Chunxiang and the others drove four carriages into the Prince's Mansion.
Twenty minutes later, four carriages each filled with ten large boxes drove out from the Prince's Mansion and headed straight to Donghua Gate. It was already around eight o'clock in the evening.
"Eunuch Chang, this is..." The Donghuamen palace guard looked at the three carriages and was at a loss. Entering and leaving the palace at this point was against discipline, and they were pulling four carts...
"Pull something from the Prince's Mansion to the grass farm." Chang Yu, who was driving the leading horse, said calmly. With the acquiescence of Tang Potian and others, the guards of the Prince's Mansion, on both sides, the guard did not say anything more. After all, he was a popular power eunuch. Nothing can happen in the imperial city.
But when the convoy arrived at Dong'an Gate, it was different. The inspection here was much stricter. After all, exiting this gate means exiting the Imperial City. More importantly, the Imperial City must not be opened after it is closed at night.
And another thing is that eunuchs must be strictly inspected when entering and exiting. Why?
It is difficult to guard against domestic thieves. As mentioned above, it often happened that eunuchs and maids in the palace stole treasures from the palace and pawned them. This impact was extremely bad and the royal family focused on combating it. Therefore, those who leave the palace must undergo strict inspection. Even the laundry bureau of the 24th Yamen had to go through it when transporting a change of clothes out of the palace, and what's more, even the dung truck was also followed.
Therefore, Chang Yu's team is facing these two difficulties at the moment. Even if he is a popular power supervisor, the guard will still not open the door for him for the sake of his head.
However, when an imperial edict and token were taken out, these things that were originally impossible became extremely easy. Even when the guard wanted to check the vehicle, he glared at him, then shook the token in his hand, and the guard I gave up because I understood what he meant. This was to do something for the emperor. Don’t you have a good eye? You’re too troublesome!
"Eunuch Chang, you are really awesome." After leaving the imperial city, Tang Potian was filled with admiration from his tone of voice to his address, because he knew very well the weight of the palace prohibition sign in Chang Yu's hand. He came in and out late at night. Although there are no more than nine imperial ban signs in Chengdu, they exist after all. However, he has never seen the imperial ban sign before. Even the former power eunuch Wei Zhongxian has not been there, but the little eunuch in front of him is simply... There are four big words in the imperial edict such as "I am here in person", which makes you unable to help but kneel down even if you don't want to.
On a cold day, there were few pedestrians on the street. Four cars and more than ten people left Dong'an Gate and headed south. They left Chongwen Gate in the inner city and headed straight to Southeast Guangqu Gate. On the road, they met patrolling guards to inquire. Chang Yu was not needed at all. Tang Potian only needed to say "from the palace" to send the token away. After all, the tiger skin still had weight.
When he arrived at Guangqumen, Chang Yu took out the exit token that the prince had obtained for him from Chongzhen. Naturally, he also cleared the gate. He just gave the guards some extra loose silver. This is an unspoken rule. Hello, hello, hello, everyone. the meaning of.
Two exit tokens! But Tang Potian was shocked by how popular the little eunuch in front of him was. And what exactly is this thing in the car, and where is it going?
It's a pity that he didn't know that after the Guangqumen gate was opened, more than twenty people suddenly poured out from both sides of the gate. Tang Potian was so frightened that he drew his knife and threatened to start a fight.
But Chang Yu stopped with a smile, pulled Tang Potian and other guards aside and whispered: "Old Tang, you can go back now. You can't enter the imperial city. Bring a few brothers to spend one night in the city, but remember What happened tonight is confidential, and anyone who leaks it will be in danger of being beheaded. Don’t forget you, you are all the prince’s confidants! You must be worthy of the word confidant, and you must understand what loyalty is.”
"We naturally know how powerful Eunuch Chang is." Seeing how cautious Chang Yu said it, Tang Potian felt the pressure and said quickly. The other guards all swore by it.
"It's good to be sensible." Chang Yu chuckled, and casually took out ten taels of silver and handed it to him: "Take it and show the brothers some fun, see you tomorrow."
Tang Potian's eyes lit up, he nodded vigorously, hugged Chang Yu, turned around and took the other guards back to the city, while Chang Yu disappeared into the night under the escort of another group of people.
This group of people is none other than the servant Luo Tang and others waiting for orders. It is impossible for Chang Yu to achieve absolute secrecy with his current methods. He can only divide the work into sections as much as possible, and each group of people participates in one section without mutual interference. connection to minimize the possibility of exposure.
It was dark and the road was slippery. In order to hide the traces, the team did not light up the lights, so they walked for more than ten miles for almost an hour. Such driving in the dark even made Chang Yu, an experienced driver who had received special training in later generations, feel dizzy and worried. get lost.
Until he saw a few fires in the distance, he knew that he was not far from Panjiayao. As for those fires, he knew without thinking that they were used by the eunuch army who experienced wilderness survival to keep warm.
Chang Yu naturally didn't care about details like how they spent the cold night, whether they ate well, whether they slept warmly, etc. He just looked over there and then speeded up and rushed towards the west end of Panjiayao Village. .
After entering the house ten minutes later, the door was locked. Luo Tang and others began to unload the goods and move the boxes into the tunnel.
Chang Yu stood at the deepest and widest part of the tunnel, squinting at the servants who were scrambling around. The forty boxes only occupied a small corner, and they should be able to put them down. After all, they were two boxes of more than 300 square meters. Meters high space!
The boxes were neatly stacked, and Chang Yu knew that the treasures inside had been sealed with oil paper. As long as they were not deliberately soaked in water or burned, there would be no problem if they were stored for a year and a half. Perfect!
