Chapter 61 The Stealing Brothers Meet Again

Xin Han punched Baji Fist in front of Rui Dong. He deliberately didn't use all his strength, but even so, Rui Dong was full of praise, saying that such a level is considered to be upper-middle even among the imperial guards.

Even Ruidong secretly wanted to accept Xin Han as his confidant. Of course, it was too early to say, and he had to observe for a long time and find out the details of Xin Han and his personality before making a final decision.

The imperial guard system was established at the beginning of the Taizu period of the Qing Dynasty. The emperor's guards were paid very high and their status was very honorable.

It is also a special political treatment for the guards to be used as the servants of the emperor.

What's more important is that the guards have a much wider promotion path than other personnel.

It is precisely because of the special and generous treatment of the bodyguard system that it has become a shortcut for the children of Manchu nobles and bureaucrats to obtain high officials and generous salaries without having to pass the exam.

Originally, Ruidong didn't have much say in the selection of the imperial guard.

But the current situation is different, Oboi monopolizes power, and arranges a large number of imperial guards among his own people. These people take advantage of Oboi as their backing, and they don't pay much attention to other guards. They even cursed and bullied them. As a result, many guards resigned and went home, and no wealthy son was willing to take this shortcut.

The imperial guards are in a state of inactivity, so Ruidong can put people in the guards. Of course, it is not acceptable to randomly install people. They must have a clean foundation. Xin Han just meets the conditions. The first is the bannerman, and the second is the former imperial guards. Only then did Rui Dong dare to agree to the recommendation of his old brother.

Ruidong's work efficiency is very high. On the second day, he sent someone to send a set of official residence and waist badge of the third-class imperial guard, and personally took Xin Han to take office on the third day, so that Xin Han became an honorable official in the Forbidden City. The third-class bodyguard in front of the imperial court is also a fifth-rank official outside.

This speed was too fast, Rui Dong's speed of handling things really surprised Xin Han, and then suddenly realized.

It is estimated that the master behind Ruidong used his strength, otherwise, how could Ruidong do it so neatly, as for who is his master? Who else but the fake queen mother Mao Dongzhu who plays Infernal Affairs in the deep palace?

Speaking of which, Xin Han is quite familiar with the Forbidden City. After all, later generations have visited this tour guide twice, so it doesn’t seem like Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden like Wei Xiaobao in the original book.

Xin Han was assigned to work in the Imperial Dining Room, and he and the other seven guards only had to stand on duty for a whole morning. It was a heavy responsibility to ensure the safety of the royal diet. In the afternoon, he would take turns off but could not go home and had to listen to the guards in the palace guards' office.

Two days passed quickly. Xin Han received a lot of goods in these two days, and he got along well with the guards. He also met the legendary Zhang Gengnian and Zhao Qixian. Follow Wei Xiaobao to get promoted and get rich.

Among the guards, only the members of Oboi's family have eyes above the top, but they don't care much about Xin Han, a newcomer. He usually acts superior and shouts at other guards, Xin Han sees it in his eyes Sneering secretly, these people won't be jumping around for a few days, and my future will rest on your master.

At noon that day, Xin Han was walking towards the classroom, thinking that Wei Xiaobao should go to the capital in the next few days, and someday he would meet him in the palace, and he had to hurry up to implement his plan, when he suddenly heard someone call him.

"Brother Xin, will you play two hands after dinner?" Xin Han saw that it was Niu Yonglu who was on guard with him. Be kind.

Xin Han was worried about how to inquire about the news, so he nodded and agreed. After lunch, Niu Yonglu brought Xin Han to a utility room, where there were several off-duty guards gathering to gamble, and many of them gambled loudly. People, the remoteness here is not afraid of being overheard, even if a few eunuchs and court ladies heard about it, how dare they take care of these guards, not to mention that it is common for eunuchs to gamble.

When the guards inside saw Niu Yonglu coming with Xin Han, they all greeted him.

Asking the two to quickly join in and place bets, Xin Han happily joined in when he saw that Zhao Qixian and Zhang Gengnian were also here.

