After that, Tong Xin interrogated Xu Ji for a while, until it was confirmed that Xu Ji didn't know much, and then he asked the imperial guards to put him back in prison.
At the same time, the shackles on Xi Jiang's body were lifted.
At this time, Xi Jiang's expression had become extremely solemn, and he asked Tong Xin sternly: "Is it 'Xiao Ni' that the commander is secretly investigating?"
As a former high-ranking official of the imperial court, Xi Jiang naturally knew that "Xiao Ni" was a cancer buried in their Wei state. Thinking back to the case of "the murder of Zhou Yan, the former minister of the Ministry of punishment", the imperial court had already judged Xiao Ni as a heinous traitor and traitor.
, but it was not disclosed to the outside world.
Tong Xin was silent for a moment, shook his head and said, "I'm sorry for the inconvenience of disclosing it."
"Looks like it's "Xiao Ni"..."
Xi Jiang nodded knowingly and finally understood.
I remember that he felt strange at first. Although his behavior of recommending officials for personal gain did violate the national law, it did not alarm the Imperial Guard. Now he understood that what Emperor Wei wanted to investigate was not Xi Jiang's behavior at all, but
It was "Xiao Ni" who was the matchmaker behind this incident.
After thinking about it, Xi Jiang said to Tong Xin: "Xu Ji and I know each other well. He will not be a traitor to the party. I can guarantee this with my life and property. As for Wang Hu... I can't say that."
"Is he a native of Xiangyi?" Tong Xin asked.
Xi Jiang recalled something, nodded and said: "It seems...it seems like he is from (Xiangyi) County."
"Has this person ever served in the army?" Tong Xin asked again.
Xi Jiang nodded thoughtfully and said, "It should be. When I returned to my ancestral home in Xiangyi a few years ago, I passed by the county town. At that time, several people in the city were bragging about the cause of Wang Hu's scars... It should be
Those who have joined the army."
After hearing this, Tong Xin's suspicion of Wang Hu deepened. After all, as far as he knew, a large part of the Xiao family's remnants were deployed by the late Nanyan General Xiao Boyuan.
Thinking of this, Tong Xin asked again: "Master Xi, how much do you know about Wang Hu?"
Xi Jiang thought for a while and replied: "I don't know much about Wang Hu. I only know that he is good at martial arts. It is said that after he returned to Xiangyi, he had some ruffians and rangers in the county tidied up. Therefore, Xiangyi
The county magistrate promoted Wang Hu to county captain...I don't know the details."
"It seems I have to go to Xiangyi myself."
"Well." Tong Xin nodded, clasped his fists and said to Xi Jiang, "Okay, thank you, Mr. Xi. I will send Mr. Xi back to the cell."
"Thank you." Xi Jiang raised his hand.
After sending Xi Jiang back to the cell, Tong Xin took Tong Hu and several other guards and hurriedly left the Dali Temple prison.
Before leaving the prison, Tong Xin unexpectedly discovered that in a prison, a prisoner (Sun Luo) was looking at him intently.
"The imperial guards came to the Dali Temple prison... It seems that this is not a small matter."
After Tong Xin left, Sun Nuo waved over the jailer Li Laoliu who had bribed him, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Six, who did those people meet in the prison just now?"
Li Laoliu looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he whispered: "Those people interrogated Xi Jiang, the former left servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the man named Xu Ji."
"Oh." Sun Luo touched his chin and thought for a while, but unfortunately he couldn't come up with a clue.
No wonder, after all, he didn't know anything about "Xiao Ni", so how could he guess the purpose of Tong Xin's trip.
The only thing he knew was the reason why Xi Jiang and Xu Ji, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, were imprisoned - they abused power for personal gain and engaged in malpractice for personal gain.
Speaking of which, he had actually entrusted Li Laoliu to eavesdrop just now. Unfortunately, Li Laoliu saw Tong Hu standing guard outside the torture chamber with a sharp knife and did not dare to approach. After all, for a jailer like him, even if it was
He didn't have the guts to provoke those imperial guards who wore the skin of the imperial guards.
Just as Sun Luo and Li Laoliu were whispering, they suddenly heard a rush of footsteps from the entrance of the prison. Immediately, Jin Xu, the prison chief of Dali Temple, rushed to the prison in a hurry.
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Jin Xu. Li Laoliu immediately had a serious expression on his face and pretended to scold Sun Luo: "You want me to run errands for you for just one tael of silver? Are you crazy?...Ah, Jin Yucheng."
The jailer Jin Xu turned a blind eye to the panic on Li Laoliu's face. After all, he didn't care if Li Laoliu was blackmailing the prisoner Sun Luo. When he got closer, he asked directly: "Just now was there someone holding a "Jiang Guard"?
Is there a token to come to visit the prison?"
"Yes, yes." Li Laoliu did not dare to hide it and said truthfully: "Those people promoted Xi Jiang, the former left minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and that Xu Ji in the torture room."
Hearing this, the jailer Jin Xu frowned and walked towards the depths of the prison. After confirming that Xi Jiang and Xu Ji were still in the prison, he frowned and walked back.
"The Royal Guards? No, it should be the Imperial Guards..."
With muttering in his mouth, the jailer Jin Xu walked back to Sun Luo's prison. With a thought in his heart, he asked: "Have you ever told those guards just now what their names were?"
"No, but the leader showed the token of the Imperial Guard." Li Laoliu replied: "It seems to be... the commander of the Imperial Guard, Tong Xin."
"Tong Xin? Oh, it turns out to be the nephew of that old eunuch Tong Xian... He's from the Guards Department, that's right!... I was just saying why there was no movement a while ago. It turns out that he didn't want to alert the snake, but wanted to wait for our attention.
