From eunuch to emperor

"The Holy Majesty ordered two things during this trip. The first is that Zhenhai County is occupied by pirates, and I must take it back. This is one of them."

"Secondly, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice and the Minister of the Ministry of Justice received bribes from Zhenhai County and concealed the enemy's situation. The Holy Majesty asked me to find out the truth and report it."

"I think Qianjiang County is very peaceful, but the pirates are rampant in Zhenhai. To put down the pirates in Zhenhai, you must recruit soldiers. If you want to recruit soldiers, you must have money."

Long Chen looked at Chen Zu with a grin, and stretched out his hand to make a gesture asking for money.

Chen Zu knew what Long Chen meant, it was asking for bribes.

"My lord, to be honest, the lower official is usually an upright official, and I don't have any money at hand..."

Chen Zu is just a young man, a puppet who works for the third grandfather, he has no money at all.

Long Chen chuckled and said: "You have no money, so do those wealthy gentry in the city? I heard that the Xu family, Yuan family and Wang family are called the third grandfather, and they have no money?"

Chen Zu was taken aback, he thought Long Chen didn't know anything, but he didn't expect Long Chen to know the existence of the third grandfather.

Chen Zu said in embarrassment: "My lord, the third grandfather is a local snake, and the little one asks them for money. Isn't that..."

Again, Chen Zu is just a young man, if he asks his master for money, he will be beaten to death.

Long Chen waved his hand and said: "I didn't ask you to ask for money from them. You will hold a banquet at the mansion tomorrow. I will move it with emotion and reason. It is only natural for the people to raise donations for the court."

Chen Zu didn't dare to agree, so he had to say: "My lord, this matter should be discussed with all my colleagues."

Long Chen knew that Chen Zu wanted to report to Xu Zhi and the others, so he didn't urge him.

"No problem, I'm going back first, waiting for your good news."

Long Chen ordered Captain Xiaoqi to carry the box and go out, his face was full of complacency.

Chen Zu wanted to send Long Chen out of the city, Long Chen politely refused, and asked Chen Zu to contact the third grandfather early to discuss the matter of raising funds and recruiting soldiers, but Chen Zu insisted on sending him a certain distance.

After leaving the gate of the Governor's Mansion, walking on the street, the pedestrians were bustling, and Long Chen was full of smiles.

"Dog officer!"

With a soft shout, a white shadow suddenly flew out of the upstairs on the street, with a cold light, it went straight to Long Chen.

Zhang Qian and Wu Jian shot at the same time, with daggers and waist knives standing in front of them.

Dangdang...

There were two sounds of gold and iron, and Bai Ying landed on a table by the side of the road.

Chen Zu was taken aback and shouted: "Come here, there are assassins!"

The yamen servant of the governor's mansion heard the shout and ran over in a hurry.

When Long Chen looked intently, he found that this person was Bai Tingting.

Zhang Qian stopped in front of Long Chen, Wu Jian called Captain Xiaoqi to surround Bai Tingting, and the passers-by all retreated.

Looking at the sword in Bai Tingting's hand, Long Chen sneered and said, "So, you are here to avenge your old lady?"

Bai Tingting sneered and said: "Dead eunuch, I thought you were a good person, but I didn't expect you to be a dog official."

"This hero killed you today to eliminate harm for the people!"

After finishing speaking, Bai Tingting raised her sword and came to kill Long Chen. Zhang Qian was furious and brandished a dagger to fight with Bai Tingting.

When this Bai Tingting was in the capital, relying on the prestige of Bai Qiu's military training department, she did not dare to fight back when she hit others, her martial arts skills are actually very average.

Zhang Qian took down Bai Tingting in a few strokes.

The sword in her hand was disarmed, Zhang Qian cut Bai Tingting's hand backwards and pushed it in front of Long Chen.

"My lord, take it!"

Long Chen sneered and said: "With your ability, you still want to avenge Bai Qiulian?"

Bai Tingting spat: "It has nothing to do with Bai Qiulian, you set up troops to plunder the people, you are a dog official, you should die!"

