Chapter 3: Intrigue <1>

The storm and clouds will no longer be calm, and at the feet of the Son of Heaven in the capital, the emperor was assassinated and almost died. The assassins were all dead, and the envoys of the Nine Gates who were in charge of the peace of the capital arrived belatedly. It can be seen that the corruption of the imperial court in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty has reached the point of hopelessness. The Inner Government of the Nine Gates is responsible for the security of the capital and the defense of the imperial city, and has the right to mobilize 100,000 Praetorian Guards. This was set by the founding emperor Zhao Kuangyi, who initially appointed his younger brother Zhao Guangyi as the internal envoy of the Nine Gates, but after Zhao Guangyi mastered the 100,000 forbidden army, he quietly killed Zhao Kuangyi. Take his place and ascend to the throne. Later, in order to prevent history from repeating itself, Zhao Guangyi abolished this official system and firmly controlled the 100,000 forbidden army in his own hands. In later generations, the emperor did not pay much attention to the 100,000 forbidden army, and handed over the 100,000 forbidden army to the court officials to take over. When Song Huizong ascended the throne, Song Huizong handed over this important position to his most favored attendant, Lu Yuanxiu.

Lu Yuanxiu was really loyal and conscientious at first, wanting to please Song Huizong. After two years, Lu Yuanxiu found that the emperor did not care about and attached importance to his position, and he mostly thought about how to make money every day when the treasury was empty, and no matter how good he did, it was in vain. With such a mentality, Lu Yuanxiu took advantage of his position to make a lot of money in Beijing, and anyone who committed a crime fell into the hands of Lu Yuanxiu, as long as he paid the money, he could be safe. The people in Beijing all hated it, and the law and order in the capital had long been chaotic. Some officials couldn't look past it and offered advice to Song Huizong, but Song Huizong ignored it. This time, Lu Yuanxiu is even more bold, often breaking into the homes of some officials to take the opportunity to blackmail, and many officials dare not speak out.

On this day, Lu Yuanxiu also deserved to be unlucky, the emperor was assassinated, and Lu Yuanxiu hugged the two concubines on the bed and made love. Hearing that his deputy envoy Yan Zhiwen had reported a homicide in Beijing, he asked him to transfer the forbidden army to suppress it. Lu Yuan was not happy, and got up and changed clothes by grinding the lining. Deputy envoy Yan Shanwen waited in the hall for a long time before seeing Lu Yuanxiu, and deputy envoy Yan Shanwen told Lu Yuanxiu about the general situation. After hearing this, Lu Yuanxiu said impatiently: "Okay, isn't it just a dozen lives? What are the big and small monsters? He just said that he lost on the court and the two sides had a fight.

Unbeknownst to him, the Emperor was being hunted down by the Assassins. It was not that the deputy envoy Yan Zhiwen intended to deceive, but someone reported the case to the deputy envoy Yan Zhiwen and accepted it. At that time, the scene was chaotic, and the reporter did not know that the murderer killed the current emperor. How could the deputy envoy Yan Shanwen think that yes, the deputy envoy Yan Shanwen could only relay the words of the informant to Lu Yuanxiu.

Lu Yuanxiu led five hundred forbidden soldiers all the way to the scene of the murder, and along the way, Lu Yuanxiu was still proud, thinking in his heart how much benefit should be received for more than a dozen lives before he could let the murderer go. When he arrived outside the scene, Lu Yuanxiu gave an order and shouted loudly: "Quick, surround me here." I must catch it alive, and I am not allowed to let anyone live live. ”

The five hundred forbidden army leaders gave an order, one hundred people protected Lu Yuanxiu, one hundred people surrounded the scene, and the remaining three hundred people rushed in to arrest people. After a while, the team leader rushed out to report that "the murderer has been captured alive, a total of five people, and another one passed out with serious injuries" and asked, "Do you want to save him?"

Lu Yuanxiu thought to himself, one more person will charge an extra penny, then it is natural to live, and the dead have no money to make money. Hurriedly instructed Yan Shanwen to bring wound medicine and follow the captain to save people. He straightened his official hat and swaggered into the Keju field.