After this child's loss case, the Nancheng Gang was naturally uprooted. Not to mention Deng Xiucai and the Sandang family, the core of the gang, under the joint search of Xichang and Beizhen Fushi, an ordinary soldier was not spared and was arrested for interrogation. The Nancheng Gang was completely collapsed in the capital.

This storm also caused chaos. All the gang forces in the capital were reshuffled. The leaders of the gangs such as Boss Lai and Liuzhi Li were also "invited" to question. For a moment, everyone had to hold their tails together and be trembling, fearing that they would be unlucky if they had anything to do with the Nancheng Gang.

Who has no life or a few cases? No matter how arrogant these rioters are, they cannot compete with the government's intention to deal with them.

After this sweep, the capital immediately seemed much cleaner. According to the feedback from Lao Wang of Shuntian Mansion and others, even Shunshou's wonderful hands have calmed down recently. People who just came to Beijing from other places thought that the security of the capital had always been so good, and were sighing, "The emperor's feet are indeed extraordinary."

On the other hand, from Deng Xiucai, Tang Fan and his team also received a lot of news about the White Lotus Sect.

The history of the White Lotus Sect can be traced back to the Northern Song Dynasty. By the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the world was in chaos and heroes emerged. It was also the time when the White Lotus Sect was flourishing. The nominal leader at that time was Chen Youliang, the King of Han who was competing with the Tai and Ancestors of the dynasty.

Later, Chen Youliang died, and his power was the Tai of the dynasty, and Zu Gonggong was the Tai. The Zu Emperor wanted to be in the world, so he was naturally disgusted with the White Lotus Sect, which was close and distant but did not obey the discipline. Not only did he not accept their surrender, but he instead wiped it out without mercy. From then on, the White Lotus Sect changed from open to dark and stopped.

But of course they did not really disappear. During the Hongwu period, due to the emperor's strength, the White Lotus Sect did not dare to come out to cause trouble. When the Jingnan Campaign, Emperor Yongle and his nephew competed for the throne, and the White Lotus Sect came out to support Emperor Jianwen. In their opinion, the young and weak Emperor Jianwen was naturally more controllable than the smart and powerful uncle who had experienced many battles.

Unexpectedly, he bet the wrong treasure again this time, his nephew was defeated, his uncle became the emperor, and the White Lotus Sect was forced to sink to the water again.

The White Lotus Sect, hidden in the dark, did not stop, but continued to develop its own power silently and wait for the right opportunity. After that, the two emperors Renxuan made the country enter a period of stable development, the politics was still clear, and the people were living a better life. There was no room for the White Lotus Sect to do it. They also disappeared completely from people's sight, and they were no longer in the name of the White Lotus Sect. Younger people probably had never heard of the name of the White Lotus Sect.

During the reign of Emperor Yingzong, the emperor himself was not good enough and was encouraged by the eunuchs around him, so he decided to fight in person. As a result, he traveled thousands of miles to become a prisoner of the Oirats. Later, the facts proved that Wang Zhen, who instigated the emperor, had a close connection with the White Lotus Demon Sect. Then the other party colluded with the Oirats, trying to capture Beijing in one fell swoop and annex half of the Ming Dynasty.

After that, I experienced many ups and downs in the world.

In short, once the situation is stable and there is no opportunity to take advantage of, the White Lotus Sect will be completely gone from the world, with no trace to be found. Once there is a storm, they will not know where to come out and stir up the wind and rain.

The court was very troubled by this, but the forces of various factions were fighting each other, and they were not intrigue for many years. The emperor himself was not interested in political affairs and appointed treacherous and mediocre talents to live in the court. How could he share his energy to deal with such a large and rigorous cult?

It was not until the incident of the demon Li Zilong incident that the emperor was shocked and furious. The Jinyiwei and the East and West Factory jointly launched a joint effort to increase the attack and searched for demons from the White Lotus Sect everywhere. However, the enemy was open and secret. Even though the Jinyiwei and the East and West Factory were ruthless, the entire country was so big that it would be difficult to catch those demons just by hiding among the people.

