After coming out of the telegraph room, Wang Kunjun and Zhang Weixin did not go back to Zhang Xiaofei, but sent someone to invite him out, and the three of them went to the small conference room together and began to discuss how to deal with the matter of Lin Xiaoyu entering the palace as a concubine. Of course, what they discussed was not how to deal with the matter itself, but how to explain this matter to the other brothers, especially Qian Yuanshan, who had always been obsessed with Lin Xiaoyu.

After some discussion and weighing, the three of them finally unanimously decided not to disclose this matter to the other brothers for the time being, except for the eldest brother Li Junwu, and wait for the official canonization of the Zhou court to come out, or Xu Shao'an's side and Lin Xiaoyu contacted each other, and after getting the other party's exact answer, the matter will be made public - the two messengers who had seen the contents of Xu Shao'an's telegram were personally given a gag order to them by Wang Kunjun, ordering them not to disclose the contents of the telegram to anyone, otherwise they would be killed.

The principle of dealing with Lin Xiaoyu's entry into the palace as a concubine was set, and the three of them began to act separately. Considering the need to block the news, they did not send a telegram directly to Li Junwu, but Zhang Weixin went out and rushed to the "Liangyuan" in person to explain the matter to the other party in person. Wang Kunjun and Zhang Xiaofei always paid attention to the movements in the telegraph room and the information transmitted through the "Dark Feather" channel, and only waited for Xu Shao'an to find out clearer and more powerful news, and then announced the relevant matters to the brothers.

While Wang Kunjun and others were discussing the handling method in Liangxiang, Xu Shaoan, who ended the call, also immediately put the investigation activities into practice. He first came to a large restaurant in Kaifeng City, met with the master of the Kaifeng branch of the "Dark Feather" lurking here, and explained the matter of the investigation to the other party, asking the other party to do his best and complete this task in the shortest possible time. While assigning tasks to the "Dark Feather" Kaifeng Branch, Xu Shaoan also made it clear that this matter is very important, and the "Dark Feather" Kaifeng Branch must do a good job in this matter, and repeatedly emphasized that as long as the matter can be done, even if it costs several times more money than usual, it doesn't matter, as the person in charge of the "Kaifeng Detention Office", he will fully support it.

After arranging the investigation mission, Xu Shao'an instructed the master of the Kaifeng branch of "Dark Feather" to do his best to handle this matter, and at the same time handed over a stack of small notes written in simplified Chinese with the names of items such as "tank", "plane", "aircraft carrier" and other items that could not exist in this era, and asked him to distribute these small notes to the spies and informants of the branch, so that when they had the opportunity to meet Lin Xiaoyu, they could be used as tokens to prove his identity and gain Lin Xiaoyu's trust.

Although the hall master couldn't understand the meaning of the words written on these small slips of paper, since they were handed over to him by Xu Baye himself, it must be the secret words used by the masters to communicate with each other. Therefore, he didn't dare to ask more, just took the note and promised to convey the Eighth Master's instructions to every spy and informant.

As the saying goes, "money can make ghosts grind", after all, there are only a few people who can not be moved by large sums of money. What's more, "Dark Feather" has almost all installed spies and informants in all yamen and key departments in Kaifeng City. Therefore, on the evening of the third day after the relevant search order was issued, a secret letter provided by the "Dark Feather" informant was sent to Xu Shao'an's desk through the "Dark Feather" Kaifeng Branch.

Xu Shao'an, who had been frowning for three days, immediately came to his senses after seeing the four beautiful and light words on the envelope, "Starling personally opened", because he recognized that this was Lin Xiaoyu's handwriting. So, Xu Shaoan waved his hand to let the guards who came in to deliver the letter out, and at the same time tore the cover of the letter as quickly as possible, took out the letter from it and began to read it.

This letter was indeed written by Lin Xiaoyu himself, handed over to a eunuch in the palace by "Dark Feather" to bring it out, and after several rounds of transmission, it was delivered to Xu Shaoan's hands. And this eunuch informant is the eunuch who was on an errand beside Queen Fu that Xu Shaoan mentioned to Wang Kunjun and Zhang Weixin before. This guy was also moved after Xu Shao'an's side offered a heavy reward, so he took advantage of his identity to get a job from Queen Fu to check whether the palace maids and eunuchs around Lin Xiaoyu were serving wholeheartedly, and came to Lin Xiaoyu's residence in the Tai Hospital in a big and unimpeded manner.

