Zhang Yan, the queen of Yi'an, entered the Dongjiang Courtyard and talked with Feng Suqin, the eldest lady of the Xu Mansion, and the two talked more and more happily, and they felt like they had met each other.

Feng Suqin, the eldest lady of the Xu Mansion, was originally an official eunuch and knew how to be a gift. And Empress Yi'an Zhang Yan was also a medical home before entering the palace, and after entering the palace, she read the classics when she had nothing to do, and her knowledge was also outstanding. After a deep conversation, the two were pleasantly surprised to find that their views on some things were strikingly similar.

The two of them spent a morning in the Dongjiang Courtyard, and after lunch, Empress Yi'an got up and said goodbye under the constant urging of the palace maid Rusu.

After Zhang Yan's master and servant left the Dongjiang Annex, they walked on the street casually, hurrying in the direction of the palace gate.

Turning a street, several black-clothed people suddenly rushed out of the alley, rushed forward, covered Zhang Yan's master and servant with both hands, and a black cloth bag in his hand covered Zhang Yan's master and servant, and then carried into the rushing carriage, and ran away again. The whole process lasted less than a minute, and it was just after noon, and there were few pedestrians on the street, so not many people saw this scene, even if two shopkeepers on the street saw it, they also closed their mouths under the warning of the fierce eyes of the man in black.

The carriage drove into a courtyard without a house number, and then several men in black carried Zhang Yan's master and servant down and threw them into a room.

After a while, several Dongchang fans strode in with a purple-clothed eunuch. The purple-clothed eunuch raised his head and asked, "Little ones, has that woman ever taken it?" ”

Dongchang Fanzi, who was guarding the door, said with a smiling face: "The head of the third stall, the person has already fainted, and he is locked in the house." ”

It turned out that this purple-clothed eunuch was actually the third-grade head Miao Santong of the East Investigation Factory.

Father-in-law Miao nodded with satisfaction, rolled his arms and cuffs, and walked towards the house, saying as he walked: "Bring someone over." Our family calls this woman's catty two! ”

"Hey." Dongchang Fanzi should drink, and then stepped forward to open the door.

"Miao Santong, if I were you, I wouldn't have opened that door." Suddenly, a cold drink came from the direction of the courtyard gate.

Miao Gonggong and the others suddenly turned around, and saw Zhu Shisan, a thousand households in the inner city of Jinyi Weijing Division, walking in with a sneer. Behind him, there were two rows of Jinyi guards, and with a wave of his hand, the Jinyi guards swarmed in, and they were suddenly full of Jinyi guards.

Dongchang Miao Santong watched Zhu Shisan rush in with a big grin, his face couldn't help but change, and he shouted angrily: "Zhu Shisan, what do you mean?" This is the site of the East Factory! ”

Zhu Shisan smiled and looked at Miao Santong. asked, "Grandpa Miao doesn't welcome me?" Okay, I'll go. ”

After that, Zhu Shisan really waved his hand and motioned for Jinyiwei to retreat.

This scene stunned Miao Santong, Zhu Shisan rushed in with great fanfare, but simply retreated, what are you here for?

Zhu Shisan had already retreated to the edge of the threshold, and suddenly looked back at Miao Santong with a strange smile, and said, "Father-in-law Miao." Am I really gone? Don't regret it! ”

Miao Santong was stunned for a moment, and saw that Zhu Shisan was really going to go out. couldn't help but panic in his heart, and shouted curtly: "Master Zhu stays!" ”

Zhu Shisan looked at Miao Santong with a smile.

Miao Santong stepped forward in a sneer, approached Zhu Shisan, and asked softly, "We want to ask, what are you doing here today?" ”

Zhu Shisan looked at Miao Santong and smiled. "I said I'm here to save your life, do you believe it?" ”

Father-in-law Miao was stunned again, then shook his head and smiled, and said, "Master Zhu is really joking, our family is stable." I still need you to save it?! ”

Zhu Shisan listened, looked at Gonggong Miao, and didn't speak, just shook his head and sighed.

"What do you mean?" Seeing this, Father-in-law Miao also began to drum in his heart, and he went through all the things he had done in the past few months, but he really didn't find anything out of the ordinary. If you have doubts in your heart, you will be even more confused.

"Miao Santong, you are so stupid, do you factory supervisors know?" Zhu Shisan looked at Grandpa Miao with pity and said with a sigh.

"You! What did you say! Grandpa Miao was like a dog whose tail was suddenly stepped on, and roared angrily.

Zhu Shisan sighed faintly: "No wonder Dongchang is not as good as day by day, Yu Huatian has a fool like you as his subordinates, he will be dragged to death by you sooner or later." ”

"Zhu Thirteen!" Father-in-law Miao gritted his teeth and shouted: "Do you dare to resist the factory governor, don't you want to live?!" ”

Zhu Shisan just sneered, pointed to the room where the people were closed, and asked Miao Gonggong: "Do you know the identities of the two women in the house?" ”

Miao Santong was stunned again, shook his head and said: "These two women have been in the Dongjiang Courtyard all morning, and our family is about to interrogate them carefully!" ”

"Then Father-in-law Miao might as well identify it now, lest you don't even know how to die." Zhu 13 said.

