Half past twelve in the evening.

The royal family No. 3, who was speeding all the way, slowly entered the Hidden Dragon Sea, handed over a few cigarettes in his hand to the housekeeper, and came to the door of the study under the guidance of the life secretary, Lin Xuanyuan pushed the door, and waited until the old man inside came with a clear response before pushing the door in.

At this time, Guo Tianlong has left the office space in the front yard, but in his own study to look through the documents, whether it is Lin Qingtian or Guo Tianlong, the residences of the giants of Yinlonghai are relatively simple and solemn, and the layout is similar, they are two courtyards before and after, the front yard is the daily office space of the giants, and the backyard is the living area, Guo Tianlong's study is also relatively simple, it can only be regarded as a spacious study The most striking thing in the study room is a row of bookshelves full of various books, dense and neat, which is daunting, a few calligraphy and paintings seem to hang on several other walls at random, not an antique masterpiece, most of them are the old man's own handwriting, or the gift of other leaders, the dark wallpaper looks darker and darker under the illumination of the light, the thick documents are piled up in front of the desk, the bright red national flag and the party emblem are crossed together, a kind of majesty and solemnity slowly emanate, with a thick atmosphere of power, which makes people's hearts break.

"Guo Lao, excuse me. ”

Lin Xuanyuan walked into the study, casually looked at the surrounding arrangements, and said with a smile.

Of the nine giants of the empire, there are four who belong to the royal family, but the only ones who really have a relationship with Lin Xuanyuan are Ye Nianlun and Chen Hualou, who represent the young giants of the royal family.

Ye Nianlun is the eldest son and grandson of the second master Ye Chunqiu, although Lin Xuanyuan does not have much contact with him, but in everything, there is a rare and valuable tacit understanding, this current prince of the empire can press his political life in front of tens of thousands of imperial soldiers to vouch for Lin Xuanyuan, which is enough to show the weight of Lin Xuanyuan in his heart, so Lin Xuanyuan called him Uncle Ye, it seems that he is out of rank, but he is willing.

And Chen Hualou is the emperor's wife, Lin Xuanyuan is now one of the three giants of the royal family, and he is absolutely his own person, and it is natural for Aunt Chen to be called.

In addition to the two of them, Guo Tianlong and Zou Rente, the two giants who symbolize the leaders of the older generation of the Wang family, Lin Xuanyuan does not have many personal relationships, and the real gentleman's friendship is as light as water, Guo Tianlong's study, Lin Xuanyuan is also the first time to come.

It's just that as soon as he entered the study, Lin Xuanyuan was keenly aware that Guo Tianlong's face was a little wrong, perhaps on a private occasion, the old man in a loose Tang suit was less powerful than his usual work state, and more of an easy-going life atmosphere, and under the subconscious relaxation in his heart, he was not very restrained in his emotions, so in Lin Xuanyuan's sight, the old man who frightened countless high-ranking officials in the empire had an unusually gloomy and cold face, but this gloom disappeared immediately after seeing Lin Xuanyuan come in.

"Xuanyuan will also be polite to me, an old man?"

Guo Tianlong stood up with a smile, walked around to the desk and shook hands with Lin Xuanyuan, stretched out his finger and pointed to the sofa in the reception area, and said with a smile: "Go over and sit." ”

Lin Xuanyuan nodded, walked to the sofa and sat down, Guo Tianlong's life secretary served two cups of tea in a timely manner, Lin Xuanyuan took a sip of the teacup casually, took out a cigarette and handed it to Guo Tianlong, lit it for him, and chuckled: "Guo Lao seems to be in a bad mood? When I came over just now, I almost scared me out, if Guo Lao has a problem, he can hand it over to the God of War Palace, and the people below will watch it." ”

As a royal giant, whether it is status or prestige, from the big circle of the imperial family, it is no less than the leader of the royal family, and the emperor is side by side with the emperor in the territory of the Shenzhou Empire, and when the emperor is not there, the emperor's power in the empire is Lin Xuanyuan's power in the empire.

So in the face of Guo Tianlong, Lin Xuanyuan has no taboos, and he can ask whatever he wants.

Guo Tianlong's smile gradually converged, obviously thinking of some troublesome things, he took a big puff of cigarette, his heavy eyebrows wrinkled slightly, he reached out and touched his hair, sighed, and said softly: "It's difficult to do the inspection work of the empire now." ”

Lin Xuanyuan nodded and asked thoughtfully, "Southwest?"

