As the night passed, the morning sun rose in the east, and the street vendors selling breakfast were the first to wake up the sleeping city, and then the sound of getting up, opening the door, and the cold noise spread from the city of Beijing one by one.

Xiong Tianlei walked on the street in a daze, but he didn't know where to go, the pedestrians around him were in a hurry, each with something to do, but he felt aimless and had nowhere to go. When his mother was alive, he got up early to practice martial arts; At breakfast, he proudly showed off his newfound kung fu to his mother; Occasionally, when he has free time, he is also willing to talk to Uncle Zhu, the old man of the dart board, about things on the rivers and lakes. All of this came to an abrupt end on May 7 this year, and he still can't forget the shock and helplessness when he saw his mother's room in a mess, the grief and sadness when he saw his mother's corpse, and then the surprise and panic when he arrived at Yizhuang that night, and then the rush with Ding Si and Zheng Qiaoniang, but now, there are no clues and no clues. Perhaps, the discovery that night was his hallucination, and his mother was really gone. Thinking of this, Xiong Tianlei felt sad from his heart, and his chest seemed to be hollowed out. But then, he shook his head again, the adventures between him and Ding Sihu's head prison, Zheng Kui's suicide, Zheng Qiaoniang's murder, and Gao Yunwu's murder, one by one, appeared in front of him again, and slowly, his heart was filled with hatred. Even if there is a glimmer of hope, he will never give up, even if his mother is really not alive, he will definitely find out the murderer behind the scenes.

Thinking of this, Xiong Tianlei gradually calmed down, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and heard someone call his name, and when he looked back, it was Ding Si who walked towards him quickly.

In the blink of an eye, Ding Si had already walked in front of him, his face was a joy that could not be hidden, and he said in a low voice: "Tianlei, I have understood that painting thoroughly." ”

Xiong Tianlei was also refreshed when he heard this, and the two hurriedly found a place where no one was, Ding Si took out the small painting from his arms, pointed to the crooked picture on it and said: "It turns out that we always thought that they were all names, but I have been thinking hard about it for the past few days, and found that the first two are not names." Ding Si pointed to the sun on the painting and explained: "This sun seems to have just risen, so I boldly guessed the east." Then he pointed to the long bamboo pole on it and said, "This bamboo pole is so long, I guess how long it is." Then he pointed to the person with his mouth wide open: "This should be Zhang." Before he could finish speaking, Xiong Tianlei had already continued: "The white window on this painting is ......." Ding Si glanced at Xiong Tianlei, and the two of them said in unison: "Hundred households." Xiong Tianlei involuntarily read out a few words: "Dongchang Zhang Baihu." ”

Xiong Tianlei's body couldn't help shaking, Ding Si looked at Xiong Tianlei's appearance, and asked him in a low voice: "Tianlei, are you afraid?" ”

Xiong Tianlei's face gradually turned from white to red, and he said with a long laugh: "Fourth brother, I'm just very happy, you actually understand the meaning of the painting." Fourth brother, there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of you, what is it? After finishing speaking, he said to Ding Si: "Fourth brother, I dared to risk my life because of my mother, but I also waded into this troubled water for no reason." ”

Ding Si also laughed: "Good brother, what do you say is not even affected." His face turned grim and he said: "As a fast catcher, it was my duty to arrest the murderer." If this life is muddy and ugly, wouldn't it be in vain to come to this world? ”

The two looked at each other and laughed, full of pride and fearlessness in their chests.

After the two laughed, Ding Si Zhengse said: "The East Factory has been in the limelight since the beginning of the ancestor, and now the emperor has built the West Factory, and the eunuch Wang Zhi has been appointed as the Governor of the West Factory, and the East Factory is not as good as the West Factory to get the Sacred Heart, but after the cancellation of the West Factory in the eighteenth year of Chenghua, the East Factory has gradually gained momentum, and now it is also rampant and domineering, and it cannot be a lifetime. It turned out that in order to find Emperor Jianwen, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di first set up the "East Investigation Factory", referred to as "East Factory", Chengzu trusted the eunuchs around him, so he appointed the eunuch to do the palm print, and the palm print eunuch is also known as the Admiral, and under the Admiral, there are 1,000 households and 100 households to assist the Governor. Later, the East Factory had the mission of "visiting and plotting against the evil and evil", and the scope of the East Factory gradually expanded, even the daily speech of officials, the daily life of the people, and even the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt became the content of the secret report of the East Factory, and the East Factory was deeply favored by the Sacred Heart and was relied on by the emperor as a pillar.

