Throughout the day, there was a lot of activity in Beijing. Zheng Ying placed Hu Lu Yinghuan and Hu Lu Changrong under house arrest, and sent troops to take Zheng Chongjing to the Yamen of the Criminal Department in public.

After Zheng Ying dispersed the court, she went directly to the yamen of the Criminal Department, and it is said that Zheng Chongjing was interrogated. But after the arraignment, there was no follow-up, and after Zheng Chongjing entered the yamen of the Criminal Department, he did not come out again, and this person did not know where Zheng Ying was escorted.

But after noon, there were vague rumors in the yamen of the Criminal Department, saying that Zheng Chongjing reported that Hu Lu Yinghuan and Hu Lu Changrong were Rong Di's spies, and I also heard that Hu Lu brothers and sisters had bought a certain important minister in the court.

Such rumors were secretly circulating in the Criminal Department, and no one knew who this spy case would affect in the end, so the courtiers talked about it, and even some people were panicked. Therefore, on this day, many people approached the officials of the Criminal Department, and they wanted to hear more news.

However, the officials of the Criminal Department are very strict, and no matter who asks, they don't know anything. Therefore, in the end, everyone didn't understand what important information this King Rongkang County had explained.

However, He Wenmao, the head of the household, did not come to inquire about the news. He Wenmao is actually in a good mood today, and King Xin began to thoroughly investigate Rong Di's spies with great fanfare, which is enough to prove that King Xin's investigation ideas are developing in the direction He Wenmao wants.

This is a good thing for He Wenmao! He Wenmao has even decided in advance for Zheng Ying the "candidate" of this spy - Sun Shangshu of the Ministry of War. What a suitable person.

In the entire court, except for the emperor and the Mu generals in the north, the military department Shangshu can be said to be the person who has the most comprehensive military information. If such a person collaborates with the enemy, the consequences are unimaginable.

Therefore, Sun Shangshu is really an extremely suitable "spy candidate".

Of course, collaborating with the enemy is an extremely serious crime, and to confirm Sun Shangshu's crime, a detailed chain of evidence is required, and the accusation of empty white teeth is useless, which He Wenmao is clear. He also needs to spend some time helping Shin Wang create a complete chain of evidence.

So there's no hurry, nothing rushes. As long as the king of faith goes down the road of investigating the spies. As long as the king believes that there is such a "spy"!

There were actually quite a few courtiers who didn't come to the Criminal Department to hear the news. For example, Li Xiang, Xie Xiang, and Gu Daxue. These officials who counted in their hearts were calmer than the other, but Wang Zhixiu, who was kept in the dark, also sent someone to the Criminal Department to ask about the situation.

After Gu Daxue dispersed, he went home directly, and as planned, he and his old wife sent Gu Yilan back to her mother-in-law's house with a large bag of gifts with great fanfare. The old couple stayed in the Anguo Mansion for more than two hours, and they didn't go home until dusk, so what happened in Baiyun Lane, Scholar Gu didn't have time to pay attention to it at all.

As for what the two of them said to the Mu family in the Anguo Mansion...... It's a matter between people's in-laws, and others can't control it.

In fact, on this day, it was not only Scholar Gu who went home early. In fact, after Xie Xiang dispersed, he went home directly.

However, although Xie Xiang didn't go anywhere that day, he sat in the study at home, but his news was quite well-informed, and he knew what happened in Beijing. When Xie Xiang heard that King Xin had sent troops to surround Baiyun Lane, he frowned, thought for a while, and then opened his mouth to order Chang Sui, who was waiting for orders outside the study.

"If the uncle comes back, let him come directly to the study to see me." Xie Xiang instructed outside: "In addition, send someone to the back house and ask the fourth lady to come over." ”

When Xie Shurou heard that her grandfather was going to let her go to the study in the outer courtyard, she was immediately a little vigilant.

Xie Shurou received a letter from Gu Yilan the day before. In the letter, although Gu Yilan did not explain the case of the robbery of military assets very clearly, Xie Shurou also had a rough idea in her heart, at least she knew very well now that this matter was not done by Rong Di people, and it had nothing to do with the household department.

It is precisely because of her psychology that Xie Shurou is very vigilant about Xie Xiang's summons. She knew that her father, Xie Changjing, was busy picking himself up right now, and her grandfather suddenly called herself over at this time, afraid that she didn't want to take advantage of her relationship with Hongshang?

Xie Shurou's judgment was actually correct, Xie Xiang did want to take advantage of the relationship between Xie Shurou and Mu Hongsheng, but he actually just wanted to convey a message of cooperation and friendship through Xie Shurou. Regarding this, Xie Shurou is quite happy to see it.

Xie Shurou got a short letter from Xie Xiang. In fact, there is no actual content in this letter, just a few empty greetings, but this represents Xie Xiang's attitude and position.

After getting the letter, Xie Shurou didn't dare to delay, and directly instructed the maid to casually load a box of snacks from the kitchen, and then sent Yingxing to take the letter and snacks to the Anguo Mansion.

When Yingxing delivered the letter to the Anguo Mansion, the time was just right, and the two scholars had not yet said goodbye and left.

Mu Hongshang sent the lotus leaf to the outer courtyard to see Yingxing. Lotus Ye is also a very smart girl, after she got the letter from Yingxing, she didn't delay for a moment, she went directly to Mrs. Mu's courtyard, and handed the letter to Mrs. Mu in front of the two of them: "Old lady, Yingxing next to Miss Xie Si is here, and Lord Xie Xiang sent her over to deliver the letter." ”

In front of Scholar Gu, Mrs. Mu opened the letter from Xie Xiang, and then did not shy away from handing the letter to Scholar Gu and asked him to read it too.

Originally, the letter had little real content. But Scholar Gu is a good person, so he can naturally peek into Xie Xiang's true purpose from this short letter. This made Scholar Gu couldn't help but rejoice, fortunately, his granddaughter communicated to him, and he was able to come to the door in time to make his position clear to the Mu family.

After this incident, Scholar Gu's attitude towards Gu Yilan has actually changed subtly, and he even began to feel that he should pay more attention to this granddaughter who married into the Anguo Mansion.

Because of this, Gu Dashi thought about it again and again, and finally decided to wait a few days and find a suitable opportunity to tell Gu Yilan about the Gu family's choice.

On the way back, Senior Scholar Gu took the initiative to mention this matter to his wife, but Mrs. Gu frowned slightly, hesitated for a long time before she spoke, "No need, right?" The ninth sister has already married to the Anguo Mansion, and the Mu family is not involved in the dispute over the throne, so what if she knows that we have chosen King Xin? The Mu family will not get involved, so what should she do to worry about her family in vain. ”

"I'm thinking about it, it's better to inform the ninth sister." Scholar Gu sighed and replied: "The emperor is in the prime of spring and autumn, King Xin and King Yi are also young, and the storage position cannot be fixed for a while, but our Gu family has no way back, and can only go all the way to the dark." There are all kinds of things, and if there are just what ifs...... Maybe we take care of our family, and we will have to rely on the ninth sister in the future. ”

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