In the capital city, it's not yet dawn, but there are already voices in the hall of the East Factory.
Xiao Lizi sat at the edge of the table, a little at a loss.
In front of him, two figures stood smiling.
One is Dongchang Gong Lin Shangli, and the other is Dongchang purple-clad Colonel Xiao Chen.
The two of them, no matter who they were, were well-known big shots in the capital. They stood in the hall while they themselves were asked to sit on the chairs.
Xiao Chen is better. Although the captain in purple is unattainable to outsiders, for Xiao Lizi, the feeling of growing up together is better than the symbol of power brought by the addition of purple.
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However, the factory owner was also standing in the hall, and Xiao Lizi was really restless.
If you are qualified to sit by yourself and let the factory master stand beside you, there will probably be no one else in the entire Ming Dynasty except the emperor.
"Eat quickly, why are you standing there in such a daze? These are the poached eggs cooked for you by the factory owner himself. Eat them so you can go on your way." Looking at the nervous little plum, Xiao Chen said with a smile.
On the table in front of Xiao Lizi, there is a blue and white porcelain bowl.
Half a bowl of clear soup contains two white poached eggs.
A pair of bamboo chopsticks placed horizontally on the bowl.
Last night, after sending Xiao Lizi back to Dongchang, Xiao Chen didn't go back.
It had been some time since Lin Shangli, the factory official, had entered the palace to serve the emperor. During this period, many things happened. The two of them either exchanged letters or met in a hurry, exchanged a few important words, and then separated in a hurry.
The two of them were sitting in the hall. When the prince returned to the palace, he was questioned by the emperor. Then when Dongchang had made few moves recently, the emperor pressed him about the investigation of the rebel forces in the capital. He kept talking about it until Xiao Chen took a step back and started from Ma Yunshan's hometown to kill him.
Take it.
While we were chatting, it was almost dawn before we knew it.
Hearing the sound of someone's rooster crowing outside, Xiao Chen realized that today, Xiao Lizi was going to Gongchang Mansion to check on the disaster situation.
Thinking that there was nothing hot to eat in the kitchen early in the morning, and going on the road on an empty stomach was not suitable for Xiao Lizi, who was traveling a long distance for the first time.
Xiao Chen then spoke to Lin Shangli and stood up to go to the kitchen to get some food for Xiao Lizi.
Lin Shangli felt a little bit reluctant to leave Xiao Lizi for a long journey. Without saying anything, he stood up and followed Xiao Chen to the kitchen.
In this way, one person started the fire, the other added water, and within a short time, two poached eggs were successfully cooked.
When they brought the poached eggs to the hall, Xiao Lizi had already gotten up and walked into the hall with a baggage in his hand.
The two of them couldn't help but push Xiao Lizi onto the seat.
"Is this done by the factory owner himself?" Xiao Lizi was flattered and stood up to salute.
"Stop being such a mother-in-law. The captain of the Shenji Corps has come outside. Eat quickly so you can go on your way." Lin Shangli smiled and pressed Xiao Lizi's shoulder. "Besides, I didn't make these poached eggs alone."
Yes, I am only responsible for lighting the fire, adding water, and beating eggs, all Xiao Chen did."
Xiao Lizi stopped talking and silently picked up the egg bowl in front of him.
Where are the two poached eggs? These are the two hearts of Mr. Factory Master and Xiao Chen who have high hopes for themselves.
Three times five divided by two, Xiao Lizi ate all the poached eggs in the bowl, picked up the bowl again, and drank all the clear soup inside.
Then he stood up, took the bowls and chopsticks, and prepared to take them back to the kitchen.
"Put it down, I'll have someone take care of it later." Lin Shangli said with a smile.
Xiao Chen, who was standing next to him, took a step forward, took the bowl and chopsticks from Xiao Lizi's hand, and put them on the table: "Hurry up and hurry up during the day. It's night, let's take a short rest at the inn."
"Hey." Little Plum nodded, turned around, picked up the baggage on the ground, and prepared to go out.
"I'll carry it for you and take you to the door." Xiao Chen stretched out his right hand.
"Let Xiao Chen carry you for a while, and once you get on the horse, you can only rely on yourself for everything." Looking at Xiao Lizi, Lin Shangli put his hands behind his back, smiled, and whispered.
Xiao Lizi said nothing and silently placed the baggage in Xiao Chen's hand.
Outside the gate of the East Factory, five capable Shenji captains were riding on military horses, waiting quietly.
On the right waist of each person is a firearm about one foot long. On the left waist is not empty like other captains of the Shenji Corps. Instead, there is a Dongchang standard saber hanging.
The dark Plum Blossom Order, which represents the supreme power of Dongchang, is hung in the most conspicuous position on the waist for fear that people will not know it.
