After Wu Zetian usurped power, she changed the name of Tang Dynasty to Zhou Dynasty, and also randomly changed the original names of various departments in the Tang Dynasty. Since then, the original Ministry of Punishment was also renamed Qiu Palace by her. This had to follow the fact that Emperor Wu changed dynasties, and the Minister of Punishment also became

Qiugong Shangshu.

In fact, Qiugong Shangshu saw that Lai Junchen was becoming more and more powerful and wanted to curry favor with him.

Later, Junchen fell in love with the mysterious detective system under the Ministry of Justice, which was called "bad guy" by the people. He was well aware of the Shangshu's intention of arranging for his brother-in-law to join the Ministry of Justice, but he was not interested.

This kind of official politeness is not important to a careerist.

His purpose was to use unscrupulous people to control the whereabouts of officials throughout the Tang Dynasty, and to point the finger directly at his mortal enemy, Wu Zetian's long minister, Di Renjie.

Of course the minister didn't understand the minister's intention.

It can be seen how important Lijingmen is to Qiugong Shangshu, but what Lijingmen values ​​​​is the nameless but real mysterious detective system under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Punishment, that is, bad people.

Similarly, Cui Jianfeng had to seek help from this mysterious detective system due to the need to investigate the case, but was rejected by Qiugong Shangshu with excuses. The reason was that there was a devil among them, that is, the cruel official Lai Junchen.

In this way, Cui Jianfeng had to find another way to control his opponent's system to get out of the predicament.

No, the Zhu Guangcai he sent was running wildly over this matter, constantly beating the relay horse, which was full of breath and sweat from running.

Due to the limitation of the number of horses in the relay, Zhu Guangcai led only one of his men and traveled non-stop day and night. The two thousand miles of distance was completed in only three and a half days. However, the bodies of him and his men also seemed to fall apart due to the bumpy days.

Tiredly, I entered the imperial city through the east gate of Luoyang. It was already the time to light the lanterns. However, because it was the capital, even though it was late, the streets were brightly lit, which was very beautiful.

Of course, as soon as he passed the city gate, he was stuck by the evil system in the capital.

No. My dear, the Tang Dynasty really had a pervasive detective system. Although it was an internal defense system at the lowest level in the Tang Dynasty's bureaucracy, and none of its operators were registered officials, it still played an important role that even a county lieutenant could not fulfill.

As a rogue, Lai Junchen naturally values ​​the functions of the mysterious system of being a good man who comes and goes without a trace.

In fact, most of the members of bad people are tainted people, who were won over through reform through officials of the Tang Dynasty's Ministry of Punishment, that is, officials at the grassroots level such as county lieutenants who were engaged in arrests. These people joined bad people.

After joining the official detective system, they used various identities to hide their activities within various criminal gangs. This made it easier for them to obtain all kinds of information at the lowest level of society, and it became a pervasive elaboration (intelligence) system.

Precisely because they have a close relationship with the county captain and have frequent contacts with bandits, the public has been left with the illusion that they are people with bad behavior. The official government has also allowed them to develop without comment.

In any case, being targeted by an evil person is not a good thing. But Zhu Guangcai was kept in the dark.

After entering the imperial city, the first thing they thought of was to find an inn to have a good meal and drink, and then sleep comfortably for a night. It was already dark anyway, and they did not dare to look for Di Guolao rashly, even their colleagues at the same level.

It is not appropriate to disturb anyone casually. After all, official politeness and etiquette cannot be underestimated.

As for the wife and children, since they do not live in the imperial city, they cannot leave their posts and go home for the night without permission despite their heavy responsibilities.

"We will spend the night in this small inn before going to visit Mr. Di tomorrow." Zhu Guangcai said weakly, dragging his exhausted body.

"Okay." The accompanying men were so tired that they almost fell apart. After listening to the master's instructions, they jumped off their horses, led the two horses into the stables specially prepared for riding guests on the west side of the inn, tied them up, and returned.

He and Zhu Guangcai entered the inn and booked a room for two.

"Let's go to a restaurant to have a good meal first." Zhu Guangcai leaned his head weakly, frowning with a painful expression.

"Now my whole body is sore and I don't even have the energy to eat. I really want to sleep for a while." His subordinate said, lying on his head with his eyes closed.

In the Tang Dynasty, rural people mostly slept on the ground, or used couches, which meant placing a series of boards made of wooden strips on two low chairs and placing mats on them. But in Luoyang City, it was an urban scene.

, the beds in the inn are also high-end, unlike the Chunlai Inn in Wucheng County Yaqian, where you sleep on the floor or put wooden slats on low chairs.

"How can we do without eating something?" Zhu Guangcai steeled himself and pushed his hand, which was still lying on his head in a daze, and said, "Gong Di once said to me that if an overworked person doesn't eat, he will sleep.

, he might die in his sleep."

"It would be better to die happily if you suffer like this." His subordinates still refused to get up and go to eat.

