A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 359: Whistleblowing on a large-scale live-action script
Luoyang, unknown courtyard

This place was the temporary residence of Tang and Zhou Dynasties in Luoyang. The original owner was a believer of Taiping Dao. In order to make it easier to settle down, Taiping Dao bought this yard and sent the owner's family out of the city.

In a room in the small courtyard, Tang Zhou was lying on the bed with his eyes blank, thinking about his future retreat. Now he had embezzled Taipingdao's funds, and he still owed dozens of gold in gambling debts.

He can't go back to Taiping Road. If those insiders reveal their corruption to Ma Yuanyi, he will definitely not get any good results.

Moreover, now that the imperial court has learned about Taiping Dao's rebellion, whether this rebellion will succeed or not remains to be discussed.

I have been Zhang Jiao's adopted disciple since he was a child. I have followed him all over the world and have been on horseback for more than ten years. There is no merit but hard work, right? Now that I have the conditions, can't I enjoy it?
In addition, his relatives starved to death when they were young, and they were all alone on Taiping Road, with no worries. The only one who could be sorry was Zhang Jiao.

But now there were two or three big men outside the door, and two more were standing under the window. He was being watched closely.

Even if you want to run away, if someone from Taiping Dao comes to your door, the corruption will definitely be exposed. When the two parties encounter each other, they will either be killed by Taiping Dao believers or exposed to the court by these "guards". He was arrested by the court, tortured and died.

Since you are going to die anyway, why can't you choose the path that is best for you?

Tang Zhou decided to reveal the purpose and information of Taiping Road directly to the court. In this way, he would not only receive protection from the court, but also receive a large reward. Wouldn't it be good to continue living his own luxurious life?
Thinking of this, Tang Zhou suddenly stood up and walked out of the door. Several "guards" followed him silently. As long as Tang Zhou did not leave Luoyang, the six of them would not interfere with Tang Zhou's behavior. After all, they were big clients and it was normal to have privileges.

But when Tang Zhou opened the courtyard door on Monday, there were more than a dozen men wearing embroidered robes and gloomy faces standing in front of the door. Each of them was equipped with a waist knife and stared directly at Tang Zhou.

"Are you Tang Zhou?"

Tang Zhou looked at the people at the door and knew in his heart who they were. It was because his abnormal behavior in the theater was known to the court.

"Exactly."

"Catch him!"

"Hold on! Who are you? This person is a guest of our Five Colors Expo. Even if he is a member of the government, it is not good to arrest him like this, right?"

A "guard" behind Tang Zhou stood in front of Tang Zhou and said with an ugly face.

One of the men in embroidered clothes sneered: "Who are you? The messenger in embroidered clothes is doing something. Get away, or you will be arrested together."

That's right, these people are the Han's intelligence agency - the Embroidered Clothes Messenger.

The Embroidered Clothes Messenger was first created by Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and had great power. It was a method he used to match the governor system and monitor the world. In the last years of Emperor Wu, the Embroidered Clothes Messenger's power reached its peak.

However, after the death of Emperor Wu, the later Han emperors disbanded under the pressure of the ministers who were deeply poisoned by him, and only retained the governor system.

After Liu Hong ascended the throne, the Han Dynasty went through many power reshuffles, and finally the eunuch group won a great victory. Liu Hong himself hated complicated political affairs and liked to have fun, so many positions were set up to handle specific daily affairs for him.

But Liu Hong didn't like other things to be out of his control, so he re-established the Embroidered Clothes Envoy to achieve the purpose of controlling the overall situation without leaving the West Garden.

Unlike Bai's centuries-old secret guards, the embroidered messengers have greater rights. The leader of the Bai family's secret guards is called the commander, the supervisor of the secret guards in each state is called the secret guard of a certain state, the one at the county level is called the chief of the secret guard of a certain county, and the one at the county level is called the chief of the secret guard of a certain county.

The original secret guards were called shadow guards, but under the restructuring of Bai Guangcheng and Wang Bai Guan, they were renamed secret guards. All the original intelligence, picketing, arrest, assassination and other functions were cancelled. Only the intelligence function was retained, and only minor functions were included. Some functions such as assassination to assist in obtaining intelligence.

