Chapter 72 Blackmail
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After Zhang Yanghao left, no one came to harass him again. The first night of the deposed emperor was finally spent safely. Han Ruzi lay on the cold and hard bed, tossing and turning, and the way he looked when he first met Cui Xiaojun was always in his mind: his thin face was covered with a few strands of wet hair, and his big eyes were both panicked and calm.
No matter who her daughter is, she is her own wife and must be taken by her side. Han Ruzi made up her mind again.
Yang Feng said that he had come up with an idea, but refused to disclose it at that time, but asked Juehou to wait patiently.
It was very cold at night, and there was not even a basin of charcoal in the Hou Mansion. Han Ruzi couldn't sleep, so she simply sat up, wrapped her quilt and looked at the study. Her eyes slowly adapted to the night. Based on her impression during the day, the decorations in the room could be roughly seen.
The bookshelf must be filled with books first, and the table must be placed with pens, ink, paper and inkstone. There is no need to keep the incense furnace in the corner. You should add another weapon stand. Put a few swords and swords. Will Meng E come to teach her internal skills again? What will the Cui family react after taking back Cui Xiaojun? If he really succeeds to the throne, even if he is just a puppet, it will be a great threat to him.
When Han Ruzi woke up, it was already dawn. He was lying on the bed wrapped in a quilt, curled up in a ball.
Zhang Youcai knocked in and rubbed his hands while breathing, "It's so cold that I'm not hungry. No, I'm even hungry, but I just can't feel it, my stomach is frozen. The master hasn't eaten for a day, so I'm very hungry."
Han Ruzi stood up and stomped her feet, "Like you, I can't feel hungry."
"We should find a fat palace maid to warm the quilt for the owner."
Han Ruzi shook her head repeatedly. He drove away all the servants last night. This study belongs to him alone and does not want outsiders to get involved at will.
Cai Xinghai shouted outside the house: "It's time to eat, it's time to eat, everyone comes out quickly. Fresh and hot meals."
"Even Brother Cai doesn't follow the rules. Do you think we are beggars?" Zhang Youcai ran to the door, "I'll bring it to the master."
As soon as he opened the door, Cai Xinghai had already brought it, and Zhang Youcai took it. He stopped just by looking at it, and said in surprise: "Hey, why are it just rice porridge and pickles? This is what I got from the street."
"I bought it with money. There are no shops in Baiwang Alley. I ran a long way to buy it. Please treat it with a meal first. Mr. Yang has sent someone to buy rice, flour, oil and diesel."
"That's too simple." Zhang Youcai looked at the hot rice, his throat squirmed, and he kept swallowing.
"Come on, I'm already hungry." Han Ruzi shouted.
Zhang Youcai put the tray on the desk, staring at the rice porridge.
"Go out for dinner, I feel uncomfortable watching you here." Han Ruzi smiled. When he thought of not having to pay homage to the Queen Mother and not having to sit with his back all day, his heart beat happily.
The rice porridge is sweet and the pickles are crispy and salty. It is a perfect match. After Han Ruzi tasted it, she could not stop again. She quickly finished a bowl and praised Cai Xinghai who was standing at the door: "I didn't expect that there was such a delicious food outside the palace. What's rare is that the method is simple. It's just broken rice and radish."
Cai Xinghai smiled and said, "Jianhou is really hungry. After getting used to eating, I don't feel better."
Yang Feng walked in and said to Han Ruzi: "Have you eaten well, let's go."
"Where to go?" Han Ruzi stood up and thought Yang Feng was going to pick Cui Xiaojun.
Yang Feng glanced at the simple study room. "No matter what, you are the Marquis. Go and I will come with you all the things that the Marquis' mansion should have."
"What should be the Marquis' Mansion?" Han Ruzi knew nothing about this.
"Come with me." Yang Feng turned around and Han Ruzi followed.
After all, Cai Xinghai already has a position and should not follow Juanhou out. The little eunuch Zhang Youcai ate three big bowls of porridge in the wing room. When he saw Juanhou and Yang Feng were leaving, he put down the bowl and chased him out of the room, "Wait for me"
Another young eunuch walked out of the room opposite, frowned, and kept pulling his clothes. He seemed very unhappy, but he also followed Juanhou.
"Who are you?" Zhang Youcai asked in surprise.
"My name is Du Chuanyun, and the people in the martial arts world are called Feilongxia. What's your name?"
"My name is Zhang Youcai, oh, you are the boy from last night. You are from the martial arts world, so you can be a eunuch."
"Bah, I'm not a eunuch. I'm hiding my identity and protecting your master."
"Then you can't steal my position." Zhang Youcai felt the threat and took the lead, tighter away from his master. "Since you are hiding your identity, why did you tell me your name and nickname? Isn't this leaked?"
"Hey, you guy is ungrateful"
The two teenagers quarreled while walking. When they arrived outside the gate, Yang Feng shouted: "Shut up from now on and until they return home, do you understand?"
"If he doesn't speak, I won't speak." Zhang Youcai said.
"Just don't provoke it." Du Chuanyun was even more dissatisfied. He was older, but his body was small, which was not much different from Zhang Youcai.
There were two horses tied outside the door, one Yang Feng and one Jue Hou. The other two could only follow along on foot. Zhang Youcai didn't think anything was wrong, but Du Chuanyun felt that it was unfair. He was about to speak, but when he saw Zhang Youcai's eyes rolling around, he closed his mouth again.
Han Ruzi only learned riding skills in the palace for a few days and was able to barely ride the mount. The road was covered with snow, so she didn't dare to walk too fast.
