??In the northern suburbs of Xiyang City, a courtyard in the lakeside manor, in a room, several people were sitting in front of a black wooden board, discussing something in a heated manner.

Zhang Dingfa was holding a "chalk" and drawing graphics on the blackboard. Everyone below watched carefully with paper and pen.

"After everyone's investigation, thirteen dens have been found. According to the on-site observation, most of them are determined to be private furnaces for private copper coins."

"Here, here, and here, is the most obvious place. The fire is not extinguished day and night, and there are no minerals nearby. I haven't seen it build iron tools, so it must be a place for minting money."

"These places are rarely visited by people. They want to hide their eyes and ears, but unexpectedly they are extravagant."

"The place has been found, the question is whether they collect copper coins from the market or collude with officials in the government?" Zhang Dingfa asked back, "If the weeds are cut off, someone will have to mint coins in the future."

"Jia Niu, how is your progress?"

Jia Niu stood up after hearing this, took the paper in his hand and then said, "Based on the clues of Leader Zhang, we spent a lot of effort to inquire about the local situation, and summarized the relationship between characters according to human relationships."

Seeing that the long discussion was about to begin, Zhang Dingfa quickly interrupted: "Where is your conclusion? Tell the key points."

"There are collusions, but they are all officials."

"When will the report be submitted?"

"The day after tomorrow."

"Work overtime overnight and hand it over tomorrow afternoon." Zhang Dingfa did not drag on it, "Wu Ming, how is your progress?"

"The key tongue has been grabbed, the confession has been asked, and it is still verifying each other."

"Can you hand it out tomorrow afternoon?"

Wu Ming hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Yes!"

"It's great, without further ado, these people have disappeared for too long, and the boss behind the scenes will be suspicious. The result of Wuzhuangguan has come out. The few lines we followed before have all been bitten right!"

Wu Ming and others showed joy when they heard this, clenched their fists and whispered softly. The hard work for several months was finally not in vain. They collected countless inferior copper coins and finally determined the traces of their prey from it.

"According to the results, ten of these thirteen private furnaces were made of copper coins from Dayejian. All the Duke's intentions must be eradicated!"

"When will we do it?"

"The faster the better, so the report will be submitted tomorrow afternoon, and the countermeasures will be discussed in the afternoon. Report to the Duke of the State in the evening. In a few days, you can go out after the troops are mobilized."

Zhang Dingfa said here, and after seeing everyone, he said, "At that time, we will also attack together to catch these mice!"

"There is a place where the brigade of troops is difficult to display in the valley, so it is easy to alarm the snake when going to the front. Therefore, we need help here. This is the topographic map of the location of the private furnace. Everyone should take a look and draw up an action plan later."

"The cat team from the Market Research Department is going to bite the biggest mouse to death!"

According to the Market Research Department, Yuwen Wen was a small team established during the reign of Xiyang County. His initial task was really "market survey", mainly counting prices, and later the "business scope" gradually expanded from Bazhou to other places.

The specific business has also changed. In addition to inquiring about the prices, you also have to listen to various rumors on the streets of the city, especially pay attention to statements that are not good for Yuwen Wen or the government, and then summarize them on time.

The workload is getting bigger and bigger, and the scope of inquiry is getting wider and wider. The personnel of the market research department frequently go in and out of various occasions. As the head of the man Yuwen Wen, he looks quietly and listens to what is happening around him.

With the expansion of Yuwen Wen's industry, the semicolons in the major cities of Shannan Prefecture and County have been opened one after another, and they have assumed the function of investigating the market. The functions of the market research department have gradually strengthened on the other hand.

The target of the investigation is no longer the "market", but people or things. People who maliciously spread rumors, those who have ulterior motives and those who are close to Duke Luo's mansion and related industries, or those who Duke Luo said they want to investigate are all the mice they want to catch.

