Impermanence, which means change, repetition.

In traditional culture, impermanence is often associated with black and white, and becomes a soul-seducing envoy to the underworld, that is, life and death.

Jinyi Wei supervises hundreds of officials, wears flying fish clothes, wears embroidered spring knives, and holds a book of impermanence.

This group of mad dogs hated by hundreds of civil and military officials also need reasons to act, and the words and deeds of hundreds of officials need to be recorded at all times.

It is obviously impossible to rely on memory alone, so a secret text came into being.

The book of impermanence is a booklet used by Jinyiwei to record the words and deeds of hundreds of officials, which is only the size of a palm.

Generally speaking, the spies of Jinyiwei record the words and deeds of officials in the book of impermanence, and after the official verifies it, if the official has indeed violated the law and committed a crime, a driving post will be sent to arrest the offender.

Therefore, although Jin Yiwei said that he was biting everywhere, he did not have a driving post, and he could not arrest people casually, and his power was limited.

It's just that Emperor Hongwu was suspicious in the early Ming Dynasty, and the driving post was issued as if he didn't want money.

What is on Mao Xiang's desk is the impermanence book of the Jinyi Guard spies who are responsible for monitoring the Liangguo Mansion.

He stretched out his hand to take it, there were not many words in the book of impermanence, but it was about Liang Guogong, and he attached great importance to it.

The things recorded in the book of impermanence are relatively succinct: Lan Yu, the Duke of Liangguo, drinks in the back garden, and there are many words of resentment in his words.

Only this one is recorded on the first page, and the specific words of resentment are not stated, but there is a small note at the back, and at that time, Lan Yu waved back left and right, and only a few words could be heard at a distance.

The records in the book of impermanence are very subjective, and the meaning of the words and words may be very different if the sentence is slightly broken, so many times, Jin Yiwei will only hear a few words, and then combine them with the tone and demeanor of the person who speaks, and then make a conclusion.

The hundred officials are disgusted and afraid of the Jinyiwei, and there is also this reason, since the establishment of the Jinyiwei, the civil and military officials can be described as panicked, and they don't know whether there are any spies of the Jinyiwei at home, and they even have to be careful when they speak, so as not to anger the emperor.

As the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Mao Xiang naturally knew the doorway, and after only a brief glance on the first page, he quickly turned over.

There is less content on the second page: Lan Yu drank more than half of the alcohol, and discussed with his son Lan Yuan, but he did not know what he said.

Useless nonsense, Mao Xiang turned the page again, and there was already a bit of anger in his heart, if this book of impermanence was full of these useless things, then there was no need for the spies to live.

On the third page, Mao Xiang finally saw something valuable: halfway through the discussion, Lan Yu, the Duke of Liangguo, was furious, scolded his son Lan Yuan, smashed a wine jug and a few wine glasses, and then left with his sleeves brushed away.

The impermanence book recorded that this was the end, and Mao Xiang then put it aside, recalling Lan Yuan's identity in his mind.

According to his investigation, Lan Yuan was the righteous son of Lan Yu, the Duke of Liangguo, who was accepted in the sixteenth year of Hongwu, and followed Lan Yu to fight in the south and the north, and worked hard.

And this Lan Yuan, unlike Lan Yu's other righteous sons, has a clear mind, knows the gains and losses, admonishes Lan Yu many times, and has won Lan Yu's trust, which can be said to be Lan Yu's henchman.

Although Lan Yu is a big old man and has a short temper, this father and son have never quarreled on weekdays, let alone scolded so harshly.

As the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Mao Xiang has always pursued the principle of preferring to kill mistakes rather than letting go, and in the original Hu Weiyong case, many people were arrested and imprisoned under his instructions and became Hu Dang.

Therefore, this abnormal situation between Lan Yu and Lan Yuan caught his attention in an instant.

"This spy is not bad, he is meticulous, if it is other brocade guards, I am afraid that it will be treated as an ordinary situation, and it will not be reported in such a timely manner."

