In the afternoon of this day, Gu Haotian was about to rest, and suddenly saw Zhang Jiucheng coming over in a panic.

"Brother Haotian, the big thing is not good, Bachelor Zhao Ding was taken away by the people of the Criminal Department."

"For what?" Gu Haotian was taken aback.

"I don't know, but I've heard that it's related to the Jurchens."

Associated with the Jurchens! Gu Haotian secretly wondered in his heart, could it be because of the beating of the Jurchens last night. Qin Sheng had reported to him about the incident last night when he came back, and he didn't pay too much attention to it. Zhao Ding was at most a bystander at that time, and if the court convicted an official on this basis, wouldn't it be child's play. He thought about it for a while, but he couldn't understand it, thinking that he had to see himself to find out, so he said to Zhang Jiucheng:

"There are a lot of doubts about this matter, I have to go to see the king of Huainan County first, and ask him to come forward to meet Master Zhao to understand."

So the two of them, under the escort of Bian Xiang and others, immediately rushed to the palace of Huainan County. Chai Wenbo was also shocked when he heard this, he asked the two of them to wait in the mansion, and he immediately went to the criminal department.

About an hour, Chai Wenbo returned to the mansion, presumably his title of county king is still relatively easy to use in the criminal department.

"The official of the Criminal Department said that Zhao Bachelor was suspected of beating the Jurchen envoys, and the most important thing was that he might be implicated in the killing of the Jurchen caravan outside Fengqiu City, so he was detained for review."

Zhao Ding has something to do with the killing of the Jurchen caravan! Gu Haotian couldn't help but feel funny when he heard Chai Wenbo's words, this charge seemed too far-fetched, he knew the death of those people, and he had a half-dime relationship with Zhao Ding, so he felt more and more that there was a conspiracy here.

"Has the county king ever seen Master Zhao?"

"See, the bachelor is not detained in the prison, but the residence has also passed, and I have also instructed the officers of the criminal department not to abuse him."

Chai Wenbo thought that Gu Haotian cared about Zhao Ding's situation, so he gave a special explanation.

"Did you say what you did and what did you say when you were on duty today?"

"Oh, he mentioned that when he went to court today, he had a piece of music and wrote about the imperial examination fraud case or something."

Gu Haotian and Zhang Jiucheng glanced at each other, and at the same time thought that the crux of the problem was here. Last night, the two repeatedly reminded him not to be impulsive, but he couldn't help it after all and caused trouble for himself. Now it seems that he can't get out during the imperial examination, so he can only wait until after the imperial examination, and then slowly try to save people.

So the two asked Chai Wenbo to take care of Zhao Ding, Zhang Jiucheng went to Zhao's house to appease his family, and Gu Haotian went back to the inn.

Unconsciously on the 22nd, the day of the spring examination, because the Jurchens were busy with the killing of their subordinates outside Fengqiu City in the past few days, they probably thought that Gu Haotian might participate in the imperial examination, and they paid less attention to the inn. Gu Haotian had nothing to do, and suddenly thought that the person he had been thinking about before coming to the capital was the firearms expert in his mind, Thunder Lingzhen.

Ling Zhen is now the deputy envoy gunner of the Tokyo Armor Warehouse, and Gu Haotian also made a special inquiry, and the Armor Warehouse is in the northwest corner of the outer city, close to the location of the military camp in front of the inner city hall. It happened that these few days were free, so Gu Haotian took Bian Xiang, Qin Sheng and others out to find it.

A group of people drove a carriage, all the way through the streets and alleys for more than an hour, only to arrive at the city gate in the middle of the west of the inner city, out of the door to investigate, said that the front turned right, so a few people followed the direction of the point, into a side street. Not far ahead, there was a loud "boom" suddenly, and everyone only felt that the ground shook strongly, as if it was an earthquake, and even the horses pulling the cart were frightened, and it was easy to calm down.

Then people saw a puff of smoke rising from the place on the right side against the city wall, and then a fire rose from a house. At this time, the frightened people in the street also came to their senses and pointed to the place where the fire was burning.

"What's wrong with this armor storehouse, no matter how it goes down, it's strange that the armor doesn't burn a fine light."

"Presumably, it's the thunder that is doing the trick again, it's not enough to learn a lesson the first time, this will cause such a big disaster, I'm afraid that the deputy envoy won't be able to save it."

"But the neighbors who live around here are not at ease, and they are afraid every day."

……

While people were talking, I saw a group of sergeant-like people passing by with all kinds of fire-extinguishing tools, and after a while, I saw a group of forbidden soldiers escorting a man who looked like an officer.

"The military patrol shop is here, and this fire will be fine."

"It's just that the thunder must have suffered, and you didn't see the angry look of the official."

Gu Haotian listened on the sidelines, thinking in his heart that this Ling Zhen seemed to be a celebrity in this area, presumably this guy was fiddling with a firearm in it, and accidentally exploded, and it was more than once, I don't know if he was injured this time, otherwise it would be a big loss for him.

So a few people followed the lively flow of people into the place where the fire was burning, but found that it was a warehouse with a very large area, and the place where the fire started was just a small courtyard in the southeast corner of the warehouse.

After about a pillar of incense, the fire in the small courtyard was extinguished. Just as the crowd of onlookers was dispersed, I saw several forbidden soldiers escorting a man in tattered clothes and covered in smoke and dust out. The crowd immediately pointed again, and Gu Haotian understood that this person must be Ling Zhen. He took a closer look and found that he was still moving freely, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, he did not miss arms or legs.

"Chief Envoy Wu, for the sake of many years of colleagues, let Deputy Envoy Ling bring this, otherwise it will be cold at night, and maybe he will freeze."

