Comprehensive Martial Arts: Get Nine Suns at the beginning

Chapter 42 Decentralization

After the competition, Gao Huan and Zhu Houzhao walked side by side outside the yamen. When they reached the door, Gao Huan suddenly seemed hesitant to speak.

When Zhu Houzhao saw this, a flash of suspicion flashed in his eyes. He frowned at Gao Huan and said, "Just say what you have to say. Why did you suddenly become hesitant? This is not like your usual style."

Hearing this, Gao Huan let out a sigh and bowed to Zhu Houzhao.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Houzhao was a little confused as a monk. He silently took a step back, looked at Gao Huan with a vigilant expression, and said, "You didn't do something to feel sorry for me, did you?"

Hearing this, Gao Huan couldn't help but smile dumbly, then waved his hands and said, "No, no! How is that possible!"

"On the way back to Beijing, I met the devil's holy aunt Ren Yingying."

Under Zhu Houzhao's shocked and curious expression, Gao Huan told Ren Yingying exactly what he had promised to go to Meizhuang to rescue Ren Woxing from trouble, and promised him the position of leader of the Sun and Moon Sect.

Zhu Houzhao listened very seriously. After Gao Huan finished speaking, he looked at Gao Huan with burning eyes and said, "Is Ren Yingying beautiful?"

"ah?"

When Gao Huan heard this, he immediately showed a dumbfounded expression, then nodded with a wry smile and said, "After I met Ren Yingying, I deliberately wrote a poem for him."

"oh?"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Gao Huan expectantly and said, "What poem? Come on, tell me."

“There is a beautiful woman in the north, peerless and independent.

Look at the charming city once, then look at the charming country.

I would rather not know a beautiful city or a beautiful country. A beautiful woman is hard to come by."

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he suddenly lowered his head and fell into deep thought. He combined Gao Huan's poems to outline Ren Yingying's appearance in his mind. After a long silence, he slowly opened his mouth and said, "I think Ren Yingying must be extremely beautiful."

As Zhu Houzhao spoke, he suddenly patted Gao Huan on the shoulder and sighed: "I really envy you."

After Zhu Houzhao said that, he suddenly saw a small flag carrying a birdcage coming towards him. For some reason, he suddenly seemed a little irritable. He stretched out his hand and pointed directly at the small flag and said: "Asshole. Why do you put it in a cage?"

inside?"

Seeing this, Liu Jin quickly stepped forward, grabbed the birdcage from Xiaoqi's hand, and in front of Zhu Houzhao, released the bird that was locked in the cage and unable to free itself.

Looking at the parrot that was always hovering above Xiaoqi's head and refused to fly away, Zhu Houzhao waved to it with a smile and said: "Let's go, let's go, you are free."

"Isn't this just bad luck?"

Gao Huan curled his lips speechlessly, looked at Zhu Houzhao with an embarrassed look, and said, "Your Highness, I raise a parrot. Once it recognizes its owner, it will not leave easily."

"Freedom is indeed very important, but compared to freedom, responsibility is also very important. Your responsibility is to take care of the people, its responsibility is to accompany its master, and my responsibility is to safeguard the imperial power. We all perform our duties

, isn’t it also pretty good?”

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's disapproving expression, Gao Huan shook his head helplessly and said: "You should really go to Miyun when you have time. Those Shengdou commoners are also not allowed to be free. They are not even allowed to step out without a road guide.

The clouds are half a step away. As soon as they open their eyes every morning, they have to run around for life. Compared with them, you are happy."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Houzhao silently held the parrot in his hand, touched its little head gently, and immediately put it back into the cage. He stared at the parrot in the cage and said as if muttering to himself.

: "Let's each perform our duties."

After saying that, he suddenly thought of something, and then he looked at Gao Huan with a strange look on his face and said, "Do you and Ren Yingying have the same thing? That's the one. Well, you know."

Gao Huan rolled his eyes speechlessly and said, "I am a family man, and I have no intention of taking a concubine."

Zhu Houzhao nodded with low interest and said: "I can't go with you on this trip to Hangzhou. I will bring more people with me to prepare for emergencies."

"All you need to do is ask Yu Qing to accompany me. Having too many people will easily expose the target. Ren Yingying will also send a master to go to Hangzhou with me."

"You must be more careful during this trip and don't act rashly. If you find that something cannot be done, you should get out immediately and don't be willing to fight." Zhu Houzhao reminded him warmly.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I won't have to worry about it." Gao Huan nodded.

At this moment, Zhang Yong came over with an anxious look on his face and said: "Master, the emperor has issued a decree to summon you to the palace to see you."

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he curled his lips and said, "It seems that my father already knows what happened here."

As Zhu Houzhao spoke, he waved to Gao Huan without looking back and said, "Let's go, see you later."

After that, he took Liu Jin and Zhang Yong and left the Jinyiwei Yamen first.

After a long time.

Zhu Houzhao had just crossed the Yangxin Gate with his front feet when he saw Cao Zhengchun who was kneeling outside the Yangxin Hall, kowtowing to plead guilty. He came to Cao Zhengchun silently, looked at him expressionlessly, and asked knowingly: "What's going on?

Already?"

