On the second day, Liushemen posted a document of arresting the sea, offering a reward of 200 taels, and arrested Ni Cai, the lone thief in northern Shaanxi.

Of course, it was just a show of the East Factory.

As for whether you can grasp it, if you don’t do your best, you will be left to fate.

The Six Gates were only symbolically dispatched twice, and they searched for it with great fanfare. Ni Cai was a lone thief. He had escaped successfully under the siege of more than 100 masters in the martial arts world. How could he be caught so easily? Besides, the intelligence capabilities of the East Factory are far more than the Six Gates. If the East Factory fails to catch it, wouldn’t it seem that the East Factory is too incompetent?

At the same time, the people from Dongchang were not idle either.

This is Eunuch Lu's money, and the money of his own factory supervisor was robbed. Is that great? This is a naked slap in the face. It is no longer a matter of money, but a matter of face. Therefore, the East Factory's men should have more efforts. Lin Yuan, the big head, led the team to patrol the streets. Naturally, the other eleven heads, naturally did not dare to neglect. When they saw suspicious people, they would put on shackles and take them back to ask questions. Without spending any money, they could not figure it out.

Of course, this is not what Lu and Bai mean.

But the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, and even the boss at the top finds ways to extort money. As grassroots men, how can they not perform as much as possible?

In contrast, the six doors are relatively clean.

Of course, it's just relative.

When the water is clear, there will be no fish, and when the person is careful, there will be no disciples.

The Jiangyang thief Ni Cai was not caught, and the matter of Liusanmen's chief constable was not decided.

This made Yang Deshui extremely unhappy.

However, no matter how unhappy it is, the various businesses of Liushemen still have to be carried out in an orderly manner, but the personnel adjustment rights are the only one. Since he is the executive vice president and has never been delegated, what can an agent general who has no personnel rights cause?

It can be overcome in one day or two days, and in three days or five days, the six doors can no longer be turned open.

Yang Deshui had no signing rights for the salary of more than 200 captains in the six gates, but the money expenditure of the Ministry of Revenue was very strict. Yang Deshui signed and approved it, but the people didn't want to ask you at all, so he couldn't ask. As soon as he asked, he would do things according to the regulations. More than 200 people could not pay the salary, so he naturally felt emotional. In the end, Zhao Xing came forward and asked the prince to sign and approve it again, and the problem was solved. After all, although he had resigned from the chief chief, the document had not been issued yet, and this matter could be done.

Less than a month later, the birthday ceremony is coming soon.

According to the arrangement, on the 25th day of the 10th lunar month, that is, the birthday celebration, Your Majesty will come out of the West Garden, go to the Temple of Heaven to worship the sky, go to the newly built Tower of Eternal Life, lit the Lamp of Eternal Life, enjoy the blessings of the people, and pardon the world. Then return to the palace to invite the ministers who came to celebrate their birthday. The city also began a three-day and three-night celebration.

This matter was sponsored by the prince, and each yamen in the court performed its duties.

For example, the six doors were also assigned tasks, which was to be responsible for the public security and stability maintenance work on the periphery.

First, investigate and register the sects and sects in the capital and those who entered Beijing, implement the filing system for martial arts personnel, strictly control violations, control weapons, etc.;

The second is to ensure public security before the birthday celebration, strengthen joint investigations and interrogation, and assign responsibility for suspicious persons to persons, to ensure that no mass incidents occur before the celebration, no major criminal cases occur, no vicious incidents occur, etc.;

The third is to be responsible for maintaining stability. At Dali Temple, the gate of the Censorate, there are all kinds of Beijing-controlled households everywhere. Among these people, they have lived in the capital for several months, or for several years. Every day, they wait at the gates of several yamen. Whenever a big man comes out, they will come forward to sue for justice. This is also a major special issue for this dynasty. However, it is a special period, and we must take care of these visitors. The more this kind of activity, the more they are, the more violent they are. This responsibility also falls on the six doors. If some people find out about His Majesty’s convoy, if they really stop the imperial carriage and complain, then no matter who it is, their faces will not look good.

When Yang Deshui learned of these arrangements, he was so angry that he was about to jump.

The first two items are normal. They were originally the business scope of Liushemen, but the Beijing-controlled households should have been the job of the Wucheng Military Office, so how could they push it to the Six Shuimen? However, this was a document from the cabinet and was directly transferred to the Ministry of Justice, and they had no choice.

When His Royal Highness was there, the six gates were independent from the Ministry of Justice, and now they have returned to the Ministry of Justice.

