Hu Xiaotian secretly scolded the old eunuch for being hypocritical. Even though the old guy had one of his legs amputated, his martial arts were so powerful that Hu Xiaotian had never seen before. He was doubtful and said, "You mean, you are not the master of the palace?"
Quan De'an said: "Since you are powerless, it is better to give way to the virtuous. You and Fugui enter the palace together. There are a total of 2,238 eunuchs entering the palace with you this time, and they will be assigned to 24
Of course, some people will be assigned to serve the emperor's concubines." He glanced at Hu Xiaotian and said: "With your current qualifications, you will definitely have no chance."
Hu Xiaotian always felt that there was a huge conspiracy behind Quan De'an sending him to the palace, but if the old eunuch didn't explain it clearly, he would have no way of knowing it now. Hu Xiaotian said: "You have put so much effort into me.
You didn't hesitate to teach me the skills, is it just to send me into the palace to be a little eunuch?"
Quan De'an said: "I will tell you when it's time to say it. Don't forget what I said to you at the beginning. Talk less and do more, listen more and watch more!"
Hu Xiaotian said: "How many eunuchs and maids are there in this palace?"
Quan De'an said: "Before Your Majesty ascended the throne, we once counted the rosters of the inner palace. This time, we have removed the old, weak and disabled. There are 15,782 people who are named and unnamed, and 13,622 are actually left.
Eighteen people. Not to mention others, there are 1,932 eunuchs in the ceremonial department alone."
Hu Xiaotian was stunned. He really didn't expect that the size of the palace's eunuch team was so huge. No wonder more than two thousand eunuchs would be added to the palace this time. He knew about the old, weak and disabled, and people like Quan De'an were famous and unpopular.
But what is the reason?
Quan De'an explained in a low voice: "The famous ones were those who once entered the palace and then disappeared without a trace. There were a total of 5,098 people."
Hu Xiaotian now fully understands that these five thousand people disappeared without a trace. It will definitely be difficult to escape from the heavily guarded palace. In all likelihood, these five thousand people died in the palace, or
They were killed by their masters or by their companions. If you include the beauties in the harem, there are tens of thousands of palace maids. I don’t know how many innocent souls are hidden in this palace. Hu Xiaotian sighed secretly, no wonder the palace is the most dangerous place in the world.
It is definitely not easy to stand out among such a large group of eunuchs. My only advantage may be the things on my crotch, but with my lifeblood, I cannot stand in the palace to save my life. Instead, I am always
It may become a risk factor for losing your life.
Quan De'an said: "Are you a little scared now?"
Hu Xiaotian said: "The damn bird should be facing up, what should I be afraid of?" He rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Eunuch Quan, did you take the initiative to step back this time? Or did the emperor ask you to step back?"
Quan De'an raised his eyebrows and revealed a sinister sneer on his lips: "Didn't anyone tell you that smart people often don't live long?"
Hu Xiaotian said: "If I die, won't you lose all your money? Even though it is a long-term investment, the safety of the capital must be taken into consideration, don't you think so?"
Quan De'an said: "If you were concerned about safety, the Za family should have killed you all at the beginning, so as to avoid future troubles. Be prepared and prepared. If you can't practice the ability to raise yin and shrink yang, you will have to bring that thing into the palace.
.If something really happens, not only you, but also the whole Hu family will be spared."
Hu Xiaotian sighed and said: "I really don't know whether there is something wrong with the technique you taught me, or whether it's because I have too much capital and can't practice it well."
"Since it feels cumbersome, how about cutting it off?"
Hu Xiaotian said: "It's better to keep it, maybe it can come in handy in the future."
Quan De'an sneered.
Hu Xiaotian still hasn't mastered the magical skill of raising yin and shrinking yang, but the time to enter the palace has arrived.
Tianhe Palace is the largest building complex in Kangdu. It has a history of 200 years since it was built. It suffered a fire 70 years ago. After several reconstructions, the scale gradually became larger. By the generation of the old emperor Long Xuanen, the size of the palace was
has reached its peak.
The palace is located on Longshouyuan of Kangdu. The terrain gradually rises from south to north. The southern part of the palace is rectangular, and the northern part is a trapezoid that is wide from south to narrow from north. The circumference of the palace is about twenty miles and twelve miles long.
It is eight miles wide. The palace walls are made of rammed earth slabs. Only the sides of each city gate and the inner and outer surfaces of the corners are covered with bricks. The city walls are very solid. Outside the northern part of the palace, there are three walls on the east, west and north.
The Jiacheng, which is parallel to the palace wall, is also an earthen wall built with slabs. The north side of the Jiacheng is the widest, fifty feet wide from the palace wall. The east and west sides of the Jiacheng are both twenty feet wide from the palace wall. The construction of the Jiacheng was in the palace.
The rear part of the city, together with the palace walls, forms a strict defense system structure. There are nine gates in the palace city. In the middle of the south is the Wangtian Gate, the main entrance of Tianhe Palace, and in the east and west are Wangxian Gate and Defumen Gate respectively; in the middle of the north is the
Xuanwu Gate is divided into Yinhan Gate and Qingxiao Gate in the east and west, Left Yintai Gate in the east, Right Yintai Gate and Nine Immortals Gate in the west and south. Except for the main gate, Wangtian Gate, which has five doorways, the other gates are all
There are three doorways. On the east, west and north sides of the palace city, there is a gate parallel to the city wall. There is a Chongxuan Gate in the middle of the north, facing the Xuanwu Gate. There are forbidden troops stationed on the east and west sides of the palace city, and inside the north gate gate.
