After the salted fish dark guard falls off his horse

Brother, it's cold, put on some pants.

Witnessing this tragic scene, everyone gasped in unison.Cao Chunsheng, who was scrambling for it, was dumbfounded, and when he realized it, he knelt on the ground with a "plop" and hit the back of his hand himself: "This old slave deserves to die, this old slave deserves to die..."

Shen Jinfeng, who was kneeling on the side, mourned for the general in his heart for three seconds, and watched his performance quietly.

In contrast, Xiao Wangshu was very calm.He lowered his eyes, picked up a golden spoon from the saucer with no expression on his face, and fished out the dead cricket: "You were just catching this."

Shen Jinfeng glanced regretfully: "Return to the Holy One, yes."

The Holy Majesty looked at it for a moment, then put the teacup aside: "How can there be crickets in this season?"

In a hidden corner, Liang Jue said worriedly: "Qi Han, you think Xiao Shen won't be so stupid as to admit that he raised him?"

Qi Han analyzed Shen Jinfeng's usual style: "It's really hard to say."

Just listen to Shen Jinfeng say: "My lord, this cricket is raised by me."

Liang Jue: "Hiss."

Cao Chunsheng heard the secret guard next to him confess directly, kneeling on the ground with his spine straight, and a trace of undisguised disgust and contempt flashed in his eyes.

The officials present had already sentenced the hidden guard to death in their hearts. In the dead silence, Xiao Wangshu suddenly said softly: "I have some skills."

Shen Jinfeng was startled, and blinked: "Your Majesty... are you complimenting me?"

Crickets generally can't survive winter, but he can be kept alive until early spring. From this point alone, it is indeed worthy of praise.

As soon as this remark came out, the officials immediately talked about it.They didn't know that His Majesty was still interested in crickets, and immediately decided to go to the flower and bird market in Shangjing to pick two to present as treasures.Someone recommended himself: "If the Holy Majesty likes it, the minister's family will also raise a fierce general with long legs and good color, which can be called the best among crickets..."

"My lord, when it comes to raising crickets, this humble minister has quite a lot of experience..."

At this time, the guards of the martial arts field came to report: "My lord, there is a secret envoy outside the door asking to see you."

Xiao Wangshu raised his eyes slightly, his expression relaxed a little: "It's a secret envoy who came back from Langzhou."

"Return to the Holy One, that's right."

As soon as the guard finished speaking, he saw Xiao Wangshu straight up and walked out, his usually calm steps seemed a little hasty at this moment: "Go, take me to see him."

Seeing the Holy Majesty leaving in a hurry, the rest of the officials couldn't help but look at each other.Like the secret guards, secret agents are also a department in the film department, mainly responsible for the collection of intelligence in various places, and among them, secret agents who have been given special tasks by the emperor are called secret envoys.The Langzhou secret envoy asked for an interview at this time, presumably he had completed his mission and came back, but he didn't know what important mission he was entrusted with so that the Holy Majesty could welcome him out to meet him in person.

Shen Jinfeng knelt on the ground until his knees hurt, and when he saw the saint was about to get up, when he looked up, he saw Cao Chunsheng was flustered, and his face was full of guilt that he had done something bad for fear of being discovered.He changed his mind and guessed that the Langzhou secret envoy's investigation might have something to do with Cao Chunsheng.

Shen Jinfeng put his hand in front of Cao Chunsheng's eyes, and snapped his fingers.

The latter was suddenly taken aback, and after realizing it, he frowned tightly and looked at him, the darkness in his eyes was covered with a layer of coldness, as if a poisonous snake spit out a cold letter.

Shen Jinfeng remembered that Cao Chunsheng stared at him like this two years ago.

Not only to watch, but also to kill him.

So he had no doubt that Cao Chunsheng wanted to kill him right now, if possible, but unfortunately there were all civil and military officials around, so there was no chance to do it.Shen Jinfeng lowered his eyes, avoiding Cao Chunsheng's gaze and said, "Since the Holy Majesty did not inquire about the crime, can I go?"

He had a clean voice, stood half a head taller than Cao Chunsheng, and even wearing a mask couldn't hide his good looks.The distorted jealousy in Cao Chunsheng's eyes was as real as it seemed, as if he wanted to tear him to pieces.

Cao Chunsheng sneered coldly, and said: "The sage is lenient, so he didn't personally punish you, but it doesn't mean you don't have to be punished. Come—"

Hearing the summons, the two young eunuchs stepped forward respectfully: "Eunuch Cao, what instructions do you have?"

"Drag him down and punish him with forty boards!"

Hearing this, Shen Jinfeng pursed his lips into a straight line.

The two young eunuchs looked at each other in surprise, then reacted and persuaded in a low voice: "Elder-in-law, this is not appropriate, I'm afraid it will be..." if you hit forty big boards, you will die.

