Hanzhong Mansion, Jinyi Guards House of Thousand Households
After Mr. Luo Fu died, the two inner city households here began to fight for power. Both of them had some backgrounds. The outer city households were just decorations. He was the only one who was truly capable.
Therefore, when Guo Yong led the team from Nanzhen Fusi to Qianhusuo, he found that there was no one at the door and the door was open. Except for a few civil servants, there was not a single Jinyi school captain inside.
After Guo Yong captured a civil servant and inquired carefully, he learned that two hundred households had divided the power and were now searching desperately outside.
It is said that Chen Nianji, a member of the Jinyiwei family, the righteous son of the Duke of Qin, was captured by the gangsters. The Jinyiwei of Hanzhong Prefecture, the Hanzhong Guards, and the police officers of the government office have all left the city to search and have not returned for two full days.
From the mouths of civil servants, Guo Yong confirmed the shocking scene they saw at the city gate.
The person who kidnapped Chen Nianji was Liu Xin disguised as Jin Yiwei Qianhu.
The sea arrest documents have been issued to the entire Shaanxi Province. Guo Yong naturally did not believe that Liu Xin would do such a thing, but they vowed to do so and issued formal documents. Guo Yong could not question this matter.
Everyone couldn't find Jin Yiwei's messenger, so they returned to the inn, and in the inn, Liu Xin appeared quietly.
"Sir!" Guo Yong, Liu Fu and Ding Mingfu all saluted in the room. After standing up, Guo Yong couldn't help but ask Liu Xin.
After hearing Guo Yong's confusion, Liu Xin explained in detail the clues he had uncovered here, as well as Luo Fuxian's betrayal, the attack on the farm, and the appearance of the northern barbarians.
Liu Xin now needs to gain the trust of his subordinates. Here in Hanzhong Mansion, because of Chen An's relationship, a sea arrest document has been issued to him. If he does not explain clearly, if Guo Yong and the others do not trust him, things will not be easy to handle later. .
"Sir, we naturally trust you, but according to what you said, Luo Fu colluded with Chen Nianji first, and the clues found by the Hanzhong Jinyiwei should be useless!" Guo Yong concluded.
Liu Xin was very satisfied with Guo Yong's attitude, and although Guo Yong and others were less capable, they were experienced and could help a lot at critical moments.
"We can only figure out the clues slowly. You should negotiate with the prefect of Hanzhong Prefecture first." Liu Xindao.
"That's all we can do." Guo Yong and others nodded. When they first came here, they didn't understand many things. The person they wanted to investigate had been kidnapped by Liu Xin, but Liu Xin said that it was the Northern Barbarians who did it. Guo Yongsan People naturally trust Liu Xin more.
After Liu Xin left, the three of them looked at each other and saw the horror in each other's eyes.
Qianhu's family has really done another big thing, but we must be extremely careful about this matter. After all, Chen Nianji has a relationship with Qin Guogong behind him.
However, the worries of the three people were quickly resolved at this time.
Early the next morning, major events happened one after another in Hanzhong Prefecture, but Master Zuo Jianzuo, the prefect of Hanzhong Prefecture, who had been reporting illness at home, signed documents at the prefecture's Yamen.
Immediately afterwards, notices were posted in the streets and alleys of Hanzhong Prefecture, and the soldiers of Hanzhong Prefecture blocked the city gate under Zuo Jian's instructions.
The people in the city were panicked at first, thinking that something big was going to happen. But after reading the notice, they found out that Chen An, the prefect of Hanzhong Prefecture, colluded with the salt mines, smuggled official salt, and was convicted and imprisoned!
At the same time, a large number of government soldiers came to search the Chen Mansion, and also searched the residences of more than a dozen other officials, large and small. These people are all in cahoots with Chen Jiahang.
Chen Nianji, who was kidnapped by the thieves, was also convicted on charges of bullying the people, selling official positions, taking empty pay, etc. Liu Xin's arrest document was immediately canceled after Chen Nianji was convicted, and Chen Nianji's wanted order was posted next.
The city did not know what was going on outside the city, and the situation in the Hanzhongwei barracks changed almost at the same time. The Northern Army Governor's Office sent a prosecutor to directly bring the tiger charm to Hanzhongwei and seize Ban Wei's military power.
