Amid the chirping of magpies, Su Yu opened her slightly hazy eyes. The early birds had insects to eat. She got up on time every day even if she was sleepy in Yàn Ziwu. However, since she followed Jiang Feng, she became lazy in the short days.
It seems that the fight and killing in the world are gone away from her. She wants to be a simple woman, Jiang Feng's little woman.
Seeing a smile on her sleeping face, she gently touched Jiang Feng's cheek and took his hand down.
After a while, Su Yu had finished disguising and dressed up in a plain manner. The two walked into a bun shop together. Jiang Feng ordered some Bianjing enema buns and ordered two bowls of spicy soup. The two sat at the street and started eating.
When he arrived at Xu Hai, he was already waiting in the yard. Looking at Xu Hai's expression, Jiang Feng knew that there was no progress in following the past few days.
Brother, I have sent a few brothers to guard the canal these days, and there is no movement at all. Is that Baizhantang lying us?
No, Jiang Feng sighed and said to him: I can hear that Bai Zhantang is not talking about panic. I think that informant has not appeared these days. It is very likely that he found you were following you. If there is nothing to gain in two days, let them withdraw. What is the fourth brother busy these days? Why haven’t he seen anyone?
You don't know yet. You like to visit the teahouse and brothels if you have nothing to do. I have said it many times, but he just doesn't listen. If there is no way, he has to make trouble.
The fourth brother inquired about the news and it is inevitable that these places will be involved. You should remind your brothers not to cause trouble these days. The limelight is in full swing now, and it will be bad if you are arrested by the inspection department.
Don't worry, with me here, nothing will happen. And I've got the Taihu defense map that my brother wants.
Xu Hai said and handed over a roll of rice paper
OK, very good. Jiang Feng looked at the 800-mile Taihu Lake on the map and praised it a few times.
This Taihu Lake defense map is very detailed. The islands above are scattered and none of them are pulled down. There are even a few places that indicate: the water depth can be used, and the boat can be used; shallow, dry water in spring; this island is very dense, and can hide five hundred soldiers.
When did this map come from...
He looked at Xu Hai with some differences, not knowing where he got it from, it was obvious that it was an armed defense map on the army
This was left by the thief Zhang Shicheng before he was killed by Emperor Taizu. Because it was well made at that time and was kept in the Suzhou Prefecture Archives Room. My brother told me to take it out.
Oh, Jiang Feng responded and nodded
Zhang Shicheng is a hero who fought for the world with Zhu Yuanzhang at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. However, he was the king and the loser. Now he is called Zhang Thief.
In fact, the slander and accusations of Zhang Shicheng by literati were mostly the words of a mad dog barking. According to private rumors, Zhang Shicheng was generous and kind. After occupying Suzhou, he paid less taxes. Although his subordinates were greedy, they were not cruel and killed innocent people.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang has a lot of discussion among the people. Some people record his reaction after occupying Jiangnan: The three Wu Ju surnames... In several years, they were poor or destroyed, died or moved, and no one survived.
Brother, I always think you are too careful? Isn’t it just a bunch of robbers? As long as the government sends troops to encircle and suppress them, I don’t believe that they have wings and can fly out of Taihu Lake. If this happens, it is very likely that Boss Guo of Wanmatang will lose his life. In that case, all the clues will be cut off.
Xu Hai poured tea for Jiang Feng, and then said disapprovingly
Second, things are not as simple as you thought. Last time I told you that there must be an informant of the Locust Soldiers in your inspection department. You didn’t care at that time. Now it seems that I asked you to keep an eye on Wang Ji was a mistake. I asked the government to send troops to encircle and suppress them. Where did the military talisman come from? Without the order of the second-rank official, who dared to use the garrison troops of Suzhou Prefecture? And why do you say that they are in Taihu Lake?
Jiang Feng's series of questions left Xu Hai speechless, and finally muttered in a low voice: Then let's wait like this?
