Jinyiwei work report

The next day, Song Yingbai was ordered to enter the palace. Although he has a thousand households, but there are so many thousands of households in the capital, he is not qualified to report information directly to the saint.

There is a first time for everything, Song Yingbai was a little nervous, but only a little bit, because he knew what the emperor asked him to do.

Fear came from the unknown, and since he knew what the emperor told him to do, he was naturally not so afraid.

After the court proceedings, Emperor Zhu Shengze summoned Song Yingbai. Seeing him coming in with his waist bowed, he said casually, "Get flat."

After the other party raised his head, he looked at Song Yingbai with great interest, and said with a smile, "I've always wanted to see you."

He and Pei Huaixuan don't look very much alike, probably one is more like a mother and the other is a little more like a father. Of course, the most important thing is temperament. Pei Huaixuan is sharp and sharp, while Song Yingbai in front of him has a much gentler temperament. Like a scholar.

It turns out that Li Zhen likes this kind of people. Zhu Shengze doesn't think it's interesting. He has seen many people with such a temperament. It should be said that people around him are such people. Not only civil servants, but even the eunuchs in the palace are all students. Very boring.

However, Song Yingbai is Pei Huaixuan's younger brother and Li Zhen's sweetheart, and he is also favored by him.

Of course, he wants to scare him now, "Do you know why I called you here?"

Song Yingbai was clear in his heart, but he couldn't say, "I don't know."

"I heard that you don't get along well with the people from the East Factory?" Zhu Shengze smiled and said, "What happened, do you need me to judge?"

Song Yingbai hurriedly knelt down, pretending to be shocked and said: "It's just some trivial matters, I don't want to alarm the Holy Majesty."

"Do you think it's a trivial matter? Jin Yiwei and Dongchang are both confidantes, and I don't want any discrepancies between confidantes." Zhu Shengze said in a flat tone.

"What the Holy Majesty said is very true, it is not a trivial matter."

Zhu Shengze smiled and said, "Then why don't you tell me what it is that made you so angry? I can make the decision for you."

Don't say that Song Yingbai didn't want to sue black, even if he wanted to, he couldn't do it. After all, Jiang Taitou didn't do anything that crossed the line, and he beat him up after just saying a few words to him.

"..." Song Yingbai was silent.

Zhu Shengze suddenly said coldly: "Or, relying on the relationship between Li Zhen and Pei Huaixuan, you are so defiant that you dare to insult the boss of Dongchang at will?"

Song Yingbai pretended to shake his body, and said fearfully: "I don't dare, I dare not have such an idea."

At this moment, Eunuch Lu came in and said, "Your Majesty, Li Tongzhi is asking Pei Zhenfu to see you."

Zhu Shengze smiled lightly, it's really easy, pinching Song Yingbai, these two people, especially Pei Huaixuan, would ask to see him, "Let them in."

Song Yingbai heard footsteps behind him, and from the corner of his eye he saw Li Zhen and Pei Huaixuan walking in. Both of them frowned, it seemed that they met outside by chance, and they might have exchanged a few words, their faces were ugly.

Li Zhen glanced at Song Yingbai worriedly, then looked away.

Zhu Shengze said: "It's strange for the two of you to appear together, Li Tongzhi, do you have anything to report to me?"

Li Zhen was a little strange. The emperor should know that he came here for Song Yingbai. If he didn't want to reveal it in front of Pei Huaixuan, he should let Pei Huaixuan go out first, and the two of them can talk later.

"I received a report this morning that Wu Wei is gone."

Zhu Shengze sighed, "He didn't keep him after all, let's do some rituals for him. Is there anything else?"

Li Zhen saw that the emperor didn't want to have a private conversation with him at the moment, so he said in a timely manner: "Only this matter."

"Well, you and Song Qianhu go down first, ah, no, Song Baihu." After Zhu Shengze finished speaking, he waved his hand lightly.

Song Yingbai thanked him helplessly, "Thank you Lord Long En." He withdrew.

Li Zhen followed out immediately.

Zhu Shengze saw a stern look in Pei Huaixuan's eyes when he heard that Song Yingbai was downgraded to a hundred households, and he couldn't help but secretly smiled, and when everyone had left, he said leisurely: "Huaixuan, you are an amazing brother, Dare to directly attack the stalls of the East Factory."

