"Xiaohu, have you seen the squad leader?" A guard asked his companion Xiaohu who had just come from patrol elsewhere.

"No, isn't he with you?" Xiaohu asked strangely.

Several government officials looked at each other, and their keen intuition told them that something might have happened.

So he greeted the group of patrolling soldiers, and they hurriedly ran along the road to the southwest of the city.

......

When it was getting dark, Bantou Li's body was found in an alley near the Chief Envoy's Yamen.

Early in the morning, when he heard that another murder had occurred, Lu Ruoteng rushed to the scene as if his buttocks were on fire. When he saw Bantou Li with bleeding from his orifices and black lips, his heart immediately sank.

The yamen servant told him that Captain Li sent Mr. Jishan home alone last night, but he did not return for a long time, and then the body was found here.

Mr. Jishan? Lu Ruoteng’s head suddenly got big.

......

Prince Lu's Mansion.

In the dark dungeon, Niu San was lying on the straw mat, chewing straw roots habitually.

There was a noise, as if someone was coming.

"Niu San, the supervisor has arrived, why don't you salute quickly!" Li Bao's thin voice sounded.

Niu San stood up immediately and turned around to see King Lu standing outside with his hands behind his back, looking at him quietly.

"Young man, please pay my respects to the prisoner." Niu San hurriedly kowtowed.

"Niu San, who do you belong to?" Zhu Changzi asked coldly.

Niu San was stunned by this question. He looked at King Lu's deep eyes, as if he had penetrated everything, and he couldn't help but feel scared.

After mumbling for a long time, Niu San didn't say anything. He just kept his head down and chewed straw quickly in his mouth.

After being silent for a long time, Zhu Changzi was not in a hurry. He knew that Niu San was thinking about the chance of survival.

After a long time, Niu San seemed to have figured it out, raised his head and said: "The younger one belongs to Ma Shoufu, and Ma Shoufu taught me to do everything."

Li Bao, who was standing on one side, thought it was Niu San's nonsense and was about to scold him when he saw the corner of King Lu's mouth raised and he actually smiled.

In an instant, Li Bao broke into a cold sweat and stood there secretly glad that he didn't talk too much just now.

"Oh? Then why do you still slander Ma Shoufu?" Zhu Changzi asked.

"Bitter meat tactic, this is a bitter meat tactic. Even a kid doesn't understand what Ma Shoufu does." Niu San replied.

The corners of Zhu Changzi's raised lips slowly fell again, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The court of the Ming Dynasty is really complicated. Ever since the nonsense of "sharing the world with the scholar-bureaucrats", these civil servants are as difficult to deal with as the clans of the Qin Dynasty.<

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How can we share the world with others?

It was difficult for the First Emperor to understand.

"Whose person are you still?" Zhu Changzi asked again.

After being asked this question, Niu San was completely convinced. He knelt on the ground and worshiped again and again, and said honestly: "The younger one is still the general banner of the former Hangzhou Jinyiwei Qianhu Branch. Since Nanjing was lost, Qianhu took the entire Qianhu

The list of Jin Yiwei voted for the Qing army..."

Li Bao's eyes widened and he looked at Niu San in disbelief. If what he said was true, things would have gone terribly wrong.

The entire Jinyi Guard Qianhu Station has a few thousand people both openly and secretly. If these people were controlled by the Qing army, wouldn't it be...

The more he thought about it, the more terrifying he became. Li Bao glanced at Prince Lu in a panic, and saw that Zhu Changzi's expression remained unchanged, and he was not surprised. Li Bao couldn't help but secretly sigh, his Highness is really becoming more and more like an emperor.

"I see, no wonder the snakes and rats in the city are so well hidden." Zhu Changzi sneered.

Niu San did not dare to answer, and pressed his forehead tightly to the ground, waiting for King Lu's verdict.

"Who is your upline?"

"Back to the prison country, it is General Chen Shen."

"Chen Hongfan, it is indeed him."

"As far as I know, General Chen Shen has secretly surrendered to the Qing Dynasty a long time ago."

"How do you know such secrets?"

"When the Northern Mission went to the Qing court to negotiate peace, King Fu secretly deployed the elite Jinyi Guards from the south of the Yangtze River to follow and monitor us. Later, when we returned to the south, we and the Jinyi Guards were betrayed by someone unknown and were all arrested. Only one person escaped."

When Niu San said this, he became excited.

"You were the only one who escaped from Shengjing?" Zhu Changzi asked.

"Exactly. Later, when the Northern Mission returned south, I followed them all the way. It must have been the fourth day of November, a rainy night in Cangzhou. The Qing army surrounded the inn and arrested the chief envoy Zuo Maodi and his deputy Ma Shaoyu on the spot. Only Chen Hongfan

Safe and sound." Niu San kneaded the straw on the ground into a ball with his hands. His words were full of grief, anger and pain. What happened that night was still vivid in his mind and could not be forgotten.

This was the first time Li Bao heard the inside story about the Northern Mission, because the court had always thought that the Qing army was chasing the mission, and only Chen Hongfan was able to escape.

Now listening to what Niu San said, it is obvious that the truth is different.

Zhu Changzi didn't want to interrupt Niu San's memories, so he remained silent.

"The child was lying in the bamboo forest near the inn. He could clearly hear Chen Hongfan's arrogant and proud laughter and the angry scolding of the leftist envoy. It was Chen Hongfan who secretly surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and asked the Qing Dynasty to detain the envoy and only let himself go.

Returning to the south to recruit and surrender the Nanjing generals. The chief envoy from the left called him a weakling, a lackey, and a traitor. The deputy envoy Ma just laughed miserably and said not a word..."

"Zuo Maodi, you are a loyal minister!" Zhu Changzi sighed after hearing this. He was distracted for a moment, and then said to Niu San, who was already crying: "Stay alive, Niu San."

"Little one...obey me!" Niu San kowtowed hard, making a sound like hitting the ground.

Zhu Changzi turned around and left, and Li Bao hurriedly followed.

Returning to the main hall of the palace, Zhu Changzi received an urgent report before he could sit down, saying that there was another murder case in the city, and the person who died was the head of the Hangzhou government office.

Rubbing his temples, Zhu Changzi said to Li Bao: "A group of clowns only have these methods."

"What the supervisor said is that it is better to let Zhiwei search the whole city and find them all." Li Bao followed the words and agreed.

"No need, do I still need to personally take action for such a trivial matter?" Zhu Changqi picked up the tea cup and said while drinking.

Woohoo~

The melodious horn sounded, Zhu Changzi paused, slowly looked at the already bright sky outside, and said quietly: "I'm afraid it's going to be a hard battle today, go and get my armor. Let all the Wushan military camps be dispatched, under the North City

Standby."

"Jian Guo, you cannot stand in a dangerous position with your wealth. The war is dangerous..." Li Bao advised.

"Go quickly!" Zhu Changzi frowned and shouted, which made Li Bao tremble with fright and quickly went to find someone to give the order.

I remember that when the Five Kingdoms attacked Qin, I personally went to the city and led the army to defend it. That time was the last spark that ignited my imperial ambition.

That time was the prelude to the end of Lu Buwei, and the prelude to King Qin's rule of destroying princes and becoming an emperor.

"King Qin Yingzheng, have you forgotten the long-cherished wish of all previous emperors to unify the world?"

In his mind, he remembered the dream that had haunted him for many years. Zhu Changzi stretched out his arms and his servants put on armor for him.
Chapter completed!