Kyoto, in the study of an unknown house.

"Mission failed," a general in armor whispered, bowing his head.

I saw a man in a green robe on the futon slowly opened his eyes, did not speak, just glanced at it briefly, and the general quickly knelt down and explained: "General Wei is out of the city." ”

Although he didn't know the details of the interception, as long as Wei Jing went out of the city, it must be saved by him.

After hearing this, the man in the long shirt slowly closed his eyes: "Wei Jing left the city half a day later than you, and five hundred elites intercepted and killed hundreds of people, but failed, did you tell me that it was because of Wei Jing?" As he spoke, his right hand was slowly raised, and with a casual wave of his hand, five blood-red palm prints appeared on the face of the general kneeling on the ground.

"The master spares his life, his subordinates deserve to die, his subordinates deserve to die, and please spare the life of a small dog!" Although the general was slapped in the face, he saw that the man in the green shirt did not kill him immediately, so he knew that there was still room for him, as long as he put it down, he would be able to pick it up.

"It's come to this, it's useless to kill you, use some brains to do things, go and check what the reason is, so far, next time, you don't have to come back." After speaking, the man in the green shirt waved his hand: "Get out."

"Thank you for the master's grace of not killing, the little one will go and check" The general ran out of the study with a roll, walked to the courtyard gate, and spit out blood in his mouth, looking back at the candlelight swaying window paper, his eyes were full of resentment.

"Wei Jing, it seems that we can only go head-to-head" The man in the green shirt continued to meditate with his eyes closed.

Kyoto, at the entrance of the Huo Mansion.

"Master Li has worked hard all the way," Huo Quzhi was at the door to greet Li Jingrui and Xu Jianping.

Li Jingrui himself is a person from Kyoto, and the appointment of the post of Taishou in Jingzhou is only an external transfer, because his family has already been settled in the Li Mansion, so only Li Jingrui and Xu Jianping came to visit the Huo Mansion this time.

"The lower officials have seen General Huo, and General Lao Huo is worried," Li Jingrui gestured.

"Jingzhou is a servant, Xu Jianping has seen General Huo," Xu Jianping followed behind him and arched his hand in the same way.

"You are Xu Jianping" General Huo looked at Xu Jianping, and then said: "Enter the mansion first, sit down and talk slowly." ”

Huo Quai: A veteran of the three dynasties of the Han Dynasty, a general, and a great Sima, after the first Daoling of the Heavenly Master Daodao and the Buddha were destroyed in a battle, now the only nine-grade master of the Han Dynasty. The leader of the Huo family's army, armed with a Zhangbaping barbarian gun, still forced Da Liao to move the capital at the age of sixty. Although he is now over 70 years old, he is still in good spirits, and his strength and prestige have not diminished as he was back then.

(Great General: The highest position of leading soldiers in ancient times, commanding the soldiers and horses of the whole country.) The Great Sima is not an actual official position, but only an honorary title, which is generally held by the general. Da Sima is ranked as the third duke, which is the highest honor for Wenchen military generals)

"Look at the tea."

After a few people sat down in the study, General Huo carefully inquired about the details of the interception on the bank of the Weishui River, and then said.

"It seems that someone doesn't want you to enter Beijing."

"Why" Li Jingrui has been away from Kyoto for three years, obviously not knowing that the current imperial court is fighting openly and secretly, and both sides are playing with each other for their own interests. And it was precisely Li Jingrui's arrival that obviously moved the other party's cake.

"Do you know that this time you entered Beijing, in addition to the face saint to explain the case in detail, there is another important matter" General Huo took a sip of tea and continued: "Last month, the head of the household department was very old, and now he has resigned at home, and now the position of the head of the household department is vacant, and several forces want to take the opportunity to take the lifeblood of the country, and this time the old man is ready to push you up." ”

"General Huo, as far as the lower officials know, when Wu Xiuxian, the secretary of the household department, is only fifty or four years old, it is the time to serve the imperial court, how can it be" Li Jingrui looked at General Huo in surprise and said.

Huo Quzhi didn't speak, just nodded and said, "Because of this, this time the position of Shangshu has to trouble the virtuous nephew to take it." ”

"I didn't expect that the dispute between the imperial court has reached this point" Li Jingrui shook his head, thinking that he also felt sorry for what happened to his colleagues.

