will be mentioned more or less, and even the dullest person can detect it.
"Brothercould it be that you want to work with the emperor?"
"Huh?" Dezhong was stunned.
"Accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger. Things around the emperor are not easy to do." Uncle Gui said without raising his head.
Dezhong lay on the table and looked at the round little gourd in his hand. Thoughtful. "I haven't thought about going to the Emperor. I just want to know more about the Emperor's story."
"Yeah."
"Do you think the current emperor is a good emperor?"
"Well he is probably a wise man."
"Oh" Dezhong's eyes were full of longing, "He is indeed a good emperor."
Uncle Ghost still lowered his head, but his hands stopped.
"The current emperor is a wise king. It's a pity that he was born at the wrong time."
"Hey? How do you say this?" Dezhong sat upright and looked at Uncle Gui.
The sound of pounding medicine sounded again. Dezhong waited for a long time, but could not get Uncle Gui's answer.
Recently, Zhou Xi¡¯s life has been prosperous and prosperous. I have only been with Eunuch Li, the Supervisor of Zhidian, for more than three months. I have received an order from above. In the blink of an eye, he became a subordinate of Eunuch Li, the Supervisor of Ceremonies. I don¡¯t know if it¡¯s because Zhou Xi has a vicious eye or he¡¯s just lucky, but Eunuch Li is really unique and has a deep palace, which is beyond the comparison of ordinary people. Otherwise, how could he easily get into the top of the twenty-four yamen that the eunuchs are trying to get into. In the past two days, Zhou Xi felt like he was in a dream. Good things happened so suddenly that he couldn't adapt to them. But after all, he was clever, and it didn't take long before he became acquainted with an eldest brother of Wang Cheng'en, the eunuch of Bingbi.
"Alas" At noon, the two of them were sitting together for dinner, when they suddenly sighed.
"What's bothering Brother Feng?" Zhou Xi asked.
"Well, to tell you the truth, there is a famine in my hometown, and I can no longer survive. But my eldest brother has rebelled with the village militia. How can we do this anti-imperial thing? I'm afraid there will be no good results in the future. I feel sad just thinking about it, okay. Even the good food is tasteless in your mouth" Eunuch Feng frowned and put down the bowl and chopsticks.
"Brother Feng, don't worry. It's no wonder that things are like this. It's just that the world is not peaceful. Brother Feng, please relax and it's important to have enough food." Zhou Xi comforted him at the side.
"It's not peaceful It's really not peaceful." After hearing Zhou Xi's words, Eunuch Feng had a gloomy look on his face, but he picked up the bowls and chopsticks again, "You said in this world, there is famine here. If they rebel again, the Jinlu Tatars may also start a riot."
"WellBrother Feng is right." Zhou Xi nodded with sudden realization, "Then according to Brother Feng's opinion, the Jin Army will come over?"
"Then I can't guess. I heard this from Eunuch Wang." Eunuch Feng smiled honestly, a little embarrassed, "But Wu Sangui is guarding Liaodong, and the defense line is strong. It is estimated that the battle will be fought on the border of Liaodong. If we fight, we won¡¯t reach the capital.¡±
"HmmHey, fighting everywhere is a waste of people and money. When will the wars end and the world be at peace?" Zhou Xi sighed.
"Oh, that's true." Eunuch Feng curled his lips and shook his head, picked up another chopstick and put it into his mouth.
Dezhong, who was sweeping the floor in the southeast library, did not know about these changes. What worries him the most is still his own major incident.
In the middle of the night, Dezhong sat by the wall, rubbing his sore arm, looking at the high red wall depressedly. At that time, I was in a hurry and didn't really think too much. I was thinking about how to get out after I came in. Who would have thought that I could get into this palace. It's not easy to get out. Several months have passed and I'm still stuck here with no choice but to do anything. Dezhong stood up, picked up the rope, rolled it into a ball and put it away, and kicked the broken tiles on the ground. Since I couldn't get out, I had to go back angrily tonight.
If you fail to climb the wall, you can only find an opportunity to go out openly through the gate. These days. Dezhong's mind wandered around and turned to Eunuch Ma - maybe he could get some errand from him and go straight out of the palace? You never know until you try. So one afternoon when the sun was setting in the west, Dezhong secretly came to the small gray-walled courtyard where he had been on the day of registration, and tiptoed under the outer window of the courtyard wall. Prick up your ears to hear what's going on inside.
Sure enough, someone was talking inside, and Dezhong listened carefully Yes, the voice that made him angry must be Eunuch Ma.
"It's a good trick to say that Li Quan managed to get into the ceremonial department before the Za family did." Eunuch Ma's words sounded sour, "If you want to do something in the future, I'd better ask him to do it."
"Brother Li is one of our own, promoted by my father-in-law. You don't have to ask for him to do things. How can he not obey my father-in-law's words?" This voice sounded strange, and he must have filled Eunuch Li's vacancy, and then Come to flatter me.
"Hey~" Eunuch Ma didn't seem to agree. "Those of us who have become eunuchs are no longer afraid of losing our children and grandchildren. There is nothing we can't do if we are ungrateful and burn bridges. We can sit and talk wherever we want. It would be nice if we can remember our old friendship and not provoke you to cause trouble behind your back."
"Eunuch Ma is too worried. Brother Li is not that person."
"Hey, your kid hasn't grown up yet, can you tell who he is?"
"Well"
"Do you know Wang Cheng'en, the Supervisor of Rites?"
"My lord, that is the famous person in front of the emperor."
