"Jinyiwei!"
It seemed that these three words had some magic power. After the tall scholar muttered and repeated these three words, his expression suddenly changed and his whole face turned pale.
The other five scholars also understood one after another, and when they looked at Liu Xin, they noticed the fish-dragon suit on Liu Xin's body.
Liu Xin smiled and said to the six of them, "What are you doing here?"
"I, I, I...I'll wait here...drink...drink!" The tall scholar stuttered.
"Oh~" Liu Xin walked in, walked around the six people at the table, and said in a long tone:
"What kind of crime is it for an arrogant scholar to make arrogant comments about government affairs? What kind of crime is it for an arrogant scholar to organize the East Factory and the royal guards?"
After completing the circle, Liu Xin returned to his original position, leaning against the door, looking at the six scholars with a half-smile. The tall scholar originally stood up, but then his legs weakened and he fell down again.
At this time, a short and fat scholar beside him stood up. His expression was as usual. It seemed that Liu Xin's appearance made him get rid of the alcohol quickly, but it was also possible that this was also a martial arts practitioner who could use Internal forces disperse the alcohol.
"You are a Jin Yiwei, and you cannot fabricate crimes for others at will. Besides, you are only one person, and there are six of us. If you talk nonsense, who will believe you!"
"You are confident, you are not like ordinary scholars!" Liu Xin looked at this man leisurely, and this short and fat scholar was actually the only one among the six who attracted Liu Xin and entered here.
He just asked the captain to investigate the information of the people in this room, and he found it quickly. This made Liu Xin sigh, professional is still professional. So he learned that there was a man named Lu Caiming in this room. He is a student of the Imperial College.
Of course, the other five were also supervisors of the Imperial College, but Lu Caiming's identity was different. His given name was Longchang, and he was the youngest son of Siye Lu Zengyi, the second-in-command of the Imperial College.
This Lu Zengyi is also on the list in Liu Xin's hands. This person is a staunch Zhenwen Party, that is, a group of people who want to revitalize literati and restore the importance of civil servants. And in this group, his status is not low.
"We are all students of the Imperial College. Students of the Imperial College have the right to discuss state affairs. We are not ordinary literati!" Lu Caiming's voice was loud and calm. His father was an official of the Imperial College and had a certain status among civil servants. He also If he has not committed any crime, he is naturally not afraid of Jin Yiwei.
"Haha, well, since you are all Imperial College students, of course the first one does not apply to you. But what about the second one, slandering Dongchang and Jinyiwei. Although I can't do anything to you, in the future Dongchang and Jinyiwei will have to do something. I’ll take good care of you!”
"You!" Lu Caiming was a little panicked at this time, because as Liu Xin said, although he couldn't do anything to them obviously, there were so many things that Dongchang and Jinyiwei could do secretly. .
"You're talking nonsense. When did we slander...Dongchang Jinyiwei!" Lu Caiming's eyes wandered around, thinking of countermeasures.
Liu Xin clapped his hands, and behind him were naturally several captains. The flag officer also had the restaurant manager and a waiter beside him.
After waving his hand, Liu Xin let these people out again, and then he continued to smile and said: "Look, I have witnesses, and the crooked poem you just made is also physical evidence. With these, doesn't it count as slander!"
Lu Caiming's face turned pale again, but suddenly he seemed to remember something, and his face became excited again, and he said:
"It doesn't matter if you have witnesses. When did we talk about Dongchang and Jinyiwei of this dynasty? What we are discussing is the affairs of the previous dynasty. What's the crime?"
Liu Xin's face seemed to be stunned, and Lu Caiming caught it, and his expression became more natural, and the fear subsided: "Huh, as a Jin Yiwei, do you want to slander me at will? You also said that what I did was Crooked poetry, how can you know the quality of poetry if you are so reckless? I’m afraid you don’t even know what poetry is!”
When Lu Caiming said this, he actually felt that he had successfully counterattacked Liu Xin, the royal guard. Secondly, his father was a well-known person among civil servants and was quite prestigious among scholars. With this status, he could not Afraid of this Jin Yiwei, he naturally had to show off in front of his classmates.
Liu Xin found it funny, and it was indeed a bit troublesome to talk to the literati, but it was enough. He was just here to pave the way for something in the future.
Then he snorted coldly and said with an angry look on his face: "I already know the origins of you people, and I will report this matter later. In any case, you have done it to make irresponsible remarks about Jinyi Weidong Factory, and there is no way to deny it. And you keep saying something about vulgar martial arts. If word gets out about this, I wonder what you should do. And you, a little fat guy, do nothing but crooked poetry. What I do is better than yours!"
