But he said that Li Qizhi heard with his own ears that Jarvis and Military Advisor Lin were poaching Zhangzhou and seduce Dong Ming to go to Taiwan, and he felt unhappy... This man's talent was practical and rare. He had obviously encountered it first. How could he let them
Take him away? So he went to Dong Ming to get close to him. He first talked about things in Zhangzhou, and then talked about the poor people crossing the sea to open up wasteland. He casually told Dong Ming that Jia Pardon and Jia Lian were not dealt with in Taiwan. Dong Ming pretended to be thoughtful and said
They both had their own thoughts and talked about it for a long time.
After checking for a few more days, Dong Ming went to Jarvis's camp to ask for an audience. Jarvis personally welcomed him out of the tent, took him inside to sit down, and asked, "Mr. Dong, are you willing to go with us?"
Dong Mingdao: "I have a small official to ask about something. Who has the final say in Taiwan, the prefect Jia Lian or his father?"
Jarvis said: "None of them. Military Advisor Lin has the final say." Dong Ming was startled.
The brothers on the side all laughed: "It is indeed Military Advisor Lin who has the final say."
Lin Daiyu was sitting upright in the middle and said with a smile: "Although this may sound a bit untrue, it is actually true."
Dong Mingqi asked: "But I don't know what the identity of Military Advisor Lin is?"
Jarvis said: "On the other side of Taiwan, whoever has the ability will make the decision. Lin Hai, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, is the father of our military advisor."
"Mr. Li has guessed this." Dong Ming still couldn't figure out why a woman made the decision, but he was vaguely curious. He hesitated for a moment and said, "It's just that the junior official heard that Mr. Jia She, the father of Jia Zhifu..."
Before he finished speaking, someone couldn't help but laugh and glanced at Lin Jia and the two of them. Daiyu just said as if she had nothing to do: "Master Dong, hearing a hundred times is worse than seeing it. After all, it is difficult to be accurate about what you hear. Why not go and see for yourself?"
When Dong Ming saw that they all looked magnanimous, his expression softened a bit. He said: "Mr. Li is indeed from the King of Jin's side. He came to Zhangzhou not long ago. The clerk made a brief investigation and found nothing suspicious.
, I just go to Quanzhou from time to time. I heard from his horseman that every time he goes back to Quanzhou, he visits many maritime merchants, probably because he wants to do maritime business."
Everyone looked at each other for a few times, and Daiyu shook her head and said: "Many years ago, when the Supreme Emperor was still on the throne, the King of Jin was already involved in the maritime business. Besides, if it was just business, why not go straight to Quanzhou? Stay hidden in Zhangzhou.
What are you doing sneakily?" Daiyu asked Dong Ming again if he knew who Li Qi had visited in the capital.
Dong Ming said: "I briefly asked a few companies and sent them back to the military advisor."
Jarvis thought: "Is it possible that he doesn't want others to know about the business he wants to do?"
A brother laughed and said: "Smuggling has become an open and aboveboard business, so there is nothing shameful about it."
Everyone guessed for a long time but couldn't guess it. Dong Ming watched Huizi from the sidelines and suddenly stood up and bowed: "I am willing to follow you across the sea to Taiwan."
Everyone was overjoyed and clapped loudly: "Welcome, welcome!"
Dong Ming hurriedly made another group salute and said: "Seeing that you are very comfortable discussing things, I must be accustomed to doing this, which is more comfortable than in Zhangzhou."
Lin Daiyu smiled and said: "This is the benefit of the high degree of freedom in corporate culture."
Dong Ming said blankly: "The little official is not talented and doesn't quite understand what the military advisor said." Everyone laughed again and said that Chengtian Mansion will understand it. Dong Ming brushed off this section and handed over to Jarvis and said, "It's just a little thing."
I really don’t understand. I dare to ask General Jia why he killed Lord Tan.”
Jarvis smiled bitterly and said: "Why do you admit that the general is dead? The general really has no rouge and nowhere to get it."
Dong Ming said categorically: "General Jia has never said openly and honestly that Tan Mo was not killed by you... With General Jia's true character, how can he not say this?"
Everyone clapped and laughed more and more. Jarvis said: "If Mr. Dong insists that it was the work of the late general - if a case is to be completed, the motive for the crime must be determined. Mr. Dong, why not go to Taiwan and guess slowly, sitting in Zhangzhou will definitely
It’s impossible to guess.”
Lin Daiyu smiled sweetly: "I told you, this is a hook. Can Mr. Dong take the bait?"
Dong Ming just thought about making a joke, looked up at the two of them with firm eyes, and then swallowed it.
Unexpectedly, he just left the Jiajun camp and went straight to the Tan family. The Tan family usually didn't like him very much, but today the Tan family's elder and second masters came out to meet him. The two smiled warmly and asked him if he had anything to do.
It's like my biological father just died.
Dong Ming then bowed and said: "You two, I already know who the assassin is of Master Tan, but I have no evidence."
Mr. Tan quickly stood up: "Who?"
Dong Ming said: "That's General Jarvis."
