Regarding the fall of Nanjing Tankou, Mrs. Cao had secretly gone to the front yamen to inquire about it.

She knew that her doomsday was coming, and although her husband was a chief official of the border and a third-rank official, she was afraid of them even if the first-rank three-month official in the court was a little afraid of them.

She no longer has any hope for her destiny.

Because of greed, he fell into the treacherous plan of his cousin Cui Weitian. From then on, he was constantly threatened by him, stealing information about the exchanges between the yamen and the court, and coercing and tempting her husband to join the church. What's even more unbearable is that he often threatens to do improper things for men and women. He can't forgive himself for doing these evil deeds, and he is also responsible for accepting punishment.

She was just afraid that she would implicate her husband and Cuizhu, which was what she was worried about.

Governor Cao handed the letter that Du Wenlin gave him from his arms to his wife:

"You can take a look at it yourself."

After briefly looking through the letter, Mrs. Cao was already disgraced. The expression on her face was both fearful and embarrassing.

At this moment, I wish I could find a hole in the ground to go in.

Governor Cao glanced at Du Wenlin and meant that it was his first question.

Du Wenlin was a little difficult to speak, and he stumbled for a while, and said:

"Mom, there are some things that I should ask as a junior, but now it has reached a critical moment and I have to raise them."

Mrs. Cao lowered her head and said nothing.

Seeing her attitude, Governor Cao was a little anxious:

"Wenlin asks you what you answer. You probably don't know yet. He is the commander-in-chief of the rudder of Changzhou's "Red Final Sect" this time."

When Mrs. Cao heard that Du Wenlin had such an identity, she immediately raised her head and vaguely felt that she had hope of life.

"Mom, can you explain the process of how to enter the teaching in detail?"

From how Mrs. Cao was deceived by Cui Weitian to how she was constantly threatened by them and mobilized her husband to join the church, she just hid the fact that she lost her virginity by being threatened by Cui Weitian.

"Where is that Cui Weitian?" Du Wenlin turned around and looked at Governor Cao.

"It's being held in the jail of the yamen."

"How many people in the Tankou of Nanjing know your true identity?" Du Wenlin looked at Mrs. Cao and asked again.

"Because my identity is quite special, there shouldn't be many people in the world who know me. I have only contacted four or five people. I really don't know if there are other people who know my identity." Mrs. Cao replied in a low voice, her face pale, and she felt extremely panic and ashamed. After saying that, she started to cry.

"Mom, from now on, you will stay in the house and don't go anywhere."

She nodded and agreed, her heart was full of trouble, not knowing what was waiting for her ending.

Du Wenlin said to Governor Cao:

"Dad, I will go to the prison immediately and interrogate all the criminals who have contacted my mother."

In the interrogation room, only Du Wenlin and Governor Cao were there.

The first person to be arraigned was of course the altar master Sheng Dujiang.

According to his account, there were four people who knew Mrs. Cao’s true identity at Tankou, and he couldn’t tell how many people who knew Mrs. Cao’s identity at Dunkou, Changzhou.

Du Wenlin thought that for a person with a special identity like Mrs. Cao, it should be a relatively big secret in the church, and it is impossible for too many people to know.

Except for Jin Changshun and Jin Fu, others in Changzhou should not know about it.

The headquarters will also learn about this through the report from Changzhou Dunkou, but I can't take care of that much for the time being. Let's solve the current situation first.

Du Wenlin asked Sheng Dujiang to write down the names of those who knew Mrs. Cao's identity.

Then he ordered the jailers to detain these people separately according to the list.

Back in the backyard, Du Wenlin said to Governor Cao:

"For the sake of the present, we can only fight with our backs. While Tu Qianjun and the others have not turned around, we will find a way to make these people shut up forever."

After saying this, my heart was filled with self-blame and felt that I had abandoned the law for family affection.

On one side is the life of his mother-in-law, the future of his father-in-law, the love of his lover and the safety of his entire family.

On one side is the national law, and I have determined to maintain it and strive for it for life.

Now, when it comes to making a choice, I choose what I don’t want to do but have to do.

This choice is extremely contradictory and painful.

Then, he thought again that these people were all backbone members of the church. According to the Ming Dynasty's laws, their outcome would be expected to be exiled, and they would most likely be beheaded.

