On the fifth day of the second lunar month, before and after the declaration, a mule and horse-drawn cart with the flag of the Jabus line swaggered to the entrance of Donghu Town. Donghu Town is a town attached to Donghu Palace, which is similar to the old mountain town on the side of Yingtianfu. There is a high wooden fence at the entrance to the town, where officers and men of the guard battalion and the Guards stand guard. The mule cart hesitated before it stopped in front of the wooden fence, and someone began to shout.

"Stop! East Lake forbidden land, idlers and others are not allowed to trespass! ”

The mule cart stopped, and it was a young man in his twenties, with a tiger head, sitting on the cart with a straight body. He was not angry when he was drunk, he grinned, turned around and shouted at the mule cart: "Mr. Ding, Miss Ding, it's time to the ground!" Donghu Town is not easy to get in and out, so I won't go in, just wait at the door. ”

An officer of the guard battalion wearing a red military uniform walked out of the fence, and when he saw the young man driving the car, he smiled: "Jia Liu, who will you send here today?" ”

The young man who was called Jia Liu seemed to be quite familiar with the officer, and replied with a smile: "One is an outsider, and the other is a young lady from an outsider...... The outside of the staff is sent to the young lady to take the exam. ”

"Really?" The officer smiled, "I'll see." ”

At this time, Ding Papi had already gotten off the mule cart, and was carrying a big burden, and then he supported a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl from the carriage, this girl was not tall, but she looked good, her pure face was a little foxy, her facial features were beautiful, her skin was white and tender, and the most rare thing was that she had a little curve at a young age.

"Hehe, what a beautiful embryo!" The officer praised it, and then walked up to Ding Papi, "Outside the staff, can there be a passage paper?" ”

"There is a ......" Ding Peel immediately took out a document and presented it with both hands.

The officer took a look and saw that it was indeed a pass document issued by the Jinling Women's University, and it also had Miss Ding's name on it. The officer nodded, looked at Miss Ding again, and muttered, "I'm still a talented girl...... What is your name? Where? How old is it? ”

"The little woman Ding Yuying, a native of Huya Town, Yiling Prefecture, Jingzhou Prefecture, is twenty-eight years old." The little girl's voice is sweet and greasy, which makes people listen to it very comfortably.

"It's all right......" The officer nodded, and said to Ding Papi, "Outside Ding, the lower official wishes Ling Ai high school first!" Please come inside! ”

Ding Papi smiled: "Borrow auspicious words, borrow auspicious words......"

As he spoke, he took out a stack of money tickets from the maritime firm and wanted to send them up, but was blocked by the officer. Ding Papi didn't insist, so he smiled and pulled his daughter into Donghu Town.

The roads in Donghu Town are very open, and the buildings are very magnificent, most of them are the mansions of high-ranking officials or some yamen, and there are also some restaurants, shops, and inns. But no matter what kind of business you do, the façade is very magnificent. Ding Papi was a little uncomfortable walking here, but his daughter was quite bold, staring around with a pair of watery eyes, curious about everything.

Ding Papi suddenly saw a yamen, which he was looking for, and immediately pulled his daughter over. When he arrived outside the yamen, his daughter sighed: "Why is it the East Investigation Factory?" ”

It turned out that the plaque hanging at the entrance of the yamen read "East Investigation Factory".

Ding Yuying thought to herself: I am here to take the women's college entrance examination, and I will be a concubine in the future...... It's not like being a female spy!

Ding Papi said to his daughter: "Daddy has an acquaintance in the East Detective Factory, you can drag him to take care of you." ”

Reference? Ding Yuying said: What does this mean? Want to cheat? What should I do if I get caught? And how could Daddy have acquaintances in the East Factory?

Ding Papi found the guards guarding the gate of the East Detective Factory, trembled and took out a post, and presented it with both hands. The post is not Ding Peel, the name on it is "Pan Yuchen".

That's right, this is the post of Pan Yuchen, the governor of Dongchang.

It turned out that Ding Papi's daughter Ding Yuying did not pass the entrance examination of Jinling Women's University, although Ding Yuying was smart and read well. But it is still incomparable with those noble women who were born in scholarly families or received a new education at a young age.

However, Ding Papi didn't know what luck he had, and he actually got in touch with Pan Yuchen, the governor of Dongchang, who seemed to have something to ask him for, so he opened a back door for him and gave Ding Yuying an admission ticket for the entrance examination and a passage document to enter Donghu Town.

