Down the dark passage is a stone staircase, and several bright oil lamps are staggered on the stone walls on both sides of the staircase, illuminating the entire dark passage.

The woman in white only glanced for a week before descending the stairs.

After about three turns to the right, you will go down to the end of the stone staircase. A large hall greeted the woman, with a Persian wool carpet on the floor and tables and chairs all around. There were three people sitting on the sandalwood Taishi chair at the top, and they were talking in a low voice, as if they were discussing something.

Suddenly seeing a stranger coming down the stairs, the three of them quickly turned around, and all of them stood up at once, and a middle-aged man in a Confucian shirt and a black beard sitting on the main seat stepped forward and asked vigilantly, "What person?!" ”

The woman in white took out a token from her body and threw it into the person's hand.

The middle-aged man reached out to catch the token and looked at it carefully.

It is a copper token, gilded all around, and the front is carved with two flying five-clawed golden dragons, and the word "inner" is engraved under the dragon's claws in the middle. On the reverse side is an auspicious cloud pattern, and only in the middle is engraved with the word "sky".

After the middle-aged man inspected it, he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "My subordinate Linjiang County Cheng Wang Shen, meet my lord!" ”

The two people behind reacted without slowing down, and hurriedly followed behind Wang Shen and knelt down: "Cao Qing, the subordinate governor of Linjiang County, meet your lord!" ”

"The subordinate Linjiang County Governor Cao Yu Ranxiang, meet your lord!"

The woman in white nodded, made a gesture to get up, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please get up, my name is Qin Hanyu." ”

"Lord Xie Qin." The three of them thanked each other, and then got up from the ground.

Wang Shen respectfully handed the token back with both hands, Qin Hanyu took it and put it away, and then asked, "The purpose of my visit this time, I think several adults already know." ”

"I already know, it's just ......," Wang Shen wanted to say and stopped.

"Huh?" Qin Han Yu'e frowned slightly, and made a nasal voice, sounding quite majestic.

Wang Shen's face was pale, a few drops of cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and he hurriedly knelt down again, knelt on the ground, and said in fear: "The lower officials are not doing things effectively, and they have the trust of the Queen Mother, please ...... Please, my lord! ”

"Please condemn your sin!" The faces of the two people behind them also changed, and they were so frightened that they hurriedly knelt down.

Qin Hanyu gently paced to the east sandalwood chair and sat down. She has a cold face, a cold expression, and is not angry and arrogant. He asked coldly, "Condemnation?" Okay, then tell me where the sin is. ”

Wang Shen hurriedly turned to face Qin Hanyu, and said in fear: "Xia Guan has not completed the task for three years, and he has the trust of the Queen Mother!" ”

Cao Qing and Yu Ran hurriedly agreed.

"It seems that you still haven't understood!" Qin Hanyu shook his head, snorted coldly, looked directly at the three of them, and said with a torch in his eyes: "Remember, the Queen Mother is just temporarily in charge of the internal department, and the object of your allegiance will always be the emperor!" ”

Wang Shen and the three of them kowtowed again and again, "The lower officials are dull, and they follow the teachings of adults." ”

"Get up and tell me what you've found." Qin Hanyu sat on the Taishi chair, his face expressionless, and he looked unpredictable.

The three of them got up, Wang Shen took a step forward, and arched his hand: "My lord, three years ago, I sent people to lurk in the Linjiang Marquis Mansion to secretly investigate the affairs of the Linjiang Marquis and the CD King. ”

"After some hard investigation, we finally found some clues: this Linjiang Marquis and the CD King exchanged secret messages through a caravan."

"It's a pity that these two people are really very cautious, and every time they read the letter, they burned it directly, never leaving any evidence."

"So last month we decided to ambush this caravan on the road in order to intercept the secret letter." Speaking of this, Wang Shen calmed down, and his face was a little uneasy, "I am ashamed to say that the lower officials set up an ambush on the road that the caravan must pass, but they waited until dark and there was no trace of it. So he sent someone to investigate, but the caravan seemed to have evaporated out of thin air. ”

"It wasn't until early the next morning that we found some splattered blood in the grove on the side of the road."

"From this, Xia Guan deduced that someone had robbed the secret letter before us."

After Qin Hanyu heard this, his eyes flickered, his eyebrows furrowed, and his lips pursed slightly.

Qin Hanyu raised his head and asked, "How long has this matter been?" Can the county and county governments receive reports about this matter? ”

Wang Shen thought for a while and arched his hand: "Ten days have passed. No reports have been received. ”

"Ten days." Qin Hanyu muttered to himself.

