Chapter 53: The Eunuch's Fox Pet
Before Lin Zhi opened his eyes, he felt the place where he was standing was shaking.
It was a very slight shaking, like being in a boat.
When Lin Zhi opened his eyes, the first thing he noticed was not the interior of the boat, but the iron bars in front of him.
His eyes widened slightly. This was a cage.
Then Lin Zhi felt something strange in his body that he could not ignore. He lowered his head and saw a patch of purple hair and something similar to a fox's tail being pressed under his head.
Lin Zhi squatted down subconsciously, looked at his little paws, and fell into silence for a few seconds.
01 said weakly: [Host, I swear this is really the optimal solution chosen by the program. It was not done by me, and I didn’t know it would be like this. Otherwise, I will send the plot to you first? 】
01 looked at the beautiful purple fox in the cage, suppressed the urge to suck the host, and planned to let him figure out the situation first.
Lin Zhi: [As soon as possible. 】
This situation was somewhat beyond Lin Zhi's expectations. Both times he traveled through time, he ended up in places with similar levels of technology, so he ignored the possibility of traveling through time to ancient times.
Outside the cage, there was a copper incense burner with two fish spitting beads. A faint white smoke overflowed from it. Combined with the situation inside the boat, Lin Zhi knew that this was ancient times without having to accept the plot.
Even someone as smart as Lin Zhi found it hard to understand how to complete the task by dressing up as a fox.
But soon, Lin Zhi found the answer from the plot he received.
This is an imaginary area beyond his knowledge, and the original owner is not a pure animal, he is a fox demon.
This is a world where demons, ghosts, spirits and humans coexist. Many of the strange stories that are circulating are actually true. Where there are these non-human beings, there are naturally those that counteract them.
There are many sorcerers among humans who practice Buddhism, Taoism, Qimen Dunjia, and various schools and sects.
Among them, the Demon-Suppression Division, which is led by the royal family, is an official organization among exorcists. It hides in the dark to maintain national stability and receives salaries from the government.
The target of this mission is Pei Duo, the chief of the Demon Suppression Bureau.
He was the person Lin Zhi considered to be the most difficult to cure so far. Just looking at his past, Lin Zhi frowned unconsciously.
Fortunately, no one came to the cabin, otherwise they would have seen a fox sitting upright and looking very serious.
Pei Duo came from an aristocratic family. The Zechuan Pei family had produced three prime ministers, and could be said to be a noble family. Pei Duo's father was also a leader among the sons of aristocratic families. Not long after entering the officialdom, he was promoted to the second rank and was highly regarded by the late emperor.
Everyone believed that the Pei family of Zechuan would produce another prime minister to make their family even more glorious.
But fifteen years ago, a fire killed Pei Duo's parents, his father's concubines, illegitimate sons and daughters, as well as more than a hundred servants and maids. Only Pei Duo, who was taking refuge from the summer heat in Zechuan, survived.
The late emperor was deeply distressed, but after investigation he could only conclude that it was due to the dry weather that the flood occurred accidentally.
Not many people believe this answer.
To have burned like this, someone must have set the fire, but no one from above investigated, so the matter was naturally suppressed.
Pei Duo returned from Zechuan and wore mourning clothes for his parents. He looked at the ruins of the old courtyard and his parents' bodies and remained silent for a long time.
Pei Duo was eight years old at that time, and was already old enough to be a governor.
The Pei family originally wanted to take this only descendant of the direct lineage back to Zechuan and secretly investigate the fire. However, what shocked the Pei family was that Pei Duo was missing. When he was found, he had been mixed in with the new eunuchs entering the palace and had been circumcised.
This incident made the entire Pei family sad and angry. They were heartbroken. They didn't know who was so vicious that not only did he harm Pei Duo's entire family, but he even wanted to cut off the root of this lineage.
In order to appease the Pei family, the emperor rewarded them with many things, promoted many of the Pei family's children, and was prepared to give Pei Duo wealth so that he would never have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of his life, but Pei Duo refused.
