Volume 1: How Much Crossing the World Chapter 26. Small flag officer
Kong Xuan, who was in a coma, was awakened by the jailer, only to see the jailer say, "Mr. Kong, the city lord has an order to send more than ten black feather dragoons to escort you to the Tongcheng Guard." At this moment, Kong Xuan, who was still a little sleepy just now, raised his spirits, and in the guard, Shen Le's expression was a little strange, and there were only a few nine people in the Jinyi Guard station in Tongcheng, Shen Le, the chief banner, Ling Zhouping, and seven last lieutenants who practiced qi and eight grades. Although they are the force with the smallest population base in Tongcheng, looking at Tongcheng, even Ji Cheng, the city lord, does not dare to offend them.
What is Jinyiwei? It was directly ordered by the emperor to be responsible for supervising the world's martial arts sects and family forces, spying on imperial intelligence, and as a military institution of the emperor's guards, the main functions of the Jinyi Guard were "to take charge of the guards, patrol and arrest", [ engaged in reconnaissance, arrest, interrogation and other activities. He also participated in the work of collecting military intelligence and plotting against hostile forces.
The commanders of the Jinyi Guard were all military generals close to the emperor and were directly responsible to the emperor. Anyone, including relatives of the Imperial Family, can be arrested and interrogated in camera. It was one of the most powerful armed forces under the command of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
As a Jinyi Guard, even if it is the lowest rank and last lieutenant, it is not the crime of ordinary forces, and most of the Jinyi Guards are from poor families, so as to prevent the infiltration of major forces. Seeing that their adults looked abnormal, they couldn't help but look at each other, a little puzzled, Ling Zhouping stepped forward and said with concern, "I don't know what is going on with the adults, I see that the adults look different." ”
Shen Le pinched his face extremely strangely, maybe it hurt from his own pinching, and let go of his hand and said, "Beijun Zhenfu Division has sent Pei Wenzhao Qianhu to give an order, let us recruit Kong Xuan to join Tongchengwei and grant him the position of Zhengbapinpinxiao Banner Officer." Several lieutenants turned their gazes to Ling Zhouping together, and the latter's face was also a little strange, after all, according to common sense, the promotions in his yamen system were almost all internally decided, and there was rarely the possibility of parachuting.
If there is no such order, then it is not surprising that Ling Zhouping will soon be able to take over the position of the little flag officer, who knows that Kong Xuan will be killed halfway, if it is said by others, Ling Zhouping will earn a profit, but if Kong Xuan takes the killing star...... Let's resign ourselves to fate.
"In this case, do you need to go to Tongcheng Prison to pick up the little flag official?" Ling Zhouping always felt a little awkward, his future boss was still in prison at the moment. I only heard Shen Le shake his head and said, "No need, the Beijun Zhenfu Division has already informed the Beijun Taishou Mansion of this matter, and Lord Ji Cheng must have known about it for a long time, and now it is estimated that Kong Xuan has been sent."
As soon as the words fell, a gatekeeper rushed to Shen Le, bent his knees and half-knelt on the ground and said respectfully, "Lord Qiqi General Banner, the Black Feather Dragoon outside the guard has sent Kong Xuan here." Shen Le beckoned everyone present, "Don't just stand stupidly, your boss has already come, don't invite me over." ”
After the group came back to their senses and saluted Shen Le, they followed the school captain who reported out of the room together. Not long after, Kong Xuan, who was full of questions, was surrounded by a group of brocade captains into the main hall, and the large middle hall on the wall was impressively written with iron paintings and silver hooks, and the eight big characters of the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing "Patrol on behalf of the emperor and supervise the world!" Kong Xuan looked at these words and said, "This is the inscription written by the first commander, right?" ”
Shen Le nodded, got up from the chair covered with black tiger skin, and said, "Elder Kong Mingjian, it is my first commander to make the inscription, my generation has never dared to forget it since he joined the Jinyi Guard, and he does not seek to surpass his old man, but only tries not to give his old man a dull face." Motioned for Kong Xuan to sit down and send the captain to serve tea.
Kong Xuan sat on a chair covered with black tiger skin, holding the tiger fur, and his heart was somewhat unpleasant, it was true that the demon clan and the demon beast were not the same kind, but after all, the ancestors of the demon clan were all derived from demon beasts, and for a while he had mixed feelings in his heart. After Shen Le sat down, he looked at Kong Xuan, who was born in the black tiger skin, and said, "Why is Elder Kong distracted? Could it be that he has never seen this fourth-order black tiger? ”
Kong Xuan smiled a little bitterly and said, "It's not a secret, when I was young, Kong Xuan had no friends around him, only two black tiger beasts as companions, this time I saw it, although I knew that the black tiger skins on these chairs were not mine but playmates, but ...... "Shen Le Ran" must have compassion for Elder Kong, this official understands. ”
Kong Xuan straightened out the brand-new robe on his body and asked, "This time the adults have passed it down so far, I don't know what to say?" Shen Le smiled and made a gesture, and the eight people who were originally separated from Shen Le's left and right bowed to Kong Xuan together, and said loudly, "I have seen the little flag official." ”
Kong Xuan was shocked in his heart, let alone a small flag officer, even if it was just a small Jinyi captain, it belonged to Jinyiwei. In this kind of place, even if he is just a non-grade captain, his authority is ten million times stronger than that of the commander of a small county. Take Tongcheng as an example, everyone in Tongcheng knows the city lord, but how many people know who the city lord's mansion commander, warden, and city captain are? It is not an exaggeration to say that children who only know how to play can cherish the brocade guards in Tongcheng.