It was revealed that Ban Wei had taken advantage of his position to take away 127 horses from the military horse farm in the past few years on the grounds of illness, death, disability and other reasons, with the amount of more than 12,000 taels of silver! The Northern Army Governor's Office directly captured Ban Wei and went back to investigate.
This news was passed back to Hanzhong Mansion by someone who was interested. Chen An still tried to fight to the death, but the moment the news appeared, he was heartbroken. His own protective umbrella was gone, so how could he fight with others.
The successive operations of the prefect Zuo Jian shook the Hanzhong Mansion. Everyone was surprised to find that the prefect was hiding so deeply. These operations directly shuffled the Hanzhong Mansion.
I also heard that the prefect directly placed the evidence on the prefect's office desk, and anyone who had objections to the case could go and check it out.
As a result, these evidences were left out for a whole day, and no one dared to get close.
After receiving the news, Liu Xin hurried to the inn, where an aide under the prefect Zuo Jian was already waiting.
Before coming, Liu Xin first went to the secret investigation team to obtain the secret stronghold. As a result, the building was empty, leaving only a secret letter. After interpreting it, Liu Xin understood everything.
Brother Chai discovered abnormal points from the intelligence collection of Hanzhong Mansion, and then deduced that someone was planning a layout in Hanzhong Mansion. Their intelligence power was far stronger than that of the covert investigation team. Therefore, the covert investigation team evacuated first to prevent the people behind the scenes from being exposed. Knock it off.
This feeling made Liu Xin feel familiar. When he was investigating the Royal Horse Supervisor case in the imperial capital, Yuan Dongxiang felt that there seemed to be a bigger and stronger black hand behind this case.
The purpose of secretly coming to Hanzhong was not to be discovered by the person behind the scenes. As a result, an unknown force appeared in Hanzhong again, and even the covert investigation team had to avoid its edge.
In Liu Xin's memory, the covert investigation team ranks among the top five in the world's intelligence organizations! Naturally, the first ones to bear the brunt were the official Jinyiwei and Dongchang. The latecomers from Wu Emperor City to Wuhou took the lead. With their appeal after unifying the world, Wuhou from Wu Emperor City had become the number one intelligence organization in the world.
Other intelligence organizations may come from the civil service group, nobles, or the royal family.
Anyone who is in power has his or her own sources of intelligence, and these sources of intelligence are woven into a network to form an intelligence organization.
There are actually several intelligence organizations in Hanzhong Mansion. Jinyiwei has almost become a waste because of Chen Nianji's shady operations. The focus of Dongchang here is the military horse farm, which means that the official attention to Hanzhong Mansion is actually lacking. Of course, this is different from Chen Nianji's. The identity is also related.
Outside of the officialdom, the person with the strongest intelligence capability is the Holy Sect's secret investigation team, Wu Hou of Emperor Wu City. As for the evil sect's secret agents, they are basically active in the south.
Could it be Marquis Wu of Emperor Wu City?
But if it is Wuhou, what is their purpose? Jianghu people have no reason to interfere in officialdom. Unless the person planning the layout here is an official with a background in Emperor Wu City.
But the people in Emperor Wu City are basically in the general system. What is the purpose and benefit of doing this for them.
Liu Xin started thinking, but still had no clue.
Arriving at the inn, the aides of the prefect Zuo Jian were a little surprised by Liu Xin's appearance. After all, Chen An had been spreading rumors that Liu Xin had kidnapped Chen Nianji.
After seeing Liu Xin's appointment documents, the staff member felt that he had gained insight into the reasons behind this matter.
"So it was Liu Qianhu who discovered the collusion between the Chen family and the salt mine, but Luo Fu defected to the Chen family first, destroyed all the evidence, and framed you Liu Qianhu. The prefect was also aware of the infestation of the Northern Barbarians, but These northern barbarians are only active outside the city, so the prefect did not take any measures."
This staff member's analysis was very clear and logical, and indeed most of the facts were analyzed by him. Liu Xin looked at this staff member, and then at Guo Yong, Liu Fu and others of similar age, and suddenly felt that his subordinates were no longer good. .
