readx; Zhu Youzhen found an excuse to keep the British Duke Zhang Weixian, but he was not in a hurry to get down to business, but said with a smile: "It's time to feed my pigeons, the British Duke will accompany me back to the Wenhua Palace, and let's talk while feeding the pigeons." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

A hint of displeasure flashed on Zhang Weixian's face, but he still respectfully followed. On this way, Zhu Youzhen did not take a sedan chair, but walked with Zhang Weixian, pretending to ask inadvertently: "Zhang Qing's ancestor is Zhang Fu, the general of the Yongle Dynasty?" ”

Zhang Weixian hurriedly replied: "Exactly, that is the seventh ancestor of the minister." ”

"With his father, he conquered Annan four times, and finally died in the king's affairs, Zhang Fu is a great loyal minister!" Zhu Youzhen deliberately put the word "loyalty" very seriously.

Zhang Weixian figured out the meaning of Zhu Youzhen's words, and quickly knelt down and said loudly: "The Zhang family has been blessed by the Holy Grace, although the ministers are not honest, they dare not be loyal and try their best to serve the Holy Lord!" ”

"Zhang Qing, please get up, I just said casually, why are you like this." Zhu Youzhen picked up Zhang Weixian with a smile and said, "Now that the country is peaceful, although there are prisoners and thieves who cause chaos, it is just a disease of ringworm and scabies, and it is enough to maintain it with factory ministers." Zhang Qing is a hereditary duke, and he can enjoy peace. Are you old this year? ”

"Back to the saint, the minister is fifty-nine years old."

"Tut-tut, fifty-nine years old, not yet the age of the sixtieth year, why do you have to have white hair?" Zhu Youzhen pretended to be shocked and said, "It can be seen that Zhang Qing usually has too many hearts." There is a way to have white hair in the heart, and Zhang Qing's high lord is Xianlu, and he should also learn from me, carry a cage bird during the day, and get drunk and lie on the knee of a beauty at night, how comfortable it is! ”

Zhang Weixian was silent when he heard this, but he was quite unimpressed. Zhu Youzhen didn't say much in his heart, only led him straight back to the Wenhua Palace, and shouted loudly: "I'm back, release my pigeons!" ”

At the sound of an order, several little eunuchs hurriedly opened the pigeon loft. Hundreds of white pigeons were freed from their cages, and immediately flapped their wings into the sky, hovering over the Forbidden City. Zhu Youzhen also imitated the practice of pigeon farmers in his previous life, and gave these pigeons a whistle, and for a while the melodious whistle sounded in the sky, attracting the eunuchs and maids in the palace to stop and watch.

Zhu Youzhen clapped his hands and laughed: "Happy, happy!" How nice it would be if I could soar above the blue sky like these pigeons! Zhang Qing, do you know how to raise pigeons? ”

Zhang Weixian didn't talk much all the way, and finally couldn't hold back anymore at this time, and bowed down and said: "The minister doesn't know how to raise pigeons, and he doesn't like to play with this thing." The Holy King is rich in the world, why envy the birds? According to the humble opinion of the ministers, the saint should also suppress the will to have fun. When the first emperor was there, the ministers advised the first emperor not to entertain himself too much with carving small skills, so as to waste the government. The first emperor promised it, but it was still me. Now that he has died in his prime, I am afraid it has something to do with it! ”

At this time, a young eunuch felt that Zhang Weixian's words were a bit harsh, relying on the fact that he was Wei Zhongxian's great-grandson, and said in a weird manner: "British Gongwow, you don't pay attention to what you said. The ministers can still have fun listening to dramas at home, but what happened to the long live lord playing with pigeons in the palace? Can it still damage the dragon's body? Why do we think you're cursing long live the Lord when you say this? ”

This eunuch was smugly counting Zhang Weixian, and Zhu You was unaware that Zhu Youzhen was a heartwarming kick in the face, kicked out a heel, and then pointed at him and scolded: "What kind of thing are you, I talk to Zhang Qing, you dare to interject?" Come on, give me a heavy responsibility of 5,000 sticks, and beat me hard! ”

The eunuch was immediately frightened, his soul was scattered, feces and urine flowed together, and his heart could beat people to death two or three times with fifty sticks, and these five thousand sticks could not break all his bones and slag?

