As the capital of the Hao Kingdom, Kyoshi gathered most of the power in the country.

Xuanzheng Street, located on the edge of the eastern city, as a location away from the downtown and close to the imperial city, naturally became the first choice for officials to choose residences. It also happened that Xuanzheng Street did not have many civilians living there, and over time, it became the center of Jingshi's handling of government affairs.

On the edge of Xuanzheng Street is the Imperial Palace, which is surrounded by thick red palace walls. The white opalescent stone square behind the palace wall connects the palatial buildings, and the towering stone pillars in the square add a lot of sacredness.

And in Xicheng, there is such a street, and the front of the street is facing the river that runs through Jingshi City. This street is also strange, there are only two courtyards on the empty street, one is the mansion of Lu Hou, the only first-class marquis in Haoguo today, and the other is the procuratorate, one of the two major institutions in Haoguo.

If you want to talk about this prosecutor's office, it is kind of interesting.

It should be when His Majesty is still the crown prince now, and the Jinyi Guard at that time was in the same stream as Dongchang, and there was a small piece of filth in the court. How could the young and vigorous prince tolerate it, and so, in the face of great disapproval, began a long battle with these two institutions.

Dongchang is involved in the palace, naturally it can't move, but Jinyiwei is different, although it is directly under the emperor, but at that time, the elderly Emperor Yingzong gave the power in his hands to the prince early, so Dongchang confessed, and the prince won.

In this way, Jinyiwei was disbanded on the spot, and then the prince merged the two major town divisions to establish this place, which was called the courtyard of the procuratorate.

On the orders of the emperor, the rules of brocade clothes were followed.

As the crown prince succeeded to the throne and gradually gathered power, this courtyard slowly became the most terrifying place in Jingshi, and it was also the most powerful place except for His Majesty the Emperor.

Since the establishment of the house, several officials have been arrested, from Shangshu to county, and none of them have been spared. The power and responsibilities are unprecedented. In just a few years, it is enough to compare with the deep-rooted East Factory. is only responsible for the emperor alone, and others, even the prime ministers, have no right to be held accountable.

In a certain sense, this courtyard is a poisonous snake in the hands of the emperor, staring at the officials of Haoguo all the time. And the secret agent in the courtyard in the dark is like a sharp blade, which makes the officials frightened.

However, what is puzzling is that the owner of this courtyard is actually a scholar who followed His Majesty to record the case file. For some reason, His Majesty the Emperor could rest assured that this originally unknown scholar had entrusted him with such an important institution, although this scholar did not disappoint the Emperor and completed more and more tasks.

Fortunately, His Majesty the Emperor has increased the number of officials, and I am afraid that there are only a few people left in the officialdom of Haoguo today.

This is a mad dog with no bottom line. This is the evaluation of this scholar by Haoguo officials. It is undeniable that this courtyard has long become a thorn in the side and flesh of the officials, and the officials in the officialdom are also afraid that one day this powerful institution will no longer be controlled by His Majesty the Emperor, and Haoguo will once again fall into the situation of thirty years ago.

But for the loyalty of this scholar and the courtyard, His Majesty the Emperor doesn't seem to be worried, and maybe he doesn't need to worry.

It's night.

"Their people have already arrived in Suzhou." At this moment, in a dark room in the courtyard, the head of the procuratorate, known as Mad Dog, looked at the copy in his hand and asked.

If Li Xiao was present at this time, he would have been able to recognize that this dean had appeared in the other courtyard back then.

"The three groups of people wrote that they had arrived." Below, the person who spoke was Han Yixi, the confidant of Dean Luo, who was also the leader of the information group responsible for collecting Haoguo's information materials.

"He also said that he had already made contact with the little son of the Chu family."

"What did Chu Yi say?" King Luo Bin then asked.

"This one, it was not mentioned in the secret letter, it just said that he had been out of the city for most of the month, and he had not seen him again." Han Yi smiled embarrassedly, and then replied, "Dean, you also know that we can't grasp the whereabouts of a person like him. ”

King Luo Bin put down his hand in the Chinese case, tapped his fingers on the table, and said with a smile: "You don't have to pay too much attention to him, just think about it, this Chu family master regretted it, hiding, and wanted to get by." ”

"And he should appear soon, now pay more attention to the people in Shifu, don't let them be moths."

"Courtyard, you can rest assured, the person sent by Shifu picked up the wrong one." Han Yiwei said, "I regard a medical hall boy who eats and waits for death as a descendant of the medical saint, I heard that he is now rushing back to Beijing to make a business." ”

King Luo Bin stopped knocking on the table and said, "Shifu has a bunch of wine bags and rice bags, and they are just martial artists, but that Shi Shifan is a bit tricky, and the people who are crippled in the sky can't be underestimated." Shoot more people, Your Majesty has not been worried about them recently. ”

"No."

"Okay, it's not early, you can go down and rest early,"

"No." Han Yi replied evilly, and prepared to retreat.

"You and I are both protégés of Master Taifu, when the hospital was built, I asked you to do things, one is for Your Majesty, and the other is to give your friends a way out, the two people surnamed Yu are too radical, it is better to have less contact." King Luo Bin lowered his head, sighed, and said.

After hearing this, Han Yiwei subconsciously paused, not knowing what he was thinking, but soon came back to his senses and left without looking back. Leaving King Luo Bin alone, he sighed on the spot.

After a long time, the light of the sky finally shone into the room, reflecting on the face of this young courtyard, and only at this time, the dean, who was accustomed to darkness, would show a long-lost smile.

"You say, whether the plan I proposed with Kang Zhi back then is suitable or not, and whether you should ask that child's opinion." This sentence is like a stone sinking into the sea, and there is no response.