Er Tan immediately lost his temper and looked at each other with a bit of ridicule in their eyes. Er Tan sat down. When Dong Ming saw their expressions, he knew that not only did they refuse to believe them, but they also underestimated him, and he sighed inwardly.
Uncle Tan coughed and said, "May I ask General Jia why he killed our father?"
Dong Ming shook his head and said, "I can't guess it."
Mr. Tan Er said: "Mr. Dong has no evidence and no idea of the reason. Is it too hasty to make such nonsense in broad daylight?"
Dong Ming has known them for many years, and knew that they would not have the patience to listen to his detailed discussion, so he handed over his hands and said: "There is really no evidence and I don't know the reason, but I can determine this matter, so I came here to tell the Tan family. After all, Mr. Tan is a junior.
I have been my boss for many years, so I have to give him an explanation. Do you believe it or not..." He shook his head, bowed deeply, and said goodbye. Ertan's sarcasm was clearly painted on his face, and he could only force out a smile.
The model came and escorted him out of the study.
That evening, a little beggar went to the military camp to see Jarvis, but he briefly told what Dong Ming had said in Tan Mansion. After hearing this, Jarvis did not ask who asked him to come, but just ordered someone to come.
He took him down to have a good meal, gave him another two hundred copper coins, and said, "You are about ten years old, what can you do if you beg for food? Why don't you go to Taiwan, even if you are weak and don't know how to do farm work?"
, you can also do some small work. You can learn a trade in the future, earn some money, and get a wife." The little beggar agreed repeatedly.
Jarvis then turned around and went to the Chinese army's tent to talk to their military advisor. Lin Daiyu said: "Dong Ming is still the executioner of Zhangzhou at this moment. There is nothing wrong with this move."
Jarvis said: "Having said that, I still have a good talk with him." Daiyu agreed.
The next day, he sent a soldier to Dong Ming's home to leave a message, inviting him to come to the camp to drink tea. Not long after, Dong Ming came back with his hands behind his back, his face as usual. Jarvis did not hide it, and just told him what happened yesterday.
: "The military advisor said that one day's service as a monk will hit the clock. Mr. Dong has not left his post, so this move is correct. It shows that Mr. Dong has excellent professional qualities. But the person who sent the little beggar to meet the general may not have any good intentions."
Dong Ming smiled bitterly and said: "The junior official knows." Jarvis looked at him and asked, "Last night a beggar came to tell the junior official that General Jia already knows what the junior official said in Tan Mansion."
Jarvis thought for a moment and said, "Li Qizhi."
Dong Ming asked: "How can we see it?"
"He is a member of the Jin Dynasty, and he hopes that Lord Dong and the general will not get along." Jarvis said with a smile, "It seems that he has guessed that the general is interested in taking advantage of Lord Dong, and hastily started to provoke him. It is better than in the early years.
I’m getting smarter.”
Dong Ming had also guessed who the messenger was for a long time last night, and was suspicious of Li Qizhi. Seeing that Jarvis had no grudges, he took out a list from his sleeve, which was the list he found of the places Li Qizhi had visited.
Shang Jarvis thanked him profusely, took the list and went with him to find Daiyu.
Dong Mingqi asked: "As a military advisor, as a woman, isn't there anything taboo about it?"
Jarvis said: "There is no way to do anything if you are taboo."
Lin Daiyu took the list and read it over again, and said with a smile: "Li Qizhi is looking for a new route."
"Um?"
She pointed at the list and said: "All of them are people who smuggled Western firearms in the early years. There is a directory at the creek, I have seen it."
Jarvis smiled and said: "The military advisor has a photographic memory, and I will always admire him."
Lin Daiyu said: "The King of Jin probably wanted to bypass the Red Bones to find new sources of Western firearms."
Jarvis smiled and said: "The firearms business has been great in the past two years. If there is money to be made, why don't other maritime merchants do it?"
Dong Ming hurriedly asked: "I heard that the Red Bones family is the only one selling Western firearms, but why?"
Jarvis said: "Because the price paid by the nearby maritime merchants from the West is higher than what Red Bones sells." Most of what Red Bones sells now are locally produced OEM products. He looked at the list again,
He said, "Li Qizhi must have come up with this matter himself. The King of Jin is so temperamental that he would not think of anything that would attract attention." Then he asked Daiyu, "Military advisor, how should we deal with this matter."
Daiyu said: "If you don't deal with it, let him play. Anyway, he won't get any results."
But at this moment, soldiers came to report that a woman came outside, claiming to be the fifth girl of the Tan family, and asked to see Jarvis. Jarvis frowned and said, "What do you want from me?" Lin Daiyu just lowered her head and drank tea.
The soldier said: "I have something to ask the general."
Jarvis said: "We've never met each other before. I haven't seen you before."
Lin Daiyu said calmly: "Just say that the general is busy."
Jarvis hurriedly said: "No." Then he said to the soldier, "Don't cover it up with words, and you will eventually see irrelevant people." The soldier accepted the order and left. Jarvis smiled bitterly at Dong Ming and said, "Come forward.
