readx;? Yang Jing didn't expect that these three secret inspectors would know the real murderer behind the assassination of Mu Zicai, if it is true, then there is no need to bother to interrogate Liu Ruyue and the other three, because these dead soldiers are hard bones, if you want to pry their mouths open, you must use inhumane means, if you have no choice, Yang Jing is not willing to stain his hands with blood. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

However, even Yang Jing could detect the hesitation and jealousy in the eyes of these three secret inspectors, which also made Yang Jing confirm one thing, maybe the mastermind behind the scenes, as he speculated, came from the imperial court!

"Say it boldly, if something happens, I, the Gangneung Mansion, will do my own thing, and I have nothing to do with you. Yang Jing was both an encouragement and an order that could not be refused, and the three secret inspectors finally gritted their teeth and replied to Yang Jing as the first one.

"Lord Hui, if the information is correct, it should be someone from the speed room"

"Speed room?" Yang Jing was completely stunned, after taking over the affairs of the Jiangling Mansion of the Imperial City Division, Yang Jing also had enough understanding of the Imperial City Division and the Southern Song Dynasty's affairs yamen.

This speed room is the same as the Imperial City Division, it is also an intelligence agency, but it is different from the Imperial City Division, if the entire imperial court and the yamen are not afraid of the Imperial City Division, then there is only the speed room.

The Imperial City Division was a special forbidden army that began to be established soon after the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, and has been used in the Southern Song Dynasty, when the task has changed from simply guarding the palace to supervising hundreds of officials and spying on the people's feelings, whether it is the scale, task or nature, it has been very similar to the Jinyi Guard of the Ming Dynasty in later generations.

The Imperial City Department is a permanent yamen, but the speed room is different, the speed room was originally only an intelligence management agency, and it has not always existed, that is to say, it is not an extraordinary institution, but a temporary organization established according to the needs of the changing situation at that time.

Since the time of Gaozong Zhao Gou in the Southern Song Dynasty, the speed room has entered the field of vision of the court, and the initial task is actually to solve the antagonistic relationship between the peace faction and the main battle faction and some powerful ministers.

To put it simply, the speed room is an institution temporarily established by the emperor when there is an emergency in the country, such as the outbreak of war, or major rebellions and changes.

For the urgent side affairs, the speed room has the authority to act first, that is, the so-called cheap action, and the same is true for its rewards and punishments.

To put it in layman's terms, the speed room is a group of cronies who lead the emperor's salary from his own pocket, hold the emperor's Shang Fang sword, and perform the most important tasks for the emperor!

The Southern Song Dynasty machine speed room has been abolished several times, and the chief is not the emperor's most trusted person, and the appointment of the chief does not follow the normal officialdom procedures, and the emperor himself can be appointed at will in case of emergency!

In the first year of Duanping, Caizhou, the last capital of the Jin State, was captured, and the Jin State was declared extinct.

The Song Dynasty took the opportunity to send troops to recover Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, Henan Mansion in Xijing and Yingtianfu in Nanjing, but unfortunately it was eventually repelled by the Mongols, which is the so-called "Duanping into Luo".

Duanping Jinluo completely angered the Mongols, because the fragile alliance that had been joined by the Jin Dynasty was quickly broken, and the two sides soon entered a state of war.

Now more than ten years have passed since Duanping entered Luo, and the iron hooves of the Mongols have continued to invade the south, and the Southern Song Dynasty court has been defeated and retreated, so Emperor Lizong set up a speed room.

But it can also be seen from this that the speed room plays an extremely critical and important role, with the maximum authority and status, it can be said that the speed room shoulders the heavy responsibility of the survival of the country.

But why would such an organization have anything to do with the assassination of a court official like Mu Zicai?

Yang Jing really can't figure it out, after all, he doesn't know much about the history of the Southern Song Dynasty, and he can even say that he doesn't know much, and he may be a good hand at solving cases, but he still needs a lot to learn about things in the court.

So when he heard this answer, he confirmed to the spikes, "Is the information reliable?"

The secret inspectors didn't dare to answer positively, after all, the speed room was already involved, so they could only reply cautiously: "My lord, our Imperial City Division's supervision of the court is stronger than other aspects."

Although there is no positive answer, the subtext is actually a tacit acquiescence to the reliability of the message.

This made Yang Jing feel very puzzled: "Why does the speed room want to do something to Mu Zhifu? This really doesn't make sense."

Yang Jing was also thinking in his heart, if the speed room is biased towards the main and faction, and Mu Zi is the main battle faction, because he is worried that Mu Zi will make radical words and deeds, the speed room may suppress Mu Zicai, but whether it is the Northern Song Dynasty or the Southern Song Dynasty, the rules of not killing the doctor are well observed, there is no reason to kill Mu Zicai for such a reason, even if he wants to kill, it is impossible to assassinate, at most find a name to depose him and exile, anyway, none of the officials' butts are clean, and it is easy to really want to find a reason.

Such a motive was obviously unlikely, but Yang Jing couldn't come up with more possibilities, so he turned his attention to the three secret inspectors.

It's just that the secret inspectors seem to be very jealous of the speed room, and their top boss Yang Jing asked, and their answers were all on thin ice.

However, the county official might as well be in charge now, seeing Yang Jing's questioning gaze, the secret inspector had no choice but to continue to explain.

"Because the current chief of the speed room is Dong Songchen"

"Dong Songchen, who is he?" Yang Jing was still confused, these three secret inspectors had already consumed a lot of Yang Jing's patience, and his face became ugly.

