Yuan Zhong didn't dare to stay for a long time, and after stopping for a moment, he lightly withdrew from the hearth and slipped out unconsciously.

Not long after he left, a eunuch in front of the door of the Chongzheng Hall pushed open the door of the main hall.

"How?" Huang Taiji and Luo Guo'er stopped talking and asked the eunuch.

"Back to His Majesty, Gonggong Yuan had just entered the ditch of the earth dragon, and after only half a pillar of incense, he retreated, looking at the direction, he should have gone to the toilet. The minions have already followed."

Huang Taiji nodded, "Do what I ordered, and Yuan Zhong's position will be yours in the future!" ”

The eunuch was overjoyed and hurriedly kowtowed in thanks.

After the eunuch withdrew, Luo Guo'er looked suspicious, "Since the master suspects Yuan Zhong, why don't you take him down and torture him to understand." On that day, someone did see Yuan Zhong kill Turantai, which shows that he deliberately concealed something, why did the master ......? ”

Huang Taiji slowly stood up, "Yuan Zhong has followed me for many years, his temper and character are clear, since the people behind him can buy him as the internal response, it naturally took a lot of effort, and the emergency measures have already been arranged, there are thousands of people in this big inner palace, it is easy to catch Yuan Zhong, and it is extremely difficult to think of Yuan Zhong's confession." That's why I used such a way to lure the snake out of the hole, and I will have the answer in a short time! ”

Luo Guo'er suddenly realized, "Master Shengming! ”

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After the Battle of Songshan, Shengjing celebrated noisily for a period of time, and the nobles of the Eight Banners of Manchuria sang songs every night, frequently went out of the city to hunt and drink, which caused chaos in the city defense. Not long ago, Huang Taiji personally decreed that a curfew should be enforced in Shengjing, and after dark, idle people were not allowed to wander the streets, and the city gates were closed at sunset, and no one was allowed to open the city except for the military messenger. For this alone, within a few days, several nobles were punished by Huang Taiji's decree. To this day, no one dares to openly break the emperor's edict.

Compared with the scale of Shengjing City and the city of the Ming Dynasty, the magnificent momentum is naturally far away, although it also imitates the Ming system, arranges with the pattern of "well", but the main road is only four, and all are dirt roads, connecting eight city gates, and the center of the street is surrounded, which is the imperial palace of Shengjing. There is no so-called distinction between the outer city and the inner city.

To the south of the palace is Nanshun Street, which is not a small area, but it is a gathering place for market merchants. Among them, the Han people whose ancestors live in Liaodong account for most of them.

After sunset, there are soldiers patrolling the streets, and naturally there are no traces, but in the small streets and alleys, there are still people shuttling among them. Outside the Guan, the Manchurians were especially fond of spirits, and some of the merchants on Nanshun Street were wine merchants who made profits from wine. The Manchurians were good at riding and archery, hunting, but they knew nothing about farming and winemaking. In recent years, the Manchu army repeatedly entered the Kou Pass, plundered a lot of Ming people, among these people are good at brewing merchants, to the outside of the pass, become the house slave of the Eight Banners nobles, but also privately brew some wine to make a living.

In order to save food, Huang Taiji also ordered to prohibit the people from brewing wine privately, but it was helplessly opposed by the unanimous opposition of the Eight Banners. Therefore, by now, the prohibition of alcohol has been ignored.

After Huo Wu arrived outside the Guanwai, due to his effective errands, especially after helping Dolgon design and recruit He Luohui, he deeply trusted the Dolgon brothers, and now he has gained a foothold in the Han military camp with white flags.

Last year, the people from Dengzhou had also taken root in Shengjing, and the number of Han people in Shengjing had increased year by year over the years, and with Huo Wu's care, it was easy to set up a contact point in the area of Nanshun Street. The Han people outside the Guanxi were nothing more than slaves of the Manchus, without the slightest status to speak of. Even a scholar like Fan Wencheng is just a useful lackey in the eyes of the nobles of the Eight Banners, and he is often ridiculed by the nobles. The living conditions and status of the Han people at the bottom can be imagined.