Like this time, if Tang Fan hadn't heard the ninth lady admit it with his own ear, he wouldn't have thought that the Nancheng Gang, who had bribed Concubine Wan's younger brother Wan Tong, was like a local snake in the capital, would have colluded with the White Lotus Sect.

The Nancheng Gang has always been supported by the White Lotus Sect. Their activities are no different from other underworld forces in the capital, and most of the profits need to be handed over to the General Principal.

But Deng Xiucai was an ambitious person. Over time, he felt dissatisfied and thought that I was doing the hard work, but you all got the benefits. He deliberately wanted to use the ten thousand ways to reach the court and draw a line with the White Lotus Sect.

On the one hand, he had not completely broken up with the White Lotus Sect, and he still paid the money he should pay, but he was just an excuse to make business unfavorable and reduced year by year. On the other hand, he established a good relationship with Wantong and even distributed half of the business profits of the Freehand Building to Wantong, making it easy for everyone to get along.

But the chief tutor got less money, so he would naturally send someone to investigate, so the ninth lady came. Unexpectedly, at this time, Deng Xiucai's subordinates were blind and tied up two people who should not be tied up. The matter was a big deal, and even Wantong could not save him. Deng Xiucai had to take his people to the deserted village to avoid the limelight.

As a result, because the Ninth Lady and Deng Xiucai had been in a long time, Tang Fan happened to come, so she used Tang Fan to fight with Deng Xiucai, and in the end she fought her life.

This is the whole story of the matter.

But Tang Fan and the others naturally want to know more than that.

They also want to know the situation of the White Lotus Sect, including where the so-called primitive sect is, how many believers are, where they are distributed, what conspiracies they are planning recently, etc.

Unfortunately, Deng Xiucai didn't know all these inside stories.

Although he controls the entire Nancheng Gang, to put it bluntly, he is still an outsider of the White Lotus Sect and is not qualified to participate in major affairs in the sect.

Under the means of Xichang, Deng Xiucai was a bronze and iron bone, and he could only confess obediently. He said that he only knew that there was a big leader in the White Lotus Sect, that is, the leader, and it was very mysterious. Not to mention Deng Xiucai, even those who came from the chief sect like Jiu Niangzi had never seen the true face of the leader. In addition to the chief sect, the White Lotus Sect's power was spread all over the country, that is, branch sects were set up in various places.

Since Beijing is located in the imperial city, and the Jinyiwei and East-West Factory are in charge, the White Lotus Sect dare not be too arrogant, so it did not set up a branch in the capital, but only supported peripheral forces like the Nancheng Gang.

The Nancheng Gang regularly pays taxes to the magistrate every year. The time is uncertain, so the magistrate sends people over. Deng Xiucai and others are only responsible for receiving them, and the messengers are not determined every year. The messenger in the past two years was a man named Zhu Monk, and this year it was Jiu Niangzi. Both sides used the tokens and slogans of the White Lotus Sect as contact information.

The token is the token that Deng Xiucai took from the ninth lady at that time. The one with the highest value is that it can command the White Lotus Sect. But if you only have a token and don’t match the secret code, it will be useless to have a token. Others will definitely know that you are a fake.

The secret code is also very mysterious. There is a set of corresponding secret codes in the White Lotus Sect, so Deng Xiucai naturally explained them all. However, he also said that in order to prevent traitors, this secret code will be changed regularly. Every time the envoy of the priest sect comes, he will teach him the next secret code, and not use it all the secret codes.

It is so connected and strict and meticulous that the White Lotus Sect can escape the search and suppression of the government and have been passed down from generation to generation.

All that Deng Xiucai could explain was only here.

The one who knows more is Nine Lady, but she and her two subordinates have been killed by Deng Xiucai.