Yang Feng did not urge him, and walked with him, saying as he walked, "Jenhou's mansion is under the jurisdiction of the Lord of the Ministry of Rites. If you lack anything, you will ask them for it. You are Juenhou and have no fiefdom, but you have a salary in the Ministry of Revenue and rent for 8,000 households. There are many, which can be compared with some small princes. You are a clan of the royal family and have an income in the Zongzheng Mansion. Since they are unwilling to send it to you, let's go and ask for it."
"Can you come?" Han Ruzi never asked anyone for anything, so she was not very confident.
"I'll know later. There is also Jingzhao Yin Yamen and the City Inspection Office. Baiwang Lane has such a big disturbance, so they don't even come to check it out. It's really a dereliction of duty. Finally, I went to Suwei Camp and reported the Yulin Guard to the Hu Ben Guard."
"But we have agreed to Zhang Yanghao"
"If you don't mention his name, it's just."
Yang Feng arranged the matter for this day very well, but Han Ruzi was unsure and thought to himself that since those yamen were unwilling to do their duty at the beginning, they would probably not have any consequences if they came to them rashly. When he was the emperor, he was a puppet, and now he has become an abolished emperor. No one cares.
But he said nothing, and wanted to see what means Yang Feng would use.
After leaving Baiwang Lane, the streets began to become lively, and the snow on the road was trampled. People came and went, but no one recognized the deposed emperor, so they just took a few more glances at the three eunuchs.
Han Ruzi had never seen so many people, and there were quite a few people when he ascended the throne, but those guards, ministers, and eunuchs were almost the same as puppets. They either stood still or followed each other, unlike the people on the street, walking under their feet and talking, and no one had to care about other people.
Han Ruzi likes the atmosphere on the street very much, but she feels it’s too noisy, which makes her ears that are used to being quiet a little unbearable.
Zhang Youcai became excited again, his mouth was not closed, and his eyes were straightened. Du Chuanyun, who was walking side by side with him, laughed from time to time.
Juanhou’s Mansion is in the north city, and the Ministry of Rites is located outside the south gate of the imperial palace. It takes a short walk around for a few hours and arrives after most of the time.
There are many ministries and yamen in this area, all of which are tall and solemn. Looking north, you can see the towering Tai'an Hall through the city wall. There are soldiers guarding the yamen, and ordinary people dare not approach them. Yang Feng, Zhang Youcai, and Du Chuanyun are all dressed as eunuchs. As soon as they stopped, a gatekeeper came up to greet the house and asked questions.
Yang Feng didn't get off his horse and said, "Mr. Yuan, the Minister of Rites, was discussing politics in the Qinzheng Hall. Who is the one who stayed here to sit in the hall?"
The doorman was startled and knew that the eunuch was unusual. "Go back to my father-in-law, the one who sat in the hall today was Ning."
"Call him out, and the Lord's Doctor, call him out together."
The doorman was shocked again, "Who is this noble person?"
Han Ruzi is young and doesn't dress like an official. The doorman guesses that he is a noble person.
Yang Feng frowned, "Let your adults come out, they will recognize them."
The doorman is also considered a person who has seen the world. The more he looks at the nobles riding around the old eunuch, the more strange it is. He is looking at the old eunuch's horse whip, making a crisp sound above his head, followed by an angry shout: "Why don't you go quickly?"
The doorman ran into the yamen with his head in his arms, as if he was really whipped.
Han Ruzi asked in a low voice: "Is it necessary?"
Yang Feng said: "According to normal procedures, we will have to meet the person in charge at least three days. Can Juehou wait?"
Han Ruzi stuck out her tongue, "I'll read more and talk less."
The soldiers and the doorman at the yamen were all pointing fingers. Yang Feng didn't care. A man in an official uniform walked out of the door and stood inside and looked around. Yang Feng recognized that this was a low-level official and ignored him, but he stood in front of Juehou and was not allowed to see him.
The little official looked left and right and went back with confusion. After a while, an official in his fifties walked out. The soldiers and the doorman immediately bowed and bowed.
The official looked cold, as if the person who was sleeping soundly was woken up. He was very impatient and stood in the door. The first time the small official came out ran out and said to Yang Feng: "Who is your father-in-law? Why don't you even hand me a post?"
Yang Feng ignored him and walked forward two steps, giving way to the burial man behind him.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites inside the door finally saw the appearance of the visitor clearly. No one else could recognize it. He could recognize it. When the emperor ascended the throne and abdicated, he was present and took a few glances.
But he couldn't believe it, rubbed his eyes, suddenly screamed, turned around and ran away, scaring everyone at the door. In their impression, the adults had never been so despicable.
The abandoned official didn't understand what was going on, but his attitude became more and more respectful. He held his fists and retreated, "Please wait a moment, wait a little longer, I'll do it now."
The little official turned around and ran into the yamen.
Han Ruzi couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Are we just waiting like this?"
Yang Feng snorted coldly, "Jianhou is now the world's largest evil star. Whenever he stands at the gate of the department, the officials who are there will be scared to death. Let's wait, what we want later."
Han Ruzi was both surprised and funny, and he didn't expect that the deposed emperor would have such a great influence.
Du Chuanyun, who was standing on the ground, heard the two of them talking and couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Isn't this a rogue? Are gangsters in the local area often use this method."
Yang Feng said coldly: "Those who blackmail the people are gangsters, and those who blackmail the royal family are heroes."
Han Ruzi was silent. He was besieged by gangsters and officers and soldiers last night, but now he used gangsters to blackmail the government. The difference between darkness and light is too big, and he was a little confused for a while.
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