Anhua King Zhu Ningxiao is very angry, since he lives in Ningxia Town, he has transformed the Qingwang Mansion like an iron wall, not to mention the change in the pattern, the guards in the palace have also increased to more than 3,000 people, the Qingwang Mansion of the city in the city, just like the imperial palace located in the northwest, is heavily guarded.

However, last night, when the guards reported that someone had entered the palace, Zhu Ningxiao didn't believe that anyone dared to do this, and when the guards presented the grabs left on the wall and the broken oilcloth covered with arrows on the head of the inner wall, he had to believe that there was indeed a guy with a short eye.

Zhu Ningxiao knew very well in his heart that the so-called cockroach entering the Qingwang Mansion was complete nonsense, which cockroach would be so bold? Looking at Ningxia City, there are more than a dozen groups of gangsters and idlers in the five cities in the southeast, northwest, and northwest, all of them are under the control of the palace, and these guys are still good at bullying the people. For them, Qingwangfu is the tiger's den in Longtan, don't think about going out when you come in, there is only one way to get out: go out horizontally.

However, it is quite intriguing who this person who entered the mansion; What kind of person is so interested in Qingwangfu that he wants to take such a big risk to come in and take a look?

Zhu Ningyao had to think carefully about this issue, although the relationship between the upper and lower officials in Ningxia City was complicated, but this was complicated in the eyes of outsiders, and in Zhu Ningxia's eyes, the military and political officials in Ningxia Town were nothing more than three types of people. One is his own people, including An Weixue and several commanders and deputy generals under the General Military Office of Ningxia Town; the other type is Liu Jin's people, Li Zeng, the eunuch of the town army, and a small group of people around him, including Zhou Dong and others who have been here for several months; The third type of people are centrists such as Jiang Han, the chief soldier, and others.

At the time of the incident, Zhu Ningxiao suspected that Li Zeng had sent someone to do it, but he quickly ruled out this possibility; Li Zeng's strength in Ningxia Town is naturally not small, but he is just a lieutenant official, relying on the power of the inner court to have a foothold in Ningxia Town, even if he has the heart to detect that he has something secret, this Li Zeng will not be stupid enough to send someone to infiltrate the palace officials, because Li Zeng has been in Ningxia Town for a long time, he will not know that Qingwang Mansion must not come in lightly.

Besides, there is actually nothing to do with Liu Jin between himself and Liu Jin, and he also went to the capital to see Liu Jin in a special service last fall, one is because he has a request for Liu Jin, and the other is that he really wants to have some relationship with Liu Jin, although Liu Jin is nothing in his eyes, but after all, he is the head of the inner court of the red people around the emperor, and it is beneficial to have a big deal with him.

It is possible to say that Liu Jin instructed Li Zeng to monitor his words and deeds, but Li Zeng would never do such a bold thing when he entered the palace to watch, and Zhu Ningxuan firmly believed this.

As for Jiang Han and the others, it is even more impossible, although these guys will never be friendly with themselves on the surface, but in fact, they have never said a word to themselves, and they can't be so stupid, they want to enter the palace to take a curious look at the secret.

After all kinds of possible characters were eliminated one by one, Zhu Ningxiao gradually set his sights on the officials who were not in Ningxia Town, Yang Yiqing may have the courage, but he definitely has no motive, he is just responsible for rectifying the border preparations, and he can't come to spy on any secrets about himself, not to mention that he has already publicly expressed his support for his official duties, Yang Yiqing can basically rule it out.

Who has the guts, the motivation? The only one is none other than Song Nan, the commander of the Jinyi Guard who lives in the Guanxue Building of the palace. Zhu Ningxiao had long known in his heart that Song Nan was not here to investigate the attack on Yang Yiqing, but to investigate the killing of his spies.

The three Jinyi Wei spies in the palace were killed by themselves, and they didn't plan to kill them, after all, knowing the identities of these secret agents, their death would cause some trouble, but if it weren't for these guys jumping in the palace, they also suspected that they saw some secrets that shouldn't be seen, for fear that they would reveal the news to the Jinyi Wei Yamen, they would never give this order.

Since he killed these three people, Zhu Ningxiao knew that Song Nan would definitely investigate the matter when he came here, since these people entered the palace last night but bumped into the north barracks where the guards were stationed like headless flies, it is very illustrative that the person who entered the palace was not familiar with the renovated palace, and it would never be a Ningxia town official who had frequently entered and exited the palace.

Could it really be Song Nan? Although Zhu Ningxiao had many doubts in his heart, he couldn't be completely sure, because Song Nan didn't look like such a reckless person, if he sent someone into the Qingwang Mansion, once it was discovered, the consequences would be extremely strict. As an important minister of the imperial court, it is the time when the sun is in full swing, how could Song Nan take this risk? Song Nan will definitely not seriously consider the consequences.

But in any case, he was the most suspicious, and Zhu Ningxiao decided to send someone to test Song Nan. So he went out of the palace that morning, he came to the governor's yamen in the name of the palace thief and reported to the official, and found An Weixue, he asked An Weixue to go to the snow viewing building for himself, and test Song Nan well.

An Weixue is naturally a hundred willing, after discussing with King Anhua, An Weixue came to Guanxue Tower in the afternoon to ask to see Song Nan, but he only saw Song Nan's Wang Yong and Hou Dabiao, Song Nan himself is said to have suffered from the wind cold last night, and his body is resting in bed with a fever.

An Weixue was even more suspicious in his heart, the prince said that the two thieves were still trapped in the palace last night, and this Song Nan actually didn't see his face, there was definitely a problem here; Although at the beginning, he thought that even if Jin Yiwei did it, it was Song Nan's subordinates who entered the mansion, and it was impossible for Song Nan to take risks by himself, but this person acted unexpectedly, in case he himself was bold enough to do this, he would be able to make sense if he didn't see others.

