From eunuch to emperor

The war was imminent, and the city of Jinling was in turmoil.

Long Chen came out of Honggui Inn, and quickly found a hiding place.

From this place, you can see the Fuyuan Tower and the movement of the forbidden army.

Long Chen lay dormant there, waiting for the night battle.

...

Royal Palace.

Li Chengdao fell asleep on the couch, and Zhong Gui came out to breathe and drink.

Serving the emperor can't eat, drink, scatter, hold back urine and endure hunger are basic skills.

After drinking the water, Zhong Gui urinated again.

After solving it, I will immediately prepare to continue serving in the Imperial Study Room.

At this moment, Eunuch Liu from Xuan Ruo Dian hurried over and called Zhong Gui in a low voice: "My lord."

Zhong Gui stopped, saw that it was Eunuch Liu, and asked, "Is your mother well?"

Zhong Gui knew that Xuan Ruodian sought medical treatment from Shen Taiyi at night.

Eunuch Liu replied: "Okay, Imperial Physician Shen's medicine is very good."

Zhong Gui nodded and said, "That's good, we slaves, it's right to serve our master well."

"If the master is good, we will be fine; if the master is not good, we will lose our heads."

Eunuch Liu nodded and bowed his head: "What the manager said is true."

Zhong Gui asked, "What's your business?"

Eunuch Liu ran over, certainly not to chat.

Eunuch Liu showed embarrassment, and said: "I have something to report to the general manager. That night, I went out of the palace to find Imperial Physician Shen. I took four people out."

"There were also four people when I came back, but now there is one less."

Zhong Gui was taken aback and asked, "What do you mean missing one?"

Eunuch Liu replied: "It's the little bun from Xuan Ruo Dian, I haven't seen you for two days."

Zhong Gui felt strange and asked, "Did he go somewhere? Or did he go home?"

Eunuch Liu shook his head and said, "Impossible, his family members starved to death in the disaster."

Zhong Gui thought of Lian Xin's assassination, and there were rumors in the palace that he saw the eunuch asking for directions that night.

"Send someone to look for it, and you must find it."

Zhong Gui felt that something was wrong, Eunuch Liu said in embarrassment: "I have searched for the little one, but I can't find it."

Eunuch Liu had already looked for him in private, but he couldn't see anyone, so he came to look for Zhong Gui.

Zhong Gui thought for a while and said, "You go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and tell me what I mean. The whole palace will look for it together."

"There are a lot of things going on now, so don't make too much noise."

Now is an extraordinary time, Zhong Gui doesn't want to make any more fools.

Eunuch Liu thanked Zhonggui and immediately went to the servant province.

...

West of the palace.

A group of guards patrolled in armor and armed soldiers, and they were sweaty from the heat of the evening.

"Wait a minute, I'll put the water in."

A soldier couldn't help but pee.

"There's a lot of excrement and urine on the lazy donkey, hurry up."

The captain cursed.

The soldier hurried to the side, took off his pants and poured water against the corner.

"Fuck, who the hell shitted here."

The soldiers smelled a foul stench.

After urinating, the soldier spat, and when he was about to leave, he suddenly found someone in a crack in the corner of the wall.

It's not the smell of shit, it's the smell of corpses.

This corner is in the middle of the two walls, and there is a small gap in the middle, which just fits people in.

Moreover, looking at the boots on his feet, it seems to be someone from the palace.

The soldier ran out immediately and shouted: "Boss, there is a situation."

The captain scolded: "What the hell are you going to do with the water? You put it in the widow's house?"

Others followed suit: "I put water in someone else's house."

The soldier said anxiously: "No, there is a corpse there."

The captain stopped joking and asked the soldiers to lead the way. They reached the corner together and saw a dead body.

"pull out!"

The captain gave the order, and the soldiers secretly thought it was bad luck, grabbed the feet and dragged the corpse out.

After the corpse was dragged out, the captain and the soldier covered their noses and looked at it.

"No beard?"

