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Chapter 553 Save Guo Zhen

Zhang Jin and Miaoxuan agreed that after the next meeting, when the rain cleared, they parted ways at the gazebo, one went up the mountain to deliver the paintings, and the other went down the mountain to go home.

On the way back to the city from Yong'an Temple, Zhang Jin counted the days. Three days later, it happened to be the Ghost Festival, the day when Guo Zhen was killed. There are big things to do.

Zhang Jin thought about it, and felt that according to Lu Wenzhao's behavior style in the movie, Miaoxuan might just ask Miaoxuan to help lure Guo Zhen out, but he would not tell her about the later things, lest she would be suspicious and soft-hearted and affect the plan.

The heroine Miaoxuan is not considered stupid in the whole movie. It can only be said that she is still naive after going through ups and downs, and she trusts too much in the letter king Zhu Youjian, and it is not until the end that she wakes up.

For the next two or three days, Zhang Jin had nothing to do in Jinyiwei except to patrol the streets.After all, it was also said in the movie that before the Guo Zhen case, the capital had been relatively safe, and no major incidents had happened, so the Guo Zhen case was the result of both Shen Lian and Ling Yunkai's scrambling.

Of course it's good that nothing happened, and Zhang Jin also saved a lot of trouble.Every morning, I patrol the streets at Mao, change my clothes in the afternoon and do my own things in the capital, and report to the yamen at night when I change back to official uniforms, and I live a comfortable life.

In the two days before meeting Miaoxuan, most of his energy was devoted to finding Guo Zhen. Guo Zhen, as the eunuch of the eunuch, usually stayed in the palace and seldom came out.

Therefore, on the afternoon of the first day, Zhang Jin first quietly sneaked into the palace, figured out the layout of the palace, and divided each department one by one according to the detailed structure diagram of the Forbidden City collected in his mind, and found the office of the Zhennei official. and overheard Guo Zhen's arrangements for tomorrow.

Through his own efforts and the help of his companions, Guo Zhen became an eunuch in charge of internal affairs in just seven years. Compared with Shen Lian, who was only a hundred households in seven years, his promotion is not insignificant.

The eunuch organization in the Ming Dynasty was divided into twelve supervisors, four divisions, and eight bureaus, known as 24 yamen, of which the twelve supervisors had a higher status, and those who held the seal were called eunuchs, with the rank of fourth grade.

Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, not just any eunuch could be called a eunuch, and an eunuch was also a symbol of status.

Internal officials are in charge of internal affairs such as wood, stone, tile, soil, building materials, etc., which are equivalent to the Ministry of Industry in the court, so they are also responsible for building treasure ships for the emperor.

This is also the reason why in the movie Guo Zhen was able to tamper with the treasure ship, let the emperor "accidentally" fall into the water, and helped Xin Wang, Lu Wenzhao and others complete the regicide plan, and then was killed and silenced.

After inquiring about the situation, Zhang Jin took some gold and silver from the palace to redeem Zhou Miaotong's expenses. There were dozens of boxes of gold and silver in the inner warehouse, so it was better to give him a convenience.

He didn't take much, he just put gold bars in a wooden box, and stuffed his belt and pockets with big silver ingots. After calculation, it was about hundreds of taels of gold and hundreds of taels of silver. This amount of money should be enough for his entire dungeon. spent.

Back home that night, Zhang Jin used the ability of [Suzaku Bloodline] to control the flame to catalyze it into a high temperature of thousands of degrees, and melted and smoothed the inscriptions on the bottom of the gold bars and silver ingots, so that no one would find out when using them. It was stolen.

The next day, he patrolled the streets in the morning, and in the afternoon Zhang Jin came to Jiaofangsi's Nuanxiang Pavilion to find Zhou's mother and handed a gold bar to her.

The golden light immediately lit up Zhou's mother's eyes, her heart was full of joy, and she said happily: "Master Zhang, you are courageous! I can tell at a glance that Miaotong and you are definitely the best choice!"

"Is this gold bar enough to cover Miao Tong's expenses for half a month?"

"Enough is enough!" Mother Zhou nodded repeatedly.

"Help me take good care of Miao Tong, I don't want her to sue me." Zhang Jin took out another silver ingot and put it in the other party's hand, "She is so ignorant at the beginning, she has to rely on Zhou's mother to take care of many places, so it's hard work."

Zhou's mother looked at the 50 taels of silver ingot, grinning from ear to ear, turned over the towel, put the silver ingot into her sleeve, and patted her chest to assure her: "Master Zhang, you can rest assured! If Miaotong is in the warm I have suffered a little bit of grievance in the Xiangge, so I have no face to hang around here! Master Zhang, do you want to see Miaotong now?"

"No, I still have important things to do. Let's talk about it after I officially leave the cabinet in a few days."

"Okay! Master Zhang, I promise to dress up Miao Tong beautifully on the day I leave the pavilion, so that you can enjoy it!"

