When Chen Xi, a purple-clothed young eunuch with a black flowing cloud skirt, appeared outside the lobby of Kyoto Prefecture, officials of all sizes led by Yin Xiayanzhi of Kyoto Prefecture went out to greet him.

"Lord Chen, Lord Chen." Xia Yanzhi almost trotted towards Chen Xi, waving one hand forward, as if he had seen an old man who had been reunited after a long absence, but his voice was respectful: "What wind blew you here?" The Kyoto Prefecture is really full of brilliance today, come and come, please come in quickly, please come in! ”

At this juncture, the person from the purple-clothed prison suddenly arrived, Xia Yanzhi had a smile on his face, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.

After the saint ascended the throne, the biggest change in the court was that the power of the harem eunuchs began to rise.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, although there have been times when eunuchs have become powerful, so far, they have not really set off any storms.

However, the North Court originally belonged to the sphere of influence of the eunuchs, and although it was no longer directly controlled by Menxia Province, it was still regarded as the sphere of influence of Menxia Province.

Another yamen who is the power of eunuchs is the Purple Cloth Eunuch.

The Purple Eunuch is directly under the orders of His Majesty the Emperor and is not affected by any other yamen, but the head of the Purple Eunuch is the chief eunuch of the Inner Palace who controls the Menxia Province, so the Purple Eunuch has actually become the descendant force of the Menxia Province.

The Son of Heaven in the past dynasties used both the eunuchs and guarded against them, and would never let the eunuchs form a force.

However, in the more than ten years since the current saint ascended the throne, eunuchs have become a formidable force.

As we all know, Menxia Province is actually controlled by the chief eunuch of the palace, and the North Courtyard is on a par with the Southern Courtyard.

For example, the first emperor's brother Qing Wangye, Wen Tao Wuluo, is also loyal to the first emperor, once served as the envoy of the Southern Academy, although you are the prince, but low-key, humble and polite, won the hearts of the people.

Xiahou ascended the throne, although Prince Qing did not stand up against it, everyone knew that the greatest threat to Xiahou Shenghou was this King Qing.

The first emperor did not have a prince, and Zhao Yankuo and others wrote against Xiahou's succession, and the meaning behind it was clearly that Prince Qing would inherit the throne.

If it is said that the murder of the criminal department still needs to go through cumbersome procedures such as investigation and interrogation, then the murder of the Purple Clothes Prison is like a drizzle in March, moisturizing things silently, without going through any formalities, of course, even if he dies in the hands of the Purple Clothes Prison, no one will be able to find out the slightest clue.

The criminal department kills people in the open place, while the purple prison kills people in the dark place.

Some people can use the criminal department to fabricate charges and kill the enemy, but some people can only assassinate secretly.

The officials in the court and the central government all knew that the Purple Prison was terrifying, and they also knew that they killed people invisibly, but no one had ever seen the Purple Prison kill people, just because the person who could see the Purple Prison do it must be the target of the Purple Prisoner.

The purple-clothed prison is like a dagger hidden in the sleeve of a saint, and he can't tell when he suddenly takes it out and puts people to death.

Even Kyoto Prefecture Yin Xia

Not long after Zhao Yankuo and others were beheaded, King Qing who lived in the palace suddenly passed away due to illness, and the palace sent people to block the palace at the first time, and more than 200 people up and down the palace were all martyred on the day of King Qing's burial.

The death of King Qing is strange, but people who understand it know in their hearts that the death of King Qing was done by the Purple Clothes Prison nine times out of ten.

At that time, the Purple Clothes Prison had not yet been established, but before the death of the first emperor, Xiahou had already controlled a terrifying force composed of eunuchs in the palace, which was led by the chief of the inner palace, and the Purple Clothes Prison was established less than two months after Xiahou ascended the throne.

If the Criminal Department is disgusting, and the officials of the DPRK and China are unwilling to contact the people of the Criminal Department because of their disdain and disgust, then the Purple Prison is synonymous with terror and mystery, and the group of eunuchs who are full of yin owl breath make hundreds of officials stay away.

