Chapter 42 - Eunuch Rui
Mermaid Rui sat in the living room and savored tea.
He was wearing a scarlet third-rank imperial prison official with a reserved and quiet expression.
The tea shot in the tea cup is not Xinyang Maojian, which is commonly used by Guo’s family to entertain guests, but Longjing in West Lake. The light green tea leaves churn in the tender yellow and bright tea soup, which makes it even more pleasing to the eye.
Master Rui did not drink all the tea in the tea cup.
Not only did he not drink all of it, he even drank it for a long time, but he had not yet drunk half of the amount.
Because he is waiting for someone.
At this moment, Guo Sheng walked in quickly and was eager to say: "It turned out to be Master Rui. Master Rui did not notify Mr. Guo in advance, so he made Mr. Guo neglect his father-in-law. I am really sorry, I am really sorry."
As he said this, Guo Sheng stepped forward, took out a green round jade pendant from his sleeve, and quietly stuffed it into the right hand of Master Rui: "It's really hard for the father-in-law to do things for the emperor and work hard."
"We ministers don't work hard, but the emperor is the one who works hard." Eunuch Rui also quietly retracted his right hand and put the jade pendant into his sleeve. Although he had no eyes, the pendant was cold and delicate like mutton fat, which was the best jade material. Even though Eunuch Rui was used to seeing the royal products in the imperial prison, such quality was still very rare.
Besides, the emperor’s belongs to the emperor and his own belongs to his own.
Despite this, when Ruigong spoke publicly, he still seemed very high-sounding.
"The emperor is in charge of the country and the people of the Zhou Dynasty. It is our duty and loyalty to share his worries and problems."
"Yes, yes, yes." Guo Sheng said repeatedly, then sat next to Mr. Rui: "Are you satisfied with this tea this time?"
"I'm interested." Eunuch Rui sighed and said, "The Guo Shaodong family actually knows that our family comes from Hangzhou."
"I also heard that Eunuch Rui has not returned for many years. A few years ago, there was a shortage of weaving houses in Jiangnan, but in the end, he accidentally let Eunuch Rui go." Guo Sheng said enthusiastically. He really needs to investigate the information of these eunuchs bit by bit. After all, they are the real people in the palace, and no one can look down on them, but their every move, every word and action represents the Emperor Wanshou who lives in the heavy palace.
"So I specially ordered you to prepare the best Mingqian Longjing for you. I wonder if I have any feelings of homesickness?"
"To be honest, when our family entered the palace, we couldn't even drink tea with such good tea." Master Rui smiled and raised his teacup and took a sip, then smacked his tongue and savored it carefully: "To be honest, there is no way to understand what the local accent is, what is there in the original taste of the countryside, and there is no way to understand it."
"Our family is just to help the old slave who runs around the emperor to relieve the emperor's worries."
As he said this, Eunuch Rui put down the teacup and looked at Guo Sheng: "You must have known my intention for this trip?"
"Guo Mou was stupid." Guo Sheng shook his head and said, "It's not just why Eunuch Rui visited the humble house."
"You are not stupid, you are smart." Eunuch Rui smiled and looked at Guo Sheng and said, "But you pretend to be confused, our family can't pretend to be confused with you."
"You submitted a memorial before spring, saying that you would give the emperor a few items in autumn. We looked at it with a few of them, and some of them were particularly expensive, so we dared not tell him."
"You should also understand the truth, that is, these things were given to us by God, but they are hard to come by. If they have them this year, they will be gone next year."
"If I told Master Wansui early and Master Wansui was thinking about it, then you can't deliver it to me in autumn, and we have no place to make up for it. If Master Wansui blames you, of course you will not be able to take it away, and we can't bear it."
The words of Master Rui were slow and sounded, and his voice was soft and a little yin: "Look, June is over now, and the beginning of autumn is about to come. It's almost time to see something imminent."
"And recently I heard that Guo Shaodong's family is a little uneasy."
"Didn't you always make trouble with Lord Zhao Hengji and Lord Zhao the past two days, but you heard that there were thieves in Bianliang City these two days."
"I just want to know."
"What you plan to send to Master Wansui has nothing wrong with it."
"If there is no mistake, then we will report the order to the Master of Long live. Recently, Long live is not in a good mood. Old Master Yuan has already come down. You have to find something happy for Long live to make him happy."
"If something goes wrong, we can also modify the order. If it reports the error now, it will be a matter of losing your head. You can find it alone."
Eunuch Rui looked at Guo Sheng and said quietly, "Don't pull us together."
Guo Sheng smiled calmly: "Where is this in Eunuch Rui?"
"The crime of deceiving the king is a death sentence. Even if Mr. Guo has the courage, he would not dare to have such an intention."
"Yes, a few days ago, there were thieves in Bianliang. Some people were indeed not very careful to rob my goods. Guo also asked his friend to check it out."
"It won't take long to come out."
"After all, my Guo family has been in Bianliang for more than a hundred years. If you dare to make trouble on Tai Sui, you must be impatient."
"But." Guo Sheng said softly, staring at Eunuch Rui in a big orangutan robe: "As for the tributes to the emperor, I must be careful. Those things are now in my warehouse, so I can guarantee that they will be foolproof."
What Guo Sheng said is true and false, which makes it difficult to distinguish.
It was really that his goods were robbed, and he also went to Zhao Hengji to make trouble these two days, and he did ask Fang Bie to help him find out the truth about these things, especially finding out the whereabouts of those things.
But the fake ones are that those auspicious items have not been lost and they are still carefully stored in the warehouse.
It's really hard to tell whether it's true or false.
"That would be really great." Eunuch Rui said with joy and anger.
"So we can go back and tell Long Live and tell him that there is a big happy event this year."
"The so-called "despite the great deeds come, and God will give great responsibilities to this person, and it is true."
As he said this, Eunuch Rui picked up the tea bowl and took another sip, then stood up.
"Let's go."
Guo Sheng was shocked.
He could only pretend to be confused with his understanding: "My father-in-law is leaving? I'll see him off."
"Who said I'm leaving?" Eunuch Rui looked at Guo Sheng. There was no beard on his white face and not even his Adam's apple was obvious.
There was a little gloom and more calm in his expression.
"I said I want to see those auspicious items."
"It's the auspiciousness in Guo Shaodong's warehouse."
"Dare you please ask Guo Shaodong's family to lead the way?"
"Let our family take a look?"
Guo Sheng stood there and felt like he was struck by lightning for a moment.
Chapter completed!