The Division's focal points in various locations are called station buildings.

The station building may not be a building, but a teahouse, a wine shop, or even a gambling house with a pawnshop.

Of course, this is what the average person thinks.

The less obtrusive a place they feel, the safer it is.

The Investigation Division, especially the shadow guards assigned to various places, know what the place where these people are located just by looking at their names.

But the station building of the Investigation Division in Suluo City did the opposite.

It is located in the best part of the city, the most lively street, not far from Luoyue Tower and Ivy Garden.

Similarly, it is not far from the Zhao family and the Ximen family.

With such a unique location, it is difficult for people not to notice him, but he is built right here.

The building has no signboard and is connected to a wide courtyard outside.

If it is said that Zhao Rang and Ximen Dazhuang went to the place today, it is what the second ancestor like them likes to play. The station building of the Investigation Division is where their old man likes to come.

Those who can enter this building are the real first-rate people in Suluo City!

That's why this building is also called the "first floor".

There is a path from the bookstore to the first floor.

If Zhao let him go, he could have taken this road, and it would be much faster.

But with Simon Dazhuang, it will not work.

There is a stone pier in the middle of the path, which has taken most of the already cramped road to life.

Even Zhao Rang had to turn sideways to pass, and Ximen Dazhuang couldn't get through no matter what.

Tonight's breezy night is full of stars in the sky, echoing the lively lights of the market.

It's a pity that Zhao Rang didn't have time to enjoy such a cool and leisurely night, he was already standing at the door of the first floor with Ximen Dazhuang.

The courtyard gate on the first floor is always closed.

But the buildings in the courtyard are brightly lit from top to bottom.

Zhao Rang stood in front of the door, motionless, as if waiting for someone to open the door for him.

"Brother Jean, if you don't knock on the door, how will others know that there is someone at the door."

Simon asked puzzled.

Zhao Rang did not explain and continued to stand and wait.

After a while, the courtyard door opened with a "creak".

A girl who looked a little similar to Yu Xi bowed to Zhao Rang and Ximen Dazhuang and said:

"Two young masters, please come in!"

Zhao Rang politely returned the salute and walked in with Ximen Dazhuang. By the way, he took out the jade pendant that Yuan Mingkong gave him and handed it over, ready to explain his intentions.

Girl says:

"The master knows Young Master Zhao, and he also knows Young Master Ximen, please come with me!"

The girl didn't take the jade plate handed over by Zhao Rang, and turned around and led the two of them to the back of the building.

They also followed the old man in the courtyard on the first floor, but they didn't know that there was such a quiet place behind the building.

Under the dim light, Zhao Rang saw that the stone steps in front of the house were already overgrown with weeds, and they should have not been cleaned up for a long time.

"The master is inside, two please!"

As soon as the girl's voice fell, the lights suddenly turned on in the dilapidated house.

Zhao Rang hesitated slightly, but still stepped on the steps and walked in.

There is not a trace of dilapidation in the house, but it is decorated with great solemnity.

It's not so much a room as an ancestral hall.

In the center is enshrined a wood-carved figure, not an immortal official or a bodhisattva, but an old man.

This person Zhao Rang knew, and his name was Li Xiu.

Li Xiu is the founding prime minister of Dawei, and was relied on as the humerus by the founding monarch of Dawei, and he is excellent in governing the country through the world. During his tenure, he did three major things for Dawei, so that Dawei was worthy of the words "big" and "wei" in the country name.

"Prime Minister Li decided on the Western Regions, and only then did he have today's Yangguan. The second strategy is to let the world's scholars attach. In the end, he single-handedly created the Investigation Division to investigate the world. ”

A strong voice came from the side.

Zhao Rang turned his head and saw a middle-aged man with a shy stomach.

He was wearing this clothes, and Zhao Rang couldn't even see the texture. But the eight pieces of jade hanging around his waist, as well as the jade wrench on the thumb of his left and right hands, all show his identity and status.

At first glance, others will definitely think that this middle-aged man is a rich man. But only by looking closely at him can you notice the sharpness in his eyes.

"I've seen the Commander!"

Zhao Rang saluted respectfully, and Ximen Dazhuang beside him also did the same.

The middle-aged man's right hand was raised slightly, so that Zhao Rang couldn't bow down this time.

There was a foot between them.

At such a distance, this commander actually held up Zhao Rang's arms with his strength, and his martial arts cultivation was definitely not low, far above Zhao Rang.

"Zhao Gongzi doesn't have to be polite, everyone is a friend of the Seven Princes, and they are all their own people, just call me Zhang Zong."

Zhao Rang's heart shrank suddenly.

I suddenly don't know if it's right or wrong to come to the first floor today......

He originally meant to talk about the situation of the Long Fan Society, but Zhang Zong's words just now seemed to mean that he had been waiting for Zhao Rang to come.

The Seven Princes, their own people.

If such words are released, they will be caught and used by people with good deeds, and it will be a sin that can lose their heads.

Emperor Dawei now can't listen to which minister has a good reputation and which prince has great power. With the experience of the rebellion of the Southland, this emperor has become a frightened bird. In order to hide the fragility in his heart, he can only keep raising the butcher knife in his hand.

