Putting down the two copies of apologies in his hand, Huang Qiong picked up two copies of the Zhengzhou Prefect and the Ruzhou Governor and looked at them urgently. In both cases, an official died in each of the two places. And in the folds, it was clear that after a test, although the two died in an accident, they were not killed by him.

The prefect of Zhengzhou reported that after drinking too much, the governor of the county and county of the government accidentally knocked over the candlestick in his bedroom and caused a fire. Because he was too drunk, he not only failed to escape and was burned to death, but also burned to death with his family. One of his surviving family members, as well as the neighbors who helped to fight the fire, can attest.

The county not only suffered from the fire caused by itself, but also affected more than 10 families in the surrounding area. Although there were no deaths, the belongings of these families were burned. As for the inspection department in Ruzhou, the death is even more strange. After dinner, he took a walk and was bitten alive by a wild dog.

Looking at the officials of the two places, the strange death method of the two people written on the fold, Huang Qiong could only shake her head and sigh. A person equivalent to the deputy county magistrate cost the whole family their lives in a drunken mess. A person who is considered to be the police station where the state administration is located was actually bitten to death by a wild dog that came out of nowhere, and this discerning person knows at a glance that it is definitely not a natural death.

These two people were obviously killed by others. When this happens, unless King Duan and King Jing can really find out the real culprit in the shortest possible time, the crime of killing people and destroying their mouths will really be realized. As for dying in an accident, it was purely a matter of going to the grave to burn newspapers, where to fool the ghost.

And for these two people who have the right to go to the secret, the real identity is not high. One is an eight-grade official who can be selected from lifting people, and the other is not even used to lift people, and it is not a ninth-grade official, Huang Qiong did not feel surprised. The people who do these things are all selected by the North and South Zhenfu Division.

Although these people secretly have great power, their public identities cannot be too high. Without him, the higher the position, the easier it is to attract attention. On the contrary, these petty officials, even if they are not transferred for ten years, no one will notice. And out of checks and balances, it is impossible for the emperor to give them too high a bright status.

The most important thing is that although the grades of these two people are not high, their positions are very critical. Although the Inspection Department is only a nine-rank official, it is responsible for the security of the jurisdiction, and even bears some responsibilities for tax collection and supervision, and has more than a dozen infantry archers and horse archers in his hands.

The people on the ground in their own jurisdiction are also under their jurisdiction. The tentacles can be said to stretch to the bottom, and once something happens, it is difficult to hide from their eyes. As for the county magistrate of Guancheng County, although he is not as sensitive as the ears and eyes of the Inspection Department, the Zhengzhou Mansion and the Duanwang Mansion are in Guancheng County.

Moreover, although the county does not hold real power, he is in charge of the arrest and theft of a county. In other words, the local snakes in Guancheng County are all under his governance. It can be said that in the entire Zhengzhou Mansion, the movements of officials of all sizes, as well as any changes in Duanwangfu, cannot be concealed from his ears and eyes.

What's more, although there is a saying in the officialdom of Daqi, Sansheng is unfortunate to know the county attached to Guo; Three lives do evil and attach Guo Lusuo; The evil is full of Guo Jingcheng. The county officials in the county administrative districts in the prefecture, the road administration, and the capital, compared with the other county orders of those Bailihou, this official is more depressed. Without him, although the grade of the general county order is not high, he is a grass king in his own district.

The county orders of the government and the road where the government can be governed are more tragic. Although there are more opportunities to contact superiors, the problem is that under the noses of superiors, this job is also the most difficult to do. Working under the nose of the boss and doing a good job, you don't necessarily have to make a good deal in front of the boss. If you don't do it well, you will be unlucky, and if you don't do it, you will become the chicken that your boss kills chickens and monkeys.

As for the county-level officials attached to the capital, it is even more difficult to be an official. What is the capital? It is the area of the first good at the feet of the Son of Heaven. In all dynasties, even if it was a secession regime on the side of security, the capital was full of princes, and the streets were full of first- and second-class officials. There are people, and naturally all kinds of struggles are indispensable.

What's more, so many high-ranking officials are involved in party disputes, different political views, and disputes are even more indispensable. Today the prince's butler fights with the princess's minions, and tomorrow the son of the military department Shangshu gets drunk and beats the descendants of a certain founding marquis. The day after tomorrow, a certain university scholar's mansion, that young lady eloped with the son of a certain squire's mansion.

All kinds of events can be described as varied. Those big men in Zhongshu Province and the Sixth Department naturally don't pay attention to these things, and even some officials regard the struggle between their children as a struggle between themselves and their political enemies. Although the infighting between these sons and brothers is far from being life-and-death. But in private, the elders in the family are encouraged in disguise, and even secretly connived, there are constant disputes large and small.

These so-called trivial matters, those scholars, scholars, and princes do not bother to deal with them, or for some reason do not want to deal with them in person, then the unlucky ones are naturally the specific officials below. The official university level crushes people to death, not to mention the gap between a first-grade university scholar and a seventh-grade county order and an eighth-grade county magistrate.

