The news of Shi Kefa's assassination brought an unprecedented impact to Donglin, that is, Qian Qianyi, who had always advocated that every major event must have calm, also broke his kung fu to nourish qi, and went to Shifu to visit him in a hurry. Facing the teary-eyed Shi family, facing the unconscious Shi Kefa, and facing the accompanying servants who have been tortured several times, Qian Qianyi is also at a loss.

"Duke Qian, the princes of the Manchu Dynasty, the Taoist neighbor is only friendly with the Qian Gong, and the Taoist neighbor suffered this misfortune, because he was loyal to the court and was victimized by treachery. Qian Gong, you have to be the master of your neighbors, you have to bring the murderer to justice, and let the mastermind behind it find out......"

Mrs. Shi's words buzzed in Qian Qianyi's ears, making his head as big as a fight.

It's easy to say, Mrs. Shi just didn't ask him to arrest Yu Guozhen to fight for Shi Kefa's life - Qian Qianyi judged that this thing was not done by Yu Guozhen, Yu Guozhen had countless ways to kill Shi Kefa, and assassinating Shi Kefa was precisely the stupidest and most unlikely method, not to mention that he hadn't killed him on the spot.

It's just that he Qian Qianyi knows, but others don't know, and Mrs. Shi Kefa doesn't know.

"Why did this woman conclude that Yu Guozhen did it, just because of what the servants heard?"

Qian Qianyi hesitated in his heart, so he summoned the staff members to talk about the matter, and one of the staff members asked.

Hearing this question, Qian Qianyi's heart moved, and he immediately raised his head: "Let someone go and inquire, after Shi Daolin's accident, who went to Shi Mansion to inquire, especially Mrs. Shi." ”

The housekeeper answered, Qian Qianyi walked around a few times with his hands behind his back, and he felt a strange trend brewing, which made Qian Qianyi very worried in his heart.

After a while, the housekeeper came back, and the Qian and Shi families had dealings, so he learned from the Shi family's housekeeper that after Shi Kefa's assassination, the first person to visit was Shi Kefa's brother Kecheng. And in the next few days, Shi Kecheng was here every day, receiving foreign guests for Shi Kefa's wife.

"Shi Kecheng, ah......"

Qian Qianyi couldn't help but be silent.

When Shi Kecheng entered Beijing, he happened to be in Beijing at that time, so he was captured by Li Chuang, and he had to take up a false position, but soon abandoned his post and fled south. After fleeing back to Jinling, the imperial court still held him responsible, and Shi Kefa did not follow the rules on this issue and sent Shi Kecheng to work for three years, that is, not long ago, he returned to Jinling after his term expired.

In the past few days, he has received foreign guests for the Shi family, but he has not seen Qian Qianyi!

Qian Qianyi understood the meaning, Shi Kecheng had to be scrupulous when talking to him, and when Mrs. Shi came out, even if she said something inappropriate, others would only say that it was a woman's words. Moreover, Mrs. Shi cried and begged him to come forward to arrest the assassin and track down the real culprit behind the scenes, which would indeed put more pressure on Qian Qianyi.

Qian Qianyi thought of Ma Shiying's secret conversation with him this morning, and he couldn't help but feel very distressed.

This matter was not done by Yu Guozhen, so the biggest possibility is that the eunuch party did it, Qian Qianyi did suspect Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng, but this morning, Ma Shiying deliberately stopped him in front of Hongwu Gate, and made it clear to him that this matter was definitely not planned by the two of them.

"I know that all of you in Donglin are gentlemen, and I, Ma Yaocao, am not a villain, and the dispute between me and you is a dispute of political opinions, not a matter of life and death. Besides, now that the court is like this, what is the benefit of doing such things in addition to cheapening Yu Jimin? I also asked Ruan Gong, and Ruan Gong bluntly said that he would not have to make this decision if he wanted to get rid of Shi Daolin. He was also amazed, and did not know who had done the assassination. ”

Ma Shiying's words were still in his ears, Qian Qianyi sighed, Yu Guozhen definitely won't, the eunuch party denied it, so who else would do such a thing, could it be...... Is it them Donglin themselves?

