Dongchang
"Jian Fangliang was born with a strange body. His heart is very different from ordinary people. He was born on the right side. This is the first time I have seen it!" Wang Zhangban was reporting to Yuan Dongxiang, and Liu Xin was sitting under Yuan Dongxiang.
Boss Wang looked at Liu Xin strangely. The latter was obviously wearing the Jinyiwei fish dragon suit (after returning to Dongchang, Liu Xin went to change into it, he was afraid that he would forget that he was a Jinyiwei), but his face was calm. Sitting quietly in the Dongchang Yamen, he seemed to be from Dongchang.
What's even stranger is...
Wang Zhangban glanced at Yuan Dongxiang, who had a calm face, and continued: "He has lost too much blood and has fallen into a coma, but his life is not in danger. He can rest for two days, but we don't know when he will wake up. ”
"Okay, you go down and rest. The injured brothers have a good rest. Come back when your injuries are healed!" Yuan Dongxiang ordered.
Manager Wang responded and left Yuan Dongxiang's duty room.
The room fell into silence...
After a long silence, Yuan Dongxiang frowned and looked at Liu Xinda:
"Liu Baihu, have you forgotten something?"
Liu Xin looked at Yuan Dongxiang in surprise and said: "Yuan Qianhu, you can actually see it. I also feel that I have forgotten something. It may be a key to the case!"
Yuan Dongxiang felt a few black lines hanging from his head, and he reminded: "This is the Dongchang Yamen!"
Liu Xin took a look at the surrounding environment, nodded and said: "The place here is a little smaller, after all, it is in the imperial city. But the decoration is quite exquisite, better than that of Jin Yiwei!"
"..."
Yuan Dongxiang felt that he could no longer beat around the bush with Liu Xin, and was about to open his mouth to drive people away when he heard Liu Xin say.
"Yuan Qianhu, are you trying to kill the donkey?" Liu Xin looked at Yuan Dongxiang with burning eyes.
Yuan Dongxiang looked at Liu Xin speechlessly, sighed and said, "I'm not that kind of person. I'm a soldier. I promise you a thousand pieces of gold!"
There was suspicion in Liu Xin's eyes: "Then why do you always remind me that this is Dongchang? Are you trying to drive me away?"
Yuan Dongxiang said with some embarrassment: "It's okay for you to stay here all the time. Liu Licheng should be waiting for your report!"
Liu Xin waved his hand and said: "It's better not to say anything. When I talk about this Liu Qianhu, I don't know how to deal with it. He took away all the captains from my Baihu Institute and left not a single soldier." I don’t know how to treat me when I go back now, so I might as well stay in Dongchang and hide away!”
There was a strange look on Yuan Dongxiang's face, and he said in a strange tone: "Are you afraid of him?"
From Wang Zhangban's secret reports and these contacts, it was not difficult for Yuan Dongxiang to see that Liu Xin's ability was actually inconsistent with what he showed. At least in front of Liu Licheng, what he showed was only his hidden ability level.
The source of the poison was found out from Liu Xin, and later it was discovered that the case might be related to the Northern Barbarians, and it was later confirmed that there were indeed shadows of the Northern Barbarians behind the Yuma Supervisor case.
For this reason, the Admiral and Yuan Dongxiang had a detailed discussion. If the Northern Barbarians were involved, then this case would not be trivial!
Also because of the escalation of the case, the Admiral made it clear that as long as there was meritorious service in this case, if the case goes well, the rewards will be substantial afterwards.
At that time, Yuan Dongxiang mentioned Liu Xin's existence, which left a little impression on the admiral.
In fact, the current powers of Dongchang and Jinyiwei are similar or even overlapping, but His Majesty the Emperor obviously trusts Dongchang more because Dongchang has Mi Yusong as its admiral.
Jinyiwei has been established for a long time, and there are many hills inside, and almost all sides have tentacles extending inside. As a result, Jin Yiwei is not unable to use it, but it is afraid to use it or reuse it!
It is also for this reason that after His Majesty the Emperor nodded, Mi Yusong directly stretched his hand into Jin Yiwei, causing the entire Nanzhen Fusi inside Jin Yiwei to be Mi Yusong's subordinates.
But because Nanzhen Fusi is nominally the department that monitors the internal affairs of Jinyiwei, there is not much resistance from the top and bottom of Jinyiwei.
But gradually, Mi Yusong is preparing to expand this part of the authority within Jinyiwei. Yuan Dongxiang is clear about this, and has even begun to transfer some of the key personnel of the East Factory to be promoted by Mi Yusong at any time.
