Chapter 739: The Battle of the Trapped Beasts (Part 2)
Song Tian is currently appointed by Ying Caihe as the head of internal affairs of Zangjian Pavilion. The former head of internal affairs was sent to Jiangning Mansion by Ying Caihe and became the head of Jiangnan East Road Hall.
Although the Cangjian Pavilion warriors in Chengdu were destroyed by the Chang'an army, the Cangjian Pavilion still has some forces in other places, including Chang'an, Yangzhou, Taiyuan, as well as the internal Jingnan Road, Jiangnan West Road, Jiangnan East Road, Liangzhe Road, etc.
The main responsibility of the branch is to collect intelligence and monitor local officials.
In addition, the Hidden Sword Pavilion also placed some hidden stakes in the royal family and the palaces of important ministers. These people are not samurai, but maids and servants bribed by the Hidden Sword Pavilion. Strictly speaking, they are not members of the Hidden Sword Pavilion.
At present, there are only some members of the Zangjian Pavilion headquarters in Chengdu who are responsible for internal affairs and logistics, and there are no warriors. Song Tian brought fifty Jinweifu warriors from Chang'an, but the number was still not enough, so Song Tian seconded 200 people from Zhang Yun.
Song Tian led two hundred warriors on horseback to the south city gate. A soldier stopped them, and the leader of the brigade shouted and asked: "Who is he?"
Song Tian took out the silver medal of Hidden Sword Pavilion, waved it, and said coldly: "I've blinded you!"
The brigade commander was frightened and quickly ordered the soldiers to make way. Song Tian snorted and led the warriors into the city.
The brigade commander was a little scared. He had offended these murderous gods and had his whole family wiped out at night, but no one dared to care. But having said that, the Hidden Sword Pavilion warriors usually went out at night, and rarely showed up during the day.
Song Tian hurried back to the Cangjian Pavilion with everyone. Cangjian Pavilion was the internal name, and it also had another name to the outside world, called the Supervisory Office. But behind the scenes, all the officials in the imperial court called it the Supervisory Office. Its main function was to monitor the royal family and officials.
The Supervisory Office is located on the East Street of Chengdu, covering an area of 20 acres. It consists of government offices, warehouses and dormitories. Ying Caihe spends most of her time in the palace. She also has a group of female warriors under her command who are responsible for protecting the safety of the concubines in the harem.
As for the government office, the chief of internal affairs of Zangjian Pavilion is in charge, so Song Tian has great power and is also in charge of the financial power of Zangjian Pavilion. He is also very capable. He got started in two days and took care of more than a dozen subordinates in charge of internal affairs.
Obediently.
Song Tian ordered his men to arrange accommodation for two hundred warriors. He quickly came to the government office, and when he walked to the door, he heard Ying Caihe scolding his men.
"Why haven't we contacted each other for three months? How do you do things? Do you need to be fed?"
Several subordinates in charge of internal affairs said tremblingly: "Master Tang didn't give any orders, all the money is in his hands."
"Start contacting us now. We will give you all the money you need. Ask Director Song for approval of how much money you need."
Song Tian walked in and said with a smile: "Why is Manager Ying angry?"
Ying Caihe didn't dare to put on airs with Song Tian. She snorted and said, "Tang Wu hasn't contacted the hidden stake for three months, and he hasn't allocated any money. I wonder why there has been no report."
The hidden stakes are the royal family, relatives, the internal agents bribed by powerful ministers, maids, servants, grooms, etc., who are responsible for monitoring these ministers and the royal family for the Cangjian Pavilion. They receive subsidies from the Cangjian Pavilion every month, and there are more than 40 people in total.
Song Tian nodded, "I also discovered it yesterday. I plan to sort it out this afternoon and allocate the money."
"That's good. I happen to have something important to discuss with Director Song."
All the subordinates were very surprised. Manager Ying had always been vicious and had trained the former Director Tang like a dog. Why he was so polite to this Director Song was completely unheard of. Although they were surprised, no one dared to ask more questions. Everyone went back to the official rooms to get busy.
Already.
Ying Caihe asked Song Tian to sit down, and she pondered for a moment and said: "Just now, the express letter from Du Lingqiu has been delivered, and the emperor specially summoned two messengers."
"What does this mean?" Song Tian asked with some confusion.
"It means that the conflict is about to intensify. The emperor already knows that Zangjian Pavilion sent people to intercept and kill Du Guqiu, but he did not summon me. This is very abnormal."
Song Tian was silent for a moment and said: "There are some things I shouldn't ask more about, but since His Highness King Jin sent me to assist the manager, he wants me to participate in the manager's affairs. Can the manager tell me a little bit about what we are going to do?"
Guo Song had asked Ying Caihe to tell Song Tian when the time was right. Since Du Lingqiu's letter had arrived, Ying Caihe felt that the time should be ripe as well.
She glanced outside and lowered her voice: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin wants us to help the eunuch group launch a palace coup and re-establish the emperor!"
Song Tian suddenly realized that this move was ruthless!
Song Tian thought for a while and said: "But the eunuchs must be made to feel the existential crisis!"