"If there was no accident, the caravan would have left this Linjiang territory in ten days anyway, but I and Senior Brother Hu came all the way and did not receive reports from the spies on the periphery of Nesibu. It seems that he must have been poisoned. It's just that who has the ability to quietly make a caravan disappear? It seems that the water in Linjiang County is really unfathomable! Qin Hanyu secretly thought in his heart.

......

CD Wang Sima Xun has long been self-reliant, and Emperor Mourning Sima Pi knows it, but he has been suffering without evidence. And now the war in the north has caused the Great Jin Dynasty to be anxious, and the imperial court is really unable to free up its hands to clean up the portal for the time being.

The Empress Dowager Chongde got a tip three years ago, and Zhao Guangcai, the Marquis of Linjiang, had a close relationship with CD Wang Sima Xun in private. And Zhao Zhi, the father of Linjiang Marquis Zhao Guangcai, and the former Zhao general Ling Hu Ni were originally friends, and later Zhao Zhi followed the Jin Yuan Emperor Sima Rui to move south, and the two publicly expressed their friendship, but no one knows whether it is a secret song.

This makes Fox Ni Sima Xun's adoptive father.

CD Wang Sima Xun needless to say, it is this Linjiang Marquis Zhao Guangcai, after all, he is the founder of the county marquis of the first Yuan, if there is no actual evidence, the Empress Dowager Chongde cannot dispose of it at will.

In order to verify the matter, the Empress Dowager Chongde instructed the Inner Government to look for evidence.

This check is three years.

Recently, CD Wang Sima Xun was a little nervous, as if he was going to make some moves, and the Queen Mother remembered the matter of the Marquis of Linjiang, so she sent Qin Hanyu out, ostensibly to investigate the death of Qian Dahong, but secretly it was for the Marquis of Linjiang.

And now this letter has been snatched right under your nose! Before the Marquis of Linjiang found out the lost letters, he would definitely not send any more letters to contact Sima Xun. Therefore, if Qin Hanyu wants to find out the evidence of Linjiang Hou's fornication with the CD King, he can only investigate who robbed this secret letter first.

Qin Hanyu retracted his thoughts and ordered the three of them to continue to stare at Linjiang Hou, and then turned to leave.

……

The sound of reading in Chongqi Academy is still loud.

Qin Hanyu handed over the name card to the doorman, and without much effort, he was taken to Zhou Xiaofu's house by the doorman.

For Qin Hanyu, Zhou Xiaofu is no stranger. In the past, when I taught Princess Yinglan to read in the palace, I often met with her, which can be regarded as an old acquaintance.

Qin Hanyu conveyed the greetings of the Queen Mother and the Emperor to Zhou Xiaofu, and after another routine politeness, Qin Hanyu proposed to Zhou Xiaofu to meet Princess Yinglan.

Zhou Xiaofu naturally would not refuse, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to invite Princess Yinglan.

But in half an hour, Ying Lan jumped up and ran to the Zhou Mansion, Qin Hanyu knelt down and said, "Hanyu has seen the princess!" ”

Ying Lan hurriedly stepped forward and pulled her up with a smile in her eyebrows. Holding Qin Hanyu's hand, he said excitedly: "Sister Hanyu, why did you come, but it makes me think badly!" ”

Seeing this princess Yinglan, who was like a sister, Qin Hanyu was also elated, as if she had changed a person, and said with a smile: "This time I came to investigate the murder of Qian Dahong, the commander of Qiantang County, who was in charge of Qiantang County. ”

"Investigate the case? I'm going too! Ying Lan's eyes lit up and she hurriedly said.

Zhou Xiaofu frowned and coughed dryly.

Ying Lan walked over and grabbed Zhou Xiaofu's arm, and begged pitifully: "Sir, you let me go, it's a long time to see." ”

Zhou Xiaofu kept a straight face and said unmoved: "The minister has to be responsible for the safety of the princess!" ”

"Sir-Sister Hanyu is the daughter of Qin Shouza, she is excellent in martial arts, she will definitely be able to protect me!" Ying Lan continued to plead.

After that, she gave Qin Hanyu a look.

Qin Hanyu naturally understood what she meant, she thought about it, and then said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, don't worry, when the time comes, we will send some more manpower to protect the princess's safety." ”

Zhou Xiaofu hesitated for a moment, sighed and said: "Since Miss Qin said so, the old man will not be this wicked person, I promise, just ......"

"Just what?" Ying Lanxin mentioned her throat again.

"It's just the homework that has been pulled down in the past few days, and you have to make up for it!"

"No problem, sir!" Princess Yinglan cheered, pulled Qin Hanyu and ran out.