The secret inspectors are all eye-catching, and seeing that Yang Jing's face is not good, he didn't dare to hesitate anymore, and immediately replied.

"This Dong Songchen is the most important eunuch around the official family, and Mu Zhifu is the living man next to the official family, both of them are the people closest to the official family, and there will inevitably be some friction Mu Zhifu was sent to the place because he couldn't fight Dong Songchen."

When Yang Jing heard this, he immediately fell into contemplation, but he shook his head after only a moment, although all dynasties forbade eunuchs to interfere in politics, but the Song Dynasty was a strange dynasty, eunuchs can not only interfere in politics, but also hold various official positions, and even lead troops to fight.

Moreover, the eunuchs of the Song Dynasty are almost the same as those of other dynasties, and few of them are good things, but if it is said that because Dong Songchen is a eunuch, he can do something to assassinate Mu Zicai, it is too far-fetched.

Since Dong Songchen and Mu Zicai are both close ministers of the official family, they will definitely receive the attention of the entire court, and at the time when Mu Zicai was just delegated, if Mu Zicai was assassinated, the biggest suspect must be Dong Songchen, no matter how arrogant he is, it is impossible for him to be so blatant.

But Yang Jing believes that the intelligence of the Imperial City Division should be correct, and the civil intelligence may not be easy to collect, but the staffing of the Imperial City Division in Lin'an is the most sufficient, and the supervision of hundreds of officials has become the top priority.

Then it can only show that there is still a secret in this matter, and these three secret inspectors may be able to know a general outline, but it should be impossible to know the inside story.

Yang Jing thought about it, then waved the three of them away and came to Mu Zicai's study instead.

At this time, Mu Zicai had already recovered from Shicai's assassination, and was alone in the study with a string of sandalwood beads in his hand.

If there was no Yang Jing, Mu Zicai would not have survived at all, and seeing Yang Jing coming to visit, Mu Zicai hurriedly opened the door and welcomed Yang Jing into the study.

Yang Jing didn't want to reveal his identity, so he excused himself: "Master Mu, after interrogation, Liu Ruyue has already confessed, but"

When Mu Zicai heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, but he quickly calmed down and asked calmly.

"Why did they assassinate their own officials, and who is behind the scenes?"

Yang Jing had expected him to ask such a question, and it could already be seen from Mu Zicai's gaze that Mu Zicai should have expectations for the master in his heart.

"It's the people in the speed room. ”

When Mu Zicai heard this, he was really not too surprised, which shows that he had expected this result!

Seeing that Mu Zicai was silent, Yang Jing took the initiative to ask again: "Lord Mu, in fact, Yang should not have asked about this matter, but after all, such a big thing happened, and it was in the county office, so Yang had to ask Lord Mu for some questions."

Mu Zicai took a deep breath, pointed to the chair next to the desk, motioned for Yang Jing to sit down, and then poured a cup of tea for Yang Jing, and said while pouring tea.

"Yang Jing, don't ask me first, this official will ask you a question first. ”

Yang Jing sat up slightly straight, pondered for a moment, and then spoke, "My lord, please speak." ”

Mu Zicai handed the teacup to Yang Jing, and then looked directly at Yang Jing and said, "This official came to ask you, why did a dignified five-grade prefect create a disappearance to test the unpopular little pusher of a county just after taking office?"

Yang Jing frowned slightly, but did not answer.

"No matter how big this pusher's ability is, at best he is just a pusher, he really has the ability, why is he still just a pusher, is he too good-looking, or is his life too good?"

Yang Jing had already heard something unusual, but he didn't take the initiative to speak, but continued to listen.

"Since it's neither, then you tell me, why did I, Mu Zicai, test you?"

Yang Jing knew that Mu Zi was a smart person, and the experience along the way was enough to prove that Mu Zi was able to become a living man, not an ordinary person, and his various behaviors in Jiangling Mansion seemed to be unruly, but in fact contained great wisdom.

Mu Zicai has said this, Yang Jing no longer pretends to be crazy and stupid, takes out the waist card of the embroidered clothes from the belt around his waist, gently puts it on the table, his palm presses half of it at will, his eyes have become serious, and he no longer has the slightest politeness, and he said to Mu Zicai.

"Your Excellency, let's talk about it. ”

Mu Zicai glanced at Yang Jing's waist card, and then said with a smile: "Lord Yang is really straightforward, forgive this official for being abrupt." ”

"That's right, the reason why this official wants to befriend Lord Yang is because he has received the guidance of the seniors in the court, but Lord Yang can rest assured, this official really wants to ask Lord Yang for help, and this official guarantees that this matter is concerned about the survival of the country, not a private request, and it will not make it difficult for Lord Yang."

Mu Zicai really showed sincerity, because he took the initiative to admit that the reason why he knew Yang Jing's identity as the commander of the embroidered clothes was because of the guidance of the powerful people in the court, which also showed that those big people in the court actually noticed Yang Jing, and he took the initiative to say it in order to express his goodwill, after all, as a secret agent, the most fearful thing is that his identity is exposed.

When Yang Jing heard this, he also took back the waist card, and said to Mu Zicai expressionlessly: "Lord Mu, let's just say the point." ”

Mu Zicai sat down on the chair next to him, turned slightly sideways, leaned towards Yang Jing, and then whispered.

"I know what Lord Yang wants to ask, since Lord Yang has already answered the official, then the next thing is for the official to tell Lord Yang that it is not the speed room that wants to kill me!"