The eleventh year of Xuyang, July 30th
Since Chen Nianji was kidnapped by the mysterious warrior the day before yesterday, Ban Wei, the commander of the Hanzhong Guard, sent two hundred soldiers to protect the Chen Mansion. At the same time, there was a manhunt all over the city, and there was a lot of noise, but no one was found.
This afternoon, Luo Fu was first invited by Chen Nianji's father and fellow prefect Chen An. When they got there, they saw Ban Wei sitting at the top, with a gun and a stick in his tone, accusing him of being useless as a member of the Jinyi Guard Qianhu. He couldn't even find a murderer, so he probably had escaped from the city long ago.
After being reprimanded, and because the official was a senior official, Luo Fu had no choice but to endure it. When he returned to Qianhu Station, he hacked his desk with a knife. Several clerks and school lieutenants were too frightened to speak out.
In the evening, the Qianhu Office had already posted its duty, and Luo Fu was drinking alone in the duty room.
Suddenly, Luo Fu put down his wine glass and looked out the door warily. With the keen perception of a Dacheng realm warrior, someone seemed to have broken in.
snort! What kind of gangster dares to enter Jinyiwei?
This thought flashed across Rover's mind first, and the next moment his face turned solemn, and he had a guess.
He stood up to get the knife and came to the door. Sure enough, it was Liu Xin.
Liu Xin did not bring a knife, but carried a sword at his waist. Although the Xiuchun knife cut off Luo Fuxian's knife, it was almost broken, so Liu Xin discarded it afterwards.
He has been busy these two days. He contacted the secret investigation team hidden in Hanzhong Mansion. To Liu Xin's delight, the leader of the secret investigation team in Hanzhong Mansion turned out to be Chai Junfeng.
A disciple of the Tianzi generation of the Holy Sect, nicknamed Bai Shitong.
What's even more coincidental is that Chai Junfeng, as a disciple of the inner sect Tianzi, is in charge of the secret investigation team in Yifu. It can be said that he is overqualified, and his purpose is actually aimed at Chen Nianji.
From Chai Junfeng, Liu Xin learned many secrets.
Among them is how Chen Nianji became the adopted son of the Duke of Qin.
Twenty years ago, a snowstorm occurred in the northwest grasslands, and one hundred thousand Northern Barbarian cavalry went south to attack Dingbeiguan.
At that time, Tuoba Yunhan, who was the guard general of Dingbeiguan, led his army to attack. He was ambushed in a valley in Beiman and was surrounded and suppressed by an army of 50,000 people, while Tuoba Yunhan only had 10,000 people.
At the critical moment of life and death, Chen Ji, one of Tuoba Yunhan's soldiers, was hit by nine arrows and suffered numerous wounds and cracked helmets. He only ran for forty-two miles in one breath. After using up his breath, he notified the Dingbeiguan garrison.
Thousands of horses galloped through Dingbeiguan, and Tuoba Yunhan was rescued.
Tuoba Yunhan later expressed his gratitude to his soldiers for their loyalty and bravery, and personally supported the coffin and walked forty-two miles to send Chen Ji home for burial.
Chen Ji's family only has an old mother and a nerdy cousin. The entire Chen family has only one descendant, the son of the nerdy cousin, who is also Chen Ji's nephew.
Later, a good story came out: When Chen Ji's mother asked about Chen Ji's situation at that time, she couldn't stop crying, and she went blind from crying.
She asked, "General, is my son brave?"
Tuoba Yunhan's eyes were filled with tears and he replied:
"Champion the three armies bravely!"
Tuoba Yunhan was young and vigorous at the time. Because of this scene, he adopted Chen Ji's twelve-year-old nephew as his adopted son on the spot and changed his name to Chen Nianji.
Later, Tuoba Yunhan made many military exploits, promoted the hereditary earls to dukes, and became a military boss.
Chen Nianji also followed Tuoba Yunhan when he was young, practicing martial arts hard and achieving some success. Later, Tuoba Yunhan went to war and had less control. Until Tuoba Yunhan was promoted to Duke of Qin, many people began to fawn over Chen An, Chen Nianji and his son.
