The sun is twilight, and the yellow city shines in the distance

When the time came to Youshi (five o'clock in the afternoon), there were cars and horses in the imperial city to go out, these are the officials who have been on duty, and they can be on duty in the imperial city, either a very human minister, or a Qingliu dignitary.

Liu Licheng, a thousand households in Jinyiwei, stood respectfully at the main gate of the imperial city: the side outside the Huangji Gate.

The main entrance of the Imperial Gate is closed at this time, unless the Emperor travels or there is a major event. Usually, all the officials enter and exit through the side door next to the Huangji Gate.

Countless cars left, and when Liu Licheng saw a pale yellow car, he ordered a captain next to him, and the captain immediately stepped forward quickly, talked with the driver who was driving, and then quickly returned to Liu Licheng's side.

"How?" Liu Licheng said with some apprehension.

"The lord said that Qianhu can come to the door tonight." The lieutenant replied.

Liu Licheng immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, his smile gradually rose, and he didn't say anything anymore, just watched the pale yellow car slowly leave, all the way to the west.

There is Seungheibo.

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100 households in Wenxuanfang

After a busy day, Zongqi Xiaoqi has returned, and according to Liu Xin's instructions, he came to Liu Xin's duty room to report the situation.

The first to speak was Guo Yong, who had traveled to several hundred households in the inner city this day, and inquired about the news with some old guys who had a good relationship, so his situation here was the most chaotic and chaotic, but Liu Xin quickly summarized a few more important points from it:

The first point is that this case is highly valued by His Majesty, and the degree of attention is even higher than that of bandits in various places, which also means that the case is not simple, and there may be some amazing people and events behind it. Therefore, even a few thousands of households feel that the case is a bit tricky, if it weren't for Liu Licheng, a man who is behind the blame, it is estimated that many people will have a headache.

Hey! What is the Blame Man?

Forget it, let's keep thinking and don't interrupt important thoughts...

The second point is that this group of horse eunuchs who were recruited into the palace have been isolated from the outside world since they entered the palace. Their wives and children even thought they were dead, if it weren't for the fact that one of the eight eunuchs had good means and could bribe some of the little eunuchs out of the palace to help bring some of them, they might not have enough internal motivation to continue the study of the secret art of raising horses. The little eunuch who spoke for these eight horse-raising eunuchs has been caught, but according to the confession of this little eunuch, he has no ability to leave the palace at all, and he has been lying to those eight people all along. And the person who took the initiative to contact this eunuch was already dead, and he was one of the last three people to be poisoned. Therefore, this clue, which is not a clue, is completely broken.

The third point is that there are rumors about this secret technique of raising horses, saying that this secret method can turn a medium horse into a high-class horse. Nowadays, there are many horse breeders in the world, and there are many horse farms in Zhengyang, which have formed a large scale over the past few hundred years, but no matter how large the scale is, the quality of the horses cannot be guaranteed. More than ninety percent of the horses in Zhengyang are medium and inferior horses, but there are only a few high-class horses that can really be used as war horses. And BMW horses are extremely rare, and it is almost impossible for BMWs to appear in captivity. Therefore, the value of this secret technique is extremely high, and it may attract the covetousness of the Martial Arts Demon Dao and even the Northern Barbarians.

The fourth and most important point is that since the murder, His Majesty the Emperor has sent people to be stationed near the Imperial Horse Prison, and they must be closely checked when they enter and exit, both for protection and guarding. And the guards of these people include Dongchang, Jinyiwei and the warrior camp, but the mole must not be from Jinyiwei, because when the first three people died, Jinyiwei had not intervened in this matter.

Dongchang and the warrior camp are already key suspects, so the three principals of the imperial horse supervisor Cui Wenxiu, Chi Tianyu, Yin Zhenchuan, and the warrior camp Qianhu Kuang Zanyuan, as well as some personnel of the Dongchang have been temporarily detained at this moment, and the Dongchang is in charge of the execution of Qianhu Yuan Dongxiang. This Yuan Dongxiang accentuated his tone in Guo Yong's narration, and later introduced Liu Xin to the difference of this one, and Liu Xin only then understood.

