"Who was there at that time?" Xiao Chen straightened his body and looked straight at Xiao Lizi.
"Together with Wang San, there were two eunuchs. They are all dead."
"Why did they go to the countryside?"
"On the order of the factory owner, I am sending an important confidential letter."
"Where is the secret letter? Has it been taken away?"
"No, the secret letter is still with them. Because of this, the factory owner thought it was just an accident and did not investigate further."
"Do you think it was an accident?"
"I don't think so. Because when I went to carry Wang San's body, I found that the collapsed courtyard wall was not an old courtyard wall, and the chance of natural collapse was low," Xiao Lizi said.
"Then when you went back, did you report the matter to the factory owner?"
"Well, as long as the secret letter is still there, the lives of us little eunuchs are not worthy of the factory father sending people to investigate the ins and outs of the matter." Xiao Lizi let out a long sigh, as if he was sighing at Wang San, and at the same time he seemed to be sighing at himself.
Xiao Chen stopped talking, picked up the charcoal at his feet and threw a piece into the stove.
Looking at the dim light in the stove, Xiao Chen's thoughts returned to ten years ago.
Among the three, Wang San is the oldest. Although he is not tall, he always plays the role of protecting himself and Xiao Lizi. As orphans, only by staying together can we have hope of survival.
That year, Wang San was fifteen years old, he was eleven years old, and Xiao Lizi was ten years old. When he saw the notice posted by the court to recruit eunuchs to the palace, and then looked at the treatment afterward, after a night of ideological struggle, Wang San was completely satisfied.
He became a eunuch.
The next year, under the guidance of Wang San, Xiao Lizi entered the palace.
Although Xiao Chen was left alone to survive in society and often did not have enough to eat, he was unwilling to purify himself and enter the palace in order to survive.
Seeing that Xiao Chen was determined not to be clean, Wang San occasionally took advantage of the opportunity to leave the palace and leave some silver coins to Xiao Chen as his living expenses.
When he was thirteen years old, Wang San found Xiao Chen a job as a cleaner in Jinyiwei through his own connections.
After years of nurturing, Xiao Chen began to do morning exercises and practice martial arts with Jin Yiwei.
Due to his natural aptitude for martial arts and his hard work, he officially joined the Jinyi Guards at the age of fifteen and became the lowest rank of ordinary school captain.
It can be said that without Wang San, Xiao Chen would not be where he is today.
Now, Wang San was inexplicably smashed to death by a wall. Xiao Chen, like Xiao Lizi, refused to believe that it was an accident.
"Can you get Wang San's file?" Xiao Chen stood up and looked at Xiao Lizi.
"This, I'm afraid, is difficult." Xiao Lizi looked confused.
In the palace, every eunuch has his own file. In it, his name, place of origin, age, time of entering the palace, and specific details of each change of position are recorded.
In Dongchang, the files of every Dongchang employee are even more detailed. Every task accepted and the degree of execution are recorded in detail.
These files are kept in a confidential department. Without the order of the factory owner, no one has the right to check the files, let alone take them out.
Xiao Chen held his left hand in front of his chest and held his chin with his right hand, walking back and forth by the stove. The saber on his waist swung back and forth in the flickering light of the fire.
The sword-shaped eyebrows are slightly upturned. The high bridge of the nose and thin lips make the whole person like a sharp blade, seeming to cut away all the darkness.
"No matter what, if we want to get the records of Wang San's recent mission, we must also find a way to get the contents of the secret letter that day." Xiao Chen was silent for a while and said.
"This is easy. With his status as a eunuch of the Dongchang, he died for no reason. Someone is willing to investigate the specific cause. As long as it does not occupy the resources of the Dongchang, the factory owner should be able to pass it." Xiao Lizi also stood up.
"You do it now."
"Okay, tomorrow morning at the latest, I will definitely deliver what you want." After saying that, he rubbed his hands a few times, and like a gust of wind, Xiao Lizi left the station of the Thirteenth Army.
Looking at the shallow footprints on the ground, Xiao Chen looked calm: "This guy's skills have also improved a lot. But Brother Wang also has good skills, how could his life be taken away by a wall?"
A figure flashed in.
Duan Tianming patted the snow on his coat: "Eunuch Li is gone?"
"gone."
"We have a total of 97 people in the Thirteenth Battle, but there are only 96 plum blossoms. I'm going to ask him if he got the number of people wrong." Duan Tianming took off his coat and lay on the recliner next to the stove again.
"That's right, Eunuch Li has already given me the Plum Blossom Order I just had."
"Oh, I'm just saying, how could the higher ups get it wrong about something as small as the number of people? Come on, come on, let's continue drinking."
With that said, Duan Tianming filled up the two wine bowls on the table.
Xiao Chen did not pick up the wine bowl, but sat down next to the stove again.
"Recently, I have something to take care of." Xiao Chen said.
"Eunuch Li's instructions?" he asked hesitantly, holding the wine bowl in his left hand.
There are tasks above, so you should tell yourself.
"No, it's just a personal matter."
"Oh, okay. Go and do your work. I'll let you know if anything happens." Duan Tianming took a sip of soju and smacked his lips a few times, as if he still had something to say.
Although he is the captain of the Thirteenth Army, and Xiao Chen is a captain under him. But he knows in his heart that with Xiao Chen's ability and past experience, if he is willing, let alone a captain, he will be a hundred households.
You are also qualified to serve.
Normally, if Xiao Chen hadn't taken the initiative to take over the task, Duan Tianming would never have arranged errands for him.
Since he is not even interested in being an official and just likes to be alone, I don't want to disturb him casually or disrupt his mentality.
That night, Xiao Chen lay on the soft and spacious bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.
Outside the window, the north wind mixed with snowflakes brought forth waves of sharp whistling sounds, like howling wolves and crying like ghosts.
Ordinary captains in Dongchang live in a room with five people.
In the Thirteenth Battle, except for Duan Tianming, the captain, who had a house by himself, the only one who had an independent residence was Xiao Chen himself.
Listening to the howling of the north wind outside the window, Xiao Chen thought again of that night with heavy snowfall many years ago.
In a dilapidated temple on the outskirts of Beijing, I had not eaten for several days and hid in a firewood, shivering.
Hunger and cold almost killed me.
A dark red lantern gradually approached, and Wang San walked into the temple with a roast chicken.
"Eat this roasted chicken while it's hot, and follow me to the Jinyiwei station tomorrow. I'll find a job for you. If you continue like this, you'll either starve to death or freeze to death."
After saying these words, Wang San held up the dark red lantern again and stepped on the snow with one foot deep and one shallow.
Xiao Chen sat up and lit the oil lamp next to him.
In the darkness, the oil lamp emitted a dim red light, just like the red lantern Wang San carried that night.
"No matter who you are, if you harm Wang San, I will bury your nine clans with you."
Under the oil lamp, Xiao Chen's sword-shaped eyebrows were slightly raised.