At the same time, because I didn’t understand the medicine, I might not be able to bear the day I was beheaded.

Since the ending is the same, it is better to send them on their way early.

In fact, even if Du Wenlin didn't say this, Governor Cao had already thought of this method, but he just couldn't ask it directly.

"I'll go to the front to arrange this matter first. You can stay here and talk to Cuizhu."

Sighing, Governor Cao turned around and headed towards the yamen.

Du Wenlin walked to Cuizhu's boudoir door and reached out to knock on the door.

Cuizhu's pretty face revealed as the door opened. Seeing that she was the lover who was longing for a long time, her heart beat suddenly accelerated and she couldn't control her emotions. She reached out and hugged him tightly, leaned her head against her chest, and refused to leave for a long time.

After a long separation, we should have been talking about love in a long time, like a bond. However, the family changes have not had the mood to express our longing.

Even though there are thousands of styles, it is difficult to speak.

Only when you don’t miss you in your life will you miss you, and it will hurt you.

Lovesickness becomes a disease, and flowers fall into a tomb.

Although we are happy to be together, we will be separated again.

Du Wenlin patted Cuizhu's back and said softly:

"I still have something to do, so I can't stop for a moment. I must go back to Changzhou immediately." The voice was full of apology.

Cuizhu looked up at his eyes, her face full of reluctance.

The two of them stared silently, and thousands of words were condensed into their eyes.

"Go, a good man is determined by all directions. How can he let the affection of his children hinder his hands and feet?" Before he could finish his voice, tears even came from his eyes.

"Take care!" Du Wenlin hugged him tightly, turned around and stopped looking back, as if he was afraid that the other party's tears would keep his steps as he left.

Du Wenlin led his eight factory guards to drive their horses straight to Changzhou.

When I arrived at the government office, I told the Ouyang Prefect:

"We want to remove the prisoner Jin Fu to Nanjing. Please help Lord Ouyang prepare a carriage with a cloak."

In a moment, the carriage was ready, and the prisoner Jin Fu was taken to the carriage immediately and came to Nanjing.

When passing by a small wood, Du Wenlin asked everyone to stop and rest. He entered the tent alone.

Because of Du Wenlin's instructions, Jin Fu did not suffer in prison and looked very energetic.

When he saw Du Wenlin coming in, he even said thank you.

Du Wenlin sat opposite, staring at Jin Fu, and said in a deep voice:

"I want to ask a question, I hope you answer it truthfully."

Jin Fu nodded.

"How much do you know about Xu Lan, the wife of Governor Yingtian, who was recruited by Cao Shipeng, joining the church?"

"Mrs. Cao introduced him to the church through Nanjing Tankou. I just issued instructions to Nanjing Tankou to mobilize Governor Cao to the church through Madam Cao."

"Has Governor Cao joined the church?"

"That's not. He is stubborn and has never succeeded in instigating the rebellion."

"How many people in Changzhou know about Mrs. Cao's entry into the church besides Nanjing Tankou?"

"Because she has a special identity, we try our best to keep it secret. Only Jin Changshun and I know about it in Changzhou."

"Think about it carefully, is there anyone else who knows about this?"

When Jin Fu heard this, with his life experience and his intuition, he seemed to have noticed the approaching danger. He couldn't help but look fear on his face and said in a trembling voice:

"Are you going to silence all those who know about this?"

Du Wenlin stared at his eyes and nodded:

"To be honest, no matter whether Mrs. Cao is involved or not, like you and other key personnel in the church, there is no hope of survival."

Jin Fu's face was ashen, and his cheeks were twitching. Although he had guessed that the outcome would be bad, once he knew his life's ending, fear could not help but occupy his entire body.

Du Wenlin said softly:

"Although your personal ending is destined, if I can cooperate with our work, I can guarantee that it will not affect your family."

The implication is that if you resist stubbornly, your family will be implicated.

Jin Fu knew that Dongchang was powerful, and they did have the right to kill and kill.

Sighing, lowering his head and saying:

"I will cooperate with your work. You just asked if there are other people who know about this, and there will be no more than five people in the mouth of the Nanjing Tankou. I have also reported this to the main hall specifically. It is hard to say how many people there know about it."
To be continued...