Duozhier, the little eunuch, got this nickname because he had a branch finger on his left hand since he was a child.
Although the extra finger had been amputated before entering the palace, the scar was still there, and the nickname was naturally not lost, and he was still called that.
His surname is Zhang, from Sang'an County.
I have both parents at home and a brother.
There were originally five acres of land passed down from our ancestors, and the family was able to live and clothe themselves with this hard work.
Who would have thought that when he was twelve years old, the Yao family enclosed land in Sang'an and all the flat land was taken away, but the compensation given was not enough for two years of harvest.
Farmers without land will inevitably have to beg for food in the future.
The little money given is not enough for living, so how can it be used for capital business?
Therefore, the local people complained and were unwilling to trade. However, the Yao family was extremely powerful, and their unreasonable slaves were even more unreasonable.
Anyone who refused to agree was beaten, kicked, or even beaten with sticks.
His father was beaten to death on the spot, but there was nowhere to seek justice.
The pillars of the family collapsed, and the land was eventually forcibly expropriated and sold.
My mother went blind from crying and has been unable to do any work since then.
He also has a younger brother who is one year younger than him and has been frail and sickly since childhood.
There are no close relatives in their family, so if they want to seek refuge, there is no way to do so.
Besides, he is only twelve years old, and no one is willing to hire him to work for others.
As an apprentice, you can only feed yourself without caring about your family.
Because the first three years of the apprenticeship are just about food, and wages are not paid until three years later.
Half of the compensation for land expropriation was used to bury my father, and the rest was used for medical treatment for my mother. Plus food and clothing, it couldn't last even a year.
In desperation, he had no choice but to enter the palace and become a eunuch.
He left his younger brother to take care of his mother at home.
He lived frugally in the palace, and the remaining money was regularly taken out of the palace to give to his mother and brothers.
I originally thought that after five or eight years, my younger brother would grow up, marry a wife, have children, and be able to make a living as a family.
Who would have thought that the hemp rope would only be broken at the thinnest part, and misfortune would only seek out the poor?
Last year, his mother was ill again, and when his younger brother went to buy medicine early in the morning, he was trampled on his leg by someone riding a horse from the Yao family farm.
The man refused to pay any compensation, and jumped off his horse and gave his brother a good beating with a whip.
It was the hottest dog days of summer, and the wounds all over the child's body suppurated, and he was in pain to death within a few days.
He didn't get the news until the end of last year.
His mother had also passed away for more than a month at that time.
It was the neighbors who helped with the burial. Since they were all poor, they only had a thin-skinned coffin with a dog's head. It was too cold to dig a deep pit.
Within two days, the coffin was dug out by wild dogs, and the corpse inside was dragged out and chewed.
He hated the Yao family so much that he no longer had any worries and no longer had to bear it.
I vowed to pay with blood, but unfortunately I never found the right opportunity.
After all, he is just a small handyman eunuch, and he cannot get in front of his masters.
This time, he happened to hear that the queen had rewarded Yao Wanyi with a screen, so he had an idea and came up with this strategy.
He secretly took that musk from the Imperial Hospital.
This thing is expensive outside, but it is very common in Taiyuan Hospital.
He found an opportunity to take action, but he didn't expect to be discovered in advance.
"The Yao family, relying on the fact that they are relatives of the emperor, act tyrannically and suck the blood of the people! Eat the flesh of the people!
I really hate that I'm not a strong person, otherwise I wouldn't be able to do this sneaky thing!" Duozhier grinned and sneered, the blood at the corners of his mouth dried up and turned into a sad dark red.
"Bastard! Do you know that you have committed a capital crime?! How dare you act so arrogantly!" Liang Xiao kicked him hard.
Unexpectedly, Duozhier actually laughed louder: "I don't want to live for a long time! I live a life like a pig or a dog in this palace.
I originally endured this just for the sake of my mother and brother, but now that both of them are gone, what’s the point of living? I just wish I could see the Yao family wiped out with my own eyes!"
"Quickly shut his mouth, don't tell him to talk nonsense!" Liang Xiao was so frightened that his eyes were split open, "He has lost his mind and gone crazy!"
Duozhier struggled to free himself like crazy, cursing: "Yao Ziyun, you are a monster that is causing harm to the country! You will be punished! You will not die well! The Yao family will not die well!"
Everyone present was horrified. Such treasonous words were meant to punish the Nine Clans, but Duozhier had no Nine Clans to punish.
After everyone pushed him down again, they saw black blood spitting out from his mouth.
"No, he took poison beforehand!" Gu San screamed.
At this time, Duozhier had already rolled his eyes, but he was still smiling crazily.
His thin body was twisted in pain due to the poison attack, but the expression on his face was extremely happy.
This situation frightened several timid palace maids and eunuchs so much that they collapsed to the ground, trembling in a ball.
The black blood spit out from Duozhier's mouth stained the floor tiles in the Queen's Palace, and the smell of blood spread everywhere, making it disgusting.
The queen's face was very ugly. How humiliating was it to be yelled and cursed by a young eunuch in public?!
Over the years, has this harem ever committed such a crime?
The queen never expected that today would be like this.
Otherwise, she would say nothing and would not interrogate these people face to face.
It’s so presumptuous and rebellious!
Liang Xiao's forehead was covered with cold sweat. His master was not in the palace, and everything was left in his hands. Although the little eunuch deserved to die, the queen would definitely be angry with him.
Why didn’t I think of blocking his mouth earlier?
"Queen, please calm down. Such madmen are born with rebellious nature. The evil deeds committed by one or two slaves will be recorded on the heads of my uncle and you. It can be seen that he is a confused person." Concubine Xian stepped forward.
Said, "The queen doesn't need to be the same as him, ask someone to take him out! Don't taint Feng Mu anymore."
Concubine Fu also said: "What Concubine Xian said is right. The matter has been clarified. Let them handle the rest.
This lunatic is talking nonsense, and what he says is all nonsense. Don’t take it to heart.”
The queen felt disgusted in her heart, but she couldn't say anything. She said calmly: "I see that he is also mad, but it's just that such crazy words should not be spread."
Everyone immediately understood what the queen meant. What happened today will become a taboo in the palace, and no one is allowed to speak nonsense.
On the way back, Concubine Fu said to Xue Hengzhao: "You guessed it right again. As expected, this matter will be settled."
"Yes, it seems that the murderer has been caught, but the truth cannot be made public.
I will naturally find corresponding excuses when I look back, but I will never investigate further." Xue Hengzhao said, "So that person's method is indeed good, and he found such a dead man."
"The queen naturally wants to cover up the scandal of her mother's family, so she can only reduce the big matter to the trivial matter." Concubine Fu glanced at the floating clouds on the horizon. The spring breeze was soft, and it was almost March.
