Sword Xia of the Shu Mountains Chapter 31: Wei Zhongxian

Emperor Wanli woke up early the next morning. After washing up under the service of the eunuchs and having breakfast, he followed Chang Lingyun, Haining, and Donglin party members headed by Gu Xian to the court. , personally interrogate Zhu Minchun, Wei Chao and others who launched and participated in the coup last night.

At this time, the two main criminals, Zhu Minchun and Wei Chao, have long lost the power of yesterday, and they both bowed their heads and knelt in the middle of the road surrounded by officers holding sticks in the courthouse and remained silent; Emperor Wanli was sitting on the seat of the court hearing the case, preparing to interrogate the two of them, while Chang Lingyun was assisting the trial on the right side of the seat where Emperor Wanli was sitting.

"Zhu Minchun, Wei Chao, why did you two hold me hostage last night and break into the council hall?"

Zhu Minchun and Wei Chao kept their heads down and replied in a low voice

"WeChen Convicted"

"I told you a long time ago that Chang Lingyun and the Donglin Party members reformed the internal affairs of the imperial court at my will, and you two held me hostage just because the new government gave me the abolition of privileges or dismissed officials. The Council has asked Chang Aiqing to restore the old system to safeguard your own interests, but have you considered the consequences of doing so; if I follow your wishes and restore the old system, how should I face the people of the Ming Dynasty?”

After listening to Emperor Wanli's words, Chang Lingyun sat aside and said to the two of them

“Constitutional monarchy is a new government system in Ming Dynasty. Although its implementation will affect the interests of your princes, ministers and eunuchs, it can protect the foundation of our Ming Dynasty for eternity. During the implementation of the new government system in the past few months, I have The people of Daming applauded the new policies and reforms implemented by the new regime, but you, princes, ministers and eunuchs who only eat dry rice, do nothing on weekdays, but only take the silver taels of the court for nothing and eat the hard work of the common people. The grain you planted hard, because the reform of the imperial court harmed your personal interests, and you did such a treacherous thing as hijacking the emperor to launch a coup d'état. Do you still have this imperial court or this country in your eyes? How can you be worthy of the people of the world, and how can you be worthy of the court to which you are loyal?”

After listening to Chang Lingyun's reprimand to the two principal offenders, he sat on the left next to the Wanli Emperor's seat, and Gu Xiancheng, who was also assisting the trial, reprimanded mercilessly

"You kidnapped the emperor and conspired to rebel, and you have committed the most serious crime of my "Da Ming Law". According to the "Da Ming Law", you two will be executed Ling Chi"

After Gu Xiancheng finished speaking, he turned around and bowed his arms in the face of Emperor Wanli and said respectfully

"Your Majesty, please immediately order the two of them to be taken to Caishikou to be executed, and all their accomplices will be beheaded. Our parliament will unanimously approve it, and then hand it over to the Ministry of Punishment. Please issue an order"

After listening to Gu Xiancheng's words, Emperor Wanli immediately decided to execute Zhu Minchun and Wei Chao in accordance with the "Daming Regulations"

"Okay, if that's the case, then I will execute the two of them in accordance with the "Daming Laws""

After making the decision, Emperor Wanli instructed the officials present

"I'm here, prepare a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone for me."

When the two officials went to get the pen, ink, paper and inkstone according to Emperor Wanli's instructions, Zhu Minchun and Wei Chao were so frightened that tears fell, and they hurriedly asked Emperor Wanli for mercy

"Your Majesty, my ministers are convicted, please spare my life"

"I beg the emperor to spare the servants with mercy. For the sake of the servants' dedication to serve the emperor and serve the country, please forgive the servant's life, the emperor"

Gu Xiancheng, who has always hated evil and hatred, is still so unselfish and unmoved by the two of them in his heart

"If I knew today, why was it in the first place. It's useless for you to say anything now. If you two don't die, you will be sorry to the people of the dawn of the world"

Although their pleas did not shake Gu Xiancheng's heart to execute them, it made Chang Lingyun's heart be moved; time to say

"Wait a minute"

After finishing speaking, he said to Emperor Wanli again

"Your Majesty, God has the virtue of good life. Considering that they are both first offenders, and Wei Chao has served you with all his heart for so many years, in my opinion, I will spare them this time."