Xiong Tianlei asked: "Dongchang is arrogant, I have also heard of it, but I don't know who Zhang Baihu is?" ”

Ding Si replied: "Zhang Baihu's name is Zhang Qing, and he is very faceless in Dongchang Admiral Liu Gonggong, this person is ruthless, cruel, and small-bellied. ”

Xiong Tianlei pondered and said: "Fourth brother, this matter is getting more and more unbelievable, from Zheng Kui to Gao Yunwu to Zhang Qing, I only feel weird, I really don't know if this is a coincidence?" ”

Ding Si shook his head: "How can there be such a coincidence, the more incredible this thing is, the more I want to find out, at least, I can't let Zheng Qiaoniang die unclear." His tone was categorical, without hesitation.

Xiong Tianlei asked again: "Fourth brother, this matter is very important, do you plan to let Uncle Ding know?" ”

Ding Si hesitated and said: "I also wanted to inform my father, but according to my understanding of my father, if I knew that Zhang Qing of Dongchang would be investigated, I would definitely not let me interfere in this matter again. It's not too late to tell my dad when the matter gets to the bottom of the matter. ”

Xiong Tianlei clenched his fists and said, "Anyway, my father is out of the dart, and no one cares about me, fourth brother, how can we check it next?" ”

Ding Si thought for a while and said: "Tianlei, this matter is very risky, Dongchang is doing secret supervision on weekdays, we must be careful in everything, otherwise, once Zhang Qing finds out, we will definitely not be able to fight Zhang Qing." ”

Xiong Tianlei nodded emphatically.

Ding Si leaned close to Xiong Tianlei's ear and said something softly.

After the two discussed, they walked side by side for a while, and when they saw that they were about to reach the fast room, Xiong Tianlei stood on his feet and said goodbye to Ding Sizuo: "Fourth brother, you should also be careful, I will find a way to inquire about Zhang Qing's itinerary first, and I will inform you when there is news." ”

Ding Si was about to answer, when suddenly a little beggar ran next to him, about ten years old, his eyes flashed with cunning, and the ashes on his face were washed away by sweat, and he asked in front of Ding Si in an old-fashioned manner: "Your Excellency is Ding Zhu, right?" ”

Ding Si was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "It's exactly below." ”

The little beggar reached out and took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Ding Sidao: "Someone gave you something." After finishing speaking, he shoved the paper into Ding Si's hand, turned around and ran away without a trace.

Ding Si looked at the little beggar in the distance suspiciously, and hesitantly opened the note in his hand, but after reading it, his face changed, and he handed the note to Xiong Tianlei and said, "Tianlei, look." ”

I saw a few big words written on the note: "Xu Chengxiong, the head of the stall." ”

It turned out that in addition to the commander, thousands of households, and hundreds of outdoor areas in the East Factory, the specific responsible for the investigation was the chief and the officer, and the commander had a number of officers under him, and he was usually called the "stall head".

Xiong Tianlei was still a little ignorant after reading it, and Ding Si hurriedly explained to him.

Xiong Tianlei was surprised: "This is really strange, is this Xu Chengxiong writing a note to us, or is it signaling us to be careful of Xu Chengxiong?" ”

Ding Si thought for a while and said: "This must be a reminder for us to pay attention to Xu Chengxiong, but it's really strange, someone is actually investigating this matter....... and then he was dumbfounded: "Someone actually knows that we are investigating this matter?" ”

The two hurriedly looked in the direction where the little beggar ran, only to see pedestrians on the road hurrying, how could there be a little beggar?

Xiong Tianlei's face turned a little pale, and he asked, "Fourth brother, what should I do?" ”

Ding Si thought for a while, and said fiercely: "It doesn't matter if the person in the secret is an enemy or a friend, since he dares to hand over the note, let's start with the name of the person on his note, at least it is much easier to check the file head than to check the hundred households." ”

The two discussed it again and then parted in a hurry.