Thief Emperor

Chapter 666 Going ashore!

This incident was somewhat beyond Li Yun's expectations.

He had previously guessed that the Imperial City Bureau would resort to these shady tactics, but he did not expect that they would act so quickly and be so ruthless.

Seeing that Li Yun's face was not looking good, Liu Bo lowered his head and said, "These five people are all from Jiangdong. The Imperial City Division has done this in our territory. They can't get away. I have asked people to track them down. At least some of them can come back. Then we can follow the clues and clear out some of the Imperial City Division from Jiangdong."

The Imperial City Bureau is a very troublesome thing.

Because it has existed for so long, and for a long period of time, the Imperial City Office was a national government office. That is to say, not only people from Guanzhong were in the Imperial City Office, there was probably also some people from Jiangdong as well.

As long as they return to Jiangdong, they will be real locals. For these locals, as long as they want to hide, it is extremely difficult for others to find out anything.

But once exposed, you can follow the clues all the way up.

In this way, a large part of the forces deployed by the Imperial City Administration in the southeast can be cleared out, greatly reducing their influence in the southeast.

Li Yun looked at Liu Bo, put his hands behind his back and said, "Let's go to my study and talk."

The two of them walked one after the other and soon arrived at Li Yun's study.

This study room is still not very large. In addition to a large desk, there are several rows of bookshelves and a bed behind a screen.

It is only slightly bigger than the previous room in Qianyuan.

In fact, the study rooms of this era were generally not particularly large. Firstly, it was because a room that was too large would not gather energy, and secondly, there was no particularly good lighting system in this era, so a room that was too large was not appropriate.

Even in the imperial palace, the actual living area would not be particularly large.

The two of them walked into the study room, one in front of the other. Li Yun asked Liu Bo to sit down, and then he said, "Someone is trying to smear mud on my face, and judging from the current situation, it has already been smeared on my face."

Li Yun paused and continued, "For this matter, the Ninth Division must issue a detailed document, especially the time when these families were killed."

“The testimonies of relevant witnesses should also be recorded.”

Li Yun looked at Liu Bo and said solemnly: "These are not only for the people of this generation, but also for the people of the future. They leave some self-proving evidence for you and me."

Liu Bo lowered his head slightly and said, "I understand what Second Brother said."

At this point, he paused, then smiled and said, "However, in the future, history books will probably only remember my second brother, not me, right?"

"I will definitely remember you."

Li Yun glanced at him and said softly, "Not only will they remember you, if the diary of the time records you, the names of the more than 100 people in these five families will most likely be recorded on your head."

Liu Bo coughed and said quickly: "I will investigate this matter thoroughly and give everyone an explanation."

"Jiu Si doesn't have to give an explanation to everyone."

Mr. Li knocked on the table lightly and said calmly: "Only the government needs to give an explanation to everyone. Jiusi only needs to give an explanation to me."

So far, the position of Jiusi within the Jiangdong small court has been between official and unofficial, but there is no doubt that it is only responsible for Li Yun alone in this matter.

Liu Bo bowed his head deeply and said, "Yes, I've got it in mind."

After the two brothers talked for a while, Liu Bo suddenly said, "Second brother, can you give me some of the fireworks you set off a few days ago?"

He said seriously, "Or, can I ask the workshop to make a batch of fireworks of a specific color for me?"

On the night of the second day of the second lunar month, the sky over Zhongshan Mountain, Qianyuan Garden and the royal palace was filled with fireworks.

With the workshop's full preparation, several thousand tubes of fireworks were produced in one night and set off for half the night.

The scene at that time was quite spectacular and was almost regarded as a miracle by the people of Jinling.

It is precisely because of these fireworks that not many people paid attention to the "crazy words" uttered by the five "great scholars" who talked nonsense, and so far, there has been almost no other waves.

Naturally, these fireworks were also seen by Liu Bo and the people from Jiusi. As an intelligence agency, Jiusi sometimes did need some marking objects similar to fireworks to efficiently transmit messages at medium and short distances.

Li Yun thought about it, returned to his seat, picked up a pen and wrote a note to Liu Bo, stamped it with his personal seal, and handed it to him.

"Take this note and go into the workshop to talk to the craftsmen. But I have to say that you, the Nine Divisions, have to pay for it yourself."

As the Jiangdong court took shape, many rules and regulations also needed to be improved. After all, the Nine Departments also had their own financial systems, so for things like this, let the Nine Departments pay for it themselves.

