Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 45 years

April [-], Respect Room

There were more than forty young eunuchs standing in the courtyard, all of them looked like children of seven or eight years old, and their faces could hardly be seen with their big hats knocked on their heads.

Deputy Director Zhao stood under the eaves with his hands behind his back, waiting quietly for the eunuchs to call their names one by one, then cleared his throat and stepped forward two steps, "This is a good time for you, you just met Grandpa Long Live when you entered the palace Prince Feng, there is a shortage of internal supervisors in every mansion. If you are young, if you are lucky enough to enter the mansion of the prince, you will not be able to do heavy work. -"

Eunuch Zhao paused, his unspoken words were blocked in his throat by the sound of chewing.

Although the little eunuchs entered the palace not long ago, they also had a lot of rules taught by their masters, and they dared to eat while the chief executive was lecturing, is it itchy?

Seeing that the chewing sound hadn't been heard yet, Deputy Manager Zhao narrowed his eyes, inspected a circle among more than 40 people, and finally fixed on a little fat man in the third row, "Wu Shulai!"

"Hey!" The little fat man suddenly raised his head, and the cornmeal pastry stuffed into his mouth immediately sprayed out.

"You have no rules and no distance, get out of our house!" Deputy Manager Zhao sternly shouted, the eunuchs present all shrunk their necks, and the little book was still holding half of the pastry, completely out of state, looked left After looking to the right, he walked out slowly.

"Who did you learn the rules from? You don't even pay attention to our family!" Deputy Manager Zhao poked Xiao Shuzi's head, seeing his dumbfounded appearance, he didn't know how to admit his mistake, and he was even more angry. "I won't show you how powerful I am today, you don't know how powerful the sky is! Come here!"

Two big eunuchs came up to pull Xiao Shuzi, Xiao Shuzi was dragged onto the stool with red eye circles, and when the corner of his mouth looked like he was about to cry, the jade noodles in his hand were snatched away.

Su Wei took Li Ying, wearing a long-lost palace uniform, and walked into the long-lost palace gate, feeling as if he had passed away.

From a long distance away, I heard a commotion in the respect room. Su Weite shook his head in a dignified manner, with his hands behind his back, and when he was about to walk in with his chest upright, a golden yellow unknown object flew in the air and hit his forehead.

Just when Su Wei was hit with stars in his eyes and his body was unstable, a physical bomb followed and knocked Su Wei to the ground.Xiaoyingzi, who was a beat slower, failed to prevent this series of tragedies from happening in time. Fortunately, when Su Wei fell to the ground, he made a meat pad in time, so that the back of Grandpa Su's head did not come into contact with the stone road of the Forbidden City. An intimate encounter.

"Oh, Mr. Su, are you alright?" Deputy Manager Zhao and a group of arresting eunuchs who came out immediately pulled Su Wei and Li Ying up.

"Look what happened," Deputy Director Zhao supported Grandpa Su who was still a little dizzy with one hand, and dusted off his body with the other. "How do you feel? Is it hurt? How about we find him?" Let’s take a look at a medical clinic, shall we?”

"It's okay, it's okay," Su Wei managed to regain his composure, and shook his head vigorously, "It's just that I was a little dizzy when I was hit, but I'm recovering now."

"That's good, that's good," deputy manager Zhao cupped his hands with a smile, then turned his head and glanced at the eunuch who threw the pastry just now, then straightened up as if remembering something, and said, "Little bastard, don't get over here yet!" , you don’t want a head anymore, do you?”

Su Wei straightened his hat, followed Eunuch Zhao's gaze, and saw a round little fat man slowly walking out from the shadow holding half a dusty pastry.

"I said you were reincarnated from a starving ghost!" Mr. Zhao stepped up a few steps, grabbed the little fat man's hat, and there were two brain adzes, "It's just half a cornbread, you see you hit Mr. Su Why don't our family teach you a lesson today, I—"

"Hey," Su Weiyang pressed Eunuch Zhao's raised slap with his hand, "It's a child, just teach it slowly, and I have nothing to do, so don't make a big fuss!"

"Hey, yes, yes," Eunuch Zhao nodded twice, then turned around and winked at the eunuch beside him, "Take him back quickly, don't get in the way here!"

"Yes," the eunuch leaned over and beat Qian'er, then stretched out his hand to pick up Wu Shulai and walked into the courtyard.

When approaching Su Wei, the little book raised his head and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't see you just now."

Su Wei curled his lips, and Eunuch Zhao gave him a hard look, "This little melon can't even make a serious plea—"

"Okay," Su Wei waved his hand casually, "I'm here to deal with business today, don't waste time because of these things."

"Yes, yes," Eunuch Zhao lowered his head, then moved closer to Su Wei and said, "I haven't seen Eunuch Su for a while, Eunuch Su is here to pick someone for the prince's mansion, right?"

"That's right," Su Wei lowered his head and straightened his sleeves. On the side, Xiao Yingzi took out a brocade box and handed it to Deputy Manager Zhao.

"This is—" Director Zhao lifted the lid, and a faint fragrance came through the red silk, "Ouch! Eunuch Su!"

"It's just a small thing," Su Wei curled his lips, "I know Deputy Director Zhao Aixiang, our family has been out to inspect the farmhouses for the prince this year, but we have met many merchants, and I hope Eunuch Zhao will not dislike it. "

"Where is this?" Eunuch Zhao bent over, "We are old friends, this box from you is a great gift. Don't worry, the eunuchs sent to Prince Yong's Mansion promise to be honest and clever, and will never to trouble you."

