Song Mingyue

Chapter 157

In the main hall of the Zhao Mansion, two people in fine clothes were fidgeting.

One of them was a young man with a slightly dark complexion and a slightly fat body, about 20 years old, but at the moment he looked haggard, and his expression was quite nervous, even a little frightened. It was Prince Zhao Huan.

The person next to him, about 60 years old, with white beard and hair, fat body, and big ears, is the right concubine of the prince, the prince Zhan Shi, and Geng Nanzhong, a direct scholar of Huiyou Pavilion.

Geng Nanzhong had been in the East Palace for ten years, and he was regarded as the crown prince's most confidant minister.

Throughout the dynasties, the emperor was still in the heyday of the Spring and Autumn Period. If the prince had grown up, he would gradually become the most suspicious object of the emperor.Zhao Ji didn't like the ordinary-looking Zhao Huan at first, and Zhao Kai and Zhao Huan not only had handsome faces, but also had a literary talent, which was quite like Zhao You's style, so Zhao Ji preferred Zhao Kai a lot.And as Zhao Huan gradually approached the year of weak crown, Zhao Ji became more and more alienated from Zhao Huan, and even in the year when Zhao Kai won the first prize, there were rumors of Yi Chu in the court.

This rebellion and regicide made Zhao Huan even more like a frightened bird, having trouble sleeping and eating day and night, often waking up from nightmares.In this peaceful and prosperous age, someone conspired to kill the king, and the first one to benefit was Prince Zhao Huan, so he was naturally the most suspected one.

Although he has always been cautious and reclusive, it would be a joke to say that he can mobilize soldiers and horses to rebel.But if the third younger brother Zhao Kai (the second son Zao Shang) exerts his strength to plant and frame things, it will not be difficult.

After all, Zhao Kai has a party of Cai Jing, Bai Shizhong, Li Bangyan and others, and their forces are extremely strong.Although he has had close relationships with Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, Wang Fu and others recently, the strength of Tong Guan's party has not yet fully grown. If he hadn't been born a few months earlier and occupied the position of prince, he would have no way to get along with his third brother. contend.

Now that the regicide happened, Zhao Huan only felt that there was a sharp sword hanging above his head, and it would strike down at any moment, splitting himself in two, and he died.

However, although Zhao Huan was cautious, he was not without scrutiny in the palace. The news that his father gave Zhao Hao the sword of the emperor and appointed him as the Secretary of the Imperial City to investigate the case of killing the king naturally quickly reached his ears. .

Obviously, Zhao Hao became the protagonist of the storm that swept across Bianliang City, and he was also the manipulator of the wind direction. Once Zhao Hao decided who to blow the wind to, the other party would have to peel off his skin even if he didn't die.

Before hunting, Zhao Huan didn't have a deep impression of Zhao Hao, he just knew that there was such a distant cousin from the clan who was loved by his father recently.However, Zhao Hao's heroic demeanor of sacrificing his life to protect his lord and fighting Gai Nie to the death had left a deep imprint on Zhao Huan's heart, because he knew that if it wasn't for this clan cousin, neither he nor his father would have survived the disaster.

At this moment, Zhao Hao has become Zhao Huan's life-saving straw, and his position and even his family's life are at stake, so Zhao Huan dare not trust him, so he didn't hesitate to surrender his status as the crown prince, and came to the Zhao residence in person to ask for an audience.

Outside the hall, footsteps sounded, Zhao Huan turned around like an electric shock, and as a prince, he folded his hands and bent slightly, just waiting for Zhao Hao to arrive!

This majestic prince has been deeply frightened recently, and he has lost even the slightest bit of energy.

Turning around suddenly, I saw a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, wearing a white jade hair crown and a royal blue robe, coming lightly like a jade tree facing the wind.

Zhao Huan suddenly saw Zhao Hao's heroic appearance of fighting an assassin with a gun that day, and his heart warmed up, and he hurried forward: "My dear brother..."

