Zhao Zhi scratched his head in embarrassment, "Twelve has long heard of the reputation of the third sister-in-law's golden-faced broken knife, and for a while, his hands are itchy, so he wants to learn from the third sister-in-law, don't be angry." ”

Chu Ran heard Zhao Zhi call himself the third sister-in-law, and said coldly, "I'm not your third sister-in-law, King Xin is self-respecting." ”

Zhao Zhi smiled, glanced at Zhao Kai, and was silent.

Zhao Kai looked at Chu Ran suspiciously, and asked, "Golden-faced broken knife?" What gold-faced broken knife? ”

Zhao Zhi was stunned for a moment, and said randomly, "Third brother, aren't you, you don't know anything about San, no, it's Miss Chu Ran's past." ”

Zhao Kai shook his head.

When Chu Ran heard Zhao Zhi's words, a trace of sadness appeared in his eyes, and he turned around and left the courtyard.

Zhao Zhi saw Chu Ran leaving, and came to Zhao Kai's side and said, "Third brother, aren't you, you want to marry someone, but you don't even know the past of someone. ”

Zhao Kai said with a little embarrassment, "This, I... Okay, tell me, what kind of gold-faced broken knife is it? ”

Zhao Zhi shook his head helplessly, and then said, "The third sister-in-law was originally the imperial equipment of the Imperial City Division, the first master of the Imperial City Division, and the gold-faced broken knife was the name that the third sister-in-law got when she served in the Imperial City Division. ”

Zhao Kai was also a little surprised, all dynasties and dynasties had spy agencies directly under the emperor, the Ming Dynasty Jinyiwei, the Qing Dynasty sticky pole, and the Imperial City Division was the spy agency of the Song Dynasty.

The predecessor of the Imperial City Division was the Wude Division established by Taizu, and at that time he sent people to spy everywhere, even as far as Sichuan. Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty changed its name to the Imperial City Division, and later issued an edict prohibiting the Imperial City Division from going out of the capital to carry out activities.

The personnel of the Imperial City Division are also divided into two parts, one part is called the hidden guard, which is responsible for assassination and guarding; The other part is called Chako, and these people are in charge of all over Tokyo, down to the flower street and willow lane, and up to the government ministers, to listen to the big and small news. The number of people has also grown from a few dozen at the beginning to more than 7,000 at the maximum.

The most important duty of the Imperial City Division was to guard against enemy countries, the Song Dynasty was weak, and the Northern Song Dynasty had diplomatic relations with the Western Xia, Liao, and Southern Song Dynasty with the Jin State, and there were many cases of mutual infiltration and spying. The Imperial City Department is responsible for security in this regard. In the Song system, officials who went to Liao or Jin accompanied by officials from the Imperial City Division; When the envoys of the Liao or Jin kingdoms came to the Song Dynasty, they were also received by the Imperial City Division.

There is also a kind of official position in the Imperial City Division, called "with imperial equipment", wearing a personal guard with a sword, which can be regarded as a real guard with a sword in front of the emperor, there are not many people with this kind of official position, sometimes there are only three or four, some are military attaches and eunuchs, generally the emperor is very close to the people and brave people, sometimes as a grace to the military ministers.

Don't look at the Imperial City Division first, when the first emperor of the Song Dynasty was perfecting this institution, in the assessment of its number and strength, the most powerful forbidden army was selected, but it can also be said that the Imperial City Division is the most powerful institution, and during the reign of Song Huizong, the strength of the Imperial City Division can definitely complete any army of the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Kai didn't expect that Chu Ran was actually a member of the Imperial City Division, and he was also the most elite Imperial Weapon in the Imperial City Division, no wonder Chu Ran's skills were so good.

Zhao Zhi saw that Zhao Kai could almost accept Chu Ran's identity, and then said, "When I was resisting Western Xia in the northwest, I saw the horror of the Imperial City Division, and I also knew the name of the third sister-in-law's golden-faced broken knife at that time. ”

Zhao Kai frowned slightly, and said, "How terrifying can a spy agency be, and the twelfth brother, you haven't said what the golden-faced broken knife means until now." ”

"Third brother, don't worry, listen to me slowly." Zhao Zhi went on to say, "It was two years ago, the Jin people provoked the Western Xia and Tubo tribes to attack the northwest border of our country on a large scale, at that time, the Northwest Forbidden Army was basically dropped by Tong Guan to quell the Fangla rebellion, the northwest border only I and a few thousand Zhejia army and less than 50,000 Northwest Forbidden Army, soon occupied by nearly 100,000 Western Xia soldiers and Tubo tribes occupied the northwest border, Tong Guan only cared about himself, refused to send troops to support, and finally the third sister-in-law and fifteen imperial city guards and five imperial city inspectors shot, It only took one night for the united Tibetan tribes to fall apart and there was infighting, and at the same time, the commanders of all classes who led the troops in the Western Xia. All died violently, there were no wounds on the body, and there were no signs of poisoning, the death was particularly strange, one night, the Western Xia soldiers and the Tibetan tribes that had the upper hand became scattered, and the soldiers were defeated, and at that time, I remember very clearly, the third sister-in-law was wearing a unique red background and gold-rimmed official uniform with imperial weapons, wearing a golden mask, and the broken knife on the body, mask and hand were all dyed red by the blood of the Western Xia soldiers, just like Shura from the depths of hell. ”

Zhao Kai thought about the picture that Zhao Zhi said, and shuddered, what kind of people can make nearly 100,000 Western Xia soldiers and the major tribes of Tubo collapse in one night, and solve the 50,000 Northwest Forbidden Army and the famous Zhejia Army have not solved the matter.

And Chu Ran in Zhao Zhi's mouth seems to be a very bloodthirsty person, but although Chu Ran in Zhao Kai's acquaintance usually looks ruthless, he is still a person who cares about others, not like that kind of bloodthirsty person.

"Then why did Chu Ran become Huan Huan's guard again? The Imperial City Division's imperial equipment shouldn't be said to be okay if you don't do it, right? "Although Zhao Kai doesn't know much about the institution of the Imperial City Division, Zhao Kai knows that Jinyiwei and the sticky pole are places where you can't get out if you enter, just like Jinyiwei, one day is Jinyiwei, and I am Jinyiwei, if you want to leave Jinyiwei, unless you die.

Zhao Zhi shook his head and said, "How would I know this, the Imperial City Division directly listens to his father, and outsiders don't know about it." ”

When Zhao Kai heard this, he looked at Roufu again, Chu Ran was Roufu's guard, and Roufu should know some of the original.

Who knew that Roufu also shook his head, "Huan Huan doesn't know, Sister Ran'er was suddenly assigned to me by my father half a year ago as a personal guard." ”

Zhao Kai put on the standard movement of Sherlock Holmes, pinched it with his hand, looked at it with his eyes, and his face was solemn, "There must be a secret behind Chu Ran, an unknown secret, I am becoming more and more interested in Chu Ran." ”

Zhao Zhi patted Zhao Kai's shoulder, and said in a solemn tone, "Third brother, the twelfth brother reminds you that some secrets are deep pain in your heart and cannot be touched at will. ”

Roufu also nodded, "I also think that Sister Ran'er's character, if my brother knows Sister Ran'er's secret, it is very likely that Sister Ran'er will be killed." ”

When Zhao Kai heard Roufu's words, he shuddered, and the picture of Chu Ran holding a broken knife and slashing at himself couldn't help but appear in his mind.