From the information we obtained, it is not that simple to analyze the Wanmatang family extermination case. It can be said that from the site, robbery, killing, and retreat, they all planned in advance. According to the secret message transmission system of the Jinyiwei, ten days can be enough to pass on the Suzhou incident back and forth, but why did Baizhantang not come back ten days after leaving Suzhou? I am afraid that the Jinyiwei of the Capital has a new order that made him wait for. We are not the people in the government and the struggles in the officialdom are not understood. But because of this, we dare not act rashly. If you report the secret you know, then I am afraid that you will not know how to die. Who knows whether the mastermind behind the Wanmatang family extermination case is the government?
The first time Jiang Feng said what he thought, Su Yu and Xu Hai both opened their mouths and looked at Jiang Feng in disbelief. I wonder why he had such a crazy idea
Don’t be surprised, the second brother, Luo Jing is a living example. Isn’t his backstage Zhe Chong Duwei?
It's really hard to imagine the big brother's speculation. Could this group of locust soldiers be so arrogant that they infiltrate the government's house?
I said a long time ago that you are so smart that you can only say this. I didn’t tell you all the things Bai Zhantang said last time, but you will be surprised if you finish saying it.
What?
Bai Zhantang said that the main messenger behind the Locust Soldier could be a secret guard. Jiang Feng gently tapped the table with his fingers.
The Demon Sect Su Yu's face was puzzled, but Xu Hai suddenly woke up
A Yu, who do you imagine the secret guard was founded in the beginning
Emperor Jian Wen...
Su Yu had just said half of the sentence and immediately covered her mouth
When Xu Hai heard this, he quickly looked into the yard and found that no one was relieved, and re-entered the room and nodded at them.
Yes, this is the real reason I am concerned about. After Emperor Jianwen hid in the mountains, although he had long been no longer alive after so many years, he was orthodox. There are rumors among the people that Prince Zhu, the third prince, should be his descendant, and after the defeat, he retreated to Jiangnan. The base camp of Suzhou was originally built by old ministers and veterans. After Emperor Jianwen died, they would definitely turn to descendants who supported him. In addition, Jianwen was mostly a literati, and those disciples only followed these veterans. Young disciples entered the officialdom. Naturally, they would tend to be the Jianwen lineage. This is probably the reason why the imperial court had encircled and suppressed secret guards several times and did not compete for their success. The political power of those literati cannot be ignored.
No wonder Emperor Yongle doesn't believe in these sour scholars
After Jiang Feng's analysis, Xu Hai finally understood why the inspection department was tight on the outside and loose on the inside. I was afraid that his boss would understand the joints in it.
Although I really want to investigate the relationship between the Jiang family's bloody case and the secret guards, I don't want to be used as a gun. Bai Zhantang thought that after he told me about the old things about the Jiang family, I would urgently follow it up. This is his real purpose.
Jiang Feng took a sip of tea and continued: I'm afraid that the information of several of us had been reviewed before he came to Suzhou. It was precisely because he used this to choose me.
Most of Jiang Feng’s analysis of Baizhantang is correct, but he guessed something wrong.
Bai Zhantang secretly used the Jinyiwei to inspect Jiang Feng's files when Lin Ruhai introduced them to each other. The more he checked, he became more and more shocked. He did not expect that Jiang Feng could manage a group of land rogues to this level in just a few years.
Because there was a traitor in Suzhou, he did not dare to easily call on the power of the Jinyiwei, so he wanted to rely on Jiang Feng's power.
How could he know that Jiang Feng is far smarter than he is? From the moment he talks about the old story of the Jiang family, Jiang Feng understood that Bai Zhantang knew everything about him. He wanted to be cannon fodder and try what are the characters who hold secret guards in Suzhou hidden in the government in Suzhou.
There are so many things in a family-killing case. Fortunately, my brother asked me to stop in time, otherwise we might have been trapped now.
