A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice

Duan Rong glanced at the secret letter.

Lu Geng looked at Duan Rong and said, "Junior brother, you can take Zhu Cheng and Zhu Peng with you to catch the spy. Do you need me to tell them again?"

"No!" Duan Rong said, "But, senior brother, you should inform Chen Shanmeng, the Minister of the Dali Temple, and Lin Yuan, the Director of the Privy Council. You just said that the case of Li Shensi was handled by the Dali Temple, and the Jianyifu and the Privy Council co-organized it. When you enter the Dali Temple, you should meet them. Senior brother, please tell them not to assign work to Zhu Cheng and Zhu Peng during the trial. I need to temporarily recruit these two people."

Lu Geng nodded and said, "Okay! Junior brother, I'll pass on the message. I've been staying in the inn these days, so you can come to me anytime if you have anything."

Duan Rong stood up and clasped his fists, saying, "We are brothers, but we only met in such a hurry, and we didn't even have a cup of tea. If this matter is resolved, I would like to invite you to a gathering, and I hope you can come and have a good drink then!"

Lu Geng grabbed Duan Rong's clasped fists with his big hand and said, "Junior brother, you are thoughtful. Now that the matter is resolved, let's have a good drink again. Junior brother, I'm leaving now!"

After Lu Geng finished speaking, he strode to the door, opened the door, and walked out.

Ruyi saw Lu Geng leaving and wanted to go back to the house. As soon as she reached the door, she heard Duan Rong say, "Ruyi, I have something to do. Hold the door for me. No one is allowed to come in and disturb me!"

Ruyi's face was startled, and her body seemed to be stiff for a moment, and one of her feet had already stepped in.

"Yes, sir!" Ruyi retracted the foot that had stepped into the door, closed the door that Lu Geng had opened, and stood guard beside the door.

Duan Rong sat there and picked up the secret letter on the table. He stared at the seal of the secret letter and saw a corner of the seal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the wax, and Zhu He's private seal next to it.

Duan Rong did not use a knife, but directly tore open the seal and fell. A thin square paper the size of a lotus leaf floated out.

Duan Rong stretched out his hand, held it firmly with two fingers, and looked up at the paper.

Duan Rong looked at it and was shocked. Then he turned to the back of the paper with a bang, and saw that there was no word on the back.

Duan Rong put the paper on the table in front of him, with a puzzled expression on his face.

The quality of the paper was obviously very good. Although it was thin, it did not deform or wrinkle when absorbing ink. However, at this time, there was only a lonely "Qu" character on the white paper.

Duan Rong stared at the "Qu" character in the middle of the paper, which took up about a quarter of the area, and was speechless.

"What's wrong with this old man?!"

Duan Rong's eyelids twitched, as if he remembered something. He suddenly got up and walked to the inner room behind the screen, picked up the fire from the cupboard, blew out a tiny flame, and lit a candle.

Duan Rong held the candle and returned to the table. He put the candle away and picked up the paper and baked it on the candle for a while. He remembered that when he was in Xiangu County, Ximen Kankan had a kind of potion, which he had used before. It would disappear when baked with fire. Maybe this full-ink Qu character was just a trick, and the place it covered was the real content of the secret letter.

Duan Rong roasted it for a while and found that there was still a huge and lonely word "qu" on the paper, which had not changed at all. He sighed and took the paper again to look at it for a while. He put the paper on the table again, dipped his finger in the teacup to get some water stains, and touched the area around the word "qu". Then he picked up the paper and looked at it in the candlelight, and found that the watermark was also blank.

Duan Rong angrily slapped the paper on the table.

He had tried water and fire. If there was a more complicated way to reveal the word, Lu Geng would have told him just now. In other words, there was only one word "qu" in the secret letter.

"Damn it, this old man is a psychopath?!"

"Emperor Jiajing guessed a riddle, and he gave me a poem!? A bright moon over the sea or something? At least it has some information and can be associated. You just wrote the word "go" and had someone deliver it to you."

"I really want to smear your old face!"

"Go what? Go to what? Go to your mother? Or go to your uncle?"

Duan Rong started to curse as he spoke, and after cursing, he calmed down.

Although there was only one word "go", he still sat there for half an hour. He thought about it over and over again, and even used the word decomposition, but finally got nothing.

After half an hour, he gave up while cursing Zhu He.

"What are you thinking about? Just one word "go", and you thought about it for half an hour like a fool."

