There is a blue-gray building at the end of Huaiyuan Street in Nancheng, solemn and solemn, like a beast lurking in the dark night.

This is the general office of the warp weaving department with the same name as the Beiyan Prosecutor's Office.

In the past ten years, as the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven, the Warp Weaving Division has no small influence, but it is also restricted everywhere, especially the high-ranking officials in the court keep their eyes open and stare at them, and they will be directly impeached if there is a slight irregularity.

The Son of Heaven wanted to protect the authority of the warp weaving department, but he could not insist on vetoing the advice of the courtiers, so he could only let Qin Zheng try his best to restrain his subordinates. In addition to being difficult to use in Beijing, another area in which the Warp Weaving Division is difficult to directly intervene in is the military leadership.

In short, this special yamen, which directly belongs to the Son of Heaven, has a great reputation among the people, but there will be more and more constraints as it moves up.

It was not until the early winter of the twelfth year of Jianwu that the situation began to change when the Warp Weaving Division bit down the original commander of the Wei army through definite evidence, Xu Wen and Qu Fenghua, the squire of the Ministry of Works.

Many high-ranking officials were shocked to find that the Warp Weaving Division was not incapable of investigating the case, but that they had all kinds of scruples before, and once they were given the opportunity to exert their strength, this beast would fiercely show its sharp claws.

Although the outside world, especially the high-level officials of the court, is changing their views on the Warp Weaving Division, the interior of this yamen is still the same as usual, and the vast majority of people are busy in their duties, which shows Qin Zheng's strong control over the Warp Weaving Division.

This lord is obviously very aware that the more this kind of emergence, the more careful he must be, so as not to become the target of public criticism.

Enter from the gate of the general office of the warp weaving department, go west through the Jiuqu corridor, and then walk more than ten zhang to the north, you can see a well-guarded combination courtyard, which is the core area of the warp weaving department responsible for analyzing and archiving information from all over the world.

In the small courtyard to the east, a handsome, fair-skinned and slightly unhealthy young man sat at a desk, tirelessly combing through the vast files.

Several maids next to him looked at him with concern, but they didn't dare to disturb his thoughts.

Since entering the Warp Weaving Department two years ago, Yang Jingxuan has assumed quite heavy responsibilities, from the beginning of the main responsibility for the information coordination of Huaizhou, Jiangbei, to gradually meddle in more and more fields with his ability, and now he can almost contact the vast majority of the intelligence within the Warp Weaving Department.

Lifting Qin is his own uncle, this relationship is enough for him to be unimpeded in the warp weaving department, but he never thought of doing this, but did his best to do things, quite a bit of desperate San Lang's posture, so that Qin Zheng had to remind him to pay attention to rest from time to time.

However, in the past six months, the warp weaving department has been too busy, and secret reports will be sent to the frontier every three or five times, and it is necessary to investigate possible spies in the DPRK and China, especially the two cases of Xu Wen and Qu Fenghua, which involve countless amounts of information, and it is not easy to sort out the complete context.

The room was very quiet, except for the sound of Yang Jingxuan constantly turning the pages.

In the bright and soft light, Yang Jingxuan's movements suddenly stopped, and he stared at a dossier in front of him, and his eyebrows gradually frowned.

"Take Qu Fenghua's case files." He spoke suddenly, with tiredness in his tone, slightly hoarse.

A maid with beautiful eyebrows and eyes replied, "Yes, Childe." ”

After a few moments, she brought a large stack of files and carefully placed them in the corner of the large case.

Yang Jingxuan picked up a volume from it, turned to one of the pages and looked at it calmly.

It was originally planned that the commander of the mighty army made Xu Wen's trace revealed to be the credit of the Huaizhou Governor's Mansion, and the Warp Weaving Department has followed this line in the past few months, and the harvest is not very much, but Qu Fenghua, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, has long entered the sight of the secret agent of the Warp Weaving Department, and there are more than ten nails hidden in his house, staring at it day and night, and finding a lot of extremely useful clues, but Qin Zheng has not disclosed it to the public.

Yang Jingxuan looked at the code name called "Jia Er" on the dossier, and fell into a long contemplation.

Of course, the Warp Weaving Department will not ignore the fine work sent to the capital by the Beiyan Inspectorate, and has not collected the net on Qu Fenghua at the beginning, just to check through this line, and did find a big fish half a year ago, but this person is extremely cautious and cautious, and the secret agent of the Warp Weaving Department has only seen him once, and then he was escaped by this person.

After Yang Jingxuan's analysis and Qin Zheng's confirmation, this big fish should be the senior chief officer sent to Yongjia by the Beiyan Prosecutor's Office, so he used "Jia Er" as the code name.

About three or four months ago, Jia Er had completely disappeared.

However, through the analysis of recent intelligence, Yang Jingxuan found that this person was very likely to have appeared a few days ago.

"Jingshui Lou ......"

Yang Jingxuan muttered to herself, and the calm situation between the DPRK and China during this time and the previous disputes came to mind.

He checked all kinds of files for a while, and suddenly said in a deep voice: "Xiuyue, invite Zhou Zhou to investigate the matter." ”

The big girl named Xiuyue nodded in response and walked out.

