Chapter 388 Hearing the news

Bei'anmen of the Imperial City is close to Shichahai. The nearby alleys were originally inhabited by the families of Jingwei soldiers. The neatly decorated houses were all built by Song Li, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and supervised the construction. Thousands of houses stretched over several hundred feet.

Fangyuan, at least one-third was freed up this time. Since the 3,000 newly transferred people are on duty in three shifts every day, the winter is extremely hard, so the supply of rice, grain, etc. is naturally better, and there are more supplies every day.

With enough hot water, those soldiers who are used to hardship will naturally have no discomfort.

Although they are under joint control and even have greater responsibilities, Hai Shou, the eunuch, is used to enjoying himself in the palace, so he naturally refuses to live in these rooms dedicated to military households, so he refuses to stay any longer in the evening.

After walking in, Zhou Bailing saw Zhang Yue sitting by the brazier reading a book. He couldn't help but take a look at it and immediately started laughing.

"It's so elegant, sir. You are still reading here in such a cold weather."

Zhou Bailing was originally a bold man who was promoted from a military household for his meritorious service in the Northern Expedition. He became familiar with Zhang Yue and knew that he was informal, so he sat down on the small stool next to him. When he saw Zhang Yue put down his book, he put his hand

When he came up to warm himself by the fire, he pursed his lips toward the door with disdain on his face.

"The emperor is good at everything, but he likes to use these eunuchs! This Hai Shou was sent from North Korea in the early years. He was favored in a few years and rose to his current position. I heard that whenever he returns to the country, he always asks for bribes and is the most greedy guy! Don't

Seeing that he is being polite to you, Master Xiao Zhang, it is because you are so powerful in your family that he cannot afford to offend him. What if it were someone else? They are eunuchs themselves, but they actually hire people to take care of their property.

Mr. Huang has more than a dozen shops near Andingmen!"

"Old Zhou, just let me hear these words, don't go around talking about them!"

Zhang Yue knew that Zhou Bailing was not a garrulous person, so he said something with a half-smile. Zhou Bailing chuckled and scratched the back of his head, then wrapped the big red cotton robe tightly around him, but he sighed: "Bi

We set up the local health clinics and our Beijing camp was considered an elite, and the rice and grain supplies were of the highest quality. However, we were still very nervous to feed the whole family, with not much money left a year. My son is also a military household, but I am

Qianhu is not a worldly official, so he may not be able to leave it to him."

The Ming Dynasty compiled the people of the world into household registers, and Zhang Yue naturally understood the power of the yellow registration list. However, nowadays, children of military households often take part in the imperial examinations, so he comforted Zhou Bailing and learned that his son was in the city.

Living there, he simply asked the child to be sent to study in his own family in the name of a relative of the Zhang family. Faced with such good news, Zhou Bailing was naturally overjoyed.

The private schools in the capital were expensive, and people looked down on children from military families. He didn't have the ability to hire a teacher alone. It would be much easier with Zhang Yue's help. He didn't expect his son to pass the imperial examination, but literate officers always

It was easier to get promoted than an illiterate officer. Although he had not read many books, some of the people who had made the same meritorious service as him were still Baihu and Zhenfu, but he became Qianhu.

The two chatted for a while while warming themselves by the fire, and then Zhou Bailing stood up and prepared to go out for inspection. Zhang Yue went back early last night and slept in his clothes without going on inspection when he came back. At this time, he said that he would go this time and wait until night

Let's switch things around again. Zhou Bailing thought about how quiet and deserted it was at night. He was really worried about letting Zhang Yue go out at that time, so he stopped arguing. After Zhang Yue put on his big cloak and went out and called Hu Qisi, he

Four additional sergeants were sent to accompany them, and a total of nine people entered the palace city from Bei'anmen.

Bei'anmen mainly houses the twenty-four yamen of the eunuchs. Although it was already dark at this time, many rooms inside were still lit with candles, and people came in and out from time to time. Because the lanterns of Zhang Yue and others were specially made, with writing on them

With the imperial title of Dou Da, all the eunuchs, big and small, knew that there was such a military force stationed near the palace. When they saw someone coming, they did not come forward to inquire, and some even took a detour. When Zhang Yue walked all the way, he saw Donghua Gate in the distance.

While walking, a group of people came out from the Neidong Factory on the left, and they happened to bump into each other.

"Eunuch Lu."

"Hey, it's Mr. Zhang, what a coincidence!" Lu Feng was scolding several subordinates, but when he saw Zhang Yue, he forced out an unnatural smile, "You are really conscientious in your duties, and you actually lead people in person.

Inspection. We still have some things to do at home. Let’s go ahead and talk to you later when I have time.”

Zhang Yue saw that the young eunuchs behind Lu Feng all had bitter expressions on their faces. His heart moved slightly, but he didn't say anything. He nodded and let them go. After a while, he led the people to Donghua Gate and just went to Donghua Gate.

The leading team was asking a few questions about defense when a few guards next to them showed signs of attention. He quickly turned around and took a closer look, but there was a group of people not far away supporting a group of four people carrying a large sedan. The leader was

The silk paper lanterns carried by the two people were clearly marked with the character "zhou". A beautiful image appeared in his mind, and the sedan fell steadily to the ground. A strong sedan bearer raised the curtain of the sedan, and what was inside was exactly what he expected.

people.

"Princess Princess?"

Zhu Ning bent down and came out of the sedan, and when she saw it was Zhang Yue, she immediately smiled and said: "What a coincidence this time, I just came back from visiting Wan'er at your house! You guys are too busy with business to take care of yourself.

