Xu Zhen's proposal reminded Xu Dengying, and he hurriedly took out the knife again, carefully scraped off the fire paint on the second wooden box, and couldn't wait to open the lid.

When they saw the contents of the box, the three of them changed color at the same time, and exclaimed: "Secret box? ”

That's right, the box contains a very delicate small wooden box, the three of them are no strangers, Xu Zhen and his son have seen it there at Xu Jie, and Xu Dengying, as the head of Nanjing Jinyiwei, has one of his own.

"Good boy, long live the Lord actually gave him the right to go directly to the heavens, no wonder he is so unscrupulous." Xu Shaoqiang said with some jealousy After all, it is still the world of the old Zhu family, and people can not take Zhu Yijun seriously in private, but at least nominally he is still the master of this world, and most people are still willing to have a good relationship with him.

"It's normal, the shipyard is originally related to His Majesty today, Zhang You sent a kid surnamed Zheng over, obviously to treat Zhang Yunxiu, but in fact, he was secretly investigating the fire incident, it is impossible not to consult with Your Majesty, such an important task is naturally worth a secret box."

Hearing Xu Zhen's analysis, Xu Dengying couldn't help but nod and said: "It's not that I am prestigious, just with the letter just now, this son is enough to take on a big responsibility, but unfortunately after all, he was still seen through by Shaoqiang, and he was slightly inferior!" ”

Xu Shaoqiang's praised face was bright, but he waved his hand: "Uncle praised it falsely, and the little nephew is just guessing." A little jealousy has long since vanished, and has been replaced by complacency.

Xu Zhen's attention was still on the secret box, and he took it in his hand and slid it up and down twice, and said, "It must be a letter to Your Majesty, as I expected, it should be related to the fire in the shipyard." ”

Xu Dengying said: "Just look at it?" ”

Xu Zhen said: "Also, if you don't do it, you don't stop doing it, the situation is critical, so you can't take care of it." ”

As he spoke, he handed the secret music box back to Xu Zhen: "There is Brother Lao Xu." ”

Xu Dengying hesitated for a moment, and saw Xu Zhen's father and son staring at him without a moment, he couldn't help gritting his teeth, carefully looking at the seal on the fire paint, and then resolutely scraped the fire paint sealed on the secret box with a knife This is a big crime of robbing the family and exterminating the clan, but unfortunately the situation forced him to retreat.

Naturally, there is a letter to Zhu Yijun in the secret box, the tone is more and more respectful, but the content is very simple, and it can be summed up in only one sentence: The shipyard fire must be related to Jiangnan Erxu, and I hope Zhu Yijun will give him greater independent investigation rights.

"The surname Zheng is knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, he must have guessed that we will definitely open the secret box, hoping that after we see it, we will mess up and show flaws."

Xu Shaoqiang picked up his father's words: "This also shows that in fact, he has been here for so many days, and he has no clues at all." ”

"That's for sure." Xu Dengying echoed and put the letter back in the box.

Xu Zhen said: "The rest depends on Brother Xu, you must restore it to its original state, and you must not be seen by Your Majesty and the dead lame." ”

This is a kind word, stealing secrets is originally Jinyiwei's forte, and naturally there is no shortage of masters who can restore the fire paint seal, otherwise they will not dare to open the secret box if they lend them the courage of the heavens.

The so-called fire paint seal refers to a form of sealing with a point of fire paint, dripping on the letter (object), and hardening the seal before it is hardened to prevent it from being opened.

"Don't worry, the three seals are all used for one seal, I have had people copy them before I came, just go back and reseal them." Xu Dengying said.

"Brother Xu is worthy of this master, he is really safe, this time you are the first merit, and the younger brother will definitely report it to his uncle truthfully." Xu Zhen said.

This is the proper meaning of the question, Xu Dengying knew it, said a few words modestly, and took the wooden box to say goodbye.

