In the hall of the Zhao Mansion, two people in gorgeous clothes were fidgeting.

One of them, a young man with a slightly dark face and a slightly chubby body, about twenty years old, looked haggard at the moment, looked quite nervous, and even a little panicked, it was the crown prince Zhao Huan.

There is a person next to him, about sixty years old, with slightly white hair, obesity, and big ears, who is the right concubine of the prince, and Geng Nanzhong, the prince Zhan Shi and the straight bachelor of Huiyouge.

Geng Nanzhong has been in the East Palace for ten years and is regarded as the prince's most confidant.

In all dynasties, the emperor was still in the heyday of the Spring and Autumn Period, and if the prince was an adult, he would gradually become the object of the emperor's suspicion. Zhao Ji originally didn't like the ordinary-looking Zhao Huan, plus Zhao Kai and Zhao Huan were not only handsome, but also literary and graceful, quite Zhao Ji's style, so Zhao Ji preferred Zhao Kai a lot. And as Zhao Huan gradually approached the year of the weak crown, Zhao Ji became more and more estranged from Zhao Huan, and even in the year when Zhao Kai won the champion, there was a rumor of Yi Chu in the court.

This rebellion against the monarch made Zhao Huan more and more like a frightened bird, unable to sleep day and night, and often woke up from nightmares. In this peaceful and prosperous era, some people plotted against the king, and the first one to benefit was the crown prince Zhao Huan, and naturally he was the most suspicious.

Although he has always been cautious and secluded, it would be a joke to say that he could mobilize troops and horses to rebel. But if the third brother Zhao Kai (the second brother died early) exerts his strength, it is not difficult to frame him.

After all, Zhao Kai has Cai Jing, Bai Shizhong, Li Bangyan and others on his side, and his power is extremely strong. Although he has a close relationship with Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, Wang Hao and others recently, Tong Guan's party strength has not yet been fully established, if he was not born a few months earlier and occupied the position of the crown prince, there would be no way to compete with the third brother.

Now that there is a murder of the king, Zhao Huan only feels that a sharp sword hangs above his head, and he will slash down at any time, splitting himself in half, and his body will die.

However, although Zhao Huan was cautious, he was not without eyeliner in the palace, and the news that his father gave Zhao Hao the sword of the Son of Heaven and appointed him as the Imperial City Division to investigate and deal with the case of killing the monarch quickly reached his ears.

Obviously, Zhao Hao has become the protagonist of this storm that swept the entire Bianliang City, and he is also the manipulator of the wind direction.

Before the hunt, Zhao Huan didn't have a deep impression of Zhao Hao, but he knew that there was such a distant cousin of the clan who had been deeply favored by his father recently. However, on that day, Zhao Hao's heroic posture of sacrificing himself to protect the lord and fighting to the death had left a deep imprint in Zhao Huan's heart, because he knew that if it weren't for this clan cousin, neither he nor his father would be spared.

At this moment, Zhao Hao has become Zhao Huan's life-saving straw, it is related to his storage position and even his net worth, where does Zhao Huan dare to support him, so he did not hesitate to be the prince, surrendered his identity, and came to Zhao's mansion in person to ask for a meeting.

Outside the lobby, the sound of footsteps sounded, Zhao Huan turned around as if he was electrocuted, and with the respect of the prince, he actually arched his hands and bent down slightly, just waiting for Zhao Hao to arrive!

This dignified prince has been deeply frightened recently, and he really has no heart at all.

When I turned around, I saw a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, wearing a white jade hair crown and a royal blue robe, like a jade tree in the wind.

Zhao Huan's eyes suddenly appeared in front of Zhao Hao's heroic posture of fighting assassins with guns that day, his heart was hot, and he hurriedly walked forward: "Virtuous brother......"

Seeing that he was about to bend down and bow, Zhao Hao didn't dare to hold it up, and hurriedly took the first step when he saw the opportunity: "Zhao Hao to meet His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Zhao Huan saw that Zhao Hao was so polite, his heart was a little relieved, and he hurriedly returned the courtesy: "Brother Xian doesn't have to be polite, Brother Xian sacrificed his life to save him that day, so kind, the foolish brother is unforgettable, so I came to thank you today, otherwise my heart will be uneasy." ”

Zhao Hao naturally knew what he was thinking, but he couldn't imagine that he was purely trying to make Gao Yu, but he caused such a big movement, which caught him a little off guard.

