After noon, Liu Xin left the hundred households, came to the gate of the imperial city, and went straight to the Dongchang Yamen after checking the waist card.

Liu Licheng didn't seem to care about Liu Xin anymore, half of the manpower of the 100 households in Wenxuanfang was first transferred to the 1000 households in the inner city, and the remaining half was transferred by Liu Licheng in the afternoon.

Liu Xin, who became a lonely person again, came to the East Factory.

Liu Licheng is also scheming, making Liu Xin a lonely person, in fact, is to reduce his role, even if he can take refuge in Dongchang, who cares about a person who has no effect.

If Yuan Dongxiang knew that Liu Licheng spent his gentleman's belly with the heart of a villain, it was estimated that he would scold him angrily in his heart one hundred and eighty times.

Liu Xin's entry into the East Factory is almost the same as going back to his home, the gatekeeper greeted him with a smile, and the first thing the old acquaintance Wang Zhangban said when they met was: Are you here?

Then Liu Xin and him staggered, and Wang Zhangban would be revealed, as if there was something wrong.

Familiar with the car came to Yuan Dongxiang's duty room, today it was dripping with a light rain, Yuan Dongxiang didn't seem to want to see the messy scene outside the door, so the door was closed.

stepped forward and knocked on the door rhythmically, and when he heard Yuan Dongxiang's words coming in, Liu Xin pushed open the door and walked in slowly.

"How are you!"

Yuan Dongxiang looked at Liu Xin in surprise.

Liu Xin said strangely: "Why not me?" ”

"Don't you have to be on duty, come and hang out with me every day!" Yuan Dongxiang looked at Liu Xin speechlessly.

Liu Xin said as a matter of course: "I was ordered to investigate the case of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, yesterday Yuan Qianhu said that there were clues to go to the Admiral, today I am here to see if there is any progress here." It's business, how can it be said to be hanging out! ”

Yuan Dongxiang watched Liu Xin sit down, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching.

Sighing secretly, Yuan Dongxiang smiled faintly at the corner of his mouth, and then said with a straight face: "Since it's a serious matter, then I'll talk to you about it." ”

Liu Xin immediately sat upright.

Yuan Dongxiang said: "Yesterday, I had a detailed chat with Lord Admiral, during which Lord Admiral also asked the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor to inquire. At this time, we learned that when the secret technique of raising horses of the Imperial Horse Supervisor was actually completed for the most part, we began small-scale experiments in the Hanzhong Military Horse Farm. Up to now, a number of more mature war horses have completed the breeding, and the effect is not bad, reaching about sixty percent of the expected effect. ”

Liu Xin interjected: "So is the Hanzhong Military Horse Farm also conducting experiments?" ”

Yuan Dongxiang nodded: "That's right! ”

It seems that the next step is the point, Yuan Dongxiang's expression is a little more solemn and said: "Moreover, the Hanzhong Military Horse Farm has submitted a note last month, saying that their experiment has been completed, and the war horses cultivated in the future will achieve the expected results." ”

"That is!" Liu Xin couldn't help but interject again: "In the Hanzhong Military Horse Farm, in fact, as early as a month ago, there was already a complete secret technique of raising horses!" ”

Yuan Dongxiang nodded and said in a deep voice: "That's right, because of this matter, His Majesty strictly ordered the seal, except for a few chief eunuchs of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, it was not revealed!" ”

Liu Xin's eyes flashed and said, "Then there may be something wrong with these chief eunuchs!" ”

Yuan Dongxiang said lightly: "Lord Admiral ordered yesterday to arrest several people, and now they are being tortured." And on the side of the Hanzhong Military Horse Farm, the Admiral is already preparing to organize people to go to the secret investigation! But because Jian Fangliang's injuries are stable and he may wake up at any time, I still need to keep an eye on it here. Moreover, if there is a problem in Hanzhong, it is estimated that it will be useless to rush over now, so the Admiral is not in a hurry. After all, if the other party really bluffed and drew our attention to the imperial capital, then Hanzhong would have already been done. ”

Liu Xin didn't completely agree with Yuan Dongxiang's words, so he said: "But it's also possible that it is more difficult for Hanzhong to obtain the secret method, so they need time, which detonates the imperial capital." ”

In fact, at this time, Liu Xin felt that this might be the truth, and he had been wondering before, feeling that the mastermind behind the scenes had been arranged for so long, and the series of actions at the last moment were a little too frizzy and incomprehensible.

