Bright Spring

Cao Fu asked: "Son is talkative, what does godfather do with so much money?"

Wang Gui glanced at him: "The most dangerous days are over, if you don't enjoy it now, when will you enjoy it?"

Cao Fu didn't say a word, he didn't quite understand.As a eunuch, there are no birds, all you can enjoy is eating, what else is there to enjoy?Cao Fu has no interest in women anyway, he likes to eat most, but the imperial chef has everything, he is already very satisfied.The longer and fatter it is in the past few years, it is the evidence.

He didn't agree with his godfather, he really planned to persuade him, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it.It's okay to receive Yin Qing's money, after all, there are many eunuchs who respect their father and son.Cao Fu felt that the hottest thing was Huang Taiping's money back then.

Huang Taiping is the godson of the heinous traitor Huang Yan, who was handed over by King Zhao several years ago as a scapegoat.Later, under interrogation by a secretary, he found that Huang Taiping was a useless stick, so he threw it to Fengyang to settle the matter.

As a result, Wang Gui also fished out Huang Taiping and sent him back to Prince Zhao's mansion to continue serving him.Afterwards, Wang Gui took the initiative to tell the emperor; fortunately, the emperor turned a blind eye to him because of his years of loyal service.

Cao Fu was silent for a while, then whispered again: "By the way, when Meng Ji was in front of the emperor today, he didn't mention Wang Jinghong at all, he just talked about Liu Ming. He brought Queen Zhenla back, and he also looked for her first. Son. Son, look at him, although he used to be with Zheng He and his gang, but now he is not with Wang Jinghong, and he wants to get close to us."

Wang Gui immediately said: "Who do you care he wants to get close to?"

Cao Fu was stunned for a moment: "Meng Ji went to the Sili Supervisor as a young supervisor, and he did several errands, which satisfied the emperor. But Wang Jinghong Houxian and others supervised the navy, and they were surrounded by everyone, and they were very popular. .”

Wang Gui frowned at Cao Fu, didn't speak for a while, then walked to the stool where Cao Fu was eating, and sat down there.Cao Fu hastily bowed forward.

"Fu, you can be more courageous if you are greedy for money. But you can't be greedy for power. Power is a knife with blood." Wang Guiyu said earnestly, "My family asked you, if you want to talk about the status and power in the palace, Wang Jinghong is more powerful than Wang Jinghong." How was Zheng He?"

Cao Fu hurriedly said, "I'm afraid it's quite a bit worse."

Wang Gui said: "Then what happened to Zheng He?"

"Dead." Cao Fu replied honestly.

Wang Guidao: "One sentence is gone. It's not the words of the emperor, but the words of Queen Zhang; so, what can Wang Jinghong do? How many years have we followed the emperor? At that time, the emperor was still the king of Gaoyang County. Wang Jinghong was still in front of the emperor. Can you be more reliable than us?"

Cao Fu pondered, and kept nodding his head.

Wang Gui's voice said again: "Don't make trouble. When the emperor came to the throne, Huang Yan sent people to join us, but we ignored it; if Wang Jinghong was sensible, he should understand our attitude and accept this situation. .Everyone can serve the emperor with peace of mind, and live a peaceful life.”

Cao Fu bent down and said, "My son must remember the teachings of his godfather."

Wang Gui stood up, reached out and patted Cao Fu on the shoulder twice, "Our family is back to the Hall of Martial Arts."

Cao Fu said: "Godfather, go slowly, my son will see you off."

Wang Gui looked at the food on the table and said kindly: "Eat well. You know how to eat."

Cao Fu whispered: "Son, pay attention to finding some wives for godfather."

Wang Gui smiled and said: "I don't need you, our family only likes Miss Yao. It's okay for someone with a low status who wants to make a living, but don't be someone who forgets his surname. Otherwise, what is she trying to do with our family? Then there will be big trouble. "

Cao Fu still insisted on sending his godfather out, so he continued to do his own thing.

Today, because of the eunuch Yin Qing, Cao Fu thought of the insignificant Huang Taiping.Unexpectedly, a few days later, he really saw Huang Taiping.Is this an example of wish come true?

Cao Fu heard the report from the eunuch guarding Xi'an Gate, saying that it was an eunuch named Huang Taiping who asked to see him.Cao Fu rushed to Xi'an Gate and saw Huang Taiping.This person was mysterious and claimed to borrow one to speak.

"Go inside and talk about it." Cao Fu led him into a room of the Xi'an Gate Guards, turned around, and then asked Huang Taiping to talk about the matter.

Huang Taiping then took out a bamboo tube, and said: "His Royal Highness Zhao Wang personally dispatched, and asked our family to send something to Beijing, and he had to give it to Wang Gonggong or Cao Cao. The eunuch at Xi'an Gate said that Wang Gonggong is busy, so our family sent someone to send it to Beijing." Notified Eunuch Cao."