Of course, An Weixue refused to be fooled away, the more he was not allowed to see, the more he wanted to see, so he insisted on going upstairs to visit Song Nan, Wang Yong and Hou Dabiao just didn't let him, and when there was a lot of trouble at the bottom of the stairs, a Jinyi guard upstairs shouted: "Hou Ye asked what was going on down there?" Noisy and noisy? ”

An Weixue hurriedly shouted upstairs: "Lord Song, Xiaguan An Weixue has something important to report to your lord, and adults don't have to get up if they are unwell, Xiaguan only stands in front of the door and talks." ”

The guard shrank his head and went back for a while and said: "Master Hou said, since Lord An has something important to report, he invited Lord An into the room to talk, but the doctor said that Lord Hou can't see the wind, and the Lord only talks by the bedside." ”

An Weixue hurriedly said: "That's nature. ”

An Weixue ignored Wang Yong and Hou Dabiao's fire-breathing gaze, smiled and confessed, kicked upstairs, entered the door, a pungent smell of medicine rushed into the nostrils, the cloth curtain on the big bed in the room was very tight, and there were medicine bowls and other things on the bedside cabinet outside the cloth curtain.

"Master Hou, why did you suffer from the wind and cold, but you are better?" An Weixue bowed to the raised quilt in the tent and asked with concern.

'Song Nan' on the bed coughed a few times, and said in a hoarse throat: "Who didn't say that, your Ningxia town is windy except for snow, and the weather is very cold, probably because he is not very suitable for the climate here, so that he has a cold." ”

Although Song Nan's voice was different from usual, and he was much hoarse at the moment, An Weixue could still hear it, this was Song Nan's voice, probably because he coughed and coughed up his throat, so that his voice was a little different.

"I see, the bitter cold land of Ningxia is naturally incomparable with the capital, Hou Ye has been in the capital for a long time, how can he come to the bitter cold place, it is inevitable that there will be something uncomfortable."

"Yes, I was still holding on in the morning, and I was going to take advantage of today's fine weather to go with Lord Yang to measure the acres of land and work, but unexpectedly, the armor was put on, and I couldn't move my feet, so I had to lie down again, hey!"

An Weixue had already seen Song Nan's brocade guard uniform hanging on the wooden frame on the side, and the two corroborated each other, and a stone fell to the ground in his heart.

Song Nan coughed a few times, it seemed that he was not lightly ill, An Weixue had nothing to say, he heard the cough and looked down the steps, and arched his hand: "Originally, I had official business to report to Hou Ye, but since Hou Ye has become so sick, it is better for the lower officials not to bother, and the Hou Ye is good to live and raise, and the lower officials will leave for the time being." ”

Song Nan coughed and stopped, gasping for a few breaths, and said vaguely: "If it's urgent, just say it, don't delay your business because of me." ”

An Weixue smiled and said: "It's not a business, but something strange happened last night, there were thieves in King Qing's mansion, and after the officials knew it, they thought of the attack on Lord Yang and the killing of more than a dozen people in the city years ago, and suspected that it was the same group of people, so they wanted to come and inform Hou Ye quickly, maybe it would be helpful for Hou Ye to investigate the case." ”

Song Nan was stunned and said slowly: "Is there such a thing?" This is a clue, Lord An has a heart, and this matter is very important. Presumably, this group of people has been captured by the prince's guards, and I will go to interrogate these people after I am a little better, and maybe I will really gain something. ”

An Weixue shook his head and said: "It's a pity that this group of people was not captured, and the prince was also very annoyed by this, and the official was also disgraced. ”

"Why didn't you catch it? Is King Qing's Mansion a casual entry and exit? ”

"Who didn't say it, knowing that they came in, but they didn't find it, the prince asked the official to take someone to survey the traces, the official thought, this kind of thing Hou Ye's brocade clothes guard yamen is an expert, I wanted to ask Hou Ye to go with me, but I didn't expect Hou Ye to be sick."

Song Nan coughed a few times and said: "It's really unfortunate, that's no way, I have a good day off today, and I will definitely get better tomorrow." Tomorrow is the Shangyuan Festival, and this group of people will also make trouble at the Shangyuan Night Lantern Festival. Tomorrow night I will take someone to check their tracks, and I may be able to catch them all. ”

An Weixue nodded and said: "It's okay, it's okay, the Hou Ye is resting, the lower official is temporarily resting and retiring, if the palace catches the thief, do you want the lower official to report it?" ”

Song Nan said weakly in the tent: "This is a matter for your governor's yamen, I will only go to the arraignment after I get well, but I don't have to ask you to come and tell me; This group of people is an outlaw, and they can't be soft when they are caught, otherwise they will desperately deny it, if Governor An needs the help of my Jinyiwei, my Jinyiwei's eighteen torture methods can come in handy, as long as Governor An speaks. But you have to catch it first. ”

An Weixue hurriedly said: "Thank you Hou Ye, Xia Guan is not worried about whether he can catch them, in fact, the prince already knows where they are hiding, but he just wants to know if they have accomplices, and the prince even let them escape, so that they will return to the lair, and then they will know who their accomplices are." ”

An Weixue listened carefully to Song Nan's reaction while making up nonsense, and Song Nan in the tent said vaguely: "So that's the case, can I still let the thieves escape from the palace with the power of the prince?" It turned out to be a long-line strategy for catching big fish. It's so good that it's better to catch them all. ”

An Weixue said yes again and again, laughed dryly, and Yin Yin told the Hou Ye to take care of his body, and then he left satisfied.