But if his real goal is in the Hanzhong Military Horse Farm, then all this is reasonable.

I thought that Yuan Dongxiang would show some surprise or other expressions, but I didn't expect Liu Xin to only see calm on Yuan Dongxiang's face, and the latter said lightly: "This Admiral has already thought of it, and he said the same thing about me yesterday." ”

After a pause, he continued: "Actually, whether the Hanzhong side has succeeded or not, the people hiding there must still be there. This is because the military horse farm implements military control, everyone is closed management, and only at a certain time, can a specific person leave. All the soldiers and generals of the military horse farm are not allowed to leave that area except for each change of guard. ”

I see!

Liu Xin instantly understood what the admiral meant.

The military horse farm is strictly managed, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter and exit at will, so even if the people there have the ability to get their hands on the secret method, or even send it out, this person must still be there.

If you don't have time, you can't escape!

Yuan Dongxiang continued: "Therefore, the most important thing now is not to startle the snake, and not to let the mastermind behind the scenes know that we have paid attention to Hanzhong. ”

"And!" Liu Xin slapped the table, and just a moment ago, a flash of lightning flashed in his head, and an idea quickly formed, and he said very quickly: "Although the layout in the imperial capital is a trick to attract our attention. But the Hanzhong Military Horse Farm was successfully experimented a month ago, and here in the imperial capital, the people behind the scenes have been laid out for at least half a year! Therefore, although the real target of the mastermind behind the scenes is in Hanzhong, it is very likely that he himself is in the imperial capital! That's why he's going to do whatever it takes to erase any evidence that might exist! ”

After a pause, Liu Xin's eyes were full of excitement, he relaxed his thoughts, let his mouth follow the natural thinking of his brain, and continued: "Just like Gui Wanqiu, although the correspondence between him and Gui Qinchen is well documented, it must have passed through the hands of other people. If I were the one behind the scenes, I wouldn't have let go of the inspection, and there was a high probability that I wouldn't have seen any flaws in the letterhead, otherwise the letter wouldn't have fallen into our hands!

If it is assumed that the mastermind behind the scenes does not know that there are some small secrets hidden in the letterhead, then the only reason why the mastermind behind the scenes assassinated Gui Wanqiu may be because he is afraid that Gui Qinchen will say something to Gui Wanqiu through other means, not because of the letterhead exchange between the two. And Gui Wanqiu was only attacked once, and the back door was not attacked, in fact, it can also be understood that Gui Wanqiu is not a person who must be killed, but just an attempt. If it is done, it will be done, and if it is not achieved, it will be a lot of ways to disturb our vision!

The people behind the scenes must be watching in person in the imperial capital, otherwise he would not be able to make many arrangements in such a timely manner!

The participation of the Northern Barbarians can actually be regarded as the next family of the transaction. The people in Zhengyang, what is the use of obtaining this secret technique of raising horses, now the number of guards under the command of the vassal kings is not much, and the Jinyi Weidong Factory has penetrated very thoroughly, and no one will dare to raise a large number of horses. To tell the truth, for the anti-king forces that may exist in the country, this kind of horse breeding secret technique is a pity to abandon the tasteless food, and almost no one will go to great lengths for such a thing.

And the Northern Barbarians are different, the advantage of the Northern Barbarians is the cavalry, and in the war with Zhengyang, only the cavalry has always had the upper hand. Once the Northern Barbarians have acquired this secret technique, then their cavalry will be even stronger! The person behind the scenes must have traded this secret technique to Beiban at a great price, so that he could get the most benefits!

Now that the Northern Barbarians have run away, they are very cunning, and this group of people should only be the help of the mastermind behind the scenes, not the mastermind. The clues to find the mastermind are almost all broken, or we haven't found them yet, but with his ingenuity, given enough time, he can destroy all the evidence...

Wrong!

There is also evidence that he did not have time to destroy, or rather, he has already destroyed, but he does not know that he has not completely destroyed! ”

Liu Xin suddenly raised his head and looked at Yuan Dongxiang.

Yuan Dongxiang finally showed surprise this time, with obvious appreciation in his eyes.