Seeing that he was about to bend down to bow, Zhao Hao didn't dare to take it too seriously, and hurriedly took a step ahead when he saw the opportunity: "Zhao Hao pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Seeing Zhao Hao being so polite, Zhao Huan felt at ease, and hurriedly returned the courtesy: "Your brother, you don't need to be too polite. My brother gave up his life to save him that day. Such a kindness, Brother Yu will never forget it, so I come here today to thank you, otherwise my heart will not be at ease. .”

Zhao Hao naturally knew what he was thinking, but he didn't expect that he would cause such a big commotion just by teasing Gao Qiu, which caught him by surprise.

After the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Geng Nanzhong also stepped forward to salute and sat down.

Zhao Hao remembered that Geng Nanzhong was a representative of the capitulation faction in history, and later generations had a famous saying "Nanzhong is included, Li Gang has no merit; latent goodness is successful, Zong Ze perishes", so naturally he didn't look good on this guy, but Even though Geng Nanzhong was a member of the third rank and one rank higher than Zhao Hao at this moment, he could only look fearful.

"I heard that my virtuous brother was newly promoted to be the Secretary of the Imperial City, holding the sword of the emperor, and was ordered to investigate the case of treason in the hunting ground. I wonder if there is any clue?" Zhao Huan got to the point with a few words, and his expression became more and more tense.

Zhao Hao said with a faint smile: "To be honest, I have no clue. If Your Highness has any clues, I hope you can give me some clues."

Zhao Huan felt relieved, and said with a wry smile: "The army guards at every level, and after several investigations, there are hundreds of soldiers and horses hidden in the mountains and forests. Where does Brother Yu have any clues?"

This sentence is quite clever. It neither obviously planted the blame and splashed dirty water, but also left itself clean, and it made a lot of sense. , and the Longevity Mountain is not a high mountain or a deep valley. If you want to hide hundreds of soldiers and horses without anyone noticing, there is no other possibility except for Gao Lian to guard and steal himself.

As for Gao Qiu, he has never had any contact with him, but he is very close to Zhao Kai, if he is suspected, it is Zhao Kai who is the most suspicious.

If it was someone else, it would be natural to start with Gao Qi and interrogate him severely first, but Zhao Hao is a well-informed person who only wants to solve this situation, and how to get the most benefit out of it. As for tracking down the real culprit... What the hell is the real culprit?

Zhao Huan actually reminded Zhao Hao that if he wants to make a deal of this situation, it will eventually fall on Gao Qi. If he fabricates evidence to frame other people, it will make the matter more and more complicated, and it will be difficult to end.

Whether it was framing Zhao Kai or Zhao Huan, without enough evidence, they would fall into endless debates and struggles, which was not the result he wanted.

The final result is that all this matter falls on Gao Qiu. This is a happy situation for everyone. With Zhao Hao's current situation, it is not beneficial to make enemies on all sides.

However, during the one-month process of investigating the case, he could try his best to strengthen his strength, especially the treasure land of the Imperial City Division, which he had to take the opportunity to firmly control in his own hands no matter what.

In the future, if they want to aspire to the supreme position, a secret service agency like the Imperial City Division will definitely be a magic weapon to help them.

At that moment, Zhao Hao and Zhao Huan exchanged pleasantries again, with a comforting tone in their tone, which finally made Zhao Huan feel relieved, and said goodbye with gratitude.

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Zhao Ji's regular court is not open every day, often at night with Li Shishi or Xiao Cuixiang, it is late, and the next day the king does not go to court early, Zhao Ji is feeling restless recently, and he is too lazy to open the morning court. After a long vacation, I will wait for the notice before going to court.

So early the next morning, Zhao Hao hurried to the Imperial City Department to take up his post.

This time, besides Zhao Dian and Fang Baihua, he also brought Wu Song and Daoist Qingmu with him.If he wants to turn the Huangcheng Division into his eyeliner and minions, he will naturally install a group of his own people. Wu Song, Qingmu Daochang and Fang Baihua are all criminals of the imperial court. As for Lu Zhishen, he will return to the Western Army sooner or later. This carefree Monk Hua is not suitable for a place like Huangcheng Division.