Zhang Jin left Nuanxiang Pavilion under Zhou's mother's warm welcome. After turning a few streets, he walked towards the palace.Of course he is not going to the imperial palace, but the Beihai Royal Garden next to the imperial palace, which is the Beihai Park in later generations.

When I inquired about the news yesterday, I learned that Guo Zhen was going back to Beihai Yuyuan to supervise the construction today, so he planned to meet him.

Compared with the many eyes and mouths in the palace, the eunuchs who can be brought by Guo Zhen's side are all confidant eunuchs. Meeting in Beihai Yuyuan should make him feel more at ease.

The guards of the Beihai Yuyuan are far worse than those of the Imperial Palace. Usually, the emperor does not come to play, so there are guards at the main entrance of the Yuyuan, and there is also a team of patrolling guards in the Yuyuan.A team of patrolling guards in the huge imperial garden is useless at all, but fortunately there are still some eunuchs and maids here cleaning pavilions, tidying up flowers, plants and trees, and they can shout twice as an alert when encountering intruders.

Beihai Yuyuan is located in the north and west of the capital, and there are few people walking around. Zhang Jin didn't have to hide his body all the way here. Looking around, he couldn't see a single person.

When he came to the Beihai Yuyuan, he easily climbed over the outer wall and entered inside. According to the news he heard yesterday, he turned around and found the pavilion built by Guo Zhen. Guo Zhen was listening to the construction of the eunuch and artisan reports.

Zhang Jin hid in the bushes, and only after Guo Zhen led the people out of the pavilion did he follow quietly.When he followed a section of forest stone road with no one in front and behind, he suddenly appeared in front of Guo Zhen.

"Bold! Who are you? How dare you block Eunuch Guo's way!" Although the little eunuch who led the way was surprised, he showed no fear.

This is the Royal Palace, even if some villains trespassed, it would not be a worry under the siege of the guards.

Zhang Jin ignored the little eunuch, but looked at Guo Zhen in the crowd, and said with a smile: "Eunuch Guo, I have something important to discuss with you alone, can you screen back?"

"I don't know you, what can I have to discuss with you." Guo Zhen sized Zhang Jin up, shook his head and said.

Although Zhang Jin has the relationship of Xin Wang's cronies, he did not participate in the events in the movie, so Guo Zhen didn't know him.

Zhang Jin said with a faint smile: "Eunuch Guo, the minutes of the treasure ship supervisor..."

"Shut up!" Guo Zhen yelled when he heard this, stopped him from continuing, then turned his head and said to the eunuch beside him, "You all go to the side and wait, no one is allowed to come without my order. "

"Yes, Eunuch Guo." Several eunuchs nodded and followed suit without any hesitation or curiosity.

After retreating from the left and right officials, Guo Zhen took two steps forward, stared at Zhang Jin and said in a low voice, "Who are you?"

Zhang Jin said: "Duke Ming and I are old acquaintances."

Guo Zhen didn't believe it easily, but asked, "What do you want from me?"

"Tomorrow is the Ghost Festival, I'll come and offer incense sticks to my father-in-law ahead of time."

"What do you mean by that? I'm not dead yet!" Guo Zhen's expression changed.

"It's not dead, but it's coming soon. The emperor fell into the water and fell seriously ill. It seems that there is no way to save him. After the incident is completed, he will naturally kill people to silence the news, so as not to leak the news. Does Eunuch Guo think he is on the list?" Zhang Jin Said.

Guo Zhen's face sank again: "Nonsense!"

"Am I talking nonsense, my father-in-law knows it in his own mind. I know now that my father-in-law is waiting for things to happen, he will be promoted to rank and become a celebrity around the new emperor." Zhang Jin smiled faintly.

"But don't forget, the original intention of Duke Ming to do this is to eradicate the eunuchs, so how could you become the next Wei Zhongxian? Moreover, if you want to hide such a rebellious thing forever, what could be better than a dead person?" What is more reassuring for Duke Ming? Not only you, everyone involved in this matter will die, you are just the beginning, and Lu Wenzhao and others will follow you."

Guo Zhen was even more surprised when he heard him explain the matter in such detail. He already had doubts about his identity, so he couldn't help but said, "Who are you?"

"I said earlier that Duke Ming and I are old acquaintances, why don't you believe me?" Zhang Jin replied.

"Did Mr. Ming tell you those words just now?" Guo Zhen asked again.

Zhang Jin shook his head and chuckled: "Eunuch Guo, you have been in the palace for so many years, how could you still think that you would say this kind of thing in person? Is it difficult to judge by common sense? Just say what I just said Is it possible to come true?"

Guo Zhen's expression changed, and he shook his head and said, "Impossible, I have devoted my heart and soul to Minggong's great cause, and Minggong will definitely not kill all the birds and kill people. Besides, Lu Wenzhao and I have had a life-and-death friendship. If Duke Ming wants to silence him, he will definitely not stand idly by!"

