Zhu Tian: Starting from the World of Zongwu

"Let's go!"

Song Xuan jumped on his horse, waved his sleeves, and rode ahead to the Xuanyiwei Qianhu Headquarters located in the city of Yangzhou.

Today is the day when the two brothers and sisters officially take office.

Even if this Qianhu Suo is a den of dragons and tigers, he has to go and see it clearly.

If the Xuanyi Guards here are still useful, then we'll just keep using them. If not...

A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Song Xuan's eyes. At worst, he could just clean them and replace them with a new batch.

The Xuanyiwei system is too large, with numerous factions and constant struggles both openly and covertly. There are multiple factions in the Inspection Office alone.

Before leaving Beijing, Old Zhao had specifically instructed him to go ahead and do whatever he wanted. If necessary, the law enforcement officers outside Yangzhou City could be mobilized at any time.

In recent years, the hereditary families of the Xuanyiwei in the imperial capital have declined sharply. Many families have few members or even no descendants. Although many families still have names, they have actually lost their strength.

This has also made many people forget their terror. The recent death of Xu Changan may be a test from certain forces.

To test the reactions of these hereditary Xuanyiwei families and explore their true strength.

In a sense, the Song Xuan brother and sister are the new generation of leaders in the hereditary Xuanyiwei family.

This time, Zhao Dezhu sent him here to take up the post, nominally to replace Xu Changan's position as a centurion. In fact, the real purpose was to let him kill people to establish his authority!

Chapter 49 What Can You Use to Fight Me?

The Xuanyi Guards of the Great Zhou Dynasty are divided into three systems.

The Arbitration Department is the most independent and is mainly responsible for adjudicating trials. It is the most mysterious and rarely appears in public. It is similar to the military court in later generations.

The Inspection Office was in charge of many affairs and had the greatest power. Its main functions were to guard the ceremonial guards, detect criminals in court, and handle external intelligence, and to engage in activities such as reconnaissance, arrest, and interrogation.

Simply put, from the arrangements for the emperor's guards and ceremonial guards when he travels to ordinary people spitting and littering on the roadside, as long as the Xuanyi Guards want to, they will always have a reason to intervene.

As for the Law Enforcement Department, it is a specialized killing agency, a purely violent killing agency, mainly targeting people in the underworld. Unless the senior management of the Inspection Department and the Law Enforcement Department communicate and coordinate, they generally will not take the initiative to intervene in a specific case.

These three yamen are relatively independent and each has its own system. They generally do not interact with each other without proper reasons.

The yamen that Song Xuan came to at this moment was called the Great Zhou Xuanyiwei Inspection Division stationed in Mingzhou Jiangzhe Prefecture Qianhu Division, which was a Qianhu Division under the Inspection Division in Jiangzhe Prefecture.

Song Xuan guessed that the captain of this thousand-household unit should not be from Zhao Dezhu's faction, or at least not of the same mind as Zhao Dezhu.

Otherwise, Old Zhao wouldn't have brought himself here specifically to reorganize the Qianhu Suo here.

...

A lot of people gathered in the Qianhu Office at this moment, including five centurions, ten deputy centurions, and dozens of general flags standing on both sides, discussing how to deal with the arrival of the new centurions sent by the court.

Qianhu Fangcheng was sitting in the center of the hall at this moment, holding the Qianhu seal in his hand, with a gloomy expression on his face.

Generally speaking, as a thousand-householder in the Xuanyiwei Inspection Division who oversees a prefecture, if a position of a hundred-householder under his command becomes vacant, he can write a letter to recommend other candidates to take over.

However, the memorial he submitted to the Xuanyiwei Inspection Office fell on deaf ears, and instead, a centurion was sent from the imperial capital.

It was obvious that the imperial court had doubts about his ability and even his loyalty as a captain.

This made him very dissatisfied, even though his loyalty was indeed problematic.

I, Old Fang, have been through life and death in Jiangsu and Zhejiang for so many years. I have contributed to the court and shed blood for the emperor. Just because I secretly killed a centurion, you start to doubt my loyalty?

Is there any reason?

If it was just a centurion parachuted in from the imperial capital, Fang Cheng, as a thousand-householder, would not be so angry.

What really made him angry was the division of responsibilities for the new centurion Song Xuan by the Xuanyiwei Yamen.

In addition to taking over Xu Chang'an's position as a centurion, the new centurion Song Xuan also concurrently served as the pacification commissioner of the imperial prison of the Thousand Households Office of Jiangzhe Prefecture.

