Liver into a martial arts legend: starting with Embroidered Spring Blade

Chapter 34: New Hundred Households! [Please read and vote]

time flies.

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.

Lu Wenzhao's death caused a shock in the capital.

Because he was involved in the conspiracy to murder the emperor, his property was confiscated and his family was exterminated, which alerted many people.

However, due to the lack of solid evidence, the only claim to the outside world was that there was an intention to rebel. Of course, everyone involved in the case knew what was going on, but no one dared to mention it.

Jiang Xuan and others have been leading people to search for other people related to this case for the past seven days.

The main targets were the death squads recruited by Lu Wenzhao and those who might be related to the Guo Zhen case. After investigation, they were all secretly killed.

In just seven days, hundreds of people were killed.

For a time, people in the capital were in panic and the atmosphere seemed to become much more tense.

After seven days of investigation, these cases were completely resolved and Prince Xin, the man behind them, was not implicated.

The East Factory acted extremely calm, as if it had no idea that Prince Xin was the mastermind behind the scenes. In short, all these cases were handed over to the Embroidered Uniform Guard for full investigation.

Jiang Xuan and the others did not cause any trouble. In short, they would investigate whoever they were told to investigate and raid whoever's house they were told to raid. They did not dare to go beyond the limit.

They knew that since the follow-up of these cases was handed over to them, it was giving them the opportunity to perform. As long as they completed them successfully, promotion and rewards would be a sure thing.

really.

After the last house was raided and the case was completely closed, the reward came.

Unsurprisingly.

Pei Lun, as the main investigator of these cases, had the greatest contribution. Lu Wenzhao had just died, leaving a vacant position for a thousand households. Therefore, Pei Lun successfully took over Lu Wenzhao's position and became the former chief officer of the thousand households, and was promoted to the fifth rank of thousand households.

In the Jinyiwei Yamen.

All the chief officials and thousand households are present.

After Commander Tian Ergeng finished reading Pei Lun's appointment documents, he looked at him meaningfully and said, "Captain Pei, logically speaking, you've only just been promoted to Deputy Captain. Even with your contributions in these cases, you're not qualified for a promotion to Captain."

"The reason I promoted you is because of the grace of the old factory owner. Otherwise, you wouldn't be the only deputy captain waiting for promotion, and you wouldn't be the only one capable of holding this position. Do you understand what I mean?"

Pei Lun immediately knelt on one knee and said in a deep voice, "I understand. Thank you for your grace, the Commander-in-Chief, and the Pacification Commissioner. I will follow your lead and do my best to help you and your Excellency!"

Jiang Xuan and others standing behind knew exactly what Tian Ergeng meant by his words to Pei Lun.

Today's Jinyiwei is completely controlled by the Eastern Depot.

Almost all the chief official positions were held by Wei Zhongxian's confidants.

Especially the commander Tian Ergeng, the Northern Division Pacification Envoy Xu Xianchun, the left and right captains Yang Huan and Cui Yingyuan, and the criminal officer Sun Yunhe who now works in the East Factory. These five people are notorious for their viciousness and are highly valued by Wei Zhongxian. They are called the "Five Tigers".

Others such as the two deputy commanders, the Southern Division Pacification Envoy, and the previous Lu Wenzhao, Xu Panxing and others, also nominally obeyed the command of the East Factory.

Only these people are the real core figures of the East Factory, or what outsiders call the "Eunuch Party".

Now that Pei Lun has been promoted to the position of Qianqianhu, it is natural that they hope that Pei Lun can also join the eunuch party and concentrate on being their lackey.

Of course, one of the reasons must be Pei Lun’s excellent ability in investigating and handling cases. After all, Pei Lun’s ability is obvious to all.

"As long as you know."

After hearing what Pei Lun said, Tian Ergeng nodded with satisfaction, then picked up another appointment document and said calmly, "Jiang Xuan."

Jiang Xuan came back to his senses and quickly stepped forward to pay his respects: "Here I am!"

Tian Ergeng glanced at him and said, "The factory owner asked me to ask you, are you sure you have completed the task he assigned to you this time?"

"News has come from the Jinglu Tunbao. The remnants of the Yang clan are nowhere to be found, alive or dead..."

Jiang Xuan's heart tightened, and he quickly replied, "I guarantee with my life that the remaining culprit, Yang Huizhen, was killed by me personally. However, during the fight, I accidentally knocked over the stove, burning down the general's old house, so I was unable to bring back her head as evidence."

"But this was witnessed by my humble subordinate, Xiao Qi Officer Xu Longqing. If you don't believe me, please summon him immediately for questioning."

"That's not necessary."

Tian Ergeng said calmly, "Okay, I trust you. You've done a good job and helped the factory owner resolve a problem."

"In addition, you eliminated the traitor Xue Yanchuan and the bounty-listed flower-plundering thief Tian Boguang in Anyang County, safeguarding the court's reputation. Furthermore, you assisted Captain Pei in uncovering the conspiracy of Guo Zhen, Lu Wenzhao, and other rebels, thus preventing losses early."

"For your contributions in several cases combined, I will reward you with the rank of centurion and transfer you to the Northern Pacification Division."

"Bei Si is short of manpower right now, you can take your people with you."

"As for your junior flag officer, Xu Qinglong, he helped you eliminate the rebels and slaughter the remnants of the Donglin clan. You should also reward him with a general flag. As for the other one who died in the line of duty, you should give him a pension as usual."