"That's right!" Liu Xin affirmed: "We still have one last clue!" ”

A rare smile appeared on Yuan Dongxiang's face: "That's right, there is another clue, what you said is exactly the same as what Lord Admiral said!" ”

The excitement on Liu Xin's face receded, he was a little surprised, but at the same time he felt very reasonable.

Lord Admiral, that magical great eunuch, Mi Yusong is a grandmaster.

The Grandmaster is certainly different!

At this moment, it seemed that he knew what Liu Xin and Yuan Dongxiang were thinking, and a fan came in a hurry and reported: "Lord Qianhu, that person is awake!" ”

The fans in the East Factory basically didn't know Jian Fangliang's identity, especially the ones who took care of him, and even thought that Jian Fangliang was a secret agent of the East Factory.

Moreover, in the room where Jian Fangliang was resting, Yuan Dongxiang also arranged a trustworthy master to hide in the secret to protect, which can be described as extremely meticulous.

"Let's go!" Liu Xin got up and looked at Yuan Dongxiang excitedly, he naturally knew that there would be no one else who woke up at this time except Jian Fangliang!

Somewhere in the East Factory, Jian Fangliang opened his hazy eyes, and the dazzling light made him unable to see for a while. I tried to move, but I found that my whole body was weak, the strength in my body seemed to be drained, and there was a faint stabbing pain in my chest, and this feeling continued to intensify.

I don't know how long it took, his eyes finally adjusted to the light, turned his head, and Jian Fangliang saw two people looking at him indifferently, one of them was wearing Dongchang's clothes, and the other was Jinyiwei's flying fish suit!

"Uhh

Looking at Jian Fangliang, whose face was full of horror instantly, Liu Xin felt very interesting, this person was discovered by the Dongchang soldiers who were always staring at him from just wanting to wake up, and reported it to Yuan Dongxiang as soon as possible.

When Yuan Dongxiang and Liu Xin came here, Jian Fangliang had just woken up, but at that time he was still in a state of chaos after being in a coma for a day and a night, and his eyes seemed to be unable to see. After waiting for a while, when he turned his head to look at the two of them, the confusion, sobriety, sluggishness, panic and other distinct expressions in his eyes changed one after another, which made Liu Xin feel the magic of emotions.

"Jian Fangliang!" Yuan Dongxiang's indifferent and ruthless voice sounded.

"You... Who are you and why am I here! Jian Fangliang struggled to get up, but his whole body was weak and weak, and the growing pain in his chest made him unable to move.

Yuan Dongxiang sneered and said, "This is Dongchang!" What you've done has been revealed! ”

"Ahh Jian Fangliang subconsciously sighed, and then tried his best to hide his panic, but it was useless.

Yuan Dongxiang snorted coldly, as if he suddenly thought of something, turned to Liu Xin and said: "The person has woken up, but I am not good at asking about the prisoner, I don't know if Liu Baihu is good at this?" ”

Liu Xin shook his head, joking, he was just a novice Jinyiwei, and he hadn't even memorized the internal regulations of Jinyiwei, so how could he ask a prisoner about such a high-level skill.

Yuan Dongxiang sighed, and then ordered the Dongchang officer behind him to find someone to come.

Yuan Dongxiang came back and continued: "We were in too much of a hurry just now, we should call him first." ”

Liu Xin asked suspiciously: "Who?" ”

Yuan Dongxiang said: "There is a specialization in the art industry, and the master of torture is a master!" ”

After a few moments, a thin, short, young scholar looked like a man walked into the room.

Liu Xin looked at it, this person was wearing the clothes of the hundred households of Dongchang, although his face was thin, his eyes were sharp, and he seemed to be able to see through people's hearts.

"Original... Yuan Qianhu, what are you looking for me? ”

In addition to the sharp eyes of this Dongchang Baihu, his other manners were like a weak scholar, not only saluted respectfully to the original Qianhu, but also bowed to Liu Xin on the side, and then his head was not raised.

"I've seen... I've seen this brocade guard hundreds. ”

Liu Xin looked at Yuan Dongxiang with some doubts.

What's going on with this man?

Yuan Dongxiang received Liu Xin's gaze and asked, but did not answer, but introduced:

"Kuang Huaizhi, the youngest 100 households in the history of Dongchang, the most favored young man by the Admiral! Huaizhi, this is Liu Xinliu Baihu of Jinyiwei. ”

The youngest 100 households?

