Murong Zhao said: "Xiang Chong is just a young Jin Yiwei like Zhang Ying. He has been here less than three months, so he doesn't have any enemies, right?" Liao Jianzhong thought for a moment and said: "He is relatively familiar with the capital. , but it’s not like he’ll stay up all night. Hey, it was too chaotic last night. I really don’t know where he can go? Let’s not mention him for the moment. Mr. Murong, I still don’t understand. It was clear that Liu Qingfeng could be caught last night. Dong Why did the factory come here to join in? Is there something wrong inside?" Murong Zhao smiled calmly and said: "This is inevitable. Liu Qingfeng has committed many major crimes but got away with it. Although he has some abilities, we are not vegetarians. But his hands and eyes There are many people from Tongtian, you know? Lord Mou was specially called into the palace last night to accompany the emperor. He only knew that we went to capture Liu Qingfeng, but he didn’t know that we were blocked back. I think if he knew, he would definitely be furious . But what can we do about last night’s situation?”
Liao Jianzhong smiled and said: "Master Murong has always gotten along well with the father-in-law, so why can't he know some secrets?" Murong Zhao looked around, took a few steps, and said: "What do you think I can know? Master Mou has always warned us not to interact with us. The father-in-laws are very close friends. And the father-in-laws are also scheming with each other. The current situation is a three-legged confrontation... Hi!" Seeing me standing aside, he waved his hand to signal me to go out. I stood up to leave, and Murong Zhao suddenly said: "You should be more careful. I always feel that there is something fishy here." Liao Jianzhong suddenly realized it, yawned, and said: "Never mind this big thing, just get some sleep first! Let's all take a rest."
It's not strange, it's just a bit baffling, I thought to myself and said goodbye. The sun was shining brightly, and I realized that I was also very tired, so I decided to go back to my room and sleep.
The Zhenfu Division seems very relaxed today, everyone is lazing around. I suddenly thought of what happened last night. Someone is going to give the emperor two pills today! I was shocked and looked around a few times, but I was still as calm as ever. Did I have a dream? Why does everyone pretend that I don’t exist?
I thought about it and returned to my room. Hardy was there. When he saw me coming back, he had a smile on his dark face and showed his white teeth: "You are finally back!"
My body trembled. It seemed that I was not dreaming! He smiled hurriedly and said: "I'm fine, what's wrong?" Hardy was confused for a moment, blinked his eyes and said: "I guess you don't know, the Zhenfu Division is almost in chaos!"
Hardy told what happened after I left: Hua Shichun thought that the person who stayed behind was Yu Qi, so he did not deliberately chase the three of them. In other words, I chased them out alone. After they saw the man clearly, they woke up from a dream and realized that they had been deceived. And Ning Boyang discovered that all the Jinyi guards here had their acupuncture points tapped. After untying them, he realized that two people came from the other side. They were extremely agile and tapped everyone's acupoints almost at the same time. When we came in, they were speechless. Come, I can only watch Yu Qi escape.
Soon, Liao Jianzhong came back and learned that not only Yu Qi had escaped, but that I was also missing. He changed his usual calmness and became very angry. He scolded Hua Shichun for his incompetence in doing things. You must know that Hua Shichun has followed him for many years and is as close as a brother. Fortunately, Gu Dayou and Ji Maotong came back one after another and tried to persuade them. Liao Jianzhong just gave up, and Yue Ziqian hid far away. The strange thing was that Liao Jianzhong did not blame him. You must know that he was in charge of the prison, but let Hua Shichun, Gu Dayou and Ji Maotong searched separately all night long, but they were ordered not to tell anyone about the search for me. They made a fuss in the middle of the night and came back one after another, but they did not find me. Liao Jianzhong didn't say much this time. He just asked everyone to have a good rest today. He seemed to have an idea.
After listening to Hardy's words, I took a long breath and held it back. It seemed that the Zhenfu Division was indeed looking for me. There was a lot of noise last night, so it seemed quiet today. But for some reason, after I came back, there was no movement from Liao Jianzhong. There must be something going on, I just don’t know it right now. I asked about Xiang Chong's whereabouts, and Hardy said: "This is the more surprising thing. Originally, you disappeared, and Xiang Chong was the most anxious. Everyone went out in a swarm and searched around Beizhen Fusi, but you couldn't be found. We returned to the Zhenfu Division and counted the number of people, but he was still missing. We almost searched here again, but couldn't find him at all. We didn't dare to make a big show of it, so we had to come back. Fortunately, you came back safely. Where were you last night? ?”
