The last three kingdoms

Chapter 40

"Ajian, come here." Princess Ma shouted to a guard outside the door.

The guard, A Jian, quickly came to the front, cupped his hands and saluted, and said, "What's your order, madam?"

Princess Ma glanced at Liu Yin, and said to A Jian: "From tomorrow onwards, you will be the eldest son's personal guard, and you must protect him every step of the way. If there is a slight mistake, I will only ask you!"

"No!" A Jian said without any objection.

Concubine Ma said to Liu Yin with a smile: "A Jian is highly skilled in martial arts and possesses unique skills. From tomorrow onwards, let him protect you, so mother can feel at ease."

It must not be an ordinary person who can make Princess Ma so fancy. Liu Yin couldn't help but take a look at A Jian.His physique is as strong as a cow, and Kong Wu is powerful. Yes, this kind of physique can be regarded as a wrestler among the special forces of later generations, but Liu Yin noticed that his face shape is not the same as that of the Central Plains people. The lines are very hard, like a knife and an axe. , The deep eyes are brilliant and clear.

"A Jian is a Qiang, but he grew up in the Ma Mansion and is very loyal." Ma Wangfei was a little surprised when she saw Liu Yin, and said with a smile, "I sent him to Hanzhong a few days ago to pay homage to you. Grandfather, I just came back today. Ah Jian's skills are extraordinary, even three or five ordinary masters can't get close to him, let him be your guard, and mother will feel at ease."

Liu Yin knew that Ma Chao was very prestigious among the Qiang people, and there were many Qiang guards around him. This Ajian must be a descendant of Ma Chao's Qiang guards. Since Princess Ma made such an arrangement, Liu Yin readily accepted it.

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Yin got up as early as usual. This is a habit developed over the years. As usual, he would run two laps before punching.

But today Liu Yin found that there was an extra tail behind him, and he followed Liu Yin not far behind, like a shadow.

Liu Yin smiled knowingly, it seemed that the guard assigned by his mother was really dedicated to his duty.

After breakfast, just as Liu Yin left the mansion, A Jian had already brought the horse over. Liu Yin got on the horse and went straight to the lieutenant's mansion.

Most of the central government offices are located in the south of the imperial city. There are three government houses on Kaiyang Street alone.

The layout of Zhongwei's Mansion is a bit special, one mansion has three courtyards, the middle one is the office of Zhi Jinwu, the chief of Zhongwei's Mansion, the one on the left is the office of Lieutenant Zuo Cheng, and the one on the right is Liu Yin's own office.

Liu Yin didn't go to Lieutenant Youcheng's office first, but went to see Zhijinwu He Zeng first.

He Zeng is already over sixty years old. At this age, he is basically waiting to become an official. He does not seek meritorious service, but seeks no faults.The fact that Lieutenant Youcheng Liu Xing was taken away by Liu Chan on the Qingcheng Mountain yesterday and thrown into a sky prison really shocked He Zeng into a cold sweat. Although Lieutenant Youcheng was in charge of the inspection of Qingcheng Mountain, no matter what As a Shangguan, Zhi Jinwu also has an unshirkable leadership responsibility.

Fortunately, Liu Chan did not pursue other people's responsibilities, which finally made He Zeng secretly relieved, but he still didn't know whether the emperor would not pursue it for the time being, or just let it go?During this period of time, the emperor's temper has become moody, why have to be careful, don't touch the emperor's bad luck again.

The new lieutenant, Youcheng, was appointed by the emperor on the spot in Mount Qingcheng. Heard that it was a Habayashi who had done a great job in rescuing him, and was specially appointed by the emperor as lieutenant, Youcheng.

He has been up and down in the officialdom for most of his life, and he has never heard of anyone who can jump from a small official of four hundred stones to a position of more than two thousand stones in one step, but now the emperor is not playing cards according to common sense. Strange things happen and it is unknown.

What's more, the new Lieutenant You Cheng is not an ordinary person, a member of the royal family, Baling Marquis, and the Anping King who was a few years ago, since he was hand-picked by the emperor, he never dared to neglect him. He greeted them first.

"Lord Youcheng is really young and promising. I heard that when the emperor was assassinated yesterday, Lord Liu sacrificed himself to save him, so that he could keep the emperor safe. He is a young hero!" , still slightly taken aback.

"Your Excellency He praised you absurdly. As a subject, when the Lord is in danger, he should be obliged to do so. What merits do you have?" Liu Yin gave a humility.

After sitting down in the hall, Liu Yin talked about yesterday's assassination, saying: "The assassin is so arrogant, His Majesty is very angry. He wrote to the Lieutenant's Mansion to solve the case within a time limit and capture the culprit. The next official was ordered in danger. He was appointed as Lieutenant You Cheng for the first time. I don't understand." There are still many things, and I hope Master He can give me some advice."

"I don't dare to be an official. Since the Holy Majesty has appointed Mr. Liu as the head of the investigation, the whole of the Lieutenant's House should work together to help Mr. Liu, and this officer is no exception. Mr. Liu just act according to the holy will. We will wait for you." Help yourself." He Zeng only thought that he could return to his official position in peace, but he didn't want to lose his life at the end of the year, since the emperor had assigned Liu Yin to handle this assassination incident, he definitely had no intention of getting ahead.

Liu Yin came here because he also wanted to find out He Zeng's tone. After all, He Zeng was his immediate boss. If he was holding back, it would invisibly bring him a lot of trouble.

But fortunately, it is obvious that Mr. He is very knowledgeable, and he took the initiative to give up all the power of handling the case to Liu Yin.But it's normal when you think about it, it's almost time to retire and become an official, He Zeng can't afford to work hard anymore, muddling along, eating and waiting to die, maybe it's his only choice.

In He Zeng's office, Liu Yin also met Lieutenant Zuo Cheng Du Bi. Du Bi, who was in his 40s, looked young and vigorous. I heard that he was a well-known military school lieutenant before. He broke into the enemy's interior and made outstanding achievements repeatedly. Among them, it is his contribution to instigate the rebellion against Xiahouba.

However, Lieutenant Zuocheng and Lieutenant Youcheng are the right-hand men of Zhijinwu. They are established in parallel and have no affiliation with each other. Except for the exchange of information, it is obvious that the left and right are respectively affiliated to two teams, and there is not much intersection. Yudi greeted him politely, then took his leave and left.

When they came to the official office of Lieutenant Youcheng, Feng Quan, Zhang Le, Zhao Zhuo and other officials from the official office had already arrived.

Zhang Le still looked the same as before. Seeing Liu Yin brought a guard with him, he said in a strange way: "Master Youcheng has just taken office, and his style is really different. He also brought a personal guard. That's right, he didn't bring a guard with him yesterday, how dangerous it would be." Ah, fortunately the assassin's sword missed, otherwise it would be really hard to say whether I can see you today, my lord."

Everyone knew Zhang Le's temper, but on this occasion Zhang Le didn't show any face to the newly appointed Lord You Cheng. Everyone's eyes were on Liu Yin, wanting to see how Liu Yin would deal with it.

(End of this chapter)