In the middle of April, it has entered the early summer, the north began to last for more than 20 days of continuous heavy rain, a large amount of silt rushed into the Yellow River, from the upstream all the way to Puyang, Dongjun, the riverbed has been rising, and finally burst the embankment at Puyang Guzikou, flooding the 16 counties. Within 10 days, the Holy Lord ordered the household department to coordinate 2 million taels of silver and 5 million stones of grain for disaster relief. However, in recent years, 300,000 military horses have been stationed in the north all year round, 100,000 in the south, 200,000 in the west, and 100,000 troops stationed in Kyoto.

Yes, the officials headed by the national teacher Zhang Heng took the opportunity to impeach the household department for disaster relief, and the meaning of the words actually slandered the household department Shangshu to fill his pockets, which was not the fault of the household department, but the lack of national strength, although the saint did not punish him, but Wu Shangshu He had been so wronged, and he really fell ill in a fit of anger, so he simply resigned from his official position.

"Today's household servant Yan Rujing is a person of the national teacher, and the national teacher obviously wants to take this opportunity to support him to ascend to the throne. Now the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Officials are all controlled by the loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty. The Ministry of Works, as well as the Ministry of Crime, have been controlled by the National Teacher. Lao Yu is not a person who fights for power, if it weren't for him Zhang Heng is an ambitious person, what would it matter if the entire court was handed over to him. After all, the officials of the Great Han Dynasty are the officials of the Holy Lord, the officials of the people of the Great Han Dynasty, not the officials of his Heavenly Master," General Huo informed Li Jingrui of the current situation in the entire court. "So tomorrow morning, when the dynasty is in the morning, the old man and many ministers will play the saint and recommend the virtuous nephew to serve as the secretary of the household department, and I invite you to come today, which is to explain one or two to you in advance, and you will be prepared tomorrow."

"The subordinate received the order, thank you General Huo for his cultivation, I will live up to the trust" Li Jingrui left his seat, stood in the middle of the study, put his hands on the ground, and bowed.

"Okay, there is no outsider here, there is no need to make this big gift, as long as you don't blame the old decay for pulling you into this troubled water, today's court needs someone who is useful to the society like you." General Huo hurriedly got up and pulled up Li Jingrui, who was kneeling on the ground with both hands.

"From this point of view, the interception and killing on the shore of Weishui Lake was done by the national teacher Zhang Heng" Xu Jianping listened to the conversation between the two of them, and then he understood that the interception that day was actually done by the national teacher, but I don't know why he didn't arrange someone from the Heavenly Division, maybe he was afraid of falling into the trap!

"Well, now in Kyoto, there may be no less than ten people who can do this, but if you want to intercept and kill Jing Ruixian's nephew, it can only be him" Huo Quzhi said indifferently.

There are some cases that do not need to be investigated, because the murderer can only be him. But you can't take him, because you can't find any clues.

"You are Xu Jianping, thanks to your timely detection of the case in Jingzhou City, otherwise the consequences are really unimaginable!" Huo Quzhi looked at the expression in front of him, and a majestic righteousness was revealed between his eyebrows, and with the strength of his nine-rank martial artist, he sensed that the true qi cultivated in his body was quite extraordinary, and he didn't know where his teacher came from.

Originally, Huo Qubing wanted to use the credit of this serial murder case to arrange Xu Jianping to enter the officialdom, after all, it was rumored outside that Xu Shixian, the first genius of the Han Dynasty, was committed to being a servant, which is really condescending, but now it seems that with time, his own cultivation is also extraordinary.

"General Huihuo, this case is the result of the joint efforts of colleagues in the Yamen, not the work of one person." Xu Jianping replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Young man, it's not good to rejoice, it's really rare, tomorrow morning, Lord Li will go to the temple to face the saint, and the saint will be rewarded for his merits" Huo Quzhi stretched out his right hand, stroked his beard, and praised it in his heart.

"Thank you General Huo Liao Zan, his subordinates are just telling the truth, the specific details have been recorded in the case" Xu Jianping intends to gain some sense of existence for Wang Lin and others who have died, although he knows that there is a huge court, and the death of a few officials is not a big deal, but there are some things, and he will always feel uneasy if he doesn't do it.

Maybe this is the value of ordinary people! Nothing!