Although Wang Zhi and the others failed to eradicate the White Lotus Sect, they finally removed the nails of the White Lotus Sect set up in the capital of the Nancheng Gang, which was a great achievement. However, Tang Fan felt that since the Nancheng Gang could join the palace and sell the young children into the palace, he was afraid that it would not only be bribed, but there might be other ways in the palace, so he suggested that Wang Zhi investigate it deeply.

Of course, this proposal was rejected by Wang Zhi.

The reason for Wang Zhi's rejection was very simple. He had just taken the time to come back to do the job, but now that he had finished his errands, he naturally had to rush back to Datong and had no time to do anything else.

He also told Tang Fan that as early as after the incident of the demonic Li Zilong case, the palace was thoroughly investigated. At that time, let alone the White Lotus Sect's marks, even those with scars on their bodies were picked out separately and sent to the East and West Factory for interrogation. After that, all spies related to the White Lotus Sect were arrested, and others who were fine would be inspected regularly, and they would not leave any White Lotus Sect's marks on them.

In other words, the White Lotus Sect's imprint is indeed true, but it is only targeted at the middle and lower-class believers, such as Jiu Niangzi, who have no in them. At that time, she was probably just scaring Tang Fan and testing his intentions, and it was not used as a certificate to identify believers.

Finally, he solemnly warned Tang Fan: Don’t look for trouble if you have nothing to do!

The last sentence has a profound meaning. With Tang Fan's intelligence, it is not difficult to hear the meaning.

Wang Zhi was unwilling to be troubled, but the reason was easy to understand: although he was powerful, most of his power was concentrated outside the palace and could not be extended into the palace. Not only him, but also Shang Ming from the East Factory. Now there are only two people who can speak in the palace, Huai'en and Liang Fang.

Among the twelve prisons of the inner palace, the Silijian and the Imperial Horse Supervision have the greatest authority. Each department also has the palm prints and pens. Simply put, the eldest and the second.

Qualifications are all important in every place. Huai'en and Liang Fang are the current bosses of the Silijian and the Imperial Horse Supervision. Even the two upstarts, Wang Zhi and Shang Ming, can only be called the second child.

The bosses of these two departments are deeply relied on by the emperor, especially Liang Fang, who was even more like a fish in water after taking the route of Concubine Wan, and had many cliques. He was very powerful in the palace, so Wang Zhi dared not provoke him easily.

Although the collusion between the Nancheng Gang and the Inner Palace may not be directly related to Liang Fang, it must not be hidden from Liang Fang. Maybe there are many benefits to respect Liang Fang. If this matter is investigated in depth, it will inevitably be hindered to Liang Fang.

Wang Zhi and Liang Fang were both walking with each other. Everyone looked up and saw him. The latter was still a senior. Of course, Wang Zhi did not want to offend Liang Fang. What's more, this incident had already involved Wan Tong. After the emperor learned that Wan Tong had accepted bribes from the Nancheng Gang, although he did not treat him for the sake of Concubine Wan's face, he invited Yuan Bin out to take charge of the Jinyiwei, which was deprived of Wan Tong of his authority and gave him a small warning.

Wantong was so depressed that he certainly did not dare to do anything to the emperor, but it would not prevent him from venting his anger on Wang Zhi.

Although Wang Zhi is also a member of Concubine Wan, he is Concubine Wan’s younger brother. If I kiss you again, will my younger brother still have to kiss you?

Wang Zhi was naturally called to Concubine Wan and scolded him for a good scolding.

So Wang Zhi was also very depressed. He received praise from the emperor, but turned around and ate in front of the imperial concubine. Of course, he was unwilling to offend Liang Fang again. After warning Tang Fan, he went straight to Datong the next day, devoted himself to making military achievements, and was not upset.

