The little eunuch gl of the demon queen

With a "click", the threshold that had been eaten by moths was broken.

Xibao raised her eyes, and saw Mrs. Liu Ma at the door staggering about to fall, just like the tumbler at the temple fair who used eggshells to paint New Year's dolls. She thought it was funny, but she couldn't laugh. The corners of her mouth drooped heavily, thinking in her heart that this time she would completely kill her "good sister-in-law" and sell her to a wealthy family to be a concubine.

In Xibao's view, in ancient times, these mediators were similar to pimps. They could push people into the kang for small profits.It was also due to her bad fate, when she came through, she had no parents, only the cheap brother and sister-in-law who wished to have their eyes covered with copper coins.

Her brother and grandson Ergou is a greedy street bastard who likes to gamble, and her sister-in-law Liu Shi is even more lazy by nature. Seeing that debtors were coming, the two of them fell in love with her.

When Xibao first wore it, she was worried about the original owner's overly pretty appearance. Girls in feudal society hadn't turned over yet, so being too good-looking is not a good thing.Especially when she has such a black-hearted brother and sister-in-law, look, didn't she think about cashing her out early to pay off her gambling debts?

It is hard to tell how many matchmakers this is, the ones who came before were all kicked out by Xi Bao.

Xibao's sister-in-law, Mrs. Liu, smiled and stepped forward to support Mrs. Liu Ma, saying, "Third Aunt came early."

After standing still, Mrs. Liu Ma looked down angrily at the threshold that was broken into sawdust, and said with some contempt: "When you accept the hire, you should repair this dilapidated house." After speaking, she walked into the dark room.

The room was dark, and Xibao was sitting on the kang mending clothes with an oil lamp on, not bothering to lift his head.When she first came here, she was still very respectful to Mrs. Liu. As the saying goes, do as the Romans do, no matter what kind of new women are reborn in such a society, they have to accept their fate, and they can't go against the whole world, can they?So it doesn't matter if she does all the housework, anyway, things are not difficult and quick to learn, but Sun Ergou and his wife want to ruin her life for a little money, so it's no wonder she turned her face.

"What kind of employment do you want? Don't you avoid betrayal in this world?" Xibao put down his sewing basket and sat upright, looking at Mrs. Liu.

Mrs. Liu opened her mouth to scold, but she remembered her third aunt, Mrs. Liu Ma's instruction. If my sister-in-law really wins the favor of any elder, she may ask to sue him in the future, so she will bear it like a big cake. There was an ugly smile on his face: "What nonsense are you talking about, kid? My sister-in-law worked hard to find a way for you to marry into a wealthy family, but she sold you out? My sister-in-law advises you not to be stubborn, there are many young and beautiful girls, There are some families in our town, but there are only two families, what are you not happy about?"

Seeing that Xibao didn't speak, Mrs. Liu sold it miserably when she couldn't be seduced: "He's your own brother, don't you feel sorry for the debt collectors who came to beat him up?"

Distressed?Xi Bao wished that Sun Ergou would be beaten to death. She looked coldly at the spitting Liu, as if she wanted to hear what this woman had to say.

"Hitting your brother is the second best thing. At that time, our family will not pay the money, and those profiteers will forcefully arrest you and sell you in Fengyue Lane... Tsk tsk!" Liu looked at Xibao meaningfully: "There When you want to be a concubine, no one will want you, so you can only stay there to earn some money..." Liu felt that the words were too heavy, and she was afraid that Xibao would be offended, so she looked at Xibao's purple face with anger and closed her eyes obediently. mouthed.

Xibao is not afraid of debtors coming to her door. She has lived enough of the life of being a bully and a horse for nothing and being beaten and scolded from time to time. She has already inquired about a big family in the capital who is looking for a maid for herself. It's better to save enough money to buy a small shop after doing errands, than to stay in this house and be sold.

Mrs. Liu even said the nasty words of earning skinny money, and Xibao didn't show mercy: "I'm really short of money and my sister-in-law is going to tidy up and make a secret door! The dowry my parents left for me was all defeated by you." Don’t talk about cleanliness, how dare you want to exchange me for money? I advise you to give up your heart as soon as possible, otherwise I will die in a hurry. Be neat and tidy!"

She is still trying her best, if she really uses all her skills in cursing people without being dirty, she is afraid that she will scold Liu Shi to death on the spot.After saying that, Xibao felt much happier, and felt a sense of grievance again. She thought of her parents who lived thousands of years later, and those leisurely days at home.There are two more episodes to come to the finale of the new drama, but it's a pity that she will never know who the murderer is.