Naturally, it is impossible, now that Lu Daqi has been driven out of the imperial court by Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng, Donglin relies on Qian Qianyi and Shi Kefa as a façade, where would he do such a thing. Qian Qianyi thought about it, and suddenly thought of a person.

If Wu Changshi was still alive, this person could have this means, but three years ago, Wu Changshi was ruined, and with the army of the three towns in Jiangbei was captured by Yu Guozhen, at that time he was still very arrogant, thinking that Yu Guozhen would not kill him, and was shot in the city of Jinan.

Then only one person is still proficient in this method.

Zhou Yanru.

Thinking of this Chongzhen's first assistant, Qian Qianyi felt a big headache, this person's relationship with the Donglin Restoration Society has both cooperation and struggle, his second resurrection was completely promoted by Zhang Pu and Wu Changshi, and Ma Shiying was promoted by him. When Li Zicheng entered Beijing, he was imprisoned for suggesting to Chongzhen that Yu Guozhen should be invited to enter the king of Beijing Qin, and after Li Zicheng entered Beijing, he took advantage of the chaos of the prison and left unattended, and he actually escaped, not only escaped, but also swaggered back to the south unharmed. If it weren't for the fact that the overall situation in the south had been decided at that time, both the eunuch party and Donglin were extremely wary of him, and they were unwilling to let him rejoin the cabinet, but they were afraid that this person would still be in control of the dynasty.

Although he lived in seclusion in his hometown of Yixing without official or position, Qian Qianyi did not believe that he was willing to lie dormant, and he did this kind of thing. Muddy the water, so that Donglin and the eunuchs can't end the scene, he can take the opportunity to recover.

Qian Qianyi understood what Zhou Yanru would plan, and he didn't really want to be good for Daming, but just to sell Daming for a good price in exchange for his glory and wealth in the new dynasty.

"Yuan Fang, what do you think?" After thinking about it, Qian Qianyi felt more and more that Zhou Yanru was very likely, so he asked his staff.

While the staff was still groaning, the housekeeper outside the house suddenly ran over again: "Master, Mr. Cheng Baoxi is visiting." ”

"Oh?" Qian Qianyi was a little surprised: "Invite him in." ”

Cheng Bao'an is Cheng Xianzhen, he has a good relationship with Qian Qianyi and Gu Jiang, and he once served as a member of the Ministry of Works, but he was also held accountable for his false position in the hands of Li Zicheng.

However, at that time, because Wu Changshi, Zhou Zhong, and Wei Xuelian were three dead ghosts who stole the limelight, he was not heavily punished. In the past two years, it is rumored that he has been following Gu Jiang, but now he has come to Jinling.

Qian Qianyi felt that the feeling of the undercurrent surging was deeper.

"Mu Zhaigong, I haven't seen you for a long time, but this has been okay?" Cheng Xianzhen saw Qian Qianyi and saluted with a smile.

"Masao, you came just in time, have you ever been to the Mansion of the Storn?" As soon as Qian Qianyi met, he didn't shudder, and asked with his head covered.

"I've been there, and that's what I'm here for." Cheng Xianzhen was full of anger: "I didn't expect Yu Guozhen to be mad about this, I thought he was an immortal saint before I know now, it is Wang Mang, Cao Cao and others!" ”

Qian Qianyi was slightly stunned.

"Zhengfu, you are with Gu Yanwu, you should have met Yu Jimin, do you think, is he a person who can do such things?"

"Even if Yu Guozhen can't do it himself, he has two bureaus of military security and civil security in his hands, just like the second factory of the East and West in the country, then Gao Erzhu is a sinister villain, and he will definitely do it!" Cheng Xianzhen was still angry: "Yu Guozhen connived at such a villain, what face does he have to claim to be a righteous man?" ”

Cheng Xianzhen was afraid that the stimulation he received in Shi Kefa's house was not light, Qian Qianyi smiled bitterly: "The old man thinks that it may not be Yu Guozhen's doing, he wants to kill Shi Daolin, it seems that there is no need for such means......"