"Also, I don't need to repeat what I just said to Captain Pei, do I?" Jiang Xuan was slightly pleased, and didn't care about Tian Ergeng's dismissive attitude. He quickly bowed and thanked him, "Thank you, Mr. Factory and all the gentlemen, for your appreciation. I will do my best to serve you!"

Tian Ergeng nodded, then glanced at Yin Cheng and Wen Lianggong behind him and said, "You two, for your meritorious service in solving the case this time, each of you will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver. Your merits will accumulate, and you will be rewarded together when you make meritorious deeds next time."

Hearing this, Yin Cheng and Wen Lianggong felt a little disappointed, but they didn't dare to say much. They just bowed and said, "Thank you, sir."

……

After the rewards were given, everyone left the lobby.

Yin Cheng grumbled softly, "I thought I'd at least get a trial centurion, but I didn't expect the reward to be just one hundred taels of silver. What a disparity!"

Pei Lun glanced at him and said, "Are you still not satisfied with a hundred taels of silver? My brother Jiang and I don't have a cent yet. If you don't want it, give it to me."

"You think beautiful!"

Yin Cheng rolled his eyes and said, "Don't think I don't know. You took advantage of the raids these past few days to make a lot of money!"

"That's not even enough for a hundred taels. With so many people watching, how can I dare to take more?" Pei Lun said helplessly.

It was common for the Jinyiwei to take some money when conducting investigations and raiding houses, but this case was related to promotion, so he naturally didn't dare to take too much. He brought back the bulk of the money and handed it over to his superiors.

And it turned out that his decision was correct.

"Alas..." Yin Cheng sighed, turned to look at Jiang Xuan, and said with some envy: "I have been a Jinyiwei for six years."

"Six years! Do you know how I spent these six years?"

"You work diligently and fearfully every day, yet you're still only a general flag officer. My cousin, you've only been on duty for just over six months, and you've already been promoted to a centurion. It's really frustrating to compare yourself to others!"

Jiang Xuan's face remained calm. He coughed lightly and said, "General Yin, please refer to your position when you are working."

“…” Yin Cheng’s mouth twitched.

Pei Lun and Wen Lianggong couldn't help but burst out laughing.

After a while of chatting and laughing.

Pei Lun looked at Jiang Xuan and asked, "Brother Jiang, the Northern Division is not like the five core institutes. You have a heavy responsibility working there, and you need a few trustworthy people to do your job. Would you like to bring a few people from my side with you?"

The organization of the Jinyiwei is very complex, but generally speaking, it can be divided into three parts.

The first part is the seventeen thousand households, which are directly under the jurisdiction of the Jinyiwei Yamen. The full name is "Jinyi Qinjun Duzhihuishisi", which means "the emperor's personal army".

But the ones that can truly be called the emperor's personal army are only the five core ones: 'front, rear, left, right, and center'.

These five offices were responsible for the security of the imperial palace, ceremonial guards and public security in the capital. The imperial city was divided into five districts: east, south, west, north and center, and each thousand-household office was responsible for one district.

The second part is the Experience Department and the Third Department Office, which are responsible for archives and street management.

The third part is the North and South Pacification Office.

The Southern Pacification Office was under the management of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and was responsible for internal military affairs, law and discipline, etc.

The Northern Pacification Division was rather special, being solely responsible for imperial prisons and arrests. It could report directly to the emperor and was directly under his jurisdiction, acting as an independent department that even the commander-in-chief could not control. Therefore, it had immense power.

If the Northern Division is short of staff, it will draw personnel from the five core institutes to assist, and the five institutes must cooperate unconditionally.

However, the current commander Tian Ergeng and the Northern Pacification Commissioner Xu Xianchun are both core members of the eunuch party and are almost indistinguishable from each other, so it is equivalent to that the core five are currently under the jurisdiction of the Northern Pacification Commission.

Commander Tian Ergeng was more like a mascot, who would follow Wei Zhongxian around and flatter him all day long, but basically did not take care of anything. The main person in charge was still the Northern Pacification Office.

Of course, the Northern Division also has its own staff, and is under the jurisdiction of five centurions and five hundred captains and cavalry. These people are not under the jurisdiction of the Jinyiwei Yamen, but are directly under the jurisdiction of the Northern Division.

Jiang Xuan used to work in the Northern Division. Later, he was promoted to a small flag and transferred to the front army's thousand-household unit under Lu Wenzhao. Now he has been promoted to a hundred-household unit, but he was transferred back unexpectedly.

And if you want to work in the Northern Division, you really can’t do it without confidants.

Jiang Xuan hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's take my team with us."

"You have two general flag vacancies under your command. Why don't you bring Yin Cheng with you to help you?" Pei Lun asked.

Before Jiang Xuan could even open his mouth, Yin Cheng quickly refused: "Forget it, I can't accept working under you. I'd better stay with Pei Lun. He'll get promoted faster."

Pei Lun chuckled and looked at Wen Lianggong: "What about you, Brother Wen?"

Wen Lianggong hesitated for a moment and said, "I'd better continue to serve under Brother Pei."

Obviously, he had the same idea as Yin Cheng, and they both felt that they could get promoted faster by following Pei Lun.

Jiang Xuan didn't force it, and nodded with a smile: "That's fine, I'll take Xu Longqing with me. Besides, since we're all in the capital, there's still a chance for us to work together on cases in the future."

(End of this chapter)