Pei Huaixuan was startled, her eyes seemed puzzled, but she quickly cursed in a low voice: "You owe me Li Zhen!"

"You don't have to hate Li Zhen, if he doesn't tell me, he is deceiving the emperor." Zhu Shengze said with a smile: "I also heard that Song Yingbai was adopted by Song Yuye, the servant of the household department, and when Song Yuye passed away, He allowed the servants of the whole family to go out to watch the lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Seriously, he is unfilial. He is very courageous. Is he so confident because of Li Zhen or because of you?"

"Since Your Majesty already knows that he is my younger brother, then Song Yuye is not his biological father, so what if he is disrespectful?"

Seeing that Pei Huaixuan was willing to talk so much to him in one breath, Zhu Shengze was very happy, but deliberately sullenly said, "Then, why did he beat up the stall in the street? He doesn't recognize Song Yuye, what? Do you not recognize the file head?"

Pei Huaixuan gritted her teeth and could see that she was not convinced.

"Reduce him to a hundred households, give him a little punishment, and let me know that he is domineering and will never let him go lightly!"

Pei Huaixuan raised his eyes sharply, with complicated eyes, "Your Majesty, Song Qianhu is the younger brother of the minister, and the minister owes him, so...the lax control is the minister's fault."

The content of the words is admitted to be wrong, but the eyes are strong, not convinced.

"Indeed, it's you, the elder brother, who didn't strictly restrain him, which made him become like this. However, I also understand that as the eldest son, I also don't have the control of my elder brother." Zhu Shengze said with empathy.

The country implemented a strict eldest son inheritance system, but the queen had no children, so the eldest son of the emperor inherited the throne.

Pei Huaixuan stared at the emperor for a while, then looked away with some disgust.

Zhu Shengze got up, walked up to Pei Huaixuan and stood still, squinted his eyes and smiled at him: "If my brother was standing in my position now, what would you say to him?"

As she spoke, she stretched out her finger to touch Pei Huaixuan's shoulder.

But when he was about to touch the flying fish pattern on his shoulder, Pei Huaixuan suddenly grabbed his wrist, and Zhu Shengze was shocked.

Seeing Pei Huaixuan grabbing his wrist, he said in a vicious tone: "I'll tell him, be honest!" After speaking, he swung his arm and almost staggered the emperor.

Zhu Shengze smiled slightly and said, "That's not bad."

Pei Huaixuan said: "Your servant will leave." He bowed and strode away.

Zhu Shengze rubbed his wrists, looked at his back, pursed his lips and smiled, "Tomorrow the Academy of Painting will send a new batch of calligraphy and paintings, please come to the palace with Pei Zhenfu to enjoy them with me."

Pei Huaixuan paused, said yes, and walked away quickly.

-

Li Zhen and Song Yingbai walked one after the other, because they needed to avoid people's eyes and ears in the palace.

From time to time, Li Zhen glanced at Song Yingbai behind him from the corner of his eye, but spent more time thinking about what he thought was inconsistent just now.In other words, in fact, he has always felt that when Pei Huaixuan appeared in the palace, he would feel unharmonious.

The emperor asked him to step down, but kept Pei Huaixuan. The emperor knew that Song Yingbai was Pei Huaixuan's younger brother, so the purpose of keeping him was to reprimand him?is it necessary?In front of Li Zhen, reprimanding Pei Huaixuan would embarrass him even more, so that he would not be able to step down, so he would have a long memory.

Just like the last time Pei Huaixuan went to Nanjing privately, but was only fined for six months, he felt strange at the time.

Suddenly, he realized what the problem was. Every time, yes, every time, the emperor summoned Pei Huaixuan alone, and just now, although the emperor was talking to him, it was Pei Huaixuan who looked at him the most.

"...Could it be..." Li Zhen muttered to himself, "I can't..."

The emperor has the Sangong and Sixth Courtyard, and he ran to the Jiaofang Division, not to mention Pei Huaixuan, he liked his younger brother and wished he could kill him.

Wait a minute, when Song Yingbai was demoted to Nanjing last time, he went to intercede, what did the emperor tell him?

What the emperor said is that he understands, that's right, "I understand."

Li Zhen didn't understand it at the time, but now he has figured it all out. It's hard to say where Pei Huaixuan is, but the emperor must have thoughts about Pei Huaixuan, that's why he and Song Yingbai feel the same way.

