After Chen Hong finished his shift, he got on the warm sedan and returned to his residence in Juer Hutong outside Bei'anmen.

Eunuch Chen lived in a large mansion with five courtyards, and there were more than 200 housekeepers, servants, maids and old women in the mansion.

Even though he was a eunuch, he had a wife and four concubines, and he also adopted several nephews and nieces to raise in his house, so he almost had a complete family.

When the father-in-law returned home, his beautiful wives and concubines quickly welcomed him into the house, helped him change his clothes, take off his hat and shoes, and put him into home robes. Then they massaged him while asking him in a soft voice whether he had a hard time last night and whether anything went wrong.

While talking to him in private, she also fed him soup. She served Eunuch Chen very well and felt that her original choice was not wrong...

Although he paid some physical price, if he had stayed in his hometown in Xinyang, he would definitely not be able to marry now, and that thing would be useless and would only cause trouble.

Eunuch Chen comforted himself and asked his adopted eldest son Chen Dafa to go next door to invite Shao Daxia to come over.

He and the Danyang hero were old acquaintances. When Chen Hong was still the chief of the Imperial Guard, responsible for purchasing supplies for the palace, he met Shao Fang.

Shao's greatest skill was that he could make friends with everyone, including eunuchs. Chen Hong also wanted to make friends with this powerful Jiangnan hero, and they became good friends.

When Chen Hong was able to become the eunuch of the Imperial Household Department and then the Imperial Household Department, Shao Fang played a great role... The elixirs, secret recipes, and utensils that Chen Honggong presented to Emperor Longqing were all collected by Shao from home and abroad. The relationship between the two naturally became closer.

Why did Shao Fang dare to say so brazenly that he could restore Xu Jie and Gao Gong? In fact, it was because of Chen Hong.

Of course, you could also say this is too unreliable, right? Chen Hong was only the fourth in command in the Imperial Household Department, so how could he be so powerful?

But don't people in the martial arts world make a living by bragging about Boyi? Shao Daxia is very conscientious.

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After a while, Shao Fang came.

After he arrived in Beijing two months ago, he bought a house next to Chen Hong's and settled down there. As long as Chen Hong was not on duty, the two would hang out together and were inseparable.

Under Shao Fang's instigation, Eunuch Chen was finally no longer satisfied with just having a wife and children and a warm bed, and he began to aspire to become the eunuch in charge of household affairs.

Shao Fang repeatedly brainwashed Chen Hong into believing that as long as Gao Gong was reinstated, he would be able to become the eunuch in charge of ceremonies. As soon as he saw a glimmer of hope, he quickly reported the good news to Shao Fang.

Shao the hero was worried about the fact that Gao Gong had not been able to pass the imperial recommendation. When he heard Eunuch Chen talk about the roundabout tactics that Zhang Juzheng had come up with, he couldn't help but be delighted.

I secretly thought that I could finally give an explanation to Mr. Gao!

But he said calmly, "Don't be too happy too soon. Let's wait and see what happens, and celebrate when we have the final word."

"Brother, you are mature! I'll listen to you." Chen Hong gave up the idea of ​​celebrating properly.

Little did he know that Shao Fang just wanted to go home and think carefully about how to brag about himself in the letter to Gao Gong and make Gao Gong believe that he was the number one hero who helped him get out of retirement.

In the blink of an eye, Master Shao had fabricated how he had overcome the five major links and seven major difficulties one by one, and he almost moved himself to tears.

~~

In the evening, the snow was still falling, but there was little snow on the streets of Shijia Hutong in Dongcheng District, and charcoal slag was spread on the ground to prevent slipping.

This was done by the Dongcheng Military Commission, but not all alleys were treated this way. Only those who happened to live in the same alley as high-ranking officials of the imperial court could benefit from this.

Maybe, this is life.

The first house in Shijia Hutong is the residence of Wang Bengu, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

Wang Bengu, who was promoted to the position of Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel this autumn, finished his day's work and returned home in a sedan chair.

The entrance hall of his house is connected to the sedan chair hall, and the sedan chair can be carried directly into it.

The servants lit a large charcoal basin in the sedan chair so that the master would not feel the cold at all after getting out of the sedan chair.

The butler lifted the thick curtain of the sedan chair and respectfully invited Wang Bengu to get out.

Wang Bengu was a very powerful official, and he remained serious even when he returned home. He walked straight along the airtight corridor towards the back house.

The butler bowed and followed behind, reporting in a low voice: "Master, Xu Wu is here."

Wang Bengu said calmly, "How long have you been here?"

"I arrived at noon and have been waiting in the hall." The housekeeper said softly, "Looking at the posture, I don't think I will leave until I see the master today."

"He came quickly." Wang Bengu frowned slightly, and continued to walk forward with his head held high, saying, "Tell him to wait in the study."

"Yes." The butler responded and hurried to pass the message.

~~

Although Lord Xu has retired and left Beijing, dozens of shops owned by the Xu family in the capital are still operating as usual.

Especially when overseas sales were cut off, the importance of the Beijing market became more prominent. Compared with other families, the Xu family was better off because, firstly, they mainly produced cotton cloth and had good domestic sales. Secondly, they monopolized the cotton cloth market in Beijing, which eased the pressure of collecting payments.

Therefore, the Xu family kept their most capable manager, Xu Wu, in the capital and asked him to take care of the business in the capital.

Early this morning, Xu Wu received an urgent letter from Songjiang...which arrived a little earlier than the imperial court's express delivery by Pegasus.

Then he followed Lord Xu's instructions and came to ask for an audience with Wang Bengu.

Xu Wu knew, of course, that Wang Bengu would not be able to return home until dark, but he still came early to wait, putting on a show.

It was dark when I finally saw someone.

He followed the housekeeper to the study and saw Wang Bengu wearing a well-cut Songjiang blue cloth green-edged Taoist robe. Even at home, he still wore a net scarf on his head, which was meticulously covered on top of his head.

"I'm here to see the Grand Chancellor." Xu Wu quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

"I already know why you came here." Wang Bengu said coldly, "Master Cun Zhai called you here so anxiously, could it be that it has something to do with that incident?"

"Of course not." Xu Wu denied it immediately: "Who is our Xu family? How could we do something so suicidal?"

"Then what are you doing here?" Wang Bengu sneered.

"People have no intention to hurt tigers, but tigers have the intention to hurt people." Xu Wu said without leaking anything: "In order to prevent disasters before they happen, and to allow the people of Jiangnan to have a few years of good life, please ask the Junior Prime Minister to select a benevolent governor for the ten prefectures in Jiangnan."

"How could I have that ability?" Wang Bengu showed an inhuman look.

"These are the candidates that the old master can accept." Xu Wu raised his head, handed over a list with both hands, and said to himself: "I hope that Junior Prime Minister will not refuse for the sake of our past friendship. After the matter is accomplished, the past will be written off, and my Xu family will no longer bother Junior Prime Minister."

"Really?" Wang Bengu's face changed immediately.

"Really." Xu Wu nodded heavily and said, "The letter of guarantee written by the young prime minister will be returned together."

That was the nightmare that had troubled him for ten years. Wang Bengu stared at Xu Wu with a gloomy look for a long time, and finally reached out to take the list.

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