The disturbances in Kyoto did not affect Qin Wei, he had already crossed the Gate Gorge Pass and headed towards the hinterland of Shuzhou.

It's just that Qin Wei doesn't know that Shuzhou City at this time has become a mess.

Although the power of Marquis Changping in Shuzhou is far inferior to that of Yunzhou, there are still many officials in Shuzhou who have long surrendered to the power of Marquis Changping.

And with the news that the court was going to rebel against Chang Pinghou from Kyoto, the entire Shuzhou City immediately became panicked.

Coupled with the news that the Mingyue Army was going to Yunzhou and Qin Wei and Zhenwu Si were about to arrive in Shuzhou, the three yamen, the government offices, and the county offices all became extremely nervous at this moment.

Shuzhou Metropolitan Division Yamen.

Liu Yuanrang, the commander of the capital division, sat in the hall with a solemn face, and glanced at the dozen or so officials in the hall with a cold gaze.

At this time, Liu Yuanrang felt that he was very unlucky, and it could be said that he was unlucky.

Three months ago, he had just come to Shuzhou to take office, and now he had just learned about the basic situation of the Shuzhou Metropolitan Division, the Yamen and the Six Davids.

But he never expected that there was such a big pit waiting for him in Shuzhou.

As soon as he thought that Chang Pinghou had become a rebel, and that there might be Chang Pinghou in the Dusi Yamen and the Davids, his heart couldn't help but tremble a little.

After he came to Shuzhou, Chang Pinghou also sent someone to congratulate him, he didn't think it was a problem at that time, he just thought it was a normal human relationship.

But now that I think about it, Chang Pinghou deliberately wooed him, but he had been in Shuzhou for a short time, so Chang Pinghou hadn't had time to express his intentions.

He was glad he hadn't jumped into the pit, but she was more worried and uneasy.

Chang Pinghou has been operating in Shuzhou for nearly ten years, and he has no idea how many people are in the Yamen of the Shuzhou Capital Division and the Yamen of the Six Davids.

Thinking that these subordinates in front of him might all be Chang Pinghou's people, Liu Yuanrang's heart couldn't help but tremble.

"You all know about Chang Pinghou, right?"

Liu Yuanrang said in a gloomy voice.

Everyone in the hall had different expressions, some bowed their heads and were silent, some raised their heads and looked at Liu Yuanrang, and some put on a look of hanging high that had nothing to do with them.

But who among them is a human and who is a ghost, Liu Yuanrang can't be sure.

He looked at them one by one from the officials in front.

The commander of the same knowledge Tang Mingcheng, transferred to Shuzhou three years ago, before serving as a general in the Beijing camp, is one of the twelve marquis of Dali Wushang Tang Mingyue's younger brother.

The commander was transferred to Shuzhou ten years ago, and now his term of office has expired, but he has not been transferred. Ji Fei is over sixty years old, and he is an old and strong official.

The four conductors, Liu Yuning, Zhao Xinshan, Li Hongyi, and Wang Bofeng.

The tenure of these four people in Shuzhou is not short, the long one has been more than eight years, and the short one has been four years.

Liu Yuanrang's gaze paused at Wang Bofeng, because Wang Bofeng had the longest tenure in Shuzhou.

The longer the tenure, the more likely it is to be co-opted by Chang Pinghou.

However, at this time, Liu Yuanrang could not confirm it, and he did not have any evidence in his hands.

Everyone was silent, Liu Yuanrang took a deep breath, and said: "The official has ordered that from today onwards, all the soldiers of the Six Great Davids will return to the camp, and those who leave the camp without the order of the official will be regarded as rebellion." ”

"My lord, what about the city?" Ji Fei said.

"Inside the city!"

Liu Yuanrang's eyes narrowed.

There are 3,000 patrol battalions and 8,000 city guards in Shuzhou City, if someone mobilizes the patrol battalion and the city guards to make trouble, then the entire Shuzhou City will fall.

"The patrol battalion and the city guard are personally commanded by this officer!"

Liu Yuanrang's eyes fell on Wu Mengyang, the commander of the patrol battalion, and Cai Yuanshu, the commander of the city guard.

Wu Mengyang and Cai Yuanshu glanced at each other, and could only bow down and say, "The lower official obeys the order!" ”

Then the two of them untied the waist card from their waists and put it in front of Liu Yuanrang, which meant that Liu Yuanrang relieved them of their military power.

Although they are very reluctant to accept such an outcome in their hearts, in the face of such a situation, this outcome seems to be more favorable to them.

