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Chapter 87 Undercurrents (Part 2)

The rumbling sound of the Yangtze River water came from afar. It was the time when the Yangtze River was the richest in the year. When I thought of the Yangtze River rushing towards the east with infinite power, Li Feng had an inexplicable impulse, as if something was rushing out in his bloodline like a giant dragon.

It was raining in the sky, with water droplets one by one. But what was even more strange was that in the sky westward in the center, a small gap appeared in the clouds, and the full moon exposed half of its face from it. The cold light shone on the whole world, and the water droplets were like mercury, emitting a crystal clear silver light.

The entire Yingtian Mansion was shrouded in the hazy mist, and the towering pavilions appeared in the mist, like palaces in the sky. The sounds of silk and bamboo came from the direction of the Qinhuai River, which gave the entire Yingtian Mansion a sense of nothingness and illusion. Only the occasional barking of dogs and the footsteps of patrol soldiers walking across the streets can remind you that this is still in the world, and this is the core of the Ming Dynasty.

When Li Feng drifted, it was the time when the rain was the most. The true energy in his body flowed, and everything around seemed to have slowed down a lot, and the raindrops almost stopped in the air. Li Feng took a long breath and slowly pushed the five elements circulation in his body. The five-color light ball began to flow. At this moment, he could even see wisps of moonlight shining down from the sky at an extremely slow speed, illuminating the water droplets, and then reflected from the surface of the water droplets.

My body was like a phantom, slowly passing through the world composed of billions of water droplets. One by one, the water droplets were smashed into pieces by their body. The smaller water droplets were knocked out by the power carried by the body, and then hit other raindrops. Suddenly, there was a dazzling light around it, which was the light of the moon reflected by countless broken water droplets.

Thirty feet above the ground, Li Feng's body flashed in a flash, like a ghost. The only evidence that proved that he had existed in that space was a brilliant silver light belt, which was reflected by the water droplets that were knocked out by Li Feng's body, but the light belt also flashed and disappeared, and the sky and the earth suddenly became silent again. Raindrops kept falling, beating on the tiles on the roof, giving people the urge to sleep well with a quilt.

Li Feng ran around the entire Yingtian Mansion and ran wildly at the lightning speed. He looked at the world around him with some insight, as if everything had become extremely slow. A hateful feeling that seemed to be trying to catch something but could not grasp the source made Li Feng feel urged to roll on the ground and go crazy. He even quickly circled around a team of patrolling soldiers, but the soldiers did not notice anything wrong at all. They continued to walk over with bright eyes and high alert.

With a long sigh, Li Feng could only tell himself: "Forget it, it's a good thing. It proves that if all my internal energy is activated now, ordinary people will not see my movements at all. If you use it to hit people, it would be really ideal."

Gently grasping the hilt of the long sword on his waist, Li Feng ran towards the direction of the palace. He was now swaying on the street, stepping on the Huashan Sect's "Thousand Miles and Dirt" footsteps. His body was like a phantom under the moonlight, flashing and moving forward a hundred feet in a hurry. He openly broke into the gate of the heavily guarded palace, and then flew straight fifty feet high, spitting at the guards on the wall of the palace gate. His body had already swayed and turned into the vast palace.

In the hall where Zhu Yuanzhang was in power, more than a dozen imperial chiefs knelt on the ground weakly, holding a thick stack of paper money in their hands, and threw the paper money into the brazier in front of them. Two first-rank officials looked very sleepy, with their heads bit by bit, and all the paper money in their hands were thrown into the brazier. Several monks who were chanting scriptures looked at each other, shook their heads, and did not dare to say anything. They continued to close their eyes and made hums like tooth pain.

With a 'gudong', a purple-robed official fell to the ground in a panic. The fat Eunuch An who was standing next to him immediately shouted in a low voice: "Come on, help Lord Liu back to the mansion and pour a bowl of ginseng soup first. Hurry up, Lord Liu is old and can't bear to stay up late." Several sleepy eunuchs ran over quickly, and seven or eight eunuchs randomly lifted Lord Liu and carried him out.

Seeing that Lord Liu went back to his house to rest, the remaining court ministers fell to the ground one after another. Eunuch An sighed in a low voice and waved his hands repeatedly. Dozens of eunuchs rushed in and carried all the ministers out. Eunuch An stood in the mourning hall for a while and waved his hand: "Come on, let's change to another group of people to guard it. Look at the lights well, be careful. Those inside and outside the palace, ask the guards to be cautious and don't make any mistakes for me... Oh, my father-in-law, I'm old too, I really can't stand this crime. Come on, help me back to sleep."

He pounded his waist with some difficulty. Eunuch An leaned on the shoulder of a small eunuch, held a tart cloth umbrella, walked out of the hall door and walked deep into the palace.

