When I left Beijing, it was still late spring, and when I came back, it was already midsummer, and March was fleeting. Du Wenlin and his entourage rode on the streets of the capital, and they seemed to feel that they had not been away for a long time, and the scenery on the street was still the same, but the people on the street were wearing long-sleeved clothes at the beginning, but now they have changed into short shirts, and some people are even shirtless.

Rong'er and Wang Ling rode together, and the two girls didn't stop along the way, looking at the bustling street market, they chattered endlessly:

"Senior sister, what's delicious about the yellow one?"

"That's 'Sugar Fire', there is a famous snack in the capital, you sit down, I'll go down and buy two for you to taste." Wang Ling turned over and dismounted, bought two burns and handed them to Rong'er, the little girl ate her lips and scum, and she was so happy that she swayed.

When they arrived at the East Factory, Du Wenlin and Tu Qianjun went to the duty room to find Wang An's father-in-law to return to him, and Wang Ling and Rong'er also followed.

"The two of you have worked hard, Jiangnan and his party have made great contributions to the eradication of the 'Red Seal Sect' Changzhou Branch, I have reported the merits of the two to the imperial court, and the imperial court may have a reward." The prince is fair.

The merit of exterminating a sect is just a sub-rudder, but it is not worth mentioning in a huge country, so it is difficult to say whether it can be rewarded by the imperial court.

Du Wenlin and Tu Qianjun said goodbye and quit, and went to the duty office to return the order.

Wang Gonggong looked at Wang Ling with a serious face:

"Ling'er, you didn't say hello, you went to Jiangnan without saying hello, do you know how worried you are about your father?"

Wang Ling obediently walked behind him, and while helping him beat his shoulder, he said coquettishly:

"Dad, my daughter can't always go around your knees when she's older, and when the birds are older, you have to learn to fly by yourself, besides, this trip to Jiangnan, I'm not without gains."

The princess turned his head to look at her, his face questioning.

Wang Ling pointed to Rong'er who was standing below:

"No, I'll help you bring back another girl."

The prince was puzzled:

"What do you mean by that?"

"She is my uncle's apprentice, and her parents have died since she was a child, and she has been following her uncle. Now that I'm older, my uncle instructed me to take care of it in the future. Didn't he bring you another girl? ”

"Your uncle? Is it the uncle you once mentioned to me, who has been away from the teacher for decades? ”

Wang Ling then recounted what happened in Yanziji.

After listening, the prince looked suspicious and said:

"Show me the bronze medal."

Wang Ling asked Rong'er to step forward and handed over the bronze medal.

When the prince saw this card, he was amazed and asked:

"This is what her parents left behind?"

Wang Ling replied:

"Yes, what Uncle Shi said can be false."

"Someone." The prince shouted to the outside world.

A servant standing guard outside the door walked in:

"You send this bronze medal to Beizhen Fusi, and hand it over to Commander Luo and ask him to help check the origin of this bronze medal."

Fan took the bronze medal and withdrew.

"Daddy, what's so special about this bronze medal?"

"This is the special bronze medal of the Jinyi Guard of the North Town Fu Division, and the Town Fu Division has been secretly setting up four groups of 'tigers, leopards, lions, and elephants', and the four groups are no less than a few hundred, scattered all over the country, secretly collecting information from the people and officialdom. They do not interact with each other and are directly accountable to the Director-General. The identities of the people are also different, there are merchants, landlords, tenants, and Jianghu people, all kinds of people. ”

"So what can be learned from this bronze medal?" Wang Ling asked.

"This bronze medal has a tiger head engraved on one side, and it is supposed to belong to one of the four tiger groups. On the other side, there is a 'Ying' character, which is his surname, indicating that the owner of this bronze medal is surnamed Ying. ”

"So, Ying is Rong'er's surname?"

"Since the bronze medal was received from his father, it should be. However, it will not be implemented until it is confirmed by the North Town Fusi. ”

"It doesn't matter what her last name is, it's my sister in the future anyway. Dad, what do you think of this girl I brought back to you? ”

With a smile on his face, the princess stood up from his seat, walked up to Rong'er, bent down to look at her and said:

"Well, I like this girl too, and you two will just be companions in the future."

Rong'er was embarrassed by it, and she squirmed and didn't know what to say.

Wang Ling said with a smile:

"Sister, hurry up and kneel down and kowtow to Daddy!"

Rong'er was also well-behaved, and knelt down with a plop:

"Rong'er meets Daddy!"

Wang Gonggong laughed happily and put his hands on Rong'er:

"I didn't expect that I was close to the age of sixteen and had another daughter, fortunately, fortunately! Choose an auspicious day, invite hundreds of officials from the DPRK and China, and announce this happy event to them. ”

"Let's go, Rong'er. Sister will take you out for a walk and buy you some delicious food. ”

Wang Ling took Rong'er's little hand and jumped out of the door. The prince looked at the backs of the two children, and his eyes narrowed with laughter.

With a "bang", Zheng Chengen, the prefect of Baoding, slammed the tea bowl on the ground, and the tea splashed all over the soap boots of the red-clothed man standing below, and he felt that the boots were instantly soaked with hot water, but he still stood there trembling, not daring to move.

"It was a big mistake to let you be the sect leader in the first place! Our career has just begun, and we have suffered such a big blow, so if we continue to do so, do you have to put me in it? Zheng Chengen said indignantly.