Without the support of the Western Factory, Tang Fan alone could not investigate the palace. Fortunately, Adong and the children were all safe and sound, and the culprits were also caught, especially Deng Xiucai and the third leader of the Nancheng Gang, and Ding Yimu, who was used as a puppet by Deng Xiucai, were all sentenced to beheading, while other gang members were sentenced to exile and exile.

In the "Ming Dynasty Law", abduction and trafficking of people is called "stolen people". Trafficking good people is more guilty than trafficking of slaves. Those who lure good people and sell good people as slaves all besieged one hundred people and travel three thousand miles.

However, Deng Xiucai and his friends colluded with the White Lotus Sect, so naturally they could not be equivalent to ordinary trafficking. All dynasties sentenced the most serious crimes related to treason.

Originally, Deng Xiucai was going to be cut in half, but because he confessed to being lenient, he was particularly Kane. He could first let him commit suicide by taking poison and committing suicide without pain, and then chopping off his head afterwards - cutting it in half is extremely painful. In order to die more comfortably, Deng Xiucai did not hesitate to vomit out all he knew.

Before Adong and the others, I didn’t know how many children were in their hands. Even Ding Yimi, who was actually a puppet, actually mixed up and started to fight. They didn’t know how much innocent blood was stained on their hands, so the death of these people was not unfair at all.

Everyone's busy work for the middle of the night was not in vain, but the matter finally came to an end and it ended successfully.

In this incident, except for the people who were injured during the fight with the Nancheng Gang, Tang Fan was the one who was most injured.

He had been knocked on his head before, but later it was confirmed that he was bleeding. When he was in the cellar, his hands were tied up and bleeding. He was pushed down by Xin Shitou once again. At that time, his hands were tied up, which was not conducive to movement. His knees were immediately ground into purple and bleeding, and his neck was later scratched by porcelain pieces, etc.

Although the injuries were not serious overall, they were covered in scars. Fortunately, they were all injured due to duty, so Lord Tang took half a month off with peace of mind and celebrated the merits of Suizhou.

Yes, Suizhou was promoted again.

But this time was a pure accident.

Originally, after going to Jiangxi to handle the Huang Jinglong case last time, he had been promoted to deputy Qianqian. It is logical that there would be no promotion in the short term. However, because of the case of the child's loss, the emperor was dissatisfied with Wan Tong's collusion with the thieves and bandits, so he invited Yuan Bin to take charge of the Jinyiwei.

Who is Yuan Bin? He has made great contributions to saving the emperor, and he saved the former emperor.

During the Tumen and Wood Incident, Yuan Bin followed the troops to protect Yingzong, and even took possession with Yingzong, taking good care of him. The king and his ministers experienced difficulties and their feelings were comparable to ordinary ministers. Later, Yuan Bin helped the restoration of the late emperor, which was a great contribution.

Because of this past, when Zi ascended the throne today, he was very kind to Yuan Bin. However, he was getting older, so he no longer cared about practice and only became the commander of the Jinyiwei. This time the emperor intended to teach Wan Tong a lesson, so he invited Yuan Bin out of the mountain again.

Yuan Bin's qualifications and reputation are even worthy of respect for His Majesty today, which is something that Wantong can't even catch up with cheap foreign relatives.

In recent years, because of Wantong, the Jinyiwei was disturbed by him and villains were rampant.

Those who flatter Wantong can become guests of the Wan family, and those who cannot get along with him will be suppressed and attacked by him using the authority of the Jinyiwei. The censor mentioned in Suizhou before was also the result of impeachment of Concubine Wan's siblings, so his family was destroyed.

Now that Yuan Bin comes, the atmosphere suddenly changes.

Although Yuan Bin is old, he is getting stronger and stronger, and has a tough style. As soon as he comes, he takes down the two leaders of the Jinyiwei North and North Fushi Department, namely Wantong's confidant and minions. Wan Tong grits his teeth in hatred, but he has no choice but to him and cannot complain to the emperor, just because Yuan Bin was sent by the emperor to rectify the Jinyiwei.

