Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 20 The Little People of Babel
The involvement of Yu Wang's party made Ding Wang's identity more confusing.

A small Kubing, who doesn't even have a rank, why bother more than a hundred officials from the Yan Party and the Yuwang Party to join forces to protect him?
Lu Bing said to He Liu: "Little people, sometimes they often communicate with God. Do you still remember the great Xia Xu from Guangxi more than ten years ago?"

He Liudao: "This subordinate remembers."

Xu Daxia is a ranger in Guangxi.The so-called ranger is just a nickname for a ruffian.More than ten years ago, the second assistant Yan Song and the first assistant Xia Yan fought fiercely in the court.Xu Daxia actually came to the capital to assassinate Yan Song - everyone believed that this was ordered by the first assistant Xia Yan.

To assassinate Yan Song, besides Xia Yan, can there be other people as the main envoy?Isn't that the obvious thing about head lice?

Ever since, the little man Xu Daxia, a lowly gangster in Guangxi, has become an iron rod to move the court.The murder case became the last straw that crushed Xia Yan.

After the assassination, Xia Yan was dismissed from office and sent back to his hometown.Yan Song ascended to the high position of chief assistant.

Later someone said: Xu Daxia's assassination of Yan Song was Yan Song's own bitter trick.

Lu Bing often uses this incident to teach his subordinates: Don't underestimate the little people.Sometimes little people can often move the court.

Lu Bing confessed to He Liu: "Lao Liu, I will entrust you with an errand. You and Lao Hu will keep an eye on Ding Wang. Both the Yuwang Party and the Yan Party have taken action to protect Ding Wang. This is no small matter. We To report to the emperor."

He Liu cupped his hands: "This subordinate takes orders."

He Liu was about to leave the room, but Lu Bing stopped him and told him, "I told you to keep an eye on Ding Wang's order, and don't tell any of your colleagues. Don't even tell Liu Da."

He Liu cupped his hands again: "This subordinate obeys."

Lu Bing is a thoughtful person.To be able to take charge of Jin Yiwei, his mind and means are very accessible.

Lu Bing trusted Liu Da.Otherwise, he would not be allowed to be the boss of the Thirteen Taibao.However, there is a limit to trust.When Lu Bing was ordered by the emperor to serve as the commander of Jinyiwei 20 years ago, the emperor wrote a line of words and gave it to Lu Bing.This line of words is: if the king does not keep secrets, he will lose his ministers, if his ministers do not keep secrets, he will lose his body, and if he does not keep a few things secret, he will suffer harm.

In the Jinyiwei yamen, each of the Thirteenth Taibao and above has its own value room.He Liu went back to his room.

Old Hu said: "Why didn't you wait for me this morning? I have nowhere to spend breakfast. I still have an empty stomach."

He Liudao: "You old man, you are too lazy to be like a pig. Can't you make breakfast yourself?"

Old Hu laughed loudly: "Oh, let me go to the kitchen, it's better to cut off my head. Seriously, Lao Liu, did Ding Wang confess?"

He Liu shook his head: "Not only did he not confess - he was acquitted on the contrary."

Old Hu was surprised: "Acquitted?"

He Liu nodded: "The number one think tank of King Yu's subordinates—Zhang Juzheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, approached Commander Lu. What does Commander Lu mean—it seems that he wants to put a long line to catch big fish."

Lao Hu took out the tin flagon and took a sip: "That's strange. The Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple are the territory of Mr. Yan Ge. The Yan Party is protecting Ding Wang. The Metropolitan Procuratorate is the territory of the Yuwang Party. The previous minister of the Ministry of War, Zhang Juzheng—that is to say, the Yan Party and the Yuwang Party are working together to protect Dingwang!"

In front of Lao Hu, He Liu always had something to say.He said: "Ding Wang's secret is definitely more than just stealing 20 taels of treasury silver. It's a joke, let alone 20 taels, even if he has 200 million taels, he can't buy Yan Dang and Yu Wang Dang up and down. More than [-] officials, big and small, joined forces to protect them."

Old Hu said: "Since the commander wants to take a long time to catch big fish, I think we will definitely let the two of us keep an eye on Ding Wang."

He Liu smiled and said, "An old fox is an old fox. That's right, Commander Lu did make us watch Ding Wang closely."

Three days later, Songhe Tower.

Outside the Songhe Tower, there stood two people dressed as peddlers.One is He Liu and the other is Lao Hu.

Ding Wang took a few cronies and friends into Songhe Tower.

Lao Hu said to He Liu: "This Ding Wang has big hands and feet, and he brings his Kubing brothers to Songhe Tower every day at noon to drink."

He Liudao: "If you stole 20 taels of silver, you would still be soaking in the wine tank of Songhe Tower every day."

Lao Hu picked up a crisp pear in the basket and took a bite: "Not bad. This pear is very sweet. Sixth, let's keep an eye on Ding Wang for three days. During these three days, he went to the Ministry of Rites on business during the day, and took his friends and friends at noon. We come to Songhe Tower to drink and go home to sleep at night. It seems that he has no other hobbies."

He Liudao: "I'm surprised. Hundreds of officials from the Sanju Division helped him through this calamity. He must ask a few officials to thank him, right?"

Lao Hu gnawed all the crispy pears and threw them aside: "In the past three days, we almost followed him into the latrine to watch him defecate and pee. Have you ever seen him meet with any official?"

Half an hour later, Ding Wang and his friends came out of Songhe Tower.

The fox friends left, and Ding Wang went straight to He Liu and Lao Hu.

Ding Wang bowed his hands to the two of them: "You two are on business, these two days, I am really sorry to bother you to follow me like a tail. You have worked hard on the business!"

He Liu was not surprised that Ding Wang discovered his existence.It is not a strange thing for a person who can be escorted by hundreds of officials to find two stalking "tails".

He Liu was just wondering, how brave is Ding Wang, to come directly to demonstrate against himself and Lao Hu?

He Liu smiled at Ding Wang: "Don't be complacent. It's a fox, and it will always show its smugness."

Ding Wang picked up a crispy pear from the box, and threw a broken piece of silver in front of Lao Hu: "The hunters on Funiu Mountain in the suburbs of Beijing have a saying: If you can't kill a fox, be careful to make a fuss."

Ding Wang left while nibbling on the crispy pear.

Lao Hu picked up the pieces of silver on the ground: "One pear, five qian, this is a big deal from Ding Wang. Well, tonight I have my No. [-] Scholar Red again."

Lao Hu asked He Liu again: "We were discovered by him. Are you still watching?"

He Liu said: "Watch! Not only to watch, but also to die! From now on, even if he goes to shit in the latrine, we have to follow him in. Anyway, he has already found us. Let's not follow any secrets, Keep an eye on Mingshao."

Jin Yiwei stalks, there is a saying of dark shoots and bright shoots.

As the name suggests, dark tips are to spy on others secretly.

Mingshao is blatantly following the body like a shadow.Where do you go, where do I follow, the stalker doesn't hide his identity at all.

Old Hu said: "Since that's the case, shall we go to the Ministry of Rites now?"

He Liu nodded: "Let's go to Shenli Library."

——————In Yu Wang’s Mansion.

King Yu Zhu Zaihou sat in the living room.In front of him sat Xu Jie, Minister of the Cabinet, Zhang Juzheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Gao Gong, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

King Yu said: "It's never the right way to protect a villain."

Zhang Juzheng cupped his hands: "My lord, I believe in Yangming's philosophy of mind. I believe that when doing things, you don't have to care about whether the means are upright or not. As long as the purpose is for the common people in the world, it is the way of a saint."

(End of this chapter)