He asked about the southwest, not the southwest city, which represented the large southwestern region of the empire, which included the southwest city of the empire, the Tianfu Province, the Qiangui Province, the Nanyun Province, the Tibetan region, and the Sanqin Province.

A month ago, in the new round of inspection work of the empire, the southwest region was the top priority.

"Nanyun Province is okay to say, as for the rest, hey, stepping into other people's territory is tantamount to stabbing a hornet's nest, the place is domineering, there are many resistances, and there is lawlessness! You can make a reason for making mistakes, the shame of the empire, the shame of the ruling party! From the beginning of the inspection to the present, all kinds of problems in Southwest City, Tianfu Province, and Sanqin Province are about to exceed half a meter thick in front of them, and there are even many real-name reports, and all kinds of cases are unscrupulous, which is simply shocking! Shocking!

Maybe it was a secret room talk, Guo Tianlong's tone was extremely excited, and he slapped the table directly, the teacup on the coffee table shook slightly, and the tea in the cup rippled.

"In the face of this situation, it must be investigated, in recent years, the game between the local and imperial high-level has become more and more intense, and the southwest region is the hardest hit area. ”

Lin Xuanyuan smoked a cigarette and said lightly.

"Knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger?"

Guo Tianlong sneered, and after a while, he shook his head: " How can it be so easy, so I just said that I stepped into other people's territory, the pressure and resistance encountered by the inspection team is almost the largest in recent years, a few hours ago, the old grandson who led the team to inspect the southwest city called me, and directly fired at me, asking me whether the southwest city is still not a municipality directly under the central government of the empire, whether it is under the leadership of the empire, the cadres of the southwest city have made mistakes, whether it is handled by the Ministry of Supervision, the laws of the empire, the party's constitution, in the end, can still restrain those officials who are far away from the emperor, hey, southwest city, some meaning, coercion and temptation, both soft and hard, induce the inspection team to handle the case, the wrist is smart and tight, and the background is all over the skyI really don't understand the thoughts of some high-level leaders of our party, standing in this position, but their thinking is obviously wrong, they only know how to protect their shortcomings, and they cover everything with the lid, and if they continue to cover it like this, can they cover it well? It will only become more and more chaotic, and he can't see such a big hidden danger, what else is he looking at? Wuyue, Huating, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and southern Fujian, what year did the inspection team not go? If he really covered the lid, he thought that he would not be able to cover it up to this day? There is a problem with Southwest City! I am sure of this, but the comrades in the localities insist on covering the lid and are concerned about the balance and stability of the officialdom, the image of Southwest City, and the impression of the top echelons of the empire on Southwest City.

Guo Tianlong's words became sharper and sharper.

Every year's imperial inspection work, each inspection group, is carried out by some old cadres who have reached retirement age but have not yet gone through the retirement procedures, this inspection work, responsible for inspecting Southwest City and Tianfu Province Sun Lao is the leader of the second inspection team, and is also the highest level in each group of an old comrade, the deputy national level boss, in the inspection of Southwest City for many days found countless problems but could not be investigated, this old comrade with a clean and honest official voice finally got angry for the first time, directly called Guo Tianlong.

There is no doubt that this already shows that the problem in Southwest City is already serious.

It is true that although Sun Lao is a big man close to the royal family, he inspects the southwest city, giving people the impression of deliberately picking thorns, but from another aspect, the leaders who inspect Wu Yue, Huating and other royal areas every year are all cadres of the southwest faction, this is not for the purpose of intentional fighting, the big reason is to find problems and solve problems.

Compared to the southwest city, Wu Yue and Huating are the real very few problems, these two occupy the empire's largest economic municipality and the largest economic province respectively in the empire's core area, and have always been the strongest base camp of the royal family, but in the same way, the provinces and cities in these two regions, including the standing committee members of prefecture-level cities, the minister of supervision and some cadres of the Ministry of Supervision, are also the fastest places for the empire to change.

At least once a year, the inspection minister has changed from one thing to another, and some middle-level leaders of the Ministry of Supervision will also go out of Wu Yue and Huating, and the new ministers of the Ministry of Supervision who appear in Wu Yue and Huating are definitely new faces, which greatly restricts the cadre discipline of Wu Yue and Huating, so in recent years, the two regions have developed faster and faster, but they are also the two places with the least problems.

