Ding Changsheng was completely sleepless by his analysis. He sat up and thought about it carefully. What Ma Rufeng did in the past few days was becoming more and more suspicious.

Today, the one who slept with Ding Changsheng was his third concubine. It would be easier for the master to stay for one night, but the master didn't sleep and just sat there in a daze. The concubine was very unhappy and couldn't help but say coquettishly: "Master, everyone is ready, come and go to bed!"

According to the past, my concubine's coquettish voice had already made Ding Changsheng soft, but today Ding Changsheng was in the mood to think about that.

Ding Changsheng said, "Master has something to do today, so you go to bed first!" After that, Ding Changsheng put on his clothes and rode his horse to the yamen.

Ding Changsheng was responsible for the security of the East City. His gang general's yamen was in the sales of Yanghutong in Chongwenmen, not too far from Qianbulang.

It was already late at night, and Ding Changsheng and his servants rode their horses to the yamen. The soldiers guarding the gate did not expect that the general would come to the yamen so late, so he quickly knelt down on one knee to pay his respects.

"Welcome to you!"

Ding Changsheng looked at the yamen and saw that it was normal. Ten soldiers at the door were standing guard, and the yamen was brightly lit.

Ding Changsheng nodded and asked, "Well, get up, who will be on the night tonight?"

"Sir, it's Zhao Guerrilla on duty!"

After Zhu Hongsan occupied the whole country, he did not make much changes to the Ming Dynasty's military system. Although the Ming Dynasty's garrison system was not good, this military system was founded by Zhu Yuanzhang after all. Zhu Hongsan really didn't want to be guilty of arbitrarily changing the ancestors and forming laws. Therefore, the Ming army now implemented two types of military systems, one is the division system in the new army, and the other is the old system of the old Ming army.

In fact, the military system of the Ming army is similar to that of the new army, but it is just a different name. The highest commander in the army is the admiral, which is the greatest official position that military officials can hold. The rank is the first rank, and the following is the general. Below is the general, the guerrilla, the guard, the thousand general, the chief of the leader, the guerrilla general, the guerrilla general, the guerrilla general, the name is quite funny, but in fact, the commander of the new army is the same level as the regiment commander in the new army, but the combat effectiveness of the soldiers he leads is not as high as the new army.

Ding Changsheng heard that it was Zhao Guerrilla on duty tonight, so he nodded without saying anything and walked into the yamen.

The commander came to check the night, and someone had already come in to report to Zhao Guerrilla. Zhu Hongsan had occupied Beijing for less than ten years. The weather in the new dynasty was still there. The army was very strict and no one dared to skip duty while watching the night. Zhao Guerrilla was at the midnight signing room, and when he heard that the adults came, he came out to greet him quickly.

"I don't know that the lord has arrived and has not been welcomed. I am guilty!"

Zhao Guerrilla was born differently from Ding Changsheng. Zhao Guerrilla was not from a new army. He was a ground cannon in Beijing. He was originally a garrison of the Ming Dynasty. When the Qing Dynasty came, he became a Shunmin. However, he did not continue to be an official. Instead, he went home to take care of his old age due to illness. He was not as deep as possible. After Zhu Hongsan occupied Beijing, he asked some locals to restore Beijing's public order as soon as possible, so Zhao Guerrilla, who was native to the Qing Dynasty, was able to re-enter the military system.

Because Zhao Guerrilla was not a new army system, he was very careful in the army. He prepared sufficiently for the three festivals and six offerings every year. Ding Changsheng felt that this old guy was pretty good.

When Ding Changsheng saw Zhao Guerrilla about to kneel down and salute, he quickly stepped forward and helped him up and said, "Brother Zhao, it's not working hours now, so don't be together for you and my brother!"

When Zhao Guerrilla heard Ding Changsheng's tone calmly, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sir, the end of the year is approaching, and I will not dare to relax!"

"Okay, I'm fine today. Lao Zhao, please be busy with your documents! I'll let someone bring the documents from these days, and I can't sleep at night to review them!"

The entire yamen knew that this general Ding Shen was born in the border army of Shaanxi. He was a bandit at that time and could not recognize a few words at all. Therefore, in the past, the official documents were handled by the clerks. If there was any important matter, it would be over to report to Ding Changsheng. Today, I don’t know where this general Ding Shen was crazy and insisted on reading the official documents by himself.

When Zhao Guerrilla heard Ding Changsheng say this, he quickly replied: "I know, please go to the second hall to wait. I will send you this!"

The second hall of the General's Office is Ding Changsheng's office. When he came to his own place, a servant opened the door, a palm light, and then brought up a few basins of charcoal fires. The weather in Beijing is still quite cold now, and there is no fire in the house and I can't sit still.

After a while, the Book Office brought the official documents for the past few months. Ding Changsheng waved his hand and asked the Book Office to go out and then watched in detail by himself.

Ding Changsheng was not illiterate, but he did not recognize the kind of classical Chinese. As an intermediate official who could become the leader of the new army, he still recognized the four or five hundred common words. At the same time, the official documents in the army were all plain language and there was no classical Chinese, so Ding Changsheng could still understand it.

Ding Changsheng, the official document in the previous few months, did not move at all. He just searched through the official document in December, and Ding Changsheng soon found clues in the official document.

The commander of the infantry army in the capital had a total of two generals and four generals. These six were senior officials in the infantry yamen. Therefore, some officials in the yamen had to report the transfer of offices to avoid delaying official duties.

