Because the owner of the village, who has great magical powers, has already learned about Han Yike and Ping An's unusual movements in the early morning.
"Han, the magistrate of Linhuai County, called for the city gate to be opened at three quarters last night and left the city, and returned at five o'clock."
"The commanding officer of Fengyang Left Guard, Ping An, left the guard post at the beginning of the night last night and returned at the beginning of the month."
Two small pieces of paper with information written on them were placed in front of him.
"It's strange." Shi Chenglu played with his goatee. "A county magistrate and a commander stayed up most of the night, sneaked out at the same time, and sneaked back before dawn. Are these two people having an affair?"
"Guardian Shi, don't be kidding." The speaker was a thin and capable little man, and it was he who brought these two pieces of information. "The magistrate opened the city gate in the middle of the night, which is a very unusual event. Both the government and the Ministry of War will be held accountable afterwards.
Yes! How horny does he have to be to cause such a big trouble for his lover?"
"Hehe, we are joking, but Protector Cao is serious." Shi Chenglu laughed and said with a compliment: "Protector Cao is so powerful. Under your nose, those big figures in Fengyang are completely invisible.
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"It's all because of my church members being everywhere. I have as many pairs of eyes as there are church members." Protector Cao explained seriously.
"Interesting." At this time, King Ming finally said: "What major event can make a Marquis of Baili and a Marquis of Wanhu become so anxious?"
"Judging from the direction they left the city, they should be coming from the central capital." Protector Cao said in a deep voice.
"There's not enough time to call back and forth." Shi Chenglu shook his head.
"What happened in Zhongdu yesterday?" King Ming asked.
"It's nothing serious." Shi Chenglu tugged his beard and said, "To put it bluntly, the two boys from the Hong family class were mistakenly arrested by Ding Bin, and then we fished them out..."
Before he finished speaking, he tugged at his beard, his pupils dilated and said: "Don't tell me, the timing is really right."
"I think so too. Assuming they get the news that the two boys were arrested, they go out, and get the news that they are rescued, then they return. The time will indeed match up." Protector Cao said solemnly.
"But this is pure nonsense. Who are they? How could they risk their lives for those two opera boys?" Protector Shi couldn't help but shook his head and said: "Could they be their die-hard opera fans? Haha, I would rather believe him.
They have an affair."
"This matter is not difficult to verify." Protector Cao said very professionally: "If they are really after the boy from the Hong family class, then they must have buried a hidden pile near Wuli Temple, otherwise they would never have been able to learn about the two men so quickly.
News from the boy."
"That's easy to do. Although Wuli Temple is right under Zhongdu City, it is off the main road and sparsely populated. It is not difficult to find strangers." Protector Shi said: "If there is a hidden stake."
"You can look for it, but don't alert the snake." Prince Ming shook his head and said to the two of them: "If there is a hidden pile, it means there is a big fish in the Hong family class. We can't let the fish that have fallen into the trap jump out again."
"Big fish?" Shi Chenglu couldn't believe it. "A few months ago, it was just a grassroots team of farmers..."
"What about before becoming a farmer?" King Ming asked calmly.
"Families of prisoners."
"But you haven't found out until now, does Han Yike have a boss named Hong?"
"Didn't I say before that maybe the government helped them hide their names?" Shi Chenglu said with sweat on his forehead.
"Then let's find out who changed their names! What are their original surnames?" King Ming raised his voice, obviously not satisfied with Protector Shi's work.
"Let me go check it out." Protector Cao volunteered.
"Yes, my subordinates are busy with mundane duties and are really not good at this." Shi Chenglu wiped his sweat and quickly gave in.
"Yes." King Ming nodded and said to Protector Cao: "Find out their identities at all costs!"
"Are you going to go to war in such a big way?" Protector Cao felt a little sad. Because many hidden lines can only be used once, and the price would be too high if no matter what the cost.
"It's worth it." King Ming said solemnly: "It's okay for Han Yike, but Ping Bao'er is a dignified third-grade commander, and he also has a more important identity."
"Zhu Hongwu's adopted son..." Protector Cao suddenly said: "Prince Ming is suspicious that the father of those boys is someone Zhu Hongwu values ?"
"Who knows if you don't check? If you check, you will know." The nonsense literature of His Highness Prince Ming has already entered the hall.
"Watch those boys, don't let them escape." He ordered Protector Stone again.
"Is the play still going on?" Shi Chenglu asked.
"We should act as we should." Prince Ming smiled wisely and said, "The invitations have been sent out, so why not have a banquet?"
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Zhongdu City, the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
"You mistakenly looked at the lights outside the city and thought it was the embankment guards who called the police?" Li Shanchang glanced at Zhu Xiang, the prefect of Fengyang, who came to report.
"Yes. So Magistrate Han quickly called for the city gate to be opened, went out to check, and turned back after learning that it was a misunderstanding." Zhu Xiang is Zhu Yuanzhang's great-nephew who came out of the fifth server, so he was promoted to this position by Li Shanchang. In fact, he is not qualified at all.
. He wiped his sweat and said: "This is what the magistrate of Han reported."
"What about Ping Bao'er? What's his reason?" Li Shanchang looked noncommittally at the commander of Zhongdu, Wu Liang, the Marquis of Jiangyin.
"He said he heard that Linhuai County opened the city in the middle of the night, so he went to check as a precaution." Wu Liang was over fifty years old, and his demeanor was calm and general-like.
"That makes sense." Li Shanchang nodded, holding a shiny walnut in his hand and said, "It seems that after Ping Baoer took office, he got very close to Han Yike."
"It seems we have a good relationship." Wu Liang nodded.
"They both took office one after the other, right?" Li Shanchang asked again.
"Han Yi was last autumn, and Ping An was last winter, but he only took office in the first month of the year." It was rare for a simple question to come up, so Zhu Xiang rushed to answer it.
"Write a letter to ask Hu Weiyong, whose intention it is to appoint these two people." Li Shanchang actually did not want to be distracted, but the intuition developed in political struggles for most of his life made him feel that there was something wrong with these two people.
"yes."
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At noon that day, Nanjing Imperial City, Spring Harmony Palace.
The prince also received two flying pigeon letters from Han Yike and Ping An. After he personally interpreted them with the code book, he couldn't help but feel scared.
"Quickly, let's go to Wuying Palace!" He immediately put the code book away and put the deciphered note into his sleeve.
Soon, the prince arrived in front of Wuying Palace and walked in quickly without passing the call.
Zhu Yuanzhang was reviewing memorials. He frowned when he heard the sound and was about to get angry. When he saw that it was the prince, his anger disappeared and he ordered his left and right:
"You guys go down first. It seems that the prince is in an emergency."
As soon as the palace door was closed, Zhu Biao rushed to the imperial case and slapped the note in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Dad, the second and fourth sons are in danger!"
ps. Ninth update, additional update after 14,000 orders.