I vaguely said that I was lost. Because it was the imperial city, I didn’t dare to move around, so I randomly found a temple and hid. Hardy naturally believed me. I was sleepy and tired. Although I was thinking about Xiang Chong, when I felt sleepy, I lay down and prepared to sleep. When Hardy saw me lying down, he just thought I was sleepy and left wisely.
I didn't want Hardy to leave, but I didn't feel sleepy anymore. After tossing and turning for a long time, I accidentally touched the book in my arms. My heart moved, and when I saw no one was around, I took out the book. I opened the oilcloth, and inside was kraft paper filtered with tung oil. After opening it, I found a picture album and a brocade box. I opened the brocade box first, and it turned out to be a bead, crystal clear, with the character "eight" engraved on it. This picture album looks very ordinary, with only twenty pages. The first eighteen pages are all maps, which are actually maps of the provinces and border areas of the Ming Dynasty, and maps of coastal areas. The last two pages are densely written with names and addresses, and there are maps from all over the country. Yes, the last painting looks like an island, with an old man without a beard on it, surrounded by four or five people who also have no beards.
I really didn't understand it. I remember Bao Song said before he died that he asked me to give the book to Bao Xiaobai. Although I have nothing to do with Bao Song, I always do it when I am entrusted by others. But where is this Bao Xiaobai? I only vaguely know that he should be in Jinyiwei.
There were rapid footsteps outside. I quickly wrapped my things, put them under me, and pretended to sleep.
The visitor came into the house and saw that I was asleep. He seemed to hesitate for a moment and then shouted: "Zhang Ying!" It was Ning Boyang. I didn't know what he wanted from me. In the past, I just felt that he seemed to look down on me, so I had to continue to pretend. "Sleep," he screamed twice in succession. I couldn't pretend to be asleep anymore, so I rubbed my eyes and sat up. He was uncharacteristically smiling and said to me, "Brother Zhang, I'm sorry, but I have to wake you up!"
I smiled and shook my head and said, "It's okay, I'm just a little sleepy. I'll be fine if I take a nap." Ning Boyang nodded and said, "I heard that the commander of Jin Yiwei is going to be replaced. Do you know?"
Father-in-law Ma had said before that Mou Bin was old and wanted to become an official; and last night in Dongchang, I heard from Qian Tong that his brother Qian Cai would soon be the commander of the Jinyi Guards. To be honest, I'm not very interested in the change of commander of Jinyiwei. I didn't even want to tell him what I had experienced last night, so I could only vaguely say: "I only remember what Eunuch Ma said yesterday, but I don't know whether it is true or not. What's wrong, has there been a change?"
Ning Boyang looked at me with strange eyes, as if he saw that I was lying, which made me very uncomfortable. He suddenly smiled "hehe", patted my shoulder, looked around again, and whispered: "Last night We went to capture Liu Qingfeng. It was Commander Mou who personally gave the order, but Dongchang interfered with it. He was very angry and went directly to Eunuch Wang Yue, the Superintendent of Ceremonies. The two had a quarrel. You know, we Jinyiwei are listening to There is some friendship between the two of them, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, but such a quarrel has hurt the harmony. Therefore, word came out from the palace that Commander Mou should take up his post." I said: "We are all new here, and Commander Mou is I haven't seen anyone yet. Now that the person has been replaced, it won't have a big impact." Ning Boyang was stunned for a moment, then looked outside and whispered: "To be honest, you are from Eunuch Zhang, and I am from Qiu Father-in-law, Eunuch Qiu and Eunuch Zhang are as close as brothers, and they are the confidants of His Highness the Crown Prince. Therefore, we must be better than brothers. Although you and I are both newcomers, I am one year older than you and have more experience than you. There are many of you, and I am not an outsider. We all have to work hard and make a name for ourselves. In the future, Jinyiwei will be ours."
I nodded and said, "Brother Ning, I just came here. I was just a wandering doctor before. I really don't understand the rules here!" Ning Boyang smiled and said, "I'm here to find you. , I am also telling you that the commander will be changed soon, so don’t rush to do some cases. When the new commander comes, we will make meritorious deeds. Wouldn’t it be a big show of our faces? How can a good man not make meritorious deeds?" He said quite meaningfully. With great momentum, a look of arrogance appeared on his handsome face.
