Dou Shuangfang never thought that his affairs were the emperor's affairs, but he always believed that the emperor's affairs were his affairs. He was only twelve or thirteen years old when he entered the palace, and he had never been successful. The old eunuch who followed him was not favored in the harem. He was depressed and unhappy, so he often took out his anger on him. The emperor's biological mother accidentally discovered that he was very clever and sensible, and was going to work in the Cishou Palace. She was afraid that he would do hard work like that old eunuch for the rest of his life.
After the death of the empress dowager, Dou Shuangfang was asked by Yang Yi, who was still the fourth prince, to work in the palace. Although he was doing chores like serving tea and water, it was not as honorable as being in the palace, but he treated Yang Yi extremely well. gratitude. Because he knew that if Yang Yi hadn't asked him to come over, the people around the Empress Dowager would have ended badly. Because another woman, the mother of Prince Yi Yang Yin later became a queen.
After working in the palace for several years, Yang Yi ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.
Dou Shuangfang couldn't help feeling his good luck. He thought that his whole life would be so mediocre. Who would have thought that he would have the opportunity to return to Taiji Palace! After all, when the princes seized the throne, Yang Yi was the least favored one. A few years after the emperor ascended the throne, there was a prince Yang Chengqian. Because Dou Shuangfang was originally an old man in the palace, Yang Yi asked him to take care of the prince.
Became the head of the East Palace.
At that time, Dou Shuangfang thought that if he wanted to become a pen-holding eunuch like Su Buwei, he would have to wait at least a few decades...if he survived. After all, when Emperor Tianyou succeeded to the throne, it was at the height of Spring and Autumn, so it should be no problem to live another thirty years according to reason.
But who would have thought that Emperor Tianyou would have a hidden disease!
Now it's all right, Dou Shuangfang left the East Palace many years earlier than he expected, and walked into the Imperial Study. Yang Chengqian trusted him very much, and Dou Shuangfang believed that his feelings for the prince might be deeper than the emperor's feelings for the prince. If counted by the time spent together, the combination of the Emperor Tianyou and the Empress is not as long as the time he spent with the prince.
On the first day of becoming a Bingbi eunuch, Dou Shuangfang laughed all night after returning to her room and couldn't sleep.
He had met Wu Peisheng before and knew how much power Wu Peisheng had. Later, when the emperor was blessed by heaven, what Pei Yan, the servant of the Huangmen, did was once what Wu Peisheng did. I don't know how many memorials are sent to the palace every day, and the eunuch Bingbi selects the important ones and presents them to the emperor for approval, and the eunuch Bingbi approves them on his behalf.
Acting on behalf of the emperor, this is simply an honor as great as the sky.
But later, Emperor Tianyou set up the Huangmen servant, and took back all the rights of Wu Peisheng. Afterwards, Su Buwei was like one of the emperor's personal bodyguards, and he had no other rights besides holding a group of dark guards in his hands, that is, the later Jinyi School.
Dou Shuangfang knew that he was going to be a eunuch holding a pen sooner or later, so he couldn't help feeling a little sad.
But Emperor Tianyou's death was a bit bizarre, and Su Buwei also died with him. Yang Chengqian proclaimed himself emperor, Jianyuan Xinghuang, and he became a eunuch holding a pen. But Yang Chengqian couldn't decide many things by himself when he was young, and he didn't want to disturb the queen mother who was learning Taoism in Cishou Palace, so he became the emperor's arm.
The eunuch Bingbi restored his previous rights, and a large number of memorials were sent to Dou Shuangfang every day. Sitting in his duty room, with the jade seal of the Sui Emperor on the table, Dou Shuangfang felt like he was the emperor. He is greedy for this feeling and likes this kind of life. An eunuch would have been ridiculed and ridiculed, but he knew that no one dared to ridicule and ridicule himself anymore.
Therefore, he understood a truth more deeply. If you want to stabilize your position, you must ensure that Yang Chengqian's throne is stable. Only Yang Chengqian would trust him like this, and would discuss everything with him. If someone else is the emperor, one can imagine what will happen to him.
That's why he has such a consciousness that the emperor's business is his business.
To be honest, he didn't quite know the origin of that Iron Armored General. He only knew that this person had an inseparable relationship with Wan Xingchen, the number one person in the Central Plains back then, but Wan Xingchen had already lived two hundred years, so no one could tell what the relationship between this person and Wan Xingchen was. What he didn't know was that the origin of this person was the only secret Yang Chengqian would not and dare not tell him. Even, Yang Chengqian's trust in him is irreplaceable.
Dou Shuangfang didn't even know the last name of that Iron Armored General, but he knew that this man was definitely a dangerous person.
Iron Armored General is too domineering and domineering.
Even the emperor was ignored. If things continued like this, perhaps Luo Yao, the outsider, would become an insider before he died. When it comes to stealing things, foreign thieves are not as easy to start as internal thieves. Whether it is silver or the throne.
Now the power of the imperial court is in the hands of that armored general. Even the emperor dare not disobey his words and deeds. He pointed to the East Emperor and said East, and he pointed to the West Emperor and said West. Because he has a powerful army in his hands, although the number is small, it is exceptionally elite. The military power in Chang'an City is in the hands of that person, and the safety of the emperor is also in his hands.
If this person is not removed, who can guarantee that he will sit on that chair before Luo Yao calls in
Dou Shuangfang is convinced that as long as he is a man in this world, he cannot resist the temptation of becoming an emperor. Especially, under the premise of being able to become the emperor.
Since the Xinghuang Emperor Yang Chengqian was threatened, it was equivalent to a threat to his Dou Shuangfang.