Guo Yong and others felt that their adults looked at them strangely, as if they were looking at their unsatisfactory children.
"Ahem, that's not necessarily true. Chen Nianji was indeed caught by me!" Just when the staff member was complacent and thought he had analyzed everything, Liu Xin's words shocked him.
Guo Yong and the others didn't know that Liu Xin had captured Chen Nianji, but they had similar expressions to that of the aide.
While several people were stunned, Liu Xin recounted how he happened to kidnap Chen Nianji from the northern barbarians.
The aide said that he wanted to report back to the prefect, and Liu Xin told him that Chen Nianji was being held in a safe place and could come to pick him up at any time.
The staff member left in a hurry, leaving Guo Yong and the others behind who were still in shock.
Liu Xin looked at Guo Yong and the other three, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of comparison in his heart, so he opened his mouth to test a few of them, and by the way, he also brainstormed:
"There should be someone behind this prefect. Otherwise, these evidences would not appear together for no reason, and the Chen family and their gang members would not have conclusive evidence at the same time. Tell me about the people behind this." What is the purpose and what is the possible identity?”
No matter how slow Guo Yong and the other two people were, they could still notice that this matter was unusual, so they spoke one after another.
Guo Yong first analyzed: "Sir, there must be someone behind this magistrate. As far as we know, Chen An actually has no ability. He relies on his son for everything, and the father is more valuable than the son. So the subordinates feel that there is someone behind the scenes. That person should be targeting Chen Nianji. Based on this, my subordinates boldly inferred that the person behind the scenes may be the political enemy of Duke Qin!"
Guo Yong's judgment makes some sense. If he is a political enemy of Duke Qin, a big boss among the nobles, then it is possible that he has an intelligence organization more powerful than the secret investigation team.
Ding Mingfu then said: "Sir, I have some other ideas. You must know that the Xungui Group has always been in a group. Now the two largest Xungui Groups in the country are Wu Guogong and Qin Guogong.
But the current situation is that Princess Wu has abdicated and handed over power and the entire Wu Guogong group to Qin Guogong. If it is really necessary to select a political opponent of Qin Guogong from among the nobles, her subordinates believe that no one has the qualifications.
Unless it was Duke Wu behind him, this was seriously inconsistent with his initiative to abdicate and was completely unnecessary! "
Liu Xin nodded in agreement and motioned for him to continue.
Ding Mingfu continued: "In fact, if the target is the Duke of Qin, then what the people behind the scenes must be seeking is the power of the military. And now there is another party in the country that has been coveting the power of the military for a long time, the royal family!"
"Since the restoration of Emperor Wuyang, the royal family has been greatly weakened. The national policy of hereditary succession is certain, and the royal family is not even as noble as ordinary people. Moreover, there have been cases in the past where the royal family has taken control of the military. So I think it may be someone. A royal family secretly planned to target Duke Qin."
Ding Mingfu's inference is actually very possible, because now is the time when Wu Guogong and Qin Guogong take over military power. Although there are factional disputes among the nobles, and they are also competing for those military shares, after all, this is only an internal fight, and the wealth does not flow to outsiders. There is no need to do such a desperate thing.
And if it is the royal family, it means that the two major factions are about to start fighting. In a real fight between the two major factions, it is very possible to use a pawn like Chen Nianji to sacrifice the flag. It not only hurt the Duke of Qin's face, but was also equivalent to a declaration of war.
Liu Fu was the most calm. After listening to the analysis of his two colleagues, he finally said: "Sir, Old Ding, Old Guo!
I have made a guess based on the judgments of the two of you.
If we talk about the royal family, the royal family alone is still unable to compete with the noble group that controls the actual military power. If there are no other forces behind this, it is estimated that no one in the royal family today has the courage.
So I think the civilian clique may also be involved. What civil servants are best at is making small moves. They have always been masters of balance. Now that the warrior is in power, the civil servants can only talk about it and stay in their own one-third of an acre. Even if they scold loudly, how can the warrior care? The balance between the DPRK and China is actually unbalanced!
If you want a true balance and want to make the power of the civil service group greater, then helping the royal family compete for military power is a good way.