This original Dongxiang was born in the military, and he was a talent poached by Mi Yusong, and he was in the limelight in the East Factory for a while, with outstanding ability, and he was Mi Yusong's henchman.

In this way, this important clue inside is actually untouchable by Jinyiwei. Jin Yiwei could only think of ways in other aspects, and he seemed to Liu Licheng today to be an unintentional move, which inadvertently helped him open up the situation.

The killer's body has been taken away by Liu Licheng, and I heard that the women and children of the eunuchs who studied secret techniques were also protected by Liu Licheng.

When Guo Yong said this, he also cautiously glanced at Liu Xin, and found that Liu Xin's face was as usual, and his heart couldn't help but feel relieved, but at the same time, he secretly said in his heart:

These hundred households are really young, and they may not realize that their credit has been robbed.

However, Guo Yong may not know that for Liu Xin, the clues that those women and children can bring are only a few after all, and what really matters is that group of killers, finding them is not far from the truth. And he also believes that if Liu Licheng is not stupid, his target should also be that group of killers.

The other two general banners also told the news they had found, but it was not too important, and one day was not enough for them to find out useful information, Liu Xin had already predicted this situation, so he didn't care.

The time was almost up, and Liu Xin ordered everyone to be on duty, so they went back to their respective homes.

Just before Liu Xin was about to leave the Hundred Households, Senior Brother Cheng hurriedly returned, his face was a little solemn, Liu Xin understood that it was estimated that the secret investigation team had the results, but he didn't expect it to be so fast, originally he estimated that it would take at least two or three days.

"Senior Brother Cheng, but what's the news about the killer?" Liu Xin came to the corridor and looked left and right, and found that there was almost no one in the hundred households at this time, so he turned around and said to Senior Brother Cheng.

Senior Brother Cheng nodded, his face was extremely solemn, he lowered his voice, and said in a deep voice: "As soon as I said your description, the answer was directly given over there, and this person is currently in the imperial capital, so it is almost certain!" ”

"What a coincidence!" Liu Xin was a little surprised, the person he was looking for was so easy to find, yes, such a giant man, his martial arts are so strong, and his fame must be not small, fortunately, he kept an eye on it, and did not inform Cheng Guotao of the details of this person, only said that this person is extremely strong in martial arts, burly, and uses a big iron chain. Liu Xin touched his arm and said curiously: "What is the origin of this monster, as soon as I think of him, my arm begins to ache faintly again!" ”

"You still know this man!" Senior Brother Cheng handed out a piece of paper and said.

"Impossible, how can I know..."Liu Xin denied it, the monster's appearance was so prominent, he wouldn't forget it if he saw it once, let alone know it, but when he saw the information on the note, he suddenly realized that the so-called understanding meant this.

"Cloth and! The 10th ...... of the Northern Barbarians Top 100 List...... This guy was compiled by Xue Sheng, I also asked at the time, although this guy is in the Dacheng realm, but he is already old, and he has almost no potential at all, and if he is placed on the list, he may be eliminated soon, and we will have to update it when the time comes, so it's not troublesome. I remember Xue Sheng mysteriously telling me at that time, if this cloth is not said to be anything else, it is impossible for him to be eliminated within ten years. I see, so it is, such a perverted body, even after ten years, it is estimated that it can still maintain its heyday! ”

When Liu Xin recovered from his surprise, Senior Brother Cheng looked at him with a strange expression.

"This list of the top 100 rivers and lakes was originally made by you and the young master of the evil sect, and I only found out today." Senior Brother Cheng was telling the truth, he had heard of this list of the top 100 rivers and lakes before, but he always thought that it was written by some force in the rivers and lakes, but he didn't expect it to be made by Liu Xin, until today, the leader of the secret investigation team whispered to him not to spread it.

"It's a joke, I didn't expect the brothers on the rivers and lakes to take it seriously!" Liu Xin snorted.

