Chapter 301 300 Compassion

Wei Guangde and his party slowly moved towards Baoan Prefecture, but Li San was not like that. He galloped all the way to the capital.

Although he didn't know what was in the box on his back, he could guess from what he had heard and seen in the past few days that it might be related to the life and death of Mr. Shen, otherwise Wei Guangde would not let him fly back to the capital.

Li San stayed overnight on the way and ate three meals a day on horseback. He didn't dare to delay any time. On the fourth day after separating from the team, he had already rushed into Beijing.

Of course, when he arrived at the gate of Beijing, Li San had slowed down his horse. If he rushed into the city like this, it would be a big taboo. He knew that he couldn't cause trouble for his master.

After entering the city gate, Li San didn't care about going back to Wei's house first, and went directly to Xiyuan. When he arrived at the place, he waited by the side. He couldn't enter and exit there casually. He could only wait for Chen Ju to go in and out.

Of course, he was not stupid. After all, Chen Ju was an eunuch around Emperor Jiajing, and it was impossible for him to be sent around. So Li San had some loose silver in his arms, ranging from a few coins to one or two taels. He was ready to ask the eunuchs to send a letter to Chen Ju when he saw them entering the Western Garden. Naturally, he needed to use these silvers, but there was no reason to find someone to run away for nothing.

Having been in the capital for a long time, Li San also knew that these eunuchs were extremely greedy for money. They looked down on the copper coins in their arms, but a little silver was the favorite of these eunuchs.

This was a temporary palace, and there were many eunuchs coming in and out on weekdays. After a while, Li San asked two groups of people to take a message inside.

After all, he didn't know these eunuchs, and he didn't know whether they would take the money and take the message to Yongshou Palace, so Li San would not just find a group of people to take the message and be done with it. If that person took the money and didn't do the job, he would be left here.

At this time, he couldn't be anxious.

There are many rules in the palace. These eunuchs must have their own errands before they go in and out of the West Garden. They either bring messages on the way or they go after they finish their own work.

Not far from the gate of the West Garden, Li San found a big tree, tied the two horses to the stump, squatted under the shade of the tree, stared at the direction of the West Garden gate, although he was anxious, he could only wait patiently, hoping to see Chen Ju coming out of the West Garden gate the next moment.

The things in the wooden box on his back should be very important, otherwise the master would not let him come back and hand it to Chen Ju in person.

But this wait lasted more than an hour. During this period, Li San stopped two groups of eunuchs who wanted to enter the West Garden and asked them to go in and find Chen Ju in Yongshou Palace to bring messages.

Li San only hoped that one of these groups of people would have a little conscience and take the money to help him convey the message.

Having squatted outside the gate of Xiyuan for such a long time, he had already attracted the attention of the guards guarding the gate. However, the location chosen by Li San was still far from the palace gate and would not threaten the safety of the palace, so the guards did not come out to question him.

As for asking these guards to go in and pass on the message, that was impossible. They had their own activity areas during their duty and could not run around. Only the eunuchs in the palace could enter and leave freely, which was convenient for carrying messages.

There were eunuchs who passed the message at the gate of Xiyuan Palace, but they had to pass the inspection of the guards at the gate. It was not possible for a servant like him to ask the eunuchs at the gate to pass the message to Chen Ju.

The relationship in the palace was actually more complicated than that in the court. Perhaps except Huang Jin, the other eunuchs were also very introverted. When they met, they were all smiling and peaceful. Who knew what was going on behind the scenes.

Most of the eunuchs sent to the gate to pass messages were the sons and grandsons of the eunuchs in the palace. They also helped to collect intelligence. If the eunuchs who were invited to pass the message were not from Eunuch Gao, they would naturally be noticed by other eunuchs in the palace.

Although Li San was a rough soldier, he showed his self-righteousness at this time.

The master probably wouldn't want more people to know that he was sent back to deliver things. He should be more careful. It shouldn't be a problem to delay a little time. Well, when he sees someone going in later, he will spend some money to smooth things over.

What he didn't know was that he, such a big man, squatted outside the West Garden Gate for more than an hour. The eunuchs and guards in the palace were lazy and ignored him, but the Jinyi school lieutenants who were responsible for monitoring the surrounding situation outside had already reported it.

Li San's clothes showed that he was a servant of an official. He must have been squatting outside the palace gate waiting for someone.

It didn't take much time for someone to recognize him as a servant of Wei Guangde's family.

There is no need to admire how Jinyiwei found out Li San's identity. In fact, Jinyiwei has a specially selected team of people with good memory to identify people. They not only remember the appearance of officials in Beijing, but also have an impression of their families and can quickly remember them.

