Chapter 013: Eagle Dog
The Imperial City Division is the Song Dynasty Forbidden Military Division, formerly known as the Wude Division, located in the Zuo Chengtian Gate in Tokyo, which is a special agency of the Song Dynasty, similar in nature to the Ming Dynasty Jinyiwei. One is the palace guard, and the other is the spy and superintendent, which is generally served by ministers, not princes.
As the Great Song Dynasty, King Yun is also in charge of the Imperial City Division, not subordinate to Taicha, not subject to the jurisdiction of the three ya, and directly under the leadership of the emperor, which can really be described as a monstrous power.
Huangshan Tiger, Winged Tiger and others are all idlers from Shandong, and they usually live by fighting, killing, and extortion. Since he caught up with Li Guohu, his strength has increased, and his courage has also increased. Over time, I am afraid that it is now one of the top gangsters in Bianliang City!
When the sky was bright, Kaifeng Mansion was full of people, and the criminals were arrested in an endless stream, and the prison cells of Kaifeng Mansion were overcrowded for a while.
Last night, under the fire and iron, these prisoners vomited everything, and the assassination was arranged by Wang Biao, the duke of Kaifeng Mansion, and the murder weapon was also provided to them by Wang Biao.
What is particularly shocking is that most of the prisoners who were interrogated and participated in the assassination were habitual offenders who were on the run, and the Kaifeng Prefecture had not been able to arrest them and put them in prison, but last night they were mysteriously "arranged" by Wang Biao to be put into the cell to carry out this glorious and arduous task.
"These guys, who are not small, can get Wang Xianggong to prison and kill them on the spot, they deserve to be unlucky!"
Li Shen shook his head, and the shock in his heart could not be calmed down for a long time.
"Wang Biao, this kid hasn't come back yet, he dared to get the murder weapon into the cell, instructed the prisoners, and almost killed Wang Xianggong, this time he is good-looking!"
In order to clear up the relationship, the officials of Kaifeng Mansion on the side were also indignant and impassioned.
"It's good now, these guys have thrown themselves into the net, and they have saved us from arresting, and we have to thank Wang Xianggong!"
Li Shen coughed and said sharply: "Everyone has seen it, the case is already clear, if Wang Biao can't be caught, none of us will be able to keep the black yarn on our heads." Wang Xianggong and Bachelor Zhang, but waiting to participate in the official family. ”
His eyes became hideous, making the officials below shudder.
"At this time, if anyone dares to come out of the moth, Lao Tzu will take off his black yarn first!"
Everyone bowed together and said, "They all listen to the appointment of the prime minister!"
Wang Biao came out of the Pan Building and couldn't help yawning. When he thought of the two beautiful girls last night, he couldn't help but feel hot again.
If you don't want to be on duty, who wants to get up from this gentle township. It seems that I will have to take it easy in the future, otherwise my body will really be a little unbearable.
He hadn't taken a few steps when several men rushed over, blocking his path and surrounding him.
"Zhou Da, what are you going to do in the way, don't fucking get out of the way for me!"
Seeing that Zhou Da in front of him was in the yamen, and he usually didn't care about it, Wang Biao's anger suddenly rose.
Zhou Da took a step forward, put his hand on the handle of the knife, and said loudly: "Wang Biao, your matter has been committed, hurry up and give me a trip, otherwise don't blame the brothers for being polite!"
Several other public servants were also eyeing each other, ready to rush up, as if they were about to rush up at the slightest disagreement.
Wang Biao couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't understand what Zhou Da meant, he was just confused, his leg hurt, and he kicked the two dukes behind him to the ground, and the iron chain was directly put around his neck, and then he was tied up.
"Don't! Other! The brothers have a good relationship on weekdays, can you tell my brother what happened?"
Wang Biao said while thinking about it, could it be that something went wrong last night?
"It doesn't hurt to tell you!"
A hint of banter appeared on Zhou Da's cold face, he patted Zhou Da on the shoulder, shook his head, and said, "Do you know who you were going to kill last night?"
Wang Biao's face changed drastically, and he sighed in his heart, sure enough, there was a leak in what happened last night.
"Brother, what you said, why don't I understand it, brother."
Wang Biao's words provoked Zhou Da to sneer.
"Pretend to be confused, then I'll tell you, the one you want to kill last night is the red man in front of the official family, the Privy Council's fellow acquaintance Wang Songwang Xianggong!"
Zhou Da looked at Wang Biao, who was stunned and sweating profusely, and felt sour in his heart, and sneered: "Fortunately, you are lucky, Wang Xiang'an is safe, otherwise, you have been dead eight times now, and your home should have been raided!"
"I said brothers, we're not bad on weekdays, can you let my brother live?"
Wang Biao ignored the push and shove of his former colleagues and pleaded loudly.
"Smack!"
Zhou Da slapped his backhand and said coldly: "Wang Biao, you colluded inside and outside with the intention of murdering important ministers of the court, which is a great rebellion and an unforgivable crime!" If you have something to say, go and talk to Wang Xianggong yourself. If you say anything more, don't blame me for being rude to you!"
Zhou Da was furious, he pointed at Wang Biao's nose, and scolded: "You guy, usually follow Li Guohu, see our brothers, beat and scold, arrogant, now in trouble, want the brothers to take the blame for you, you better save it!"
Wang Biao's face turned pale, he lost his spirit all of a sudden, hung his head, let the officials push him, and stumbled forward.
Zhou Da and the others didn't take a few steps, and a group of men in black shorts chased after them from behind with knives and guns, and shouted loudly: "Stop, stop, hurry up and leave people behind!"