After the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Geng Nanzhong also saluted forward and sat down separately.

Zhao Hao remembered that Geng Nanzhong's gang was a representative of the surrender faction in history, and later generations had "Nanzhong, including Nanzhong, Li Gang was useless; The famous sentence of "Hidden Shan Bingcheng, Zong Ze died", naturally has no good face for this guy, but at this moment, although Geng Nanzhong is one step higher than Zhao Hao from the third grade, he can only look sincere and fearful.

"I heard that the new virtuous brother raised the Imperial City Division, held the sword of the Son of Heaven, and was ordered to investigate the case of rebellion in the hunting ground, I don't know if there are any clues?" Zhao Huan said three or two sentences, and he had already reached the topic, and his expression became more and more nervous.

Zhao Hao smiled faintly and said: "It's not a secret, the minister has no clue, if His Highness has any clues, he will not hesitate to give advice." ”

Zhao Huan's heart was a little calm, and he said with a wry smile: "The army is guarded layer by layer, and it has been checked several times, and there are hundreds of soldiers and horses hidden in the mountains and forests, which is really incredible, I am afraid that it is either Gao Yu's prison guard and self-theft, or the demon soldiers have descended to earth, where does the foolish brother have any clues." ”

This sentence is also clever, neither obviously planted and splashed dirty water, but also skimmed himself cleanly, and said very reasonably, the safety of the hunt is fully responsible for Gao Yu's central forbidden army, but dozens of miles away, and the place of Long Live Mountain is not a high mountain and deep valley, want to hide hundreds of soldiers and horses unknowingly, except for Gao Yu's self-theft, there is no other possibility.

As for Gao Yu, he has never had anything to do with him, but he is very close to Zhao Kai, if you want to talk about suspicion, it is Zhao Kai who is the most suspicious.

If it were someone else, it would naturally be a strict interrogation from Gao Yu first, but Zhao Hao was a person who knew it well, and he only thought about how to round this situation in his heart, and by the way, he was thinking about how to use this matter to get the most benefits, as for tracking down the real culprit...... The special Lao Tzu is the real murderer, what to check?

Zhao Huan reminded Zhao Hao that if he wanted to round out this situation, it would eventually fall on Gao Yu, if he fabricated evidence to frame others, it would make things more and more complicated, and it would be difficult to end in the end.

Whether it is framing Zhao Kai or framing Zhao Huan, without sufficient evidence, he will fall into endless arguments and struggles, which is not the result he wants.

The final result is to put all this matter on Gao Yu's body, this is a happy situation, with Zhao Hao's current situation, there is no benefit to making enemies on all sides.

However, in the process of investigating the case for a month, he can try his best to strengthen his strength, especially the treasure land of the Imperial City Division, no matter what, he must take the opportunity to firmly control it in his own hands.

If you want to win the supreme in the future, a spy agency like the Imperial City Division will definitely be a helping artifact.

At that moment, Zhao Hao and Zhao Huan exchanged greetings again, with a sense of comfort in their tones, which made Zhao Huan's heart finally fall and leave with a thousand thanks.

It's just that what Zhao Hao doesn't know is that due to the gratitude to Zhao Hao accumulated many times, his future plans have taken a lot less effort, which is a later story.

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Zhao Ji's Chang Dynasty is not open every day, often tossing late with Li Shishi or Xiao Cuixiang at night, and the next day is the king is not an early dynasty, Zhao Ji has been irritable recently, and he is too lazy to open the early dynasty, so he gave everyone a long vacation, waiting for the notice to go to the court again.

So early the next morning, Zhao Hao hurriedly went to the Imperial City Division to take up his post.

This time, in addition to Zhao Ling and Fang Baihua, he also brought Wu Song and Aoki Daochang. He wants to turn the Imperial City Division into his own eyeliner and minions, so he naturally has to install a group of his own people, Wu Song, Aoki Daochang and Fang Baihua are all prisoners of the imperial court, and they are not visible, this kind of place is suitable for the Imperial City Division, as for Lu Zhishen, he will have to return to the Western Army sooner or later, and this big flower monk is not suitable for a place like the Imperial City Division.