Yang Deshui went to the Ministry of Justice to argue, and the reply he received was the above meaning, and they had no choice but to come back in disappointment and summoned a few business backbone of the Tishu, Jianghu and Jitao Department to hold a special meeting to discuss this task.

Fan Xiaodao and Zhao Xing have been back for more than ten days, and their positions have never been resolved.

Yang Deshui didn't make up his mind whether to bring them to the position of Shishi, so he kept dragging them to give them the status of Liushemen inspectors and special consultants to enjoy the treatment of Shishishimen as well as the rank of Shishimen. If necessary, he could mobilize all resources from Liushemen to assist the general captain, but in fact he had no real power.

It seems to be important, but it actually puts the two of them there.

Fan Xiaodao was so happy to see this arrangement. There was no case, so he could concentrate on finding the secret path of the Six Gates. After a year of delay, he could finally see what Song Jingang left him in the secret path.

With the identity of a special consultant, he legitimately retrieved the architectural drawings of Lao Liushumen from the Archives Department before the fire. However, the secret road was originally a secret building, a secret passage in the event of an emergency incident. There were no clues left in the public drawings.

However, Fan Xiaodao found several suspicious locations from the drawings.

One is the former chief of the six doors. According to the layout of the old six doors, all the class rooms are symmetrical, but the former chief of the chief of the chief of the central axis is indeed more than two meters away from the central axis.

The second one is a dry well in the backyard of Liushangmen. However, when the Liushangmen was rebuilt after the fire, the dry well was blocked and now it has become a school martial arts field. The training of the constables on weekdays is carried out there.

The last one is the Six Gate Dungeon. In that fire, dozens of houses in Six Gate were burned to ashes, but the prison was preserved unscathed.

Just, three years ago

What does that fire have to do with Song Jingang?

Liushemen and Jinyiwei have investigated the Liushemen arson case and held accountable inside the Liushemen. When Fan Xiaodao wanted to review the files of the arson case, he was rejected. Tang Tisi said, "This file is top secret. Unless the approval of the Chief Constable, we have no right to borrow it from the outside. Why did Captain Fan suddenly become interested in this matter?"

Fan Xiaodao said: "I am bored and want to borrow it for a look."

Tang Tisi said: "This incident was very disturbing at that time. It is said that even His Majesty was furious. He ordered the Jinyiwei and Dali Temple to send people to investigate together. Almost everyone was called to question. However, after a few days of investigation, the investigation team suddenly withdrew it and sealed all the files for files. Everyone was secretive about it and kept silent, which made us confused."

This made Fan Xiaodao interested, "Tang Tisi, we have always been in a relationship, so let's reveal some."

Tang Tisi said, "What we have here is just some irrelevant materials handed over by the Jinyiwei, and the complete set of files are all on the Jinyiwei!"

Fan Xiaodao was hesitating whether to visit Xue Yingxiong. The prince sent someone to deliver a letter and met at Mingcui Lake in the afternoon.

The two have never contacted each other since the "quarreling", and Zhu Yan was too busy with the matter of birthday celebrations. From the process of birthday celebrations, the arrangements of the fleet, the sacrificial ceremony, safety guarantees, and the Tower of Longevity specially built for the 60th birthday, Zhu Yan has to inquire about everything in detail. After all, it is of great importance and you must never make any mistakes.

Especially three months ago, Lu Tianshuo made a suggestion to build a tower of immortality on the north side of the Temple of Heaven to serve the lamp of immortality. He could also look down at the capital on the top of the tower and accept the blessings of all people. For this reason, the court allocated a budget of 200,000 taels of silver, but as the construction progressed, the budget increased from 200,000 to 500,000. In the end, the Ministry of Works had no money and had to pay the money from the inner court again.

The emperor also hesitated that building the Tower of Eternal Life would be too exhausting to cause money.

But Lu Tianshuo persuaded that Your Majesty is the emperor of the ages and has cultivated the Great Way of Eternal Life. Even the people have paid off their pockets to make their birthdays decent, let alone Your Majesty is the lord of all people? Everyone in the court knows that several bigwigs from the Ministry of Works have already secretly defected to Eunuch Lu and took advantage of the construction of the Tower of Eunuch Lu to gain some benefits. But now Lu Tianshuo is domineering in the court, who dares to say it?

Even if you don’t even dare to complain, who can guarantee that the people around you don’t have the eyeliner of Dongchang?

The two nominally broke up openly, so they chose to meet in a more secret way.

There were not many people in Mingcui Lake, so the prince arranged a boat in the center of the lake. Fan Xiaodao called the black-sailed boat and got on the flower boat.