We have fallen into it. Jiang Feng said bitterly: Since the moment Minglan targeted me, we have been taken into the sight of the Secret Guard. These days I always feel that someone is staring at me all the time... Now I regret touching those original beads, otherwise we would not have been discovered so soon.
Brother, it’s okay. Since we have done it, don’t regret it. How should we get along with the Secret Guard now?
The Secret Guard will not kill me for a while now. I will be useful to them. You must know that I am in the Lin Mansion and can find out many things in the officialdom from Lin Ruhai...
Jiang Feng suddenly stopped talking after saying a while. He expanded the map again and read it carefully.
From this map, we can see that Zhang Shicheng was initially preparing to fight against Zhu Yuanzhang on Taihu Lake, so he could clearly explore the terrain of Taihu Lake waters
However, Jiang Feng was a little strange that he was very familiar with the marks on the map. He always felt that he had seen them there, but after thinking about them a few times, he had no result, so he had to put away the map.
What's wrong, brother?
Xu Hai looked at Jiang Feng with a wrong look and asked quickly
Does anyone know when you took out this map?
No one, I secretly brought it out in the archives room under the excuse of investigating Suzhou's past years.
From now on, you must be careful. If I guess correctly, there will be a lot of trouble.
Jiang Feng suddenly spoke seriously: The Wanmatang family extermination case may be the fuse. I have a premonition that a major turmoil will occur in the officialdom in Suzhou and even the entire Jiangsu.
How did the elder brother know?
Xu Hai asked puzzledly. He couldn't imagine how Jiang Feng, who had not come into contact with a few people all day long, could reason about all this.
intuition
Jiang Feng himself felt that this reason was untenable, so he added a few more words: The Jianghu is the weather vane of the officialdom. You should have heard that the Dajiang League, which was rampant on the Yangtze River waterway five years ago, was shattered by several small sects such as Feilongzhai, and then the officials in charge of the canal transportation were imprisoned. Can you imagine that the huge organization of the Dajiang League was actually eaten by several small sects? If there was no government operation here, the Dajiang League would probably not be destroyed so quickly.
It seems that the fight and killing in the world are gone away from her. She wants to be a simple woman, Jiang Feng's little woman.
Seeing a smile on her sleeping face, she gently touched Jiang Feng's cheek and took his hand down.
After a while, Su Yu had finished disguising and dressed up in a plain manner. The two walked into a bun shop together. Jiang Feng ordered some Bianjing enema buns and ordered two bowls of spicy soup. The two sat at the street and started eating.
When he arrived at Xu Hai, he was already waiting in the yard. Looking at Xu Hai's expression, Jiang Feng knew that there was no progress in following the past few days.
Brother, I have sent a few brothers to guard the canal these days, and there is no movement at all. Is that Baizhantang lying us?
No, Jiang Feng sighed and said to him: I can hear that Bai Zhantang is not talking about panic. I think that informant has not appeared these days. It is very likely that he found you were following you. If there is nothing to gain in two days, let them withdraw. What is the fourth brother busy these days? Why haven’t he seen anyone?
You don't know yet. You like to visit the teahouse and brothels if you have nothing to do. I have said it many times, but he just doesn't listen. If there is no way, he has to make trouble.
The fourth brother inquired about the news and it is inevitable that these places will be involved. You should remind your brothers not to cause trouble these days. The limelight is in full swing now, and it will be bad if you are arrested by the inspection department.
Don't worry, with me here, nothing will happen. And I've got the Taihu defense map that my brother wants.
Xu Hai said and handed over a roll of rice paper
OK, very good. Jiang Feng looked at the 800-mile Taihu Lake on the map and praised it a few times.
This Taihu Lake defense map is very detailed. The islands above are scattered and none of them are pulled down. There are even a few places that indicate: the water depth can be used, and the boat can be used; shallow, dry water in spring; this island is very dense, and can hide five hundred soldiers.
When did this map come from...
