Qin Tai waited patiently for the "old drunkard" master, and the "Ma Sandao" on the side also understood what Qin Tai meant. "Ma Sandao" is different from the "old drunkard" master, the "old drunkard" master has the nobility and reserve of the literati, but the "Ma Sandao" has nothing. If it weren't for Qin Tai, who had just gone down to the south of the Yangtze River, "Ma Sandao" would have been a butcher or farmer by now. According to the rules of the imperial court, if a disbanded prison guard like "Ma Sandao" could not find a new takeover of the yamen within a month, he would automatically become a common man. Although "Ma Sandao" is just a little jailer with no rank, he can only sleep on the ground with two meals a day all year round, but he is always a member of the government. Ordinary people in the rivers and lakes dare not offend themselves, and no one dares to look down on themselves when walking on the street. If you don't have this official skin, you will be a common man who is nothing. For this reason, "Ma Sandao" really respects Qin Tai and treats Qin Tai as his ancestor. As long as it is Qin Tai's order, "Ma Sandao" will definitely go all out.

Seeing Qin Tai's respect for this "old drunkard" master, "Ma Sandao" gradually understood his attitude. hurriedly waited for the "old drunkard" master with a more respectful attitude. "Ma Sandao" thought very clearly in his heart, he had already offended the "old drunkard" master just now. Even if the "old drunkard" master and others will take advantage of the topic to play, no matter how much they bully themselves, they can't fight back, and let the "old drunkard" master get angry. Qin Tai, who is easy to talk, will definitely make up for himself. As long as the case is solved and Qin Tai is promoted, he will reward his subordinates. Zhan Xiaoxiao is a woman, no matter whether she can be Qin Tai's wife in the future or not, she can't mix in the men's pile anymore. Xiao Lingzi is Qin Tai's little follower, and he has to win over Xiao Lingzi well. This "old drunkard" master can't be offended now, and in the future, when he has the opportunity, he will clean up this "old drunkard" master. "Ma Sandao" believes that he will definitely be able to become the most important subordinate at Qin Tai's hands in the future, and Qin Tai will rely on him to be promoted and make a fortune in the future.

The "old drunkard" master played enough prestige and put on a good posture, and then slowly said: "My lord." Small discovery of some details on the dossier. You see, these officials are not as unrelated as they seem. These officials have spent their respective positions in the same place. The biggest suspicion in this case lies here. If you really want to find out any clues, there is only one place that is related. ”

Qin Tai followed the instructions of the "old drunkard" master and saw the only thing that every official had in common. Qin Tai couldn't be happy, because this common denominator was too scary.

There is no need for the "old drunkard" master and "Ma Sandao" to disturb Qin Tai anymore, what Qin Tai needs most now is how to digest this fact. Qin Tai and the others lived in a small village nearby, claiming to be just passing merchants.

Qin Tai stood alone outside the rental house in the small village, facing the mountains in the distance, quietly thinking about things. This case was clueless from the beginning, and gradually there were clues. However, these clues did not have much effect on Qin Tai. Guo Yang, a deceased official in the mouth of a deceased, led to a woman named "Little Peach". The appearance of "Little Pink" caused a case of poisoning and murder in a border military camp that no one had known about for many years, and there was even an unjust case of the imperial court more than 20 years ago. The reminder of "Ma Sandao" gave the case a new clue, and Zhan Xiaoxiao disguised himself as a person in the rivers and lakes to inquire about the suspect who would be drugged. The "old drunkard" master found the third clue, it turned out that all the officials involved in the case had held relevant positions in one place. In this way, these officials may know each other, or they may only be related to each other, but one thing can be certain, they must be related. But these officials are dead, to whom do they go to ask for advice on these things?

The "old drunkard" master continued to drink in the room, no longer having the excitement just now, and he didn't want to meddle in the case. He was just planning in his heart, where would he go after leaving Qin Tai in the future? "Ma Sandao" put down his luggage, went to buy rice and vegetables, and prepared for the three of them to eat and drink. In order to express his apology, but also to ease the relationship between him and the "old drunkard" master, "Ma Sandao" also went to buy a jar of good wine to "honor" the "old drunkard" master. This is also where "Ma Sandao" is powerful, he is full of joy and anger, and he can endure it or not. If such a person gains power, all those who have offended him will be unlucky.

