Zhou Yanru looked at the letter on the table, hesitated for a long time, many times he thought about tearing up and burning the letter, so that he would not have to worry and consider, and do things honestly according to the arrangement of the emperor and Wang Chengen, but Wang Chengen's request made him shudder, in the end, the emperor did not fully trust him at all.

In the power game, such a thing has not appeared for a long time, even if Yuan Chonghuan committed such a big sin back then, but on the surface, there was no family involved, after all, the matter of the nine clans is not a joke.

Zhou Yanru went through countless painful thoughts, he constantly weighed the pros and cons, calculated the gains and losses, and after painful thinking, he found that he was caught in a trap, although he was the first assistant of the cabinet, but what he was doing now seemed to be selling the whole family and even the whole clan to the emperor, what is the difference between such treatment and those eunuchs.

After discovering the environment he was in, Zhou Yanru began to waver.

However, there is a huge temptation to the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, so it is impossible for Zhou Yanru to give up in a short time, and he has embarked on a dangerous road, caught in the power game, accompanied by the king like a tiger, not to mention knowing some secrets of the emperor, it is almost impossible to get out of the country at this time.

But Zhou Yanru must leave a way back for himself, he even vaguely perceived that the emperor wanted to completely destroy Zheng Xunrui, it seemed to be an impossible task, from the actual situation, Zheng Xunrui has too many advantages, Zheng Xunrui has governed Shaanxi and Huaibei, has become the most stable place in the Ming Dynasty, there is no harassment of the rogues, not even bandits, the common people live a stable life, Zheng Xunrui's Zheng family army is extremely strong. Since its establishment, it has never been truly controlled by the emperor and the imperial court, how can such an army be weakened or controlled by the emperor and the imperial court in a short period of time.

In the final analysis, once the contradiction between the emperor and Zheng Xunrui completely breaks out, it is still uncertain who will kill the deer.

There wasn't too much contact between Zhou Yanru and Zheng Xunrui, but every contact left a deep impression. Zheng Xunrui is unusually young, with an unusual temperament, and the wisdom and maturity he shows cannot be compared even with many weathered old people, so far, Zhou Yanru has never seen such a temperament in other young people.

Zheng Xunrui led the Zheng family army to defeat the Houjin Tartars three times in a row, and the Houjin Tartars were nearly 100,000 exterminated, such a record. The imperial army had never heard of it, so it was said that as long as the Zheng family army participated in it, the Liu Kou was on the verge of being wiped out, but once the Zheng family army withdrew, the Liu Kou would soon be able to get a respite and gradually grow stronger.

Under such circumstances, the emperor was worried and suspicious of Zheng Xunrui. It seems to be a normal thing, after all, the emperor is worried that his position will be threatened. But there are other ways to deal with it, that is, the emperor unconditionally trusts Zheng Xunrui, and even gives Zheng Xunrui extraordinary powers.

It's a pity that the emperor attaches too much importance to power, and it is impossible to fully trust the minister of civil and military affairs.

Finally, Zhou Yanru looked at the letter on the table and made up his mind.

The butler entered the study. Zhou Yanru spoke with a serious face.

"Without revealing your whereabouts, send this letter to the Caoyun Governor's Mansion in Huai'an, and hand it over to Lord Zheng Xunrui, you must remember that no one is allowed to directly meddle in this matter. I will find a reason for you to leave the capital, you have to remember that you will have a lot of eyes around you, you have to find a way to avoid these eyes, you must not be detected, in case of emergency, the first task is to destroy the letters. ”

Seeing Zhou Yanru's unusually serious expression, the housekeeper nodded, the master's expression was so serious, it showed that the letter was very important, and it could not be leaked out no matter what.

Early the next morning, the housekeeper set off from the capital with a few entourages and headed for Nanzhili.

Leaving the capital with them was accompanied by a group of people, who looked like businessmen on the surface, but all of them were athletic and showed unusual shrewdness.

The Grand Canal has begun to sail, taking a boat from the capital to Nanzhili is the best choice, the housekeeper and a few entourages naturally choose to take the boat, but when the ship arrived at the Huai'an wharf, an entourage accidentally fell into the water, suffered a great fright, the housekeeper had to get off the boat in Huai'an, and found an inn at the Huai'an wharf, and stayed down.

Naturally, the group of people who followed also disembarked at Huai'an Wharf and stayed at the same inn.

Two days later, the entourage recovered, and the butler and several retinues boarded the ship and headed for Hangzhou.

Everything seemed to be perfectly normal, and nothing unusual happened.

In the Caoyun Governor's Mansion, Xu Fojia entered the study with a letter in hand.

The fire paint on the letter was intact.

"Husband, this is a letter from Lord Zhou Yanru."

"This arrangement is very good, when Lord Zhou's housekeeper set off from the capital, the dark line has already sent back information, Wang Chengen probably didn't expect that he sent so many people to follow the housekeeper, but unexpectedly, our people have already followed the housekeeper's side, and unknowingly got the letter, okay, you open the letter and read the contents inside."