A few days ago, Mr. Tan proposed to get married to the general, but the general did not want to get involved with their family."
Dong Ming said: "I heard that this woman has a very beautiful appearance."
Jarvis said: "Beautiful women are often seen in childhood." Dong Ming glanced at Military Advisor Lin.
After a while, the soldier came back and said, "That Miss Tan Wu and her maid were standing in front of our camp crying together."
Jarvis said: "Knock her unconscious and send someone to the back door of their house."
Dong Ming hurriedly said: "This woman is young and doesn't understand the world. She was instigated by someone. If a soldier sends her back, even if it is a back door, her reputation will inevitably be ruined."
Lin Daiyu said: "Mr. Dong's words make sense. If that's the case, let's find a nunnery to send her to. When she wakes up, she might as well go to the nunnery to offer incense." The soldier agreed again and went down.
Dong Ming wanted to know how these soldiers would deal with the woman, so he asked to go and have a look. When he arrived in front of the camp, he saw two girls of fifteen or sixteen years old crying so hard. Half of the soldiers who took the order
Without saying a word, he stepped forward and raised his palms, knocking him unconscious. Dong Ming couldn't help but praise: "It's so neat!" The soldier also hugged his fists to express his thanks. Then he asked someone to pull a carriage from behind, and he drove the carriage.
The two women threw it up and took a piece of paper from their arms to look at it. Dong Ming leaned over and took a look: a map of Zhangzhou.
The soldier pointed to a nunnery on the map and asked Dong Ming: "Master Dong, you are from a local family. How is this nunnery like? How many people are there?"
Dong Ming said: "There are so many people." As he talked, he looked at the map carefully. He was surprised: how detailed it is!
The soldier said sadly: "I am here recently, I am still on duty."
Dong Ming pointed to another nunnery that was a little further away and said: "This place is very secluded and not too far away. Although the host is a bit greedy for money, he is a good person. There are very few aunts in the nunnery, so it is impossible to guarantee that no one will know if you have been there for a long time.
"
The soldier looked at it, pointed out the road with his fingers, and then looked up at the sun: "That's it, let's go here." Then he collected the map, jumped on the carriage and drove away.
Dong Ming saw him walking away gradually, and became curious. He turned back to the Chinese army's tent and said goodbye. He quickly took another path and went around the front of the soldiers and rushed to the nunnery. An aunt came out and led him to light incense and candles to worship the Bodhisattva.
; He gave some incense money, and the sister-in-law chanted Buddha's name vigorously. Dong Ming just said to walk around as he pleased, and told the sister-in-law not to worry about him.
It just so happened that he had just reached the back door. He heard a "bang" sound, like the door lock being cut off, and hurriedly stepped aside. The back door creaked open, and the soldier just opened the door with one hand.
A woman brought them in, looked at them for a few times, and threw them under two old tea trees. Then she took off the water bag from her waist and poured some water on their faces. After a while, the two women woke up and saw the soldiers.
Startled, he looked around again.
The soldier said: "This place is called Qingyuan Temple. I heard that the master who presides over it is a bit greedy for money and is a good person. If you are really the female relatives of Mr. Tan's family, just say that you can offer incense and pray for him when you go back. If not, that's all.
No one will hold him accountable." Without waiting for them to recover, the two women turned around and left. Before the two women could get up from the ground, they were stunned to see him disappear.
Dong Ming couldn't help but laugh and coughed and walked out. The two women were immediately shocked and fell to the ground again. He pretended to be frightened, and pretended to cover his face with his sleeves, saying: "Master, never
I would like to remind you that I didn’t know there was a woman here, so I’m taking the liberty of leaving now.”
The two women quickly got up and chased him and asked, "May I ask, sir, where is this place?"
Dong Ming then hid behind the tea tree and started talking with the two of them. Soon he found out that the young lady was really the fifth girl of Tan Mo's family, who secretly hired a carriage behind the family's back.
We also found out about Jarvis's marriage. Thinking of Jarvis's appearance just now, he almost broke his heart from laughing. After a long time, he smiled again, and said: "Now it's obvious that Luo Hua has feelings and Liu Shui has no intention, why bother to pull that person?"
General?"
Miss Tan Wu smiled bitterly and said: "How could I not know that this person has no intention? It's just that several sisters in the family know about it now. This is the handle. In the future, any marriage with good ideas will not fall on me."
Dong Ming sighed: "Girls shouldn't go that day."
Miss Tan Wu said coldly: "Father's orders are hard to disobey."
When Dong Ming thought about Tan Mo's temper, his daughter really couldn't resist him. After thinking for a moment, he said: "If a girl gives up her wealthy life at home and finds a nunnery to practice for a few days, she will be able to clear her name."
Miss Tan Wu was startled: "If you don't live a wealthy life, why do you want to clear your name?"
Dong Ming knew that this woman was not very smart, so he hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "I am a mediocre person and can't think of any other ideas. I just said goodbye abruptly."
Miss Tan Wu was anxious and came forward to pull his sleeves. How could Dong Ming dare to seriously provoke this matter? He was so frightened that he ran away as if there was wind in his feet. (.. )