Chapter 6: Undercurrents

Dongdu West City Zhengtongfang Spiegel Division at the end of the year

The Spiegel Division is located in the north of Zhengtongfangfang, leaning on the mountain behind the royal hunting ground, sitting in the south and facing the north, covering a vast area, facing the imperial city, in order to show eternal loyalty to the emperor of Chu. There is a council hall and a large inner hall in the Spiegel Division. There is a three-storey building in the left wing, which is the Xuanji Pavilion where the information files obtained by the Spiegel Division in the past dynasties are housed, and the three-storey building in the right wing is the Scripture Pavilion where various books and classics are stored.

To the east of the Ouchi Hall is the Si Yan Prison, which is dedicated to the detention of suspects caught by the Spiegel Division, and the city armory west of the Ouchi Hall. Behind the hall is the guard of the Spiegel Division, where there are 300 white-clothed armor soldiers, and the Chu Emperor also specially divided a part of the land behind the mountain as a training ground for the guards of the Spiegel Division. It can be seen that Emperor Chu's trust in the Spiegel Division even surpassed that of the Praetorian Guard.

Hu Yingtang, the head of the office, hurriedly entered the conference hall from the Xuanji Pavilion, at this time there were already many officials of the Spiegel Division gathered in the hall, a young man in light blue clothes sat on the mahogany main chair, and the officials around him were all respectful to him, the young man was seven feet long, about only in his early thirties, his eyebrows were like sharp swords, his eyes were like stars, his appearance was dignified, he was majestic, wearing a jade black gauze crown, and a three-foot seven-star sword hanging on his waist - this person was He Qian, the Spiegel Division.

Hu Yingtang bowed to He Qian and said: "Yu Sicheng, just got the news from the secret agent, the chief and deputy chief of the second guard of the Tiwei Mansion had a private meeting with Cui Tingzhai, and it seems that they are discussing confidential matters, and the secret agent asked, do you want to sneak into Cui Tingzhai to further investigate?" ”

He Qian said: "No need. Whether it is Xiao Chongguang or Lu Yunsheng, their perceptiveness is extraordinary, if they find out, the Tiwei Mansion will inevitably trouble us. Hu Zhangshi, you use 'Skynet' to tell them not to move. ”

"Whoa."

Hu Zhangshi was ordered to retreat.

At this time, Uncle Jiang, a supervisor who was over sixty years old, said to He Qian: "Si Cheng, the prince's secret agent Hu Shen has informed the prince that the Tiwei Mansion is planning to investigate the *** matter. ”

He Qian smiled when he heard this: "Very good." In this way, we don't need to make a move, the prince will help us keep an eye on the Tiwei Mansion. ”

Uncle Jiang said: "What should I do with Hu Shen?" ”

"Don't touch him yet, let him continue to work in the Spiegel Division," He Qian said with an indifferent face, "I will use him in the future, and when he is useless, I will punish him again." ”

"Whoa."

Eastern Capital, East City, Qingpingfang, Cuitingzhai, Haimo

"Which nerve are you missing? To handle an assassination case, and in the end, we have to examine our own people? Lu Yunsheng frowned, and asked by knocking his wine glass on the table.

"I didn't make a mistake, you didn't go to Jingkangfang today, you don't know how serious the situation is." Xiao Chongguang slapped a stack of documents on the table and said, and then talked about today's events and his worries in detail.

When Lu Yunsheng heard this, he pondered for a while, drank two sips of stuffy wine, and then said: "Your idea is right, you should indeed investigate thoroughly, righteous people first and correct yourself, and first check the Tiwei Mansion." But how are you going to go about it? ”

Xiao Chongguang said: "First check the files of all the members of the Wei Mansion to find out the suspects." This matter must not be made public, just the two of us will check, just in this Cuiting Zhai, and will not let outsiders know. ”

"Okay," Lu Yunsheng nodded, "There's no other way now." But then again, what are you going to give me a drink? Speaking of the back, Yun Sheng asked with a wicked smile on his face.

"What do you say?"

Lu Yunsheng thought for a while and said, "Then Yuqionglu." ”

Xiao Chongguang glared at Yunsheng when he heard this, and said, "You drank cat urine, right?" Just my little money is not enough for a fraction of the jade qionglu. ”

Lu Yunsheng smiled and waved his hand downward: "Joke, joke." Then it's still green and green. ”

Xiao Chongguang pulled the corners of his mouth, then turned around and opened the door and shouted, "Little Er! Serve! ”

Dongdu West City, Guangdefang, Jingzhao Mansion, Jingshi Yamen, Zizheng

In the room behind the inner hall of the Jingshi Yamen, there are six servants in their fifties, who are conducting a second accurate autopsy on the five members of Zheng Fu's family, and an errand officer wearing a white cloth mask to make an autopsy record, written on a fold, which is an important document to be sent to the Tiwei Mansion the next day.

At this moment, a red-robed official walked into the room, followed by other officials in different colors of official uniforms and the guards of the Jingzhao Mansion. ”

The red-robed official is Jing Zhao Yin Guo Siyuan, he is seven feet tall, with good facial features, a white face, and a high prestige, but he is only thirty-five years old, the youngest of all the officials of the three grades.

Over the years, Guo Siyuan has also been conscientious, dedicated to doing his duty, and not joining the party, so he has won the trust of Emperor Chu.

