Just as Tang Yin expected, after the assassin was imprisoned in prison, no one rescued him at all, and his accomplices did not seem to care about their life or death. The assassination of Xuan Wang became an unsolved case for the time being.
However, Nifengliu's assassination campaign against Feng Kingdom ministers did not end. On the third day after Xuanwang's assassination, another Feng Kingdom official was attacked by a mysterious killer and died on the spot.
The name of the murdered Fengguo official was Wang Cheng. He was a censor, Zhongcheng, and his rank was the third rank. Wang Cheng was not from Feng, but from Ning. He was the talented man selected by Tang Yin when he issued the second Nayan Order.
Tang Yin admired Wang Cheng's talents very much and felt that many of his ideas coincided with his own, so Tang Yin also placed great emphasis on him and directly named him a third-grade official. Unfortunately, Wang Cheng did not have time to show off for Tang Yin in the Feng Kingdom.
He died cowardly at the hands of the assassin, without using his fists or feet.
What is even more infuriating is that a line of blood words was openly left next to Wang Cheng's body: Those who turn traitor to the wind thief will be punished by heaven and earth!
After Tang Yin heard about this, he was furious and ordered the Sky Eye, the Earth Net, the Dark Arrow and the city defenders to trace the whereabouts of the assassin with all their strength, even if they had to dig three feet into the ground, they would find him out.
Tracing the assassin is certain, but it may not solve the current urgent need. Now, due to the two consecutive assassinations of court officials, everyone in the court is in danger, especially the murder of Wang Cheng, which has led to many talents from Ning.
Official positions in Feng State were daunting, and many people in Ning who had been appointed officials even thought of quitting.
Assassins are rampant. In order to protect themselves, the officials in the court can only spend a lot of money to hire retainers. However, the assassins are all outstanding spiritual cultivators. Hiring ordinary strong men will not help. They can only hire spiritual cultivators who are equally powerful in spiritual martial arts, but there are many of them.
expenses, and the salaries of Feng Kingdom officials have always been low. Even if many officials spend all their salaries, they may not be able to hire a Lingwu master.
Qiu Zhen analyzed the situation at hand to Tang Yin and made two suggestions to Tang Yin. One was to increase the salaries of officials, and the other was to establish a special security agency to protect the imperial officials.
After listening to Qiu Zhen's suggestion, Tang Yin thought carefully for a while and said: "After a battlefield was won, all the gold and silver we looted from Ningguo were used up, and the national treasury was empty. If we increase the salary, I am afraid that the court cannot afford it.
ah."
Qiu Zhen nodded and said: "So, my first suggestion is a bad idea, and even if the salary of officials is increased, many people may be lucky and may not spend the money on hiring retainers. So, set up a special
It is necessary for the imperial court to ensure the safety of officials."
"Yes!" Tang Yin nodded thoughtfully and asked, "It's not easy to recruit so many spiritual cultivators."
Qiu Zhen smiled and said: "Under the heavy reward, there must be brave men. In addition, the king can also select outstanding students from Lingwu Academy."
Tang Yin's eyes lit up at first, then he thought about it carefully, then slowly shook his head and said: "The Lingwu Academy in our country has not been established for a long time, it has not been a year, and the students in it may not have achieved anything.
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"Haha!" Qiu Zhen was happy and said: "The king doesn't know much about Lingwu Academy yet. Many of the first batch of students who joined Lingwu Academy have basic Lingwu skills and are even Lingwu masters. The reason why they are
Entering the Lingwu Academy is just a springboard, the purpose is to get to know the powerful and seek an official career. Now, although the Lingwu Academy in our country has been established for less than a year, there are quite a lot of Lingwu masters in it."
"I see." Tang Yin was happy after listening to Qiu Zhen's story. He nodded and said, "Okay, Qiu Zhen, you will handle this matter."
"Yes! Your Majesty! Oh... Your Majesty, what is the name of this security agency?" Qiu Zhen asked.
Tang Yin thought for a moment and said, "Let's call it Duweiying!"
Under Qiu Zhen's suggestion and with Tang Yin's approval, the Feng Kingdom's Duwei Camp was formally established. Since the members of the Duwei Camp were mainly spiritual cultivators, their status was very high as soon as they were established. If Tianyan and Diwang are
The eyes and hidden arrows of the Feng Kingdom are the sharp daggers of the Feng Kingdom, so Duweiying is the strong shield of the Feng Kingdom, a thorny shield.
Qiu Zhen's recruitment operation went very smoothly. After the notice was posted, many spiritual cultivators signed up, including Rangers from the Feng Kingdom and Rangers from the Ning Kingdom. Qiu Zhen was extremely careful about these spiritual cultivators who signed up and distributed their information to
Eyes of the sky, underground nets, and hidden arrows are ordered to assist in review and investigation.
He was also afraid that spies would sneak into the capital camp and become a disaster for himself, so he would rather recruit one less spiritual martial arts master to ensure that his background was absolutely innocent. Qiu Zhen reviewed the recruited spiritual cultivators first, then again, and again.
It can be said that he is cautious, but he is much more relaxed towards the students of Lingwu Academy.
As long as there are students who sign up, and their Lingwu is not bad, he will accept them all. However, there are very few students from Lingwu Academy who sign up for Duwei Camp. In the view of the ranger, Duwei Camp is a place with excellent conditions, and Lingwu Academy
The students have very high vision. Their goal is to become generals in the army in the future. Who is willing to go to this newly established capital guard camp with no idea of its future?
