Brocade tears

The sixth day of March, the beginning of Chen.It was Guo Dayou, who hadn't closed his eyes all night, standing in the ruins of scorched earth with dark circles under his eyes. Beside him stood Luo Xun, a thousand households in the Beisi patrol station, with a solemn expression.Guo Dayou looked at the charred beams emitting green smoke, sniffed, and showed a tired look on his brows.

Beside him stood a few officials in a mess.First of all, Ge Shilang, the Minister of the Hubu Warehouse who directed the fire fighting here last night, and Yang Junmin, the Minister of the Hubu who hurried over this morning.Secondly, General Li Shen, who was in charge of the patrol battalion in charge of security in Nanxincang, and An Chengjian, the commander of Zhongcheng Bingma Division, were all present.

Guo Dayou came with Luo Xun, and happened to meet Yang Junmin, Minister of the Household Department, on the way.The three had a brief exchange on the way, and then rushed to the scene to check the damage.

The first thing Yang Junmin did after he came was to ask Ge Shilang if there were any casualties and how the damage was.Ge Shilang reported that two people were killed and one was injured in the explosion, all of them were guards of Nanxincang.A total of three warehouses were burned down. Although the explosion was violent, the fire was extinguished in time, and the loss was not very large.Yang Junmin's face was gloomy, and blowing up three warehouses was already a very serious loss for the current situation where the military's salary was stretched.

The eight warehouses in Nanxincang are all guard warehouses, which are divided into Gongfu Junwei, Yanshan Zuowei, Pengcheng Wei, Longjiwei, Longhuwei, Yongqingwei, Jinwu Zuowei, and Jejuwei.Those burned were the guard warehouses of Jeju Guard, Yanshan Zuo Guard and Fujun Guard.Warehouse is a general term, and 廒 is a grain storage warehouse.Take the hut as the storage unit, and every five rooms are a hut, and a plaque is hung on the door of the hut, marking the number of a certain Wei.The explosion erupted from Jeju Weicang, and affected the nearby Yanshan Zuowei and Fujun Weicang.

The only good news is that General Li of the Patrol Battalion performed bravely last night and arrested five people who caused the explosion on the spot.All five are now bound at the scene of the blast.A group of people followed General Li Shen to see the five criminals, all of whom had the faces of Tartars. They could not speak the Mandarin of the Central Plains.But I don't know where the gun/powder they used to blow up the warehouse came from.

Guo Dayou followed Luo Xun and said softly:

"Brother, what do you think about this matter?"

"By doing so, they will also cause trouble for the court. The main purpose is to focus the attention of the government here so that they can work elsewhere." Luo Xun said lightly.

"Is it the work of the Nine Finger King?"

"Eight/nine out of ten."

"Where did this fire/powder come from? There is also the ammunition that my fourth master and I found in the Tianxiang Pavilion last night. I think there is a big problem with the Shenji Camp." Guo Dayou found it in the Tianxiang Pavilion last night. All the ammunition has been transported to Beisi and seized.

"This has been a sign for a long time. Didn't you tell me that Lingji Church admitted a little boy a few days ago. He was pushed onto the racetrack by a mysterious person and startled the horse of Admiral Song of the Shenji Camp. At that time, I It's unusual."

"But...for what?" Guo Dayou couldn't figure it out, "To understand the siege of Lingji Hall? To attract Admiral Song's attention to Lingji Hall?"

"Think about the purpose of these two. The purpose of breaking the siege is to monitor the situation inside Lingji Hall more clearly, and to keep Li Huier in Lingji Hall from being discovered. Admiral Song noticed The purpose of Lingji Hall is to let Song discover Li Huier in Lingji Hall. The purpose of the two is completely different. If it is the former, it will not be the latter, and if it is reversed, it will also introduce completely different forces. I don’t think it will be the former. But it's not the latter either. Admiral Song is involved in the arms dealer's Tongwa forces. I'm afraid this force doesn't even know that there is Li Huier in Lingji Hall. Throwing the child on the horse racing track is not to attract Admiral Song's attention to Ling Jitang, but a warning. As for the meaning of this warning, only Song knows. Maybe Song wanted to stop, but the other party asked to continue the transaction. There was a problem in the communication between the two parties, so this mysterious force took This extreme method is to warn and intimidate Song." Luo Xun analyzed.