And Gu Xiancheng's attitude is still so firm

"That won't work"

After he finished speaking, he raised his hands and said to Emperor Wanli again in a serious tone

"Your Majesty, these two people are extremely sinful. They hold your Majesty hostage. They should be punished for their crimes. If they are not put to death, it is simply unbearable and cannot be tolerated, Your Majesty."

The emperor is more inclined to follow Chang Lingyun's advice

"Chang Aiqing is right, God has the virtue of good life, so let's do what Chang Aiqing wants; but the death penalty can be avoided, and the life crime can't be escaped. From today, all positions and positions of the Jin King Zhu Minchun will be removed. Power, wiped the list from the roster of the ancestral mansion, demoted him to a commoner, and his son Zhu Qiugui continued his title. In addition, the Wei Dynasty was expelled from the palace, I don't want to see you again"

When Zhu Minchun and Wei Chao saw that Emperor Wanli was willing to forgive them both of their capital crimes, they were all grateful for Emperor Wanli's kindness, so they both knelt on the ground and cried

"Thank you for your kindness, thank you for your kindness"

At this time, Emperor Wanli hadn't slept well because of what happened last night, and his face long showed a hint of tiredness; he dozed off and stretched and said

"I haven't slept well last night, and now I'm going back to the bedroom to sleep. Chang Aiqing, Gu Aiqing, you come to help me draft the edict, and their affairs will be handled by your parliament"

At this time, Chang Lingyun and Gu Xiancheng raised their arms and said to Emperor Wanli at the same time

"Yes, Your Majesty"

A few days later, the Wei Dynasty asked the parliament to execute the imperial edict issued by Emperor Wanli and expel him from the palace. After leaving the palace, because he had no source of income, all his family property was confiscated. He relied on begging outside the palace for a living, lived a life of displacement, and was oppressed and humiliated by the people in the market; whenever he went to ask ordinary people for food At that time, as long as the other party knew their identity, they would be scolded, followed by a severe beating; because people generally hated those eunuchs who only flattered and oppressed the people in front of the emperor and high officials. A thief like the Wei Dynasty who brought disaster to the country and the people is even more hated to the core.

Because he didn't eat for several days, he was almost dizzy from hunger, and his body became weaker and weaker. In addition, he was beaten by the mob the day before because his identity was known, and he didn't get it in time. Being healed brought him almost to the point of dying, and death was only a matter of time for him. At this time, he was still begging for food on the street, because he couldn't find a grain of food for several days, and he couldn't bear it because his stomach was hungry. Because his legs couldn't support the weight of his body, he fainted before he knew it. on the ground. At this moment, a white-skinned **** with delicate eyebrows in the uniform of the **** chief suddenly appeared beside Wei Chao's body with five little eunuchs beside him. After a while, the leading **** in the general's uniform ordered the five little eunuchs beside him

"Take him into the palace and put him in my quarters, don't let anyone know"

The five little eunuchs all answered in unison

"Yes"