Liu Yuanrang put away his waist card and said again: "That's all for today, I hope that you can abide by your duties after you go back, and don't do something that everyone doesn't want to see." ”

"Whoa!"

The people answered, and then they retreated.

And when everyone retreated, Liu Yuanrang pondered in the lobby for a moment, and then hurriedly went to the city guard barracks with his guards.

The city guards are related to the ownership of this Shuzhou city, and whoever controls the city guards will be able to get the control of Shuzhou.

After some twists and turns, Liu Yuanrang replaced almost all the middle and high-level officials of the city guard army with his own people.

Although it is a bit unruly to do this, but now, Liu Yuanrang can't take care of these things.

He must take control of the city guards into his own hands.

After a busy time, Liu Yuanrang returned to the Dusi Yamen again.

"Master, the king of Xin'an County has passed the Gate Gorge Pass!"

Just returned to the Dusi Yamen, Liu Yuanrang didn't have time to drink saliva, and his old servant Liu Fu said.

When Liu Yuanrang heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said: "Immediately send someone to find the King of Xin'an, and remember to inform His Royal Highness the King of the County of the details of the situation in Shuzhou City." ”

"In addition, tell His Royal Highness the King of the Gun~~"

Speaking of this, he paused, and said, "Forget it, I'll write a letter to His Royal Highness the County King." ”

Then he began to write.

When he had finished, he said, "You choose ten of the guards, have them all memorize all the contents, and then go their separate ways." ”

"Sir, you mean they might be intercepted?" Liu Fu asked.

Liu Yuanrang said helplessly: "I don't know, the situation in Shuzhou City is too complicated now, we don't know who is the enemy and who is the friend." ”

"This is true in the Yamen of the Metropolitan Division, and it is also the same in the Political Department and the Judicial Division."

"The only thing we can trust now is the King of Sin'an."

"In short, the news must be sent to His Royal Highness the County King, so that His Royal Highness the County King can be mentally prepared."

Faced with such a situation, he felt very powerless.

After all, he has only been in Shuzhou for more than three months, and his understanding of the internal situation in Shuzhou is not clear enough, let alone his own background and cronies.

Liu Fu nodded solemnly, "Don't worry, master, I'll let Jun'er go in person." ”

Liu Jun is his son and Liu Yuanrang's righteous son, although Liu Jun is not yet thirty years old this year, he has seven grades of cultivation. Far superior to the other guards.

"It's okay, you tell him to be careful."

……

There was an undercurrent surging in Shuzhou City, but the first thing that caused the Shuzhou Rebellion was not the Sansi Yamen, but the Imperial City Division.

After determining that there was a problem with the Shuzhou Imperial City Division, Wang An immediately mobilized a large number of secret agents and masters from the Tianzhou Imperial City Division to enter Shuzhou.

Led by Qi Lin, the secret envoy of the former Imperial City Division, he investigated and punished the traitors in the Shuzhou Imperial City Division.

While Qin Wei was still slowly moving forward on the dangerous road of Lianshan, Qi Lin had already led more than a dozen secret agents of the Tianzhou Imperial City Division to arrive outside Shuzhou City.

The night was dark.

Qi Lin hid in a patch of dry weeds, looking at the ordinary village in front of him.

"Are you sure?" He asked the people around him.

"Lord Hui, it's been decided, Ding Wei is here."

The secret lines of the Imperial Castle Division in each state are ranked by the heavenly stems and terrestrial branches, and each dark line has a number, but there are several numbers in each state, and only the high-level officials of the Kyoto Imperial Castle Division know about those numbers.

Each dark line has a leader, and the leader does not have a name, but is named after the number of the dark line.

Ding Wei does not refer to the entire dark line, but to the leader of the Ding Wei dark line.

Qi Lin thought for a moment and said to the people behind him, "Be careful, we don't know their specific situation now. ”

"Whoa!" The crowd whispered.

Then.

A dozen people took advantage of the darkness to sneak towards the village.

In the dead of night, the village nestled under the breeze and moon is extraordinarily quiet and serene.

It's just that when they were about to step into the confines of the village, Qi Lin's body shook suddenly.

"Be careful!"

He exclaimed.

The next moment.

His exclamations were accompanied by a sharp sound of breaking the air.

didn't have time to think about it, and more than a dozen people retreated.

One arrow after another aggressively landed in their position just now, if it wasn't for Qi Lin's timely reminder, they would definitely have suffered a lot of casualties at this time.

