It was past the Chen Dynasty, and the candles were still lit in the Jinyiwei yamen. Han Shanhe, commander of the Jinyiwei, closed the thick file and let out a long sigh.

In recent days, his heart has been tense, not doing anything if he is not in his position. He didn't think anything when he was a commander, but since he took the position of commander, he rarely left the yamen gate before dawn.

Every day, there are thousands of households in the Jinyiwei family who submitted information, and the information is even more complicated. Some officials were drinking with whom, and the son of a certain family had an affair with his wife and concubine in the middle of the night, etc.

There are hundreds or thousands of such people every day. Han Shanhe needs to select important information from this information so that he can report it to Chongzhen in a timely manner.

The opportunity for Jinyiwei to reuse it is hard-won. When Han Shanhe was tried the Qian Shisheng case a few days ago, he was worried that it would be unfavorable to do things, so Jinyiwei would never have a chance to make it. On the other hand, he also felt that His Majesty’s handling of court officials was too hasty, and it could even be said to be reckless.

If Emperor Chongzhen could not withstand the pressure from the Donglin Party members, the best outcome of the Jinyiwei would still be idle.

Therefore, while contacting the former subordinates of the Jinyiwei who had resigned, he was frantically asking the Jinyiwei Tiqi to search for evidence of the Donglin Party members day and night, such as Qian Shisheng, Wu Zongda and others.

Several tikas even fell off their horses because they were rushing to the night, and their bodies were not found until a few days later...

But the yamen had no money to provide the dead Tiqi with the money, and in the end, Han Shanhe paid out of his own pocket to handle the funeral for his family. Even so, the Jinyiwei still felt a lot of dissatisfaction.

He had to report the progress of the case to Chongzhen in time and suppress his subordinates who were dissatisfied with him. During that period, in order to release the pressure, Han Shanhe even broke the hands of the corrupt official Wen Zhenmeng.

Fortunately, after the incident was completed, His Majesty did not forget the Jinyiwei. The timely distribution of 60,000 taels of silver was given, and the stones in Hanshanhe were truly immersed in the ground.

But Han Shanhe still couldn't understand why His Majesty valued Song Yingxing and Wu Youke so much. When he issued the reward silver today, he specifically reminded him and Wang Chengen to increase his efforts to search for these two people, so that he had to set a reward of 200 taels of silver.

"Master, the carriages and horses are ready." An elderly man stood at the door and knocked on the door frame gently.

Every time around Chen hour, the old housekeeper in the mansion would drive a carriage outside the Jinyiwei yamen and remind him in time.

Shaoqing, Han Shanhe walked out of the yamen and got on the carriage. As soon as he passed by Mi Lane in Xijiang, he suddenly saw the sedan chair of Cen Guangyao, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, coming from the west. He couldn't help but wonder, but the two had no friendship, and they passed by each other and didn't even say hello.

There seems to be no high-ranking officials and nobles living in Mi Lane, Xijiang. Although there are some good courtyards, they are basically bought by some eunuchs in the palace, so other officials naturally disdain to be neighbors with the eunuchs.

But it was now, why did Cen Guangyao suddenly come from there? Before Han Shanhe could think about it, a series of low moans came from the street.

An old beggar was lying on the street, curled up, and Han Shanhe knew that the old man was hungry if he didn't look at it.

People who are extremely hungry will not only lose their bodies and have blurred eyes, but also have to endure severe abdominal pain caused by stomach cramps.

Recently, there have been more and more beggars in the capital. Han Shanhe sighed slightly and signaled the butler to stop, and took out a piece of silver from his waist and let the butler throw it to the old beggar.

The old beggar struggled to get up and kowtowed to the carriage, but he was so hungry that he couldn't make any noise. He could live for a few more days.

"Dad is back!"

As soon as he entered the inner courtyard, a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old hired Tingting to greet her, saying fragilely.

"Well, I'm busy in the yamen recently. I'll see what my dad has brought you?" Han Shanhe smiled and took out a pair of green imperial green bracelets from his waist.

Only at home, when facing his wife when he was young, Han Shanhe really took off the burden. The girl in front of him who was about to bloom was Han Shanhe's only daughter Han Taotao.

