I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1068 The Crisis Emerges
Although Li Tian had already brought back breakfast, the girls who had been spoiled by Li Tian were already dissatisfied. This is the most common breakfast.

So they did it themselves, using the leftover materials from yesterday, and made a big meal, but it was almost noon when they were done.

Simply, they just regarded breakfast as lunch, and when they finished eating, it was already afternoon.

The few of them originally planned to wait here for three days. When Zheng He and the others arrived, there was nothing necessary to do. Anyway, Li Tian let them go however they felt comfortable.

But in the afternoon, when Li Tian was taking a nap in the small courtyard of Ke Zhenbang's house and basking in the sun, a carrier pigeon suddenly landed beside him.

He didn't pay much attention at first, but after accidentally seeing something tied to the carrier pigeon's leg, he realized that the carrier pigeon was actually raised by the intelligence department and used to deliver secret messages.

Under normal circumstances, the carrier pigeon should be sent directly to the ship, and there are personnel in charge of analyzing the intelligence department, who will send it to Li Tian for reading after the analysis.

But today the carrier pigeon actually ran directly to his side, which made Li Tian a little strange
But when he thought about it, he understood what was going on.

Taking a look around, although there was no one around the Ke family.

But he knew that outside the wall or in some hidden corners, there must be many guards protecting him.

It is estimated that even the guy from the intelligence department was nearby, which made the carrier pigeon run to his side.

Li Tian shook his head and smiled wryly, but he didn't care. As long as they don't disturb him, it's better not to worry about them. After all, protecting himself is also one of their responsibilities.

He removed the secret letter from the pigeon's leg and began to watch it by himself.

Li Tian also couldn't understand the secret letter originally written in cipher text, and it had to be translated by specialized personnel from the intelligence department.

But these days on the ship, Li Tian was really idle and bored, so he just flipped through the code comparison book and figured it out.

For things like secret letters, it is easy and simple to crack, but it is also difficult to say.

The most important thing is to understand what the codebook is currently referenced.

As long as you update the password book every once in a while to prevent outsiders from knowing what it is, the chance of being cracked will become extremely low.

The so-called password books are actually some very common books on the market.

The way to write secret letters is to use some confusing words to correspond to the exact words in the codebook.

Then piece together a brand new secret letter with completely different content.

This method is simple to say, but to achieve accurate translation, it still requires a certain amount of skill.

Fortunately, this method was taught by Li Tian to the intelligence department, and it was his first invention. After only two days of learning, he completely understood it.

Li Tian asked Ke Zhenbang to get a code book from that year.

This guy didn't know where he went, but he got it back in less than a cup of tea.

It was only later that I found out that this guy actually broke into the house of a scholar next door and robbed him.

Li Tian didn't know and didn't care much, and then began to translate happily.

This scene was seen by the group of guards outside the wall, and everyone was terrified. The member of the intelligence department who was in charge of receiving the secret letter was severely scolded by his immediate superior.

There is not much content in the secret letter, and the person who sent the letter was Yang Suwen.

When they learned that Li Tian had arrived near Nanjing City, they were all very happy, saying that they wished they could put down their work immediately and come to see him.

The first half is about this, but the second half suddenly becomes serious.

Yang Suwen said that this small town seems to be peaceful, but it is actually full of dark tides.

According to their investigation, among the more than 1000 gangsters currently wandering in the town, at least [-] to [-] are organized.

It is very likely that monk Puji and others laid a lesson here.

But the exact role is unclear.

He reminded Li Tian to be careful not to reveal his identity easily, otherwise it may be dangerous.

Li Tian understood Yang Su's nervousness.

After all, he is the lord of a country, and any mistake will be a big deal.

It's just that Li Tian still didn't care much about two or three hundred people, let alone Zheng He's army was coming soon.

Let's just talk about my current guards. It shouldn't be a problem to deal with more than 200 people in this area.

After reading the secret letter, Li Tian casually lumped the translated secret letter into a ball and threw it outside the wall. Immediately, someone picked it up and watched it by himself.

He doesn't care about these people, but those guards can't help but care.

After learning that there were actually one or two hundred organized gangsters in this small town, the guards immediately became nervous.

Immediately sent this information to Jiang Bao's hands.

At this time, Jiang Bao, who was drinking tea leisurely on the second floor of a restaurant, roughly scanned the content of the letter, and his brows furrowed involuntarily.

Through their early investigation, it has basically been determined that the second master of the Zhu family is designated to be in contact with Monk Puxian and others, and now they have this exact information.

They have concluded that the Zhu family must have mixed up with the rebels.

Li Tian can ignore these, but for them, exterminating potential rebels is a great achievement, how can they not care about it.

Besides, the Second Master Zhu made it clear that he wanted to trouble Li Tian and others, and by the way, get rid of the local snake in the fish and meat town of Zhu's family, maybe he can get a reward from Li Tian.

Just when Jiang Bao assigned tasks to everyone, thinking about how to wipe out these two hundred people at the least cost.

Jiang Bao suddenly had a new idea.

"Since Your Majesty wants to have a taste of being a knight-errant, it would be better to let some of them go and practice for His Majesty. As long as His Majesty is not besieged by many people, wouldn't it be better."

So, he redeployed the mission again.

The three guards with the best martial arts were left behind to protect Li Tian and others at all times, while the others went to ambush everywhere, waiting for the right time to catch these guys all at once.

……

Li Tian and the others should eat and play here, and they don't seem to be affected by the coming danger at all.

Ke Zhenbang's adoptive mother, after learning that Cuihong is the person Ke Zhenbang likes, has no intention of looking down on her.

Instead, she treats him as affectionately as her own daughter-in-law.

While Ke Zhenbang was not paying attention, the old lady found out from somewhere a bracelet that looked old and gave it to Cui Hong.

He also told her that this bracelet was worn by Ke Zhenbang's mother-in-law when she married into the Ke family.

It was she who managed to hide it secretly when the Ke family was ransacked and liquidated.

(End of this chapter)