So, he knew he had to do his best to get rid of that person. But he didn't have enough strength in his hands, Jinyi School actually didn't have much strength anymore, the Jinyi School that Su Buwei took away died at the beginning, and there were not many people left in the palace, and there was nothing big that he could take away. Practitioners. So Dou Shuangfang understood that if he wanted to kill that Iron Armored General, he had to rely on the Shiying.
It is well known that Shiying only listens to the emperor's orders. As long as the emperor speaks, even if he knows that it is impossible to succeed, the people in Shiying will not back down.
It has always been so.
After coming out of Dongnuange, Dou Shuangfang hurried out, he was going to see Xie Manjia, the commander of the military affairs camp, that person who always looked icy.
Dou Shuangfang's footsteps were a little anxious, and she almost bumped into a person when she turned an alley after leaving Dongnuange. The person on the opposite side flicked to the side, as if something fell from his hand. Dou Shuangfang had something on his mind, so he scolded the blind servant and wanted to leave, but just as he raised his foot, he trembled in fright and dared not leave.
The one who almost collided with him was the black boy who rode an old scalper to kill the enemy.
The Armored General calls it... Pounce the Tiger
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"Slave... I have seen General Pu."
Dou Shuangfang hurriedly stepped back and bowed to salute. He knew that this black boy was a cold and vicious character, so he didn't dare to provoke him. In the Iron Armored Army, this black boy is number two. Apart from the Iron Armored General, he has the highest status.
"Eunuch Dou, what are you doing in such a hurry?"
The boy Hei gave a rare smile, but the smile was so cold: "By the way, my surname is not Pu, Puhu is my name."
"ah?"
Dou Shuangfang was stunned for a moment, and quickly apologized: "I really don't know, General, don't blame the servants. Your Majesty didn't eat anything in the morning, and now I'm hungry, so the servants rushed to the imperial dining room to make them something light and delicious. Send the snacks over."
"Eunuch Dou is an eunuch holding a pen, so if you can tell the people below to do such a trivial matter, why do you need to make a trip by yourself?"
Kid Hei looked at him with interest, with a half-smile.
"The people below are always sloppy in doing things. The servants are worried when they look at it. It's better to tell the truth yourself. After all, the servants know His Majesty's taste best. The servants know better than others what His Majesty is used to eating."
"Eunuch Dou is really caring."
Hei boy praised it, but he didn't know if it was true or false.
"I'm asking you something."
He smiled at Dou Shuangfang: "In the main hall, you heard what my general ordered, but I am not very familiar with the things in Chang'an City. After all, it has been too long since I went out for a stroll. So the general I don’t know where the people who told me to take them live, Chang’an City is too big, with a radius of a hundred miles... If the father-in-law is free, why don’t you take them with you and show me a way?”
"this… "
Dou Shuangfang smiled shyly and said: "General, I still have a lot of errands for my servant. I haven't finished the few things that His Majesty told me, and there is still a table of memorials in the duty room waiting for my servant to sort out and present to you." Give His Majesty the imperial approval..."
"Those things can be put aside."
The black boy put his arms around Dou Shuangfang's shoulders and said with a half-smile: "If your majesty blames it, I can help you explain it. But if the general blames it, who will explain it for you? Eunuch Dou, you You should know that the things His Majesty told you can be delayed, but the matter of the general cannot be delayed. The city of Chang'an is now guarded by the general, and in the future it will rely on the general to go out to destroy the rebels. The general Can the wound be dragged on?"
Dou Shuangfang was so frightened that his heart trembled, his face was a little green: "But... the servant girl is not easy to explain to His Majesty... the servant girl has to rush to the imperial dining room, and I will leave first..."
"Eunuch Dou."
The black boy smiled and said: "You also know who the people I want to take today are, but you may not know what use those people are to the general. Let me tell you a secret..."
He leaned into Dou Shuangfang's ear and said a few words in a very low voice, and before he finished speaking, Dou Shuangfang yelled in fright, his legs softened and he fell to the ground, his face was gone. One point of blood. The three souls and seven souls seemed to have flown out of the sky, and they sat there stupidly looking at Hei boy, with their mouths open enough to stuff an egg in.
"General...you can't...you can't talk nonsense about this!"
"Nonsense?"
The black boy laughed loudly: "Except for the one in the Guojun Prince's Mansion, the other generals are planning to meet. They are all young and promising people... Hasn't Your Majesty thought about what it means? The general is in the Taiji Hall The words have already been said very clearly, and sometimes some people don't want him to."
"do you understand?"
Hei boy leaned over, looked at Dou Shuangfang and asked.
"Slaves... slaves don't understand..."
"Haha, you dare not understand."
Hei boy pulled Dou Shuangfang up, and picked up the things that fell on the ground.
"I will accompany you to the imperial dining room, and then you will accompany me to invite someone?"
Black Boy asked.
He was carrying a package in his hand, which was loose after falling. Dou Shuangfang subconsciously took a look, and suddenly found a few strands of hair protruding from the package.
"ah!"
Dou Shuangfang yelled again in fright, and took several steps back.
"Are you afraid of this?"
Hei boy pulled out a human head from the package and gestured to Dou Shuangfang: "They're all dead, what are you afraid of?"
Dou Shuangfang replied tremblingly in fright: "Because of his death, the servants are afraid..."
"well."
Hei boy sighed, took a few steps forward and said seriously: "Grandpa Dou, there is one thing you still don't understand, but you are wrong. How can the dead be scary? The living are the scariest. … Understand?"
He slowly turned the head in his hand, facing Dou Shuangfang.
After seeing the face of this human head clearly, Dou Shuangfang exclaimed for the third time, then felt a pain in his heart and suffocated, and passed out from fright. The boy Hei laughed out loud, threw the head beside Dou Shuangfang and strode away.
That head is Xie Manjia, the commander of the military camp.