When a country is in a pool of blades and blood, the rebels on the other side of the Taishang River may soon become orthodox!

"I was just fortunate enough to meet the Seven Princes in the Western Regions, and we were busy together for a while. has no merit, and can't afford to be praised by Commander Zhang! ”

Zhang Zong smiled and didn't say anything more.

The meaning of evasion in Zhao Rang's words is extremely obvious, and further verbal solicitation will only backfire.

Fellowship with people is an extremely long-term thing, and you can't rush it overnight.

I just met for the first time today, and it's not good to talk too much and say too much.

"Zhao Gongzi has worked all the way from the Western Regions, and I am also half of Suluo City, so I have a little wine tonight, and I should be entrusted with great power, and I will do my best to be a landlord, and the two of them will catch the wind!"

Zhang Zong waved his hand, and the girl who didn't come in just now came out of nowhere, opened the curtain on the side, and revealed a table of wine.

There weren't many dishes on the table, only six. There was not much wine either, two pots per person.

But whether it is the food or the wine, as well as the plating and decoration, it is extremely exquisite!

Zhao Rang has never seen a restaurant with such craftsmanship in Suluo City!

Presumably, it was the cook that Zhang Zong brought from the imperial city to entertain distinguished guests on the first floor.

"Thank you, Commander Zhang! But not long after eating, I also drank a lot, but I couldn't eat and drink! ”

Zhao Rang politely refused.

Zhang Zong had already sat down, and said to Zhao Rang with a smile:

"The Spring of the Western Regions in Changchun Garden is too beautiful, not pure enough, and you will get tired if you drink too much. Xiao An's hot pot tasted good, but Zhao Gongzi ate it too quickly. After listening to the small half of the book, I came here again, plus this time, it can be considered a supper, right? ”

Zhao Rang was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

Where he has been and what he has seen, Commander Zhang knows everything about it. What does this mean?

It shows that since Zhao Rang and Ximen Dazhuang came out of Zhao's house, there are shadow guards who have been following the two of them and passing on the situation of the two to the first floor at all times.

"Commander Zhang really cares!"

Zhao Rang had to sit down at the table. www.

Zhang Zong's later words were already considered a threat, but he had nothing to do. In the face of the Investigation Division and the Shadow Guard, what can I do?

Thinking that no matter where he was or what he was doing in the future, there would be more than one pair of eyes staring at him beside him, Zhao Rang felt uncomfortable...... It's like 10,000 lice, crawling around all the time......

"No, no, this is also explained by His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince, let me protect the safety of the two, Zhao Gongzi, don't think too much!"

Zhao Rang sneered in his heart, knowing that he would push it on Yuan Mingkong's body, and then gag his mouth, after all, no one would refuse a friend's kindness.

"Commander Zhang is thinking too much, and he won't think much about it. Especially after coming back, I found that the city was not so peaceful. ”

Zhao Rang said politely, but intentionally or unintentionally introduced the topic to the Nujiang Gang and the Long Fan Society.

Since Zhang Zong knew his day so carefully, Zhao Rang didn't believe that he didn't know that he had bad luck with the Nujiang Gang as soon as he went out today.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Zong did not follow the words after hearing this, but instead said to him:

"Does Zhao Gongzi know why there is a statue of Prime Minister Li here?"

Zhao Rang replied:

"This place looks like it should be an ancestral hall of Prime Minister Lee. But this is the first time I know that there is one in Suluo City. ”

Li Xiu has changed from a hero to a taboo in Dawei.

In fact, there are more than three major things he has done, and one is that he founded Dawei's premier strategist Tu, most of which are radical people in various schools, and are known as 'cunning foxes' because of their schemes.

After Li Xiu's death, the Qianhu tribe regarded themselves as their disciples, and they were still in charge of the center. It wasn't until later that the south was in turmoil and divided and ruled with the north, and everyone realized that they found out that there were foxes behind the piles.

As a result, the fox was liquidated up and down. The person who shot was the investigation department Yingwei established by Li Xiu back then.

And the founding prime minister was also implicated because of this, and was beaten into the Records of the Ministers, and none of the descendants of later generations were spared, and all of them were sent to the bitter cold land and left to fend for themselves.

"Is the Ruler ......?"

"I'm not a fox."

Zhang Zong shook his head and said.

"But I'm a descendant of Li Xiu!"

Zhao Rang never expected that the shadow guard commander in front of him, who looked full of brains, would have such a prominent background.

"Disrespectful!"

Zhao Rang stood up and saluted.

Dawei people have their own judgment on Li Xiu in their hearts.

At the time of the fox rebellion, Li Xiu had been dead for decades. After decades of planning, how can you blame a person who has long been in the ground? Even if he is wise and close to a demon, he must not be able to count his own afterlife. The imperial court did this just to use the blood of the Li family to protect its own face.

"So Zhao Gongzi understands what I mean?"

Zhao Rang frowned and pondered for a moment, then said:

"Could it be that the recent incidents in the city have something to do with these foxes? Didn't they die a long time ago, and even the nest was lifted? ”