"It's the Tiger Guard B musket, the commander is shouted, and the assassin is Shi Daolin, who is trying his best to be the enemy, not Yu Guozhen, who else will there be? Shi Daolin is too rigid, so it is a thorn in Yu Guozhen's eye, and he will want to get rid of it quickly, and Yu Guozhen's previous five-year unification plan proposed that he wants to kill people and establish authority, so that people in the world are afraid to obey it! ”

If analyzed from this perspective, it is not impossible for Yu Guozhen to send someone to assassinate Shi Kefa. But Qian Qianyi thought that he had seen Yu Guozhen a few times, shook his head and said, "It may not be so......"

"Mu Zhaigong, you and Yu Guozhen have an old relationship, don't you want to offer the Son of Heaven to invite pets?" Cheng Xianzhen was furious, he took his seat, and suddenly jumped up: "Or are you afraid of Yu Guozhen in your heart and dare not be an enemy of him, for fear that you will become the next Shi Daolin, so you will do everything possible to support Yu Guozhen?" Are you the book of the Ming Dynasty, or the book of the Huaxia Military Strategy Committee? ”

This question came out of Cheng Xianzhen's mouth, and Qian Qianyi really couldn't answer it, did he have any other choice than denying it?

"Although I am old and talented, I expect to Yiwen Song Rui, Zhengfu, you say this, you can't help but underestimate me."

"That being the case, why did Mu Zhai Gong exonerate Yu Guozhen?" Cheng Xianzhen suddenly realized: "Mu Zhaigong is worried about angering Yu Guozhen and coming to his army to fight? ”

Qian Qianyi still only had a wry smile.

He is not stupid, it is obvious that the person who assassinated Shi Kefa has clever methods, Cheng Xianzhen is an impatient and very self-righteous, he must have been instigated by that person and came here to seek his support. He froze for a moment and nodded: "Exactly, if Yu Guozhen raises troops because of this, who can afford it." ”

"Yu Guozhen sells his reputation and will not raise troops for such things, the imperial court was wrong before, in both military and political affairs, the imperial court is not Yu Guozhen's opponent at all, so it should not be opposite to Yu Guozhen in these two things, but should be in the place where we are good at."

"Where?"

"Newspaper!" Cheng Xianzhen said without hesitation.

Qian Qianyi looked at him and didn't speak for a while.

"Mu Zhai Gong must be worried that the newspaper will not be successful, right?"

"At the beginning, Zhang Tianru and others also ran newspapers in Jinling, but they faced several major difficulties, one of which was insufficient funds, like Yu Guozhen, who could sell four or eight copies of a newspaper to only two to five copper plates; The second is the lack of technology, Yu Guozhen's lead movable type printing, the lead characters and inks used are different from those used in the past; The third is that the channels are insufficient, and the newspapers are printed, and they can only be sold on the street by the servants of various families, which is acceptable in Jinling, but no one can know if they leave Jinling. Qian Qianyi said unhurriedly.

He has been paying attention to newspapers for a long time, and he has also published poems in "People's Livelihood Miscellaneous" and "Storm Collection".

"First of all, there is a technical problem, Zhou Zhong had stayed in Xinxiang for a long time, and the technique of hydraulic punching and forging was relayed by him, and now it is no longer a secret, and there have been skilled craftsmen who have made lead movable type according to their words; As for the ink, it has also been cracked, and it is nothing more than adding castor oil. ”

Cheng Xianzhen said this, his face showed a slight smugness, and Qian Qianyi suddenly understood that this secret was only stolen from Gu Yanwu.

The skills that Yu Guozhen started with were originally within reach in this era, and there was not much difficulty. As Yu Guozhen had long anticipated, the leakage and proliferation of technology was inevitable.

"As for funds and channels, that's why I came to find Mu Zhaigong." Cheng Xianzhen stared at Qian Qianyi: "As long as the court is willing to help, what are these two?" (To be continued)