The best eunuch

It was late at night, and almost everyone in Yang Jian's mansion was drunk, lying in disorder on the playground.Only Liang Xin didn’t know why the more he drank, the more he became more sober. When everyone fell to the ground, he still held the flagon and shouted loudly: “Drink, drink, we won’t return until we’re drunk, we won’t return until we’re drunk... "

Tonight the moon is in the sky, tonight I am drunk and sleep forever, tonight... some people can't sleep.

Firecrackers are set off at night, talking and laughing loudly.In modern times, people have been complained to the police.Not far from Yang Jian's mansion, several well-known mansions in Bianjing City were all lit up, including Cai Jing, the grand master of the dynasty, and Liang Shicheng, who was known as the "hidden face" of the Song Dynasty.

Cai Jing wore a long robe and walked to the center of the courtyard. Seeing Cai Jing approaching, Wang Tong, the housekeeper, hurried up to help him: "Master, it was the sound of firecrackers that woke you up."

Cai Jing waved his hand and said, "As you get older, you'll feel shallow, and you'll wake up when there's a little disturbance, it's fine."

Although Cai Jing is old, he is in good spirits.I saw him walking steadily to the side of the rockery, stepping on the stone steps of the rockery, looking at it and asking: "Wang Tong, there should be the firecrackers set off by Yang Jian at the mansion of Eunuch Yang, right?"

"Returning to the master, it was the firecrackers set off by Eunuch Yang's mansion. The servant sent someone to investigate. According to the people who came back, it seems that Eunuch Yang has recognized a new name. I don't know the exact name."

"Oh? Yang Jian has adopted a son?" Cai Jing raised his right hand and stroked the beard under his chin. How could you suddenly have a foster son? By the way, Wang Tong, is there news from the palace that the emperor has recently appointed a royal servant?"

"Yes, sir. According to the news, the imperial servant is young and his name is Liang Xin."

"Liang Xin?" Cai Jing thought for a while and said: "Tomorrow morning, send me a generous gift to Eunuch Yang's mansion, and say that I congratulate him on the birth of his precious son. In addition, I will also make a backup gift for Eunuch Yang's adoptive son."

"Yes, master." Wang Tong responded with a bow.

On the other side, Liang Shicheng's mansion is a little closer to Yang Jian's mansion, so he knew what happened to Yang Jian's house earlier than Cai Jing.The relationship between Liang Shicheng and Yang Jian can't be said to be good, but it can't be said to be bad either.

Yang Jian was known as the No. 1 eunuch in the palace when he served as the Minister of Internal Affairs, while Liang Shicheng was in charge of the external library of Ruisi Temple, and was in charge of teaching imperial edicts when going out.This is a fat vacancy, and all imperial orders are passed on through his hands, and orders are issued to the world.People outside all call him "hidden phase".Among all the eunuch-born people in the Song Dynasty, only Yang Jian could stand shoulder to shoulder with him, and even Tong Guan, who was leading the army outside, was inferior to him and Yang Jian.

To be precise, Liang Shicheng and Yang Jian are not in conflict with each other. In some matters, the two even cooperated occasionally, such as the Hua Chengang matter. Although Yang Jian was in charge, Liang Shicheng did not seldom make money in it.

But the so-called one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers.The title of eunuch No.1 will always belong to only one person, so no matter how balanced Yang Jian and Liang Shicheng are, there is still a certain degree of competition in their relationship after all.

Knowing that Yang Jian recognized his adopted son, Liang Shicheng and Cai Jing's reactions were almost the same, and they also asked the housekeeper to prepare a generous gift to go to Yang Jian's mansion to congratulate him.However, Liang Shicheng also gave an order by the way, let the people in the palace pay close attention to the newly promoted imperial servant, if you can make friends with him, make friends with him, and if you can't, see if you can pull him off.

Early in the morning, Liang Xin, who knew that acting should do a full set, got up early and personally cooked "Hua Tuo Hangover Soup" for Yang Jian according to the medical records.

As soon as Yang Jian woke up, the housekeeper Ren Hu brought Liang Xin's hangover soup with a maid.Yang Jian had just finished washing, when he saw Ren Hu coming in, he immediately asked, "Ren Hu, were you drunk last night?"

Ren Hu nodded with embarrassment on his face and said: "It's true that I'm drunk, I haven't been so drunk for a long time. It's the young master, who insisted on sending you to the bed before he fell drunk."

"Oh?" Yang Jian was greatly moved, nodded and said: "Good boy. By the way, how is the young master now? Haven't gotten up yet? If you haven't gotten up yet, don't bother him and let him sleep more. Instruct the kitchen to postpone breakfast today, and I will eat with the young master when he wakes up."

