is different from the Imperial City Division commanders who were mainly internal servants and relatives in the past, and now the power of the Imperial City Division is Wang Hou from Longxi.

The inner servants and relatives who grew up in the capital will only stare at the courtiers and those who seem to have different intentions in the market. However, in the case of Kansai, it is similar to the monitoring system of the Imperial Castle Division, and all the purposes are external.

It was too normal for the Great Song Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom, and the Western Xia to send detailed work to each other, especially in a perennial warring area like Kansai, where spies crossed the border every moment, or rather, as long as they traveled to and from the border, all of them were spies. Especially those caravans that returned to Yi, and the seven-year-old children who lived on the border knew the way, and they were all meticulous up and down.

The people transferred from Longxi were ordered to search for the city, and the first thing to do was to find out the details of the merchants and caravans from Hebei and Hedong.

Wang Hou said that they have a good sense of smell, which is not bad at all. The Liao people made the taste of their bodies, and they couldn't hide Wang Hou's confidants at all, and they found out a few in the blink of an eye.

How to interrogate and dig deep next is not something that Han Gang and Wang Hou have to care about, they just need the people below to give an answer.

"But this time, Du Tingyi also sent someone over, what should I do with the Privy Council? Will Su Shumi feel that the Imperial City Division's hand is stretched too long? ”

Wang Hou held the wine glass and asked, it was a matter of power, and he couldn't help but worry about the people below.

For Liao diplomacy, due to the coexistence of the north and the south, it has always been the private reserve of the Privy Council, and it is under the management of the ceremonial room in the secret court. The other countries around the Great Song Dynasty, whether it was Western Xia or Goryeo, all belonged to the tributary system of the Great Song Dynasty and paid tribute to the Great Song court. In the system of three provinces and six ministries, it should be attributed to Honglu Temple, and it is natural that it is in the control of the political affairs hall.

This time, the actions of the Imperial City Division were ordered by Han Gang, that is, the political affairs hall, from the perspective of the Privy Council, is it a usurpation of power?

"Don't worry." Han Gang shook his head and said, "How could Su Zirong care about such a trivial matter. ”

"Su Shumi is not the only one in Xifu."

Although the relationship between Su Song and Han Gang is not bad, and Zhang Dian should also have some friendship, it is a personal friendship, and the Imperial City Division is encroaching on public power.

When the old and new parties were fiercely contested, the East Mansion was the new party headed by Wang Anshi to speak, while the West Mansion was entrenched by Wu Chong and other old parties. Although Wang Shao did not want to have a bad relationship with Wang Anshi, he also followed Wu Chong to seal and go home, and the entire Privy Council quit work, which Wang Hou personally experienced.

Xifu may allow the Imperial City Division to encroach on public power?

Han Gang Ha said with a smile: "The Imperial City Division is not under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Mansion, what are you worried about?" ”

It's not that the East Mansion is encroaching on the authority of the West Mansion, so don't worry. As long as you don't stare at the courtiers, who cares which side the Imperial City Division looks at?

Wang Hou threw the Detective Division to Empress Dowager Xiang's cousin and Li Xian, who also promoted the Imperial City Division after returning to the dynasty, and he was only in charge of the affairs of personal servants and counter-espionage. Wang Hou's actions made him have a lot of enemies in the court.

It's not that the government hall is encroaching on power, and Wang Hou, who is in charge, is so knowledgeable, even if the Imperial City Division is a little offended, the Privy Council will not care too much.

Han Gang would not believe how Zhang Dian and Su Song would embarrass Wang Hou, and even Zeng Xiaokuan, whose personality is relatively lenient.

The real important thing is to catch people and clear up the details in the Jingshi, Han Gang doesn't expect to be able to sweep them away, but he doesn't make a big move, how to reflect the importance of which artillery?

The more attention is paid to one's side, the more attention will be paid to the Liao people.

After a little more gossip and three pots of wine, Han Gang asked people to prepare a car and sent the drunken Wang Hou back.

Han Gang doesn't drink much, today is relatively modest, but after getting up, he is also a little dizzy, he drinks more wine on weekdays, and drinks soju in order to match Wang Hou's taste, and his body can't get used to it for a while.

