a few days later.

"Have you heard? Nowadays, eunuchs are monopolistic, tyrannical, and shielding criminals. They even rushed into the Ministry of Punishment and took away the condemned prisoners without any paperwork."

"I know, I know. The people from the yamen were drinking tea here yesterday and still complaining. A woman dressed up as a man and entered the military camp. It's really shameless."

"No, the general's daughter can dress up as a man and go to the battlefield. Then everyone will follow suit. Wouldn't it be chaos? Are women allowed to go to the battlefield?"

"Damn, it's really incredible these days. Women are generals, eunuchs are sitting on dragon thrones, Feng Yi is hopeless."

At a street noodle stall, a group of men in their 40s slurped noodles while loudly giving directions.

"Let me tell you, those officials deserve to die! After reading two books, they feel that they are great. That eunuch, if he ascends the throne and gives each of us five taels of silver, I will support him ascending the throne, hahaha..."

"Old Zhou, what do you think about all day? A eunuch, a man or a woman, do you really expect him to do anything serious? Let me tell you, the eunuch may not be able to come out of the harem now. Our emperor Ah, tsk tsk, it’s so miserable.”

"Bah! It's disgusting. A eunuch is in power. Those dog officials don't know what to do for food. They dare to sit on the dragon's throne. He is waiting to be struck by lightning and have no descendants!"

"Hahaha... They've all been eunuched, and they've lost their descendants a long time ago. Just wait and see, if something happens to Feng Yi, the first person to betray the country and seek glory will be the eunuch. How can we expect a man who is neither a man nor a woman to be responsible? ?joke!"

"This old man is right. I heard that the eunuch threatened the courtiers and took his three-year-old daughter to the palace to torture him. Tsk tsk..."

"Is there such a thing?"

"No, otherwise who would listen to him? Do you really think that we officials like Feng Yi are all greedy for life and afraid of death? It's not all for the sake of our family members. Hey, eunuchs are causing harm to the country. Damn it..."

Halfway through his words, the table in front of the middle-aged man who was speaking was overturned. The noodle bowl on the table hit him in the face accurately, and the noodle soup was so hot that he screamed.

"Who is not willing to die? Your ancestor, ah! You burned me to death!" The middle-aged man touched the noodle soup on his face and saw the culprit in front of him.

"Go, my ancestors are underground, I'll send you there to see who can outlast the other!"

You Huaize was so angry that he rushed over and kicked the man twice, "I've eaten so much for you that you don't have the strength to chew it? Then don't fucking eat it!"

The middle-aged man was kicked to the ground, his head and face covered with gray, "Who are you? I said that eunuch was bothering you? So many people are saying, why did you only hit me?"

You Huaize: "I don't like you, so I can fight back if you can. Talking behind someone's back is not justified. Which eye did you see when you abused a three-year-old girl? If you don't find me some evidence today, Don’t even think about leaving!”

"It's not what I saw. I, I also heard what others said. Is there something wrong with you?" The middle-aged man said harsh words while stepping back, "What a bad luck, bah!"

After saying that, he turned around and got into the crowd and ran quickly while no one was paying attention.

Jing Zhan silently walked aside and took out some money to compensate the noodle stall owner, "Uncle, I'm sorry, but I'm paying for your table. Have you seen enough?"

The noodle stall owner turned his back to the person, pushed the money back, and whispered: "Little Marquis, no. These people have bad mouths. They talk here all the time without saying a word of truth. Ignore them, little man." Eunuch Yue stayed in the fields with our village from morning till night. My dogs all like him. Old man, I don’t believe he is that kind of person."

Jing Zhan forced the money into the noodle stall owner's arms, "Yes, he is not. Don't worry, uncle. As long as Xiao Yuezi is here, Feng Yi will be safe and sound, and you can do business with peace of mind."

"Hey! For sure! Eunuch Xiaoyue said he would show us how he spreads grain and sows the seeds at the beginning of the new year. He thought we were too slow. He said he was professional."

Jing Zhan nodded heavily, "Yeah! Just keep the money, don't worry."

