The Five Marquises and Ten Bos refer to the five most powerful marquises and ten earls in the Shaodian Kingdom. The Ding family of the Protector Hous, the Sima family of Pingbo Hous and the Liang family of Tianji Hous occupy three of the five seats.』
The five princes and ten uncles are the ones who can maintain independent opinions under the ten elders of the Senate. In the past, these fifteen families had bargaining chips with the ten dukes, especially during the noble meetings.
Ding Kui rarely opposed Liu Yu's plan, which shows that the queen's pregnancy had a considerable impact.
"A good family may not be willing to side with the queen." Liu Yu insisted.
"Even if the queen gives birth to a prince, they would not dare to openly challenge me. If they are smart, they should find ways to alienate me and Princess Tantai. Besides, Princess Tantai has recently lost power. We will deal with the queen's lineage later." Ding Kui was determined not to interfere with the king.
Things in the harem.
"Jiang Shunchuan and Musen both asked to come to Giant Sheep City. Li Zili is also inquiring about the situation here. Young Master, please give them an accurate answer." Old Qiantou stepped forward to change the topic.
"Both the old house and the Hou Mansion need people to be in charge. Mr. Dachuan and Mr. Mu cannot move. Juyang City is too remote and we need them to provide the latest news in the country. People from Funiu Mountain can come if they want, and the same goes for Li Zili. I will not restrict them."
Ding Kui had no intention of gathering everyone to Giant Sheep City.
Someone in the corner weakly raised a hand.
"If you have anything to say, just say it. If you sit in this room, you have the right to speak." Ding Kui looked over and saw that it was the new Fabian.
"I, my subordinate, have traced a clue and found that the activities of some people are related to spreading rumors to slander you and inciting the military judge to deal with you last time." Fabian is not used to working under Ding Kui yet.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Old Qian's face darkened.
"My subordinates just confirmed it last night, and came back to discuss the matter right after they came back." Fabian shrank his neck, the old money man was quite scary to him.
"Speak clearly." It's not easy for the old money man to act on the spot.
"Last night, my subordinates followed a suspicious person and found that he entered a house in the north of the city. It's called Yutaoyuan. All the suspicious people I've followed have been there. Yutaoyuan should be one of their strongholds."
Fabian came to Juyang City from Zhenjing City less than half a year ago, but he is very mobile. He has traveled almost all over Nanqiu County and is more familiar with Nanqiu County than many locals.
"How many are there?" Lao Qiantou asked.
"My subordinates followed four of them. Three of them came from out of town. They stayed in the county for one night and then left. They haven't been seen since. This also proves that Yutaoyuan is a stronghold. It is very likely that there are other accomplices who belong to the county.
I didn't follow them." Fabian was used to keeping an eye out for new faces, and he happened to meet three of them.
"Fa Bian has come into contact with the best spies in the continent and has strong counter-espionage capabilities." Ding Kui deliberately ignored the fact that Fabian was discovered by his friend Han Ruren.
"How did you know that this group of people is related to the military judge?" This time it was Liu Yu's turn to ask.
"There is a brothel in Nanqiu County that the military judges love to visit. The suspicious character who is resident in the county often goes to that brothel."
Fabian is the lowest-ranking person around Ding Kui. Everyone here is higher than him. Even if Ding Fen asks him, he must answer honestly.
"It might be a coincidence that someone often goes to a brothel." Liu Yu was not satisfied with Fabian's answer.
"But that suspicious person is a teacher."
This answer is well-founded. Teachers are all clean and self-sufficient people, and it is impossible for them to frequent the fireworks alley.
"This makes the whole thing reasonable. There is no reason for the Gongsun family to hold on to the young master. It turns out that someone is behind the scenes. That group of people should have a military background. Anyone who can come up with such an idea must know the military very well.
." Liu Yu figured out a problem that had been bothering him for a long time.
At this time, the figure of Nian Si appeared in Ding Kui's mind, "Could he be from Yangfeng?" There was a biting chill in his words.
"That traitor!" Fei Zehuode stood up, "Spreading rumors and provoking military judges are indeed like the traitor's methods."
Ding Dao's secretary must have contact with Chief of Staff Yang Feng, and Liu Yu and Fei Ze are no less familiar with Yang Feng than anyone else.
"Humph, he is just an insidious villain who is good at lurking. His specialty is to stir things up behind the scenes. Although we can't be sure that it is him, he meets all the conditions for our suspicion." Liu Yu felt that the matter was difficult.
The more people know Yang Feng, the more they know how powerful Yang Feng is. Neither Liu Yu nor Fei Ze thinks they can deal with Yang Feng.
"I really want to meet him, the person who caused the Ding family to become like this." Ding Kui's armor of fighting spirit rose up from his body.
With a "pop" sound, Ao Yu slapped Ding Kui on the shoulder, scattering the fighting spirit armor. He felt that Ding Kui's condition was abnormal.
"What's wrong with you now? The king's daughter has been kidnapped by you, and there are more sixth-level masters in the family than ever before, right?" Ao Yu, who had read books, was different.
"You," Ding Kui couldn't think of words to retort to Ao Yu, "you don't understand! Yang Feng and I have sworn hatred. If he stood in front of me, I would definitely kill him without hesitation."
"We can't let him die so easily. We need to call everyone together and give him a knife each." Old Qiantou opened his eyes wide so that others could clearly see his eyeballs.