Su Xin saw Han Gang's appearance, and was busy going to the kitchen to make some decanting soup, and when she came over with a cup of hot soup, she saw Han Gang push open the window and stand in front of the window, looking at the night sky where a trace of starlight could not be seen.

The warmth in the room was blown away by the night breeze, Su Xin put down the decanting soup, walked to Han Gang's side, and asked in a low voice: "Official, it's cold outside at night, so let's put on the robe first." ”

"I don't need to." Han Gang raised his hand to close the window, turned around and said, "It's raining again." ”

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It's raining.

Zuo Yu, who came out of Zhangjiayuanzi, looked at the sky and frowned.

It's not that he didn't bring an umbrella or a raincoat, but the orders from above gave him a headache.

At tonight's banquet, the news about the huge cannons was from the beginning of the banquet to the end of the banquet......

Zuo Yu just started up, and asked two more questions as a native of Hebei Bianzhou, which attracted a night of boasting.

It wasn't until the banquet was dispersed that the ears finally cleared up a little.

In the past few days, Zuo Yu has gone to the banquet, and the artillery in the forbidden middle school is the most talked about topic, and the envoy of Daliao has become the biggest clown, and those artillery pieces have been boasted as an artifact that has been eroded for hundreds of miles.

If it was possible, Zuo Yu really wanted to go to Dutingyi and ask Yeludi if he wanted these news.

However, after Yeludi entered Beijing, the Song people on the side of Dutingyi had already transferred the forbidden army, three circles inside and three circles outside, flies and mosquitoes didn't want to run in, and the entourage in the post house was said to be thousands of choices, all of them were innocent, and it was difficult to buy one. It has been exhaustive and exhaustive to be able to pass out a few words, and he still wants to pass the words in, Zuo Yu thinks that it is easier to go to the ordnance supervision to measure the size of the artillery.

"Sir." Zuo Yu's companion led the horse over, still holding a raincoat in his hand.

Zuo Yu took the raincoat, put it on with the help of his companion, and stepped on the horse. The companion led the horse in front of him, and braved the cold night rain to return to the rented accommodation.

The wet and cold night wind did not calm the anger in Zuo Yu's heart a little.

Almost all the news he could find out came from rumors. However, there is always a difference between the rumors in the market and the court, and the exchanges in Beijing are closer to the middle and upper classes, and the information Zuo Yu gets is always more valuable than others.

For so many years, Zuo Yu has come over like this, on the premise of not taking risks, and trying to satisfy the country. But this time the request from above really wants Zuo Yu to work hard.

Zuo Yu raised his head to the sky, the cold rain hit his face, and there was no light in the dark sky.

In the past two days, Zuo Yu always felt that someone was staring at him, maybe he had already been targeted by the Song people, at this time, it was better not to take risks.

The best way to do this is to buy off officials. Of course, it is not the Song people, but the country, in order to keep themselves and their families safe.

Anyway, as long as you buy more specialties of the Song Kingdom and take them back to the Song people, you won't worry about people not liking.

Just make up a little bit about artillery and go back.

At this age, who is still going to be born and die?

"Outside the left."

A carriage ran over the silence of the rainy night, coming from behind, and when it was parallel to Zuo Yu, he heard someone in the car calling,

"It's Zuo Yu. Dare to ask......" Zuo Yu turned around and responded.

Before he finished speaking, his head slammed into him, and before he could react, his consciousness fell into deep darkness.

I don't know how long it took, there was a sudden chill all over my body, and Zuo Yu, who was in a coma, suddenly woke up. But a sharp pain in his forehead almost made him faint again.

The pain passed, and after blinking his eyes a few times, Zuo Yu gradually sobered up. When I looked up, I realized that there was a small room in front of me, and there were five or six people staring around.

He himself was lying on his back, on top of something. His body was probably splashed with water, wet, and he shivered with cold.

Zuo Yu struggled for a while, but couldn't get up, and wanted to look down to see what was going on, so someone approached. The iron pincer of his right hand stuck around his neck, and he shouted viciously: "Say! Who sent you to spy on the Ordnance Warden? ”

Zuo Yu's heart jumped a few times, and then screamed: "Who are you?" Where is this?! ”

After confirming his situation, Zuo Yu's heart had sunk, and he was actually arrested by the yamen of the Song State, and it was confirmed that he was meticulous.

