Jinyiwei work report

Not surprisingly, tomorrow will be safe, but there is still a long time left, and Song Yingbai is still worried.

I was afraid that he would be told to go somewhere suddenly, and as soon as he entered the door, he would be beaten up indiscriminately and sent directly to the west.

After that, just find a crime of violating military discipline and settle the matter.

Fortunately, the worrying thing did not happen, he survived get off work safely, and bought a roast duck for dinner on the way.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Liu Yuchun's room was half open, and he could vaguely be seen talking with a man of about his stature.

From the outline, it was the scholar who came to look for Liu Yuchun this morning.

I heard Liu Yuchun sigh and say: "Brother Li, I have borrowed everything I can, and this is 150 taels. You take care of it. But you should listen to my advice first. It is not the way for you to throw money in like this. Why don't you go with that mother?" Tell me, can you redeem Du Shiniang and make your marriage possible."

"Well, this is not a question of whether I want to, but a question of whether I can. My father...I just want to see Shi Niang again. As for the future, I will think about it later. Thank you this time, wait If money comes from my hometown, I will definitely pay you back double."

Then Song Yingbai saw a scholar wearing a straight gown from the Imperial College come out.

The two met each other, probably seeing the flying fish suit on Song Yingbai's body, Li Jia's complexion changed, he raised his face, and put on a haughty look.

Who let the evil image of the factory guard be deeply implanted in the hearts of scholars?

Song Yingbai's brows furrowed, the aura of the court eagle was not for nothing, Li Jia was frightened for a second, his neck shrank, and his eyes lowered.

At this time Liu Yuchun chased him out, and greeted Song Yingbai with a smile, "You're back."

Song Yingbai exchanged a few words with him before entering the room, and he could vaguely hear the two of them continuing to chatter about Jiaofang Si Du Shiniang.

He was about to lose sight of Jiaofangsi now, he closed the doors and windows, took off his flying fish suit, put on only his jacket, sat cross-legged on the kang, and started to keep accounts.

Don't remember it, otherwise you will always suspect that the money has been incognito, and it will disappear before you spend it.

Settling accounts makes one feel exhausted, but luckily there is roast duck.

After dinner, he washed the flying fish suit in the basin, thinking about when he would have spare money to hire someone to do laundry while washing.

It's not too early to finish chores, so let's take a break.

The next day Chou Shi, it was still dark outside, he got up and put on the flying fish suit, took the sleeve arrow out of the box, and went out lightly.

When he arrived at the commander's office, the corner door was open. As soon as he entered, he saw a skinny old man holding a lantern, standing not far away, as if he was waiting for someone.

The old man's face was flickered by the lantern, a little scary, but he was wearing a flying fish suit, so he should be a colleague, "Why didn't you even mention a lantern?"

Song Yingbai was embarrassed to say that he really couldn't do it, and the lantern hadn't been included in the purchase plan yet.

He walked quickly to the old man, clasped his fists and said, "Song Yingbai, a low-ranking official."

The old man said: "I'm waiting for you, go to the Red Tiger Hall, right? Come with me. My surname is Zhang, and I work in the Red Tiger Hall."

Song Yingbai called out respectfully: "Uncle Zhang."

Uncle Zhang responded and led the way. The two walked through the corridor to the courtyard.

As a Jinyiwei business, the first rule is not to ask questions if you are not curious.

Silently followed the old man to a courtyard, walked straight to the main room, opened the door curtain and entered, and saw a young man sitting on the grand master's chair beside the table of eight immortals.

Song Yingbai couldn't help staring at him a few more times. This person was dressed as a scholar, tall and tall, but his appearance was not easy to describe, neither ugly nor beautiful. Obviously, there were no blemishes or abrupt features on his entire face. But pieced together, there is no charm at all, and there is no memory point.

People in Jinyiwei have requirements for face recognition. Song Yingbai is by no means face blind, but he is helpless with this person in front of him.

If he were to describe his appearance, he would be at a loss for words.

Ordinary is so ordinary that you forget it when you look at it.

And next to the man dressed as a scholar, stood a man in a coarse bunt, a little thinner, with a simple and honest face, showing the simplicity of a working people, the kind that you can't find if you fall into the crowd.

Zhang Bodao: "Lieutenant Song, these two are the adults who will lead you on a business trip this time."

Song Yingbai was taken aback for a moment, then bowed and said, "Song Yingbai, my subordinate, sees the two adults."

It turned out that this time he was not on a mission alone, but cooperating with others. However, it was not a surprise. It was indeed unlikely that he would be able to carry out the mission by himself for the first time.

