When Zhu Song said this, he suddenly remembered the scene where Shen Zheng's beard fell off just now.

"Do you think it is possible for Shen Zhengcong to put on a fake beard to escape the surveillance of Jin Yiwei?"

Lao Cao was stunned when he heard this, and Xuanji remembered something.

"Speaking of this matter, Your Highness, we arranged for the brothers near Shen Zheng's house to report something a few days ago. A big beard appeared at the back door of Shen's house. They have never seen this big beard in Shen's house before.

I saw this servant, so I quietly followed him up and watched him enter the oil store, but when it got dark and the oil store closed, the man didn't come out."

"The five magistrates all died the day after the big beard appeared. Is there any connection between them?"

Zhu Song heard what Lao Cao said and thought about it carefully. There shouldn't be such a coincidence in the world, right?

"Why wasn't this matter reported earlier?"

Lao Cao explained: "His Royal Highness did not notice this matter at all at that time. There may be something fishy. We did secretly check the oil shop and found nothing unusual."

Zhu Song shook his head, Lao Cao, this is a sign of immaturity in underground work.

"If there is no problem with the oil shop, then there is something wrong with the people. Tonight, we will send people to arrest all the shopkeepers and clerks of the oil shop. They will interrogate them and find out what the relationship between this oil shop and Shen Zhengcong is. They

What is the relationship with Shen Zhengcong?"

"Besides that Japanese swordsman, since he dared to stay in the Ming Dynasty, he must have disguised himself. He definitely does not look like an ordinary Japanese swordsman. Expand the search scope, but you must search in secret, and you must not expose it to the public.

Come up here, and you must not alert the enemy!"

Just then the guard came to report.

"Your Highness, Sir Cao, the prefect of Hangzhou, Fan Zhongping has arrived!"

Zhu Song was about to ask when Fan Zhongping would arrive, but he didn't expect that Cao Cao would be here soon.

"Let Lord Fan come in!"

After Fan Zhongping came in, he saluted Zhu Song. After the salute, he stood up. Zhu Song looked at him a few times. Mr. Fan had never had outstanding political achievements, and his appearance was ordinary. He couldn't even see it if he was thrown into the crowd.

That kind of.

"Lord Fan, do you know why I called you here today?"

Although Fan Zhongping is mediocre, and he always likes to use the principle of "three no-contaminations" to demand himself, and does not take any responsibility, he will naturally not make any big mistakes, but it is precisely because he is too stable and too mediocre that it is impossible to

There will be great achievements.

But being mediocre and steady does not mean that he is a stupid person. He actually knew that Zhu Song called him here today. Something big happened in Hangzhou. In an instant, the world was turned upside down. The chief envoys and their families were all arrested and thrown into Hangzhou.

The prison was in prison, and this also represented the emperor's wishes, because Fan Zhongping had already read the emperor's imperial edict.

Fan Zhongping has never gotten along well with his two immediate bosses. Fan Zhongping is not a corrupt official. He never takes things he shouldn't take. It is also because of this that he has the principle of three non-contaminations.

He couldn't get along with his two immediate bosses, and it was actually easy to look down on them. He was just afraid that one day the scandal of these two unlucky men would involve him.

And today, when Zhu Song called him here, it was obvious that the imperial court was going to take action against his two immediate superiors.

At this time, it comes to taking sides. In fact, Fan Zhongping doesn’t have to think about it. He must be on the side of His Royal Highness King Han and the imperial court. He will eat the emperor’s salary and share the king’s worries. After all, His Royal Highness the King of Han represents His Majesty the Emperor. You are in the Ming Dynasty.

No matter how tough you are, you can't be tougher than His Majesty the Emperor.

Fan Zhongping replied: "Your Highness, I understand that I have heard about all the illegal things Zhou Tong and Wu Qian did."

"If Your Highness needs it, I can inform Your Highness of the evidence that I have obtained and all the illegal things that I have heard about the two of them."

Zhu Song became interested after hearing this.

"This is great, come on, come on, tell me what these two bastards Wu Qian and Zhou Tong have done?"

Fan Zhongping told Zhu Song and Lao Cao the illegal things he knew Zhou Tong and Wu Qian had done. Unfortunately, what he said were all trivial things.

Seizing property and embezzling military pay are not trivial matters according to Ming Dynasty law, but compared with the nine dams and the murder of Japanese pirates, it is a trivial matter.

"I would like to remind you that in the past few years, your Zhejiang Province applied for money from the imperial court to build dykes. Nine dykes were built in five counties. Then, not long after, these nine dykes

They collapsed almost simultaneously."

"Although you are only the prefect of Hangzhou, I believe this matter. You should know something about it. What is going on with the nine dams? And there is so little gunpowder in your arsenal. You should know something about it.

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"Master Fan, the matter has developed to this point, and I still hope to hear something useful. Of course, I hope that this matter will not have anything to do with you."

After Zhu Song finished speaking, Fan Zhongping lifted his robe and knelt down.

"Your Highness, I plead guilty. The gunpowder in the armory was originally a note written by me. I was forced to have no choice. Zhou Tong and Wu Qian were the political inspectors of Zhejiang Province, as well as Mr. Qin. The three of them were at that time

Call me over, I'm really helpless."

This Lord Fan is a non-conformist. Zhu Song knows that if the three parties of the Si Yamen had not gathered together, they probably would not have dragged him into the water. Did Fan Zhongping commit a crime? It is very possible, but Zhu Song does not want to investigate him now and will not let him go.

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"You approved this approval note, so do you know how many kilograms of gunpowder are missing in total?"

Fan Zhongping immediately replied decisively: "Your Highness, the note they asked the officials to approve at that time was eight hundred kilograms of gunpowder."

Zhu Song looked at Lao Cao and nodded imperceptibly. The nine dams were large and small, and eight hundred kilograms of gunpowder was just right.

Zhu Song nodded: "I don't want to take care of your affairs now. I don't care what you did before, but what I want to take care of now is the affairs of Zhou Tong and Wu Qian. Tell them about their affairs."

Come out, I will not take any credit from you, but next, the court will most likely issue an order to let you temporarily take over as the Chief Envoy of Zhejiang."

Fan Zhongping's expression changed when he heard this.

"I will do my best and will never embarrass His Highness..."

"Wait a minute, this is not recommended by me, this is the intention of the imperial court. You must remember clearly that you are not my disciple, you can only be loyal to me, His Majesty the Ming Emperor."

"And you have to remember that you are temporarily holding the post of Chief Envoy of Zhejiang. You are the prefect of Hangzhou and are very familiar with the environment in Zhejiang. In addition to Chief Envoy, there is also a vacancy for Chief Inspector. You have to find a suitable one.
Chapter completed!