Starting from the imperial palace guards, his clones spread all over the world.

Chapter 193 The Whereabouts of the Secret Book
the other side.

In an inconspicuous courtyard.

Xue Yan came to the gate of the courtyard alone and silently.

He knocked on the door several times in a peculiar rhythm.

Then the door opened and Xue Yan walked in quickly.

He came to a bedroom.

The bedroom was dimly lit, and a young man was already waiting impatiently on the kang.

Xue Yan saw the man and bowed hastily:

"Xue Yan pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

The young man hurriedly helped Xue Yan up:
"There's no need for us to be polite. Sit down and talk."

The young man pulled Xue Yan to sit down. His movements were full of impatience, but he had to suppress it.

Xue Yan knew the man was anxious, so he said:

"Your Highness, everything is going very smoothly."

"Then Eunuch Che has already taken the prince to the place I chose."

"The prince is now...although he is suffering a little, he is still alive."

When the young man heard this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his tense body finally relaxed.

He sighed:
"Che Ziyi is a good person. He accepted my family's money and really worked hard."

"It depends on whether everything goes smoothly in the next few days."

"The most important thing is to look at the factory owner."

"The factory owner has a huge appetite and it's really hard to satisfy him, but this matter can't be delayed any longer. This is the most troublesome thing."

Xue Yan heard this and stood up without hesitation and said:
"My Xue family is willing to sell all our property and help you!"

The young man smiled when he heard this and waved his hand to signal Xue Yan to sit down.

After Xue Yan sat down, the young man spoke:
"The Xue family has the intention, but it won't go that far."

"The factory owner wants more than just a little money. He wants something of real value."

"But no matter what, my family will definitely satisfy him."

"As long as I can save my father, everything will be worth it."

Xue Yan nodded upon hearing this.

At this time, the young man took Xue Yan's hand and said seriously:

"Xue Yan, please take good care of my father during this period of time."

"No matter what, please save his life."

Xue Yan hurriedly bowed solemnly and said:
"The prince's affairs are also the affairs of my Xue family."

"I, Xue Yan, will not refuse this matter even if I die!"

The young man looked at Xue Yan's expression and finally nodded with satisfaction.

Next, the two began to discuss some details.

Xue Yan introduced the young man:

"Among the Imperial Guards, most of the superiors in my shift have already been bribed, so there are basically no problems."

"There's only one person I don't know what he wants."

"That's the soldier who stood guard with me to protect the prince. His name is Liang Jin."

"This man has no father, no mother, no wife, and no children. He is not greedy for money, does not seek promotion, and does not practice martial arts diligently on a daily basis."

"It's hard to find his weakness for the time being."

The young man didn't care when he heard this.

Just a small soldier.

If this soldier was not related to his father, the king, he would not be worthy of hearing it.

"No, let him be transferred."

"If that doesn't work, just get rid of it."

The young man said lightly.

Xue Yan shook his head slightly:
"I tried to have him transferred. I even went to see the top brass of the Imperial Guard yesterday."

"But the Imperial Guards have already given me a bottom line: I must have at least two soldiers guarding the prince during my shift."

"I know that the high-ranking officials of the Imperial Guards don't trust me. The more I want to transfer away from Liang Jin, the more they want Liang Jin to stay and watch over me."

"So Liang Jin can't be transferred, nor can he be killed. Otherwise, the Imperial Guards will lose their trust in me, and it might even lead to a major setback."

The young man frowned slightly.

He can't be transferred away or killed, so he must be made one of our own.

The young man immediately pondered and said:
"If you don't love money or power, then you must love beautiful women, right?"

"It just so happened that when I went to the capital, I brought with me twelve beauties, all of them were extremely beautiful."

"If he doesn't want a beauty but is looking for a marriage, he can choose any daughter of an official below the sixth rank in the capital."

For a small soldier to marry the daughter of an official is already a blessing from his previous life.

Xue Yan shook his head slightly:

"Liang Jin never goes to brothels or prostitutes, so he's definitely not a womanizer."

"And he doesn't seem to be in a hurry to get married. Perhaps he already has a sweetheart. I noticed that he was very close to a palace maid."

Unless the palace maids encounter special circumstances in the palace, they will have to leave the palace sooner or later.

Normal palace maids came out when they were in their twenties at the earliest and in their thirties at the latest.

After leaving the palace, getting married is also a way out for the palace maids.

Some low-level officers of the imperial guards had married palace maids who had left the palace and used the maids' connections in the palace to seek promotion.

The young man frowned:

"Xue Yan, no matter what method you use, you must deal with Liang Jin."

"No mistakes are allowed in my father's affairs!"

Xue Yan assured:
"Don't worry, Your Highness."

"Even if Liang Jin has no desires or ambitions, he is still a small figure and not difficult to deal with."

“I will definitely get this done!”………………

Zuifeng Tower.

Liang Jin had already eaten and drunk his fill.

Just as he was about to get up and leave, he suddenly thought of something.