Chen An went from a down-and-out scholar to the current magistrate.
Chen Nianji was also transferred from the border army to Jinyiwei and became a hundred households.
In order to curry favor with the Duke of Qin, the Hanzhong government tried their best to express their kindness to the father and son, which finally gave birth to Chen Nianji and his son, who now despise the law and are lawless.
Chai Junfeng did not tell Liu Xin about his mission. It was a sect secret and could not be disclosed without the sect leader's personal order.
And Liu Xin did not inform Chai Junfeng of his identity as a Jin Yiwei. Although this identity could not be hidden afterwards, he could not take the initiative to reveal it.
Chai Junfeng fully satisfied Liu Xin's request. In two days, he found hundreds of pieces of evidence against Chen Nianji. Liu Xin knew that Chai Junfeng should have been checking Chen Nianji for a long time, otherwise no matter how powerful the covert investigation team was, they would not be able to find so much detailed information in two days.
With these evidences, Liu Xin quickly figured out the situation in Hanzhong Mansion.
Although there are many people in Hanzhong Mansion who help, condone, and cling to Chen Nianji and his son, there are also some people who choose to protect themselves and ignore what is going on outside the window.
Jin Yiwei Qianhu Luo Fuxian is one of them who protects himself wisely.
Therefore, Liu Xin decided to use Luo Fuxian as a breakthrough point, and he wanted to capture Chen Nianji fair and square!
Liu Xin and Luo Fu first faced off at a distance of more than ten meters. Neither of them spoke. For a warrior with a high level of cultivation, many of his words were hidden in his Qi.
Luo Fuxian could clearly feel Liu Xin's fighting intention, not the killing intention, which surprised him slightly. However, in the face of the fighting intention, Luo Fuxian's dignity as a warrior, who was also in the Dacheng realm, was also aroused, and the same excited fighting intention was in his body. Table condensation.
Luo Fu first started as a casual cultivator and then joined the army. Later, after he had reached a certain level of cultivation, he was transferred to the imperial capital to join the Imperial Guard. Due to the opening of a large number of cultivation classics in Emperor Wu City, Luo Fu's first cultivation level improved quickly, and he was successfully promoted to the Dacheng realm, and then he was released as a thousand households.
It has been three years since he left the imperial capital, and it has been even longer since he left the battlefield. Luo Fuxian has not been able to feel the boiling blood in his body for a long time.
Zheng!
The long sword was unsheathed and made a vibrating sound similar to the roar of a dragon.
Liu Xin's sword was given to him by Chai Junfeng. It was produced by the Holy Sect. According to the current level of weapons, it should be the imperial level. Today's warriors divide their weapons and equipment into four levels, from high to low: Jingjue, Imperial, Standard and Master.
As the name implies, the grade of the items given by the Emperor is absolutely top-grade!
Jinyiwei's embroidered spring knife belongs to the standard type and is produced by the workshop of Fusi in Nanzhen. Its quality is slightly higher than that produced by the Gongbu workshop.
The sword light flashed like a thunderbolt, landing in Luo Fuxian's eyes. It was like a thin line that quickly drew closer from far to near, targeting his neck.
Luo Fu first raised the sword, put the blade on his shoulder, and stepped forward with his shoulders down. This is a defensive move commonly used in the military to release strength. On the battlefield, infantry may encounter the impact of cavalry. Turning around and running away is a fatal solution. So the only way to survive is to vent the impact of the cavalry as much as possible.
The swords struck each other, and a heavy force fell on Luo Fuxian's shoulder. This force was not too heavy for Luo Fuxian. He raised the strength of his waist, raised the blade, blocked the sword edge, and turned his body accordingly. , the blade rotated in a circle above the head and slashed down!
This set of movements was almost engraved in his bones by Luo Fu. When he used it, he didn't use his brain at all. It relied entirely on the inertia of the body's memory, so he performed it smoothly and without any signs of changing his moves.
call!
