The city of Beijing is cloudy today, and it is raining in the morning, and the people who are reveling because of the great victory of the Ming army are gradually returning to calm, after all, no matter how much they cheer and boil, they can't change the overstretched real life in front of them.

How to feed your stomach and earn more money to support your family is the most important thing.

Of course, there are some people who don't need to worry about their livelihoods, and they are more concerned about current affairs and gossip.

There are really two things in the capital today, a nest of thieves was found in Xicheng, Jinyiwei went to arrest, the thieves resisted arson and fled to set fire to the houses, if it wasn't for the rain in the morning and Jinyiwei put out the fire in time, the loss would have been heavy.

But is it really a thief, the general thieves are all arrested by the Soldiers and Horses, and those who can use the Jinyi Guard are definitely bandits, but I heard that this time the thieves are caught regardless of the Jinyi Guard and the black wolf battalion under the command of Dongchang.

The Black Wolf Battalion is all professional soldiers who have experienced a hundred battles! But it is used to hunt down thieves!

Who believes!

And the other gossip comes from the literary circle, and it is very shocking.

It has always been known for his bravery, and it is said that the little eunuch of Dongchang, who only wrote rough and ink, even in big characters, actually gave several words in two days, which was amazing, and made the literary world in the capital shake the sky.

Some praise, some envy, and some doubt.

But these people are undoubtedly idle people for Chang Yu, unlike him, who is always busy.

The people under him are also busy, and the busiest one at the moment is Jiang Quan, one of his henchmen.

To Jinyi Wei to transfer 300 people, and then go to the Beijing camp to ask a team of soldiers and horses to assist, within one day Lao Tzu will turn all the manors within 20 miles of the capital upside down, no matter whose manor must be checked, who stops whom, Jiang Quan out of the yamen hall will give orders to his subordinates.

"Big brother thinks Jiang Quan can gain a lot from searching for the outside of the city?" Shang Chunxiang asked in the lobby.

Chang Yu pondered for a moment and shook his head gently: "It is very likely that nothing will be gained."

In the Ming Dynasty, there are many manors around the capital, most of them are built by the nobles, among them, the western suburbs have many mountains and rivers, and some dignitaries and nobles build manor villas here, such as Tsinghua Garden, Changchun Garden, the predecessor garden of the Old Summer Palace is the Ming Wanli period, the Wuqing Marquis Li Wei built, the famous calligrapher and painter Mi Wanzhong built the spoon garden and so on.

Even in addition to the Xungui Manor, even the royal family also built gardens here, such as the Haoshan Garden built by Ming Wuzong, which was the Summer Palace of later generations.

It can be said that the city is dozens of miles from Wanquan River to the west of Xiangshan, and there are countless manors. Some are farms, some are villas and gardens, but all of them are owned by wealthy families.

But whether it is a farm or a garden, there are a large number of family farmers to take care of it, so there are those public weapons for private use mentioned above, the Beijing soldiers are occupied as private soldiers, and there are also domestic slaves bought at low prices, after all, there are countless refugees in the war year after year, and those who stutter can make people work hard and even die for you.

Therefore, there are hundreds of slaves in these estates at every turn, but who can tell their true and false identities.

"A month ago, the Tartars entered the city and the soldiers came to the city, and the enslaved families of the manor outside the city either hid in the mountains or took refuge in the city, and those manors were not spared by the Qing army, all kinds of burning and looting were almost in ruins, and the traces were already covered up, even if there were private armors, they were already plundered, and then the Xicheng was rounded up at noon, no matter how the news was tightened, but such a big movement inevitably left the news long ago, and those people naturally expected that we would search the manor next, and the suspect slipped away early." Chang Yu analyzed.

"Wouldn't it be better to find out if so many people withdrew in a hurry, and there must be traces?" Chunxiang Road.

Chang Yu smiled: "So if they don't leave, we can't tell whether it's a family member or a dead soldier, even if they slip away, they may not be able to leave many useful clues, these manors have just been destroyed, and as soon as the Qing army left a few days ago, the business owners hurriedly sent their families to rest the messy ......."

