Huangxiu

Chapter 71 Clarify
Sifangguan was heavily guarded, and the imperial guards sealed the entrance to the street of Sifangguan tightly, preventing outsiders from entering.

A group of people stood on the street opposite, and Chu Zhiyuan looked at them.

Huang Shirong hesitated: "Here?"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded slowly.

They actually got a secret spy into Sifang Pavilion. I can only say that Dazhen’s secret spy is really powerful.

This is where the diplomatic envoys of various countries are located.

Whatever happens, it is always a major event between countries with huge impact.

The officials and clerks of Sifangguan are screened very strictly to ensure that their backgrounds are clean and there are no problems.

But something went wrong.

He looked at Huang Shirong and said, "Master Huang, please notify the Supervisory Department."

Secret espionage is the main job of the Supervisory Department.

"...That's all it can do."

Huang Shirong hesitated for a moment and nodded helplessly.

The government office that the Zhenwu Division fears is the Supervisory Division. It is the only government office in the entire Dajing that stands above the Zhenwu Division, and it is also the dark cloud that shrouds the Zhenwu Division.

Everyone in the Zhenwu Division was eager to blow away this dark cloud, but they knew it was impossible, so they tried to hide as much as possible and tried not to have any interaction with them.

But this time, a secret spy was actually implicated.

In fact, when the old man was tracked down, the Supervisory Department should have been notified, but I held back because I didn't want to deal with the Supervisory Department.

At this point, we have no choice but to inform the Supervisory Office. Otherwise, once the matter is exposed, the Supervisory Office will lose face and will inevitably be retaliated by them.

Chu Zhiyuan looked at Guo Chi, his lips moving.

Guo Chi clasped his fists solemnly, turned around and walked away with big strides.

"Let's go to the tea shop over there and wait." Chu Zhiyuan said.

They went to a small tea shop not far away, sat down at the table, and looked through the window at the entrance to Sifangguan Street across the street.

There weren't many people in the teahouse, far less busy than Phoenix Avenue.

Xiao Ruoyu sat next to Chu Zhiyuan, lowering his head and drinking tea.

Thoughts swirling.

The intuition of this fourth prince is so weird that he can find the owner of an object by looking at it. It is sharper than a dog's nose.

What kind of talent is this? I don't think I've heard of it.

But there are many strange things in the world, so having such a talent doesn’t seem so strange, and I have heard of many stranger talents.

Some have very sharp ears and can hear from far away, even understand birds singing. Some can go without sleep for three days and three nights and still be full of energy. Some even don't sleep for their entire lives.

Some people are born with unobstructed meridians, and they make rapid progress after practicing, making rapid progress every day, and achieve innate perfection at a young age.

If the Fourth Prince with such talent enters the Zhenwu Division or the Supervisory Division, wouldn't he be like a fish in water?

Why do you have to join the Ministry of Rites?
It’s so unclear and puzzling!

He was puzzled and thinking, and saw Guo Chi bring three people into the teahouse.

The leader had a horse face and small, bright eyes.

As soon as he entered the teahouse, he showed excessive enthusiasm, a flattering smile on his face, clasped his fists and bowed deeply: "My Lord."

Chu Zhiyuan sat at the table, put down his teacup and waved.

Ma Tianhe took two steps towards him, bent over, and put his ear forward.

Chu Zhiyuan whispered a few words in his ear, which made Ma Tianhe's face change immediately. He looked at Chu Zhiyuan hesitantly.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded slowly.

Ma Tianhe said solemnly: "Leave this matter to me, I will definitely catch the person!"

Chu Zhiyuan said: "Don't make any mistakes,... um? That's it!"

He suddenly pointed out the window.

I saw a middle-aged man in a green robe slowly leaving the street of Sifang Pavilion and walking towards the distance.

Ma Tianhe was excited: "Is it him?"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

Ma Tianhe waved to the two people behind him: "Follow him, catch him secretly!"

"Yes!" The two strong middle-aged men clasped their fists, turned around, lifted the curtain and left the tea shop, and followed the middle-aged man in green robe.

Chu Zhiyuan looked at Ma Tianhe.

Ma Tianhe smiled and said, "Don't worry, my lord. They are both veterans in the prison and are the best at tracking and catching people."

"It's better to be careful." Chu Zhiyuan looked at Ji Dongxiao who was sitting quietly at the table next to him: "Old Ji."

Ji Dongxiao and the other two sat at each table, surrounding Chu Zhiyuan's table.

He stood up, clasped his fists, and floated out of the tea shop lightly. The door curtain hardly moved, as if he had walked right through it.

……

Ma Tianhe stared at the Sifang Pavilion opposite with a gloomy expression.

If this is true, it would be a serious dereliction of duty on the part of the Inspectorate, unless they had been monitoring the middle-aged man in green robe for a long time.

He felt heavy in his heart. If he really failed in his duty, he didn't know how many people would suffer. But now he still had a chance to make amends.

Fortunately, I have a good relationship with the Fourth Prince, who notified me in advance, which gave me time and also gave the Inspectorate time.

But there is a catch.