Making the Secret Guard a complete intelligence organization, not only the level of specialization has been significantly improved, but the funds consumed have also been significantly reduced.

As for the domestic supervision tasks, the Bai family handed over all the supervision tasks to the Sikong Mansion, which was completed by the various censors, supervisory censors, and supervisory censors of the Sikong Mansion.

Also because of Bai Guan's transformation of the secret guards, the secret guards completely disappeared from the eyes of the world, which once again increased the degree of secrecy of the Bai Kingdom and greatly reduced the royal family's fear of the Bai Kingdom.

As for the Quan family of the Bai Kingdom, because of the secret guards going underground, they gradually became a big family in the breeding industry in the eyes of the world. A big family that was good at taming animals, they ignored that their family was the source of the main members of the secret guards.

Unlike the Secret Guard, the Embroidered Clothes Messenger is an organization with a history of three hundred years, but only has a dozen years of experience. Not only were their intelligence capabilities low, but their investigative capabilities were also lacking, which made Taipingdao develop so rapidly under their noses without even noticing it.

Their ability in this area is not even as good as the dead soldiers and hidden stakes trained by some aristocratic families.

However, although their eyesight is not good, their mobility is very strong. As long as Liu Hong gives an order or discovers something that is not conducive to Liu Hong's interests.

The specific situation can be placed on Liu Hong's desk on the second day, and the person can be arrested and brought to justice by relying on the power of the court on the third day.

The leader of the Xiuyi Messengers is called Xiuyi Zhizhi, and there are twelve of them. Yes, they are the regular servants of the Twelve Middle School. This is why the Xiuyi Messenger never discovered Taipingdao's movements in Luoyang. Because there are two people obstructing it.

The dozen embroidered cloth messengers who came to arrest Tang Zhou today were embroidered cloth messengers under Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, and they did not let Feng Xu and Xu Feng know.

The manager behind the Five Colors Expo was none other than Zhao Zhong. Tang Zhou's unusual behavior of spending a lot of money in the Expo quickly attracted the attention of his embroidered envoys.

A few days ago, a minister wrote a letter that there was a rebellion in Taiping Dao. With this Tang and Zhou Dynasty, Zhao Zhong had to think of it.

He also asked people to investigate Tang Zhou, and found that Tang Zhou seemed to have appeared out of thin air. Not only was his origins false, but his directions were also false.

This is the scene in front of the door now. When the "guard" heard that he was the embroidered messenger, he quickly stepped aside and stayed away from Tang Zhou.

Tang Zhou sighed and said to the embroidered messenger in front of him: "You don't need to arrest me. I am willing to tell everything I know, but I need someone with enough weight to come. Your status is not enough. It's about Taiping Road. .”

The messenger in embroidered clothes felt unhappy after listening to Tang Zhou's words, and said sternly: "Whether it is enough or not is not something you, a prisoner of the imperial court, can decide. Follow me to the prison first, and then we will discuss the question of whether it is enough or not. Come here, give it to me. Shackles.”

So Tang Zhou was imprisoned in prison.

A few days later, a middle-aged eunuch with a white face, beardless, luxurious clothes, and unruly behavior entered the prison where Tang Zhou was located. After a while, the man hurriedly left.

Shortly after the eunuch left, the prison suddenly strengthened its guards several times and refused to admit all criminals. All the prisoners who were originally intended to be sent here and were on the way were transferred to other prisons.

On the third day, Tang Zhou, who was covered in scars, disheveled, dirty and smelly, wearing bracelets and anklets, was pulled out by several sergeants.

Several sergeants threw him in the open space, and three men came out with wooden buckets. Tang Zhou was directly poured a basin of cold water from head to toe by one of them.
Then they washed away the dirt on him like an animal, put him in clean clothes, pushed him into a carriage, and headed to the west of the city.

Outside Luoyang City, due west of Nangong, Xiyuan (西园)
Liu Hongzheng was walking in a lively market composed of thousands of palace maids and eunuchs, each of whom had a unique role, whether it was a woman bargaining, a fussy merchant, or a nobleman in gorgeous clothes. .

As long as there are characters and items that should appear in the market, they are all there. But there is only one thing that is not there, that is, the refugees and beggars that are found in every city.

