Therefore, seeing that Wang Yongzhu and Song Chongjin were going to the front in the middle of the night, they estimated what a big deal was.

Looking at the two of them again, their expressions are quite calm, and they feel as if they don't have the impatience that they suppressed during the day.

She relieved her mind a little, only said two words, and then went back to the house and closed the door.

Song Chongjin and Wang Yongzhu saw Mrs. Zhang go back to the house, and then went to the front yard.

While talking, the mother-in-law and the girl on duty at night hurriedly stepped forward and lit lanterns to lead the way.

was picked up by Song Chongjin and motioned to the mother-in-law and the girl to step back and don't follow.

The two went to the front yard with lanterns, opened the door of the study, and lit the lamp.

Wang Yongzhu saw that the tea was cold in the study, so he said and carried the teapot to the backyard to get hot water.

When she returned, she saw five or six dark shadows kneeling in the room, and if she was a little timid, she would have to be frightened.

Wang Yongzhu walked through the dark shadows as if he were blind, sat next to Song Chongjin with a teapot, and poured a cup of tea for himself and him.

Only then did I raise my eyes and see these five or six black shadows, all of them were men in black night clothes, all of them were black from top to bottom, and even their faces were wearing black scarves, revealing only a pair of eyes.

Song Chongjin saw Wang Yongzhu coming in, so he spoke: "Say, who are you?" How come I've never heard that there are still shadow guards in the Patriotic Mansion? ”

The black shadow at the beginning was introduced respectfully.

His name is Ying Qi, who is under the command of Song Sixteen, and has always been hidden in the shadows, never showing himself in front of others. It is a secret force cultivated by Song Hong, the Duke of Weiguo.

There are not many shadow guards, only about thirty people, who are responsible for all kinds of things in the dark, and many things that Wei Guogong's personal guards and subordinates can't do, they do it.

The secret intelligence agency they control, that is Song Hong's real hole card.

This shadow guard, in addition to Song Hong himself, as well as Song Wu and Song Sixteen, the other guards have only heard of it slightly, and they don't know the true situation of this shadow guard.

Not to mention others.

Last time, Song Hong asked Song Sixteen to select a team to come to Chicheng County to assist Song Chongjin.

Song Sixteen knew Song Hong's plan, so he naturally had to do his best.

His subordinates are all carefully selected, and everyone is a good hand.

Song Sixteen took the trouble to choose a slightly younger one, and the good student admonished him, and specially trained him about the situation on the Chicheng side.

It stands to reason that they should have arrived in Chicheng County a long time ago to meet Song Chongjin.

It's just that after arriving in Chicheng County, something went wrong.

When they came here, they naturally had to pick up the intelligence stakes that the Guogong Mansion had left here before, and who would have expected that something would happen.

Because no one has come to inspect this intelligence pile for a long time, it is slack, and it has been counter-infiltrated.

Fortunately, Song Sixteen was very careful when he arranged the dark pile. It is a one-way connection, and the upper layer can contact the lower level at any time.

The lower level wants to contact the upper level, but can only leave a message in a fixed place.

Even so, for the sake of prudence, Ying Qi cleaned up all the hidden piles in the northwest, and sure enough, they found a lot of mistakes.

Later, Ying Qi and they couldn't help but be afraid and happy, if it weren't for the fact that the prince sent a long face to the grandfather, the grandfather thought about slowly cultivating the prince and sent them over.

In a few years, I am afraid that the dark piles in the northwest will be abolished.

If you want to rebuild again, it will be difficult.

At the beginning, the dark pile was able to be built in this area, or because the grandfather of the country guarded this place, and there were unique convenient conditions.

Although Ying Qi and they are doing an unseemly job, they know more and more that looking at this posture, the Guogong Mansion will be the prince of the world in the future.

These old people under the command of the grandfather of the country, when the prince inherits the mansion, it will be the old man left by the grandfather, and it is unknown what will happen at that time.

Okay, if you can stay and continue to serve, you can either give some pension money and return to your hometown, or be raised by the government.

It's not good, if you can't say it, you have to make way for the prince's henchmen, or you will be looked down upon by the prince, and you can only accept your fate if you find an excuse.

Since Grandpa Guo gave them to the prince of the world, and let them take the prince as the first from now on, that is to say, their future master will be the prince of the world.

The first time I came to see the master, as soon as I reported, the dark piles in the northwest have become holes, is it a shame? What will I do in the future?

Therefore, they are thinking that they will sort out the dark pile in the northwest, and then come to see each other and get a good impression.

It dragged on to this day.

Before coming to visit, they also inquired and investigated.

Knowing the master in the future, the prince has the same ability, vision and heart, but he is afraid of his daughter-in-law.

In the entire Chicheng County, everyone knows that the county lord is the most beloved lady.

Of course, Ying Qi knows a little more, and they feel that they are only afraid that the prince will respect the fist of Mrs. Shizi, right?

The fact that Mrs. Shizi was born with divine power is naturally not a secret in the Guogong Mansion.