"It seems that at the critical moment, the old guy is still towards us." After sending Xu Dengying away, Xu Shaoqiang said with a smile.

Xu Zhen sneered: "The county official is not as good as the current management, if he can't even tell the difference, it won't be Xu Dengying...... Not to mention, this matter is very important, for my father, I have to go back to Songjiang to see your grandfather immediately, you go to inform Wang Chengxun and go to Songjiang with him. ”

On the third day of the first month of October, the snow fell, and the whole capital was covered in snow, and the cold wind wrapped the snow slag, blowing on people's faces like a knife.

Luo Sigong, the envoy of the North Town Fusi, stood at the door of the duty room, looking at the south from afar, with a solemn expression, not knowing what he was thinking.

Li Huo, the fourth of the five King Kongs, walked in quickly from outside the courtyard in the wind and snow, and the snow had no feet and necks, making a creaking sound.

He was dressed in a robe, and the snow was so heavy that he looked like a noodle man.

"How's it going?" Luo Sigong asked a little eagerly.

"It's still like that, the two sides quarreled at the court meeting, but Long Live still didn't say anything, and finally broke up unhappily." Li Huo took off his felt hat and shook the snow as he spoke, and complained: "Ge Laozi's thief, this snow is so evil, there are a few dramas called by the quarrelsome kung fu, how good is it to hug the stove and eat wine and listen to music?" Xiao Zhang, too, didn't show up even after burning his eyebrows, wouldn't he really go to Nanjing? ”

"Don't talk nonsense, Lord Zhang's newlywed Yan'er led the bride to Hohhot for her honeymoon, this is Your Majesty's statement, do you dare to doubt it?"

Li Huo scratched his head and said with a smile: "Isn't it that there are no outsiders, my lord, you can give the villain a good word, Lord Xiao Zhang is going to Nanjing, right?" ”

Looking at the eyes of his loyal subordinates, Luo Sigong was silent, hesitated for a moment, and nodded slightly.

"I'll just say it...... I just don't know if he got the news, now there are excerpts everywhere to impeach him and Qi Shuai, and if he doesn't come back to explain to Long Live Lord, I'm afraid that Long Live Lord will really be angry. ”

"I know that someone has already been sent to deliver a letter to Gonggong Xing, and he will definitely be able to find Master Zhang...... Let's hope it's still too late. Luo Sigong opened his mouth quietly, and then his expression was cold: "What did Zhou Chen say?" ”

Zhou Chen is the Qianhu in charge of the military intelligence in Liaodong in Beizhen, and the reason why Qi Jiguang was defeated and lost Liaoyang was entirely because of a wrong intelligence from Jinyiwei, and as a result, he was mistakenly ambushed by the barbarians.

Qi Jiguang has been locked up and taken into Beijing, this is his statement, but Zhou Chen called out to hit the sky, and he didn't admit that he had provided information to Qi Jiguang at all.

The two sides were deadlocked, and they were all locked up in the edict, but those civil servants outside could not wait for the results, and they had already begun to investigate the responsibility.

"It's still like that, he didn't provide information to Qi Shuai when he was bitten to death, he was a brother who stirred rice with a horse spoon, and it was not easy to punish him."

Luo Sigong sighed and said: "It's good that Lord Zhang wants to, I have to admit that his methods of solving the case are very clever, maybe there is a way to distinguish who is lying." ”

Li Huo was very unconvinced, but he knew that Luo Sigong regarded Zhang You as a god, so he didn't dare to defend himself.

Zhao Jin, the boss of the Five King Kongs, suddenly came in from the courtyard gate, and said from afar: "My lord, go and greet you, Gonggong Cao is here." ”

There is only one father-in-law Cao who is worthy of Luo Sigong's welcome, and that is Cao Aijin, the steward brand of the Qianqing Palace, so he was stunned at the same time as Li Huo, why did he come? Is it on behalf of His Majesty, or is it for Zhang You?