That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 134
The main hall of the Prince's Mansion of Shendu County.

Xiao Quji sat on the main seat, looked at Yang Shihe who was half kneeling in front of the hall, and said in a strange way: "Yang Shihe, it's amazing, he wiped out the Du family in a blink of an eye, and now he came to our county again in the middle of the night The palace, what's the matter, I want to arrest this king as a remnant of the previous dynasty? Speaking of it, my old Xiao family is also a member of the previous dynasty. The ancestor Jing Emperor was the humerus of the Dazheng Taizu Emperor, and the Wuzu Emperor was the Dazheng Emperor. As the prime minister of the Shenzong Dynasty, this king is a member of the clan, and he is indeed qualified to be a remnant of the previous dynasty."

This young dignitary dressed in a python robe is imposing, and he has no scruples in the face of the high-ranking official of the Dark Guard Mansion, and he is sincere in every word. In the final analysis, because he is a clan, even if he makes a mistake, it will only be attributed to him. The clan's mansion is managed, and although the secret guard has great authority, it still cannot control him, so there is no fear in the slightest.

Yang Shi He, who was half kneeling on the ground, did not change his face, and said calmly: "Your Highness is serious, how dare I have such thoughts, but I am afraid that the traitor will escape into the county king's mansion in the chaos and disturb Your Highness, so I am here. Come to the door in the middle of the night, please forgive me once or twice, Your Highness."

Xiao Quji narrowed his eyes, suppressed his anger and sneered, "Master Yang is really very loyal, so what if I don't forgive you?"

Yang Master He Ping said calmly: "Then please write a letter to His Majesty, please punish this humble official, and I will never complain."

The sneer on Xiao Quji's face was even worse, "Master Yang, are you using your majesty to suppress this king?"

Master Yang lowered his head, "I don't dare."

Xiao Quji snorted coldly, "Whether you dare or not, you know it in your heart. This king knows that he is no match for the two royal princes, King Qi and King Yan. When has anyone ever seen a dark guard dare to break into the palace of these two princes late at night?" ? Aren’t they all obediently waiting in front of the door!”

Master Yang didn't speak.

Because the fact is true, if it is replaced by Qi Wang Xiaobai or Yan Wang Xiaoli, not to mention that he is just a governor of the Dark Guard Mansion, even if the three major governors come, he would not dare to act presumptuously, especially Qi Wang Xiaoli. Bai is the eldest son of His Majesty and the one who is most likely to inherit the great lineage. If he offends him, how can the world have a place in the future?

Xiao Quji was still angry, so he didn't say a word, he simply left Yang Shihe here.

After a while, Yang Shihe stood up from the ground by himself, and said flatly: "If His Royal Highness Qi Wang is here, even if he is extremely angry in his heart, he will not lose his temper in front of the humble minister, but will speak softly and be polite. It is said that the chest is as deep as the city, and the heart is as dangerous as the mountains and rivers. From the perspective of the city, His Highness is indeed not as numerous as His Royal Highness King Qi."

"You are bold!" Xiao Quji slapped the armrest of the seat violently, and the solid wood armrest was shattered and turned into powder.

Yang Shihe's eyes froze, this seemingly out-of-the-ordinary wandering king is actually a master?Look at the power of this palm, it can reach the level two realm.

An old servant appeared beside Xiao Quji at some point, with his upper body leaning forward slightly, his hands hanging by his side, and a layer of gloom hung over his usually smiling face. smell.

Yang Shihe was stared at by this person, the energy in his body seemed to be restless, he was horrified, he had heard that Mr. Pingan had selected young men with good qualifications from the 24 yamen in the palace, trained them carefully, and sent them to Entering the mansions of various vassals and princes to serve as the chief eunuch, who is both a surveillance and a guard, and directly obeys the emperor's orders. Could it be that this person is the chief eunuch arranged by the palace in the county prince's mansion?

Thinking of this, why didn't Master Yang dare to be careless, and knelt down again, lowered his head and lowered his eyes: "I don't dare."

Xiao Quji scolded angrily: "Don't dare? Why don't you dare?! This county prince's mansion has also been searched by your people, don't you want to give up until you ride on the king's neck?"

Yang Shihe lowered his eyes and said softly: "It's getting late, Your Highness should rest earlier, I will take my leave first, and I will come to His Highness's house to apologize at another day."

After finishing speaking, Master Yang stood up and retreated slowly.

After Yang Shihe retreated, the anger on Xiao Quji's face gradually disappeared. Five percent of the anger just now was real anger, and the other five percent was an excuse. My king!"

The old servant said softly: "Your Highness, don't get angry, if you want to destroy him, you must first make him arrogant."