The knife cut through the air, bringing up a strong wind.
Luo Fu was slightly surprised. Liu Xin was so fast, like a light swan goose. He retreated two or three feet away. Liu Xin tapped his toes on the ground, stopped his retreat, and continued to charge forward the next moment.
"Thunder drink!"
The first swordsmanship of the righteous path came from a disciple of the Holy Sect who was astonishingly talented a hundred and ten years ago. After pursuing thunder for more than ten years, he found inspiration from the Heavenly Thunder Avenue and created the Thunder Drinking Swordsmanship!
As if there was thunder in his ears, Luo Fuxian's eyes were horrified. The two sides only exchanged two or three moves, but the other party actually directly used this kind of swordsmanship. This must be a top martial arts skill.
Only top martial arts in the hands of top warriors will produce some strange phenomena.
The sound of thunder just sounded in Luo Fuxian's ears, and Luo Fuxian had already changed his moves. This time he did not use defense, but used offense to attack.
"The sky is filled with gold!"
When the sword came out, the light of the sword shattered, just like the stars all over the sky flashing bright starlight at the same time.
The sword light broke into the starlight like thunder. Wherever the sword light passed, the starlight was destroyed!
Ding!
Cold sweat broke out on Luo Fu's temples. He blocked it with his knife. The tip of Liu Xin's sword was pressed against his throat. If he hadn't used the kind of thick knife he used in the army, he would have been killed by the knife. .
Liu Xin put his sword against Luo Fuxian's blade, appeared at this moment, and spoke for the first time:
"Is this the Heavenly Sword Technique?"
Luo Fu didn't expect that the other party actually knew this martial arts technique. The latter was so young and already so powerful. Luo Fu couldn't help but guess the origin of the other party in his heart.
Definitely not an ordinary person!
Luo Fu didn't answer first. He struck preemptively. The sword wind was dull and had a strong sense of oppression.
The knives used in the military generally have thick blades. This is because a war is destined to not end in a short time, and a thick blade can ensure continuity.
Luo Fuxian had already mobilized his internal energy, and the strong internal energy was injected into the blade, causing heavy pressure and suction on his blade.
Liu Xin felt that his sword was vaguely attracted by the opponent's sword, but he did not panic at all. The sword's momentum changed and it moved in circles like a millstone.
Luo Fuxian's sword technique, which is as stable as Mount Tai, was discovered by himself. The sword is not fast, but it is extremely stable. He relies on his strong internal strength to win. But he never expected that Liu Xin would change his sword power almost at the same time as he changed his moves. The feeling of the sword moves was exactly the same as his sword technique.
The swords of both sides seemed to be cast together, and the relationship between them was unbreakable.
The two were in a stalemate and turned into a tug-of-war. However, according to Luo Fuxian's perception, his strong internal strength was being worn away bit by bit by the opponent's sword. According to this trend, he would eventually lose.
But the more times like this, the less anxious it is. Whoever withdraws first will suffer a blow from the other party that threatens the situation. Luo Fuxian believed that Liu Xin was stronger than him. If he retreated first, he would really have no chance at all.
He certainly couldn't stop the opponent's powerful attack.
The two sides are going back and forth, just like tug of war, you are going back and forth in the field.
At a certain moment, the two of them exerted their strength at the same time, froze in place, and began to wrestle.
Luo Fu first felt that every step he took fell into Liu Xin's calculations, because almost at the same time as he changed his moves, Liu Xin would also change his moves. Both sides had been using similar moves. This competition was about the strength of their internal strength.
But how dare Liu Xin compete with him? After all, he has been practicing for more than thirty years, and Liu Xin looks like he is only in his early twenties.
It's a pity that Luo Fu first thought that he had overestimated Liu Xin's identity. In fact, it was not the case. If Luo Fu first guessed that Liu Xin was in the atmosphere, then Liu Xin's true level was actually high in the universe.
This has a lot to do with vision. In the world, there are only a few sects that have been passed down for many years and have a profound foundation. Among them, there are not many amazing and talented people in each family.