Unable to recruit students from Lingwu Academy, Qiu Zhen simply raised his army and rushed directly into Lingwu Academy. While the students were still in class, he named people by name. As long as they were mentioned by him, regardless of whether they wanted to or not.
If you are willing, you will be brought into the Duwei camp by soldiers, and you will be considered a formal member.
Qiu Zhen's actions were tough and brutal, which aroused great dissatisfaction with Lingwu Academy. Zhang Xiu, the dean of the academy, immediately ran to Tang Yin to complain. Zhang Xiu is a typical scholar, rigid and stubborn, but serious and meticulous in his work.
The position of dean of Lingwu Academy was just right, and the person who proposed to Tang Yin was Shangguan Yuanji.
After Zhang Xiu met Tang Yin, he told Tang Yin exactly what Qiu Zhen had done. He originally thought that Tang Yin would find Qiu Zhen and scold him, and then return the students to Lingwu Academy. However, Tang Yin
He just nodded and responded lightly: "I understand." Then nothing more happened.
Obviously, Tang Yin acquiesced to Qiu Zhen's approach, but Zhang Xiu couldn't understand it and refused to give up. He listed the harm and disadvantages of Qiu Zhen's move in front of Tang Yin. In the end, Tang Yin really didn't have the patience to listen anymore.
Waving his hand, he interrupted Zhang Xiu and said: "Master Zhang, what Prime Minister Qiu did was approved by this king. When the country is in trouble, everything is special. It would be too unkind for Master Zhang to worry about it again at this time.
, it’s too unreasonable. Mr. Zhang, please go back quickly!”
Not only did Zhang Xiu fail to succeed in Qiu Zhen's case, but he was even scolded by Tang Yin. In desperation, Zhang Xiu had to resign.
Qiu Zhen used a two-pronged approach, recruiting spiritual cultivators while forcibly recruiting students from the Lingwu Academy. Within ten days, the Feng Kingdom's capital guard camp was formally established, with more than 300 members, all of whom were spiritual cultivators. In addition,
There are still 20,000 special-purpose troops returned to the capital guard camp for deployment.
As for who to choose as the general manager of the Duwei Camp, Tang Yin also spent a lot of time thinking about it. After much deliberation, he only had three candidates left in his mind.
The first is Zhan Peng. Zhan Peng is both civil and military. He is superb in spirit and martial arts and is good at strategy. He is a rare general in the Feng Army. The second is Kong Yan. Kong Yan's spirit and martial arts are only average, but he has a shrewd mind, quick thinking and quick reactions.
He was extremely fast and good at dealing with emergencies. The third one was Lei Zhen who made great achievements in the Battle of Wancheng. Lei Zhen was too low-key. Tang Yin didn't know much about him before.
Stubborn, he would rather die than leave the Feng Kingdom, but in the Battle of Wancheng, Lei Zhen's performance was remarkable. He almost single-handedly blocked the elite Zhen army led by Li Cheng, and became famous in the first battle.
Tang Yin couldn't make up his mind. That morning, he asked Qiu Zhen to find his opinion. Qiu Zhen hadn't arrived yet, but Wu Mei came first. As assassins have been rampant in recent days, Wu Mei has not dared to leave the house.
, She really couldn't stay any longer today and wanted to go back to her parents' home to visit her parents, so she came here specifically to inform Tang Yin.
Hearing that Wu Mei was going to Wu Mansion, Tang Yin was silent for a moment and said, "Mei'er, I'll go with you later. I still have some things to deal with now."
It was rare that Tang Yin was willing to accompany her back to her parents' home. Wu Mei was naturally very happy, nodded repeatedly, and then asked curiously: "Yin, I heard that the Duwei Camp was recently established?"
Tang Yin was happy and nodded in response: "Yes! I have sent people to find Qiu Zhen, and what we want to discuss is the matter of the Duwei Camp."
"Everything has been established, what else is there to discuss?"
"Although it has been established, the general in charge of the Duwei camp has not been finalized yet."
"So that's it." Wu Mei nodded, without asking any more questions, and then said, "I'll go back to the room and wait for you first." She turned around and was about to leave, when Tang Yin reached out to hold her back and said with a smile, "Qiu Zhen is so fast.
It's always fast, you just need to sit in the study for a while."
Wu Mei also wanted to stay with Tang Yin, but when the monarch was discussing matters, wives and concubines needed to be avoided. This was also the rule of the royal court. Now that Tang Yin said that she could stay, Wu Mei happily accepted it and sat down beside him happily.
Tang Yin was right, Qiu Zhen arrived very quickly.
Seeing that Wu Mei was there, Qiu Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then he saluted Tang Yin and Wu Mei and said hello.
Tang Yin had no unnecessary nonsense and asked directly: "Qiu Zhen, I have three people in mind for the general in charge of the Duwei Camp. You can help me with my staff."
“I wonder who the king’s candidate is?”
"Zhan Peng, Kong Yan, Lei Zhen." Tang Yin picked up the teacup and said slowly.
Originally, Wu Mei didn't care much about the discussions between Tang Yin and Qiu Zhen, but when she heard about Lei Zhen, she immediately became concerned. Lei Zhen had saved Wu Mei during the Battle of Wancheng, and she was grateful to Lei Zhen from the bottom of her heart.
After listening to Tang Yin's three candidates, Qiu Zhen smiled and felt that the candidates in the king's mind were good, at least Zhan Peng and Kong Yan were both good.
In fact, Qiu Zhen didn't know Lei Zhen very well. He only knew that he performed well in Wancheng, but Zhan Peng and Kong Yan both participated in the War of Destruction of Ningxia and the War of Patriotism with the army. Qiu Zhen was very dissatisfied with these two people.