If you talk about the most smelling change in the yamen of the Great Zhou, it must be the Supervision Department.

When Zhou Taizu overthrew the tyranny of the Liang Dynasty and established the Great Zhou Dynasty, the remnants of the royal family of the previous dynasty lost most of the country's social system, and the remaining large number of die-hard people were broken into pieces into the Zhou Dynasty, in order to subvert the new dynasty. Later, the Great Zhou Dynasty went to war with the White Sea Tribes of the Grassland, and the Supervision Department took on the work of overseers and espionage.

It can be said that the Supervision Department is the largest spy yamen in the Central Continent.

The headquarters of the Supervision Department is located on Shoushan Mountain on the outskirts of Shengjing City, and from the outside, it is just a few ordinary houses, which are not mysterious, but no one can tell how many bright posts and secret posts there are around.

At this time, in the main hall of the mansion closest to the top of the mountain, Pei Yuanhou, the most powerful person in the Great Zhou Dynasty except for Emperor Renzong, was sitting opposite an old man.

The old man was dressed in ordinary linen clothes, with neither beard nor hair, his face was furrowed and horizontal, and he was leaning on the back of the chair with his eyes closed, as if looking up at the prime minister in front of him would consume the last primordial spirit of his life.

On the other hand, although Pei Yuanhou is dressed in civilian clothes, he is still tall like a court meeting, and the whole person exudes a calm and confident atmosphere, which is prohibitive, and is fearful of respect, which is the momentum and prestige of power.

The old man didn't seem to be aware of Pei Yuanhou's almost substantive aura, and he was still swaying and swaying, and the prime minister was not in a hurry, he sat straight and hung his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

"At the beginning, when Yongle Na'er entered my yard, I was not happy, the female baby should be husband and child, where do you know what is a spy, what is a conspiracy, sure enough, in the end, I died in the tacit conspiracy of our old guys and Bai Hai's sharp face. The old man spoke slowly, and his voice was like two pieces of iron soaked at the bottom of the well being pinched in his hand, rubbing against each other vigorously, making a sharp and hoarse sound, so that the obedient person couldn't help but clasp his fingers and wanted to run away, "Who ever wanted to die and not be pure, this has been more than ten years, and it has been turned out by His Majesty." ”

Pei Yuanhou smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty has always loved Yu Zhen's child, and even gave her the personal sword dragon Yabi, so the cause of her death must be traced to the end, but there is not enough evidence over the years, so I have been holding back, until I found some clues from the third child a few months ago, and then there was a cause." ”

The old man laughed for a while, and said in a dumb voice: "The emperor's family, how can there be any flesh and blood affection, if you really want to check, you have already started it ten years ago, in my opinion, Your Majesty just wants a result, then let's give Your Majesty a result, it's not a big deal." ”

"It seems that you have already prepared, please make it clear. Pei Yuanhou said with a smile.

The old man waved his hand outside the courtyard, and a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy walked in quickly with a stack of files, put the files on the low table between the old man and the prime minister, and then stood behind the old man with his hands down, and said with a smile: "Please also ask Pei Xiang to take a look." ”

Pei Yuanhou picked up the file and looked at it one by one, sometimes frowning, sometimes nodding, and there was no other sound in the room for a while except for the sound of the paper turning.

After about a stick of incense, Pei Yuanhou put down the last dossier and said with a sigh: "It's seamless, if I wasn't a witness to this matter, I couldn't help but believe it." ”

The old man's face was expressionless, among the conspiracies and tricks he had seen in his life, this was really not a big deal, but the young man beside him smiled and said: "Pei Xiang has a good reputation, although the Supervision Department is not as important as the Tianqing Division, but the handling of these small things is also very familiar, without him, only familiar with it, then please Rong Xiaohuan to sort out Pei Xiang." ”

Pei Yuanhou nodded in agreement.

The young man who called himself Xiaohuan stepped forward with a slight smile and said: "In the ninth year of Hongxiu, there was a soldier Zhao Wu in the guard battalion under Zhou Beichen in Miyunguan, who retired from the front line on the grounds of injury and came to Panlong Town as a post officer. In the thirteenth year of Hong Xiu, according to the records of the case file of the Supervision Division, Zhu Bugui received a secret order from the grassland, and responded to the return of Princess Yongle to the north, but he did not want to be conspired by the hundred ghosts in the four corners of the white sea to become a flesh and blood puppet, and the plan for the return of the princess was also known by the hundred ghosts. On the day of Fengqing in the thirteenth year of Hongxiu, three hours before the princess entered the town, Zhao Wu was ordered by Guo You to go out of Panlong Town, the reason was that the peach tree at the entrance of the town was blooming, which was really incredible, who Zhao Wu had seen after leaving the city was unknown, but three hours later, Princess Yongle was besieged by the three people of Hundred Ghosts, Thunder Wolf, and Night Cry, and finally died in battle! . ”

Pei Yuanhou nodded and said: "According to the meaning of the Supervision Department, first, this post soldier Zhao Wu secretly collaborated with the enemy, learned the specific route of the princess's return to the north from the hundred ghosts, and passed the message for him, attracting the other two of the four leaders of the White Sea, and second, Zhao Wu was originally under General Zhou, and General Zhou was inseparable from this matter, but General Zhou has been fighting with the grassland barbarians for many years, neither His Majesty nor the government and the opposition will have the slightest doubt about his loyalty. ”

The old man coughed lightly, raised the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "Pei Xiang, this is to teach me, if you don't know this bit of scheming, where can you achieve your current position." ”

Pei Yuanhou smiled slightly and did not say a word.

The young man who called himself Xiao Huan continued: "Major General Beichen was transferred back to Beijing at the beginning of the year, commanding Jin Wuwei, responsible for the security of the imperial city, how sensitive this position is, I think Pei knows better than me, once he is involved in the rumors of colluding with foreign clans to assassinate the royal family, no matter how much His Majesty trusts him, he must be transferred from his post and used for other purposes. ”

Pei Yuanhou picked up the teacup: "So the key to this case is still the post man named Zhao Wu." ”

"My lord is wise," Xiao Huan bowed his head and saluted, "As long as you take the first step to hold Zhao Wu and get a confession from his mouth, this case is an iron case, and you can't get any more tricks." ”

"On the third prince's side, does the gentleman have an arrangement?" Pei Yuanhou turned his gaze to the old man.

The old man chuckled and said: "Don't worry, nothing can happen, after all, Your Majesty's blood and bones are not much, and the blood of Liancheng is one less than one dead, Pei Xiang is patient and waiting, the Supervision Department still has some water milling work to do such as imitating correspondence and accounts, and when the spring of the next year comes, Zhao Yatou will be able to understand this matter." ”

Pei Yuanhou smiled gently: "Then Mr. Lao bothered, the little minister still has official business, and I will invite you to come to the house for tea another day." ”

"I don't send it. The old man opened his eyes slightly as a sign of respect.

After Pei Yuanhou walked away, Xiao Huan came to the old man and knelt down, and said while beating his legs: "Old ancestor, this Pei Xiang is really a powerful person, he said for a long time that it was obviously his trouble, but we have done all the bad things, and his hands are clean." ”

The old man said with a smile: "The ideal home with bright eyes and black water in the belly, our family has seen a lot in this life." ”

After Pei Yuanhou went out, he looked back at the plaque hanging by the Supervision Department, and laughed softly: "Autumn is coming, and grasshoppers always jump extra high." ”