As he retreated, Qi Lin's gaze swept over the quiet and peaceful village.

Under the cold moonlight, there are not vague figures hidden behind walls, haystacks, and trees.

Obviously, the other party has been prepared.

But Qi Lin wasn't surprised.

If they can find out the location of the other party, then the other party must have been exposed, and it is natural for them to prepare in advance.

Without too much hesitation, after dodging the rain of arrows, Qi Lin did not retreat but advanced, and his body turned into a dark shadow and suddenly rushed into the village.

"Ahh

A scream broke the silence of the night.

The sturdy figure, the hidden short blade, shuttles through the night like a ghost, harvesting life like a grim reaper.

At the same time, more than a dozen subordinates brought by Qi Lin also rushed into the village.

In the dim darkness of the night, the smell of blood spread.

Qi Lin quickly harvested the enemies hidden in the shadows.

Suddenly.

He felt a biting chill hit him, and his body suddenly fell low.

Qiang~~

The sound of a sword sounded at his side, and the pale blade grazed his shoulder.

Qi Lin swept away.

I saw a pale man appear next to him.

"Ding Wei!"

A sneer appeared on that pale face, and he said, "Now I am not Ding Wei, I have a name, my name is Duan An." ”

Qi Lin held the short sword, stood up, and stared at him.

The secret agents of the Imperial City Division do not have names, only numbers.

If the number is abandoned, it means betrayal.

"Why betray?" Qi Lin looked solemnly at this Ding Wei who was not Ding Wei.

"Because I don't want to be an agent of the Imperial City Division anymore! Do you understand? ”

Duan An had a weird smile on his face, "You don't understand, because you are an assassin, how can you envoys understand us who can only live in the shadows?" ”

Although the secret envoys carry the word 'dark', they can obtain the status of righteousness and light in the Imperial City Division.

And the spies and spies in the states, they never have a real identity, just like their number.

The number never changes, but the person it represents always changes.

Especially the secret agents, they can only live in the shadows all their lives. The Imperial City Division may be able to give them some resources, but will never recognize their identity.

Qi Lin's eyes flickered, "There is a sentence in the Imperial City Division that you seem to have forgotten!" ”

"What?"

"If you enter the Imperial City Division, you are the person of the Imperial City Division, whether it is a dead person or a living person."

"Not necessarily! It doesn't matter who will die or who will live. ”

"I'm sorry, we didn't bring a receiver this time, so I can only be your receiver." Qi Lin said with a flat face.

Receivers are a special profession within the Imperial City Division, and their duty is to collect orders for traitors.

It stands to reason that dealing with the traitors in Shuzhou should be the task of the receiver, but now that the receiver has not yet received Shuzhou, Qi Lin can only take Ding Wei's life instead of them.

As for why I say sorry.

Because the receivers are more gentle, they will leave a whole corpse for the traitor. This can be regarded as a reward for the traitor's previous meritorious service to the Imperial City Division.

Qi Lin was not the recipient of the order, and he could not give Ding Wei the final reward.

The gray sword light appeared and disappeared in the night, and the two figures staggered back and forth, and the sound of tinkling metal colliding was like a passionate piano sound, echoing in the quiet and beautiful village.

Long.

Qi Lin stood on a rooftop and slowly withdrew his dagger.

He had a head in his hand.

In fact, he still wanted to leave a whole corpse for Ding Wei, but Ding Wei's strength was not weak, and it was a little difficult for him to do this.

The village has regained its former tranquility and serenity.

It's just that the rich bloody gas can't be dispersed under the cool night wind.

"My lord! There are three hundred enemies, all of them sergeants! ”

An agent came to Qi Lin to report.

Qi Lin handed him the head in his hand and said, "Put it away, don't let it rot." ”

"Whoa!"

The agent took the head and put it in a black cloth bag.

If you enter the Imperial City Division, you are the people of the Imperial City Division, whether you are dead or alive.

If the receiver is here, they will bring Ding Wei's body back to the Imperial City Division, and Qi Lin is not the receiver, so he can only take his head back.

"Pack up and retreat." Qi Lin commanded.

The sergeant of the three hundred army is a soldier, which means that there are military attaches in Shuzhou who have betrayed the court.

However, these are not things that Qi Lin needs to take care of, what he needs to do is to deal with the traitors of the Imperial City Division as soon as possible, and then re-establish the intelligence network of the Imperial City Division in Shuzhou, so as to prepare for Qin Wei to enter Shuzhou City.

(End of chapter)