After a while, Zhou Ben, who was nearly thirty years old, strode into the courtyard and arched his hand: "Childe looking for me?" ”

Yang Jingxuan asked, "Where is Lu Shen and Captain Lu now?" ”

This time, the Son of Heaven transferred twelve border generals to Beijing, and the Warp Weaving Department was responsible for secretly protecting them, so whether it was the Oiran Gu Wan'er who came to the door to ask for acceptance, or the conflict between Lu Shen in the Alum Tower and the Jingshui Tower, the Son of Heaven would know about it at the first time. Out of consideration of external influence, the Warp Weaving Division protects these generals very secretively, and usually only lets people stare outside their mansions, and will not deliberately track and monitor.

Zhou Ben was responsible for Lu Shen's safety, and his secret agents guarded outside Lu Shen's house in shifts, and every day Lu Shen's whereabouts would be sent here in writing, and handed over to Yang Jingxuan for archiving and preservation.

This has been the case for this time, but Yang Jingxuan has never called him over like today.

Hearing Yang Jingxuan's question at this moment, although Zhou Ben was a little puzzled, he still replied one by one: "After the end of the court meeting, the right minister invited Lu Duwei in public, but there were many serious things in the court during this time, so Lu Duwei never made the trip. This morning, Lu Duwei took the initiative to go to Xue Xiang's mansion, calculating the time, which should be on the way back. Please rest assured that the wind and waves in Beijing are calm now, and there will be no moths. ”

He noticed that Yang Jingxuan's reaction was a little strange, so he added a sentence at the end.

Yang Jingxuan was noncommittal, frowned and asked, "How many guards does Captain Lu have with him?" ”

Zhou Ben replied: "Three people." ”

"Do we have any of us?"

"According to the previous regulations, there are two brothers who are following Captain Lu."

After Yang Jingxuan heard this, he closed his eyes slightly and pondered for a moment, and when he opened his eyes again, there was a little more coldness in his always clear eyes: "Zhou Chashi, please immediately take more hands to Taikang Fang, find Lu Duwei and others, and ensure that he can return to his residence safely." If there is no accident, no matter where he goes, the warp weaving division must be equipped with more than six swordsmen to protect him secretly. ”

Zhou Ben was slightly stunned, in order to avoid causing the attack of the ministers of the DPRK and China, the Warp Weaving Department has always been quite cautious, especially this kind of monitoring and tracking of civil and military officials, although it is to protect the other party, but it will also be very low-key.

This is the rule set by Qin Zheng, and no one dares to disobey it at will.

Zhou Ben knew the relationship between Yang Jingxuan and Lord Tiju, but Lu Shen only went to visit Youxiang, and if he took a group of secret agents to expose his traces, it would definitely attract some criticism.

Yang Jingxuan stood up and said coldly: "Zhou Chashi, this matter cannot be delayed, and I will bear the responsibility." ”

Seeing this, Zhou Ben didn't dare to hesitate, and arched his hand: "Yes!" ”

Yang Jingxuan said to the maid again: "Prepare the carriage, I will go to Lord Tiju." ”

The maids didn't know what they meant, but they also realized that something big might happen, and hurriedly agreed.

……

Yongjia City in the afternoon is filled with a quiet atmosphere of the years.

After Lu Shen and his entourage left Xue Xiang's mansion, they rode slowly through the streets and alleys, from Taikang Fang to Xiupingfang, where the Lu family courtyard was located.

The three guards around him are similar to Li Chengen, they have been working in the Lu family for a long time, followed Lu Shen to Beiyan Tieshan City, participated in the Guangling City Defense Battle and the subsequent Jiangbei War, and can be said to live and die side by side.

Lu Shen's performance in the past half a year has already subdued the hearts of these guards, especially since he never expects others to work hard, and he can take the lead in every battle. For these guards who still retain the temperament of the people of the rivers and lakes, even if they don't talk about Lu Tong's kindness to them and the generous remuneration given by the Lu family, Lu Shen's extremely significant military characteristics alone are worth their awaitment.

Everyone entered a not very spacious alley, the bright afternoon sun brought a bit of warmth to the early winter, there were few people in the alley, and the staggered light and shadow added a bit of solemnity.

The guard named Tan Zheng on the right smiled and said, "Young Master, when will we return to Guangling?" ”

Lu Shen said: "Soon, after His Majesty summons us in a few days, we can leave for and return, and we can return to Guangling in early December, and everyone can spend the New Year with our families." ”

All the people were beaming.

Just then, a horse-drawn carriage came across the alley.

When there were still six or seven zhang away from Lu Shen and the others, the coachman of this carriage suddenly tightened the reins, and the carriage immediately crossed the alley, which was not wide.

Pedestrians could naturally pass from both ends, but Lu Shen couldn't rush over on horseback.

Lu Shen turned his head sharply, and sure enough, he found another carriage behind them, blocking their retreat as he could.

"Young Master, be careful!"

Tan Zheng and the others looked solemn, and reached out to the waist knife hanging next to the horse's belly.

I saw a man in his thirties coming out of the carriage in front of him, holding an iron rod in his right hand, his burly body like a hill, and walking towards Lu Shen with an expressionless face.

At the same time, there was also a man in his twenties in the carriage behind, and his weapon was a long knife.

Lu Shen frowned, and the next moment he pulled out his knife from its sheath.

The two strange men in front and behind did not say anything, they went from slow to accelerated sprinting at the beginning, and in a moment they were as fast as the wind, and the weapons in their hands glowed with a cold cold light.

The murderous aura suddenly filled the alley, like a prairie fire!

(End of chapter)