Miao Santong's heart jumped, he looked at Zhu Shisan, stomped his feet, and then motioned to the two Dongchang fans to open the door, and Miao Santong walked in carefully......

After only a while, Miao Santong hurriedly retreated from the house and walked in front of Zhu Shisan, his face was pale and pale, and his voice was trembling!

"How...... How could it be them? ”

"See clearly?" Being able to see with his own eyes that the third gear head of the East Investigation Factory was so panicked, Zhu Shisan felt extremely happy.

Miao Santong nodded, sweating like rain on his head, looking like six gods without an owner.

Zhu Shisan smiled, waved his hand, and said, "Catch them all!" ”

A group of brocade guards rushed in, and in a blink of an eye, they held down seven or eight Dongchang fans in the courtyard.

Father-in-law Miao's face turned pale, and he pleaded with Zhu Shisan: "Lord Zhu, Master Thirteen!" This, this is all a stupid thing done by the people below, and our family is also innocent! As long as the thirteenth master releases our family today, there will be a good reward in the future! ”

Zhu Shisan admired the appearance of Gong Gong Miao, and after a while, he said faintly: "Gong Miao, it's not impossible to want this official to save your life, but you have to make some sacrifices." ”

Gonggong Miao suddenly felt like he had been amnestied, and said eagerly: "Ask the Thirteenth Master to teach me!" ”

Zhu Shisan beckoned, motioned to Father-in-law Miao to come over, and then whispered in Father-in-law Miao's ear.

Miao Gonggong's face changed, he looked back at the four Dongchang fans dressed in black, his eyes flashed fiercely, he stepped forward suddenly, and stabbed one of the Dongchang fans dressed as black!

"Ahh That Zi looked at Grandpa Miao in shock, he really didn't expect that Grandpa Miao would suddenly attack him.

"Your Excellency?!" The rest of the Dongchang fans also exclaimed.

Miao Gonggong doesn't do anything. The Pu knife in his hand stabbed repeatedly, and in a blink of an eye, several screams sounded one after another, and the four Dongchang Fanzi, who were responsible for escorting Zhang Yan's master and servant into the courtyard, died under the knife of Miao Gonggong.

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When Zhang Yan woke up, she saw that the room was full of Jinyi Guards, the third gear head Miao Santong of the East Factory and the Thousand Households of Jinyi Wei Neicheng Zhu 13 knelt in front of them and pleaded: "Niangniang is frightened!" The ministers are late for escort, please forgive your sins! ”

Immediately, Miao Gonggong and Zhu Shisan began to explain to Zhang Yan the four bodies of the black-clothed people in the courtyard. said that this kidnapping case was committed by four gangsters, but fortunately Dongchang and Jinyiwei rescued them in time, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable!

Zhang Yan listened and was noncommittal. There was no intention to track down the origin of the murderer, so he boarded the carriage in the palace and returned to the palace.

Miao Santong, the head of the third stall of the East Factory, sent Zhu Shisan and the others away with gratitude on his face, and when the brocade guards were all removed, Miao Gonggong looked at the four corpses in the courtyard and took a big sip. scolded angrily: "Jinyiwei, these bastards are so not a thing! They have long known the identity of the mother, and they deliberately did not disclose it to Dongchang! It's hateful! ”

Zhang Yan returned to the palace, Queen Zhou heard that Zhang Yan was frightened out of the palace, and hurried to Ciqing Palace to greet her. After hearing Zhang Yan say that the four perpetrators had been killed by Jinyiwei, the clues were broken. Empress Zhou gave up in a huff.

After Empress Zhou left, the palace maid Rusu asked indignantly, "Niangniang." Why not hunt down the murderer? It was difficult for the mother to get out of the second palace, and she was kidnapped! The perpetrators behind this scene must have been premeditated. ”

Zhang Yan smiled, looked at Rusu funny, and said, "Auntie, don't you understand?" The four people who died were not kidnappers at all, most of them were from Jinyiwei or Dongchang! The official wanted them to kidnap us, and it was a mistake to kidnap us. Later, most of them knew the identities of you and me, so they killed a few people who were doing the work to take the blame! You said that this palace wants to investigate, who is going to investigate? What should I do if I find the head of Dongchang and Jinyiwei? ”

If my aunt heard this, she thought about it, and she had nothing to say.

The master and servant sat idly for a while. Zhang Yan said: "By the way, in the morning, I saw a few pavilion elders and Liang Shangshu enter the palace to face the saint, I heard that it was for Shaanxi's affairs." Auntie, go outside and inquire about it and see how it goes. ”

When the aunt heard this, she ran out to inquire about the palace maids and eunuchs who were familiar with her. When it was about to get dark, Aunt Ru returned to Ciqing Palace, and when she faced Zhang Yan, Aunt Ru said hesitantly: "Niangniang, the maid has inquired, and the emperor has set a reward for officials in the northwest." ”

"How?" Zhang Yan listened carefully.