The man dressed as a scholar said: "The night before yesterday, Qian Xiaoqi led you to catch the rebellious party. They were recruited that night. They are all from the green forest. They gathered in the capital and planned to rescue Yang Yuxuan's two children." The voice was full of magnetism, slightly Look low.

Yang Yuxuan, Song Yingbai knew, was originally the Minister of the Ministry of War. He was framed and imprisoned because of his quarrel with the chief assistant and the eunuch Cao Shaoqing, the admiral of the East Factory.

Two children, a boy and a girl, were dispatched far away.

Cao Shaoqing originally planned to punish Yang Yuxuan's daughter to the Jiaofang Division, but the girl was only 11 years old. This "idea" aroused great resentment among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

Moreover, since becoming an ancestor, officials have been punished, and it is rare for family members to be punished. It is just a fight.

It is tantamount to lowering the situation of defeat in the struggle to a terrifying level. Everyone is in danger, and the prestige of Shoufu and Dongchang fell to the bottom for a while.

Dongchang's reputation fell as soon as it fell, and no one cared, but Shoufu was a "decent person" after all, so he had to show some face, revoked the order and changed it to exile.

"And I also asked that the reason why they went to justice so loyally and bravely was that they were instigated by a demon book called "Mr. Yilie's Biography". In that book, Yang Yuxuan was compared to Yue Wumu of this dynasty. After reading it, or hearing it from a scholar, I felt my head go crazy and plunged into the capital to save people."

Song Yingbai is well aware of the power of storytellers. Among the people, many ordinary people firmly believe that what they say is the truth.

"The author of the book is signed by Zhuge Wolong. This person pretends to be an ancient sage to do things to deceive people. In fact, this so-called Zhuge Wolong is no stranger to Jinyiwei. We have noticed him before. He is called Xiao Zhuge and he is locked up in Jizhou Prison. It's been seven or eight years." At this point, he deliberately paused and looked at Song Yingbai.

This is for him to analyze: "Either an outsider wrote the book under the guise of his name, or he finished it in prison and got it printed outside through his relationship."

The scholar nodded: "We also think so, so this time the three of us are going to Jizhou to investigate this matter thoroughly and hand over the engraved version of this book."

"Yes!" Song Yingbai hesitated for a while, but still asked, "I don't know how to call you, sir?"

The man dressed as a scholar said: "From now on, my name is Jiang Zhan. Before people, you have to call me Young Master. I am a student who took a leave of absence from the Imperial College in Beijing to visit his sick parents." He glanced at the person beside him: "Call him Zheng Yuan is our porter. As for you, Song Yingbai, you are my bookboy named Qi An."

Needless to say, Jiang Zhan and Zheng Yuan must have changed their names.

"...Yes." What Song Yingbai wanted to ask was the official rank of the other party, so that it was convenient to call him, but the other party directly introduced the disguised identity.

At this time, Li Zhangbo walked to the door of the back room and waved to Song Yingbai: "Come here, I will help you change your face."

Song Yingbai didn't know what face-changing was, so he followed Uncle Zhang nervously into the back room, and saw that the room was covered with all kinds of clothes and wigs, the most eye-catching thing was the faces hung on the wall.

There are men and women, old and young.

There is still such an operation.

However, it's not really an accident. When you go out to perform secret missions, you will definitely disguise yourself.

Song Ying didn't wait to take a second look, and was pushed down on the chair by Uncle Zhang, pinching his face with two fingers like dry wood: "Your face needs to be repaired, your appearance is easy to be disgusting. remember."

While opening a box, he picked and picked in it, took out a finger-wide strip of meat and gestured at his face, fiddled with it for a while, Zhang Bo dropped the strip with a sigh, and went to the door and asked: " I have an idea, it's better to turn him into a woman, and you will be a couple who go home to visit relatives."

Song Yingbai's eyes widened, let's go.

Hearing Jiang Zhan's voice said calmly: "Didn't I say, have you ever seen a woman as tall as him?!"

Uncle Zhang patted his forehead, "Look at me, I'm really old." He turned and returned to Song Yingbai's side, "Your skin is too tight, it's not easy to get rid of it, so how about it, I'll just put a leather mask on you."

He stood by the wall and looked at it carefully, picked it up for a while, took off a piece of dough, and pressed it directly on Song Yingbai's face without saying a word.

Song Yingbai finally couldn't bear it and said, "It's not peeled off from a dead man's face."

"You child, why do you think it was peeled off from the face of a dead person? Can the face peeled off from a dead person be used? You have to peel it off while you are alive!"