The **** wearing the uniform of the **** chief is named Wei Zhongxian. He just turned 30 this year. When he was young, because his family was poor, he lived on the streets. Although he didn't know a few characters, he knew how to ride horses and archery; his biggest hobby was gambling , Once he gambled with his friends. After losing the bet, he became angry and hated himself in the palace. He changed his name to Li Jinzhong and entered the palace to become an eunuch. Later, he got acquainted with Wei Chao in the palace. Under the recommendation of Wei Chao, he became the supervisor of the imperial kitchen. In order to repay Wei Chao's kindness, he changed his name to Wei Zhongxian. For Wei Zhongxian, the Wei Dynasty is his great benefactor. Without the promotion of the Wei Dynasty, with his personal ability, it is difficult to get a half-official position in the palace; in Wei Zhongxian's heart, the Wei Dynasty is his rebirth His parents were his great benefactors; and now, Wei Chao was expelled from the palace by the emperor because of his participation in the coup. Led a group of small eunuchs to inquire about the whereabouts of Wei Chao in the capital, and wanted to bring Wei Chao into the palace and change his appearance, let him follow him and continue to live in the palace, although this Doing this will make Wei Chao lose his original identity forever, but at least it won't let him starve to death outside the palace; for Wei Zhongxian himself, with his current status and power, this is almost the only way he can repay his benefactor. In this way, Wei Chao asked Wei Zhongxian to sneak back to the palace and put him in Wei Zhongxian's residence to settle down; after an hour, Wei Chao opened his eyes and found himself back in the palace and lying in Wei Zhongxian's house. On the bed, he already understood what was going on; at this time, Wei Zhongxian was standing beside the bed where he was lying. He glanced at the surrounding environment and saw a table on the table that Wei Zhongxian brought from the imperial kitchen. The sumptuous food, out of the body's instinctive response to hunger, he unceremoniously lay on the wooden table and devoured it.

"Engong, you finally woke up, slow down, don't choke"

Wei Chao asked Wei Zhongxian while eating the sumptuous meal at the table

"Zhongxian, you... why did you bring me into this palace again"

"Engong, it's like this; after you were expelled from the palace by the emperor, I sent people to inquire about your whereabouts, and finally I saw you lying on the ground in an alley, so I sent people to take you away. got it here"

When Wei Chao heard Wei Zhongxian's statement, he immediately put down the half-eaten chicken leg, worried that he would implicate Wei Zhongxian, so he hurriedly told him

"Zhongxian, how can you take me back to the palace without permission, this will affect you, do you know? You still let me out of the palace, I don't want you to be implicated because of me"

After listening to Wei Chao's words, Wei Zhongxian said quickly

"Engong, where is this? If it wasn't for your promotion, I wouldn't be what Wei Zhongxian is today; if you left the palace, you would have to starve to death. You are my great benefactor, I can't see it You are starving to death, I will always keep you by my side and take good care of you"

"But you will be implicated if you do this. If the emperor knows that you have taken me into the palace privately, you will be beheaded"

"Even if I want to beheaded, I can't let you starve to death in the capital. You are my benefactor, and I have decided to keep you by my side and take good care of you"

After speaking, Wei Zhongxian took out a human skin mask from his arms and displayed it in front of Wei Chao and continued to say

"This is a human skin mask that I have prepared for you, as long as you wear it and make up as one of my subordinates, no one will recognize you"

Wei Chao took over the human skin mask at this time and said very gratefully

"Your kindness and virtue will never be forgotten by Wei Chao"

"You are my great benefactor, don't say these polite words, you have been hungry for so many days, and you are injured again, you put on this human skin mask first, I will find the imperial doctor now To help you heal your wounds, you stay here and don’t go anywhere, and bring a human skin mask.”

After instructing, Wei Zhongxian walked out and closed the door from the outside. After that, he smiled gloomily, playing his own wishful thinking; The imperial physician, and brought the imperial physician into his private residence in the palace. When he opened the door again, he saw another face. This was the face Wei Chao didn't recognize after he put on the human skin mask. After seeing this face, the imperial doctor was very unfamiliar, so he asked

"Eunuch Wei, who is this person, seems to have never met?"

Wei Zhongxian replied

"This is one of my servants. He was injured by several of my servants because he had an argument with others. You can show him"

"Yes, Eunuch Wei"

Therefore, the imperial doctor took off the clothes on Wei Chao's body to treat him, gave him a little gold wound medicine, took a pulse and said

"This little father-in-law's pulse is stable, but he has suffered a lot of trauma. As long as he applies some gold wound medicine on time every day, he will be fine. In addition, I will prescribe a prescription to help restore his body, and he will be fine soon" /

"Ok, thank you"

After Wei Zhongxian finished speaking, he took out a certain amount of silver ingot and handed it to the imperial doctor.

