Just then, the eunuch Haitao returned.Haitao walked into the wing room, opened the box in his hand, bowed forward, and brought the box to the queen.

Empress Zhang looked critically at the ancient Buddhist beads in the box, but she didn't reach out to touch them for a long time.

"This thing is too dirty, put it away again." Mrs. Zhang said coldly.

Hai Tao was stunned for a moment, but he didn't say much, he just glanced sideways at Yang Qing, and said, "I will obey Yi's orders."

Mrs. Zhang beckoned Haitao to come closer, she turned her upper body sideways, leaned closer and whispered a few words.

Haitao bent even lower, and said in a deep voice, "Your servant will do it right away, there will never be any mistakes!"

Mrs. Zhang never looked at the beads used by the Buddha again, stood up from the chair, and said, "I'm going to the Buddhist hall, let Yang Qing follow. You go to work."

"Yes, ma'am." Haitao said.

... Haitao conveyed the Queen's order and transferred a small group of Jinyi guards to the Meridian Gate.Instead of entering the palace, they went straight to the prisons in the inner palace on the southwest side of the palace. It didn't matter if they didn't enter the palace, as long as they verbally ordered it was enough.

Between the houses of the various prisons in the inner palace, there was light rain on the street, and the hurried footsteps of the eunuchs and Jin Yiwei suddenly made the place a bit more murderous.

A group of people came to a courtyard and knocked on the door.A little eunuch opened the door, saw Haitao and Jia Bing, the little eunuch looked in awe, nodded and bowed in salute.

The Supervisor of Ceremonies was established by Emperor Taizong's imperial decree. Its main function was to manage all the eunuchs in the palace;So all the eunuchs, of course, were terrified when they saw the eunuchs, the eunuchs, who directly governed them.

Haitao didn't say much, asked Zheng He's whereabouts, and went straight there with Jin Yiwei.

On a rainy day, Zheng He was staying in the house as expected.He was sitting by the window, carefully carving a wooden boat model.

Looking back, Zheng He glanced over Haitao and the armored guards behind Haitao, and quickly said to a little eunuch beside him, "You go out first."

"Yes." The little eunuch replied.

Haitao walked in and sat down on the chair opposite the table.

The two people sitting opposite each other didn't say a word, and the atmosphere was very strange.The Jinyiwei soldiers also stood silently behind, waiting.

"Can our family take a look?" Haitao asked politely.

Zheng He nodded.

Haitao reached out to pick up the wooden boat, looked at it over and over again, nodded repeatedly and said, "It's very delicate and unique."

Zheng He finally opened his mouth and said, "This is a man-eating ship. Its structure is different from that of our Ming Dynasty. After I die, can you do me a favor and give it to Wang Jinghong?" He paused and said again. , "The incense of our eunuchs cannot be passed on, but the matter must be passed on by someone. When Wang Jinghong dies, it will be given to Hou Xian."

"Yes." Hai Tao nodded and said, "However, what Eunuch Zheng said depends on what the Holy Majesty and the court think. The fleet spent millions of taels to go to sea. Without the national policy of the Ming court, it cannot be passed on. "

The cold scene broke out suddenly, and the two remained silent for a long time.

After a while, Haitao broke the silence and said, "Our family doesn't have the guts to make our own decisions about this kind of thing."

Zheng He glanced at the Jin Yiwei behind him, and nodded seriously: "What does the emperor mean?"

Hai Tao leaned over and said quietly: "The Empress. However, the eunuch Yang Qing seems to have said something in front of the Empress."

Zheng He stood up, cupped his fists and bowed: "Thank you, Eunuch Hai, for making our family understand."

Haitao turned around, took a wooden box from the Jinyiwei sergeant, opened it with his own hands, and inside was a neatly folded white silk.Haitao stood up, left the box on the table, bowed to Zheng He, and then left the room.

Chapter 5 and Three

Haitao waited for the group to come out of the yard, and then parted ways.The guards in Jin Yi returned to the Meridian Gate to take up duty, and Hai Tao and an eunuch continued on their way.The brick and stone streets between the courtyards of the prisons and yamen are glowing with the luster of stagnant water.

There was not much rain in the sky, but the two eunuchs were holding umbrellas.Haitao's umbrella was pressed down very low, covering his upper body tightly, and the eunuchs who occasionally passed by on the road could not see his face.However, the hem of his robe was completely wet from the splashed water.

They came to the Yumajian and looked for Wang Jinghong.

Since the Yongle Dynasty, the Supervisor of Rituals has commanded all the eunuchs and eunuchs in the Twelve Supervisors, the Fourth Division, and the Eighth Bureau of the Inner Palace, and has become the most powerful eunuch's yamen.In the past, Zheng He, Wang Jinghong, Hou Xian and others were all eunuchs in charge of ceremonies; but after the Hongxi Dynasty, it was impossible for them to serve in ceremonies.The person in charge of the supervisor of ceremonies was replaced by Yang Qing, Meng Ge and others headed by Haitao.