Cao Fu took the bamboo tube, "What's inside?"

"I don't know, the opening is sealed, and our family didn't see it." Huang Taiping said.

Cao Fu turned the things upside down, and saw that the bamboo tube was wrapped with paper stickers, and the opening was indeed sealed and stamped with paint.Because Huang Taiping said it was for Cao Fu, Cao Fu tore off the seal and took out the contents.

While reading the words on the paper, Cao Fu also looked up at Huang Taiping.Huang Taiping said flatteringly: "Last time, thanks to Wang Gonggong, is the little filial piety enough?"

Cao Fu nodded, took the paper, walked to the door, and shouted, "Come on!"

Huang Taiping stood there with a confused face.

Soon several soldiers ran over.Cao Fu immediately pointed at Huang Taiping and said, "Take it."

Huang Taiping wailed and said, "What's the matter? What's the matter!" But the sergeants didn't allow any explanation and immediately pushed him to the ground.

Cao Fu said again: "Bound, sent to the imperial prison inside Hongwu Gate, locked up first."

Huang Taiping hurriedly said: "Eunuch Cao, you can't accidentally hurt your own people, what happened to our family?"

Cao Fu said with a strange expression: "You have been sold by someone, and you are still trying to help count the money." He paused and stretched out two fingers to gesture, "And twice. Don't worry, there is still room for things .”

Huang Taiping had a hard-thinking look on his face, and when he heard the last sentence, he hurriedly said: "Eunuch Cao, we still have some things at home."

Cao Fu said: "Understood."

The sergeants found ropes and tied Huang Taiping up.Cao Fu didn't ask any more questions, and hurried to the palace with the bamboo tube.

As usual, the emperor came to Rouyi Hall after Yumen took charge of the government.Cao Fu walked quickly into the Xihua Gate, crossed the stone bridge over the Yuhe River, passed the Hall of Martial Arts and walked north, and soon arrived at the Hall of Rouyi.

But seeing that Zhu Gaoxu was inside with Minister of War Qi Tai, Cao Fu poked his head out at the door and waited outside.After a while, Zhu Gaoxu's voice called him, and he hurried in.

Cao Fu put the bamboo tube on the big case, bowed his head in Zhu Gaoxu's ear and said, "Huang Taiping sent it."

"Huang Taiping?" Zhu Gaoxu looked thoughtful.

Cao Fu said in a low voice, "Huang Yan's godson returned to Prince Zhao's residence later."

"Oh..." Zhu Gaoxu nodded, then poured out all the paper in the bamboo tube, and took a look.

Cao Fu had read the contents before, one was a letter from King Zhao, and the other was Huang Yan's handwriting, the original secret letter sent back from the Tatar tribe.Cao Fu only read Zhao Wang's letter.

Zhao Wang said in the letter that Wu Liangha's envoy (flower boy) came for the first time and wanted to take out Huang Yan's property in the bank. Chang Shi Gu Sheng had reported to Guo Ang, an official of the Northern Department of the Defense Department; The eunuch of Liangha's messenger is Huang Taiping.

Recently, the Wuliangha people came to Zhangde Mansion again. Huang Taiping went to receive them first, but he agreed to help them with affairs without authorization, and received a secret letter from the Wuliangha people and 100 taels of gold.King Zhao was outside the palace at that time, and when he came back and found out, he didn't dare to act rashly for fear of ruining the official affairs of the Shou Yusi, so he ordered Huang Taiping to go to Beijing to plead guilty with a secret letter.Please the court arrest this eunuch immediately and torture him for the crime.

After reading it, Zhu Gaoxu handed the letter to Cao Fudao, "Let Qi Butang read it too."

"Yes." Cao Fu bowed and took it.

Zhu Gaoxu said again: "Then Huang Taiping is really a stick, it was not wrong to not kill him back then."

Cao Fu handed the letter to Qi Tai, then turned around, bent down and smiled and said: "Your Highness is right, I sent it to my door to beg for arrest, my servant almost didn't laugh out loud when I saw this letter at Xi'an Gate Come on. King Zhao really knows how to have fun."

"My third brother is not looking for fun." Zhu Gaoxu said, "He may have a big head."

Cao Fu didn't quite understand it for a moment, so he said, "Since Zhao Wang is loyal to the emperor, he should just send the secret letter from the Tatars to the capital."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "How does the imperial court know the authenticity of the secret letter?"

Cao Fu was stunned for a moment: "Why didn't this servant think of it! Huang Yan might have written two letters, true and false?"

Zhu Gaoxu nodded lightly: "It's just an objective inference. It's possible. Although Gao Sui can't lead troops to fight, he's not stupid." After he finished speaking, he continued to read Huang Yan's secret letter from the Tatar tribe.