Chapter Forty-Eight
After an hour of first aid by Zhou Wan'er and Ruthless, Butterfly's injuries finally stabilized.
Liang Dong, who was standing outside the door, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and at this time, Liang Dong felt a hand on his shoulder, and when he looked back, it was the iron hand. Tie Shou asked in a low voice: "Your name is Liang Dong, right, didn't you say that the butterfly is dead just now, and what is going on now?"
Liang Dong glanced at it, probed his brain behind Tie Shou, chased his life with curiosity, and explained in a low voice: "The butterfly did not have a breath before, but I accidentally found that she still had a pulse, so I fed her a life-saving elixir handed down by the family, which saved her a trace of vitality." Alas!"
Liang Dong sighed softly, and then said: "It's also that the ruthless girl has a way to quickly stop such a big wound, this ability, not to mention Tokyo, is also unique in the entire Great Song Dynasty." ”
"No, thank you for that life-saving elixir, otherwise the butterfly wouldn't have been able to support you to send her to the Shenhou Mansion. Ruthless was pale and pushed out of the room by Zhou Wan'er, the butterfly's injury was much more serious than Ji Yaohua's, and it took Zhou Wan'er and Ruthless two people to rescue her for a whole hour.
"Thank you so much!" Liang Dong respectfully bowed his head to Ruthless and Zhou Wan'er to thank him, and then he raised his head and asked, "By the way, why didn't you see Leng Ling abandon Brother Leng!"
"He's gone!" said ruthlessly and coldly, her eyes stared at Liang Dong, and said in a deep voice: "Liang Dong, you come with me, I have something to ask you." Brother Iron Hand, you can take everyone to dinner!"
After saying that, he turned around ruthlessly and walked towards his own study.
Although Tie Shou and Chaser were a little curious, but Ruthless obviously had no intention of letting them know, of course Tie Shou knew what was going on, Liang Dong shouldn't have mentioned Leng Lingqi, as soon as Leng Lingqi was mentioned, Ruthless even angered the two of them, who let the two of them not believe her some time ago.
Zhuge Zheng and I are sitting in the study reading a book, even if something big happens, Zhuge Zheng and I have an indifferent attitude, he has this self-confidence, and he also has this ability!
Seeing Ruthless walking in with Liang Dong, Zhuge Wuwu glanced at Liang Dong with some curiosity, and then asked Ruthless, "How is it, is Butterfly Girl's condition better?"
"It's stabilized, but it can't be moved yet, and after two days, it can be sent back to the six doors!" said Ruthless with a blank face.
Zhuge Wuwu smiled softly, he knew that Ruthless was still angry, angry that they didn't trust her before, these little girls had a temper, Zhuge Zheng I didn't care, he looked at Ruthless, and asked gently: "Is there anything else?"
"Hmm!" nodded ruthlessly and solemnly, and said, "Didn't you believe what I said that day, I brought you a witness today, and he also saw Ji Yaohua appear in the back alley of Peach Blossom Street that day." ”
"Oh!" Zhuge Zheng's expression on my face did not change at all, and he looked at Liang Dong and Liang Dong asked, "You really saw Ji Yaohua and Jin Buwen meet that day!"
"No!" Liang Dong could faintly feel a huge pressure lurking around him, so he said honestly: "I was still following Brother Leng Ling and Big Brother Chasing Life that day, and neither of them saw it. How could I see!"
Zhuge Zheng shook his head, looked at Ruthless again, and said in a deep voice: "Yayu, today Miss Ji was seriously injured for the six doors and was on the verge of death, why do you still doubt her?"
"You still don't believe me!" Ruthless glanced at Zhuge Wuself with an indifferent face, turned around and glared at Liang Dong fiercely, and said coldly: "Do you say it or not, if you don't say it, then I'll say it!"
Hearing the inexplicable words of ruthlessness, Zhuge Wuself became interested, he glanced at Liang Dong, and said with a smile: "Little brother, don't be afraid, if there is anything, you can tell me directly." ”
The corners of Liang Dong's mouth couldn't help twitching, it seems that today's ruthlessness is really going to force him to tell the truth, for the sake of today's ruthless saving the butterfly's life, let's say it, anyway, we also need to rely on their strength.
Liang Dong bowed respectfully to Zhuge Zheng and me, and then spoke: "The humble position is a secret agent sent by the Imperial City Division in the Six Gates, and it is directly under the command of Lord Zhang Ruhui, the envoy of the Imperial City!"
As he spoke, Liang Dong took out his Imperial City Commander card from his body and handed it to Zhuge Zheng's desk.
Zhuge Zheng held Liang Dong's token in his hand with some suspicion, and looked up and down to know that the token was real, and there was no problem. Zhuge Zheng has been in the forbidden army for many years, of course I know what the Imperial City Division is doing,
The Imperial City Division is a civil bureaucracy, not under the management of the three ya, but directly under the emperor's close ministers, and its real leaders are mostly the emperor's cronies and eunuchs. There are two main responsibilities of the Imperial City Division, namely spying and guarding.