Those magistrates, county seats, and county lieutenants attached to Guo County can show off their might in other counties. But in the eyes of the officials of Zhongshu Province and Shangshu Province in the capital, it is also trivial. If you don't handle that matter well, you will offend a large number of people if you don't do it well, and even directly let your career end here.

The so-called handling well is just helping one faction to fight another. It is the so-called tendency to be stumbling, supplying hundreds of millions of people, and being tired of running. The capital is attached to Guo like this, and those high-ranking officials such as the so-called pacification envoys, inspection envoys, and festival envoys who have concentrated large and small are actually the same.

It's just that these officials, although this official deserves to be a little aggrieved, there is no doubt about one thing. The more these officials are at the bottom of the high-level yamen's concentration, because when it comes to these difficult matters, the more deaf and clear their ears and eyes become. Especially in the case of the government and the prince's fiefdom, these people actually have a lot of secret power.

But conventionally, although these two people are in important positions, their grades are too low. Without ascertaining their true identities, even if King Duan and King Jing wanted to buy officials, it would definitely not be their turn. I haven't heard of the Daqi clan, and I will be afraid of a small county and the inspection department.

It should be said that the two points placed by the old man are quite wise and correct in the choice of position. It is deaf and clear, but it is absolutely unobtrusive. But the key question is, how did their identities get out? You know, the eyes of the North and South Townsmen are all top secret?

Although this matter may not have been really done by the two kings, Huang Qiong can conclude that the identities of these two people are obviously known to the two kings, and they have also received money and goods from the two kings. At least the behind-the-scenes manipulator, in order to reassure the second king, will not worry about this matter.

Although she didn't tell the old man explicitly, Huang Qiong understood that the key to this matter was not how these two people died, but who leaked the identities of the two of them, which should have been kept secret. His own emperor Lao Tzu has his own secret agent system in the court, and has given some officials the right to hear about it, which is not a secret in the court.

In particular, Emperor Taizong single-handedly set up, first to hunt down and kill the so-called remnants of the former Tang Dynasty, and then to secretly monitor those former Tang officials who surrendered to various places, as well as the kings of the clan and the people of the rivers and lakes, although it has always been shrouded in mystery, it has long been an open secret in the court.

It's just that the identities of these secret agents, except for their top bosses, are the people who preside over the North and South Zhenfu Division, and they are not really clear. Unless one of the main messengers behind the scenes is himself a person from the North and South Towns, and he is a person in a key position, it is impossible to know the identity of these people at all.

Thinking of this, Huang Qiong couldn't help but shudder. He knew that if the Nanbei Zhenfu Division, this kind of secret yamen that could only be controlled by the old man, was really infiltrated by one of his brothers, then what else could this person not know? Not only the palaces of the kings and eunuchs, but also the secrets of this palace are there to protect?

Seeing Huang Qiong's face change suddenly, the emperor sitting opposite him was slightly stunned. Although since meeting his ninth son, the father and son have actually not had many opportunities to get in touch. But Huang Qiong's impression on the emperor, in addition to the slippery head, the other most important impression is stability.

Not only when facing the prince, although he has always shown weakness on the surface, but in fact, he has always put himself above the free advance and retreat. is in the face of his own father, although he can't be said to be more than calm, but he has always taken the initiative in his own hands. Even if you are angry, you have always been lightweight when dealing with it.

Now his son's face has changed so heavily in an extremely rare way, which has aroused the emperor's curiosity. It's just that Huang Qiong didn't wait for him to open his mouth to ask, and hesitated a little before he spoke: "As the old saying goes, the embankment of a thousand miles collapses with the nest of ants, and the hundred-foot room is burned with the smoke of a breakthrough." ”

"Father, the son thinks that the immediate priority is not only to find out what the two kings did in the fiefdom, but also whether it is really as stated in the fold. More importantly, it is necessary to find out how the identities of these two people were discovered by the two kings. Sometimes, the harm caused by internal problems is far greater than the harm caused by external problems. ”

Judging from the contents of these two memoirs, the identities of these two people are obviously very special. But no matter whether this matter was done by the two kings or not, one thing can be confirmed, at least the identities of these two people are at least with King Duan and King Jing, and they are not as secret as your father and emperor imagined. ”

"The son thought, since you can give these two people the right to hear about it, then the identities of the two should not be clear whether they are King Duan or King Jing. Even the other person behind the scenes, who is very likely to exist in the whole incident, should not be clear. ”

"Even if the second king wants to buy the fiefdom officials for his own use, but an eight-rank county and a nine-rank inspection department, unless there is any special identity, this kind of unpopular petty officials who are all over the world will definitely not be on the second king's bribery list. In other words, the two kings obviously know their true identities, so they will spend the price to win them over. ”

"So how did the two kings know their identities, this is the most critical question in this case, and it is also the most fatal problem, and if it is not investigated, it will even become the deadliest threat to my Great Qi Dynasty. Because there is a problem with these people, it means that there is a problem with a certain system of the imperial court. ”