"Wow!"

Feng Xingjian subconsciously reined in the reins of the horse, and the war horse under his crotch raised his front hooves high, and it took a long time before falling heavily, almost turning Feng Xingjian upside down. But Feng Xingjian didn't care about these at all, he frowned slightly, swept over the row of black-clothed guards standing solemnly in front of the horse, and then turned to the ten-mile long pavilion, the long pavilion was surrounded by white curtains on all sides, and he couldn't see the situation inside, and on the steps of the long pavilion stood a black-clothed man, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, looking at him expressionlessly, it was his current boss, Tie Wuchen, the director of the Intelligence Department.

Feng Xingjian hurriedly rolled the saddle and dismounted, stepped forward, and knelt down in the dust: "Feng Xingjian, a subordinate of 100 households stationed in North Korea, participated in the division chief. ”

"Feng Xingjian, where are you going?" After a long time, a cold voice came.

"Lord Hui, my subordinates were ordered by the emperor to rush to North Korea to take up their posts."

"It's freezing and it's approaching the end of the year, Lord Feng braved the wind and snow to hurry, he was really brave and loyal!"

"My lord, my subordinates ......" Feng Xingjian chuckled in his heart, and was about to defend himself, but he heard Tie Wuchen's order: "Take it!" Feng Xingjian was frightened and wanted to resist, but the bright steel knife had been pressed on his neck, and at the same time, there was a fighting sound behind him, and then with a few screams, Feng Xingjian's guards were caught off guard, and they were instantly subdued by the guards of the Intelligence Department who were ambushed on both sides, and several of the fiercest resistance were mercilessly executed on the spot.

Feng Xingjian was pushed to the ground, he tried to turn his neck sideways, and looked at Tie Wuchen: "My lord, why is this?" ”

"Why? Feng Xingjian, do you still have the face to ask? Tie Wuchen sneered and waved his hand: "Bring it in!" ”

Feng Xingjian stumbled into the pavilion, and then he was kicked in the ass and fell to his knees. Feng Xingjian struggled to raise his head, and what caught his eyes was a middle-aged man in a scarlet official uniform, he looked at Feng Xingjian's eyes, and said indifferently: "Feng Xingjian, you didn't expect it, right?" ”

"My lord, why are you here?" Feng Xingjian exclaimed.

"Why can't I be here?" Wang Du gently dusted off the dust on his clothes, squinted his eyes at Qiao Hong, the former deputy director of the Intelligence Department who was kneeling next to him, and said, "What a meal, isn't it time to tell the truth?" ”

Feng Xingjian looked at Qiao Hong, who was covered in bruises, smiled bitterly, and slowly lowered his head and bowed his head: "My lord, the villain confesses his guilt and surrenders to the law, and only asks for death, I hope not to affect his family!" ”

"Do you think it's possible?" Wang Du said lightly.

……

Fang Xiaoru put down the teacup, looked at the old friend sitting in front of him, and smiled: "It's been four years, the emperor has finally transferred Brother Zicheng back to Beijing, and we can work together together again in the future!" ”

"Yes, Brother Xi," Huang Zicheng also sighed: "Time flies so fast, ten years ago, today was still the prince, we assisted Jinshang, but I didn't expect that ten years have passed, and we have begun to assist the prince again." ”

"Yes," Fang Xiaoru was also a little sentimental: "Thinking about it when I was the prince today, it was like yesterday, but it's a pity," Fang Xiaoru shook his head: "I haven't had a chance to face the saint for a long time." ”

Looking at his slightly decadent old friend, Huang Zicheng hurriedly comforted: "Brother Xian, don't think too much, Guozijian is the authentic literature of the world and the place where the country's talent reserve is reserved. In recent years, the emperor has repeatedly transferred the supervisors of the national eunuch to important positions, and there are not a few officials to the prefect, which shows the emperor's trust and reliance on you! ”

Looking at Huang Zicheng, who was a little anxious, Fang Xiaoru smiled dumbly and said: "Brother Zicheng, don't worry too much, I don't have any resentment towards the emperor, I just have some emotion." ”

