Chapter 72 Killing

After the emperor ascended the throne, the secret ward was made public. Its leader Yuan Hao was named Zhongyong Bo, and the three deputy commanders were also named Kaiguo County. However, for a moment, everyone looked at the four newly-emerged officials in the court. The officials felt like a ray of light on their backs, and they felt extremely uncomfortable when they saw the four people. After all, no one wanted to always have a pair of eyes looking at them behind them.

For a moment, Yuan Hao and others became public enemies of officials. Ministers often pointed their finger at Yuan Hao and others, and suggested to the emperor several times that the ward guard department was abolished. The reason was naturally that this move would make ministers feel disappointed and detrimental to the monarch and ministers.

The secret guard is equivalent to the emperor's eyes and ears. Yang Yong naturally will not destroy himself. Throughout history, he has been hypocritical on the surface, secretly corrupt and abused the law, and has many ministers who have made ill-intentioned plans. Although spy politics is not good, in feudal society, the imperial power is high and there is definitely no spy politics at all. No matter how fiercely the ministers oppose it, the secret guard still retains it.

In order to prevent the power of the Deep Clothes Guard from expanding too much like the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Yong also had many restrictions on the Deep Clothes Guard. For officials of the court above the seventh rank, the Deep Clothes Guard only had the power to collect information. Whether they committed crimes or not, they did not have the power to directly search and arrest them. However, the Deep Clothes Guard was much more relaxed for officials below the seventh rank, and they also had the right to not be interfered by local officials when handling cases. However, they still had to be restricted by the Ministry of Justice, and the officials breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the Secret Guard made public appearance in the court, most of its members still secretly operated, forming two systems, one light and one dark. Over the years, the Secret Guard has developed even more rapidly, with strongholds in almost every county. Relying on the support of the emperor, countless industries have been secretly opened, including inns, brothels, restaurants, and teahouses. For industries like Sihai Inn, there are at least a hundred schools across the country.

Of course, this is also a secret for the industries of the secret wardrobe guards. Otherwise, if you know that you are being monitored by one ear and ear, no one dares to go in and consume. Once exposed, the secret wardrobe guards will give up. Therefore, although there are many industries that are set up by the secret wardrobe guards in the country, it is true and false. Except for the insiders of the secret wardrobe guards, no one knows the truth or false.

Relying on the cover of these industries, the secret wardrobe guard not only has most of the funds to be self-sufficient, but also can easily find out various news. Yang Yong can basically maintain his cleverness in the outside world.

But after the guy from Sihai Inn went out, he stared at the young man in gray all the way. Outside Sihai Inn was the most lively Zhuque Street in the capital. Among them, there were inns and restaurants. The young man in gray seemed to have no idea about the guys following him. He entered the big restaurants and inns, and all of them found the scholars who came to Beijing to talk to each inn. Each young man in gray only talked once, and whether it was sold or not, the young man in gray left immediately. However, it seemed that the young man in gray had good eyes and eloquence. He entered eight stores in a row and sold seven times in total, and only once failed.

The guy who followed behind was stunned. In a blink of an eye, the young man in gray had earned nearly a hundred gold coins. What does this money mean? A seventh-rank county magistrate of the Great Sui Dynasty, except for Lumi, had a salary of only 30 stagnant per year. In half a day, the young man in gray had earned a salary of 30 years.

After coming out of the eighth big restaurant, there may be no test questions in the gray-clothed young man's clothes. Finally, he stopped entering the restaurant and inn. He glanced around and entered an ordinary alley. The guy looked at the sky, was in a dark worry, but he followed him in.

At this time, it was almost dark. After a while, another person appeared in the alley. He looked down and checked the marks left in the alley. He turned several turns in a row. He was shocked to see several figures holding swords, and the guy who had followed him had already fallen to the ground.

"Run quickly." The man flashed a thought and turned around and ran backwards. But before he could escape a few steps, his chest suddenly hurt, and his feet were suddenly heavier, and he couldn't take any steps. He looked down and saw a triangular arrow that penetrated his chest. He smiled bitterly. Since the other party had a long arrow in the army, a burst of darkness attacked him and fell to the ground with a bang.

There were five people in the alley, and the former young man in gray was among them. The other four were all fierce, holding swords in their hands. One of them said in a deep voice: "Let's go through, who are these two?"

One person exclaimed: "It seems that they are all the guys from Sihai Inn."

The gray-clothed young man said with a pale face and a little scared: "Will you make a mistake? They were not following me."