The young Pei Duo looked numb, but his attitude was extremely firm.
He said that the descendants of the Pei family should serve the emperor like dogs and horses, and since he had entered the palace as a eunuch, he was a eunuch.
Everyone knows that Pei Duo is just unwilling to leave like this. He wants to find answers for his parents' deaths. He can only stay in the imperial city and the deep palace to get closer to the vortex of power faster.
The emperor agreed, and from then on there was a little eunuch in the palace.
However, unlike what everyone speculated, Pei Duo entered the palace not because of someone else's instigation, but because he took the initiative.
Pei Duo was born different from ordinary people. He had a pair of yin-yang eyes and could hear the words of demons and spirits.
In the ruins of the old courtyard, he heard whispers in the wind, coming from an old tree in the corner of the courtyard that was said to be a hundred years old.
The tree was almost burned. Before its spirit dissipated, it told Pei Duo that the fire was not caused by human power but was caused by demons and ghosts. If he could join the Demon Suppression Bureau and learn some skills, he could stay in the capital and find out the truth.
In the urgent situation at that time, with the emperor's ambiguous attitude, the covetous eyes of the messengers behind the scenes, and the monsters and ghosts that were not human, Pei Duo did not want to stay away from the place of right and wrong, so he simply entered the palace with the most resolute attitude.
However, the old eunuch who performed the circumcision had once been favored by the Pei family. He recognized Pei Duo and let him go.
Thanks to the emperor's care, Pei Duo lived a good life in the palace.
Although he was just a young eunuch, his food, clothing and other daily necessities were all exquisite.
This was the emperor's compensation, but also his obstacle. In this situation, Pei Duo was like a leaf carried by the current and could only move in the direction given by the emperor.
However, with the help of his Yin-Yang eyes, Pei Duo knew a lot of secrets.
When he was thirteen years old, Pei Duo was thrown into a dry well.
He survived a disaster, and there was a resentful ghost in the dry well, which tried to snatch his body. However, Pei Duo was determined, and the resentful ghost was at a disadvantage and could only barely coexist with Pei Duo. The resentful ghost also had enemies, so in order to make Pei Duo stronger, he taught Pei Duo ghost magic.
What happened later was not that Pei Duo coexisted with the ghost and reached the peak of his life hand in hand. Pei Duo knew that the ghost wanted to take over his body. After learning ghost skills, he turned around and tricked the emperor into telling the matter. The ghost in his body became his stepping stone to enter the sight of the Demon Suppression Bureau.
There are very few people who are born with the ability to see ghosts and demons. They are extremely talented and are on the path of eliminating demons and ghosts. In addition, Pei Duo has a strong character and has not been possessed by evil spirits at such a young age. The chief of the Demon Suppression Bureau admires him very much and wants to take him in as his apprentice.
The emperor agreed, and Pei Duo entered the Demon Suppression Bureau.
Pei Duo was unable to guess what the emperor was thinking at one point.
He once thought that the emperor was responsible for his parents' deaths, otherwise it would be hard to accept why he gave up. Obviously, people from the Demon Suppression Bureau were ordered to investigate the matter, but it ended up in nothing.
But it doesn't make sense that the murderer is the emperor. His father works for the emperor and has no intention of being disloyal. If the emperor wanted to punish him, he had a hundred ways to do so. Why did he have to rely on the hands of evil spirits? If it was the emperor, why would he let him enter the Demon Suppression Bureau? Who was the person who threw him into the dry well? These are all things Pei Duo needs to figure out.
He grew rapidly. While learning techniques to handle various matters in the Demon Suppression Bureau, he mobilized all his abilities, connected the harem and the previous dynasty, and gradually moved towards the center of power.
With the help of these two parallel paths, Pei Duo understood everything when he came of age.
The one who murdered his relatives was the emperor's third son.
The emperor did not appoint a crown prince too early, and the third prince was one of the most promising candidates.