"The boot...is a eunuch?"

The imperial army has seen eunuchs, and their clothes and boots are different.

The captain stared at the corpse for a while, and finally did it himself, unbuttoning his trousers...

"Sure enough, it's a eunuch, report to the commander immediately!"

The captain realized that the problem might be big.

A eunuch is a person in the palace, so it is definitely not normal to die outside.

The most suspicious thing is that the coat was taken off.

That is to say, someone may have entered the palace pretending to be a eunuch.

Thinking back to what happened two days ago, someone pretended to be a eunuch and entered the palace to assassinate...

Leaving two soldiers to guard, the captain immediately reported to the deputy commander Yan Xi.

After hearing this, Yan Xi felt that there was nothing to say about this matter.

The battle in the city was very chaotic, and it was normal for eunuchs to be targeted and killed by thieves when they left the palace.

Yan Xi said so, the captain didn't have much to say.

Back at the scene, the team leader said, "Forget it, let's leave it at that, Commander Yan said it doesn't matter."

The soldier said, "Let the palace handle it."

The soldiers didn't want to collect the eunuch's body.

The captain thought about it, so he went to the gate of the palace to find a eunuch, saying that a eunuch died outside the palace, and asked them to collect the body.

The eunuch hurried over to look and found that it was the missing little bun.

When Eunuch Liu got the news, he went outside the palace to see for himself, and he was sure that it was the missing little bun.

Eunuch Liu had a premonition that the problem was serious this time, so he immediately went to the imperial study to find Zhong Gui.

At this time Li Chengdao had already woken up, sitting in the imperial study room waiting for the battle report ahead.

Xuanjizi was by his side.

The sound of fighting in the north of the city had already been heard, and Jiang Hui started.

Eighty thousand elites attacked at the same time, and the flames shot up into the sky, illuminating the night sky in the north of the city.

Eunuch Liu was sneaking his head outside, Zhong Gui came out quickly and asked, "What are you doing?"

Eunuch Liu said: "My lord, the little bun was killed. He was killed outside the palace. The body has been found."

Zhong Gui was slightly surprised, and asked, "Killed? Who killed it?"

Eunuchs are the lowest and most lowly people in the palace, but they are also palace people, and no one dares to kill them randomly.

Eunuch Liu said: "I don't know, he died outside the palace, right at the gate, and his clothes were ripped off."

Zhong Gui nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."

Zhong Gui felt that this matter was strange, why did the murderer take off his clothes?

Most people dare not wear eunuch's clothes.

Eunuch Liu asked: "My lord, what should I do?"

Zhong Gui said, "Put the body away first, and we'll talk about it after tonight."

Eunuch Liu looked to the north, knowing that the fighting was fierce tonight, and he had no time to control the life and death of a young eunuch.

"it is good."

Eunuch Liu left, Zhong Gui turned and went back to the imperial study, only to see two maids walking towards Concubine Tu supporting her.

Concubine Tu was holding a pale pink silk scarf in her hand, crying so hard that her body was shaking.

Concubine Tu is tall and tall, with a plump bust, a slender waist, and skin that is more than snow, she is very beautiful.

This cry made her look even more delicate and beautiful.

"Yo, what's the matter, ma'am?"

Zhong Gui hurried forward to greet him.

Concubine Tu just walked in crying, ignoring Zhong Gui.

Zhong Gui immediately shouted first: "Your Majesty, Concubine Tu please see me."

Concubine Tu walked into the imperial study room and cried, "Your Majesty, my brother is dead and was killed."

Li Chengdao wanted to reprimand Concubine Tu for being rude, but when he heard that Tu Maocai had been killed, Li Chengdao immediately asked, "Killed? By whom? What happened?"

Seeing Concubine Tu coming in, Xuanjizi got up and wanted to leave because it was not suitable for him to sit here.

Li Chengdao motioned Xuanjizi to sit down and not to see outsiders.

Xuanjizi sat down again and listened to Concubine Tu talking about Tu Maocai.