In the eight prisons of the inner court, there is an open intelligence organization called Tianmu Prison, which on the surface is responsible for collecting intelligence, supervising hundreds of officials, and acting as the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven.

But in fact, once this kind of intelligence organization is put on the bright side, it means that there is a very powerful one in the dark.

This is even more powerful, which is the ninth of the eight prisons, Mei Wei.

Meihuawei is extremely mysterious, even Li Xin doesn't know much about it, Li Chun, the son of the Hou Mansion, died inexplicably, and Li Xin only knew about this organization.

Later, in the Taikang Dynasty, Li Xin became a celebrity in the court, and he could often go in and out of the palace, so he knew some things about the plum blossom guard, this organization was directly under the emperor and was managed by the inner chamberlain, but if the Son of Heaven gave any task, they did not need to go through the inner chamberlain, and they could handle it by themselves.

They can do anything that is inconvenient on the surface.

Other than that, Li Xin didn't know much about them.

Tianlei's matter was discovered by Taikang Tianzi at the end of the eighth year of Taikang, when he once turned against Li Xin in order to get this thing, and later had to reach a compromise with Li Xin for various reasons.

But counting up, from the end of Taikang's eighth year to now, a year and a half has passed, even if Taikang Tianzi gives up on the surface, it is impossible for the dark to have no action, and a year and a half is enough for Meihuawei to do a lot of things.

Therefore, when Mu Qing said that it was possible that Li Shuo had kidnapped Lin Hu, Li Xin immediately expressed his suspicions, as far as the current situation is concerned, that cheap brother has no motive and capital to turn his face with him, and it is impossible for him to do such a thing.

Thinking of this, Li Xin's brows furrowed even deeper.

has been an official for many years, and he knows everything about the yamen in the capital, including Tianmu Prison, but he doesn't know much about the plum blossom guard in this dark place, if the plum blossom guard tied up Lin Hu, then he really has nowhere to start.

Thinking of this, Marquis Jing'an's face was a little unpleasant, he bowed his head slightly and said, "Uncle Mu, besides that, is there anything else in the southwest?" ”

"The little things never stopped."

Mu Qing sighed: "The edict of the imperial court to seal the king of Shu has not been made public, so we can only control the southwest little by little, after the Hou Ye left, the small-scale conflict in the southwest has not stopped, and Mr. You'an has also killed many court officials in the southwest, but in recent months, except for the disappearance of Mr. Lin, there has been no major event......

The southwest was forcibly cut off by Li Xin, but it would take a long time to integrate the southwest into one, Li Xin asked Zhao Jia to go to the southwest, just to do this, but this matter was in a hurry, so he could only take his time.

Zhao Jia, in Li Xin's opinion, as long as he hones for a few years, it is more than enough to enter Shangshutai to be a zaifu, and with him in charge of the southwest, the southwest will slowly move forward in the direction that Li Xin envisioned.

The two of them sat in the carriage, and Mu Qing told Li Xin the details of the southwest side little by little, and the carriage also swayed and moved towards the capital.

By the next day, the tall walls of the capital were already in sight.

However, Li Xin had not yet approached the capital, and a group of more than 100 black-clothed Yu Lin Wei surrounded Li Xin's carriage, and the Marquis of Jing'an stretched out his head from the curtain of the carriage to look out, and saw that Yu Lin Wei Zhonglang Xie Dai had already turned over and dismounted, and was saluting respectfully in front of his carriage.

"Xiaguan Xie Dai, I've seen Taifu."

The Marquis of Jing'an laughed at himself: "What, such a big battle, are you afraid that I will run away?" ”

"Thinking about it, Li doesn't seem to have violated any national law, right?"

Xie Dai shook his head again and again: "Taifu misunderstood, yesterday the city gate guards said that Taifu rode out of the city on a fast horse alone, and he didn't know what to do, the matter alarmed His Majesty, Your Majesty was worried that Taifu was alone, and there might be any risks, so he asked Yulinwei to go out of the city to find Taifu and protect Taifu's safety." ”

These Yu Linwei obviously came out of the city to chase Li Xin.

Although the family members of the Marquis of Jing'an Mansion were still in the capital, it was unlikely that Taifu would leave his family and escape, but just in case, the imperial court still sent Yu Linwei out to chase Li Xin back.

Marquis Jing'an squinted his eyes and said indifferently: "There is an elder in my hometown who came to the capital to see me, and I went out of the city to greet me, there is nothing to do." ”

"Disperse, all of you."

Xie Dai bowed his head respectfully: "I'll wait, escort Taifu back to the city." ”

Mrs. Li closed the curtain.

"If you want to follow, do as you please."

As he spoke, the carriage swayed and drove slowly, slowly walking towards the capital.

More than a hundred Yulin guards, all on horses, escorted near the carriage, and sent Li Xin to the south gate of the capital, Li Xin ignored them anymore, and the carriage slowly drove towards Yongle Fang.

In the carriage, Mu Qing secretly glanced at Li Xin.

"Hou Ye's situation in the capital doesn't seem to be very good."

"Actually, it's okay."

Because of Lin Hu's disappearance, Li Xin was in a bad mood at this time, he put his hands in his sleeves, and barely squeezed out a smile on his face.

"It's just that some people look very unpleasant, and they can't help them for a while, which is quite annoying."

Mu Qing bowed his head slightly: "If the Hou Ye is not happy in the capital, you might as well go back to the southwest, Mu Ying has said to the old man many times that the position of the King of Shu will always be reserved for the Hou Ye's family." ”

"It's not there yet."

Li Xin smiled at Mu Qing: "Besides, Brother Mu is willing, Uncle Mu, I'm afraid you won't be willing in your heart,"

Mu Qing's face was solemn.

"Hou Ye looks down on the old man, the old man sees it very clearly, without Hou Ye, what is the king of Shu or the king of Shu, it is all a mirror, and the Mu family can't support this family business."

While the two of them were talking, the Jing'an Hou Mansion had arrived.

Chen Sixteen was at the door, respectfully welcoming the two people in, and Li Xin said: "Sixteen, Uncle Mu came from afar, make proper arrangements for him, don't neglect the elders." ”

After so many years, Chen Sixteen has already known the world very well, and he bowed his head respectfully to Mu Qing and said, "Old man Mu, come with me." ”

Mu Qing nodded, then glanced back at Li Xin.

"Master Hou has to plan as soon as possible, it's ......"

After speaking, he followed Chen Sixteen to the Hou Mansion Wing.

After they walked away, Li Xin walked to the study of the Hou Mansion alone, and closed his eyes and meditated in the study alone.

This is a habit he has developed over the years, once he encounters something, he will be alone for a period of time, try to sort out the context of things, and find a suitable entry point.

After a long time, there was a knock at the door of the study.

Chen Sixteen whispered at the door: "Master Hou, the old man is settled." ”

Li Xin opened his eyes and said in a deep voice, "You come in and talk." ”

Chen Sixteen nodded, pushed open the door from his only remaining arm, and walked in.

"Master Hou has something to order?"

Li Xin was silent for a while, and then asked slowly: "I want to see Xiao Zheng secretly once, is there a way?" ”

Chen Sixteen is not only the chief butler of the Marquis of Jing'an, but also the great steward of Li Xin's secret power, and the connection between Shen Gang and Li Xin has to pass through this young man who only has one arm left.

Chen Sixteen frowned, then lowered his head and said, "Your subordinates can give it a try, but it will only be possible if Gonggong Xiao cooperates." ”

Marquis Jing'an nodded.

"Then you just do it, remember not to let anyone know."

"Yes."