The Imperial City Division is located in Tokyo's Zuo Chengtian Gate, Zhao Hao and his entourage came to the Imperial City Division Yamen early, the guards at the door have already received the news, saw Zhao Hao and others coming, hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and led it to the Imperial City Division Yamen Hall, and the hall has been waiting for a long time.

The position of the chief officer is the position in charge of the clerk, and Song Jiang, the leading brother of the Water Margin, is also in this position before falling into the grass. However, Song Jiang's charge division has no rank, but the imperial city secretary has the rank of nine grades.

A small official like Dai Aisi, where would he dare to snub Zhao Hao, seeing Zhao Hao's arrival, he did his best to be courteous. Those who can mix in the imperial city are all human spirits, and they have long heard that Zhao Hao is a popular person in front of the current saint, and they just hope to show in front of him, maybe as soon as this master is happy, he will be able to soar.

It was still early to order, and before the officials arrived, Zhao Hao learned about the situation of the Imperial City Division from Na Dai Liang.

The Imperial City Division, a yamen, has a lot of establishment, with a number of 8,000 soldiers. However, in this era, there are all yamen who eat empty nights, and there are actually less than 5,000 people.

Under the promotion of the Imperial City Division, there are six officials in the Imperial City Division, all of whom are officials of the six grades, three military ministers, three civil ministers, and four eunuchs, all of which are official titles.

There are also one hook officer and one detention officer, four people in the front, six people in the back, and two deed survey officers, all of whom are officials, and small officials who are in charge of money and grain, documents, accounts, logistics, etc.

The main number of soldiers is the pro-subordinate officer and the pro-officer, followed by the inner courtyard, the guard into the inner courtyard, the long line and the fast line, and then the yellow courtyard and the division.

The personal servant officer, responsible for the palace door management key deed survey, the palace patrol, the guard and the sprinkling and sweeping of the palace, etc., a total of five commands, a total of 3,000 soldiers, the actual about 2,000 people;

The family officer, who is responsible for listening to and dealing with the guards in the imperial city, guarding the gate (palace gate, palace gate, imperial city gate) and inspecting the four-color edict number, is divided into six commands, and the number of soldiers is also 3,000, but the actual number is only more than 1,800 people;

entered the inner courtyard and served only the messenger in the palace, with six hundred soldiers, but the actual number was about four hundred; Guarding the gate into the inner courtyard for the internal and external envoys, the number of soldiers is 500, and the actual number is about 300 people; Fast and long marches, for summons and escorts, etc., the total number of troops is 1,000 people, and the actual number is more than 600 people; 30 people in the Huang Courtyard are responsible for purchasing food; There are more than 30 people in the department, and they are dedicated to cleaning the toilets in the imperial city.

In addition to the above-mentioned troop quota settings, there are also many names such as the Imperial City Camp Camp, the Yellow Courtyard Camp, and the Soap Courtyard Camp in the internal divisions. The actual meaning of their existence is nothing more than to cope with some daily chores.

Although the team is huge, in fact, the real backbone and real power figures are six who are engaged in the official affairs of the Imperial City, five are in command of the personal officer, six are in command of the personal officer, and the command of the inner courtyard, the command of the inner courtyard, the command of the long line, and the fast command.

Zhao Hao's new official took office, and the first time he ordered it, it came early before the end of the day.

At the beginning, after seeing those small officials, after Zhao Hao and others, they had already arrived, and then two more people came to do business, and then they went to the inner courtyard to command, the long line command, the fast line command, and later the personal servant officer also commanded one person.

However, as time passed, Zhao Hao's face gradually became unkind, and it was almost time, and there were still three people who were involved in the official affairs of the imperial city, and the command of the inner courtyard, the command of the six family officers, and the command of the five personal officials, all of them had not arrived.

And the three who are engaged in the official affairs of the imperial city are the ones who are responsible for the administration of the relatives and the officials who are in charge of the inner courtyard. These latecomers are also the ones who control ninety percent of the troops of the Imperial City Division

Finally, the time has come, and the latecomers have still not arrived, and it is already obvious that these people are intent on giving Zhao Hao, who is the new official, a dismissal.

Zhao Hao's eyes were murderous, and he shot a few cases, and shouted in a deep voice: "Point Mao!" ”