Song Yingbai was out of ideas.

Uncle Zhang installed the human skin mask in about two quarters of an hour, and said: "Remember, this human skin mask is not afraid of cold water. You can wash your face in cold water or fall into the river. It's okay, but don't worry about it." Never encounter hot water, once it encounters hot water, it will fall off. The most important point is that if you feel uncomfortable on the way back to Beijing after finishing the case and want to remove it in advance, you can, but you must keep the human skin well and return it when you come back. I."

"I remember it." Song Yingbai didn't dare not refuse, if he lost it, Uncle Zhang might have to embarrass himself to make up for it.

Zhang Bo brought a bronze mirror and handed it to Song Yingbai, "Recognize your own face first."

In the mirror was the face of a young man who was about the same age as his original face, but compared with his original face, the eyebrows were shorter, the eyes were smaller, and the mouth was thicker. It was ugly but not ugly, even a little delicate, but never Outstanding, not worth looking at.

Song Yingbai suddenly thought, could it be that the two bosses outside the house also wore human skin masks?

It's very possible, but this is cheating, they know what he looks like originally, but he doesn't know the real face of the other party.

"Satisfied?" Uncle Zhang took away the mirror and rubbed his eyes, "I'm really old, my eyes are sore after only working for a while."

"You are so powerful, just like the real thing."

Uncle Zhang laughed a few times proudly, "It's a small scene, I think I was called a thousand-faced thief back then. Alas, that's all. You choose the clothes and shoes suitable for schoolboys, and go behind the curtain to change. Remember, if the clothes If it gets dirty or broken, you have to pay for it.”

"Then my flying fish suit and boots can be placed here with you. You have to keep them safe. I will issue two sets a year. If they are gone, there will be no replacements."

This kid is not rich, Zhang Bo glanced at him meaningfully, "I know, I know, I can't lose you, but you, the human skin mask must not be broken."

Song Yingbai hurriedly agreed well, took the clothes and went behind the curtain in the corner to change.

After Song Yingbai changed his face and went out, Jiang Zhan and Zheng Yuan only glanced at each other and acted normally.

Song Yingbai bowed and said, "My lord, when are we going out? Where is the bookcase, do you need me to tidy it up first?"

"No need, I've tidied it up and put it on the cart." At this moment, the sky was getting darker, and Jiang Zhan stood up first, "The carriage is ready at the back door."

The others followed closely behind. At this time, the Jinyiwei yamen had not officially started work, and the surroundings were silent.

The three quickly left the back door, and a carriage had already parked by the side of the road.

Zheng Yuan took the initiative to act as the coachman, and he waited for the other two people to enter the carriage. Zheng Yuan flicked his whip and walked towards the city gate.

In addition to Song Yingbai and the others, there were several bundles of luggage and a bookcase piled up in the carriage, all of which were props.

Jiang Zhan said: "Take the land first and then turn to the water. You can arrive within ten days."

"Yes." As a subordinate, you only need to answer yes.

Jiang Zhan said: "Just in case, there are two code words, the first sentence is broken and the heart is broken, and the next sentence is empty and concentric."

Codewords are often incoherent, just to prevent accidental guessing.

Song Yingbai repeated the secret word twice in his heart, "Yes, young master, remember."

Jiang Zhan said solemnly: "This task is very important, don't relax." He glanced at the bookcase in the corner, "There are weapons hidden in its hidden compartment, but they should only be used as a last resort. Don't do anything to attract attention on the way. about it. Do you have any hidden weapons?"

In their line of work, especially when going out to perform missions, hidden weapons are a must.

"...Hide Arrow." This equipment was brought from home, otherwise he would not be able to afford it according to his living standard in the capital.

Jiang Zhan said with satisfaction: "Very good, use it with caution, can you drive a carriage?"

Poor and rich in martial arts, when Song Yingbai was at home, let alone driving a carriage, he even learned how to ride and shoot, "Yes."

"Well, I got up early today, let's rest first, and after an hour, you go and replace Zheng Yuan." After Jiang Zhan finished speaking, he leaned against the wall of the car and closed his eyes to rest.

Song Yingbai didn't dare to say much. Seeing that he was getting farther and farther away from the Jinyiwei Yamen, he temporarily breathed a sigh of relief, hugged his shoulders and thought, anyway, he didn't have to worry about being troubled by Li Zhen for the time being, and closed his eyes in relief.

At this time, Jiang Zhan opened his eyes slightly, gave Song Yingbai a look, pursed his lips, and then closed his eyes again.