"You're right, I understand a little bit now. Now it seems that the involvement of the forces behind Admiral Song of Shenji Camp and Wu Yong, the owner of Tianxiang Pavilion, is basically a certainty. Those bird guns, fire thunders, only Shenji Jiying has the ability to manufacture and provide. What can be ruled out is that the forces behind the Nine Finger King and Wu Yong are not the same. The fourth master said that the chaos in the Tianxiang Pavilion last night was caused by the Nanxincang explosion. They themselves blew up because of unbelief."

"The King of Nine Fingers is the purest force, that is, the Tartars want to cause trouble in the capital. They should be focusing on the Spring Festival, trying to assassinate some important people. If they can't kill the Holy One, they will find a few important ministers to kill them. To intimidate the court. By the way, the army rations are also burned, so that we can fight without food. To put it bluntly, the Nine Finger King is the party member of the rebellion in Ningxia. Fire/powder is not a scarce thing The Tartars also have them, but they don’t use them very much. But it’s enough for the Nine Finger Kings to cause chaos.” Luo Xun pointed out very clearly.

Guo Dayou nodded, he agreed with Luo Xun on this point.Luo Xun continued:

"One more thing to exclude is the force behind Lao Luo. They should be the weakest force in the city at the moment, with the fewest number of people and the fewest resources. They were originally parasitic on the forces of Chen Ju and Fang Ming, but they became even more powerful after they became independent. Shan Libo. Their only purpose is to take Li Huier away. This group of people has a lot to do with the Jurchen, and they are with Shuerhaqi who is currently in Beijing, but they are not exactly Shuerha Qi people, they are very independent and have their own plans."

Guo Dayou said: "That's true. The owner of Huji Cosmetics Shop, Hu Fulai, and the guy Dongzi we caught haven't had time to interrogate them. They are still temporarily locked up in Beisi. Before I left Tianxiang shop last night, I deliberately I searched the entire Tianxiang Pavilion, but I couldn’t find Shu Erhaqi, but Liu Yanzhi was still there, looking terrified. Wu Yong, the owner of Tianxiang Pavilion, died, and several managers and a gang of thugs all ran away. Human figure, right now, he doesn't have a backbone. The fourth master sent his deputy to sit there, and first put the situation down, and Liu Yanzhi also controlled it."

Of course, Meng Kuang, Bai Yuyin, and Sui'er were also gone. Several tortoises in the Tianxiang Hall were cut down and turned over in front of the gate. It was seen that the knife wounds were left by Meng Kuang's sword, and the white house was also empty.However, Guo Dayou didn't mention this at the moment. He guessed that Meng Kuang might have brought him home at this moment. Now that the city is closed, he is not in a hurry to find Meng Kuang.

"The fourth brother didn't say what he investigated? He should know who is behind Wu Yong." Luo Xun asked.

"I didn't have time, and you know Fourth Master. How could he spit out the things he worked so hard to find out so easily that I robbed them of food. I know the rules, so I didn't ask much." Guo Dayou said.

Luo Xun nodded, then twirled his beard and said:

"Next, we should be able to rule out two major forces, namely the infighting of the Supervisor of Ceremonies. One is Zhang Cheng and Liu Jiu's forces, and the other is Chen Ju and Fang Ming's forces. It is Chen Ju who caused Li Huier to sneak out of the palace. I didn't want the news to be leaked in the middle, and let Zhang Cheng know. But these two groups of people shouldn't have anything to do with selling arms to the Japanese. Go to the hole of the military pay."

Guo Dayou nodded.

"Then there is only one possibility left. The person who communicated with the Japanese is someone else. This person has hands and eyes all over the sky, and he wants to put the shit bowl on Lu Wang's head, lest the world will not be chaotic."

