On the third day after Ding Baotong was arrested, he divided the wealth of the Ding family and confirmed that Ding Baotong's wife and children were all fake. He started to question him and was about torture him and was about to question the industries he bought and the gold and silver stored in the cellar. After half an hour, Datong's quick horse arrived.

The eunuch at the Datong township sent his own side. Only then did the people who tortured Ding Baotong knew that he had given all his property to the eunuch. As for why the timing was so coincidental, it was because there were people watching around the Ding family. Ding Baotong was arrested, so he quickly went to Datong City to report the news. Someone in Datong City had already established contact with the eunuch's mansion, and the Ding family's list of industries and goods was quickly handed over.

Eunuchs cannot have descendants, so they attach great importance to gold, silver and wealth, but making money is not that easy. The civil servants are very careful and will hold on to them once they find out. There is no more incident that can increase their reputation than criticizing the internal officials. Moreover, the risk is very small. The Ding family's large amount of wealth was delivered to their hands and thought of several high-sounding names. It is really useless to take it.

If you collect money, you have to do things. Moreover, Ding Bao has to give advice and assignments to him in the house shops and the warehouses that occupy a large part of the property. This person must be saved. The eunuch in charge is not vague and sends his confidants to him.

On the ground of Datong, there are four figures at the top. The civil servant is the governor of Datong, the military general is the general of Datong, the internal officials are the eunuchs in the Datong garrison, and the vassal king is the king of the Dai king. The eunuchs in the custody came forward and had to do whatever they were reluctant. They had to release the people and return the wealth they received. They had to swear that they could not touch Ding Bao's same hair in the future, otherwise the father-in-law would have an attack.

"...Ding Baotong's plan was actually good, and the solution was perfect, but he had been pampering for a long time and had never experienced hardships. Although he had only been torture for half an hour, he was whipped by a few salt water and pulled out his toenails, but he was already scared..."

Moreover, those who covet property did not let go completely. Ding Baotong wanted to leave Datong several times, but he turned halfway back because someone followed him. If he really got together with his wife and children, the whole family would probably die. After more than ten years of hard work, the eunuchs in charge were transferred away, but all the civil servants and generals who were plotting against him were replaced. The remaining people could also protect them with the power of the salt bank. Only then did Ding Baotong dare to come out to do things.

"...... He was already dead and didn't even dare to send a letter... Look, he was careful. There were so many people in the salt store because his family was destroyed. In front of Lao Ding, he couldn't do anything in business or accounts. After being found out..."

These past events made Zhu Da feel very satisfied. Not only was the legend of Manager Ding's life, but he also knew more about Datong, the general, the governor, the eunuch in the custody and the king of Dai. From Qin Xiucai's endless talk, he could probably tell what they were in charge of, and then he could infer and guess more.

However, Zhu Da also had his own doubts, "Enjoyed Father, I heard that these were all from more than ten years ago. How old did Shopkeeper Ding get when he experienced these things? Today I see that he is in his early forties..."

"Ding Baotong was only thirty when he had an accident. If he had not been young and energetic, he would not have committed so many people. If he had not been young and energetic, he would not have made so ruthless money. It is said that the orders sent to the eunuch's mansion to the garrison were shocking. After experiencing so many things, he was frightened and had to rely on us to protect him, so he was extremely cautious and did a little too much." Qin Chuan said with a smile.

In addition to Qin Qin not interested in these stories, even Zhou Qingyun listened very seriously. These past events were ups and downs, and Shopkeeper Ding’s response and planning were also amazing. It was really exciting.

"Entertainment Father, what happened more than ten years ago? Master always said that many people were talking." After waking up from an acute illness, Zhu Da listened to any conversation very seriously. He had noticed that many people like to say that more than ten years ago, it seemed that it was an important node. Today, I finally asked.

Qin Xiucai was stunned, then laughed and said, "Don't you know? Yes, you shouldn't know. More than ten years ago, Emperor Wuzong led our Ming army to fight with the little Mongolian prince, defeating the Tartar army and ensuring peace in the north over the years. In that war, many people died in our Datong border army."

"Emperor Wuzong", Zhu Da couldn't react to who this is. He knew the Jiajing year name, but he couldn't remember who it was. When scholar Qin Chuan talked about this, he sighed, "The emperor personally led the army to fight in front of the battle. Such a brave emperor is comparable to Emperor Chengzu..."

After sighing for a few words, Qin Xiucai seemed to remember something, and quickly stopped him, and looked at Zhu Da and the others seriously and said, "You must not tell what I said just now. That is the sin of beheading, do you understand?"