Xin Han didn't know how to play Pai Gow played by the guards. It was Niu Yonglu who taught him. Although he played for the first time, he was generous and didn't care about winning or losing. Call yourself a brother, think about it, people are stupid, they have a lot of money, and it’s not bad if they lose, who doesn’t like it.

At the end of the game, Xin Han lost at most fifty taels of silver. This silver is not too much for Xin Han, but it is not a small amount for the guards. Zhang Gengnian and Zhao Qixian won the most.

It wasn't that the two of them were lucky, but that Xin Han deliberately let the water go. Although he didn't know how to play, he paid attention to the expressions of the two when he played cards. , Losing money on purpose, so 60% of the two people's winnings were contributed by Xin Han.

These two people are also very particular about people. After the show, they called Xin Han and Niu Yonglu to treat them. They went to a restaurant outside the palace and ordered a few delicious dishes before drinking.

When they were drunk, several people had a better impression of this little brother under Xin Han's deliberate ingratiation. They all patted their chests and said that they would cover him in the future. Xin Han also took the opportunity to inquire about the palace. In this situation, various rumors and gossips have been shared by a few people.

But he didn't have any clue about the room where Kangxi practiced, which made Xin Han quite disappointed.

In the evening, Xin Han returned to the single-family house he bought in the capital, greeted Dodd and started to practice kung fu. These days, he never fails to practice boxing. So diligent, I think I should not want to break through the dark energy.

After practicing boxing, he took the towel sent by Dodd and wiped his face, then asked him to go down to rest. He sat in the gazebo in the yard and drank tea slowly, thinking about various clues and clues in his heart.

Suddenly, Xin Han's eyes lit up, and he thought of a clue. In the original book, Kangxi practiced martial arts in the room with all kinds of snacks, and he was guarding the imperial dining room to know where these snacks are delivered every day. Although it is difficult, it is not impossible. .

I was so dark under the lights that I couldn't even think of such the simplest solution. Thinking of this, I was in a good mood and couldn't help laughing.

The next morning when Xin Han was on duty, he paid close attention to the situation in the imperial dining room, and carefully paid attention to which direction the eunuchs carrying the snacks were heading, "This is not, this is for the Queen Mother, this is the Empress Dowager Yes, this belongs to the Empress Dowager..."

"Hey, Brother Xin, do you like dim sum?" Niu Yonglu who was opposite Xin Han suddenly asked Xin Han.

Xin Han looked at Niu Yonglu in surprise: "Brother Niu, why do you ask such a question?"

"Hey," Niu Yonglu joked with a chuckle, "Your eyes are almost getting into those dim sum."

Xin Han scratched his head in embarrassment: "Is it that obvious?"

"It's so obvious!" Niu Yonglu said with certainty, he didn't suspect that Xin Han had any bad intentions, poisoning and murdering the emperor was just a legend, you must know that the emperor, the empress dowager and others have special eunuchs to test the poison, Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, no fool has ever heard of poisoning the imperial dining room.

Xin Han's heart turned like an electric shock: "Brother Niu, to tell you the truth, I have had a problem since I was a child. I like to eat some dim sum and other snacks. When I see delicious dim sum, I lose my soul."

"You kid, you are still a glutton when you are old."

Amidst Niu Yonglu's laughter, Xin Han skillfully shifted the topic to yesterday's gambling game. Niu Yonglu immediately came to his senses, forgot what happened before, and said whoever got lucky yesterday won a lot yesterday. Showing off his power will definitely make him spit out his money and profits, and so on...

Xin Han took the opportunity to ask: "Brother Niu, I heard that the father-in-laws in this palace also have a lot of fun, why didn't I see them yesterday."

Niu Yonglu curled his lips and looked around when there was no one around, then he whispered: "Those eggless eunuchs are too petty, they don't have that kind of talk, but they treat money like nothing, they also start the game, but they can't pee with our guards Go to a pit, play elsewhere."

The time passed quickly as the two chatted, and it was noon in a blink of an eye. The two of them were about to go back after their business trip. Three young eunuchs walked out of the imperial dining room, each of which had a tray in his hand. There are a total of ten plates of various snacks.

