Chapter 301 300 Compassion

Wei Guangde and his group slowly advanced towards Bao'anzhou, but Li San was not like this. He ran to the capital with a quick horse.

Although I don’t know what it was in the box on my back, I could guess that it might be related to the life and death of Mr. Chen, otherwise Wei Guangde would not have let him return to the capital.

Along the way, Li Sanxiao stayed overnight and had all three meals a day and settled them immediately. He did not dare to waste time at all. On the fourth day after he was separated from the brigade, he had already rushed into Beijing.

Of course, when he arrived at the gate of the capital, 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 could not cause trouble for his master.

After entering the city gate, Li San had no choice but to go back to the Wei family first, so he went directly to Xiyuan. After arriving at the place, he waited next to him. It was not something he could enter and exit at will. He could only wait for Chen Ju to pass by.

Of course, he was not stupid either. Chen Ju was a eunuch around Emperor Jiajing after all, and he could not be sent to run around. So Li San still had some scattered silver in his arms, ranging from a few dollars to one or two taels. He was about to see an eunuch who asked them to send Chen Ju a letter when he entered the West Garden. Naturally, he needed to use the silver, but there was no reason to find someone to run away in vain.

I have been in the capital for a long time, and 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 bit of silver was the favorite of these eunuchs.

This is the palace, and there are many eunuchs coming in and out on weekdays. After a while, Li San invited two groups of people to bring their messages to them.

After all, he didn't know these eunuchs, and didn't know if they would bring the words to Yongshou Palace after collecting the money, so Li San wouldn't just find a group of people to take the message and finish it. If the person took the money and didn't do anything, he would be left here.

At this time, he is not going to be anxious.

There are many rules in the palace, and these eunuchs must have their own errands to go in and out of the West Garden. They either follow the way or go after they have finished their own business.

Looking for a big tree not far outside the Xiyuan gate, Li San tied two horses to the stump, squatted under the shade of the tree, staring at the direction of the Xiyuan gate. Although he was anxious, he could only wait patiently, hoping that he would see Chen Ju come out of the Xiyuan gate in the next moment.

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

But it took more than an hour to wait. During this period, Li Sanyou stopped two groups of eunuchs who were about to enter the West Garden and asked them to go in and find Chen Ju to lead a message in Yongshou Palace.

Li San only hopes that one of these groups of people has a little conscience and can help him get the words if he collects the money.

Squatting outside the Xiyuan Gate for so long, he had long attracted the attention of the guards guarding the gate. However, the location Li San chose was still far from the palace gate and would not threaten the safety of the palace ban, so the guards did not come out to interrogate.

As for asking these guards to come in and pass the message, it is impossible. They have their own areas of activity during the pay-off period and cannot run around. Only those eunuchs in the palace can enter and exit freely, so it is convenient for them to bring conversations.

There are eunuchs who are spread across the Xiyuan Palace Gate, but they have to pass the inspection of the guards at the door. But it is not a servant like him who can ask eunuchs at the gate to pass on the message to Chen Ju.

The relationship in the palace is actually more complicated than the court. Perhaps except for Huang Jin, the other eunuchs are also not good enough. When they meet, everyone smiles and looks peaceful. Who knows what is behind it?

Most of the eunuchs sent to the gate to be responsible for the communication are sons and grandsons of the eunuchs in the palace. They also help collect information. If the eunuchs who were invited to the message were not from the eunuch Gao, they would naturally be noticed by other eunuchs in the palace.

Although Li San was a rough military man, he showed a very wise side at this time.

The master probably won’t want more people to know about him being sent back to deliver things. Just be careful. It should not be a mistake if you waste some time. Well, if you see someone coming in, you will spend some money to clear it up.

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

Li San's clothes were obviously a servant of an official. He had been squatting outside the palace gate, and he must have been waiting for someone.

It took less time to recognize someone as a servant of Wei Guangde's family.

There is no need to admire how the Jinyiwei found Li San's identity. In fact, there are specially selected people with good memory to form a team to recognize people. Their group not only remembers the appearance of the Beijing officials, but also has an impression of their families around them and can remember them quickly.

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

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

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

Wasn't that boy sent to the border guards in Ji Town to drink tea?

Did something happen?

But it is not right. If something really happens, the servant should not stay at the gate of Xiyuan, but go to the Tongzheng Envoy to submit memorials.

Such a small thing seems to be quite a small matter in Lu Bing's opinion.

"Send someone to keep an eye on who he is waiting for, and tell me immediately if he sees it."

Lu Bing ordered, then put the note in his hand aside, picked up a piece of information on the table and continued to look.

Lu Bing's daily job is to check the information sent back by the open and secret lines of the Jinyiwei in various places. He will classify these information and choose some that he thinks are important or necessary for the emperor to know and ask someone to copy a copy and send it to the palace.

Not all the information is required to be reviewed by the emperor. Emperor Jiajing is busy cultivating immortals, but he can't stand it.