"Wow! What a beautiful bracelet, where did Dad get it?" No matter how big or small a woman is, she is born to have no resistance to shiny things. Han Taotao grabbed it in her hand and looked at the candlelight happily.

"Taotao, stop pestering your father, let your father come over for dinner." At this time, a middle-aged woman urged her from the main room.

"I know Ernie, hehe, dad, go for dinner!" Han Taotao was just interested in playing with the bracelet and didn't even look at Han Shanhe.

Han Shanhe smiled and went out toward the main room. The eldest lady and the second lady were still placing bowls and chopsticks. The food was nothing special, but it was more sumptuous than Emperor Chongzhen's first meal.

"Taotao is also a big girl, so it's time for her to find someone." Erniang Song poured Han Shanhe a glass of wine in thought.

Drinking two glasses of wine for dinner was a habit that Han Shanhe had developed for many years. He enjoyed the process very much, but when he heard the words of the second room, his face immediately became a little unhappy.

Song dared to mention this. Although the eldest lady didn't say anything, she obviously agreed with Song Shi's words. She knew that her master loved her daughter the most, but after all, a man should get married as a woman should get married as a woman.

In the Ming Dynasty, women usually got married between the ages of fourteen and sixteen. If they were not married yet at twenty, the government could forcefully assign a man to the woman, and the same was true for men. If they were not married at twenty, the government would also directly assign him.

But this is just an ordinary civilian. As the commander of the Jinyiwei, Han Shanhe is the current confidant of His Majesty. When will his daughter marry and who will he marry, and where will the government dare to argue about it?

"Taotao is only sixteen years old, why are you anxious? She must let her like her." After Han Shanhe said that, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all in depressedly, then bared his teeth and picked up a chopstick of dishes.

Whenever he thought that his daughter would get married sooner or later, Comrade Lao Han felt unhappy.

"Mom, second mother, do you just want your daughter to get married? I want to spend more time with you!"

As he was talking, Han Taotao came in with a tight face and curled her lips. He picked up the wine pot and poured another glass of wine for Han Shanhe, thinking about asking his father who loved him the most to say good things to her.

"You can't help but marry a man when he is old, but you're old. "Han Shanhe's face calmed down a lot, but the words in his mouth were not vague at all.

Many times, isn’t this the case for being a father? Others can’t urge him, but I’m also anxious. It’s not possible to be contradictory.

Han Taotao curled his lips again when he heard this.

"I won't talk about this anymore. I have brought you some small things to you to see if you like it." Han Shanhe took out a small jewelry box and put it on the table.

Song's eyes lit up and opened the jewelry box. There were boxes of precious jewelry inside, which looked very valuable.

"Where did the master get the money to buy so many jewelry? They are so expensive. How can the master..."

The eldest wife Chen thought that her master had taken someone else's money and couldn't help but feel a little worried. Han Shanhe was quite dissatisfied with his eldest wife's words and said disdainfully:

"These are all rewards from His Majesty today. What you do for your husband is to punish greed and eliminate evil, so how can you fall into the mud?"

Emperor Chongzhen rewarded a large piece of jewelry in a tin box. Although Han Shanhe distributed all the works according to his merits, this did not prevent him from picking the best ones he had to give to his wife and children before distribution.

"Dad, I heard that our Majesty is very stingy. Why can you give me a lot of jewelry? Hehe, how can you give me a man's jewelry?" Han Taotao obviously didn't believe it.

"You can just say these words at our own home. Never say them to outsiders, it will lose your head." Although Han Shanhe was a lesson, his tone was very calm, which shows his doting for his daughter.

If outsiders dared to say this, His Majesty today, Han Shanhe would dare to let this person taste the eighteen tortures of the Jinyiwei.

"Actually, Your Majesty doesn't deduct it either, he just has no money." Han Shanhe seemed to think that Chongzhen was not authentic, and he muttered quietly after he finished.

Han Taotao was actually just unintentional words. After saying that, she was attracted by the jewelry in the jewelry box.

"Dad, is Your Majesty very fierce now?" Han Taotao asked with his pretty face raised.

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