Everyone nodded and agreed. In fact, except for Zhu Da listening carefully, Qin Qin and Zhou Qingyun could not notice it. Qin Xiucai also made a judgment when he saw their reaction and said again: "Now everyone says it's ridiculous, and this is nothing wrong with it."

After dinner, Qin Xiucai still said a lot. He asked Zhu Da and the other two about martial arts practice today, and told them some things about Yanzhan and Zheng Jiaji, which allowed them to go to bed early.

"Mr. Qin has talked a little more today." Zhou Qingyun said before going to bed. He just mentioned it casually and went to bed after he finished speaking.

Zhu Da knew why Qin Chuan talked a lot. Today's conversation about the imperial examinations made Qin Xiucai a little excited, even nervous and panic, so he used endless talk to hide it, or divert his own attention.

Ding Baotong, who was over 20 years old, was extremely smart, had a thorough plan, and bought a large family. In the end, he could only be an extremely careful shopkeeper in this salt bank semicolon, spending his life in a normal manner. He knew where his family was, but he did not dare to reunite. I wonder if Qin Chuan thought of himself when he talked about Ding Baotong. These two people were really similar in a sense.

I slept better this night than the night before. One reason was that I was tired and the other was that I was adapting. I woke up early the next day, but saw snowflakes floating outside. Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun were not very excited about this. In their memories, the winter was cold and there were too few good memories.

When the sky was bright, the beacon smoke in the north was clearly visible. Speaking of which, since the first time I saw in Baibao Village, the villagers were in chaos, everyone has become more and more adaptable and used to the beacon smoke. Although it symbolizes danger, it is always called for wolves to come, and wolves never come, and everyone is numb again and again.

If you are in Baibao Village, you don’t practice when you encounter rain and snow. You are not afraid of hardship, but you are worried about getting colds. There are warm houses here and dry clothes to change, so you don’t have to be careful.

Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun practiced in the snow. Originally, Zhou Qingyun's morning exercise was a fixed posture to repeat the bow and repeat the six swords of the Arhat. Since he became a teacher, these postures have become various standard fitness movements. These extremely normal postures back then made the Qin family amazed, and they felt that it was not like practicing martial arts, but rather like asking for a god.

Before long, Qin Xiucai walked out of the room. Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun stopped to greet him. Qin Chuan agreed with a smile. Zhu Da looked at Qin Xiucai's expression at this time. There was nothing wrong with it. He could not tell at all that much emotion last night and his emotional disorder.

"I finished practicing today. I will take you to the streets. From now on, you will have to stay in Zhengjiaji for a permanent residence. You must be familiar with it."

Hearing this, Zhu Da and both were very excited. Zhu Da found it novel and interesting, while Zhou Qingyun yearned for the prosperity here.

After Qin Qin got up and packed up, everyone would have breakfast together. Although Qin Xiucai was very fond of this only daughter, he did not relax at all in the details of life, for example, he never let Qin Qin sleep in.

"Brother Zhu, are there monsters in the beacon smoke in the sky?" Qin Qin suddenly said this.

"Fengyan said that the Tartars are coming, and the Tartars are not monsters." Qin Xiucai was wrong and explained with a smile.

Qin Qin shook her head repeatedly and said hurriedly: "What I am talking about is transformed by birds and animals, and has magical powers."

Hearing this, Zhu Da almost choked on the porridge in his mouth. It turned out that Qin Qin had not forgotten the story of yesterday. After swallowing it, he quickly explained: "The beacon in the sky is for warning, and it has nothing to do with what happened in yesterday's story."

The girl seemed to understand it, but when she heard it, she continued to eat in disappointment. Qin Xiucai smiled and shook her head, saying to Zhu Da: "You are so old that I know too much, this is not a good thing."

Before Zhu Da could answer the conversation, Qin Xiucai asked again: "Do you know what's going on with this beacon?"

"Master said that the whole village was frightened when I saw this beacon for the first time, but my master could see it clearly and said there was no need to be too hurrying. The signal of beacon was that the enemy had not entered the side wall yet, but was just moving outside."

After hearing Zhu Da’s answer, Qin Xiucai nodded, put down his chopsticks and explained: “If the enemy really enters the blockade, beacons will warn you one by one, and the smoke will soar into the sky. At that time, even if you can’t understand the signal, you will know that something big happened. Now it is just a routine matter, and the officers and soldiers guarding the wall are dealing with it.”

"Entertainment Father, when I was in the village, I heard that the war has not risen for more than ten years, but these days it has been continuous. The Mongolians have called me again?" Zhu Da asked. He had too many questions and was waiting for the right time to raise them. This is one.
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