October 6, 1025 in the steam calendar, evening.

The twenty-second floor of the Saint Sauc Imperial Capital Celestial Tower.

Xu Ling, the head of the Imperial Military Police, the highest intelligence department of the Empire, this man is sitting in his office.

This is an Oriental, whose family has been loyal to the Empire for four generations, and may have no contact with the nobles of Saint Sauk, so he was trusted by the Emperor to be placed in the position of this General Intelligence Agency.

Xu Ling's office is not small. But the style is very depressing. With a black desk, a black mechanical clock, and black chairs, an office is decorated in the style of an interrogation room.

Under the light of a kerosene lamp.

Xu Ling is flipping through the pages of this month's information, and the empire's spy organization claims to be pervasive. The economic situation of each aristocratic family and the foreign relations are all claimed to be connected. The status of the members of the nobility of each family is also recorded.

However, after Xu Ling turned to a page, frowned, and then knocked on the doorbell, and soon an assistant in a guard's uniform walked in. Xu Ling raised his head and said, "Call me the provincial leader in charge of Bai Lin." ”

The assistant was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Is it now?" (It's night, and the group leader Xu Ling is calling has now gone home.) ）

Xu Ling raised his head and glanced at his assistant. The sight sends chills all over the body. The assistant immediately stood upright and replied, "I understand the humiliation, and I will do it immediately." ”

Twenty minutes later,

The team leader in charge of Bai Lin's provincial intelligence collation walked in nervously.

Xu Ling took out the information for the night and said, "You are responsible for the situation of the Yuyuan family. ”

The team leader in charge of Bai Lin nodded and said, "It's the lowly and responsible."

Xu Ling: "There is a new child in their family recently, have you investigated?" ”

The team leader paused: "Well, it is said that it may be outside, but the director, you know, these families tend to have some illegitimate children." Then I will take it home for various reasons. The origins of these children are difficult to find. ”

The dark line planted by the leader of the intelligence team in the Bai Lin family is obviously a servant, and the person with the identity of this servant is obviously a gossip position, and the information reported is also the speculation of the servants of the Bai Lin family. This important content was buried in a large number of piles of information about the flirting and scolding of the disciples of the great nobles of various families, and it was not taken seriously until Xu Ling re-examined the file today that he noticed this information.

Xu Ling's tone was cold: "In other words, you didn't check this child at all?" ”

Xu Ling's eyes and the group leader admitted his mistake weakly: "It's a lowly duty and negligent work." "Having worked in the intelligence group for many years, this team leader is very aware of the temperament of his boss, and his boss can tolerate the mistakes of his subordinates, but if the people in the intelligence team try to quibble, it is a dead end.

Xu Ling: "Tomorrow, no, now you immediately prepare your horse and go in person." Xu Ling pulled out the drawer and took out a photo (Binghe's photo)

Xu Ling said: "If it is this child, be sure to bring it back." No injuries are allowed. If he doesn't want to come back, don't do anything to steady him, and wait for us to pull him in. ”

The team leader glanced at it and looked up with a questioning look.

Xu Ling added: "This is the fourth son of the Earl of Gunflame. This kid ran out of the imperial capital for some reason more than three months ago. The people in his family have been looking for him, and His Majesty is always keeping an eye on the progress of this matter. ”

The team leader immediately took the photo and said, "Let's check now." ”

A few minutes later, the team leader immediately drove the carriage towards the outside of the city, and then Xu Ling also drove the carriage towards the Celestial Tower in the Imperial Palace District.

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And seven hours later

The intelligence team in the imperial capital moved very quickly, and the team leader in charge of the intelligence collation of Bai Lin Province arrived in the local area, and the director of the local gendarmerie bureau also got a rough idea of the work from the falconry.

The local bureau chief, seeing the new order in a hurry from the imperial capital, slapped the paper on the table with a speechless expression on his face.

Because the order issued by the intelligence department of the imperial capital only a few days ago, it was required to monitor all the actions of the Imperial Garden family and the Roland nobles when discussing the trade of military horses. The local intelligence bureau also focused on this matter.

Now the Imperial Capital Headquarters suddenly instructed this new task, which made the work of the local intelligence team inevitably a little chaotic.

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In the Regency Family Falcon Farm, the Viscount of the Regency is still accompanying Yuquan Dante. In the past few days, the viscount has also devoted all his energy to Dante, who entertained him.

On the field, the Viscount rode his horse, raised his whip and pointed at the flock of eagles flying in the sky, and showed a whistle to Dent to let the falcons fall. Dante couldn't help but admire, this nobleman from Roland was also quite interested in this. It seems that there are plans to try to procure in the future.

Pigeons, falconers, before the advent of radio, were a necessity of military empires. The carrier pigeon is the information chain, and the cultivation of falconry is the information chain that suppresses the other party. As long as there is no revolutionary change in information and communication, the title of the Mien family will be secure.

On the bird training grounds, the Viscount was sipping breakfast tea under a parasol with a guest from afar.