For the matchmaker's sake, Mrs. Liu Ma persuaded the two quarreling two people: "Why should the sister-in-law be hurt? You are also the second niece. Of course, the marriage is a matter of Xibao's willingness." She thought that as long as she talked to Xibao, Bao talked about how prosperous and beautiful the life of that old master Yuan's family was, and Xi Bao, who had never seen the world from a small family, couldn't be tempted to hear it.A girl with this kind of temper has to be gentle. Mrs. Liu Ma has been in the matchmaking field for decades, and she is very experienced in handling this kind of scene.

Mrs. Liu Ma smiled and walked to the edge of the kang and sat down next to Xi Bao, carefully scrutinizing Xi Bao's face under the yellow light.

"It's really good-looking, it's just...it's..." Mrs. Liu Ma is illiterate, and when she talks about the matchmaker, she only praises the girl's good looks. The girl is good-looking, and the matchmaker is always boasting at both ends.She didn't dare to talk nonsense about such real things as houses and fields, she could only talk about how beautiful and gentle the girl's house was, and how strong and filial the young man was.

But this girl from the Sun family is really a rare beauty. She was raised in poor streets and alleys, but she gave birth to a skin that is whiter and tenderer than the daughter of the family, and her eyebrows, nose and lips look like a fairy in a painting , so that people can't move their eyes when they see it.

"Third Aunt is one of my own, and she won't deceive you by making up nonsense like other matchmakers. This Mr. Yuan, many girls from other families are fawning on me and begging me to match you up! But how can Third Aunt be willing to take advantage of those outsiders for such a good thing? The Yuan family opened the cloth Zhuang's, there are several shops in the county. What's more rare is that this Mr. Yuan has only 21 concubines. After the death of the first wife, he has never married a second wife. You look good and young, and you have a big fat boy. , it’s not impossible to correct yourself in the future... I heard from your sister-in-law that you are good in everything, but you are a bit greedy? You don’t know how delicate the Yuan family eats on weekdays, do you know the sweets and snacks? Everyone in the Yuan family eats snacks every day .”

Xibao's eyes almost rolled to the sky.She's greedy, but she doesn't sell herself for a snack.Not to mention the 21st house aunt surnamed Yuan, she is old enough to be her great-grandfather.Xibao stood up abruptly, pointed at the door and said to Mrs. Liu Ma, "Get lost!"

Mrs. Liu was scolded all the time and didn't say anything. Seeing Xibao's attitude towards her third aunt, Mrs. Liu Ma, she felt that Xibao had humiliated her, so she wanted to rush to fight Xibao.

It was Mrs. Liu Ma who could hold her breath, and hurriedly dragged Mrs. Liu out of the door and said in a low voice, "Who would want her after you scratched her face? Listen to me, first give in and stabilize this wild girl. Just set a date with the Yuan family and just send the person over there after he faints. You are also honest, and you really wait for her to nod? This kind of thing can't be left to the discretion of a little girl like her."

***

It was already dusk after the shift, and Liufu hurried out of the Siyuan Bureau with his head bowed down. The autumn weather was cool, but his forehead was covered with sweat, and his hat was soaked in sweat, and it was uncomfortable to cling to his head.

After leaving the palace gate, a carriage stopped in front of him, the coachman poked his head out and greeted with a smile: "My lord, where are you going?"

Liufu turned his head and looked in the direction of the Priest, feeling a little apprehensive.If you take this step right, you can have a great future, but if you take this step wrong, you will lose your life.

Seeing that the father-in-law didn't look like he was going to leave, the coachman whipped his horse and wanted to go to other places to solicit business, but he stopped not long after he heard the eunuch calling him behind him.

"Go to Xiangqing Hutong." Liu Fu got into the carriage, raised his sleeve and wiped the sweat off his face.

He has no way out, he has been in the palace for more than ten years, and he has seen the big hurdle of thirty, but he is still just a small follower of the Siyuan Bureau.He doesn't have the ambition of being rich and powerful, he just wants to save some money and leave the palace when he gets old so that he won't be too miserable.Speaking of which, the Siyuan Bureau is responsible for purchasing fruits and vegetables, and it's not the kind of Qingshui yamen that doesn't have any luxuries, but how can it be his turn to be so luscious?From palm print eunuchs to young supervisors to supervisors...it is impossible for them, the lowest people, to go down through the layers.

