After the fourth master and I wear each other [Qing wear]

Yinzhen was aggrieved.

Hearing that someone was pretending to be him, I wished I could rush to Suzhou immediately to catch the thief.But, that's it but it came up again.

Xiao Luzi stopped at the door in time, and kept trying to persuade Brother Jiu not to be impulsive.

"Jiuye, you can't do it! You can't leave now. The crown prince is seriously ill, and the emperor issued an edict to order Suoxiang to rush here. If you leave now, no matter what the reason is, you will be labeled as disrespectful to the prince's elder brother. "

Nor was there a suitable reason at all.

For example, I heard that someone was going to ambush the emperor and hurried to find out, or I heard that someone was doing harm to the queen mother who was far away in the capital.

In order to deal with such an urgent problem, Brother Nine was able to sneak out, and if he was discovered afterwards, he could be said to be a filial piety.

The reason now is not good, I heard that someone pretended to be him to meet with the leader of the boat gang, such a trivial matter is definitely not acceptable to the emperor.

Xiao Luzi didn't dare to say those suitable reasons, so he could only kneel on the ground and stop his master.

"Okay, okay, you stand up."

Yinzhen stomped her feet angrily, but she still didn't lose her mind.

In the past five days, the atmosphere in the Cao family was very depressed.

If he left Jiangning in order to deal with the impostors, Kangxi would punish the impostors, but he would even sternly reprimand him for not being in contact with the ship gangs.

These days, no one dared to make Kangxi angry, and the emperor's anger happened from time to time.

The king of Zhijun was very courageous. He went to persuade Kangxi to take care of his health. He should not worry about the prince. The other brothers were even more worried about Khan Ama's illness.

The words were right at first glance, but was scolded by Kangxi.

He reprimanded the king of Zhijun for his lack of brotherhood, so he didn't see any worries about the prince from his face.Yinfeng is sick, why can't he let go of the old grudges.

At that time, eight, nine, and ten princes were present.

Yinzhen looked at the scene, Kangxi was like a firecracker that ignited at one o'clock, no matter what others mentioned about the prince recently, it was all wrong.

However, Kangxi's accusation is not without reason.

The king of Zhijun has been fighting with the prince for several years, and the supporters behind him, Mingzhu and Suo'etu, have also been fighting for a long time.

A few years ago, when Mingzhu lost power, Suo'etu became more and more insane.The king of Zhijun did not retreat but advanced. Without a clear face, he went to fight for military merits by himself, and the conflict with the prince deepened.

Due to the conflict between the two parties for a long time, Yinti did not say that he hoped that Yinreng would recover soon, and he would be considered resentful and not friendly to his brothers.

Yinzhen can't control how the eldest brother speaks, anyway, now he is most envious of the fourth brother who left the army early and didn't have to face Kangxi's anger directly.But the leisurely life of the fourth brother is only a few days away, and I don't know where people go. Is Wu's illness recovered?

Now that the prince is ill, the fourth brother should have heard the news.

He couldn't care about the Wu family, regardless of his elder brother, there was not much time left for him to rush to Jiangning.

In fact, everyone has troubles.

Thinking of this, Yinzhen's anger subsided a little.

Like he is quite royal, he can't rule the Xiao Xiao in Suzhou now, but it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge in ten years.Even if you chase him to the ends of the earth, the liar will be thrown into prison.

This tells Xiaoluzi not to startle the snake.

First go to notify the eyeliner in Suzhou, and keep a close eye on the imposter.No matter how much it costs, tell the other party tightly, find out the other party's lair, and in the future, you will catch them all.

The moon sinks and the sun rises.

In Suzhou City, a group of people either drove or rode out of the city and headed northwest.

"Fourth Master, the donkey rider and the bullock cart driver have been following for an hour at a distance."

The guard found the stalker behind him and asked for instructions, "Do you want to warn them?"

Wu Fuyi rested his eyes in the car, shaking his head indifferently.

"No need. This road is the closest road to Jiangning Mansion. If they dare to follow, just follow. You go and warn them. Those people will be hard to guard against if they hide in the dark."

Saying this, he probably guessed who the follower was.

Yesterday, Wu Fuyi pretended to be Yinzhen to spy on the ghost ship.It hints that Ji Wangcai slipped out of Jiangning to meet him this time, and will return to Jiangning the next day, because Shengjia is in Jiangning.

Today, Ji Wangcai is likely to send someone to follow him, to make sure that the one who had a good chat with him is the original Nine Princes.Use the most primitive way to follow the car and see if it will drive into the Cao's courtyard in Jiangning.