Senior Brother Cheng said with a serious face: "This is not a joke. The intelligence organization under the command of the leader of the martial arts has gathered countless news, and finally it has been compiled by the two of you, and it can be said that there is no one in the world who is more accurate than you on this list! ”

"Hahaha...... Really...... Hahaha, Senior Brother Cheng praised it falsely! Liu Xin said with a little embarrassment, this can't be helped, this thing was purely an object for the two of them to play around at first, but after it was released, it caused an uproar, and many people on the list were challenged countless times, and several bigwigs even directly said that whoever dared to challenge them again would be killed. Of course, those who say this kind of thing are righteous, and the devil doesn't care, come and kill one and kill one, and two to destroy the whole family!

If the initiator of this list is known to outsiders, he and Xue Sheng may be in trouble, and any one on the list is a big guy who can't be provoked.

"If it's Buhe, isn't this guy the general of the Wanggu Ministry, how can he appear in the imperial capital?" Liu Xin changed the subject.

"This Buhe entered the imperial capital last month, followed by a caravan, and it is estimated that the back of this caravan is the Northern Barbarians. The covert investigation team also discovered it by accident, but they have always kept a low profile and don't go out much, so the covert investigation team just sent someone to keep an eye on it. Senior Brother Cheng said.

"Could it be that the one who wants the secret art of raising horses is really the Northern Barbarians?" Liu Xin couldn't help but think about it carefully, but there was a question, how could the Northern Barbarians kill people in the imperial city, and if they could do this, why didn't they kill the emperor? The emperor died, Zhengyang was in chaos, and he couldn't just take the opportunity to go south.

"I think it's very unlikely that the Northern Barbarians did it. They had almost nowhere to go except to blend in with the caravans. Their countenances are the sign of the worst, and there will be constant trouble wherever they go! Senior Brother Cheng said, although the Northern Barbarians have caravans to and from all parts of Zhengyang, but they are all covered by Han people, they rarely come forward by themselves, once they use the face of the Northern Barbarians, many things will become complicated and troublesome, not to mention, there are Zhengyang people who find the Northern Barbarians, it is likely that they will go up and take out knives without saying a word.

"If it's not the Northern Barbarians, then who will it be, for the secret art of raising horses, the Northern Barbarians are undoubtedly the most suspicious, and this cloth and the mouth are extinguished. We have checked all those killers, they are not Northern Barbarians, could it be that someone colluded with Northern Barbarians! Liu Xin boldly guessed that those killers were all Han Chinese, and they had contraband such as bows and arrows in their hands, so they must have an internal response in this city.

"If my guess is correct, this should be someone who can enter the Imperial City. But if there really is such a person, why kill those eunuchs? If you want to kill, why kill them one by one, instead of killing them all neatly. Could it be that the Northern Barbarians have ideas about secret arts, otherwise destruction is what the Northern Barbarians are best at, and now these things are too complicated for the simple minds of the Northern Barbarians! ”

"You're really right about one thing!" Senior Brother Cheng's gaze at Liu Xin changed a little, as if he felt that this young man was worthy of being the sect master's personal inheritance, the sect master was known as the number one think tank in martial arts, and Liu Xin seemed to have a true inheritance. "The secret investigation team also found out one thing, there was a person in the caravan where Buhe was showing his face once, and after getting the portrait, we investigated overnight, and found that this person was very likely to be the prince Shaobao of the Northern Barbarian Wanggu Department, named Bileg. He is the first of the three wise men under the command of Wanggu Dasheng, the prince of Wanggu, and is also known as the person second only to the first wise fox prince of the Northern Barbarians. ”

"The three wise men, why is this Wanggu Department so good, it can be bragged more than me, when did the group of sheep herders of the Northern Barbarians engage in such a thing as intelligence ranking!" Liu Xin's tone was frivolous, but his expression was already solemn, of course he would not take it for granted that the Northern Barbarians were idiots with low intelligence, if they could claim to be the first few characters, they would not be too weak, just to hide their shock, he couldn't help but say these words.

