Regarding the fall of Nanjing's altar, Mrs. Cao had secretly inquired about the front yamen.

She knew that her end was coming, although her husband was a feudal official and a member of the Sanpin. But in the face of the power and cruelty of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, even the first and third princes in the court will be afraid of them.

She had no hope for her fate.

Because of greed, he fell for his cousin Cui Weitian's treacherous schemes, and since then he has been constantly coerced by him, stealing information between the yamen and the imperial court, and coercing and luring her husband to join the church. What's even more unbearable is that they are often coerced into doing inappropriate things for men and women. If you do these evil deeds, you can't forgive yourself, and you are to blame for accepting punishment.

It's just that I'm afraid that it will affect her husband and Cuizhu, which is what she is worried about.

Governor Cao handed the letter given to him by Du Wenlin to his wife from his bosom:

"See for yourself."

After a brief look at the letter, Mrs. Cao had lost her face. The expression on his face was both frightened and embarrassed.

At this time, I can't wait to find a crack in the ground to drill into.

Governor Cao glanced at Du Wenlin, meaning that it was time for him to ask.

Du Wenlin was a little embarrassed, and after a long pause, he still said:

"Mother, there were some things that I shouldn't have asked as a junior, but now that it's a critical juncture, I have to bring it up."

Mrs. Cao lowered her head and did not speak.

Seeing her attitude, Governor Cao was a little anxious:

"Whatever Wenlin asks you, you answer. You probably don't know it yet, but he is the commander-in-chief of the helm of the 'Red Seal Sect' in Changzhou this time. ”

Hearing that Du Wenlin was such an identity, Mrs. Cao immediately raised her head, vaguely feeling that she had hope for life.

"Mother, can you describe the process of how to enter the church in detail?"

Mrs. Cao recounted the process of being deceived by Cui Weitian from how she was deceived by Cui Weitian and was constantly coerced by them later, and mobilized her husband to join the church, but she only hid the fact that she was coerced by Cui Weitian and lost her life.

"Where is that Cui Weitian?" Du Wenlin looked back at Governor Cao.

"He is being held in the prison of the Yamen."

"How many people in Nanjing Tankou know your true identity?" Du Wenlin looked at Mrs. Cao and asked again.

"Because my identity is relatively special, there shouldn't be many people in the altar who know me, I have only been in contact with four or five people, and I really don't know if there are other people who know my identity." Mrs. Cao replied in a low voice, her face was pale, and her heart was extremely panicked and ashamed, and after she finished speaking, she began to cry.

"Mother, from now on, you stay in the house and don't go anywhere."

She nodded in agreement, her heart going up and down, not knowing what ending awaited her.

Du Wenlin said to Governor Cao:

"Dad, I will go to the prison with you immediately and interrogate all the criminals who have been in contact with my mother."

In the interrogation room, there were only Du Wenlin and Governor Cao.

The first person to be arraigned was, of course, the altar owner Sheng Dujiang.

According to his confession, there are four people who know Mrs. Cao's true identity at Nanjing Tankou, and he can't tell how many people know Mrs. Cao's identity at Changzhou Ruddermouth.

Du Wenlin thought to himself, for a person with a special status like Mrs. Cao, it should be a relatively big secret in the sect, and there could not be too many people who knew it.

Except for Jin Changshun and Jin Fu in Changzhou, others should not know.

The general altar will also know about this matter through the report of the Changzhou helm, but it can't be so much for the time being, so let's solve the matter in front of us first.

Du Wenlin asked Sheng Dujiang to write down the names of the people who knew Mrs. Cao's identity.

The jailers were then instructed to detain them separately according to the list.

Back in the backyard, Du Wenlin said to Governor Cao:

"For today's plan, there is only a fight against the water. While Tu Qianjun and them hadn't turned around, they tried to make these people shut up forever. ”

After saying this, his heart was full of self-reproach, and he felt that he had abandoned the law for the sake of family affection.

On the one hand, it is the life of his mother-in-law, the future of his father-in-law, the affection of his lover, and the safety of his entire family.

On the one hand, there is the law of the country, which he was determined to uphold and fight for all his life.

Now, when it was time to choose, he chose what he didn't want to do and had to do.

This choice is extremely contradictory and painful.

Then, I thought about it again, these people are the backbone of the sect, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, their best fate is expected to be to fill the army, and there is a high probability that they should be beheaded.

At the same time, because of the antidote, he may not survive the day when he is beheaded.

Since the ending is the same, it is better to send them on their way early.

In fact, even if Du Wenlin didn't say this, Governor Cao had already thought of this method, but it was not good for him to propose it directly.

"I'll go to the front to arrange this first, you stay here and talk to Cuizhu."

With a sigh, Governor Cao turned around and headed for the yamen.

Du Wenlin walked to the door of Cuizhu's boudoir, stretched out his hand and knocked on the door.

Cuizhu's pretty face was revealed with the door opening, and when she saw that it was her lover, her heartbeat suddenly accelerated, she couldn't control her emotions, she reached out and hugged his body tightly, her head resting on her chest, and she was reluctant to leave for a long time.

reunited after a long absence, it should have been a love story, like glue. However, no matter how the family has changed, there is no mood to pour out lovesickness.

Even though there are thousands of styles, it is difficult to speak.

If you don't fall asick in your life, you will be lovesick, and you will be lovesick.

Acacia becomes a disease, and flowers fall into a mound.

Although we are happy to be together, we will unfortunately be separated again.

Du Wenlin patted Cuizhu's back and said softly:

"I still have work to do, and I can't stop for a moment. I have to go back to Changzhou right away. His voice was full of apologies.

