Zhenwu Tianxia: Summon Yuwen Chengdu at the beginning

Chapter 113 Chaos in Shu Province
The turmoil in the capital did not affect Qin Wei. He had already crossed the Menxia Pass and headed for the hinterland of Shuzhou.

It's just that Qin Wei didn't know that the city of Shuzhou was already in chaos.

Although Marquis Changping's power in Shuzhou is far inferior to that in Yunzhou, there are still many officials in Shuzhou who have already surrendered to Marquis Changping's power.

And with the news that the court was about to rebel against Marquis Chang Ping from the capital, the entire city of Shuzhou immediately became panicked.

Coupled with the news that the Mingyue Army will go to Yunzhou and that Qin Wei and Zhenwusi will arrive in Shuzhou, the three divisions' yamen, the government offices, and the county offices all become extremely nervous at this moment.

Inside the yamen of the capital of Shuzhou.

Liu Yuanrang, the commander of the capital, sat in the lobby with a solemn expression, scanning the dozen or so officials in the hall with cold eyes.

At this time, Liu Yuanrang felt that he was very unlucky, and it could be said that it was bad luck.

He just came to Shuzhou to take office three months ago, and now he has just learned about the basic situation of the Shuzhou capital's yamen and the six major divisions.

But he never expected that there would be such a big pit waiting for him in Shuzhou.

When he thought that Marquis Chang Ping had become a rebel, and that there might be people from Marquis Chang Ping in the capital's yamen and the various David divisions, his heart couldn't help trembling a little.

After he came to Shuzhou, Marquis Changping sent someone to congratulate him. At that time, he didn't think it was a problem, but just thought it was a normal exchange of feelings.

But thinking about it now, Marquis Chang Ping intended to win him over, but he had only been in Shuzhou for a short time, so Marquis Chang Ping hadn't had time to express his intentions.

He was very glad that he didn't jump into the pit, but she was more worried and uneasy.

Marquis Chang Ping has been operating in Shuzhou for nearly ten years, and he has no idea how many people belong to him in the Yamen of the capital of Shuzhou and in the Yamen of the Six Davids.

Thinking that the subordinates in front of him might all belong to Marquis Changping, Liu Yuanrang's heart couldn't help trembling.

"You all know about the Marquis of Changping, right?"

Liu Yuanrang said in a gloomy voice.

Everyone in the hall looked different, some bowed their heads in silence, some looked up at Liu Yuanrang, and some put on a look of nothing to do with themselves.

But who among them is a human and who is a ghost, Liu Yuanrang can't be sure.

He looked at the officials in front of him one by one.

Tang Mingcheng, the commander and acquaintance, was transferred to Shuzhou three years ago. Before that, he served as a general in the Beijing camp. He was the younger brother of Wu Shanghou Tang Mingyue, one of the Twelve Marquises of Dali.

The commander, Ji Fei, was transferred to Shuzhou ten years ago. Now his term has expired, but he has not been transferred yet.Ji Fei is over [-] years old, and he is considered an old and firm official.

The four conductors are Liu Yuning, Zhao Xinshan, Li Hongyi, and Wang Bofeng.

The term of office of these four people in Shuzhou is not short, the longest has been more than eight years, and the shortest has been four years.

Liu Yuanrang's gaze paused at Wang Bofeng, because Wang Bofeng had the longest tenure in Shuzhou.

The longer the term of office, the more likely it is to be won over by Marquis Changping.

But Liu Yuanrang couldn't confirm it at this time, and he didn't have any evidence in his hand.

Everyone was silent, Liu Yuanrang took a deep breath, and said: "I have issued an order from the official. From today on, all the soldiers of the six major divisions will return to the camp. Without the order of the official, anyone who leaves the camp without authorization will be regarded as a traitor. "

"My lord, in that city?" Ji Fei asked.

"Inside the city!"

Liu Yuanrang narrowed his eyes.

There are [-] patrol battalions and [-] city guards in Shuzhou City. If someone mobilizes the patrol battalion and city guards to cause chaos, the entire Shuzhou City will fall.

"The patrol battalion and city guards are under the command of this officer himself!"

Liu Yuan let his eyes fall on Wu Mengyang, the commander of the patrol battalion, and Cai Yuanshu, the commander of the city guards.

Wu Mengyang and Cai Yuanshu looked at each other, and could only bow down and say: "Your Majesty obeys!"

Then the two took off the badges around their waists and placed them in front of Liu Yuanrang, which meant that Liu Yuanrang had lifted their military power.

