"Pang Jiafen, you are so bold. I usually treat you too indulgently. Who allowed you to tell Elder Shengwei about last night's battle? Do you want to seek credit or favor? You don't even urinate and show yourself, how can you, ancestors?"
Only one eye can see you!"
Liang Yuyao's most trusted envoy in red, Pang Jiafen, a sixth-grade killer cultivator, reported the attack on the camp last night to Liang Jixiong.
In fact, she was not to blame for this matter. Liang Xianchun complained that Liang Yuyao had not supported her and went to Liang Jixiong to file a complaint.
When Liang Jixiong asked, Pang Jiafen naturally told the truth.
It was Liang Xianchun who asked Liang Yuyao to hold on to the camp, and the camp was indeed raided. As for why it was inferred that it was eunuchs who attacked the camp, it was entirely based on Pang Jiafen's battlefield experience.
She has never seen a judge, but she has seen too many eunuchs. The speed of the group of enemies last night could only be achieved by eunuchs.
Upon hearing that it was a eunuch, Liang Jixiong became nervous and immediately mobilized the remaining dozen Canglong Guards to search around Yuling City for the eunuch's whereabouts.
How could this be found?
Xu Zhiqiong wanted to cry but had no tears, and Liang Yuyao was furious.
She was about to punish Pang Jiafen severely, but Xu Zhiqiong stopped her: "Well, this is not Miss Pang's fault. She only told the truth. It depends on how the second elder handles this matter!"
After returning to the military tent, Xu Zhiqiong thought carefully about Liang Yuyao's experience in the military camp.
It is reasonable for the Blood Evil Sect to deal with the evil-suppressing army in order to survive.
What is the purpose of the Huazhou judge's sneak attack on the evil-suppressing army?
In the Huazhou Evil Punishment Department, the Judge Dao Sect is quite prosperous, and the average cultivation level of the Judge even exceeds that of the capital city. Is this necessarily related to the Blood Evil Sect?
The Taoist sect is prosperous...
What exactly did Judge Tao rely on to prosper in Huazhou?
Are there many evil people in Huazhou?
There are indeed quite a few. The Blood Evil Sect's main altar is here, and the Nufu Sect in Huazhou is more rampant than elsewhere, and even has a well-educated army.
Xu Zhiqiong had some ideas.
But the most urgent task right now is how to divert Liang Jixiong's attention away from the "eunuch".
The Taoist incident was resolved by the Taoist sect and Liang Jixiong was asked to intervene. The judge, the Taoist society, suffered heavy losses, and he himself could not escape the disaster.
Xu Zhiqiong thought about it for two days and came up with countermeasures. One was to take Liang Jixiong to explore the Blood Evil General Altar and let him focus on the Blood Evil Sect.
The second is to ask Liang Jixiong to ask for reinforcements from the imperial court. The Suppression Army suffered heavy losses and should replenish some troops. Let Liang Jixiong ask for reinforcements and focus on the imperial court.
But when Liang Jixiong returned to camp, Xu Zhiqiong used none of these two countermeasures.
Liang Jixiong brought back the bodies of the two eunuchs.
He really found the eunuch.
Real eunuchs not only have no foundation, but both of them have fourth-grade cultivation.
One of the Canglong guards was injured, and Liang Jixiong himself went through a fierce battle before killing the two eunuchs.
"The dental plaque of the Supervisor of Ceremonies!" Liang Jixiong found the evidence from them. When he was angry, he almost crushed the dental plaque.
Liang Yuyao quickly smoothed things over: "Ancestor, you see, Chen Shuncai is too courageous. He actually colluded with the Bloody Sect. This matter must be investigated strictly."
This was Liang Yuyao's last effort to put all the blame on Chen Shuncai. This was the only way to avoid a direct conflict between the second elder and the emperor.
Liang Jixiong knew Liang Yuyao's intentions and the consequences of a direct conflict with the emperor.
But now the emperor sent eunuchs to attack the evil-suppressing army, something Liang Jixiong could not tolerate no matter what.
Xu Zhiqiong took this opportunity to say a few words to Liang Jixiong alone: "Second brother, is this Chen Shuncai's idea or the instruction of the high official family? We can't tell. We don't know how many eunuchs there are in Huazhou." ,
Let's send the tooth plaques of these two eunuchs back to the palace to see what the high official's family will do with them. Then, while the high official's family is trying to deal with the loss, they can attach a letter to the Suppressing Army and give them some support.
If the high officials are willing to send troops, it would be best. If they are not willing to send troops, it would be good to give them some weapons and money. Now the prefect of Huazhou and Tongzhi are too lazy to look at us. They can't even keep up with food supplies. We have to give the sergeants some money. Earn a living."