He looked at Xu Hai with some differences, not knowing where he got it from, it was obvious that it was an armed defense map on the army
This was left by the thief Zhang Shicheng before he was killed by Emperor Taizu. Because it was well made at that time and was kept in the Suzhou Prefecture Archives Room. My brother told me to take it out.
Oh, Jiang Feng responded and nodded
Zhang Shicheng is a hero who fought for the world with Zhu Yuanzhang at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. However, he was the king and the loser. Now he is called Zhang Thief.
In fact, the slander and accusations of Zhang Shicheng by literati were mostly the words of a mad dog barking. According to private rumors, Zhang Shicheng was generous and kind. After occupying Suzhou, he paid less taxes. Although his subordinates were greedy, they were not cruel and killed innocent people.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang has a lot of discussion among the people. Some people record his reaction after occupying Jiangnan: The three Wu Ju surnames... In several years, they were poor or destroyed, died or moved, and no one survived.
Brother, I always think you are too careful? Isn’t it just a bunch of robbers? As long as the government sends troops to encircle and suppress them, I don’t believe that they have wings and can fly out of Taihu Lake. If this happens, it is very likely that Boss Guo of Wanmatang will lose his life. In that case, all the clues will be cut off.
Xu Hai poured tea for Jiang Feng, and then said disapprovingly
Second, things are not as simple as you thought. Last time I told you that there must be an informant of the Locust Soldiers in your inspection department. You didn’t care at that time. Now it seems that I asked you to keep an eye on Wang Ji was a mistake. I asked the government to send troops to encircle and suppress them. Where did the military talisman come from? Without the order of the second-rank official, who dared to use the garrison troops of Suzhou Prefecture? And why do you say that they are in Taihu Lake?
Jiang Feng's series of questions left Xu Hai speechless, and finally muttered in a low voice: Then let's wait like this?
From the information we obtained, it is not that simple to analyze the Wanmatang family extermination case. It can be said that from the site, robbery, killing, and retreat, they all planned in advance. According to the secret message transmission system of the Jinyiwei, ten days can be enough to pass on the Suzhou incident back and forth, but why did Baizhantang not come back ten days after leaving Suzhou? I am afraid that the Jinyiwei of the Capital has a new order that made him wait for. We are not the people in the government and the struggles in the officialdom are not understood. But because of this, we dare not act rashly. If you report the secret you know, then I am afraid that you will not know how to die. Who knows whether the mastermind behind the Wanmatang family extermination case is the government?
The first time Jiang Feng said what he thought, Su Yu and Xu Hai both opened their mouths and looked at Jiang Feng in disbelief. I wonder why he had such a crazy idea
Don’t be surprised, the second brother, Luo Jing is a living example. Isn’t his backstage Zhe Chong Duwei?
It's really hard to imagine the big brother's speculation. Could this group of locust soldiers be so arrogant that they infiltrate the government's house?
I said a long time ago that you are so smart that you can only say this. I didn’t tell you all the things Bai Zhantang said last time, but you will be surprised if you finish saying it.
What?
Bai Zhantang said that the main messenger behind the Locust Soldier could be a secret guard. Jiang Feng gently tapped the table with his fingers.
The Demon Sect Su Yu's face was puzzled, but Xu Hai suddenly woke up
A Yu, who do you imagine the secret guard was founded in the beginning
Emperor Jian Wen...
Su Yu had just said half of the sentence and immediately covered her mouth
When Xu Hai heard this, he quickly looked into the yard and found that no one was relieved, and re-entered the room and nodded at them.
Yes, this is the real reason I am concerned about. After Emperor Jianwen hid in the mountains, although he had long been no longer alive after so many years, he was orthodox. There are rumors among the people that Prince Zhu, the third prince, should be his descendant, and after the defeat, he retreated to Jiangnan. The base camp of Suzhou was originally built by old ministers and veterans. After Emperor Jianwen died, they would definitely turn to descendants who supported him. In addition, Jianwen was mostly a literati, and those disciples only followed these veterans. Young disciples entered the officialdom. Naturally, they would tend to be the Jianwen lineage. This is probably the reason why the imperial court had encircled and suppressed secret guards several times and did not compete for their success. The political power of those literati cannot be ignored.