"It turned out to be like this! Terrible!" Li Zhen was taken aback, and turned to look at Song Yingbai, who now wanted to chat with him.

At this time, I saw Pei Huaixuan chasing up, talking to Song Yingbai.

Li Zhen could only look at the ocean and sigh, and walked straight forward.

-

Although Song Yingbai's official position was reduced to a hundred households, he was actually not affected. After all, he was protected by Pei Huaixuan. As long as Pei Huaixuan did not fall, he would be fine.

After leaving in the morning, the servant brought the horse, he stepped on the horse-mounting stone, got on the horse, and swaggered towards the prison.

Not far away, he saw a familiar face at a roadside stall. This person must not have come to have breakfast. The steaming soup made this person's face very blurry, making his face even more blurry. A smile means a lot.

Song Yingbai recognized at a glance that it was Jiang Baotou, so he dismounted with a smile, "Hey, isn't this Jiang Baotou?"

Seeing Song Yingbai's contemptuous tone, several Dongchang fans sitting around Jiang's head couldn't help showing anger.

Jiang Biao said calmly, "Song Qianhu, ah, no, Song Baihu, where are you going?"

"Does it have anything to do with you? Unless I am going to your grave, you are qualified to ask." Song Yingbai sneered.

Jiang was furious, and charged at the table, "You are really not afraid of death, kid."

Song Yingbai confronted him tit for tat, "Aren't you the same? If you were afraid of death, you wouldn't bother me again. Why do you think I'm afraid of you after I'm demoted? You dog!"

Hitting people without slapping people in the face, and swearing at people without revealing faults, Jiang Taitou was furious, "Song Yingbai, I think you are really tired of working!"

Song Yingbai suddenly said: "Lord Li, you don't need to help me!"

Jiang Baotou instinctively lost his mind, and then he was kicked in the chest, knocking over the wonton stall, and the pots and pans fell to the floor.The attendants around hurriedly stood up and stood in front of Jiang Tantou, but they didn't dare to move forward to fight Song Yingbai.

Song Yingbai took out an ingot of silver and threw it to the stall owner, "You don't have to come out and suffer all winter." After finishing speaking lightly, she got on the horse, "If you are surnamed Jiang, please don't mess with me again."

The cotton-padded jacket on Jiang's head was drenched by hot soup. It was hot first, then hot, then cold. He felt unspeakably uncomfortable. He pointed at Song Yingbai's back fiercely, "We're not finished!"

How could Song Yingbai pay attention to him and walk away.

As soon as Jiang Tatou returned to Dongchang, he did nothing else. The first thing he did was to complain to Cao Xiang, "Duke, Song Yingbai really doesn't care about our Dongchang. I mentioned the four major stalls earlier. Who is not afraid, but now, Jinyiwei has a memorial and kills us as soon as he wants, and now, it is even more excessive, even a hundred households dare to insult me ​​in the street."

Cao Xiang knew that Song Yingbai was at a disadvantage when he saw Jiang Taitou in such a state of distress, "I told you that this matter is strange, and told you not to provoke him, why did you still go? And you can't beat him? Look You look at you. Oh—"

"That little bastard is despicable, taking advantage of my unpreparedness..."

"Okay, okay, don't talk about it." Cao Xiang interrogated: "Suggest to the emperor that Song Yingbai hurt you, did you do it? Seeing that as soon as he was demoted, you couldn't wait to show off your power, but ate it again. deflated."

"Me? It's not me!" Jiang Pai shook his head, "Duke, it's really not me. I still wonder who took the blame."

Cao Xiang looked at Wu Zhiying next to him, "Xiao Wuzi, have you found out who told the secret?"

Wu Zhiying shook his head, "No, there are too many young eunuchs around the emperor, and there are too many people talking, anyone may go up and say a few words. But, father-in-law, now that Song Yingbai has been decreed, is this a good complaint?"

When he heard that Song Yingbai had been decreed, he was also very worried, but it seemed that Cao Xiang was not happy at all.

Cao Xiang frowned, "When things go wrong, there must be demons. Song Yingbai was very low-key and humble when he was guarded by Li Zhen and Pei Huaixuan before. Is it normal to be a different person? In addition, he is also provoking Shoufu, if it is not that he took the wrong medicine, then there is a big purpose."

