Xin Ci's arrival was really unexpected.

Qi Ning initially guessed that Xin Ci might be sent to replace Tan Tai Zhi Lin, but then he heard what Xin Ci said, and thought that he was just replacing Tan Tai Huang to deal with the aftermath of Tan Tai Lin, and only then did he know that dealing with the aftermath was certainly one of the purposes of this trip, but Xin Ci had another task, but he was ordered to stay in the East China Sea Division.

"General Xin, has the Holy One come down to make a will?" Qi Ning asked: "You can't be without generals in the army for a day, ..... position of the governor of the East China Sea Division?" ”

Xin Ci said: "The old marquis has already recommended Liangqiu to the imperial court, but the saint has not yet issued a decree, but the imperial court also knows that the East China Sea division must be stable, and the position of the governor of the capital will not be undecided. ”

Qi Ning bowed his head and said, "That's very good." General Shen cut off the Black Tiger Shark this time, and he made a great contribution, and it was most suitable for him to take over the post of Metropolitan Governor. ”

Shen Liangqiu immediately bowed his hand to Qi Ning and said, "Humble General Xie Hou Ye appreciates!" ”

"General Shen, the head of the Black Tiger Shark has been brought back, and the sea burial of the Grand Governor can also be arranged." Qi Ning sighed: "For the sake of entering the sea, the two of you have to worry more." ”

Shen Liangqiu and Xin Ci arched their hands at the same time: "It's a matter of duty!" ”

Qi Ning had dinner at the Navy Camp, and Shen Liangqiu was supposed to escort him personally, but Xin Ci asked Shen Liangqiu to stay in the camp, and he followed Qi Ning back to the city.

The night breeze is blowing, and the sound of the night tide rings in my ears from time to time.

After leaving the sailor camp for a while, Xin Ci's horse speed slowed down, Qi Ning also slowed down his horse speed, turned his head to look at Xin Ci, Xin Ci hesitated, and finally said: "Hou Ye, when he came, the old Hou Ye asked the last general to thank Hou Ye, this time the Hou Ye has worked hard." ”

Qi Ning shook his head and said, "General Xin is polite, I am also on an errand, and I should do my duty!" ”

"The old marquis said that the reason for the death of the governor has been found, and this is due to temperament, and it is also a helpless thing." Xin Ci sighed, looked at Qi Ning and said: "The will of the imperial court will come over in the next few days, as long as the will arrives, the Hou Ye will not have to work hard, and he can return to the capital." ”

"Oh?" Qi Ning smiled faintly: "Old Marquis thinks that the matter here has come to light?" ”

Xin Ci said: "The officials of the Criminal Department have already come to the result, so there should be no mistake." Although we didn't believe that the Metropolitan Governor would really commit suicide, the fact is in front of us, and we have to accept the reality. ”

Qi Ning nodded, and didn't say much.

The two rode forward, there was even a hint of wetness in the sea breeze, Wu Dalin and the others followed, and after a while, Qi Ning finally said: "The old marquis recommended General Shen to take over the position of the governor, what does the prince of Zhenguo mean?" ”

"Zhenguo Gong .....!" Xin Ci smiled slightly, and finally said, "Master Hou may not know that the Xuanwu Battalion has just changed its leader!" ”

"Change the Commander?" Qi Ning's brows tightened.

There are now five armies of soldiers and horses stationed inside and outside the capital, the Yulin battalion in the imperial city, the tiger god battalion guarding the capital, and the three major battalions of black knife, black scale and Xuanwu stationed near the capital, although the Xuanwu battalion is not equipped with the other four major battalions, but the number eventually reached 15,000 people.

