Yang Shangshu was summoned into the palace by the emperor and chatted alone for a long time.

The emperor said that there has been a force in the DPRK and China that has been making trouble recently, and they have been constantly adding insults to each other, impeaching opponents, creating public opinion, and dividing the relationship between the monarch and the ministers and ministers. This force seems to be represented by Yu Shi Ding Jilu, but in fact, there is a larger force behind it. This force may even endanger the safety of the world.

Yang Shangshu played the matter of "Red Seal Religion". and gave a rough account of Du Wenlin and others' trip to Jiangnan.

When the emperor heard this, he was not shocked, and said that about this religion, the prince of Dongchang and the commander of Luo of Beizhen Fusi had personally presented it. They also mentioned the matter of the "Shuowang Red Pill", saying that if this poison was really made by the imperial doctor in the palace, then there must be other people in the palace involved, otherwise the little imperial doctor would not have so much courage and ability.

The emperor strictly ordered Jinyiwei and Dongchang to investigate the matter thoroughly as soon as possible, and instructed Yang Shangshu to secretly contact Shen Shixing, the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhao Zhigao, the deputy chief assistant, and trusted people in various ministries to jointly fight against that evil force.

Yang Shangshu did not go home after coming out of the palace, and went directly to the mansion of the old man of Shoufu Shen Ge.

After taking his seat, Shen Ge said:

"Lord Yang is coming to the Humble House today, is there anything important to discuss?"

Yang Shangshu conveyed the emperor's dictation, and continued:

"Although Your Majesty is negligent in the court, he knows everything about the affairs of the world, especially the internal strife provoked by a few people in the court recently, and he has not been deceived by the greedy words of traitors, which is really the blessing of our courtiers and the blessing of the people of the world!"

"Yes, Your Majesty is wise, and only then can you reach the peace of the country and the people." Shen Ge old road.

"Yu Shi Ding Lu is just their pawn, he is used to muddy the water of the pond, and then fish in troubled waters." Yang Shangshu analyzed.

Shen Ge Lao agreed with him and said:

"The person behind Ding Yushi is Zheng Chengxian, the governor of the same city, who relied on the favor of Zheng Guifei and networked many officials in the court, and it was this force that constantly provoked trouble. I don't know if the "Red Seal Sect" that ravaged the people is related to it, and there is no direct evidence yet. ”

"Now that my Ming Dynasty has entered an eventful autumn, the dynasty has been dyed, and the people's customs have been chaotic. We should cheer up, unite closely, resist the enemy, and extinguish the fire before it burns. in order to live up to His Majesty's expectations of us. ”

Shen Ge Lao nodded yes.

A few days later, Huang Zhong, a eunuch in the palace, came to Dongchang, read out the holy decree, and promoted Du Wenlin to be the head of the Ministry of Officials, and concurrently served as the 100 households of Dongchang. At the same time, the horsemen and factory guards who went south to the south of the Yangtze River were given gold, silver and satin as a reward.

In just two months, Du Wenlin came to the Ministry of Officials from the "Officials to the Minister" from the seventh grade to the sixth grade of the "principal", and was promoted to three levels in a row, which is extremely rare, perhaps because the emperor considered his identity as the champion and the credit of this trip to Jiangnan.

The position of the East Factory has also been promoted from the "head class" of the eighth product to the "hundred households" of the sixth product. It is the sixth product in the official department, and it is also the sixth product in the east factory, with the same level, but it is rare for one person to hold the position of six products in two unrelated departments at the same time. Perhaps the reward for this "hundred households" is just to improve its status in the East Factory, so that it can be convenient to run errands in the future. Moreover, the 100 households in Dongchang have always been allocated by the 100 households of Jinyiwei, so Du Wenlin's promotion is extremely special.

After Du Wenlin was promoted, the first person to come to the door was Wang Ling:

"Du Zhuangyuan, Du Director, Du Baihu, Master Du, what do you say I should call you appropriate?"

Du Wenlin's head is big again, although he likes Wang Ling's heartiness and ease, but he is afraid of her enthusiasm.

I haven't seen her for two days since I came back, and I just felt a little cleaner, but who knew that she came again.