As for the lucrative job of giving melons and fruits to the masters of the palace, it is even less their turn. You must know that if you meet a richer empress, the money and goods rewarded can be equivalent to half a year's salary of the little palaces.

Liufu hasn't been promoted for more than ten years. It's not because he is incompetent, but because he has no connections.The old eunuch who took him under his name made a big mistake shortly after he entered the palace and was executed with a cane. Fortunately, he was not implicated, but he never got involved in other relationships.Don't look at the eunuchs who have cut off their descendants, but they are the ones who value inheritance the most. Those errands that are finally vacated are like hereditary. Bar!

Xiangqing Hutong arrived in a blink of an eye, Luk Fook gave the driver several times the fare, and told him to forget what happened today, and then ordered a crispy duck and two taels of wine at the teahouse at the entrance of the alley. , Today is already a waste of money.After chewing carefully, I walked to the big house deep in the alley - the private house of Dongchang Changgong Meng Delai.

"I'm sorry to bother you, and the Siyuan Bureau sent Liu Fu to ask to see the factory owner." Liu Fu stooped to the gatekeeper.

The gatekeeper knew his rank from seeing his attire, so he didn't look at him directly, and said in a strange way: "If you want something to happen, you should call the manager of the Siyuan Bureau. The factory owner has a lot of troubles every day, so don't tell me that cats and dogs who come to the door have to be picked up personally Shall we meet?"

Putting these words on ordinary people would definitely feel a little embarrassing, but a man who entered the palace and became a eunuch has walked the most shameless path, and he has heard even the most ugly words.

Liufu laughed along with him, stepped forward and took out all his savings from his cuff and handed it to the sleeve of the gatekeeper, saying: "This is a very important matter, so we must not delay it."

The gatekeeper's face was a little loose, he was afraid that he would miss the factory owner's affairs, and he was also afraid that the little eunuch would be punished for disturbing the factory owner because of trivial matters.He was hesitating whether to send a message, as if he knew someone was coming, a man in a brown official uniform and a small pointed hat came out, he looked about thirty years old.Knowing that Liufu is a son of Dongchang, he hurriedly saluted.

"Follow me!" The man led the way in front, and Liu Fu walked behind tremblingly with bowed head.

Liufu has served in the palace for more than ten years. Although he hasn't enjoyed many good things, he has seen a lot of ostentation.Even so, Liu Fu was still amazed by the layout and furnishings of Mr. Meng's private residence. Even the stone slabs paved in the garden were made of high-quality jade, polished like a mirror.

"Wait here." The man from Dongchang ordered Liufu to wait under the porch.After a while, he came to collect Liufu, and the two walked around for a long time. Liufu almost couldn't remember the way out. The people from Dongchang finally brought him to a door: "Go in!"

Once there was no way out, instead of being timid and uneasy like before, Liu Fu licked his dry lips and walked into the dark room.

There was a strange fragrance in the room, Liu Fu didn't dare to cast his eyes at random, and knelt on the ground and replied: "Slave Liu Fu, I have seen the factory owner."

"I heard that you have something to report in person?" Meng Delai asked Liufu across a glass screen.

"Yao Xian, son of Zuoqian Capital Censor Yao's family, only lasted for half a stick of incense after being castrated..." Liu Fu was sweating all over from fright.He shouldn't have known about this. He was just a small envoy of the Siyuan Bureau, and he had nothing to do with the clean room.It just so happened that today when he was going to deliver things to the cleansing room, he met Yao Xian who was bleeding profusely and passed away in less than half a stick of incense.

Master Yao and the factory owner are well aware of the grievances and grievances between Master Yao and Liufu. Back then, Master Yao accused the factory owner's son, Meng Guangshen, of embezzling military pay, which caused Meng Guangshen to be sent to prison. Thousands of households, but they are notorious for their sinister methods.The prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice couldn't reach the East Factory, and there were countless people who were murdered by the East Factory in the prison. Therefore, Meng Guangshen died strangely in prison not long after he was imprisoned.

This Qiu Changgong has been recorded in Yao Hezheng, the censor of Zuoqian capital.Because Meng Guangshen was his only son before he was castrated and entered the palace, no matter how many godsons he recognized later, he was not in his own blood.The factory owner hated Mr. Yao, and after he gained power, he committed a great crime to the Yao family. The emperor thought of the Yao family's meritorious service for generations, so he only decreed that everyone in the Yao family should be dispatched to southern Xinjiang.