When Cao Zhengchun heard the words, he silently raised his head. When he saw that the person who came was Zhu Houzhao, he immediately kowtowed again and said, "I neglected to discipline my clansmen, so that Cao Zheng actually developed a domineering temper. I was not careful."

Please punish me severely, Your Highness."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Houzhao immediately helped Cao Zhengchun up in person. While he bent down to dust off Cao Zhengchun's knees, he said in a strange voice: "You are the chief eunuch of the Bureau of Ceremony, and also the chief eunuch.

The position of factory admiral is not much worse than taking care of everything every day. You are with my father all day long, how can you find the time to discipline Cao Zheng?"

Cao Zhengchun was originally showing his gratitude, but when he heard this, he was shocked, and then he knelt down with a plop.

"How can I, with my humble body, deserve to be called such by Your Highness? My crime deserves to be punished with death, and my crime deserves to be punished with death."

Cao Zhengchun deliberately used some hidden force when speaking, and his voice seemed to be no different from usual to the ears of Zhu Houzhao and others, but it could be conveyed to the ears of Emperor Hongzhi word for word.

Looking at Cao Zhengchun, who had a rainbow on his forehead, Zhu Houzhao curled his lips in disdain and said, "Okay, stop knocking. If you don't feel sorry for your own head, I still feel sorry for the gold bricks on the ground."

After Zhu Houzhao said this, he immediately left Liu Jin and others behind and walked toward the palace alone.

After entering the palace, Zhu Houzhao silently looked at the expressionless Emperor Hongzhi, then stepped forward and saluted: "My son, I pay homage to my father."

Emperor Hongzhi smiled slightly, waved to Zhu Houzhao, and said, "Come, sit next to me."

Zhu Houzhao seemed a little hesitant, but he still stepped forward and said, "I wonder what my father has to say?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he still just smiled slightly, reached out and patted the dragon chair under him, indicating to Zhu Houzhao to sit down and talk.

Zhu Houzhao shook his head and said: "My father is here, why should I sit down? I'd better answer standing up."

"When Xiao Jing was waiting for me to wash up this morning, I accidentally looked in the mirror and found that many hairs suddenly grew on my temples."

As Emperor Hongzhi spoke, he suddenly let out a long sigh and said, "I have been working hard all my life, and now I can no longer harden my heart."

Zhu Houzhao was startled, and his face gradually fell. He had already guessed the implication that his father wanted to express.

Zhu Houzhao breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "I can spare Cao Zheng's life and imprison him in Fusi, Beizhen, until his death."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, a flash of apology flashed in his eyes, and he picked up a blank imperial edict with a large seal placed on the imperial desk, handed it to Zhu Houzhao, and said: "From now on, the appointments and dismissals of the officials in Jinyiwei are all up to you.

Decide with one word.”

Upon hearing this, Zhu Houzhao tightened his hand holding the imperial edict and nodded silently. The father and son looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing.

at the same time.

Cao Zhengchun and Liu Jin, who were waiting outside the Yangxin Hall, were also engaged in an extremely fierce verbal battle through lip language.

Cao Zhengchun had a gloomy face and silently looked at Liu Jin's face for a long time, then showed a disappointed expression and said: "Our family has always treated you well, but look at what you have done."

When Liu Jin heard this, he curled his lips disdainfully and said without giving in: "I really can't understand what Eunuch Cao said. I am very petty-minded. I can't pretend to be anyone else except the emperor and my master. We always

All I think about every moment is worrying about the Lord.”

Cao Zhengchun always had a livid face, and said with an angry smile: "You are so good, Liu Jin, I didn't expect you to be a sharp-tongued master, but our family misjudged you before."

Liu Jin smiled slightly and said, "Just relax. According to the emperor's temperament, he will definitely save Cao Zheng's life, and he will definitely not let your Cao family die."

When Cao Zhengchun heard the words, he suddenly shuddered. Liu Jin's words were like a heavy hammer, hitting his heart hard. At this moment, he only felt that his chest was tight and it was difficult to breathe.

Cao Zhengchun suddenly collapsed to the ground with a look of sadness on his face. After bowing his head and being silent for a long time, his heart suddenly dropped. He immediately raised his voice and shouted loudly into the Yangxin Hall: "Cao Zheng is corrupt and perverting the law.

Slandering the imperial court is indeed a crime worthy of death. I ask that this thief be killed to set the record straight."

After Cao Zheng finished speaking, he saw Zhu Houzhao walking out of the hall with a smile. He waved the imperial edict in front of Cao Zhengchun as if to demonstrate, and said: "Father, the Emperor is kind and kind, and I have given Cao Zheng an order to give it to him."

Let’s continue the legacy of the Cao family.”

"I am a tree without roots. The only thing I hold in my heart is the Emperor and His Highness. Cao Zheng's sin must not be pardoned and must not be tolerated and indulged. I ask you to kill this thief in order to rectify people's hearts and calm down the false talk."

Zhu Houzhao patted Cao Zhengchun's head with a smile and said, "Okay, stop pretending, you must be happy now, right?"

After Zhu Houzhao said this, he turned around and left without giving Cao Zhengchun a chance to explain.

When he arrived at the Yangxin Gate, Liu Jin did not forget to look back and glance at Cao Zhengchun, who was kneeling in a daze, and cast a provocative look at him. Cao Zhengchun was so angry that he almost exploded on the spot.

(End of chapter)