She is pregnant with Liujia, but today I have encountered Wan'er's fetal movements, and she will definitely give birth to an energetic little one in the future. Why, you still have to patrol all the way along the royal road? "

"I just came in from Bei'anmen. I haven't gone to the Meridian Gate and Xihua Gate yet. There is still a long circle to go."

Seeing Zhang Yue wearing a large sable fur cloak, Zhu Ning couldn't help but squinted his eyes and looked at it, then took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it over casually: "Your father sent a letter home from Jiangnan.

One is for the old lady to say hello, and the other is for you. Since you were not here, Wan'er read it for you. She said it was very important and it would be inconvenient for others to send it to you, so she asked me to send it to you. I originally

I also planned to take a detour to Bei'anmen, who knew I would meet you right here."

"Thank you very much, Princess, for taking the trouble."

"Why bother? It's just a piece of cake!" Zhu Ning smiled generously, waved his hand to signal the followers around him to move away, and then whispered, "Wan'er told me what happened this morning, it's okay.

You should think carefully, otherwise you will be deceived. Every time you learn something, you will gain wisdom. Although I have a good relationship with you and your wife, I will never go beyond the rules when doing things. This is the way of the world, and everything can be changed.

, but the rules won’t change!”

"The princess reminds me that I didn't think about it carefully at the time. When I went back, I heard what was said, and when I thought about it more carefully, I felt it was wrong. In short, I will naturally be more careful in the future."

Listening to Zhu Ning's emotion, Zhang Yue couldn't help but think of Zhang Chao, who had taken a long leave from the army during the mourning period of Mrs. Deng. He also thought of Zhu Ning's scolding of Zhang Chao that day. He originally thought that Zhu Ning had grown up since he was a child.

Pretending to be a man must be a bit careless, but now that he has gradually come to understand her careful side, he really feels that she is not an ordinary heroine. Therefore, it was not convenient for him to stand and talk to her at Donghua Gate at that time. After saying this, he laughed

He chuckled and cupped his hands, ready to lead people to continue the inspection.

At this moment, Zhu Ning reminded again: "It snowed again just now. Although there are people cleaning the palace, it is inevitable that there are still some places with ice, so be careful when walking. The palace gate has not been opened yet, but it is the hottest day of the day."

When you are slacking off, someone might bring some messy things into the palace. If you meet someone suspicious... Well, these are all my instructions in vain, just listen to them. I'm leaving too, don't forget it when you have time.

Let’s go back and have a look.”

Zhang Yue nodded with a smile. When he saw Zhu Ning walking into Donghua Gate and leaving all the guards outside, he made a gesture to the people behind him and the group continued to move forward. Before they took a few steps, he

Suddenly, I heard a violent explosion. I looked up and saw that the sky in the southwest suddenly lit up, and soon there was a faint red light. At this time, Zhu Ning, who had already entered the Donghua Gate, also hurried out.

, as soon as she saw the bright light over there, she couldn't help but look at Zhang Yue.

"What's that sound about?"

"I don't know. It's strange. The Gunpowder Bureau is in the northeast of the imperial city, and the Ordnance Bureau is in the northwest of the city. There should be new vacant houses in the southwest. How could it explode?" The more Zhang Yue thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

, then saw that there were many eunuchs poking around inside the Donghua Gate, and said to Zhu Ning, "Princess, please come into the palace, I will send someone to see what is going on."

"Okay." Zhu Ning nodded cheerfully, turned around and walked a few steps before turning back and reminding him, "I will report to the emperor. Your duty is to guard the palace city. This matter involves the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and the Shuntian Mansion.

Just send someone there and don’t meddle in other people’s business!”

Seeing that Zhu Ning had gone away, Zhang Yue quickly asked Zhao Hu to go back to see Zhou Bailing, and also ordered the guards of Donghua Gate to temporarily enforce martial law and not allow people to enter or exit. He led the people to continue to the Meridian Gate. Due to this sudden sound,

When there was an explosion, all the eunuchs in the porcelain warehouse, the grate room, and other places along the way came out to see what was going on. He had to lead people up to disperse, but the doubts in his mind grew bigger and bigger. When he finally made a small half circle and came to the Meridian Gate.

When I arrived, I found that the place had already been under martial law. When I asked, I learned that the eunuch Zhang Qian, who was in the inner court, had personally come to give the order.

"What else does Eunuch Zhang have to say?"

The person guarding the Meridian Gate was Zhou Bailing's subordinate Qian Baihu, who had been to Qingzhou and Jiangnan together with Zhang Yue. He knew that he didn't have to go around any circles with this young man, so he said honestly:

"No, I only saw that Eunuch Zhang's face was extremely ugly at that time, and there were stains on his clothes. He probably fell because he ran too fast."

Knowing that with Zhang Qian's caution, the other gates would not be missed by sealing the Meridian Gate, Zhang Yue was not in a hurry to go to the Xihua Gate, but stopped there for a while, at least taking a look at the people who were being visited just now.

Several groups of eunuchs were stopped. Since most of them were going out of the palace to go to various departments, the service eunuchs who were preparing to return to the palace at this time were not the servants who lived in the corridor house, so most of them wore red or cyan sunflower chests and backs.

They were wearing regimental collar shirts and black gauze hats with rhinoceros horn belts, but their faces were different. His eyes swept over these people's faces one by one, and he noticed that one of the young eunuchs was looking around, seeming a little nervous. When that gaze met his

At that moment, the man seemed to be frightened, and suddenly stood still with his hands lowered and his chest lowered, his head only looking at the ground.
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