By the time Liu Dongxing followed Luo Mingmin in a carriage to a remote house, it was already a watch day (19 o'clock to 21 o'clock in the evening). There was no one else in the house, but an old man who seemed to be mute at the door, and when he saw someone coming, he just lit a lantern for them, brought hot tea, and then withdrew.

Luo Mingmin and Liu Dongxing each sat down in the house, drank a sip of hot tea, and their bodies gradually warmed up a little, but the yin in this room always made people feel cold.

Luo Mingmin didn't speak, Liu Dongxing secretly glanced at him, and coughed lightly: "When was this placed?" Why didn't you mention it before? ”

"It's been two or three months, but I'm busy, and I haven't had time to clean it up, so it's not good to take you to see it." Luo Mingmin saw that he took the initiative to speak, his attitude seemed to be quite gentle, and his tone slowed down slightly, "I don't plan to tell people about this place." This is the first time I've brought someone here. After that, he went straight to the topic: "Say, what's going on in the back garden of the Huang family?" I heard from the people in the department that I originally just planned to teach the prince of Dongping a small lesson and cause him some trouble, why did it come to the daughter of the Zheng family? ”

Liu Dongxing's mind was racing, and he finally decided to tell his friends and Pan: "That's right. Zhu Jingcheng has made too much trouble these days, and many of the daughters of those high-ranking officials and powerful families are openly and secretly jealous of him, and even some of the two families have been friends for generations, or have gotten along well in the DPRK and China for many years, and they all have a dislike for this matter. The saint was a little suspicious, he did not necessarily do this entirely to find a powerful in-law, I am afraid that he also had the intention of deliberately adding obstacles to the saint. In addition, he recently caught up with the eldest lady of the Yongchang Marquis Mansion, in case the princess of Dongping really asked the queen mother for a decree and gave a marriage order, even if the saint was not happy, he could not stop this family business. The saint didn't want to kill his flesh and blood, and he didn't want to upset the queen mother, so he passed on a secret order, asking the secretary of the general administration to teach Zhu Jingcheng a little lesson, which ruined his relationship with the Yongchang Marquis Mansion. As long as his reputation is bad and the marriage fails, the saint will have a reason to give him a good and bad family affair over the queen mother, and then drive him back to the fiefdom. ”

Luo Mingmin frowned: "The idea of the saint is naturally good, but why are you also involved?" It seems that this matter is not in our hands. "The errands they do are all on the intelligence line, and this kind of work that secretly makes stumbling blocks and traps is someone else in charge.

Liu Dongxing didn't want to say that he took the initiative to fight for it, but said: "I have been running errands with you in Dongping Mansion for a long time, and I am familiar with the personnel around Zhu Jingcheng, and they also think that I can help." ”

"And then?" Luo Mingmin raised his eyes to look at him, "Since it's just a reminder from the side, what's going on with that woman just now?" In the end, why did Miss Zheng get involved again? I've heard what Miss Zheng did, but the Holy Lord wouldn't stuff her to Zhu Jingcheng anyway, although the Zheng family is the uncle of the third prince, they also have military power in their hands."

Liu Dongxing hesitated for a moment before he said: "Originally, Sili planned to set up a beauty bureau, first coax Zhu Jingcheng over, and then let him mix with the maid in the house. The son of the Huang family has always had an old rift with Zhu Jingcheng, and recently formed a new feud, and he himself is a good coax, we have bought the servant girl next to him, and we will definitely make him make this matter all over the city. If the Yongchang Marquis Mansion eliminated the idea of marriage because of this, it would naturally be the best, if he was still obsessed, the saint and the queen mother also had an excuse to ruin this family affair in the palace, find another marriage for Zhu Jingcheng, and then send him out of Beijing. In the Queen Mother, there is also a reasonable argument, that is, no matter how unhappy the Queen Mother is, she will only blame Zhu Jingcheng for not being angry. As for the maidservant of the Huang family, we have redeemed her brother from the opera garden in advance, and promised her that she would let her brother get rid of her nationality and become a good citizen afterwards, and be innocent from now on. "After a pause, "But this maid is ready to die, and this incident happened, in the final analysis, because she instigated the young master to take advantage of the absence of Lord Huang and his wife to set up a banquet to entertain those gentlemen, which will cause things to get out of control." Once she and Zhu Jingcheng have a beginning and an end, it is tantamount to falling out of favor. When Mrs. Huang returned home, she learned that she would never be allowed to continue living. I feel a little pitiful for her, but I can't bear to see her die because of this......"