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"What a beauty, and a little foxy...... Not bad, not bad! Take the test well, if you can win, a princess is indispensable. Even if you don't win, as long as you do well in the exam, you will have the opportunity to serve the nobles of the heavenly family. ”

In a small hall in the East Investigation Factory, Ding Papi, father and daughter, finally met Pan Dugong of the East Factory. is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a black face, a very strong body, except for no beard, he really can't tell that he is a eunuch.

After listening to Pan's father-in-law's words, Ding Yuying's little sister's face turned red.

Pan Yuchen then said to Ding Yuying: "Our family is now living in the yamen of the East Investigation Factory, there are still vacant rooms, and there are no people, just our family's food." If you don't dislike it, you can borrow it from our house and wait to take the exam. ”

The yamen of the imperial court in Donghu Town and Wuchang City are equipped with large mansions for officials and their families to live in, and the Dongji Factory is no exception.

"Then thank you Grandpa Pan." Ding Papi even claimed to be grateful.

Pan Yuchen immediately called a family member, an old mother, and led Ding Yuying to the backyard to settle down, and only Ding Papi and Pan Yuchen were left in the living room.

"Ding Yuanwai," Pan Yuchen had already put away the smile on his face, and said to Ding Papi with a serious face, "The names of you and Zhang Haoran have reached the heavens, and Your Majesty has high expectations for the two of you, and I hope you can make contributions to the imperial court." ”

Ding Papi said: "Governor, the little one has a thief to report." ”

"What thief?" Pan Yuchen asked.

Ding Papi said: "It is said that there is a puppet king who is going to Huya Mountain!" ”

"Hehe, fake!" Pan Yuchen said, "It's just a big banner...... But don't be disappointed, our family has discussed with Zhu Weishuai of Jinyiwei these days a way to put a long line to catch big fish. ”

"Do you want to cast a long line to catch big fish?"

Pan Yuchen smiled and nodded.

Ding Papi asked, "I don't know how big a fish the Duke wants to catch?" ”

Pan Yuchen smiled: "It's big, it's a big fish!" ”

......

"Your Majesty, the thieves gathered in Huya Town and Huya Mountain have now exceeded 2,000, and there will be 5,000 soon!"

"According to reliable information, on the eighth day of the first month of February, this group of thieves will make an incident in Huya Mountain!"

In the East Lake Palace, Zhu Chunjie and Ma Shiying were happily informing Zhu Cihong about the anti-thieves in Huya Mountain!

"5,000 people?" Zhu Cihong's face sank slightly, "How can there be so many thieves?" ”

This number is really a bit much, now the Ming Dynasty is Lang Lang, Zhao Zhao Sun and Moon, and the Holy Monarch is in the court, the people's livelihood is happy, how can there be so many anti-thieves?

"Your Majesty," Zhu Chunjie said with a smile, "Of course, there can't be so many real anti-thieves...... Many of the 2,000 thieves gathered in Huya Mountain and Huya Town are fake thieves! ”

Is the thief still fake? Zhu Cihong asked, "What's the matter with the fake thief?" ”

Ma Shiying smiled: "A fake thief is a fake thief...... Originally, he was not a thief, but an official, but now he is pretending to be a thief! ”

"Why is that?" Zhu Cihong was puzzled.

"Of course, it's to lure the thief out of the river!" Zhu Chunjie said, "The road to Shu is difficult! The ministers felt that since it was difficult to enter the Sichuan to destroy the thieves, it was better to go the opposite way and lure the thieves out of the Sichuan...... Use the fake thief to lead the real thief, and then see if you can replace the real thief with the fake thief and then return to Sichuan. ”

"The inside should be combined with the outside, and the surprise attack on Kuimen?" Zhu Cihong's eyes lit up, and he already understood what the hell Zhu Chunjie and Ma Shiying were doing.

"Can this be done?"

Zhu Chunjie said: "You can try it!" ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, and just as he wanted to speak, a rush of footsteps came. Then I saw Huang Xiaobao rushing all the way, still holding a book in his hand.

When he arrived in front of Emperor Zhu, Huang Xiaobao saluted, and then played: "Your Majesty, the Sichuan-Shaanxi emergency chapter transferred from the Generalissimo's Mansion!" ”