Saying that the Supervisory Office had been keeping an eye on him for a long time and wanted to play the long game to catch a bigger fish would negate the Fourth Prince's contribution.

This is at least a ninth-grade skill, and if the person is important, it may even be an eighth-grade skill.

If they didn't say that he had been under surveillance for a long time, then it would be the responsibility of the Supervisory Department.

If the Supervisory Office wants to shirk its responsibility, that would be tantamount to erasing the Fourth Prince's ninth or even eighth-rank merits. How could the Fourth Prince agree to that?

The best way to neither erase the Fourth Prince's contribution nor get rid of the Supervisory Office's responsibility is to say that the Supervisory Office had just discovered the secret spy together with the Fourth Prince.

But this would also reduce some of the Fourth Prince's contributions, and I'm afraid he wouldn't want that.

It’s really troublesome!

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Chu Zhiyuan looked at him with a smile, vaguely guessing what he was thinking.

It is the most basic instinct of an official to take on as much power as possible and to pass on the blame as much as possible. You can tell what he is thinking at a glance.

"Master Ma, have you ever heard of dragon bones?"

“Dragon bone?” Ma Tianhe was startled: “What dragon bone?”

"It would be best to use flying dragon bones or blue dragon bones. If that doesn't work, dragon bones will do."

"... Let me think about it."

"I've recently become obsessed with studying dragon bones, and I think they have endless mysteries. If I have a dragon bone, I can exchange it for a marrow cleansing pill."

Ma Tianhe blinked and reacted.

He immediately understood Chu Zhiyuan's meaning.

An eighth-grade function was exchanged for a marrow cleansing pill. He was willing to use the marrow cleansing pill to exchange for the dragon bone, which naturally meant that the dragon bone was equal to the eighth-grade function.

Obviously, Chu Zhiyuan meant that the loss of merit could be offset by the dragon bones.

Ma Tianhe's mind suddenly became active.

Xiao Ruoyu felt that Chu Zhiyuan's words were abrupt and inexplicable.

Huang Shirong reacted and glanced at Chu Zhiyuan with a smile.

Chu Zhiyuan started chatting with Huang Shirong, talking about the situation in Yujing City in the past two days and how many dangerous situations there were.

Huang Shirong expressed that he was under great pressure and had transferred most of the Zhenwu Division's experts into the city, hoping that the situation could be suppressed in time.

The Zhenwu Division would never show weakness and had no intention of restricting martial arts masters from entering the city.

As the two were talking, they heard footsteps. One of Ma Tianhe's subordinates came in through the curtain and saluted: "Sir, it's done."

"Good!" Ma Tian and Huo stood up, walked up to him and patted his shoulders vigorously: "Thank you for your hard work!"

He turned his head to look at Chu Zhiyuan and smiled flatteringly: "My Lord, shall we go over and take a look?"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

Led by the middle-aged man, a group of people walked about 500 meters and came to an ordinary citizen's house.

After entering, I found that the middle-aged man in green robe was standing upright in the courtyard, and Ji Dongxiao and another middle-aged man were standing vigilantly beside him.

Wan Yang is an expert in interrogation, and Ma Tianhe asked him to help without hesitation, without rejecting him just because Wan Yang was from the Zhenwu Division.

Huang Shirong curled her lips secretly.

This Ma Tianhe is really flattering.

If the Fourth Prince had not been there, how could the Supervisory Office have used the interrogation experts from the Zhenwu Office? He might even have directly driven away the people from the Zhenwu Office and not allowed them to be around.

No matter how strong the middle-aged man in green robe was, he could not withstand Wan Yang's unique skills. His will soon collapsed, he gave up resistance, and confessed everything.

Hearing that the source of all this was that Cheng Tianfeng wanted to meet Xiao Ruoling, the most beautiful woman in Yujing, everyone was a little puzzled and half-believing and half-doubting.

Chu Zhiyuan believed it.

Ordinary people find it incredible because they do not understand the prince's thoughts and ideas. After all, in different environments and positions, concepts and ideas are naturally different.

People tend to elevate those at the top and idealize them, thinking that as a prince, the crown prince will consider the overall situation and restrain his impulses.

In fact, it is not.

Otherwise, there would be no incompetent rulers or unjust tyrants in the world.

Cheng Tianfeng is a child of destiny with amazing talent. He is also the direct disciple of Wen Tianya. He is certain that he can become a grandmaster and is destined to be the future Emperor Dazhen.

Cheng Tianfeng obviously regards the world as his hunting ground for beauties, and he wants to capture all the beauties in the world.

Every man has had this kind of thought. It is an instinct, but one cannot do so without the strength to suppress it.

It's not so surprising that he did this.

Firstly, the Crown Prince is still the Crown Prince, not the prince or the emperor. His lustful behavior may not necessarily affect the relationship between the two countries. Even if it does, the impact will be limited and will not turn the two countries from friends into enemies.

The higher up one is on the hierarchy, the less sense of restraint they have. People below them think that what they have done is a big deal, but to them it is just a little prank.

What's more, he looked down on himself, the Prince of Qing, and Dajing. He thought that he would endure it and Dajing would not break the alliance because of this, or he might not agree with this alliance.

(End of this chapter)