Raiding the Xuan Miao Temple did not get any useful clues, and the White Lotus Sect acted secretly, burning it long before breaking through.

Xuanji Dao Chang's will may have been consumed by the stable and hedonistic life of Xuan Miaoguan, and under the harsh punishment of Jinyiwei, he quickly succumbed and admitted that his real name was Qi Xuan, and he was a incense master of the White Lotus Sect.

Qin Lin got a lot of useful information from him, such as how Wei Tianya killed Ma Yong of thousands of households, took off his face to make a Chengren skin mask after breaking the corpse, and pretended to be Ma Yong to assassinate Deng Zilong; and how Qi Xuan approached Huang Lianzu, took the initiative and deeply intervened in the battle for the heir of King Jing's mansion, in a vain attempt to kill King Jing Zhu Changling, and gradually control the palace after Zhu Youhao succeeded to the throne...... But in this way, the idea of expanding the results of the battle and sweeping the Jinghu area and even the entire White Lotus Sect has naturally failed: the organization of the White Lotus Sect is quite tight, and the contact between Qi Xuan and the Chief Sect is carried out in a single line, and he only recognizes the superior Elder Wei and the incense master Wang Cai at the same level, at most plus the senior brother Gao Jackal Yu who came to preach some time ago, and now that Elder Wei and Wang Cai are dead, Gao Jackal Yu does not know what to do, and the line of promoting the head sect from Qi Xuan has been broken.

Others didn't know, of course Qin Lin knew the whereabouts of Gao Jackal Yu, in the secret room dedicated to interrogation in the Hundred Households, he thought for a while before asking, "The token of your leaders at all levels, but this lotus mark?" ”

Qin Lin held the bronze lotus found from Qi Xuan's body in his hand, and the dim light of the oil lamp on the wall of the interrogation room reflected on his face, flickering bright and dark.

Qi Xuan, who had a lot of scars on his body, was afraid of torture and did not dare to hide it, and told the truth: "The two envoys on the left and right, the master of the inner three halls use the golden lotus, the outer five altar masters and the ten elders use the anemone, like the small one is just an incense master, so the copper lotus is used." ”

After thinking for a while, Qin Lin asked again, "So, who uses the White Jade Lotus?" ”

Qi Xuan's face was solemn, although he was a prisoner and had already betrayed a lot of the secrets of the White Lotus Sect, his face still showed awe at this time, and he replied solemnly: "It was used by the sect leader and his old man, and it was a holy relic given by the lifeless old mother from the vacuum hometown, and it was treasured by the sect masters of all generations. ”

Qin Lin carefully observed Qi Xuan's demeanor, and sighed in disappointment for a long time, concluding that this person didn't know why the White Jade Lotus was in the hands of Gao Jackal Yu - after all, Qi Xuan's status in the White Lotus Sect was too low, and Wei Tianya, who might know the reason, committed suicide again.

If the White Jade Lotus was a token of the White Lotus Sect Master, how could it fall into the hands of Gao Jackal Yu? Didn't the White Lotus Sect know that the sect leader had lost his token? Why didn't the White Lotus Sect Master, who was mysterious and unpredictable and controlled the largest and strongest underground power in the Ming Dynasty, not want to try to retrieve his token?

All kinds of mysteries lay in Qin Lin's heart, and he instinctively sensed danger: "An elder of the White Lotus Sect can instigate the assassination of General Deng Zilong, if that mysterious sect leader knows that his White Jade Lotus is in my hands, what will happen next is simply unimaginable......

Qin Lin decided not to expose the White Jade Lotus until he fully grasped the secret of the White Jade Lotus.

Luan Junjie has been arrested, Jinyi Wei Qizhou 100 households with Qin Lin's official rank is the largest, on his name to Wuchang Qianhu sent a report, a few days later, the Qianhu sent a town, two trial 100 households to Qizhou to take away a cadre of criminals, and ordered Qin Lin to temporarily take the post of 100 households, and then promote the reward after the details are reported to the Beizhen Fusi.