In addition to Ji Wangcai, it may also be Yinzhen's eyeliner.

Yinzhen knew about being impersonated, so he had no way to go to the scene to arrest the person, so he could only track and find out the other person's whereabouts.

Or maybe third wave people.

The instigator of the ghost ship case, suspicious, wanted to follow the visitors who had been to Zhou Tong's house.

Now it has been confirmed that the so-called ghost ship is the Dongpu fleet with strange whereabouts.

Ji Wangcai was very happy to see Lord Jiu yesterday, leaning against a big tree to enjoy the shade, he seized the opportunity of relying on the tree and told the secrets of the Dongying fleet.

That was the Dongpu Fleet flying a flag with three points across it.Each family in Japan has a family crest, with three dots on a horizontal line, which should indicate which family the fleet belongs to.

These boats generally do not use canals, but haunt the coast of Andong County, which is close to the sea under the control of Huai'an Prefecture.The goods transported are said to be silver, and some ginseng is also included.

That's right, it's a boatload of white money.

The Dongying fleet has no fixed sailing time, and can only make a rough estimate. The fleet's delivery lasted for five or six years.The most recent time was in mid-March this year.

Some ship gangs were well-informed, but they didn't care too much when they heard about the Dongying ship that transported the money.

If you transport special items for sale, the ship gang will also worry about the business being robbed, but why should you care about the money you are transporting?

Ji Wangcai judged that the Dongying ship was sending money to a certain group of people in the south of the Yangtze River.

Why send money?It may be that a transaction was reached elsewhere, and the silver shipped was the payment for the goods.

Wu Fuyi thought of Dongying's rich silver resources, and silver is not only a currency for Dongying, but also a commodity.

For example, the Iwami Silver Mine has been mined since the sixteenth century.It has been mined for more than 170 years, and the Dongying people have rich mining experience.

Regardless of whether Japan's silver mines are rich or not, there is no such thing as free money in the sky.What is worth sending boatloads of silver across the sea?Is it the ginseng trade?

Combined with the ginseng found in Zhou Yuzuo's medicine cabinet, we might as well speculate boldly on the antecedents of the incident.Someone needed a large amount of money. Referring to the ginseng smuggling case in the last years of Chongzhen in the previous dynasty, he came up with a brilliant solution.

Wild ginseng is valuable, while garden ginseng is cheap.

Then make a kind of young ginseng that is infinitely close to the natural growth state, and sell them as wild ginseng to buyers who don't know the goods, or who are willing to pass fish's eyes together.

Refer to the former triangular smuggling route.Plant ginseng in the northeast and sell it to Dongying.

Dongying has a lot of silver mines, so it is convenient to buy ginseng at a relatively low price, and then transport the money to Jiangnan, which is the completion of the transaction.

A little ginseng was also transported on the same ship.

The transshipped ginseng also comes from the Northeast. Instead of using conventional land transportation, the purpose is to avoid people's eyes and ears, and sell it to buyers in the south in a way that the specific source cannot be discovered.

As for Dongying, do you know the difference between seedlings and wild ginseng?Can you eat most of the ginseng?

At this time, the Tokugawa shogunate adopted a policy of locking the country.Strictly control maritime trade, especially caravans from the West.

There are policies and measures to counter.Perhaps because of this, the ghost ship fleet increased the smuggling business, reselling the ginseng bought from the Northeast to Westerners.

Such a smuggling trade requires the mobilization of a lot of manpower and material resources, and it involves transactions in multiple places. It can be seen that the organizer behind the scenes has a lot of energy.Otherwise, when batches of silver arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, they would have been carved up by local snakes long ago.

Who was the silver given to?

Ji Wangcai can't be sure, and the leaders of many ship gangs can only guess.The silver was scattered and transported away after it landed, and part of it was sent to the mansion of Aljishan in the capital.

Who is Aljishan?

Could it be Suo'etu's other son.

A large amount of silver was sent to Suo Xiang's son, which was about the same as that sent to Suo'etu.

Who doesn't know that after Mingzhu was dismissed, Suo'etu is the only one, and he is the prince's grandfather.To please Suo Xiang is equivalent to gaining the support of the future emperor.

With such a relationship, no one dares to talk about the fleet that Dongpu sent money to.

A very small number of insiders pretended to be deaf and dumb, exposing this matter was not good for the boat gang.And Suo Xiang didn't touch their interests, so why bother to be the leader.

This time, Ji Wangcai is willing to tell the secret, just because the person who came is Jiu Age.