Naturally, the head of the inner court department has a lot of power, but he can't bear the responsibility of neglecting human life.Cao Chunsheng cast a sidelong glance at Shen Jinfeng, and changed his words as if giving alms: "Then the stick will be responsible for twenty boards, plus - all the palaces in the Forbidden Garden will be cleaned before tomorrow, and the old man will go over and inspect it himself."

The Forbidden Garden was built during the period of the first emperor, who was immoral, and there were many palaces in the Forbidden Garden.On the contrary, Emperor Xi Yuan kept himself clean and kept the harem vacant for two full years. His Majesty understood the hard work of the palace people, and ordered that the rest of the palace, except the queen's bedroom, do not need to be cleaned all the time, and only had to be cleaned every year around New Year's Eve.It's early spring, and it hasn't been long since the last cleaning, but even so, the workload of cleaning the entire Forbidden Garden is quite terrifying.

What's more, after suffering twenty big boards.

As the sun was setting, Shen Jinfeng knelt in the deserted palace with only buckets and rags beside him.

It was already time for the film director to serve dinner, and he heard some not-so-elegant sounds from his stomach.The last meal was in the morning, and the two hidden guard brothers were still on guard at the moment, so no one could come to deliver his meal.

Shen Jinfeng was a little dizzy from hunger. He was holding on to the floor and was about to sit down, but his butt bounced back in pain as soon as it hit the ground.The two elder brothers who were in charge of the execution were fairly familiar with him, and they didn't attack hard, but it would be a lie to say that it didn't hurt if he went through twenty big boards.

Shen Jinfeng had no choice but to squat down and rest with his back on the beam for a while.When he closed his eyes, he thought of Cao Chunsheng's venomous and cold gaze.

One late night two years ago, he heard rustling footsteps in his light sleep, and when he opened his eyes in a daze, he saw Cao Chunsheng standing beside his bed holding a dagger.

That night Cao Chunsheng's eyes were the same as today, as if he was looking at a dead object.

Shen Jinfeng closed his eyes, Cao Chunsheng's words echoed in his ears before he left: "Work hard, little bitch, I'm going to come over tomorrow to check for myself..."

Check it out for yourself.

He suddenly smiled.

Then you also have to have a life check.

Shen Jinfeng raised his eyelids, and there was a deep pool in his eyes.

……

Back in the film department, Shen Jinfeng found that there was an extra person in the dormitory.

They lived in a four-person room, and one of them was sent out on a mission before, so he and Liang Jue were usually the only ones in the room.Shen Jinfeng walked in and greeted the other bed: "Are you back?"

The brother on the opposite bed was stunned: "Yes, you know me?"

Shen Jinfeng curled his lips into a smile: "I haven't seen it before." He walked over, suddenly stopped and turned around, "Hey, did you come back from Langzhou?"

Today at the martial arts training ground, I heard that the Langzhou secret envoy came to report. When I came back, I found that there was an extra buddy on the opposite bed. Both the secret agent and the secret guard belonged to the film director.

The emissary looked a little shy, and rubbed the back of his head: "Yeah, how do you know."

Shen Jinfeng said casually: "I heard it when I was standing guard. As soon as the Holy Majesty heard that you asked to see me, I got up to meet him personally. There is a meeting!"

The emissary was even more embarrassed: "Your Majesty doesn't value me, he just cares about my investigation task."

Hearing this, Shen Jinfeng slightly raised his eyebrows: "Expand and talk?"

The tasks assigned by secret envoys generally cannot be disclosed at will, but because the task is completed, the confidentiality work is no longer important, and Shen Jinfeng's few words made the secret envoy feel very close, so he started talking: "You know, two years ago, the emperor offered a reward. Is that the picture?"

Shen Jinfeng thought for a while: "I seem to have heard of this before."

Among the rumors in the palace, there is such a widely spread.It is said that when Emperor Xiyuan was enthroned as a young man, a general election was held in Shanghai, and the portrait of a beautiful woman was somehow mixed with a portrait of a man. .

From then on, Xiao Wangshu couldn't admire other beauties, and he was obsessed with finding the person in the painting.It's a pity that things can't be controlled by others, even if he turned the imperial palace and imperial city upside down, and even offered a reward from the whole country, the people in this painting seemed to evaporate out of thin air, and there was no trace of them.

So there are rumors that this is the reason why the Holy Majesty has left the harem in vain for two years and is still single.

After hearing this, Shen Jinfeng felt that there was a touch of outrageousness in the absurdity, so he just laughed it off, not expecting it to be true.

The secret envoy nodded: "Yes, later the Holy Majesty found out that this painting was made by a court painter, but the painter had disappeared for no reason at that time, so I have been ordered to find the whereabouts of the painter for the past two years. He was found in Langzhou a month ago."