However, Pei Duo's father did not like the third prince, and he had important evidence of the third prince's forming a clique for personal gain, which he was preparing to present to the emperor.
The third prince's concubine was a flower demon. After knowing this, she immediately informed the third prince. The third prince was very panicked. The flower demon decided to solve the problem for him, so there was a strange fire.
The emperor traced the case to the third prince, but the third prince had killed the flower demon in advance and admitted his mistake in front of the emperor, saying that the flower demon had acted on its own and that he had been bewitched. In short, he blamed all the faults on the flower demon and presented all his belongings to the emperor.
After all, this was a biological son, so the emperor still protected the third prince, so there was no follow-up in the files of the Demon Suppression Bureau.
The emperor had complicated feelings about Pei Duo entering the palace. He knew the hatred in Pei Duo's heart and also had a desire to compensate his subjects, so he treated Pei Duo very well and allowed him to enter the Demon Suppression Bureau.
Pei Duo was a capable minister. He was as talented as his father or even more outstanding. The emperor employed him with very complicated emotions. However, as the emperor's health gradually weakened, his attitude switched back and forth between being on guard and employing him.
Pei Duo understood the emperor's mind very well. In front of the emperor, he acted as if "all thunder and rain were grace from heaven", allowing him to raise his voice at will and secretly accumulate strength.
He deliberately made the situation extremely chaotic, causing some people who originally thought they had no hope to decide to give it a try. After all, few people can resist the temptation of power.
The factional struggles among the princes of the previous dynasty were becoming more and more intense, the concubines were also secretly trying to make efforts, and the emperor was becoming increasingly weak. In this situation, he had to use Pei Duo.
The emperor and the third prince both thought that Pei Duo did not know the truth of the year. Pei Duo also used this point to deliberately mislead the third prince, making him think that the murderer behind the scenes was the fifth prince.
The third prince interacted with Pei Duo with confidence, and when he thought he was the final winner, he fell into the abyss and was defeated miserably.
The way of his death was specially chosen for him by Pei Duo. He let the evil ghost possess the body of the third prince and manipulated him to self-immolate. The third prince was conscious but could not control his body, so he was burned to death.
The factional struggle had come to an end at this time. When the sick emperor heard Pei Duo tell him in person that the third prince had committed suicide by burning himself, he understood everything, but it was already too late for the emperor to save the situation.
The day after the third prince committed self-immolation, the emperor died of illness.
Pei Duo conveyed his decree and chose the ninth prince to ascend the throne.
The ninth prince did not participate in the competition. He was extremely terrified about the throne falling on him. He knew that this was not his father's will, but Pei Duo's.
Pei Duo is 24 years old this year. He is the undisputed most powerful eunuch and also the chief of the Demon Suppression Bureau.
It’s troublesome, really troublesome, Lin Zhi sighed in his heart.
Pei Duo's heart is not a secret room, but a maze.
Mingyao keeps a huge distance from others, Song Jiazhu is a self-enclosed person, but Pei Duo is different.
He looked down at everyone, observing the world coldly from behind a black fog.
From the plot content given by 01, Lin Zhi knew that he was the gift that would be presented to Pei Duo.
More than a hundred years ago, the royal family issued an order to kill foxes, and the number of foxes decreased dramatically. They are still rare today. A purple fox is even rarer in the world, so it is natural that it should be presented to the most powerful person.
This is indeed the best solution at the moment. Pei Duo is extremely cunning, and there are as many people who want to kill him as those who want to get close to him. He must be extremely defensive and very difficult to approach.
Lin Zhi recalled the story of the original owner. The original owner was injured and unable to support himself, so he turned into his juvenile prototype and became a little fox that was only half the length of an adult man's arm.
In this case, this state might be better to be closer to Pei Duo.
In the cage, the little fox held his cheek with his paw and sighed softly.
This time, you don’t have to think about whether you are in a relationship or not, just think about whether it’s okay or not.
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