Jiang thought about it for a while, and said suspiciously: "Duke, the emperor didn't punish Song Yingbai heavily because of Li Zhen's face, but Song Yingbai is now working under Pei Huaixuan's banner, and he is his confidant. The emperor didn't punish him. It's really strange. Could it be that... all this is benefited by the emperor? Seeing that our East Factory is not pleasing to the eye, you want people from Jinyiwei to clean us up?"

"Your Majesty doesn't say anything, but he actually values ​​Pei Huaixuan very much. I have discovered this a long time ago, so it is best not to act rashly when it comes to Pei Huaixuan." Cao Xiang said: "Xiao Wuzi, continue to investigate who leaked the secret. If you find out, Also don’t act rashly.”

When it comes to hating Pei Huaicheng, he is second to none.But now the fog is so heavy that he can't see the opponent's actions clearly, so he can't move.

Wu Zhiying said: "Yes!" The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, which was not noticed by others.

-

When Song Yingbai entered the gate of the imperial prison, he was catching up with his brother to go out, so Pei Huaixuan grabbed his shoulders, turned him around, and followed him to go out, "Chang Liangzhu invited us to dinner."

"This morning's... meal?"

"It means that he has no idea in his heart, he dare not entertain the people who are Jinyiwei at night, he would rather ask for leave during the day and hold a banquet at home to entertain us."

People are like this, in fact, the daytime is also very dangerous, but in my heart, I just feel safer during the day than at night.

Song Yingbai said in a low voice: "Brother, we have to hold our breath!" He was afraid that Pei Huaixuan could not bear it and would kill the enemy with his own hands.

Pei Huaixuan smiled, patted his younger brother on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, how could I let him die so easily."

The two of them were led by the housekeeper of the Chang family all the way to the front of the mansion, entered the yard through the side door, went straight to a room in the back room, opened the door, and saw a man nearly 50 years old with a smile on his face. up.

"Please sit down, both of you. Chang Mou welcomes you at a distance, and welcomes you at a distance."

Song Yingbai looked at the man in front of him coldly. He had a flat head and a straight face. After all, a person who was too ugly could not be an official, but generally speaking, his appearance was ordinary. As far as the facial features were concerned, he was not a person with outstanding appearance when he was young.

"Pei Zhenfu, please sit down, please sit down." Chang Liangzhu stretched out his hand to guide him to sit down.

And Pei Huaixuan's eyes could not help but fall on his hands, the hands holding the knife, killed his parents...

"Pei Zhenfu!" Song Yingbai saw that his brother's eyes were getting darker, so he hurriedly woke him up, "Pei Zhenfu, please sit down."

"Well... I'll sit..." Pei Huaixuan looked at Chang Liangzhu and slowly sat down on the chair.

It can be seen that the dishes are carefully prepared, which should be regarded as giving Song Yingbai and the others face.

Chang Liangzhu said with a gentle smile: "Originally my brother, Chang Kang's father, also wanted to come to accompany him, but I didn't let him come. Because I think that my nephew's imprisonment is probably because of me. It doesn't matter to the others, so it is most appropriate for me to entertain you, the two said, right?"

Pei Huaixuan said bluntly: "You are quite self-aware."

Chang Liangzhu was startled, he was used to Tai Chi in the officialdom, so he was at a loss for such a straightforward answer, "This... I don't know where I offended Mr. Pei."

Pei Huaixuan held a pair of chopsticks together in his hands, and tapped the table in front of Chang Liangzhu, "Think about it for yourself, since Mr. Chang Ge can enter the cabinet as a prime minister, his brain and memory should not be too bad. Why do you think about it?" Can't get up? Or pretending to be confused?"

Chang Liangzhu said: "Is there any misunderstanding? If there is, it's better to make it clear."

"Explicit? Everything is clear in your heart!" Pei Huaixuan said coldly.

Chang Liangzhu thought for a while, and his tone was still very gentle, "I think there is still a misunderstanding. We don't offend the river. If we really offended, why don't you just tell me, so I can make up for it. My nephew was not in good health when he was young. I'm afraid he won't be able to take it anymore, and I hope to release him as soon as possible, for this, even if I pay a price, as long as Pei Zhenfu speaks."