Qin Tai held a dossier in his hand, and this dossier was not that of many dead people, nor of those so-called possessed officials, but of a eunuch. When Qin Tai came out of the Qianqiu Pavilion, he accidentally found a little eunuch reciting a piece of information. Qin Tai asked the little eunuch curiously, and the little eunuch actually asked Qin Tai to pay him, so he told Qin Tai the secret in the file. Qin Tai had no choice but to give the little eunuch who was less than ten years old a tael of silver, and the little eunuch grabbed this piece of silver tightly, and without saying much, he directly gave this file to Qin Tai and left.

Qin Tai studied for a long time before he realized that there were three characters in this dossier, one of which was the information of a little eunuch who was about the same age as the little eunuch. It is to ask this little eunuch to impostor. It seems that this little eunuch named Xiao Luzi must have a background, otherwise he would not have called a little eunuch to pretend. This real path is either dead or missing, and it is very likely that he saw some people or things that should not be seen, and then disappeared or was secretly executed. The second person is named Li Laifu, and he is a handyman eunuch who is not very old. The information indicates that Li Laifu is a "nameless white", and the surname Li is because the eunuch who adopted him is surnamed Li, and Laifu is a cheap name. Whether in the palace or among the people, the number of people who call for blessings is not clear. "Nameless white" are people who have no identity, and they are different from the little eunuchs sent to the palace. Because they have no identity certificate and no guarantor, they can only be a handyman for the rest of their lives. It seems that this Li Laifu is also missing, and it is very likely that something happened to him with that little road, so he disappeared and was killed together. The third person is named Zhang Jing, and this is the most critical person. Zhang Jing's information explains several things, the first Zhang Jing belongs to the middle and high-ranking "reserve cadres" of the imperial palace, and is currently a young eunuch of the imperial prison, and he is a very promising internal official in the future. Second, this Zhang Jing once spent a period of time in Nanjing, Nanzhili. Many officials have a certain relationship with this Zhang Jing. The third Zhang Jing had a good relationship with the eunuch Lü Fang, who was ******** and the celebrant Zhang Yin, and Zhang Jing was one of Lü Fang's many godsons. Among Lu Fang's thousands of godsons, Zhang Jing is one who is young and has a high status. Because Zhang Jing has listened to Lu Fang's words since he was a child, and when he was out of the south of the Yangtze River, he made enough money, and after returning to the palace, Zhang Jing made money everywhere. Of course, Lu Fang's relationship cannot be broken, and there are many benefits for other great eunuchs, and Zhang Jing has become a more favored eunuch in the palace now. Soon after Lu Fang was ready, he proposed that Zhang Jing go to the celebrant to "walk" on an errand. The so-called "walking" is not walking, but learning to handle affairs in the celebrant supervisor, and is an informal member. There are two extremely important places among the Ming officials, both of which have the so-called "walking". One is the cabinet, which is the highest yamen of all officials, helping the emperor to deal with and receive all major state affairs. There is also a place where the celebrant is the celebrant, which is where the inner palace deals with the affairs of the inner court and the royal family.

Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang because of the Prime Minister Hu Weiyong incident, issued a clear decree to remove the prime minister, the six Shangshu should be directly responsible to the emperor, and all government affairs have the emperor alone to make the final decision. But soon after, it was discovered that the emperor really couldn't manage so many political affairs alone, and later there was a cabinet. The so-called cabinet is very strange, during the period of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, they were actually the secretary of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, helping the emperor to make orders and draft some documents. When the emperor was young or sick, the cabinet managed state affairs on behalf of the emperor and issued various instructions on behalf of the emperor. Eventually, the power of the cabinet grew, and it gradually replaced the six ministries as the most important officials in the court. In order to check and balance the power of the cabinet and supervise the cabinet, the emperors of successive dynasties used the Tai Tai to restrain the cabinet ministers. This is the "cabinet draft, the celebrant approves the red." ". That is to say, the cabinet drafts the holy decree on behalf of the emperor, and the eunuch seals the seal on behalf of the emperor, and the eunuch paints the Zhu Approval on behalf of the emperor. Gradually, the first and second assistants of the cabinet were called prime ministers and prime ministers, and their actual power was similar to that of the real prime minister. The eunuchs of the celebrant also rose to the top, and were known as the most powerful yamen in the inner palace. The officials regarded the members of the cabinet as the foreign minister, and the eunuch with the palm print of the celebrant and the four eunuchs with the pen as the internal minister. It is the dream of all eunuchs to be a eunuch with a palm seal and to be able to use the emperor's jade seal to cover the holy decree with their own hands. In the ********, that is, under the eunuch Zhang Yin, the celebrant eunuch, there are four eunuchs with a pen, the first eunuch is also the head of the East Factory, the second is the chief eunuch of the Jinyi Guard, the third is the chief of the Qianqing Palace, and the fourth is the chief of the Imperial Horse Supervisor. The eunuch with the palm seal in charge of the emperor's jade seal not only has the right to "approve red", but also has the right to manage all the eunuchs and maids in the palace. Nearly 100,000 eunuchs and more than 30,000 palace maids must obey his command alone. What's more, there are more than 100,000 forbidden troops inside and outside the capital, who nominally only obey the orders of the emperor alone, but in fact, they also listen to the orders of this eunuch Zhang Yin. It is no wonder that everyone is in charge of the eunuch Zhang Yin, who is "nine thousand years old" and "the emperor". The rights of Dongchang are also feared by all the Ming ministers and ordinary people. The viciousness of the East Factory and the style of doing things made everyone jaw-dropping. There is also a folk saying, called "Zhu Dynasty, Fanzi World." This "fanzi" is a "derogatory" name for the people of Dongchang. Jinyiwei is a spy agency established during the period of Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, specializing in spying on officials and non-governmental organizations. Zhu Yuanzhang was a suspicious person who never believed in the officials under him, so he used a group of war orphans to form a brocade guard. Under his direct command, he secretly monitored all officials, especially some generals, local dignitaries, and ministers of the DPRK and China. It has never been a clear order that all officials above the third rank of the imperial court, including those of the third grade, will be secretly monitored by Jinyiwei and reported to the emperor regularly. Local officials of the fifth rank or above, and generals with more than 1,000 troops, should also be supervised by the Jinyi Guard. The Qianqing Palace is the place where the emperor deals with national affairs, and the head of the Qianqing Palace is the person closest to the emperor, so the position is also quite important. The Imperial Horse Supervisor is the second largest department in the Inner Palace, "the palm seal of the celebrant supervisor, and the palm charm of the imperial horse supervisor." "The celebrant is in charge of the emperor's jade seal, and the imperial horse is in charge of the emperor's "talisman". All the generals in and outside the capital, seeing the Fu as if they were seeing the king, directly obeyed the dispatch of the "Soldier Fu". The Imperial Horse Supervisor was outside, and each general who led the troops was equipped with a "Prison Army". This overseer is a eunuch, who not only has the financial power of the army, but also has the "soldier's talisman" to send troops. Only when half of the "soldier talisman" in the hand of the prison army closes the holy decree issued by the imperial horse supervisor and sends troops to the "soldier talisman", can the army be mobilized to go to battle. Therefore, the chief of the Imperial Horse Supervisor is actually the highest actual general in charge of the Ming army. One celebrant Zhang Yin eunuch, and four eunuchs below Bingbi are the "walking" eunuchs of the celebrant eunuch. If Zhang Jing enters the celebrant and serves as a "walker", he will be one of the top ten eunuchs in the palace.

Qin Tai was a little hesitant, could Zhang Jing be involved in this case again? Because of this unintentional dossier, Qin Tai discovered that Zhang Jing should know these dead officials. Like Mr. Zhang, these officials had served as officials in a place called Kunshan.

Kunshan is the largest barracks in Nanzhili, as early as when Beijing City was still under construction, the capital of the Ming Dynasty was in Nanzhili Nanjing City. Kunshan, the closest barracks to Nanjing, was responsible for protecting Kyoto. Although the Beijing division later moved north, the important task of guarding the city of Nanjing was still alive. Zhang Jing once served as the supervisor of the Kunshan Barracks, and also served as the deputy envoy of the old palace in Nanjing, during this time, it happened to be the time when these officials were officials in Nanzhili. The only thing they have in common is that they have served as the prefect or prefect of Kunshan, or have held some position in the Kunshan military camp. Although one of them had never been an official in Kunshan or held a position in the barracks, he had worked in the army and lived with Zhang Jing and them for a period of time in the barracks, and it was very likely that he knew some secrets. In this way, these officials, as well as Zhang Jing, must know some secrets, so they were killed together. So, someone is taking revenge on them? Do they fall into the category of "vendetta"? Qin Tai couldn't determine the direction of detection.