There are four before and after the East Investigation Factory, each of which has more than a dozen houses, and there is a school field on the left and right sides, which is used for the training of the factory Fanzi.

When Chengzu first set up the East Factory, most of the personnel were transferred from Jinyiwei, so they all had hereditary military positions and enjoyed the imperial court, and the quota was only a few hundred.

After several dynasties are so quota, to the Chenghua years, the then East Factory Governor Eunuch Shang Ming because of the West Factory Wang Zhi pressure, so in the capital to recruit personnel, expand the East Factory, among which there are many people in the rivers and lakes, resulting in the East Factory personnel composition, up to more than 5,000 times.

After Chenghua, the Hongzhi Dynasty had reduced the number of personnel in the East Factory, but it also had a quota of more than 3,000. To this dynasty, in addition to the regular quota of more than 1,200 people, there are more than 1,000 irregular personnel, collectively referred to as Fanzi, under the jurisdiction of each stall. The scope of the investigation is all over the country, so that in the remote areas of Yuanzhou, there are also "people who are angry with horses in fresh clothes and speak in Beijing".

In addition to the four internal files sent by the palace, the East Factory has six outer files, called "big stalls".

Almost all of these six stalls are from Jinyiwei, and each big stall has jurisdiction over several small stalls (chiefs), which are divided into 12 sub-ugly Yinmao, all wearing pointed hats, white leather boots, brown clothes, and small tapestry. There are several commanders at the head of the stall, also known as officers, most of whom are composed of capable elements selected from the Jinyi Guard, and they are also the main force of the East Factory.

The internal and external stalls are based on the number of personnel under their jurisdiction to determine the strength of the seats, so don't look at the unity of the East Factory on the surface, but there are endless fights in private, but these are not known to outsiders.

Since the death of the former factory minister Chen Ju, the eunuch of the East Factory has been vacant, and it is rumored that the former Tianjin tax envoy Ma Tang will enter the East Factory, but Ma Tang has been in Beijing for more than a year, but the emperor is still vacant as the eunuch of the East Factory. Therefore, for more than a year, the east factory has been managed by the inner four gears on rotation.

This month's rotating internal file is the first file, the eunuch Cao Yuankui, who is in charge of the seal of the internal official supervisor, but because of the case of the forbidden palace, the demon conspired against the case, and the other head, Yin Sui Supervisor Seal Du Wenzhao also urgently came from the palace to Dongchang to assist Cao Yuankui, in order to arrest the fugitive demon Wang Sanzhao as soon as possible.

This case has now reached the sky, not only the criminal department is making every effort to arrest it, but Dongchang and Jinyiwei are all dispatched in a big way, and the streets and alleys of Jingshi are either soldiers from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, or people from the factory guards, and those with a little vision know that something big has happened. Those places of wind and snow are also quietly closed, and each family is tightly self-checking, lest it be related to the affairs of Tongtian.

It's just that the arrest of the demon is not going well, and the Criminal Department, Jinyiwei, and Dongchang have turned Daxing County upside down, but there is still no whereabouts of Wang Sanzhao, which makes Cao Yuankui and Du Wenzhao feel anxious.

Daxing County is where Zheng Guifei's hometown is located, and the demon Wang Sanzhao confessed by Wang Yuqian is active in Daxing County.

At this meeting, in the conference hall, Cao Yuankui and Du Wenzhao were frowning and anxious.

"Jinyi Wei Luo Dudu Governor has passed the word, this demon Wang Sanzhao must be found, even if he digs three feet into the ground, he must find out, otherwise, he Jinyi Wei has no good life, and we don't have an Ansheng in Dongchang." Du Wenzhao entered the palace in the third year of Longqing, without Cao Yuankui's qualifications, and he did not want to fight for power and profit, and he was the mildest of the four grades.

Cao Yuankui didn't know what was going on, he sighed lightly, and said: "I sent three stalls, and hundreds of people were transferred, but the demon was never found, and I think eighty percent would have fled a long time ago." ”

Cao is on duty this month, so he sits in the main chair.

There is a portrait hanging behind him, but it is a portrait of Yue Fei, and there are four big characters on the portrait: "Loyal to the country".

