It turned out that these people were all guards who were bribed by Jin Dingkang's family, and they were responsible for helping Jin Dingkang do some assassination to get rid of the people who were his enemies.

In addition, it was also learned from their mouths that because Shengzhou is close to Shuzhou and Huizhou, and Lingyang is rich in copper mines, in addition to brass, red copper and copper are more precious, so in order to block the mouths of neighbors, Jin Dingkang has bribed officials in Shuzhou and Huizhou in recent years, and has to send a lot of silver every year, and the officials of Shuzhou and Huizhou are also happy to accept it, after all, just keep their mouths shut, and they can get tens of thousands of taels of silver without spending a penny of effort, why not.

As for whether there are any people in the palace who have contacted Jin Dingkang, these dead men only know that there are indeed frequent flying pigeons at the beginning of each month, but the content of the letter is impossible for them to see, so it is not clear which people Jin Dingkang is in contact with.

After asking about the news they wanted, Lin Qingzhi and Murong Qing glanced at each other, and then said, "Then if you don't complete the task of killing us, what will Jin Dingkang do with you?" ”

The man in black then knelt down loudly, kowtowed a few times, gritted his teeth and said: "Our brothers know that it is difficult for disloyal people to be trusted, but they were forced to defect to Jin Dingkang's door at the beginning, and now the task is not completed, and it will definitely be a loss of people to go back, begging the two nobles to stay with us, and the brothers must be sent to the soup and fire, and they will not give up!" ”

Several other people also kowtowed, and Murong Qing said lightly: "It's not difficult to keep you, but it also depends on whether you can have this ability to be used by me, so let's do it, in order to save your lives, it's getting late now, and a few of us will leave, but we will settle down in Bailu Town, ten miles away, and a few of you will go back to Jinfu to resume your life." ”

Murong Qing paced a few steps, and said after pondering: "Let's just say that when you arrived at the inn, we were afraid of chasing and fleeing, didn't you say that there will be letters at the beginning of each month, whether it is a letter from elsewhere, or a letter sent by Jin Dingkang, I want you to get it for me, in addition, there is so much silver every month and every year, there must be an account book, you have to get it for me, and after you get it, hand it over to me in Bailu Town, give you five days, I will also give you the antidote for five days, if you can't do it, Just wait to see Hades. ”

A few people just thought they were saved, but they didn't expect that it would only take five days, and they would lose their lives if they didn't do it, and their faces fell again, but there was no better way, so they all nodded and agreed, after all, their lives were in the hands of others, so they couldn't help but agree.

So after untying a few people, Lin Qingzhi and Murong Qing packed their luggage and drove to Bailu Town outside the city in a carriage overnight.

Lin Qingzhi was already tired, and she was traveling day and night, and she was pregnant, so she reacted even more intensely, and she only felt a splitting headache, which could only be supported by the soft pillow on the carriage.

After arriving in Bailu Town, he found a peasant family to live in, leaving Lily, Wulu and two other guards to take care of Lin Qingzhi, and Murong Qing took two entourages to run towards Phoenix Mountain.

Because he wanted to see what the copper mine in Lingyang was now mined into, and besides, maybe he could get some useful news.

Unexpectedly, I got some useful news, in a simple tavern five miles away from Phoenix Mountain, there were a few people who looked like officials eating wine.

The cold wind rattled the rain cloth around them, and an old couple beckoned to the tumbling earthen stove, and it seemed that the old man was the owner of the tavern.

The three of them ordered two taels of beef and a plate of peanuts, and found a small corner to sit down, when they heard a lean man with a flushed face at the next table say to the other two officials: "Big brother, we can't drink anymore, if the adults find out that we are not working in the mine to monitor them and drink here, we will definitely blame." ”

"It's freezing this day, and it's snowing heavily, how can adults come to this place, besides, don't adults only come a few times a month, what are you afraid of, come, drink." One of the round-faced officials with a fat figure said.

"But wouldn't it be good for us to do this, in case something happens, blame it......" said the thin official hesitantly.

"Just your timid as a mouse, how can you follow me in the future, we are all doing big things, I heard my uncle and my father chat, for the time being, just let me experience it here, and when His Royal Highness King Xin ascends the throne in the future, he will transfer me to the front of the palace as a guard, just your little courage, how can you follow your buddies to do big things, awkward, and you have lost all your good interest." The fat man said impatiently.

After listening to these people's chats, I realized that this fat man was Jin Dingkang's nephew, and as for His Royal Highness King Xin, of course, it was Xiao Muheng, the fourth son of the emperor, the son of Mrs. Xun.

It turned out that if it was as Ah Zhi expected, these things in Lingyang had a lot to do with the palace, and after these officials were drunk and unconscious and snored on the table, Murong Qing got up and inquired about the situation in the mountains from the boss and his wife, and then got on the horse and walked back.

Three days later, in the morning, the black-clothed man who wanted to kill them at the inn rushed to Bailu Town, and when his life was threatened by others, he got several letters and an account book.

But Lin Qingzhi and Murong Qing did not take a few people for their own use, after all, if they needed manpower, the Murong family and Xuanji Pavilion were not lacking, and no matter what, as they themselves said, the people who turned their backs on the old master were overwhelmed, so they just gave them an antidote and gave them their freedom.

Lin Qingzhi took these account books and looked through them under the lamp, feeling more and more shocking, according to the account records, the annual copper mine income is as high as several million taels, and the annual report to the imperial court is only 500,000 taels, except for half of the annual to the palace Mrs. Xun, except for the part that is his own, the rest is either used to bribe the officials of the neighboring state capital, or handed over to the Yunyang Xun family.

Jin Dingkang has been the assassin of Shengzhou for six years, in the past six years, Mrs. Xun's income has reached tens of millions of taels, Jin Dingkang and the Xun family are also very profitable, together they can have equivalent to most of the national treasury, but the people of Shengzhou are living a miserable life, hungry and poorly clothed.

In the past, Lin Qingzhi only listened to her father often complain to her in private, saying that the court was full of sycophants, cliques and selfish people, and there was a miasma, but she didn't expect that corruption was rampant in the local area, enriching her own pockets, and committing fraud.

The intercepted letter was also passed on to Mrs. Xun in the palace, Lin Qingzhi thought that in addition to the power of the queen's relatives and the power of the government and the opposition, she didn't expect that there was a more astonishing Mrs. Xun faction secretly growing.

King Xin, the little boy who was a little impulsive, the lady Xun who never competed for favor, actually had such great ability, and what he was looking for was actually the dragon chair.

Could it be that this supreme position is really so desirable that these people give up a stable and quiet life, and they will not hesitate to block their lives to fight for it?

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