"This is a reward for you, you can go back"

When the imperial doctor packed up everything, he retreated to the door and said

"Thank you, Eunuch Wei, the old man retire"

After the imperial doctor left, Wei Zhongxian closed the door and whispered to Wei Chao

"Engong, quickly put the Jinchuang medicine on it, and I'll ask someone to decoct the medicine for you to take orally; after your injury is healed, I'll find a way to find something to do in the palace for you"

"Brother Wei Xian, you don't have to be so kind to me. You are asking the imperial doctor to heal my wounds for me, and you are looking for a new job in the palace for me. I am really sorry"

"Engong, please don't say that; the so-called kindness of dripping water should be repaid with a spring, and your promotion to me made me remember in my heart. Now I can't ignore the difficulties of grace; Be careful, don't reveal your previous identity, if you let other people in the palace know, I will also be implicated"

After listening to Wei Zhongxian's words, Wei Chao patted his chest and assured him

"You can rest assured my brother, I will never reveal my identity, even if it is accidentally revealed, I will never betray you, even if I die"

After listening to Wei Chao's words, Wei Zhongxian nodded and said

"Well, I believe my benefactor, I'm going to ask someone to decoct the medicine for you now, you still stay in my room and don't go anywhere"

After he finished speaking, Wei Zhongxian went out of the room again; after going out, he secretly called some of his eunuchs and said that

"Do you want to get promoted or not?"

After listening to Wei Zhongxian's words, one of the little eunuchs said

"Of course I want to be promoted and get rich. Who wouldn't want such a good thing"

After listening to this little **** said this, another little **** said

"Yes, yes"

After listening to the two little eunuchs, Wei Zhongxian said again

"Since you want to get rich, you have to listen to me. Do you know who the **** I asked you to rescue a few days ago?"

"Of course I know that. Isn't he the Wei Dynasty who launched a rebellion a few days ago and was subdued and tried by Lord Chang, and was later expelled from the palace by the emperor's confiscated property?"

"Well, you're right, it's him"

In the middle of the conversation, one of the young eunuchs quickly understood what Wei Zhongxian wanted to express

"Could it be that Eunuch Wei is going to report it to the emperor and then ask for merit and reward?"

"You're right, but not now because I came up with a better idea"

"Excuse me, Eunuch Wei, what's the idea?"

Then, Wei Zhongxian gathered the little eunuchs under his command and started whispering

A few days later, Wei Chao's injury finally healed under Wei Zhongxian's meticulous care. After the injury was healed, he changed his name to Zhang Jing in order to hide his eyes from the public, and was arranged to do odd jobs in the imperial kitchen under Wei Zhongxian's introduction. At this time, the Wei Dynasty was already grateful to Wei Zhongxian and could not repay it, and did not realize that Wei Zhongxian was doing this for another purpose. One night, a man in black broke into the forbidden area guarded by the Guards outside the palace of Emperor Wanli, and fought with a squad of ten guards. The fight was inseparable. Going up and down, Emperor Wanli, who was resting in the palace, was quickly alerted; when he heard the sound of fighting outside, he hurriedly ran out to find out, and found the man in black who was fighting with the Imperial Guard. At this moment, the man in black found out that Emperor Wanli had left the palace, and shouted sternly

"Dog emperor, die"

He then volleyed up, raised his sword and stabbed it in the direction of Emperor Wanli's chest. When the sword was about to approach Emperor Wanli's chest, Hai Ning, the leader of the Imperial Guard, who had already come to **** him, rushed towards Emperor Wanli's chest like lightning. The front of the sword blocked the sword that the man in black stabbed at Emperor Wanli

"The daring assassin who dared to assassinate the emperor in the middle of the night, come here, take this assassin down quickly"

Then, more than a dozen fully-armed Guards and Jinyi Guards brought by Haining quickly surrounded the black-clothed assassins; the terrified Wanli Emperor hurriedly shouted at this time

"Escort, escort, let me catch this assassin"

