Chapter 86 Bow waves, swaying
The walnut tree shook gently in the wind. Geng Qing put down the guy in his hand, patted the dust and got up from the stool. He was slightly surprised, and then smiled and bowed to the eunuch who came in.
He asked Qiao Niang to bring another stool under the tree, and invited her to sit down like an old friend, and poured a bowl of herbal tea.
“When did you come back?”
The young eunuch named Jiuyu seemed to like his greetings like an old friend. He shook his robe and sat down and took the tea bowl and took a sip.
"I returned to Chang'an two days ago. But the husband came over quickly. As soon as I entered the city, I heard that a idle man had messed with someone who was not easy to mess with and was sunk."
"hehe......"
Geng Qing laughed dryly with herbal tea. Why did he do something quietly? It seemed as if everyone in the city knew about it. On the other side, Jiuyu might see what he was thinking and shook his head: "The matter is very hidden, but all the big and small things in the city can't be hidden from the Escort Provincial. As long as the street market is circulated and the government office records will be recorded, it will be more or less transmitted to the Escort Provincial.
On the second day after I returned to the city with Aye, I found out and guessed who it was. Later, I asked someone and knew that you had met Princess Guangde today, and you probably understood what was going on."
Good guy, this is Dongchang?
When he thought of everyone he met today, he was known to Geng Qing, and he felt that he was being monitored. Of course, it was not him who was mainly monitored, but the Princess Guangde.
When he thought about this, he thought nothing wrong with it. Isn’t Tian Lingzi, who is beside the emperor, just a eunuch? He is in charge of the government affairs and always knows that all officials are in the city of Chang'an, but they don’t have the imperial power license like Dongchang, and they come blatantly.
Jiuyu, who was sitting there, saw that his face was strange and strange. He didn't know what Geng Qing was thinking, but he was a little frightened when he was found out about killing Liu Da, so he signaled that he would be fine.
"Aye still admires what the husband did. The torture instruments you got from you before made Tian Shumi like them. Today I send our family here to see..."
His eyes fell on the corner stand beside Geng Qing, his eyes lit up slightly. He rubbed it over and asked Geng Qing how to use it. The latter's mouth twitched and his teeth showed him a demonstration, as if he knew what the other party was going to say.
Relying on the tripod, he opened his mouth slightly, and said in unison with Jiuyu: "What a torture instrument!"
Jiuyu was stunned for a moment, "How did you know that I said this?"
"I have heard it twice today, and as soon as I open my mouth, I know what you guys are going to say." Geng Qing was completely convinced, sat back and spread his hands: "I don't know where it looks like torture instruments."
"Isn't it like?"
Jiuyu slapped the shelf, followed Geng Qing's demonstration, pulled two ropes, pulled the two stone locks behind the shelf, and said, "Look, these two ropes were tied to a prisoner's neck, forcing him to pull up the stone lock, and tie two more prisoners. If the stone lock is exhausted in front of him, these two people will inevitably be hit on the head by the stone lock, which is the most suitable for interrogation of gang thieves! It is simply a shame if the husband is not going to be the Minister of Justice!"
Geng Qing held the tea with one hand and slapped the forehead with the other hand, squeezing it out with difficulty.
"rational!"
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Under the eaves of the attic in the courtyard, Wang Jinqiu pushed old man Geng and stood there. Dou Wei, Dachun, Widow Zhang, and Dachun's parents were also beside him. A group of people gathered together and secretly spoke under the tree. They looked at them. Seeing Geng Qing patting his forehead, they whispered to each other.
"What's going on? Mr. Geng is trying to do it?" "The man looked pretty and looked like a woman, but he was wearing a weird robe."
"He seems to be very familiar with the gentleman."
"Call Qiao Niang over and ask, will you know?"
When Wang Jinqiu heard this, she wanted to know in her heart, and quietly showed a wink to Qiao Niang who was pouring tea there. The girl came over secretly and was asked who the person was, and the girl was also confused.
"I don't know either, I only heard of what kind of eunuchs..."
"That came from the palace."
At this time, on the door of the room on the side of everyone, the fat county magistrate pinched a small teapot, sipped in the mouth of the pot, leaned against the door frame and raised his chin there, "That is a eunuch, and the eunuchs in the province are also full of eunuchs."
Seeing Zhao Hongjun, he also knew his identity. Old Man Geng and Wang Jinqiu hurriedly greeted: "Sit down and talk, why are you standing?"
"Okay, don't call the two elders in the future, even the emperors in Xiaxian Zun."
The fat county magistrate stuffed the teapot into Dachun's hand, and quickly raised his sleeves and waved it, "I am a peer-to-peer relationship, and I am considered a second-generation junior, hehe."
Wang Jinqiu was a woman and didn't know what the eunuch meant. He just brought the word "安" and looked at the two under the walnut tree with a little worried, "County... Hongjun, why did Zhuzi go with the eunuch? How long has he been in Chang'an? How did he know the officials?"
"What official?" The fat county magistrate looked over there, turned his head and whispered: "Eunuch, referring to the person who has no roots below, who serves in the palace, and who is serving His Majesty's close servant."
After saying this, Dou Wei, Dachun and his group of men subconsciously looked down at their crotch.
What a cruel person who dares to give the thing below.
No wonder I saw that person's secret test and I always felt something was wrong. It turned out that the problem was here.
