Chapter 15 Everyone's the same thing
"That little hoof usually looks honest, who would have thought that he would do such a nasty thing! Ask her who did it and she won't say... Xiao Chen, it's not easy for Zhang Zifang to come forward, so I'll leave it to You go and investigate, remember, the investigation must be conducted in secret, and it must not be disclosed.”
"Hey!"
"We must find out that bastard, so that we can tear his body into ten thousand pieces and throw him outside the Changding River to feed the dogs, so that we can enforce the palace discipline!" That's all the queen said.
No matter who is found out, they can only be killed quietly, and no big disturbances can be made.
"Hey!"
"I'll give you three days to complete this matter. If you do it well, you will be rewarded. If you fail it, you don't have to come back. You can go directly to the Baochao Division."
"Hey..." What kind of joke did Xiao Chenxin say? It's not easy to find out such a big matter, so you just give me three days, is it reasonable?
"Huh?" Seeing Xiao Chen's hesitation, the queen's pretty face became even more icy.
"My lord, this matter is not easy to handle, and there is only one slave, without three heads and six arms. Besides, the slave is just a little eunuch with no position and no authority. It is really inconvenient to act in the palace..."
It means that people want power.
It's no good, you let me work for you for free?
Although Li Wanjiang promised to reward him, he hasn't been rewarded yet, right?
As the saying goes, gold in hand is not as good as copper in hand, so let's get some benefits first.
"Well, that's what I said. How about it, I have the right to make you a chief eunuch for a while, and take the position of a book supervisor in the Baochao Department. This is also a seventh-rank title, so you can count as a reputation for helping me." The Queen thought so.
She knows the situation in the palace too well. Dozens of concubines, thousands of maids, thousands of eunuchs, plus those big inner guards, Imperial Forest Army, imperial guards...
It can be said that fish and dragons are a mixed bag, and there are everyone.
If Xiao Chen is not given a title, it will be really difficult for him to do things.
"As for the manpower...you can find it yourself."
"Thank you, Madam, for your kindness!"
Xiao Chen was happy, and after thanking him loudly, he still lingered.
"What else do you have to say?"
"I also ask the empress to give you a handbook, so that the slave will have the confidence to do things."
Xiao Chen kicked his nose and was about to slap his face.
"You little slave, do you still want this palace to sign and pledge for you? Forget it, I'll give you a handbook. I'll give you everything you want. If it doesn't work..."
"Willing to be punished."
Xiao Chen didn't say he was willing to die.
After going out, he took the queen's chicken feathers as arrows, and first sent a few young eunuchs to rush to Cuihua Palace, and sealed the palace gate tightly.
Try to make sure that not a single bird is allowed to fly in, and not a single feather is allowed to float out!
In fact, Zhang Zifang had already sent someone to put a big lock on Cuihua Palace, but in order to show that he was orderly, Xiao Chen still did nothing.
"Little Eunuch Xiao is really fast and resolute in his work. No wonder the Empress thinks highly of you, so we wish the little Eunuch Xiao every success?" Zhang Zifang had a smile on his face.
"We are working for the empress, dare we not do our best? What are the abilities of the subordinates, and you have to take care of everything if you don't?" Xiao Chen also smiled happily.
When the eyes of the two met, a stream of invisible sparks crackled.
Xiao Chen is the upstart in front of the emperor and empress, Zhang Zifang is the head of the Kunning Palace, one of the three chief eunuchs in the palace, the two are destined to collide passionately, it is impossible not to be uncharged.
Go to Zhao Gongming first, this is the only person Xiao Chen can trust in the palace.
"What kind of errand did that girl Murong Yueqiu mysteriously ask you to do?" Zhao Gongming also didn't have basic respect for the queen, so he called her by her first name. He deserved death.
"Secret errand! If I tell you, I will kill you!" Xiao Chen sneered.
