In the side hall of the main hall of the East Palace, Han Zhi waited silently, and now he is the direct person in charge of Wu Chuanwei in Xiangyang.

Wu Chuanwei was developed on the basis of Li Yuan's 'one eye', which was originally a secret assassination supervision agency, with a total number of no more than thirty people, and it was an extremely hidden existence, which even Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin did not know before.

But after Li Yuanji took over, he went from the dark to the sun, and his name became the current Wu Chuanwei. And with the strong support of Li Yuan, he set up a monitoring Yuan for the supervision of hundreds of officials, and later expanded its power to supervise the army and monitor the civilians, and after nearly a year of development, it finally became a spy agency outside the laws of the imperial court.

The predecessor of Wuchuanwei was Li Yuanji's new army, and the yamen occupied a mile of land, with three parts: the military office, the prison, and the barracks.

Especially after the Guanlong nobles rebelled, Li Yuan had trouble sleeping and eating, worried that someone would rebel against him, so he asked Wuchuan Wei to strengthen control, and all those related to the Dugu faction of the Guanlong nobles, no matter how big the official position and military position were, must be cleaned and killed one by one, and the result of this secret order is to make Li Tang's army and officialdom fall into high-pressure terror.

During the period when Li Yuanji was the main man, he even issued an order that 'it is better to kill a hundred people by mistake than to let go of one'. This order also caused many families to be ruined by Wu Chuanwei.

He came to see Li Jiancheng today to prepare for the task left by Li Yuan, to wipe out the family clans who stayed in Xiangyang, collect their money and grain into the treasury, and then transport them to Yizhou.

After waiting for a while, there was a sound of footsteps in the apse, and seeing that it was Li Jiancheng coming, Han Zhi hurriedly got up and saluted: "Humble Han Zhi see His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Han Changshi is exempt, please take a seat." Li Jiancheng motioned for Han Zhi to take a seat.

"Thank you, Your Highness." After Li Jiancheng sat down, Han Zhi sat down as he said.

Li Jiancheng smiled faintly: "In the past, we used to get together from time to time in Daxing, and I got many exquisite and cheap books through Han Changshi, but after so many years in Xiangyang, Han Changshi seems to be the first time to come to the East Palace, right?" ”

Li Jiancheng's voice Han Zhi didn't know, his face turned slightly red, and he arched his hand: "If it weren't for the support of His Royal Highness the Prince, he would still be a lowly businessman, and he would not dare to forget the grace of knowing it." ”

Li Jiancheng smiled: "It is my duty to recommend for the country, and there is nothing unkind." But Han Changshi's various performances made me look sideways. ”

"The grace of the saint will not be abandoned, and the humble duty can only be repaid with this death." Han Zhi said.

Li Jiancheng was noncommittal, and he didn't bother to go around in circles with him, and asked, "How is the situation on the streets of Xiangyang?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, the chaos caused by the transfer of the Holy Lord has subsided, but the humble post has also arrested hundreds of people who spread rumors in the past few days, judging from their confessions, it should be the same people." Han Zhi said.

Li Jiancheng was stunned, and asked in a deep voice: "Who do you think did it?" ”

Han Zhi hesitated: "These people are ordinary people who receive money from others, as for who did it, I don't know for the time being, the Sui Dynasty should be excluded." ”

"How so?" Li Jiancheng asked.

"Xiangyang is about to be handed over to the Sui Dynasty, and I believe that the Sui Emperor does not want a major upheaval in Xiangyang, so as not to destroy the city."

"It makes sense." Although Li Jiancheng was not ashamed to help Han Zhi, he was more satisfied with the other party's rhetoric, and said: "So, Han Changshi thinks it was a thief? ”

"I'm afraid these guys can't wait for our army to leave Xiangyang in order to welcome the new master." When Han Zhi said this, he hurriedly brought the topic to the topic: "Your Highness, we'd better pull out these wall grasses as soon as possible according to the Holy Lord's instructions, otherwise, these people will use all kinds of connections to drag us down the road, so as to create opportunities for the Sui army." ”

Han Zhi is reminding Li Jiancheng that he will continue to suffer from it. If he doesn't agree, then Wu Chuanwei will follow the holy order and do his own thing.

Li Jiancheng pondered for a long time, and finally nodded: "Which families need to be cleaned up?" ”

Han Zhi presented a thick notebook, bowed down and said: "This matter is very important, I don't dare to make my own decisions, please look at it and make a decision by Your Highness." ”

Li Jiancheng took a look, his face changed slightly, and he said categorically: "There are too many people involved." Forbid. ”

"Your Highness, I beg your pardon. This list is fully in line with the requirements of the Holy Lord, why did His Highness refuse? Han Zhi raised his head and looked at Li Jiancheng without the slightest recognition.

"Then I'll ask you." Li Jiancheng said: "What is Webster's crime? ”

"Webster bought a large number of fields and shops at a low price, and distributed them not only to the names of the younger brothers, but also to domestic slaves. If Webster is loyal, he should turn the land into a convenient property and buy property in Shu, not in Xiangyang. Han Zhi shook his head and said: "Wei's intentions are punishable, and they have a relationship with the royal family of the Sui Dynasty, if they ascend to the heights, they only need a few hundred people to occupy the fortress of the Gorge Road, and when the time comes, how will His Highness and many soldiers enter Shu?" ”

"This ......" Li Jiancheng frowned and said: "Yiling and the Badong defenders are both confidants of their father's emperor, so they are naturally credible people. ”

"But people change. The fortress they have in their hands can be exchanged for high-ranking officials, and it is inevitable that some people will not be able to withstand the temptation. Even if they are loyal and good generals, but what about their subordinates? In the bad situation of my Datang, does Your Highness think that thousands of soldiers can withstand the coercion and temptation of money, beauty, and high-ranking officials? "Your Highness, don't forget, the Wang Shichong family was also in a difficult situation and was sacrificed by internal thieves."