He knew that Lu Dao might face this day, but he didn't expect it to come so suddenly.

But Zuo Yu immediately figured it out and must not admit the guilt. If you don't recognize it, you still have a chance to return to your hometown. If you confess your guilt, you will live to the end of your life, and when the Song people dig out every companion they know about the Dao, it will be the time to go on the road.

Zuo Yu wanted to shout two more times, but the hand locked on his throat immediately tightened, "You bird thief, still don't you tell you honestly?" What a stupid pretend! ”

"What do you want to do! Do you know who I am?! ”

The frightened voice pretended to be more like that.

Zuo Yu secretly gritted his teeth, but it was just a stick and a board, fainted a few more times, and then climbed a few more people with status to come out to see if they dared to stretch out their hands to the son-in-law of the Zhao family.

The man let go of his hand and retreated to the back, not knowing who he was saying, "Third Brother Chao, this thief has a hard mouth when he looks at it, and it's up to you below." ”

Another voice sounded: "Third brother, those people who were transferred from Longxi to the capital from Wang Huangcheng are now working very hard, and they have already caught seven or eight fine works. If you don't sell some strength now, you and I won't have a place to stay in the Imperial City Division. ”

"Do I not understand that I still want you to say this? I'm afraid that he is not, he can't dig up the real thing, can he ask for a good deal in front of Wang Huangcheng? The person who spoke was obviously that Chao San, and his voice was a little softer, which made people panic when they heard it.

"This thief has to enter Beijing every year, and he is trafficking in northern goods, saying that he is not a fine worker, who believes it?! Feng and Qian were two Westerners, and they arrested seven or eight of them, all of whom were such people. I don't believe it, all the people they arrest can dig up the real thing. ”

"Go back and grab a few more, don't say anything else, you must be ahead of the West Yankees."

A few of them spoke, all of them spoke a pure Bianluojing accent, and when they heard it, they knew that Lu Dao was a native of the country.

Zuo Yu was furious, not because he saw through his own details, but because he wanted to deal with the above, surpass his competitors, and simply slander people.

Zuo Yu understands that such a person is eager to seek merit, and he may dare to do anything ruthlessly. But if they bite some big people out by themselves, they dare to kill them if they can't guarantee it.

Before Zuo Yu could think about it clearly, he heard Na Chao San speak again, "No matter what, ask this Zuo member first." Anyway, it's the first one, so let's practice with him first. ”

The words fell slightly, Zuo Yu saw a middle-aged man with a white face and a ruthless look in front of him, holding a glass bottle in his hand, I don't know what was in the bottle, it could shake like oil and water, but it looked like some color under the lamp, not like water, not like oil.

That Chao San smiled cruelly, leaned closer to Zuo Yu's ear and said, "It's always a board, a clamp, and a drill, it's too old-fashioned, I guess you are not afraid of doing fine work, so I specially prepared another set for you, I think you will like it." ”

He raised the bottle and said loudly to the surroundings: "The secret traditions of Dali Temple and Yushitai can't be learned, but I still have some treasures here that can be revealed." ”

In the midst of the applause, Chao San opened the cork, and a thick strange smell came out with the smoke, which smelled like sour, but it was far from vinegar.

The group of people widened their eyes and looked at Chao San for a moment.

Chao San raised his hand and tore off the belt from Zuo Yu's clothes, took a corner and put it in the bottle, only soaked it once, and then took it out after a while, and the part that was soaked in the bottle was gone.

Zuo Yu swallowed dryly and spitted, he now stripped off his outer robe, but the clothes inside were made of cotton, and even the inner belt that tied his waist was also cotton, which was much more familiar than silk, why was it gone.

I saw Chao San find a piece of meat out of nowhere, like pork, and put it in the bottle.

Zuo Yu looked at it intently, and the piece of meat that was put in the bottle shrank and turned black in a blink of an eye after being adjusted inside.

What kind of trick is this?

Zuo Yuhu became suspicious. It always feels like it's too much of a joke.