Xin Han looked carefully and saw that there were thousand-layer cakes, sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, minced meat pancakes and other small cakes, which were very attractive.

"It's time for lunch now, where are we going to send these snacks?" Xin Han thought to himself, when suddenly someone patted his shoulder, it was Niu Yonglu.

"I said brother, you're quite an adult and have a bit of ambition, okay, when I meet Mrs. Hai, brother, I'll show my face and ask for some food for you, can't you? Let's go and eat."

Mr. Hai is the Eunuch Hai who is in charge of the imperial dining room, the old eunuch who brought Wei Xiaobao into the palace, of course Xin Han knows.

Xin Han pretended to be embarrassed and smiled and walked with him.

As soon as he turned the corner, Xin Han said he had a stomachache and was going to go out, and told Niu Yonglu to leave first without waiting for him. Niu Yonglu reminded him not to forget to play two hands in the afternoon, and Xin Han agreed to let him go.

Xin Han hurriedly turned back, seeing that the eunuchs hadn't gone far, he hung from a distance and followed them all the way.

Xin Han was dressed as a guard, and no one asked him when he met anyone along the way. He walked until he reached a side hall, and the eunuchs went in for a while and then came out empty-handed.

After the eunuchs walked away, Xin Han looked left and right and saw no one around, so he walked over, peeked in through the crack of the door, and seeing that the house was empty, he opened the door and walked in.

But the room was empty, with a few cowhide human figures leaning against the wall, and a few large cloth bags hanging from the beams, which seemed to contain rice, wheat or sand. In addition, there was only a table with a curtain hanging in front of the table. There were about ten plates of pastries and pastries.

Xin Han was overjoyed. It should be here. He observed it and planned to wait for Kangxi's arrival here. However, he had to solve the problem of food and clothing first, and his stomach had already protested after working all morning.

He reached out and took a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, put it in his mouth and chewed it, his mouth was filled with the scent of sweet-scented osmanthus, not to mention that the things in the palace are good, and those cakes made with various additives in later generations are simply incomparable.

While eating, suddenly footsteps sounded from far to near, maybe it was Kangxi coming, Xin Han quickly lifted the table curtain and hid under the table.

The sound of footsteps was getting closer and closer, and finally reached the door, and then the door was pushed, and the visitor walked lightly, and walked straight to the table.

Under the table, Xin Han only saw a pair of feet wearing official boots. These feet were very small and did not look like adults. Thinking of Kangxi's age, Xin Han nodded secretly. It seemed that the person outside was the future Emperor Kangxi.

Now Xin Han only thought about how he would appear on the stage, and he felt a little nervous. The owner of that foot walked to the table, and then there was the sound of chewing and swallowing.

Xin Han laughed secretly, it seems that Lord Kangxi is busy with political affairs, and he is also hungry enough, he must not find out that the snacks have been stolen.

Just as he was thinking, there was another sound of footsteps coming from outside the hall, and it seemed that they were coming here. Xin Han was wondering who it was, and which minister was here to report on his work, when suddenly the table curtain was lifted and a smaller figure entered He came in, holding a minced meat biscuit in his hand.

Xin Han's heart tightened, was this discovered? But it was completely different from the meeting I had set, and then a face wrapped in a white cloth appeared in front of my eyes, damn, it suddenly dawned on me that this was Wei Xiaobao's appearance when he first entered the palace to prevent others from recognizing him as a fake eunuch.

At this moment, Wei Xiaobao was also taken aback. How could he have thought that there were other people under the table? His eyes widened and he was about to exclaim, but Xin Han covered his mouth and nose. Let go, and take a good breath.

Wei Xiaobao saw Xin Han let go of himself and lifted the white cloth off his face to reveal his face, indicating that he was Wei Xiaobao.

Xin Han smiled at him, made a silent gesture with his hand, and pointed outside, signaling that no one would find out.

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Hand over the recommendation ticket, or let Xin Han kill Wei Xiaobao now, no one will know under the table anyway.

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