Han Zhi sighed in his heart: The hearts of the Wei clan and other clans, everyone knows, they have all come to this step, this Li Jiancheng is still soft-hearted and hesitant, his indecisive character, even if he ascends the throne as the emperor and has real power, he can't suppress the impatient and ambitious Li Shimin and Li Yuanji. Li Yuan's reluctance to hand over power may also have something to do with Li Jiancheng's weak character, right?

Li Jiancheng was silent for a moment before returning the roster, and made up his mind: "Okay, Han Changshi will look at it, if you need any cooperation, just come back to me." ”

"Retire from your duties." Han Zhi took the roster, turned around and hurried away.

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Today's prices in Xiangyang are high, but in general, they are relatively stable, and because Li Yuan was coerced by hundreds of thousands of soldiers' families, the people have been duly compensated, and almost every family has surplus grain. Therefore, the life of the people of Xiangyang is relatively normal.

But the Wu Chuanwei who appeared in the streets and alleys at any time had expanded to 3,000 people, and they were now extremely powerful, not only able to arrest people at will, but also to break into people's houses at will, since Li Yuan left, they were all dispatched every day, distributed in all corners of Xiangyang, monitoring various key points.

But for Wu Chuanwei, the people are no longer as scared as before. First of all, after Wu Chuanwei was handed over to Han Zhi, he no longer did all kinds of evil like Li Yuanji, even if he arrested people, but as long as the foundation was clean, he would be safely released, people are forgetful animals, and over time, they forgot about Wu Chuanwei's cruelty; Secondly, the truce agreement between the Sui and Tang dynasties has spread throughout the city, and they also know that the Tang Dynasty cannot use innocent people, and people think that the war will not happen, but they forget that the current Xiangyang is still under the control of Li Tang.

In a wine shop, more than a dozen children of the scholar clan are gathering in a spacious elegant room on the second floor, today is the twenty-fifth birthday of Wei Kuangbo's second son, Wei Siqi, he invited friends to drink and celebrate.

After Wei Siqi was poured more than a dozen glasses of wine by the public, he only felt dizzy, his tongue was a little big, and seeing that everyone was coaxing to come to the second round, he hurriedly said: "This wine is heroic, not an ordinary drink, if you put me down, who will pay the bill?" Who's going to take you to Xiaoxiang Pavilion? ”

"Today's birthday star is only responsible for drinking, we will pay for the wine, if the birthday star is drunk, we will take it to Xiaoxiang Pavilion to listen to music, everyone said okay?"

"Okay."

Everyone applauded, everyone pressed Wei Siqi couldn't move, one pinched his nose, Wei Siqi, who was not breathing, could only open his mouth to breathe, and the other person poured wine into his mouth. Wei Siqi had no choice but to drink.

At this moment, I heard the door 'bang' and someone kicked it open, only to see a group of Wu Chuanwei rushing in from the outside, so frightened that everyone sat up one after another, and the room was suddenly silent.

Wei Siqi also sat up, he was a little top-heavy, but his mind was relatively clear-headed, as the so-called wine is strong and courageous, and the same is true for Wei Siqi, he patted the table and asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

"It turned out to be Wei Gongzi, no wonder he was so arrogant." A tall and thin general said coldly, there was a hideous scar on his face, his name was Ren An, he was the captain of the Wuchuan Division, but at the same time, he was also the captain of the Black Ice Platform inserted by Han Zhi'an.

"We drank here, we didn't break the law, we didn't talk about politics, and we didn't affect others, what do you want?" Wei Siqi glared at him.

Ren An's eyes swept around, and found that they were all children of the family on the list, and he was overjoyed, and said coldly: "We got a secret report, you are a spy of the Sui Army, search me!" ”

All the Wu Chuanwei rushed up, no matter how these scribes struggled and cursed, they forcibly pulled off the coat of each scribe, and suddenly a soldier shouted, "General, I found it!" ”

The soldiers got up one after another, only to see that the soldier was holding a bronze plaque, which was the waist plaque of the former Sui army scout, and the scribe was not a fool, and his face was like earth and he defended loudly: "This is not my brand, you deliberately framed it." ”

Of course, Wei Siqi also knew the other party's intentions, if Wu Chuanwei was allowed to take this Du family disciple away, everyone would not be able to escape the responsibility, and immediately said angrily: "He is a Du family disciple, he is not an enemy spy at all, don't think that we don't know, you are framed." ”

Wei Siqi didn't come out, he didn't know that people's hearts were sinister, he didn't see that Wu Chuanwei was coming at them, and the other party was waiting for him.

Ren An sneered, "The evidence is conclusive, Wei Gongzi actually wants to shelter him, it turns out that you are in a gang, no wonder you eat and drink together... Looks like I've caught big fish and taken them all with me. ”

When Wu Chuanwei heard this, he stepped forward and dragged people, how could the scribes go with this group of evil wolves, one by one desperately resisted, Ren Case pulled out his saber, and hit Wei Siqi on the back of the head with a handle, and he immediately fainted.

There were already more than 100 Wu Chuanwei soldiers surrounded outside the wine shop, and the surrounding pedestrians were pointing and whispering, and Wu Chuanwei suddenly arrested people, and he didn't know who was going to be unlucky.

Soon a large group of soldiers came out of the liquor shop, and a group of scribes who had been beaten with blue noses and swollen faces were tied with their hands tied behind their backs, and a rag was blocked in their mouths, and they were thrown into the airtight carriage like dogs, and went straight to the Wuchuan Wei Yamen.