Tang Fan felt a stern in his heart. The other party was just a seventh-rank general flag, but his tone was so big that he would have something to rely on behind his back. He didn't joke anymore and said directly: "Thank you for the general flag of Sui, it's just that Lord Pan has been kind to me for knowing me, and I can't be ungrateful."

Suizhou: "It's up to you."

Faced with his cold attitude, Tang Fan didn't care and bowed: "I'll invite Mr. Sui to have a drink if I have time another day, so I'll say goodbye first."

Suizhou stood up: "Master Tang walked slowly, I will not be far away to see you."

At this moment, a Jinyiwei hurried in. "Brother!"

Tang Fan recognized that he was one of the people who followed Suizhou when he arrived at the pharmacy that day. His name was Xue Ling, with dark skin and strong face.

Suizhou: "What's the matter?"

Xue Ling glanced at Tang Fan.

Tang Fan was trying to avoid it, but Suizhou said: "If it is related to the murder case of the Marquis of Wu'an, it's okay."

Xue Ling said: "A man from Dongchang took Zheng Cheng's body away!"

Tang Fan showed an unexpected expression.

Suizhou's expression sank: "What's going on?"

Xue Ling smiled bitterly: "A man came from the East Factory just now, saying that he was ordered by the admiral. In order to solve the case as soon as possible, he would borrow Zheng Cheng's body to investigate."

The Admiral of the East Factory is the boss of the East Factory, and the current Admiral is Shang Ming, and he has always been in conflict with Wang Zhi of the West Factory.

Once the eunuchs are in power, there will be no trend and a wave of three feet will arise. What's more, there is a murder case in the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion that can be used as an excuse. Since Wang Zhi has intervened, Shang Ming is certainly not willing to be outdone. In order to compete for favor in front of the emperor, everyone is desperate.

After hearing this, Suizhou sneered: "Hold chicken feathers as an arrow!"

I don’t know if I was scolding the person from Dongchang or scolding the admiral of Dongchang Shang Ming.

Tang Fan sighed softly. Since Zheng Cheng's body was no longer there, there was no need for him to come to Suizhou tomorrow. The case was afraid that it would have to break through from the people who bought Chaihu.

"Sui General Banner, I will take the lead. I will ask Shuntian Prefecture to send someone to investigate the person who bought Bupleurum. If you find someone on your side first, please let me know."

Suizhou nodded slightly: "Master Tang walked slowly."

When Tang Fan returned home, he realized that he had been traveling for most of the day today. Except for the half bowl of white porridge I ate in the morning, he had almost no drip of water. Now that he was free, his stomach immediately roared and he was too lazy to cook by himself. He searched in the kitchen for a long time but had nothing to eat. In desperation, he had to wash one of the basket of pears sent by A Xia in the morning and pick it up and chew it.

The sweet pear juice penetrated his throat, and his originally thirsty and painful throat immediately felt much more comfortable. After eating the pear, Tang Fan took out the bottle of ointment given to him by Suizhou and applied it carefully to the scars on his neck.

Just after I finished painting, there was a knock on the door outside.

When he walked over and opened the door, he smelled an attractive scent, and then he saw the girl carrying a food box.

Tang Fan: "Axia?"

Axia: "I'm here to bother Lord Tang again. Our family has put some noodles to eat today. My mistress heard that you just came back and guessed that you were busy with official business and might not have time to eat, so she asked me to send me a bowl of wontons. Lord Tang should eat it while it's hot!"

The two families are just separated by a wall, and you can hear a little bit of movement. Although the Li family had been officials, they were just ordinary businessmen in this generation. They lived in the capital with officials everywhere. On weekdays, the male host of the Li family was away, and the elderly, weak and children met people in the face of the government yamen runners. Because Tang Fan had helped them several times, the Li family was grateful. Knowing that Tang Fan had not yet married, they must have neglected the cooking work, so they sent their maid A Xia to deliver some food from time to time. After a while, the relationship between the two families was pretty good.

Tang Fan took the food box: "Old Wang has always had nothing to say about cooking skills, but I always bother you after all, it's not good. Please tell the Li family aunt that there will be no need to be such trouble in the future."

Axia smiled with a pursed lips: "What did Lord Tang say? You have helped our Li family so much. We just sent some food. Why don't you have to be polite? Eat while it's hot. Just let Xiaohuzi come over to get the food box later!"

