Taiping's uncle and aunt live in Dongcheng District of the outer city.
The moment he heard this, Li Danqing felt slightly uneasy.
Of course, the outer city cannot be compared to the inner city where dignitaries live.
However, compared to Xicheng and Beicheng districts, where most ordinary people are ordinary people, the land price in Dongcheng is at least about 40% higher than the former.
Ordinary people will probably not choose to settle here. Only people who are willing to make friends and can make friends with some officials will live here.
With such a family background, how could he send his own nephew to the palace to be an eunuch?
Li Danqing took Taiping to buy two new sets of clothes in the downtown area, and also brought some fruits and cakes. He also asked Taiping not to reveal his identity and only said that he was his friend.
"I am an official of the imperial court. If people in the imperial court know that I do not abide by the rules and laws, and secretly go through the back door to seek personal gain for others, it would be a serious crime."
This is how Li Danqing explained his thoughts.
Firstly, Taiping was young and simple-minded, and secondly, he had great trust in Li Danqing.
This was not a particularly comprehensive reason, but it did not arouse the slightest suspicion from the young man.
He was very happy that he could help Li Danqing.
…
The mansion where Taiping's uncle and aunt lived was not a wealthy compound.
At least from the gate, it looks like the gate of an ordinary wealthy family, neither big nor small, but also unique.
Arriving at the door of the mansion, Taiping hurried forward with joy and knocked on the door.
The door of the mansion opened, and a man with a mustache and a silk dress poked his head out.
He didn't seem to recognize Taiping at the first time. He just blinked and asked displeasedly: "What are you doing? Which house are you from?"
Taiping didn't realize he was there, but said enthusiastically: "It's me! Uncle! Taiping!"
"Taiping?" The man frowned and was stunned for a while: "Oh, you are the one who entered the palace... Ahem, Taiping!"
The man seemed to finally remember his nephew, and put on an insincere smile on his face, and then asked in a wary tone: "If you are not on duty in the palace, why are you here with me?"
Probably because he saw his uncle, Taiping was very excited. He didn't notice anything strange about the man, and just continued: "I have a rest in the palace today, so I thought I would come and see my uncle."
"By the way, I also brought the monthly payment for the past two months. There is a total of..."
Taiping said this, took out a purse from his arms and said enthusiastically.
He looked like a child who had been praised by his teacher in college and hurriedly went home to show off to his parents.
But it is a pity that the man who only poked his head out of the room and had no intention of letting Taiping enter the room did not even wait for Taiping to finish his words before snatching the purse from Taiping's hand and eagerly
He weighed it in his hands, then curled his lips, somewhat dissatisfied.
"Why is it so small? Isn't the palace worth five taels of silver a month?"
Taiping hurriedly said: "It's five taels, but every month I have to pay one tael to Master Black Robe and give five taels to my master, so after two months, I only have seven taels."
Taiping's voice was very low, and his head lowered at this moment, like a child who had done something wrong.
I don’t know if the man was moved by sympathy, but when he saw Taiping acting like this, he said: “That’s right, the rules in the palace are complicated, it’s a good thing to be careful.”
Taiping's face lit up when he heard this, and he raised his head and was about to say something.
But I heard the man say again: "If nothing happens, just go back. Remember to come on time next month."
He said this and closed the door without giving Taiping a chance to say more.
But at this moment, a hand stretched out from behind Taiping and pressed against the door that was about to close.
The man was stunned for a moment, then looked up at Li Danqing who was standing at the door, with a wary look on his face: "Who is your Excellency?"
"Friends from Taiping, I heard that my elder brother has a way to send people to the palace, and I would like to ask him for a favor." Li Danqing said with a smile.
"Friend?" The look on the man's face became even more vigilant when he heard this. He glanced at Taiping on the side, and then at Li Danqing, who was dressed in brocade clothes. He obviously didn't believe that a helpless little eunuch could be with Li Danqing.
Danqing became friends with a guy who looked like he was from a rich family.
"I've never heard of Taiping having any friends in Wuyang City." The man said in a bad tone.
"It's here now." Li Danqing said with narrowed eyes.
Naturally, the man could tell that Li Danqing had come with bad intentions. He frowned and tried to close the door that Li Danqing was holding against, but found that the door seemed to be fixed there, even if he
Even though I tried my best, the door still didn't budge.
"What's your origin?"
"My lord is the young Siming of Shen Yusi!" Seeing that he couldn't do anything to Li Danqing, the other party could only move out his backers.