Wang Ling saw him touching his head with a wry smile on his face, and said dissatisfied:

"What's the matter, just came back and forgot about the countless days and nights of our ears and temples?"

Du Wenlin's head was bigger, and he knew that he couldn't argue with him, he would only get more and more confused.

"Hmph, don't be a shrunken turtle, go out with Miss Ben, maybe I can forgive you for the sin of disrespect."

Du Wenlin knew the consequences of offending her, since he still had to stay in Dongchang, he couldn't offend this aunt and grandmother, offending her made Wang Gonggong angry more than directly offending Wang Gonggong.

Then go ahead, it's better to make a beautiful woman laugh than to make her angry.

As soon as I came to the yard, I met Rong'er:

"Where are Brother Du and my sister going to play, bring me with you."

Before Du Wenlin could speak, Wang Ling hurriedly said:

"My sister is playing with my father at home, and I have something to do with Brother Du."

"Okay." Rong'er didn't mind if she could go out with them, and hopped to the overseer's duty room.

Merchants and hawkers, jugglers, ordinary people, begging beggars, and colorful signboards of shops on both sides of the street fill the market of the capital, and it has become extremely prosperous.

Du Wenlin and Wang Ling wandered aimlessly, browsing the various goods on both sides of the road, listening to the shouts of the vendors to attract customers.

Wang Ling suddenly took his right hand, and Du Wenlin unconsciously shook it off, making his face change instantly:

"Don't give faces, right? I think I, Wang Ling, have lived for eighteen years, who dares to have such an attitude towards me? I see you're kicking your nose in the face, I don't know what your last name is? ”

It was the first time Du Wenlin saw her so angry, this time not only angry, but also extremely angry, it was anger after her self-esteem was hurt.

Suddenly, I felt that I couldn't help it, after all, she was a big girl who was just starting to fall in love, and it was also her right to pursue the man she liked.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to!" He apologized softly, then added:

"Besides, it's not like you don't know my relationship with Cao Cuizhu. I can't betray her, and I can't hurt you. ”

Hearing Du Wenlin mention Cao Cuizhu, Wang Ling's anger was even worse, biting his lip, staring at him, and being silent for a long time.

Du Wenlin was a little apprehensive in his heart, afraid that she would suddenly go crazy on the street, wouldn't it be more embarrassing.

Suddenly, Wang Ling said word by word with a cold face:

"Someone reported Mrs. Cao's joining the 'Red Seal Sect' to my father-in-law, and he knew about your relationship with Governor Cao, so he didn't move for the time being."

Du Wenlin's whole body was cold, like pouring a scoop of cold water on his head, and he instantly felt that his brain was in chaos.

Unexpectedly, the matter was revealed, and all the efforts made in front of me came to naught.

Du Wenlin calmed down and said stiffly:

"This matter must be empty and groundless. How could the wife of a dignified governor join a denominational organization? ”

"Hmph, look in a mirror and see the look on your face when you say this. Can you believe what you say? Wang Ling said disdainfully.

Du Wenlin opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to refute.

"Jin Fu, the helmsman of Changzhou, died for no reason on the way to Nanjing, and four key personnel at the Nanjing Tankou died for no reason in the governor's prison. When I was in Nanjing, I wondered, who are you trying to protect and kill them? Now everything is clear, it turned out to be to protect Mrs. Cao, your mother-in-law. Hehe, you are also bold, and such an obvious thing has been done! ”

Du Wenlin's face was like ashes, and he wanted to open his mouth to refute, but he was not a person who was good at lying, and even if he reluctantly defended himself, he was pale and weak.

Wang Ling looked at his face, suddenly smiled, and reached out to scratch his nose:

"How about Miss Ben, can I take your hand?"

Du Wenlin suddenly realized that the woman in front of him was very unfamiliar, not only was she not as arrogant as she seemed to be, but she was also very scheming.

In his eyes, she has always been a cheerful girl who is not deeply involved in the world. It turned out that he was wrong, so wrong that he almost let himself fall into the abyss.

Wang Ling's counterattack hit Du Wenlin at a loss.