At this moment, Ying Qi saw that when he met them, Song Chongjin didn't hide it from Wang Yongzhu.

I vaguely felt that I was afraid that their previous guesses were wrong, and this prince and Mrs. Shizi were really in love.

Shadow Seven is an extremely intelligent and discerning person, who can read words and colors.

Seeing that Wang Yongzhu went to the backyard to pour water before, they took the opportunity to show up and were about to introduce themselves to Song Chongjin, but they were stopped by Song Chongjin.

I had to wait until Wang Yongzhu arrived before signaling them to speak.

What else is not clear about this?

Therefore, Ying Qi's attitude towards Wang Yongzhu was also very respectful, and he didn't mention whether Wang Yongzhu shouldn't appear here.

The other people behind the shadow seven are all engaged in this business, and they can't do anything else, observing people, looking at people, and finding clues from body language, which is what they are best at.

Shadow Seven can find out, and they can also find out, but they all acquiesce together.

Song Chongjin was very satisfied with the attitude of these people in front of him, and it really deserved to be Song Hong's hole card, this quality, this mentality and eyes were much stronger than those guards of the Song family.

Listening to Ying Qi's words of loyalty, Song Chongjin was not too moved.

If the other children of the Song family can be treated like this by Song Hong, I am afraid that they will be grateful.

But for Song Chongjin, the belated father's love, especially the father's love after the calculation, test and temptation, is really cheaper than grass.

Regarding the allegiance that Ying Qi said about them, taking them as the first vow, he just listened to it, and did not believe it all.

However, when we meet for the first time, we have to know slowly whether it is a human or a ghost.

The most important thing at this moment is that since they are so familiar with intelligence work, they should have news about the movements in the capital, right?

Sure enough, as soon as he asked, Ying Qi said, this is one of the reasons why they came to see Song Chongjin immediately after cleaning up the dark pile.

They received a message from the capital through a special channel.

The reason why Song Chongjin's order to stay in office was not issued was naturally because in the capital, some people were eyeing the fat of Chicheng County and the horse farm.

Now in the past two or three years, Chicheng County has faintly shown signs of a second waterfront city.

Merchants are willing to settle in Chicheng County, attracting many merchants and hawkers who are attracted to the scene.

Song Chongjin also ordered a special boundary in the county town and named it the trading market, in which shops were built and rented to merchants.

Every 5th, 15th and 25th when the market opens, merchants from all directions, especially those from the Western Regions, rent a shop here and put on the various goods they have brought over, and naturally many people come to buy.

There are rules in this market, it is not allowed to be cheated, shoddy is not allowed, and if it is found once, it will be warned and fined, and the second time it will be blacklisted, and it will never be allowed to enter the market.

The blacklist was engraved on the stone plaque outside the market, and once he was blacklisted, his reputation would be ruined, and no one would do business with him anymore.

There are shops and officials patrolling the market, and if there is any dispute, at the gate of the market, there are officials from the county government to settle it.

If you have any troubles, you can also ask for help.

At the beginning, when this market was established, everyone thought that Song Chongjin was whimsical, who would come to Chicheng County to trade?

Although he is also a transportation artery, he needs to stop here to go to the Western Regions and the grasslands.

But because of the horse farm in Chicheng County, the successive county commanders did not dare to make any big moves.

But who knows, after Song Chongjin's market was set up, although no one came at first, there was a shop under the name of Mrs. County Ling taking the lead, and then there were businessmen from the capital, who didn't know how to believe in this market, so they had to trade in it.

Tempting that someone really rented the shop in the market, and then traded, something happened, and sure enough, the government came forward to solve it.

There are those who do not believe in evil shoddy, coax buyers, after being reported, they were directly taken away by the government, and later all the goods were confiscated, and they were blacklisted, and the deceived buyers were also compensated.

Gradually, everyone is happy to come here, and they only need to pay some rent, which is worry-free and safe. The market also has a freight yard, which is also one by one, and those who need it rent it to store their goods temporarily.

Twenty-four hours a day, there are people from the government guarding and patrolling, which is safer than keeping it at home.

and don't worry about local ruffians coming to pick quarrels and provoke trouble, and don't worry that someone will bully you if you are not a local, and this reputation will slowly spread.

As long as people who are not stupid or blind, they can see that the county order of Chicheng County is now fat.

Not to mention the horse farm, just this market, that is a steady stream of silver!

Therefore, in this capital, thinking that Song Chongjin should come back when his three-year term expires, who doesn't want to grab the position left by him?

The assessment of the officials of this ministry has not yet ended, and the people who have been targeted have already begun to dredge up the relationship and want to settle down first.

This matter of Song Chongjin's stay in office is also known to the emperor, Song Hong, Gu Changqing, and Qin Bohan, the secretary of the ministry.

At first, everyone only thought about the location of a county order, and it was no problem to just say hello to the person in charge and give gifts.

I didn't expect that there were too many people targeted, and what you fought for me was known by Qin Bohan.

Qin Bohan naturally played it to the emperor.