Ding Changsheng picked up the mansion report on the tenth day of December, saying that the Xishan General Zhang Guangsi had died and took leave. Now the Xishan General has replaced Qi Huan. The Xishan Military Camp is only thirty miles away from Beijing and is the last important line of defense in Beijing. Qi Huan Ding Changsheng knew that this guy was from the Second Division and was the captain of Jiang Pengju's personal soldiers back then, and he was the iron-core among Jiang Pengju's iron-core.

Ding Changsheng picked up other newspapers to watch them again, and soon found a clue. The ambassador of the Dagou Lane warehouse in Nancheng changed the clue. This clue was just a sentence in the newspaper, saying that the ambassador's wife had given birth and asked for half a month off. Now the manager of the warehouse in Nancheng was the former deputy envoy.

The warehouse ambassador is only a ninth-rank minor official, and according to the level, it is not enough to report to the yamen. However, this warehouse in the south city is too important. This warehouse stores firearms, and all the muskets and cannons in the infantry commander's yamen are stored in this warehouse.

Although the infantry commander's yamen is a public security force, it is still equipped with 30% of the firearms. However, in normal times, such powerful weapons are strictly prohibited. Only at extraordinary times can they be issued with the emperor's imperial edict, or with the official documents of the Military Affairs Office and the Ministry of War. At this critical moment, the ambassador asked for leave. This is a coincidence.

Ding Changsheng quickly picked up the mansion newspaper and looked for it again. He soon found that in the past few days, President Qian of several important nodes in the inner city had been replaced. At the same time, the people who changed were all strangers, and Ding Changsheng did not recognize any of them.

Finally, Ding Changsheng discovered a document sent by the commander's yamen in the morning, which said that the fifteenth day of the first lunar month was the Spring Festival, and there were several streets in Nancheng and Dongcheng that were to hold lantern festivals, so he ordered the Qianshen from these streets to lead his subordinates to patrol the streets and ensure the public security in the capital.

This was originally just a common official document, but with those clues, the answer was about to come out. Ma Rufeng wanted to do something on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. As for what Ding Changsheng had not discovered, there was no need to make any guesses. Ma Rufeng had a good relationship with the King of Qin, and this time he would definitely be unfavorable to the prince.

Thinking of this, Ding Changsheng was in a dilemma. He was the spy arranged by the prince to the infantry yamen. According to the agreement with the prince, he would report to the prince immediately after discovering such a big thing. However, Ding Changsheng and Ma Rufeng were both from the fourth division, so it was really a bit embarrassing to let him go to the old superior.

Ding Changsheng was really unsure of his mind now. If he reported to the prince, the matter of Qin would definitely not be successful. He could make some contributions, but it was far from enough to be with the prince. If he did not report to the prince, he would press down on this matter, then the King of Qin would have great hope of success. At that time, he would be Ma Rufeng's comrade-in-arms and friends, and he would naturally rise and go further.

But even if the King of Qin succeeds, he will definitely suppress the general trend of the prince. Ding Changsheng wrote a letter of loyalty to the prince back then. If the letter of loyalty fell into the hands of the King of Qin, he would definitely not die well.

Ding Changsheng was hesitant at the yamen. In a blink of an eye, it was dawn. Ding Changsheng looked at the sky and made up his mind to help the prince. It was very simple. It is not certain whether the King of Qin could succeed. Even if the King of Qin succeeded, he could not escape the disaster. Only helping the prince was a way out.

Ding Changsheng made up his mind and told Zhao Juejie that he was not in good health this morning and would not come, so he asked him to take charge of himself. Then Ding Changsheng went home and changed into ordinary clothes, and went out of the back door to find Xia Wanchun.

Ding Changsheng was developed by Qian Yiai at that time. Logically, he should have gone to find Qian Yiai, but Qian Yiai became the governor because of the Henan affairs. At the same time, in June of the 14th year of Shenwu, Qian Qianyi died. According to the court's Dingyou system, Qian Yiai had to go home to mourn for three years. So now Qian Yiai is filial to Qian Qianyi in his hometown in Changshu.

After Qian Yiai left, Ding Changsheng naturally could not go directly to find the prince. He could not see the prince even if he was in his identity. He had no choice but to come to Xia Wanchun as Qian Yiai told him.

The Xia family is also a big landlord in Songjiang Prefecture. Although it is not as rich as the Qian family, it is not short of money. In addition, Xia Yunyi is now the governor of Hubei, so the Xia Mansion is also considered to be grand.

It was already dawning now, and the family of Xia’s mansion had already gotten up to clean the door. At this moment, a big man came to the door of Xia’s mansion and bowed and asked, “Is this the mansion of Lord Xia Wanchunxia?”

The Xia family was stunned when they heard this person say this. It was not that no one from the Xia family came to give gifts, but they were all officials from Hubei. They came to visit him and asked if it was Governor Xia’s mansion. The first one came to find Xia Wanchun. Of course, Xia Wanchun was not a friend, but Xia Wanchun’s friends and Xia family recognized them, they were all weak scholars. This big man was obviously a soldier, and his young master had never had a soldier friend.

However, the Xia family was very strict, so the family member dared not say anything. He quickly bowed and asked, "Dare you ask me about your surname? What's the matter with my young master?" Ding Changsheng was full of muscles and a bearded face. He didn't look like a gentleman, but there was no way. The Xia family was all scholars, and the servant said it was easy.

Ding Changsheng took out a prayer letter from his arms and said, "Please hand over this prayer letter to Lord Xia, and Lord Xia will naturally understand!"
Chapter completed!