Set.
This outfit was deliberately arranged by Xiao Chen.
Firearms are suitable for long-range attacks, and sabers are used for close combat. Dongchang's Plum Blossom Order is hung in the most conspicuous place, just to avoid using it as much as possible.
Walking to the front of the army horse, Xiao Lizi exerted force on his feet, turned over and sat on the horse.
He turned to look at Xiao Chen and stretched out his right hand: "Give me the baggage."
"What a good boy, he has good skills and is quite strong." Xiao Chen smiled, took the baggage off his shoulder, and threw it in the air.
Xiao Lizi took the bundle, raised his right hand neatly, pulled the bundle over his head, and straddled it diagonally across his body.
Sitting on the broad back of the army horse, he folded his fists, bowed to the two of them, and tried his best to squeeze out a smile: "Mr. Factory Master, Xiao Chen, please come back, I'm leaving."
As he spoke, he clamped his legs together and slapped the horse's butt hard with the palm of his right hand.
The military horse neighed, jumped more than ten feet high with its front hooves, and before it could land, it kicked off its back hooves and flew away like lightning.
"That's almost it. Don't be too anxious. Rest when you should rest and keep running around. The army and horses can't stand it."
Along with the whistling wind in his ears, Lin Shangli's voice came from behind.
Xiao Lizi didn't look back or make a sound, but his eyes couldn't help but feel wet.
This is not because I am worried that the army and horses will not be able to bear it. This is clearly because I am worried that I cannot bear it.
Seeing the cavalry getting further and further away on the empty street, and the figure of Xiao Lizi on the horse who had specially changed into a Dongchang school captain's uniform gradually blurred, Xiao Chen slowly turned his head.
"Mr. Factory Master, if nothing goes wrong, I will go to the Criminal Department. Today, there are still some officials who have criticized Dongchang and need to be implicated in Ma Yunshan's case."
"I want to go back to the palace too, let's go. We can still walk together for a while. Taking advantage of Ma Yuanshan's case, how many officials from the DPRK and China who are dissatisfied with Dongchang are now implicated?" Lin Shangli stepped forward slowly with his hands behind his back.
walked forward.
"More than 20 people were arrested yesterday, and we plan to arrest more than 30 people today."
"How many of the military attachés in Jinyiwei have captured?"
"The Jinyiwei captured a lot. Yesterday they captured more than a hundred people."
Walking slowly, as if taking a walk, Lin Shangli said casually: "The speed of taking people is a bit slow."
"Ah, a bit slow?" Xiao Chen couldn't help but be startled.
Normally, these people would have to go through a lot of effort to win just one.
After all, if you want to capture them, you have to arbitrarily arrange a crime for them. And if you want to eradicate the root cause, the crime must not only be serious, but also irrefutable.
In fact, there are not many people like Kuranari who are self-righteous and bump their heads against the knife edge.
"However, every official captured must have enough evidence to arrest them. The materials need to be reasonable, and the Ministry of Punishment's manpower is needed to sort them out one by one." Xiao Chen explained.
"What evidence do you want? As long as their names appear in Ma Yunshan's confession, they will be guilty of the death penalty that implicated the nine clans." Lin Shangli said very disapprovingly.
"I'm afraid this is inappropriate." Xiao Chen was shocked by Lin Shangli again, "Mr. Factory Lord, you have forgotten that after killing a Cangcheng, the entire court officials united to hold me and our East Factory accountable. This time
If we don't handle it well, I'm afraid that after Jinyiwei is taken down, our Dongchang will also be taken down by a coalition of officials."
When Lin Shangli heard this, he still looked casual and said calmly: "One moment and another. At the beginning, when you just put on purple clothes, the officials didn't know much about your work style, so they dared to attack you in groups.
.Now, not to mention that you are already known as the God of Killer in the minds of hundreds of officials, the most important thing is that the emperor wants to make this matter bigger. Not many officials are involved, but the emperor will doubt our Dongchang's ability to handle the case."
"Hehehe." Xiao Chen laughed, "Now that our Dongchang is favored, of course we can do whatever we want. I will put the charges of all the people involved in place for him. Even if the emperor turns his back and wants to find trouble, this case
In fact, he couldn't find any excuse."
Lin Shangli was startled, stopped and looked at Xiao Chen: "Preparing for a rainy day? You are more thoughtful about this than me, the factory owner of Dongchang."
Nodding in approval, Lin Shangli walked forward slowly: "Then follow your approach. We have plenty of time. We will not close the case unless all those who are dissatisfied with Dongchang are implicated."
The sky in the east was filled with glow, and the sun could no longer hold back and was about to jump out of the ground.