"Cow?" Senior Brother Cheng was a little puzzled.

In fact, Liu Xin is also a little puzzled, he seems to have been popping up some strange words without thinking about it recently.

However, this little unexpected episode was quickly covered by shock.

The Wanggu tribe is one of the four major tribes of the Northern Barbarians, although it is not the largest tribe, but its strength is one of the best, the reason is that the Wanggu tribe is the only tribe that works hard to learn Zhengyang and absorb the advantages of Zhengyang, and it even has its own firearms army. If you want to say that Zhengyang is the most feared Northern Barbarian tribe, it is none other than the Wanggu tribe.

A cloth and a huge surprise to Liu Xin, beyond imagination, so that he was a little absent-minded when he returned to Liu Mansion.

At three o'clock, Chengping Fang was quiet and peaceful.

Chengpingfang is the first of the 28 squares in the inner city, because it is close to the imperial city, and it is also a place where real dignitaries and dignitaries and royal nobles gather. Every mansion here represents a powerful man.

Liu Licheng sat in a small sedan chair and slowly came to a deep house compound.

Horseback riding is not allowed in Chengpingfang, as the sound of horses' hooves can disturb the nobles.

After getting off the sedan chair, Liu Licheng subconsciously wanted to stroke his buttocks, he didn't expect this sedan chair to grind his butt more than riding a horse, but suddenly he seemed to think of something, his hand trembled, and he touched his thigh.

Coughing lightly to hide his embarrassment, he walked forward to the main entrance, and when he looked up, his eyes were full of respect.

Shangguan Mansion

This is the residence of the commander of the two provinces of Shandong, Shanxi, the governor of the two provinces, and the marquis of the Jin State Shangguan Ba in the imperial capital.

At the same time, he is also the contemporary city lord of Emperor Wu City represented by Liu Licheng, Liu Licheng's identity is not low in this imperial capital, but if he is in Emperor Wu City, he can only be regarded as a scum.

At least that's what he thinks himself.

He had never been here before, and today he had the opportunity to cross this threshold because of one thing.

The side door next to the gate of Shangguan Mansion opened, and Liu Licheng immediately stepped forward quickly, and there was a middle-aged man dressed as a housekeeper inside, who entered the mansion with Liu Licheng without saying a word.

All the way inward, Liu Licheng stared at his toes, not daring to raise his head and trespass.

Soon, the housekeeper-like person took him to the door of a study and said, "The second young master is waiting for you inside!" ”

Liu Licheng hurriedly thanked him: "There is work!" ”

Then he entered the door.

This study is not the study of the Marquis of Jin Guo, but the furnishings inside still shocked Liu Licheng.

Countless calligraphy and paintings, seemingly random but in fact orderly hanging everywhere, countless books are comparable to the collections of the great Confucians, the furniture is full of ancient pear blossom wood, at a glance there are years, this kind of object for martial artists, is also quite attractive, especially Liu Licheng, who has been a court official for several years, even if it is a military attaché, he will have some appreciation for these things.

What shocked Liu Licheng the most was a word hanging in the middle of the study, one word on it:

crane

Of course, the quality of this word is not something that Liu Licheng can appreciate, but in the lower left corner of this crane word, he knows the seal, which is the private seal of His Majesty the Emperor today!

This also means that the crane character comes from whom!

The shock in my heart had not yet dissipated, but I heard a clear young voice coming from one side:

"Liu Qianhu! What is the matter with me today? ”

Liu Licheng turned around, but saw a young man in a light cyan robe, writing something in front of the bookcase, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, but his eyes still fell on the bookcase, without looking up.

Shangguan He, the official military selection officer of the military department, from the fifth grade, and the same product as a thousand households, as the second son of Shangguan Ba, but he likes to read, and he is even more middle-lifted, becoming the youngest member of the military department.

