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Chen Shiliu nodded, pushed open the door with his remaining arm, and walked in.

"Your Majesty, do you have any orders?"

Li Xin was silent for a while, then slowly asked: "I want to meet Xiao Zheng secretly, is there a way?"

Chen Shiliu is not only the chief steward of the Jing'an Houfu, but also the chief steward of Li Xin's hidden power. The connection between Shen Gang and others and Li Xin must go through this young man with only one arm left.

Chen Shiliu frowned, then lowered his head and said, "Your subordinate can try it, but it will only happen if Eunuch Xiao cooperates."

Lord Jing'an nodded.

"Then you do it, remember not to let anyone know."

"Yes."

Chapter 870 Giving and Accepting Bribes

It is not difficult to meet Xiao Zheng, Li Xin can even go directly to the Inspector in the palace to find Xiao Zheng, the difficulty lies in how to meet Xiao Zheng secretly.

Li Xin is the imperial tutor and general of the imperial army. It can be said that he is the ultimate foreign minister, with a high position and authority.

And Xiao Zheng was the great eunuch from the Taikang Dynasty, and he has been in charge of the inner court for nearly ten years.

But where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

The last time when Li Xin went to the eunuch to inquire about Zhang Daozheng of Longhushan giving medicine to Emperor Taikang, the chief eunuch of the inner court had mentioned to Li Xin that he wanted Li Xin to help him.

At that time, Li Xin didn't agree immediately, because there were still things to consider, but now, Li Xin needs Xiao Zheng's help, so this matter can be discussed.

Therefore, as long as Li Xin could quietly inform Xiao Zheng, there would be no problem with the private meeting between the two.

Not long after Chen Shiliu went down, a young eunuch in the palace received a note from outside the palace.

The note asked him to pass a message to Xiao Zheng.

Originally, he was just a young eunuch at the lowest level in the inner guard, and he would never dare to do such a thing on weekdays, but thinking of the gambling debts accumulated in the past one or two years, the little eunuch gritted his teeth and found the eunuch who was going to the Grand Duke today. The eunuch who cleaned the public house got this job at the price of five pennies.

This is not surprising in the palace. After all, this is an errand where it is possible to get in touch with the grandpa. If the grandpa appreciates it and worships the grandpa as a godfather, he will be able to reach the sky in one step like Xiao Huai, the internal servant and young supervisor. .

So, that night, when the eunuch Xiao was returning to his room after serving the emperor in Weiyang Palace, he saw a note on the bed in his room.

Xiao Zheng took a deep breath, and hid the note in his sleeve.

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The next day, in a private house in Liushufang, Li Xin, who was drinking tea, was greeted by Grand Duke Xiao Zheng in plain clothes.

This is one of Xiao Zheng's properties. He has worked in the palace for many years, so he will naturally buy some family business outside the palace, but he dare not buy property in Yonglefang, only in Mingdefang and Liushufang near Yonglefang , each with a number of properties.

After seeing Li Xin, Xiao Zheng hastily saluted respectfully.

"I have seen Hou Ye."

Li Xin got up, pointed to the opposite side of the table, and said with a smile: "Please sit down, Grand Duke."

Xiao Zheng nodded, and carefully sat opposite Li Xin.

"Didn't you cause trouble to the Grand Duke?"

Xiao Zheng shook his head and said: "In the past, every month, I would go out of the palace for a day or two, and the people in the palace are used to it, so there won't be any trouble."

As he spoke, he glanced at Li Xin cautiously.

"I don't know that Master Hou called me over..."

Lord Jing'an took out a few bank drafts from his sleeve, put them on the table, and said with a smile: "Of course there are some things, I need to ask Grandpa for help."

Xiao Zheng's face changed slightly, and he waved his hands again and again.

"If you have anything to do, you can just order it directly. If you can do it for him, it is naturally incumbent on you, but you must never accept anything from him."

Li Xin pushed the money order in front of Xiao Zheng, and said with a smile: "It's not much, it's just tea money, and the grandpa will receive it, so both of us can rest assured."

Xiao Zheng lowered his head slightly.

"Master Hou, let's talk about things first."

Li Xin looked calm, and said lightly: "I want to know something about Plum Blossom Guard."

The Plum Blossom Guard was in charge of the Internal Guard, Xiao Zheng was the eunuch of the Internal Guard, and he had actually been in charge of the Internal Guard for more than ten years, so he had actually been in charge of the Plum Blossom Guard for almost ten years.

As long as he is willing to say it, Plum Blossom Guard will no longer be a secret.

Xiao Zheng's face changed, and then he bowed his head and said: "Master Hou was joking, the inner court has never heard of any Plum Blossom Guard..."

Li Xin looked at Xiao Zheng indifferently: "I haven't talked about the inner court yet, why didn't the Grand Duke call himself?"

Xiao Zheng looked troubled.

Li Xin said with a smile: "Grandpa, I have often been in and out of the palace these years. The late emperor also mentioned to me about the Plum Blossom Guard. Don't be so embarrassing. The Plum Blossom Guard belongs to the internal guard. I already knew it. Otherwise, I would not have found the Grand Duke."

Xiao Zheng took a deep breath, and carefully glanced at Li Xin.

"Master Hou...what do you want to know?"

"How many people are there in Plum Blossom Guard?"

Xiao Zheng frowned, and said in a deep voice, "Not as good as Habayashi Wei."

Li Xin nodded, and continued to ask: "At the end of the eighth year of Taikang, after I returned to Beijing from the southwest, did the Plum Blossom Guard go to the southwest?"

Xiao Zhengzheng showed embarrassment, he looked up at Li Xin, and said with a wry smile: "Master Hou, it's not because I concealed Lord Hou, the Plum Blossom Guard has always been directly under the emperor, and the inner court has always been secret, if outsiders leak the whereabouts of the Plum Blossom Guard, they will be discovered It's about to crack..."

Lord Jing'an looked calm.

"The Grand Duke has known me for a long time. I'm a person who never drags others down. The Grand Duke just said that, I can get out of your mouth and into my ears."

Xiao Zheng looked hesitant.

He picked up the tea on the table, took a sip tremblingly, and said, "Master Hou, after those two years..."

This time, Li Xin answered without hesitation.

He said in a deep voice: "Two years later, the new emperor will be in charge. At that time, I dare not say that Eunuch Xiao will still be the chief eunuch of the inner court, but I can assure Eunuch Xiao that Eunuch Xiao will not fall into the position of guarding the imperial mausoleum, at least for the rest of his life." That rich."

"If there is a chance, Eunuch Xiao will still be the chief eunuch of the inner court."

At this time, if you directly promise Xiao Zheng that he will still be in charge of the inner court after two years, it will seem a bit fake. After all, Li Xin can't decide who the chief eunuch is. .