Looking at Huang Zicheng's somewhat strange eyes, Fang Xiaoru sighed: "When I first arrived at Guozijian, I couldn't get used to many things, and I felt that the emperor indulged in miscellaneous studies and rejected Confucianism, especially after Hu Yan became the secretary, the atmosphere of Guozijian changed greatly. Hu Yan actually sent the prison students to the Academy of Sciences to visit and study, and later even invited the craftsmen of the Academy of Sciences, hehe, now called engineers, to give lectures in Guozijian, at the beginning, I strongly objected, but the emperor strongly agreed, I had no choice, that was my most depressed period. ”

"But slowly, my mind changed, does Brother Zicheng know why?"

"Hehe, I don't know, tell me about it?" Huang Zicheng shook his head and asked with some interest.

"Not to mention the new textile machine and hydraulic forging machine, which are beneficial to the country and the people, but also the leaning tower double iron ball landing experiment, prism spectroscopy experiment, acceleration experiment, pendulum experiment, and the newly invented steam engine made the little brother very shocked."

"Brother Zicheng, do you know?" Fang Xiaoru's eyes lit up, staring at Huang Zicheng and said: "When the colorful light separated by the prism hit the wall, the little brother almost appeared in front of his eyes, and the fairyland appeared in the world; The pendulum experiment seemed simple, but the Academy of Sciences made a clock that could be accurately timed; The steam engine is even more powerful, its power can be equal to the power of dozens of cows and horses, and according to the Academy of Sciences, it can also make greater strength, and at that time, it will be okay to split mountains and open rocks, move mountains and reclaim the sea! ”

"These things are all things that the little brother never dreamed of, but they appeared alive in front of the little brother."

"Hehe," Huang Zicheng picked up the teacup, took a sip, then put down the teacup, stroked the beard on his chin, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen any of these things you said, but when Kaifeng, Your Majesty and Brother Yu said a lot of similar things, Brother Yu was skeptical at the time, but His Majesty said that he could see it with his own eyes in Beijing." Listening to what the virtuous brother said today, the foolish brother has no doubts in his heart. ”

"In the past few years, when Brother Yu was in Henan, the Yellow River flooded year after year, but there were very few officials who knew how to control the water, and the people along the river were extremely poor. Hehe," Huang Zicheng touched his head, a little embarrassed: "This is the emperor's statement, and later the emperor mobilized some talents for water control, surveying and mapping from martial arts, the Academy of Sciences, and the virtuous brother's Guozijian, as well as some engineers, these people have helped the foolish brother a lot, and the people don't need to be so tired, but the effect is much better." According to the Emperor, 'This is the power of knowledge!' ’。 ”

"Since then, Brother Yu has understood the reason why the emperor admires miscellaneous studies, and he also knows his shortcomings, so this time the emperor transferred Brother Yu back to Beijing, and Brother Yu was willing, because Brother Yu is not suitable to be a political envoy in a local area."

"Hahaha!" Speaking of this, Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng suddenly glanced at each other, laughed, after many years of separation, old friends reunited, but they found that they were still like-minded people with each other, and they couldn't help but be ecstatic.

……

After that, the atmosphere became more and more enthusiastic, and the two slowly chatted about the prince's education, and their eyebrows fluttered, and there were occasional disputes, but they did not hurt their feelings at all.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door: "Master, the two young masters of the Liao family have urgent matters to see the master." ”

"Huh?" Fang Xiaoru frowned slightly, looked up at Huang Zicheng, and was a little embarrassed. But Huang Zicheng was chatting about Xingtou, and he didn't want to leave, so he smiled and said: "It's the two high-footed brothers, the descendants of Deqinghou, the foolish brothers may not have seen them for a long time, let them come here." ”

"Alright, Fang Shi, let them come over." Fang Xiaoru hesitated slightly, but Huang Zicheng had already said so, he was naturally not easy to refuse, it was easy to hurt the harmony, and Fang Xiaoru also believed that "nothing should be said to people", and he was used to being frank and inappropriate.