After hearing the emperor's decree, Haining raised his sword and rushed to the front of the black-clothed assassin and fought with the assassin. The right hand ripped off the gauze covering the assassin's face. After tearing the gauze, Haining and Emperor Wanli were suddenly shocked. The assassin who came to assassinate Emperor Wanli was none other than the one who was expelled from the palace by Emperor Wanli a few days ago. and deprived the Wei Dynasty of his property and salary

"It turned out to be you, so you are a traitor. The emperor didn't kill you that day. It's already a big deal for you. You don't know what's wrong. The head of the thief is for the emperor to get rid of you, the traitor"

Haining finished speaking, he raised his sword with all his strength and stabbed Wei Chao in the chest, but he didn't expect that a cloud of white smoke suddenly appeared around him and wrapped him. After the smoke dissipated, Wei Chao disappeared in front of him as if the world had evaporated. After seeing this situation, Haining dropped his sword in annoyance and said

"Damn, let him escape"

After he finished speaking, he immediately turned around and looked at Emperor Wanli who was standing behind him. Fortunately, he was safe and sound; then he immediately arched his arms, knelt on the ground and said to Emperor Wanli

"Improper management of Wei Chen gave assassins an opportunity to take advantage of, so that the emperor was frightened and asked the emperor to deal with the crime of poor protection of Wei Chen"

Wanli said impatiently at this time

"It's okay, it's okay, since you already know who the assassin is, what's the use of talking about it"

After finishing speaking, he ordered to Haining

"Send my will to immediately block all the exits in the palace. If you want to enter or leave, you must pass through my hand. This ungrateful traitor must be hidden in this palace. Whoever catches this traitor first, I will definitely reward you, you can execute the order now.”

"Yes, Your Majesty"

The assassin who assassinated the Wanli Emperor was not actually the Wei Dynasty at all, but a professional assassin wearing a human-skin mask like the Wei Dynasty hired by Wei Zhongxian for a lot of money; There was a little movement in the palace, so that he could take this opportunity to get close to Emperor Wanli; when the professional killer secretly returned to the secret place in the palace where he met Wei Zhongxian, he immediately closed the doors and windows and tore off the person wearing his face. The leather mask met Wei Zhongxian

"This man's skin mask is really bad for his face"

After he finished speaking, he thought of the bounty Wei Zhongxian had promised earlier

"What about the bounty you promised earlier?"

Wei Zhongxian said with a faint smile after listening to the killer's words

"You can rest assured that the bounty will not be less than a penny"

After he finished speaking, he handed a black cloth bag full of banknotes to the killer. The killer opened the bag and saw that all the coins were inside! When he began to realize that he was on Wei Zhongxian, Wei Zhongxian immediately raised a short knife and hacked the killer to death; after hacking the killer, Wei Zhongxian held the **** short knife and said to the killer who fell in a pool of blood

"I don't give you any less money, but it's for you to use after you report to the Lord of Hell"

Two days later, Wei Chao secretly sneaked into the palace, and the news of the assassination of the emperor had already spread in the palace; this made Zhen Wei Chao, who had been hiding beside Wei Zhongxian and working in the imperial kitchen, panicked, and he hurriedly went to Wei Zhongxian's residence. found Wei Zhongxian and said to him

"Now there are rumors in the palace that I will return to the palace to assassinate the emperor. Where do these rumors come from?"

After listening to Wei Chao's words, Wei Zhongxian said calmly

"Don't worry, please come with me to the bedroom for a cup of tea and a snack, and wait for me to tell you slowly"

After entering the bedroom, Wei Zhongxian personally poured a cup of tea for Wei Chao and placed some cakes on the table before saying

"Engong, drink tea to calm down"

At this time, Wei Chao eagerly wanted to know the origin of the rumor from Wei Zhongxian's mouth, how could he still have the mood to drink tea

"You better hurry up and tell me who is spreading the rumors in the palace"

After listening to Wei Chao's words, Wei Zhongxian casually took a sip of tea and said with a light smile

"Engong, I won't hide it from you anymore. It's not a rumor, but a conspiracy planned by me"