At the same time, the Zongren Mansion belonging to the Beijing officials, experienced Mao Duo, the commander of the guard system, Wang Jinxian, Zhang Gongyu of the local government, and Huo Chonglou of the Dongchang also sent letters and excerpts to their respective superiors, exaggerating their own merits, and at the same time, they all wrote about Qin Lin without exception.

Qizhou to Jingshi land travel three thousand miles, with five hundred miles of express, it will take half a month to come and go, Qin Lin quietly waited for the news, if nothing else, it should be no problem to teach Jinyi Wei Qizhou 100 households.

On this day, Qin Lin sat in the living room of the medical hall to settle accounts, the pencil shop he opened had an excellent business, not only was it pushed and used by the yamen everywhere, but he also almost didn't have to pay taxes - the commercial tax of the Ming Dynasty was thirty taxes and one, which was so low that it was impossible to add, and Qin Lin didn't need to pay the rest of the bad rules and regulations, so could he not make money?

In fact, the bad rules and regulations are not so much "bribery" as "local taxes" in addition to the regular taxes of the imperial court, and the officials and eunuchs of this era only pay very low "national taxes" and do business, and do not pay "local taxes", and it is very easy to make money.

Now his pencil shop is transported by the official ship of Qizhou Wei to Wuchang upstream, Nanjing and other places downstream for sale, with a monthly sales volume of 50,000 pieces, each pencil gross profit of eight wen, a monthly gross profit of 400 yuan, spending the craftsman's wages and food, and earning more than 200 copper coins, equivalent to 150 taels of silver - this is already a very rich income, Qingdai's father Li Jianzhong is a Qipinzhi County, and the nominal salary is only forty-five taels per year, less than four taels per month (of course, this is only the basic salary, and the income from bad rules and fires).

Lu Yuanzhi knocked on the door a few times: "Brother Qin, that little Zhang Gonggong from King Jing's Mansion is here to worship." ”

Qin Lin put down his pen and walked to the lobby, sure enough, like last time, Pang Xian and Li Jianfang had already accompanied Zhang Xiaoyang to drink tea, this father-in-law was carrying a food box, Qin Lin secretly guessed that it wasn't King Jing who sent something to eat? Legend has it that Zhu Yuanzhang sent steamed goose to Liu Bowen, and Liu Bowen farts when he ate it...... Phew, it's so unlucky!

Zhang Xiaoyang knelt and kowtowed again and again, asking Qin Lin for Chitose and Qin Lin for Zhu Youfan:

"Chitose Lord misses Qin Gongzi, because Qin Gongzi praised the roast duck for being delicious at the last banquet, and specially asked the little one to bring a few, the courtesy is light and affectionate, and the son should not laugh!"

Everyone felt a little disappointed when they heard a few roast ducks, although the food given by the prince was also very glorious, second only to the emperor's banquet, but compared with Qin Lin's merits, it didn't seem to be very "affordable".

Only Lu Fatzi drooled: "The roast duck in King Jing's Mansion is ......"

Zhang Xiaoyang carried the food box into the room for Qin Lin, and kowtowed to say goodbye.

Lu Yuanzhi slipped in with a smile, not to mention that greedy look.

Qin Lin opened the box and invited him to eat.

In the first layer of the box was indeed a shiny roast duck, Lu Yuanzhi couldn't wait to tear a thigh and gnaw it.

Qin Lin noticed that there was oiled paper underneath, and there was a golden light shining through, so he uncovered the oiled paper.

The fat man Lu, who was gnawing on the duck leg, grunted in his throat, and almost choked on his back: I saw a dense layer of small gold ingots under the oiled paper, yellow and clear, dazzling!

No wonder the food box is so heavy, Zhang Xiaoyang had a hard time carrying it just now, and the amount is almost three hundred taels of gold!

Lu Yuanzhi's mouth opened wide, the duck leg in his mouth fell to the ground, and the fat on his fat face rippled with excitement: "Brother Qin, you are developed!" ”

Three hundred taels of gold, two thousand four hundred taels of silver, equivalent to more than 50 years of a Qipin County prince!

