At that time, Emperor Jiajing asked the eunuchs around him if it was suitable for Hu Zongxian to be the governor of Jiangnan. In fact, Emperor Jiajing rarely asked the eunuchs around him about this kind of thing, and this time he was also a little hesitant. Unexpectedly, the eunuchs on one side said in unison that it was inappropriate, on the grounds that this Hu Zongxian was usually stubborn and self-serving, and he was absolutely ruthless when he excluded dissidents. If Hu Zongxian becomes the governor of Jiangnan, he will definitely not be under the command of the central court in the future.

Although Emperor Jiajing was a suspicious person, he still believed in the eunuchs around him, especially the eunuch Lu Fang, who was the eunuch of the celebrant and the seal of the seal. There was no direct order to be elected by the cabinet and the celebrant to elect a few more people.

When Hu Zongxian learned about this, he was extremely angry. He couldn't figure out why Lu Fang and the other eunuchs would oppose him as the governor of Jiangnan so fiercely. Hu Zongxian knew that if he was replaced with a person who was not on the right path with him, not only would his position not be guaranteed, but also the territory and power that he had built up with great difficulty would be destroyed. For the sake of his own future, for his own future, he tried to ease the situation while increasing the contact between the two forces of Yan Song and Xu Jie. In order to be sure, he was going to secretly create some trouble for Lu Fang, so that Lu Fang had no time to take care of his own affairs.

This errand of stabbing Lou Zi and offending people fell on Qin Tai. Hu Zongxian deliberately excluded his most powerful subordinates to protect Qin Tai and his party. But in fact, there are several layers of meaning in it, first of all, Hu Zongxian wanted to know the scope of Qin Tai's investigation as soon as possible, for fear that his cronies would bump into Qin Tai's hands. Second, Hu Zongxian didn't believe that Qin Tai didn't take any treasure after they found it. He sent Li Ding to secretly search, as soon as he found the clue of the treasure, he would take down Qin Tai and his party on the spot. Escort the people and treasures to Hu Zongxian's yamen, but to ensure secrecy. But Li Ding found that Qin Tai and the others not only did not take any of the treasures in the treasure, but also did not commit any offence to Qiu wherever they went, and they were definitely some good officials who were honest and honest. Third, he tried every means to lure Qin Tai and them to the eunuch's territory, Qianqiu Pavilion. Qin Tai is a person who has no backstage, and he is also a person who dares to do anything, he will definitely find out everything in the Qianqiu Pavilion clearly. In this way, the secrets here will be exposed, and Lu Fang will not have the energy to care about Hu Zongxian's affairs. Of course, for the sake of secrecy, and for the sake of everyone's interests, Qin Tai will be the victims of this incident, and Qin Tai and his party will know the secret only after they have completely solved it. As long as Qin Tai is dead, Qin Tai and the treasure that they support Hu Zongxian will not know the truth. This money became the money that Hu Zongxian managed to raise by himself, not only could he embezzle a lot, but also exaggerate his achievements. That's a lot of money.

Although Qin Tai and the others escaped death, they saw through the trap at the critical moment and found a breakthrough. His life was saved, but he completely offended the Anhui officialdom and the people in the inner palace. not only cut off an illegal income of the emperor's family, but also completely exposed the true situation of some eunuchs. This is equivalent to giving Lu Fang, the chief of the inner palace and the eunuch who holds the seal of the ceremonial supervisor, a big slap in the face, for which Lu Fang not only has to appease the grumpy Emperor Jiajing, but also has to face a series of internal personnel cleanup. It seems that Lu Fang's good days are over, and when he is busy with these things, he should also step down.

There is only one person who has benefited from this matter, and that is the scheming Hu Zongxian. Hu Zongxian took advantage of this matter to strike at the forces of the inner palace, so that Emperor Jiajing did not dare to trust these eunuchs excessively. "It turns out that these rootless people are also some unreliable people." This is a sentence that Emperor Jiajing said after reading the recital written by Hu Zongxian on this matter. This sentence made all the eunuchs behave like kittens at once, and everyone was in danger. The eunuch, who was originally very arrogant, whether in the palace or outside the palace, suddenly learned to be a man with his tail between his legs. And Hu Zongxian's order to serve as the governor of Jiangnan was also issued, for two reasons, first, Lu Fang, who was originally very opposed, was completely dumbfounded, and second, Hu Zongxian himself found a way to raise an objective property for the front line, which greatly alleviated the expenses of the imperial court. This made the already stretched court deeply relieved. In recognition of Hu Zongxian, Emperor Jiajing decided to make Hu Zongxian the newly established governor of Jiangnan and the commander-in-chief of the former enemy. Hu Zongxian became the governor of Jiangnan as he wished, and became the largest official in Jiangnan.

