Liu San's eyes flickered a little, and when I told the origin of this jade pendant, he said in a low voice, It turned out to be something in the palace, so I am afraid that the price of this jade pendant will be lower.

I say how do you explain that?

Liu San coughed and explained: Everything in the palace is registered, and it is a little difficult to sell the stolen goods, especially this kind of jade pendant of the town country, which is a gift from the emperor, ordinary people dare not get their hands on it at all, and once this jade pendant is spread on the black market, unless the relationship is extremely hard, can it be protected or not. If you want to sell this jade pendant, you have to risk the crime of cutting off your head, so you can't sell it at a price.

I smiled and said, I can't imagine that you are a meat seller, and you are clear about antiques.

Liu San said proudly, killing pigs is just a side job, and my main business is still an antique connoisseur. Don't challenge my job with your interest.

I am very serious to persuade, to be a man, to do a line, love a line, killing pigs is good, you have to learn to mix with the club, and make antiques, not afraid of accidentally walking away, planting a heel?

Liu San looked me up and down and said that you are not the head catcher in the capital, right?

I shook my head, we have come to Beijing from other places to report on our work.

Liu San's face turned sideways, then you don't care about this matter.

I sighed and asked, Sanye Liu, your business is not small, do you know who this old man standing in front of you is?

I said in my heart that when I tell him his identity, it won't be strange if I don't scare you to death. Liu San didn't care about asking, who is it?

Zhang Youqian said loudly, the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the emperor and the official crown prince, Shaobao Hu Zongxian, Hu Butang is also!

Liu San glanced at Hu Zongxian, and said, is he Hu Zongxian? An official of his kind would personally come to the morning market to buy vegetables? Moreover, isn't Hu Zongxian a traitor, such a traitorous and evil person, why hasn't the emperor beheaded him? If I were him, I would have hanged myself a long time ago.

It's a slap in the face when I come forward, how can you talk?

Hu Zongxian's face was pale, his hands trembled uncontrollably, and he pointed at Liu San speechless.

I didn't expect such a thing to happen, Liu San didn't hesitate, pointed at Hu Zongxian, and said loudly, folks, everyone come to see, this is Hu Zongxian, the dignified Ming feudal official, the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, I didn't expect to fornicate with the Japanese and harm my Ming people, the emperor didn't kill him, it was the Sacred Heart Mansion, as a Ming people, none of us should sell him vegetables!

In the case of Hu Zongxian's fornication with the Japanese Invaders, the imperial court did not issue a report from the palace, but only treated it coldly. But this incident was in an uproar before, and there was no official refutation of the rumors, which led to different opinions among the people, no wonder this kind of thing happened here.

The whole morning market was boiling, pointing fingers at Hu Zongxian, speaking ill of each other, and even worse, some people threw eggs like him, if I hadn't stopped it in time, I am afraid that our Hu Butang's image would not be guaranteed.

Zhang Youqian couldn't stand it, gathered his internal strength, and roared angrily.

Everyone stopped, looked at him in some surprise, he walked up to Liu San and said, you, apologize!

Liu San had the support of everyone at this moment, as if he had great courage, and said in a loud voice, Why should I apologize? I am a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, am I guilty of patriotism? I don't use my hands or knives, why do you want me to apologize to a sinner? This head catcher doubts your identity.

An evil fire surged from my chest, no wonder Lao Tzu said, "If you don't know the people, you will be foolish."

There are many rights and wrongs at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and even if the people here are vegetable sellers, they can comment on the major affairs of the imperial court, point out the country, and scold Fang Xuan. However, they are constrained by factors such as ability, knowledge, and intelligence, and make many inappropriate and even extreme evaluations, thus arousing public indignation.

Just like this meat seller Liu San, it seems that he has occupied the moral high ground and bombarded Hu Zongxian all the way.

Zhang Youqian still has to reason with him.

I stepped forward and kicked him three feet away.

However, my feet are quite measured, this kick seems serious, but in fact it is only a slight punishment, after all, he will not die for his crime. Liu San screamed and shouted that he had killed someone! Everyone was pointing and talking about it.

Hu Zongxian was full of indignation when he heard it, and with a long howl, he actually passed out.

We found a carriage and carried Hu Zongxian back to Hu's mansion.

The first senior brother took out a silver needle and pierced it in several of his acupoints, and it didn't take long for Hu Zongxian to spit out a mouthful of phlegm, and he woke up and turned around. He saw my two senior brothers, who are these two?

I hurriedly introduced to him, and when he learned that we were the apprentices who stole the Holy Gate Simon to blow out the lamp, he shook his head, it was really difficult to blow the lamp for Simon, and I didn't expect that he would remember it so clearly and send you to protect me.

I said that Master had never mentioned this to us, so I don't know what happened to Master Hu.

Hu Zongxian glanced at us, since he didn't say it, then I can't talk about it.

Thinking of what happened in the morning, he sighed for a long time, I didn't expect that my Hu Zongxian's lifelong reputation would be ruined. I am not greedy for power, I am not greedy for money, I have worked hard all these years, I want to expel the Japanese and leave a name in history, I can't think of it, I can't think of it, I can't think of it!