"Hey! It's impossible to find you for important matters. It's nothing more than stealing dogs and playing chickens, dirty things in the dark under the lamp!" Zhao Gongming has been in the palace for a long time, and he guessed it when he saw Xiao Chen's mysterious appearance. All eighty-nine are inseparable.
"How do you know?" Xiao Chen was taken aback.
"I guessed it? Hmph, what kind of clean place do you think this palace is? Climbing ashes, the adoptive mother-in-law who raises the palace lady, even the white eunuchs in the empress's palace are used to purify the fire, I don't know anything. Now it's just that the wrists are folded and tucked into the sleeves. I think back when I was in the imperial palace..."
Zhao Gongming said happily, but he didn't feel a slip of the tongue, shut up quickly, it was too late.
"How was it when you were in Father's Palace?" Xiao Chen's expression was already quite ugly.
"There are no such crap..."
The way Zhao Gongming blinked his eyes seemed to be lying.
"Hey... I said, can you, old Mr. Zhao, have someone to talk to in the future?" Xiao Chen really couldn't do anything about this loyal but erratic old eunuch.
"Yes, yes, when the emperor was here, he always said that I was good everywhere, but this mouth is not good. The emperor really treated this old slave..." Zhao Gongming suddenly felt sad, and tears fell like rain , the look of a dog and horse lover.
However, although Zhao Gongming had no words, the idea he came up with was really good.
He said to Xiao Chen.
Since it is necessary to investigate the case, it is natural to find a few professionals to help. It is useless to rely on a bunch of eunuchs.
The Ouchi guards are all uncles, the kind with eyes on the top of their heads, and Xiao Chen can't order them.
The Imperial Forest Army is not easy to mobilize, even if it is just to mobilize a small team, it needs the general command of the commander, which is not troublesome enough.
So the best candidate is Jin Yiwei.
"Eunuch Xiao wants to borrow someone to do an errand, but he doesn't know what kind of errand it is?" A guard on duty with a moustache in Jinyi looked arrogantly at Xiao Chen and Zhao Gongming.
"Our family is ordered by the queen to investigate a small case of jewelry theft." Xiao Chen said in his heart that you are the master, and so is I, my young master, we are all at the same level, do you want to be so arrogant?
In fact, it's just the same name, and it's not of the same level at all. Jinyi Weichenshi is a fourth-rank one, three levels higher than him!
Besides, is it an ordinary person who can achieve this position in Jinyiwei?
How could Xiao Chen, a small eunuch, be taken seriously by the arrogant soldiers who followed Li Wanjiang from birth to death in Hunjiang back then.
But this is actually a very abnormal thing, Xiao Chen made a great contribution at the Lantern Festival last night, the emperor must give him a big reward, and everyone in the palace knows about it.
According to common sense, this little bearded man should deliberately curry favor with Xiao Chen, a big celebrity, why is he so arrogant?
This says a lot...
"Is it the queen's decree?" Mustache restrained a part of his arrogance, "Such a small case doesn't require a lot of manpower. Let's see who is idle..."
Idle is a burly man and a gentle and handsome young man, the big man is Wei Yuntian, the young man is Zhuge Xiaosheng, both are Jinyi school lieutenants, the lowest ranks of small officers.
Hearing that Mr. Qian Shi asked them to investigate the small case of theft, Wei Yuntian was very dissatisfied and shouted.
"Master Cheng, you are an adult who doesn't send us errands. After all, this is what it takes to send us an errand? Do you still need us to do such a trivial matter?"
"Fart! This is an errand sent by the queen. Why is it such a trivial matter? Are you disobedient?" Cheng Qian was furious.
"My lord, calm down, don't you know Yuntian's idiot temper? If you say something but don't mean it, we'll go right away." Zhuge Xiaosheng hurriedly pulled Wei Yuntian away.
Xiao Chen looked strange, how dare a little school captain blatantly yell at his immediate superior?
This Wei Yuntian is a bit interesting.