When he learned that Li Ding, whom he admired very much, not only betrayed him, but also almost killed himself, Qin Tai had to decide to disperse them. For the sake of Li Ding's love for helping him and sharing weal and butter with him, Qin Tai did not punish them, but just drove them back to Hu Zongxian's side. Li Ding and they actually didn't want to leave Qin Tai and them, and they knew that Qin Tai and them were a group of honest people who served the country and the people during the time they got along. But they also felt that they were sorry for Qin Tai, Qin Tai treated them as relatives, but they obeyed Hu Zongxian's order to frame Qin Tai and them. In the end, Li Ding and the others decided to leave, not because they had no face to stay, but because they wanted to return to the front line, be a real soldier, and kill the enemy for the country and the people.

drove away Li Ding, Qin Tai didn't think about what his own people said, but just announced that he would pack up and hit the road as soon as possible. In fact, everyone also vaguely felt something, especially the old drunkard master, who almost knew it clearly. Everyone didn't say much, and they all knew that Qin Tai was in a particularly bad mood at this time.

Qin Tai was just about to leave when a messenger with a small flag on his back rushed over.

The messenger said to Qin Tai: "Excuse me, is there Lord Qin Tai living here?" I have his letter here. ”

Qin Tai took out his guard, and after careful investigation by the messenger, he confirmed that it was true. handed a letter to Qin Tai.

Qin Tai took the letter and found that the letter was tightly sealed, and it was also stamped with fire paint. This is the fire paint that is only stamped on important official letters, that is, to prevent anyone from peeking at or damaging it. The recipient should check whether the fire paint is intact as soon as possible, and only after confirmation can he sign for the letter. But this kind of letter is of a very high level, and it is the second time in Qin Tai's life that he has received it. The first time I received a letter was a letter from him when he went to work in the Criminal Department, which contained a special pass to enter and leave the prison of the Criminal Department. If it weren't for this pass, I wouldn't have sent letters at such a high level. But what happened this time? Need to send a letter so secretly?

After Qin Tai checked the fire paint, he signed his name on the signature book given by the messenger. The messenger left immediately.

Qin Tai handed the letter to the old drunkard master, and the master rarely opened the letter soberly. For an old man like him, there is definitely a set of opening this kind of letter. He also knew very well that there must be some kind of difficult case in this, and Qin Tai and the others needed to go and solve it. Depending on the level and level of secrecy, it should be a homicide or a case involving officials. It seems that Qin Tai is going to be busy again.

Qin Tai summoned everyone to sit down together, and Xiao Lingzi also made a pot of tea. This is everyone's habit, when they want to study a case or discuss something, everyone likes to sit around and drink tea. Of course, the old drunkard master definitely never leaves the wine jug and never drinks tea.

"Ma Sandao" still sat by the door, listening to everyone's speeches while guarding the door. This is also his habit, and everyone has become accustomed to it.

By the time everyone sat down, the old drunkard had just finished reading the first letter. The old drunkard looked at Qin Tai without any expression, and Qin Tai nodded. The old drunkard master took a sip of wine and said slowly: "This letter is an urgent letter sent by the Criminal Department of the capital. It is to solve a major case as soon as possible. ”

Everyone didn't speak, and continued to listen to the old drunkard's words.

The old drunkard put down the wine jug in his hand rarely, and he solemnly held the letter and said: "Since the beginning of this year, there have been several murders in Nanzhili. The deceased had come back to life after certain deaths, and had said some strange things. They claimed to be officials of my Ming Dynasty, and they were not only able to tell the time of their birth and death, but also said something unbelievable. In the end, before everyone had time to react, they ran to the river and swallowed a large amount of sediment in the river and died. One or two are not unusual, and they can also be explained as losing their minds or being possessed by ghosts. But there were more than a dozen such things, and they all said that they were officials, and they all swallowed the sand and died. So this is definitely not an isolated case, but a series of cases that are connected. The Criminal Department once sent three officials to investigate the case, but unexpectedly, not only did they not solve the case, but they all died. It just so happened that we were also in Jiangnan, and the Criminal Department ordered us to put down all the cases we had in hand and go all out to handle this case. ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and no one spoke immediately.

The old drunkard master said: "This kind of thing has happened before, and everyone treats them as ghosts. Some people also ask them to borrow corpses to resurrect their souls, which means that some unjust ghosts or unwilling ghosts who have just died borrow their newly dead bodies to return their yang, and do what they want to do but have no time to do. Generally speaking, such cases are not settled. At most, the family of the deceased will find a few Taoist priests, and the expulsion method will be forgotten. ”

"Ma Sandao" has never said much, so he just frowned and didn't say anything.

Xiao Lingzi is the only young master Qin Tai who is the first to look forward, Qin Tai doesn't speak, and he doesn't talk nonsense. Whatever Qin Tai wants, he will follow, and there will be absolutely no hesitation or opposition.

It's our hero, who claims to be a high-tech and bold Zhan Xiaoxiao, who can't sit still. After so many things, Zhan Xiao's courage has not only not been practiced, but it is getting smaller and smaller. She really didn't want to take on this case, but she knew Qin Tai's temper better. Don't say that this case is not assigned to Qin Tai, even if it is not a case managed by Qin Tai, Qin Tai will intervene in this case. Because Qin Tai likes to make trouble for himself and challenge high difficulties.