As he spoke, he saw a veteran in his thirties running up, holding a bag in his hand, as if he was wearing a quilt or something.

"Ma Lao Wu, you have a lot of business, let you blow up this bastard tomorrow, see who will send him something."

The Wu master scolded twice, but he didn't stop him, and left angrily.

And that Ma Lao Wu stood in the field in a daze, watching Ling Zhen being escorted away, he couldn't help but sigh deeply, and had no choice but to turn around and go back.

"This brother, please stay."

Let's say that when Ma Lao Wu was about to go back, he suddenly heard someone calling him, and when he turned around, he saw that several strangers were walking towards him.

"Gu Haotian in Jeju, Xiajingdong, entered Beijing this time, and was entrusted by a friend to visit one of his friends, who was the deputy envoy of Jiazhan Library, called Ling Zhen, but here."

Gu Haotian casually fabricated a reason, pretending to know nothing, and asked like that Ma Lao Wu.

"You mean looking for Ling Zhen, the deputy envoy of the armor warehouse?"

The old five foxes looked at the few people in front of him suspiciously, and couldn't help but look up at Ling Zhen and a few people in the distance.

"Exactly, brother, but he knows, where is he now?"

"Oh, the man who was buried in front of me is to take away, you may not be able to see it for a while."

"How can there be such a thing, could it be that he has broken some law, and my brother knows a thing or two?"

"Alas! But it's a long story! ”

"This is not the place to speak, brother will wait for me to save face anyway, and go sit outside for a while."

Gu Haotian looked anxious, and as he spoke, he asked Ma Lao Wu to move to the street. Na Ma Lao Wu looked at a few people and had no malice, so he came to a small restaurant on the street. Everyone found a private room to sit in, ordered some wine and food at random, and listened to the Ma Lao Wu talk about the origin.

It is said that although this Ling Zhen is said to be the deputy envoy of the armor warehouse, in fact, he is in charge of the thirty or forty people in the artillery battalion, but he is upright and loyal, and he will not fight for power and profit, but he can get along with the brothers below. But he has a habit, that is, he is good at operating artillery, pondering gunpowder, cannon barrels and the like every day, and once a year when he accidentally blew up the chamber while operating artillery, which caused a lot of impact, and he was not only injured, but also severely criticized. I don't know why there was such a big movement today, but fortunately it didn't hurt anyone.

"This time, looking at the angry appearance of Master Wu, I'm afraid that Vice Master Ling has suffered some crimes."

Ma Lao Wu seemed to have a good relationship with Ling Zhen usually, but after saying that, his expression was gloomy, and he was full of depression.

"Since we are entrusted by friends, of course we can't ignore this matter, but I can't wait for the envoy of the Wu Lord, I am not familiar with it, and how to dredge it."

"Is what Lang Jun said serious?"

When Ma Lao Wuyi heard this, he was very surprised, he couldn't imagine that a stranger he had never met would be willing to come to the rescue. Seeing Gu Haotian nodding without hesitation, he said:

"Master Wu has no other hobbies, he only likes yellow and white things, and if he gets this thing, he will not be held accountable."

"If so, there is no problem."

Gu Haotian casually agreed, and then asked where the envoy was and when he was on duty. He took five taels of silver and ordered Ma Lao Wu to send it to Ling Zhen's house, and everyone ate some wine and food before they dispersed.

In the afternoon of the same day, Gu Haotian visited the palace of Huainan County again, and asked Chai Wenbo for news about Zhao Ding, and asked Chai Wenbo to write a note for tomorrow's meeting with the chief envoy of Nawu.

On the morning of the next day, Gu Haotian, Xu Guanzhong, Bian Xiang and others arrived at the Yamen of the Jiazhan Treasury early in the morning. Bian Xiang went to the concierge and made some money, asked him to report it, and said that Huainan County Wang's friend had come to visit.

After a while, the porter came out and said, "The Lord has please." So Gu Haotian, Xu Guanzhong, and Bian Xiang went in with the gatehouse.

The place where they met was in the side hall of the yamen, and a few people sat down, Gu Haotian showed him the note of the king of Huainan County, and Lord Wu's expression suddenly improved.

"A few distinguished guests are looking for the lower officials, what is the matter?"

"I'm waiting for nothing but to go to the Three Treasures Palace, yesterday a relative and friend named Ling Zhen violated the rules of the library and was taken into custody, begging the adults to taste a thin noodle and be taken lightly."

"This ......"

The man surnamed Wu was a little reluctant at the time, and his face was not good-looking. Seeing this, Gu Haotian handed over the three hundred taels of silver tickets that had been prepared.

"I heard that there is some damage in the treasury, and a little silver can be used to repair it, and we also know that the lord is in trouble, so Ling Zhen will not ask him to be reinstated, as long as he is given a sinless white body, we will be satisfied."

Three hundred taels of silver to buy the identity of a commoner! This is also cheap, that Ling Zhen is at his disposal, it is nothing more than a dismissal from his position, isn't this a windfall in vain, and the envoy immediately felt that the three people in front of him were cute.

But what he thought about was that what the three people in front of him needed most was Ling Zhen, who was a civilian.

"Since the three of them are friends of the county king, the lower officials naturally want to give some face, so Ling Zhen will press ......"

Let's say that when the envoy of Wu was not finished, he saw the concierge who came in from outside the door, saying that the captain of the Taiwei Mansion came with Fu'an and was waiting to see the chief envoy in the lobby.

When the chief envoy heard this, he hurriedly confessed his sins to everyone, got up and went to the lobby.