Lu Caiming felt a little uneasy when he heard that the identities of several people were known to each other. I also know that some words cannot be denied. Even if it won't be a big deal, it may cause some trouble. But when I heard the end, I was first insulted by the word "little fat man", and then laughed at again that what I wrote was a crooked poem, but the anger in my heart was aroused, and at this time I didn't care anymore:
"You! Who are you? Do you dare to tell me your name? Since you said that your poems are better than mine, you might as well make one and see!"
Liu Xin smiled. He had achieved his goal, so he might as well give them a wonderful poem:
"Listen up, I don't want to change my name, I don't want to change my surname, I am one of the hundred households in Wenxuanfang, Liu Xin! Since you want to listen to my wonderful poem, I will give you one, so listen carefully!"
"Si Xiaosi and Shi Xiaoshi go to the market on April 14th."
Lu Caiming: "What a mess..."
"Si Xiaosi bought forty-four pounds and four ounces of tomatoes, and Shi Xiaoshi bought fourteen pounds and four ounces of fine silk."
Lu Caiming "..."
"Si Xiaosi wants to exchange forty-four pounds and four ounces of tomatoes for Shi Xiaoshi's fourteen pounds and four ounces of fine silk."
"Shi Xiaoshi is not willing to exchange fourteen pounds and four ounces of fine silk for Si Xiaosi's forty-four pounds and four ounces of tomatoes."
Lu Caiming "..."
After saying this, Liu Xin was also out of breath. He took a deep breath and then slowly finished: "Does Si Xiaosi want to buy Western silk or Shi Xiaoshi wants to buy tomatoes?"
Lu Caiming and the other six stood there blankly looking at each other. Someone murmured to himself: "Persimmon... what kind of persimmon?"
Liu Xin looked at the six people in surprise and said, "No way, no way, is this poem too profound? You don't even know tomatoes, but they are persimmons. Don't you scholars claim to know everything about the world? How can you not even mention it?" Don’t you know this? Why don’t I compose a simpler poem and send it to you as well!”
The six people were all surprised. They had not yet recovered from their previous confusion, but now they heard that the Hundred Households of Jinyiwei wanted to compose another poem?
There were countless horses galloping past in the six people's hearts, but they heard Liu Xin's voice slowly ring out with a bit of heroism:
"Light a lamp in the house, and there is a pit under the lamp.
There is an onion growing on the edge of the pit, and a nail is driven into the onion.
An eagle is hung on the nail, and a bow is hung on the eagle's neck.
Suddenly a gust of wind blew,
Scraped out the lamps and leveled the pits,
The onions were scraped down, the nails were scraped off,
The eagle flew away and the bow was taken away. "
Looking at the six people who were at a loss, Liu Xin let out a breath, then smiled casually, turned around and left.
Haha, the nail has been buried, just waiting for some magical effects to happen in the future.
Some of the episodes here were just trivial matters to Liu Xin. After lunch, Liu Xin stopped patrolling the streets. After doing such things once, he lost interest and was unwilling to do them.
Whenever he arrived at the door of a shop, the little flag officer would go up and say how good the goods were. In less than a few words, the shopkeeper would come up with the money and blatantly hand it to the little flag officer. The little flag officer would collect it. He turned around and left without saying a word, and went to Liu Xin to ask for credit. Liu Xin really didn't like this, but there was nothing he could do about it.
After returning to the Hundred Household Office, the four general banners came with the organized personnel information. Liu Xin took it and put it on the desk without intending to read it immediately, which made the four general banners feel relieved.
When it was time to go off duty, Liu Xin looked at the sky and saw a large rain cloud covering the area. It was expected that there would be a heavy rain soon.
The rain in summer is the most ferocious, but it comes and goes quickly. The weather has not yet reached its hottest, so this heavy rain will probably bring a lot of coolness.
Liu Xin, who was doing nothing here, waiting for the time to go off duty, turned his eyes and saw a lieutenant in the corridor rushing towards him. It seemed that there was something urgent. Before the lieutenant could get close to Liu Xin, Then he shouted:
"Liu Baihu! Master Qianhu is urgently calling. He ordered Master Baihu to rush to the imperial city with his men. Something happened again!"
Liu Xin frowned, something happened again in the imperial city!
Because it was an urgent order from Qianhu, of course there was nothing important to do at this time. I sent someone to summon the personnel from Baihu Office. At this time, the captains patrolling the streets outside were also back, which saved a lot of trouble.
Immediately afterwards, Liu Xin rushed to the imperial city with more than a hundred people from Baihusuo. At this time, the sky had begun to drizzle, but the sky was extremely gloomy and it might turn into a downpour at any time.
More than a hundred people rushed towards the Imperial City with rustling footsteps, but Liu Xin was thinking about it. The cases in the Imperial City were basically handled by Dongchang, but whether it was the last case or today, they all found Jin Yiwei, this is actually unusual.