"Shen Yusi?" Li Danqing raised his brows, and a thick smile appeared on his face: "Don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else, I just think this way is good, and I want to
Let me borrow a way from my brother's place."
"Borrowing a way?" The man was obviously very alert. He frowned and didn't believe Li Danqing's words at all: "I don't have any way here! Find your own way! If you don't leave, I will report you to the official!"
The conversation between the two was not loud, as they seemed unwilling to let Taiping on the side hear too much.
But even though he couldn't hear their conversation, Taiping could probably sense that the atmosphere between the two was not quite right.
He stretched out his hand and pulled the corner of Li Danqing's clothes, and said with a bit of begging: "Your Majesty, why don't we go back first, uncle also has his own things to be busy with..."
Li Danqing was stunned by Taiping's words, and the anger surged between his brows, but he calmed down after a few breaths.
He smiled and said, "That's fine."
After saying that, he released his hand against the door and handed over a lot of gift boxes he bought: "Since big brother is inconvenienced today, I will come back another day to bother you. By the way, Taiping bought these for you."
s things."
The vigilant look on the man's eyebrows still existed, but he looked at the gift boxes and seemed to realize that Li Danqing would only leave if he accepted these things.
He frowned, hesitated for a while, and then reached out his hand and took the gift boxes.
"Goodbye, uncle, I..." Taiping also realized that his "uncle" didn't seem to be planning to invite him into the house. A trace of loneliness flashed between his eyebrows, but after a few breaths, he squeezed out the expression on his face.
With a smile, he waved goodbye to the other party, but before he finished speaking, the man closed the door with a clang as if chasing away the god of plague.
The smile that Taiping tried so hard to put on his face could no longer be maintained. His shaking hands immediately stopped and he could only whisper...
"I'll see you next time..."
Li Danqing glanced at the little guy with sadness written on his face, reached out and touched his head, and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to eat some delicious food."
…
Ji Yuzhi often complained that his sister was so hungry that he had to put making money first in his future plans to avoid starving his sister.
But the truth is, what he doesn't understand is.
Children like little elk are the cutest.
As long as she eats, she can forget all the unhappy things.
But it is difficult for ordinary people to do it.
For example, the little peace in front of you.
Li Danqing ordered a lot of expensive things for him at Fang Yuezhai. They were delicious and almost as good as Ji Qi's royal chef.
But unfortunately, no matter how delicious the food is, it is tasteless to today's Taiping.
The whole process seemed very boring.
Taiping just kept his head down while eating, his shoulders hunched a little, but he held it back.
Li Danqing looked at him like this and felt an unknown fire boiling in his heart.
"How long have you... and your uncle not seen each other..." Li Danqing was silent for a while, and finally couldn't help but ask.
"Some years ago, when I was four years old, my uncle left Yingshui County with my aunt, saying that he was planning to come to Wuyang City to do business. In the early years, we had written letters to each other, but it seems that I haven't heard anything from my father in the past few years.
." Taiping responded softly.
After saying this, he seemed to have noticed something strange about Li Danqing, and hurriedly said: "Actually, my uncle is a very good person!"
"Both my parents died on the road when I fled. When I came to Wuyang City alone, I was exhausted. I wanted to find my uncle, but I had no idea where he was in Wuyang City. I wandered around blindly for two days.
, fainted at the entrance of the alley, it was my uncle who rescued me..."
Li Danqing frowned when he heard this: "Then how are you sure he is your uncle?"
This question came to Li Danqing's lips and he almost blurted it out.
"Uncle is my only relative now. He may have his own difficulties if he doesn't want to help the prince. Don't hold a grudge against him..." But at this time, Taiping's voice sounded first, and the young man raised his head with a plea.
He looked at Li Danqing with a look of eagerness, fear, and a little bit of fear that he tried his best to hide but was clearly revealed...
Li Danqing couldn't ask what was on his lips at this moment. He was silent for a while, then smiled, reached out and touched Taiping's head and said.
"knew."
"Eat quickly. I'll take you back to the palace after you finish."
When Taiping saw that Li Danqing seemed to have agreed to him, he immediately swept away the gloom on his face, nodded heavily, and ate the food Li Danqing bought for him.
…
Tianjian Division, the residence of Chief Minister Yin Wujiang.
Yin Wujiang, who was dressed in black, seemed to have just woken up. He slowly took a pot of water from the desk beside him, poured a cup for Li Danqing, then supported the desk with his hands, and then sat down.