Xiao Quji said in a cold voice: "Being disturbed by this dog slave, you don't need to sleep tonight, Lao Wang, why don't you go for a walk around the city with me, and take a look at what will happen after the Du family is destroyed. "

"No." The old servant bowed lightly.

On the other side, Xu Beiyou took advantage of the night and the rain to kill two soldiers. After destroying the corpses of the two soldiers, he and Lu Pu put on the armor of soldiers and followed Du Zihan out of the inn.

It was still raining heavily outside, and the torches wrapped in tarpaulins in the hands of the hidden guards on the street were in a trance under the rain, and it was not very clear.

The three of them walked towards the city gate in the heavy rain.

It has to be said that the overall quality of the dark guards in the Central Plains Dark Guard Mansion is obviously higher than that of the Northwest Dark Guard Mansion. There are many masters of fourth-rank and fifth-rank cultivation bases, and even third-rank cultivation bases are not rare, and there are even a few. A master of the first and second ranks.

Xu Beiyou couldn't help sighing in his heart, no matter whether it was the Chonglong Temple or the Northwest Dark Guard Mansion, there were no masters. It seemed that the bitter cold land in the northwest was not taken seriously by the Taoists and the imperial court. I have taken out what I have, so if I want to broaden my horizons, I still have to enter the customs domain to see how big the world is.

With the identity of a hidden guard, ordinary cavalry soldiers dare not stop them. The group arrived not far from Dingding Gate unimpeded, and then was stopped by a group of cavalry.

I saw horseshoes stomping on the ground, roaring harshly, and more than a hundred light cavalry in bright armor divided into two teams, galloped past the three people, and then surrounded the three people.

This team of cavalry is not the Yuzhou garrison who was transferred into the city, but the Ti cavalry belonging to the headquarters of the dark guard, with a unified standard saber and a strong crossbow on their backs. It is outstanding, even if it is not inferior to the elite battalion of the Northwest Army and the Tianzi's Army.

Standing behind Du Zihan, Xu Beiyou frowned subconsciously. Where did he see his flaws?Or is there something wrong with the inn?Or is this just a routine intercept check?
A tall dark guard in black armor jumped out of the line and walked forward slowly. When he was a dozen steps away from the three of them, he stopped and asked condescendingly, "Which department are you from?"

Under the Baihutang of the Anwei Mansion, there are two town governors in the north and south. Among them, the north town governor added a seal letter in the tenth year of Taiping, and all matters were submitted to the emperor. The cabinet, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, etc. have no right to intervene, and the power has reached its peak. The current governor of Beizhen Fusi, Fu Zhongtian, is known as the head of the Dark Guard Mansion, which shows the great power in his hands.

Under the Fusi of the two towns, it is divided into eight sub-prefectures, namely the Northwest Dark Guard Mansion, the Central Plains Dark Guard Mansion, the Jiangnan Dark Guard Mansion, the Northeast Dark Guard Mansion, the Southeast Dark Guard Mansion, the Southern Border Dark Guard Mansion, and the Outer Territory Dark Guard Mansion. and the Zhili Dark Guard Mansion are each led by a governor, and each branch governs several prefectures, and each prefecture has a department. Take the Northwest Dark Guard Mansion as an example, it has the Shanzhou Dark Guard Division, Xiliang Prefecture Dark Guard Division, Xihe Prefecture Dark Guard Division, Zhongdu Dark Guard Division, etc., each division has an inspector, and the counties further down set up guards of different sizes, with inspectors and supervisors separately.

Today's Central Plains Dark Guard Mansion has jurisdiction over Shendu Dark Guard Division, Yuzhou Dark Guard Division, Huizhou Dark Guard Division, etc. This time, under the order of the Central Plains Dark Guard Mansion Governor Qian Shiyang Shi He, the entire Central Plains Dark Guard Mansion came out in full force , all major officials were mixed together, that's why the secret guard in front of him asked this question.

Du Zihan replied respectfully: "Reporting to the Inspector, the subordinate is the Inspector directly under the Central Plains Dark Guard Mansion, and is not under the control of the local department."

The inspector of the hidden guard narrowed his eyes, "Directly under the command of the governor, Mr. Shi? But why are the two behind you ordinary soldiers? Shouldn't there be Tiqi in the dark guard's mansion?"

Du Zihan was suffocated suddenly, and after a while, he slowly said: "Report to my lord, all the Tiqi in the mansion were taken away by the governor, so the subordinates had to replace them with ordinary soldiers."

The inspector sneered, and said sadly: "Since you use ordinary soldiers, according to the law of my mansion, you must have more than a hundred people. Why do you only bring two people? I'm afraid these two are not soldiers!?"

(End of this chapter)