He couldn't think of it three times in a row, and his eyes were quite lonely.

When I was interrogated in Jinling, I was present in the first part, but later in the middle of the interrogation, Hu Zongxian was taken back to the capital, and there were some doubts that I didn't have time to ask, but there was a chance at this time, so I asked, Master Hu, they all said that you and Wang Heng are fellow villagers, during the suppression of the Japanese, did you two really pass the letter?

Hu Zongxian sighed and said to Zhang Youqian and the two senior brothers, I have something to say with Brother Su.

The three of them were also interested in hearing this, and withdrew.

Hu Zongxian asked, do you still remember what I told you outside Jinling City?

I nodded, the hidden dragon lies in the abyss.

He asked, "Do you know what that means?"

I asked, is it related to the emperor?

Not bad!

Hu Zongxian said that Wang Heng was one of the two major governors of the emperor back then, and the strange death of the emperor that year, and many strange things happened on the day of the great convergence, Wang Heng suspected that the emperor was not dead. Later, the new emperor ascended the throne and cleared the old emperor's power, and he was forced to go into exile overseas and engaged in Japanese crimes.

Back then, he wrote to me asking about these things. This aroused the emperor's suspicion, the emperor didn't care at all, but the emperor was very concerned about the secret I knew, but it was inconvenient for him to ask directly about this kind of thing, and there were always some people who would figure out the holy will, which led to my current fate.

I was quite curious, why did you tell me about it?

Hu Zongxian said that I don't know how long I can live that day, but if I die, this secret will never be seen, so he clicked on you by the way. I said in my heart, my sentence made me not sleep for a few days and nights.

After Wang Heng was arrested, he was taken away by the people of Dengwen Academy, and his whereabouts are unknown. However, this incident also shows that our emperor is a little suspicious, Jinyiwei, Dengwenyuan, Dongchang, Qimen, there are five or six secret agencies alone, and these departments do not interact with each other, they all report to the emperor. Originally, Hu Zongxian and Wang Heng could be brought to trial, but they were forcibly dismantled into cases of two departments, Jinyiwei and Dengwenyuan.

What does Feng Linggan have to do with Wang Heng? I asked.

Hu Zongxian said, the two of them are a raccoon dog, embarrassed and treacherous, they have joined forces in Jiangnan to collect money, over the years, regardless of transport, shipping, nearly twenty percent of the cargo ships have either encountered wind and waves, or were robbed by the Japanese robbers, in fact, I have long known that Feng Linggan and Wang Heng colluded, he provided information, Wang Heng moved, created a false appearance, and embezzled property.

I wondered, Lord Hu is responsible for clearing up the widows, such a big fish, why don't you even serve the pot?

Hu Zongxian smiled dumbly and said, If only things were as simple as you think, who is Feng Linggan? He is a young eunuch sent by the inner court, or the godson of Chief Manager Xue, originally the imperial court sent people from the inner court to supervise us, if there is no real evidence, you can't help them at all. It is precisely because they see this that they are unscrupulous.

After Hu Zongxian's words, many sporadic clues suddenly became clear.

I thought it was a very simple relationship, but I didn't expect the relationship to be so complicated, so that my IQ was a little insufficient.

Now, there is still a question, that is, the account book of the ciphertext that Hu Zongxian asked me to steal from the Sky Wolf that day is now on me. Originally, I wanted to ask him, but now that the first senior brother who claims to be the number one in the world of arithmetic and cryptography has arrived, I decided to leave this matter to him to decipher.

Thinking of this, I asked Master Hu, now in the capital, the situation is a little complicated, you have lived in the capital for a long time, and you have been in a high position for a long time, I don't know if you can guide the kid Maze?

Hu Zongxian glanced at me meaningfully, and said slowly, now in the capital, it seems to be calm, but in fact it is complicated, although it is complicated, it is intentional by the emperor.

I scratched my head and said that I don't understand what you say, Master Hu.

Hu Zongxian asked, in the capital, apart from the emperor, who is the most powerful?

I said, of course, it was Yang Ge Lao, the first assistant of the cabinet, and then Xu Ge Lao second.

Hu Zongxian smiled, Yang Ge Lao is already in the waning mountains, he has served as the first assistant for more than 20 years, and the forces in the capital are complicated, such as the old tree taking root, which has aroused the emperor's jealousy, so these years, in order to balance the forces, he has supported the Xu family by marrying Xu Guifei. Although Yang Ge was old, he refused to let go of power, so he staged farces in the capital. Your Jiangnan Gongyin case is part of this farce.

I asked, then you mean that in this struggle, the Xu family will achieve the final victory?

Hu Zongxian shook his head, Xu Yufu's methods were resolute, but he was intolerant, he was a capable minister, but he was not a prime minister, even if he overthrew Yang Gelao, I am afraid that his position would not be long-term. However, in the past six months, there has been a person whose performance has been beyond my expectations, this person is good at planning, knows how to manage contacts, and is very forbearing, in my opinion, this person can be a big deal.

I asked, "Who?"

Hu Zongxian said Coincidentally, you also know that this person is the leader of the Jiangnan literary circle, Xie Shiting.