Chao San snorted coldly, "Grandpa knows that you will think that this is a trick, but grandpa taught you a good thing today, this is called sulfuric acid, which is used to wash rust in the iron field." Nothing can't be transformed, it's just a matter of time. If the knife and gun are left in here for a long time, not only the rust on the surface will be gone, but even the iron inside will melt away. If a person gets it, then there is a piece of skin and flesh missing, and after a long time, the bones will melt away! This is what Xiao Han Xianggong wrote in the book, you thieves, you just don't read. ”

Torture has always been the biggest problem in the judicial department.

Under Miki, any kind of confession can be obtained. But the confession obtained in this way is difficult for people to accept. Even when a case is tried in court, a confession obtained through torture is much more likely to be overturned later than normal. In order to avoid troubles in public affairs in the future, the pro-people officials and criminal law officials will not use torture instruments too much. And if you want to boil the eagle and boil the confession out, it will take time.

As an old man in the Imperial City Division, Chao San used to only listen to the news, and he was not an expert in how to torture, but he had a brother-in-law in the iron field.

Chao San didn't know how the sulfuric acid was made, and he wasn't interested in knowing it. But when he heard from his brother-in-law, who was a scribe in the iron field, that there was something called sulfuric acid, which could turn skin and flesh and even turn bones into carbon, he immediately remembered it. Although his brother-in-law later said that the sulfuric acid was originally called alum oil, which was more expensive than gold in the past, but now it is cheaper, Chao San didn't listen to it at all, but was attracted by the effect of rotting flesh and destroying bones.

Chao San said this, Zuo Yu was still a little skeptical, but when he heard Chao San say, "Take off his pants and pour a little bit on that thing." ”

The body that was originally frozen and stiff suddenly sweated.

Whether it's a fight or a clip, but the thing under his crotch is poted with a potion, it's worse than death, and he suddenly struggled desperately.

"There are good things in the iron yard, Ming'er will get a forging hammer of several hundred catties, knock on the anvil here, and send people down the hammer over there, starting from the feet, to see who can hold on to the waist."

While someone was pulling his pants, he listened to Chao San speak harshly, Zuo Yu was about to faint, "I...... I...... I say! ”

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A soldier in a shirt, carrying an oil-paper umbrella, was hurrying through the deserted street.

Along the way, the sergeant met two groups of soldiers patrolling the night, but Hedong Xiucai, who had just left the big library, would only be offended by some people who sighed at his hard work.

In the face of the night watch, the scholar always tilted his head and ignored the answers, and only when he reached the streets and alleys where there were no people, he would laugh reassuringly.

Even the laughter had a northern flavor in it, but no one heard it.

In fact, he had only studied for three years, and it was impossible for him to pass the examination in Liao, but after coming to the south, he changed into a scholar's attire, which made many Song people respectful.

His task was to collect books from the Southern Dynasties, as well as practical books on medicine and agriculture, especially on qi, which was the most important.

In the past two days, he also received an order from above to collect information about the forbidden artillery in the Southern Dynasties, and the more detailed the better.

But he didn't pay any attention to it. The really valuable things must still be in the book, as long as you find it, you can hand it in and deal with it.

When he was pretending to be in the newly renovated library, he heard someone next to him saying that Han Gang's writings were all reasonable, and if he could understand them, he would be able to confirm them on those utensils. Plate armor, thunderbolt cannons, spaceships, and pox methods are all derived from the truth.

The metaphysical is the way, and the metaphysical is the instrument. The Tao and the instrument complement each other, not oppose each other.

In the Liao Kingdom, I'm afraid no one can understand this truth, and the scholar actually doesn't understand it, but the person who said these words won the top prize soon after, so he remembered it.

I often soak in the library, no one teaches, and my knowledge has not increased much, but I can understand what books are valuable and what books are not. Hiring someone to copy a book will not waste money.

Passing a small two-story building, the scholar looked into the building. There was no light in the main house, and it looked like the owner had not returned.

His steps sank a little, and he quickened a little.

The wind has been very tight for the past two days, and he sincerely hopes that the people who have rented this room will be safe.

But he didn't look back again, just wrapped his cloak tightly and walked forward quickly.