The Imperial Prison can be said to be the core institution of the Xuanyi Guard.

In the Xuanyiwei of the Great Zhou Dynasty, each thousand-household unit had an imperial prison under it. All the prisoners arrested by the Xuanyiwei, whether interrogated or executed, were carried out in the imperial prison.

Generally speaking, the position of the Imperial Prison Pacifier is held concurrently by the Qianhu himself. Even if not, it is held by someone close to the Qianhu.

But now, such an important position was snatched away by an outsider who was parachuted into the imperial capital. Not only was Fang Cheng, the captain, unhappy, but even the other centurions were quite dissatisfied.

The imperial prison is in the hands of others. In the future, if they want to arrest people for interrogation, torture them, or do some shady things, won’t they have to look at Song Xuan’s wishes?

"Master Qian Hu, Song Xuan is said to have arrived in Yangzhou and will probably take office in the next two days. How should we respond?"

Seeing that no one in the hall spoke, a somewhat chubby centurion finally couldn't help but speak.

He is a close confidant of Qianhu Fangcheng. He used to be the one who held the position of the Imperial Prison Suppression Commissioner of Qianhu Suo. Now that the position has been taken away by someone else, he is the most anxious one.

Without the seal of the pacification commissioner, he was no different from the other centurions, and was even worse than others. At least the others had some subordinates, while his subordinates were all people in the imperial prison.

If the imperial prison were out of his control, he would be left alone without anyone to rely on.

"How else can we deal with it?"

Fang Cheng snorted, "Song Xuan was appointed by the Commander-in-Chief himself. Who can stop him? You can't just kill him, right?"

As soon as these words were spoken, several people in the hall showed expressions of interest.

Even the chubby captain tried to test him: "Sir, it's not impossible. The Great Zhou is so big, it's understandable that bandits appear within the territory..."

If the bandits are not suitable, it is not impossible for them to die from acclimatization. We are all professionals in this regard."

"Nonsense!"

Fang Cheng said coldly, "How dare you say such a thing? I will pretend you never said it, and you will pretend you didn't hear it. If you dare to say anything nonsense again, don't blame me for having you thrown into prison first."

"Yes, yes, my words were appropriate. Please forgive me, sir!"

The captain quickly stood up and admitted his mistake. He looked frightened, but even a fool could see the smile on his face.

Everyone knew that although the captain spoke so powerfully, he had actually made his attitude clear. He really hoped that Song Xuan would encounter some accidents and would not have the opportunity to take office.

dong dong dong~

Just then, there was a knock on the door outside the yamen.

The fat captain instantly turned around and yelled at the people outside, "Who is that person working outside and how are they doing it? The adults are discussing matters, who let outsiders in?"

boom!

Suddenly, a door of the Qianhu Suo Yamen burst open, and the next moment, a somewhat cold voice came from outside.

"Sir, you have such great authority!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw several black-robed guards with small flags being thrown in from outside and falling to the ground with a thud.

Then, Song Xuan, dressed in a black Xuanyiwei centurion robe, came stepping on the wood chips all over the ground. Beside him, Song Qian held the sword in one hand, staring at the fat man coldly.

Stared at by Song Qian's murderous eyes, the fat captain subconsciously swallowed his saliva, and had already figured out who the person was.

But he still asked, "Who are you?"

"Song Xuan!"

Song Xuan glanced at him, then ignored him and walked directly into the lobby of the Qianhu Office.

"You came pretty quickly!"

Fang Cheng sat upright on the armchair in the center of the hall, with no intention of getting up to greet him. He just spoke lightly, showing a very condescending attitude.

This is the Qianhu Office, and here, he is the Qianhu, the chief officer in the true sense.

Even if you control the Imperial Prison, this is my territory. Most of the people here are my brothers who have a life-and-death relationship with me.

You are a young boy who has just arrived. You have no friends and no money. What can you use to fight me?

Chapter 50 From now on, I, Song Xuan, will have the final say on the rules of this Qianhu Suo!

Song Xuan looked around at the people in the hall with different thoughts. He had already heard what these people were discussing outside the door just now.

Everyone else was plotting how to kill him at the hands of bandits or from acclimatization, so naturally he didn't need to be polite to them anymore.

At that moment, he glanced coldly at the captain sitting in the middle with an arrogant look on his face, and said coldly: "Where is the seal of the Imperial Prison Suppression Commissioner?"

"Hmm? How dare you? Is that how you talk to your superior? Do you have any manners at all?"

