Xu Youchang was slightly surprised: "Seriously? Did you see clearly? Is it the Pisces gold medal?"
Murong Xue: "Brother, I used to be the number one archer in the martial arts hall, and my eyesight is unparalleled. Do you think I will see it wrong?"
Xu Youchang's expression suddenly became solemn: "What are those plague gods from Nilin Division doing here to find the Turkic princess?"
The "Ni Lin Division" he mentioned was an extremely mysterious and terrifying government office in the Holy Tang Dynasty, and the Pisces gold medal was the symbol of Ni Lin's long history.
The dragon's reverse scale will kill anyone who touches it.
It is recorded in the sacred scriptures that the scales on the body of the mighty divine dragon, which symbolizes the Li family, are one dollar in number, with a total of 129,600 scales.
Among them, there is a scale on the neck of the dragon that is inverted. If anyone touches the scale, the dragon will kill anyone.
This is where Nilinsi comes from.
Since the founding emperor Li Shengyuan personally founded this organization, after eight hundred years, the Nilin Division has always been a sharp blade in the hands of the royal family, silently guarding the weakest and most dangerous dragon scale.
In other words, Nilinsi is a magic weapon used by emperors throughout the ages to maintain their authority. It is an unparalleled magic weapon that only belongs to the emperor and is loyal to the emperor alone.
Because of this, Nilinsi has never appeared in the imperial official system. Their positions are appointed by the emperor alone; their salaries are allocated from the royal private treasury; they do not need to care about anyone or give face to anyone. Even if you are a prince, duke, marshal, prime minister, or even the crown prince, you cannot interfere with the rebellion. Division half a point.
On the contrary, when these powerful figures in the court faced Ni Linsi, they were more afraid, frightened and avoided him.
When Li Jiangyao traveled through the Holy Tang Dynasty and came to the imperial capital to study in the martial arts hall, he heard the name Nilinsi for the first time and gave a pertinent and objective evaluation:
spy.
To be precise, a royal agent.
The name of this generation's Nilin Director Shi is Shen Lie, and his official identity is the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. He is only a minor official of the fifth rank, but in the political circles of the imperial capital, he can be said to be a ruthless character that no one dares to offend.
He was originally the head of the Nilin Division appointed by the late Emperor Li Chengwen. According to common sense, after Li Chengwu took office, he should replace Shen Lie with one of his confidants. However, he didn't know whether Li Chengwu was too lazy or there was really no suitable candidate. Shen Lie unexpectedly became the first person in the Nilin Division to serve two generations of emperors in eight hundred years.
Precisely because of his secure seat, Shen Lie and Shen Changshi became the most ruthless leader in the history of Nilin Division.
Dong Tiankui, a second-grade military lord and deputy commander of the Long Sword Army, died in his hands;
Fenyang's consort Ji Zekai, a bachelor of Baohua Pavilion, died in his hands;
Chen Chuan, the eldest son of the Duke of Zhennan and the captain of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, died in his hands;
Emperor Li Chengwu's fourth prince and King of Lu Li Xuanmo also died in his hands.
Any one of these people chosen at random would be the top nobles in the court, but in Nilinsi's eyes and Shen Lie's eyes, they were no better than ants.
The princes, military officers, and bachelors are not as good as ants, and the rest of the officials, big and small, are nothing.
Faced with such a terrifying strongman, Xu Youchang and Murong Xue, who had been walking around the imperial capital, couldn't help but feel a little frightened at this time. The two of them waited silently in the alley, not even daring to raise their heads.
After a while, several figures walked out of the courtyard gate. Xu Youchang and Murong Xue took a peek and found that the other party, Yishui, was wearing black official uniforms, all dressed up as Dali Temple yamen officials.
However, if you look carefully, you will easily find that those people have a pair of goldfish embroidered on their collars. Those who know the inside story can immediately recognize that this is Nilinsi's special mark.
Walking in the middle was a tall and thin middle-aged man, wearing black clothes and a black hat, with three long beards. He looked energetic and elegant.
