After reaching an alliance with Luo Sigong, Shen always knew everything Luo Sigong knew, but there was only one thing that neither of them knew, that is, what was the emperor's close confidant and great eunuch Zhang Cheng secretly operating.

Since the birth of the East Factory, there has been an important responsibility, that is, to manage and supervise Jinyiwei.

The cause of this incident was that the commander of Jinyiwei in the Yongle period made Ji Gang plot to rebel, which gave Zhu Di a great shock, and Zhu Di did not trust Jinyiwei much from then on, and set up the East Factory in charge of the eunuchs around him to supervise Jinyiwei's actions.

Ji Gang can rebel, but the big eunuch can't rebel no matter what, he can only rely on the emperor to exist, and maintain the emperor's power in order to ensure his own power, so the eunuch is more credible than the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and this rule has been continued.

Of course, this situation has also changed, such as the period of Emperor Jiajing, when Lu Bing, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, was the brother of the Jiajing Emperor and saved the life of the Jiajing Emperor.

So when he was in charge of Jinyiwei, Jinyiwei walked sideways, and Dongchang didn't dare to care, after that, how should it be or what, and now it's the same, Dongchang still presses Jinyiwei's head, Jinyiwei has any troubles, Dongchang can definitely know.

After Zhang Whale overthrew Feng Bao as the governor of Dongchang, this suppression continued unabated, and he was still throwing the pot in front of the emperor before, but for the emperor, it was obvious that Dongchang's betrayal was more unbearable than Jinyiwei's betrayal, so Zhang Whale was quickly taken away secretly.

According to Luo Sigong's investigation, Zhang Whale was called to the palace by Zhu Yijun to drink tea, and then poisoned directly without giving any chance to explain.

Luo Sigong was scared for a few days and didn't sleep well, for fear that he would also be called by Zhu Yijun to the palace to drink a cup of tea, and then be poisoned.

Later, he knew that Zhu Yijun had not yet found someone who could take over his position, so he postponed the operation, and Zhang Whale obviously had a successor, Zhu Yijun chose someone he trusted, so Zhang Whale died.

Zhang Whale's successor is Zhang Cheng, who is now in charge of the East Factory.

As soon as Zhang Cheng took office, he made the East Factory mysterious, if Jin Yiwei also had a considerable degree of understanding of the East Factory before, then now Jin Yiwei is blind to the East Factory.

Because the entire structure of the East Factory in the capital has been replaced by Zhang Cheng, Zhang Cheng is really not worried that this will cause chaos in the East Factory, anyway, people he doesn't trust don't need it, and if it is the management, he must take it immediately.

Previously, for a month, Luo Sigong could not get any news from the East Factory.

After Zhang Cheng's rumors relaxed a little, Luo Sigong contacted the spies he sent to Dongchang and found out a lot of news.

Although Dongchang and Jinyiwei have a supervisory relationship, but not a subordinate relationship, Jinyiwei is still an independent individual, compared to Dongchang to serve the emperor and focus on controlling the capital and mines, Jinyiwei tends to control the intelligence nationwide and spy on foreign intelligence.

The east factory is the key control, and the Jinyi Wei is casting a net everywhere.

Therefore, Jinyiwei is naturally dissatisfied with the situation suppressed by the East Factory, and it is understandable to send a few spies, and similarly, the East Factory must also have spies within Jinyiwei.

This kind of open secret is tacitly known to everyone, even if it is discovered, it must be treated as if it is not discovered, at most marginalized, and it cannot be publicly torn up, but under the open secret, if there is no killer feature, it is too much to underestimate the spy.

On the one hand, Zhang Cheng eliminated the remnants of Zhang Whale's remaining forces to ensure his position, and on the other hand, he was also purging people who could not be trusted to ensure Dongchang's loyalty to the emperor.

That is, he tore his face, no matter what, the open secret was abolished, and the remaining killer features were also strictly investigated, and in that month's time, Luo Sigong was really unable to sleep.

Fortunately, Zhang Cheng is not a professional, or he is not a professional at the moment, at least not as professional as Zhang Whale.

Zhang Cheng had just taken over the East Factory, and before he could sort out many problems within the East Factory, he was explained a bunch of things by the emperor, and he lacked skills and energy, which gave Luo Sigong an opportunity.

Rao is like this, after Luo Sigong came slowly, even if he found that his killer feature had not been discovered, he still did not find out Zhang Cheng's secret, and he didn't know what Zhang Cheng was doing sneakily.

He only knew that the upper echelons of the East Factory had been purged, and all the people who could contact Zhang Cheng were Zhang Cheng's own old team, very loyal, and his mouth was as tight as iron, almost cutting off the contact with Zhang Cheng below.

When Luo Sigong decided to join forces with Shen Cheng to seek a glimmer of life, he didn't know what Zhang Cheng was doing, but he vaguely knew that Zhang Cheng had left the palace and left Beijing in the middle of the night several times, with a short interval and a short stay outside the palace, which was very strange.

After further inquiry, the cabinet issued an order to recall Xiao Ruxun and the meritorious soldiers to return to Beijing to participate in the prisoner sacrifice ceremony.

At the same time, Luo Sigong and Shen have always reached an emergency agreement of 100,000 urgent-

Luo Sigong found out Zhang Cheng's whereabouts and purpose, and Shen always absolutely guaranteed the glory and wealth of Luo Sigong and his henchmen.

So Luo Sigong gave the killer an order to die, find Zhang Cheng's whereabouts at all costs, find out what Zhang Cheng is doing, what his purpose is, and it must be completed before Xiao Ruxun returns to Beijing, if it can't be completed, he can't think of getting Shen Zheng's protection.

Luo Sigong didn't put his hope on one person, this matter is too important, Luo Sigong gave full play to the advantages of Jinyiwei casting a net everywhere, and judged that Zhang Cheng's range of action was around the capital by the time when Zhang Cheng left the palace and returned to the palace, so he began a secret search.

At this moment, the displaced people gathered around the capital due to the famine in the twenty-fifth year of Wanli were dispersed to the northwest and southeast of the capital respectively, opening up the north-south passage, in order to allow Xiao Ruxun's troops who had returned in triumph to arrive in Beijing smoothly.

Previously, the news of the end of the war reached Beijing, and the news that Shanxi had food to eat also came, and many refugees who could not eat enough relief food decided to migrate to Shanxi, and the population flow was very fast, and the order was relatively chaotic, which provided a good opportunity for Jinyiwei to mix among the refugees.

Through a period of "Weifu private interview", the truth that there is no impermeable wall in the world has been proved again, Luo Sigong finally mastered the secret in Zhang Cheng's hands, and on the morning of Xiao Ruxun's arrival in the capital, the news was sent to Shen Zheng's hands.

Shen was silent for a long time after watching it.