"Brother, I just can't figure this out, who could it be?"

"Where the Japanese pirates come ashore, the people there are the most suspicious."

"It's nothing more than the southeast coast, Shandong, Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Fujian. According to the Japanese pirates' usual landing route, Zhejiang and Fujian are the most suspected. However, the sea ban has been lifted since the first emperor, and now the southeast coast is prosperous. The Japanese rebellion is no longer visible. What is the purpose of providing weapons to the Japanese at this juncture?" Guo Dayou said.

Luo Xun suddenly said: "In the past two years, is there someone who will take care of what Zhang Jing is doing?"

Guo Dayou's eyes froze, and he hurriedly said: "Brother, what do you mean... Zhang Jing is the one who understands the Japanese? Is he the person behind Wu Yong?"

"The man with the eyes and hands lurking in Zhejiang and Fujian, who can affect the situation in Beijing, is probably the only one. He has resentment towards the court center, and it is normal for him to take revenge on the royal family and provoke the court. But this is also It's just a guess and needs to be verified." Luo Xun smiled lightly, changed the subject, patted Guo Dayou and said:

"Old Ba, you just need to understand one thing about Shisan. He is a very valuable person. We haven't found out what his father and brother did back then. We can't do without him. Our interests have nothing to do with his His purpose is not contradictory. He wants to keep Li Huier, but also wants Bai Yuyin, and wants to have Ehuang Nvying, and they all follow him. We didn't plan to send Li Huier back to the palace. Control, Lu Wang's handle can be regarded as falling into our hands, which is a good thing."

"Brother said that Shisan killed a few Guigongs yesterday, probably because these Guigongs wanted to snatch Bai Yuyin away and transfer them, so they bumped into Shisan's hands. Bai Yuyin is not easy. I have endured by my side for many years, and have been restraining King Lu, so that King Lu dare not touch her. If Fourth Master hadn't told me about Bai Yuyin's life experience last night, I really thought it was King Lu who couldn't do it, so I didn't want her. "

"Oh, that licentious prince, there's no reason why he doesn't want the woman he likes. Bai Yuyin has been able to live under his hands until now, so naturally he has always held Lu Wang's handle. Yesterday you told me about Lu Wang's Gossip, I just say that you are still young, and you can't figure out the key points." Luo Xun scoffed.

Guo Dayou's words sounded like hindsight to Guo Dayou's ears. He laughed and didn't dismantle his elder brother's platform.

"Right now, neither Bai Yuyin nor Li Huier can continue to hide in Beijing. When the matter is over, you and I will go to see the commander. I will apply for an assignment for you and Shisan. You take Li Huier and Bai Yuyin with you. Get out of town."

"Where are you going?" Guo Dayou asked.

"Hangzhou, arms piracy is not a trivial matter, not to mention the involvement of Japanese pirates. Go and find out where the Japanese pirates came from, and find out whether it is related to Zhang Jing. This mess in the court and the Northwest Tartars, I will deal with it." Luo Xun said.

"Yes."

……

On the sixth day of March, at the end of the application period, Zhao Ziyang came out of the household department with a gloomy expression and returned home all the way.Early this morning, he was urgently recalled to the household department to deal with the Nanxincang explosion last night, to calculate the losses, and to organize follow-up remedies.During the whole day, besides dealing with the busy business, a flood of shocking news flooded his mind, filling his mind.By now he was in a trance.

On the first day of the closure of Dasuo, Shuntian Prefecture and Wucheng Bingmasi had arrested hundreds of Tatars and Oirats in the city, but there were only about a dozen suspects among them.Zhan Yu, the commander of Zhongcheng soldiers and horses, performed most prominently. During the search and arrest process, he encountered the Nine Fingers King himself, but accidentally let the Nine Fingers escape.But what is certain is that there are not many people around the King of Nine Fingers left.Now he has been entrusted with an important task, and he has become the most important backbone of the army and horses to hunt down the remnant party of the Nine Finger King.