"Lu Wenzhao really won't stand by and watch, I think he will personally send someone to see his father-in-law off on the road."

Guo Zhen suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhang Jin: "You...what do you know, the friendship between the two of us is on the battlefield..."

Zhang Jin waved his hand disapprovingly: "Eunuch Guo, you, Lu Wenzhao and Shen Lian crawled out of the dead during the Battle of Saerhu seven years ago. To put it bluntly, you were rescued by Shen Lian, otherwise you two would have died in the enemy's hands." The knife is down.

Speaking of which, the one you should repay should be Shen Lian, but you should rely on your conscience, Shen Lian is only a hundred households now, you are the eunuch in charge of the internal official supervisor, and Lu Wenzhao is a thousand households of the Jinyiwei, all of them live better than Shen Lian Bar? "

"Do you think we didn't take care of Shen Lian? It's because he's too pedantic, he doesn't want to form a party and he doesn't want to cling to nobles, can he do things alone? Where do you think this is? This is the capital, the power center of the Ming Dynasty, At the feet of the Son of Heaven! If you want to be a white lotus and treat others like mud, who would support you to find happiness for yourself?"

Guo Zhen sneered, venting all his dissatisfaction with Shen Lian.

"I came from a lowly family background. In order to climb up, I gave up my life. For the sake of being a thousand households, Lu Wenzhao flattered me, flattered me, made me laugh, gave money back to others, and even jumped into the cesspit.

But what about Shen Lian, can he do these things?He will not!He would only keep a straight face, expressionless, with contempt and disdain in his eyes.Just such a person, he can get into hundreds of households, we are already enough to take care of him! "

After hearing these words, Zhang Jin didn't intend to refute. After all, the kind of person Shen Lian is can be seen from the movie.

He nodded and said: "I don't comment on what Eunuch Guo said to Shen Lian, I just ask you, if there is an opportunity to be promoted to a noble in front of you, would you abandon Shen Lian for it? "

Guo Zhen hesitated for a moment, but did not answer.

Zhang Jin asked again: "Then Eunuch Guo thinks the other way around, if the same situation applies to Shen Lian, will he abandon you in order to become an official and rank?"

Guo Zhen hesitated again, looked at him with a frown and said, "What do you mean by asking that?"

Zhang Jin smiled lightly and said: "My meaning is very simple. Your hesitation just now is enough to explain the problem. The little friendship between you is not strong enough to defeat the interest. If this is the case, how can you conclude that Lu Wenzhao Wouldn't he abandon you in order to complete Minggong's great cause and his personal future?"

Guo Zhen was left speechless by his words, and after a while he said: "No way, even if Lu Wenzhao would do this, but Mr. Ming has a broad mind, he is a benevolent king and a wise master, so he would not do such a thing. things."

"Anyone who achieves a great cause must have bones under his feet, not only those of his enemies, but also those of his own people." Zhang Jin looked at Guo Zhen, "For Duke Ming, you are the last obstacle before he achieves great things, and you are also the ones who kill him." The only flaw exposed by the king's actions. You want to be a hero of the dragon, but you can still rely on the dragon swimming in the shallow water. When the dragon soars to the sky, you may be the first to fall and be smashed to pieces!"

Guo Zhen's face changed drastically. These words reached his heart, and it was the worry he didn't want to face and didn't dare to face.

Zhang Jin didn't give him time to think, and continued: "Tomorrow is the Ghost Festival, Eunuch Guo, do you dare to make a bet with me?"

"What bet?"

"Betting that Beizhai will write a letter to invite you to a banquet at Jinling Tower tomorrow, and this is exactly the Hongmen banquet that Lu Wenzhao prepared for you!"

As soon as Zhang Jin finished speaking, Guo Zhen's face became even more ugly, he hesitated for a while and said, "How do you know this?"

"Of course it's a guess, that's why I asked Eunuch Guo if he dared to make this bet with me."

"If I can't shirk because I'm entangled in palace affairs, can he still break into the palace and kill me?"

Zhang Jin shook his head and said, "But can Eunuch Guo escape past the first day of junior high school or the fifteenth day? Duke Ming and Lu Wenzhao are determined to kill you, and they will always find a way to silence you."

Guo Zhen was a little irritable and worried: "Since I can't hide anyway, what's the use of you telling me these things?" At this point, he suddenly turned his eyes to Zhang Jin, "You don't mean to let me expose the truth?" Inventors, right? You belong to Wei Zhongxian!?"

Zhang Jin sneered and said: "Eunuch Guo, you are really thinking too much. If I were Wei Zhongxian's person, I am afraid that the treasure ship supervisory minutes are already in Wei Zhongxian's hands. It is not me but Jin Yiwei who came to you. Can we talk like this?"

Guo Zhen was confused and asked, "Then what is your purpose?"

"I just want to save you, that's all, Eunuch Guo." Zhang Jin said sincerely.

(End of this chapter)