Liu Xin is the senior brother of the Holy Sect. He is only slightly stronger than the others in the sect, but when faced with ordinary warriors in the arena, he is simply a dimensionality-reducing blow.
Liu Xin was in his early twenties, and his internal strength was actually even higher than Luo Fuxian's. Since childhood, he has been eating treasures from heaven and earth, practicing top-notch techniques, and having the best warriors to help guide him on the path of cultivation. He has almost never made any detours.
Luo Fuxian and Liu Xin were in a stalemate for nearly a stick of incense. Luo Fuxian could not see the hope of victory, and he couldn't help but feel anxious. He immediately broke the situation first, put away his sword, returned to defense, and prepared to face the impact. As long as he blocked this offensive move, he would still have a chance.
It's a pity that Liu Xin wouldn't give him a chance. He thrust forward with his long sword, not even much slower than Lei Yin. Instead, he consumed less internal energy, so he struck out faster.
laugh!
A sharp sound of breaking through the air rang in his ears. Before he could lift the knife in his hand, Luo Fuxian only felt a piece of coldness on his neck. It was Liu Xin's sword blade, sticking tightly to Luo Fuxian's skin.
"Luo Qianhu, I accept the concession!"
There was not much murderous intent in Liu Xin's tone, which made Luo Fuxian, who was worried, feel a little at ease.
Liu Xin sheathed his sword, then took out a token and threw it to Luo Fuxian.
Luo Fu was confused for a while, then subconsciously took it.
It was a thick metal token with a familiar touch. The next moment, Rover raised the token and looked at it intently.
There are six characters engraved on the front of the token: Jinyi Nanzhen Fusi
Turning to the back, there is an incised fish and dragon pattern, which is the same as the fish and dragon pattern on Jinyiwei's fish and dragon suit.
Luo Fu suddenly raised his head and looked at Liu Xin.
There are thousands of households in Fusi, Nanzhen, and they are guarded by royal guards!
"You...are you Qianhu from Nanzhen Fusi?" Luo Fuxian couldn't believe it. When did Nanzhen Fusi have such a young Qianhu? He had only been away from the imperial capital for three years. In these three years, had he not only been abandoned? As time passed, even Jin Yiwei's best ability to catch wind and shadows was lost. He got information about the imperial capital once every three days, but there was no news about the person in front of him at all.
Liu Xin nodded silently.
Regarding Liu Xin's identity, there was no direct announcement within Jinyiwei. After all, this position should be officially awarded after Liu Xin completed his mission and returned. It was mainly promoted in advance to facilitate the handling of the case, but the official official document has not yet been issued.
The intelligence passed to Luo Fuxian contained some information disclosed by Jin Yiwei. Naturally, he was unaware of these undisclosed information.
Liu Xin didn't waste any time and threw another token over. This time it was a smaller jade token.
Luo Fuxian was startled and made a guess. He took it and saw that it was indeed the Dongchang Token.
Of course he knew that Nanzhen Fusi was actually the department of the East Factory Admiral and was completely outside the control of the Jinyiwei commander. But it doesn't mean that people from Nanzhen Fusi can get Dongchang's token.
This time, Luo Fuxian was even more shocked.
This young man is not only a Qianhu of Fusi in Nanzhen, but also has the token of Dongchang, which shows that his identity is not just a Qianhu.
Could it be that he was sent by the superiors to investigate Chen Nianji?
But isn't Chen Nianji going to be transferred to the imperial capital as a Qianhu?
By the way, transferred to the Imperial Capital!
For all Jin Yiwei from other places who want to be transferred to the imperial capital for promotion, Nanzhen Fusi will send someone to conduct an on-site investigation and make the appointment directly after confirming that they are correct.
Because Luo Fuxian had been messing around and paid little attention to Chen Nianji's affairs, he forgot this important matter.
When he looked at Liu Xin again, Luo Fu had figured out everything before. No wonder Liu Xin took action the day before yesterday and didn't hurt anyone. He is not the Jianghu knight that everyone in Hanzhong Mansion guessed, but Nanzhen Fusi! He is here to investigate Chen Nianji!