He pulled You Huaize away from the noodle stall, and there was a pointing voice behind him.

"Looks like the one from the You family? Sure enough, they are colluding together."

"Otherwise, he just killed someone in the street. Who dares to take him? It's really untouchable. It's incredible. Now Feng Yi has become like this..."

Hearing this, You Huaize was about to rush back again, but Jing Zhan grabbed him and said, "Brother You, don't go."

With a dark face, You Huaize was dragged all the way to Yue Fuling's big yard by Jing Zhan, and then he kicked the pillar of the pavilion and punched it, "Fuck! No one has ever dared to say that about her in front of me before!"

In the past, his younger brother was also very powerful and was criticized by others, but if anyone dared to speak uncleanly, he would beat them until they dared not say a word.

You can't fight now.

You Huaize was so angry that he wandered around the yard, kicking rocks and trees when he encountered them, and his whole body was fuming with anger.

Jing Zhan said helplessly: "It happened before, but Xiaoyuezi didn't take it seriously. This time is different. This is not just a casual saying among the people. Water can carry a boat and it can also overturn it. If only a few people make such remarks, that's it. . If more people talk about it, the public's opinions will be more powerful, and uninformed people will also accuse him. Once something happens to Feng Yi, Xiaoyuezi will become a sinner for the ages and bear infamy for all generations."

You Huaize reacted, "Zhan Zhan, you mean, someone is deliberately spreading rumors?"

"That's right, the people don't care about the struggle for imperial power at all. As long as the war is not coming, everyone has to take care of the three meals a day in front of them. Who cares who is in power? Occasionally discussing is not a pastime after dinner, and Xiaoyuezi has no If he does something really outrageous and unjust, he won't arouse public outrage so quickly. But if this continues, the false public outrage will turn into real public outrage."

Jing Zhan looked outside the hospital with emotions surging in his eyes, "Brother You, someone is secretly setting up a network. Public opinion is the first step. There may be big moves next."

"What big move?"

"It's hard to say, but since ancient times, no matter who is in power, it cannot do without the support of the princes from all sides."

Jing Zhan had never been so serious and said: "The first reason why Xiaoyuezi's status is unstable is because he is not ruthless enough. If he is more ruthless and gives more benefits to officials of second grade and above, there will be people willing to cooperate with him. .”

You Huaize: "It's impossible. There may be some conditions for cooperating with those people. It's impossible for my brother to collude with them."

Jing Zhan: "I know, so the second point is that the forces behind him are not strong enough. Only the forces supporting him are enough to suppress all opposition. No matter he is a traitor or a good person, no one can shake his position."

You Huaize frowned, "These two points are contradictory to each other. If my brother is not ruthless enough, there will only be so many forces supporting her..."

Suddenly something occurred to him, and he hurriedly wiped the blood from the back of his hand on his clothes, "No, not only, she has us, I know, Zhan Zhan, let's go, I will take you home first, don't meet any blind people on the way. "

Jing Zhan nodded, "Yeah."

After returning to the Hou Mansion, You Huaize hurried out of the city, while Jing Zhan went to Shixiang Xiaozhu in the west of the city.

Yan Yao was wrapped in a thin blanket and lying on the bed in the yard. When he heard the footsteps, the corner of his mouth raised, "Nineteen days, faster than I expected."

Jing Zhan walked up to him and said, "Do you really want me to go to Jinyan and become the emperor? Are you not afraid that I will sell your country?"

Yan Yao: "Who do you want to sell it to? Who dares to ask for it? Jing Zhan, when you really sit in that position, you will know that betraying the country is not something that can be done casually."

Yan Yao stood up lazily, "Qi Yejin? He has raised a wolf cub who pretends to be a pig and eats tigers. He doesn't know it yet. His target is Feng Yi, and he doesn't even dare to ask for it if Jin Yan gives it to him. Jun Jing ? Hehe, they are probably all dead."

Mentioning Jun Jing, Yan Huang, who was originally enigmatic, became eccentric. He gritted his teeth and wished that Jun Jing would never appear again.

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