Shen Jinfeng nodded lightly: "So that's the case." No wonder the Holy Majesty rushed to meet him as soon as he heard that he was coming back.

He recalled Cao Chunsheng's flustered expression at that time, and asked tentatively, "Does the painter you mentioned have anything to do with Eunuch Cao, the head of the Inner Court Department?"

The emissary shook his head after thinking deeply: "I don't know about that, I'm only responsible for finding someone, why do you ask this all of a sudden?"

Shen Jinfeng thought absently, Cao Chun's life is only tonight, and it doesn't matter what he has to do with this matter.

He smiled and said, "It's nothing, I forgot to ask, what's your name?"

"Song Qiu."

"My surname is Shen, and my code name is Eleven in the secret guard. You can just call me Xiao Shen." Shen Jinfeng asked him again, "Would you like some snacks? The Imperial Dining Room made them yesterday."

Song Qiu's eyes lit up when he heard the words: "Isn't the imperial dining room only for the Holy Majesty and the Empress Dowager, how did you get it?"

Shen Jinfeng: "It was stolen."

Song Qiu: "Huh?"

"Just kidding." Shen Jinfeng took out an exquisite mahogany pastry box and tossed it to him. "Yesterday, there were some left in the imperial dining room, and the shadow envoy brought them back for us. Eat it, you're welcome."

Song Qiu hastily reached out to catch the box. Seeing that Shen Jinfeng had taken something from under the pillow, he turned around and walked out: "Hey...Xiao Shen, why are you going?"

Shen Jinfeng said lazily, "Go and kill people."

Song Qiu: "Huh??"

Shen Jinfeng pushed the door open, and the tall figure of the dark guard quickly disappeared into the night.

Song Qiu sat back holding the pastry box, opened it and tasted one, the pastry was sweet but not greasy, and tasted very good.

Xiao Shen is a good person, but he likes to joke too much.

Song Qiu really thought about it.

……

At the same time, the Royal Study Room.Xiao Wangshu buckled the armchair with his slender knuckles, the tea on the table was already a little cold, he picked it up and took a sip, frowned slightly and relaxed, and put down the teacup.

The accompanying eunuch watched his words and expressions, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, my servant will go and replace you with a new pot?"

Xiao Wangshu nodded lightly, and asked the person kneeling below: "Are you still recruiting?"

The eunuch picked up the tray and removed the tea set, and took a look before leaving. The former court painter was kneeling at the feet of the Holy One with his hands tied behind his back, his face pale.

The painter's name is Huang Xuyan, who used to be a well-known master of Shitu in the palace. It is said that none of the erotic pictures produced by him has the same posture.Two years ago, the man who stayed up late drawing pictures became bewildered, and mixed one of his paintings into the portraits of Xiu Nu. Later, these portraits were sent to Yongshou Palace for selection by the Holy Majesty and the Empress Dowager, and a big incident happened.

After the Dongchuang incident happened, Huang Xuyan ran away overnight and hid outside for more than two years. He was just caught by the spies sent by the Holy One half a month ago, and he happened to be escorted back to the palace today.

"Your Majesty, I really don't know about villain, villain, I just saw that person..." Huang Xuyan said timidly.

"I've only seen it once." Xiao Wangshu seemed to have heard some joke, raised the toe of his boot to touch Huang Xuyan's chin, and said lightly, "Put your face up."

Liang Jue, who was hiding under the window sill, was overwhelmed with emotion: "Your Majesty, stop stepping on him, step on me."

Qi Han who was also hiding under the windowsill: "..."

Liang Jue is a fanatic of the current Holy Master, and the entire film department knows it, but for his nympho behavior from time to time, Qi Han just wants to borrow a sentence from Xiao Shen: "Brother, the weather is cold, let's wear some pants. "

Over there Huang Xuyan raised her face timidly, and saw that the Holy Master lowered his eyes, as if he was looking at him out of the corner of his eye, but just this indifferent gaze already made him feel a chill down his spine, and he couldn't help shivering.

"You said you only saw it once, how could you even know that there is a cinnabar mole on his collarbone." Xiao Wangshu's voice faded, "You observed it very carefully."

The majesty hidden in his tone made Huang Xuyan tremble uncontrollably, and there was a cry in his voice: "Holy Majesty, please forgive me, I, I really just drew that picture in a momentary obsession, I really don't know where he is..."

Xiao Wangshu asked: "Then what else do you know?"

Huang Xuyan thought for a while: "Little man... indeed, I only saw him once, in front of the palace gate, and later, later he was taken away."

"Who took it away."

"Return to the Holy One, it is... the head of the Inner Court Department, Cao Chunsheng."