Luo Fuxian felt both fear and joy in his heart at this moment. The fear was that he had helped Chen Nianji the day before yesterday. If Liu Xin went to the imperial capital to join him, he might not be able to keep his position in Qianhu. What is gratifying is that this young Nanzhen Fusi Qianhu is a type that hates evil very much. Since he has begun to investigate Chen Nianji, it means that Chen Nianji may be captured.
He had been waiting for Chen Nianji to be transferred so that he could do what he wanted to do. But if Chen Nianji is caught or even imprisoned, it will be the best outcome for him.
After all, Chen Nianji was transferred, but his influence will be even higher. But it's different if he is captured and imprisoned. The entire Hanzhong Mansion has to be purged!
Liu Xin looked at Luo Fuxian with some speechlessness, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
If Liu Xin knew that Luo Fuxian had spread countless imaginative thoughts in his mind, he would understand why Luo Fuxian had been a coward in Hanzhong Mansion all these years.
People who have too many and too many thoughts and impure minds tend to worry too much.
"Ahem!" Liu Xin coughed lightly.
Luo Fu, who finally came to his senses, first hurriedly put away the knife, and then handed the token to Liu Xin respectfully.
Although the other party is also a Qianhu, and both sides are on the same level, Nanzhen Fusi is the internal supervision agency of Jinyiwei. He is naturally taller. In addition, Liu Xin also has the Dongchang token, so the other party's status is even higher.
"Mr. Luo Fu from Qianhu in Hanzhong Prefecture, I have met your Excellency. Do you dare to ask your name?" Mr. Luo Fu seemed a little cautious.
"Liu Xin. You don't need to call me sir. You and I have the same official rank. There is no distinction between superiors and subordinates." Liu Xin's tone was still cold: "I have been secretly investigating for the past two days..."
Hearing this, Luo Fu was shocked, couldn't control his expression, and showed a shocked look.
The other party actually investigated secretly for two days, which means that Nanzhen Fusi has spies in his Qianhu Office!
The Jinyiwei catches the wind and shadows. In addition to the official school captains, there are also spies several times the number of the school captains. These spies are hidden among the people, officials, and gentry scholars. It is because of the huge number of spies that the Jinyiwei can Become the number one intelligence organization in the world.
Because there is Chen Nianji in the Jinyi Guards of Hanzhong Prefecture, Luo Fuxian has failed for three years and has neglected the management of his spies. Now except for the list of spies kept in the secret library of Shaanxi Prefecture, Luo Fuxian has no other way to find out how many spies he has.
This was also the reason why he was shocked. Liu Xin had already mastered the spy that he couldn't control not long after he arrived, and Nanzhen Fusi lived up to its reputation.
Of course Luo Fuxian had a misunderstanding. Liu Xin did not have the means to use the spies here, let alone believe them. He used the methods of a covert investigation team.
"It is precisely because you have not colluded with Chen Nianjihang during the three years of your tenure that I came to see you today. Otherwise, all I would have waiting for you would be documents from the sea!"
When it came to the sea arrest document, Luo Fu's face froze and he looked embarrassed. He had personally signed and sealed the sea arrest document for Liu Xin's arrest.
"Liu Qianhu, it's all a misunderstanding." Luo Fu explained first.
Liu Xinke did not listen to his explanation and continued to say indifferently: "But because of your neglect of government, the Hanzhong Mansion was in chaos, and the Jin Yiwei changed his clothes to blackmail the people. I will report these things truthfully. What your outcome will be depends on what you do next. It’s time to cooperate!”
Luo Fu first knew that he had been taken advantage of by the other party. It was true that he was slacking in government, and he could not tolerate his quibbles. Once reported, he, a thousand households, would be blamed for the end. Perhaps he would be the first to be imprisoned, so Luo Fu would not hesitate to do so. He cupped his fists hesitantly and said:
"Luo will definitely support Liu Qianhu with all his strength and make meritorious deeds!"
