readx; Wu Qiang thought that he would catch a big fish like a rebel spy, but when he asked, he was disappointed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThese people claimed to be ordinary traders, and they came to Nanjing City to sell Buddha statues. This kind of Buddha statue is the small Buddha statue placed in the homes of ordinary people, all of which are made of wood, and the outside is painted indiscriminately, and the workmanship is very inferior. According to them, the reason why they hid in their arms was just to not pay the "money to enter the city".

In this era, most foreign traders had to pay a fee for bringing goods into the city, and the amount depended on the amount of goods, ranging from a few copper plates to a few taels of silver. Of course, this money will not flow into the hands of the imperial court, and the local officials, the officers and soldiers of the guard station, and the soldiers on duty have already divided up this amount of money. It is not uncommon for many small traders to carry goods with them in order to save this money, in order to get by.

At this time, Wu Qiang had no mind to care about such trivial matters, scolded the guards of the city for a few words, and waved his hand to release them. Of course, this kind of seized must be doubled, and those people also obediently paid the silver, lay on the ground and kowtowed to Wu Qiang a few times, and they were about to leave with the Buddha statue.

At this moment, someone suddenly outside the door said, "Wait! ”

Immediately after that, two people walked in from the outside. Wu Qiang saw that the two of them were about twenty years old, burly, with restrained eyes and steady steps, they should be people with martial arts. But the clothes he wore were extremely ordinary, and his face and accent were very unfamiliar, so he didn't look like a local.

This is an acre and three points of land in Jinwu Zuowei, and suddenly such two people popped up, and dared to speak out to stop himself, Wu Qiang was very annoyed, and glared at him: "Who are you, who dare to speak disrespectfully and disobey this commander?" Come on, take it for me! ”

The surrounding soldiers were about to rush up, and one of them hurriedly stretched out his hand and said, "Commander, don't misunderstand!" Let's see what it is. ”

The other person took out something from his arms and handed it to Wu Qiang. When Wu Qiang looked at it, he saw that it was a round gilt bronze medal, and there was a dragon head, a fish body, bird feathers, and a divine beast with thunder and lightning shooting out of its eyes. In the middle are five seal characters: Daming brocade guard!

Wu Qiangden was like a lightning strike, and he was so frightened that he took half a step back. He didn't know the person, but he knew this brand too well: the other party was a Jinyi guard sent from Jingshi!

It turned out that Jinyiwei, as a spy organization formed by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had the power to arrest and interrogate officials since the day it was established, and could directly arrest people without going through the local government. Later, although it was overshadowed by the East Factory, the East Factory often just gave orders, and it was Jinyi Wei who was ordered to arrest people. Therefore, the officials of the Ming Dynasty, especially those who were not so clean, talked about the tiger color change of Jinyiwei.

After Chongzhen ascended the throne, he eradicated the eunuch party with the power of thunder, and completely abolished the eunuch system that had lasted for thousands of years. As an accessory of the eunuchs, the East Factory was naturally abolished at the first time, and the personnel of the East Factory in all parts of the country, except for the eunuchs, were merged into Jinyiwei. In the past year, the Jinyi Guards in various places have basically maintained the original state, and there has been no change in personnel, only the Jinyi Guards of the Beijing Division have carried out large-scale personnel adjustments, Yan Zhengang has been appointed as the commander of the Jinyi Guards, and a number of young officials such as Shi Chunhu have been promoted.

At the same time, Jingshi Jinyiwei has also replaced the new military card, which is different from the old military card in terms of standard. What Wu Qiang saw was the new military card, so he immediately realized that the two Jinyi guards were from Beijing, not the local Jinyi guards in Nanjing.

The man turned over the military card again for Wu Qiang to see, only to see two lines of small characters in italics on the back: Sun Jisheng of the hundred households of Fusi in Weibei Town, Jinyi. Another person also took out a military card, which was also a hundred households in Jinyi, named Li Xing.

Wu Qiang was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and said with a smile on his face: "Two... The two of you came from afar, I don't know what you have to do? "He is the commander of the third grade, and the hundred households are only the seventh grade, and the other party is too low than him in terms of grade; However, the other party is Jinyiwei, no matter how big the official is, he can check it, how can Wu Qiang not be weak-minded?

Sun Jisheng and Li Xing first saluted Wu Qiang in accordance with the etiquette of their subordinates to Shangguan, and then lowered their voices and said: "Your Excellency, the two of us have been ordered to follow Wang Shangshu and Yuan Shangshu to Nanjing. ”

Wu Qiang trembled again in his heart, thinking that Nanjing also had Jinyiwei, but he had not heard that there were personnel changes in Jinyiwei. Looking at this posture, they kept it a secret, and they didn't even notify the local Jinyi guards. If you really want to investigate the case, maybe even Nanjing Jinyiwei will be investigated, let alone yourself!

The other party saw Wu Qiang's uneasiness, and Sun Jisheng immediately whispered to his ear: "Commander, don't misunderstand, we think that the people you arrested just now are very suspicious, and it is best not to let them go." ”

Wu Qiang breathed a sigh of relief: It turned out that Jinyiwei was not looking for himself! Only then did he feel at ease, and his brain became flexible again, and he also whispered to Sun Jisheng: "But my subordinates have asked just now, except for those Buddha statues, they don't carry any prohibited items on them..."

"Can you separate these people first, and then I want to check those Buddha statues again."

"Absolutely." If you want to talk about this kind of brain, Wu Qiang still turned quite quickly, and immediately ordered the soldiers, "Isn't there a portrait of some Jiangyang thieves wanted by the government at the city gate?" Pull a few of them over and compare them carefully with me to make sure I don't want them to come back and get things later. ”

The soldiers pushed a few people out, and Sun Jisheng and Li Xing immediately came to the pile of small Buddha statues and took them in their hands one by one to observe carefully. Suddenly, Li Xing said in a deep voice: "This weight seems to be a little wrong. ”

When Wu Qiang leaned over to look, he saw that it was a Maitreya Buddha statue, which looked no different from other Buddha statues. Li Xing tried to pinch the head of the Buddha statue and rotate it gently, and suddenly heard a "click", and the Buddha's head could be unscrewed! When the head of the Buddha and the body are completely separated, I see a wooden ring on the neck, and a thin wire is connected under the wooden ring, which leads into the belly of the Buddha statue.

"What is this?" Wu Qiang was inexplicable, so he wanted to reach out and pull the wooden ring.

"Don't move!" Sun Jisheng grabbed Wu Qiang violently, raised his nose and sniffed, and said in shock, "This is a disguised grenade!" ”

"What do you mean by a 'grenade'?" Wu Qiang was even more confused.

"This thing will explode as soon as it is pulled, and it will either be killed or injured within a radius of one zhang!" Li Xing's face was grim and authentic.

"What?!" Wu Qiang opened his eyes and looked at this Buddha statue, which was not much bigger than a fist, as if he couldn't believe that such a small thing almost killed himself.

But he reacted immediately, and said angrily: "These eight lambs must be spies sent by the rebels!" Come on, get a few of them here! ”

But before the soldiers could agree, Sun Jisheng and Li Xing shouted at the same time: "Wait! ”