Pick all the cold branches

Lu Shiquan raised his head tremblingly, facing Jing Wang Jiafei who was striding out of the palace on the steps, a sneering smile quietly spread from the corner of his old mouth.

"The stupidity of the servants surprised Wang Jia." He slowly bowed to His Royal Highness Prince Jing.

Jia Fei looked down at the old eunuch condescendingly, neither approaching nor retreating, not even any emotional flow.

It is no longer a secret that the eunuchs have become increasingly monopolized since the beginning of the Holy Dynasty.

Chen Shiqin was a person who followed his father when he was still in the palace. From the slave of the palace to the seal of the supervisor of ceremonies and the admiral of the East Factory, it can be regarded as a smooth career.

The courtiers often criticized Chen Shiqin in cryptic words, accusing Chen Shiqin of deceiving his superiors and his subordinates, and deceiving the saints.But Jiafei never believed it.

What a thunderous and arbitrary person father is, he has never been deceived and knows everything.But the father chose to pretend not to notice.

When he was young, Jiafei also wondered why his father relied so heavily on an eunuch like Chen Shiqin?Even a person from the palace, no matter how close he is, is just an eunuch after all.

Later, as he got older, he gradually realized that his father may not really want to rely on Chen Shiqin, but he must rely on Chen Shiqin.

And the head of the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau in front of him, Lu Shiquan, was nominally placed by his father in Zhejiang, but in fact he was placed by Chen Shiqin in Zhejiang.

In terms of age, Lu Shiquan is already in his sixties, and his beard and hair are already frosty. If a eunuch of this age and seniority has not found a good job in the Holy Dynasty, he may have died long ago. It is extremely rare that Lu Shiquan is still outside the important town and still takes important responsibilities.

Chen Shiqin deliberately placed Lu Shiquan in Zhejiang because of trust.

And the father ordered Zhang Siyuan to secretly investigate Lu Shiquan, no doubt he was actually investigating Chen Shiqin.

But secret investigations are secret investigations after all.

Has the father made up his mind, especially is he ready to show his sword to the eunuchs?

If King Jing Jiafei were to say it, he thought that his father hadn't yet.

It's not like Cao Guolao, including Shiro. They said that the father is still afraid of Chen Shiqin's deep-rooted power in the court and opposition for many years.It was the emperor himself who still had no choice but to rely on these eunuchs uncontrollably.

Otherwise, how could the father order Zhang Siyuan to secretly investigate the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau and at the same time send villains like Chen Si'an and Yang Siding to monitor the situation and monitor him, the father's own son.

That Chen Si'an was even Chen Shiqin's publicly acknowledged adoptive son.

Jiafei faintly had a very uncomfortable premonition that even if Zhang Siyuan found all kinds of criminal evidence of Jiangnan Weaving Bureau's embezzlement of the treasury, it might not be of any significance.

At this moment, the father probably doesn't want to personally attack Chen Shiqin, but is just probing. He is happy to see these eunuchs act nervously because of his "unpredictable holy will", and wants to see how they act, how they form alliances and fight against each other .

This time Lu Shiquan killed Chen Si'an, Chen Shiqin's adoptive son, with a knife in his hand, perhaps it was the development that the emperor liked to hear.It may mean that Chen Lu Erjian, the big ship that has been running steadily on the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal for decades, is finally about to experience some changes.

But there is another possibility. Jiafei thinks that it is not that Lu Shiquan no longer takes Chen Shiqin seriously after leaving Zhejiang for a long time, but that the tacit understanding, or "friendship" between the two eunuchs has reached the point where we can stop doing it. Thinking about killing his son first...

If it is the former, everything is still to be done, but if it is the latter, the stick that the emperor hit Lu Shiquan hit Chen Shiqin on the head.

If you fight a tiger, there must be a counterattack.

At this time, as a prince and prince, what should he do?

Why did the emperor want to make such an arrangement in his entourage when he asked him to go south?

Why do you want to use his hand to do this thing of throwing stones into the tiger mountain?

What did the father expect him to do?

Jiafei's eyes became thicker.

He was suddenly a little rejoiced, fortunately at this moment, Xiaoxian was not around, so he didn't have to witness such hideous disguises and fights.

As long as he can break the formation in one fell swoop, he will rush to Suzhou City as soon as possible, ahead of Lu Shiquan's men.

Jiafei secretly took a deep breath, stared at Lu Shiquan, and said, "Mr. Lu went up the mountain at night, why?"

Lu Shiquan didn't raise his head, "Xiao's embroiderer from Suzhou Weaving and Embroidery Workshop stole public funds first to deceive the nobles, then fled in fear of crime, and accidentally fell off the cliff, which is already a crime from heaven."

Jia Fei said coldly, "How can a mere embroiderer come here in person?"

Lu Shiquan laughed dryly, "Your Majesty beat up your slaves, after all, he is the one His Royal Highness is looking for—"

But when the old eunuch mentioned Jiayu, Jiafei interrupted him: "Mr. Lu's words are wrong. A embroiderer who wants to cling to her deliberately throws her embroidery in front of Shiro. Shiro is a young man, but he thinks it's funny." I just looked at her a few more times, what relationship can she have with Shiro?" He paused for a moment, the smile on his lips became colder, "Xiao Wang deliberately took him away from the weaving and embroidery workshop, if I insist, Lu Gong is not as good as Say Xiao Hengwu is from my Prince Jing's residence."

The more he deliberately mocked, the more Lu Shiquan buried his head deeply, saying: "This old slave dare not."

Jia Fei smiled when he heard it, "There is nothing that Lu Gong is afraid of. In the first two days, he killed Qianhu who was next to the emperor and Du Lord Chen's adopted son, and today he chased the servants of my house to the bottom of the cliff. Surrounding an ancient temple where my two brothers rest and recuperate is comparable to Yingshuo City, a land in the south of the Yangtze River, what else Lu Gong dare not do."

"If the lord says this, the old slave will have nothing to say." Lu Shiquan simply knelt down and prostrated himself, and when he knelt down forcefully, his forehead hit the steps with a "bang" sound.

Jiafei frowned, but didn't ask him to get up, just walked down the steps step by step, and stood in front of his head.

"When I was outside the customs, I once had a confrontation with the little prince of the Tartars."

With a calm voice, he spoke slowly, as if talking about an unrelated story.

"At that time, the Tatars sent a letter of war. I led ten riders and fought with the little Tatar prince at Wolf Slaughter Fort. The Tatar cavalry was watching from the side, and there were no less than 5000 people in sight. That day After three days of fighting, the Tatars finally withdrew and agreed to negotiate a truce with us."

Lu Shiquan lay down on the steps, his shoulders trembled slightly, and he replied: "Your Majesty's martial arts are outstanding, brave and extraordinary, Jing Sui's country gate and the peace of the world are worthy of the name of King Jing!"

"Did Lu Gong think Xiao Wang was asking for praise?"

Jiafei sneered upon hearing this.

He suddenly bent down and leaned close to Lu Shiquan's ear, and when the corners of his lips were raised, there seemed to be a cold light streaming from the corners of his eyes, "I'm telling you, if you really want to keep me in this ancient temple, you only take these hundred people with you." Come on, I'm afraid it's not enough, right?"

Lu Shiquan listened quietly, buried his head and remained motionless. After a long time, he let out a hoarse "hissing" laugh, like a poisonous snake spit out a letter.

"But as far as this servant knows, the prince was not alone when he was outside the pass. And the person who accompanied Wang Jia at that time is not by the prince's side right now?"