Liu Jixiang listened to that, smiled slightly, and said to Wang Yongshou on the side: "The one who came up from Tianjin is young and vigorous, wait for him to go in, listen more and talk less, don't leave words to others." ”

Wang Yongshou nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, Dugong." ”

Not far away, someone came to greet the clerk, but it was Liu Shimin, the eunuch in the clerk's room.

Liu Jixiang had seen this person at the funeral of his predecessor Chen Ju, and knew that this person had a good family background, his father was the deputy chief soldier of Liaoyang Town, and he was famous when he was young, and he wrote a good hand, but for some reason he didn't do it as a good hereditary official, and entered the palace from the palace. I heard that the predecessor of Palm Seal Chen Gonggong sponsored several people to the emperor before his death, and Liu Shimin was one of them.

The emperor remembered the merits of Gonggong Chen when he was alive, and specially asked this Liu Shimin to be the eunuch of the clerical room, in charge of the internal direct library documents, and he can be regarded as the person in charge of the secret of the inner court. If nothing else, after a few years of training, a eunuch in the hall will not be able to escape, and after a few more years, he will save some qualifications, and the eunuch will be a sure thing. However, I heard that this Liu Xiaoxianggong had a strange dream and executed himself in the palace, which is also a strange thing.

Liu Jixiang loves talents, and Liu Shimin is a rare talent in the palace, so he admires him and nods at him with a smile.

"Gonggong Liu, the palm print and a few pencil fairies are waiting for you to grow old." Liu Shimin bowed to Liu Jixiang very respectfully.

Liu Jixiang asked casually: "Who are they?" ”

Liu Shimin replied: "Everyone is here except for Grandpa Xiao." ”

Liu Jixiang let out an "oh", his face did not move, but he was surprised in his heart.

In addition to one palm seal, there are also seven eunuchs who hold a pen, and they are divided into governors. Usually, all the bingbi are on duty, and it is rare to gather. Today, there are six of them at once, and only one Xiao Yu from the Admiral Wine and Vinegar Noodle Bureau, the Needlework Bureau, and the Silver Bureau has not arrived, which shows the importance that the palace attaches to this matter.

"Is Liu Dugong in the past now?" Liu Shimin asked in a low voice.

"It's all here, why don't you go in?"

Liu Jixiang waved his hand slightly, Liu Shimin was busy leading the way in front, and Wang Yongshou also followed cautiously behind, not daring to make a little noise.

Several fathers-in-law in the house were still talking, and there were faint people arguing.

Liu Shimin arrived outside the door, stopped, and glanced at Liu Jixiang with a slight apology, Liu Jixiang nodded slightly, and the former bowed in and said in a soft voice: "Ancestor, the Imperial Horse Supervisor Liu Dugong has arrived." ”

A very vicissitudes of voice immediately came from the house: "Lao Liu, have you arrived and still haven't come in?" ”

The owner of this vicissitudes of life is Sun Xian, the current eunuch in charge of the seal. Sun Xian is an old man who entered the palace in the 20th year of Jiajing, he likes to be quiet and does not like to move, but everyone in the palace knows that this grandfather Sun is actually very scheming.

"Old Ancestor" is the honorific title of the Si Li palm seal in the palace, and this title also represents the pivotal position of the eunuch in the inner court.

"If the ancestor doesn't speak, how dare I come in casually." Liu Jixiang laughed outside, "Looking at a few people outside, my heart is terrible." As he spoke, he had already entered the duty room, and all the people sitting in his sight were red-robed Dajue.

Sitting next to Sun Xian was Bingbi Jin Zhong, he and Liu Jixiang had worked together in the past, and the relationship was also close, so he smiled and said: "Our celebrant is not your imperial horse supervisor in charge of the army, but there is no White Tiger Festival Hall, what are you afraid of in your old Liu's heart?" Could it be that he knows that this disaster is too big, and he is afraid that he will not be able to wipe his ass cleanly? ”

"My butt is very clean, you Jin Gonggong can't wipe it for me casually, otherwise you will get your hands dirty."

Liu Jixiang glanced at the group of Da Jue with a smile, Jin Zhong and Liang Dong were both under the name of Zhang Whale, who was the former celebrant palm seal and commander of the East Factory and the internal official supervisor.