The two of them exchanged a few more greetings, and Axia said goodbye and left. Tang Fan came into the house with the food box, opened the lid, brought out a bowl of fragrant pork wontons with green onion, and took out a book called "Bodhisattva Man" from the bookshelf.

This "Bodhisattva Man" is not a lyric and song of the Song Dynasty, but a novel written by unknown people in this dynasty. It tells the story of a scholar who was a guest at the county prince's mansion, who was slandered and had an affair with his maid and was wronged by the county prince. After the scholar died, he turned into a ghost and tried to cleanse his injustice. He even went to the imperial front to expose the prince's plan to rebel. In the end, the prince was punished for his evil deeds and was beheaded by the court. The scholar also went to the underworld to serve as a ghost.

No one would have thought that Lord Tang, who was the first in the second class to enter the Hanlin Academy and was praised by the emperor, would like to read such bloody novels that combine romance, suspense, ghosts, and immortal cultivation.

With his slender and fair fingers turned to the place he saw last time, Lord Tang lowered his head and sipped a sip of hot soup, and sighed happily.

Life is like this, what else can you ask for?

Early the next morning, Pan Bin called Tang Fan over to inquire about the progress of the case.

After briefly discussing the discovery and progress of General Tang Fan, he mentioned the incident of Dongchang taking Zheng Cheng's body away.

Pan Bin actually looked very happy: "As soon as the East Factory intervenes, the case becomes even more complicated!"

Tang Fan: "..."

Pan Bin seemed to realize that he was too happy and was a little inappropriate, so he quickly coughed lightly as a cover-up: "Shuntian Mansion does not need to be too deeply involved in this matter. If the East Factory intervenes, the West Factory will not give up."

However, from another perspective, this is precisely because he regards Tang Fan as his own person. Otherwise, with his years of experience in the officialdom, he would not have lost his composure so easily.

Tang Fan nodded and sighed: "The officials also think so. The East Factory and the West Factory have never dealt with each other. Moreover, this time the East Factory snatched people from the Jinyiwei. The Jinyiwei must not be happy. The imperial court is full of talents, but everyone refuses to give in to each other and can't do anything. Even investigating a case is so difficult!"

Pan Bin: "It's nothing wrong with this. Thanks to the idea you came up with. Now Shuntian Mansion only needs to watch the fire from the other side of the river. If you can't find out the result in the end, the law will not blame the public, and Your Majesty will not just hold Shuntian Mansion accountable. This is the best."

Tang Fan guessed that his senior brother might have reached an agreement with Wu'an Hou in private, and couldn't help but remind him tactfully: "Sir, that maid Alin, although seduced Zheng Cheng and had bad intentions, he would not die."

Alin is still in the Shuntian Mansion prison, but Wu'an Hou was resentful of his son's death and did not want to face the possible murderer, but stubbornly believed that it was the maid who was harmed. Tang Fan was worried that the matter would end up in the end, and Alin would be handed directly to Wu'an Hou by Pan Bin to dispose of it.

Although many parties are involved in investigating the case, it is just a fight for power and profit. Who would care about the fate of an insignificant maid?

Pan Bin raised his face and said unhappily: "Runqing, why are you so stupid? Don't forget what your identity is, what is that Alin? Is it worthwhile to make a fortune for a maid?"

Tang Fan said sincerely: "Senior Brother, I made it difficult for you to do on purpose. It is really a matter of life. If the truth cannot be found out, my conscience will be uneasy!"

Pan Bin sighed: "Runqing, Runqing, do you think I am a titanic heart? I thought I was as passionate as you did when I first entered the officialdom, and I wanted to report to the court and protect the people, but the world is unfair! East Factory, West Factory, Jinyiwei, and those people above our heads, which one can afford to be provoked? If that maid dies in the end, it depends on how His Majesty judges it. It's not that we are holding a knife to kill people. Don't worry about that much. It's good to be able to protect ourselves these days."

He paused and lowered his voice: "I might as well say something to you. Don't look at the current evil spirits in the court, the catamaran is indiscriminate, and the West Factory is domineering. In fact, they have all figured out the minds of Your Majesty. Your Majesty is happy to see this situation. If the court officials are united and fight against Your Majesty, what are the benefits for Your Majesty? You are still young and don't know these interests. As an official, you are still the emperor's official. You have to figure out the emperor's intentions in everything. This case, whether it is the East Factory, the West Factory, or even the Jinyiwei, is better than us. Just let them have a headache. You can participate, but don't rush to do everything. When the credit is taken away by others, the fault is yours. Who do you want to seek justice? Senior brother, I am a little bit light and powerless, I am afraid I can't help you!"

