As a Western-style palace building, the main complex of the White Jade Tower has four tall towers, of which the east and west are used to store water for fountains, while the north and south are claimed to be temporarily vacant, but in fact they are two watchtowers.

And not only the watchtowers, but also the two towers have a row of small two-story buildings that are slightly shorter than the main building, and have a total of about 40 rooms. These two small buildings are also white marble buildings, but unlike the pale gold special glazed tiles used in the main building, these two small buildings use special glazed tiles of dark gray and almost black, which are called "black roofs" in the Jinghua system.

It stands to reason that the "black roof" is just two rows of inconspicuous small buildings on the edge of the main building complex of Baiyulou, and at first glance I thought they were two rows of utility rooms, but they actually have a separate nickname, which is obviously a bit weird.

But if anyone knows that the "black top" is the headquarters of Jinghua's Ministry of Internal Affairs, this strange feeling will immediately turn into a sudden realization - the supervision of tens of millions of Jinghua's huge assets is arranged and summarized here.

In addition, Gao Shishi's orders to most of the industries in various parts of the Jinghua system were also issued from here. Even if it is a private letter sent by him, as long as it is sent from Jingshi, it will be kept on file in the "black top" for future reference. And private letters sent from other regions such as Xinzheng, Liaodong and other places will eventually be attached to the "black top" as a record.

Under the two rows of small buildings with black roofs, there is even a basement larger than the above-ground building, and its purpose is even less known to people inside Jinghua.

As the leader of the "Black Top", Gao Mo, the director of the Jinghua Internal Affairs Department, is in a "combat state" today - in fact, it is not accurate to say this, it is more accurate to say that since yesterday when Gao Shishi sent an invitation to Changchun Palace, Gao Mo had already entered a combat state, and he only slept for two hours that night.

At this moment, Gao Mo is looking south with the latest binoculars on the south watchtower attached to the "black roof". Behind him, a total of seven subordinates, were reporting the situation one by one.

"We specially arranged for someone to stop Feng Jia at the Xuanwu Gate and pretend to inquire, this action is enough for those people to find out that Feng Jia has left the palace. Then we arranged another transfer in Di'anmen, in this process, Feng Jia needed to get off the bus and transfer, and Feng Jia only changed his clothes and did not do special makeup, so the other party will have enough time to arrange the arrangement. ”

"That's right, Director, according to our calculations, the time for the other party to gather people and horses to rush to Baiyulou will only take an hour and a half at the earliest. However, considering the complexity of their staff, we don't think this time is of much value...... We calculated the people who might be on today's 'visitor' list and where they lived, and concluded that they were most likely to arrive in three or four hours. ”

Gao Mo, who had not spoken, frowned slightly, but his movements of holding the telescope to check did not change, and he just asked: "In other words, it will be in the afternoon, and it will be shortly after lunch time?" ”

"In terms of time, it should be."

"Have you ever considered that many of these people may not want to miss lunch?"

"Yes, I thought about it." The subordinate replied: "We remember the owner's teaching, 'In intelligence work, details determine success or failure.'" But after our analysis, we all agree that these people should be very excited today, and they will ignore such a small thing as a lunch for a while. ”

"Good." Gao Mo nodded: "Next." ”

"As we expected, it was 'Bai Yan' who accompanied Feng Jia, and she reported to us the situation last night, and mentioned a suspicious point, which I think may be very important, and I ask for a separate report."

When Gao Mo heard the words "report alone", he finally put down his binoculars, turned his head to look at him, paused slightly, and said, "The others will retreat first." ”

The remaining six people didn't say a word, bowed slightly, and went down, leaving only Gao Mo and the more than thirty subordinates dressed as scribes on the lookout platform at the top of the tower.

"Tell me, what's the doubt."

The subordinate dressed as a scribe said: "Yes, Director, 'Bai Yan' mentioned that the other party's people gave her a sachet a day ago, and explained to her very carefully, asking her to find a way to persuade Feng Jia to take this sachet with her, and also asked her to persuade Feng Jia to open it when she was sure that only Feng Jia himself and our host were present - opening it means that the contents of this sachet are wrapped in sealed oil paper, and the oil paper needs to be torn apart for the fragrance to come out." ”

Gao Mo had already frowned, and people were nervous: "You should report this news in advance!" What's in there, is it poisonous? ”

The subordinate had a strange expression, and even hesitated in this situation of being criticized, and then coughed lightly and said with some embarrassment: "This, it is precisely because of ...... It shouldn't be a poison that will cause physical harm, so the subordinates didn't rush to report it. ”

As he spoke, he talked about the function of the sachet mentioned by Wei Min and Princess Yongning.