The Imperial City Division is located in the Zuochengtian Gate in Tokyo. Zhao Hao and his party arrived at the Imperial City Division's yamen early on. The guards at the gate had already received the news. When they saw Zhao Hao and others coming, they hurried forward to salute and led them to the Imperial City Division's office. Above the Yamen lobby, and in the lobby Dai Liang, the prefect, has been waiting for a long time.

The position of the presiding officer is the position of being in charge of the clerical work, and Song Jiang, the leader of the Water Margin, also holds this position before Luocao.However, Song Jiang's censor has no rank, but the imperial city censor has a rank of nine ranks.

A petty official like Dai Yasi, how dare he neglect Zhao Hao, seeing Zhao Hao coming, he will show his utmost hospitality.Those who can be in the imperial city are all good people. They have long found out that Zhao Hao is the celebrity in front of the current sage. He only hopes to show himself in front of him. Maybe when the master is happy, he will be able to rise to the top.

It was still early, and before all the officials arrived, Zhao Hao asked Nadai Liang about the situation of the Imperial City Secretary.

The yamen of the Imperial City Division has a large number of staff, with 8000 soldiers.However, in this day and age, there are any yamen that have a free time, and the actual number is less than 5000.

Under the promotion of the Imperial City Division, there are six officials who will work in the Imperial City Division, and they are all officials of the sixth grade. There are three military officials, three civil servants, and four eunuchs. These are all officials.

They also set up one Goujian officer and one Yasi officer, four in the front line, six in the back line, and two survey and deed officers.

The main numbers of soldiers are relative officials and relative officials, followed by entering the inner courtyard, guarding the gate and entering the inner courtyard, long and fast travel, and then Huang Yuanzi and Si Ke.

A close official, in charge of the inspection of the palace gates, keys and keys, the inspection of the palace, the guards, and the sanitation of the halls. There are five commands in total, with a total of [-] soldiers, and the actual number is more than [-];
Marriage officer, responsible for waiting and dealing with the guards in the imperial city, guarding the gates (temple gates, palace gates, imperial city gates) and inspecting the four-color imperial orders. They are divided into six commands, and the number of troops is also [-]. Hundreds of people;
Entering the inner courtyard, waiting for envoys in the palace, the number of soldiers is 30, the actual number is about [-]; guarding the inner courtyard, the number of soldiers is [-], the actual number is about [-]; Summoning and dispatching guards are only for errands. The total number of soldiers is [-], but the actual number is more than [-]; [-] people in Huangyuanzi are responsible for purchasing food; more than [-] people in Siqi are dedicated to cleaning toilets in the imperial city .

In addition to the above-mentioned setting of the number of soldiers, there are also many names such as the Imperial City Chariot Official Camp, Huangyuanzi Camp, and Zaoyuanzi Camp distributed among the Neizhu Divisions.The practical significance of their existence is nothing more than to deal with some daily chores.

Although the team is huge, in fact, the real backbone and real power figures are six working in the imperial city, commanding five personal officers, six commanding officers, and commanding the inner courtyard, guarding the gate and entering the inner courtyard, commanding the long line, and quickly command.

When Zhao Hao's new official took office, he was called for the first time, and he arrived early when he couldn't continue until one after another.

At the beginning, when I saw those little officials, after Zhao Hao and others, they all arrived one after another, and then two more came to conduct official business, and then went to the inner courtyard to command, long line command, fast line command, and then personally There is also one person from the officer commander.

However, as time went by, Zhao Hao's complexion gradually turned somber. It was almost Mao's time, and there were still three people on business in the imperial city who had not yet arrived. The officer commanded, but none of them arrived.

And the three who are engaged in the official affairs of the imperial city are the ones who are in charge of the marriage officials, the relative officials, and the guards who enter the inner courtyard.These latecomers are also those who control [-]% of the troops of the Imperial City Division

Finally, the time had come, and the latecomers still hadn't arrived. It was obvious that these people wanted to give the new official Zhao Hao a bad rap.

Zhao Hao's eyes were full of murderous intentions, and he slapped the table and shouted in a deep voice: "Come on!"

(End of this chapter)