Li San waited outside the Xiyuan Gate for nearly two hours. It was already lunch time, so he could only take out two steamed buns and water bags from his bag and chew them there, and his eyes did not dare to leave the Xiyuan Gate for a moment.

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 and looked out for a while, and naturally he soon saw Li San under the shade of the trees in the distance, and then waved to him and signaled him to go over.

Li San didn't have to turn around and go back to lead the horse. He touched the bag on his back and got up and walked over. Perhaps because he had been squatting for a while, he felt a little dazed when he got up.

When he arrived at the gate of Xiyuan, Chen Ju, a eunuch with a grade, was there. The guard next to him did not stop Li San and asked him to walk into the door.

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

Of course, Chen Ju has an impression of Li San, he is Wei Guangde's groom.

"The master has something and told me to hand it over to my father-in-law."

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

Wei Guangde sent him?

Chen Ju was still a little surprised, "Come with me."

Chen Ju couldn't take Li San into Xiyuan, but just took him to an empty house next to the gate to let him sit down and rest. He opened the wooden box himself, 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 apart, pulled it out and read it quickly.

He came from the inner study room and was naturally literate. In fact, his knowledge was not low. It is possible to get a Jinshi based on Wei Guangde's judgment.

After reading the letter, Chen Ju frowned. The content of the letter was that he went to Xuanfu and asked Chen Ju to hand it over to Emperor Jiajing. They all asked him to inquire about the news in Xuanfu. In addition, the letter finally mentioned that Shen Lian was beheaded and displayed to the public and his family. The youngest son was sent to Jibian with Shen Lian's wife, and his two sons were killed. Now the eldest son has also been removed from the scholar's reputation and was robbed to Xuanfu. I am afraid his life will be lost.

Chen Ju is a person who knows how to behave and is honest. Although he has seen a lot of intrigues in the palace, he is just careful in his duties, strict in himself, and not giving others the opportunity to punish him.

Until now, perhaps because of his low grade, or because of the high eunuch's face, no one has made things difficult for him.

However, after reading Wei Guangde's letter, Chen Ju felt a little dissatisfied. He naturally realized that the Xuanfu wanted to kill Shen Lian's family and not give them a chance to seek justice or revenge.

Yunzhou, where the youngest son was sent to the death, was actually Datong, which was a place of war. The Altan tribe launched several attacks on it every year.

Shen Lian's wife and children were sent to Yunzhou from Baoanzhou, which means they were even farther away from the capital. In the next ten years, they would be assigned to the military fortress in the border town to die.

As for the remaining eldest son Shen Xiang, Chen Ju could almost imagine that after entering the magistrate of Bao'anzhou, he would be beaten to death when he passed the court.

No matter whether Shen Lian is a White Lotus Sect or not, his son who is far away in Zhejiang cannot know about this. Is it worth interrogating?

If you spend so much effort to get someone to Xuanfu, why can you do it just to kill someone?

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

However, this matter is not small, and Chen Ju dared not hand over Wei Guangde's memorial to the emperor directly.

"You go home first. It seems that you haven't returned yet. Go home to rest first. If there is any news, I will send someone to send it there."

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

He wanted to discuss 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 he did not want Shen Lian's family to be beaten to the queen.

After Li San got Chen Ju's words, after Chen Ju left, he left Xiyuan and went back to the Wei family to rest. He has been exhausted these days.

When things got to Gao Zhong's hands, Gao Zhong frowned slightly, which was not in line with the rules.

The memorial was not passed through the Zhengshi Department and went directly to the Silijian. If the outer court found out, I still didn't know how to make trouble.

The memorial was sealed with paint. Even Gao Zhong was a eunuch who was wearing a pen, so he didn't dare to open it to 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 replied instinctively.

"No, Wei Guangde's words are somewhat different from his previous style. Did you tell him the person I analyzed with you before that might have changed his attitude towards the Yan family?"

Gao Zhong shook his head and continued to ask.

"I said this."

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

"You are so honest."

Gao Zhong shook his head. He loved and hated Chen Ju, and liked his affection and friendship, but he was worried that he would get involved in the end.

"Go to Eunuch Huang's place, this matter is not easy to deal with."

Gao Zhong shook his head and then said to Chen Ju.

Gao Zhong was in front, Chen Ju followed him back to Yongshou Palace with a wooden box.

At this time, Lu Bing had already received the news that Wei Guangde's servant saw Chen Ju and gave him a wooden box with a letter in it, so he didn't know the others.

Chen Ju did not 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 it would be impossible to put it in a wooden box if it was just a letter.

Lu Bing had known about Wei Guangde and Chen Ju's relationship for a long time, and he also reported it to Emperor Jiajing secretly, but he didn't say anything about his own affairs. This is also the reason why Emperor Jiajing asked Chen Ju to pass the message over.

In fact, the first time he summoned Wei Guangde to the palace, Chen Ju led the way, so Emperor Jiajing was not surprised after seeing Lu Bing's secret report.
To be continued...