Liu Licheng immediately stepped forward and bowed: "I've seen the second son!" ”

Shangguan He finished writing without hurry, and then he raised his head and looked at Liu Licheng, with a gentle face:

"You and I are the same product in the officialdom, and I am just a junior in the rivers and lakes. Now that we are on duty, we are not in Emperor Wu City, but in private, I should call it, Brother Liu! ”

Liu Licheng immediately was terrified: "Liu Licheng can't afford to be called the second son, so call me by my name!" ”

Shangguan He smiled kindly, got up and came to the coffee table on the side, pointed to the chair on the side and said, "Brother Liu, this is private, don't be so restrained, if you have anything to say, sit down and say." ”

Liu Licheng hurriedly walked over, and waited for Shangguan He to shake his head with a smile and sit down before taking a seat.

Shangguan He poured Liu Licheng a cup of tea, which made Liu Licheng get up again, looking restrained.

"That's it, Liu Qianhu, I still call you Liu Qianhu, do you feel better?" Shangguan He asked with a smile.

Liu Licheng really felt that the pressure on his body had become much less, and he reluctantly smiled and said, "The second son is smiling!" ”

Shangguan He said lightly: "I don't know why Liu Qianhu saw me today?" ”

Liu Licheng heard Shangguan He's question, and immediately said: "I received a letter, hoping to get the approval of the second son!" ”

With that, Liu Licheng took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Shangguan He with both hands.

Shangguan He took it and looked at it carefully for a moment, from beginning to end, the expression on his face did not change in the slightest.

After reading it, Shangguan He put the letter on the side of the table and asked softly: "Is Liu Qianhu ready to take refuge in Xungui?" ”

Liu Licheng shook his head and said, "Definitely." This Chen Nianji is the righteous son of Tuoba Yunhan. Although Tuoba Yunhan is a member of the nobles, he has always been detached from the outside, and he is neither alienated nor close to the nobles. But the nobles had to take the initiative to hug this thigh. Therefore, if I befriend this Chen Nianji, the Xungui faction in Jinyi Wei will definitely not attack me again, as long as Xungui lets go, I will not be as passive as I am now. ”

After sitting, Shangguan He picked up the letter from Hanzhong again, chewed it carefully, and after a while, his eyes locked on Liu Licheng, making the latter's heart sink: "When did you hook up with this Chen Nianji?" ”

Shangguan He's words were very polite, Liu Licheng immediately panicked, saying that this Chen Nianji was not something he took the initiative to hook up with, Hanzhong is thousands of miles away from the imperial capital, how can he have this ability. But at this time, it is obviously not the time to explain, as a disciple of Emperor Wu City, he has some contact with Xungui's side, but he has not reported it in advance, which is already a very serious problem.

If he explained that he was just trying to leave himself an extra way back and didn't think too much about it, it would only appear that he was neither loyal nor brainless.

So he gritted his teeth, Liu Licheng had to say: "Chen Nianji is of great use, I have investigated this person, although he is the righteous son of Tuoba Yunhan, but he is a pure gentleman, proficient in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, if it weren't for Tuoba Yunhan's big tree to take care of, he would have been swallowed up and even the scum would have been gone." Now that he has committed more and more things, Hanzhong really can't cover him anymore, so he will find another way out. And now I have collected some evidence of his crimes in Hanzhong, and I will take his chips in the future! ”

Shangguan He nodded noncommittally, stacked the letter neatly, and returned it to Liu Licheng, Liu Licheng looked at Shangguan He nervously, and after a long time, Shangguan He suddenly smiled, and his tone was still gentle:

"Okay, Liu Qianhu, I didn't mean to blame you, you did a good job. Most importantly, I believe in your faithfulness! Jinyi Wei is an important position, if I can use the influence of Tuoba Yunhan to go further, it will certainly be a good thing for my Martial Emperor City. As long as you have the confidence to control Chen Nianji! ”

Liu Licheng exhaled a long breath in his heart, and his hanging heart finally landed. The content of this letter is actually not complicated, that is, Chen Nianji asked Liu Licheng to help him on an errand in the imperial capital. At the beginning, Liu Licheng took the initiative to mention this matter, and when Lao Liu Baihu was seriously ill, he had already written to Chen Nianji, asking him if he was interested in the vacancy of the imperial capital Jinyiwei, but he never replied.