It is also for this reason that it is naturally very difficult for the intelligence officers of the Military Intelligence Department to find out some valuable information in Shengjing. On the contrary, Huo Wu, because he is a red man in front of Dolgon, he can get some news from time to time.

Huo Wu walked through the streets and alleys, bypassing the soldiers who were patrolling the night, stopped at the end of an alley, turned around and knocked a few times on the door of a small wine shop on the side of the road. When the person who was expected to be windy opened the door, he respectfully called "Fifth Master" and let him into the house.

Walk through the empty front hall and into the big room in the backyard, but it is very lively inside. The liquor of this liquor shop is quite famous in Shengjing City, and even some officers of the Eight Banners often come to sell wine, and it is a place frequented by the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the Han military camps of various banners.

When Huo Wuyi entered the door, many familiar officers got up to greet him, Huo Wu smiled and saluted one by one, and then walked into the innermost room, the two people in it were all single-line contacts sent by Shandong, and now they are also employed in the Eight Banners Battalion of the Han Army.

"Fifth brother!" The two of them stood up to salute, both in their twenties and less than thirty years old, shrewd and capable.

For the sake of caution, the two of them communicate with the contact point of the Military Intelligence Service on weekdays, but Huo Wu never shows up, and today is the date set for the meeting earlier.

The dishes on the table are very simple, but they are some mutton and other meats, and the only thing that I can't adapt to after coming to Guanwai for such a long time is this, even some white rice and white noodles are rare, even in the prince's mansion.

"Before getting down to business, our two brothers want to congratulate the fifth brother. The marshal has instructed the Military Intelligence Department to issue documents, and the fifth brother is now a fourth-rank official, and Mr. Yin has also appointed the fifth brother as the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Station of the Military Intelligence Department, and he can dispatch a qiē manpower and materials. ”

Huo Wu smiled faintly, after so many life and death partings, he didn't have much desire for an official position.

Another person said with a smile: "Actually, this is just a logical thing, the affairs of Liaodong are all due to the fifth brother to have today's situation, which is also reasonable." It's another thing, the fifth brother will definitely be overjoyed! ”

The man took a sip of wine and continued, "Congratulations to Fifth Brother." Your eldest son is nine years old this year, and he was specially selected to enter the children's class of the martial arts hall by the great handsome, and the big handsome specially brought a message to the fifth brother. 'You Huo Wu broke an arm, and for the sake of Daming's birth and death, all official positions are nothing, and the two children in the family are what you are most concerned about. In this case, the eldest son entered the martial arts hall and worshiped under Lu Shaobao, and there will be a bright future in the future, and the second son, who is only four years old this year, is not always fostered in a relative's house, so he will enter the Shuai Mansion and be taken care of by his wife, and accompany the eldest son to practice martial arts ...... in the future! ”

Before the man's words were finished, Huo Wu, an iron-clad man, actually left tears. "The grace of the handsome, although my Huo Wu and his deceased wife are broken, they can't repay it in case, please tell the handsome, Huo Wu will stay outside the gate in this life, watch these tartars for the handsome, and never return Loulan if it is not broken!"

The three of them sighed, Huo Wu stabilized his agitated mind, and then said: "Time is not much, now there are a few pieces of news to send back, you all remember them one by one, don't go on a business trip!" ”

"First, the Tartar court discussed that it was necessary to take advantage of the growing momentum of the rogues in the customs to choose the opportunity to go south and enter the customs. This time is not more than before, it is said that he has just experienced a big battle like Songshan, and the Tartars will also have to recuperate, and the Eight Banners may not be able to agree, but it seems that Huang Taiji has made some grand wishes, and everyone in the Eight Banners is vying to fight, in my opinion, the scale will definitely not be inferior to the scale when facing Songshan. ”

"Second, the rumors about Hong Chengchou and Concubine Zhuang that the big marshal let us spread have a good effect, Dolgon has lost his temper several times because of this, and during a Eight Banners banquet, he was even drunk and wanted to kill Hong Chengchou with a knife!"