After Zhang Whale overthrew Feng Bao, his power was as good as Feng Bao's, and later he touched the emperor's bottom line and called it. The forces under his name called Jin Zhong and Liang Dong to take them over, and these two people are also the "noble concubine faction" in the palace. In the past, when Chen Ju was there, he fought with Chen Juming for many years.

Sitting opposite Jin Zhong was Zhang Cheng, and next to Zhang Cheng was the new Bingbi Matang.

Ma Tang is very thin, but he looks capable, and he is the youngest of all the red-robed people here, only he is in his early forties this year. After this person returned to Beijing, he wanted to compete for the errand of the governor of Dongchang, but he was always obstructed by Sun Xian and the rest of the handwriting, so he had a very poor relationship with the others.

Strictly speaking, Ma Tang is neither the prince faction nor the concubine faction, if you have to say which side it belongs to, it should belong to the emperor's part. This person is very smart, he never participates in the struggle for the country, and he has only been bent on making money for the emperor for more than ten years. Over the years, he has been in charge of Tianjin and Linqing Customs, and has not been less able to transport silver to the palace. In order to return to Beijing and be promoted to Bingbi, more than three months ago, he gave the emperor a filial tribute of 200,000 taels, and only ate two more bowls of the emperor's happy rice, and then sent a message to the celebrant and returned to Beijing with the horse hall.

The other two Bingbi are Qian Zhong of the three eunuchs of Admiral Yin Sui, Shang Bao and Zhidian, and Wang Shun of the Admiral and the Fourth Division.

Qian Zhong is a good-natured person, and he is the son of Chen Hong, the great master of Jiajing. Wang Shun was originally the steward of the Empress Dowager Li's palace, and he was very pleased with the Empress Dowager because of his ability to do things, so he specially asked the emperor to mention Bingbi.

After Ren Bingbi, Wang Shun also asked Cining Palace about everything, and the Queen Mother said that he would do it, and the Queen Mother said that he would not do it, so the people in the palace said behind his back that he was the mouthpiece of the Queen Mother, and he was nicknamed "Mr. Can't Do It".

Qian Zhong and Wang Shun are also "princely factions", and they are close to the East Palace with the palm print Sun Xian. During the dispute between the country and the capital, these two did not speak for the master at the Queen Mother.

Therefore, these people in the room are obviously three dials from the perspective of seats alone.

A group of princes, a group of concubines, plus a neutral filial piety faction.

Xiao Yu, who didn't come, is a peacemaker, his pen is picked up, and he is a person who has no quarrel with the world.

In addition to the few people who were sitting, there were three people standing in the room.

One is Cao Jukui, the palm print of the internal official supervisor, Liu Jixiang is not surprised that he appeared in the celebrant duty room, because Wei Liangchen is the person of the internal official supervisor.

Something happened to his subordinates, can Cao Zhikui, the top boss, not be present?

It's just that I heard that Cao Jukui and Ma Tang are very close, Wei Liangchen set up an internal official supervision office in Beijing, and was bullied by Dongchang, and there seems to be the shadow of Cao Jukui and Ma Tang behind him.

Liu Jixiang doesn't know much about why.

The other two people are Qi Xun, the eunuch of the jade belt with the hall, this is the private person who was brought in after Sun Xian was appointed as the palm seal, and is in charge of the clerical room and the factory, which is the new head of Master Sun.

The rest of him was not a eunuch, he was wearing the clothes of Jinyiwei, Liu Jixiang didn't know him, and he didn't know what this person was doing in Beizhen.

"Lao Liu, don't look at it, sit down." Sun Xian happily raised his hand and motioned for Qi Xun to move a chair for Liu Jixiang to sit down and talk.

"It's rare for you Liu Dugong to run to our ceremonial supervisor, why don't you move a chair to sit on, and next time we go to your imperial horse supervisor, I guess you haven't even entered the door." Jin Zhong quipped.

"That's what I'm talking about, I'm the Imperial Horse Supervisor, isn't it? Your celebrant is on a mission, and my horse is on a mission, and when a mission comes, we all have to go out to greet each other. ”

Liu Jixiang knew that Jin Zhong was joking with him, and sat down with a smile, but as soon as his butt fell, he heard Ma Tang sneer in his ear, and said: "Since the priest is on a mission, why do you do something on this errand of the imperial horse supervisor, I don't know what this errand does." Your Imperial Horse Supervisor is now majestic, and you have gone to Jiangnan to kill people and set fire! ”