"That also makes Jiang Quan go to the hunt," Chunxiang frowned.

"It's just a matter of trying your luck, in addition to this, you can deter Xiaoxiao, let them know their whereabouts and expose them not too much, and secondly, you may show some tails when you startle the snake."

"Then I wish Jiang Quan good luck" Chunxiang bowed his head slightly, and at this time, a fan came to report secretly, except for Li Yanshang in the courtyard outside the front door, the rest of Zhou Yuji and others went out to visit friends.

Friends? Chunxiang sneered: "The military parade reward is imminent, and one by one can't sit still and is ready to move, but the reward and punishment have already been decided, and it is in vain!" “

"Not necessarily" Chang Yu chuckled: "Until the last moment, I don't know whose grave is smoking."

Chunxiang frowned: "Don't you even know the eldest brother?" “

Chang Yu sighed, got up and walked to the door to look at the birds on the flowers and branches in the courtyard: "Although the generals' exploits are described by me, I can also nominate one or two, but the major affairs of the court are decided by the emperor and the ministers, which are entangled in the interests of all parties, if I participate too deeply, not only the emperor will not like it, but the ministers will also resist and take the opportunity to make a fuss to put pressure on the emperor, so I should stay away."

"Then if that's the case, wouldn't the ones you protect ......" Chunxiang was a little worried, but Chang Yu smiled slightly: "But I've heard the story of buying horse bones with a thousand dollars, and now the emperor is employing people, and he wants to win people's hearts, and he will naturally spend a lot of money on those loyal generals."

Something big is happening in Kyori!

Many well-informed and quick-witted people have already seen the clues, and at noon, Dongchang dispatched the black wolf battalion under his command to encircle and suppress the thieves' den, and then hundreds of Jinyi guards and nearly 1,000 cavalry of the Beijing battalion went out of the city to search those noble manor villas.

Isn't there someone plotting to rebel?

Rumors are surging in Beijing like an undercurrent, which makes some people panic, and some people are not afraid of the shadow and sink down.

"Someone is going to be unlucky" Chengguo Mansion, Xu Yunzhen slowly put down the teacup, this juncture actually stabbed the little eunuch, and started for two consecutive days, what a big hatred this is, but I forgot the little eunuch's means, now it's okay, immediately slap the face, and take the old nest.

"Big brother, in your opinion, who did it?" Xu Pengyuan is Xu Yunzhen's second brother who served in the Houjun Governor's Mansion, and he was very curious when he came to talk today.

Xu Yunzhen shook his head: "The little eunuch has made too many enemies, and he wants him to die too much, so even I wanted him to die a few days ago!" It's just that now I think about it, it's more important to see clearly, whoever goes against him will be unlucky, remember, from now on, we don't want to be enemies of the Chengguo Mansion, and even have to look ahead, but we still have to keep some distance from it on the surface."

Xu Pengyuan nodded: "It's nothing, it is the most real thing to stabilize the foundation of our government for hundreds of years, and of course, there is also the business that makes sure that you don't lose money" He said and looked at Xu Yunzhen: "Big brother, can the business be negotiated with the little eunuch?" “。

Xu Yunzhen shook his head: "This is the intention of letting you come over, he is going to come to talk to me about this matter tonight, you can consult me well."

At the same time, in a secret room in a deep courtyard in the capital, several people frowned and argued around the case, some people thought that they would not stop doing two things, and take advantage of their current situation in Beijing to seize the opportunity, while others were worried that it would be exposed, and the stronghold in the city had been cut off, and now the Dongchang was wantonly searching, it was better to hide and not move, and to avoid the limelight in the search for opportunities.

The two sides argued at no cost, and one person took the case: "After several years of planning, negligence but not omission, although he was killed by his blind cat, he pulled out a stronghold, but he still wanted to catch our tail, but the dog eunuch was insidious and cunning, and it was better to keep a low profile at the moment, and then avoid this limelight first, and then say, if there is no urgent matter in the near future, don't come and go" said and looked at a black-clothed man sitting in the corner: "You will leave Beijing tomorrow and will not come back within three months."

The man got up, clasped his fists, kowtowed, and left.

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