Many dynasties have been dominated by the eunuch party.
Generally, when this happens in the imperial court, it is probably when the dynasty declines.
In fact, the emperor had his own reasons for trusting the eunuchs. When the courtiers did not dare to speak out and remonstrated, or when the Holy Emperor felt that no one could be trusted anymore, he had to find a few more trustworthy people for himself. Eunuchs are generally closest to the emperor and are easiest to gain the emperor's trust. Once a eunuch gains the emperor's trust, it is more difficult for him to lose power than any courtier. Because they were already with the emperor, he would hear it before anyone else if they had any words that were not conducive to him. Sometimes, even before the emperor knows it, he already knows who is going to be harmful to him. The more this happened, the more the emperor's ears and eyes became closed.
Generally, eunuchs who hold great power alone will fall, mostly when the old emperor dies and the new emperor is established. No matter how powerful a eunuch is, it will be difficult for him to win the trust of two generations of emperors, unless he is really loyal and has no ambitions.
The current boss of Dongchang, Shi Zhong, not only holds great power, but is also a veteran left by the late emperor. A eunuch holds the power of the government, but the old emperor who trusted him the most is no longer here. This is not a good sign for him at all.
Shi Zhong was obviously very smart. At the moment of his previous death, he seemed to have predicted that he would no longer be trusted by the new emperor. Although the new emperor has not taken any action for the time being, he has already clearly felt that the new emperor's brother, Prince Xiao, is gradually replacing his position, and sometimes even has more rights to speak than him.
Shi Zhong obviously sensed the danger, so in order to find a way out for himself, he had already secretly colluded with the Temple, the largest Jianghu sect in the capital and one of the four major Jianghu families.
The two of them, one wants power and the other wants profit, are very complementary to each other and they hit it off right away.
These two major forces have colluded together, and the entire black and white factions in the capital have been brought under their control. If other forces want to influence any of them, they will affect the whole body, and the consequences will be absolutely disastrous.
Because of this, even though Prince Xiao held military power, he did not dare to attack the Sheng Ling people in the temple directly after he caught them robbing official silver. Because he knew that at present, he did not have the strength to move the two families at the same time, or even to ensure the safety of the emperor and the queen mother.
At any time, the safety of the emperor and the queen mother was the most important, so King Xiao first asked the fifth line to invite his master, the rain god Zhang Yu, out of the mountain. This was also the first condition for him to attack those two families.
The fifth line had previously gone to Sichuan to investigate the case under imperial decree. It turned out that Dongchang had sent Mr. Fan Yunfan to cooperate with him. However, Fan Yun not only failed to provide any help along the way, but also made trouble everywhere, making things more and more complicated, which made the fifth line very unhappy with him and even suspicious of him.
The fifth line did not know the many stakes in the court before, so he handed over many important criminals to Fan Yun. After all, Dongchang was the government agency that was legitimately ordered to pursue the official bank case.
But later, Fifth Line gradually discovered how inappropriate his actions were, and even cost many people's lives. Or perhaps, it was precisely because of his mistakes that the lives and deaths of General Song Jin, Xiang Kun and others were ultimately unknown. The appearance of Shen Yue could have solved many mysteries for him, but when he met him, he was already a corpse.
So, the fifth line finally couldn't help it and went to Dongchang to visit the father-in-law Fan Yunfan who once went to Sichuan to investigate the case under the same order as himself.
On the government side, Zhu Zhizhi's status is still very popular, and everyone has to give her some respect.
Therefore, when the Fifth Line went to Dongchang to meet Guanyun, they were naturally accompanied by Princess Zhu Zhizhi of Qingying. Han Xiang was seriously injured by Solekang. Although he did not die, he was seriously injured. He was currently recovering from his injuries in Prince Xiao's Mansion. Now that there are many masters in Prince Xiao's palace, Wu Xing and Zhu Zhizhi have no scruples and just continue to concentrate on investigating the case.
"Princess, Fifth Young Hero, you are finally here! Our family has been waiting for a long time! Please take a seat." Fan Yun was very polite when he saw the two people arriving.
"Where is Eunuch Shi?" Princess Qingying couldn't help but ask when she saw that Fan Yun was the only one, but Mr. Dongchang Changchang and several other masters were not there.
Of course, Zhu Zhizhi knew much more about the Dongchang matter than Yin Wu Xing. Wu Xing had only heard of the names of a few old eunuchs with high martial arts skills, but had never seen them before. And now that he is helping the government, his involvement is very wide, so he usually does not dare to say anything nonsense.
"Oh! The factory father-in-law is still waiting on the emperor in the palace, and several other father-in-laws also have important things to do. Our family was also in the palace originally, but we heard that the princess and the fifth young hero were coming to our family, so we went there first I'll be waiting for you two." Fan Yun's words didn't seem to be false, and there was no need to lie in these words.
"Oh! In that case, it's time to trouble my father-in-law!" The fifth line said politely.
"It doesn't matter. If you two have anything to do, please speak up." Fan Yun asked.
"Oh! Eunuch Fan, we want to ask you about what happened when you escorted General Song Jin and several other key criminals to Beijing that day? Eunuch, can you tell us in detail?" After all, Zhu Zhizhi has known Eunuch Fan for a long time. Some, and the status is noble enough, naturally it is easier to talk than the fifth line. She was the first to ask. Even if Fan Yun wanted to lie, he had to think carefully before doing so.