"A series of events yesterday caused me to forget to check the intelligence I received yesterday."

Immediately, Liang Jin opened the intelligence panel.

This sight surprised Liang Jin slightly:
"You actually completed two tasks?"

"It seems that in addition to the daily guard duty, guarding Prince Huaiyang is also a task."

Then he looked at the information refreshed on the panel.

[Intelligence 1: Wen Anshuang, a top-ranking imperial guard within the harem, has a crush on Concubine Min. However, for the sake of his family's honor and his own future, he can only hide this burning feeling deep in his heart, unaware that Concubine Min is also secretly in love with him.]

[Intelligence 2: The Ji family of Yan Gui Lane in the east of Beijing are facing financial difficulties and plan to sell half of their treasured "Red Fire Burning Heaven Sword Technique" manual to tide them over. However, the Ji family is unsure of the appropriate price.]

After seeing this first piece of information, Liang Jin quickly skipped it.

He really had no interest in this kind of scandalous information.

There are not many men who can enter the harem, even the imperial guards are not qualified to enter.

Apart from the emperor, there were only some guards, imperial doctors, favorite ministers, relatives by marriage, etc.

There are many types of guards, and only the inner court guards, commonly known as imperial guards, can enter the harem.

Each of these imperial guards is a descendant of noble families, has superb martial arts skills, is strong and vigorous, has an excellent image and temperament, and is particularly masculine.

Such a man is naturally liked by women.

There are three thousand beauties in the harem, including the most beautiful and elegant women in the world. It is inevitable that men will be tempted when they go there.

What interested Liang Jin was the following piece of information.

"The other half of the secret manual of 'Red Fire Burning Heaven Sword Technique' is actually in the capital?"

"No wonder the former head of the Scarlet Fire Sword Sect, Shao Hongbo, spent half his life searching for it in the south but couldn't find it. It turns out it wandered to the north."

Liang Jin was determined to obtain this secret book.

After all, this is a local-level sword technique.

However, Liang Jin also found some doubts from the intelligence:
"Ji family..."

"Shao Hongbo said that the other half of the secret book was taken away by his senior brother."

"But his senior brother's surname is clearly Liu, not Ji."

Liang Jin felt that Shao Hongbo's senior brother might have changed his name after coming to the capital.

Liang Jin immediately left Zuifeng Tower in a hurry and headed towards Yangui Lane.

Yan Gui Lane can be considered one of the slums in the capital.

When the Dayu Dynasty collapsed, many people in the capital chose to flee the city to avoid the war.

With the establishment of the Daqian Dynasty and the end of the war, these refugees who had been scattered all over the place returned home one after another.

Unfortunately, when the people returned to Beijing, they found that their land and property had been occupied and distributed by others.

The people had no choice but to find a remote piece of scorched earth to build houses and start a new life.

So this place is also called Yan Gui Lane.

The people gathered here basically live in poverty and their houses are dilapidated.

The alleys were filled with sewage and the stench was overwhelming.

Liang Jin asked people along the way and finally found the Ji family.

But when he arrived at Ji's house, he found a large group of people gathered outside.

There were constant sounds of roaring and smashing from the crowd.

"Is nothing going to happen?"

Liang Jin's heart sank and he hurried forward to take a look.

I saw that the door of Ji's house had been smashed open.

Several ferocious-looking men were smashing things in Ji's house.

"Find all the valuables and take them all away!"

"Move what you can, and destroy what you can't!"

These men had ferocious faces and were dressed in black, with their cuffs held together by arm guards studded with iron nails.

Some of them were holding clubs in their hands.

Daqian's sticks also have their own characteristics.

When Emperor Taizu first established his country, he relied on his powerful martial arts to defeat all opponents in the world.

Afterwards, he relied on henchmen like the Six Gates and the Criminal Investigation Bureau to suppress the martial arts world, and even wanted to ban martial arts in the world at one point.

At that time, the control over weapons in the world was extremely strict.

Even the sticks made demands.

A stick with a hole in it that makes a sound when swung is called a whistle stick and is a legal weapon.

A stick without holes and unable to make any sound is called a stun club and is an illegal weapon.

But since the death of Emperor Taizu, these laws have gradually become empty words.

During the reign of Emperor Zhongzong, these complicated and redundant laws were abolished, and the martial arts world was able to flourish and develop.

However, the impact of these laws is also spreading among the people in another form.

Especially in the underworld, those who use whistle sticks generally claim to be upright.

Those who use clubs are usually gang members.

These people were holding clubs and were obviously gangsters.

The onlookers were obviously the neighbors of Yangui Lane.

They stood far away, looking at the group of strong men who were smashing things with fear, and no one dared to step forward and say a word.

Liang Jin randomly pulled a passerby and asked:
"Excuse me, sir, where are the Ji family members this time?"

The passerby turned around and said:
"You're looking for Ji Zhong, the second son of the Ji family, right?"

"Their family was just captured by the Black Tiger Gang."

(End of this chapter)