There must be cats to catch mice. The market research department originally lacked staff, so the guards in the mansion were divided into dog teams responsible for the "inner guards" and cat teams responsible for the "field". The "dog kennel" is in the mansion, and the "cat kennel" is in the lakeside manor.

The cat team is often elusive and has many inconveniences in the city. After building a nest in the manor by the lake outside the city, it becomes much more free to come and go, and it also has a spacious territory to stretch its muscles and bones.

Like other guards, the cats in the cat team need to undergo various training, archery, swordsmanship and physical fitness. In addition, there are special events, namely tracking and counter-tracking, character portraits and terrain sketches.

Just by meeting someone, you can record the other person's appearance and draw it correctly with a charcoal pen afterwards. After passing a mansion, you can draw the appearance of the main entrance, or the terrain and paths around it.

The Cat Team has a style that requires writing reports. Things that can be solved by talking with words must be expressed in reports. This strange requirement is stipulated by Yuwen Wen, so the Cat Team must be able to read and write, and if you don’t know how to learn, you can learn until you know.

Then there is a meeting, and there are meetings every day. Today's meeting will last for an hour, and it is already noon when the meeting ends.

The bell rang, which came from the direction of the kitchen, indicating that the relevant personnel in the manor could go to the kitchen to get food. Wu Ming and others, who had just finished the meeting, walked towards the kitchen.

Just like the Duke of Zhu in the city, servants and guards of the lakeside manor can go to the manor's kitchen to have a meal. This is a benefit of food and accommodation, and the people from the Cat Team are also on the same list.

Most of them have become homes, and the family lives in a lakeside manor. The couple has a house to live in and can make a fire in the supporting kitchen. However, considering the cost, it is still a good deal to eat three meals a day in the kitchen.

Due to confidentiality, the Cat Team has an independent dining room in the kitchen, and even the family members eat here, so that the rest of the people will not contact them at will, so as not to hear any rumors from the chat.

A woman left the crowded kitchen with a food box, and happened to meet Wu Ming and others walking towards her. Jia Niu greeted the woman and then walked into the kitchen with the others.

"Amin, I've prepared the food." Sima Lingji said, "I'll go deliver the food."

"Ah, have you eaten?"

"I'll go there first after eating."

Wu Ming nodded and watched his wife leave. She would go to the kitchen in advance every day and pack a meal to someone after dinner. Of course, he had to pay out his own pocket for the food.

In a very tightly guarded courtyard, Sima Lingji walked in with a food box. The guard was very familiar with her. After registering regularly, he opened the iron gate and let it go. He came to a room. Sima Lingji asked someone inside through the iron fence.

"Ah Father."

"Ling Ji is here."

"Father, my wife brought the food."

Liu Taozhi quietly watched his daughter-in-law hand over the food box to the guards, and then delivered it in through a small window. Two years ago, the leader of Ye Xiao, Liu Taozhi, had already "suddenly died" in the state prison. Now here is nothing more than an old man in his twilight years.

"What do you want to eat tonight? My wife has prepared it in the kitchen to deliver it."

"My wife is kind-hearted. These foods are very good, so you don't need to make them deliberately." Liu Taozhi smiled slightly, looked at her wife and asked, "Is Aming okay?"

"Amin is fine, but she's been busy all the time. If she has time in the future, her wife and Amin will come to see A's father together."

Liu Taozhi nodded silently. That year, his son married his wife, and the couple kowtowed to him through the iron fence. Liu Taozhi was so excited that he was at a loss that he was so excited that he burst into tears. Although his son rarely came to see him since then and had not changed his surname to Liu, this was enough.

Although Liu Taozhi is a prisoner, she has lived a good life besides losing her freedom. She can also let the wind and sun every day. She looks good now. Her wife comes to deliver food every day to ask about her well-being, which makes him feel very warm.

This is the feeling of home. It is the most precious thing in the world for an executioner whose hands are covered in blood and cursed by countless people.
Chapter completed!