The rest of the eunuchs, except for Wang Chengen, were also arranged by Wei Zhongxian, and at this time they quickly knelt down to intercede for their unlucky accomplices. Zhang Weixian also smiled and said: "Although this eunuch is rude, if he is beaten with five thousand sticks, I am afraid that the eunuchs who torture will be exhausted to death." Now he is still in the period of mourning for the first emperor, killing people is ominous, and the beggar saint is temporarily relieved of the wrath of thunder, spare him. ”

Only then did Zhu Youzhen say angrily: "Okay, get out, you all hurry up and roll the calves for me!" ”

The eunuchs hurriedly got up and hugged their heads and ran away, and in the wide courtyard of the Wenhua Palace, only Zhu Youzhen and Zhang Weixian were left. Zhu You saw that the opportunity could not be missed, so he deliberately smiled: "I know that what Zhang Qing said is for my good, but national affairs have their own factory ministers, so I don't have to worry about it." ”

Zhang Weixian's eyebrows tightened, and he thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Although there are factory ministers as auxiliaries, but the factory ministers are too old to be afraid for a long time, and the ministers think that sooner or later the saint should bow to the saint and make his own decisions." ”

Although these words were said more tactfully, they still revealed Zhang Weixian's dissatisfaction with Wei Zhongxian's dictatorship. Zhu Youzhen didn't understand, but this matter was very important, and if he was not careful, he would lose everything, so he would never dare to rely on Zhang Weixian's words to eradicate Wei Zhongxian's plan and explain it.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen decided to give it another try, and deliberately frowned and said: "I don't want to worry too much about other things, but the food in this palace is really unaccustomed to it." I have been in Shaanxi for a long time, and the cooks in the palace are all from Shaanxi, and I took them with me all the way to Beijing this time. Now when I first enter the palace, I can't eat Zhenzi noodles and mutton steamed buns, and I am really bored! ”

Zhang Weixian pondered for a moment after listening, and immediately said aloud: "What's so difficult about this? Isn't it okay for the Holy Admiral to summon the chef of the royal palace into Ouchi? ”

"But this seems to be against the ancestral system..."Zhu Youzhen was embarrassed.

"Don't worry, the saint, this matter is on the minister. The minister will play this matter tomorrow morning! Zhang Weixian was categorical.

The smart man spoke a little clearly, both of them tacitly, and deliberately said some nonsense about the queen's canonization ceremony, and Zhang Weixian quit.

Zhu Youzhen wanted to continue to pretend to tease the pigeon, but he was so excited that he couldn't pretend anymore. Since entering the palace, he has lost contact with Yan Ling, Chen Wu and others who stayed in the Xinwang Mansion. If Zhang Weixian can really invite the chef into the palace, with Yan Ling's wit, he will definitely pretend to be a cook and sneak into the palace, his safety will be greatly guaranteed, and the contact with the outside of the palace will be much easier!

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen immediately rushed to Kunning Palace and wanted to tell Empress Zhang the good news as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, when she arrived outside the palace gate, she had a closed door, and an elderly palace maid said respectfully: "The queen mother asked the slave maid to tell the saint, please think of the dragon body and state affairs, and there is no need to remember the queen mother." Now the Queen Mother is worshipping the Buddha, please come back tomorrow. ”

Zhu Youzhen was like a scoop of cold water poured on his head, and he stood outside the palace gate for a long time, and he couldn't figure out why Empress Zhang would avoid herself at this critical moment.

After a long time, Zhu Youzhen left in a huff. In the Buddhist hall of Kunning Palace, Empress Zhang, who was plain all over, was kneeling in front of the statue of Guanyin with tears in her eyes and praying silently: "As long as the Bodhisattva blesses the Holy Lord to eradicate the eunuchs in one fell swoop, Xue Ying is willing to give up this guilty body!" Amitabha! ”