Hearing someone shouting behind him, Zhou Da and the public stood together and looked back.
Wang Biao also turned his head, and when he saw the person behind him clearly, he was overjoyed and said, "Brother Zhao, come and save me!"
Seeing clearly the thin black man who was panting and leading a group of people to catch up, Zhou Da also gasped and couldn't help but clench the handle of the knife in his hand.
Zhao Gui, the head of the attendants of Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, is a "celebrity" who mingles inside and outside Bianliang City, and everything related to the underworld around Tokyo City is basically related to him.
In the early years of Xuanhe, Zhao Gui was just an idler who relied on his strength to eat on the Hongqiao Wharf outside Bianliang City, busy all day long, sweating and running for a mouthful of food.
If this continues, Zhao Gui will only be a coolie on the dock for the rest of his life, and he will have no chance of getting ahead.
One day, Zhao Kai and some prodigal children in Tokyo City went to Hongqiao outside Bianjing City to play, and occasionally saw Zhao Gui who was being bullied by idlers. Zhao Gui is young and vigorous, and his hard work is good, and he beats a few idlers to the point of urine. Zhao Kai saw that he had good kung fu in his hands, and felt pity, so he took him back to the mansion and changed his name to Zhao Gui.
Since then, Zhao Gui has become Zhao Kai's chamberlain, and he has become a guard of the Imperial City Division. Because he is bold and careful, exquisite, and dares to work hard, he gradually became Zhao Kai's henchman.
Relying on the big tree of King Yun, Zhao Gui recruited a large group of idlers from Bianliang City, including Huangshan Tiger, Winged Tiger and others, and his power gradually grew.
As he knew more and more people and his status became higher and higher, many people in Bianliang City took refuge in his subordinates, and Zhao Gui also faintly became the head of the underworld in Bianliang City, and he was in the limelight for a while.
Because of his diligence and lack of leakage, Zhao Kai has more and more trust in Zhao Gui, and many important things, things that are inconvenient for him to come forward, let Zhao Gui do them.
All things in the world, in the final analysis, are nothing more than the word "interests". And when it comes to Zhao Kai, it is even more ruthless, and the means used, such as abduction, extortion and intimidation, coercion and temptation, etc., are solved by Zhao Gui and his subordinates.
Just like Wang Lun's house this time, because Zhao Kai's restaurant wants to expand, several surrounding houses need to be demolished. If you buy it normally, it may cost a lot of silver. Now the Huangshan Tiger and the Winged Tiger under Zhao Gui, as well as Li Guohu from the government, are out of the horse, and they are immediately captured.
Again, all means, in the final analysis, are still for profit.
At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the officials were corrupt, and all the behaviors of the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion against Zhao Kai were also turned a blind eye, and no one was willing to offend these imperial relatives. In addition, during the Jingkang period, the situation was unstable, the Jin people went south, and the governor of Kaifeng Mansion kept changing, and no one cared about these things.
Because of this, there are more and more people under Zhao Gui, his power is getting bigger and bigger, and he is doing things more and more unscrupulously.
Just like the conflict between Wang Song and Huang Shanhu and others yesterday, Sesame was originally a big and trivial matter, and the affairs of the house had already been done, so why bother to conflict with Wang Song and others?
Even if Wang Song and the others are put in prison and taught a lesson, they will be released in a few days, so why bother arranging assassins, who are so vicious that they will kill the killers!
To put it bluntly, there is no law, too tyrannical, too nobody, always feeling that he is the best in the world, not knowing the height of the sky, good and evil are rewarded.
Zhao Gui was also in Panlou last night, and he was still dreaming in the morning, and the people below came up to tell him that the officials of Kaifeng Mansion had arrested Wang Biao, and it seemed that the person who came was not good.
Wang Biao's matter was arranged by him, and at that time, he thought that he was only arresting a few unknown people from outside, but Zhao Gui didn't take it to heart, and issued an order to execute him with a wave of his hand, which was arranged and executed by Li Guohu and Wang Biao and others.
Hearing that the public from Kaifeng Mansion came to arrest people, Zhao Gui felt that something was wrong, the identities of those strangers were by no means simple, otherwise there would be no news inside.
It's just that now that the arrow is on the bow, whatever you say, you have to keep Wang Biao, otherwise once the Kaifeng Mansion is investigated, it will be found on his head.
It's not terrible to chase him over, the key is not to pull out Zhao Kai, the king of Yun behind him.
"Isn't this Brother Zhou, what are you doing, do you really want to lock up your brother?"
Zhao Gui was a little out of breath, he had been pampered over the years, and his body was already very rich.
Zhou Da and the others protected Wang Biao in the middle. Zhou Da clenched the handle of the knife and said in a deep voice: "Brother Zhao, Wang Biao has committed something, our brother wants to take him home for questioning, and please Brother Zhao not to stop him."
"Ask!"
The thin-faced man next to Zhao Gui was panting, obviously tired enough.
"Straight mothers and thieves hurry up and let them go, and then get out of here, otherwise you will know how powerful our brothers are!"
"Wang Biao is suspected of hiring a murderer and murdering a high-ranking official in the court, and the death penalty is inevitable! Do you have to go your own way and fight against the government? ”
Zhou Da shouted loudly, and pulled out the steel knife at his waist with a "swish".
Seeing that Zhou Da showed his weapons, the other princes also showed their weapons, and protected Wang Biao tightly in the circle.
"Zhou Da, why do you bother, you have to hurt your peace! Brothers, snatch Brother Wang Biao back, I'll take care of it!"