Qi Ning went to the East China Sea this time, and did not let Qi Feng and the others follow, after all, the Hou Mansion needed guards to take care of it, and secondly, he also asked Qi Feng and the others to continue to find Zhuo Xian'er's whereabouts, he knew that the beggar gang was well-informed to let Qi Feng go to Bai Shenghao, and also asked the brothers of the beggar gang to help inquire about his whereabouts.

When he left the house, Qi Ning only took the driver who was driving, and under the eyes of Gu Qinghan and others, he left before dawn.

In addition to several officials from the Criminal Department who followed Qi Ning to the East China Sea this time, twenty elite soldiers were also selected from the Black Scale Battalion to accompany them, and they personally named Wu Dalin to lead the escort.

This trip to the East China Sea was not as a messenger, although he had already obtained a secret order to secretly transfer troops, but on the bright side, he only went to investigate the death of Shantai Zhilin as the secretary of the Criminal Department, and the suicide of Shantai Zhilin has not yet been announced to the public, it is a confidential matter, and Qi Ning's visit is only a secret investigation, so it is naturally not good to make a big fuss.

Take twenty elite soldiers with you and keep a low profile, so that even if you go to the East China Sea, it won't be too eye-catching.

The carriage went out of the city from the south gate, Qi Ning lifted the curtains, and he didn't know if Mrs. Tian had arrived, only a mile away, and saw a carriage parked on the side of the road, and a person was standing on the side of the carriage, looking at his own carriage.

The man was wearing a thin coat and a hat on his head, and when Qi Ning's carriage appeared, the man couldn't help but approach this side, and Qi Ning glanced at it, and immediately recognized that it was Mrs. Tian.

It's just that Mrs. Tian's outfit today is very different from the past, but she is wearing a light blue gown, with a royal blue belt around her waist, dressed up, looking like a rich boy, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, but the beauty mole under the corner of her eye makes this boy brother a little charming.

Qi Ning knew that Mrs. Tian was dressed as a woman according to his instructions yesterday, he couldn't help but look at Mrs. Tian's chest, maybe the caftan inside was too loose, but he couldn't see the waves of the past, Qi Ning was puzzled in his heart, and secretly thought that Mrs. Tian was like Gu Qinghan when she disguised herself as a woman, and she also strangled it with a belt, if this is the case, with her abundance, I am afraid that it will be very uncomfortable to strangle.

Mrs. Tian saw Qi Ning behind the curtain, smiled, and was about to speak, but Qi Ning had already said lightly: "It's good for the car to follow me." Without further ado, he lowered the curtain.

Mrs. Tian was stunned for a moment, and when she saw the Qi Ning carriage continuing forward, she only felt a little aggrieved, bit her lip, and glared at the Qi Ning carriage, but she still quickly got into the carriage and followed behind the Qi Ning carriage.

It was only five or six miles ahead, and under the bright sky, I only saw a group of people waiting on the side of the road.

The carriage stopped, Qi Ning got out of the carriage, and saw Wu Dalin standing on the side of the carriage at a glance, and nodded to Wu Dalin with a smile, but Wu Dalin bowed deeply and did not speak.

Wu Dalin was transferred to the Black Scale Camp before the change of the Imperial Tomb, at first Duan Canghai and others in the Black Scale Camp were still quite wary of him, but after a period of time, everyone got along quite well, Wu Dalin himself was a very capable person, and when he entered the Black Scale Camp, he trained soldiers with heart every day, and he was conscientious, Duan Canghai and others had a good impression of him.

Although Wu Dalin has been in the army for many years, but for the Black Scale Battalion, he is just a newcomer, so he is also very humble in the Black Scale Battalion.

Several officials of the Criminal Department went out of the city early to wait, since Da Xichong and Cao Sen were executed, the Criminal Department was in awe of Qi Ning, before dawn, the four officials of the Criminal Department who accompanied him were waiting, among which Wei Yujiang, the chief judge of the Autumn Trial Division, was also taken out by Qi Ning, and at this time several officials came to wait by the carriage.

Including Wei Yujiang and Wu Dalin, everyone knew that the little marquis was going to Beijing on a business trip this time, but where he was going, Qi Ning did not disclose the news, and he was always very curious in his heart.

Whether it is Wu Dalin and the cavalry of the Black Scale Battalion or the officials of the Criminal Department, they are all in civilian clothes, and the cavalry of the Black Scale Battalion are all wearing gray power suits, only from the appearance of the clothes, they can't see the origin of the identity of the people, which is also Qi Ning's instructions in advance, and everyone obeys the order.

Qi Ning saw that everyone had arrived, so he said with a smile: "This time, there is a passage for all of you, according to the emperor's order, we are going to the East China Sea to do an errand, but this matter is not suitable for publicity, we are going to the East China Sea, and it is not appropriate for too many people to know, so let you wear civilian clothes." ”

Only then did everyone understand that the original goal of this trip was the East China Sea, but he just went out to do the emperor's errand, but he had to conceal his identity, which really made everyone feel strange, but they also keenly felt that this trip would not be simple, after all, the case that happened in the East China Sea must be extraordinary if several officials were mobilized from the Yamen of the Criminal Department.

At this time, everyone also saw the carriage following Qi Ning, but no one dared to ask anything.