King Luo Bin pinched his numb forehead, sighed, and said, "Also, what can such a young child know." ”

As he was talking, there was a knock on the door.

"Lord Courtyard, my subordinates have something to report."

"Enter."

After finishing speaking, the dark door opened quickly, and under the eye-catching skylight, a young man of one or twenty years old walked in. He is handsome, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he is high-spirited.

"Dean, my subordinates checked Her Royal Highness's condition and found a little difference before and after the incident." The young man handed the scroll of paper in his hand to King Luo Bin, and then lowered his head and said.

As a scholar, this courtyard master did not practice martial arts, but even so, when the young man faced him, he still felt an indescribable fear.

"Dean, if this news is accurate, then the illness of Her Royal Highness the princess this time seems to be hidden, I am afraid that it is ......" The young man raised his head, peeked at King Luo Bin, and then continued.

"Go on."

"The subordinates are speculating that there is a conspiracy in this incident, according to the available information, Her Royal Highness the princess seems to have been poisoned, and the method is very similar to the Lingnan poison doctor Cui Tian, and the symptoms also feel there, and there is also the fact that this poison doctor and the medical saint were once brothers, according to the subordinates, the son of the Chu family is afraid that there is another hidden reason when he comes to Beijing this time." The boy lowered his head and said in a nervous tone.

For his dean, he always has an inexplicable sense of fear. However, it was precisely for Dean Luo, who was famous in the Hao country, that he would give up his fame and join in.

"The son of the Chu family?" The scholar opened the data scroll in front of him and said quietly, "It's the person from the Chu family in Suzhou, but it's called Li Xiao?" ”

The young man was not surprised that his old boss would know the name of this son of the Chu family, after all, as the central figure of the intelligence agency of Haoguo, it was not surprising to know this.

"It's called Li Xiao, my lord, do you want to submit this news to Your Majesty, as for whether the son of the Chu family needs to be intercepted by the lower officials and taken to the courtyard for interrogation?"

King Luo Bin unintentionally flipped through the data scroll in his hand, but his brows furrowed inadvertently. "Is there a third person who knows about this?"

"No, my subordinates felt that this matter was a little strange, so they hurried to report it to the chief prosecutor."

"You don't have to worry about this matter, I have my own decision, as for the son of the Chu family, there is a child, don't pay too much attention to it, and now Her Royal Highness the princess's condition is important." The chief prosecutor put away the file of information in his hand and put it in the locked cabinet beside him, and then said, "Fang Chuyao, how long have you been in the courtyard?" ”

"Probably, two or three years." Fang Chuyao raised his head, not knowing why the person in front of him would ask such a question.

"It's been two or three years." King Luo Bin lowered his head and rubbed his fingers, "I remember that you were born in Xiucai, what are you doing in the third group now?" ”

"Under Team Leader Han, I helped the senior brothers in the group sort out the information. Xiucai is just a false name. ”

"I've wronged you." King Luo Bin took a sip of herbal tea, thought for a moment, and said, "In this way, a group of officials in charge of Jiaku returned to their hometowns a few days ago, if you are fine, go to Jiaku to stay in the first place, how about it?" ”

Koku? It was an important place to store the archives of Jingshi and even Quan Haoguo, not to mention how attractive the books and materials in them were, but the mere fact that it was close to the palace was important enough.

"This ......"

"What is this, don't want to?"

"No, it's not."

"Don't wait for me to regret it, while it's dawn, you can go and report to work, and you don't need to tell Team Leader Han." King Luo Bin threw the Chinese book in his hand to Fang Chuyao, who was half-kneeling, and then kicked him out without saying anything.

Fang Chuyao, on the other hand, was still immersed in joy and did not come back to his senses.

"This kid is quite similar to me back then." King Luo Bin looked at Fang Chuyao's back, and couldn't help laughing, thinking about his former self, he was also as enthusiastic as him, curious about everything, and wanted to find out.

"It's a pity that I can't go back." King Luo Bin put his hands in his hands, turned around and was about to walk back to the dark room.

"I don't know if Chu Yi really wants to be a coward this time and won't come out."

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Insert a little bit of the past.

It was 30 years ago, the national strength of Hao was unprecedentedly strong, the territory was vast, but the emperor favored the eunuch Wang Zhen, the queen mother died of illness, and the three ministers of the patriarch died or degraded, until they were in charge of the power alone.

However, Wang Zhen instigated the former emperor for his own selfish interests. The young emperor, who grew up in the greenhouse, ignored the obstruction of his ministers and set out on the expedition. Military and political affairs were arbitrarily decided by the eunuch Wang Zhen, and because Wang Zhen returned to his hometown to show off, the marching route changed repeatedly, and the soldiers were exhausted. The secretary of the military department repeatedly asked to enter the Yongguan Pass to ensure safety, but Wang Zhen did not allow it.

That year, the snow fell very much, and it was inconvenient to march in winter, but Wang Zhen ignored it, and the army went straight to the outside of the pass.

And the northern Wara showed the enemy to be weak, attracting the 200,000 troops of the Hao State to go deep, so that the Hao army could not supply food and grass, and finally because of the logistics did not continue to retreat to the Tumu Fort when Wang Zhen ordered to move the camp, the hungry and thirsty sergeants rose up in a hurry, the men and horses were out of order, and the Wara army took the opportunity to attack. The Ming army rushed to the battle, but it was powerless.

This time, the Hao army was defeated, half of the 200,000 soldiers were killed or wounded, 200,000 horses were lost, and countless losses were lost in clothing, armor, equipment, and baggage. Countless tragies, countless injuries.

This battle was called the Civil Engineering Change. "New Edition of Hao History", the story of the British Emperor Gao Qizhen.