The moon comes to take pictures

Yuan Junyu studied the ink, touched the nib of the pen, hovered on the paper for a moment, and was interrupted by a burst of laughter.

Two or three small fire fighters cleared the way, carried a long stick of aromatherapy, and walked two steps before revealing the real body of the laughter. "Master, is this garden comfortable?" It was Cui Zhu.

He is a long-sleeved and good dancer. In the past few days, he has walked all over the officialdom in Nanjing, and there is no one who does not go to see him.Yuan Junyu felt that something was wrong, Cui Zhu was an envoy of the palace, so there was no need for so many people to meet them one by one, I am afraid that his purpose of coming here was not simple, he would probably stay in Nanjing after finishing his work.

"It's okay, Eunuch Cui, don't worry." Yuan Junyu threw the pen into the water bowl, and the black ink immediately dispersed, spreading in the water like a veil.

A few days ago, the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing had just picked a garden, and transferred someone from the Ministry of Industry to repair it, and let him live in it first.The Ministry of Rituals really put a lot of thought into choosing this place, with beautiful mountains and rivers, quiet scenery, no outsiders disturbing, and more importantly, the Cardamom Pavilion is two miles away.

"sit down."

"Thank you, my son. I asked my husband to take a look. Fengshui is good, and it is a treasure. I have explained to the Ministry of Industry that in the future, when my son meets the Holy One, when I return to Nanjing, all the repairs will be completed here." Cui Zhu shook his robe. , a chair was not full, and Xuxu leaned forward a few inches: "Speaking of which, I am not familiar with the way in this garden of Shizi, so I asked my fifth uncle to figure it out first. Just now, the person of fifth uncle asked me I caught it at the door, it's really strange, he avoided me, like a mouse seeing a cat."

Yuan Junyu glanced at his amazed face, and said absently, "Nanjing is Eunuch Chang's place, he should be familiar with it."

"Ha, that's true." Someone came from behind to serve tea, Cui Zhu took a plate and blew carefully with his little finger, "I don't blame the slaves for talking too much, the prince should calm down."

What he was talking about, of course, wasn't about such a trivial matter as playing with words, or about the person who left his follower that day to find Ning Ruichen.

Sure enough, Cui Zhu said again: "I have done what I wanted to do, and I have met the people I wanted to see. In two days, we will pack up and return to Beijing to return to our mission."

Yuan Junyu smiled, and simply pushed the boat along: "Eunuch Cui knows me like the back of his hand."

Cui Zhu looked at him suddenly, didn't speak for a while, put down the teacup, and shook his head: "Your Majesty, please don't be angry with your servant, this servant is really following orders. Look at these people in Nanjing, which one is not... huh?"

Without mentioning the name, Yuan Junyu knew who it was.Chang Xi has built a nest in Nanjing, which cannot be easily pulled out.

Cui Zhu lightly tapped on the corner of the table, and smiled wryly: "My Fifth Uncle doesn't really like me. Isn't this just throwing the offending thing to me!"

"But," Yuan Junyu leaned forward and pressed his head, "I see that your godfather has a very close relationship with Duke Chang."

"You can't just look at brothers when it comes to eunuchs," Cui Zhu said old-fashionedly, "This mountain does not allow two tigers. How can two dutiful sons be born under the knees of a loving father? Pity me, a junior, and I will be forced to sit together."

"However... Godfather told me," Cui Zhu stepped forward with the cup in his hands, cautiously like a pawn exploring the way, "Your Majesty has always had a discerning eye."

"Eunuch Cui thinks, what do I see with my eyes?"

"Ha, the prince is a funny person!" Cui Zhu was overwhelmed with joy, stood up and bowed, and when he straightened his back, his expression was completely different: "The prince still remembers how he ended up in Jiangyin?"

Yuan Junyu sat steadily, and did not change his face when he mentioned this matter: "Eunuch Cui wants to tell me about the past?"

If we talk about old things, we have to start from 20 years ago.

Cui Zhushen looked at his face carefully: "A while ago, when the servants took the initiative to ask someone to rebuild the cemetery for the emperor's mausoleum steward's plaque, they saw that there was already a new stele on it... If your son wants it, tell us to do it, and we will do it." As a servant, you must never let the master worry about it."

"Just set up a monument." Yuan Junyu's tone was ordinary, but his eyes betrayed him, blinking eagerly, as if he was in a hurry to say goodbye to something.

"Forgive me, my son, what I want to say today is actually not this." Cui Zhu pondered: "Back then, my son was deceived and fell into the tiger's mouth..."

Yuan Junyu's gaze suddenly went far away.

Outsiders dare not go to the Zhongshan Imperial Mausoleum, but it is the place Yuan Junyu is most familiar with. He hid there for 11 years with a group of eunuchs.

Guarding the emperor's mausoleum is the most hopeless place for eunuchs in the world, and only one of them, a small steward, is somewhat useful.Yuan Junyu's adoptive father is this eunuch.Apart from this, Yuan Junyu didn't know where he came from, but only vaguely knew that a group of eunuchs couldn't give birth to a baby like him.