At this time, Wang Jinghong had been changed to the eunuch of Yumajian.

Only two years ago, Haitao didn't even dare to fart in front of Wang Jinghong.But at this time, Wang Jinghong greeted Haitao out of the gate, nodding and bowing, showing great respect to Haitao.

Wang Jinghong is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a thin body. When he returned from sea last year, his face was darkened by the sea wind.His face looks a bit weird at first glance, but his facial features are generally correct when you look closely; it's just that the details of his facial features are different from ordinary people, such as his lips are thick in the middle and thin on both sides, which is very abrupt.

"Haigong Kilometer, please." Wang Jinghong bent down and made a gesture.

"No, no." Haitao waved his hand.He then pondered for a while, really hesitant, but finally reached into his sleeve pocket, took out the wooden boat model, and handed it to Wang Jinghong, "Zheng He asked our family to give it to Wang Gonggong."

Wang Jinghong caught it with both hands.

Hai Tao made a gesture to leave, but suddenly turned his head and said: "By the way, Zheng He said that if the prince is inconvenient to own this thing, he can give it to Hou Xian. He also said that we eunuchs cannot pass on the incense, but the matter must be passed on... ... Eunuch Zheng still can't let go of important things."

Of course Haitao couldn't say it, if you die, you will give it to Hou Xian; he slightly changed Zheng He's original words so as not to be too harsh.

Wang Jinghong thanked him, cupped his fists and said, "Send off Eunuch Hai."

...Wang Jinghong stood at the door, maintaining a bowing posture for a long time.After Haitao's figure disappeared into the corner of the wall, he straightened up and returned to the lobby.

On rainy days, there is almost no need for horses in the palace, and the Imperial Horse Supervisor is very idle now; the lobby is open, but there may not be a person on business for half a day.Wang Jinghong took the wooden boat and played with it repeatedly.

Looking at this thing and thinking of what Haitao had brought, he already had a premonition that something was wrong with Eunuch Zheng.

Sure enough, after a while, an eunuch hurried into the hall, came to Wang Jinghong's side, bowed his head and whispered a few words in his ear.Wang Jinghong's face gradually turned pale.

For a moment, Wang Jinghong felt a little desolate.Maybe it's because of the withered vegetation in the cold rain, or maybe it's because of the sadness of the dead rabbit and fox.

However, apart from the desolate feeling, Wang Jinghong still felt a faint hope rising from the bottom of his heart.At this moment, he knew that it was wrong to have such a thought, after all Zheng He had always treated him kindly.But he still couldn't help himself, let alone lie to himself.

Wang Jinghong stared at the small wooden boat on the koan, as if he saw a thin little man standing at the front of the deck.The villain has vaguely turned into himself, facing the boundless sea, with his head up in the wind and full of ambition!

Soon Wang Jinghong put away this hopeless illusion and continued to ponder over the ship.

After a while, Wang Jinghong sat upright, stretched out his left hand, and picked up the boat again.Then he accurately grasped the mast and the carved wooden sail with his right hand, and pulled it up forcefully!The moment the mast is separated from the hull, it is like the tenon and tenon joints are released, and the whole wooden formwork is divided into two parts.

Inside fell out a piece of paper folded into a small square.Wang Jinghong picked up the paper and opened it, and saw words written on it: 100 taels for gold inspection.There are two characters with different handwriting on the back: Yang Qing.

Wang Jinghong's expression suddenly changed subtly.He carefully put away the things on the table, stood up, called the eunuch outside the door to come in, and said in a deep voice, "Go and invite Eunuch Hou immediately."

"Son, let's go!" the eunuch hurriedly said.

Zheng He, Wang Jinghong, and Hou Xian have always been close friends; when the late emperor was a vassal king, he set up an eunuch school in the palace, and they were the first batch of eunuchs to study, and they could be regarded as classmates.

Ascending to the throne today, of course, he would prefer to rely on the eunuchs who are close to him, and they were transferred from the supervisor of ceremonies; the so-called one emperor and one courtier, the situation of Wang Jinghong and others is not very good...so Wang Jinghong has always been very careful. He seldom interacts with Hou Xian, so as not to be accused of forming a party.

But right now, he can't care so much about this matter, he must discuss it with Hou Xian!

Not long after, Hou Xian came to the signing room of the Yumajian.Wang Jinghong ordered his godson to stand guard in the lobby outside, and he took Hou Xian into the house.

Hou Xian is older than Wang Jinghong, and his temples are already gray, but he is taller than Wang Jinghong, with prominent facial bones.Because Hou Xian was captured by the Ming army when he was a little older and became an eunuch, so he looked more like a man.

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