East City Gate.

Zhao Ping jumped off the horse with his entourage, and the entourage said: "Your Highness, it should be here, the national teacher said that He Yong is forty-five or sixteen years old, and the middle-aged scribe sitting behind the table next to the city gate should be him!" ”

Zhao Ping saw a wine shop next to him, and ordered his entourage: "Go and call him over, I'll wait for him in the wine shop!" ”

"No!"

Zhao Ping led the horse over and shouted: "Stallholder, come with a bowl of wine, a plate of peanuts, a stack of braised beef, and a dish of stew!" ”

"Okay, guest officer, sit down!" The stall owner stepped forward to take the reins, led the horse to the side and tied it, and brought Zhao Ping wine and food with his hands and feet.

The entourage walked to the city gate and came to the city gate official and asked, "Dare to ask the honorable driver, but the city gate official He Yong?" ”

He Yong saw that although this person was dressed as an entourage, he spoke politely, so he got up and bowed his hand back: "It's He, I don't know what the little brother has to do?" ”

The attendant turned sideways and pointed in the direction of the wine shop, "My son-in-law invited He Gong to the wine shop to talk about it!" ”

"Dare to ask the young master of which mansion your son is?"

"He Gong will know when he goes to see him, it won't be delayed for long!"

He Yong groaned, gave a few words to a few soldiers, and followed his entourage to the wine shop.

"Childe, He Gong has arrived!"

Zhao Ping looked up at He Yong, and He Yong also looked at Zhao Ping.

"Forgive why you are clumsy, I don't know who the son is?"

Zhao Ping pointed to the bench opposite: "Sit down first, sit down and say!" ”

He Yong arched his hand and sat opposite Zhao Ping.

Zhao Ping greeted the stall owner: "Another bowl of wine!" ”

"Okay, come right away!"

Waiting for the stall owner to bring a bowl of wine, Zhao Ping waved his hand: "It's none of your business, you go and get busy with yours!" ”

The stall owner saw that Zhao Ping was noble, and bowed and retreated.

Zhao Ping said to He Yong: "My surname is Zhao, my name is Ping, and I am the third in the family, have you heard of the Imperial City Division?" ”

"Imperial Division? Unheard of! He Yong shook his head.

"Where's the Black Guard?"

He Yong said: "The son said that he laughed, the black-clothed guard is famous, the emperor's relatives are checked, and the people are promoted to fight, no one dares to check, who in the world doesn't know?" ”

Zhao Ping took a sip of wine, the taste of this wine was really unpleasant, he put down the wine bowl and said: "In recent years, whether it is the Southern Dynasty or the Northern Rouran, or the countries of the Western Regions, or even the small countries in the southwest, a large number of people have entered the territory of our country, and some of these people who have entered the territory of our country have come to spy on the secrets of our great cadres, assassinate the emperor, ministers and high-ranking officials, and some are specially here to sabotage and destroy the stability of our great cadres, so the imperial court has decided to transfer people from the black-clothed guards and other departments of the imperial court to form a new yamen to deal with these foreign meticulous works and assassins, The name of this new yamen is called the Imperial City Division, the chief official of the Imperial City Division is the Admiral, and the deputy position is the Si Cheng, under the jurisdiction of more than a dozen subordinate institutions such as the investigation room, the battle room, the file file room, the armor equipment room, the officer's room and the line room, I am the first person in the Imperial City Division! ”

He Yong seemed to have heard of the name Zhao Ping somewhere before, but this name was too common, he didn't think about it for a while, after listening to Zhao Ping's words, he realized that Zhao Ping's identity was definitely not simple, the Imperial City Division separated from the black-clothed guard was definitely a violent organization, how could such a yamen let a young boy who was only sixteen or seventeen years old take power? Unless his identity is all over the sky, since his surname is Zhao and he is the third in line, then Zhao Ping's identity is about to come out.

"It turned out to be ······ I beg your pardon for being clumsy!" He Yong said that he was about to get up and salute.

Zhao Ping pressed his hand and motioned for him to sit down, "I don't want to make a fuss, just call me the third son, sit down!" ”

"Xie San Gongzi!"

Zhao Ping said: "Now the position of Si Cheng of the Imperial City is still vacant, and the national teacher recommended you to me, saying that you had served as a criminal department in the previous dynasty, and you were good at criminal investigation, I believe in the vision of the national teacher!" I'm still young, and I don't know much about the Imperial City Division's affairs such as arresting the enemy and assassins, and I need a deputy to assist me in presiding over the specific affairs of the Imperial City Division, if you are willing to be the secretary, I can immediately send someone to handle the transfer document for you, I don't want you to swear allegiance to me, as long as you are loyal to the court, work hard, and do your duty. If you make a contribution to the case, I will ask my father for credit for you! ”

He Yong didn't think about it, got up and bowed: "He Yong is willing to share his worries for his son!" ”

The next morning, He Yong came to the Imperial City Division early, and he put on the official uniform and boots prepared by Zhao Ping and came to the duty room to see Zhao Ping.

Zhao Ping sent someone to convene the officials of the Imperial City Division to gather and introduce He Yong to them: "His name is He Yong, he is the Imperial City Division, the deputy of this official, from today on, He Yong is responsible for the specific affairs of the Imperial City Division, if the official is not there, he is fully responsible for the affairs of the Imperial City Division." Come, all of you! ”

He Yong stepped forward and bowed to all the officials, officials and soldiers.

"See He Sicheng!"

