Ugly Nuer

When he arrived at the imperial study with a blue face, Xuanyuan Lin was playing chess with Chen Rong. After Chen Rong was a criminal minister, when the late emperor was there, the Chen family was demoted because of the Lianghuai corruption case, and three generations were not allowed to be officials, so Chen Rong left If you can't pass the imperial examination, you can only rely on the recommendation of the virtuous king.

But he himself is very knowledgeable, erudite, eloquent, and proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but because of his background, he has a weird temper and doesn't care much about people, but he is quite similar to Cheng Huan.

But Chen Rong is a talented person after all, such a temperament can only be said to be noble, but someone like Cheng Huan will be called a villain by poking his spine.

Zhang Jinzhong shook his head and sighed, thinking that Cheng Huan is also really confused, they can live for decades without knowing what to do, what must be tempted, love these things, are slaves supposed to think about it?

In the imperial study room, Xuanyuan Lin made the last move, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Your chess style is quite similar to Brother Huang."

Chen Rong completely lost this game, and his eyes were a little dissatisfied, and he answered while picking up the chess pieces: "I'm not good at learning, and I can't compare with His Royal Highness Xianwang."

Xuanyuan Lin didn't know how to get along with him. He just felt happy to see him. After hearing what he said, he didn't seem to like this topic very much, so he shut his mouth and racked his brains to figure out if there was anything else to say. Suddenly, he saw Zhang Jinzhong When he poked at the door, he thought of Cheng Huan.

I heard that the slave had a fever, but I don't know if he's better now.

But with the injuries all over his body, even if the fever subsides, he should not be able to move in a short time. He can finally be clean for a while.

Unexpectedly, Chen Rong mentioned Cheng Huan at this time: "I heard that Eunuch Cheng was punished earlier, His Royal Highness the Xianwang felt very sorry, and ordered the minister to visit on his behalf."

Xuanyuan Lin's face sank, Cheng Huan's mouth, if he saw Chen Rong, he might say something. These scholars are very popular, and it is impossible to say that something will happen, it is better not to see.

"I punished him to think about his mistakes behind closed doors, let's talk about it later."

Chen Rong paused, although he was not very happy, but after all, it was the emperor's words, so he could only respond, but he was extremely disappointed in his heart.

He has not been generous since he was a child, and what he likes most is an eye for an eye. When Cheng Huan made things difficult for him in front of all the servants of the Xian Palace, he hated him so much that even if the emperor ordered Cheng Huan to be punished, But in his eyes, it doesn't count. Some revenge must be returned by himself in order to dispel the hatred in his heart.

In his heart, he tried to persuade himself to find another opportunity, but when he looked up, he saw a man's head protruding from behind the screen in the imperial study room, his appearance was very familiar.

He froze for a moment, his face darkened: "Eunuch Cheng."

Xuanyuan Lin froze for a moment, followed Chen Rong's line of sight, and indeed saw Cheng Huan holding the screen and poking his head, looking like a thief, his expression changed, his anger surged, he strode over and pulled the man to him by his collar Come: "You don't want to die?!"

With such a serious injury, he dared to go to the ground in just a few days, and even walked for a long time to come to the imperial study room, because he was afraid that he would not be disabled?

However, his anger passed, and he reacted again. He just said that Cheng Huan was grounding, and this slave appeared in front of people with his back foot, almost hitting him in the face.

His face was gloomy, and he looked fierce and terrifying, but Cheng Huan was used to his appearance, and hugged his arm with a smile: "The emperor calms down, the servant hasn't eaten for several days, come to get money to buy some good food .”

Xuanyuan Lin got angry, and let go of his hand unconsciously, watching him limping towards the Bogu shelf, where all the treasures were placed, many of which were tribute treasures from all over the world, and they were priceless.

Cheng Huan looked at the shelf for a while before reaching out to take an inconspicuous vase, and took out a tattered little cloth bag from it, and it was impossible to tell how much money was wrapped in it.

Chen Rong smiled mockingly: "Eunuch Cheng is a celebrity in front of the emperor, who dares to starve you? You haven't eaten in the past few days... Could it be that you are angry and can't eat?"

Cheng Huan was always mean, but he spoke straight to the point without knowing too many twists and turns, just like he hated Chen Rong, so he would only bully him blatantly, regardless of whether he would involve himself in it.

But Zhang Jinzhong and Xuanyuan Lin are both human beings, and they can hear that he is alluding to Cheng Huan's resentment towards the emperor, which is a crime of disrespect.

Zhang Jinzhong's expression moved, and he looked at Cheng Huan unconsciously, lest he would accidentally break into the trap set by Chen Rong.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Huan seemed to have not heard at all, took out the money and left without even saying hello, completely ignoring Chen Rong completely.

Chen Rong was stunned, his face flushed: "You!"

When Cheng Huan arrived at the door, he remembered that he was going to leave with Xuanyuanlin, so he leaned against the door frame and added a sentence of "resignation as a servant", but turned around and bumped his head against the pillar. After a few breaths, he covered his head and yelled, and walked away unsteadily. .

Zhang Jinzhong guessed that he had a fever and was confused, so he didn't dare to let him go by himself, so he quickly called a little eunuch to follow him and take care of him, but he didn't dare to look back at Xuanyuan Lin's face, such a naked slap in the face, anyone would bear it Can't live.

Sure enough, not long after, Chen Rong came out of the royal study, glanced at him with a half-smile, and pointedly said: "People say things hurt their kind, what does Eunuch Zhang think?"

