South of Osaka Castle, on the shore of the bay, a hidden manor.

"Zhilu, how is the intelligence gathering of your two places? The time given by the Thousand Households Office is not long. ”

A man with a scarf on his head leaned against the red wall of the manor, his hands clasped around his chest, and he was wearing a plain power suit, only a silver-threaded dragon python embroidered at the corner of his clothes showed his identity as the general banner of the brocade guard.

"You have ordered the closure of the city and martial law, who of those Honghu will dare to show their heads at this time? Besides, I didn't see the adults in a hurry, why are you panicking? ”

The person who replied smiled and glanced towards the manor.

"The order to close the city is implemented with the permission of the adults, if you have any dissatisfaction, you can go to the adults, you don't need to be weird with me here."

The prison altar replied with a cold face, hesitated for a moment, and then slowed down his tone.

"Both of us are standing on the cusp of the storm now, and there are more people pointing behind our backs, which you know in your heart, now is not the time for infighting. This 'clean-up' is the first large-scale operation after we took office, if we can't seize this opportunity to make achievements, how can we gain a foothold in the household in the future? ”

The words of the prison altar also hit the worries in Zhilu's heart.

The ascension of the two of them is not because of any outstanding merits at all, to put it bluntly, it is stained with the light of the three fires of the new hundred households.

The simplest and most effective way for the new 100 households to establish their authority is to dismantle the personnel team left over from the original 100 households and promote and train their own henchmen.

In the process of 'one rise and one down', create personnel contradictions, divide and disintegrate the possible mountain of forces, and grasp the right to deal cards in the process of reshuffling.

The former Xiaoqi Zhilu and the prison altar were the lucky ones in this process, while Huang Guan and the food bait were the poor victims.

Now there are countless people in the hundred households who hate them and wait to see their jokes.

That's why at this moment, the prison altar who played the wrong first move in the post is so anxious, and wants to make some achievements and stabilize his position.

Although Zhilu was happy to watch the other party eat deflated, he also understood the truth of cold lips and teeth.

Zhilu wiped away the contemptuous look on his face, frowned, and said, "Although Osaka is the largest city in the Kansai region of the Wa District, there are not a few people who have been lurking here. But as you know, many sources of intelligence were established by Huang Guan, and now he is showing that he can't do anything, and I don't have a good way. ”

"It's the same situation in one place, and those subordinates who ate the bait at the beginning are one by one."

The prison altar suddenly bit off the conversation, a cold light leached out of his eyes, and a breath flew out of his sleeve, crawling on the eaves tile above the two of them, quickly fanning his wings.

"Zhilu, I'm a cheerful person, and now I won't hide it from you. Let me make it clear to you, no matter what the outcome of this 'clean-up' operation is, it is impossible for me to keep the bait in Osaka again. ”

"I also feel that the existence of the yellow crown hinders the normal operation of the second place."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and both saw the undisguised killing intent in each other's eyes.

"Since everyone thinks like this, then things will be easy."

Jian Tan smiled: "You guys are flexible in intelligence, do you have any good ideas?" ”

"Of course there is a way, it depends on whether you dare or not."

"Let's hear it first."

Zhilu obviously had a premeditated plan, and said without thinking at the moment: "Aren't you still worried about not being able to complete the target of the Thousand Households just now?" That's where we start. ”

"Be clear." The prison altar asked eagerly.