Master Jiu and the crown prince are both princes, if something happens, they are better able to resist than these boat gangs.Besides, I have been doing business with Master Jiu for several years. This generous man has always been a happy businessman.

Seeing is better than hearing.

When Ji Wangcai met, he felt that Master Jiu was straightforward and heroic, and he was impressed by his demeanor, and he was a master worthy of entrustment.

He is willing to tell the inside story of Dongying Ship, hoping that Master Jiu will be mentally prepared, and don't get involved with Suo Xiang in the south of the Yangtze River without knowing it.

After Wu Fuyi obtained this information, he rushed to Jiangning Mansion the next day, and he had already prepared that there might be a little tail behind him.

This will tell the guards, "You don't need to go to the back to drive people away, just be more vigilant. You can reach Jiangning Mansion before the sun sets. Then we will see what they do and whether they want to take it down in one fell swoop."

"Whoo."

The guard should be, rode the horse and left.

In the carriage, Yinzhen was still thinking.

Last night, I heard the old ghost relay the inside story of Ji Wangcai's account, but those words are just the one-sided words of the boat gang, and there is no real evidence at hand.

Where is the ledger of Silver Entry?Where are ginseng grown?Where did it smuggle out of the country?

Who is the witness that the so-called silver was sent to Al Jishan's mansion?

The boat gang is willing to tell "Ninth Elder Brother" privately, but they may not dare to testify in court.

Without real evidence, how to report Suo'etu?Or should Suo'etu be reported at this time?

Right now, the atmosphere in Jiangning is tense. The news of the prince's serious illness came from Jiangning. Immediately afterwards, the emperor summoned Suo'etu to come to Jiangnan immediately.

Yinzhen thought for a long time, timing is very important.

Khan Ama hates Suo'etu and wants to keep the prince, but can they have both?

Innocent people were silenced, ginseng was cultivated quietly, and a large amount of silver was sent by the ghost ship. These things add up, and from Kangxi's point of view, there is something that has to be asked.

Suo'etu was an extremely talented minister, and his father, Sony, was one of the founding heroes.When Kangxi succeeded to the throne, Sony was the head of the four auxiliary ministers.

The Hesheli family has been famous for many years, and they are already extremely wealthy. Why did they go to great lengths to engage in smuggling transactions to obtain a large amount of secret silver?

Is it caused by endless greed, or some shady things must be supported by a large amount of unknown cash?

Then a new question arises, does the prince know the inside story of Dongying Yinchuan?

Although Kangxi favored the crown prince, he didn't follow him in everything about food and clothing.

The same is true for other princes, they will be guaranteed to have no worries about food and clothing, but they will not be provided with money that can make people extravagant.

The prince also needs money.He lived in the palace and lost his mother when he was born.

If you want to get extra money, the fastest way is not to run it yourself, but to ask Soetu to provide financial support.

This is a secret that everyone knows.

Yinzhen thought deeply, did Kangxi have no investigation on the source of Suo'etu's large amount of money?Have you checked, but have not been able to find Dongying Silver Ship?

"When we get to Jiangning, why not let Qingfu go to Haizhou and reveal the latest clues to Chen Pengnian."

Yinzhen looked at Wu Fuyi who was driving the car, "Haizhou is not far from Huai'an Mansion where the Dongying ship is moored. Now that we know the arrival time of the Dongying ship and the goods transported, it is more likely to find actual evidence."

After finding substantive evidence, it is better for Chen Pengnian to report the matter than for King Yong to speak up.

The crown prince is the elder brother, and if the younger brother denounces his elder brother, it will inevitably leave a mark of disrespect for his elder brother in Kangxi's heart.

In addition, Qingfu was loyal to Kangxi.

Sending him to Haizhou is tantamount to disclosing the known situation to Kangxi in a disguised form, and it can even try to see how Kangxi wants to investigate next, and whether he has the determination to catch everything.

Wu Fuyi understood the meaning of Yinzhen's move, and she had no objection to letting Chen Pengnian investigate.

Pu Songling first went to Chen Pengnian for help. At this time, the two should have met and knew what kind of case they had encountered.

Chen Pengnian is not a powerful person, he dares to investigate, and he also knows quite a lot about Jiangnan river engineering and waterways, so he is a suitable candidate for investigation.

However, don't forget that Kangxi prefers the prince, will there be a situation where he will be jealous when he disposes of Suo'etu?

Wu Fuyi pointed out, "It takes time to find substantive evidence, and many times the plan cannot keep up with the changes. What changes will be caused by Suo Etu's summoning to Jiangnan is beyond our control."