Although they are very unwilling to accept such a result in their hearts, facing such a situation, this result seems to be more beneficial to them.

Liu Yuanrang put away his badge, and said again: "Let's stop here today. I hope that you will abide by your duties after you go back, and don't do things that everyone doesn't want to see."

"Here!"

Everyone responded, and then retreated one after another.

When everyone retreated, Liu Yuanrang pondered for a moment in the lobby, and then hurried to the barracks of the city guards with his guards.

The city guards are related to the ownership of the city of Shuzhou. Whoever controls the city guards will gain control of Shuzhou.

After some twists and turns, Liu Yuanrang replaced almost all the middle and high-level officials of the City Guard Army with his own people.

Although it was a bit against the rules to do so, Liu Yuanrang couldn't care less about it now.

He had to hold the control of the City Guards in his own hands.

After some busy work, Liu Yuanrang returned to the Dusi Yamen again.

"My lord, the Prince of Xin'an has passed the gate!"

Just returned to the Dusi Yamen, before Liu Yuanrang had time to drink his saliva, his old servant Liu Fu said.

Liu Yuanrang's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and said, "Immediately send someone to the Xin'an County King, and remember to inform His Highness the County King of the detailed situation in Shuzhou City."

"Also tell His Royal Highness~~"

Having said that, he paused, and said again: "Forget it, let me write a letter to His Royal Highness the County King."

Then, he bent over his desk and wrote.

After he finished writing, he said again: "You choose ten people from the guards, let them all memorize all the contents here, and then set off separately."

"The master is saying that they might be intercepted?" Liu Fu asked.

Liu Yuanrang said helplessly: "I don't know either. The situation in Shuzhou City is too complicated now. We don't know who is the enemy and who is the friend."

"It's the same in the Dusi Yamen, and it's the same in the Chief Secretary and the Inspection Division."

"Now the only person we can trust is King Xin'an."

"In short, we must send the news to His Royal Highness, so that His Royal Highness can be mentally prepared."

Facing such a situation, he felt very powerless.

After all, he has just been in Shuzhou for more than three months, and he doesn't have a clear understanding of the internal situation of Shuzhou, let alone his own background and cronies.

Liu Fu nodded solemnly, "Master, don't worry, I'll let Jun'er go in person."

Liu Jun is his son, and also Liu Yuanrang's adoptive son. Although Liu Jun is not yet 30 years old this year, he has a seventh-rank cultivation.The strength far surpasses other guards.

"Alright, tell him to be careful."

……

Undercurrents are surging in the city of Shuzhou, but the first chaos in Shuzhou was not the Sansi Yamen, but the Huangcheng Division.

After confirming that there was something wrong with the Shuzhou Imperial City Division, Wang An immediately mobilized a large number of spies and experts from the Tianzhou Imperial City Division into Shuzhou.

Led by Qi Lin, the former secret investigator of the Imperial City Division, he investigated and punished the traitors in the Imperial City Division of Shuzhou.

While Qin Wei was still slowly moving forward on the dangerous narrow road, Qi Lin had already led more than a dozen spies from the Imperial City Division of Tianzhou to the outside of Shuzhou City.

The night was dark.

Qi Lin hid in a piece of dry weeds, looking at the ordinary village in front of him.

"Are you sure?" he asked the person next to him.

"Return to my lord, it has been confirmed, Ding Wei is here."

The dark lines of the Imperial City Division in each state are ranked according to the heavenly stems and earthly branches. Each dark line has a number, but how many numbers each state has, and those numbers are only known by the high-level officials of the Imperial City Division in Kyoto.

There is a leader in each dark line, and the leader has no name, but is named after the number of the dark line.

Ding Wei does not refer to the entire dark line, but the leader of Ding Wei's dark line.

Qi Lin thought for a while, and said to the people behind him: "Be careful, we don't know their specific situation now."

"Here!" Everyone responded in a low voice.

Since then.

A dozen or so people took advantage of the dark night to move towards the village quietly.

In the dead of night, the village under the breeze and bright moon seemed extraordinarily quiet and serene.

But just when they were about to step into the village, Qi Lin's body shook suddenly.

"careful!"

He exclaimed.

next moment.

Accompanied by his exclamation, there were sharp sounds of piercing through the air.

Before they had time to think about it, more than a dozen people retreated one after another.

Arrows aggressively landed on their positions just now. If Qi Lin hadn't reminded them in time, they would definitely have died or injured a lot at this time.