Liu Xin actually only knew a rough idea of the last case. It seemed that two eunuchs were murdered. It was important because such a case happened in the imperial city, not the identity of the eunuchs.
I just don’t know what this case will be like.
On the way from Baihusuo to the Imperial City, the light rain turned into heavy rain, and everyone was drowned. Fortunately, everyone had some martial arts skills, and their bodies were stronger than the common people. Although the summer rain was cold at this time, There wasn't much cold, so it wouldn't make them sick.
The rain gradually became thicker, and the sky quickly darkened. It was originally only dusk, but when Liu Xin arrived at the imperial city, the lights were already on because it was too dark.
Being led all the way inside, this was Liu Xin's first time going deep into the imperial city.
The guide took them to the imperial city, where the eunuchs and maids lived. The place was not small, as big as half a square in the inner city, but the number of people living there was several times denser than that in the inner city! After all, it has been hundreds of years since the imperial city was built. Although it has been repaired dozens of times, the area has not changed. No one cares about the residences of servants such as eunuchs and maids. Therefore, this place is not only small, but also old. Some houses look like It has become an antique and has a history of hundreds of years...
At this time, the place has been garrisoned by Jin Yiwei, with five steps and one post. From time to time, Jin Yiwei and people wearing other costumes come and go.
As an official of a hundred households, Liu Xin was led to a remote courtyard. The gate of the courtyard was guarded by Jin Yiwei and a group of Dongchang fans wearing gray-brown military robes, pointed hats, and white leather boots.
After checking the waist badge, Liu Xin was able to enter. After passing through the corridor, in a hall, Liu Xin saw a group of upper-level Jinyi guards standing. Kou Gang, Liu Licheng and others were there. In addition, there was a eunuch and a man from Dongchang Qianhu who was wearing a brown shirt, a round hat and soap boots. These senior officials formed two circles there, each exchanging something. .
According to Liu Xin's knowledge, the Dongchang is in charge of a guarding eunuch in each province, and there are one eunuch in charge of the Thousand Households and one in charge of the Hundred Households. Because of their different powers, the one Thousand Households and one Hundred Households are in charge. In terms of authority, he is equivalent to the commander of Jinyiwei, and his weight is quite considerable.
And this Dongchang Qianhu in the imperial capital is named Yuan Dongxiang. He is Mi Yusong's confidant. I heard that he was transferred from the army and is very capable. As for the eunuch, Liu Xin didn't care. Except for Mi Yusong, the other eunuchs could not be said to be useless, they could only be said to be mediocre.
When Liu Licheng saw Liu Xin come in, of course he would not introduce him to the people here, but just called him aside and gave him some instructions.
It turns out that today's case was the same as the previous one, in that a eunuch died, but this time the situation escalated.
The reason is that this is the third eunuch who has died this year, and more importantly, these three people are all on duty in the Royal Horse Prison. Although the previous two times were full of suspicions, due to the long time interval, the investigation The focus is still here in Dongchang. Now that the third one has died, His Majesty the Emperor was furious, so he asked the Jin Yiwei to completely intervene in the investigation.
After receiving the order, Liu Xin hurriedly left the yard and led his people to the location arranged by Liu Licheng. Their mission was to search the area for any traces of someone infiltrating.
The commander-in-chief Guo Yong came to Liu Xin. He had just gone to inquire about the news with the acquaintance Jin Yiwei, so he came to report to Liu Xin.
From the news Guo Yong inquired about, Liu Xin learned that Jin Yiwei's participation this time was actually His Majesty the Emperor, who was directly requested by Mi Yusong, the Admiral of the East Factory, and then His Majesty the Emperor personally approved the matter. Originally, His Majesty the Emperor had planned to do so. It was treated as an internal incident, but once Jin Yiwei was involved, the situation expanded, and the scope of the investigation was not limited to the interior of the imperial city.
When Guo Yong inquired about the news, the Jinyi guards said that Mi Yusong was shirking responsibility, but Liu Xin didn't see it that way. Mi Yusong occupies a large space in his intelligence. Judging from this intelligence, Mi Yusong is definitely not a person who shirks his responsibilities.
On the contrary, he is a person who likes to take the initiative to take responsibility. Now even he wants to push this case out. Liu Xin feels that the greater possibility is that this case involves something beyond Mi Yusong's control. The source of this problem may be It came from Dongchang, so Jin Yiwei was asked to investigate. In this way, interference from within the East Factory can be avoided as much as possible.
At this time, Liu Xin discovered that Guo Yong and others were quite capable of inquiring about information. This could be regarded as one of the benefits of their age. At this time, Liu Xin felt that these middle-aged uncles could still play a lot of roles. His previous thinking might be that there was an age gap between them.