"Guys, don't make fun of me, I want to know what all this is all about." Kong Xuan hurriedly said, because Kong Xuan didn't believe in the dignified brocade guard, he would be bored and invite himself to the guard to have fun.
Shen Le said: "I don't know what the above plans are, but there are orders for us to obey, Pei Qianhu has given an order, if Elder Kong doesn't believe it, please take a look at this thing." ”
After saying that, he threw a token at Kong Xuan, Kong Xuan reached out and took it, took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, his face was extremely strange, just like Shen Le's expression. This is an identity token with spiritual power fluctuations, round, made of brass, and shaped like a beast swallowing mouth. The front is engraved with six characters of the small flag of brocade clothes, and the reverse side is the three characters of brocade clothes.
Repeatedly confirmed, it turned out to be true, Jin Yiwei is really moving the iron heart to himself first, and he is also an official, the small flag official of the eighth grade, there is a lot of money to take every month, some crying and laughing. There are people in the world who can not give Jinyiwei face, but these people are by no means the current Kong Xuan.
Therefore, Jinyiwei is very domineering in accepting people, and he can't help but disagree, and if it weren't for Kong Xuan's two brushes, Pei Wenzhao's Qianhu Lord wouldn't have it, and even sent someone to make Kong Xuan join.
Kong Xuan smiled bitterly in his heart, I said why I was able to get out of prison early, it must have been "saved" by Jinyiwei. It is true that everyone knows what the situation is when Kong Xuan is locked up, but Jin Yiwei rescued him, so this is not for nothing. There is no such thing as a free lunch, and there is no pie-in-the-sky good thing.
"Lord Shen, I want to know why it's me? I, Kong Xuan, am just a small mid-foundation building monk, I'm afraid it's not worth it, right? ”
Kong Xuan shook his head: "Kong Xuan, you take yourself too lightly, in just a few days, you have climbed from a bandit all the way to the position of the great elder of the Fang family in Tongcheng, this kind of means can not be achieved by few people."
Pei Qianhu is not only interested in your strength, but also your wrist, as well as your potential in the future, Jinyiwei does things, martial arts must be secondary, and the most important thing is the ability to do things. Master Pei is optimistic about you is also this point, so he pulled you into Jinyiwei, you are considered to be a person from my Beizhen Fusi lineage, I believe that your growth rate will definitely bring surprises to his old man, besides"
Shen Le looked at Kong Xuan and said with a smile, "Your Majesty has been trying to mend the relationship between the first emperor and the forces of the world, when the first emperor of Dafeng rushed to the pass and became angry, he stepped on the rivers and lakes, and since then the rivers and lakes have been very alienated from the imperial court, and now after taking the throne, he has been trying to repair the relationship with the forces of the rivers and lakes of Xiuzhen, but the effect has not been ideal." Promoting you is also a political necessity. ”
Kong Xuan knew that when the time was right to announce the identity of the heirs of Kong Xuan's Extreme Evil Valley, he could express a determination to the various forces in the rivers and lakes today, and the imperial court could even accept the heirs of the Heavenly Evil Mansion who were enemies of the court back then, let alone you? Conspiracy.
Hearing the words of Beizhen Fusi's lineage, "Jinyiwei's drama of fighting for power and profit is very powerful?" Su Xin asked. Shen Le sneered: "Where is there no drama of fighting for power and profit? Although my Beizhen Fusi is the main force of Jinyiwei, in recent years, the guys in Nanzhen have been coveting the location of my Beizhen. ”
Jinyi Wei is led by the commander of the three products, and there is one person from the command of the three products to assist the commander in acting government affairs, and the Jinyi Wei has the north and south town Fu Division, two Zheng Si products town Fu envoy management, and the north and south town Fu envoys are each in charge of seven town guards and thousands of households, respectively, in the four counties of the six feudal states in the Dafeng Dynasty, except for the imperial capital, each thousand households are set up with six products and one hundred households from the six products. Then there are the seventh-rank general flag officer and the eighth-rank small flag officer, and then there are the nine-rank wrestlers and the last lieutenant who does not enter the stream.