He took two steps towards the sedan in a leisurely manner, then suddenly turned his head and looked towards the alley, just in time to look at the two people who were peeking at him. Xu Youchang Murong Xue was frightened and quickly retreated.
The middle-aged man frowned slightly, then whispered a few instructions to his subordinates, then lifted the sedan curtain and got in.
It wasn't until the big green sedan completely disappeared outside the gate of Xuanzhengfang that Murong Xue breathed a sigh of relief: "I'll go, that guy must have seen us two."
"If you see it, you'll see it. It doesn't matter!" Xu Youchang wiped the sweat from his forehead and said in a self-confident voice: "We didn't steal anything, so what are we afraid of him doing?"
Murong Xue pondered for a moment: "You can't say that. Nilinsi is definitely not a child's play. The evil star Xu Lie came to find the Turkic princess. I don't know why."
Xu Youchang looked at the direction of the square gate again: "Hey, if you want to know the reason, just go in and ask Hesijia and it will become clearer. Let's go!"
Seeing that his good brother was obsessed with sex and went to see Anya even though he knew that the Nilin Division had already intervened, Murong Xue couldn't help but secretly sighed that she was unlucky and followed Xu Youchang helplessly, urging her horse to the front of the courtyard.
The soldiers guarding the gate were all the elite Tiger and Leopard Cavalry of the Forbidden Army. They recognized the man who was General Murong Xue of Yulin Zhonglang, and they all gave a military salute. The primary school leader who led the team strode forward to greet him respectfully: "How do you do, sir? Why are you here?"
Murong Xue turned over and dismounted: "I have an errand and I want to see the people inside. This is Mr. Xu, Captain Xu of the Xuanjia Legion."
Upon hearing this, the primary school teacher quickly saluted Xu Youchang. Xu Youchang asked, "What were those people doing just now?"
"Reporting to General Murong and Captain Xu, they are all government servants of Dali Temple," the colonel replied seriously: "They came here to verify the identity of the Turkic princess on the order of the Lord of the Temple."
Murong Xue rolled her eyes: "Verify identity? Can this be fake?"
Xu Youchang was also puzzled: "I think 80% of the time it was for another purpose. We had already verified it when we were in Western Xinjiang, and when we returned to the imperial capital, the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple also had special personnel conduct inspections. Now that Dali Temple is here again, it is clearly... …”
Murong Xue signaled Xu Youchang not to say more with her eyes, and then ordered: "You can just stay here, there is no need to accompany him in."
The principal respectfully agreed and stood there, watching the two young officers enter the courtyard.
Full of questions, the two of them walked a few steps inside and happened to meet Anya, the maid that Xu You had long missed. At this time, Lao Xu still didn't know that the beautiful little maid in front of him was the real Yingyang Princess Hesijia of the Turkic Empire.
When he first saw his sweetheart, Xu Youchang couldn't help being surprised and happy, and he quickly introduced him to Murong Xue with dancing and joy. When Hesijia saw his innocent look, she couldn't help but blush slightly, and gently saluted: "Xu Youchang" General, General Murong, hello you two."
Murong Xue looked at Hesijia carefully and secretly praised Lao Xu's vision. The girl in front of her was not only extremely beautiful, but what was even more rare was that she had a unique temperament. Although she is just a maid, there is a sense of luxury and dignity in her behavior.
Maybe it's because he has lived in the palace for a long time, Murong Xue thought secretly.
"Are the two generals here to see our princess?" Hesijia asked knowingly.
Xu Youchang wanted to say, "Actually, I just came to see you," but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back. Being so rude to a beautiful lady would seem frivolous, and it would be bad to make Anya angry again.
Seeing the stupid look on his brother's face, Murong Xue suppressed a smile: "Oh, we came here specially to visit the princess. You are in a foreign land, and the relationship between the two countries is quite delicate. Mr. Xu is not worried about the life of the princess and you, so he specially came here come and see."