The imperial mausoleum is desolate, and no one can bear it. When Yuan Junyu was 11 years old, he was deceived by the boss of the acting troupe, and went to the house of the eunuch who was in charge of the city gate to rehearse a play. To him, no one came out whole.Yuan Junyu was beautiful, and his seductive desolation made the eunuch catch his eye, and appointed him that night.Even though he was only eleven, Yuan Junyu was not someone to be trifled with. After a few young eunuchs had made trouble in the bridal chamber, Yuan Junyu stabbed to death the old eunuch who had difficulty climbing the bed.

If you kill someone, you will be sued, not to mention the eunuch who guards the gate full of oil and water, a few eunuchs who have lost their trust, together, concealed the matter of the bridal chamber, and charged him with several crimes other than murder , partner tied to the government, to chop off Yuan Junyu's head.

He didn't know what happened next, he only knew that he was released inexplicably, and inexplicably studied opera at a big peng's house for two months, and then he was sent to Jiangyin to be raised. , helping the eunuchs stare at a group of degraded literati, and sing and go to the garden boringly all day long.

Then the great eunuch fell, and Chang Xi took his place. In a daze, Yuan Junyu returned to Nanjing again.

Cui Zhu took advantage of the situation and said: "The sign in charge did not die when the prince was in Jiangyin, but was tortured to death by the former guard on the second night after the death of the eunuch guarding the city."

Yuan Junyu raised his eyes abruptly.

Cui Zhu's face was filled with uneasy intentions, he leaned an inch closer, and sighed: "It was my fifth uncle who told the son that the old eunuch died of poverty, right? It's not true, the fifth uncle kept the matter secret at that time, just in case the son would find out. Go down and know your own life experience."

This time, Cui Zhu's intention to stay in Nanjing was confirmed. He acted like this, he was forming a clique.

This sentence was obviously not satisfying, Yuan Junyu sipped his tea slowly, without much anger: "My sympathy, Mr. Chang Du, maybe he doesn't want me to be sad."

Cui Zhu: "Let me say something offensive, what about the son at that time?" He sighed: "The servant said this to remind the son, don't save fifth uncle just because he helped you. Good thoughts."

"Oh? When do you need me to have a kind thought for him?" Yuan Junyu raised his eyebrows slightly. The eunuchs he met seemed to be very provocative.

"Your Majesty still can't see it?" Cui Zhu smiled, it was different from usual, with a vicious look, "My godfather, I don't like my fifth uncle very much!"

He had a sudden showdown, which fell unexpectedly to Yuan Junyu.Slowly, Yuan Junyu said: "You are not afraid, I am very happy with Xiang Chang?"

Cui Zhu stood up and made a bow: "My fifth uncle has always disapproved of my godfather, isn't that known to everyone? Besides, when the prince arrives in a new circle, he won't always look back, right?"

This Cui Zhu is insightful and courageous, but unfortunately he is a eunuch.Yuan Junyu silently felt sorry for him and didn't speak.

Cui Zhu bowed again, meaning to leave: "Your Highness, I don't expect His Highness to believe what I have said so much today, but I hope that I can hear it in the ears of the crown prince, and I will have nothing to do." .”

"—Farewell."

"By the way, that imposter Tan You, don't let him die." Yuan Junyu suddenly stopped him.

Cui Zhu raised his eyes slightly, and smiled confidently, "Yes." He knew that Yuan Junyu agreed.

The envoy from Beijing stayed for a few days and will leave tomorrow.Before leaving, Cui Zhu paid a visit to Ning Ji's home.

When Ning Ruichen heard about it, he was moved, wanting to see what kind of eunuch this eunuch who escorted his son to Beijing was like.When passing by the flower hall, I saw through the cracked pane of ice that my father and a young man were sitting and talking.There is a row of green eunuchs at the bottom, judging from the expressions of the two, they are talking about some commonplace things.

Faintly, a voice came from the window: "...Long Live always misses Commander Ning, but well, Nanjing is inseparable from Commander now."

Ning Ruichen knew that his father used to be a close servant of the emperor, and he had been in love with him since he was a child. Later, he was falsely accused, and he was only transferred to Nanjing for a job.

Then the man said something else, and the two smiled kindly, only then did Ning Ruichen realize that this young man who was not a few years older than him was Cui Zhu.

After a while, I really didn't see that it was a eunuch.While speaking, Cui Zhu seemed to glance at him slightly, and nodded to him calmly talking and laughing.Ning Ruichen felt a surge of heat rising to the top of his head, examining his childish behavior all day long, feeling ashamed from nowhere, and secretly ran away.On the day when the son went to Beijing, he didn't go out with others to see something new. He listened to the scriptures in the lecture hall of Lanquan Temple for a day, and when night fell, he returned home in a daze.

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Seeking starfish~