"That's good," Su Wei nodded, "We won't bother Director Zhao much today. Where does Liu Baoqing work now? I just happened to go and see him."

"Eunuch Su doesn't know yet," Deputy Manager Zhao pursed his lips, "This Eunuch Liu has won the favor of Manager Gu, and now, like our family, he has been promoted as Deputy Manager. , The matter of collecting money and food from the foreign treasury can be regarded as a pivotal figure in our respect room."

"There's another thing." Su Wei narrowed his eyes and looked at Eunuch Zhao. "Our family has not been in the capital this year, so we have missed a lot of news. However, my brother was also thanks to Deputy Manager Zhao. Support. Our family has always kept this kindness in our hearts."

Eunuch Zhao froze, and his hand holding the brocade box trembled slightly. At the beginning, Su Peisheng gave him 100 taels of silver in order to arrange the two father-in-laws from Yinghua Palace to enter the respect room. He adhered to the principle of doing things in the past, He only asked Liu Baoqing to come in, and ignored Jiao Jinchao, so Su Peisheng would not dare to do anything to him.

But who would have thought that at the beginning, a young boy had climbed up to the position of the sixth-rank chief eunuch, and the eunuchs close to the princes had changed one after another, so Su Peisheng would have a long and prosperous life with the fourth elder brother.It's hard to hear people say that Su Peisheng was dispatched to Shengjing by the fourth elder brother last year, and he will never return.Unexpectedly, just after the fourth elder brother became the prince, this Su Peisheng would appear again, the whole lingering master.

"What did Eunuch Su say?" Eunuch Zhao's voice was weak and weak, "There are still a bunch of little bastards waiting for my arrangement today, so I won't bother Eunuch Su and Eunuch Liu to talk about the old days. Wait for another day, Eunuch Su will definitely Come to me for a cup of tea, so that the little one can have a chance to repay Eunuch Su's gift."

Su Wei chuckled, and seeing Deputy Manager Zhao back and forth, he didn't make things harder, "Then it's a deal, Su will leave first."

Liu Baoqing is already in charge of the Respect Room, holding the financial transactions between the Respect Room and the Internal Treasury in his hand, which can be said to affect the whole body, so he usually travels between the Respect Room and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and rarely stays in one place .Fortunately, Su Wei was just in time and blocked Liu Baoqing who was about to go out at the door of the house.

"Little Su!" Liu Baoqing's eyes widened, and he pulled Su Wei into the room in disbelief, "It's really you, I thought, I thought—"

"Think I can't come back?" Su Wei grinned, and as Liu Baoqing sat at the desk, Xiaoyingzi guarded the door knowingly, letting the two of them talk.

"You don't know," Liu Baoqing poured a cup of tea for Su Wei, with a serious expression on his face, "There are all kinds of gossip in this palace. Some say that you were secretly executed by the fourth elder brother, and some say that you were killed in Liangzhuang. Assassinated, and said that the fourth elder brother expelled you from Beijing, anyway, there is nothing nice to say. Jiao Jinchao and I can't find any news about you after inquiring left and right. The fourth elder brother is surrounded by many guards, and we dare not take it lightly. Leaning over, I've been guessing like this all the time, don't mention how sad it is."

"Brother didn't think carefully," Su Wei scratched his ears embarrassingly, "Anyway, I have something to do with brother Honghui. Now that I'm out of the mansion, I won't be charged with not being good at protecting the master. Fourth It's also for my own good, now that everything is over, I'll be back. It's nothing serious, you don't have to worry about it."

"That's good, that's good," Liu Baoqing patted his chest, "When you have free time, don't forget to visit Jiao Jinchao and Master Jia, Jiao Jinchao now has an eighth-rank complement, and he is also a respectable manager in the Punishment Department Yes. Master Jia is still in the Yinghua Palace. Hearing the rumors in the palace, he didn’t panic like us. He only said that you are a lucky person and you will be able to save yourself from danger. Now you are really following his old man’s words.”

"It's hard for my master too," Su Wei pursed the corners of his lips, "This time the fourth elder brother is crowned king, I plan to take the master out of the palace, and save him from suffering at the Yinghua Hall. As for the other eunuchs, you You have to check for me. Whether you are clever or not is trivial, the key is whether you are innocent behind the scenes. The deputy manager Zhao has been immersed in the respect room for many years, and he always does things in person. I really can't trust him."

"Don't worry, I know it well," Liu Baoqing nodded, "However, you also have to be careful. Innocence behind the scenes may not necessarily be true innocence. You also know how to insert people in the palace. It's hard to guard against."

"I understand." Su Wei took a sip of his tea, "By the way, arrange six more young ones for me. There are too many little masters in the mansion, and this inner eunuch has to be trained from a young age."

"It's easy to handle," Liu Baoqing smiled, "There are more than 40 people who have just come in, and the background is clear. I will give you the booklet in a while, and you can pick it up, just take it back, and save you from having many nights in the palace. "

"That's a good thing." Su Wei put down the tea bowl, and took out two silver notes from his sleeve.

"What are you doing?" Liu Baoqing frowned, and pressed his hand, "We brothers don't pay much attention to these things!"

"Don't get me wrong," Su Wei waved his arms, "You are carrying such a heavy errand in the respect room now, why don't you use money? Besides, I will follow the fourth brother, and there will be times when I need your help in the future. Here you are It's always more convenient to have money by your side..."