Beiya, the command organ of the Forbidden Army, was established.
The entire palace can be roughly divided into two parts: the front dynasty and the inner court. The front dynasty is mainly for court meetings, and the inner court is mainly for residence and banquets. To the south of Wangtianmen, there is Tianmen Street, which is 50 feet wide, and to the north is Hanyuan Hall.
, the north-south central axis composed of Xuanzheng Hall, Zichen Hall, Penglai Hall, Hanliang Hall, Xuanwu Hall, etc. Most of the other buildings in the palace are also distributed along this axis. There are three main halls: Hanyuan Hall, Xuanzheng Hall, and Zichen Hall, and the main hall is
Hanyuan Hall. To the north of Hanyuan Hall is the Xuanzheng Hall. To the left and right of the Xuanzheng Hall are Zhongshu, Menxia Ersheng, Hongwen and Shi Erguan. On the east and west sides of the axis, there is also a vertical street on each side, which is divided into three horizontal streets.
It is formed by opening a side door on the palace wall.
There is a Yaochi built in the middle of the northern part of the palace. It was first excavated during the Mingzong period of Dakang. On both sides there are platforms with a height of 100 feet. There are more than 500 corridors around it. In the pool is Piaomiao Mountain and on the mountain is Lingxiao Pool.
Yaochi is divided into two pools, the east and the west, connected by a channel in the middle. The water is drawn from the Longshou Canal from the south. There are culverts connected to the outside of the palace. The corridors along the coast and the nearby palace buildings are carefully arranged according to the characteristics of the landform, and are well-proportioned. In addition, there are
There are more than sixty different halls, pavilions, and temples.
Although more than 2,000 young eunuchs were recruited this time, they did not enter the palace on the same day. They entered from the Defu Gate in the east. They lined up in a neat queue and walked in one after another. Entering the Defu Gate, you can see the road.
There are about twenty tables on the right side of the palace, where eunuchs from various departments are sitting. Further ahead is a temporary blue shed, where eunuchs are responsible for verifying their identity. The eunuchs who entered the palace that day
About a thousand people filed in one by one, and the formation seemed quite grand.
Hu Xiaotian couldn't help being shocked when he saw the scene in front of him. He was far from perfecting the skill of raising yin and shrinking yang. If someone took him for a physical examination, his secret would definitely be exposed. I said, this Quan De'an is really too sloppy. How could he do it?
Let yourself follow the crowd and come here to get tested? Looking at the young eunuch Fugui next to him, he felt at ease. He seemed to be looking forward to his future career in the palace, with a knowing smile on his face.
There is no ghost, there is nothing under the crotch, of course it is magnanimous.
Hu Xiaotian couldn't laugh at all at this moment. He coughed and said, "Fugui, what's going on in that blue shed?" He asked knowingly, because there was a wooden board hanging on it with the words "Experience the Body" written on it.
Fugui's eyesight was not very good. He squinted and looked at it. It took him a long time to see the words on it clearly. He whispered: "The place where you can verify your identity..." Before he finished speaking, he heard a burst of noise coming from inside the blue shed.
There was a wailing sound, but one man was dragged out by two eunuchs who looked like wolves and tigers. The man's screams were extremely miserable. After listening carefully, it turned out that he had already been purified and could be examined.
At that time, the eunuch in charge thought that his cut was not clean enough, so he dragged him out.
Hu Xiaotian asked in a low voice: "Fugui, how should we deal with this situation?"
Fugui said: "Usually it's taken to the clean room and cut again..."
Hu Xiaotian stuck out half of his tongue and couldn't retract it for a long time. His forehead was already covered with cold sweat. The standards are so strict. How should I, a parallel importer, handle myself? This guy is already thinking about turning around and running away.
When I was having a headache about how to deal with the physical examination, I suddenly heard a soft, high-pitched voice saying: "You! Come here!"
A group of young eunuchs followed the sound, but saw a fat, white, middle-aged eunuch in front of him, pointing his stubby finger at the middle of the group and saying, "I'm talking about you!"
Only then did Hu Xiaotian realize that the fat eunuch was referring to him. He still pointed to his nose with some doubts and said: "You called me!"
"Yes! Who else could I call you if I didn't call you? It's you, silly and silly!"
Hu Xiaotian secretly cried out that he was unlucky. I said, before my journey of undercovering the palace has even begun, I have already been discovered by others. Why do I look different? Others can’t see the difference! Hu Xiaotian gritted his teeth.
He walked over and said respectfully: "What does this father-in-law want from me?"
The fat and white eunuch glanced at Hu Xiaotian sideways and said, "Follow me!"
"Where are you going?" Hu Xiaotian's voice trembled. He couldn't be going to purify himself, right?
The eunuch's little eyes widened and he said angrily: "Of course you are going to do some work. Seeing that your boy is dark and strong, he should have some strength. From now on, come and do some work for me, Supervisor Shangri-La."
"Leave now? No need to queue?"
The fat white eunuch said to the eunuch in the distance who was writing the register: "Mr.
Supervisor Zhang Fuquan.
Hu Xiaotian originally thought that he would have to verify his identity, and was wondering if he should practice some temporary practice to raise the yin and shrink the yang, but he did not expect that he would encounter such a good thing, so he hurriedly followed behind Zhang Fuquan, and of course before leaving,
, you also need to report your name and let the eunuch register his name in the register.
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