The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 58 Eunuch
Wang Hai's heart sank.

Things are getting a bit serious.

Below the leader of the Ming Cult, the two envoys on the left and right have the highest status. Fifteen years ago, the left envoy of the Ming Cult was the best, and the two envoys on the left and right were equal, so the right envoy would not be much worse.

Moreover, the Jinyiwei had never received any news about this right-hand man in the past ten years, and they didn't even know whether he was a man or a woman.

He originally planned to catch a tongue and follow the clues to dig out a few dead ghosts of the Ming Cult, but he didn't expect to catch the tail of a whale.

It’s not easy.

When the Jinyiwei arrested this man, they were unaware of his relationship with the Ming Cult, and their methods were a bit rough. I'm afraid this line will be severed in a few days.

If the martial arts of the Right Envoy of the Ming Cult are of top-notch level, then the only three people in the Jinyiwei who can surely defeat him at this time are Li Miao, Zhu Zai, and Bu Lei, the pacification envoy of the Northern Pacification Division.

If there were any martial arts masters with territory and foundation, they could mobilize troops to encircle and suppress the rebellion. But since the Ming Cult was severely damaged fifteen years ago and went underground, the masters within the sect have always been alone.

To catch this kind of loner, you must have an expert who can delay him so that he cannot use light skills to escape and wait for the soldiers to surround and kill him.

After Li Miao left, Zhu Zai had to stay in Shuntian Prefecture and could not go out easily.

Bu Lei, the governor of the Northern Pacification Office, is not in the northern territory at the moment, and cannot get back in time to pass on the news.

"First send someone to pass the message to the captain, and I will secretly explore this line. If I can't handle it, I will retreat in time." Wang Hai made up his mind.

Apart from Li Miao, Zhu Zai and Bu Lei among the Jinyiwei, Wang Hai is already a top-notch expert. Instead of pushing the task to others, it would be better for him to do it himself.

"These things happened together along the way, and there seems to be a thread connecting them. It doesn't seem like a coincidence."

"We have to take a look. We can't let these things ruin Qianhu's plan."

Wang Hai stood up and questioned the man. The man's psychological defenses had been broken. Looking at Xiao Si who was walking back to the table to eat snacks, he couldn't stop trembling and told him all the information he knew like pouring beans from a bamboo tube.

After finding out everything, Wang Hai no longer hesitated and immediately got up and took Xiao Si out.

After asking someone to deliver the message to Li Miao, Wang Hai said a few words to Xiao Si, then packed his luggage and set off on horseback.

After all, Xiao Si doesn't know martial arts, he can only plot secretly, but he can't do this kind of tracking job. Besides, Jinan Prefecture also needs someone to bring the people from Shuntian Prefecture to Taishan Sect.

Xiao Si stayed in Jinan Prefecture until the afternoon, when someone brought news: the Jinyiwei sent by Shuntian Prefecture had arrived.

When she went out of the door, she saw several people standing in the courtyard. They were all centurions under Li Miao, and there was also a thousand-man commander from the Northern Pacification Division. They all recognized Xiao Si.

If it were usual, these people would greet Xiao Si with a smile for Li Miao's sake.

But for some unknown reason, none of them spoke. They just made faces at Xiao Si secretly, as if it was inconvenient for them to talk.

Just when Xiao Si was wondering, he heard a shrill voice coming from outside the door: "When did your Jinyiwei Yamen start accepting women?"

"Where is Captain Li Miao? Why don't you see him? I have something to tell him."

As the voice got closer, a middle-aged man walked in.

The man was about forty years old, with a pale face and no beard. He had a shabby posture and a shrill voice like a woman's.

Xiao Si had been in Shuntian Prefecture for many years, so he naturally knew that this man was a eunuch.

The captain of the Northern Pacification Division stepped forward and whispered to Xiao Si, "Fourth Miss, this is the eunuch who holds the seal of the Metropolitan Supervisor, Cheng Yuanzhen."

"Here comes with bad intentions, be careful."

The eunuch named Cheng Yuanzhen walked up to Xiao Si, glanced her up and down, and asked, "Who are you? This government office... is it possible for a woman like you to enter casually?"

He turned to the captain of the Northern Pacification Division and said, "Why...you Jinyiwei are leaving the capital to do business, and you want to bring your wives with you?"

"Your Majesty is still too lenient with you. If we were to do our work in the palace as carelessly as you are, we would definitely be punished with a stick~" Upon hearing what this man said, Xiao Si immediately understood that this eunuch did not come with good intentions.

Considering how the Jinyiwei captains and thousand-man commanders were reluctant to speak, Xiao Si had a general idea of the situation.

Something went wrong.

I don't know what happened to Zhu Zai in Shuntian Prefecture. The Jinyiwei's own mission was just one step away from completion. It could be completed as soon as all the people were gathered, but they brought a eunuch who did not hide his malice at all.

It was inconvenient to talk in front of this person, so Xiao Si took out a badge from his waist and said, "I am a spy from the Jinyiwei. I came here to report my mission and I have to leave now."

After saying this, he walked out the door without even looking at the eunuch.

She didn't go far and found a place to wait opposite the yamen.

When the sun was setting, one of Li Miao's captains went out and looked around. When he saw Xiao Si, he immediately hurried over and greeted him in a low voice.

"Four girls."

"Brother Zhang." Xiao Si nodded: "What's going on? What's the connection between the eunuch and me?"

Captain Zhang smiled bitterly and said, "Fourth Miss, we are about to be taken advantage of!"

"We had already gathered our men and were ready to go. But the commander sent the old man to the palace and came back and destroyed everything in his little courtyard."

"The next day, the palace sent some eunuchs over. They said they wanted the chief eunuch to work with us on this mission."

"This time, our mission was divided among these eunuchs in half. Half of the personnel who came over were also replaced."

"The guy this afternoon, Cheng Yuanzhen, was the leader. He caused us a lot of trouble along the way."

"With Xiao Hai away, we are not sure of the captain's decision. Captain Wang of the Northern Pacification Division is just lending a hand this time. You are the captain's adopted daughter, and you know the current situation of this mission."

"Tell me, what should we do now?"

Xiao Si thought about it, raised his hand and waved it downwards, then looked up at Captain Zhang.

"Auntie, you can't kill him. He's someone sent by the palace, and we don't know the inside story. If we kill him, we'll probably get into big trouble."

Xiao Si stretched out two more fingers and made wriggling movements on his arm.

"Gu won't work. Even if we can't find the cause right away, we will be blamed for it later."

Xiao Si thought about it, nodded and said, "Let's do this."

"There are still five days until the Five Mountains Alliance Meeting. This place is not far from Tai'an City. It can be reached in two days by horseback riding."

"I'm going to go first and explain the situation to my grandfather. You guys can hold him back for a few days and walk slowly on the way."

After saying that, Xiao Si suddenly stretched out his hand and patted Captain Zhang’s chest with his fair little hand.

"I just want to wrong Brother Zhang."

With this move, she transferred an extremely tiny trace of poison into Zhang Baihu's body.

Xiao Si knew how to act properly. Captain Zhang was protected by his internal Qi, so he would be fine. However, he would still have some reaction, so he could just pretend to be sick and delay the situation.

"Go back and have a meal with a few eunuchs, they will also be infected with the poison. If one of our own people gets sick, it should be able to delay some time."

Captain Zhang rubbed his chest and said with a wry smile, "Okay, okay."

Xiao Si did not hesitate and immediately turned around and left, went to the stable to get a horse, rode out of the city, and headed towards Taishan Sect overnight.

(End of this chapter)