Daxuanti criminal officer

Chapter 163 The Secret Purpose of Zhang Yang

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Seeing the man upstairs, Zhao Yu and Huo Anu hurriedly put away their weapons and clasped their fists in salute.

Xu Zun was also very surprised, he immediately went forward to meet him and bowed to salute, shouting in his mouth: "It turns out that Master Cai is here, sorry, sorry!!!"

It turned out that this man in brocade fur and an official hat was actually Cai Kun, the leader of the Cabinet of Internal Guards!

To say that Cai Kun will come to Shangyuan City sooner or later, Xu Zun is not surprised.But Cai Kun appeared in the inn where he lived late at night, which made him puzzled!

At the first moment, Xu Zun had already prepared for the worst, that is, the identity of Ku Niang had been exposed, and it was because of this that Cai Kun came late at night.

Not only did he conceal Ku Niang's identity, but he also concealed the fact that Shen Gong was the mastermind of the first iron coffin case.

If that's the case, it's hard for me to explain today.

"Hahaha, Jiying," Cai Kun said with a smile, "I've heard all about what happened to you in Shangyuan City! I'm here this time, and I have a lot to talk to you about..."

After finishing speaking, Cai Kun looked left and right at Xu Zun.

Xu Zun immediately understood what Cai Kun meant, and said, "My lord, I have a lot to talk about with you in my humble position, shall we go upstairs to chat?"

"No," Cai Kun pointed to the Eight Immortals table downstairs, "Don't disturb your family's rest, let's have a brief chat here!"

"Oh..." Xu Zun had no choice but to say to Zhao Yu and the others, "You three go up first! Rest early."

"Yes!" Zhao Yu and Huo Anu agreed, then turned to look at Timur Ani.

Although Ani didn't know that Cai Kun was the inner guard, she also knew that he must be a senior official in the court, so she had to lower her head and go upstairs behind Zhao Yu and her...

When passing by Cai Kun, Cai Kun deliberately took a closer look at the woman from Yuanzhou, with an intriguing look in her eyes.

After Zhao Yu and others went upstairs, several internal guards came down from the upstairs immediately, and moved lightly to guard every corner of the inn to ensure that no one was eavesdropping.

"The matter of Li Jinlou..." Before Cai Kun and Xu Zun sat down at the table of the Eight Immortals, Cai Kun fired a heavy shot first, "You are arranging him?"

"This..." Xu Zun couldn't admit it even if he was beaten to death, and pretended to be innocent and said, "He is the supervisor of Dali Temple. I, a little Tangzhou, dare to arrange punishment for him?"

"You don't need to explain," Cai Kun took the lead to sit down, and said steadily, "There has always been a rift between the inner guard and the Sanfa Division, especially Dali Temple, so I won't tell others!

"However," he urged earnestly like a senior, "don't play tricks in front of Chen Taiji in the future, if it wasn't for him also having a grudge against Li Jinlou, you would be in great trouble this time!"

ho...

Xu Zun's forehead was sweating instantly, Cai Kun's words couldn't be more obvious, it turned out that Chen Taiji knew from the very beginning that Li Jinlou was arranged by Xu Zun, he just didn't understand it.

So...Cai Kun knew the inside story so quickly, was it Chen Taiji who told him?

Or... in this Shangyuan County Yamen, there is also an eyeliner of the inner guard?

"These are trivial things, you just have to pay attention to them later," Cai Kun said nonchalantly, "Well, let's talk about the important things!"

"Okay!" Seeing Cai Kun's gesture, Xu Zun sat down slowly, but panicked inside.

"What do you think of the big case in Shangyuan City?" Cai Kun asked straight to the point again, "I'm talking about the Taoist cult?"

"My lord," Xu Zun asked, "What's the situation in the palace now, have you found out those female assassins who might be brainwashed?"

Cai Kun shook his head: "It's a very important matter, so someone in the palace is naturally handling it. But... So far, no woman related to Taoist Qinglan or Marquis Changping has been found."

"I'm worried," Xu Zun said, "Because they were afraid of finding out directly, they changed the identities of those women and entered the palace through other secret channels!"

"You reminded me right, it seems..." Cai Kun looked at Xu Zun, nodded with satisfaction and said, "If you become my colleague in the future, you will definitely be a great talent!"

