After Ma Jixiang finished his explanation, he continued to lie on the ground honestly, letting the blood on his back drip down his clothes, and he didn't dare to make any move.

Zhu Cihong put his hands behind his back, held the whip, and glanced at him: "Is there anything else?" ”

"Nope."

Ma Jixiang cut the railroad to the fore, and there was no trace of hesitation in his voice.

He continued: "Thunder and rain and dew, it is not the grace of heaven, please ask the emperor to judge!" ”

"Okay, just dare to say and admit it!"

Zhu Cihong waved his hand and said, "You go back to the garrison and wait, and I will deal with you when I summon those corrupt officials and ask you clearly!" ”

Ma Jixiang immediately thanked Dade for his gratitude, and stumbled out of the governor's yamen with the support of two eunuchs who were trembling with fright.

As soon as he left, Zhang Tongchang, the governor of Shaanxi, immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the talent of the minister, thanks to Your Majesty's refusal to give up, entrusted with the important task of sealing the territory, but the minister is in Shaanxi, and he can't go up to the body and worry, and he can't go down to the people of Suzhou. ”

Zhu Cihong glanced at him and said, "This matter is not over, you are also waiting here!" ”

After speaking, he took Xu Sheng and his party to leave the governor's yamen and go to the Yongwang Mansion.

Yongwangfu, that is, the previous Qin Wangfu, after the Qin Wangyi was killed by Li Zicheng, he did not renew the prince, Zhu Cihong asked the fourth brother Zhu Cizhi to guard Xijing and settle in the palace.

According to the usual practice, the Ming Emperor had to live in the clan mansion when he was out on patrol, so Zhu Cihong also lived in the Yongwang Mansion without concealment.

His sudden appearance made Yongwang Zhu Cizhi very nervous, and he went out of the mansion in a trembling and frightened manner.

Zhu Cihong ignored the fourth child and sent him aside.

The palace carrying hall, the study room of the side hall is extremely luxurious, the walls are hung with the calligraphy and paintings of literati and inkmen, and the embroidered curtains are hung in front of the window.

In front of the screen against the wall is a large Nanmu Taishi chair, on the left side of the chair is a shelf with a sword, and on the right side is a desk with the four treasures of the study.

Zhu Cihong sat on the Taishi chair without saying a word, recalling what happened today.

Gonggong Shen hurriedly made a cup of tea and brought it over, and said softly: "Emperor, you can drink a cup of tea to dissipate your anger." ”

Zhu Cihong took a sip of hot tea and stared at the half-open window.

He is not a foolish person, let alone an angry bun, and the reason why he was so touched and whipped the governor was because he felt that Zhang Tongchang was despising his power and despising his authority.

To put it bigger, the civilian clique still wants to sit big!

Since ancient times, there has been a struggle between imperial power and relative power, a game between the emperor and the civil official group, and now Lao Zhang dares to beat the eunuchs, so what's the point?

Zhu Cihong knew that Zhang Tongchang was the protégé of Qu Shiyun, the governor of Guangxi, although they were all national heroes of the anti-Qing Dynasty in history, they were all old Donglin Party, and they could be said to have broken their heads in the party struggle of the Yongli Dynasty in the Southern Ming Dynasty (the eunuch Ma Jixiang was Wei Zhongxian of the Yongli Dynasty, and he was also named Hou and entered the cabinet).

These two forces, one will let the Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang go here, and the other will pull Zhu Youlang to run there, as if with a puppet emperor.

Zhu Cihong is not Zhu Youlang, let them mess around in the northwest, whipping Zhang Tongchang is just a warning, and whipping Ma Jixiang, Zhu Cihong is really murderous!

He suddenly opened his mouth and asked Xu Sheng beside him: "Who is the Qianlong Guard in charge of Northwest Intelligence?" ”

Xu Sheng thought for a moment and said, "Back to Your Majesty, the official in charge of the Qianlong Guard in the northwest is Wang Zhen. ”

"Wang Zhen? Is it the one who broke into the army back then? Zhu Cihong seemed to have some impressions of this person.

Xu Sheng replied respectfully: "Yes, in the decisive battle of the Northern Expedition, Wang Zhen personally killed the puppet Shun military division Song Xiance, the puppet lord Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, Hao Shaoqi and other thieves, and almost captured Li Zicheng alive......"

"Chuan Wang Zhen came to see me!"

Now the person in charge of the East Factory in charge of Shaanxi intelligence is Ma Jixiang, this dog slave colluded with the local officials to embezzle public funds, and the East Factory did not report it, obviously complicit in the prison and stealing!