"Where is he? I can go and catch him for you." Ao Yu felt something was wrong in the atmosphere and quickly volunteered.
"Speaking of this, I have to admire Yang Feng. A person with the merit of support can endure for more than 20 years. So many of us don't know his whereabouts. Sometimes I can't help but wonder what the purpose of his rebellion is? Young Master
The day when the Yang family regains control of the general staff will be in bad luck, the king can only protect the safety of the Yang family for one generation." Liu Yu said what was in his heart.
"Should we set up a trap to arrest the teacher?" Fabian realized that the person he was following might be the biggest enemy of the Ding family.
"No, didn't you say that besides those four, there might be other accomplices? You can't catch one first, otherwise you will alert the enemy." Ding Kui could still keep his composure.
"It's easy to handle if there are clues. No matter if they are from Yangfeng or not, I will find them all and play dirty tricks in front of me. I want them to know what professional standards are." Old Qiantou was angry.
The former head of the Intelligence Department, Lu Guotang, had many affairs in Juyang City. He was the shopkeeper of the chilled food store and the housekeeper of the Ding Family Courtyard. Although Liu Yu and Fei Ze were helping him, he could not put all his energy into intelligence activities.
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Fabian has achieved results within half a year of running here. It is no joke for an old spy leader like Qianbu to go all out.
Thumb thump thump, Lu Yang trotted into the meeting hall and reported directly to Ding Kui: "There is news from Luoye City that Fuyunhui will be attacked. Tao Mu's whereabouts are unknown after giving the warning, and his life and death are unknown."
"Cao Guoren!" Ding Kui clenched his fists, "You don't want me to live a peaceful New Year."
"Luoye City is not Giant Sheep City. They would rather kill the wrong person than let it go." Old Qiantou pointed out Ding Kui's misjudgment tactfully.
Ding Kui blamed himself: "It was my fault. I underestimated the ruthlessness of Cao Guo's Supervision Department. Tao Mu should have been allowed to come back to avoid the limelight. Is his name Yao Mang? If something happens to Tao Mu, I will definitely ask him to be buried with him."
"Let me go and take a look. I was chased by a great archer for several days and nights. I must avenge this." General Shi stood up.
"Okay, you go and have a look. The person who can make Tao Mu's life or death unknown should be the great archer, but that's their territory. Don't force yourself. Come back after you figure out the situation." Ding Kui said that the life and death of his subordinates were unknown.
Don't just sit back and watch.
"Will this expose the money enshrined?" Lao Qiantou was not worried about Shi Jiang's safety, but he just didn't want him to know the Ding family's trump card.
"I accept the exposure. Tao Mu wants to see people alive and his body after death. We cannot leave him alone in a foreign country." Ding Kui said firmly.
Although the Tongyuan River is not frozen at the end of December, the water temperature is also very low. If you are not prepared to fall into the water, anyone with level two combat power or below will become seriously ill.
Near the end of the year, few fishing boats will still go out fishing, because the harvest is not much and there is a certain degree of danger, so the ones operating on the river are basically merchant ships.
However, there are exceptions to everything, and fishermen from poor families will still come out to try their luck.
On the early morning of New Year's Eve, an old fishing boat came out of the river facing the sun. There was only an old man and a young man busy on the boat.
The young man was casting a net into the river, but he seemed to find something. As he cast the net, he shouted: "Grandpa, there seems to be a person in front of me."
The old man was steering the ship at the stern. Hearing his grandson's shout, he came to the bow and looked around.
Sure enough, a person was seen floating on the river in the distance, and the person seemed to be motionless.
"You continue to set the net, and immediately go to boil a pot of boiling water." After saying this, the old man hurried back to the stern of the boat and controlled the fishing boat to sail towards the floating man.
A long bamboo pole was thrust at the man floating in the water. The man moved and stretched out one hand to grab the bamboo pole tightly.
"Hold on tight and don't let go! I'll pull you up." The old man held the other end of the bamboo pole and after shouting, he pulled the bamboo pole back hard.
Even though the old man was nearly sixty years old, he was quite strong. The person in his hand was no more than 1.8 meters tall and weighed at least 1,780 kilograms, but he was pulled onto the fishing boat by himself.
The man in the water originally had some consciousness, but after his last bit of strength was used up, he fainted on the deck.
The old man frowned and saw a horrific wound on the man's right shoulder. Although the bleeding from the wound had stopped, the bones could be seen when the flesh was opened. After being soaked in the river water, the bright red flesh and pale bones were extremely distinct.
There seemed to be two forces wrestling with the wound, one was tearing the wound, and the other was healing the wound. The fainted man still had the power to protect his body.
The old man hesitated for a moment, then finally gritted his teeth and dragged the injured person into the cabin.
The young man walked into the cabin carrying a pot of boiling water. He looked at the grandfather who was drying the injured man's body and asked, "Can he still be saved?"
"From now on, don't ask, don't listen, don't look, and forget about grandpa saving this man on the boat. Can you do it?" the old man said to his grandson seriously.
"Ah? Okay, Pan'er understands." The boy put down the boiling water and immediately exited the cabin.
The old man carefully took out a small cloth bag from his arms, unwrapped the layers, and revealed a small pill inside.
He stuffed the pills into the injured man's mouth and murmured: "I hope I didn't save the wrong person."