Cuizhu looked up into his eyes, his face full of reluctance.

The two of them stared silently like this, and a thousand words were condensed in their eyes.

"Go, good men are ambitious in all directions, how can they let the love of children stumble." Before the words were over, tears flowed from his eyes again.

"Take care!" Du Wenlin hugged him tightly, turned away, and didn't look back, as if he was afraid that the other party's tears would keep him going.

Du Wenlin drove straight to Changzhou with eight factory guards.

When he arrived at the mansion, he said to the Ouyang prefect:

"We are going to send the prisoner Jin Fu to Nanjing, and ask Lord Ouyang to help prepare a carriage with a caravan."

In a few moments, the carriage was ready, and the prisoner Jin Fu had been escorted, and he immediately got on the carriage and headed for Nanjing.

When passing by a small forest, Du Wenlin asked everyone to stop and rest. It enters the canopy alone.

Because Jin Fu had Du Wenlin's orders, he did not suffer in prison and seemed to be in good spirits.

When he saw Du Wenlin come in, he thanked him.

Du Wenlin sat opposite, stared at Jin Fu, and said in a deep voice:

"I want to ask a question, and I hope you answer it truthfully."

Jin Fu nodded.

"How much do you know about Xu Lan, the wife hired by Cao Shi, the governor of the heavens, to join the sect?"

"Mrs. Cao was introduced to the Church through Nanjing Tankou, and I only gave instructions to Nanjing Tankou to mobilize Governor Cao to join the Church through Mrs. Cao."

"Has Governor Cao already joined the church?"

"Not really. He is more stubborn and has never succeeded in rebelling. ”

"Regarding Mrs. Cao's initiation, in addition to Nanjing Tankou, how many people in Changzhou still know?"

"Because of her special identity, we also try to keep it a secret. Only Jin Changshun and I know about Changzhou. ”

"Come to think of it, is there anyone else who knows about it?"

Hearing this, Jin Fu, with his life experience and his own intuition, seemed to sense the approach of danger, and his face couldn't help showing fear, and said in a trembling voice:

"Are you going to kill everyone who knows about it?"

Du Wenlin stared into his eyes and nodded:

"To be honest, no matter whether or not Mrs. Cao is involved, such as you and other key members of the sect, there is no hope of survival."

Jin Fu's face was like ashes, and his cheeks twitched. Although I had already guessed that the end would definitely not be good, once I fully knew the outcome of my life, fear still couldn't help but occupy my entire body.

Du Wenlin said softly:

"Although your personal fate is doomed, if you can cooperate with our work, I can guarantee that your family will not be involved."

The implication is that if he resists stubbornly, his family will be implicated.

Jin Fu knew that Dongchang was powerful, and they did have the right to kill and kill.

sighed, lowered his head and said:

"I'll work well with you. You just asked if there are any other people who know about this, and there will be no more than five people at the Nanjing Tankou. I also reported this matter to the general altar, and it is difficult to say how many people above can know. ”

Du Wenlin knew that he was not lying, so he silently took out a porcelain bottle from his arms and poured out a black pill:

"It took an hour before it started to flare up, and then it died soon after, and it wasn't particularly painful. After you leave, I will notify your family to collect your body. ”

When he came to Changzhou, Governor Cao gave Du Wenlin a bottle of pills, telling him that the advantage of this pill was that the medicine would not attack immediately after taking it, and that the death would be very fast after the attack, and the number of dead people would be less but more painful.

Jin Fu is not confused, although he is afraid of death, but this ending will not change because of his resistance. It's better to cooperate well, at least the other party has made a guarantee that it will not affect the family, and it is fortunate that he can still keep a whole corpse.

He opened his mouth, Du Wenlin put the pill into his mouth, looked at it and swallowed it, and patted him on the shoulder;

"Go all the way!"

Jin Fu was expressionless and nodded slightly.

An hour later, the factory guard who was driving the car reported:

"Jin Fu is howling and rolling in the car, is he sick?"

Du Wenlin waved his hand and motioned to move on.

After a few moments, calm had returned to the car.

Du Wenlin felt compassion in his heart and prayed that the undead of Jin Fu would go all the way.

After a while, the team stopped, opened the canopy, and Jin Bok had bled to death.

"Kim fell ill and died on the road, threw the body down, and we continued on our way." Du Wenlin said with a cold face.

Which of the factory guards is not a human spirit? Jin Fu obviously died of poisoning, but since the commander-in-chief said that he died of illness, he died of illness, and no one would raise any objections.

Tu Qianjun and his team have also returned from Xuancheng, and the arrested criminals are all detained in Xuancheng County, waiting to be dealt with.

Before he came back, Sheng Dujiang, Cui Weitian and other four people who knew the identity of Mrs. Cao died suddenly in prison because they "couldn't be punished".

The four of them were all backbone elements of Nanjing Tankou, and they all died because they could not be tortured. Although Tu Qianjun had doubts in his heart, first, he died in the prison of the governor's yamen, and second, he was not the commander-in-chief of this mission.

Coupled with Jin Fu's death on the way, it confirmed his conjecture even more, there must be something wrong with it, someone killed them.

But so what? Since people can do it so obviously, they are not afraid that he will be hindered by a small hundred households.

He thought of Du Wenlin, Governor Cao.

They both know their personal relationship, but the problem is under their main business, and when he goes to Xuancheng, he should deliberately avoid his sight.

Kill these people to kill them, either to protect Governor Cao, or to protect the people around him.

Of course, these are just speculations.

Forget it, it's true to do your best to complete your tasks, and let him go if he can't manage it.