Xu Fojia carefully opened the letter and pulled out the letter inside.

Xu Fojia's voice was very soft, but his words were very clear.

The smile on Zheng Xunrui's face slowly disappeared, and he began to fall into deep thought.

After Xu Fojia finished reading it, his face turned a little pale, although this letter did not say many things, it was nothing more than a reminder to Zheng Xunrui that he must ensure the smooth flow of Cao Yun, do not find a reason for impeachment for others, and at the same time pay attention to stabilizing the situation in Huaibei, but she always felt that these things were not ordinary, Zhou Yanru took such a huge risk to write a letter, did she just need to say these indifferent things.

"Qingling, what do you think?"

"Husband, the slave family doesn't understand, the intelligence sent back by the secret line in the capital shows that the emperor trusts Zhou Yanru very much, and the emperor's plan to win over Yang Tingshu and others is very likely to be Zhou Yanru's idea, so Zhou Yanru and Fujun have become opponents, what did Zhou Yanru write such an indifferent letter at this time, Fujun is the governor of Caoyun and the governor of the four prefectures and three states of Huaibei, and it is within his duty to ensure the smooth flow of Caoyun and the stability of Huaibei."

Zheng Xunrui smiled.

"This is a top-secret piece of information, and a lot of information has been revealed in it, so go and ask Xu Wanghua and Zheng Jinhong to come to the study immediately and see how they analyze it."

After Xu Wanghua carefully read the letter, he also pondered for a while.

"My lord, my subordinates feel that the emperor doesn't trust Lord Zhou Yanru at all, and Lord Zhou is afraid that he has sensed some danger and wants to find a way out for himself, so he wrote a letter to his lordship."

"Lord Zhou reminded the adults to pay attention to the affairs of Cao Yun, it seems that the court is thinking about making a fuss about Cao Yun, I am afraid that the meaning behind this is that the court wants to adjust the position of the adult." ……

Xu Fojia looked at Xu Wanghua and was a little surprised, he couldn't imagine that Xu Wanghua could analyze something completely different from a simple letter, which is probably the embodiment of ability.

After Xu Wanghua finished speaking, Zheng Jinhong also spoke.

"Young master, my subordinates feel that the focus is still on the Zheng family, as long as the Zheng family army does not move, the imperial court will not dare to have any other actions, the second phase of the training of the martial arts hall is nearing the end, the subordinates and Mr. Xu have discussed, the third phase of the training personnel, plans to expand to the scale of 800 people, and strive to complete the training of more than 100 officers of the Zheng family army within the year."

Zheng Xunrui had a smile on his face.

"Your analysis is good, but Lord Zhou wrote this letter, the most critical meaning should not be in these places, you think about it, why Lord Zhou wrote this letter, Mr. Xu has analyzed it just now, it is because Lord Zhou did not get the real trust of the emperor, but in any case, Lord Zhou is the first assistant of the cabinet, and he is already the head of the ministers, since he has reached such a position and assumed some responsibilities, even if the emperor has some doubts, it should be, there is no need for Lord Zhou to write such a letter, showed a completely different attitude, according to my judgment, Lord Zhou thought of not only that he was suspected by the emperor, but also that there were other very critical reasons. ”

Xu Wanghua, Zheng Jinhong, and Xu Fojia all looked at Zheng Xunrui at the same time.

"Lord Zhou should feel a more significant danger, this danger is not only involving individuals, it may involve more people, and may even involve the family, so under such pressure, Lord Zhou is difficult to bear."

After Zheng Xunrui finished speaking, Xu Wanghua followed and spoke.

"What the adults said is that Lord Zhou has an unusual relationship with adults because of his daughter, and it is normal for the emperor to suspect it, in fact, Lord Zhou's family has been implicated, and Lord Zhou can't be alone, but if family members and families are implicated in the power game, no one can bear it."

Zheng Xunrui's face showed a smile again.

"Mr. Xu is right, any power game involves family and family, it will be the end of the bloody rain, Zhou Daren compiles and reads the history books, it is impossible not to understand the truth, so there is a hesitation in his heart, but Zhou Daren has been deeply involved in it, unable to extricate himself, so he will write a letter, in fact, Zhou Daren is thinking about self-preservation."

Listening to the analysis of Zheng Xunrui, Xu Wanghua and Zheng Jinhong and others, Xu Fojia admired it very much, this is not an ordinary ability, there is no extraordinary experience, it is difficult to make these analyses and judgments, you must know that making any decision is inseparable from accurate analysis and judgment.

Zheng Xunrui asked her Xu Fojia to participate in this analysis, but she didn't want her to listen to the strange, as the person in charge of the Investigation Department, she must have the ability to analyze and judge, especially when collecting important information, she must use her own wisdom to make accurate judgments and provide them to Zheng Xunrui.

Only in this way can one be considered a qualified head of the Investigation Department. (To be continued......)