Meng Delai was naturally dissatisfied with this result, so he ordered someone to secretly arrest Yao Xian, Yao Hezheng's only son, before Yao's family set out on the road.He arrested Yao Xian to enter the palace, one is to make the Yao family cut off his son and grandson to avenge his dead son, and the other is to keep Yao Xian to be of great use in the palace.

Meng Delai had expected that Yao Xian's frail body would be tossed, so he didn't intend to let Yao Xian live.He thought that after Yao Xian died, he would find a kid to stuff him in the palace.

"It's cheap for him to die so simply." Meng Delai's voice was gloomy and weird as usual. After a while, he came out from behind the screen wearing a robe, sat on a chair in the outer room and said to Liu Fu: "This matter How did you know? You know Yao Xian?" No matter how powerful he was, he didn't dare to get Yao Xian into the palace, so how did this little eunuch know that the person who died was Yao Xian?

"I ran into it by accident when I was on a business trip. It was a coincidence that the year before last, the emperor rewarded Yao's family with a box of seasonal fruits from the southeast. When I carried the things with me, I occasionally met Mr. Yao." Liufu said honestly. explain.

He faintly felt the mysterious things of fate.When I met Mr. Yao by chance many years ago, how could I not have thought that this handsome young man in front of me would become his help to climb up.If he hadn't brought his things to Yao's mansion, if Mr. Yao hadn't been an unforgettable beauty, if he hadn't sent something to the clean room today... If any one of them happened, he wouldn't have a chance to get close to Mr. Meng.

"Why are you talking back and forth? What about the people in the clean room?"

"Those who knew about it in the clean room had fled for fear of being held accountable, and the servants did not dare to speak up. They waited until they were on duty before rushing to answer the factory owner."

"You are clever, not like those worthless ones." Meng Delai knew what the little eunuch was thinking, and only asked, "Then Yao Xian is still in the cleansing room?"

"The servant was afraid that others would see him, so he decided to bury him in the backyard of the cleansing room." Liufu gradually calmed down, and the arrow had already left the bowstring. Whether he would be rich or dead was something he could not predict.

"Hmm~ I'm a bit courageous." Meng Delai got up and walked quietly to the desk, took out a piece of silk cloth and threw it to Liu Fu who was kneeling on the ground: "Look at Yao Xian's portrait to find someone who is about the same age and looks similar." Go ahead, kid! Don't move the knife, or you won't be able to bear it and die again."

Meng Delai felt that the appearance of this little eunuch was wonderful, Dongchang could just get out of this matter, and even if the emperor knew about it, he could push it all to this little eunuch named Liufu.At that time, it is only necessary to say that the little eunuch wanted to curry favor with Dongchang and committed these things boldly. Anyway, the blood feud between him and Yao Hezheng is known to everyone in the capital.

As for the boy who succeeded Yao Xian in the palace, the boy in his teens, it makes sense that his appearance has changed over the years.All he wanted was Yao Xian's identity, and it didn't matter who wore that identity.

No knife?Isn't that a fake eunuch?Liu Fu secretly sweated, but he didn't dare to talk too much, he just said: "The servant obeys the order."

After receiving the order, Liu Fu still knelt and did not move. He hesitated for a moment before he said boldly: "I am just a servant of the sixth grade, and I have no money. I'm afraid it will be difficult to find someone..."

"I'm not afraid." Meng Delai said so, and he liked this little eunuch even more in his heart.Right now is the time for employing people, but unfortunately most of the eunuchs have been worn out, there are not many ambitious ones, and it is even rarer to be ambitious and courageous. "After going out, go to the warehouse to get the silver. As for the matter of promotion... come to ask for the reward after the errand is completed. If it fails, don't worry about getting promoted and getting rich, just end it yourself!"

"Yes." Liufu breathed a sigh of relief, regardless of whether he could be promoted or not, at least his life was saved temporarily, and the money was also in his hands.But he ran into a problem again, the factory owner only gave him three days, how could he find someone to fill Yao Xian's vacancies?He couldn't say anything about this matter, and if he dared to say that he missed half a word, Dongchang's fans would come to him immediately and take his life.

Liu Fu picked up the portrait and stuffed it into his bosom, then bowed his head and retreated.

***

Seeing that there is only one day left in the three-day period, Liu Fu, who has not yet found anyone, regrets wading through this muddy water.There is no hope of getting promoted and getting rich, let alone say, you have to put your life on it.Desperate, Liufu asked the head of the Siyuan Bureau for a half-day leave, and went to the West Courtyard to find his old friend and get drunk.