"It's just a piece of cake!" Liang Jixiong immediately ordered Liang Xianchun to compile a book and use Xu Zhiqiong's victory in Ziquan Pavilion to ask for a reward from Emperor Zhaoxing.
"Ask me for five hundred reinforcements, one hundred thousand arrows, and fifty thousand taels of silver." Emperor Zhaoxing put down the letter and sneered, "I don't have the reinforcements, but for fifty thousand silver, I can give them one hundred thousand arrows... , there are only more than 500 people left in the evil-suppressing army, what do you need 100,000 arrows for?"
Emperor Zhaoxing wanted to throw the letter on the ground, but after thinking for a moment, he put the letter aside.
"Call Chen Shuncai." Emperor Zhaoxing ordered.
Qi Anguo, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, said from behind: "Chen Bingbi is ill. Your Majesty allows him to rest for two days."
It was because the person standing behind him was not Chen Shuncai but Qi Anguo that Emperor Zhaoxing did not throw away the letter.
He was used to Chen Shuncai standing behind him. When he wanted to talk to Chen Shuncai, he only had to open his mouth and Chen Shuncai would be right in front of him.
As soon as he stretched out his hand, there was a document handed over by Chen Shuncai. As soon as he lay down, there was a pillow brought by Chen Shuncai. He was thirsty, whether he wanted tea or wine, needless to say, Chen Shuncai could send it to him with a gesture.
The key is that in front of Chen Shuncai, Emperor Zhaoxing doesn't have to worry about anything. There are many things that even the queen doesn't know, only Chen Shun knows.
If the person standing behind him was Chen Shuncai, Emperor Zhaoxing would not have the slightest concern if he tore up Liang Xianchun's letter and burned it, let alone throwing it away.
Chen Shuncai is like the shadow of Emperor Zhaoxing, but these days, this shadow is hard to find.
It was extremely ridiculous to Emperor Zhaoxing that a shadow should be found!
"Come to Chen Shuncai!" Emperor Zhaoxing ordered again.
Qi Anguo was very embarrassed and repeated: "Your Majesty, Chen Shuncai is taking leave today..."
"I asked you to find him. If he can move, let others come. If he dies, bring his body!"
Emperor Zhaoxing glanced at Qi Anguo, who quickly ordered people to find Chen Shuncai.
Emperor Zhaoxing said again: "Go find it yourself."
Qi Anguo agreed and left the secret pavilion in a hurry.
It's not that he has no eyesight, or that he can't understand Emperor Zhaoxing's instructions, it's just that he is really unwilling.
It was a rare opportunity to serve the emperor alone, but the emperor was wary and disgusted with him!
What is so good about Chen Shuncai? He is so favored by His Majesty!
When he arrived at Chen Shuncai's house, Qi Anguo pushed aside the eunuch guarding the door, kicked open the door, and stood in the middle of the yard and shouted loudly: "Chen Bingbi, the Lord asked you to go over, are you waiting for me to carry you, or are you waiting for me to carry you?" ?”
Chen Shuncai was lying in Qu Qiao's arms. Hearing Qi Anguo's voice, his brows immediately wrinkled.
Qu Qiao put on her clothes and said in Chen Shuncai's ear: "The Holy One has asked you to go, please go quickly."
Chen Shuncai put on his shirt, came to the door, forced a smile, clasped his fists at Qi Anguo and said: "Qi Zhangyin, the Holy Father asked me to go, what are your orders?"
Qi Anguo laughed and said: "How can we dare to ask? Your Majesty is too lazy to say a word to our family. Your Majesty asked our family to invite you. Chen Bingbi, please give me a favor and come with our family."
"
Qi Anguo is vying for favor in front of the emperor again, and he has no sense of propriety, so he must be disgusted by the emperor.
Qi Anguo always wanted to stand up, and Chen Shuncai was always on guard against him.
But today, Chen Shuncai really hoped that Qi Anguo could regain his temper, even if it could bring temporary satisfaction to the emperor, it would also give him two days of peace.
When they arrived at the Secret Pavilion, Emperor Zhaoxing sent the others away and asked Chen Shuncai, "Are you feeling better?"
Chen Shuncai sighed softly and said, "I always feel weak and my head is dizzy. I am really old, so Your Majesty has to worry about it."
"I'm really worried about you. Do you think I should worry about this?"
He threw the four tooth plaques to Chen Shuncai. Chen Shuncai was shocked. The four tooth plaques came from Si Lijian, the four subordinates he sent to Huazhou.
Emperor Zhaoxing had a sullen face and said nothing.
Chen Shuncai put away his toothpastes and remained silent.