Duan Rong took the paper and envelope, walked to the window on the side wall, opened the window, and slapped the envelope and paper in his hand.

The energy in his palm swelled slightly, like a millstone, and with a twist, the envelope and paper in his palm turned into powder.

Duan Rong waved his hand and saw the paper foam floating, and cursed: "Fuck you!"

He felt a little depressed, so he decided to go out and relax. He had been in the courtyard for more than ten days. Now there was no need to hide his identity. He could walk on the street openly.

Duan Rong was about to turn around, but suddenly he remembered something. He reached out and touched his chin. The hard stubble was a bit prickly.

He still had a circle of beard stuck on.

Duan Rong slowly tore off the circle of beard. Because it was too tight, it hurt the skin and flesh of his cheeks when he tore it off. He sniffed a few times while pulling it off.

After tearing off the circle of beard, Duan Rong threw it out of the window, then walked to the front of the room and opened the door with a creak.

Ruyi was standing guard at the door. Hearing this, he turned his head and stared at Duan Rong at the door.

Duan Rong glanced at Ruyi and said, "Ruyi, I'm going out for a walk!"

Ruyi was surprised and said, "Sir, where is your beard?"

Duan Rong touched his chin and said, "Oh, I just shaved it when I had time."

Duan Rong said, then he stepped out of the room, crossed the yard, and went straight out of the courtyard.

He just walked out of the courtyard, but found that Qiu Luan had followed him out.

Duan Rong stopped and looked back, looking at Qiu Luan, and said, "Qiu Luan, you don't have to follow."

Qiu Luan said stubbornly, "Qiu was ordered to protect you!"

Duan Rong said, "You can't stop someone who can hurt me. You just stay and watch the yard. Also, tell Ruyi not to run around when you go back for me."

Duan Rong said, and left without looking back.

When Ruyi saw Duan Rong leaving the yard, her expression instantly became cold. She walked into the room and saw the lit candle on the table at a glance.

It was bright outside, but it was not the right time to light a lamp.

A hint of doubt flashed across Ruyi's eyes, and then she found that the window on the side wall was open. She walked over and looked out of the window, only to see a circle of dark beards lying on the grass there. Ruyi stood on tiptoe, stretched her head out of the window and looked around. Seeing that there was nothing else, she retracted her head.

Her actions and expressions were all clearly seen by Duan Rong, who was hiding in a corner of the courtyard, using his spiritual sense to detect them.

He left the candle and the open side window just to see Ruyi's behavior and reaction to further prove her identity.

At this time, Duan Rong was completely sure that Ruyi was a spy planted beside him.

He sighed, walked around the big beech tree beside him, and walked along a path to the road out of the mansion.

As he walked, he was thinking about another question. Since Zhu He asked him to catch the spy and ordered him to root out the spies, why did he tell him not to touch the line of Ruyi first?

Following Ruyi, there is also the matchmaker who sold her to Zhu Zhengfu. This line can probably lead to a large group of people.

Since he was asked to root out the spies, and there were ready-made clues, not letting him move. What is this old man up to?

And what does the word "go" in the secret letter mean? If he speaks clearly, will he die?

In fact, Duan Rong didn't feel anything about Li Shensi's case, even though it was so high-profile, because he knew very well that he didn't leave any evidence to prove his guilt.

The only suspicion was that he happened to be in Shenyun Mansion during this period. However, Zhu He had already explained this matter for him in the Elders' Council.

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He came here secretly this time to investigate the spies.

If he really just wanted to deal with the aftermath of the Li Shensi case, he could just catch two spies and deal with it, and the matter would be over. But Zhu He's order to him was to cut the grass and root it out.

Add to that the mysteries he hadn't figured out yet, and the life-saving dew-drinking cicada that Zhu He gave him two months ago, Duan Rong had a feeling that Li Shensi's death was probably just a prelude, and the real drama had just begun.

And in this drama, the guy who hid behind the scenes and saw through everything was probably the old man Zhu He.

Although Li Shensi's death was just a prelude, Duan Rong could also feel that each step had a deep meaning, and was linked together.

For example, after Li Shensi's death, he almost naturally began to catch spies in Shenyun Mansion. Duan Rong didn't think that this was an excuse Zhu He came up with on the spur of the moment to deal with Ge Rusong and the others' attack. If so, he couldn't explain his order to uproot the whole thing. This was obviously not an order that came up on the spur of the moment. He was probably ready when the old man ordered him to come to Shenyun Mansion to kill Li Shensi.

