Early the next morning, Ruixue sent a personal maid to send a small red brocade box to Tan Zong's mansion. The maid insisted on handing the brocade box to Tan Zong himself.

So Shi Shi led her to Tan Zong's bedroom, knocked on the door, and whispered, "Brother, Miss Ruixue, who is leaning against the Red Building, has someone to send you something, and I want to hand it over to you with your own hands."[]

"Take her to the living room." Soon, Tan Zong's lazy voice came from the room. He had a rich nightlife during this period and often went home in the early morning, so he often slept in in the morning.

After washing up, Tan Zong went to the living room. Seeing this, the maid quickly handed the brocade box to his hands.

When Tan Zong opened it, he saw a smile on his lips. Inside was a little jade Buddha with crystal clear body. I guess this was the one hanging around Bi Xi's neck.

Since he learned from Fatty Wang, Bi Xi was most likely Aunt Mei’s illegitimate son, Tan Zong asked Zheng Hu to inquire about Bi Xi’s situation.

Since Bi Xi is a famous talent in Yangzhou City, his situation is easy to inquire about. Tan Zong quickly learned about the matter between him and Ruixue of Yihonglou, so he went to Yihonglou with Fatty Wang to drink, wanting to see Ruixue and find a way to open the gap from her.

Under Tan Zong's guidance, Fatty Wang really brought the topic to Ruixue, so he sent someone to invite Ruixue, and the next scene happened last night.

What Tan Zong didn't expect was that Ruixue's guest would ask her to accompany her, and he didn't expect Bixi to appear, and he was jealous and broke into the room.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tan Zong lured Ruixue to promise to bring the little jade Buddha hanging around Bi Xiji's neck in the name of teaching Bi Xiji's lesson. He was not worried that Ruixue would tell Bi Xiji the truth. For Tan Zong, all he needed was the little jade Buddha.

"Go back and tell your girl that I will do my best." Tan Zong closed the brocade box and asked the maid to bring a piece of silver of two taels and gave it to the maid.

"Thank you, young master." After bowing to Tan Zong, the maid left happily with two taels of silver.

"Brother, Lord Lu just sent someone to send a post, asking you to go to the mansion to have a banquet tomorrow night." During breakfast, Shi Shi smiled and placed the post on the table in front of him, so that the butler at the Lu Weimin Mansion could send an invitation in person, and it was a family banquet, which shows that Tan Zong has become the number one important figure in Yangzhou City.

"After all, I'm going to the prefect's house, so the gifts cannot be shabby." Tan Zong looked through the post, put them aside, and said to Shi Shi with a smile.

"Brother, don't worry, I will do it." Shi Shi nodded and replied with a smile.

"I'm going to visit Miss Manluo in the afternoon. Please buy some supplements for me later. I'll take them there." Tan Zong took two sips of porridge, suddenly remembered something, and said without raising his head.

Although Tan Zong had exquisite iron plates hidden in his clothes and the sleeve arrows that night could not hurt him, no matter how hard Manluo rushed to save her, and he had to repay this love.

Just in the afternoon, he could use the opportunity to visit Manluo to test Aunt Mei's reaction with the little jade Buddha. If she was really Bi Xizhi's mother, then there would be clues. At that time, he could start from her and get information about this mysterious organization hidden in the dark.

"Yeah!" Shi Shi was slightly stunned when she heard this and agreed. In her impression, Tan Zong had never been so enthusiastic about a woman.

At the same time, Suzhou Prefecture Office.

Zhao Yunan and Cao Qiaomu were also having breakfast. While eating, Zhao Yunan looked carefully at the secret report sent by Tan Zong. The secret report was delivered at noon the day before yesterday, and recorded in detail the process of the "Hou Dehai" incident in Piaoxiangyuan and his speculation about the matter.

Zhao Yunan has read this secret report many times, and his mood will be heavier every time he read it. This incident of almost pretending to be a fake emperor is simply incredible. Da Shu has never happened in broad daylight.

"Qiaomu, how do you view this 'hou Dehai'." After reading the secret report without saying a word, Zhao Yunan looked up at Cao Qiaomu on the side.

"I am the same as Menghua thought. This 'Hou Dehai' is in the same group as Aunt Mei from Piaoxiangyuan, Yangzhou City, but it belongs to different systems and has their own missions. Judging from the fake imperial edict sent by 'Hou Dehai', the other party wanted to make the situation in Jiangnan even more chaotic." Cao Qiaomu bit the steamed bun in his hand and chewed it slowly. "As for the matter in Piaoxiangyuan, they are likely to use 'Hou Dehai' to test Menghua, but they didn't expect that stealing chickens would not lead to the loss of rice, and Menghua saw through their tricks."

