In the evening, in the Qianqing Palace of the Imperial City, I saw that in addition to Wei Zhong, Xiang Chi, who had just returned from the southern suburbs, also summoned a person, this person was dressed in official uniforms, tall and tall, looking like a civil servant, but with the temperament of a military general, although his appearance was mediocre, but it revealed a feeling of peace of mind.

"Song Qi, you are the old man of my hidden mansion, and you have been training in the Ministry of Industry for two years, and I am very relieved of you" Xiang Chi said softly, the man in front of him was a personal guard of his former East Palace, although he could not compare with Xu Ping and Ji Yun, nor did he have Ji Chen's military strategy and martial arts, let alone Wei Zhong's natural espionage talent, but this person was calm, decisive, and tenacious, especially since he was not married.

"Your Majesty," Song Qi's face showed a hint of excitement.

"I called you here today because I have a matter to hand over to you," Xiang Chi said solemnly.

"Although Your Majesty has ordered, the ministers will go to the soup and fight the fire, and they will not give up," Song Qi hurriedly said.

"Okay, I want you to secretly set up a department, this department does not belong to the official establishment of the imperial court, and it is a branch of Jinyiwei for the time being, but he is different from Jinyiwei, from the day of formation, no one is allowed to know, and anyone who enters this department is not allowed to contact the outside world privately, even you, I will also order your dismissal" Xiang Chi said seriously.

Song Qi was taken aback, and after turning his head to look at Wei Zhong with a calm face, he cupped his fists curiously and said, "Your Majesty, what kind of department is this?"

"This department, I named it Heavenly Sword," Xiang Chi announced with bright eyes.

"Heavenly Sword" Song Qi's face moved.

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A few days later, Xiang Chi casually found a reason to slack off and dismissed all the positions of Song Qi, the former guard of the East Palace and the current waiter of the Ministry of Works, which surprised some people, but a mere waiter of the Ministry of Industry was nothing, so after a little discussion, there was no shadow.

At the same time, among the governors of the five armies and the Jinyi Guard, one elite after another suddenly resigned inexplicably, and the arquebuses of the original southern suburbs camp and a group of craftsmen also disappeared, and Xu Ping directly revoked the establishment of the Holy Guard.

In a huge, hidden courtyard in Luoyang, I saw that the sky was already dark, but the light of the main hall was indeed very bright, after looking through the closed door, on both sides of a long table of several meters, sat a man or fierce, or elegant temperament, or handsome, or glamorous and moving men and women.

After the sound of gentle footsteps, Wei Zhong and Song Qi appeared in front of them.

The people who were seated immediately stood up respectfully.

After Song Qi lightly pressed his hand, he sat on the two chairs of the main seat with Wei Zhong.

"Ladies and gentlemen, presumably you are also aware of the situation, the Heavenly Sword was personally ordered by His Majesty to be formed, for the future development of my Great Chu, the current existence of the Heavenly Sword, no one is allowed to know, each of you is carefully selected, not only the elite of each department, but also not an orphan, or both parents died, you will become the first batch of members of the Heavenly Sword" Song Qi said solemnly.

"Yes"

"The purpose of the Heavenly Sword is to find all the skilled craftsmen in the world, strange people and strange things, to protect them thoroughly, and to use them, all those who enter the Heavenly Sword have the right to be exempted, except for the Supreme Majesty, only me and Commander Wei can mobilize you, understand?"

"Understood"

"The Heavenly Sword is deeply entrusted by His Majesty, if anyone dares to act in disobedience, they will be cut and will not be tolerated," Song Qi said coldly.

"Yes," the crowd stood up again.

Song Qi turned his head to look at Wei Zhong and said respectfully: "Chief, you can also say a few words."

He was an old minister of the East Palace, so he naturally called Wei Zhong the chief manager.

Wei Zhong nodded, looking at the crowd: "You are going to suffer a little, but all this is for the sake of Da Chu, as long as the Heavenly Sword has a little achievement, then Da Chu will be able to take steps and march into the four fields, your task is glorious and noble, and Your Majesty will give sufficient compensation for all your sacrifices."

"Your Majesty"

"Just now Brother Song said that skilled craftsmen, strange people and strange things, here Ben Du is adding, Heavenly Sword is more than these, all the things that you can't figure out and don't understand when you are inspecting must be included in the scope of Heavenly Sword, in a word, Heavenly Sword is to think that ordinary people can't think about it, ordinary people can't do it, I'm not afraid of you, I'm afraid that it's not much" Wei Zhong said in a loud voice.

"Yes"

"Because what the Heavenly Sword wants to do, maybe in the eyes of those literati, will be too child's play, deviant, and unorthodox, in the eyes of those ambitious people, it will be like a poison-like opportunity, so it must be carried out in secret, unified management, remember, you must conceal your identity, you can rest assured, if something goes wrong, Jinyiwei will come to the rescue immediately" Wei Zhong reminded.

"Yes"

After seeing that Wei Zhong finished speaking, Song Qi opened his mouth and said: "The headquarters of the Heavenly Sword, after careful research, is temporarily placed in the Jinyi Wei Branch in Yuzhou, so let's prepare and leave immediately tomorrow."

"Yes"

After everyone left one by one, Wei Zhong took out a stack of silver tickets from his pocket, put them on the table, and said, "Here is one million taels, for the start-up capital of the Heavenly Sword, but if you need it, send a message to me immediately."

"Okay," Song Qi put it away gently.

"Brother Song, the Heavenly Sword is very important to Your Majesty, although Your Majesty often says that peace is better than anything else, but that is because you are worried that the war will cause a heavy burden and damage to Da Chu, and now Your Majesty attaches so much importance to the arquebus that was found, it shows that Your Majesty has some intentions, you have to build on this and go to the next level, if when, the Heavenly Sword can make a truly terrifying weapon, that is when Your Majesty rises, Brother Song, you must not relax" Wei Zhong instructed.

"The manager is at ease, Your Majesty trusts him so much, Song Qi will use his life's hard work to build a good Heavenly Sword" Song Qi said firmly.

"Okay, the matter is secret, I won't send you tomorrow, but be warned, Governor Xu said that Jiao Mao's hometown seems to be in Qingzhou, you are digging three feet into the ground, and you have to find people" Wei Zhongdao.

"Don't worry, the manager" Song Qi nodded.

When Wei Zhong left the mansion and just returned to the Yamen of the Zhenfu Division in the carriage, a brocade-clothed guard suddenly ran over in a hurry and said solemnly: "Governor, there is a problem in Baozhou."

Wei Zhong raised his eyebrows, "Something's wrong, has the Marquis of Danghai resisted Yangzhou?"

"No, according to the information sent back by Jinyiwei, the Marquis of Danghai was suddenly assassinated on the day of departure, so he did not get on the ship"

"What" Wei Zhong's eyes froze, and he said, "Who assassinated him?"

"I don't know, but it's definitely not our Jinyi Guard's people, and the assassins seem to have all been killed on the spot by the soldiers of the Marquis of Danghai."

"All" Wei Zhong raised his eyebrows, and then said coldly: "It seems that this is a scene written and acted by our Marquis of the Danghai, he really doesn't want to come, and even wants to avoid the naval parade"

"The subordinates think so too, otherwise it wouldn't be a coincidence, but everyone is dead, and there is no evidence"

"This matter must be reported to Your Majesty immediately, you pass the order, let Yangzhou, Baozhou's Jinyi Guard, be sure to assist Yu Langzhong," Wei Zhong ordered.

"Yes"