The Holy Majesty was very angry at the explosion of the Nanxincang last night and the news that the Tatars had infiltrated into Beijing. He ordered the city to arrest them with all their strength, and mobilized half of the forces of Jinyiwei in Beijing.Luo Sigong took the order and personally directed the operation.

The interrogation process of the Tartars who were arrested on the spot for participating in the explosion and burning of the Nanxin warehouse last night was not smooth. They kept swearing and refusing to say anything.At present, these people have been transferred to Jinyiwei Prison, and Jinyiwei will take over the interrogation.

Misfortunes never come singly. Wei Xuezeng, the governor of the three sides of the Northwest Front, sent an urgent military report that Ningxia's grain and grass were in a hurry, and he asked Beijing and China for emergency food adjustments.After the morning, Sheng became furious in the palace, scolding Nanxincang for its lack of military equipment, and the head of the household department could hardly absolve himself of the blame.Yang Junmin, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, fought against the wind and asked the emperor to grant Wei Xuezeng the authority to adjust food around the war zone and send generals to the northwest to help.The Holy Majesty has not yet approved it, and the cabinet is still studying and judging.

The only thing that is certain is that this year's Spring Festival has been cancelled.

And besides worrying about court affairs, he also has to worry about family affairs.Meng Qing had a falling out with her father last night, and Meng Qing was going to lead the others away that night, but thanks to the persuasion of herself and her mother, they stayed.It's so chaotic outside, Bai Yuyin and Li Sui'er's identities are very sensitive, and Lingji Hall has become the center of the vortex where various forces fight, and they won't be able to go back for a while. Where can they go at this time?For their safety, at least they were left behind.

Last night he comforted his father for the whole night, and his father became sick with anger, saying that the family was making a fool of himself and that he was ashamed of his deceased uncle and aunt.I have worn out my mouth, so that my father will stop thinking about it, causing conflicts, and making the family unhappy.Now my father is bedridden to recuperate, and his mind is exhausted.I didn't close my eyes all night, and was called to the household department early in the morning. I was so tired that my body was stiff.

If Zhao Ziyang spoke his mind, he actually supported his third cousin.He really admired the courage of the third cousin, daring to express his feelings for Li Suier so bluntly in front of his elders. If he had had the courage of his cousin to resist his father and protect his new wife, he would not have gone Taking that risk and getting her frail body pregnant.I'm afraid I won't be so alone now.The death of his wife in dystocia will always be the deepest pain in his heart, and he has been silently confronting his father by means of not getting married.

As for the astonishment of the marriage between a woman and a woman, Zhao Ziyang didn't take it seriously.There are countless eaters in this palace, why aren't they all living well?The Meng family is not an imperial family, so why should they be so persistent if they insist on having a son to inherit the throne and carry on the incense of their ancestors.Besides, isn't it his second cousin's business to continue the incense?When did it become a matter of the third cousin?He felt that his third cousin was a rare heroic woman who should not be bound by the common morals of the world, so that she could flex her muscles and break through the world.The third cousin might have been alone all her life and couldn't find a partner, but now she has someone who can join hands with her for the rest of her life, shouldn't it be a happy event?

After comforting his father to sleep last night, he found his mother and whispered his thoughts.Unexpectedly, his mother thought of going with him.Zhao Ziyang thought, if he could persuade his father with his mother, maybe he could change his old stubborn father's mind.Although his father is stubborn, he is affectionate. Zhao Ziyang believes that his father's inner emotions can overcome Gang Chang's restraint on him.

His cousin's family has lived a different life since their ancestors. They are solitary, follow their heart, are not bound, and have always been gentlemen.They cover the sky and the earth as their seats, and they don't mind wandering the mountains and rivers, traveling all over the world, and believe that this place of peace of mind is my hometown.What a chic attitude towards life is really enviable.Now her cousin dared to take the risk of protecting the two lonely and helpless women. This kind of spirit also made him respectful.

Mr. Yangming once wrote in "Yu Luwen" that "you don't know the west and the east, but the sky is the same". Zhao Ziyang felt that this might be the life Meng Qing wanted to choose.