"My lord," Xu Zun continued, "that secret letter was indeed written by Daoist Qinglan, which shows that there are even bigger manipulators in the Xuanmen, so we have to guard against it!"

"Hmm..." Cai Kun nodded meaningfully, and said, "The revival of the Taoist cult has indeed become a serious concern to the Empress Dowager. The clues you found this time show that they are indeed conspiring to threaten the country. , we must take precautions early!
"Jiying, do you know how much credit you have made for finding out that Qinglanguan and Changpinghou's Mansion are both Taoist rebels?"

"The humble job is just to perform the duty," Xu Zun said, "Even so, he still got away from the two principal criminals, Taoist Master Qing Lan and Marquis Chang Ping..."

"That's not important anymore, hehe..." Cai Kun smiled, "The most important thing is that you have already won the Queen Mother's appreciation with your ability!"

As he spoke, he took out an exquisite scroll from his sleeve, and said in a deep voice, "Xu Zun accepts the order of Tang Zhou's punishment!"

"what?"

Xu Zun froze for a moment, and was about to bow down, but was stopped by Cai Kun.

"This is the Empress Dowager's secret decree," Cai Kun explained, "Since it is a secret decree, it is not easy to publicize it, as long as you know it yourself. Here, see for yourself!"

Xu Zun took the scroll with both hands, this time the feeling was completely different from Xinye County receiving the imperial decree, it felt both mysterious and nervous.

He didn't know, what will the queen mother give himself at this time?
Open the scroll, but see that it is extremely neat, like a printer-type text, which reads:

"Xu Zun my dear, I recently heard that you have repeatedly solved strange cases, relieved my Daxuan's worries, wiped out the rebels, and contributed to the community..."

The further you read, the more obscure and difficult to distinguish the characters. Xu Zun's ancient Chinese texts are not well learned, and he has to figure out every word before he can understand its meaning.

Thanks to the blessing of the function of Duoshe, otherwise it would be almost impossible to understand.

Judging from the opening paragraph, it is obvious that the queen mother admires her brave deeds in solving strange cases.Later, it seems that rewards are also mentioned, such as "a thousand taels of gold, a hundred pieces of silk and satin, etc..."

Cai Kun didn't expect Xu Zun to read it so hard, he thought he had already finished reading, so he waved to his subordinates, and someone immediately came forward with a delicate wooden box.

After opening it, I saw that the jewels in the box dazzled people's eyes. It was actually full of gold and silver jewels, and there was a stack of silver notes on top of it!
Then, two people behind brought up a large box, which contained exquisite and luxurious silk and satin.

"Jiying," Cai Kun said with a smile, "the queen mother knows your merits and should have promoted your position, but she was worried that it would be bad for you. After all, you were only a mere ninth-rank county captain a few months ago.

"So... I can only reward these things as a reward!"

"Thank you Empress Dowager! Thank you Empress Dowager for your kindness! Xu Zun is terrified! Xu Zun thank you! Thank you..." Xu Zun hurriedly saluted and thanked him, speaking incoherently.

"Don't worry," Cai Kun said again, "The Empress Dowager knows that you work hard in handling cases, and it is difficult to turn around every time you are in danger, so she specially dispatched eight master internal guards to protect you!"

After saying that, eight mighty and domineering guards walked into the hall with their heads held high, lined up, and saluted Xu Zun in unison.

"Ah, ah, ah..."

Xu Zun hurriedly returned the gift, muttering in his heart, didn't he say the queen mother's secret decree?Why do you still make such a publicity?

"From today," Cai Kun said, "these eight guards will be at your command, not only to protect your safety, but also to help you handle cases in the future!"

At this moment, the excitement in Xu Zun's heart can be imagined, he was naturally elated to receive such a reward from the Queen Mother, and felt that he was one step closer to his wish to live a lifetime.

However, when he tasted it carefully, he suddenly smelled an unusual smell.

"Lord Cai," Xu Zun said, "Xu Zun is grateful for the Queen Mother's favor and will remember it in his heart.

"But the humble position is frightening, so I dare to ask my lord, besides the reward, does the Queen Mother have any other instructions?"

"Hahaha..." Cai Kun laughed, immediately gave a thumbs up, and praised, "No wonder you can solve so many big cases, you really can't hide anything from you!"

As he spoke, Cai Kun took out another identical scroll from his sleeve, and said, "The Empress Dowager has a second secret order for you, accept it..."

(End of this chapter)