The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 15 Choice
It is three quarters of Xu time.

Chang Fengku sat in front of the oil lamp. "Crackling".He heard the courtyard door open.

Chang Feng was surprised: the matter is not finished yet.The two giants of the factory guard wouldn't be so eager to send killers to kill me, right?

He came to the yard.

I saw a man in a black robe and a black gauze hat enter the yard.

Chang Feng was about to speak.The man in black made a silent gesture to him: "It's said inside."

Chang Feng recognized that it was Zhu Ji's voice.

Chang Feng cupped his hands: "The Peaceful Envoy"

Zhu Ji repeated: "It's said inside."

The two entered the south room of the courtyard.

Zhu Ji took off his hat, and cut straight to the point: "I know, Shang Ming asked you to frame the prince with a false letter."

Chang Feng keenly discovered that Zhu Ji actually called the governor by his first name.

Chang Feng remained silent.When the master was alive, he once told him that the way to work as a servant in Jinyiwei is nothing more than "speak less and listen more".

Zhu Ji said again: "You probably haven't read the contents of that slandering letter."

"Let me tell you the content. The slander letter was written in the tone of the prince, ordering Cai Zhong to collect money secretly and use it as military salary. So that he can buy the soldiers and horses of the three major battalions of the capital to plot rebellion and seize the throne."

"The person who forged the letter is Zhang Banxia, ​​a master of forgery in handwriting in the capital—it has been silenced by Wantong."

After speaking, Zhu Ji looked at Chang Feng.

Chang Feng said perfunctorily, "This subordinate doesn't know what the envoy is talking about."

Zhu Ji sighed: "Oh, don't pretend to be confused. I'm here tonight to save your life."

"Let me tell you another secret, I am the prince's man."

"If you want to wait to die, just keep pretending to be confused. I'll leave immediately."

After speaking, Zhu Ji got up and made a gesture to leave.

Chang Feng has no choice.He's in a mortal situation, and he needs a lifeline now.

Perhaps, Zhu Ji is the life-saving straw, can he solve the deadlock?
Chang Feng said: "Rescue envoy, wait a minute. Eunuch Shang did indeed give me a letter and asked me to put it in the letter box copied out by the Cai Mansion."

"But who wrote the letter to whom, whether it is true or not, and what its content is, I have no idea."

Chang Feng still has reservations.He did not admit that he had already guessed that the finger of the planted letter was directed at the prince.

Zhu Ji shook his head slightly: "Chang Feng. You are still pretending to be confused. I think I can't save you. You are such a smart person, can't you guess who the forged signature 'Ji Guizi' on the envelope refers to?"

After hesitating for a moment, Chang Feng said two words: "Prince."

Zhu Ji said: "Well, then you should know that if the concubine's party succeeds in its conspiracy, the crown prince will be deposed. Shang Ming and Wantong will kill you immediately to silence you."

Chang Feng cupped his hands: "Dare to ask the governor. How should the subordinates save themselves?"

Zhu Ji took out another letter from his sleeve: "This letter has a different content - the crown prince reprimanded Cai Zhong for being greedy, and expressed that he would impeach him in front of the emperor."

"Take this letter and go to Cai's mansion, and exchange for the slandering letter in the letter box."

Chang Feng asked a question slyly: "Why didn't the governor go to Cai's mansion by himself and exchange the letter? You go to do this, and the brothers who are on duty at night dare to stop you?"

This is a pointed question.

Zhu Ji looked directly into Chang Feng's eyes: "Because I can't reveal my identity for the time being. I want to continue to lurk beside Wantong and be a hidden stake for the prince to plant in the concubine's party."

"If I brag about going to the Cai Mansion to exchange letters tonight. Tomorrow when the prince's danger is resolved, Shang Yangou and Wan Yanwang will know that I belong to the prince."

"I'm not afraid of death. What I'm afraid of is that the prince will lose his eyes and ears on the imperial concubine party."