Long Chen was stunned for a moment, and then slapped Bai Tingting's face, causing the corner of her mouth to bleed.

"Fart! It was pirates who robbed the people last night. As an imperial envoy, how could I rob the people!"

Bai Tingting spat out a mouthful of blood, and laughed loudly: "Dog officer, if you dare to do it, you dare not admit it. You have the guts to kill me and let me go back to the capital. I want to play the empress so that she can see clearly. Her favored eunuch is what!"

Snapped!

Long Chen slapped her again, and cursed: "Gag her up and bring her back to the barracks, I will play slowly!"

At this time, the servants from the governor's mansion rushed over, and the governor Chen Zu pleaded guilty: "My lord, the lower officials are not well protected, and the assassin almost hurt my lord..."

But Long Chen waved his hand and said: "This matter has nothing to do with you, I have some enemies in the court, they seek revenge on me, it has nothing to do with you, you go prepare for tomorrow's donation."

Then Chen Zu returned to the governor's mansion with his soldiers and horses.

Long Chen tied Bai Tingting and brought him back to the barracks.

When he arrived at the camp, Long Chen threw Bai Tingting into a military tent, gagged his mouth, and took some fish oil from Wu Xiangyun and smeared it on Bai Tingting's face.

"My lord, what should I do with this Bai Tingting?"

Zhang Qian asked.

She didn't know what Long Chen meant.

Long Chen said: "Leave it alone, she helped me by mistake."

Zhang Qian didn't understand, and asked, "Didn't she make trouble? Why did you help the adults?"

Long Chen chuckled and said, "You will know in two days."

in the city.

Chen Zu watched Long Chen leave the city, and immediately led people to Xu's house.

Entering Xu's house, he saw a smiling middle-aged man, Chen Zu asked, "Housekeeper, where is grandpa?"

The man smiled and asked, "The imperial envoy has been dismissed?"

Chen Zu said: "Oh, it's hard to deal with. I gave 1 taels today, but he is still not satisfied. He wants to have a good time with the third grandfather."

The man's face was still smiling, but his tone became cold: "Hey, it's been so many years, this is the first time someone dares to fight the third grandfather."

Chen Zu said unhappily: "Isn't it? I ate bear heart leopard gall, no, I ate sea urchin!"

The two walked in, and when they reached the backyard, they saw Xu Zhi and Monk Fayin talking.

"The little one has seen grandpa."

When Chen Zu saw Xu Zhi, he kowtowed respectfully.

Xu Zhi asked: "How about Long Chengen?"

Chen Zu got up and replied: "The young one gave 1 taels of silver according to Master Fayin's instructions. He accepted it happily, but he said two more things."

Chen Zu said what Long Chen meant, Xu Zhi and Fa Yin listened slowly, thinking about what Long Chen meant.

Fa Yin said: "Patriarch, in my opinion, this Long Chengen just wants to make a fortune here."

"Another point is that he seems to have discovered something wrong with Qianjiang County, but he is willing to hide it from us, as long as the money is in place."

Xu Zhi nodded and said: "I think so too, but I don't know how big this Long Chengen's appetite is. If he opens his mouth like a lion, how much should we give?"

Fayin said: "Tomorrow, let's find out what he said. If it is acceptable, it is a good thing."

"Long Cheng'en is the face of the fourth princess. It is said that the empress has an affair with him. If he can cover it up for us in the capital, then Qianjiang County will always be ours."

In the past, he worked hard to deceive the governor and imperial envoys by acting, but if he can win Long Chen over, things will be easier in the future.

Chen Zu said: "Just now when Long Chengen was leaving the city, he met a female assassin, who is said to be Bai Qiulian's daughter."

Fa Yin was slightly surprised: "Bai Qiulian's daughter? She seeks revenge from Long Chengen?"

The news of Long Chen's downfall of Bai Qiulian spread to Qianjiang County, and these people also knew the grievances involved.

Chen Zu nodded and said: "The female assassin threatened to report on Long Chengen and was taken away."

Xu Zhi asked, "Report what?"

Chen Zu replied, "Report him about the looting."