Zhang Jinzhong chuckled, pretending that he didn't understand, and didn't answer, Chen Rong snorted, flung his sleeves and left, Zhang Jinzhong shook his head, this looks really hard to get along with, he's so flamboyant when he just entered the court, If you gain a firm foothold in the court...

He sighed in his heart, feeling worried about Cheng Huan's future path.

When he was distracted, Xuanyuan Lin came out of the imperial study with a dark face, and walked forward without saying a word. Zhang Jinzhong swallowed his saliva, and felt that he was going to settle accounts with Cheng Huan.

However, when the group arrived at Cheng Huan's residence, there was no one there. The bloody clothes that Cheng Huan took off by the well a few days ago had not been put away, and the traces of blood flowing on the green brick floor were very clear. It's like a murder scene.

Zhang Jinzhong searched inside and outside the house, but he didn't see anyone, so he hurriedly asked someone to ask, but he didn't see anyone after looking around, he was a little angry, he came here yesterday, he thought those little eunuchs could see more or less Serving Cheng Huan with his majesty, but he didn't expect the other party to ignore him.

In this way, Cheng Huan should really have returned from the beating that day and had not eaten again. It has already passed three days, and he would starve to death if he stayed any longer. That's why he dragged his body like that to the imperial study. Look for silver.

Although Xuanyuan Lin didn't ask a question, he already guessed the cause and effect, his face became more gloomy and ugly, and he sneered, but scolded Cheng Huan: "He is so mean on weekdays, and something happened that makes people want to step on him. You bastard, die early and clean up early."

However, Cheng Huan was his servant after all, and the chief manager he appointed was treated like this, obviously he was not taken seriously.

"Zhang Jinzhong!" Xuanyuan Lin said, his eyes were gloomy with chills, Zhang Jinzhong quickly responded, looked up at him, then lowered his head in shock, only pricked up his ears to listen to his orders, "The Minister of Internal Affairs" People come and take these slaves back to teach them the rules."

Zhang Jinzhong responded quickly, and couldn't help but think in his heart that Xuanyuan Lin's order was partly for his face, partly for the palace rules, and partly for Cheng Huan.

The two master and servant waited in the small courtyard for nearly an hour before Cheng Huan staggered in with a full belch. When he saw the two people in the room, he was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled, and knelt down to give Regards, Xuanyuan Lin.

When he kowtowed, both of them stared blankly, his back was glistening with blood again, the clothes of the palace servants were mostly dark, and it was not easy to see the blood stains, it was just that the Empress Dowager passed away half a year ago, Xuanyuan Lin issued an order for the whole country to wear mourning, and all the palace talents put on a layer of sackcloth, which set off the blood stains very clearly.

Zhang Jinzhong quickly helped him up: "What are you doing now? You're covered in blood."

Cheng Huan let out a bewildered "ah", raised his arms, looked himself up and down, turned his head to look back, but he couldn't see anything because his back was hurt, so he had to give up, and suddenly realized: "No wonder I'm a little dizzy. bleeding."

He looked at Xuanyuan Lin who hadn't moved, and grinned: "Is the emperor here to see the servant?"

Zhang Jinzhong sighed inwardly, thinking that he did not come here to see you, he clearly wanted to settle accounts with you, but he was in such a mess that Xuanyuan Lin might not be able to open his mouth.

As expected, he just stared at Cheng Huan with a sullen face. The sun was shining outside, and Cheng Huan looked thinner and thinner under the sunlight. His already fair face became paler and paler, and even his lips were pale as paper. The remaining pair of dark eyes are still rolling around, which proves that he is a living person.

Xuanyuan Lin dropped his sleeves: "Do you think that with your blood, I will spare you the crime of trespassing on the royal study?"

Zhang Jinzhong never imagined that Xuanyuanlin would pursue his faults seeing Cheng Huan in such misery, and hurriedly begged for mercy for him: "The emperor calms down, Cheng Huan's injuries are still unhealed, and he really can't bear punishment... If you really want to pursue the matter, why don't you withdraw the previous one?" According to the will of the emperor, let the imperial doctor come and take a look at it, and after the injury is cured this time, you can punish him however you want."

Xuanyuan Lin frowned: "My will?"

Zhang Jinzhong sighed in his heart, this is the so-called nobles forgetting things too much, how much suffering a slave suffers and whether he can save his life, in the eyes of the superiors, it is really not worth mentioning.

Xuanyuan Lin's brows frowned even tighter. He remembered that he had indeed said something similar, but he just said that he didn't have to go at that time. How could he not allow him to heal?

He had never been so vicious, beating someone but not allowing him to see a doctor.

He unconsciously looked at Cheng Huan. He probably ate too much and was belching non-stop. Zhang Jinzhong wanted to pass him a glass of water, but he couldn't find it after searching around, so he had to go out and call for someone to bring him some tea.

Cheng Huan yawned: "Grandpa Zhang... hiccup... Gong, my... hiccup... well is full of water... hiccup..."

Zhang Jinzhong was so angry that he wanted to laugh: "There is raw water in the well, can I drink it?"

Cheng Huan has always lived a rough life, and drank cold water in the cold winter months. At this time, Zhang Jinzhong reprimanded him, and he didn't take it seriously. He went to the yard and bent down to fetch water. He thought he had eaten, but he was used to it. With this body pain, fetching water should be no trouble, but I don't want my body to be still weak. When I exert my strength, my eyes will be dark, and my body will fall straight towards the mouth of the well.