Chang Feng thought: Oh, Shang Ming and Wantong regard me as a pawn.Don't you, Zhu Zhenfu, treat me like a pawn?
Chang Feng asked the second question: "Commissioner Zhu Zhen, how can I believe that you are the prince's person? How can I be sure that you are not sent by the governor and commander to test my loyalty?"

Zhu Ji took out a waist card.

The waist card is engraved with "the supervisor of ceremonies holds a pen for Huai En, no need to go out of Beijing".

Zhu Ji handed over the badge to Chang Feng.

Chang Feng was surprised: "Eunuch Wynn's badge?"

Zhu Ji said: "Everyone knows that Eunuch Huai'en is the crown prince's number one confidant. The situation is urgent tonight, and Eunuch Huai'en gave me his badge."

"When necessary, I can show my badge and act in his name."

"If I'm not the prince's man. How could Eunuch Wynn give me such an important thing as the pen waist card?"

Chang Feng already believed in eighty-nine points in his heart, and Zhu Ji was indeed the prince's man.

He then asked the third question: "You said you wanted to save me. But if I help you save the crown prince tonight, Eunuch Shang and the others will still kill me."

Zhu Ji replied: "Yes! If you help them, they will kill you; if you help the prince, they will also kill you."

"The difference is that you help the prince, and Eunuch Wynn and the prince will protect you. "

"A ceremonial inspector holds the pen, and the prince of the court protects you. Even if the eunuchs and the others want to move you, they have to think three points first."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Ji took Wynn's waist card back from Chang Feng's hand: "I came to you tonight. I planned to show righteousness to you. After thinking about it, it's unnecessary."

"An ambitious person who wants to climb the ladder is not as good as a piece of paper to you."

"I just need to make one thing clear to you - if you don't help me, you will surely die; if you help me, you still have a chance."

Chang Feng fell into silence.

Zhu Ji lured him with huge profits: "You do as I say, and you will save the prince tonight. You are not only my benefactor, but also the benefactor of the prince!"

"Wait until the emperor's [-]-year-old crown prince successfully ascended the throne. Is there any need to talk about your future?"

"Liu Fantai in Northern Zhili will probably beg to marry his daughter to you. If you don't want to, he will even strip her naked and force her into your bed."

"A person's life will always encounter several crossroads. If you choose the right path, you will have a bright future. If you choose the wrong path, you will fall into the bottomless abyss."

"Young man, you have to make a choice tonight."

Chang Feng first gave a wry smile: "Do I still have to choose?"

Then he knelt down in front of Zhu Ji, clasped his hands together and said, "This subordinate is willing to serve the prince."

Zhu Ji handed him the letter on the table: "Go and switch the two letters. I'll just sit here and wait for you."

Chang Feng took the letter, and asked Zhu Ji the last question: "Zhu Zhenfu envoy. You are already in a high position. Why do you still need to serve the prince?"

"You know, Prince Dai is lurking next to our commander of the 'King of Hell'. Once his identity is revealed, his life may be in danger."

Zhu Ji smiled slightly, and gave Chang Feng a deafening answer: "Why?"

"Be righteous for Haoran!"

"To wipe out evil spirits!"

"For the livelihood of the Li people!"

Chang Feng was stunned: "Understood, Governor. This subordinate will do it now."

Zhu Ji told him: "Ride the horse at the door, it can be faster. That horse is not the 'one red' horse I often ride. No one else can recognize it."

Chang Feng went out of the yard, rode on Zhu Ji's horse, and went straight to Cai's mansion.

Two quarters later, when he came to the gate of Cai Mansion.I saw the torches flickering inside and outside Cai's mansion.

The soldiers of the Wucheng Bingma Division became a mess, shouting: "There are snitches! Get the thief!"

Chang Feng got off his horse and asked a soldier, "What's going on?"

The soldier replied: "There was a snitch in the front yard just now! It seems that something has been stolen."

(End of this chapter)