"Wouldn't that save us effort?" One person on the other side said: "The marshal often says that Hong Chengchou will be the henchman of the Ming Dynasty in the future, and he ordered us to get rid of it when we have the opportunity, if Dolgon can do it, wouldn't it be ......?" ”

Huo Wu shook his head, "It's not easy to say, Huang Taiji values Hong Chengchou very much, although he is only rewarding the official title of senior minister at present, but he is obviously afraid of the revenge of the Ming Dynasty, and has been hiding it in a secret place, I have tried my best, but I still can't find out." ”

Huo Wu sighed, "We don't have many people outside the gate, and I can't risk the lives of my brothers, so this time I also have to tell the marshal that the matter of eradicating Hong Chengchou can't be done for the time being!" ”

"Third, during the Battle of Songshan, Huang Taiji braved the world's disapproval and rushed back to Shengjing for Concubine Chen's army, which caused the dissatisfaction of the Eight Banners. In order to erase the military merits and prestige of Dolgon's great victory, they took advantage of the topic and stripped their brother of his title. But Concubine Chen's death is indeed a bit strange, after listening to what I said, Huang Taiji seems to be quite suspicious of this matter, as if he is trying his best to investigate thoroughly! It is said that he suspected that Dorgon had done it! You also report this matter to the marshal, and ask him to decide, do you want to find some way to continue to investigate? ”

As he spoke, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the door, and then he heard the shopkeeper's flattering voice, "Master, please two of you in the house, the fifth master has been waiting for a while!" ”

Huo Wu made a gesture and closed his mouth, and the three of them put on a posture of pushing the cup and changing the lamp. This is also Huo Wu's carefulness, he will not meet with his subordinates alone, and always make appointments with a few good officers to complete the task of meeting in a staggered manner.

As soon as the curtain was raised, two officers dressed in white flag uniforms walked in, but one of them, a tall, burly, young officer with a handsome eyebrow, threw his purse on the table as soon as he entered. "Fifth brother, the brother has a word first, the younger brother must be the east today, and the elder brother must not settle the bill again!"

The purse fell on the table, and the silver in it jingled, and the older officers who came with it suddenly shouted, "Zimusai, which noble person have you been with lately?" How can it be so generous? ”

Huo Wu inadvertently swept the purse, but his heart moved, looking at the materials, needlework, and workmanship, it was not an ordinary thing.

Qi Musai arched his hand triumphantly, sat down opposite Huo Wu with his companions, and threw the big black braid back to his head, "Let the fifth brother smile, the younger brother has good luck these days, he has killed all sides, and the little one has won some, so I can't let the fifth brother treat him again and again!" ”

Huo Wu quietly kept the appearance of the purse in his heart, and then smiled: "They are all their own brothers, and they are working in the two white flags together, where did they come from to be so polite, I am alone, and I have brothers to eat and drink with me every day, this is the joy of life!" ”

Qi Musai's companion said with jealousy: "Fifth brother, you just let him have a treat." This guy is on duty in Yongfu Palace, Concubine Zhuang is generous, and never treats us and other guards badly, she must be looking at this guy with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, so he gave a reward for silver, haha! ”

Qi Musai was a little annoyed, and immediately slapped the table, "What nonsense are you talking about, we are on an errand in Yongfu Palace, that is, under the eyes of the emperor, the speaker has no intention, and the listener has a heart, if these words are spread outside, aren't they just asking for trouble for themselves?" ”

The companion replied with some embarrassment, "Talking nonsense, don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously!" Come on, come on, drink is! ”

The moment he raised his glass, Huo Wu clearly saw a trace of embarrassment and fear in Qi Musai's eyes. R1152