Gao Mo has been in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for so long, and some things are naturally understandable, so he was slightly stunned, and asked in disbelief: "Yes...... Tricks? ”

The scribe's subordinate said: "It is very likely that 'Bai Yan' is very bold, after she got the sachet, she first checked the oil paper bag, and then found the same oil paper, turned the contents out and changed it, and at the same time left a small part of it...... After his subordinates learned the news just now, they took it to the Department of Medicine and asked Mr. Li to take a look. ”

Gao Mo immediately asked, "What did Mr. Li say?" ”

The scribe's subordinate said: "Mr. Li said that those things were ground too finely, and he could only distinguish the larger ones for a while, including cantharid, deer blood ointment, navel, ambergris, musk, mandala powder, ......."

Gao Mo directly waved his hand to interrupt: "I don't ask about this, I just want to know the function of these things!" ”

"Yes, Director." The scribe's subordinates obviously felt that Gao Mo's mood was not right, so he didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Li said that it should probably be a powerful medicine, and it may have hallucinogenic effects." ”

Gao Mo's face turned pale, and he scolded suddenly: "You dare to delay this kind of news!" You don't know her...... Who's that? ”

The scribe's subordinate knelt down in shock and defended: "The subordinate knows, but the subordinate thinks ...... Since Feng Jia himself also knows the function of the sachet, he must ...... Presumably out of the way. ”

"Fart!" Gao Mo turned around and rushed down the spiral staircase, dropping a sentence: "I'll settle accounts with you when I turn around!" ”

The remaining six subordinates who were discussing the details of today's arrangements under the tower suddenly saw their supervisor rushing down from the tower, and they were all startled, and hurriedly followed, one of them asked, "Supervisor, what's wrong?" ”

How could Gao Mo explain? He could only run towards the main building while commanding with a cold face: "The situation has changed somewhat, before I come down from the main building, you have to make sure that the other party's people absolutely and absolutely cannot enter the Baiyu Building, especially the side of the East Bedroom, understand no!" ”

"Understood...... But the identity of the other party may be more special, if they want to break in? ”

Gao Mo stood abruptly, turned to stare at the subordinate, with a cold tone in his tone, and said slowly: "Baiyulou is not a vegetable market, you want to break into Baiyulou?" Yes, either by decree or by ...... You let him go back first, and bring tens of thousands of Jingying to talk again! ”

The subordinate was awe-struck, and he hugged his fists and said: "Yes, supervisor, the subordinate understands, so I will go and notify the Xinzhai school." ”

The so-called school field is the so-called training ground in later generations, here is a pronoun, and contacting the school field is actually to transfer troops.

The white jade building is a newly expanded part of the heart of the heart, although it is in a separate direction, but it is still a part of the whole of the heart of the heart, and the heart of the heart has always been the base camp of Gao pragmatic in Beijing, and the guards and horsemen of Jinghua will come to see the heart in batches every year to garrison and train.

Although Gao Pragmatic has always been cautious and has never left too much strength in the Beijing Division, the total number of infantry and cavalry is still more than 3,000 at present.

In these years, there may not be many families with more than 3,000 people in the Fuchu elsewhere, but it is not uncommon in the north and south of Beijing. For example, the top nobles such as the Chengguo Mansion, the Dingguo Mansion, and the British Mansion of the Beijing Division, and the families in the mansions, villas, and manors near the Beijing Division, no matter which one is properly over 10,000. In the later period of the Chongzhen Dynasty, someone once had the idea that as long as the noble families of each family were gathered, an army of 100,000 could be obtained at their fingertips.

Of course, although they have a large number of family members, they are actually completely different from high-level and pragmatic armed family members, who are just miscellaneous subordinates, and they are not useful for fighting at all. And this group of serious infantry and cavalry soldiers who are highly pragmatic are actually "off-duty soldiers", which are far more professional than the regular army of the Ming Dynasty - the guards soldiers. The two sides are completely different from each other in terms of combat effectiveness.

Although Gao Mo said these words in anger, the meaning was still very clear: The previous plan must be changed immediately, and I now want to make sure that they can't enter the White Jade Tower. If they want to storm the White Jade Tower, not to mention the group of people who are coming now, even if it is Jingying...... Hehe, just with the "business level" of Jingying, if you don't dispatch tens of thousands of people, it's a dream.

Gao Mo ran to the steps of the main entrance of the main building, and as soon as he went up the steps, the family at the door stretched out his hand to stop him, and one of them said: "Supervisor, according to the rules, there is only ......"

Of course, Gao Mo knew the rules, and before he could finish speaking, he had already turned his head and ordered, "You guys are waiting here." Then he hurried into the main building, and this time of course no one stopped him.