Guo Siyuan glanced at the corpses of Liu Yuanzhen and Zheng Fu's family, and sighed faintly: "There can be no more dead people in the capital." I am to blame for so many murders at the feet of the Prince. ”

Fu Cheng Chen Lin crossed his hands and comforted: "Your Excellency doesn't have to feel too guilty, after all, it is an assassin's case, and it is difficult for anyone to predict. The task now is to catch the assassin as soon as possible, give an explanation to the saint and the people, and return peace to the world, so as to give justice and comfort to the victims and their families. ”

Zhou Shoushan, who joined the army, also said: "Yes, my lord, my subordinates also feel that this case is not trivial, and it is definitely not something that our Jingzhao Mansion can control." Now we can only fully cooperate with the Tiwei Mansion and end the case as soon as possible. ”

"I think it's better to cooperate with the Tiwei Mansion than to ask for help from the Spiegel Division."

At this time, a clear voice sounded, and everyone followed the sound to see that the speaker was seven feet tall, wearing a dark blue official uniform, with a face like a crown of jade, a high nose bridge, and a mustache, and he was no more than twenty years old - this person was Feng Guozhong, the chief secretary of Jingzhao Mansion.

Director Zhao Wenxin said: "Where do you start with this? Didn't Master Feng know that the Spiegel Division was the Holy Lord's pro-army? How could he possibly obey the orders of our Jingzhao Mansion? Their so-called participation in the investigation this time is just to supervise us on behalf of His Majesty, and they will not do their best at all. ”

The other officials also wanted to retort like Chief Zhao, but were interrupted by Guo Siyuan raising his hand, he looked at Feng Guozhong and asked, "Tell me your opinion first." ”

Feng Guozhong bowed to Guo Siyuan and said: "My lord, first of all, the Spiegel Division is superior to the Tiwei Mansion in terms of execution and means, and the Xuanji Pavilion in the Spiegel Division is all-encompassing. Some people say that there is nothing in the world that the Xuanji Pavilion does not know, and compared to the secret pavilion of the Tiwei Mansion, the things that are known are more than a hundred times stronger. If Spiegel can help, cracking this case is just around the corner. ”

"I'm still the same question, no matter how powerful the Spiegel Division is, will it help us in Jingzhao Mansion?" Zhao Wenxin sneered.

Feng Guozhong smiled slightly: "Director Zhao is relieved, my words are not finished yet." Now this Liu Yuanzhen assassination case involves two points for which the Spiegel Division is responsible, the first is that it supervised hundreds of officials and the people on behalf of the heavens, and failed to discover and stop it in time when Lord Liu was assassinated and the Zheng family was destroyed, which is one of them. What does it say that an official was killed in the imperial capital at the feet of the Son of Heaven? It shows that the security of His Majesty today will also be threatened, and secondly. It can be seen from this that the Spiegel Division not only has the duty of supervision, but also has the responsibility of investigating the case, as long as the Lord will play this matter to the court tomorrow, he will be able to persuade the Holy Lord to order the Spiegel Division to assist my Jingzhao Mansion in investigating this case. ”

After hearing this, all the officials at the scene were silent, and after a while, Guo Siyuan said slowly: "But the Holy Lord's request to us is to help the Tiwei Mansion handle the case, how can we let the Spiegel Division assist the Jingzhao Mansion again, the three major government offices are all involved in a small assassination case, and when this matter spreads, doesn't it make the people laugh at the incompetence of the Beijing Mansion?" ”

Feng Guozhong said: "My lord, of course, I don't want the Spiegel Division to be fully involved in this case, but just to help them when we need them." ”

Guo Siyuan's eyes rolled, and then he nodded and said, "This method can be tried." ”

Dongdu Dongshi Cuiting Zhai Zizheng

In the white locust room, Xiao Chongguang and Lu Yunsheng each divided half of the documents to investigate.

Lu Yunsheng's mood at this time can be described as low to the abyss. Originally, I came to this Cui Ting Zhai to have a good rest, see the beautiful scenery, relieve the fatigue of the day, and some people helped me buy wine to settle the bill, I don't know how comfortable.

This Xiao Chongguang is good, first he was late, and then he brought a lot of documents, saying that he wanted to check his own people. I want to have a treat, Xiao Er has been drinking for an hour and a half, and he has not touched a drop, and he has to do these annoying jobs here, and his eyes are almost swollen, but he is really unlucky to get home.

"It seems that today is not a good day." Lu Yunsheng sighed in his heart, but now he can only bear it silently, praying that he will finish watching these annoying things as soon as possible.

At this moment, there was a commotion outside, followed by the commotion of many people, and the quarrel of a man and a woman.

Lu Yunsheng was already in a bad mood, and the noise outside made him even more irritable, and in the end, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he angrily slapped the case and shouted: "Who is making a lot of noise outside, it's annoying to death!" ”

Before Chongguang could react, Lu Yunsheng had already rushed out of the white locust room, he walked to the railing on the second floor, and looked downstairs, only to see a richly dressed rich boy pulling a woman wearing a white-clothed crane embroidery, the woman was obviously from Cui Tingzhai.

When the woman was struggling, she inadvertently raised her head slightly, and happened to be seen by Lu Yunsheng her appearance: her skin was as white as clotted fat, her cheeks were slightly red, like a blooming peach blossom, her facial features were upright and exquisite, her apricot eyes were moving, her breasts were rippling, and her posture was graceful.

Lu Yunsheng suddenly lost his anger, his eyes were completely attracted by the woman, and he finally came to his senses, so he asked a man who was watching the excitement next to him: "This brother, I don't know what happened downstairs?" It's so noisy. ”

The man sighed and said: "Ahem, it's Fan Gongzi of Yihefang, who forced Chunji to drink with him, and he was not honest, he did his hands and feet, Chunji was unwilling, he got up to leave, Fan Gongzi dragged it hard, who can't see his true intentions?" But he is a famous family, who dares to touch him in those nursing homes in Cuitingzhai? It can only be left to him. ”

When Lu Yunsheng heard this, he sneered softly: "Really? ”