Of course Yinzhen understood, "Then adapt to the situation."

At dusk, the setting sun is like blood.

The setting sun shone on the gate of Jiangning City, as if blood was splashed all over the ground.

A rush of horseshoes sounded in the distance, and with the billowing smoke and dust, the horse team was getting closer and closer to the city gate.

Usually, if the delivery is urgent for a hundred miles, the messenger officer will yell a warning and let the pedestrians in front quickly avoid it.

At this time, the people at the gate of the city came in and out, but no one heard the warning call.But they are all scattered like birds and beasts, running away from the city gate, no one wants to be trampled to death by the galloping horses.

Who are these people!

How dare you rush into Jiangning City without saying a word? !It is not said that the emperor's holy car is staying in the city, but there are still people who dare to gallop like this.

The guards guarding the city watched from a distance, and the new soldier was about to question him, but was stopped by the old soldier beside him.

"Hey! You don't want your head. If you didn't recognize that patch is the pattern of a super-grade first-class male, how can you not see that Dai Hualing?"

The veteran said, "Ninety-nine percent of this person is Suoxiang! Don't you have a long memory? Recently, there was news that the prince was ill. In order to make the prince feel better and recover faster, the emperor asked Suoxiang to come and talk with him. "

The recruit took a step back in fright, but fortunately he didn't take the initiative to stop him, otherwise even if Suo'etu's actions were not in compliance with the rules, he would be the first to be unlucky.

After the panic, I can't help complaining in my heart.

Suo'etu really doesn't treat people as people, and the emperor is very sympathetic to the people.When Shengjia came to Jiangning, there has never been any incident of trampling on the people.

This kind of complaint must never be said.

No one stopped at the gate of the city.

Suo'etu quickly drove his horse into Jiangning City.He knew the way and went straight to the Cao's courtyard where the prince stayed.

I was in a hurry to hurry, for fear that the prince would fall ill and become unconscious.He didn't care if he would hit someone, and he didn't want to slow down the horse.

"How is the prince?"

Suo'etu broke into the other courtyard all the way, he didn't bother to greet the emperor, and went to visit Yinfeng first.

He grabbed the eunuch who was guarding the door and questioned him sharply. "How did you dog slaves take care of the prince, so that the prince accidentally fell ill!"

"Suo Xiangming, the servants never dare to be lazy."

Seeing Suo'etu's gloomy expression, the eunuchs immediately knelt down to plead guilty.

During this period of time, they were already living in fear, and they had already received the emperor's scolding.

Fortunately in the misfortune, the emperor scolded them harshly, but for the time being they did not allow them to suffer from the cane.

This is not the capital city, a group of eunuchs were destroyed, and there was no way to immediately replace a group of servants who could properly serve the prince.

The eunuchs knew that the beating was just not received temporarily.The fact that the emperor will not punish for the time being does not mean that the prince will not be punished.

The crown prince was sick and had vomiting and diarrhea for several days, but he was not in a coma.Whenever he was in a bad mood, he whipped the servants around him.

Now, Suo'etu is here.

Suo Xiang has never been kind, let alone persuaded the prince to restrain his temper.

How could the eunuchs not tremble, because they were afraid that Suo Xiang would instigate him to punish the servants directly in order to make the prince feel more comfortable.

Suo'etu rode his horse into the side gate of Cao's courtyard, and did not dismount until the courtyard where the prince lived.

The news quickly reached Kangxi's ears.

Kangxi listened, expressionless.He told Liang Jiugong, "Go and find out if anyone was injured by Suo'etu along the way."

"Whoo."

Liang Jiugong was trembling in his heart, the more the emperor lost his anger, the more he would be unkind today.

The prince is sick, in fact, he is not acclimatized.The illness has been going on, but it's hard to say how serious it is.

The emperor urgently summoned Suo'etu to come to the south of the Yangtze River. This matter was a bit strange, and I'm afraid the drunkard's intention was not to drink.

Liang Jiugong guessed a certain possibility, but he didn't dare to think deeply.Just as he was about to order his subordinates to do the emperor's order, he was stopped again.

"Let Suo'etu come to see me. Call the boss, the eighth, the ninth and the tenth."

Kangxi thought for a while and then said, "The fourth son just left not long ago, go and see if he is washing up? Let him come over later. Let Cao Yin come too."

Liang Jiugong should be again, and there is one more bad guess.