In this dynasty, although the struggle between the north and the south of Jinyi Wei has not touched the country's capital, it has already made today's commanders and commanders unified.
Su Xin nodded, but he still had hesitation in his heart. It's not impossible to join Jinyiwei, but it's about the path that Kong Xuan will take in the future. Since ancient times, the contradiction between rivers and lakes and temples has been irreconcilable. Even if today's son wants to mend the relationship with the rivers and lakes.
But this does not mean that they will be connived at today, and the temple cannot tolerate the powerful Jianghu monks who do not obey the law and violate the ban by force. And the monks of the rivers and lakes also hated that there was a mountain pressing down on their heads, restricting their freedom.
Therefore, the rivers and lakes and temples in the past have either declined in the imperial court and completely become the puppets of the major sects. Either the imperial court produced an emperor who had made great achievements through the ages, and completely suppressed the monks of the rivers and lakes with iron-blooded means. Although the development has been insufficient since the accession to the throne, there is more than enough to keep it, and the current court and rivers and lakes are still declining, and the right to speak is in the hands of the temple.
The imperial court still has a deterrent effect on those Xiuzhen forces, of course, for those super forces, they still have to give a little face, and win over, you don't see the master of the Sword Sect as the prince and swordsman, the temple of the school palace is mostly Confucian children, and the Taoist is the state religion in Dafeng, which belongs to the military family and the court closest, and even the suzerain of the military family is the marshal of the town of the Dafeng Dynasty......
Those first-class sects naturally don't dare to go too far, at least they still have to respect the imperial court. But even in this case, if Kong Xuanruo joins the Jinyi Guard, he will inevitably have the name of 'Imperial Court Eagle Dog', this kind of identity is not so good in the rivers and lakes, no matter the righteous and evil sects, they are not people who like the imperial court too much.
Shen Le saw what Kong Xuan was thinking, and couldn't help laughing: "Are you worried that you won't be able to get along in the rivers and lakes after joining Jinyiwei?" In fact, you don't have to worry, after joining this time, your identity official disk will be entered into the secret vault, and you will receive orders in secret. Kong Xuan was stunned, not knowing what Shen Le meant.
Shen Le continued: "You belong to the Jinyi Wei Xiaoqi hidden in the Jianghu forces, the imperial court needs your apparent Jianghu power identity to explore some things that are inconvenient for us to explore, you can't do anything to endanger the Jinyi Wei, and if your forces don't have any wrongdoing, you don't have to tell us about this matter in detail." “”
Kong Xuan smiled bitterly and said, "Lord Zongqi, you don't need to say it, I decided to join the Jinyi Guard and serve the imperial court." At this time, the result of Kong Xuan's comprehensive consideration, Confucianism said that he had a heart for heaven and earth all his life, Buddhism said that hell is not empty and he could not become a Buddha, and Taoism said that heaven and earth and the world are natural and inactive.
And Kong Xuan, as a demon clan, his purpose is to make himself a hub of communication between the two clans through his own efforts, let go of the prejudices and stereotypes of both sides, and accept each other to achieve the harmony of Shenzhou, Kong Xuan knows that this is difficult and even a little ridiculous and generous, how can he do it as a small foundation-building monk who can't even do the power of the demon clan?
Bai Fengyuan once told him that the prejudice in people's hearts is a big mountain, no matter how hard you try, you can't think of moving it. He believed this, but he also wanted to try, Kong Xuan didn't care about the result in this matter, as long as he worked hard in the process. This is the purpose of Kong Xuan's painstaking efforts to hide his identity.
"If I can go all the way to the position of Commander of the Jinyi Guard without violating the rules of the world, will I have a chance to realize my idea?" Kong Xuan thought so. At this time, Ling Zhouping held the flying fish suit that he had dreamed of, neatly stacked with black background patterns, symbolizing the identity of the little flag officer, to Kong Xuan and said, "Please accept it, my lord." ”
Shen Le said on the side, "Even if you hide your identity, you still need to keep it secret, and your clothes and waist tag should be put away in the Qiankun bag." This dress and the embroidered spring knife are not given to you according to the ordinary rules. Shen Leman glanced at Kong Xuan meaningfully and said, "This time, you have the right to go back to Fang's house first, and if you need to make a move, I will use my identity token to communicate with you." Kong Xuan entered the identity and quickly bowed and said, "Follow the order of Lord Zongqi, and when he said that, he was about to retreat, and a group of brocade guards also stepped forward to salute," Congratulations to Lord Kong. Kong Xuan hummed and walked out of the guard.
Shaking his head and smiling bitterly, he said to himself, "The identity of the demon clan, the heir of the Heavenly Evil Mansion, the elder of the Fang family, and the identity of this small flag official of the eighth grade, I am a multiple agent, if the identity of the demon clan is exposed, won't it be the enemy of the whole world?" His eyes deepened, and he muttered, "In that case, let the storm come more violently." ”