Otherwise, the accounts will be messed up.

Liu Bo was quite excited when he saw the note. He smiled and said, "I've wanted to look around the workshop for a long time, but I couldn't get in. Now I can finally go and take a look."

Ever since the advent of gunpowder, especially the thunder bomb, the confidentiality level of the Jinling Workshop has always been the highest in Jiangdong. The security of the workshop is even directly the responsibility of the Jinling Army.

That is the current imperial guards.

Apart from Li Yun's handwriting, it is difficult for unrelated people to enter the workshop.

After Li Yun gave him a few instructions, Liu Bo stood up and said goodbye. Li Yun sent him to the palace gate, then looked up at the sky. It was already late at night. At this time, Li Yun did not intend to disturb Lu Huan anymore, so he returned to the study and looked through some documents. When he was about to rest in the study, there were several knocks on the door.

It was the voice of a maid.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Li Yun stretched and stood up, walked to the door of the study, opened the door, and saw Lu Huan, wearing a blue jacket, standing at the door.

After giving birth, she recovered her figure very well. The moonlight shone on her from behind, and in Li Yun's eyes, she looked even slimmer.

The maid lowered her head quickly, a little scared: "Your Majesty, it's Princess Lu..."

Li Yun interrupted her and said with a smile: "Why is Huan'er here?"

Lu Huan took two steps closer, her voice somewhat resentful: "It is my turn tonight, so of course I have to serve you."

She turned her head slightly and whispered, "My husband has never liked me, and the fireworks that night were not set off for me to see."

"I am..."

She couldn't say any more, so she lowered her head and wiped away her tears, feeling very aggrieved.

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Li Yun was stunned for a while before he remembered that he had indeed told Xue Yun'er and Liu Su about this matter on the day of the fireworks, but he did not have time to tell Lu Huan.

Li Yun pulled her into the study and asked with a smile, "How did you know?"

Lu Huan's eyes were red, and she still felt a little aggrieved: "I heard it when I was chatting with Sister Su, and I heard Sister mention it again the day before yesterday."

She bit her lip and looked up at Li Yun.

"It's just not for me to see, is it?"

Li Yun pulled her to the bed in the study and sat down, then said with a smile: "How could this be possible?"

Lu Huan wiped her tears, then laid in Li Yun's arms, shedding a few more tears: "My dear husband, please don't blame me for being hypocritical..."

Li Yun patted her back, his hand already inside her jacket, and said with a smile, "Go to sleep, go to sleep."

…………

When I woke up the next day, it was already bright.

Li Yun stood up and changed into the python-patterned uniform that his servants had just made for him. He prepared to leave the palace, go out for a walk and meet some people.

As soon as I arrived at the palace gate, I saw two long lines lined up at the foot of the wall on the left side of the gate. At the head of the line were several officials from the Jinling government office, who were lowering their heads and writing something.

Between the two teams, there were a few limping young men who walked through the crowd, stepped forward and said a few words, and their names were written down by the person in charge.

Li Yun was a little stunned. Just as he took two steps forward, the officials of Jinling Prefecture hurried forward, knelt on the ground, bowed their heads and saluted, "Your Majesty."

When he knelt, all the people in the queue knelt down and shouted "Your Majesty".

Li Yun pointed at the long line and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Report to the king and select the palace maids."

He bowed his head and said, "We are from Jinling Prefecture. We are selecting palace maids for the royal palace according to the instructions of Minister Tao of the Ministry of Rites."

Li Yun was startled for a moment, then he understood what he meant. He looked at the long queue and frowned, "Tell me in detail."

"Yes."

The official bowed his head and said, "According to Minister Tao, the palace now needs at least a thousand palace servants to serve. In the past few days, Jinling Prefecture has found seven or eight old palace servants who returned from Guanzhong Capital to their hometown near Jinling, and asked them to take charge of this matter."

"After the notice was posted, many people signed up."

"From yesterday to today, we have recorded more than 800 people, of which more than 30 have been cleansed."

"Your Majesty, please look."

He pointed at the young men limping in the middle of the road and whispered, "They are just trying to be selected, so they are so ruthless that they do it themselves at home..."

Li Yun frowned when he heard this.

Is the profession of eunuch so popular in this era?

He was stunned for just a moment, then he slowly said, "Those who are injured, get medical treatment immediately."

"You should also go back to the government office first. This matter..."

"Let me think about it."

(End of this chapter)