"His Highness is already doing it. The prerequisite for his proposed peace talks is to kill the eunuchs. I believe the emperor will definitely consider it in order to return to Chang'an."
"Will the emperor attack eunuchs?"
Ying Caihe sneered and said: "Eunuchs are the emperor's dogs. Just kill these dogs and raise another group of dogs in the future."
"I understand, what do we need to do?"
"I came here to remind you to recruit warriors as soon as possible. It seems that I have been worrying too much. Your Highness should have made arrangements."
Song Tian nodded, "His Highness has previously arranged for a group of the most elite soldiers to enter Chengdu Mansion. There are about a thousand people. They will assist us at any time."
Ying Caihe was worried that she didn't have enough people in her hands, but she didn't expect that her master had arranged for a thousand elites to lurk in Chengdu Mansion. She was really elated. She and Song Tian discussed for a while and then hurried back to the palace.
...........
'boom!'
Li Shi punched the imperial case hard, pointed at Song Chaofeng and said angrily: "Tell me! Give me an explanation why you sent the Cangjian Tower warriors to intercept and kill Du Lingqiu? You... you have bad intentions
Where is it?"
Song Chaofeng lay on the ground and said tremblingly: "I don't know that Duke Dugu was sent by Your Majesty. I thought he was going to betray Your Majesty and defect to Guo Song. They are Weng's sons-in-law!"
Li Shi was so angry that he was trembling all over, "You can kill your majestic Duke if you want. What do I mean to you? Am I just a decoration? Don't think that you are a privy envoy. You are just a dog in my eyes. If I want to kill you, then I will kill you."
Like killing a dog."
Song Chaofeng was shocked. There was a look of resentment in his eyes and he said nothing.
"From today on, you are not allowed to mobilize the Hidden Sword Pavilion again, no!"
"Old slave obeys the order!"
"Get out! Get out, I don't want to see you again."
Song Chaofeng was so frightened that she rolled and crawled away.
Li Shi suddenly sat on the dragon couch and pressed his forehead. He felt a splitting headache. Of course he knew Song Chaofeng's purpose. On the surface, these eunuchs were his slaves, but in fact they were all for himself.
Interests actually want to prevent him from returning to Chang'an. Who do they think they are?
Li Shi was furious again. He picked up the inkstone and threw it against the wall. "Bang!" The inkstone was smashed to pieces and ink splashed everywhere. The two young eunuchs standing at the door were so frightened that they did not dare to take a breath.
Li Shi snorted heavily, "Clean up!"
Two young eunuchs rushed forward to clean up the debris and wipe the floor.
Li Shi looked at the two young eunuchs. They were still very well-behaved when they were young, but the older they got, the worse they became. Gradually, they no longer took him seriously.
Li Shi couldn't help but take Du Duqiu's letter and read it carefully. In the letter, Guo Song put forward two conditions for peace talks. One was that the local officials in Guanzhong appointed by him were not to be replaced. The second was that he demanded that he kill thirty-three eunuchs.
There is a list below, including Song Chaofeng, Huo Xianming, Dou Wenchang and others.
He can agree to the first condition. If he doesn't change now, wouldn't it be the same if he was transferred after his term of office expires?
The key is the second condition. Killing thirty-three eunuchs is actually the complete destruction of Beiya. He has no objection to killing Song Chaofeng, but he still trusts Huo Xianming, Dou Wenchang, and twenty tax supervisors.
, they work hard to make money for themselves everywhere, they can be said to be loyal, it would be a pity to kill them.
But...if he doesn't kill them, he won't be able to return to Chang'an, the Chang'an that haunts him in his dreams!
Damn Guo Song, he has no sincerity at all.
The more Li Shi thought about it, the more angry and upset he became. He opened the gold box next to him and put the letter from Du Lingqiu into it. Then he locked the box and took the key with him. He stood up and said, "Go back to the palace!"
He had no intention of staying in the study any longer and just wanted to return to the harem and have a good rest.
Li Shi got on the dragon chariot and went to the harem surrounded by a large group of eunuchs and maids.
.........
At dusk, all the officials went down to court one after another, and the guards began to withdraw. Only a few guards were left in Ziwei Hall. At this time, a young eunuch who was responsible for cleaning the imperial study came over with a basin of water.
The guard at the door smiled and asked: "Little Eunuch Lu, do you still need to clean now?"
The young eunuch whispered: "The Holy One was so angry today that he smashed the inkstone. There are ink spots on the wall. If you don't clean it up, you will be beaten tomorrow."
The guards all knew that the emperor was angry today and smashed the inkstone to pieces. They nodded, "Go in quickly! Be careful not to spill the water."
The young eunuch pushed the door open and entered the imperial study, then closed the door. He was not worried that the guards would come in. If there were no assassins, it would be a serious crime for the guards to break into the imperial study at will.
The young eunuch changed another inkstone and ground a plate of ink. He looked around and made sure that no one was there, so he took out a small gold key from his arms, "Click!" The lock on Li Shi's gold box was opened, and the young eunuch
He took out Du Lingqiu's letter from it, opened it carefully, and started copying it.