"Master Hou may not know that less than two days after you left Beijing, several generals in the Xuanwu Battalion jointly signed an excerpt to expose the Xuanwu Battalion Zhou Commander abusing his power and stealing by trickery." Xin Ci said slowly: "Commander Zhou's hometown is in Guiyang, his clansmen use his power to bully men and women in the local area, rampant and abnormal, a few years ago in order to occupy a piece of fertile land, even killed people, but because of the status of Zhou Commander, the local government made this matter a big matter, and finally it was over, it is said that because of this matter, Commander Zhou wrote a secret letter to the past, and asked the local government to properly handle the matter. ”

Qi Ning frowned and said, "This matter can be investigated by Xiangjia, is it true or false?" ”

"After receiving reports from several generals, the imperial court sent people to investigate the matter." Xin Ci smiled faintly: "The local official back then was easy to find, and even the vague secret letter from Commander Zhou back then, that official has always kept it. Although the letter did not say anything explicitly, it is an indisputable fact that he was involved in the murder case that year. ”

Qi Ning sighed, knowing that this was exactly the usual trick of the Sima clan.

Sima has collected a lot of information about the civil and military generals of the imperial court over the years, and has many handles, which are usually quiet and inconspicuous, but at a critical moment, they can use these handles as deadly killing moves.

At the beginning, Feng Ruohai, the head of the household department, collected a lot of evidence of the Sima family's crimes, and impeached Sima Changshen at the court meeting, but in the end, the Sima family came up with more deadly evidence, which made Feng Ruohai defeated.

"Although that letter cannot prove that Commander Zhou was involved in murder and hegemony, it is a big crime to use his power to privately implicate local officials." Xin Ci said indifferently: "Saving his life is already the ancestor accumulating virtue, but the position of the commander of the Xuanwu battalion can't sit down, and after verification, Commander Zhou has been dismissed from office and sent back to his hometown." ”

Qi Ning knew that after he left Beijing, Sima Lan would inevitably make some moves, but he didn't expect his movements to be so fast and fast, and after thinking for a while, he asked, "Who replaced Commander Zhou?" ”

"Qu Yanzhi!" Xin Ci said: "Deputy Commander of the Black Knife Battalion, just before the last general rushed to the East China Sea, the military department had already issued an edict of appointment. ”

When Qi Ning heard Qu Yanzhi's name, he remembered it.

When the Black Scale Battalion was rebuilt, three candidates competed for the position of commander of the Black Scale Battalion, in addition to Qi Ning and Jiang Suiyun, the other was Qu Yanzhi, and although Qu Yan's martial arts were not weak, they were still placed under Jiang Suiyun's backhand spirit knife, and almost lost an arm.

The Black Knife Battalion is the only soldier and horse controlled by the Sima family, the commander of the Black Knife Battalion, Chu Cangge, is a first-class brave general, and Qu Yanzhi is also a rare general.

The Xuanwu camp is among the five major camps in the capital, the belonging is relatively vague, in the Xuanwu camp, the fish and dragons are mixed, and all the forces have people in it, even the fallen King of Huainan is also planted in it, unlike the black knife camp directly under the Sima family, and the black scale camp is directly under the Jinyi Qi family, and because of this, although the forces of all parties have always wanted to control the Xuanwu camp in their hands, but because of the intricacies, no force can really control it.

This time, Sima Lan transferred Qu Yanzhi, the deputy commander of the Black Knife Battalion, to the past, which means that he has begun to control the Xuanwu Battalion in his hands.

Today is different from the past, the situation in the DPRK and China was still balanced, and no one dared to show it too obviously on the Xuanwu Battalion's side, but now Sima Lan is already the No. 1 powerful minister in the DPRK, and he will transfer his henchmen and generals over, Qu Yanzhi has Sima Lan's support, so he naturally wants to start excluding dissidents in the Xuanwu Camp with full confidence, Qi Ning knows that it will not take half a year, and the Xuanwu Camp is afraid that it will be completely controlled by the Sima family.

Once the two battalions of Xuanwu and Black Sword were in hand, the soldiers and horses controlled by the Sima family would be unmatched in the vicinity of Gyeonggi, and their power in the court would be further strengthened.

He glanced at Xin Ci, and by this time he had already understood.