"How is the progress in Yangzhou Prefecture?" Zhao Yunan nodded, agreed with Cao Qiaomu's statement, and then asked.

Yangzhou City is now interrogating "Hou Dehai" and his accomplices. Every day, Kuaima sent the trial process to Suzhou Prefecture in the form of documents, and Cao Qiaomu was responsible for handling these documents.

"No, this 'Hou Dehai' is a dead-stricken person. Judging from the news sent in the early morning, he is still on a hunger strike." Cao Qiaomu shook his head a little depressedly when he heard this.

Among the people captured, only the mastermind "Hou Dehai" knew the inside story. Since "Hou Dehai"'s confidants all died in Piaoxiangyuan, the others were useless minions.

According to the confession of those minions, they were all gangsters in the capital. They were recruited by their accomplices of "Hou Dehai" half a year ago. They could receive five taels of silver every month and served them with delicious food and drink every day. All they had to do was learn from the daily behavior of the guards.

After more than half a year of training, these gangsters can actually imitate the words and deeds of the big inner guards. Not to mention ordinary people, even the officials in the capital could not tell the truth.

"Hou Dehai" told these gangsters that they were going to Hangzhou to do a "big business". As long as they finished this business, they would enjoy a lot of delicious food and spicy food in the future and enjoy endless wealth.

Although "Hou Dehai" did not say what the "big business" was, the gangsters guessed that it must be related to fraud, because the role they were about to play was the Great Inspector, and Jiangnan was a prosperous and prosperous place with many rich people, and they did not make a lot of money after this trip.

Unfortunately, before their plan to make money was implemented, "Hou Dehai" was already in the hands of Tan Zong and ended up being imprisoned.

Zhao Yunan's brows frowned slightly. Since he left Beijing and came to Nanjing Prefecture to thoroughly investigate the corruption in the river embankment, bad news has been continuously spreading in Jiangnan. Not only is there a mysterious meritorious religion in secret, but there have also been harassment from Shanyue people and Japanese bandits. Now, with such a fake emperor, he feels increasingly that he is trapped in an unknown quagmire.

"I checked the waist tags of the fake big inner guard sent from Yangzhou Prefecture. The workmanship is exquisite and exquisite. If they are with the real waist tag, it is really hard to tell the truth." Cao Qiaomu glanced at Zhao Yunan, took another bite of the steamed bun, and said while chewing, "If Menghua had not been careful and accidentally noticed the flaws of that Yunjiao, I'm afraid that this 'Hou Dehai' would have sent the fake imperial edict to Hangzhou at this time."

If Tan Zong had not seen through the fake waist card, when Hou Dehai revealed his identity, he really did not dare to act too arrogantly. The monarchy was supreme. Even if he was Zhao Yun'an's man, he could not offend the supreme Tianyan, otherwise he would be seeking death by himself.

"You mean, Gen'er is in Beijing?" Zhao Yunan turned his head and looked at Cao Qiaomu for a moment, pondered for a moment, and said.

"I really can't think of anyone who can create fake and real waist cards and dare to do such a big deal, except for the guys in the capital." Cao Qiaomu didn't look at Zhao Yun'an and said to himself, "I just don't know if they are a group of people or a few groups of people who have joined together, and what is the purpose."

"Purpose!" Zhao Yunan frowned even deeper when he heard this. What Cao Qiaomu said was exactly what he had been worried about recently. As the saying goes, no profit can be achieved. What do these people or these people want to do this?

The power structure in the capital suddenly appeared in Zhao Yunan's mind. He stroked these forces one by one in his mind, not only to feel that no one is like a person who does such a thing, but also to think that every force is suspicious.

"Since Menghua has opened up the situation in Yangzhou, I think it would be better to start with Yangzhou and take the old nests of those people to serve as a warning." After Cao Qiaomu finished eating the steamed buns, he clapped his hands and looked at Zhao Yunan who was thinking. "Once Menghua makes a breakthrough in Yangzhou, the troubles in Suzhou will probably be solved. At that time, we will bring Suzhou and Yangzhou into our hands, which will not only give each other a warning, but also put two nails in Jiangnan, tearing the big net they laid in Jiangnan, so that they dare not act rashly, and the chaos in Jiangnan will be stable."