After speaking, Wei Zhongxian suddenly waved his hand, and a group of eunuchs who were hiding in all directions surrounded Wei Chao, who was sitting directly opposite Wei Zhongxian's table. This action immediately scared Wei Chao into a panic. After Wei Zhongxian finished speaking, he stood up, walked over to Wei Chao and continued to say

"I hired a killer to make up your appearance to assassinate the emperor, and then let him pretend that the assassination failed, so that the emperor mistakenly thought that you returned to the palace to assassinate the emperor, so there is such a rumor"

After listening to Wei Zhongxian's words, Wei Chao said angrily and loudly

"Why do you want to do this? Since you entered the palace, I was the one who promoted you, so that you can stand in this position today, but you want to hurt me. You are really wolf-hearted, not as good as pigs and dogs"

After listening to Wei Chao's words, Wei Zhongxian closed his eyes, took a deep breath, held the back of Wei Chao's chair with his hands, and said with a sinister smile

"You're right, I, Wei Zhongxian, are indeed a wolf-hearted man, and I'm not as good as a pig and a dog. This is really unfair to you; and I also know that you have been kind to me before, so the reason why I secretly took you into the palace and refused to let you go. You starved to death outside and greeted you with delicious food and drink to let you continue to find a job in the palace to repay your kindness. If you starved to death outside the palace like this, it would be too useless. And now, I have already repaid your kindness to you, you and I don't owe each other now, in order to get promoted and get rich and get close to the emperor, I can only aggrieve you, benefactor"

After saying this, he ordered all the eunuchs around him

"Here I come, tie up this ungrateful dog **** who assassinated the emperor, hand it over to Lord Hai, and then go with Lord Hai to see the emperor"

"Yes, father-in-law"

Then, Wei Chao was rudely **** by the little eunuchs who were following Wei Zhongxian's side; Wei Chao, who was tied up, scolded Wei Zhongxian with wide eyes at this time

"Wei Zhongxian, you are a sinister, sinister, ungrateful and despicable villain. Sooner or later, you will be punished. You have to die"

"I don't know if I will have to die, I only know that your death is useful to me. You should have been executed when you launched a coup and murdered the emperor. traitor"

After speaking, he again ordered to his followers

"Let's take him to the commander's office and hand him over to Lord Hai for disposal"

"Yes, father-in-law"

Next, Wei Zhongxian and his eunuchs rudely escorted the bound Wei Chao away from his residence and walked in the direction of the Imperial Guard Command Mansion, where they were detaining Wei Chao to the Command Mansion. During the process, Wei Chao kept yelling at Wei Zhongxian, and suddenly he was stabbed in the back of the head with a silver needle by Wei Zhongxian who was walking behind him. At the mercy. After arriving at the Commander's Mansion, Wei Zhongxian and his eunuchs escorted Wei Chao to meet Haining, and explained his purpose at this moment

"Lord Qianhu, the servant received news some time ago that the traitor Wei Chao had returned to the palace to assassinate the emperor privately, and after the assassination failed, he hid in the palace; after careful investigation these days, the servant discovered that the rebel had been Hiding beside the minions, the minions have brought him"

After speaking, Wei Zhongxian immediately tore off the human skin mask on Wei Chao's face, revealing Wei Chao's original appearance; when Haining saw Wei Chao's face, he scolded angrily

"You traitor, you are so ungrateful, you not only don't thank the current saint for sparing your life, but you return to the palace to assassinate the emperor"

After scolding, Haining grabbed Wei Chao's collar and asked angrily

"Say, why do you want to return to the palace to assassinate the present sage, say it quickly"

At this time, Wei Chao had been completely controlled by Wei Zhongxian's silver needle, and he could only be at the mercy of Wei Zhongxian; he lowered his head expressionlessly, and compared with Wei Zhongxian's mouth shape, he programmed from A few words slowly come out of my mouth

"Because I hate this dog emperor, hate him for not thinking about my years of service, ruthlessly kicking me out of the palace, making me humiliated outside the palace, letting me starve to death, fend for itself, so I want to take revenge on this dog emperor"

Although Wei Zhongxian's reason may sound a little far-fetched, for a person like Haining who is sloppy in thinking about problems and does not like to investigate the essence of the problem, it can still be deceived in the past