Before two sticks of incense, the emperor met the king of Yongjun who had just arrived in Jiangning, and after a secret chat for a while, he asked the king of Yongjun to wash off the dust of his journey.

This will call everyone to the study, what the hell to do?

What does the emperor want to do?

Wu Fuyi also wanted to ask.

Arriving at Cao's house in Jiangning Mansion, the string of little tails that followed all the way disappeared.

She didn't bother to wash and change clothes, she went to greet the emperor first, and then expressed her concern for the sick prince.

Kangxi's attitude is intriguing.First of all, he affirmed that the fourth brother cared about his elder brother, and told him not to worry too much. Yinfeng was either seriously ill or just had some relapses.

After that, he didn't mention the prince's condition at all, and asked the fourth child if there was any new progress in the investigation of the ghost ship?

Wu Fuyi answered almost truthfully, starting from Dongying Yinchuan, and talking about the smuggling trade of ginseng that he personally speculated.

Chen Pengnian was recommended to investigate the matter, but he did not directly point out that the silver flowed to the mansion of Aljishan, Suo'etu's son, but said that a batch of silver was suspected to be shipped to the capital.

Without evidence, Suo'etu cannot be reported. This is a matter of caution.

Kangxi did not immediately give a clear response, not to say whether he asked Chen Pengnian to investigate.Only let the fourth child go to rest for a while, and he should wash his face and change his clothes after running around all the way.

At this end, Wu Fuyi was changing into new clothes when he heard Liang Jiugong come to deliver the decree.Said that Suo'etu had arrived, and the emperor summoned a group of people to the study.

Although I don't know what Kangxi wants to do next, but I can be sure that going now will not be a good thing to treat guests to dinner, maybe it is to scare someone.

Isn't it just frightening!

On the other end, Yinzhen was dumbfounded when he heard Xiaoluzi's report.

Just before the two sticks of incense, the spies following the imposter appeared at the gate of Cao's courtyard!

The spies in charge of following up were also confused, what the hell is Master Jiu going to do?

The impostor talked to Ji Wangcai, but how did he come to Cao's other courtyard where Shengjia lived temporarily?

Was it planned by Lord Jiu from the beginning, to find a substitute to meet the leader of the boat gang?Then, to test the eyesight and ability of his subordinates, he deliberately asked them to follow up, in the name of finding the lair of impostors and killing them all.

If not so...

The spies didn't dare to think about it.If Master Jiu did not deliberately arrange the test task, it was the plan of other masters in the other courtyard.Who is the one?Shouldn't it be the emperor?

Yinzhen was dumbfounded, and immediately asked Xiaoluzi to ask the time when the impostor arrived at Cao's gate.

Then check the situation with the guards at the gate. Before the two sticks of incense, the king of Yongjun arrived with the Wu family, and no one else entered the gate.

God!

Yinzhen seemed to be struck by lightning.The person who yelled at him yesterday was Sun Tzu. Unexpectedly, it was the fourth brother who pretended to be him and went to meet Ji Wangcai, the leader of the boat gang.

This, this, this...

Yinzhen was speechless for a long time, the truth was so unexpected that his mind became a mess.He didn't know what to say. Could it be that the spies in Suzhou couldn't recognize King Yong because they had never seen him?

At this time, without giving him time to digest the shocking news, Liang Jiugong came to preach that the emperor had summoned him.

Yinzhen regained consciousness passively, and headed towards the study where the emperor was.

Before going out, he patted Xiaoluzi on the shoulder heavily. "Your boy is a lucky general, you still have to speak honestly and harshly in the future! I can listen to you."

This time I really want to thank Xiao Luzi, he persuaded him in time yesterday, otherwise he would have sneaked off to Suzhou to catch the impostor, and the consequences would have been a mess.

Being scolded by Kangxi is not worth the loss.Even if he blocked the impostor head-on, he found out that it was the fourth brother, and he could only swallow his shock in his stomach.

It is a felony for others to pretend to be the ninth elder brother, but it is not the same for my brothers.Even if it is stabbed in front of Khan Ama, it is just a joke.

Because Yinzhen knew that the fourth brother could not pretend to be him for no reason, there must be something very big and very urgent.This is the worst policy to be done in a hurry.

Having said that, Yinzhen walked towards the study and saw the fourth brother coming towards him, this feeling was different from before.

How to describe it?Anyway, he couldn't imagine that the fourth brother had a happy conversation with the leader of the boat gang.Thousands of words can be merged into one look - "Ahh! I didn't expect you to be such a fourth brother."

Wu Fuyi's face was calm, and he said a good saying, as long as he is not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed.