Chapter 10 Layout
The next day, Zhuque Street.
The carriage was shaking, Zhu Xu was sitting in the car, and Cao Wenzhao drove.
"All have been arranged?" Zhu Xu squinted his eyes and took a nap.
Cao Wenzhao quickly turned around and said, "It has been arranged. The two sisters have arranged to enter Kunning Palace. Their father has arranged to enter the Jinyiwei. There is a vacancies for a hundred households."
Zhu Xu nodded. The three of them were the father and daughter he met on the street a few days ago. One of the sisters was Wu Rou and the other was Wu Qing. They were both smart and agile. Zhu Xu felt a little relieved when he arranged it next to the queen.
Soon, the carriage stopped in front of a tavern.
Zhu Xu came out of the carriage, looked at this very ordinary small restaurant, and squinted his eyes and said, "Is this one?"
Cao Wenzhao stood behind him and whispered: "This is the family. Lord Liu will come here to have a drink every day in the capital these days. It is a fixed time and a fixed location."
Zhu Xu smiled like a little fox on the corner of her mouth and said, "Are you all arranged?"
"It's all arranged." Cao Wenzhao also laughed.
"Okay, let's watch the show." Zhu Xu waved his hand and walked in with great momentum.
Sitting on the second floor, you can see a certain location downstairs with your eyes squinted.
"Customer, what do you want to order?" Xiao Er was full of eyesight and followed from downstairs to upstairs. When he saw Zhu Xu sitting down, he quickly wiped the table.
"The best wine and the best dishes are five." Zhu Xu sat there imposingly, looking like I had money.
"Okay, please wait a moment." The waiter was overjoyed, wiped it quickly, and ran downstairs soon.
"Your Highness," Cao Wenzhao sat beside Zhu Xu and whispered: "This Censor Liu heard that he is very famous in He/Nan and is known for his uprightness."
Zhu Xu picked up the melon seeds on the table, and glanced at the bottom and nodded with a smile while eating.
The Censor Liu they were waiting for was the Censor of He/Nan. He had just returned to Beijing to report his duties and had always been a daring person. He was very influential in the Qingliu Party, especially when he wrote a manifesto, he was a top expert. Most importantly, he was in the same year as Zhou Jianzong, the right assistant censor of the Censorate, and he made friends.
"I heard that this Lord Liu has the nickname of "Two-year impeachment"?" Zhu Xu asked with interest.
"Yes," Cao Wenzhao also said with a funny look: "I heard that it was because he had just taken office as the He/Nan Censor, and he had a memorial every day in the first 20 months of every month, but the last 20 years was like falling asleep and had nothing, so he had this nickname."
Zhu Xu smiled more and said, "It seems that Mr. Liu is going to make an exception."
Cao Wenzhao nodded and thought to himself that this time, Lord Liu's temperament was not allowed to come.
"Woman, as usual." Not long after, a middle-aged man wearing white patterns and blue and white appeared in front of the door and walked towards the waiter who came up to him.
"Okay, please sit down, it's all right away." The waiter sent it over quickly, then turned around and ran to the kitchen.
The middle-aged man walked in and sat down by the window, and happened to face Zhu Xu.
Zhu Xu's hand eating melon seeds slowed down and began to look at the censor.
Sitting on the bench, his waist is straight, he stands upright like a gun, his face is long and his eyes are bright, and he looks like a stubborn official who is upright and honest and never compromises at first glance.
"I feel relieved when I see him." Zhu Xu turned around and said to Cao Wenzhao with a long breath.
Cao Wenzhao immediately stood up, made a gesture outside the window, and then sat back, "Your Highness, the arrangement is done."
"Okay, let's see the censors next." Zhu Xu held the chopsticks and looked at the plate of fish that the waiter had already brought.
Cao Wenzhao hesitated for a moment and asked, "Your Highness, isn't it a bit too hasty to do this?"
Zhu Xu ate the fish, slightly slightly, and the taste was good, then smiled and said, "It doesn't matter whether it's urgent or not, it's just to advance the plan that has been prepared."
Cao Wenzhao nodded silently. He followed Zhu Xujiu and knew some of his ideas and fully supported them!
Thinking of the eunuch party who is becoming more and more arrogant now, he couldn't help but turn his attention to the Yushi Liu below.
Not long after, three people came in from outside, nearly thirty years old, looking like a frustrated scholar. The three of them glanced at them, and one of them sighed: "Brother Liu, this time I landed, I have lost the idea of the test. I will never come to this Forbidden City again."
Brother Liu was stunned and said, "Why do Brother Zhao do this? With your talent, it will be a matter of time before high school."
The last person shook his head and sighed: "Now the court is in power, it is difficult for the righteous to speak out. If you want to be admitted to the imperial examination, it may be as difficult as climbing to heaven."
As the three of them said, they sat down behind Liu Mingde, ordered a few side dishes, and then sighed again.
Zhao sighed and said, "Now the eunuchs are rampant and the people are being blocked. We have no chance to make a breakthrough in the imperial examination."
Feng Dao: "I'm afraid it's more than that. I heard that the chief minister, Grand Secretary Ye, has been forced to retire, and the Minister of Personnel, Lord Zhang, has submitted a report to retire and return home..."
Liu seemed to have hope, but after hearing the two of them, he was silent and said: "I'm afraid that the two brothers, Tai, don't know that they are from He/Nan, and are in the same hometown as the wife of the Fengsheng. This time she returned to her hometown to visit relatives, and wherever she passed, she actually asked the local yamen to build a temple for her and the eunuchs, and sacrifices are not allowed to stop every day!"
A sacred temple is simply to establish a temple for the living and worship it, similar to worshiping the gods. In ancient times, this was the ultimate sing of praise for merit.
Liu Mingde, who had been frowning, had his face changed suddenly, and his eyes were so dreadful. He was the He/Nandao Supervisor Censor. He had heard the wind before, but he didn't expect it to come true now!
"You probably don't know yet?" Zhao said: "Mr. Zhou from the Censorate had written a letter to impeach the eunuch before, but he didn't expect that the eunuch cried in front of the emperor and was framed, but in the end it was left unresolved..."
Feng Dao, "More than that, I heard that the eunuchs wanted to besiege Lord Zhou in private, but in the end they were scolded by the emperor before giving up."
Liu Dao: "I heard that Lord Zhou was so angry that he didn't leave his mansion all day."
"Also," Zhao turned around and looked around, lowered his voice and happened to let Liu Mingde behind him hear: "I heard that the eunuch party is already concocting evidence of crime and is going to kill Lord Zhou!"
Liu Mingde's face suddenly changed when he listened to his conversation and stood up suddenly. It was not that he didn't know what happened before, but he didn't expect that the situation was so bad!
Liu Mingde slapped the silver on the table and shouted: "Checkout." After that, he turned around and left.
"Your Highness, can this be done?" Cao Wenzhao saw Liu Mingde leaving like this, and couldn't help but ask Zhu Xu.
Zhu Xu was full and drunk at this time, wiped his mouth and said, "Go away, get out of here."
The two left the restaurant. Not long after the carriage was driven, Cao Huachun, who was dressed in casual clothes, came over.
"Your Highness, you are all ready." Cao Huachun entered the carriage and said respectfully to Zhu Xu: "That little eunuch and Mr. Zhou are fellow townsmen. They just drank a drink not long ago. Even if someone asked about it, they couldn't get involved with me, let alone your highness."
Chapter completed!