"Where is the master, the young master woke up early in the morning. Not only that, he also went to the pharmacy to grab the medicinal materials, and went to the kitchen to cook the hangover soup for you." Ren Hu grinned a little embarrassedly and said: "The old slave Chaoyue, thanks to the honor of the master, he was able to drink a bowl first. The young master is really magical. After drinking the soup, the old slave wakes up, and his headache doesn't hurt anymore."

"My precious son made hangover soup before me?" Yang Jian's heart warmed, and he rubbed his hands and smiled immediately: "Come here, bring it to our family to taste. My head is really hurting."

The maid brought the Xingtou soup over, and Yang Jian picked up the soup bowl and drank it all in one gulp.Because Liang Xin added mint leaves to the soup, a refreshing feeling went from the mouth to the stomach, and then directly to the brain.

Yang Jian took a deep breath and let it out, and called out happily: "Okay. This hangover soup is really good!" Yang Jian excitedly patted his thigh and stood up: "Ren Hu, go with me to meet My precious son."

"How dare my son let my adoptive father come to see me?" Liang Xin walked into Yang Jian's house and knelt on one knee and said, "The foster father is here, my son is here to greet you."

"Get up, you don't need to be so polite." Yang Jian laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth. He helped Liang Xin to look at him again and again, until he looked at Liang Xin with anxiety in his heart. "Beautiful as a flower".At this time, Yang Jian looked at Liang Xin just like a mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law.Yang Jian patted Liang Xin on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, let's have breakfast."

Breakfast was eaten in the main hall of Yang's mansion. Yang Jian's twelve wives and concubines stood around the table and formed a semicircle to serve them.Liang Xin politely greeted Yang Jian's twelve wives and concubines one by one, and called out one by one: "Morning aunt, Zao Erniang, Zao Sanniang..."

And the twelve wives and concubines returned the gift one by one to Liang Xin, and at the same time each gave him a red envelope.The red envelope was thick, and it seemed to be filled with paper. Liang Xin guessed it should be "Qian Yin".This "Qian Yin" is the earliest banknote in Chinese history. It was called "Jiaozi" in the past, but later Song Huizong changed its name to "Qian Yin".

The atmosphere of the breakfast was happy and harmonious. Yang Jian kept adding vegetables to Liang Xin, and Liang Xin kept thanking him and then picked up vegetables for Yang Jian.The only downside was that there were twelve titular godmothers watching him eat breakfast, Liang Xin felt very awkward in his heart.

After breakfast, Liang Xin pretended to care about Yang Jian, so he took the pulse for him. Not to mention, Liang Xin really diagnosed Yang Jian's physical illness with this pulse.

Liang Xin asked, "Father, I would like to ask you if you have dizziness, tinnitus, head pain, frequent flushing, and easy to get angry recently? Also, do you still suffer from palpitations and insomnia, and dizziness will appear when you are tired?"

"Oh, amazing." Yang Jian slapped his thigh excitedly and said, "Son, I have all the symptoms you just mentioned. I have also seen the imperial doctor in the palace. They are all as complete as you said. Prescribe it for me." I also drank several medicines, but it didn't work at all, a bunch of quack doctors!"

Liang Xin nodded with a smile and said: "It doesn't matter, foster father, your old body is very healthy, it's just that there is some hyperactivity of liver yang and deficiency of qi and blood. I will write you two prescriptions, and you let the housekeeper Ren go The pharmacy will give you two patches of medicine according to the prescription, and you will be cured after taking three or five times. In addition, I will give you two injections later to keep you refreshed immediately."

"Okay. With your son in our house, I won't be afraid of getting sick." Yang Jian smiled excitedly.

Liang Xin smiled and shook his head and said: "Where is the adoptive father? The adoptive father will be healthy and will be free from illness and pain. But the adoptive father can also rest assured that I will take care of your son and you will live a long life."

"Okay." Yang Jian patted Liang Xin on the shoulder and said, "Then foster father will give you all the old bones, hahaha..."

As soon as Yang Jian finished speaking, two concierges walked in with two exquisite brocade boxes, and the concierge said, "Master, young master. The concierge just received congratulatory gifts from Grand Master Cai and Eunuch Liang. There are four copies in total. There are two congratulations to the master for your precious son, and two congratulations to the young master for being the Young Master of the Yang Mansion."

"Heh, these two old guys are quite well informed." Yang Jian sneered and said, "All four gifts are for the eldest young master, and Nursing, take out the gift I prepared for Xin'er."

"It's the master." Ren Hu responded and stepped back. Not long after, he entered the room and brought out a wooden box and handed it to Yang Jian.Yang Jian handed the wooden box to Liang Xin.

Liang Xin took the wooden box and did not rush to open it, but thanked first: "Thank you foster father."

Yang Jian waved his hand and said, "Thank you, take it back to the room and have a look, I hope those two old guys will not be too stingy."