Li Feng followed him tightly. With the protection of the towering eaves of the halls and the shadows of plants, Li Feng showed no trace along the way. In this way, Li Feng followed the old eunuch An to a remote small courtyard. The old eunuch An stood under the eaves and put away the umbrella, waved his hand to drive away the little eunuch who was following him, looked at the sky, threw the umbrella under the window, took out a bunch of keys, and opened the door.

A gust of wind mixed with raindrops rushed under the eaves. The old eunuch An whispered, "Isn't this a mess with my father-in-law? How can the wind pour into the house?" He snorted a few times, walked into the room, touched the flint rope, hit it a few times, and then lit the oil lamp in the house.

Li Feng sat seriously at the table in the old eunuch An's room, holding an empty tea cup in his hand. When the lights were lit, an old eunuch An suddenly appeared in front of him, and he couldn't help but take two steps back. However, he was the chief supervisor of the inner steward who had been for decades and was also the leader of the Jinyiwei, and his courage was much greater than that of ordinary people. He put his right palm in front of him, and he whispered: "Who are you? Why are you doing when you break into my father-in-law's room late at night?"

Old Eunuch An had already come back to the smell. Li Feng rushed in with the gust of wind just now and rushed into the door directly from him. His skills surprised Old Eunuch An. He calculated himself that his martial arts were not enough to deal with Li Feng. He regretted it for a while. He had known that he would have arranged a few more masters of the Jinyiwei around him, and now he would not have to face Li Feng alone.

Li Feng stood up, looked at the extremely simple and even simple arrangement in the room, and nodded secretly: "This old eunuch is pretty good. The arrangement in the house is ten times worse than that of Li Zi's nest. He is not a corrupt person... Oh, I came here this time to seduce him to be corrupt and abuse his power. If he doesn't accept bribes, wouldn't it make me embarrassed?... No, there is no cat in the world that doesn't eat fishy food, and there is no eunuch who doesn't accept bribes. The horse and the other are just special."

Without saying much, Li Feng waved his hand and closed the door with a palm force. Then he untied a small black cloth package from behind and placed it on the table. Li Feng quickly untied the knot on the package with ten fingers, revealing an extremely delicate sandalwood box inside. He smiled at Old Eunuch An, and Li Feng opened the box casually, and the jewelry energy immediately made the whole room bright. Li Feng gently pushed the box forward and silently.

Old Eunuch An is also a wake-up person. When he saw this box, he knew that Li Feng had no malice. He took a few steps forward, glanced at the things in the box, looked at Li Feng carefully, and suddenly said, "Don't you have a little impression on me. Are you not the one around Prince Yan? They took you into the palace, and your father-in-law's old eyes were not yet blurred...why? Tonight, I will give me a gift to my father-in-law?"

Old Eunuch An recognized Li Feng and felt completely at peace. He knew that Li Feng had something to ask for him, so he stopped being wary. Instead, he sat on a stool on the side of Li Feng, put his hands on his fat belly, and gently patted him.

Li Feng laughed, grabbed the teapot on the table, turned over a teacup, and poured a cup of cold tea for Old Eunuch An. Old Eunuch An was about to reach out to get the teacup, but Li Feng had already grabbed the teacup in his hand first. Old Eunuch An was a little angry and whispered: "Boy, are you playing with me in my father-in-law?" He looked at Li Feng angrily.

Li Feng smiled and finally spoke: "Dad father-in-law, don't you think it's raining, isn't it appropriate to drink herbal tea?" His left hand swayed slightly, and the "fire elemental power" in the five elements circulation in his body was slowly released. A stream of hot steam steamed in the room and the water in the teacup instantly rolled away.

Old Eunuch An was stunned. He subconsciously touched his belly and watched Li Feng slowly put the tea that had been rolling in front of him. After a long time, Old Eunuch An said, "Your skill is pretty good... but it's still a little worse than my father-in-law's subordinates. Isn't it just boiling a cup of tea? What's so great?"

Li Feng put down the teapot and smiled and said, "Dadlock, I'm not showing off in front of you, but just tribute a cup of hot tea to my father-in-law. Please take a look at this." Li Feng's slender fingers gently flicked the sandalwood box, and explained leisurely: "Here, there is a string of top-quality pearls, all of which are treasures brought by the Persian Hu people. Each bead is worth more than three thousand taels of silver on the market."

Old Eunuch An took a deep breath, what is the concept of "three thousand taels"? The salary of the first-rank official of the Ming Dynasty, which was converted into silver, is only more than 100 taels per year but only 200 taels of silver. Li Feng gently grabbed the string of pearls and brought it closer to the light of the oil lamp. Suddenly, a hazy white light shone brightly, making Old Eunuch An's eyes blurry. Li Feng relaxed his fingers, and the string of beads fell on the table. With a "splash", it almost made Old Eunuch An's heart jump out.

Li Feng grabbed another jade lion. The crystal clear lion had two red eyes, emitting a fiery red glow. Li Feng smiled and said, "This lion of mutton fat jade is ordinary, and the market price is only 10,000 taels, but are these two top-quality fire diamonds... Hehe, it is said that the Persian jewelry merchant has only found three or five in his life, which is really priceless treasure. If he had to estimate the price, about one is... well, 500,000 taels of silver?"