No wonder Emperor Yongle doesn't believe in these sour scholars
After Jiang Feng's analysis, Xu Hai finally understood why the inspection department was tight on the outside and loose on the inside. I was afraid that his boss would understand the joints in it.
Although I really want to investigate the relationship between the Jiang family's bloody case and the secret guards, I don't want to be used as a gun. Bai Zhantang thought that after he told me about the old things about the Jiang family, I would urgently follow it up. This is his real purpose.
Jiang Feng took a sip of tea and continued: I'm afraid that the information of several of us had been reviewed before he came to Suzhou. It was precisely because he used this to choose me.
Most of Jiang Feng’s analysis of Baizhantang is correct, but he guessed something wrong.
Bai Zhantang secretly used the Jinyiwei to inspect Jiang Feng's files when Lin Ruhai introduced them to each other. The more he checked, he became more and more shocked. He did not expect that Jiang Feng could manage a group of land rogues to this level in just a few years.
Because there was a traitor in Suzhou, he did not dare to easily call on the power of the Jinyiwei, so he wanted to rely on Jiang Feng's power.
How could he know that Jiang Feng is far smarter than he is? From the moment he talks about the old story of the Jiang family, Jiang Feng understood that Bai Zhantang knew everything about him. He wanted to be cannon fodder and try what are the characters who hold secret guards in Suzhou hidden in the government in Suzhou.
There are so many things in a family-killing case. Fortunately, my brother asked me to stop in time, otherwise we might have been trapped now.
We have fallen into it. Jiang Feng said bitterly: Since the moment Minglan targeted me, we have been taken into the sight of the Secret Guard. These days I always feel that someone is staring at me all the time... Now I regret touching those original beads, otherwise we would not have been discovered so soon.
Brother, it’s okay. Since we have done it, don’t regret it. How should we get along with the Secret Guard now?
The Secret Guard will not kill me for a while now. I will be useful to them. You must know that I am in the Lin Mansion and can find out many things in the officialdom from Lin Ruhai...
Jiang Feng suddenly stopped talking after saying a while. He expanded the map again and read it carefully.
From this map, we can see that Zhang Shicheng was initially preparing to fight against Zhu Yuanzhang on Taihu Lake, so he could clearly explore the terrain of Taihu Lake waters
However, Jiang Feng was a little strange that he was very familiar with the marks on the map. He always felt that he had seen them there, but after thinking about them a few times, he had no result, so he had to put away the map.
What's wrong, brother?
Xu Hai looked at Jiang Feng with a wrong look and asked quickly
Does anyone know when you took out this map?
No one, I secretly brought it out in the archives room under the excuse of investigating Suzhou's past years.
From now on, you must be careful. If I guess correctly, there will be a lot of trouble.
Jiang Feng suddenly spoke seriously: The Wanmatang family extermination case may be the fuse. I have a premonition that a major turmoil will occur in the officialdom in Suzhou and even the entire Jiangsu.
How did the elder brother know?
Xu Hai asked puzzledly. He couldn't imagine how Jiang Feng, who had not come into contact with a few people all day long, could reason about all this.
intuition
Jiang Feng himself felt that this reason was untenable, so he added a few more words: The Jianghu is the weather vane of the officialdom. You should have heard that the Dajiang League, which was rampant on the Yangtze River waterway five years ago, was shattered by several small sects such as Feilongzhai, and then the officials in charge of the canal transportation were imprisoned. Can you imagine that the huge organization of the Dajiang League was actually eaten by several small sects? If there was no government operation here, the Dajiang League would probably not be destroyed so quickly.