It was really difficult for Song Yingbai to connect this high-ranking but courteous official with the murderer.

However, there is a saying that you know the face but not the heart, Song Yingbai will not make the mistake of judging people by their appearance.

"Are you still pretending?" Pei Huaixuan sneered, threw the chopsticks on the ground, got up and said, "Come find me when you stop pretending." After finishing speaking, he strode out the door.

"Hey——hey—don't go——" Chang Liangzhu wanted to catch up, but was stopped by Song Yingbai, pushed hard by him, staggered, and watched the two stride out.

He leaned on the chair and looked at the two with a bad premonition in his heart.

-

In the middle of the night, Song Yingbai heard movement at the window, didn't bother to get up to check, wrapped the quilt tightly and turned over. After a while, the footsteps got closer and closer, and then a person covered in cold got into the quilt.

Song Yingbai was shivered by the cold, turned around and said, "Li Zhen, can you take off your outer robe?"

Li Zhen smiled triumphantly and said, "I'll just wait for your words!" He half sat up, took off his robe that was cold outside and threw it on the ground without saying a word, and quickly got back in his middle clothes, "Outside Really cold."

"Are you still afraid of the cold?"

"I'm afraid. Fortunately, you left me a window, otherwise I would freeze to death outside." Li Zhen hugged him tightly, "You are still warm."

"..." Song Yingbai was no longer surprised by him, and besides, he was the one who invited him, "What's the point of visiting late at night? If it's for preaching, I don't need it. I know what I'm doing."

"Really? You also know that the emperor likes your brother?"

"What?" Song Yingbai called out in a low voice, and was about to sit up, but was dragged back by Li Zhen covering his mouth.

"Look at you, you don't know anything at all." Li Zhen said: "You don't need to refute me, my reason for making this decision is very good, and I have asked a few senior eunuchs in the palace on the sidelines for a few days. There are some words that can support my conclusion.”

Song Yingbai came to his senses, "The emperor is hot? But didn't he go to the Jiaofang Division? He..."

However, Rome's evaluation of Caesar at the time was "he is a man of all women, a woman of all men", which is not surprising, but it is very disturbing when it comes to the elder brother.

Li Zhen said: "Anyway, this conclusion is correct. The emperor has plans for your brother, but he hasn't succeeded yet. Therefore, your brother created the opportunity."

"You mean..." Song Yingbai said: "He deliberately let me cause trouble just to give the emperor a handle so that the emperor can handle him?"

"Pei Huaixuan's temperament is afraid that he would not give the emperor a good look before. He suddenly leaned forward, and the emperor would not say anything if he became suspicious. If he didn't do it, he would lose interest. Deliberately showing flaws and letting the emperor pinch his weakness is the best thing to do. Nice touch."

Song Yingbai's face darkened, "You mean, my brother wants to use..."

"Beauty trick."

Song Yingbai said dissatisfied: "You look down on him too much!"

"Then I'd better guess wrong! Because this plan will not work at all. The emperor is not an idiot. Once your brother asks him to clean up the first assistant, he will understand that everything is to be used. When the time comes, the emperor will be furious. Be careful of you." Brother lost his wife and lost his army."

"But my brother is not an idiot, I believe he has a careful plan."

Song Yingbai understood why his brother didn't tell him the overall plan, because he didn't want to say that he took advantage of the emperor's selfishness.

Li Zhen was thoughtful, "It would be great to have a well-planned plan, because there can be no mistakes, and we are betting on the head of the project."

If you want someone else's head, you have to put your own head on the table first.

"Death is also our brother's business, you are not that dangerous." Song Yingbai said.

Li Zhen didn't even think about it, "If you're dead, can I still live?" After speaking, seeing a smile on the corner of Song Yingbai's mouth, he kissed him, "...Song Yingbai, I like you, so what about you?"

"Hmm...it's okay..." Song Yingbai raised his eyebrows and said ambiguously.

"What do you mean by 'okay'?"

"If you don't like it, you don't even have 'it's okay'!" Song Yingbai laughed.

"No, no, I'm satisfied." Li Zhen smiled and hugged her sweetheart. After a while, her expression gradually became serious. I hope Pei Huaicheng's plan will really work.

However, he also made a plan, which I believe is more thorough than Pei Huaixuan's.