Bright Spring

The road of the brothers' exhibits, the clothes are far away.Wang's old mother raised money for me, sent me to send me off, and prepared sweet and fragrant wine.Respect the Buddha at the empty door, and go in and out of the monk's room.After two months of residence, the temple owner closed the warehouse.Everyone is planning, and the clouds and water are flying.What do I do, nothing good.According to personally humiliating, the sky is boundless.Neither can be relied upon, and the companion will be..."

Every time Wu Zhong read this inscription, he felt very sad.

In the article, Taizu bluntly wrote about the embarrassment of the year. When the founding emperor was a child, it was simply miserable!Parents and eldest brother died due to natural disasters, and there was not even a cemetery. Zhu Yuanzhang, his eldest sister-in-law and his second brother's family survived hard work;However, no matter what, the whole family loves each other dearly, and when the brothers have no choice but to part, it is even more "broken heart".

Although the article is so sad, Wu Zhong read full of family affection.No wonder Emperor Taizu was so kind and trusting to his family. He probably thought that family members always valued feelings very much.

However, Wu Zhong thought that the King of Yan was chasing and killing Emperor Jianwen's family, and Gao Chi would not let Wen Gui, who was even a few years old, be spared, so he sighed secretly.I only feel that after only one or two generations, the royal clan has already forgotten its roots!

The love in the world is so strange. The hardships and hardships when you have nothing can not destroy the family relationship; on the contrary, everyone has a lot, and the test really begins. For power and interests, relatives are simply ruthless and ruthless!

"Cough, cough, cough!" Wu Zhong coughed a few times suppressedly, and hastily took out a handkerchief from his sleeve pocket to cover his mouth.After he took away the handkerchief, he unfolded it gently and took a look, and saw the blood on the handkerchief; then he hurriedly squeezed the handkerchief in his palm and put it back into his sleeve pocket.

He turned his head and glanced at the two eunuchs behind him.Their expressions were the same, and one of the old eunuchs flatteringly said, "Eunuch Wu can read!"

"There are quite a few eunuchs today who can read, and those who can't read can only do some rough work." Wu Zhong said calmly.

The old eunuch bent down and said: "Our family is getting old, so we can only run errands with Eunuch Wu, waiting to die of old age in Fengyang."

They said a few words, carried their things and walked to the small gate next to the city gate.The general guarding the gate knew Wu Zhong, and greeted him with a smile, and then asked someone to search for the things they bought...

The people left behind in the department, as well as the eunuchs in the imperial city, have changed many people after the new king ascended the throne.Like this general who guards the gate, when chatting, he said that he used to work in a yamen called "Shouyu Mansion" in the Hanwang Mansion, and the former Shangguan was Wang Yu, one of the newly appointed Marquises.

And Wu Zhong gradually drifted apart in Fengyang.Not only the previous civil and military officials would give him face, but the newcomers are also willing to make friends with him; the reason is very simple, Wu Zhong is Ma Enhui's man!

As soon as the new emperor came to the throne, he sent General Wang Yu to Fengyang, the central capital, to welcome Ma Enhui. When Wang Yu came, everyone saw the respect and pomp towards Ma Enhui with their own eyes.What's more, the emperor said that Mrs. Ma has been kind to him!None of these things are fake.

With this level of relationship, all the officials and eunuchs in Zhongdu think that Wu Zhong has a way to reach the sky, so who else is willing to offend him?There are many people who want to get close and make friends. You may not be able to benefit from Wu Zhong immediately, but it doesn't hurt to expand your network!

Wu Zhong was not someone to wait for. He used to be a trusted eunuch beside Emperor Jianwen, and of course he also listened to the orders of Empress Ma Enhui. After the "Battle of Jingnan", he was sent to the Central Capital, and he has lived here for nearly ten years!

When Ma Enhui was still imprisoned in Zhongdu, Wu Zhong gradually got some connections here, and his situation began to improve.

When the new emperor Zhu Gaoxu came to the throne, Ma Enhui was picked up by the general; Wu Zhong turned over immediately!

It didn't take long for Wu Zhong to make friends with the left behind department and the newly sent civil and military officers.Together with each other, Wu Zhong got a lucrative job: buying expenses for the detainees in the imperial city.

How many things are bought here, and the price of each item is flexible, and there are various methods, and it is not easy to check.Wu Zhong can more or less get some grease in his hands, and then he can handle related civil and military affairs, then his errands will be handled even better...

When the three eunuchs returned to a courtyard in the imperial city, Wu Zhong said calmly, "Move the tung oil jar to our house. Tung oil is used to light lamps. It is smoky and smelly. How can it be used by the nobles?" It is also suitable for servants like us to use it."

The old eunuch nodded immediately and said, "I understand!"

The two looked at each other without saying anything.

The old eunuch asked again: "These fresh fish, fruits and vegetables must be sent to 'Xiaoyao City' as soon as possible."

"Our family will send it over there." Wu Zhong said.

The old eunuch immediately replied: "Okay! Let Eunuch Wu do the work."