Tang Fan had no expression on his face, he just nodded and said calmly: "Her brother's heartfelt words, Runqing has recorded all the words."

Pan Bin said a lot of words with great pains, and suddenly felt dry and picked up the teacup on the table and took a big sip. Then he smiled and said, "Actually, this time, there is no gain. Since the general flag of the Jinyiwei named Suizhou has a good impression of you, you should grasp it well. It is almost like he has set it up with him. It will not be of great use in the future. Do you know where this Suizhou comes from?"

Seeing Tang Fan shook his head and said he didn't know, he said, "He is the nephew of Empress Dowager Zhou, and his mother is the niece of Empress Dowager Zhou's mother's niece. There was also an uncle in the family. He served as the Minister of War and entered the cabinet during the Zhengtong period. Unfortunately, he died in the Tumu Fort Incident."

Tang Fan suddenly realized: "Sui Anlan?"

Pan Bin nodded: "Because of this relationship, this person can speak well inside and outside the court. Unlike ordinary Jinyiwei, I heard that even Wantong had to be kind when facing him."

Wantong is the current commander of the Jinyiwei, which is the boss of the Jinyiwei.

He is the younger brother of Concubine Wan. Now Concubine Wan is dominating the harem. Although she is seventeen years older than the emperor, the emperor favors her very much and almost obeys her. Even the position of Prince Zhu Youzhang is shaky and almost unsafe.

With this legendary love as a backer, Wantong, the commander of the Jinyiwei, naturally felt like a fish in water and nourishing it even more.

But my wife always has no mother. Since Suizhou has the relationship with Empress Dowager Zhou, if you have a little ability, you will be just around the corner.

Tang Fan saw that although Suizhou was indifferent, he was quite capable in doing things. Unexpectedly, he was still such a tough backer. It can be seen that there are many hidden people everywhere in the capital, and he must be more cautious in doing things. If Tang Fan had been domineering to him because he was half a level higher than Suizhou, he might be defeated now.

But Tang Fan was speechless when he said this senior brother. He wanted to say: Sir, do you know that people look down on our Shuntian Mansion? It would not work if we were rushing to build relationships.

However, Tang Fan finally said nothing. He just stood up with his sleeves, listened with a smile, and nodded from time to time to express his agreement. This eagerness to learn and seek knowledge made Pan Bin very satisfied.

Pan Bin explained again, and Tang Fan heard the buzzing ears. When he stood up, he even walked a little lightly. Just as he was about to say goodbye, he saw Lao Wang, a yamen runner from Shuntian Mansion, hurried in from outside.

"Sir, something is wrong, something happened!"

Pan Bin hates hearing such words the most, and frowned: "What's wrong? If something happens, won't you say something nice!"

Old Wang showed a little secret excitement, but he didn't dare to show it too clearly. As a result, his whole face looked like it was twisted, very strange: "No, sir, it's not that something happened to our Shuntian Mansion, it's the East Factory, and the East Factory caught fire!"

Pan Bin: "What! What's going on, come quickly!"

Lao Wang: "Just when it was almost dawn today, it was said that the East Factory caught fire. The fire was quite big. A fire burned most of the west of the East Factory. I don't know what happened, but I'm still putting out the fire now!"

Tang Fan's heart moved and asked, "Do you know where the corpse was placed in the East Factory?"

Lao Wang shook his head blankly, wondering why Tang Fan suddenly asked such a question.

Pan Bin asked a few more questions, and when he saw that Lao Wang was not sure about it, he waved his hand and asked him to go down.

"Runqing, what do you think about this?"

Tang Fan: "Yesterday, Zheng Cheng's body was just taken away by the East Factory and caught fire today. It's a coincidence. There must be problems with this. The details must be found out before making a conclusion."

Pan Bin knocked on the table and nodded: "The water here is very deep. It seems that the Dongchang is not a monolithic piece. If you walk too much at night, won't you meet a ghost?"

His gloating and watching the fun without much trouble made Tang Fan feel speechless.
Chapter completed!