"Get up!" Zhu Guangcai was angry, grabbed the sheathed sword on G's head, and stabbed his subordinate hard.

"Ouch," the man in his hand was stung by the poke and woke up. He got up obediently and followed his master to the wine shop attached to the inn. He barely ate and drank a meal, then came back and fell asleep.

By the time the two of them slept in a daze until dawn, the streets were already bustling with people and cars.

The two hurriedly got up and packed their luggage, then carried their luggage to the stables to take the horses out, but found that their two horses had disappeared.

"Who stole our horse?" Zhu Guangcai called the innkeeper to ask in anger.

"Guest, did you come last night?" the innkeeper asked with a smile.

"Yes." Zhu Guangcai was still angry.

"But you didn't explain it clearly to the waiter. How did we know you brought the horse?"

"You, you," Zhu Guangcai felt that he was in the wrong and it was not easy to have an attack. He just asked the waiter: "Did you see our horse stolen from the stable last night?"

"No," the waiter said in confusion: "The front door of our store is always closed at night, how can ordinary people steal your horses?"

"Do you know who we are?" Zhu Guangcai's subordinate had recovered his strength after a night's rest. Seeing the waiter's reasonable criticism of his master, he angrily asked the store owner.

"Stop talking." Zhu Guangcai suddenly realized something and hurriedly stopped his words and waved his hand: "Let's go."

"We are busy with official duties now and don't have time to nag you. I will settle the accounts with you after the work is done."

Finally, Zhu Guangcai pointed at the innkeeper’s nose and cursed.

"This is a matter of hesitation." After hearing Zhu Guangcai's angry words, Di Renjie couldn't help but laugh.

"Then who do you think did this?" Zhu Guangcai became angrier as he thought about it: "When I find out these horse thieves, I have to skin them."

"Isn't it just two horses?" Di Renjie disagreed: "And it's not your own horse, it's a backup horse for the relay station."

"Even if I don't love the relay horse at the inn, who wouldn't be angry if it was stolen away by a thief for no reason?"

"Whoever steals your horse is not necessarily a thief." Di Renjie still smiled disapprovingly.

"Then who stole my horse?"

"Then what is the purpose of your visit to the capital this time?"

"Stealing copywriting." Zhu Guangcai made no secret.

"Then wouldn't you also become a thief?"

"I did it for work needs, and stealing for money and sex are two different things." Zhu Guangcai disagreed this time.

"Is there any excuse for stealing?" Di Renjie laughed again.

"The documents from the Ministry of Justice are not money. I secretly took them out to understand the situation in that area. The purpose is to solve the case."

"In any case, your reason is difficult to establish." Di Renjie shook his head and said.

"Then you don't support it?"

"Why not support it? Of course we support it."

"Where do you think we should start?"

"Don't you want to use your fellow villagers to secretly get the list and address documents of the unfaithful people in Jiangnan East Road that you want?" Di Renjie has learned about Zhu Guangcai's motives from the letter sent by Cui Jianfeng.

"yes."

"Then just go and try it."

"Do you think we can succeed in doing this?"

"How could I know this? I'm not a god."

"Then can you send my senior fellow apprentice to help?"

"It's possible. But it's really difficult to do."

“Even if it’s difficult, it must be done.”

"In the name of stealing court secrets, I might arrest you immediately and behead you, do you understand?"

"clear."

"You have to be mentally prepared. Of course, if something happens, I will send your senior brothers and sisters to rescue you. But this kind of thing is too risky."

"I know this too."

"Recently, Junchen has framed loyal ministers of the court everywhere, and Emperor Wu has not restrained his cruelty and has added fuel to the flames. It is really abominable. Because your actions are inconsistent with the ambitions of those cruel officials, they have tried every means to find evidence of your crimes and want to

You go to the guillotine."

"I also heard from Cui Dushi that he is also trying to trip you up?"

"I have no intention of wrestling with him." Di Renjie laughed heartily.

"Okay, I'll go find my fellow villager later and try to find a way to get the documents related to the bad people in the Jiangnan East Road area."

"That is a secret matter of the Tang Dynasty, so be careful. If your fellow countryman is too timid to meet your request, or even tells his superiors about it, you will be in danger of being arrested."

"So what? The worst case scenario is death."

"Don't be too impatient to die," Di Renjie glared at Zhu Guangcai: "You are still young, and I don't want you to die in vain."

"Didn't you just say that once I was caught by them, you would immediately send someone to rescue me?"

"I'm afraid they won't be able to save him in time, so they will kill him before they can do it," Di Renjie said with a sigh.

"Why?"

"Because stealing court secrets is a capital crime."

"Then you have to go through an interrogation by the Ministry of Criminal Justice to extract a confession. You can't just be executed without asking or looking at it, right?"

"The problem is that they are afraid that we will rescue you, so they will strike first and kill you immediately."

"Oh. You are right. I understand."
Chapter completed!