The housekeeper of the Imperial Garden family walked over and bowed his head to inform the viscount of the news of the arrival of the Imperial Capital Gendarme. The Viscount was stunned and apologized to Dante, leaving his son to continue to accompany the guests. And he returned to the manor.

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In the side hall

When the Viscount learns the purpose of these Imperial secret police departments

The viscount was stunned. However, after seeing the photo, his face twitched. Regarding Binghe's identity, when Binghe first came, he asked the housekeeper to pay attention to the surrounding families. However, after two months of exploration, nothing was found. So much so that the head of the Imperial Garden family began to wonder if Binghe was the heir to the nobility who ran away from home.

When the news of the imperial capital revealed the answer, it was very shocking to the Yuyuan family.

Compared with the Yuyuan family, although the spear flame is only one level higher in the title, it has been in the inner circle of the empire for more than three hundred years. The imperial capital is in the state hall every year. The Earl of Gunflame has a place to be. But the Mien family didn't.

If Binghe is visiting in an official capacity, the Imperial Garden family will entertain them with a standard that is no less than that of the Roland nobles.

However, Binghe silently stayed in the guest room of the Yuyuan family, according to the standard of the family housekeeper, for nearly two months. This is very neglectful in the Viscount, who attaches great importance to decency. (Of course, Gun Flame Binghe didn't feel slacking off at all, and he lived very happily and freely.) ）

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The viscount nodded to the guests of the imperial capital and admitted that the person in the photo was in his family's manor. Then he motioned to the housekeeper on the side to ask Binghe to come over.

But ten minutes later, when the housekeeper checked for most of the day, he reluctantly came back to his life.

The head of the Imperial Garden family, now knows that the Imperial Garden family's Binghe who eats and drinks for nothing is gone.

After more detailed questioning, it was learned from the mouth of the night watchman of the manor that Binghe had slipped away from the carriage of the Polan family that he had followed the night before.

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Half an hour later, the pale-faced Lord Viscount stared at the more than twenty servants of the manor kneeling in the hall

The two Imperial Gendarmerie Chiefs had strange faces. They quickly released the news to the imperial capital. At the same time, men were dispatched to chase after the port area of the wave wheel. The gendarmes from the imperial capital felt that things seemed to be in trouble.

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Three hours later, an airship flew over the Misono family. Although the people of the Imperial Garden family have seen airships flying in the sky from afar many times.

But now, when the airship is suspended in the sky, this is the first time for the Miso family. In the manor, whether it was the elegantly dressed Miss Qixuan, or the old maid wrapped in an apron, the five big and three thick old maids all raised their heads and looked at this behemoth made in the industrial era with amazement.

The huge black airship was pressed into the air at a height of fifty meters, giving these dirt buns who had seen the airship up close for the first time a psychological shock.

Note: Every manned airship needs to be maintained by a mechanic, otherwise it will cause a safety hazard, and the fact that the Empire has dispatched this kind of transportation this time shows the importance attached to the matter of Bingnu traces.

Xu Ling, the cold-faced director of the Imperial Capital Intelligence Administration, greeted the Viscount of Yuyuan very stylized.

Then he walked to the manor in the crowd first, which made the servant who was ready to lead the way very stiff and even more behind.

What is the layout of the manor of the Imperial Garden family, the intelligence team has recorded it, and Xu Ling has already memorized it in his heart when he arrived

A few minutes later, Xu Ling examines the room where the subject lives and the clothes he wears. As well as the remains of some tools, according to the descriptions of several servants, were found.

Because he was not worried about his subordinates' reconnaissance ability, Xu Lingzai personally checked these.

The discerning intelligence chief scrutinized the traces of Binghe's daily life. Attempt to analyze possible plans and motivations.

This capable intelligence officer, who can skillfully analyze the intentions of many nobles, has sniffed out the conspiracy of the nobles for the royal family many times, he is His Majesty's strongest eagle dog, but this time he failed, and he has not figured out at all now what Binghe's plan is.

The free and loose Bingnu is unsupervised, three points according to the plan, and seven points by interest.

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After two hours were wasted

In the corridor of the Imperial Garden family, Xu Ling, who was a little anxious, whispered to the members of the local intelligence group and asked, "What about people?" Haven't caught it yet? The intelligence officer who had gone to Potwheel Harbor had not yet returned, which made the intelligence officer even more irritable.

The two intelligence officers in Bai Lin Province could not give a valid answer.

The head of the intelligence analysis team of Bai Lin Province could only use the tone of asking for leniency: "Sir, the port of the wave wheel is very large, and the investigation needs (stammering) and takes time. ”

Xu Ling said coldly: "Go and contact the dark line of the Wave Wheel family to see if the Wave Wheel family is doing anything in it." ”

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Since Binghe escaped in the imperial capital, he was also borrowing the pseudonym of the Bolun family. And now it is following the carriage of the Bolun family, these two coincidences make Xu Ling, who is now a little confused, really can't help but be suspicious. Is there anything behind this matter that has anything to do with this noble family on the coast?

In the absence of a clue at all, the head of the firing group is now very suspicious.