Luo Mingmin smiled: "So you changed the adulterous woman, and she was only left with one charge of instigation?" Siri doesn't know about this, does he? Otherwise, you wouldn't be in such a hurry to send people away. After that, his face sank: "But no one can replace the daughter of the Zheng family, do you know what kind of family the Zheng family is?" Things are like this, if the boss insists on tracking it down, how many lives do you have? ”

Liu Dongxing coughed lowly: "I have all the preparations, and I won't make people suspicious." Although Si Li was puzzled afterwards, he only thought that the son of the Huang family had entangled the maidservant, causing her to not be able to reach the hut in time. Zhu Jingcheng couldn't tell the truth, and could only deduce that Miss Zheng asked him to go. And when Miss Zheng has such an ugly thing, the Zheng family is too busy to hide from the limelight, and they will only stop others from investigating. When the rumors passed, when they wanted to track it down again, all the physical evidence was gone, what could they find? ”

Luo Mingmin looked at him hatefully, and finally sighed helplessly: "So, you finally admit that you did something in this matter?" Miss Zheng was brought here by you, right? This is...... What does this do? I heard about the tea party in Luwangfu, and I also knew that Sister Wen Yi offended Miss Zheng that day, but I didn't see Miss Zheng take any revenge on Sister Wen Yi. Don't tell me, because of this little thing, you set up such a big situation and trap Miss Zheng Jia? ”

Liu Dongxing pursed his lips and was silent for a while before he whispered, "That Zheng family girl...... The mind is deep, the means are ruthless, in order to seek the goal, you can not reach the means, and you don't think about anything. Such a person...... It's too dangerous to keep it, that is, I have no selfishness, I don't think about the ninth sister, I just look at the dignity of the Zheng family daughter in front of the third prince...... Allowing her to become the wife and concubine of the three princes is probably not a blessing for the world. What's more......" his eyes flashed, "If she becomes the future crown princess or prince Liangdi, and has another imperial heir in the future, the three princes will definitely be more biased towards the Zheng family." Although the Zheng family has military power, it is limited to the surrounding areas of the capital, and is responsible for guarding the Beijing Division, at most they have dealt with some small civil unrest, but the real war has never passed. However, Taiwei Zheng's ambition, you know, how can you be satisfied with this? Once he has the intention to replace the Huguo Mansion and take charge of the military power in the world, the Huguo Mansion and the Dongyang Marquis Mansion will be suppressed. To tell the truth, I have received the kindness of the Huguo Mansion, and I must not watch them be aggrieved, it is better to be like now, the Zheng family is still the favored vassals of the royal family, but I can't continue to sit big. If they don't know whether they are alive or dead, they will support the Dongping Royal Mansion instead, and it will just eradicate this hidden danger, and save the saint and the new monarch in the future from worrying about it."

Luo Mingmin glared at him for a long time, but he could only sigh: "Your guts...... It's really too big to say, in fact, what kind of world, what Jingshi Taiping, what the Holy New Monarch, is just incidental to you, what you are for, it's just the safety of Wen Yi's sister"

Liu Dongxing's face changed, but the roots of his ears were slightly red, his eyes flickered to avoid his gaze, and he lowered his head.

Luo Mingmin snorted coldly: "Miss Zheng's methods, others don't know, but we have heard of it, and it is really powerful." Not to mention anything else, just looking at the time she dealt with the daughter of the Dongyang Hou Du family at the Luwangfu Tea Party, you can know how ruthless she is. If she succeeded at that time, except for herself, there would be no second person to benefit, it can be seen how selfish she is, once she offends her, she will not retaliate for a while, and sooner or later she will make you suffer a big loss, not to mention, I remember that the sixth lady of the Gu family seems to be close friends with her for many years, right? I don't know what's going on, if she says that she is framed, she will be framed, in case she insists on putting Miss Gu Liu to death, how can the Gu family stay out of the matter? He glanced at Liu Dongxing, "I heard that the reason why she fell into your trap was because she saw the figure of Miss Gu Liu coming to the back garden of the Huang Mansion." Although I don't know why she chased after Miss Gu Liu, you did succeed in luring her over. But because there were countless people who proved that Miss Gu Liu had indeed never left the Gu family, her words became a lie, and the Gu family got rid of suspicion. It's just that the Zheng family's side may not believe that the Gu family has nothing to do with this matter at all. Aren't you afraid that you will cause trouble to the Gu family? ”

Liu Dongxing was a little disapproving: "It's just that there is trouble, it's also a matter of Gu Jia's room, and it has nothing to do with the sixth room where the ninth sister is." What's more, now that everyone knows that Miss Zheng and Miss Gu Liu have a grudge, how dare the Zheng family openly target the Gu family? ”

Luo Mingmin was angry for a while: "You guy, you are really ...... Except for Sister Wen Yi, you don't care about the rest of the Gu family? ”

"I just need to take care of the six rooms of the Gu family." Liu Dongxing straightened up and said in a low voice, "Brother Luo, you don't have to worry. Among the four guards who escorted Miss Zheng at that time...... One of them also received a great favor from the government of the state. He had already persuaded the other three to wipe out the matter of the Gu family's carriage, no matter what Miss Zheng said, no one would believe it. The Gu family will not be involved. ”

Luo Mingmin was taken aback: "What? That's the person next to the third prince."