"It's just a matter of duty." Wu Zhong said indifferently.

The old eunuch nodded with a smile.Wu Zhong looked at his appearance and guessed his thoughts: Even a piece of meat should be greedy for half a piece?

"Xiaoyao City" is located in the southeast corner of the imperial city, where there used to be some corridors.Construction started at the beginning of the year, and a surrounding wall was built there, turning it into a courtyard, and changing its name: Happy City.

Inside is the abandoned prince Zhu Gaochi's family.

It is already very strict for people to enter and exit the imperial city; there are still special guards in "Xiaoyao City", even those on duty have to be searched when entering and exiting the gate!In this way, the abandoned prince's family can be said to be hard to fly.

Wu Zhong walked to the door with his things, and saw the plaque with the three red letters "Xiaoyao City" on the courtyard door, suddenly felt a bit ironic.The new emperor named the place where Gao Chi's family was imprisoned, but I don't know what it means!

The eunuch guarding the gate checked it and said politely: "Our family will just send the things to the kitchen."

"It's all right, our family is busy anyway." Wu Zhong said with a smile.

He didn't go anywhere else while twisting things, he went straight to the kitchen, saw an old cook, and said a few more words.

At this time, a young woman in a simple and elegant satin dress came in and greeted: "Hello! You, it's you. I have a few words to say to you."

She obviously didn't know Wu Zhong.But Wu Zhong knew her, her surname was Zhang, and she was originally a noble concubine conferred by the "Deposed Prince"!Wu Zhong bent down very respectfully and said, "What are your orders?"

Zhang said: "When you buy meat next time, buy more fatty meat, can you?"

Wu Zhong immediately nodded and said, "Your servant must remember."

Mrs. Zhang took a look at the old cook, pulled out a hairpin from her hair, and stuffed it directly to Wu Zhong, saying in a deep voice, "Buy more fat meat." The meat I bought today is also very fat, and there is wine."

Mrs. Zhang nodded approvingly after hearing this, thanked her, and there was a touch of emotion in her eyes.

Wu Zhong said heartily: This person can understand many things when he is down and out.Back then, when their family was in the imperial palace of the capital, how did they ever take care of the difficulties of relatives like Fengyang?

Mrs. Zhang left the kitchen.Wu Zhong was not in a hurry to leave, he walked around the kitchen slowly, checked the storage of firewood and rice, and then left "Xiaoyao City".

After he returned to his residence, he had nothing to do today.Wu Zhong went straight back to the bedroom to rest, he closed the door of the bedroom, then took out the handkerchief from his sleeve pocket, unfolded it quietly, and sat there in a daze.

After a while, a scene gradually appeared before Wu Zhong's eyes.

That was the day Ma Enhui left Fengyang, and Wu Zhong saw her off by the roadside.Ma Enhui was sitting in the heavily guarded car. She lifted a corner of the curtain and looked at Wu Zhong for a long time.The two of them failed to say a word, so Wu Zhong could only bid farewell.

There was no smile in her eyes, she seemed to have something to say after watching Wu Zhong for so long?

At that time, Wu Zhong thought he could leave Fengyang; after all, even the emperor was grateful for Ma's great kindness, so it should not be difficult for Ma to bring an eunuch back to the palace.And Wu Zhong is Ma's most trusted eunuch, she should also want to bring Wu Zhong by her side, if she wants to do anything, it will be more convenient.

But Marsh didn't do that!

Wu Zhong never blamed Mrs. Ma, because he believed that the "Empress Empress" had her own consideration for keeping him in Fengyang.

Wu Zhongyou thought carefully, what exactly does the "Empress Empress" want to do by herself?

He thought for a long time, then glanced at the handkerchief again, and couldn't help sighing secretly, thinking: Is there still a chance for our family to serve the empress?

Chapter 656 Hell Reincarnation

"Fire!"

Zhu Gaochi suddenly woke up from his sleep and heard the voice of the "imperial concubine" Zhang.He opened his eyes, and immediately coughed, and a choking smell rushed straight into his mouth and nose!The smell is not only the smoke of burning plants, but the most unpleasant smell is a dizzying stench.

Tung oil smell!

Zhu Gaochi struggled to get up, there was smoke in front of his eyes, and the fire flickered in the smoke.

He grabbed his clothes and covered his mouth and nose, and vaguely saw his "imperial concubine" Mrs. Zhang, and the voice she shouted just now was exactly Mrs. Zhang's voice.

Mrs. Zhang looked panic-stricken, clutching Zhu Gaochi tightly with both hands, and was coughing "cough, cough, cough", and said a simple sentence from time to time, probably to save the child.

Zhu Gaochi was speechless for a while, and hurriedly struggled to get out of bed.But within two steps, he kicked something under his feet!Zhu Gaochi, who was already unable to walk, let out an "ouch" and fell to the ground with a plop, feeling that his bones were almost broken!He was in severe pain all the time.It was also difficult to breathe at this time, he coughed constantly, and his intuition was spinning.