And when he walked quickly through the corridor and turned into the high and pragmatic dormitory, the maid by the stairs, although surprised, immediately stopped him and said, "Superintendent, master and ......."

"I know!"

These maids were sent to Gao Pragmatic by Gao's mother Zhang, and theoretically only obeyed Gao Pragmatic's orders, so Gao Mo did not break through, but said quickly: "I came for this matter, but I can't explain it to you, in short, it's very urgent......"

"But the lord may be ...... now Very busy. ”

Gao Mo obviously aggravated his tone: "I said it, I know!" I'm just afraid that the old man is 'busy'! Get out of the way, no matter what the responsibility, I'm responsible! ”

After all, Gao Mo has a special status, and the two maids glanced at each other and got out of the way.

Running all the way up to the fourth floor, Gao Mo looked in the corridor, only there were two maids at the door of the lounge, and he immediately walked over quickly.

Sure enough, the maid wanted to stop it again, but this time Gao Mo didn't talk nonsense at all, and directly reached out and knocked on the door, knocking heavily and urgently.

The two maids were so frightened that their faces turned white: "Director Gao, you are ......"

Gao Mo shook his head slightly: "Don't be afraid, I'll be responsible for what happens." ”

Before the maid could reply, a pragmatic voice came from behind the door: "What's the matter?" Wait a minute. ”

The door is well sealed and soundproofed, and the sound of high pragmatism sounds a little small. However, Gao Mo is a person who was born in martial arts, and the corridor is quiet enough, so he still understands it.

As soon as he heard this sentence "Wait a while", cold sweat came down, and he hurriedly said loudly: "Master, little Gao Mo, there is an urgent report!" 100,000 urgent! ”

Unexpectedly, although Gao Wu said "wait a while", the speed of opening the door was not slow, and within twenty breaths after saying that sentence, the door of the lounge opened from the inside.

"Is the 'guest' coming?" Gao pragmatic opened the door and got out of the way, which naturally meant to let Gao Mo come in and talk.

But Gao Mo's feet didn't move as if they had been nailed by nails, and he never glanced at the door, just looked at his master's face, and saw that his face was slightly red, as if he had just jogged for a few miles, and there was even a thin layer of fine beads of sweat.

Gao Mo's heart sank, and he was about to speak, when he suddenly smelled a faint fragrance, and at the moment he reached out vigilantly and grabbed Gao Pragmatic's left hand and pulled it out, retreated with Gao Pragmatic, and hurriedly asked: "Master......" Suddenly stopped again, and said to the two maids: "You guys retreat first, go over there and wait." He pointed to the entrance of the stairs.

Gao Mo didn't have the authority to command them, so when the two maids heard this, they couldn't help but widen their eyes in surprise, and then they both looked towards Gao Shishi.

Gao Pragmatic seemed to be quite sober, although his face was a little red, but his expression was still calm, and he nodded: "Go ahead." ”

The two women retreated reluctantly, and Gao Mo waited for them to walk a distance, immediately lowered his voice, and hurriedly asked, "Did the master have a ...... just now?" Uh, and Your Highness...... That, uh......"

Gao Mo felt a little embarrassed to mention this, especially since the other party was his own master, and he was a bit too lenient to ask this.

Unexpectedly, Gao Pragmatic didn't feel embarrassed at all, although his face was still red, he shook his head with a normal expression and said, "That's not it." ”

Gao Mo didn't suspect that his master was lying, he breathed a long sigh of relief when he heard the words, and then asked, "Did the master smell anything special?" It seems that he did not dwell on the meaning of the words "not yet."

This time, Gao Shishi became vigilant and immediately asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Gao Mo immediately took out the small oiled paper bag given to him by the scribe's subordinates before, carefully opened it for Gao Pragmatic to see, and explained the cause and effect of the matter by the way.

Gao Shishi's face suddenly became strange, and he subconsciously turned his head to look at the door. When Gao Mo saw it, he immediately turned his head to look at the corner of the wall, as if a flower had suddenly grown there.

Gao Pragmatic saw that Princess Yongning was turning sideways at this time, sitting with her back to the door. She seemed to be sitting upright, but in fact, her arms moved slightly, as if she was tidying up the buttons of her clothes.

"Ahem...... It seems that things have changed a little, but it is not a big problem. Gao Pragmatic stretched out his hand and touched the fine sweat on his forehead, and said, "You go and revoke the temporary order just now and continue to follow the previous deployment." But before that, wait for me to go and talk to His Highness...... You have the people and the car in place. Oh, by the way, this package of things was sent to Mr. Binhu, and asked him to distinguish it carefully and confirm the degree of medicinal properties. ”

Although Gao Mo withdrew his gaze from the corner of the wall, he lowered his head and looked at his nose and heart: "Yes, the little one understands." ”

"Go ahead." Gao pragmatic turned his head, walked towards the lounge, and slammed the door again.