Liu Xin knew that the organizational structure of the East Factory was not the same as that of Jinyiwei, and the East Factory was in the imperial capital, and under the commander was in charge of thousands of households, and he was responsible for arresting and arresting smuggling, which could be regarded as one person, so he was at the same level as the commander of Jinyiwei in terms of authority.

Under the punishment of thousands of households, there is only one hundred households who are punished by reason, and they are responsible for the punishment of canons.

According to this position, torture and confession is indeed within the scope of the opponent's ability.

But shouldn't the person who confesses by torture be the kind of character with a big face and a rough face, such a soft and weak scholar-like character, what use can it be, the prisoner will not be afraid when he sees it, and even have a provocative heart.

Just now, Liu Xin flashed such a thought in his heart for a moment.

After all, Kuang Huaizhi is thin and small, a head shorter than Liu Xin, and if he removes the set of clothes from the 100 households in Dongchang, he is a minor teenager.

Yuan Dongxiang seemed to see the doubts hidden in Liu Xin's eyes, and he just said to Kuang Huaizhi lightly: "This person is a repeat offender, but he is not the mastermind, we need him to confess the mastermind." ”

Kuang Huaizhi cautiously glanced up at Jian Fangliang on the bed, who was also observing here at this time, the two eyes met, Kuang Huaizhi immediately retracted his head and continued to lower his head.

Liu Xin watched this scene speechlessly, and just discussed it in front of the prisoner, is it really good?

And this young man didn't even dare to look at a weak scholar like Jian Fangliang who was powerless and had been seriously injured, how could he be tortured?

Yuan Dongxiang didn't have any abnormalities on his face, and he seemed to have a lot of confidence in Kuang Huaizhi.

"Huaizhi, I'll only give you a moment, okay?"

"Hmm... Well, it's good that the original Qianhu sets a time, and I will... I'll do it! ”

"Good!"

Yuan Dongxiang really trusted this little boy very much, and directly pulled Liu Xin out of the room and closed the door.

Through a door, there was no movement behind the door for a long time, not even the sound of conversation.

"That little... Can Kuang Baihu really ask? Although Jian Fangliang is a scholar, after all, he has been in the officialdom for many years, and he is weak in literature, but don't underestimate the cunning of an official! Compared with Yuan Dongxiang's confident expression, Liu Xin is not so optimistic.

"Don't worry, Huaizhi has a special ability, and in terms of torture, basically no one can escape his questioning. In this regard, he is the leader of the East Factory, and even the Admiral has praised him many times! Yuan Dongxiang replied with a smile.

Hearing Mi Yusong praise Kuang Huaizhi, Liu Xin suddenly had a little more expectation, does this kid really have abilities that are completely different from his appearance and temperament?

"Huaizhi is just a little afraid of people, this is his character, don't be deceived by his appearance." Yuan Dongxiang seemed to be reminding Liu Xin of something.

A moment of time passed quickly, but for Liu Xin, it was really a little difficult, after all, he was aroused by Yuan Dongxiang's strong interest, and he couldn't help but want to know the result.

With a creak, the door was opened, and Kuang Huaizhi lowered his head, still looking afraid of looking at people before.

"Hara Chito, I... I'm done asking, the records are all in the room, and if it's okay, I... I'll be gone. ”

"Okay, good work!"

"No... It doesn't matter. ”

Kuang Huaizhi left in a hurry, Liu Xinhu looked at this scene suspiciously, turned his head to Yuan Dongxiang and said, "It can't be that you didn't ask and ran away, right?" ”

Yuan Dongxiang raised his feet and walked into the room disappreciatively: "Just look at it." ”

Liu Xin followed into the room, the first thing he saw was Jian Fangliang on the bed like a corpse, his eyes were empty, if it weren't for the heavy gasp in his mouth that showed that he was still alive, Liu Xin thought he was killed.

There was a small wooden table in the room, and there was a piece of rice paper on the table, on which three lines of words were simply written.

"Facts: Contact Fan An, the eunuch who supervised the horses, and stole the secret art of raising horses.

Carry poison into the imperial city and poison the horse eunuchs who want to tell the truth.

The mastermind behind the scenes: the right attendant of the military department, Qi Ji. ”