In this way, everyone didn't dare to say anything when they saw Wantong. Those monsters and monsters naturally had to retreat and obediently clamped their tails to be human, so as not to be affected by the fish in the pond.

Although these things have no direct relationship with Suizhou, because of his strong brand and ability, he quickly removed the sub-character in his official title and became a true Qianhu.

Qianhu is a fifth-rank official. Although the grade is not good, it is still a military officer. However, Qianhu, the Jinyiwei, is already quite powerful. The five wards under the North and South Fufu Department are under the control of one of them.

More importantly, because the leader of the Beizhen Fushi was just taken down by Yuan Bin and no one was in this position, Yuan Bin asked Suizhou to temporarily take over the position of the Beizhen Fushi. This was because he was promoted from above and was afraid that he would not be able to convince the public, so he did not directly promote him, but instead asked him to temporarily take over the Beizhen Fushi in a part-time manner.

The veteran is extraordinary, and there are some specialties here. If Suizhou does well, it is just around the corner. However, if it is not done well, he can be kicked down at any time. Most people covet that position, which can be regarded as indirectly encouraging Suizhou to work hard.

Therefore, Suizhou is now holding the salary of a fifth-rank 1,000 households. In front of the fourth-rank official, the promotion speed is really jealous. However, the pressure facing Suizhou is also unprecedented. How to win people's hearts, how to convince the public, and how to make those below obey their orders is a difficult problem.

No matter what, this is a thing worth celebrating. In order to celebrate Suizhou, Tang Fan and Xue Ling and other old subordinates of Suizhou set up a table outside - it was not the Xenix Tower, which was too expensive. Anyway, everyone is acquaintances, and there is a lot of food in the capital, so there is no need to choose there.

Tang Fan chose a time-honored food shop called Yang Ji Lamb. The lamb there is the most famous one. He booked a private room in advance and called several colleagues he had made in Shuntian Prefecture, as well as a Jinyiwei such as Suizhou and Xue Ling. Everyone sat on the table of mutton.

There are four pots on the table, with four large plates of fat and tender lamb on the side, as well as various side dishes such as vegetables, mushrooms, vermicelli, etc., garlic, soy sauce, shallots, sesame oil, pepper and other seasonings. You can match it yourself and do it yourself, and you will eat it in the same atmosphere.

This time, not only Suizhou, but also Xue Ling and others, entrusting Yuan Bin's blessing, they also raised a step up, and naturally everyone was very happy.

On the other hand, Tang Fan made two major cases one after another and made two contributions. The former cleared the suspicion of Concubine Wan, the latter found the family of officials, went deep into the thief cave to fight wits and courage with the Nancheng Gang. It was a struggle for his life and spared no effort, but the superiors did not even have any rewards, and the grade was still standing still. Tang Fan himself had nothing, but familiar friends would inevitably be unfair to him.

When he was full of wine and food, Xue Ling stood up from his seat, walked over, patted Tang Fan's shoulder hard and comforted him: "Runqing, I don't think you are unlucky. You will definitely be promoted to a high-ranking official in the future. Don't be discouraged now!"

"Yes!" Ponzi also said, "You're just not disappointed."

He and Xue Ling are still working under Suizhou, but they have been promoted to hundreds of households, which is considered a prosperous official career. Not only the two of them, but also the old subordinates led by Suizhou have been promoted. In this way, everyone knows that following the boss has meat to eat, they will naturally become more loyal to Suizhou.

Seeing that Xue Ling had drunk too much, Suizhou shaking and leaning on Tang Fan halfway. He couldn't help but reach out and pulled him a little, and scolded him lightly: "Is it like standing there?"

This is not a serious business, and everyone has drunk wine. Xue Ling is not afraid of him. Instead, she joked with a smile: "Brother is so good to Brother Runqing. Even our subordinates are not as good as us!"

Everyone agreed "yes" and "yes".
To be continued...