Of course, it is not only for officials and their families, but also for some outstanding people in the capital.

While Li San was still squatting outside the gate of Xiyuan, Jinyiwei Commander Lu Bing had already received the information sent by his subordinates.

Wei Guangde sent his servants to wait outside the gate of Xiyuan. What does this mean?

Wasn't that kid sent to the border defense of Hechaji Town?

Did he encounter something?

But it's not right. If there is something, the servant should not stay at the gate of Xiyuan, but go to the Tongzhengshisi to submit a memorial.

Such a small matter, but in Lu Bing's view, it is not small.

"Send someone to watch him and see who he is waiting for there. Tell me immediately if you see him."

Lu Bing gave an order, put the note in his hand aside, picked up a book of information on the table and continued to read.

Lu Bing's daily job is to check the intelligence sent back by the Jinyi Guards from all over the world. He will classify the intelligence, select some that he thinks are important, or need to be known to the emperor, and have someone copy it and send it to the palace. go.

Not all information must be reviewed by the emperor. Emperor Jiajing was busy cultivating immortality, but he couldn't see it.

Li San had been waiting outside Xiyuan Gate for nearly two hours. It was already past lunch time. He could only take out two steamed buns and a water bottle from his bag and gnawed them there without blinking for a moment. Dare to leave the Xiyuan gate.

Finally, after he didn't know how many times he called in his heart, a familiar figure appeared at the gate of Xiyuan. The man just stood inside the door and looked out. Naturally, he soon saw Li San under the shade of a tree in the distance. , then waved to him and motioned for him to come over.

Li San didn't need to turn around and go back to lead the horse. He touched the baggage on his back and got up and walked over. Maybe he had been squatting for a long time, so he felt a little dazed when he got up.

When they arrived at the gate of Xiyuan, there was Chen Ju, a high-ranking eunuch, and the guard next to him did not stop Li San and let him walk directly to the door.

"Didn't you follow me out? Why did you come back suddenly?"

Of course Chen Ju had an impression of Li San. He was Wei Guangde's groom.

"The master has something that he asked me to hand over to my father-in-law."

Li San respectfully took off the baggage on his back. Inside was a small wooden box, and then handed it over with both hands.

Wei Guangde sent him to deliver it?

Chen Ju felt a little strange, "Come with me."

Chen Ju could not take Li San into Xiyuan, so he just took him to an empty room next to the gate and let him sit down and rest. Then he opened the wooden box, and a memorial and a letter appeared in front of him.

The memorial has a special cover, so it is naturally easy to recognize. As for the letter,

Chen Ju naturally picked up the envelope, tore it open and took out the letter paper and read it quickly.

He came from the inner study room and was naturally literate. In fact, his knowledge was not low. According to Wei Guangde's judgment, it was possible to pass the Jinshi.

Chen Ju frowned after reading the letter. The content of the letter was that he had arrived at the Xuan Mansion and asked Chen Ju to deliver the memorial to Emperor Jiajing. This was all information obtained from the Xuan Mansion. The last part of the letter also mentioned that Shen Lian beheaded in public. As for the situation of his family, the youngest son was sent to Jibian with Shen Lian's wife, and the two sons were killed with a stick. Now the eldest son has also been stripped of his scholar status and taken to the Xuan Mansion, fearing that his life will not be saved.

Chen Ju is a very measured and honest person. Although he has seen a lot of intrigues in the palace, he just sticks to his duty, is strict with himself, and does not give others the opportunity to punish him.

Until now, perhaps because his rank was too low, or perhaps for the sake of the high eunuch, no one had made it difficult for him.

However, after reading Wei Guangde's letter, Chen Ju felt a little dissatisfied in his heart. He naturally saw that the Xuanfu wanted to eradicate the roots and kill Shen Lian's family without giving them justice or justice. It's a chance for revenge.

The Yunzhou where the youngest son was assigned was actually Datong, which was a war-torn place and the Anta tribe launched several attacks there every year.

Shen Lian's wife and children were sent from Bao'an Prefecture to Yunzhou, which was even further away from the capital. When they arrived in Yunzhou, they would most likely be assigned to die in a military fort in the border town.

As for the remaining eldest son Shen Xiang, Chen Ju could almost imagine that if he entered the Zhizhou Yamen of Baoan Prefecture, he would be beaten to death directly in court.

Regardless of whether Shen Lian is a White Lotus cultist or not, it is impossible for his son in Zhejiang to know about this matter. Is there any value in interrogating him?