When he conspired with Governor Cao to kill those insiders, he felt that this method was not perfect and could easily arouse the suspicion of others.

But trying to silence those doubters by virtue of his identity and that of Governor Cao is a gamble in itself.

Now it seems that the chances of winning this gamble are slim to none.

I just don't know what the result will be after losing.

In the eighteen years, I only dealt with sages and sages every day, and never thought about officialdom, human feelings, laws, rivers and lakes, these seemingly irrelevant things, sometimes entangled together. If you want to separate them, you find it much more difficult than taking the top test.

"What's wrong with you? Scared silly? Wang Ling shook his hand in front of his eyes.

came back to his senses and smiled, but he didn't know that it was even more ugly than crying.

I want to deny it, but is it useful?

He is not stupid, as long as someone catches the matter of Jiangnan's extermination, no matter how he and Governor Cao argue, it will be useless. There is the fact that Mrs. Cao has joined the religion there, and then the excuse is that there is no silver three hundred taels here.

There was a fatal flaw in this plan at the beginning, that is, someone on the other side of the main altar knew Mrs. Cao's secret.

It's just that I didn't expect this secret to be revealed so quickly, which was not expected before.

He hasn't figured out a way to deal with this problem right now, the only thing he can do is take it one step at a time and improvise.

"Don't talk nonsense, it's going to kill people." He laughs.

"I'm just mentioning it in passing, and I don't mean to dig into it. Don't take it to heart. Wang Ling said lightly.

Knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, fighting the cow across the mountain, these routines were played by her freely, which had to make Du Wenlin admire, and at the same time have an inexplicable fear of it.

Wang Ling reached out and grabbed his arm, counting the objects on the roadside stall as he walked, as if nothing had happened.

However, Du Wenlin was still in the mood to play, and while walking, he was thinking about how to deal with the interrogation of the prince.

Wang Ling said that someone stabbed Mrs. Cao's teaching to the princess, which should be true.

I just don't know why the prince didn't ask him about it.

The two wandered around for a long time and returned to Dongchang, but Wang Ling never mentioned the matter again.

He was entangled, should he ask the prince to take the initiative to confess or wait for his summons? It's really hard to choose.

Wang Ling followed him into the duty room, which was specially used by him, a table, two stools, and a suite with a bed, which was also where he rested at night.

Since he had this duty room, he returned the house he rented outside, and all his belongings except for his change of clothes were books. I moved all of this here, and it became my home.

Wang Ling lifted the curtain of the inner door and sat on the edge of the bed:

"Come on, help Miss Ben pinch her feet, and after walking all morning, her feet hurt to death."

As he spoke, he took off his white cloth boots and tore off his socks, revealing a pair of delicate and white feet.

Du Wenlin stood at the door, neither in nor out, and was embarrassed for a while.

Wang Ling's apricot eyes were round:

"If you are slow, you can't hurry?"

"You'll at least have to wash and let me pinch it, right?" Pointing at one of her heavenly feet, he pinched his nose exaggeratedly.

He said as he sat down on the edge of the bed.

"Hey, you know no, how many men dream of seeing such a pair of natural jade feet? And you are in the midst of blessings and do not know blessings. Look, aren't these feet very good-looking? You sniff, sniff carefully, isn't it fragrant? Cocked his foot and almost touched his nose.

"How do you pinch it? Ben Gongzi has never pinched anyone's feet. He tilted his head to avoid his toes.

"Who will speak in the next life? Didn't learn it a little bit? ”

Du Wenlin held Wang Ling's jade feet in his hands and pinched them gently.

Wang Ling closed her eyes and enjoyed it, but Du Wenlin was full of grievances, if she wasn't afraid of annoying her, how could she be so intimate with her? I didn't take my future too seriously, the key was the safety of Governor Cao's family, but I couldn't help but think about it seriously.

To be honest, Wang Ling, this girl is not annoying, and even very likable.

It's a pity that he already has Cao Cuizhu first, and he can't tolerate another woman in his heart.

"Hey, what are you thinking? Can't you be serious? Wang Ling let out a coquettish sigh and pulled him back to reality.

Beat the spirit, continue to pinch up.