The area Liu Xin was responsible for was just outside the place where the eunuch was killed. The location where the crime occurred is actually a relatively tight place. This is the breeding area of the Royal Horse Supervisor. One of the Royal Horse Supervisor's responsibilities is to raise horses, and breeding is the top priority.
Because the Zhengyang Kingdom and the Northern Barbarians have been fighting each other for hundreds of years, and going back further, the history of fighting between the Han people and the Northern Barbarians even lasts for thousands of years. Zhengyang had a strong and clear understanding of the Northern Barbarian cavalry. It's just that no matter how well the horses are cultivated in Zhengyang, they can't compare with the horses that grow up randomly on the northern barbarian grasslands.
During the Kangyang Dynasty, Emperor Kangyang ordered the Royal Horse Supervisor to start research on horses. They paired different horse breeds. He also collected a lot of folk secrets on raising horses and studied them secretly in the Royal Horse Prison in the imperial city.
After all, there are rarely spies hanging around in the Northern Barbarians. If the horses were kept outside, they would be extremely vulnerable to spying and destruction.
As luck would have it, the three eunuchs who were killed came from a martial arts sect that raised horses among the people. It was a sect in the north that was good at raising horses, but their methods were too refined and could not be used extensively. Bred good horses in batches. But Emperor Kangyang didn't care about this. As long as there was a method, even if it couldn't be used, he could just research and improve it.
Emperor Kangyang believed that things done were better than things not done. This was the reason why Emperor Kangyang had undergone many changes in the court during his twenty-nine years in office.
Emperor Kangyang brought this small sect to the imperial capital. In order to keep it secret, he castrated all their core members into eunuchs and studied them secretly in the Royal Horse Prison for more than ten years.
There seemed to be some progress recently. Emperor Xuyang also received the news and was looking forward to it. But after this development, people began to die. The only thing found in Dongchang now is that the murderer should come from within the imperial city. Because since the first two eunuchs were killed, the imperial city has become much more tightly guarded. Many of the imperial city's worship masters have also appeared on the edge of the imperial city, constantly patrolling. The possibility of outsiders intruding is extremely slim, let alone three times. Entering and leaving three times, you can do it without being noticed.
But the murderer killed these three eunuchs, and there were no signs of intrusion around the place where the crime occurred. It was also strange when the three eunuchs were killed. These people usually gather together. The moments when these three people were killed happened when everyone was temporarily dispersed and everyone happened to be alone.
The three dead people themselves had some martial arts skills, but they were still killed quietly. The requirements for killers' martial arts skills were also relatively high. Dongchang made a judgment that the person who killed the eunuch should at least be a master of Dacheng Realm, otherwise he would not be able to kill so cleanly and neatly without leaving any traces.
But there is no such person in the Royal Horse Prison. Because it was immediately determined that the murderer came from within, the focus of the investigation was naturally also within the interior, especially the Royal Horse Prison.
But Dongchang checked carefully and found no such person. All the masters in the imperial city have their names, and there are records of where they are at every moment and what they do. These people have alibi certificates.
In terms of technique, because the murderer moved swiftly and almost always killed with one blow, there were no other clues except that the murder weapon was a knife.
At this time, the case has entered a dead end. Dongchang has made no achievements here and has been angrily reprimanded by His Majesty the Emperor several times.
Therefore, when Liu Licheng assigned tasks to Liu Xin, he repeatedly told him to be careful.
Liu Xin led everyone from hundreds of households and began to inspect the courtyard walls, grass and other locations inch by inch.
There are warrior battalions guarding both inside and outside the Royal Horse Prison. This warrior battalion is actually the garrison force in the imperial city. They are completely loyal to His Majesty the Emperor. All of them are people who have been in Kyoto for several generations and know everything about it. There is no doubt about the loyalty of these people. There are also masters in the warrior camp. Qianhu, who is responsible for guarding the royal horses, has also arrived and gathered with Kou Gang and the others.
The search was fruitless all night, but fortunately the rain stopped in the middle of the night. In the early morning, Liu Xin and his men finally searched the area, but found nothing. Especially this heavy rain, many possible clues were washed away.
When he came to the courtyard to return to his life, he found that the atmosphere here was extremely solemn. When he came to Liu Licheng to inform him of his results, he was shocked by a piece of news from Liu Licheng.
Just last night, when everyone in the Royal Horse Prison was under strict guard, two more eunuchs were killed. This time, they were poisoned!
And these two eunuchs, like the previous three eunuchs, all come from the small sect that has the secret skill of raising horses, and there are only three eunuchs left who have this in common!
The case has been upgraded!