Lu Yuanzhi counted the accounts with his fingers: "It only costs five cents of silver to sell the fire, and one or two pieces of silver can buy twenty servings, and one for each meal...... Oh my God, you won't be able to eat until the Year of the Monkey! ”

Just as Fat Lu was about to replace the braised fire with a more high-grade braised hoof and count it again, Qin Lin interrupted this guy: "Foodie! That's all you know? Take it and buy it to burn, it won't kill you! ”

As he spoke, Qin Lin threw an ingot of about ten taels of gold to Lu Yuanzhi.

The fat man smiled so much that there was only a slit in his eyes, and while carrying the gold in his arms, he said: "Take it back and don't panic to buy it, show it to your parents first, they have been running a butcher shop for decades, and they have never seen such a big ingot of gold." ”

Qin Lin smiled, slowly cleaned up the gold, and almost guessed King Jing's intentions: in the past, he was just a small banner and a general flag, and he was too far away from the prince, even if he gave a gift, no one would talk about the dignified King Jing befriending a small banner of Jinyiwei; But now that he has made meritorious contributions, not to mention that he will be promoted and appointed, if he achieves a position of 100 households or even higher, it is a very serious sin for the courtiers to befriend the vassal king, and it is very easy to arouse the suspicion of the court.

Therefore, King Jing Zhu Changxun wanted to express his gratitude, and he did not make a big fuss, but quietly asked his cronies and eunuchs to send it, in fact, he planned it for Qin Lin.

Then open the second layer of the food box, and sure enough, there is something again, this time there is a letter on it, with four big characters written on Brother Qin's Jingqi, the penmanship is very elegant and smart, but unfortunately the strength is weak and a little fat.

As expected, it was written by Zhu Youfan, praising Qin Lin well, and finally mentioning that there are some gadgets that Qin Lin must accept, "Friends have the righteousness of wealth", don't shirk.

Uncover the oil paper, the dazzling brilliance almost dazzles the eyes, and it turns out to be many treasures when you look closely, beautiful jade, strange stones, agate, cat's eyes, and especially precious are three round pearls, each of which is as big as the pearl of the East China Sea given by Wang Jinxian.

I didn't expect Zhu Youfan to be so rich!

But thinking about how many more things he sent, compared to the position of the prince that Qin Lin kept for him, that is, the future throne, what are these things outside his body?

On the second day of King Jing's gift, Zhang Gongyu came to the door again, he came to say goodbye, and the spring breeze was full of spring breeze to Qin Lin: "The father of the Wuchang prefect died, Ding Wei returned to his hometown, and the governor Wang was the secretary of the Wenbu Administration, and he has been promoted to the Wuchang Mansion." All kinds of things here, thanks to Brother Qin's help, the officials are grateful, when Brother Qin is promoted to Wuchang Thousand Households, let's talk about wine again! ”

It turned out that Zhang Gongyu's family had money, and the three sections and two respects given to his boss were doubled, so no one didn't say that he was good; is also a Jinshi from two lists, and his foundation is extremely hard; Recently, he has also cracked major cases of human life, and has made meritorious contributions in the assassination of Deng Zilong and the case of the seizure of the heir of King Jing's mansion, which can be regarded as an outstanding political achievement.

With a background of scholars, willingness to send money to his boss, and political achievements, an official like the Ming Dynasty can be promoted faster than taking a helicopter.

Sure enough, Wuchang Mansion was worried, and the political secretary reported Zhang Gongyu's name to the governor's yamen.

Wang Zhiyuan, the current governor of Huguang and other places, is the first assistant Zhang Juzheng's party, and Zhang Gongyu's teacher Shen Shixing is attached to Zhang Juzheng.

Therefore, Zhang Gongyu was promoted faster than Qin Lin.

"Brother Qin, don't worry," Zhang Gongyu said with great certainty: "This time you will be rewarded for meritorious deeds, brother, you will definitely be promoted and reused!" ”

(To be continued)