"Far, if we hadn't been guarding the alley, and you brought this tail to the Lord, you would never escape the Lord's anger even if you had ten lives."

The gray-clothed young man's originally pale face turned whiter, and it was obviously another person's words frightened.

"Put the arrow, chop the wound with a knife a few more times, and leave quickly. Although it is in a lie, it is hard to guarantee that no one will come."

"Yes." As the whispered, several people quickly repaired the wound several times, then threw the body aside, and several people quickly disappeared into the darkening sky.

The owner of Sihai Inn kept smiling, as if nothing had happened. The business in the lobby was good. It was not until the evening when three strangers entered the inn, and the boss left the counter and led a few strangers into a secret room behind.

As soon as he entered the secret room, the fat shop owner immediately knelt down: "Dong Zhenghao, the chief of the secret guard, met with the Baihu Guard."

A man in his thirties and a thin face was obviously Wei Baihu of the secret guard. He raised his hand and said, "Get up, Lord Dong, you send an emergency signal to let me come over, but something important happened."

"I dare not hide it from the adults. Although I don't know whether this matter is true or false, it is really urgent. Only the humble official dares to use emergency information to convey it to the adults." After saying that, Dong Zhenghao told the scene that happened in the restaurant lobby at noon and expressed his guess.

When Wei Baihu heard that the secret of the exam questions might be leaked, he was shocked: "This matter is quite a bit serious. Regardless of whether it is true or false, we must find out the truth. Is there any problem with the person you sent?"

The Wei Baihu Ming Yun is still a member of the general Wei Zisheng. The secret guards are mostly officials. The members of the secret guards rarely summon the children of various clans. Wei Yun is different. He violated the clan rules and was expelled from the Wei family. In order not to let the Wei family underestimate him, he vowed to stand upright in the court. Finally, he joined the secret guards and explained the secret guards to the court. He almost made General Wei Zisheng fall into the court, and he also made meritorious service to the cabin.

It is not easy for members of the secret ward to stand upright in the court. They have to make enough contributions to the Qianhu family. Now that they are about to fall into their hands, Wei Yun is excited.

"If you want to know the master, you will be sent two people in the first and second place. As long as he settles down, he will definitely not be able to escape." Dong Zhenghao said confidently.

"That's good." Wei Yun nodded and asked, "Did the scholar who bought the test questions monitor?"

"Yes, yes, he is living in Sihai Inn. Beizhi has sent someone to stare. Do you want to arrest him immediately?"

Wei Yun thought for a moment and frowned and said, "No, in a few days, it will be the day of the big test. If it causes a lot of controversy, no matter whether the test questions are leaked and fake, it will be detrimental to the imperial examination. I wonder how many people are hoping that the imperial examination will not be held. If this is the case, who can bear it when the emperor's thunder is angry?"

"It's still thoughtful, sir." Dong Zhenghao quickly responded.

"Mr. Dong, is there any way for you to get the test questions he sold without disturbing the scholar?" Wei Yun asked.

"Yes, yes." Dong Zhenghao nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "As long as it is at night, after he goes to bed, I can send someone to use the incense to make the scholar faint, and directly take the exam questions, copy them overnight, and put them back before dawn to ensure that God will not know it."

"Okay, let's do it like this. If you find the residence of the man in gray who sells the exam questions and arrest him overnight, maybe you can see that without using this trick."

Dong Zhenghao nodded quickly, but he was a little uneasy. Why did the two guys sent out have not come back yet? Could it be that they have followed too far?

There was a knock on the door outside the secret room door, and Dong Zhenghao hurriedly said to Wei Yun: "Three lords, please wait a moment, and then go to the low-level position."

Wei Yun nodded: "You go."

As soon as Dong Zhenghao walked out of the secret room, he saw his friend Dong Er standing anxiously at the door. When he saw him coming out, he immediately cried and said, "Boss, Dong Si and Dong Wu are dead. The yamen runners of Jingzhao Mansion are asking questions in front of him."

"Ah." Dong Zhenghao couldn't help but scream. There were more than fifty people in the Sihai Inn, and there were ten people in the Secret Guard, including him. In addition to him, Dong Da and Dong Jiu were nine of them, Dong Si and Dong Wu were the people he sent to follow the young man in gray. Unexpectedly, what he had waited for was their death news.

"Sir, you have to stay calm. The yamen runners in front are still waiting for the adults to ask questions. If they don't go, they will rush to the backyard." Seeing that the boss's body was a little shaking, Dong Er hurriedly said.
Chapter completed!