Old Eunuch An took a long breath. He looked at the sandalwood box full of it and suddenly laughed. He looked at Li Feng and said, "Hehe, the little hairy child is showing off in front of me. After that, what do you want to do? I have been serving the old emperor for almost forty years, and I am in my sixties this year. Hehe, don't swing in front of me for those little tricks."

Li Feng laughed and simply put the box on the table, then threw it out. He pointed and said, "There are twelve rare treasures here, the total value cannot be estimated. There are also ten thousand taels of gold and ten thousand taels of silver, which are used to make pocket money for my father-in-law. When our highness said that, we only asked my father-in-law to say a few good words in front of the crown prince. We will wait for the funeral of the late emperor, so we don't make things difficult for us. I heard that Lord Huang Zicheng and Lord Fang Xiaoru and Lord Fang are very prejudiced to our father-in-law, and this depends on my father-in-law's kind of good words."

Old Eunuch An raised his head gently and slapped his stomach with his palms, looking happy and satisfied, without saying a word.

Li Feng felt a little angry, and he cursed in his stomach: "I don't know the rules of being stubborn? I've sent all the bribes in front of me. Do you want to give me a word? Sure enough, the guy who lacked that thing is weird... But it's strange. Why is that Ma and Eunuch Ma not weird at all? Could it be that Eunuch Ma has not cut it clean?"

After some unhealthy things were churning in his head, Li Feng continued to whisper: "Would you like to talk about our highness? After all, they are the direct descendants of the Zhu family. Even if Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru have a good relationship with the crown prince, they are just outsiders. If the crown prince listens to the outsiders and wants to deal with his brothers in the Zhu family, wouldn't it be that the brothers and brothers kill each other, let outsiders gloat and let the people in the world watch the fun?"

The face of the old eunuch An changed a little, and Li Feng continued: "I heard that Huang Zicheng had an idea to let the crown prince detain our nobles and the others in the capital as hostages. The boy was ruthless and really didn't know why Huang Zicheng, as the imperial teacher, had such a ridiculous claim. The hostages threatened him to threaten others. But the crown prince used our crown prince as hostages, who do you want to threaten? Do you threaten Prince Yan? What did you do when you threaten Prince Yan?"

"The King of Yan is the fourth son of the late emperor and the grandson of the emperor. He led a large army to seize the north, repelling the Yuanmeng Tatars in the north, and expeditioning the Later Jin barbarians in the east. After decades of hard work, he had added countless scars to his body. Especially in a battle with the Yuanmeng Tatars a few months ago, his soldiers suffered heavy losses. His Highness Zhu Li, the second prince of the King of Yan, was seriously injured and almost left the west. The boy was not talented, and was in the army, and was almost killed by the thief chief Chi Menger."

"In order to protect the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers of the Yan Prince's Mansion fought bloody battles and did not hesitate to serve their lives without caring about their family. But Huang Zicheng kept saying that he wanted to detain our Highness as a charity. What is his intention? His father-in-law followed the former emperor for decades and was a general in the army at that time. He should be clear about it... His prince is kind and loyal, but he is also angry with the rage. If he learned that the three nobles were hosted in Yingtian Mansion, what would his father-in-law think, the prince would feel?"

"We know very well that my father-in-law was famous back then. If Chen Youliang had not attacked the previous emperor with a secret arrow, he would have been injured by his lower body with his body, and now he is at least a member of the important ministers of the court. He is wise and naturally he can distinguish the power of it."

Li Feng knelt on the ground in grievance and whispered: "If the King of Yan is angry and his army is in turmoil, hundreds of thousands of tribes of the Yuan and Mongolian Tatars will go south, and the Later Jin barbarians colluded with the Goryeo vassal state to invade the south, and the Ming Dynasty will be in danger."

The face of the old eunuch An changed completely. He reached out and helped Li Feng up and sighed: "I didn't expect that Huang Zicheng, who claimed to be the emperor's teacher, was not as profound as you. It was ridiculous and ridiculous. I won't evaluate other things. I will detain the prince of Yan as a hostage? He wanted to force King Yan to make him..." The old eunuch An did not dare to say that word, and then continued to sigh: "Then Huang Zicheng was also quite talented in the past, so the old emperor appointed him as the imperial grandson to study as a minister, but he couldn't expect that he was just a corrupt scholar."

Old Eunuch An looked at the jewelry and silver notes on the table, stood up, walked around the room with his hands behind his back, and then said: "It is really inappropriate to take the Prince of Yan as the quality. My father-in-law, I will naturally advise the prince of the emperor and tell him not to make things difficult for the three princes... After all, they are all the flesh and blood of the advanced emperor, so how can they kill each other? However, if my father-in-law, I will listen to the prince, it is a question."
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