"Hey, how do you sell this fruit?" Liu Hongzheng pretended to be an ordinary person and said to the Western Region businessman in front of him.

"Dear guest, this fruit costs five cents each. I brought it from far away in the Western Region. It is fragrant, sweet and delicious. If you don't believe it, you can have a taste!"

The businessman from the Western Regions introduced Liu Hong in broken Chinese.

This businessman from the Western Regions is also a fake, disguised as a purified eunuch from the Western Regions. In the entire Han Dynasty, there were only these few foreign eunuchs. Liu Hong asked him to play the role of merchants from the Western Regions to reflect the rich variety of items in the Han Dynasty.

Liu Hong picked up a Western Region fruit as thick as his thumb, tasted it, nodded and said, "This fruit of yours is indeed fragrant and sweet, very delicious."

The "Businessman from the Western Regions" said proudly: "Yes, distinguished guest, buy some. Buying some back will not only allow your family to taste the delicacies of this distant place, but also use it to receive distinguished guests. You will definitely not lose money."

Liu Hong nodded, then pretended to be reluctant and said: "It's delicious, but it's too expensive. How can you get five cents? Three cents each is about the same."

"Oh, dear guest, this can't be done. I brought this all the way from the Western Regions. It costs three cents a piece. It's a loss. It's a loss. It can't be sold. It can't be sold. If your guest really wants it, it costs nine cents for two. How about it?"

Liu Hong shook his head and said: "It's only three cents. If you want to sell it, I will buy it, and I will buy more."

The businessman from the Western Region shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, this is going to be a loss. Nine cents is the lowest price I can offer."

Liu Hong still insisted on persuading: "Three cents, if you are willing, I will cover it all. This will prevent you from selling it for a long time, so that you can return to your hometown early. I think your wife and children far away must be thinking of you."

The merchant from the Western Regions hesitated for a while, looked at Liu Hong, and said with some reluctance: "Four cents a piece, a distinguished guest, no more."

Liu Hong made a gesture and was about to leave. When he took three steps, a merchant from the Western Regions caught up with him and said loudly: "Dear guest, please stay for three cents. I see that your guest really likes me. I have stayed in Dahan for a long time. I will never go back." , my family can no longer recognize me. I sold it."

Liu Hong looked relieved and asked Zhang Rang, who was dressed as an entourage behind him, to pack up. While waiting to pack the bag, the Western businessman was still chattering:
"Your distinguished guest is really awesome. If you want to do business, you must be a big businessman. I'm really willing to be the loser."

While Liu Hong was enjoying the flattery of the merchants from the Western Regions, Zhao Zhong, dressed as a eunuch, hurriedly ran to Liu Hong and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the prisoner Tang Zhou has been brought here."

Zhao Zhong was completely out of tune with the market, like a steel needle that burst the bubble. Although the people around them were still doing things consistent with their status, their entire energy was focused on Zhao Zhong and Liu Hong.

Liu Hong looked unhappy, but he still knew what was important and what was not.

So he changed his face from the smug look just now, exuding the aura of his Nine-Fifth Supreme Being, and said with an indifferent expression: "Go back to the palace!"

Zhao Zhong, who was kneeling on the ground, immediately stood up, walked to the side, stood up straight, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please drive back to the palace!!!"

In an instant, people all over the street stood neatly on the side of the road, kneeling down with their legs and knocking their heads on the ground without looking up, showing their humility most vividly.

The same is true for the Western Region businessman just now.

After Liu Hong left and there was no sound in the audience, these people dared to get up only after Zhang Rang specially reminded him to leave the eunuch beside him.

Just when the merchant from the Western Regions stood up with a tired look on his face and collected the fruits in front of him in despair, a eunuch walked up to him and said loudly:
"Your Majesty said that you performed very well this time and that you have merit. He will allow you to leave the palace and return to your hometown, and reward you with thirty pieces of gold. After one month, you can return to the country with the tribute mission from the Western Regions."

The eunuch who was born in the Western Regions was already full of tears. He knelt down to receive the order like a pilgrim, and then sat on the ground and cried bitterly. I have lost my future and have been in this palace for more than forty years. Today I can finally get my wish and go home.

The other palace maids and eunuchs who saw all this looked at him with envy and longing in their eyes.

(End of this chapter)