The Purple Clothes Prison has never taken the initiative to contact the officials of the DPRK and China, and has no interference with the various departments and yamen.

Today, the young eunuch Chen Xi of the purple-clothed prison suddenly came, which is really a very abnormal thing for the Kyoto Prefecture, and it is also something that makes everyone's hearts tight.

Yanzhi doesn't know much about the Purple Prisoner, but he still knows a few of the Purple Prisoner's minds.

In addition to the chief manager, there are two guards in the Purple Clothes Prison, and each guard has two young eunuchs under him, and Chen Xi is one of the four young eunuchs in the Purple Clothes Prison.

It is rumored that the two guards have their own duties, one is in charge of intelligence, and the other is in charge of operations, which is like a marching battle, one is responsible for money, food, equipment and logistics, and the other is responsible for leading troops into battle, but whether this is the case, it is difficult for officials in the DPRK and China to be sure.

"Where's the murder weapon?" Chen Xi spoke crisply and neatly.

Xia Yanzhi immediately turned around and said, "Quick, get the murder weapon, hurry." He raised his hand and said, "Master Chen will go first and have a cup of tea." ”

The young eunuch of the Purple Prison personally came to the door to inquire about the case, and the people in Kyoto Prefecture were naturally sincerely afraid.

Chen Xi was wearing a purple flowing cloud skirt, and when he saw Xia Yan coming forward, he took the lead in giving his hand, and he was not arrogant, but very modest: "Lord Xia, I'm sorry." In the case of the murder of Hongling Zhenren, is your Kyoto Prefecture responsible? ”

Chen Xi got straight to the point, but Xia Yan's heart was tight, thinking that the palace should have sent him to inquire about the case, right?

It's only been less than two days, Xia Yanzhi doesn't have the slightest clue about the murderer, if it is really the palace that sent Chen Xi to inquire about the progress of the case, he really doesn't know how to reply, he is worried, and reluctantly smiled: "Exactly, the Criminal Department is investigating the case of the Ministry of War, so the case of Hongling Zhenren will be explained and investigated by the Kyoto Prefecture." ”

The Purple Clothes Prison is a special yamen, although there are official positions such as the chief administrator, the health supervisor and the young eunuch, but they are not considered ranks.

Even in Kyoto, the third-grade officials are also taking action, but in the face of the young eunuchs of the purple clothes regardless of their rank, Xia Yanzhi still claims to be a subordinate official.

"Tang Fucheng, you brought people to the scene that night, and you will report the details to Lord Chen." Xia Yanzhi beckoned to an official on the side, and the official immediately stepped forward, bent over and arched his hand: "Xiaguan Kyoto Mansion Cheng Tang Jing, meet Lord Chen." "Extremely humble.

As soon as the tea came up, the judge of Kyoto Prefecture personally took the murder weapon and placed it on the table, except for the longbow and arrow box, even the clothes and waist armor were all placed on the table.

"Lord Chen, this was found in the forest on the edge of the Taoist temple." Xia Yanzhi personally explained: "After the real person was assassinated last night, Changshengguan reported to the Criminal Department overnight, and after dawn, he also reported to the palace immediately. When the Punishment Department received the report that night, it handed over the case to Kyoto Prefecture, so before dawn, the lower officials sent people to the scene of the crime to investigate. Before the palace decree came down, Xia Guan had already ordered someone to protect the scene. ”

As the governor of Kyoto, he is also a third-grade official in the Tang Dynasty, and he is on the same level as the servants of various ministries.

"Tang Fucheng, if you talk about the case, just talk about the case, don't get involved with other people." Xia Yanzhi coughed, slightly displeased.

Tang Jing hurriedly said: "Yes." He continued: "When Hongling Zhenren was killed, he was only wearing a pair of pants and his upper body was naked, he should have been about to rest, and there was a cup of tea on the table, and the tea was .....!" Looking at Xia Yanzhi, I didn't know if I should continue.

"See what I'm doing?" Xia Yanzhi frowned and said, "Report all the original 1510 you know to Lord Chen, don't miss a clue." ”

The supreme governor of Kyoto Prefecture is naturally Yin Xia Yanzhi of Kyoto Prefecture, and the second-in-command is this Tang Mansion Cheng.