Fang Cheng's face was extremely gloomy. This new guy actually didn't follow the rules of officialdom. This is Jiangsu and Zhejiang Prefecture, not the imperial capital. Even if you are a dragon, you have to coil around me when you come here!

"rule?"

Song Xuan laughed, "I don't know what the rules were here before, but from now on, I, Song Xuan, have the final say on the rules of this Qianhu Suo!

I'll ask again, who has the seal of the pacification envoy? Hand it over voluntarily, or don't blame me for not giving you a chance! "

As soon as he entered the Qianhu Suo, he already had an idea in his mind.

Simply put, among the nearly one hundred people in the entire hall, there was not a single strong person who could bring him a sense of danger and oppression.

As for Qianhu Fangcheng, Song Xuan estimated that this person's horizontal training skills were quite strong and he was not far from breaking through to the innate realm.

But as long as he has not truly stepped into the new realm of innateness, in Song Xuan's eyes, he is no different from an ordinary warrior.

As the number of killings continued to increase, Song Xuan had a clearer understanding of his own strength. In the acquired realm, he dared to claim to be second to none, and no one dared to claim to be first!

The Inspection Department is mainly responsible for solving cases and is not famous for its martial arts prowess. Most of the real masters have been absorbed into the Law Enforcement Department.

In this huge patrol station, there is not a single innate master in charge.

Since there was no strong man, Song Xuan simply let go. No matter what official rules there were, they were useless to him!

All the captains of the Black Guards in the hall were dumbfounded. They had seen arrogant people before, but never anyone so arrogant. Could it be that this guy was so powerful in the imperial capital and was used to being arrogant, and he was the same when he came to Jiangsu and Zhejiang?

Fang Cheng's face turned pale and he kept winking at the fat centurion.

As Fang Cheng's confidant, the fat man had no choice but to come forward and said angrily, "This is the Qianhu Office, and the Qianhu is the chief officer here.

You are just a small centurion, are you trying to commit a crime of insubordination?"

Song Xuan glanced at him casually. "You're so eager to jump out. It seems the seal of the pacification envoy is on you, right?"

"So what?"

The fat captain took one look at the crowded crowd in the hall and immediately had an idea in his mind.

More than half of the nearly one hundred people here are loyal to the thousand-householder Lord. This is their territory. How can Song Xuan and his two children, who are only two people, really rebel against them?

"Song Xuan, to tell you the truth, the Imperial Prison is very busy, and I don't have time to hand over the matter to you right now. I will hand over the seal of the Pacification Commissioner to you after I have sorted things out for a while."

The fat captain thought his answer was correct and sneered, "If you're dissatisfied, you can file a complaint. Even if you file a complaint with the commander of the Xuanyi Guard, I can't find any fault with what I did."

Song Xuan clapped his hands and said, "You said it well, it's exactly what I want!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Song Qian, who was holding a sword to her chest with a murderous look on her face, and said calmly: "Kill him!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a shadow flashed by. The next moment, everyone in the hall felt a creepy chill rising up, followed by the sound of bones breaking.

Song Qian appeared behind the fat centurion at some point, put one hand on his head, and actually twisted his neck to break it.

"You, you actually..."

The captain was stunned.

He had seen cruel and ruthless people, but this was the first time he had seen someone who dared to kill people in front of everyone in the Xuanyiwei Qianhu Office.

Looking at the head of his confidant that was twisted 180 degrees with its eyes open in death, Fang Cheng was shaking with anger.

what's the situation?

Is the current style of handling matters in the imperial capital so crude and simplistic? Killing people for a disagreement, is he really not afraid of punishment from the higher-ups?

Clang~~

In the hall, some centurions and generals had already drawn their swords, but they all retreated subconsciously, and no one dared to rush forward.

Song Qian's body movements just now really shocked them. If they rashly stepped forward at this time, they would only become the next ghost to die in vain.

Song Qian fumbled around the fat man for a few times, took out a big seal from his sleeve, and handed it to Song Xuan with a smile.

"Brother, this thing is indeed on him."

Song Xuan took a look at it, put it away with satisfaction, and then looked around at everyone with a smile.

"If you are dissatisfied with anything, you can report it to the commander of the Xuanyi Guard..."

As he spoke, his tone paused slightly, becoming even more stern and harsh. "Believe it or not, even if I kill all of you today, the commander-in-chief will at most scold me a few times, and there won't be any substantial punishment!"

After he said this, the captains and generals of the Xuanyi Guard, who were already hesitant, looked at each other and dared not act rashly.