I shifted my focus to the matter of Huang Shou, and then started to investigate... You really can't hold your breath, Hunjun.』
With a slight sneer on his lips, the jailer Jin Xu left expressionlessly.
Looking at Jin Xu's leaving figure, a trace of confusion flashed in Sun Nuo's eyes.
At first, he was very suspicious of the identity of Tong Xin and his gang. After all, the main duty of the Imperial Guard is to guard the safety of the palace and maintain public order in the surrounding areas. They are in no way at odds with the criminals. But today, someone suddenly broke into Dali claiming to be the Imperial Guard.
The temple prison came to interrogate Xi Jiang, the former left servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, so Sun Luo was very suspicious of Tong Xin's identity.
But judging from the attitude of the jailer Jin Xu just now, it is obvious that this person and Tong Xin are not the same.
In other words, are Tong Xin and his gang good people? - Anyway, the jailer Jin Xu is a big traitor in Sun Luo's eyes.
After all, even His Highness Prince Su doubted the prison minister Jin Xu. His Highness Prince Su could not make mistakes.
"Brother Six, send a message for me."
Sun Luo gave some instructions to Li Laoliu, asking the latter to spread the news to the ears of his fellow rangers, Sun Luo, and someone from the Green Crows would contact them on time.
At this time, the jailer Jin Xu had returned to his cell, and he was seen sitting on a chair in the room, seemingly waiting for someone.
Before the meeting was over, a person walked in outside the door. It was Duancheng of Dali Temple who had returned home.
Seeing this, the jailer Jin Xu quickly stood up and cupped his hands towards Shen Gui.
Shen Gui raised his right hand and patted it a few times, looked back and looked outside the room, and then closed the door.
"How is it? Are they from the Praetorian Guards?" he asked.
"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be someone from the Guards Department. Oh, the leader is Tong Xin, the old eunuch's cousin Tong Xin..." Prison Chief Jin Xu said in a low voice while pouring a cup of tea for Shen Gui. .
"Tong Xin." Shen Gui sipped his tea and smacked his lips, then asked lightly: "He went to see Xi Jiang?"
"And Xu Ji." Jin Xu said with a worried tone: "I checked afterward and found that neither Xi Jiang nor Xu Ji had obvious signs of torture, and their expressions did not look like they had been tortured. If anything unexpected happens, Xu Ji should have confessed everything he knows."
"It doesn't matter." Shen Gui gently touched the rim of the cup with his fingers and said calmly: "The arrow has been shot. Whether Xu Ji confesses or not, it won't have much impact. Anyway, he doesn't know much. At most, he will confess to Wang Hu."
As he said that, after thinking for a while, he whispered: "If Tong Xin wants to follow the clues, he must go to Wang Hu. It's okay. I'll send someone to inform Wang Hu and ask him to find a way to kill Tong Xin. As I said." If the information is correct, Tong Xin will not bring too many people in order to prevent the news from leaking, so he will take advantage of the opportunity to get rid of the minions of this foolish king!"
"I'm afraid it's not easy." Jin Xu said with a wry smile.
Naturally, Xi Jinxu and others were no strangers to the Gongwei Division, a supervisory department secretly established by Emperor Wei to deal with them.
As far as they knew, the equipment of the imperial guards of the Archguard Division was definitely top-notch in the Wei Kingdom.
Because the one who builds the weapons and equipment for the Imperial Guards is the Internal Construction Bureau, and the Internal Construction Bureau, although it may not be obvious, actually shares the technology of the Smelting Bureau, such as sleeve arrows, arm crossbows, etc. Triangular thorns, any technology that the Metallurgical Bureau has, the Internal Metallurgical Bureau actually has, but the Metallurgical Bureau never publicizes it, and is only responsible for arming the Internal Affairs Supervisor and the current Guards Division.
The most important thing is that the weapons and equipment mass-produced by the Smelting Bureau and the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau are more concerned about cost-effectiveness, while the Internal Manufacturing Bureau does not have this consideration. They only want the best, so that some Su Wangjun There was no financial resources to equip the equipment, but the internal manufacturing bureau provided it to the Arch Guard Department.
For example, the "Ring Lock Armor" was made entirely by hand since the Metallurgical Bureau had not yet developed the corresponding mechanical technology, so each piece of armor was extremely expensive.
It's not easy to kill a guard who is armed to the teeth.
"Let Wang Hu do his best," Shen Gui said.
"Hmm." Jin Xu nodded, and then asked: "What about Xi Jiang, Xu Ji and his son?"
Shen Gui thought for a while and said: "Keep Xi Jiang for the time being. If he dies, Zhao Hongli, Zhao Hongyu, Zhao Hongxin and those stupid sons of fools will realize that something is wrong. We don't have the energy to take care of Daliang at the moment... As for Xu Ji Father and son, huh, took our money, betrayed us in the end, and sold us, haha, what are we doing with such wolf-hearted guys? Stay hidden and kill them."
"Is this wrong?" Jin Xu asked worriedly.
"It doesn't matter, the father and son are just insignificant people. If they die, they will die and they will not affect the overall situation. It just so happens that today, didn't Tong Xin interrogate Xu Ji, and Xu Ji also confessed, so he arranged for his father and son to commit suicide due to guilt. That's it...don't worry about whether anyone will suspect it. After the Emperor's Hunting incident, who will remember such a trivial matter?"
At this point, he drank the tea in the cup, licked his lips and said jokingly: "Hunjun has arrived at the hunting palace, I can't miss this good show. I can't wait to see with my own eyes the ugly face of Hunjun when he was shocked.
Face... After I leave, you will be in charge of the beam."