Within Jinyiwei, Mi Yusong was also keeping an eye on people from Nanzhen Fusi, poaching people at any time.
Liu Xin is more like someone who took the initiative to embrace Yuan Dongxiang. After this period of contact, Yuan Dongxiang believes that Liu Xin meets the selection requirements, but further observation is needed.
After all, Liu Xin is from outside, and it has only been a few days since Liu Xin came to the imperial capital.
After thinking for a long time, Liu Xin interrupted Yuan Dongxiang's thoughts.
Liu Xindao: "Yuan Qianhu, I just suddenly remembered something."
As he spoke, Liu Xin took out a stack of letters from his arms and handed them to Yuan Dongxiang.
Yuan Dongxiang asked doubtfully: "This is it?"
Liu Xindao: "This is the communication letter between Gui Qinchen and Gui Wanqiu. There are not many, only four! I have been thinking about why Gui Wanqiu became the assassination target of the Northern Barbarians, and directly dispatched the Northern Barbarians to show their loyalty in the imperial capital. The strongest power seems to be inevitable!"
Yuan Dongxiang's expression immediately became solemn when he heard this. He looked at the letter in his hand, then seemed to remember something, raised his head and asked, "Besides you, was there a monk and a Taoist priest who saved Gui Wanqiu that day?"
Liu Xin nodded and said, "That's right, that monk and Taoist priest are quite advanced!"
Yuan Dongxiang nodded. The giant-like guy from the Northern Barbarians was already at the peak of his cultivation. He and Liu Licheng, two great masters, could only remain undefeated if they joined forces, and the latter obviously did not go all out.
A monk or a Taoist priest, if his cultivation is not shallow, he should come from those famous mountains where Buddhism and Buddhism are stolen.
This is a very unusual signal. Fortunately, the monk said that Zhengyang today is relatively tolerant towards Buddhism. After all, Buddhism contributed a lot to the restoration of the country. The Buddhist masters dispatched several top experts to help deal with many masters from the Northern Barbarian Kingdom.
But Taoism has been unknown for hundreds of years, and the reason is simple. The former Zhengyang state religion was Taoism. Although Zhengyang is still Zhengyang, the two sides are not of the same bloodline. Although they are both from the An family, they are two ancestors after all. I am the emperor now, and your lineage has been destroyed and has no right to appear.
Therefore, Taoism, the previous state religion, is not accepted by the current royal family. After all, Taoism and Buddhism are similar in nature, so it is enough to have one family.
In the past hundred years of Taoism, only a few famous Taoist priests have entered officialdom.
Now a Taoist priest with good cultivation has appeared in the imperial capital. Is this another Taoist master who has become an official, or does it indicate that Taoism will come back again?
Distracted thoughts flashed by. Taoist and Buddhist matters were none of Yuan Dongxiang's business. He just had to make sure not to omit anything when reporting to Mi Yusong, but what was really important was the letter in his hand.
The reason why the Northern Barbarians wanted to silence him must be because there were relevant clues about the Royal Horse Supervisor case.
Now that Jian Fangliang is still in a coma, the only clue may be in these letters.
So Yuan Dongxiang opened the letter without hesitation.
There are four letters in total, and the first one has the most words. It expresses longing after not having been in contact for several years, and mostly contains some greetings.
Like how are you, did you eat, did you eat well, and so on.
The second and third letters contained some exchanges between the two parties. One thing that Yuan Dongxiang was more concerned about was that Gui Wanqiu mentioned the Blue Clothes Club in the letter, a mafia organization in the imperial capital that he knew about. He even knew the relationship between the president of the Blue Clothes Club and Duke Jiangyin.
But what Jiangyin is planning is just a power struggle by the military. It is not a bad thing for Dongchang, and it is a good thing for the emperor.
Therefore, Dongchang only pays attention to this underworld organization.
When he saw the fourth letter, Yuan Dongxiang frowned involuntarily. Although Liu Xin read the letter, he didn't see anything. After all, he had not been in the imperial capital for a long time, and he was not very clear about many things, and he had not had time to talk with Senior Brother Cheng in detail. Therefore, he was not surprised that Yuan Dongxiang could see something.
"That's it!" Yuan Dongxiang suddenly became energetic and stood up, with a rare expression of excitement on his face.
Liu Xin raised his eyebrows and said, "What did you see?"
Yuan Dongxiang glanced at Liu Xinda: "You should have seen these letters."
Liu Xin nodded calmly.
Yuan Dongxiang continued to ask: "Did you not see anything?"