The Golden Dao Shantai family and the Sima family obviously carried out a political transaction, the East China Sea Division was still led by the people of the Shantai family, and the Xuanwu camp was handed over to the Sima family, which was obviously a transaction between the two bigwigs of the empire.

Qi Ning sneered in his heart, in fact, he once had a trace of expectation, thinking that the Sima family was getting stronger and stronger, and the Golden Dao Tai would not sit idly by, and he hoped that the Tai Huang would unite other forces to jointly balance the Sima family, but today's news made Qi Ning understand the facts, in the final analysis, what these families think of is only their own interests, the rights and interests of the family and the country, and the Tai family still chooses to protect their own power after all.

"General Xin, in fact, until now, the old marquis has not accepted the fact that the Metropolitan Governor committed suicide, he still believes that the death of the Metropolitan Governor has another reason, isn't it?" Qi Ning sighed lightly and said with a smile: "The deal is reached, and my mission to the East China Sea is completed, yes or no?" ”

Xin Ci was stunned, obviously not understanding it yet.

Qi Ning sighed: "The so-called investigation of the truth of the cause of the death of the Metropolitan Governor, in fact, the old marquis never thought of asking me to investigate the truth from the beginning, because his old man is very wise and knows this case. ”

"This ..... Hou Ye humbled himself. Xin Ci smiled reluctantly: "The Hou Ye is both civil and military, and the old Hou Ye has also praised him many times." ”

Qi Ning shook his head and said: "Actually, there is no one else, it doesn't hurt for us to talk casually, there are some things I don't want to say, but if I don't say it, I'm worried that you will really treat me as a fool." ”

"Why did Master Hou say this?"

"The old marquis of Tantai asked me to go to the East China Sea not to investigate this case, because he knew that it was impossible for me to investigate anything." Qi Ning sighed: "Even if the Metropolitan Governor is really killed by a conspiracy, then this conspiracy must be extremely thorough, I am new to the East China Sea, I don't know anything about the situation in the East China Sea, how can I find out the truth in a short time?" As long as this case can drag me on for ten days and half a month, the matter will be complete. ”

The corners of Xin Ci's eyes jumped slightly, and he didn't speak, Qi Ning continued: "The old marquis is a weathered person, and he has come from the sword mountain and the sea of fire in this life, and his heart is very strong, and he is definitely very comparable. The death of the Metropolitan Governor, for the old marquis, the first thing to deal with is not to find out the cause of the death of the metropolitan governor, but to protect the East China Sea Division in this crisis, and not let the East China Sea Master fall into the hands of others, General Xin, you are a close confidant of the old Hou Ye, what I said is not wrong, right? ”

Xin Ci's expression was solemn, and he said: "Master Hou should know that the situation in the court is extraordinary now, and if the East China Sea Master falls into the hands of someone with other intentions, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

"The other person in your mouth can only be the Sima family." Qi Ning said lightly: "A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, of course the Sima family will not miss it, and will definitely take the opportunity to infiltrate the East China Sea Division, and the old marquis also knows this, so after he learned the news of the death of the metropolitan governor, the first one will not think about anything else, but think of how to deal with the offensive of the Sima family, in other words, from the very beginning, the old marquis has been ready to make a deal with Sima Lan." ”

Xin Ci's expression was even more severe, Qi Ning smiled slightly, and said: "One is the Golden Dao Hou, the other is the Duke of Zhenguo, they are all pillars of the empire, Lao Chen, the emperor has just ascended to the throne, if these two old ministers really want to do any deal, as long as a tacit understanding is reached, even the emperor is not easy to object." Just in case, before the old marquis traded, he still wasted his painstaking efforts, at least he had to transfer away a trouble that might get into trouble first, so that he could trade with peace of mind, and this trouble was naturally me. Qi Ning raised his hand and pointed at himself: "Young and vigorous, impulsive and uninhibited, someone wants to control the Xuanwu camp, maybe this stunned young man will give birth to a moth and make things more complicated or even out of control, in this case, find a suitable reason to transfer this stunned young man away, and when the raw rice is cooked and mature, it will be too late to object." ”