"Tang Fucheng will tell me about the situation." Chen Xi was calm and calm, with a hint of a smile on his face.

"Hongling Zhenren was pierced through the throat by an arrow, and it can be concluded that the murderer's archery skills are extremely good, and the strength is extremely strong, otherwise it is impossible to directly penetrate the neck." Tang Jing said: "Even if they are dragon scale warriors, they are unparalleled in riding and shooting, but those who have the strength to pierce the throat with sharp arrows are rare. ”

"Tang Fucheng, you are responsible for criminal investigation and investigation of the case, don't use the word seeming." Chen Xi interrupted: "Especially in the evidence, you can't be ambiguous, even you yourself can't make a positive judgment, how can you convince others?" ”

"That's what your lord pointed out." Tang Jing said: "We conclude that there is a drug mixed in the tea, if you drink the tea, it can make people weak in a moment, and its effect is quite like the soft tendon powder used by the gangsters, but this medicine and soft tendon powder are not the same." ”

Chen Xi didn't speak, just stood at the table, put his hands behind his back, and listened carefully.

"Tang Fucheng, you have something to say, you don't need to have scruples." Chen Xi said with a smile: "You also know some things, the sage has a lot of opportunities, sometimes he needs to use pills to nourish the dragon body, Hongling Zhenren is good at alchemy, and has been responsible for refining pills for the palace for many years, and the sage also praises him." Although he is an outsider, he has always been on errands for the palace, and now someone is bold enough to dare to assassinate a real person, the saint Long Yan is furious, the assassin killed a real person, but the spearhead is clearly pointed at the palace, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the murderer is so rampant, if we courtiers can't even find the murderer, wouldn't it be ridiculous to laugh at the world? ”

"What Lord Chen said is extremely true." Xia Yanzhi hurriedly said: "Xiaguan and the others are naturally doing their best to solve this case as soon as possible." ”

Tang Jing bowed slightly, and then continued: "After inspection, it seems that there is ...... in that cup of tea!"

"In addition, we expanded the search area, and soon found the murder weapon in the forest outside the Taoist temple." Tang Jing pointed to the bow and arrow on the table, and his voice was loud: "The forest is fifty or sixty steps away from the side wall of the Taoist temple, which is not dense, after Hongling Zhenren entered the Immortal Temple, he said that planting a forest there would be very good for the feng shui of the Taoist temple, so that forest was planted for less than ten years." After comparing the bows and arrows and armor found in the forest, we determined that the arrows in the quiver box were exactly the same as the sharp arrows that shot the real people of Hongling, so we can conclude that the things in the forest were indeed murder weapons, and they were also abandoned in the forest by the murderer. ”

Chen Xi bowed slightly, but still didn't speak.

"We also found that the killer's arrows were slightly different from normal arrows." Xia Yanzhi finally spoke: "His arrow cluster barbs are very long, heavier than ordinary arrows, Lord Chen knows that the weight of the arrows is directly related to the speed of the arrows, generally speaking, only the arrow clusters need to be sharp to pierce the enemy's body, in fact, the barbs don't need to be too particular, after all, even if they weigh a little, it will have a great impact on the speed." But the killer didn't care about this, which shows that he is very confident in himself and is not worried about the extra barbs affecting his speed. ”

"And his longbow, dry, horn, tendon, glue, silk, lacquer, the six materials of the longbow are all top materials." Tang Jing obviously studied this bow and arrow in detail: "Even the bow and arrow equipped by the Praetorian Guard have not been able to achieve such a sophisticated level, and the cost of such a fine longbow is at least seventy or eighty taels of silver." However, it is not easy to collect all these materials, and to be able to manufacture such a longbow with exquisite technology, although the cost is less than a hundred taels, but the scarcity is expensive, such a refined bow, without two or three hundred taels of silver, I am afraid it is difficult to start. ”

A slight smile appeared on the corner of Chen Xi's mouth, and he said, "Being able to know this, Tang Fucheng is indeed well-informed. What else can you find? ”