This portrait of Yue Wumu was hung on the Dongchang Daya by King Zhenzhi of the palace in the orthodox period, in order to remind the Dongchang Fanzi that the case should not be handled in vain.

After the death of Wang Zhen, this portrait was taken down for several years, after the change of seizing the door, the portrait was hung up again, and there were four words of "Jing Zhong to serve the country", it is said that Emperor Yingzong personally ordered the then admiral eunuch of Dongchang to engrave.

Later generations speculated that these four words were Yingzong's affirmation of Yue Fei, and it was better to say that they were nostalgic for Wang Zhen.

At the same time, Emperor Yingzong ordered a stone tablet to be erected in the East Factory, which was engraved with the words "Liufang Baishi".

The stele stands in front of the lobby of the East Factory.

At this moment, there are hundreds of fans facing the lobby standing on both sides of the monument, all of whom have pointed hats and white boots, are dressed in brown shirts, and hold long knives.

Before Fanzi, there were dozens of small stalls, secretaries, and foremen, all of whom were in flying fish suits and holding embroidered spring knives.

Everyone was silent, their waists straight, and they looked intently into the hall.

It was so quiet that you couldn't even hear a cough.

A few magpies jumped up and down on the roof, and under one of the eaves, two swallows flew in and out from time to time.

In the hall, Du Wenzhao agreed with Cao Yuankui's opinion, and he also felt that the demon Wang Sanzhao was afraid that he was no longer in Daxing County, so he shouted outside: "Where is Song An?" ”

"Song An is here!"

Among the stalls standing outside the hall, a strong man stepped forward, and then entered without saying a word and knelt on the ground.

"Song An received the license, led a few teams of people to Wanping quickly, carried the portrait of the demon, and searched for the demon in the county, there must be no mistake."

Wanping and Daxing are both counties under the jurisdiction of Shuntianfu, Du Wenzhao suspected that the demon might be hiding in Wanping, he glanced at Cao Yuankui, who looked at Song An, the head of the stall, nodded slightly, and took an iron card and threw it in front of Song An.

"Subordinates take orders!"

Song An picked up the iron card, slowly retreated, then turned around and walked out of the hall, looked at the people who were waiting, and nodded: "Ugly Yin Mao three lessons." ”

"Order!"

Dozens of servants bowed down and exhaled in unison, walked out of the team, and followed Song An with the order.

In the hall, Cao Yuankui suddenly said to Du Wenzhao: "I suspect that the demon may be in Beijing. ”

"Oh? No way? ”

Du Wenzhao felt that it was unlikely, now that the search in the capital was tight, and the movement was very large, how could the demon dare to hide in the city.

Cao Yuankui said in a deep voice: "The more dangerous the place, the safer it is, the Jingshi is so big, millions of people live in it, if the demon really dares to hide somewhere, how can he be found out overnight." ”

Du Wenzhao was stunned, thinking that this was true, it was really possible for the demon to hide in Beijing, but it would be difficult to find one person among millions of people.

"If you search the Beijing Division, I am afraid that you will have to move the Beijing camp, otherwise there will definitely be insufficient manpower according to our factory guards, but if you want to move the Beijing camp, you must nod the head of the Fuqing Minister." Du Wenzhao is embarrassed.

"I'll go to the Fuqing Xianggong and say, I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid that if we don't find out this demon for a day, we won't have a good life..."

Cao Yuankui was talking, but he heard the sound of drumming outside, and heard Song An, who had gone out before, shouting: "Who trespassed on my East Factory!" ”

Cao Yuankui and Du Wenzhao were both stunned, their eyes were confused, and they didn't know what was going on outside.

After listening to the sound of the drum six times, the two of them had already changed color, and they both stood up, their faces full of shock.

There was also a commotion among the people in the East Factory in the courtyard, and a group of people in the crowd walked quickly towards the lobby.

Seeing the person in charge, Cao Yuankui was stunned for a moment, and when he saw that it was just a eunuch in a green robe, he was immediately furious: "Who are you, what are you doing in Dongchang!" ”

"I will send an order to promote the East Factory."

Wei Liangchen entered with his hands, Cao Yuankui didn't recognize him, and he didn't recognize Cao Yuankui, but he knew that he was now the boss of Dongchang.

Relying on Wanli's handwritten message.