Perhaps when they thought of these thoughts at the same time, everyone shivered. Seeing them, Zhao Hongjun stroked their chins and pulled a few beards, shook his head and said, "What a eunuch is? Are you seeing the man outside today?"
Qiao Niang and Dou Wei nodded. They were in the yard, so they naturally saw clearly, but they just didn't know who they were.
"That person is the young master of the General of Zuo Jinwu Guard." He patted his plump breasts, laughed, and picked up the round chin at the person who was looking at him. "It was introduced by this county. I have some ways in Chang'an..."
The words afterwards became quiet, and they muttered to everyone under the eaves. In the courtyard, the sunset shone on the slightly shaking treetops, and the spots cast from the gaps, and the dust of light flew and rolled among the two under the tree.
Geng Qing rubbed his eyebrows and waved his hand. When Jiuyu went back, he took the "totor instrument" away. It was too annoying to stay. After the other party described it, when he saw the instrument, it seemed that three people were struggling in the field of vision.
‘Damn, if I create a few more, I’m afraid it’s better than the torture instruments from the Ministry of Justice.’
While he was amused and crying, Jiuyu withdrew his hand and was sitting next to him, with a smile still hanging on his cold face.
"Actually, today, apart from coming to see you, Aye has something to tell you."
"Please let me know."
"Don't get too close to Princess Guangde. Aye said: If the husband wants to be an official, he has a way. Don't get close to foreign ministers or royal relatives. Tian Shumi will not be happy over there. If a minister commits a crime in the future and involves you, Aye will not be able to plead with him at that time."
The leaves shaking on the treetops fell and floated between the two of them. When they fell to the ground, Geng Qing sat there and nodded: "Thank you, the general manager, but today I just met Princess Guangde. What I said was mostly about Liu Da, and it was not involved in the government affairs."
His explanation was not just for the young eunuchs to listen to, but for the Fu, the consultant of the eunuch behind the other party. With Geng Qing's temperament, neither side wants to offend him. After all, the foundation is shallow, and being able to help others is the real way to save lives. The way to raise the flag and stand is to block the way of retreat. Once there is a change, it will be a situation of death.
Of course, if it really came to that time, Geng Qing would still choose to stand, but there was no need at this time. First, he had not entered the officialdom, and second, foreign enemies and the governors of various towns were in a row, and the situation was in chaos. He was in a hurry to come out to stand and it was easy to see the road ahead.
'I am still a small person now. Instead of diving into it and unable to lift up the waves and sending my life to you, it is better to hide behind you honestly. After all, someone needs to be a flirting behind you. No one will be honest. The more honest you are, the less capable you are. If you want money, no one, you can't do anything.'
It was already evening when Bai Yunxiang came back from the carriage she was riding in. When she saw Geng Qing under the tree, she wanted to say hello. When she saw the figure of the palace robe looking at her face, she suddenly had a cold war. She felt uncomfortable when the other party's eyes were measured, so she hurried back to the attic.
Here, the two chatted for a few more times. As for the time when the imperial city was closed, Jiuyu stood up and said goodbye. When he came here today, he had said everything he should say, so there was no need to stay. As for being kept by Wang Jinqiu for dinner, it was naturally impossible. He was a eunuch and would need to go back to the palace to light the lights sooner or later. If he had left a man, he would be punished.
After getting on the carriage, Jiuyu lifted the curtain and urged Geng Qing outside: "Geng Langjun has not thanked you for his last incident in Feihu County. If you encounter trouble in Chang'an in the future, you can call Jiuyu to help you. If you don't say anything else, our martial arts family is still good."
"It's not necessary. There are still some people in the family." Geng Qing bowed his hand with a wry smile, and then refused tactfully. As a eunuch in the palace, if he stood up for him, it would be a breakthrough. If someone knew about it, he would have to escape from Chang'an overnight and go back to the north.
The young eunuch in the car probably understood, smiled on his cold face, and turned his conversation away in a joking tone.
"Those people in the martial arts world that Langjun mentioned? That big guy is a little trick, and he can play two tricks with our family. As for the others, our family is not interested in taking action."
After saying this, he started to take action in the car and ordered the little eunuch who was driving to drive away.
Geng Qing lowered his hands and watched the carriage disappear in front of him. After a while, he returned to the courtyard. His mother took the spoon and Qiaoniang burned the fire. Bai Yunxiang stood behind the guardrail, holding the account book and flipping through it carefully. From time to time, laughter sounded, and a group of men surrounded the fat county magistrate and heard his nonsense bragging.
Soon, the night light was lit, and more than 20 people in the yard were divided into several tables, and they were having supper in the yard, chatting and having fun.
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The night fell, and walked through the carriages in the market, drove into the Anfu Gate of the Imperial City, and stopped outside the Yeting Palace.
The young eunuch who came down walked into the palace, whispered to the little eunuch who was guarding the door, pushed open the door and walked in.
The paper cover with a lamp was shining brightly. The sound of moths hitting, the old eunuch with white eyebrows was wearing a crimson round neck robe, sitting behind the desk, holding a pen to write.
Hearing the footsteps, he didn't look up and continued to write the handwriting. Jiuyu, who came over, walked to him and leaned over and whispered. After a moment, the consultant Fu nodded with a smile, raised his orchid and plucked the lampshade with his fingers, and took the moth away.
"It just so happens that our family will meet Tian Shumi tomorrow. Why not just recommend Geng Qing to see what Privy to him think."
Chapter completed!