After making an excuse to separate the rest of the room, the eunuch respectfully stepped forward and saluted Lin Xiaoyu, who was sitting there holding his cheeks and thinking about things: "The slave and maid Ma Ping'an have seen Lin Niangniang. Although the official canonization will has not yet come out, eunuchs like this Ma Ping'an Ma Gonggong who can understand the inside story of ** understand that Lin Xiaoyu has basically no suspense about sealing the concubine, and it is just right to pat the future new master at this time. ,

Ma Ping'an's voice pulled Lin Xiaoyu back from her complicated thoughts, she turned her head slightly, glanced at Ma Ping'an, who had already knelt down to give a salute, and said calmly: "It turned out to be Ma Gong'an, please get up." ”

The Ma Ping'an Ma Gong Lin Xiaoyu in front of him knew him. First, she often went in and out of Empress Fu's residence, and was familiar with the palace maids and eunuchs who served by Empress Fu's side. Second, this Ma Ping'an Ma Gonggong also has another identity, he is the godson of Ma Yima's father-in-law, who was the chief eunuch of Emperor Fu ** when he traveled south to meet Chai Rong, he went to the post house many times to pass the decree to the crossing people, and received Lin Xiaoyu into the palace.

Because of their dealings with each other many times, Lin Xiaoyu is very familiar with this Ma Yi Ma Gonggong, and when Lin Xiaoyu first entered the palace, the other party used to give her a lot of guidance and foil, plus he was the chief eunuch in Emperor Fu**, so Lin Xiaoyu has always been more polite to him and several of his righteous sons. Although Lin Xiaoyu will soon become Chai Rong's concubine, her status is not the same as it was at the beginning, and the relationship between her and Ma Yi and his godsons will become a master-servant, but Lin Xiaoyu is a person who pays attention to human feelings, and she will always be grateful to those who have helped her. Therefore, when I saw this Ma Ping'an Ma Gonggong at this time, I still treated him politely.

It is normal for Lin Xiaoyu to treat people who have helped him with courtesy, but for Ma Ping'an, he is a little flattered and honestly afraid, and his attitude towards Lin Xiaoyu has become more and more respectful.

After routinely learning about Lin Xiaoyu's diet and daily life in the past few days, Ma Ping'an lowered his voice and said: "Niangniang, the slave got something before she came, and some of the words written on it are very strange, and the slave and maid and even the slave's father-in-law can't recognize it. The slave maid heard that Niangniang was erudite and talented, and she dared to ask Niangniang to help the slave and maid see what words were written on this thing, and hoped that Niangniang would not hesitate to give advice. ”

Ma Ping'an's request was made a little suddenly, which made Lin Xiaoyu a little confused. In Lin Xiaoyu's opinion, he may know more about medicine or natural science than people of this era, but he is a complete layman in terms of literacy and hyphenation. She didn't even dare to guarantee that she could recognize all the words on the medical books in the Tai Hospital, let alone the words written on the utensils - because Ma Ping'an said that it was written on a thing, so Lin Xiaoyu took it for granted that it was an antique or the words on the calligraphy and painting.

If it were someone else, Lin Xiaoyu might have shirked it on the grounds that he was not a scholar, but Ma Ping'an was an acquaintance, so it was not good to refuse directly. Second, Lin Xiaoyu has been staying in his residence these days, Lin Xiaoyu is very bored in his heart, and he also wants to take this opportunity to enjoy the antique calligraphy and paintings, and relax and relax.

Therefore, Lin Xiaoyu did not refuse Ma Ping'an's request, but said: "Ma Gonggong said that, this imperial doctor may still have some shallow knowledge in medical Taoism, but at most he can only understand medical books in the text, how can his father-in-law be so knowledgeable." It's just that being idle now is also idle, if Ma Gonggong has any antique calligraphy and paintings, he might as well take them out and enjoy them with the doctor, but he can also pass some time. Since the official canonization decree has not yet been issued, no matter what others call him, Lin Xiaoyu still calls himself the Imperial Doctor.

Ma Ping'an knew that Lin Xiaoyu had misunderstood what he meant, but at this time, there was no need to correct the other party's misunderstanding, so it was important to hurry up and get down to business. Therefore, he took two steps forward, came to Lin Xiaoyu's approach, stretched out his hand and took out the small note sent to him by the master of the Kaifeng branch hall of "Dark Feather" from his arms, handed it to Lin Xiaoyu, and said: "Niangniang, this is the thing that the slave said, please take a look." ”

Seeing that what Ma Ping'an handed over was just a small note two fingers wide, Lin Xiaoyu couldn't help but be stunned, and felt a little confused by the second monk. However, although she couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of this Ma Ping'an Ma Gonggong, she still subconsciously took the small note in her hand and opened it to watch.

The content of the note was very simple, only four words, four crooked simplified Chinese characters - "aircraft carrier".