Then he looked up at Li Danqing and asked, "So, do you think that man is not the child's uncle?"
Li Danqing said nothing, just nodded, lifted the water glass on the table, took a sip, and found that it was just water, not tea.
He picked up the file in front of the desk and shook it.
After sending Taiping back to the palace, Li Danqing quickly came to the Tianjian Division and obtained the file from Yin Wujiang.
The contents of the file are very simple. There is a shortage of eunuchs in the palace. Murong Qing, the young commander of Shenyu, colludes with Lu Huaian, the red-robed palm print of the Tsing Yi Division, to collect children from all over the country and send them to the palace.
In this way, firstly, the problems explained above can be solved, and secondly, the pension money that the court should allocate to these eunuchs can be embezzled. Even part of the monthly money of these young eunuchs will be taken away. Of course, these will be borne by them.
The black-robed eunuch did it, and in the end most of it fell into the hands of the young Siming and the red-robed palm seal.
As for Taiping's "uncle" whom Li Danqing had met before, he was the pawn of this group of people collecting children.
His name is Yuandacai, a native of Wuyang.
There is no way he is Taiping's uncle whom he has not seen for many years.
"Then why didn't you tell the child?" Yin Wujiang obviously knew the contents of the file, he asked at that time.
Li Danqing smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Tell him? Tell him what?"
"Your only relative is actually a liar? He bought you like a beast! He made you an eunuch and made you owe a hundred taels of debt!"
"That's right! From now on, you will be alone in this world..."
"Tell him this?"
"I can not……"
Yin Wujiang frowned and said nothing.
Li Danqing's brows suddenly filled with a stern look: "The Tianjian Division already knew this, why didn't it report it to the court?"
Facing Li Danqing's questioning, Yin Wujiang looked calm.
"The Tianjian Division has countless secrets, each of which is shady. If they are revealed, the entire Wuyang Dynasty will be turned upside down. Will this be useful?" the old man asked.
"Why is it useless? If these two people are eradicated, how can peace be..." Li Danqing gritted his teeth and said, his eyes were bloodshot and a little red at that time.
Prince Li is not a person who loses his temper easily.
Even when facing Taiping, he behaved extremely calmly, but now...
He could not control his anger.
Peace...
He is such a sensible child.
He suffered hardships but never blamed others.
He just wants to live and live with the expectations of his parents.
Yingshui County suffered a disaster, and the court just ignored it. Why is it in the capital of Wuyang Dynasty, at the feet of the emperor!
How could such a dirty and dirty thing happen!
From the bottom of his heart, Li Danqing hates this world, hates this court, and even more hates the old man in front of him who knows everything but can still sit and play chess in a beautiful palace!
They are all worms in this world!
"Without Lu Huaian and Murong Qing, there would still be Lu Anxie and Murong Lan. Wu Yang's illness is not with them, but with the court." Yin Wujiang said slowly.
"Huh!" Li Danqing sneered after hearing this: "If you lie to children, please don't do it here!"
"I don't know what illness Wu Yang has!"
"But if everyone is like you and cares about things that have nothing to do with you, then no one can save Wu Yang!"
Yin Wujiang didn't defend himself, he just picked up the kettle and poured another glass of water for Li Danqing.
"Do you know what mistake you made today?" he asked.
Such words were somewhat abrupt. Li Danqing frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
"The three prefectures of Wuyang Dynasty are intertwined. Many times, to punish a person does not depend on whether he is really guilty, but on how many people want to shut him up."
"What you saw was just a private matter of Shao Siming colluding with Hongpao Zhangyin for profit, but have you ever thought about how many people a shortcut to the palace would be useful to?"
"How many people want to send their own people to the palace so that they can know the things in the palace? This road is not only related to the two of them. It is not the thousands of taels or tens of thousands of taels of silver. This
It’s a tacit secret among adults.”
"And they obviously don't want this secret to be made public."
"So if I were you, I would definitely not send that child back to the palace today..."
The old man's words sounded slowly, and Li Danqing's eyes suddenly widened when he heard these words. He looked at the old man in disbelief, and after being stunned for a few breaths.
He stood up suddenly and walked quickly towards the direction of Shenyu Palace.
The old man was still sitting there. He looked at the other person's leaving figure, picked up the teacup and took a sip. He suddenly sighed, looked at the spiritual tablets lying upside down not far away, and said quietly.