Liu Xin continued to nod.
Yuan Dongxiang smiled and said: "Normal!"
What's the meaning?
Liu Xin looked at Yuan Dongxiang in confusion, who had a hint of pride in his smile.
Why are you so proud? I don't understand what your smile means at all?
Fortunately, Yuan Dongxiang didn't mean to whet his appetite. He handed the fourth letter to Liu Xin and said, "Gui Wanqiu is the shopkeeper of Shuntian Gambling House, and he is half a gangster."
"Yuan Qianhu, you are behind the times. Gui Wanqiu is now a complete gang member!" Liu Xin suddenly interrupted. He did not read the letter because after reading it, he didn't see anything. It was just normal communication. , the kind between brother and sister.
Yuan Dongxiang was stunned and looked at Liu Xin with doubtful eyes.
Liu Xin suddenly smiled, his expression exactly the same as that of Yuan Dongxiang before, with a hint of meanness and a hint of pride. He paused and gave Yuan Dongxiang time to feel his smile before continuing: "Because Gui Wan Qiu has joined the Blue Club and became the vice-president!”
Yuan Dongxiang had a dark look on his face. After being silent for a long time, he asked, "When did it happen?"
He didn't even know about Gui Wanqiu's joining the Blue Clothes Club.
Liu Xin chuckled and said: "She joined the Blue Clothes Club yesterday, after the attack. You didn't receive the news because it was late at night after she joined the Blue Clothes Club and became the vice-president, and there was a curfew. I'll come right after it's over. Even if Dongchang receives the news, he won't have time to report it to you. After all, it's just a small matter."
The corner of Yuan Dongxiang's mouth twitched. This guy Liu Xin just wanted to take revenge. His proud smile made him unhappy, so he actually found a way to retaliate on the spot.
"It's really just a small thing!"
After ending the boring farce, Yuan Dongxiang continued: "There are many small tricks in the underworld, and among them are some ways of writing secret letters that ordinary people don't know. This fourth letter contains a section of content written in secret letters. "
Liu Xingyan picked up the letter again and read it carefully, but still found nothing.
When Yuan Dongxiang saw Liu Xin's confused look, he was immediately satisfied. He explained: "There is a passage hidden in Gui Qinchen's secret letter, which means that he learned from the civil servant and Fan An who contacted him From the exchange, we learned that they don’t have all the things they want. If you want to get a set of things, you may have to go to another place.”
After a pause, Yuan Dongxiang glanced to the west and said, "The civil servant should be Jian Fangliang. And that place is the Hanzhong Army Horse Farm!"
Liu Xin frowned and said doubtfully: "What you want is probably the secret of raising horses, right?"
Yuan Dongxiang nodded and said: "Yes, the eight horse-raising eunuchs are all from the Royal Horse Sect, but each of them has a different division of labor and each masters a part of the secret technique. I now feel that the eight horse-raising eunuchs are not the same. Not everyone is willing to cooperate with Jian Fangliang. After all, His Majesty the Emperor once promised that as long as the secret technique of raising horses is successful, he will let them go."
"It must be difficult!" Liu Xin interjected.
Yuan Dongxiang ignored Liu Xin and continued: "Under this premise, some people may take risks for money or other benefits, but I guess not everyone is like this, such as Gui Qinchen, who has been practicing hard for more than ten years , it seems that the purpose of cultivating the Dacheng realm of martial arts is for freedom. This can be clearly felt from the letters exchanged between him and Gui Wanqiu. Fan An may be the communication bridge between Jian Fangliang and the other seven horse-raising eunuchs. .”
It was a bit tiring to stand and talk. The key was that Liu Xin was sitting upright. Yuan Dongxiang felt that he was at a disadvantage, so he also sat down and then continued: "If it is written according to Gui Qinchen's secret letter, Jian Fangliang may not have obtained all the secret skills. . And this part of the content may be at the Hanzhong Military Horse Farm."
"Where is the Hanzhong Military Horse Farm?" Liu Xin asked as he didn't understand.
Yuan Dongxiang shook his head and said: "I only know that Hanzhong Military Horse Farm is the largest military horse farm in Zhengyang. It can supply more than 10,000 qualified horses to the military every year. Maybe the secret of horse breeding is close to success and has been decentralized to Hanzhong. The military horse farm is conducting large-scale experiments! I want to confirm this with the admiral!"
Liu Xin nodded, maybe that's the case.
The room fell into silence again
After a long time, Yuan Dongxiang stood up and said: "Liu Baihu, if you have nothing else to do, please feel free to do so. I have to go see the Admiral!"