The military system of this dynasty is that the Privy Council is in charge of the military machine, and the three yas are in charge of the army. Sanyazhong is mainly responsible for the palace guards are the front of the palace division of the class, such as the golden gun class, with the imperial equipment class, etc., Zhuge Zheng I served in the imperial equipment class in my early years, the guards with the imperial equipment class are few and fine, the martial arts are strong, and the strength is not under Zhuge Zhengme.
The divisions of the front division of the palace are the most courageous sergeants selected from the army, and the total number is about three or four thousand.
At the same time, the Imperial City Division is also responsible for part of the Praetorian Guard work, and the responsibilities are more detailed. First of all, all the gates of the Imperial Palace are guarded by the Imperial City Division, and the tokens and door numbers entering and leaving the Imperial Palace are also issued and managed by the Imperial City Division.
In the imperial palace, there are generally five cordons from the emperor's side, which are intersected by the Imperial City Division and the classes in front of the palace, and the innermost one, that is, the closest to the emperor, are the guards of the Imperial City Division.
The second function of the Imperial City Division: to spy on the people.
The predecessor of the Imperial City Division was the Wude Division established by Taizu, and at that time he sent people to spy everywhere, even as far as Sichuan. Emperor Taizong changed his name to the Imperial City Division, and later issued an edict prohibiting the Imperial City Division from going out of the capital to carry out activities.
The personnel of the Imperial City Department are also divided into two parts, one part is called the personal servant officer, who is in charge of the guards, and the other part is called the personal officer, also known as the chazi, and these people are in charge of all parts of the capital, down to the flower street and willow lane, and up to the government ministers, to listen to the big and small news. The number of people has also grown from a few dozen at the beginning to more than 7,000 at the maximum.
Surveillance of the military, reconnaissance of people's discussions, reconnaissance of the activities of officials, defense of enemy countries, etc., are all within the scope of reconnaissance by the personal officer.
People like Liang Dong called it sitting and investing, and the Imperial City Division selected the sons of good people to enter various officials, and even the mansions of the prince's relatives and relatives, as well as the yamen warehouses of various departments and ministries for fixed surveillance. Sometimes, of course, the emperor will also send some temporary tasks. For example, when Taizong suspected that the officials of the granary in the suburbs of Beijing were cheating, he sent the Imperial City Division to infiltrate the reconnaissance in disguise, and there was indeed corruption.
The prefect of the Imperial City Division is nominally the Imperial City Envoy, a civil official, presiding over daily affairs, of course, there is also a mention of the Imperial City Division's official affairs, this position has always been filled by royal disciples, and the current mention of the Imperial City Division's official affairs is Yun Wang Zhao Kai, the third son of Emperor Huizong, for the daily affairs of the Imperial City Division, King Yun also has a certain jurisdiction and right to know, but the real high-level intelligence is only qualified to know the military attache chief who does specific affairs and the prince in charge of the official affairs of the Imperial City Division, this prince is the most trusted eunuch around Emperor Huizong. In other words, the real controller of the Imperial City Division is Emperor Huizong himself, and the others are just in charge.
Of course, those high-level intelligence are related to the affairs of Northern Liao, Western Xia and various royal palaces, like today's counterfeit money case, but it fell into the hands of Zhang Ruhui, the envoy of the imperial city!
"Imperial City Division?" Zhuge Zheng knocked lightly on the table and asked in a low voice, "Are you staring at this case, or are you staring at Ji Yaohua?"
Liang Dong bowed slightly and subconsciously glanced back. Zhuge Zheng knew what he was worried about, waved his hand, and said, "Don't worry, no one dares to eavesdrop on me here." ”
"Yes, Mr. Zhuge !" Liang Dong smiled a little embarrassedly before he said: "In fact, not long after the counterfeit money case broke out, the Imperial City Division sent many people to investigate, and the humble position was just one of them. As for Miss Ji,"
Liang Dong said with a slightly wry smile: "Although I didn't see Ji Yaohua and Jin Buwen in contact with my own eyes, I can be sure that Ji Yaohua has a certain relationship with the mastermind behind the counterfeit money case!"
"Who is the main messenger behind the scenes?" Zhuge Zheng asked me very directly, which also made it difficult for Liang Dong to answer!
"The most likely person is An Ye An Shigeng, Han Long should have been killed by him!" Liang Dong smiled slightly bitterly, and then said: "We suspected that it was Lord Zuo Wu who came, because Ji Yaohua was introduced to the six doors by King Zuo Wu. The reason why Ji Yaohua was initially suspicious was also because she entered the Six Doors shortly after the counterfeit money case broke out, and such a person is the focus of our attention. ”
"That's good!" Zhuge Zheng nodded and said approvingly: "Your case-handling methods are still very methodical. ”
Liang Dong smiled slightly and continued: "But suspicion is suspicion, but we have no evidence. The prince has also investigated, Ji Shaohua did stay in the palace for a period of time before entering the six gates, and the prince is involved in this matter, no one can say. ”