"I heard someone said that you met someone from the East Palace alone this morning. Is this true?" Shen actually shined the candle outside the window, and then pulled the window up.
"To be fair to the manager, this is indeed true."
"If you told me everything, why didn't you report it?" Shen Jing sat down and looked at him with stern eyes.
"This..." Lu Xinzhong hesitated for a moment, then sighed and said, "Oh, I can't explain this sentence or two clearly. Please explain it from beginning to end. You can understand."
"Say." Shen Jing never doubted his loyalty and gave him a chance to defend himself.
Lu Xinzhong bowed his head and bowed deeply: "That man is the guard of the East Palace. He said he came under the order of the prince and wanted to meet Mr. Shen. The younger one suspected that he was pretending to be a fake identity and was not at ease, fearing that he would cause trouble. , so I set up a game to test, but I never thought that he would remain calm and calm, so I believed his words."
"Then I asked him about the purpose of his visit and learned that His Highness the Crown Prince had been sent by Cun Zhao to persuade him to help in the election of provincial ministers. The Crown Prince didn't know what to do and was going to ask you to go to the East Palace to ask questions and come up with a two-pronged solution. Way to offend. I don't know the prince's intentions, and I'm worried that this is a grand banquet, so I don't dare to let him see you, which will make you unable to get off. So I temporarily excused you on the grounds of your poor health. The original intention was I was afraid that you would be involved in troubled waters, so I didn’t report it, and I didn’t expect that some villains had bad intentions and slandered and framed me. It’s really chilling!”
"Come here," Eunuch Shen nodded and waved to him, "Actually, I didn't believe those rumors. They have always been jealous of your status and said a lot of bad things, but none of them were true. I'm used to it. ”
"But the prince's people will come again sooner or later, and it will be difficult to refuse them then." Lu Xinzhong walked into the candlelight and showed a serious face, "Why don't you let me go for you."
Shen Jing frowned and said, "You have been to the East Palace once, and you are familiar with the prince and others. It is a solution. But how should you discuss with them, I still can't think of it."
"I dare you to say something," Lu Xinzhong rubbed his hands tightly and raised his eyes, "Now Liu Dang's house is about to collapse. We can't hang ourselves on this tree. After all, the days ahead are still long. It's here. Why not take this opportunity and join Qingliu?"
After hearing this, Shen Jing was not angry. He just replied calmly: "I have followed Liu Zhennian for so many years. Not to mention interests, there are also many friendships. How can I break my face so easily? What's more, we are slaves and should only serve. Your Majesty, you should not worry about the affairs of the court and rush to stand in line. Back then, I was just following the trend of the times, but I was also trembling with fear. Today, I can't take the initiative to rely on the past and break the rules. When you go to the East Palace, be careful and don't be paranoid. This is a dead matter and makes His Highness unhappy." Lu Xinzhong accepted it one by one.
After discussing the matter, Shen Jing was not distracted, so he followed the original instructions and gave the clothes to keep out the cold to Eunuch Lu, and told him to take them to the palace to serve the emperor. After watching him leave, he asked the eunuchs who participated in the "set up" matter. Most of them were Lu Xinzhong's confidants and had embezzled a lot of money and food with him. If any of them were willing to tell the truth, they would keep the matter secret. The ground prevaricated.
When Eunuch Lu came back from the dormitory, it was already very late, so he had to sleep for the time being and wait until early tomorrow morning to report the news to the soldiers urgently. The soldier returned to the camp yesterday afternoon and lied to Cunzhao, saying that Shen Jing went to the palace to meet the emperor because of Chen Tongpao's promotion to minister. He had not been there for a while and would come tomorrow. The Second Secretary didn't realize it was a lie and let him rest, but he was very anxious and couldn't sleep. He waited hard all night until he saw the sky was getting bright, and then he took Lu Xinzhong's secret letter. , opened it and read "You can go quickly", then put it on the candlestick and burned it. He hurriedly put on his clothes and went to see Cunzhao in the big tent. Seeing that there was no one in the school grounds, he said, "Eunuch Shen has made an agreement with me. Now we can go." Gotta come.”
Cun Zhao and Tai Su looked at each other, each overjoyed. They called for someone to hand him the bronze medal, and discussed with several confidants: "The chief steward in the palace is coming, and all the sergeants in the battalion must know about it! You guys are right." The time has passed, and everyone must gather in the school grounds within a few moments, no mistakes allowed!"
The soldier rode a horse and hurried out of the camp. When he arrived at a gate, he showed the bronze medal engraved with Cun Zhao's official title. Therefore, he passed without any obstruction and ran straight to the outside of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to greet Lu Xinzhong.
"Thank you for your hard work!" The soldier jumped off his horse and held his hand. "Eunuch Shen really agreed?"
Lu Xinzhong sighed: "I promised, but he has doubts and refuses to abandon Liu Dang. I don't intend to force him, and I will never harm him for this."
"Eunuch Lu helped me solve such a big problem. If there is a quarrel because of this, I must help to talk!"
"That's really dependent on the military master."
As they talked, the two gradually walked to the last gate in front of the military camp. Lu Xinzhong stopped and looked at no one in the distance, but he could faintly hear the sound of shouting, and he immediately became alert: "Is the front next to the school field?"
The soldier pointed his horsewhip and said, "After passing the gate in front of you, you will reach the camp gate. Naturally, you can hear the sound of troop training."
"Going in...you won't pass by the school grounds, right?"
The military man glanced at him in panic and said quickly: "Ah, ah, no! The school grounds are behind the martial arts hall in the east, and you passed by from the west. Why are you bothering with this?"
Lu Xinzhong turned around and said: "I'm not afraid of meeting people. Your family's imperial eunuch invited me to go, and it's not a secret thing. Why hide in Tibet? I'm just afraid that they will be angry and blame you. Today I'm here There must be quite a few people gathered in the school grounds, to welcome me, right?"
Seeing that he couldn't hide it anymore, the military man could only laugh and said: "My father-in-law is really a master of calculation! This is what Cun Si Jin ordered me before, so that no one can make it public. I didn't want to tell the truth at first, but after hearing what you said, what's the meaning of 'guilt' , 'angry', I'm a little scared; I don't know the reason for this..."
"Why are you worried about this?" Lu Xinzhong gave a sharp sneer, but it didn't seem to be because of him. "The two officials just wanted to greet Eunuch Shen like this and appear to be polite. But you never said it was me who came. It's a trivial matter. How can someone accept such a great gift? They were deceived and made a fool of themselves in a crowd. They will naturally be angry. They will blame you later, ranging from beatings and scolding to dismissal. The anger of the military master It’s really bad luck that you have to encounter these helpless things!”
The military man was completely panicked. He ignored Cunzhao's ironclad order and immediately grabbed Eunuch Lu's sleeve: "Please save me!"
