Hu Enyou was a man who climbed up step by step from being a janitor sweeping the floor, and finally he climbed to the position of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Perhaps he had suffered enough when he was a child, so he had no mercy on those low-level eunuchs and palace maids. Instead, he had a perverted desire to torture them. It was said that there were at least a dozen, if not twenty or thirty, young eunuchs who had died while working under him.
Xiao Heng disliked this man the first time he met him.
At that time, Xiao Heng was still Song Heng and was the commander of the Jinyiwei. Hu Enyou had caused him a lot of trouble. They, the Jinyiwei, had to enter the palace for duty. The teams led by other people would always make no mistakes, but in the team he led, there were always people who received wrong messages and went to the wrong palace.
Song Heng once had a subordinate whom he valued very much, but he was killed by Hu Enyou.
It was also because of this that Hu Enyou became increasingly anxious and uneasy after Xiao Heng's background was exposed. He usually tried to reduce his presence as much as possible, and secretly contacted Southeast more and more frequently, frequently sending out information related to Xiao Heng. Even this flower banquet in the palace was arranged in advance by him.
When he saw Xiao Heng now, he was as if he had seen a ghost, and his face turned pale.
Xiao Heng didn't care what his expression was. He took a step forward and looked at Yuan Pei who didn't say anything. "General Yuan is so free that he actually has time to come out for a drink at this time?"
Yuan Pei was still very calm. Xiao Heng came here probably because he followed him, but so what
Even though it was a bit taboo for him to be with Hu Enyou, accepting bribes was not a capital crime, and even Xiao Heng could not do anything to him.
He smiled reservedly: "Your Highness is free, since it is such a coincidence that we meet together, Your Highness, please sit down and have dinner with us?"
Hu Enyou's face turned pale and blue. He always felt that Xiao Heng's coming was not a good thing.
As expected, Xiao Heng smiled, his expression indifferent: "It's not a coincidence, I came here to find you. I wonder if you know where I came from just now?"
If they didn't know before, now that Xiao Heng asked this question, Yuan Pei and Hu Enyou, as long as they are not stupid, will know it now.
Yuan Pei was fine, although he also looked very unhappy, but he was still able to keep his composure. Hu Enyou was different. He was so angry that he wanted to scold Lu Qing for being useless, but he was afraid that Xiao Heng was deceiving them and was just lying to them, so he hesitated for a moment.
But they soon realized that what Xiao Heng said was true, because just after Xiao Heng finished speaking, Chen Dong led the Jinyiwei to file in and smiled at the two of them: "Eunuch Hu, General Yuan, I'm sorry, our Lu Zhenfu tried to murder the former Minister of Rites today, and he has been arrested. Lord Wang confessed that you are all accomplices, and you once accepted bribes from the former emperor and plotted against the law! Now, I would like to ask the two of you to return to the Jinyiwei to assist in the investigation."
To put it nicely, it means assisting in the investigation, but in fact it is a basic conviction.
Hu Enyou thought about the worst outcome, but he didn't expect that this day would come so soon.
He swallowed, feeling a little dazed.
Xiao Heng tilted his head and looked at him: "Eunuch Hu, do you still remember She Chun?"
She Chun, the Jinyiwei who went to the wrong palace because Hu Enyou deliberately spread the news, was thrown into the Ministry of Punishment, and finally died in the Ministry of Punishment.
Hu Enyou seldom thought about it when he was in his prime, but now that Xiao Heng mentioned it, he immediately thought of She Chun, the hereditary Jinyiwei, who was very honest.
He was eighteen when he died.
Hu Enyou had a deep memory of Song Heng's eyes at that time, but he did not take it to heart. After all, it was hard to say who was more noble and powerful between the eunuch and the Jinyiwei.
But now... ..
He rushed forward and knelt in front of Xiao Heng: "Your Highness, this is all my fault. I deserve death. I really didn't recognize the great man..."
His speech was incoherent, and it was obvious that he was really scared.
But Xiao Heng was too lazy to watch and didn't want to listen at all.
He came here in person today just to see with his own eyes what Hu Enyou looked like now. Now that he had seen it, everything else was meaningless. He looked at Hu Enyou coldly and turned away.
Hu Enyou tried to rush forward but was kicked away by Chen Dong without mercy. Chen Dong was best friends with She Chun back then. The two of them could be said to be Song Heng's right-hand men. When She Chun died, he couldn't sleep for several days. As soon as he opened his eyes, he thought that She Chun had returned.
Seeing Hu Enyou like this, he just felt relieved, kicked him away, and said in a deep voice: "How dare you disrespect His Highness?"
Hu Enyou could only see a piece of Xiao Heng's clothes, and immediately became dejected.
General Yuan was much more respectable. When the Jinyiwei wanted to arrest him, he straightened his clothes and said, "No need. I'll go with you."
Chen Dong didn't look at him highly for this. He smiled sarcastically and took both of them away.
The Pacification Office has been unusually busy lately.
After searching the Wang family, the Jinyiwei acted swiftly and immediately searched several residences outside the palace owned by Hu Enyou, the eunuch in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as the residence of General Yuan, the commander-in-chief of the three camps.
After Xiao Heng returned to the capital, there was a festive atmosphere everywhere. The Jinyiwei had not been in such a panic for a long time. Now that the Jinyiwei suddenly acted like this, many people couldn't help but feel uneasy.
But the Jinyiwei were not affected at all. After Chen Dong finished reviewing a case one day, he solemnly brought several files and asked to see Xiao Heng.
However, Xiao Heng did not look first. He took Chen Dong directly to meet the emperor.
After reading all the files, Emperor Yuanfeng flew into a rage and ordered the extermination of the three clans of the Yuan family, all the female members of the family to be sent to the Jiaofangsi, all the underage males to be exiled, and all other adult males to be executed.
Emperor Yuanfeng had not lost his temper like this in many years, but this was just the beginning. Immediately afterwards, the Jinyiwei began to arrest people everywhere, and in just one month, many families were overthrown.
Although the Wang family was always surrounded, they were still able to hear the news they needed to hear - this was all thanks to Su Rong.
After knowing the situation outside, even Mrs. Wang's initial confidence turned into fear.
There are so many families out there that were more prosperous than the Wang family, and their in-laws were also nobles and high-ranking officials, but they were still exterminated as a family.
She began to be afraid, and the more afraid she was, the more likely she was to get sick. Finally one day she couldn't hold on any longer and fell ill.
Mrs. Wang had to worry about the situation outside and take care of the patients, and she was somewhat overwhelmed.
Just at this time, her grandson, who had just turned one month old, also fell ill.
Perhaps because the future was uncertain, the wet nurse did not take good care of the child. The child just vomited at first, and then started to have a high fever.