PS: Thanks to book friend He Cheng for promising the reward.
On the street in front of the main town office of Datong Town.
A carriage stopped outside the gate.
"Is this the residence of General Liu?" The curtain on the window on one side of the carriage was opened by someone inside, and the people in the car said, "Our family thought that General Liu would live in Prince Dai's Mansion, but now It seems that he is also unlucky."
Daiwang's Mansion was built according to the Yingtian Palace. In his opinion, since Liu Heng rebelled, he should live in Daiwang's Mansion to show his status. No matter how good the general town office in front of him was, it was far from comparable to Daiwang's Mansion.
The coachman took a low stool from the car and placed it under the carriage for the people on the carriage to step on when they got off.
The accompanying servant came to the window of the carriage and said respectfully: "Father-in-law, please wait for a moment while the younger one goes to call the door."
"Um!"
The person in the carriage hummed.
The servant left the carriage and walked quickly to the former town office.
There were guards standing guard outside the main town office door. When the carriage stopped, it was noticed by the sentry in front of the door. As soon as he approached, a sentry immediately stopped him.
"We are coming from the capital, and we are old acquaintances with you, General Liu. Go and report it quickly. We are delaying the careful investigation of the matter." The servant said with an arrogant look, not at all as respectful as when he was facing the carriage. .
The guard glanced at the other party, then at the carriage on the street, and said, "Wait here."
After saying that, he turned around and went in to report.
At this time, the general town office still maintained the same appearance as when the previous Ming Dynasty generals lived here, with almost no major changes.
The servant stood outside the main town office door with an arrogant look on his face, waiting for the person who went in to deliver the letter to come out.
After a short time, the guard came out, looked at the people outside the main town office door and said, "My general lets you in, come with me!"
After saying that, he was about to go inside.
"Where are you, General Liu? Why didn't you come out to greet him? I wonder if people from the capital are here?" the servant asked with a condescending look.
The guard's face darkened and he asked coldly: "Do you still want to go in? If you don't, leave immediately. This is not the capital. If you want to show off your power, go back to the capital."
He didn't look good to the person in front of him at all.
"You," the subordinate pointed angrily at the other person, and was about to scold him, but when he saw all the other guards in front of the door looking towards him, he felt guilty and changed his words, "Wait here, we My father-in-law hasn’t had time to get off the carriage yet.”
After saying that, he left the guard in front of the door and ran quickly to the carriage parked on the street.
Several guards in front of the main town office looked disdainful.
The servant who returned to the carriage bowed and said to the people in the carriage with a flattering look on his face: "Father-in-law, let's go in!"
The car curtain was opened by someone in the car.
Eunuch Li glanced at the door of the main town office, then frowned and asked, "What's going on? When we arrived, we were greeted by a humble guard. Where is Liu Heng? Why didn't he come out?"
"I don't dare to reveal your identity without your permission, father-in-law. If Liu Heng knew that you were arriving, he would definitely rush to the streets and clear the way to welcome you." The servant swayed under the window of the carriage and patted the horse to please him.
As for what the guard in front of the main town office said just now, he didn't mention a word.
"Helping our family out of the carriage is really in line with the old saying, use people to go forward and don't use people to go behind." Eunuch Li bent down and walked out of the carriage.
After staying in the palace for so many years, he has never seen anything. There are some things that he doesn't say with his mouth, but he understands them in his heart.
In the past, when he met someone with a tiger character flag, they would naturally flatter him in every possible way, but now it's the other way around, and they naturally don't need to pay attention to him, a eunuch who came out of the palace.
Even if he carries the imperial mandate, others may not take him seriously.
The tiger-character flag is no longer the tiger-character flag it used to be. He doubts that even if Eunuch Wei comes, he won't be any better than him.
The servant walked to the shaft of the carriage and reached out to help him. Eunuch Li stepped on the low stool and stepped out of the carriage.
The servant helped Eunuch Li to the door of the main town office and said to the people waiting in front of the door: "Lead the way!"
The guard said nothing, turned around and walked inside.
The servants helped Eunuch Li and followed him.
However, before the two people could enter the door, they were stopped by other guards outside the door.
"W-what do you mean?" The subordinate who was stopped stuttered angrily.
The guard who stopped the person said expressionlessly: "You can go in, but you need to search yourself and make sure there are no dangerous items on you before you can go in."
"Search him? Do you know who this person is? You actually dare to search his body. Believe it or not, General Liu will arrest you all." The servant yelled angrily.
Eunuch Li next to him looked very unhappy when he heard that he was about to be searched.
"If you want to go in, you must search yourself, otherwise please come back." The guard made a gesture to ask the other party to step back.
The servants saw that the other party was determined to search their bodies, and they could not make the decision, so they had to look at Eunuch Li beside them.
"Let them search!" Although Eunuch Li was unhappy, he kept in mind his mission to Datong. He could not be driven back without being seen.
Two guards came up and began to search the two people.
When the servants saw that Eunuch Li agreed, they chose to cooperate honestly.
Soon, the two people were searched, and no dangerous items were found. One of the guards waved his hand towards the door of the main town office and said: "Go in!"
Eunuch Li led his servants into the main town office with a dark face.
At this time, Liu Heng was drinking tea from a teapot and talking to Yang Yuan in the room.
It was not a coincidence that Yang Yuan was at the main town office at this time, but he knew that Eunuch Li and others had already entered Datong Town, so he came to the main town office to meet Liu Heng in advance.
"The imperial court promised to confer a count to the general this time. Even the people sent to recruit him were people close to Wei Zhongxian. Wang Ziyi had dealt with this person many times in the capital before." Yang Yuan said in his mouth.
Eunuch Li and others left the capital. Although they were not sightseeing along the way, they stopped at one place to receive benefits from local officials.
In order to find out the details of Eunuch Li and the conditions for the court's recruitment, the Foreign Intelligence Bureau secretly made two quick rides back and forth on the road from Datong to the capital.
"I'm too short-tempered. If it were me, I would at least be made a marquis, or even a duke." Liu Heng took a sip of water from the tea vat.
Yang Yuandao: "Except for members of the royal family, it is almost difficult for others to get a title. In order to recruit us this time, the court can come up with a title. It should be considered a big deal."
After the founding of the People's Republic of China and the Jingnan Period, there were very few people in the Ming Dynasty who were given titles, and titles were strictly controlled.
"That's because you haven't been forced to that point. If you are really forced to that point, the title of Ming Dynasty will be worthless. I'm afraid there will be as many princes as dogs and the princes will be everywhere." Liu Heng said disapprovingly.