Compared with the current Southwest City, it is completely one positive and one negative, and it is no wonder that Guo Tianlong's words are so sharp and excited, and in and out of his words, he almost directly aimed at Lin Qingtian, the supreme head of the empire.

"Okay, don't talk about this, in difficult cases, as long as you investigate slowly and work hard, there will always be gains, Lao Sun has already expressed his position, if the problem in Southwest City is not clarified, he will stay there and not leave. ”

Guo Tianlong took a sullen puff of his cigarette, looked at Lin Xuanyuan, and said with a smile: "Xuanyuan, you came here so late, is there something wrong? ”

Lin Xuanyuan was stunned, snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand in the ashtray, and said with a smile: "I'm here tonight, it's to help Sun Lao, who is far away in Southwest City, so let's move, the elite of the ten groups of consuls will go to Southwest City tonight, fifty people, with Sun Lao in the light and in the dark, acting separately, they are secretly helping Sun Lao collect some things, these people have no official status, so it will definitely be much more convenient to act." ”

Guo Tianlong thought silently for a moment and nodded quietly.

As the dark side of the royal family, it is also one of the important roles of the God of War Royal Mansion to help the royal family solve problems in the special period when it is inconvenient for the royal family.

"In addition, I mention two people to Guo Lao, it is very important, it is best for you to meet in person, the problem of Southwest City, these two people are the most important breakthrough. ”

Lin Xuanyuan continued.

"Oh?"

Guo Tianlong frowned, and said with interest: "Who?"

"Now Cheng Fangyuan, the second-ranked deputy director, is in one, it is his daughter, Cheng Shuang, Cheng Shuang is currently controlled by the Ministry of Supervision, right? Now even if he hasn't arrived in Kyushu City, he is on the way, this person is very important, even more important than Cheng Fangyuan. ”

Lin Xuanyuan said with a smile.

"Crunch..."

Guo Tianlong's hand holding the teacup suddenly tightened, and the entire teacup was held by his big hand, squeaking.

Guo Tianlong's face became more and more gloomy, and the anger in his eyes could hardly be concealed.

Lin Xuanyuan's heart sank suddenly, as if he had thought of something, the murderous intent in his eyes flashed, and he said lightly: "Old Guo, is there a problem?"

"Cheng Shuang..."

Guo Tianlong read silently, his tone was a little angry and cold: "This person, I know, Lao Sun also said that this is a very important witness, Lao Sun has contact with her today, but the other party refuses to say anything, and he is willing to say everything after he wants to see me by name, after Lao Sun and I talk on the phone, I have asked her to take her from Southwest City to Kyushu City, but when she was on the road, the vehicle escorting Cheng Shuang had a car accident, two armed policemen, two young comrades from the Ministry of Supervision, and the parties... All died on the spot!"

He looked at Lin Xuanyuan, whose eyes became deeper and deeper after his face changed, and said lightly: "It happened two hours ago, some people, really lawless, lawless!!"

He's dead...

Cheng Shuang is dead...

There is no doubt that it is Lin Fengxue's hand.

The corners of Lin Xuanyuan's mouth twitched, although he was already prepared in his heart, his heart was still empty when he heard the death of this woman who was somewhat similar to his mother's fate but had never met.

"Just died..."

Lin Xuanyuan muttered to himself, his eyes were extremely complicated.

Guo Tianlong lit a cigarette again, took a big puff, and was silent.

After a long time, Lin Xuanyuan reacted, he smiled bitterly, took out a diary from his arms, and said softly: "This is Cheng Shuang's diary, which has some effect on the task force, but now there is no evidence for death, and the effect is not great, but there should still be a person to testify, this point, when Minister Guo Zhinu comes, we will discuss." ”

Guo Tianlong's face became extremely shocked for a moment, he turned his notebook, opened it and glanced at it twice, raised his head to look at Lin Xuanyuan and asked, "Where did this come from?"

Before Lin Xuanyuan could speak, there was a knock on the door.

A few seconds later, Guo Zhengnu, who is now a member of the Imperial Decision-making Bureau, a state councilor, an academician of the Academician Bureau of the Imperial Center, and the head of the Criminal Department, walked into the study and said with a smile: "Sorry, it's late." ”

"It's not too late. ”

Guo Tianlong tightened the notebook in his hand, and after taking a deep look at Lin Xuanyuan, he smiled meaningfully: "Saying that Cao Cao Cao has arrived, comrade Cao Cao is angry, and he came just right." ”