early morning.
Song Ran woke up from the Liangyuan residence where the secret guards were stationed.
The secret agent has two academies and twelve branches under his command, but the world only knows that its headquarters is adjacent to Weiyang Palace and is a building complex with five entrances and five exits.
But no one knows that Liang Yuan, the secret intelligence headquarters, is not actually the core.
There is another underground palace beneath the main palace, and part of the area overlaps with the underground area of the front hall square of Weiyang Palace. Many secret files of the secret detectives investigating the world are stored in it.
This is the real core of secret investigation.
The leader of the Secret Investigation Mansion is called Secret Investigation Ling. His status is not lower than that of Jiu Qing, and he directly pursues the Third Duke. But from the moment he took over the secret investigation system, he vowed never to leave the secret investigation institute for the rest of his life.
He will live and die with the secrets of the Han Dynasty and the royal family.
Early in the morning, Song Ran received an order and entered the real secret investigation institute from a dark alley behind Liang Garden.
There is a courtyard on the east side of the front hall of Weiyang Palace. Few people know what this courtyard is for.
There is a four-story tower in the courtyard, which is the only building on the ground of the Secret Underground Palace. You need to pass through the Liang Garden outside, and enter through the underground or the dark alley connected to it.
Song Ran is the registered disciple of the secret agent leader.
She was called to the fourth floor of the central tower of the Secret Investigation Institute.
"Master."
The person who called her over was Ru Bohu, one of the most trusted ministers of the Secret Investigation Order.
He is fifty-one years old this year and has studied both Yin and Yang and Zongheng. When Liu Che was the prince, he was the prince's close minister.
"You have been with Huo Shizhong these days. Tell me what judgment you have about him."
Ru Bohu has a thin and long face, not just ordinary, but extremely long, which looks a bit ugly at first glance.
But he has a pair of reserved expressions, as if he has seen through the world but still retains his innocent eyes, as dark as ink.
He has a gentle voice and a tall and thin figure. He is dressed in a black robe and has a jade square belt tied around his waist. He is holding a bamboo scroll in his hand and is reading a book.
"In Mr. Huo, my disciple still can't see clearly his depth. After a few days of contact, I discovered some of his outstanding qualities.
The disciple found that he seemed to be able to see into everything, and his judgment was so sharp that the disciple had only seen it in his master. The disciple follows Huo Shizhong to do things, and has never seen him make any mistakes. Every time he gives instructions, he will be rewarded later. "Song Ran said.
Ru Bohu hummed, neither speaking nor raising his head, but just motioned for Song Ran to continue.
Song Ran recalled while saying: "Huo Shizhong asked me to investigate Liu Huai's matter, and asked me to try to start from the practice of the female prisoner Xia Jie, and the hidden secrets in Liu's house.
He also said that Xiao Ying was tracking Xia Jie, but was interrupted halfway and lost Xia Jie. This seemed to have many possibilities, but with Xiao Ying's skills and experience, Xia Jie should not have the ability to get rid of Xiao Ying on her own.
Huo Shizhong said that he had a feeling at that time that there was someone hiding secretly who could help Xia Jie escape.
This person needs to have the ability to interfere with the direction of the earth.
And if the other party wanted to take action in time, it was likely that they were not far away from Xiao Ying and Xia Jie at that time, so Huo Shizhong could sense them.
Combining the location at the time and delineating the distance, let us conduct a screening of people with interference capabilities within this range. "
"Did he point out other characteristics of the person who secretly helped Xia Jie escape?"
"Tell me, he said that the other party is most likely to be from the Confucian or Yin-Yang schools."
Song Ran said: "Confucianism is in control of the cultural context, so it is not difficult to secretly reverse the image of the earth. It is even easier for the Yin and Yang family to communicate with heaven and earth."
After hearing this, Ru Bohu nodded slightly as if he was somewhat satisfied. He finally put down the scroll in his hand, picked up a bamboo brush, and made a mark on the scroll.
Song Ran saw Huo Qubing's name written on the bamboo slip in Ru Bohu's hand.
After the name, there are different notations such as calculation, cultivation, potential, character, talent, etc.
Ru Bohu wrote the word "Shang Ke" in the column corresponding to the plan.
Huo Qubing's other corresponding items were all marked as acceptable.
Song Ran asked in surprise: "What are you doing, Master, evaluating Huo Shizhong?"
"Having nothing to do is not a judgment."
"Huo Shizhong... the master only gave me an acceptable one?" Song Ran said in surprise.
"Shang Ke is not low anymore." Ru Bohu said with a smile.
Song Ran couldn't help but ask: "What about the disciple? If Master evaluates the disciple, what grade will he give?"
Ru Bohu thought about it seriously: "My evaluation is divided into six levels: unqualified, inferior, ordinary, acceptable, outstanding, and excellent. You, the difference is very average, all are inferior."
Song Ran looked stunned and a little depressed.
I am very average, and everything is inferior?