Aunt Ru organized the tone and said: "Well, that Liaodong general Cao Wenzhao fought bravely and made a lot of military achievements, and was promoted to the deputy chief soldier of Shaanxi, and the governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, was well arranged, and rewarded ten Nanzhu and a thousand taels of silver. ”

Zhang Yan listened, but as her aunt said this, she stopped.

"What else?" Zhang Yan urged.

Aunt Ru looked at Zhang Yan's expression carefully, spread her hands and said, "It's gone, Niangniang." ”

Zhang Yan suddenly raised her head and said suspiciously: "That's all?" What about Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi? And what about the generals of Shaanxi Province? ”

Aunt Ru spread her hands again and said, "It's gone." ”

Zhang Yan was stunned, sat down dejectedly, and muttered, "How can this be...... I don't know what Xu Liang will think after hearing the news! ”

Ten days later, Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi who was far away in the governor's yamen in Chang'an City, saw the court's newspaper, stared at the reward of a few short sentences on it, and did not find a single word of the Shaanxi official on it, looked at it in a daze, exhaled lightly, and muttered: "It's really boring!" The emperor didn't even bother to do the surface work! ”

As he was talking, there was a messy footstep sound from outside the door, and Deng Shuiqing, the envoy of Shaanxi, He Zhun, the political envoy of Daibu, Qi Chu, the prefect of Xi'an, Luo Baiguan, the tax department, and the iron head of the patrol department walked in. Standing still in front of Xu Liang, Tietou looked at Xu Liang's expression, bowed lightly and asked softly, "Young Master, you know all about the court's reward?" ”

Xu Liang raised his eyes and looked at everyone, motioned for them to take their seats, and after several subordinates sat down, Xu Liang said lightly: "How can this official not know about such an important matter." ”

Several subordinates looked at each other, and Deng Shuiqing said angrily: "Futai, the court is so mean and unkind, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public!" ”

Xu Liang glanced at the envoy Deng and chuckled disappreciatively: "What is Lord Deng excited about? The court is like this, not once or twice. The pronoun on He Zhun's head has not been removed, he is not angry, and you don't have to be angry. ”

Deng Shuiqing said: "Xiaguan is just angry!" What kind of thing is Cao Wenzhao! Without the deterrence of tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in Shaanxi, even if Cao Wenzhao has three heads and six arms, he will not be able to achieve anything! ”

"You can't say that," Xu Liang persuaded very patiently: "Cao Wenzhao is brave and strategic, and this official still appreciates it." Of course, it would be better if that stinky temper could be changed. Xu Liang suddenly remembered something, so he asked the commander of the patrol department, Tietou, and asked: "By the way, I asked you and Jinyiwei to find out what happened to Cao Wenzhao and this official, have you found out?" ”

The iron head groaned, patted his head and said, "My lord, forgive me, I thought I had already reported it to you." Tietou looked annoyed and blamed himself, apologized again and again, and then said: "Duan Zhigang of Jinyiwei Qianhu entrusted a lot of people, and finally learned some information from the hands of Liaodong Jinyiwei. ”

Xu Liang was upset and looked at the iron head.

Tietou said: "It's really a coincidence that it can't be written!" Do you remember the former Imperial History of the Left Capital, Cabinet Minister Cao Yubian? In the first year of Chongzhen, Cao Yubian was ordered to inspect Liaodong, at the banquet, Cao Wenzhao went to pay tribute to Cao Ge Laojiu, and then Cao Ge Lao learned Cao Wenzhao's name, I don't know if he was drunk or there were other reasons, he actually pulled up the topic of Cao's surname, the two chatted, and it turned out that Cao Ge Lao and Cao Wenzhao's grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's generation are very likely to be brothers! ”

"I'll go!" Xu Liang scolded with a smile: "Such a bloody plot can also happen!" ”

Tietou smiled: "That's how the news from Liaodong was written. Soon after Cao Ge Lao inspected Liaodong, Cao Wenzhao was promoted! ”

Xu Liang understood: there is such a roundabout relationship between Cao Wenzhao and Cao Yubian, and it seems that Cao Wenzhao also received a little favor from Cao Yubian. And Cao Yubian was framed and killed by Xu Liang, although there is no official evidence, but presumably Cao Wenzhao decided that Xu Liang framed Cao Yubian, and he didn't have to bother much!

Xu Liang finally understood the origin of Cao Wenzhao's hostility towards him.

After Xu Liang finished asking about this matter, Deng Shuiqing, He Zhun, Qi Chu and others reported to Xu Liang one by one.

Xu Liang was cheering up and listening, and a series of hurried footsteps sounded.

Everyone in the room looked at it together, only to see a spy from the Tsing Yi Guard Detective Department running in like a wind, and reported to Xu Liangyu breathlessly: "My lord, it's an emergency!" Several other civilian armies are moving frequently, and there are signs of attacking northward! (To be continued.) )