After a short time, two young people came in outside the door, not tall, fair-skinned, and weak, it was Liao Yong and Liao Ming, the grandsons of Deqing Hou Liao Yongzhong. After they entered the house, they couldn't help but be stunned when they saw that Huang Zicheng was also there, but Liao Yong reacted quickly, and hurriedly came over to respectfully salute Fang Xiaoru, Liao Ming slowed down a little by half a beat, but if he didn't look carefully, he couldn't notice it.

Huang Zicheng twisted his beard and smiled, and said in his heart that this Liao Yong is a bit of a city government, and the response is also fast, Liao Ming is a little worse, but it is not bad, but it is a pity that Deqing Hou Rongma has been in his life, but the title has only been passed on for two generations before it was broken, Liao Yong and Liao Ming have no titles, and Liao Yong, as a grandson, is just a loose official.

"What's wrong? Come over today, what's the matter? Fang Xiaoru was talking happily with Huang Zicheng, but was interrupted by the two, so his face was a little unhappy, but his attitude was still relatively kind, and it could be seen from here that he was more satisfied with these two students.

"Well..... back to the teacher," Liao Yong peeked at Huang Zicheng, a little hesitant, but the teacher opened his mouth to ask, and he couldn't help but answer, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "In the past two days, the student found that he was being followed. ”

"What?" Fang Xiaoru was stunned, and said in his heart: "That's it? You came here at night just to tell me this? ”

Huang Zicheng said with a solemn face: "Are you sure someone is following?" ”

"Yes, that's the way it is," Liao Yong steadied and told the story.

In order to appease the descendants of the founding heroes and win the hearts of the people, in the first year of Jianwen, Zhu Yunwen issued an edict to ask hundreds of officials to recommend the outstanding talents among them as officials, but in the end it was found that there were not many such people, because Lao Zhu was still relatively clean and neat, most of the heroes were broken, and finally only found some three generations of characters like Liao Yong.

Fang Xiaoru did not avoid his relatives, and personally recommended his two students, but to the surprise of Fang Xiaoru and Zhu Yunwen, the two were unwilling to go to martial arts, but chose Guozijian instead, Zhu Yunwen had nothing to do, whatever they wanted; Fang Xiaoru was a little regretful, so he taught the two more carefully, and their knowledge grew faster.

But in the past two days, Liao Yong and Liao Ming found that there were a lot of spies stalking outside the house, and when they went out, these stalking people would follow, which made them annoyed and annoyed, but the Liao family had declined, and they didn't know what to do, so they had to come to ask Fang Xiaoru, but they didn't expect Huang Zicheng to be there.

After listening to their descriptions, Huang Zicheng twisted his beard and didn't speak for a long time. But Fang Xiaoru raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Liao Yong, Liao Ming, have you done anything about adultery recently?" ”

"No, teacher, absolutely not. Recently, the atmosphere in the capital has been tense, and our teachers and mothers have told us not to cause trouble, and we must keep in mind the teachings and never dare to make mistakes. Liao Yong hurriedly waved his hand, and Liao Ming also shook his head.

"That's weird, isn't it?" Fang Xiaoru hissed, turned his head to look at Huang Zicheng, and found that Huang Zicheng's face was solemn, and hurriedly asked: "Brother Zicheng, you just came from the Kaifeng Emperor's side, do you remember something?" Isn't it ......"

Huang Zicheng calmed down, looked at Fang Xiaoru's anxious look, swept Liao Yong again, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, virtuous brother, the emperor is merciful, he will never do this kind of thing, according to the foolish brother's estimate," Huang Zicheng suddenly paused and said, "By the way, Liao Yong, are those people from the Investigation Department?" ”

"I don't know, but," Liao Ming suddenly interjected: "It shouldn't be, these people have a military aura, not like the spies of the Investigation Division." ”

"In this case, the matter is serious," Huang Zicheng said with a solemn face: "This is likely to be someone from the Security Division." ”

"The Department of Security? ----- "Fang Xiaoru, Liao Yong, and Liao Ming were all a little stunned.

