Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 3 Run an Errand Show (Third Watch)

The Imperial City Secretary only obeys the emperor's orders. As the eyes and ears of the emperor, the Imperial City Secretary has great power. He not only controls the prohibition of entering and leaving the palace, but also monitors the daily life of civil and military officials, detects strange stories and strange things among the people, and directly reports to the emperor.

For example, in this peace talks, Xingguo's envoys must be accompanied by people from the Imperial City Investigation Department. It is naturally much more convenient to find out who leaked secrets and treasoned the country.

The Privy Council, which is in charge of all military affairs, can only watch.

The latest round of peace talks is in Anping County.

Although Anping County is located in the north and is close to the border, it is very safe because it is surrounded by mountains on three sides and is condescending. Years of wars have not affected Anping County.

The location of Anping County is unique. It is useless for the northern barbarians to attack it, but it is easy to become a turtle in the urn of Xingguo. People in such a place only think that they have the right time and place, and it is a blessed place, but they do not know that there is a huge secret hidden behind it. , and this secret has been hidden for hundreds of years. A few days ago, because of a bamboo slip, it was noticed by the soldiers of the Imperial City Investigation Division. After several careful investigations, the commander of the Imperial City Division Chen Zhong quietly Came to Anping County.

Those who investigate leaks and treason really don't need the Si Zun of the Imperial City Division to come in person, unless something that Emperor Jing Yun thinks is extremely important happens.

……

Wu Chen didn't expect Xianyu to turn around overnight!At least half of it has been turned over, and the stomach can be full.

Although they are not as good as the sophomores, Qian Yong and the others are dressed in brocade clothes, but they can also wear cloth shirts and hemp shoes. They also ate porridge, powder soup, and steamed cakes in the morning, and Wu Chen loosened his belt.

The big head even opened his clothes and rolled up his sleeves. Those who knew it was eating breakfast, but those who didn't know it thought that the big head was going to work hard and work hard.

The two of them ate in the house, and there was no one else around. After the big head was full, he wanted to crawl on the bed, but Wu Chen grabbed him and scolded him, "You are not a pig, why do you only eat and sleep!"

"Last night, I was so scared that I lost half my life. I should make up for it today."

"You only lost half your life last night, maybe in a few days, your whole life is gone!"

"It's not a loss to be a full ghost!" The big head said and went to bed.

Wu Chen got annoyed and said, "You can't find me when you wake up, so don't cry!"

"Where are you going? There is food and drink here, why are you leaving?"

Seeing the stupid words written all over Datou's round face, Wu Chen shook his head again and again, and persuaded himself, "If he wasn't like this, he wouldn't have followed you."

The big head complained: "You are like this, you always don't know who you are talking to."

Wu Chen felt a little guilty when he thought that he had devoted himself to death last night without thinking about the big head, so he said patiently:

"Listen well, food, clothing and clothing will not be cheap for you and me, and eating people's mouths are short, you always understand this truth?"

The big head nodded and said: "If they need us, we will find them. Don't delay your sleep. If you call me when the time comes, I will get up immediately."

"Haven't you ever wondered what they'll let us do?"

The big head blinked.

Wu Chen reminded again: "Think about what you saw last night?"

"Let us kill people?" Datou was shocked.

Wu Chen waved his hand and said, "At most we will be killed!"

Wu Chen glanced at the stunned big head, and didn't care if the big head could understand or not, he just said what was on his mind.

"They are all nobles, and they are nobles from Kyoto. They must have something to do with the peace talks when they went to such a remote place as Anping County... I thought so at first, but today my mind is clearer, and I don't think that's the case. You Think about it, they are people with status, since they came here for peace talks, how could they be hunted down? There must be other things that cannot be known by others, otherwise, if the county magistrate came forward to welcome the hospitality, who would dare to touch them? Are they in the slightest? It can only be said that what they did must be extremely secretive."

Big head opened his mouth and looked at Wu Chen, his eyes were very puzzled.

"Do you think it has nothing to do with you and me if the nobles want to do some secret things?"

Big head nods.

"Oh, the fight last night, the people around the nobleman must have lost a lot of people, and I couldn't do it immediately, and I couldn't believe it when I found some people in Anping County temporarily. Unlike you and me, they are already beggars. Can you be more innocent? Didn't you see that last night we followed Gu You and the others in the dark and turned left and right for a while before arriving at this house. It can be seen that they are still hiding. Same as last night, do you think we can still live?"

The big head nodded and said: "The two of us are staying here to protect the nobleman, and to die in a critical moment."

Wu Chen didn't speak. He listened carefully with his ears stretched out, until he heard a soft 'kuang', and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

……

Chen Zhong leaned halfway on the bed, had just drank the medicine, and when he heard the sophomore general Wu Chen repeat what he had just said to Datou, he laughed and said, "I actually underestimated him."

Gu Youli stood aside and asked blankly: "Keep or kill?"

Chen Zhong waved his hand and said, "It's time for employing people. It's rare for this guy to have some brains. Give him some broken silver and ask him to sit on the street facing the second floor of Yuxian Tower. Come back in the afternoon and tell me what interesting things he saw. thing."

Gu You stepped back.

Wu Chen got his wish.

To be valued, you need to be valuable!Wu Chen felt that his chance to perform had come, even though he still didn't know what kind of cadre that eunuch was?What's wrong with coming to Anping County?But in Wu Chen's eyes, this is an opportunity, a chance to make a big splash, a breath of life, that's what he's talking about, not to mention he has a mission.

……

Don’t look at the name of Yuxianlou. In Anping County, there is no restaurant with a row of noodles. In Anping County, there are several streams in the mountains that converge into the An River and flow through the county. There are restaurants with rows of noodles in the county. At night, the shops on both sides of the Anhe River are lit up, as bright as day, and it is a place that some literati and wealthy businessmen like to patronize.

And Yuxian Tower is not on the riverside with beautiful scenery to enjoy, but on the East Street not far from Dongcheng Gate.

There are a lot of shops around Yuxian Tower, such as incense and medicine shops, cloth and silk shops, inns, medical centers, rice shops, butcher shops, all of which are a bit messy. It can be seen that it is a place frequented by ordinary people, especially for the convenience of entering and exiting the city gate.

And the house where Wu Chen and the others lived happened to be not far from Yuxian Tower.

……

Wu Chen took a brief shower, tied up his long hair, put on the clean clothes that Gu You brought, and walked out the door with a few taels of silver in his arms.

He himself felt that there was a bit of a dandy taste.

Although he has only been here for more than a dozen days, Wu Chen knows the streets and alleys of Anping County quite well. As he walked, he thought about the purpose of Chen Zhong and his group's trip. It stands to reason that their current hiding place should be extremely hidden. , It was dark last night and I couldn't see clearly, I turned and turned, I couldn't tell the direction, but when I came out today, Wu Chen could see clearly, this is just the back alley of the haunted house yesterday, even with the lights For the reason of being black, he shouldn't be allowed to come out so easily. Isn't it afraid that he will reveal his hiding place?

(End of this chapter)