The current situation in the Zhengyang Dynasty is that the military is the dominant family, and military power is supreme. Locally, the most powerful people such as the governor of a province were almost all military commanders. Firstly, he can only intimidate a party if he possesses powerful force. Another reason is that the local military power is far greater than the civilian power. And if you don't have strong force, you can't control those generals at all.
The civil service group now only has some say in the imperial capital, and only a few adults in the center have certain rights. "
Liu Xin nodded while listening, and finally he concluded that Guo Yong, Ding Mingfu and Liu Fu were veterans of Jinyiwei and were experienced, but not qualified staff.
Liu Xin did not attack the three of them. Moreover, he saw that the three of them were analyzing things very clearly and clearly, and he could not bear to spoil their mood, so he changed his words and said:
"After listening to your thoughts, I also had some enlightenment. Why not listen?"
The three people quickly bowed and listened.
"My starting point is from the Royal Horse Supervision Case."
"You also know that I assisted Dongchang in uncovering important clues about the Royal Horse Supervisor case, and was therefore promoted. There are some secrets that are not known to outsiders. They were kept hidden from you because of the case. But now I am here in Hanzhong If the mission is completed, then the case in the Imperial Capital can be concluded."
The three of them looked at each other in shock when they heard this. They didn't know the specific reason for Liu Xin's promotion at first. They only knew that he had received the attention and appreciation of Dongchang's senior management. But now it seems that our Liu Qianhu was promoted and reused because he helped Dongchang find important clues to the case.
So the three of them waited with bated breath, waiting for Liu Xin to tell the secret they didn't know.
Liu Xin continued: "Actually, when we were investigating the Yuma Supervisor case, we found that some clues pointed in two directions. Of course, the most direct one pointed to the real culprit behind the scenes, and we have already locked in on this real culprit!"
The three of them were surprised when they heard that the real murderer had been identified. Because no arrest was made, the investigation by the Royal Horse Prison was still continuing when they left the Imperial Capital. Liu Qianhu's lieutenants were still running around outside.
Unexpectedly, the real culprit in the case had been found long ago, and Liu Qianhu and his gang were just doing useless work. Thinking of this, the three of them couldn't help but feel a little funny.
Liu Xin continued to speak, and the three of them listened attentively.
"The clues in the Yumajian case point to two directions, but one of them clearly points to the mastermind behind the scenes, which means that the other clues point to an unknown mysterious person. As for this unknown person behind the scenes, I and I Dongchang Yuanqianhu jointly conducted an investigation, and finally all the clues pointed to the Hanzhong Army Racecourse!"
It turned out to be a military horse farm, and the three of them suddenly realized that the main reason for the investigation of the Royal Horse Supervision case was the secret technique of raising horses, and the largest military horse farm in Zhengyang was in Hanzhong.
"At that time, Yuan Qianhu of Dongchang and I didn't think too much. We just thought about coming over quickly and arresting the person. In this way, the secret technique would be preserved. And maybe we could interrogate the person behind the Yuma Supervisory Case. Who is this higher level person?”
"But this idea was overturned by myself at this moment, because in Hanzhong Mansion, we also encountered a higher-level mysterious black hand. He seemed to control everything and had everything here in his hands. We are just some External factors, even without our presence, this move will continue according to that person's wishes."
"Then from this point of view, the civil servant group, the royal family, or the people in the noble group who oppose the Duke of Qin are untenable."
"When I was investigating the Royal Horse Supervisor case, I discovered the participation of the Northern Barbarians, and the presence of the Northern Barbarians here also shows that there must be some connection between the people behind the scenes and the Northern Barbarians, and since he has a relationship with the Northern Barbarians Contacted, then..."
Having said this, Liu Xin paused for a moment and said word by word to the three people who were looking at him intently:
"This person must have colluded with the Northern Barbarians. Maybe he just wants to use this matter to drag the Duke of Qin into trouble. This will weaken the defensive strength of the border army. This person must be a traitor in our court who colluded with the Northern Barbarians!"
The three of them nodded in unison, you are still an adult!
Because the angle of standing is different and the height is different, the line of sight is also different, and what is seen and analyzed is different.
The four of them analyzed it like a tiger, but ended up analyzing nothing.
In the evening, the prefect invited Liu Xin to go and have a talk.