"It's okay for the three princes, and they can get rid of their own troubles, it's just a matter of one sentence, what does it matter?" Liu Dongxing smiled slightly, "Since the young lady of the Dongyang Marquis Mansion is going to become the crown princess, the third prince will not regard the generals of the Guogong Mansion as outsiders in the future." Sooner or later, he would find out that the Guogong Mansion was much stronger than the Zheng family. When the time comes, the people around him will also benefit. ”

Luo Mingmin opened his mouth, simply turned his head away, poured a sip of tea that had been cooled, and poured the anger in his heart down, and said after a while: "You kid is lucky, Miss Zheng is ruthless, sometimes for selfishness, she ignores the overall situation, and the boss is also quite dissatisfied with this, even the secretary, there is also some criticism." You must know that what Miss Zheng did in the past was ordered by the top to investigate, and there are many unsavory selfishness. We reported according to the order, and the boss was very unhappy, otherwise he would not insist on changing people. But if she succeeds in her plan and successfully becomes the crown princess, the general secretary has investigated her affairs before, once it reaches her ears, won't we become a thorn in her side? Now you have used a similar method to make her suffer a loss, cutting off her bright future, but you are crooked. Si Li will notice that your kid has moved his hands and feet, and he will quietly wipe it for you, so you should not know, but you can't make such a claim in the future."

Liu Dongxing was a little surprised, but quickly reacted: "I understand, this time it's just a matter of urgency, and I will never ...... in the future."

"You don't understand" Luo Mingmin interrupted him, frowned and hesitated for a while before he said, "The secret agent of the General Administration Department, who is in charge of the world's intelligence, although the official is lowly and small, he is a real power...... Ordinary people get it, once they can't hold it, they are easy to make big mistakes, you just help the secretary of the general administration to run errands now, get convenience, and have real power, for the sake of selfishness, but also for the overall situation, so you secretly moved your hands and feet. Although the result is good, and the intention is also good, but it is a violation of the taboo of the General Administration, you have done it this time, what about that time? If it were for yourself, or for Sister Wen Yi, would you use the power in your hands again? There must be two, and there must be three. Eastbound, I have been good friends with you for many years, our brothers go south and north together, it is a real friend of life and death, I ...... I don't want to see you lose yourself. ”

Liu Dongxing looked at him in shock, wanting to say that he was not lost, but when the words came to his mouth, he hesitated again, and finally swallowed it.

Did he really not? He lived to be eighteen years old, and he was always pressed on the head, but since he worked for the General Administration, how much has he done using the power in his hands and the information he received from the General Administration? He set a trap for his second uncle, but at the same time he also leaked the secrets of the General Administration, and he cut off Zheng Lijun's future for Wen Yi's safety, but at the same time, he ...... But it also disrupted the layout of the General Administration......

He opened his mouth, and suddenly felt speechless, and after a while, he squeezed out a sentence: "I understand...... I...... I know wrong. ”

Luo Mingmin's expression slowed down, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said softly: "Good brother, I know that I am wrong at this time, it is still too late, and I will ...... in the future You must be cautious in such a place as the General Administration, and the people under you will always pay attention to it, now you have not officially joined the Division, but you are helping to do some errands, and the boss has not noticed you, but in the future, when you enter the Division, you must not be so careless Don't bury your future for the sake of temporary pleasure"

Liu Dongxing nodded, and then said with some shame: "In order to bring Miss Zheng over, I ...... I used the men and goods of your family's property......"

Luo Mingmin interrupted him with a smile: "I already know about that, it doesn't matter, the eunuch in charge of the wine and vinegar noodle bureau is familiar with my family, and I have already informed him, they won't talk nonsense." At that intersection, I also sent someone to replace a few witnesses early, and I also asked someone to help you wipe other flaws. You kid, you have to be more careful in the future. Look at this handwriting, it's just a matter of deceiving others, and it falls into the eyes of connoisseurs, tsk......"

Liu Dongxing smiled and shook Luo Mingmin's hand: "Good big brother, my brother will never forget your words today for the rest of my life."

The scandal of adultery between Zhu Jingcheng, the prince of Dongping, and Zheng Lijun, the daughter of the Zheng family, was silently suppressed.

It's the New Year in the blink of an eye. On the first day of the first lunar month, the palace finally issued a decree to establish the emperor's third son Jingkun as the crown prince and move to the East Palace. Then, the eldest daughter of the Dongyang Marquis Mansion Du Shi was appointed as the crown princess, and the eldest daughter of the Yuancheng prefect Lin was the crown prince Liangdi, and there were a number of children, and the second day of February was a big ceremony.

On the same day, Zheng Taiwei's eldest daughter, Zheng, was accused of marrying Zhu Jingcheng, the son of the king of Dongping, and chose a day to get married.