Shen Hao went to the palace the next day after meeting Pang Ban, and successfully met Emperor Yang Shu. After he reported the information he received from Guishan Monastery, he felt the anger from Yang Shu. Of course, this anger was not directed at him personally, but at Xuanqing Guard and Fenghong Villa.
"Waste! They are all waste! How could you not know about such a big thing?! For thousands of years! This..."
I don’t know if this scolding included all the emperors of every dynasty in the Jing Dynasty. After all, this is not just the fault of Xuanqingwei and Fenghong Villa, I am afraid that the emperors of the past dynasties are also involved.
In the end, as Pang Ban expected, Yang Shu did not fully adopt Shen Hao's "suggestion", but after thinking for a moment, he continued to assign the case to the Black Flag Camp. Faced with Shen Hao's words about "authority", he just said "special things should be handled" and dismissed them.
Special thing to do? This made Shen Hao unable to refuse.
The angry emperor did not embarrass Shen Hao, and even credited Shen Hao with discovering the details of the Wang family as a great achievement like Pang Ban did before.
After that, Shen Hao got a golden sword seal as a command talisman. He could take this thing to Fenghong Villa to find the star officer on duty to assist in the investigation. After seeing the golden sword seal, the star officer on duty must cooperate fully and not slack off.
However, this "Golden Sword Seal" sounds very bluffing, but in fact, it is equivalent to a transfer order for Fenghong Villa, and does not have the power to temporarily control the Golden Sword Guard.
In other words, the current Shen Hao can rely on the Golden Sword Seal to mobilize some of the Golden Sword Guards to assist him in investigating the Wang family's case, but the specific command authority has nothing to do with him.
Shen Hao summarized the emperor's order as follows: The Wang family must be wiped out in one fell swoop, and all the relationships behind it must be sorted out and then punished. Kill those who deserve to be killed and punish those who deserve to be punished.
After that, Shen Hao returned to the command yamen, and then told Pang Ban the emperor's order he received in the palace today, and also hoped that Pang Ban could give some advice.
"Your Majesty is preparing to simplify a complex issue. Even though the sect is involved, he still asks you to follow the investigation process of the "case". This is to pin the issue on the previous Ye Lansheng case. On the surface, he is reluctant to do so. I can barely cover it up. Haha, the late emperor cannot use this method."
What does it mean that the late emperor cannot use it? To put it bluntly, there is something behind the words, which means that Yang Shu is much more shameless than the former emperor Yang Jian. This method of covering his eyes and coaxing his nose is already a bit rogue.
Shen Hao actually thought of this. The emperor asked him to continue handling the case "by the rules" because he actually didn't want to leave any reason for the sect to be cleaned up later. Because the label of "colluding with the rebellious Ye Lansheng in the DPRK" will be pinned on those sects behind the Wang family.
It’s not that I’m targeting you, it’s that you acted unruly first. What? Is the Wang family just your "glove"? Didn't you collude with Ye Lansheng? I do not know! I don’t listen, I don’t listen…
This is probably the meaning above. It's okay to say he's acting rogue.
However, Shen Hao learned from Pang Ban's choice of words, "simplify complex things". When he said this, it immediately became very profound, countless times higher than the word "rogue" that Shen Hao thought of.
"Since His Majesty is going to handle this matter in a simple way, then you shouldn't make any extraneous matters and pretend to be deaf and dumb, right? Just pretend that you didn't know anything about "Sect Gloves" before and just handle your case with your head down. That’s fine. It’s just that this time the target is a little more difficult, but Maple Red Villa will help you handle it, so you don’t have to worry.”
Pang Ban would not point out the specific details to Shen Hao. He would just explain the general direction clearly to Shen Hao, and at the same time give him the bottom, saying that if the people of Fenghong Villa dare to make trouble unreasonably, they will come to him. Although he has left Fenghong Villa for a long time But there is still a bit of face left.
It was already noon when I came out of the commander's office. The sun is shining brightly. At this time in the past, Shen Hao would have been hiding in the room with the air conditioner on, enjoying iced herbal tea, but today there was no time for him to cool off slowly.
"Go to Fenghong Villa."
Shen Hao did not dare to delay. He got on the carriage after coming out of the commander's office and urged the guards to leave the imperial city and galloped towards the north of the city.
This is the first time Shen Hao has come to Fenghong Villa. He had only heard about it before. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes now, he wouldn't have known that the building in front of him that looked like a temple would be the famous and highest military institution of the Jing Dynasty.
There is no need to knock on the door, someone will come out to question you as soon as you get close, with a vigilant attitude. The golden sword pattern on his robe is very eye-catching, and even when he sees Shen Hao in front of him wearing a black robe of the fourth grade of the Xuanqing Guards, he doesn't look good at all.
After checking Shen Hao's waist badge and golden sword seal, he put Shen Hao and the three special guards accompanying Shen Hao in. One person led Shen Hao and others to the side hall to wait, while the other person took the golden sword seal and hurried in to report to the star officer on duty.
The so-called side hall is actually similar to the tea rooms that are basically found in yamen. They are both waiting places. The only thing is that the tea room has tea for you to drink, but here there is only a chair, and there is no coffee table and no tea.
After waiting for almost a stick of incense, footsteps sounded outside the side hall. Shen Hao sensed that there were four people approaching. When the other person opened the door and came in, he saw a total of five people. The old woman who was in front of him was not there the whole time. Within the perception, even if the other party comes in and can be seen, the old woman still does not exist in the perception.
This... is this is to isolate one's breath and soul fluctuations in a unique field so that it is difficult for the outside world to detect? There really is such a way in the world! ?
"Are you Shen Hao, the commander of the newly established Black Flag Battalion of Xuanqing Guard?"
"Yes, Shen Hao has met Senior Duan!" Shen Hao quickly stood up and bowed to the old lady. No need to guess, this old lady’s cultivation is definitely the bad-tempered second elder Duan Jue that Pang Ban mentioned before.
Duan Jue nodded, but did not answer. Instead, he circled around Shen Hao. The scrutiny in his eyes was obvious. Even Shen Hao's government felt a little uncomfortable with this harsh behavior.
"Senior Duan must have seen the Golden Sword Seal, right?" The other party didn't say anything, but Shen Hao couldn't waste any more time and directly named the Golden Sword Seal and prepared to talk about business.
Hearing this, Duan Jue sat down on the chair next to him, flipped his hand and took out the golden sword seal, but did not immediately hand it back to Shen Hao. Instead, he floated it in his palm and asked, "Only the emperor has the golden sword seal. What's the matter?" Only when matters of great importance are important will they be handed over to others as tokens. How can you, a mere fourth-rank official, be trusted so much by the emperor? Tsk tsk.
Tell me, what's the matter? "
Shen Hao smiled, pointed at the golden sword seal on Duan Jue's palm and said: "Since Senior Duan saw the golden sword seal, he should return it to me. If this thing is lost, it will be a big trouble. In addition, I don't know why the golden sword seal was given to me by your majesty. How to answer senior, or else, senior go to His Majesty himself and ask him face to face?"