"Although most of the informants in Osaka Castle were developed by Huang Guan, these people are all unprofitable goods. Now that Huang Guan has lost power, they have long had the idea of changing their court. ”

Although he was in the shielding field stretched out by Xi Feilang, Zhilu still suppressed his voice and said, "I have mastered the hiding place of a Xuanliu Honghu, as far as I know, this person is a fierce character, and it is very difficult to deal with. You arrange the mission intensity of the seventh order, and let the bait lead his team to the capture. In the midst of this kind of erroneous information, it is only natural that someone will be killed in the line of duty. ”

Hearing this, the prison altar's eyes lit up, and after a moment of silence, he asked, "What if the bait doesn't die?" ”

"Even if the bait is lucky, it escapes this fate. However, the information is wrong, and the two places I am responsible for it are naturally to blame. But the person who sold me the information was one of Huang Guan's most trusted informants. ”

Zhilu squinted his eyes and asked, "At that time, if I tell Lord Baihu that Huang Guan is suspected of secretly communicating with Honghu in this matter, do you think the adults will believe it?" ”

Without waiting for the prison altar to speak, Zhilu preemptively said: "If you believe it, then Huang Guan will definitely die." If you don't believe it, it means that the above doesn't want to move the two of them now, and you and I don't need to do it in a hurry. ”

"So no matter what the final success or failure is, we have a good chance of being able to solve one person first, and as for the remaining one, if we are interested, we will leave Osaka Castle, and if we are not interested, we also have a way to slowly concoct him."

Zhilu smiled coldly, "Even if luck is not on our side in the end, the result is that the bait is not dead, and Huang Guan is exempt from responsibility." However, it is inevitable that the prestige of the two people will fall to the bottom, and there will be no resistance to our rectification in one or two places at that time. ”

People who play with intelligence have really dirty hearts.

The prison was secretly scolding in his heart, and his disgust and fear of Zhilu were even worse, but there was an expression of surprise and excitement on his face.

"Just do as you say."

Before the words fell, the impermanence ring on Zhilu's finger suddenly vibrate.

There is communication and sound transmission access within Jinyiwei.

Zhilu's expression was a little strange, and he did not transfer to the communication device built into the pinna, but directly connected it in front of the prison altar.

The light shot out, crocheting the anxious face of the yellow crown.

"Zhilu, where is Lord Baihu now, I have an important situation to report to him!"

Huang Guan went straight to the point, and his tone was quite unpolite.

Zhilu's two pale eyebrows were twisted together, "Your Excellency is meeting with an important guest right now, you can tell me anything directly." ”

Huang Guan decisively refused, "No, the stakes are very high, and I must report to the adults in person." ”

"Then you just wait."

Zhilu immediately sneered, raised his hand and prepared to cut off the picture.

"Wait a minute."

Huang Guan's expression was hesitant, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "It's bait, he has rebelled!" ”

The corners of the prison altar's mouth outside the screen suddenly curled, and he was overjoyed.

On the contrary, Zhilu's suddenly gloomy face was completely disrupted by this sudden change, and instead he gave a big gift to the prison altar who was falling into the trap.

"Are you sure?"

Huang Guan said firmly, "I'm sure." ”

"Bird?"

"No, it's Inuyama."

The words stopped abruptly, a humble look appeared on Huang Guan's face, and he said in a gloomy tone: "Zhilu, now that I am no longer the chief banner, I also know that you have always been very jealous of me. This bait-eating mutiny can be regarded as a blow to my head. Even people like him know that there is another way out, so why should I continue to fight you here. ”

"This intelligence evidence is my last chance, I want to exchange it with Lord Baihu for a chance to transfer back to the mainland of the empire."

Huang Guan pleaded: "Zhilu, you won't even leave me with this final retreat, right?" ”

This humble expression, this begging tone.

For the first time in so many years, Zhilu saw it on Huang Guan.

The excitement and joy in his heart at this moment was even more than when he announced that he had been promoted to the second general flag that day.

It turned out that it was not a change in the plan, but a double happiness.

Zhilu smiled lightly, "Lord Baihu is now in the southern suburbs"

The voice was blown by the night wind, over the red wall, through the grass and trees of the imperial Jiangnan style, and when it reached the deepest part of the courtyard, it was already unhearable.

This is an open-air hot spring that is more exquisite than the White Emperor Mixed Hot Spring in Inuyama Castle.

(End of chapter)