The name of the Security Division has not appeared for a long time, and it has only been in Beijing for more than ten days, but it has already had the effect of stopping children's night crying, because the first time it showed its face, it seized the Investigation Division, and all the officers of the Investigation Department of more than 1,000 households have become prisoners, and they have not been relieved until now; The second time is to put the king of Taiwan under house arrest, which is the emperor's own brother! Speaking of which, what he did, his arrogance, seemed to be better than that of the former Jinyiwei.

Looking at the stunned looks of the three of them, Huang Zicheng sighed in his heart: Xizhi, as well as Xizhi's two students, are a little stupid when they read, and they don't realize the seriousness of the matter at all. The Security Division was established by the emperor's order, how could it spy on the Liao family for no reason? But today's Liao family is not worth mentioning, and there is no half of the authority, why is it?

However, Huang Zicheng couldn't think of any reason, and in the end he could only tell the two of them not to go out recently and not to cause trouble.

But Liao Yong didn't respond immediately, but gritted his teeth and said: "Students are not worried about our Liao family, our Liao family has completely declined, and there is nothing worth thinking about others." The students are just worried about the teacher, worried that this is coming for the teacher. ”

"At me?" Fang Xiaoru was a little stunned: "No, it's just a sacrificial wine for the teacher, you think too much." ”

"Well," Liao Yong lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Then the student can't think of any reason." ”

"Don't think about it, you guys go down, you are not allowed to go anywhere recently, study at home with peace of mind, and during the New Year, you will be admitted to the school for the teacher."

"Well, the student takes the order!"

"Alright, you guys go!"

"Yes!"

Looking at the backs of Liao Yong and Liao Ming, Fang Xiaoru frowned, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, why are you so keen on these inexplicable things, the first emperor had a brocade guard, and now he is on it?" With the Investigation Department, it is not satisfied, and the Intelligence Department has also been set up, and now there is another Security Division, and the emperor's suspicion is too heavy. ”

"Hehe," Huang Zicheng smiled bitterly: "This kind of organization is inevitable, and the virtuous brother has also seen it, once there is a problem in the Investigation Division, it will be very harmful!" ”

"So, there shouldn't be such an organization." Talking about this, Fang Xiaoru was a little distressed: "The emperor is not as kind-hearted as before, and he doesn't trust people very much." ”

"Yes, the king's heart is unpredictable, the emperor is not the boy he was back then, he has been on the throne for six years."

"That's ......," Fang Xiaoru lowered his voice.

"However, Brother Xian, Liao Yong's statement also has some truth, you can't take it lightly!"

"What?" Fang Xiaoru was a little puzzled, looked at Huang Zicheng, but found that Huang Zicheng nodded heavily.

……

"Do you see clearly?"

"Yes, the Security Department has sent someone to investigate the Liao family, and the little one is really watching, and he has been staring at it for two days."

"Okay, great, it's going to happen!"

……

Chaohu Lake, known as "Juchao" and "Nanchao" in ancient times, is said to have been exiled here by Shang Tang by the last monarch of the Xia Dynasty. Chaohu Lake has thousands of miles of water, and the only outlet channel is the Yuxi River, which flows into the Yangtze River. In the past, Zhu Yuanzhang was stationed in Hezhou, intending to cross the river to capture Jinling, but there was no naval army, and finally Yu Tingyu father and son, Liao Yongan, and Liao Yongzhong brothers who were entrenched on Laoshan Island in the center of Chaohu Lake helped to break the Yuan army's water division at Matangkou, capture quarrying, and then attack Jinling, so as to lay the immortal emperor's cause. Therefore, Chaohu Lake can be said to be Zhu Yuanzhang's blessed land.

However, after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered strict control of several famous lakes, such as Chaohu Lake, Wuhu Lake, Taihu Lake, Dongting Lake, Poyang Lake, etc., and set up sailors of different scales, the main purpose was to prevent the breeding of lake bandits, to put it more explicitly, that is, to prevent people from following the example of rebellion......

It's just that after a long period of peace, the inner lake water divisions are declining day by day, and the Chaohu water division is no exception.

Ping An sat behind the handsome case, carefully examining the information in his hand, and his face became more and more ugly. Suddenly, Ping An slapped the information on the table: "Oh no, we have been tricked!" ”

"What's wrong?"