But what satisfied him the most was the attitude of Luo Tang and other servants. From the time they received the goods outside Guangqu Gate to the time the inventory was completed, no one asked what was in the box, although it was not ruled out that they had already been curious or guessed what it should be. It's a valuable thing, but it's obvious that they already know what to ask and what not to ask, and have corrected their position. This is the awareness that servants should have.
"There must be two or more people on duty in the tunnel for twelve hours. No outsiders are allowed to enter the entrance courtyard, otherwise don't blame me for punishing you harshly." After Chang Yu issued martial law, he asked Luo Tang and others to seal the entrance of the tunnel. As the treasures were slowly transferred, the place would be completely buried.
It was getting late, and Chang Yu had no intention of returning to the city at this moment. After all, it was already eleven or twelve o'clock when he went back. Not to mention that the boxing match was over, why bother bothering the city gate guards, so he laid a bunk in the tunnel and went to sleep. .
Winter nights are long. Panjiayao is a small village without even a watchman. To calculate the time, you can only listen to the natural alarm clock, which is the rooster's crow. The rooster crows usually from 1 to 3 in the morning. Three rooster crows is about the same. Five o'clock.
People like Chang Yu who live in later generations have a very regular schedule and have formed a strong biological clock early in the morning. They usually wake up naturally at five o'clock in the morning.
Morning exercise was a required course for him. Even though it was freezing cold and he wanted to stay in bed, he still insisted on getting up early. However, when he got up, the servants who were originally allowed to take early leave had the nerve to continue sleeping in, so they also got up one after another.
The five-kilometer cross-country running and military boxing made the servants sweat all over. Chang Yu accompanied them throughout the whole process and even taught them some fighting skills during breaks. After all, they were all young people, which really aroused the curiosity of these servants.
The sky was getting brighter, and the servants who had taken a short rest after the morning exercise began to cook porridge according to Chang Yu's instructions. They cooked a lot, filled several large buckets, and then transported it to the north of the village by carriage, and then continued to cook. After all, it was breakfast for more than 200 people. .
The eunuchs in the pit in the north of the village also got up early to start morning exercises. Regardless of whether they slept well or not last night, they all climbed up five kilometers and added three sets of military boxing.
When they finished training, Chang Yu and his servants brought hot breakfast. Of course, a bowl was not enough, so they took turns drinking.
While the eunuchs were waiting in line to take turns to drink porridge, Chang Yu stood not far away with a faint smile, looking at the group of exhausted eunuchs. It seemed that they didn't have a good rest last night.
"Damn it, why are you so virtuous?" Chang Yu gave an exaggerated expression when he saw the thousands of people in the Fan family. The people in front of him were like newly unearthed terracotta warriors and horses, with a rustic appearance.
Fan Jiaqian smiled bitterly and pointed at the pit not far away. Chang Yu looked around and saw that the walls of the pit were filled with large and small holes. Some could accommodate several people, and some were only for people living alone. It turned out that most of them last night This is how eunuchs spend their time. The pit can be sheltered from the wind, and after being heated by fire, the floor will be naturally heated. This is definitely a very good idea.
However, Chang Yu's face turned dark immediately, because there were too many holes and they were dug too big. It was absolutely impossible to finish so many and big holes without cheating tools using rocks or branches in the cold weather.
"What's going on?" Chang Yu changed his face and at the same time several thousand members of the Fan family felt something was wrong, so they immediately took action.
Because the eunuchs collectively dug tunnels a few days ago, there are still many tools left in the house. Although the thousands of Fan family members are Chang Yu's confidants, they are also the leaders of this eunuch army. They also have to spend this cold night in the wilderness. , several people thought of the shovels in the house at the same time, so they ran back to get a few, and then the eunuchs took turns using them... and dug many holes.
"Bastard thing" Chang Yu was furious after hearing this. He raised his foot and kicked several people into the pit, which made the eunuchs look worried.
"You are the one who takes the lead in cheating? I said you are not allowed to enter the village and disturb the people." Chang Yu yelled and scolded, picked up a tree from his feet, broke it, rushed down the pit, and whipped thousands of people from the Fan family. Although they were wearing Although he was wearing thick cotton-padded clothes, Chang Yu was ruthless. He beat several people and screamed, but they didn't dare to dodge and stuck their buttocks out for him to hit. This may be a subconscious reaction of the eunuch's occupational disease.
It was well known to everyone that the thousands of people in the Fan family were Chang Yu's confidants, but at this time they were actually being punished by him in public. Everyone who saw this felt different in their hearts, and they looked at each other in disbelief and communicated with their eyes, but in any case, Chang Yu's attack was not the same. He punished thousands of people in the Fan family for their violations, and at the same time established his authority. More importantly, he conveyed a message, that is, rewards and punishments are clear, no matter who the other party is, there is no privilege. Moreover, although the law does not hold everyone accountable, leaders must bear responsibility. The impact of this message is very far-reaching and important, and he must send it out.
"No one can even think about going back to the palace today. Just keep spending another day here... Mader can't cure you." After Chang Yu gave each of Fan Jiaqian ten sticks, he became angry and puzzled. He climbed up the pit and faced The eunuchs roared, hummed and left.
The eunuchs suddenly looked bitter. You must know that there were many injured in the fight yesterday. Although it was not as serious as a broken leg or broken arm, the pain was unbearable. In addition, they were already exhausted from the wind and cold night, but this It's crazy to have to add another day.
If this kind of thing happened to any army at this time, it would probably cause a mutiny, but the eunuchs would not. The reason is very simple and only: they have no way out.
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