There was silence in the secret pavilion for a long time. Emperor Zhaoxing said: "The two tooth plaques came from Sui Zhi. He said in his letter that a corpse was found in Yuling City and a tooth plaque was picked up on the corpse.
There were also two tooth tags sent by the Suppressing Evil Army. What a coincidence. They also said that they found corpses around the camp and found tooth tags on the corpses.
Chen Shuncai, your subordinates only have this ability, so this is the job you are doing for me! Tell me, what should I do with you?"
Chen Shuncai did not defend himself: "I would like to be punished by your majesty."
The emperor stared at Chen Shuncai for a long time, feeling that Chen Shuncai was less afraid of him.
"Now I will demote you from the position of Chief Superintendent of the Palace to the position of Chief Supervisor. You will still be retained as the Superintendent of Ceremonies and Pen Writing. You can reflect on yourself. I want to go to the Sheng'en Pavilion to listen to the lectures. Can you come with me?"
The chief steward and the chief steward are both fictitious positions, representing the rank of the chamberlain.
The chief steward in front of the palace is the second rank, the chief steward is the second rank, and Chen Shuncai's official rank was demoted one level.
This was Emperor Zhaoxing's beating against Chen Shuncai.
But in terms of actual power, he still retained the position of Chief of Ceremonies Bingbi, which was Emperor Zhaoxing's tolerance for Chen Shuncai.
Letting him accompany him to Sheng'en Pavilion to listen to the lectures was to give him a chance. Let's see what Chen Shuncai's attitude was.
Unexpectedly, Chen Shuncai did not cherish this opportunity: "This old slave is in poor health and went to Sheng'en Pavilion, but he was afraid of being laughed at by the bachelors. Your Majesty, please allow me to rest for one more day."
Emperor Zhaoxing clenched his fists.
How dare Chen Shuncai disobey him.
This situation is extremely rare.
"That's alright!" Emperor Zhaoxing nodded, "You have a good rest and let Qi Anguo go with me!"
This is a stern warning to Chen Shuncai that his position in the Supervisor of Ceremonies may not be guaranteed.
The Supervisor of Ceremonies was in charge of the power to criticize the Red Army. If the pen for criticizing the Red Army was not in the hands of Chen Shuncai, Chen Shuncai would have withdrawn from the power center of Daxuan.
Chen Shuncai didn't say much and left the secret pavilion respectfully.
Seeing Qi Anguo's strange look, Chen Shuncai smiled and silently returned to his house.
In the east chamber, Qu Qiao had cooked orchid wine, and when he smelled the aroma of the orchids, all the depression in his heart was swept away.
"So what about the second grade? So what about the third grade? So what if I am a first-grade eunuch? I can't even be considered a real man!" After drinking two glasses of wine, Chen Shuncai sighed.
Qu Qiao said in astonishment: "Did the Holy One blame you?"
"What does it matter if I don't blame him? He can't take my life anyway!" Chen Shuncai sneered, "I'm tired of it, I really am tired of it, especially the Sheng'en Pavilion. I don't want to go there in this life.
If I don’t want to go, I won’t go. Why should I fight for that favor? No matter how much favor I get, am I still a slave? If one day, I don’t have this beautiful food and clothing, will you despise me?”
Chen Shuncai looked at Qu Qiao.
Qu Qiao stood up and said, "These words really offend me."
"Don't be afraid, just tell the truth. I'm not even a perfect man. If I can't even give you good food and drink, will you dislike me?" Chen Shuncai looked at Qu Qiao with a smile, waiting for her. Talk about the oath to be with you forever.
After spending his whole life in the palace, Chen Shuncai has seen everyone and heard everything. He can tell at a glance whether something is a lie or not.
Qu Qiao lowered his head and said with a blushing face: "If there ever comes a time when we can no longer afford good wine, food, and clothes."
Chen Shuncai nodded, this is the truth.
Qu Qiao continued: "But I know some knitting skills, I can make clothes for you.
If I make more and sell it for more money, I can still afford a can of village wine worth thirty or fifty cents.
The palace cannot afford such dried flowers, so when the orchids bloom, I will pick some and dry them to make wine.
I will raise some more chickens and ducks every now and then so that you can have eggs and meat to eat. If you don’t dislike me, we will live like this for the rest of our lives.”
Chen Shuncai looked at Qu Qiao, nodded and said, "Sit down first, sit down and have a drink with me."
Qu Qiao sat back at the table.
Chen Shuncai picked up the jug, poured wine for Qu Qiao, and poured another glass for himself.
Chen Shuncai held the wine glass, but before he could pick it up, a teardrop slipped from his cheek and fell into the wine glass.