"Thank you for your trouble, generals. Please come with me." Hesijia saluted again and then led the two of them to the main hall.
At this time, Inas, pretending to be a princess, was sitting in the room, thinking about what had just happened, slightly in a trance. When she saw Hesijia leading people again, she couldn't help but be startled, worried about what trouble would happen again.
When it became clear that the person who came was actually Xu Youchang, Yinas immediately understood the whole story and couldn't help but smile: "General Xu is here. I am sorry for the delay."
Xu Youchang was polite and immediately introduced Murong Xue to him. Inasi was a little surprised when she heard that this person was actually the guard general of Emperor Shengtang. She warmly greeted the two of them to sit down while secretly guessing the other person's intention.
Murong Xue saw the confusion of the Turkic princess and said with a smile: "Master Xu and I are good friends. Because this place is temporarily under the control of the Forbidden Army, I accompanied him to visit His Highness. Although our two countries are at war with each other, but Your Highness has a distinguished status, even though I am the emperor, I have issued special edicts to ask civil and military officials to abide by etiquette, and you must not be neglected."
Yinas nodded slightly: "Your country is a country of etiquette, and it is indeed well-deserved. Although the two countries have disputes, the magnanimity of Shengtang is really admirable. I also ask General Murong to pay my respects to the emperor of your country when he has the opportunity. In gratitude.”
Murong Xue nodded in agreement, then exchanged a few words and asked what the other party's needs were in life, and then changed the topic: "Your Highness, were there any guests just now?"
Hearing his question, Yinas thought, and immediately smiled: "Guest? General Murong was joking. This is the imperial capital, and everyone who comes here is the master, right?"
Murong Xue and Xu Youchang were stunned when they heard this, and then they laughed in unison, which was quite embarrassing.
Yinas kept her expression and continued: "Someone did come here just now. They were officials from Dali Temple in your country."
Xu Youchang: "Has the leader reported his family status?"
Yinas nodded and looked at Hesijia beside her: "What did that adult say his name was?"
Hesijia replied softly: "Young Minister of Dali Temple, Shen Lie."
"Oh, yes, it's Lord Shen Lieshen," Yinas smiled: "What? Are you familiar with each other?"
Murong Xue and Xu Youchang looked at each other and asked instead, "What is Master Shen doing here?"
Inasi chuckled and said, "I don't know what he did, he just asked a few questions."
Murong Xue suppressed the curiosity in her heart and gave Xu Youchang a wink as if nothing had happened, indicating that he should not continue to ask what Shen Lie asked.
First, he was unwilling to give the Turkic princess in front of him the excuse that he had deliberately inquired about Nilinsi.
Secondly, he also noticed that the princess was pretending to be confused with them, intentionally or unintentionally, and asked directly, but the other party found it harder to explain.
Things turned out as Murong Xue expected. Seeing that the two Shengtang soldiers no longer cared about what had just happened, but began to chat about other things, Yinas couldn't help it.
She coughed lightly and said with a smile: "There is something very strange, and I was going to ask you two for advice. If I remember correctly, Dali Temple is the yamen in charge of hearing criminal cases in your country. Why did they come to me? Where is the question from the Turkic princess?"
Murong Xue pretended not to care and responded: "It's really strange for His Highness to say that. However, we don't know what Dali Temple asked us, so it's hard to make a judgment."
Inasi said calmly: "The first question Mr. Shen asked me was if I knew a man named Lao Jianhua. From what he said, it seems that this Lao Jianhua has always been in contact with our senior Turks. .”
"Lao Jianhua?" Xu Youchang murmured twice and shook his head: "It sounds like he should be from Shengtang, but I have no impression of this name."
Murong Xue asked, "Then how did His Highness answer Shen Lie?"
"Of course I'm telling the truth," Yinas smiled: "Like General Xu, I have never heard of Lao Jianhua."
"How did Shen Lie react?"
Inas: "There was no special reaction. He then asked a second question."