The so-called magic is one foot high and one foot high, Zhu Cihong set up Qianlong Wei back then, which was to prevent the internal corruption of Dongchang and Jinyiwei from colluding with each other and deceiving the superiors and subordinates!

Although the personnel of the Qianlong Guard are not as large as those of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, they are all orphans, and they have sworn allegiance to the royal family since childhood, and they are more trustworthy than eunuchs.

Moreover, all the personnel of the Qianlong Guard, except for a few responsible persons, have no official positions and identities, keep secrets extremely tight, engage in all walks of life, do not know each other, and only rely on secret letters to transmit news.

A house slave who does not hide from his master is the greatest loyalty, if he can't even do this, he is doomed to a dead end!

Xijing garrison mansion, guarding the eunuch Ma Jixiang's mansion.

"Godfather......

The three little eunuchs stepped through the door and whispered inside.

In the bedroom, Ma Jixiang was lying on the couch, revealing his bloody back, and the bright red color made people stunned.

The two eunuchs carefully applied gold sore medicine to him.

Seeing the three godsons come in, Ma Jixiang's face showed rare kindness, and he pointed to a table of wine in the room and said, "Come and sit down." ”

The three eunuchs were stunned, and the fat eunuch led by him was the old brother who rode into the street during the day, and he squeezed out a smile and said: "Godfather talks about kindness, and my son doesn't dare to disobey the rules, just stand ......"

They also know that they made a big mistake and almost let their godfather plant it, and now that the godfather didn't hold a grudge and killed them, it is already considered to be burning high incense, where do they dare to kick their noses in the face?

Ma Jixiang's face sank, and he said, "Let you sit down, and I have to get up and invite you?" ”

"Yes...... It's ......"

The three eunuchs were so frightened that they knelt on the spot and kowtowed, crawled to the side of the banquet, and stood up with their chairs, and the fat eunuch's body was still a little trembling.

Feeling the sharp pain coming from his back, Ma Jixiang groaned a few times, closed his eyes and said, "You should all know about the emperor's visit to the governor's yamen." ”

"Know, know......." The three eunuchs replied.

A sentence suddenly burst out of Ma Jixiang's mouth: "Our family was beaten by the emperor today and was almost killed!" ”

The fat eunuch's hand holding on to the chair immediately froze there, and the other two eunuchs with different movements also froze there.

The three pairs of eyes touched, and knelt down side by side: "Godfather, it's all my son's fault, it's my son who caused you trouble!" ”

Ma Jixiang's eyes swept over the three of them one by one, and said: "Even if you have a little conscience, the emperor said, this matter is not over, our family knows our lord's temper very well, he said that it is not over." ”

After speaking, Ma Jixiang locked his eyes on the fat eunuch and showed a smile: "Fat Tiger, how do you think this matter is over?" ”

The master's business, where did the fat tiger dare to guess, and he hurriedly said: "My son doesn't know ......"

Ma Jixiang sighed and said: "The emperor is angry, and our family is also afraid, so our family told the truth to the emperor, and the things that colluded with officials to be greedy for money to build roads have been stabbed out." ”

The three eunuchs were moved: "Godfather, why do you want to carry these things, just let your sons carry them!" ”

Ma Jixiang nodded and said, "Don't worry, the godfather thinks so too, so the godfather told the emperor that you did all these things, of course, the godfather also has the crime of covering up, admit it!" ”

The three of them were stunned all of a sudden, they were too scared to reply, and they finally understood that the godfather was going to use them as scapegoats!

Even so, the three eunuchs didn't dare to disobey, and they had to keep kowtowing on the ground, shouting: "Godfather treats his sons with the grace of heaven and earth, and his son can't repay him when he dies......"

"Good!"

Ma Jixiang pointed to a table of wine in the room and said, "This is for you, after eating, go to Yongwang's Mansion early tomorrow morning and ask the emperor for guilt." ”

"If the emperor executes you, the godfather will take care of your family, if the emperor is soft-hearted and lets you go, it will be even better."

The three eunuchs also understand this truth, as long as they are lucky enough to survive and their godfather does not fall, they will have a chance to get up again.....

On the contrary, there is no benefit.

The eunuchs are not like the civil officials, who want to sell their teammates, and they are also sold openly, so that the godsons are willing to die for them.

If you persecute them, don't let these little cubs hold a grudge and say anything nonsense in front of the emperor.