Why would you spend so much effort to get people to come to Xuanfu just to kill people?

Thinking of this, and then thinking of Wei Guangde's intention of sending someone back the letter, Chen Ju knew that Wei Guangde wanted to leave a heir for the Shen family.

However, this matter was not trivial, and Chen Ju did not dare to directly hand Wei Guangde's memorial into the hands of the emperor.

"You go home first. It seems you haven't gone back yet. Go home and rest first. I will send someone there if there is any news."

After Chen Ju said something to Li San, he put the letter back into the wooden box and turned around and left the house.

He wanted to discuss it with his godfather Gao Zhong first. From his heart, he was naturally similar to Wei Guangde. He hoped that good people would be rewarded and did not want Shen Lian's family to be ruined.

Li San got what Chen Ju said, and after Chen Ju left, he also left Xiyuan and went directly back to Wei's house to rest. He was also exhausted these days.

When the things arrived in Gao Zhong's hands, Gao Zhong frowned slightly, which was against the rules.

The memorial went directly to the Secretary of Ceremonies without going to the General Secretary. If the outer court found out about this, I don't know what would happen.

The memorial was sealed with lacquer. Even though Gao Zhong was the eunuch Bingbi, he did not dare to open it and read it at this time, but he still read the letter Wei Guangde wrote to Chen Ju.

"What did you tell him?"

Gao Zhong suddenly asked Chen Ju.

"No."

Chen Ju answered instinctively.

"No, the wording in Wei Guangde's letter is a bit different from his previous style. Did you tell him that the person I analyzed with you before may have changed his attitude towards the Yan family?"

Gao Zhong shook his head and continued to ask.

"This, this, I said."

Chen Ju really didn't know how to lie. After Gao Zhong asked that question, his face changed slightly and he immediately admitted it.

"You are so honest."

Gao Zhong shook his head. He loved and hated Chen Ju. He liked his loyalty and righteousness, but he was also worried that he would get into trouble.

"Go to Eunuch Huang. This matter is not easy to handle."

Gao Zhong shook his head and said to Chen Ju.

Gao Zhong was in front, and Chen Ju followed with the wooden box in his hand back to Yongshou Palace.

At this time, Lu Bing had also received the news. Wei Guangde's servant met Chen Ju and handed him a wooden box with a letter in it. He didn't know anything else.

Chen Ju didn't take out the memorial, but just opened the letter and looked at it. Others didn't know what else was in the wooden box.

Just by looking at the size, you can tell that there should be something inside, but Chen Ju didn't take it out. Otherwise, if it was just a letter, why would it be put in a wooden box.

Lu Bing knew about Wei Guangde and Chen Ju's relationship a long time ago, and he also reported it to Emperor Jiajing in secret, but he didn't say anything about his own affairs. This is why Emperor Jiajing asked Chen Ju to pass on the message.

In fact, when Wei Guangde was summoned to the palace for the first time, it was Chen Ju who led the way, so Emperor Jiajing was not surprised after seeing Lu Bing's secret report.

Soon, Gao Zhong and Chen Ju entered Yongshou Palace. Gao Zhong waited outside the palace. Chen Ju quietly walked to Huang Jin's side and pulled his sleeve. When Huang Jin looked over, he pointed to the direction of the palace door.

Huang Jin naturally knew that someone was looking for him outside. He nodded and signaled Chen Ju to take his place temporarily. At this time, Emperor Jiajing was still napping on the couch. Huang Jin carefully left the palace.

After learning the details from Gao Zhong, he opened Wei Guangde's letter and sighed slightly.

How could he not see such an obvious purpose.

He also understood Gao Zhong's meaning, that is, the matter of the memorial, it is indeed a bit troublesome to think about it.

Of course, they can also hand over the memorial to the Wei family now and let them send it directly to the Silijian, but Wei Guangde obviously knew that if they did so, they would definitely be too late.

Yan Song did not dare to hide this memorial, but he could suppress it and delay it for a few days, then everything he did would be in vain.

Huang Jin was not unaware of the dirty things in the inner and outer courts. Although he was able to get to this position because he had been following Emperor Jiajing in his early years, it was natural for him to get to this point, and he did not need to compete with others for anything, but he was smart and naturally knew a lot of things.

It was precisely because of this that Huang Jin's heart was not as cruel as those eunuchs who used all means to compete for the position in the past. He understood the value of time, which was a life.

With his compassion overflowing, Huang Jin looked at the memorial in the wooden box, "Send it when the emperor wakes up, and put the letter in it and hand it in together."