It is almost dusk and Yongning Gate is slowly closing.

At this time, a sound of horse hooves sounded, and the guards at the city gate looked from a distance, and a fast horse was galloping towards the dust.

He immediately raised his hand and shouted, "Wait a minute!"

Because this is an official horse, and it is the highest level of 600 miles of speed.

When entering Beijing at this time, there must be an emergency military situation.

The guards under the city stopped the movement of closing the city gate and waited for the horse to come to the city.

Gan Ning asked loudly: "What are you doing?"

The knight immediately replied: "Embroidered Uniform Guard, there is an urgent report to the emperor!"

As he said that, he threw his waist card over.

Gan Ning had tested the waist card and was indeed the Jinyiwei, so he raised his hand and let it go.

After the fast horse entered the city, the guard at the door closed the city gate and said casually: "Boss, with such a hurry, it's not that the south is going to fight again, right?"

Gan Ning slapped him impatiently and said, "Don't ask if you shouldn't!"

At the third hour of You, another hundred households in the Nancheng Military Affairs Office brought people to hand over the handover. Gan Ning went home to change into casual clothes, and then took advantage of the night to a house in the inner city.

"My uncle!"

Opposite him is Gao Gu, the Cabinet Grand Secretary.

"Is there anything so late?"

Gan Ning said: "Before the city gate is closed today, a group of fast horses from the Jinyiwei entered the city, and it seems... there is an emergency military situation in the south."

Gao Gu thought about it and said, "Don't you have an acquaintance in the Jinyiwei? Let's go and inquire tomorrow."

The Jinyiwei's report will not be submitted to the emperor directly through the cabinet and the six ministries. If the emperor does not take the initiative to talk about the content, even the cabinet master will not know.

Gan Ning asked again: "Why must my uncle be eyeing the news from the south? If something really happens, the emperor will definitely seek his uncle to discuss it."

"I won't explain it clearly to you for a while. In short, you should focus more on these days. Whether it is the Ministry of War, the Jinyiwei, or the Dongchang, as long as it is urgent, whenever it is delivered or whoever sends it, you must find a way to find out! Remember, these things must be carried out in secret, and no one can discover your intentions, do you know?"

Gan Ning nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go first!"

"Wait a moment……"

Gao Gu seemed to think of something and said: "The Ministry of War will have a position as a doctor at the end of the year. I have already greeted you. I will take office directly at that time."

Gan Ning was overjoyed when he heard this. The hundred households were the sixth rank, and the doctor of the Ministry of War was the fifth rank, which was equivalent to being directly promoted to two levels.

"Thank you uncle!"

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In the Qianqing Palace and Zhu Qizhen were all ready to go to bed, and Jin Ying came over with a secret message.

"Your Majesty, this is just sent by the Jinyiwei, and it is said to be very urgent!"

Zhu Qizhen took the secret letter and turned it on under the oil lamp. He suddenly shook his body!

This letter was actually sent by Shi Heng!

I have been letting this guy go out for a whole year, and there has finally been some movement today, at least it means that the person is not dead yet.

This feeling...it's like you sent a sentence to the goddess: Have you eaten it?

Then three days later, the goddess replied and ate.

Although I don’t know what she has been doing in the past three days, as long as she responds to you, there is still hope!

Zhu Qizhen picked up the letter and looked carefully. The letter described in detail what Shi Heng had experienced over the past year.

A year ago, more than 300 people led by Shi Heng were exiled to Qiongzhou. However, when these people passed by Quanzhou, they took advantage of the unprepared guards and fled collectively.

Of course, the so-called unprepared guards are all deliberately arranged.

Next, Shi Heng and everyone fled to the vast sea. By chance, they met the three-headed dragon Shen Lang.

Although Shen Lang is notorious, he is not a Japanese, but a real Han.

At that time, this situation was very common. The Japanese pirates were composed of 70% Han people and 30% Japanese people.

When Shen Lang saw so many people and were still fugitives wanted by the court, he was overjoyed because he was not a promising person who was engaged in Japanese pirates. As long as there are too many employees in any industry, there will inevitably be shortage of resources.

Therefore, major Japanese pirate gangs also began to fight each other, and the joining of Shi Heng and others played an important role. In just half a year, Shen Lang became the largest Japanese pirate leader on the sea.

At the same time, Shi Heng successfully became his most proud deputy, mastered a large amount of core information, and unexpectedly found that Shen Lang had correspondence with many officials in the court!

The list of these people is attached to the letter, and there are as many as thirty-nine.

In addition, Shi Heng also discovered that in recent times, Shen Lang suddenly changed his normalcy and reached a reconciliation with other Japanese pirates, as if he was secretly planning a big move.

As for the planning content, Shi Heng, as Shen Lang's most proud deputy, was not aware of the seriousness.

However, according to Shi Heng's speculation, if the Japanese pirates make any moves, it will be within the last month!

Because the Japanese pirates had fixed seasonal rules on the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty.

This seasonality is mainly due to the influence of the monsoon. Since the Japanese pirate ships can only sail well, not against the wind, and when there is a headwind or no wind, they can only sail and sail.

Therefore, when Japanese pirates came ashore to plunder, they could not choose to be in the southerly windy summer and the northerly windy winter, so that there are only two seasons: March, April, May, or September and October, which are the transition from spring to summer.

It's September now. If the Japanese pirates make big moves, they will definitely be carried out within one month!

Zhu Qizhen took the letter and re-cluttered the past few days.

First of all, it was the assassination when he returned to Beijing. According to Song Guxi's confession, the White Lotus Sect and the Japanese pirates colluded with each other and targeted the 60,000 civilians who were in charge of the river in Huai'an Prefecture and were ready to do a big vote.

This matches Shi Heng's investigation results. This time, the Japanese pirates' target was not an ordinary landing and looting, but Nanjing City!

Over the past period of time, through open and secret investigations by the Jinyiwei and Jueshengwei, it was found that some officials in the court were engaged in smuggling activities behind their backs, and those engaged in smuggling activities would inevitably deal with Japanese pirates.

It can be seen from this that the Japanese pirates must have eyeliners or protective umbrellas in the court.

He found out the list provided by the Jinyiwei, and compared it with the list attached to Shi Heng. The results were roughly the same, which shows that this information was also accurate.

Zhu Qizhen was so angry that in Nanjing, the Jinyiwei had found more than 50 officials of all sizes, either directly or indirectly, with Japanese pirates.

These people are really impatient to live!

Is it not good to be an official in the Ming Dynasty? Do you have to commit suicide by yourself?

He calmed down and continued reading, and the letter had the last paragraph.

Only a few words, roughly speaking, Shen Lang secretly went to Nanjing recently and seemed to have met some big shot.

What is puzzled is that Shen Lang seems to be very respectful to this person.

This kind of thing is very rare, because the Japanese pirates always look fearless. No matter how big the official is, in their eyes, they are just a partner. You give me convenience and I will give you benefits, that's all.
Chapter completed!