Song Ran's defense was broken and he blurted out: "I always thought that Master chose me as his disciple because of my outstanding performance."
"Haha, you're overthinking it. It's not easy for everyone to be inferior. It's quite rare. That's why I chose you."
"Master, am I not outstanding in anything? Am I really just inferior?" Song Ran was a little unwilling to give up.
"Not all of them are inferior. Your appearance and character are acceptable."
Ru Bohu rubbed salt into the wound: "However, there is no appearance column in my evaluation. You can consider adding it in the future. Then you will be acceptable."
Song Ran was devastated. He still didn't recover for a while, and he laughed at himself: "So Master values Huo Shizhong. His disciples are all inferior, but Huo Shizhong is all passable."
"No, no, Huo Qubing is excellent in two items, I will make adjustments soon.
Moreover, his evaluation is not final yet, and there is still room for improvement in the future. "
Ru Bohu looked at his disciple and explained one more sentence:
"There are some things you don't understand. Within our dynasty, there is currently a dispute between the three schools of military affairs, Confucianism, and Legalism. The Confucianists are promoting the improvement of the Imperial Academy. They want to use Confucian ideas to set rules for the world.
This move will be of great benefit to Your Majesty in stabilizing the government and the public and ensuring long-term peace and order. Therefore, no one can stop the prosperity of Confucianism. "
Ru Bohu almost said to himself: "But at the same time, Your Majesty also has the ambition of surrendering all the barbarians and opening up the territory. From now on, war is indispensable.
Huo Qubing may be the key to the subsequent disputes between the three schools of war, law, and Confucianism at home and abroad.
He is a game-breaker. If he can remain brave and diligent in the future, he may change the direction of the world.
Of course, the first thing is that he can survive..."
"Okay, you go ahead and try your best to help Huo Shizhong. I was originally afraid that he would grow too slowly, but a few nights ago, when the energy exchanged and the heaven and earth changed, he actually grew much faster than I expected, which is enough for the Confucian people. Headache."
Ru Bohu finally smiled with unknown meaning: "Go and give the investigation results to Huo Shizhong."
"What findings?"
Song Ran said unexpectedly: "Disciple hasn't found anything new yet."
"Three floors downstairs, in the third bookstore on the left, there is a secret volume on the second floor, which is about the matter that Huo Shizhong wants you to investigate. Not long after my teacher summarized it, he asked you to investigate the matter, so you just happened to give it to him. " Ru Bohu said.
Song Ran was quite calm this time, and she was not surprised by her master's prophetic ability.
Song Ran turned around and left.
Ru Bohu sat there and muttered to himself: "You are not all inferior. There is one subject where you are excellent, but I can't tell you right now as a teacher."
Song Ran came to Huo Mansion near noon.
"Shizhong Huo is going out?"
Song Ran saw Huo Qubing coming out at the door of Huo Mansion.
What surprised her was that, after seeing him for just one night, this Huo Shizhong seemed to have a certain temperament that she didn't have before. There was an indescribable feeling that attracted her unconsciously.
This is actually the reason for the beauty trap. Huo Qubing's talent strategy was used for the first time last night. It blended with himself and gave him some inexplicable luck.
"I want to go to your Secret Investigation Institute, let's go."
It was inconvenient to ride a horse in the city, so Huo Qubing boarded the carriage at the door and set off for the Secret Investigation Institute.
"This is something that Shizhong Huo asked me to investigate," Song Ran said.
Huo Qubing took the secret scroll she handed him from the carriage and flipped through it, his expression quickly becoming serious.
The secret scroll says that one of the Nine Qings, Dazai Gong Shiyu under Taichang, was a Confucian practitioner in the first realm of heaven and human beings.
Liu Cheng, the eunuch (eunuch) in the middle palace under Guang Luxun, one of the nine ministers, walked in Changle Palace and secretly cultivated the yin and yang lineage.
Ling Lu Xun, the translator under Daxing Ling, practiced Confucianism...
There are more than twenty names recorded in this secret volume. The highest-ranking one involves Jiuqing, and the lowest one is also a subordinate of Jiuqing clan.
These officials all have the ability to interfere with Xiao Ying's pursuit of Xia Jie.
What surprised Huo Qubing was that the secret scroll also included eunuchs. There were eunuchs in Changle Palace who were good at cultivating the yin and yang lineage.
Although the secret agent clearly had information, he did not touch these people and allowed them to stay in their original positions.
Huo Qubing didn't need to ask Song Ran to know that it was the secret agent behind her who was taking the opportunity to show his favor and also to warn himself that the matter involved was very deep and even he did not dare to get involved easily.
This matter involves so much... Huo Qubing thought.
He was in the carriage, tapping the side of his leg with his fingers, lost in thought.
Wanting to uncover the deeper hidden people behind Xiao Ying's pursuit of Xia Jie by finding out, this direction of investigation is obviously not feasible. There are many targets and some people have sensitive locations. The cost of investigation is too high. It is better to just change the direction.
