It's three o'clock in the morning.
Chang Fengku sat in front of the oil lamp. "Creak". He heard the courtyard door open.
Chang Feng was surprised: The matter is not finished yet. The two giants of the factory guard are not so eager to send killers to kill me, right?
He came to the yard.
I saw a man in black robes and a black gauze hat entering the yard.
Chang Feng was about to speak. The man in black made a silent gesture to him: "Say it inside."
Chang Feng recognized Zhu Ji's voice.
Chang Feng cupped his hands and said: "The envoy of Zhenfu..."
Zhu Ji repeated: "It says inside."
The two entered the south room of the courtyard.
Zhu Ji took off his bamboo hat and said straight to the point: "I know, Shang Ming asked you to frame the prince with a false letter."
Chang Feng keenly discovered that Zhu Ji actually called the governor by his first name.
Changfeng remained silent. When the master was still alive, he once told him that the secret to being a servant in Jinyiwei was nothing more than "talk less and listen more".
Zhu Ji added: "You probably haven't read the content of that framed letter."
"I'll tell you the content. The framed letter was written in the tone of the prince, ordering Cai Zhong to secretly collect money and use it as military pay so that he could bribe the three major battalions of the capital to rebel and seize the throne."
"The person who forged the letter was Zhang Banblind, a master of handwriting forgery in the capital - he has been silenced by Wantong."
After speaking, Zhu Ji looked at Chang Feng.
Chang Feng said perfunctorily: "I don't know what the governor said."
Zhu Ji sighed: "Oh. Stop pretending to be confused. I'm here tonight to save your life."
"Let me tell you another secret, I am the prince's man."
"If you want to wait for death, just keep pretending to be ignorant. I will leave immediately."
After saying that, Zhu Ji stood up and made a gesture to leave.
Chang Feng has no choice. He is in a certain situation and he needs a lifeline now.
Perhaps Zhu Ji is the life-saving straw that can solve the dead situation?
Chang Feng said: "Secretary and Governor, please wait. Eunuch Shang did give me a letter and asked me to put it in the letter box copied by the Cai Mansion."
"But I have no idea who wrote the letter to whom, whether it is true or false, and what the content is."
Chang Feng still had reservations. He did not admit that he had guessed that the framed letter was aimed at the prince.
Zhu Ji shook his head slightly: "Chang Feng, you are still pretending to be confused. I can't save you even if I want to. As a smart person like you, can't you guess who the forged signature 'Ji Guizi' on the envelope refers to?"
After Chang Feng hesitated for a moment, he said two words: "Prince."
Zhu Ji said: "Yes. Then you should know that if the imperial concubine party succeeds in their conspiracy and the prince is deposed, Shang Ming and Wantong will kill you immediately and silence you."
Chang Feng held up his hands and said, "I dare to ask the governor. How can my subordinates save themselves?"
Zhu Ji took out another letter from his sleeve: "This letter has another content - the prince reprimanded Cai Zhong for his greed and expressed his intention to impeach him in front of the emperor."
"Take this letter, go to Cai Mansion, and replace the framed letter in the letter box."
Chang Feng asked a question slyly: "Why didn't the governor go to the Cai Mansion himself and exchange letters? If you go and do this, who of the brothers on night duty would dare to stop you?"
This is a tough question.
Zhu Ji looked directly into Chang Feng's eyes: "Because I can't reveal my identity for the time being. I have to continue to lurk around Wantong and be the prince's backbone in the imperial concubine's party."
"If I boldly go to the Cai Mansion tonight to exchange letters. Tomorrow the prince's crisis will be resolved, and Shang Yungou and the king of hell will know that I am the prince's man."
"I'm not afraid of death. What I'm afraid of is that the prince will lose his eyes and ears to the imperial concubine party."
Chang Feng thought: Oh, Shang Ming and Wantong regard me as a chess piece. Don't you, Zhu Zhenfu, treat me like a chess piece?
Chang Feng asked the second question: "Messenger Zhu Zhen, how can I believe that you are the prince's man? How can I be sure that you are not sent by the governor or the commander to test my loyalty?"
Zhu Ji took out a waist card.
The waist badge is engraved with "The Supervisor of Ceremonies expresses gratitude with pen, and does not use it when leaving the capital."
Zhu Ji handed over his belt to Chang Feng.
Chang Feng was surprised: "Eunuch Huai'en's badge?"
Zhu Ji said: "Everyone knows that Eunuch Huai'en is the prince's number one confidant. The situation is urgent tonight, so Eunuch Huai'en gave me his badge."
"When necessary, I can show my credentials and act in his name."
"If I were not the prince's son, how could Eunuch Huai'en entrust me with something as important as a pen and waist badge?"
Chang Feng was already eighty-nine percent convinced that Zhu Ji was the prince.
He then asked the third question: "You said you wanted to save me. But if I help you protect the prince tonight, Eunuch Shang and the others will still kill me."
Zhu Ji replied: "Yes! If you help them, they will kill you; if you help the prince, they will also kill you."
"The difference is. If you help the prince, Eunuch Huai'en and the prince will protect you."
"A chief ceremonial officer will hold the pen, and the current prince will protect you. Even if they want to touch you, they have to think twice first."
After saying that, Zhu Ji took back Wynn's waist badge from Chang Feng's hand: "I'm coming to see you tonight. I originally planned to show you justice. But after thinking about it, it's not necessary."
"A person who is full of ambition and wants to climb up... righteousness is no more important to you than a piece of paper to wipe your ass."
"I just need to make one point to you - if you don't help me, you will definitely die; if you help me, you still have a chance of survival."
Chang Feng fell into silence.
Zhu Ji offered huge profits: "You do as I say and save the prince tonight. You are not only my benefactor, but also the prince's benefactor!"
"When the emperor has been emperor for a hundred years, the prince will successfully ascend the throne. Is there any need to talk about your future?"
"Liu Fantai of Beizhili will probably beg to marry his daughter to you. If you don't want to, he will even strip her naked and force her onto your bed."
"A person's life always encounters several crossroads. If you choose the right path, you will have a bright future. If you choose the wrong path, you will fall into a bottomless abyss."
"Young man, tonight you have to make a choice."
Chang Feng first smiled bitterly: "Do I still have a choice?"
Then he knelt down in front of Zhu Ji, clasping his hands into fists: "I am willing to serve the prince."
Zhu Ji handed him the letter on the table: "Go and unpack the two letters. I will sit here and wait for you."
Chang Feng took the letter and asked Zhu Ji the last question: "Messenger Zhu Zhen. You are already in a high position. Why do you still serve the prince?"
"You know, the prince is lurking next to our commander of the 'King of Hell'. Once his identity is exposed, his life may be in danger."
Zhu Ji smiled slightly and gave an answer that shocked Chang Feng: "Why?"
"Be upright for Haoran!"
"To eradicate evil spirits!"
"For the people's livelihood!"
Chang Feng was startled: "I understand, Commander-in-Chief. I will take care of it now."
Zhu Ji told him: "It will be faster if you ride the horse at the door. That horse is not the 'red' horse I often ride. Others will not recognize it."
Chang Feng came out of the yard, mounted Zhu Ji's horse, and went straight to Cai Mansion.
Two moments later, when he came to the door of Cai Mansion. I saw torches flashing inside and outside the Cai Mansion.
The soldiers of the Wucheng Army and Horse Division became a mess, shouting: "There is a snitch! Get the thief quickly!"
Chang Feng dismounted and asked a soldier: "What's going on?"
The soldier replied: "There was a thief in the front yard just now! It seems that something was stolen."