Liu Xin looked at the sky outside and asked. Yuan Dongxiang's face suddenly fell.
"It's getting late. The one in charge of the food in Dongchang is right. I'll leave after dinner!"
——
In the evening of that day, Liu Xin, who had been absent from work after wandering around for a day, met Brother Cheng at the door of his home after a hard day's work.
"Where have you been this day?" Senior Brother Cheng asked: "Do you know that Yuan Dongxiang sent people to find you several times. It seems that there is something urgent. A few days ago, he tried every means to stay in Jinyiwei. What is going on today? I don't want to do it. Already?"
Liu Xin chuckled and said, "I'm hugging my thigh. If I hug you, Senior Brother Cheng will be waiting to eat and drink with me!"
"You're thinking shit!" Senior Brother Cheng suddenly said something vulgar: "You just hooked up with Dongchang Yuan Dongxiang."
"Hehe!" Liu Xin smiled and took Senior Brother Cheng's hand, and entered Liu's house together.
"Senior Brother Cheng, I'm just going to stop when you're ready. If you have a big thigh to hug you, why don't you hug me!"
Senior Brother Cheng spat: "You have become an eunuch, which doesn't sound good!"
"Senior Brother Cheng, I think you are jealous of me!"
"No way!"
"The admiral of Dongchang is Mi Yusong, and he is the master! Who among the master's disciples dares to say that he is an eunuch!"
"snort!"
"Did Liu Licheng make you angry today?"
"It's good to know!"
"Calm down, I got a lot of information today, let's talk while we eat?"
"What's wrong?"
"The Royal Horse Inspector's case is almost over!"
"really?"
"Seriously! Come on, let's talk about it in detail!"
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As night falls and the curfew approaches, pedestrians on the streets of the outer city begin their final sprint, rushing back to their old homes before the street cleaning drum sounds.
But there are always some people who have the privilege to still be able to walk on the streets after the curfew when the street cleaning drum sounds.
Shao Shiwang of Jinyiwei Qianhu is one of them.
Shao Shiwang was in a good mood today, because the gambling house's account books had been sent to his case, and the task was exceeded, and he could still draw a considerable sum of money from it.
Therefore, after he was relieved of duty, he called a few of his close men to gather at the famous Flower House and Mingyue House in the outer city.
There are four major flower towers in the imperial capital that are famous all over the world. One of them is called Huaiying Pavilion, the second is called Wangkong Terrace, the third is called Mingyue Pavilion, and the fourth is called Queqi Pavilion.
The four flower houses are connected by the same spirit, and it is said that they all have the same big boss behind the scenes.
Because of their great reputation and strong background, the four major flower houses never let anyone stay overnight, unless one of the courtesans takes the initiative.
However, the competition in the flower field is not only official position, but also appearance, financial resources, talents, etc.
Therefore, Shao Shiwang was not lucky enough to be appreciated by a certain oiran, so he had to leave Mingyue House before the curfew.
Shao Shiwang, who had drunk a lot of wine, was feeling dizzy and dozing off in the sedan chair.
suddenly
Shao Shiwang opened his eyes, and his originally blurry eyes suddenly woke up. Then he threw forward suddenly, the car made a pop sound, and an arrow pierced the car and penetrated the body of a bearer in front. Finally, Insert deeply into the ground!
Shao Shiwang suddenly jumped out from the sedan curtain, stood up, and glanced at the arrow feathers that were still shaking, his eyes serious.
He actually encountered an assassination attempt in the imperial capital city!
He has a title and can establish his own escort, but his title is relatively low and the number of escorts cannot exceed forty-eight people. At this time, there are only six people following him.
After all, there are as many earls as dogs in the imperial capital, and marquises are everywhere. Everyone has to keep a low profile, otherwise what will you do if you are an eyesore to others?
Although there are only six guards, the strength of these six people is first-class.
The Jin Yiwei belongs to the public, and the escort team belongs to him. Of course, Shao Shiwang spends more on his own family, not only in money, but also in energy!
Shao Shiwang once spent a lot of money to obtain a combined attack technique. Six people is the minimum number of people required. Six-person combined attack technique can increase combat effectiveness.
Shao Shiwang tried it himself. He could handle the combined attack of six people and was barely defeated by the combined attack of twelve people. However, when faced with the combined attack of twenty-four people, which was the highest configuration of this combined attack method, he could not survive even thirty moves. .
The combined attack of six people is comparable to the pinnacle of Xiaocheng!
And because there are six people, the endurance is far better than one.