"Humph, a popular man? Bah! When we were on errands together, he was called Ma Ge before Ma Ge after him, just in case something good happened and he was not called upon. Now that he has great power and is a great man, he is no longer pleased with the miscellaneous family. , keep pushing the shit basin on the Zajia's head, and push all the bad things here! Let's not mention the little things like killing chickens and kicking dogs, just talk about the Zajia, when did he receive money from Zhou Shilang! , I wonder how the Za family lives so long!¡±
The little flatterer inside quickly comforted Eunuch Ma with kind words. Dezhong outside the window curled his lips and stuck out his tongue. He was very angry, so it seemed that today was not a good day for eavesdropping. So he looked around and saw no one around, then quietly left the small gray-walled courtyard.
Since then, Dezhong has always sneaked to Eunuch Ma quietly from time to time to listen to the news and find out the news, but every time he gained nothing. Seeing that summer is over and autumn is over, I have been staying in the palace for almost a year, and I still can only look at the ocean and sigh in front of the red palace wall every day. But the helpless Dezhong would not have imagined that the chance for him to leave the palace was about to come due to the accident caused by Governor Yuan, which was thousands of miles away.
At dawn, a little eunuch ran over in a panic from a distance. He accidentally tripped on a protruding brick and fell to the ground. Dezhong, who was sweeping the floor, quickly threw down his broom to help him, but before Dezhong could reach him, the little eunuch quickly got up, without even looking at Dezhong, and hurriedly ran forward again. As they passed each other, Dezhong noticed that there seemed to be some fear in the little eunuch's eyes.
Dezhong picked up the broom and looked at the back of the little eunuch. Maybe I saw it wrong. Dezhong pursed his lips and continued sweeping the floor.
Within less than a moment of burning the incense, two more palace maids came towards us. Their footsteps were so hurried that they almost kicked over the dustpan.? leaves.
"Ah, I'm sorry." The palace maid who kicked the dustpan seemed shocked and apologized hurriedly.
"It doesn't matter."
The maid bowed her head to Dezhong as a salute, and then hurried away.
By noon, the work was almost done. Dezhong was wondering while packing up the broom and dustpan. Usually, almost no one comes to this Southeast Library, but today there are always people passing by in a hurry, and everyone looks nervous. Could something happen? Dezhong closed the door of the tool room, thought for a while, and walked towards Ma Gonggong's gray-walled courtyard.
As usual, Dezhong walked under the window of Ma Gonggong, but could not hear the familiar angry voice. Dezhong listened for a long time with his ears perked up, but there seemed to be no one in the room. Dezhong was even more puzzled. Usually at this time, Eunuch Ma was always there, either scolding the little eunuch or Eunuch Wang, but he was not here today? So Dezhong came out from outside the courtyard wall again and stood blankly on the roadside, not knowing where to go to find out the news. Just as he was thinking about it, he happened to see a palace maid with a strange look passing by. Dezhong hurriedly ran forward.
"Sister, sister!"
The maid turned back and looked at Dezhong.
¡°Sister, I¡¯m sorry to bother you, but did anything happen in the palace today?¡±
"you do not know?"
"What do you know?"
"Huang Taiji has captured Zunhua. The Jin army is about to attack Beijing. Now the whole city is under martial law. Who knows when a war will break out!"
"What?!"
"Hey, that's it. I won't tell you anymore. The imperial concubine is still waiting for my reply." After that, the maid walked away quickly.
The Jin Armyis coming to Beijing! ?
The instinctive sense of crisis came one after another, irresistibly, and suddenly occupied Dezhong's heart.
"Uncle Ghost, Uncle Ghost!"
Dezhong knocked on the door twice randomly, and without waiting for an answer, he hurriedly opened the door and went in. Uncle Ghost sat on the wicker chair with the medicine jar and looked up at Dezhong.
"Why are you so panicked?"
"Uncle Gui knows that the Jin army is about to attack the city!"
"Really?" Uncle Ghost nodded and continued to mix the medicine calmly, as if the matter had nothing to do with him at all.
"Uncle Ghost, you don't believe it?" Dezhong's eyes widened, "It's true. People everywhere in the palace are in panic today. Everyone knows about this."
"Haha, I believe it."
"Hey, what will happen if Jinlu captures Beijing?" Dezhong sat down on the wicker chair. The wicker chair seemed to be unable to support it and made a harsh squeaking sound. "Will the capital be destroyed?" It's a mess, it's burned to pieces"
Uncle Ghost smiled and shook his head.
"Then do you think we will die?"
""
"Hey, what can we do" Dezhong stood up from the wicker chair again before waiting for Uncle Gui's answer, and walked around uneasily in the room.
"Brother, please relax."
"Huh?" Hearing Uncle Gui speak, Dezhong stopped.
"In this world, what is supposed to come will always come, and what is supposed to go will always go," Uncle Ghost said unhurriedly, "No one can go against the current, and it is useless to worry. Brother, please rest in peace for now. Don't worry, just look at it a little bit."
"Uhlook awayhow can we keep away from such a big thing?"
Uncle Ghost smiled hoarsely and did not answer.
Dezhong frowned. My heart was in such a mess that I couldn't even listen to Uncle Ghost's words. But for a moment, I didn't know what to say to relieve this anxiety, so I sighed, fell silent, and sat back on the chair.
It was quiet for a while. In the incense burner, three incense sticks burned out one after another, the ashes broke and fell, and the room was filled with smoke. The sunlight filtered in through the small window, bypassing the repeated smoke, and spread out into a small patch of light at Uncle Gui's feet, making the wrinkles on his face seem a little clearer.
"Don't worry. The Ming Dynasty has not exhausted its energy, and there will definitely be no danger this time."
After a long while, Uncle Ghost spoke slowly. The voice was still hoarse, but it seemed particularly peaceful at this moment.
"Uncle Ghosthow do you know?" Dezhong was a little surprised and asked tentatively.
Uncle Ghost smiled, still lowering his head to pound the medicine.
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