"It should be said, haven't our family already explained it carefully to the emperor and prince? And there are also records in the court files! If the princess wants to know the details of the matter, she might as well check the files directly. Now After so many days, my family is old and has poor memory, so I might not be able to remember it so clearly!" Fan Yun said a lot of nonsense, but the purpose was just to refuse.
"Of course we have read the file. However, there is one thing that my father-in-law didn't seem to explain clearly, so I would like to ask my father-in-law for advice in person." The fifth line is very polite, not impatient, and his words are flawless.
"Oh? Could it be that our family has missed something? Please point it out to the fifth young hero. If our family knows about it, we will tell you directly." Fan Yun said slightly surprised.
"When the prison van was robbed that day, did my father-in-law personally escort him?" the fifth line asked.
"certainly."
"Has your father-in-law ever fought against robbers?"
"Then our family will definitely take action, and our family also killed two robbers with our own hands." Fan Yun answered seriously.
"Oh! Then what did father-in-law do with the bodies of the two robbers?" Fifth Place continued to ask.
"Buried."
"Have your father-in-law ever figured out their identities?" The fifth line asks one question after another, and the questions come faster and faster.
"This...not yet...their identity is secret and cannot be clarified." Fan Yun's answer finally seemed a little unsmooth.
"Isn't it a little too hasty that my father-in-law buried these two important corpses without knowing their identities?" The words in the fifth line were shot out like guns, each word falling to the ground with a loud sound.
"This... is indeed our family's negligence." Fan Yun seemed unable to explain the problem, so he could only admit that he was derelict in his duty.
"Have your father-in-law ever seen their martial arts skills?" The fifth line paused and then asked again.
"These two robbers are too weak in martial arts, and our family can't see their martial arts skills." Fan Yun explained.
"My father-in-law's martial arts skills are by no means below the fifth level. Ordinary gangsters are really no match for my father-in-law. Since the robbers were able to rob important criminals in my father-in-law's hands, they must be led by masters. Could it be that those masters My father-in-law can't see his martial arts skills?" The fifth line followed the topic and asked.
"The martial arts of those masters are very complex, including Shaolin, Wudang, Huashan and other styles..."
"In my father-in-law's opinion, how many real masters are there?" The fifth line directly interrupted Fan Yun and asked in quick succession.
"Three...no...four."
"Three or four?"
"Four." When Fan Yun said these two words, he already felt guilty and did not dare to look at the eyes of the fifth line.
"Oh! Thank you for speaking frankly, father-in-law. I'll take my leave now!" After finishing the fifth line, he walked back expressionlessly, but seeing that Zhu Zhizhi hadn't followed her yet, he said to her again: "Hey! Let's go!" "
"Are you leaving?" Zhu Zhizhi obviously hadn't recovered from the previous rhythm, so she just asked blankly.
"Yes." The fifth line didn't even reply, just answered in one word.
Zhu Zhizhi didn't know what the significance of the fifth line was, but she found that every time the fifth line looked extremely serious, he probably discovered something important. So she didn't ask any more questions and just followed him obediently.
The fifth man walked very fast, and Zhu Zhizhi had no choice but to trot to catch up. After he was far away from the gate of Dongchang, he finally asked: "Stingy guy, what did you find? Tell me."
"Eunuch Fan is lying." answered the fifth line.
"That's all you found?" Zhu Zhizhi asked still somewhat puzzled.
The fifth line thought for a while and finally answered: "What he said about robbing prisoners is completely false."
"How can I see it?"
"You and I must be aware of Eunuch Fan's martial arts, and there were no less than three hundred officers and soldiers escorting the prison van that day. He just said that among the robbers, there were only four masters. So let's assume that these four masters are me, Daxia Hu, and me. Senior Brother Li Yiru and Second Senior Brother Wang Dachui. In your opinion, what is the possibility of the four of us leading twenty or thirty ordinary robbers to rob many key criminals from Eunuch Fan and hundreds of officers and soldiers?" The fifth line asked analytically.
"No more than 30%," Zhu Zhizhi replied.
"That's right. Even you think there is only a 30% chance. The file says that the number of robbers cannot exceed thirty at most. If thirty robbers want to rob people from hundreds of officers and soldiers, each of them will not be able to fight one against ten. How can it be successful?" The fifth line continues the analysis.
"Oh! I understand, Fan Yun thinks he is smart. He was afraid that you would ask about the origins of those people's martial arts, so he only said that there were three or four masters, and the others were very poor in martial arts. But he never thought about it, just based on this It is impossible for four masters and more than twenty minions to kidnap the prisoners from his hands and escape unscathed." Zhu Zhizhi finally came to his senses.
"That's right. If I encounter this kind of situation, although I can't guarantee that I will catch all the robbers, I'm sure not a few of them will escape." The fifth line said with great certainty.
A hero can never be defeated by a large number of people. Fan Yun was afraid of being asked about the origins of those people's martial arts, so he deliberately kept the number of masters low. If there are too many masters, then based on his experience, there will always be one or two who he will see the origin of his master. He couldn't tell that there were three or four people, so it was reasonable, but he didn't expect that he would let three or four experts lead a few intimidating soldiers, and then kidnap the important prisoners of the court. What a huge dereliction of duty would that be?
If this is true, there are only two possibilities.
Either it is deliberately indulgent, or it is nothing.
Obviously, the fifth line is more convinced that it is nothing.