Otherwise, why didn't they send Wu Shidao, who was obviously more suitable, to kill Li Shensi, but instead sent him.

And just now, Lu Geng relayed Zhu He's words, saying that his old family said that you already knew the details of the spy.

This matter probably had to go back further, that is, more than half a year ago, when he assisted in investigating Zhu Shizhong's thunderbolt case in Shenyun Mansion.

Zhu He's words obviously meant that when he was investigating Zhu Shizhong's thunderbolt case, he had already found some clues about the spy, but he didn't say anything.

Duan Rong was sure that Zhu He's words were just inferences.

The basis for the inference was that Zhu He saw through his mind at that time and knew that he didn't want to get involved too deeply in the fight between the two parties. Even if there was a clue about the spy, he would not say it. What's more, he was still known as a detective at that time. How could he have no insight into the spy who had already intervened in the case at that time?

After Duan Rong inferred Zhu He's inference, he let it go. After all, it was no longer important how Zhu He inferred that he knew the details of the spy. What was important now was, what should he do about this matter?

Is it really as Zhu He said, cutting the grass and uprooting it? In that case, I'm afraid he will be in danger!

This is Ge Rushong, a spy network that he has worked hard for many years. How could Ge Rushong sit and watch him destroy it in one fell swoop?

Duan Rong subconsciously touched the dew-drinking cicada hanging on his chest in his lapel.

At this moment, he could better understand Zhu He's intention to give him the dew-drinking cicada. I'm afraid it was not only to protect him, but also to increase his confidence at a critical moment, so that he wouldn't back down.

At this time, if he didn't have Yin Lu Chan, he would never execute Zhu He's order to root out the evil, because that would be courting death.

Moreover, it is very simple not to execute the order. He just needs to pretend to be incompetent and not find the spy. Zhu He will at most dislike him on Yunfu Peak and cut his cultivation resources, but he will not really do anything to him.

However, Duan Rong does not want to do so!

Half a year ago, when he became a disciple in the Dragon Fish Hall of Cuiwei Peak, the reason why he chose to become Zhu He's disciple was that he felt that this person had a high probability of becoming the next master of the sect.

After more than half a year, Duan Rong's judgment has not changed, and he has even become more convinced.

In other words, in the matter of Zhu He becoming the master of the sect, in fact, his interests are highly consistent with Zhu He.

And now, destroying the spy network that Ge Rushong has worked hard to run in Shenyun Mansion for many years in one fell swoop will obviously be of great benefit to Zhu He becoming the next master of the sect.

Why doesn't he do it?

Moreover, the old man gave him the Drinking Dew Cicada, which was a treasure entrusted to him. But when the time came, he flinched. Wouldn't that mean he had failed Zhu He?

All people with blood have a desire to fight!

This time, he was going to wipe out the spy network run by Ge Rushong! In Zhu He's words, it was to uproot the grass and root it out!

When Duan Rong walked out of the alley of Zhu Zhengfu's mansion, he had already thought clearly about the pros and cons of the matter, and his eyes instantly became bright and sharp.

Since he had decided to destroy Ge Rushong's spy network in one fell swoop, he had to think carefully about how to do it specifically?

Duan Rong walked out of the alley and went to the nearest teahouse in this area. He hadn't been out for more than ten days, and he really wanted to hear the public's opinions in person.

In the courtyard, Ruyi extinguished the candle and put it back in place. She stood in the empty room and hesitated for a while. Duan Rong has been in this courtyard for more than ten days. This is the first time he has gone out shopping, and he has also thrown away his beard. These things have changed the normal state and need to be reported.

Ruyi's eyes moved, and she walked out of the room. She glanced at Qiu Luan who was sitting on the big bluestone drinking, and then walked down the steps and walked towards the gate of the courtyard.

Ruyi had just taken a few steps when Qiu Luan put down the wine jar, looked at her, and said: "When the master left, he asked me to tell you not to run around!"

Ruyi's footsteps froze when she heard this, and a flash of anger flashed on her face, saying: "Who ran around?!"

"I was boiling medicine for you, you ungrateful guy!" Ruyi glanced at Qiu Luan, turned around, and walked towards the side room.

Qiu Luan glanced at Ruyi's back, shook her head, and smiled bitterly: "Women are troublesome!"

Qiu Luan said, and then poured another big mouthful of wine into his throat.

Strong liquor is like fire, breaking the liver and intestines!

But he was already a shell, and had long been numb to the heart-wrenching pain...

Some people are still alive just because they have no choice but to live.