As soon as Catherine arrived in the capital, she found that the entire atmosphere in the capital was very different from when she left.
Even when she entered the city, she was carefully interrogated for a long time. If there was no problem with her identity and there was a file with the Ministry of Rites, she doubted whether she would be able to enter the city.
She saw with her own eyes that several Ming officials who came from other places were decisively turned away by the officers and soldiers guarding the door. One of them seemed to want to show off his authority, but as a result, he was taken away by the Jin Yiwei.
That's right, she is from Jinyiwei. Thanks to Feng Wanli, she can now clearly distinguish the difference between ordinary soldiers and Jinyiwei.
Returning to Honglu Temple, she even found that several Ming officials who had looked familiar to Honglu Temple had disappeared for a long time. Her companions of Fo Langji who stayed at Honglu Temple all congratulated her on her safe return from the trip.
He was actually completely unaware of these changes.
When she asked officials at Honglu Temple, she didn't get any answers.
Is something happening?
Thinking of Jiang Wan abandoning her and rushing back to the capital alone, the first thing she did after putting down her luggage was to go to the Tenth Prince's Mansion to find Jiang Wan.
It's a pity that in the past, she could still enter the gate of the Tenth Prince's Mansion and Jiang Wan's small courtyard. However, this time when she went to the Tenth Prince's Mansion, she couldn't even enter the gate. A long way away, soldiers patrolling the street
They stopped her and her companions. No matter what she said, the soldiers just said: "You can't go to the front!"
This is definitely what happened!
Catherine suddenly became worried. Looking at the palace in the distance, she frowned and turned towards Qingyun Tower.
That was the first time Jiang Wan took her out to eat. Later, when Jiang Wan was away, she went there several times. The boss there seemed to be an acquaintance of Jiang Wan. If she couldn't get any information from others, then,
From the mouth of the boss named Xu Bai, maybe she can know a little bit about what happened.
In Qingyun Building, she went in, but before entering, she looked at the red letter notice on the door, "The owner has something to do and will be closed for a month." She still hesitated.
Qingyun Tower was deserted, not to mention there were no customers, not even the clerks could see one.
As soon as she walked in, a few people sitting far away turned around, and she froze immediately.
Jinyiwei, Jinyiwei again!
These Jin Yiwei were not subordinates of Feng Wanli and her, and based on her current understanding of the Jin Yiwei, these people were nominally members of the Imperial Guard of the Ming Emperor, but they had never been unreasonable with others.
"Didn't you see the note posted on the door? No business!"
With Jin Yiwei shouting loudly, Catherine hesitated to withdraw, but soon she made up her mind because someone on the opposite side seemed to recognize her.
"Wait, is it Miss Catherine?"
The person speaking seemed to be the leader of these Jin Yiwei, and he seemed to be wearing clothes similar to Feng Wanli's. If she was right, this person should have an official position similar to Feng Wanli's.
"Do you know me?" Catherine was a little surprised. She didn't know the Jin Yiwei in front of her.
"Really Miss Catherine?" The leader of the Jinyiwei expressed surprise: "Didn't you go to Suzhou with Mr. Jiang, and Mr. Jiang is back too?"
"Who are you?" Catherine looked at the other person with some vigilance. Even the whereabouts of herself and Jiang Wan were so clear. If the person in front of her was not a friend, then he must be an enemy.
Jiang Wan's enemy.
"Xu Jian, the deputy of Qianhu in the West City of Jinyiwei!" Xu Jian bowed his hands to Catherine: "I met Miss Catherine before at Mr. Jiang's place in the Tenth Prince's Palace, but Miss Catherine was probably only talking to Mr. Jiang at that time.
I didn’t notice it!”
Catherine's face blushed slightly. Could this person be saying that she only had Jiang Wan in her eyes and no one else could be seen?
"Close the door and don't let anyone in again!" Xu Jian invited Catherine to sit down and ordered loudly.
Xu Jian is in unspeakable pain now. Jiang Wan took people to Jiangnan for business, but there has been no news. Suddenly, His Highness King Xin has become the current emperor. It is impossible to say that he is unhappy.
.
He had already become a disciple of His Highness King Xin. Doesn't this mean that he thought he was also a disciple of the Emperor?
However, after the new emperor came to the throne, he didn't know whether other people were busy or not, but Jinyiwei was in a mess from top to bottom. Fortunately, Jinyiwei was not a yamen that had only been opened for three to five years. How to deal with the new yamen?
There are some precedents for various measures taken by the emperor.
When there is no clear instruction from the superior, Jin Yiwei can just follow the previous practice.
It is nothing more than to maintain the stability of the capital to the greatest extent and prevent any rumors and various prohibited actions between the government and the public. In short, it is just one sentence: monitor the officials, monitor the army, and monitor the people!
At this extremely sensitive time, if anyone dares to take actions that are disharmonious and detrimental to stability, Jin Yiwei will teach them how to behave mercilessly.
Xu Jian's task is to patrol the area under his jurisdiction. This job would have been a hard job in the past. However, in the area under the jurisdiction of Qianhu Office in Xicheng, a group of bosses of the city foxes and rats headed by Gao Jin are all working for Jiang Wan.
Effectiveness, what else can happen here in Xicheng?
The soldiers and thieves have become a family. When the new emperor comes to power, everyone is even more happy.
However, Xu Jian's job was easy, but he was also shocked to find that his brother was missing.
From what I heard about the situation, it was the second day after he received the errand. Everyone in Qingyun Tower, from Xu Bai to the cook to the garbage collector, was arrested by a group of officers and soldiers. Some people even heard that people in Qingyun Tower were
The people cried for mercy, but it was still of no use. The officers and soldiers piled everyone into the cart and took them away.
Xu Jian immediately sent people to the Bingma Division and Shuntian Mansion Yamen to inquire. The result was that it was not these two places where the arrests were made.
This made him a little scared. This matter was not handled by Jin Yiwei, nor by the Military and Horse Division and Shuntian Mansion Yamen. Then, there was only one place where these officers and soldiers came from - Beijing camp!
Regardless of which guard's capital camp, Xu Bai was captured, and it was not easy for him to get him out. He, deputy Qianhu of the Jinyi Guard, could scare others, but the people in the army would never give him
How much face.
His first reaction was to go to Jiang Wan for help.
He didn't even know if Jiang Wan had returned. There must be no one in the Tenth Prince's Mansion. However, there should be someone in Tingyu Tower in Zhouzhuang outside the city. Even if Jiang Wan wasn't there, Li Fuyao was there too. His Highness King Xin became
Emperor, as for Li Fuyao and other old members of the royal family, the rising tide has lifted all boats. If you want to fish for people, you have to look for them.
Unfortunately, he found that he could not even get out of the city.
The capital's control is not just for others, but for everyone. Even if the royal guards in the west city step out of their own jurisdiction, someone will come up to them immediately and ask them why and what purpose they want. As for wanting to go out of the city, that's a matter of course.
nothing.
He was drinking wine alone in Qingyun Tower, and at this moment, Catherine came to the door!