"The subordinates are incompetent and willing to accept the guilt!" The man in red said in a trembling voice.

"Hmph, how do you confess? Do you know how much effort we put into the Changzhou rudder? But it was wiped out in a short period of time, and this loss can be made up for by your head? Zheng Chengen shouted loudly.

The man in red trembled and didn't dare to reply.

"Do you know where your mistakes were? First, you have been careless and have failed to nip the danger in the bud, allowing the situation to deteriorate again and again until it becomes out of control. Second, when the situation in Changzhou was precarious, you failed to provide effective support in time, resulting in the situation getting out of control and the whole army was destroyed. ”

"What the adults teach! Subordinates are guilty! The man in red replied.

"Where are the arrested subordinates now?"

"Part of it is in Changzhou, part of it is in Jiaxing, and there are also Xuancheng County Yamen and Nanjing Governor Yamen."

Hearing the words of the Nanjing Governor's Yamen, Zheng Chengen touched the goatee on his chin and asked:

"You once reported that the wife hired by Governor Cao Shi of Heaven was also in the sect, and ordered him to mobilize Governor Cao to join the sect, how is the work progressing?"

"Back to the adult's words, the work was steadily progressing, and there were already some eyebrows, but who knew that Nanjing Tankou was suddenly hit and fell short."

"What about Mrs. Cao? How is she now? Zheng Chengen asked again.

"Mrs. Cao is fine, everything is normal."

"The entrance to the Nanjing altar has been completely destroyed, and the subordinate sect members have been caught and killed, but she can indeed be safe and sound, there is an article here."

"Jin Fu, the new helmsman of Changzhou, died for no reason on the way to Nanjing, and the four backbone personnel of Nanjing Tankou were also tortured and died in prison, so that all the people who knew the details of it over there have died." The man in red recounted, and his meaning was also obvious, someone had killed them in order to protect Madame Cao.

"Haha, fortunately, the surname Cao doesn't know our details, otherwise wouldn't he have to kill our mouths?" Zheng Chengen believes that if it weren't for Cao Shipin's ghost, who would still have this ability?

"The subordinates also felt that Governor Cao must have been involved in the matter of extermination, but there should be other people who cooperated. Otherwise, Jinyiwei and the Dongchang gang are not vegetarians, how can such carving insect skills be hidden from them? ”

"Well, do you have any more detailed information on this?" Zheng Chengen was looking for a new breakthrough, and he thought that it would be a good thing if he could pull Cao Shipin into the sect, at least to make up for the loss of the Changzhou rudder.

If he really doesn't move, it can be regarded as a big gain if he can take the opportunity to get him out of power.

Because he has not been able to use it for himself in the court, but he mingled with Zhao Zhigao, the deputy chief assistant, and Yang Cheng, the secretary of the ministry, and openly stood opposite him, which was really annoying.

"There is also an important piece of information, the deputy commander sent by Dongchang to Jiangnan to investigate Hu Jinsheng's case this time is Du Wenlin, the new champion of this year's new section, and after the commander Meng Gang died in battle, he will be fully responsible for this operation." The man in red said again.

"Oh, what's the secret?"

"The key is that Du Wenlin has a special relationship with Governor Cao, and the two of them are Weng sons-in-law."

"Huh? And such a thing? Zheng Chengen was surprised. At the same time, I couldn't hide the excitement on my face.

This information is absolutely true, and many people in the DPRK and China also know it. It's no secret. ”

"Good!" Zheng Chengen slapped the table vigorously and said:

"It's enough to have this information! Cao Shipin's wife is not only a member of the sect, but also in order to keep her secret from being revealed, she colluded with her son-in-law Du Wenlin to kill people. These two doses of strong medicine are enough. This time, I see where is your surname Cao? ”

After saying that, I couldn't help but laugh again.

On the second day after Du Wenlin returned to Beijing, he went to the Ministry of Officials to meet Yang Shangshu and reported to him the details of his trip to Jiangnan, of course, he concealed the details of protecting Mrs. Cao.

After listening to this, Yang Shangshu praised Du Wenlin's ability, and said that he did not look at the wrong person and lived up to his expectations.

"After a long absence, this official should be washing the dust for you, but recently there are internal worries, external disasters, and too many things that I want to deal with. When you have some free time, please come to your house for a drink. Yang Shangshu said.

Du Wenlin asked to return to work in the Ministry of Officials, but Yang Shangshu politely refused:

"The country is in an eventful season, with your talent, you deal with copywriting materials in the ministry every day, isn't it burying talents? For the time being, I still stay in Dongchang, take advantage of my youth, make contributions, and lay the foundation for my future career. ”

Du Wenlin has always thought that with his own talent, he can be a literary official, but he wants to be with the sword now, which is really beyond his expectations. However, I seem to like this kind of life in the rivers and lakes with galloping horses, and the kind of heartbeat and excitement that people who deal with books all day long can't experience.

Whether or not he returned to work in the Ministry of Officials was not important to him now, what mattered was the safety of Governor Cao's family and the risk of killing prisoners himself.

There are too many loopholes in this matter, and it is extremely difficult to keep this secret.

Once the matter is revealed, all the previous efforts will not be in vain.

For a while, he really wanted to confess this matter to Yang Shangshu and begged him to help him think of a way.

But I am afraid that he will turn his face and not recognize people, and it will be too late to regret it at that time.

After all, I don't have a deep relationship with him.