Princess Yongning was frightened by the sound of the door closing, shrunk back, and her hand to arrange the buttons of her clothes did not move.

Gao Pragmatic walked over and sat behind her with a smile, watching her nervousness after her courage ran out.

"Fourth princess, you actually poisoned me?"

Princess Yongning's delicate body was shocked, and she turned her face suddenly, and the jade spirit that was still red just now instantly turned white at a speed visible to the naked eye, and said in a trembling voice: "I don't, how can I ......?"

Gao pragmatic smiled and pointed to the sachet on her waist: "I heard that this thing has some very miraculous uses. Then he said thoughtfully: "I'll just say that something was wrong just now, if Gao Mo came a little later...... Fourth princess, you are playing with fire, you know? ”

At this time, Princess Yongning saw that Gao Pragmatic was not angry and accused, and her face slowly began to return to blood, but she bit her lip and suddenly said, "I know!" But even if you burn to death, it's better than the walking dead. ”

Gao pragmatic was stunned for a moment, then laughed, but didn't speak, and only sighed again after a while, and said softly: "It's best to live well, and if you die, you will have nothing, including...... Wish. ”

Princess Yongning said gloomily: "What hope is there? ”

"Your Highness, why don't you tell me first, what is your hope?"

"Me?" Princess Yongning's eyes were lost for a while, and after a while, she shook her head: "I, I was like that just now, you must look down on me, what hope do I have?" ”

Gao Shishi was about to speak, but saw her lower her head again, and continued faintly: "However, at least you hugged me, too...... Kissed me, I, though...... It's time to be content. ”

Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but roll his eyes, and said in his heart: Where is this, what is it?

But on second thought: no, it's going to be bad, there's something wrong with this tone!

He immediately said: "Wait, Your Highness only thinks about yourself, and doesn't think about my thoughts at all?" ”

Princess Yongning was really stunned, looked up at him, lowered her head again, and said gloomily: "I'm sorry, I know I'm an ominous person, you...... Otherwise, the school will not be built, I will build the Buddhist temple with all the money, and ask the monks to ...... for you."

"What's the use of this, I'm not talking about this, and I don't believe in Buddhism." Gao Pragmatic interrupted directly: "I mean, if someone asks for guilt, what should I do? ”

"Yes...... Nobody knows. ”

Gao pragmatic looked helpless and said, "Alas...... Your Highness, what do you think if I say that someone is on the way to Xingshi to ask about his sins and is about to arrive at the White Jade Tower? ”

Princess Yongning was taken aback: "Is the imperial brother here?" ”

Gao Shishi rolled his eyes: "If he comes, I'll invite him to have a meal or something......"

"Huh?" Princess Yongning was stunned: "You...... You don't want to die! ”

Gao Shishi asked with a smile: "Your Highness, do you think the emperor will not know about today's events?" He shook his head: "Why do you think the emperor wants to give you the palace ban of Kunning Palace, instead of a verbal decree, or simply a holy decree?" ”

Princess Yongning's political thinking was obviously not online, although her face was red, she still said: "I, I know that the imperial brother has ...... That means, but how did he know that I must have come to Baiyulou? ”

Gao pragmatic said helplessly: "Give Kunning Palace's palace forbidden waist card, when you leave the palace, he will naturally know, right?" ”

"This ......"

Gao pragmatic and said: "My sister only took one palace maid out of the palace, and if you change Your Royal Highness, if you are the emperor, can you rest assured?" Can you not send someone to follow and protect you secretly? ”

When Princess Yongning heard this, she was immediately ashamed and anxious: "Brother Huang did it on purpose?" Thinking that she came to see her lover as soon as she left the palace with the queen's forbidden waist card, and her own brother actually knew everything, she didn't know for a while whether she was more shy, or more moved, or more afraid.

Gao pragmatic said: "The emperor knows that it doesn't matter, because in the final analysis: the emperor will definitely not harm you." After a pause, he strengthened his tone, "The problem is that there are other people who know about it and are planning to use it to harm me. Your Highness, if today's incident gets out, no matter what we do, the emperor, the queen, you, and me, we will all be in big trouble, especially me, I guess ...... Most of them are not guaranteed. ”

Princess Yongning suddenly panicked, subconsciously grabbed Gao Shishi's hand, and asked nervously, "Then what should I do?" ”

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