"It seems that you have admitted it; if this is the case, then you will follow me to meet the emperor and wait for the outcome"

After finishing speaking, Haining said to Wei Zhongxian again

"Eunuch Wei, you have done a good job in exposing the rebels, the emperor will not treat you badly, you can follow me to meet the emperor now, and I will give you good words and let the emperor reward you well"

After listening to Haining's words, Wei Zhongxian, who couldn't wait to take this opportunity to take credit, arched his arms gratefully and excitedly and said to Haining

"Thank you Haiqianhu"

About a quarter of an hour, Wei Zhongxian and Haining took Wei Chao to see Emperor Wanli in the imperial garden. After seeing Emperor Wanli, Haining knelt down and said to Emperor Wanli

"Your Majesty, the traitor Wei Chao has been brought here, please send your decree"

When Emperor Wanli saw Wei Chao, who had been captured alive, he said angrily

"Bold Wei Dynasty, I have spared your life with extra kindness, but you actually returned the revenge to the palace and wanted to assassinate me. What's your fault?"

At this time, after taking a dose of Hedinghong secretly taken by Wei Zhongxian when he invited him to drink tea, Wei Chao had already died on the way to the back garden of Emperor Wanli; how could he answer the emperor's questions , Emperor Wanli was even more angry when he saw Wei Chao lowered his head and closed his eyes in silence.

"Bold traitor, why don't you answer when I ask you, such a thief who deceives the king should be punished"

But Wei Chao remained silent with his head down, which made Emperor Wanli, who hadn't realized that Wei Chao had already died, was completely angry, so he roared

"What did I ask you, did you hear it? It's really unreasonable to be motionless"

After seeing this, Wei Zhongxian quickly arched his arms and said to Emperor Wanli

"Your Majesty, or let the servants see what's going on?"

After finishing speaking, Wei Zhongxian leaned over to Wei Chao's corpse and pretended to check in front of Emperor Wanli and Haining; after pretending to check, Wei Zhongxian said

"Your Majesty, this traitor is afraid of His Majesty's heavenly power. He knows that he is guilty and has committed suicide by biting his tongue"

When the Wanli Emperor heard that the Wei Dynasty had already died, he sighed and said

"Hey, I can't think of dying so fast"

After finishing speaking, he ordered to Haining

"Haining, this traitor is cheap to die like this. You drag his body out of the palace and throw it into the wilderness to feed the dogs. You are not allowed to bury him"

Haining arched her arms and replied

"The minister obeys the order"

After answering, Haining let go of her arm and continued

"Your Majesty, Wei Zhongxian has done a good job in exposing the rebels, and ask the Emperor to reward Eunuch Wei"

After listening to Haining's words, Emperor Wanli turned his head to Wei Zhongxian and said

"Wei Zhongxian, you have done a good job in exposing the assassin, and you are loyal to the Lord. What do you want me to reward you with?"

Wei Zhongxian arched his arms, bowed his head and said politely to Emperor Wanli

"Loyalty doesn't need any reward, just wants to stay by the emperor's side and serve the emperor"

Emperor Wanli had already deeply felt Wei Zhongxian's loyalty to him at this time, and thought that after the death of the traitor in Wei Dynasty, the position of the chief **** had been vacant, just in need of someone to fill it, so he thought of Wei Zhongxian

"It's rare that you are so loyal to me. If that's the case, then you should stay by my side and serve me; I will now promote you as the new chief eunuch, and you will work by my side in the future"

After the implementation of the constitutional monarchy, eunuchs no longer have the power to interfere in national politics, and have completely become a position serving the emperor's private life, so the official position can be appointed or removed by the emperor

"The slave will definitely serve the emperor well, thank the emperor for his grace"

After Wei Zhongxian finished speaking, he fell to the ground like a dog. In this way, he stepped on the blood of his benefactor Wei Dynasty, successfully climbed to the position of the chief eunuch, and won the trust of Emperor Wanli and stayed by Emperor Wanli.