Lan Yu's reputation is also earth-shattering in Jinyiwei, which Ying Tian City, who doesn't know that Liang Guogong Lan Yu has a short temper and is impulsive and reckless. Quarrels that do not occur often in the eyes of ordinary people, for Lan Yu, it can be described as commonplace.

"Of the sixteen spies sent to spy on Lan Yu, he was the only one who was keenly aware of the mistake, and obviously had a lot of research."

Mao Xiang picked up the book of impermanence again, looked at the name on the cover, and read it softly: "Jiang Xuan, the name is quite awkward, but he is a malleable talent." ”

Writing down this name, Mao Xiang thought about it for a while, and decided to report the matter to His Majesty.

In his position, he needs to maintain a keen sense of smell, and a little wind and grass is involved, but I don't know how many heads are involved behind it.

Hu Weiyong's case was widely implicated before, and there were many voices of resentment among the ministers, and they couldn't hold a grudge against Your Majesty, and those hostilities were given to Mao Xiang.

He is acting cautiously now, lest he make some mistake and be caught by the ministers, so as to remove his head.

At the moment, he didn't know what Lan Yu and Lan Yuan said, but with that caution, Mao Xiang immediately decided to enter the palace to face the saint, and report anything first, so as not to delay the opportunity.

Ying Tian at dusk seemed to be dyed with a thin layer of red mist.

Mao Xiang walked quickly, the wind was hot, and the courtiers occasionally saw him on the road, but he also avoided like a snake and scorpion, as if he had seen a flood beast.

Entering the imperial city, you can only see the forbidden army patrolling in the empty imperial city, and further on, you can see a person walking in a dragon, followed by a few guards.

Mao Xiang was startled, the distance was still quite far, he had already knelt on the ground, and said: "The commander of the minister Jinyi Wei is Mao Xiang, kneel down to see His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Zhu Di heard the voice, took a look, walked over quickly, and said, "Lord Mao, please get up." ”

"Your Highness."

As soon as Mao Xiang stood up, Zhu Di couldn't wait to ask, "Lord Mao, are you going to meet your father?" ”

"If you go back to Your Highness, Weichen is about to go to see Your Majesty to return."

Zhu Di's thoughts were beating in his mind, and he couldn't help but be curious, Mao Xiang, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, had many secrets in his hands, and now he went to see his father, maybe he had caught the handle of a certain official, and this official had to be at least a person at the level of the sixth squire, otherwise he wouldn't have come so late.

He is active, but also identified a few possible figures, at the moment he is still shallow in Yingtian, although he was canonized as the prince, but many things are far less convenient than in Beiping, Mao Xiang as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, but it is a worthy object.

If you can borrow the energy of this huge spy agency, many things will be much simpler, but Jinyiwei has always belonged directly to the emperor, and Zhu Di does not dare to act rashly, if he annoys his father, I am afraid it will not be as simple as punishment.

After thinking for a while, he smiled and said, "This is a coincidence, I am also going to see my father, how about you and me, Lord Mao?" ”

Mao Xiang was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Wechen is very honored. ”

Soon, Zhu Di and Mao Xiang came to the back garden, by the pool, Zhu Yuanzhang was holding a fishing rod in his hand, fishing there, and a fishing basket was placed at his feet.

After the guards reported, Zhu Di and Mao Xiang approached, knelt down and said, "Erchen (Weichen) knocks to see Your Majesty." ”

"Get up, keep your voice quiet, don't disturb the fish."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Di stood up, took a step forward, stood beside Zhu Yuanzhang, and glanced at the fish basket, there was nothing in it, obviously the father had not been able to catch the fish yet.

Mao Xiang didn't dare to look at it like this, so he stood behind respectfully and explained what happened in the Liangguo Mansion today.

Naturally, there is no need to add oil and vinegar, there is really nothing to add to what happened today, but Mao Xiao still said his thoughts.

In this regard, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was still thinking about fishing, naturally didn't want to spend his energy thinking about it, so he said: "Fourth, what do you think?" ”

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