When he got a little drunk, Liu Fu told the prostitute who he was acquainted with about this difficult matter, but he still had some sense, he only said that he wanted to find a young man but he couldn't find a way, and he didn't say who it was.

The prostitute also got drunk, leaned softly on Liu Fu's shoulder and smiled and said: "Liu Ye, you are really confused. When it comes to finding someone, the whole capital has to be those matchmakers. Especially those with some qualifications, who have been walking around the streets for decades , how many people are there in which household? Just ask them and you will know."

Liufu suddenly regained his energy, but he was a eunuch and had never dealt with a matchmaker before, so he had to ask his matchmaker again: "Do you know anyone?"

The prostitute propped his head and yawned lazily: "There is a woman Liu Ma in the Liushu alley to the left after exiting the west courtyard, not only in the capital city, but also in the surrounding villages."

***

Xibao secretly packed her bags while Mrs. Liu was asleep, and anyone who wanted debts would come to her door at any time. She was afraid that she would be caught and paid off the debts as Mrs. Liu said.In the past few years, she secretly saved some money, less than two taels, but it was enough for traveling to Beijing to find a job.

It was too dangerous to go out at night, and there was a curfew in the yamen, people were not allowed to go out after the second watch, so Xibao could only wait for the dawn to break before leaving quietly.

But before dawn, her bastard brother Sun Ergou, who went out to avoid debts, came back. Xibao heard the sound of someone turning over the stove in the kitchen, and after a while, a disgusting voice came from the kitchen: "Lazy lady! Hurry up and cook for me!" Order porridge." This was calling Liu Shi, Xibao hid the burden under the quilt, hid in his cubicle and fell asleep restlessly.

I can't go now.Xi Bao closed his eyes and wanted to sleep, but his eyelids twitched violently, as if something bad was about to happen.

After sleeping for a long time, Xibao woke up and found himself lying on a clean green cloth bed, surrounded by no longer the cramped cubicle of the Sun family, but a palace room with carved beams and painted buildings.His hands and feet felt like they had been bound and had just been loosened, and they felt a little achy.

Liu Fu, who had just been promoted to Jiancheng, sat on a few stools in front of the bed, blew on the floating leaves in the teacup in his hand, and chuckled softly, "You can work in the palace with peace of mind from now on! I'll buy you to enter the palace." The lack of others, your little one is still there, and it will not be good for us if this matter breaks out. Can you remember it?" Liu Fu felt that his good luck had come, and he found the person the factory owner wanted. Well, according to the Sun family, Sun Xibao is still a crippled boy. Liu Fu observed through his clothes, and what the Sun family said was true.What's even more rare is that Sun Xibao's appearance is very similar to Young Master Yao's, they are both heavenly and human.

Xibao opened her mouth wide and couldn't speak... What is she, time-traveled again?

Seeing Xibao staring at him dumbfoundedly, Liufu said worriedly, "Don't tell me Mrs. Liu Ma took the medicine so hard that it made people stupid?" Liufu said, stretching out his hand to touch Xibao's forehead, Xibao dodged back like an electric shock, avoiding Liufu's hand, and slammed into the bed behind him.

"Don't be afraid." Liu Fu was in a good mood and patient just after being promoted. "Your brother and sister-in-law sold you into the palace for 200 taels, and you will be called Yao Xi from now on. However, all the eunuchs in the [-]th Supervisor, [-]th Division and [-]th Bureau were beaten by knives, but you were the only one who didn't. Be careful too."

Xibao barely understood.She was still sold by that dog couple, and she entered the palace as a eunuch! ! ! !

The dog couple disguised her as a man, fooling the buyer into being fooled, but if she is found to be a woman in the palace, she will die, okay! ! ! !Xibao only regrets that he was so soft-hearted back then that he didn't poison Sun Ergou and his wife to death with rat poison while cooking and doing coolies.

"Pretend to rest for a few days, and then report to the Siyuan Bureau. Someone has already taken care of the formalities." Liufu was promoted to the internal prison. He listened to Meng Delai's order and did not recognize Yao Xi as his godson. No matter how innocent he is, he is wearing Yao Xian's skin, and he will not end well in the future.Everyone in Eunuch Meng won't accept Yao Xi, but he looks handsome, and Eunuch Tang's godson Zheng Dayun, who is in charge of the supervisor of ceremonies, is a pervert and will definitely take the bait.

It was also at this time that Liufu understood the purpose of Eunuch Meng's exhaustion.