Zhao Yunan nodded. Since Tan Zong had touched Aunt Mei and Bi Shijie in Yangzhou, the other party's organizations in Yangzhou would probably be beaten by Tan Zong. Once Tan Zong found clues of the Japanese bandits from Yangzhou, as long as he could rob Zhao Shiting from the Japanese bandits, Zhao Yuanchang's mouth would be released, and he believed that he could take out many valuable clues from his mouth.

"Menghua, I'm watching you." Zhao Yunan got up and walked to the window, looked at the sparrows chirping and playing on the big trees in the yard, and suddenly felt powerless.

The water in Jiangnan was getting more and more muddy, so he couldn't see the undercurrents hidden below. Now it seems that the father sent him to Jiangnan that day, probably not just to investigate the case of corruption in the Jiangdi. Old man, you are pushing your son into the fire pit!

As he thought about it, Zhao Yunan couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head. He was in vain for his whole life, but he still fell into the trap of the old man and took over this hot potato.

But then again, he is the old man's son, the dignified Prince Dashun. In addition to him, does the old man have any other people to renew his responsibilities?

Coincidentally, while Tan Zong and Zhao Yunan were having breakfast, Zhao Yunbo was also having dinner at home in the capital thousands of miles away. His breakfast was very simple, with millet porridge plus a few side dishes, and he ate it with relish.

Zhao Yunbo's house is right next to the library, a quadrangle courtyard that looks ordinary. If it weren't for the two soldiers with waist knives standing at the gate of the courtyard, no one would have thought that a royal family member who was favored by the official family would live here.

"Brother, come and have something together." Zhao Yunbo heard footsteps coming from the yard. When he looked up, he saw Zhao Yunzhao coming over. After Zhao Yunzhao entered the door, he said with a smile.

"A bowl of millet porridge." Zhao Yunzhao was not polite, and sat down directly opposite Zhao Yunbo. After the maids brought the porridge, they didn't say anything. They grabbed a steamed bun and put it in their mouths.

"You guys retreat." Seeing this, Zhao Yunbo knew that his elder brother had something to say, so he ordered the maid in the room.

The maids were lucky enough to leave the room and closed the door as they left.

"Look at this, something happened in Yangzhou City." After there was no one in the house, Zhao Yunzhao raised his head, took out a small piece of paper from his body and handed it to Zhao Yunbo.

Since there is no channel to report directly to Beijing from Yangzhou Prefecture, people from Yangzhou City first reported the news to Fang Yu at Dongsheng Inn in Nanjing City, and then Fang Yu passed the news to Beijing City. The procedures inside were a bit complicated. Therefore, Zhao Yunzhao only received a letter from Fang Yu from Fei Ge's Fei Ge yesterday afternoon and learned about what happened in Yangzhou City.

"Interestingly, that Huang Han can actually see through the identity of 'Hou Dehai'." After reading the content on the paper, Zhao Yunbo smiled slightly and looked up at Zhao Yunzhao. "At this time, he did bad things with kindness. He wanted to use this to test Huang Han's background, but he didn't expect that Huang Han would catch the handle."

"That fake imperial edict was probably sent to the palace by the fourth brother yesterday. What a pity. Such a good opportunity, but it failed." Zhao Yunzhao took a sip of porridge and wiped his mouth with a towel, and he seemed a little regretful in his words.

"This Huang Han is not simple. If Lu Weimin had dismantled the 'ichibition' at that time, even if the 'ichibition' was not spread to Hangzhou, the city of Hangzhou would probably have been in a panic." Zhao Yunbo smiled at Zhao Yunzhao, "I just don't know if he is from the official family or the fourth brother, or if it was sent by an old fox in Beijing."

"Or, get rid of him so that he won't cause trouble there." Zhao Yunzhao thought for a while, stretched out his right hand and compared it down, making a beheading gesture.

"Bi Shijie said that this person is very cautious and brings a large number of guards when he goes out. It is not easy to get rid of him. Moreover, he will also alert the people in the capital to pay attention to Yangzhou." Zhao Yunbo thought for a while and shook his head.

"I'm afraid that this person will have some troubles in Yangzhou and will ruin our affairs." Zhao Yunzhao nodded slightly when he heard this, and then agreed to Zhao Yunbo's statement. Then his eyes flashed with cold light, "Let Bi Shijie keep a close eye on him. If he has any evil intentions, he will eradicate it immediately!"

"Brother, there have been so many troubles in Jiangnan. Do you think the fourth brother feels like he is sitting on the fire and being roasted?" Zhao Yunbo felt that this was a safe way, so he said with a smile.

"Hmph, this fire can burn him!" Zhao Yunzhao snorted coldly when he heard this and said coldly.
Chapter completed!