While retreating, Qi Lin glanced across the quiet and peaceful village.

Under the cold moonlight, there are vague figures hiding behind walls, haystacks, and trees.

Obviously the other side has long been prepared.

But Qi Lin was not surprised.

If they can find out the other party's location, then the other party must have been exposed, and it is only natural to prepare in advance.

Without too much hesitation, after avoiding the rain of arrows, Qi Lin rushed forward instead of retreating, turning into a shadow and rushing into the village.

"what!"

A scream broke the silence of the night.

The vigorous figure and the hidden short blade shuttled under the night like a ghost, harvesting lives like a god of death.

At the same time, more than a dozen subordinates brought by Qi Lin rushed into the village one after another.

In the dark night, the smell of blood spread.

Qi Lin quickly harvested the enemies hidden in the dark.

Sudden.

He felt a bone-piercing chill hit him, and his body suddenly fell down.

Clang~~
The sound of the sword's cry sounded beside him, and the pale sword edge brushed across his shoulder.

Qi Lin glanced away.

A pale man appeared beside him.

"Ding Wei!"

There was a sneer on that pale face, and he said: "Now I am not Ding Wei, I have a name, Duan An."

Qi Lin held the dagger, stood up, and stared at him.

The spies of the Imperial City Division have no names, only numbers.

If you abandon the number, it means betrayal.

"Why did you betray?" Qi Lin looked at Ding Wei who was not Ding Wei solemnly.

"Because I don't want to be the spy of the Imperial City Division anymore! Do you understand?"

A strange smile appeared on Duan An's face, "You don't understand, because you are a secret investigator, how can you secret investigators understand those of us who can only live in the shadows?"

Although the secret investigation envoys carry the word 'dark', they can obtain an upright identity in the Imperial City Division.

As for the secret agents and spies in various states, they will never have a real identity, just like their number.

The number never changes, but the person the number represents changes all the time.

Especially spies, they can only live in the shadows for the rest of their lives.The Imperial City Division may be able to give them some resources, but they will never admit their identities.

Qi Lin's eyes flickered, "You seem to have forgotten something in the Imperial City Secretary!"

"What?"

"If you enter the Imperial City Division, you are a member of the Imperial City Division, whether it is a dead person or a living person."

"That's not certain! It's not certain who will die and who will live."

"Sorry, we didn't bring a life taker this time, so I can only be your life taker." Qi Lin said flatly.

Order takers are a special profession within the Imperial City Division, and their duty is to take orders for traitors.

It stands to reason that it should be the task of the life-taker to deal with the traitors in Shuzhou, but now that the life-taker does not have Shuzhou, Qi Lin can only take Ding Wei's life on their behalf.

As for why I'm sorry.

Because the method of taking life is relatively gentle, they will leave a whole body for the traitor.This can be regarded as a reward for the traitor's previous contributions to the Imperial City Division.

Qi Lin is not an order taker, so he cannot give Ding Wei the final reward.

The gloomy sword light appeared and disappeared under the night, and the two figures staggered back and forth, and the sound of metal clashing was like a passionate piano sound, echoing in the quiet and beautiful village.

for a long time.

Qi Lin stood on a roof and slowly withdrew his dagger.

He holds a head in his hand.

In fact, he still wanted to leave a whole body for Ding Wei, but Ding Wei's strength was not weak, so it was difficult for him to do this.

The village has returned to its former tranquility and serenity.

It's just that the strong bloody smell couldn't dissipate under the cool night wind.

"My lord! There are three hundred enemies, all of whom are soldiers in the army!"

A secret agent came to Qi Lin to report.

Qi Lin handed him the head in his hand and said, "Take it well, don't let it rot."

"Here!"

The spy took the head and put it in a black cloth bag.

Anyone who entered the Imperial City Division was a member of the Imperial City Division, whether they were dead or alive.

If the killer was here, they would bring Ding Wei's body back to the Imperial City Division. Qi Lin was not the killer, so he could only bring his head back.

"Clean up and retreat." Qi Lin ordered.

Three hundred soldiers and soldiers in the army, which means that a military officer in Shuzhou has betrayed the court.

But these are not things that Qi Lin needs to take care of. What he needs to do is to deal with the traitors of Huangcheng Division as soon as possible, and then re-establish the intelligence network of Huangcheng Division in Shuzhou to prepare for Qin Wei's entry into Shuzhou City.

(End of this chapter)