He Yong said: "I only say two words, and they are also two requirements!" First, no matter what you did in the past, or which yamen you worked in, from now on, you are not allowed to leak any news from the Imperial City Department to the outside world, including your family, former friends and colleagues! Otherwise, it will be regarded as an internal ghost and dismissed and investigated! Second, whether you are an official, an official, or a soldier, your boss must obey orders when giving orders, and if you don't obey orders, you will be regarded as a bandit! Do you get it? ”

The officials looked at each other and said in unison: "No! ”

Zhao Ping nodded secretly from the side, this He Yong really has a hand, and he entered the yamen alone who was unfamiliar with the place, and subdued these officials and soldiers in a few words.

"Each owner stays, everyone else disperses, and every man returns to his duties!"

Under He Yong's order, all the officials and soldiers dispersed one after another.

He Yong glanced at the people who were left behind, and asked, "What kind of case is the Yamen handling now?" ”

Liu Gui, the head of the detective room, stood up and replied: "Back to Sicheng, the detective room is ordered to monitor the envoys of various countries!" ”

"Who ordered this? Was it an order from the Admiral? He Yong asked, and looked at Zhao Ping after speaking.

Zhao Ping said: "When this official took over the Imperial City Division, the detective room was already doing this! ”

Liu Gui replied: "This task was transferred from the black-clothed guard, it was there before the establishment of the Imperial City Division, and the task was an order personally issued by the black-clothed guard commander Lu!" ”

"What did the detective room find?"

Liu Gui said: "Judging from the current surveillance situation, the envoys of all countries have contacts and friendships with the senior officials of our court, but the envoys of Shanshan and the envoys of the female countries are the most frequent!" In the past month, Princess Mantou Tuolin, the envoy of Shanshan, has contacted six court officials in a row, including five meetings with Li Yuande, the secretary of the Chinese book and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and there are also ······"

"The female envoy Moma and her entourage have more contact with the Ministry of Works and the officials who will be in prison, and it is strange that they have bought a lot of books in the market, and it is said that they do not even have the written language, and they do not know the Chinese Dynasty's writing, so what are they doing with these books? This makes the subordinates and others puzzled! ”

He Yong touched his long beard and asked, "Can you find out the content of the conversation between the envoys of various countries when they contacted the senior members of our court?" ”

"Si Cheng is embarrassed by his subordinates, his subordinates don't have such great ability, let alone clairvoyance and ears!"

He Yong turned to Zhao Parallel and said, "My lord, if I want to perform my duties, I must try to make arrangements in advance for the enemy's actions and assassins' actions, which requires us to receive relevant information in advance, and when they have already launched operations and caused damage, it will be too late to make a move, and we will also become passive." But our Imperial City Division has just been established, and the ability to collect information is relatively poor, and our subordinates think that we still have to work closely with the black guards, they are the yamen who are specifically responsible for collecting intelligence information, and they are definitely much stronger than us in terms of intelligence collection, and they are directly responsible for the emperor, and the news that they generally have to report to the emperor is very important, and they will not bother the emperor with some less important news, but this does not mean that they will ignore these news, we can ask for these news, Find the clues we need! ”

Zhao Ping nodded: "Your idea is good!" Okay, this official went to discuss this matter with the black-clothed guard Commander Lu! He Sicheng, you only have to handle your case, the official provides you with all the logistical support, asks people to give people, asks for money to give money, if you encounter problems on the official side, you need the official to mediate, these are not problems, the official only needs to solve the case! ”

He Yong bowed his hand deeply and retreated.

Southwest of Chang'an City, Faye Temple.

In a sandalwood-smoked meditation room, Princess Mantou Tuolin, dressed as a men's attendant, and the Tianzhu monk Dharma Protector sat face to face, with a low table in the middle with teapots and teacups on it.

The Dharma Protector half-closed his eyes, holding the Buddha beads in his hand and whispering the scriptures.

After a long time, the Fa Hu stopped, opened his eyes and said: "Your recent actions are too frequent, the poor monk thinks you should be more restrained, I heard that the Qianguo Imperial Court has recently established a new yamen called the Imperial City Division, this yamen is attached to the criminal department, but in fact, it is not under the jurisdiction of the criminal department, and it handles cases alone, specializing in dealing with the infiltration and sabotage of external forces!" You've been targeted by them! ”

Mantou Dolin put down the teacup and said, "I have long found out that people are stalking and following, but I don't know that it is the person from the Imperial City Division!" ”

"You didn't do anything to the people who were stalking, did you?"

Mantou Dolin asked rhetorically, "Do you think I'll be stupid enough to think that this is Shanshanguo and you can do whatever you want?" I also want to take my time, but Shanshan's time is really running out, the general of the Qianguo State Gao Jinzhi has led the army into Hexi, and will soon arrive in Dunhuang, once Gao Jinzhi's army is ready to enter the desert, the people of Shanshan will not be far from the country! ”

Speaking of this, Mantou Tuolin's face became gloomy, "At most, for half a month, we must win over several officials of the Qianguo Imperial Court to jointly make a proposal to the emperor to cancel the plan to depose the Shanshan royal family!" Shanshanguo can be attached to the great cadres, can let the Qianguo garrison the army, and can even provide military spending, but it can't be deposed by the royal family! If I can't, I'll have to do the second option! ”

Fa Go's face changed, "What do you want to do?" The poor monk reminds you, don't mess around, no matter whether your second method succeeds or not, it will inevitably cause misery and blood! ”

"If my kingdom doesn't exist, why should I care if everyone else dies?" Mantou Dolin asked sharply.

Dharma Protector clasped his hands together: "Amitabha, even if the Shanshan royal family does not exist, at least the people of Shanshan can still live, you can't let them fall into a catastrophe!" You are the eldest princess of Shanshanguo, and you have to be responsible for your people! ”