When he entered, Zhu Yan was taking a nap on the boat.

After being busy for several months, I have a rare time to rest.

Fan Xiaodao waited for a while, and Zhu Yan woke up. He hadn't seen him for several days. Zhu Yan became much haggard and had a good spirit. Seeing Fan Xiaodao standing in the boat, he asked, "Have you been here for a long time?"

"I'll just come for a while."

Zhu Yan pointed to the seat and said, "Sit down and say."

Zhu Yan came out this time in secret. In order to get rid of the Jinyiwei and the people from the East Factory changed their cars several times, so they did not bring their guards. In addition to him and the manager, there was also a boatman who was temporarily hired. Fan Xiaodao said, "It's just a meeting, how can it be like underground work?"

Zhu Yan said, "Now my whereabouts, every move, every word and every action, are staring at me."

"You are the prince."

"So what about the prince? I can only say that the one in the palace has too much control."

The one in the palace naturally refers to the emperor.

"What's the matter with me today?"

Zhu Yan said, "The process of the grand ceremony was delivered to the palace yesterday. It was finalized early this morning. Your Majesty added two words to the original process. What two words do you think?"

Fan Xiaodao smiled bitterly, "I'm not a god, how could I guess?"

"Imperial title!"

"What kind of imperial seal?"

Zhu Yan smiled, "With Your Majesty's character, you always say three points, and the remaining seven points, so that people can think about it. If he doesn't say it, how dare we speculate? However, combined with the rumors that have been rumored in the capital before, Your Majesty is very likely to recognize you on the day of the ceremony, and it is said that you will be appointed as the prince. What do you think?"

Fan Xiaodao shook his head, "Not good."

“Why is it not good?”

"Zhu Xiaodao? This name is so ugly."

"I grew up in the palace since I was a child and had no playmates around me. Sometimes I even envy those people's families with many brothers and sisters. I fantasize that if there is really a brother, like-minded and play together, it would be great. Unexpectedly, God opens his eyes and meets you and I will be really brothers!"

Prince Zhu Yan stood up, handed a glass of wine to Fan Xiaodao, and then pressed his hand on his hand, saying solemnly, "Our Zhu family has learned from the past. Brothers have always been in disagreement. There are many people who end up without success. There are few people who start well and end well. There are many people who turn against each other and become enemies. There are few people who live in harmony. Why? After all, it is for the word "power."

"You are different. I know you in times of danger and have the experience of living and dying together. You are one of my few friends. So, I promise you that no matter what happens in the future, I will not do anything to shame my brothers. I want to be a wise king. I hope you can help me!"

This was the first time Zhu Yan expressed his feelings to him and wanted to be the emperor.

Before, he was submissive and mixed with the power struggle in the capital. Mingzhe was protecting himself. Not only was he suppressed by Princess Taiping, but even the newly popular Eunuch Lu dared to point fingers at him. But now, he has challenged the emperor's dragon throne.

His eyes were firm and so clear.

Fan Xiaodao did not express his opinion, "How do you want me to help you?"

"Stand on my side!"

"But Your Majesty is now healthy..."

Crown Prince Zhu Yan said, "Your Majesty, his body is not good."

This sentence surprised Fan Xiaodao.

It seems that Zhu Yan has also had such great rebellious words

Grasp the grasp.

"He practiced all year round and took some messy elixirs, and his health was getting worse day by day. I heard from the imperial doctor in the palace that when His Majesty was relieved at night, he had blood in his urine and the elixirs in his body had been depressed for a long time. Once a certain function was damaged, he would probably not last for three or five years."

Zhu Yan continued, "I originally thought that I would be cautious in the past few years, and when I seize the treasure in the future, I would gradually gather the power in my hands. But now there is no waiting for anyone. First, there is a princess Taiping, and then another Lu Tianshuo. The two of them were in a slew together, almost undermining the entire court. If this spreads, even if I become the emperor one day, I would probably follow in the footsteps of Emperor Ling of Han and Emperor Hui of Han."

"So, I want to seize power!" Zhu Yan said word by word, "not only for myself, but also for those who follow me. Some of them have followed me since childhood, followed me to Jiangnan to suffer, and have been born and died together, and even ruined their lives for me. I have promised them that they must be glorious and prosperous for life, and their descendants will be grateful for the sake of the past. I promised them so much and I promised you so much!"

A warning sign suddenly arises.

Fan Xiaodao vaguely felt that there seemed to be a powerful internal force under the water, moving closer to the flower boat.
To be continued...