Later, he wanted to kick Liu Xin away, but he couldn't wait for Chen Nianji's reply. Now that Liu Xin has passed the assessment, this Chen Nianji has sent a letter, he hesitated again and again, and thought of coming to this second son of Shangguan for help.

Because Liu Xin, who has already passed the assessment, it is not easy to kick him out, if the case of the Imperial Horse Supervisor continues to be investigated, Liu Licheng may be kicked out by the other three forces because of the unfavorable handling of the case, and the speed of Liu Xin finding an excuse to let him get out of the game may be faster than Liu Xin's ability to find an excuse to get out, so Liu Licheng thought about it again and again, so he could only come here hard.

He doesn't have a clue about the case of the Imperial Horse Supervisor now, although Liu Xin has found some clues for him, but he still has little confidence in the follow-up investigation.

"Second son, this matter still needs the help of the second son!" Liu Licheng's heart that he had just put down was raised again.

Shangguan He: "Tell me!" ”

So Liu Licheng told Liu Xin about it, Shangguan He listened to it, and said lightly: "This matter is easy to do, wait for my news!" ”

When they were on duty the next day, Liu Xin and Senior Brother Cheng had just arrived at the door of the 100 households in Wenxuanfang, but they saw that a small flag official had been waiting here for a long time, and when they saw Liu Xin, they went straight forward, and after a rough salute, they said directly:

"The Ministry of War issued an order to go to the Thousand Households, and the Thousand Households Lord ordered me to give this order letter to Liu Baihu in person, please take it from Liu Baihu!"

Liu Xin took the order letter from the little flag officer, hurriedly swept it, and his face changed.

The content of the military department's order letter is very simple, let Jinyiwei enable the assessment, and in the attached list, there is only Liu Xin's name.

Liu Xin's face sank like water, and after reading it coldly, he entered the hundred households without looking back, and Senior Brother Cheng followed with a strange face.

The little flag official who came to report the news snorted coldly when he saw this, and he didn't take Liu Xin to heart, after all, this person was only a hundred households in two days.

In a restaurant somewhere in the inner city, the interior decoration of the Tianzi No. 1 room is extremely luxurious, with tables and chairs made of fine wood, and there are also precious Western carpets on the floor.

The round table in the middle was full of delicacies, but there were only two people seated.

"Kang Pingbo can give this face to the little brother today, the little brother is really honored!" Liu Licheng poured a glass of wine for the person opposite and said diligently.

The man on the other side was smiling, red-faced, and burly, he took the glass and drank it down, and then said, "Good wine!" Lord Liu, don't call me a knighthood, we are both Jinyi and Wei Baihu, so it's called more life! ”

"Hahaha, that little brother will call Master Shao!" Liu Licheng smiled and poured another glass of wine for Shao Shiwang opposite.

Shao Shiwang, Jinyi Weiwai Beicheng Thousand Households, Kang Pingbo.

Shao Shiwang took the second glass of wine with a smile, but he didn't drink it, but asked bluntly: "What is going on today, Lord Liu, just say it directly, don't wait for the wine to come up, you can't remember what you said!" ”

Liu Licheng looked at Shao Shiwang with a smile, he first raised his head and drank the second glass of wine, and under Shao Shiwang's smiling gaze, he said slowly: "Qin Guogong's righteous son, he will soon come to my position as a hundred households in the Inner East City, I think this kind of news, or inform Lord Shao as soon as possible, and ask Lord Shao to take care of my hundred households when the time comes!" ”

Shao Shiwang first had a smile on his face when he heard this, and when he carefully observed Liu Licheng and found that the latter had not drunk too much nonsense, he continued to smile, only this time, his face was full of red light, he picked up the wine glass and drank it again, and then said happily: "Brother Liu......"