Several officials of the Criminal Department were all riding horses, Qi Ning did not delay time, waved his hand to signal everyone to go, several officials of the Criminal Department turned over their horses, Wu Dalin waved his hand, and the twenty cavalry of the Black Scale Battalion turned over their horses almost at the same time, and before the morning glow came out, they had already headed south.

Along the way, it was non-stop, and it was getting farther and farther away from the capital, and it was more than one day on the way, and after passing through the Gyeonggi area, and after another day, it entered the territory of the East China Sea.

The East China Sea is located in the southeast coast of the Chu State, and in the early years, it belonged to the territory of Huiji County, but later the imperial court divided the county into two, the east side was set up as Donghai County, and the west side was set up as Huiji County, and now the area of Huiji County is nearly half smaller than before the division.

There are thirteen counties under the East China Sea, with Gulin City as the capital city, because the East China Sea Division is stationed in the East China Sea, in order to make it easier for the East China Sea Division to control the Fu City, the Gulin City in the southeast of the East China Sea County is set as the capital city, and the ancient Lin City is only more than 30 miles away from the East China Sea Division, and the residents in the city can even feel the arrival of the sea breeze.

The existence of the East China Sea Division has always been on a par with the East Qi Water Division, and it has always been expected to surpass the East Qi Water Division in terms of strength.

The former dynasty was divided, the Eastern Qi became a country of its own, its main combat force was the Eastern Qi Water Division, and the predecessor of the Eastern Qi Water Division, in fact, was the most powerful naval division corps of the previous dynasty, and there were many soldiers in the army who were good at water warfare.

The East China Sea division of the Chu State is different, when the Chu State conquered the East China Sea, after the East China Sea King Han Jingting was ambushed, the East China Sea was still in chaos, and many of the remnants of the East China Sea King were not willing to be ruled by the Chu State, and fled to the East China Sea, and even contacted the pirates in the East China Sea, frequently harassing the coast of the East China Sea.

Emperor Taizong of Chu ordered the establishment of the East China Sea Division, but it also cost a lot of manpower and material resources, but at that time, the Chu State had just been established, and all kinds of waste were waiting to be rebuilt, and the silver used to form the East China Sea Division was really not much.

Fortunately, the Golden Sword Waiting used the troops well, and it took several years, with the weak East China Sea Division, to stabilize the situation along the coast of the East China Sea, so that the people would not be harassed by the pirates.

But at that time, the strength of the East China Sea Division was really far from the strength of the East Qi Water Division, and the most powerful on the East China Sea was still the East Qi Water Division.

But after all, the state of Chu has a vast territory, and the imperial court has always been vigilant about the existence of the Eastern Qi naval division, and has never slowed down the pace of the construction of the Eastern Sea Division, and over the years, today's Eastern China Sea division has quite strong strength, with nearly 200 large and small warships, and 30,000 officers and soldiers of the long-trained naval division, which is one of the extremely powerful legions of the Chu State.

In the early years, the Eastern Qi naval division also once invaded the sea territory of the Chu State and occupied many islands in the sea, but with the gradual expansion of the East China Sea Division, the two sides had friction from time to time, and the Eastern Qi began to withdraw to the northern part of the East China Sea in order not to have greater friction with the Chu State because of the sea border, and now the two countries have reached a very tacit agreement to reach a maritime sphere of influence, the Eastern Qi occupies a large area in the northern part of the East China Sea, and the Chu State occupies the southern part of the East China Sea and the South China Sea.

After the pirates in the East China Sea were hit hard, the only enemy of the East China Sea Division is now the East Qi Water Division, so the main force of the East China Sea Division is stationed on the coast of the East China Sea, and from time to time a few warships are sent to cruise in the South China Sea.

Although Qi Ning and his party entered the territory of the East China Sea in three days without stopping, they still had a long way to go from Gulin City.

On the way, everyone did not bother the local government, only looking for an inn to stay, although Mrs. Tian accompanied along the way, but did not have the opportunity to talk to Qi Ning, although the entourage naturally also saw Mrs. Tian, although they felt that it was a little strange to have such a person, but no one dared to talk more.

There were a few times when Mrs. Tian found an opportunity to say a few words to Qi Ning, but Qi Ning deliberately turned a blind eye and walked away without waiting for Mrs. Tian to get close, which made Mrs. Tian extremely depressed along the way, full of sadness, and uneasy in her heart, that is, she couldn't even eat well or sleep well.

At dusk on this day, the group rushed to Dongyang County, which was only a day's journey from Gulin City, and Qi Ning also knew that he was in a hurry for several days, and the soldiers of the Black Scale Battalion were fine, but several officials of the Criminal Department and Mrs. Tian must have been very tired, and they wanted to let everyone take a break, so they entered the city to find a place to rest before it was dark, and did not continue to hurry.

Qi Ning knew that after arriving at Gulin City, he would next have to investigate the death of Yutai Zhilin, and he might not have much time to rest, so after dinner, he went back to the house early to rest and recuperate.

I don't know how long I slept, I was suddenly awakened by a cry, I opened my eyes, the house was dark, but it was already night, at this time I faintly heard the cry coming from me, walked to the window, pushed open the window, the street downstairs was quite deserted, and then hung the lantern outside, and vaguely saw a person lying there under the wall on the other side of the long street, and the cry came from there.