Chapter 104: This son is in danger
The mole has been found...
When Zhao Duan told the news in a calm tone, the two women in the room fell into a brief daze.
Xu Zhenguan's eyes looked at him in disbelief, and his laziness disappeared, replaced by a body that sat upright slightly.
And countless storms suddenly set off in the sea of mind.
"Speak clearly, explain carefully!" Empress Dayu's voice was a little urgent.
"yes."
When Zhao Duan came, he had prepared a draft and was already familiar with reporting.
Without haste or delay, he recounted how he had thought yesterday, how he had made his plans, and how he had set up a "void target" to trap all "suspects" including Ma Yan.
And this morning, he "catch them all in one fell swoop" and played psychological warfare to defraud the mole. He recounted it in a eloquent way.
During the process, Xu Zhenguan did not interrupt, but just listened quietly, as did the female officer next to him.
"...This is probably what happened."
Zhao Duan finally finished the work and was quite satisfied with his performance this time.
The structure is clear, the expression is complete, and the language is fluent... It is really a first-class report.
Empress Dayu did not say anything immediately, but stared at him slightly absentmindedly.
My heart is far less peaceful than my appearance.
Counting on your fingers, how long has it been?
It seems that the other party has only been in office for seven days.
Last time, she gave Zhao Duan the task of catching ghosts upstairs at Tianzi Tower, but she didn't have high expectations at first.
Promoting him to the imperial office was more of a reward.
And with Zhao Duan's talent, he does need a bigger stage.
As for whether the mole can be found out, and even...whether there is a mole in the imperial office, it is still unknown.
But after that, Zhao Duan's continuous operations triggered discussions in the court, and she raised her expectations.
I started to think that this little imperial army might really be able to do it.
But despite this, when she made a bet with Yuan Li yesterday, she was also talking about the January period.
This is still an overestimation. After all, Yuan Li reasonably guessed that it would be at least two months.
As a result, the bet between the two came to an end after just one day.
It didn't take two months or one month. Zhao Duan only took seven days.
Unbelievable.
But after listening to his entire routine in detail, Xu Zhenguan felt that it was natural for the mole to be exposed.
Strictly speaking, the whole routine is not subtle, and is even rough.
Including the loopholes pointed out by Haitang, etc., there are too many imperfections.
But Zhao Duan used his own "personality" to cover up these loopholes.
"Let me ask you, the noise you have made these days is also for..." Xu Zhenguan opened his mouth lightly, slightly uncertain.
Zhao Du was relieved to understand. Before she could finish speaking, he nodded and said:
"Your Majesty clearly knows that in the past few days, I have offended Princess Yunyang and all the officials in the court, which is indeed out of line.
But only by taking extraordinary actions can the real minister be able to create the impression that he enjoys great achievements, enjoys ostentation, and relies on power, so that today's move to ban people and arrest people will not arouse suspicion. "
really……
Xu Zhenguan nodded lightly, then suddenly turned his head and looked at the personal female officer with a half-smile:
"Mo Chou, can you hear me?"
Mochou was silent, speechless, and felt that his face was a little burning.
Especially thinking that not long ago, he was still beside the empress and said those words loudly, and he firmly believed that Zhao Duan would never be able to capture any powerful person...
The reversal came too fast, like a tornado, blowing her away.
"Oh? Did Zhao Rong also mention Wei Chen?"
Zhao Duan pretended to be innocent, but in fact he was secretly provocative.
"Slave...slave..."
Da Bingtuozi hesitated and was speechless.
For the first time, she lowered her head in front of the dog thief she hated.
The empress smiled, but she had no intention of teasing her maid.
She looked at Zhao Duan again, her beautiful eyes full of admiration and admiration, as if she had a lot to say.
But in the end, I just sighed:
"I am increasingly doubting my vision."
Zhao Duan was surprised: "Why did your Majesty say this?"
The empress sighed quietly:
"Otherwise, how can the pearl be covered in dust for more than a year?"
No, this is really not your fault. The one before was indeed a real "pig"... Zhao Duan thought for a while and said:
"Your Majesty sees the world, all living beings, and all the households in the country. If you look too far, you will naturally ignore the people around you."
The empress was startled, then smiled and joked:
"rhetoric."
Zhao Duan said shamelessly: "The words "hua" and "qiao" are both good words. Your Majesty praised me for your words, and I feel ashamed to receive them."
Bah...it smells shameless... Mochou, who lowered his head and drew circles, spat in his heart.
Thought:
I don’t blame Your Majesty for believing the slander, it’s just that this traitor talks too nicely.
Xu Zhenguan stopped joking and returned to the topic, his face became serious:
"The official position of Chao Ya Ji Si actually betrays the imperial court. There are only two of them. The remaining forces that rebel against the party are so stubborn, powerful, and barbaric that it is beyond expectation."
"Mo Chou, you immediately go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Three Law Divisions to pass on my instructions and order the case to be heard. A thorough investigation must be carried out to uncover more accomplices."
The person involved in the case came from Zhao Yamen.
In order to avoid suspicion, the follow-up of this case must be transferred to the Three Judiciary Division.
Mo Chou responded.
The empress thought for a while and added:
"You can stop by the imperial office and order Ma Yan to see me in the palace after handling the follow-up matters."
Although Zhao Duan reported such a major event once, Ma Yan would definitely report it a second time.
"Yes." Mochou nodded, then turned around and left in a hurry, not wanting to stay in this embarrassing situation for a second.
"Zhao Duan." The empress said again.
"I'm here." Zhao Duan looked forward to it.
The empress squinted her eyes and examined him for a moment, then said: "You just wait in the palace, and I will give you my own reward after I verify that your report is correct."
What kind of reward... Zhao Duanke remembered that the empress made a promise last time when the emperor was upstairs.
If the traitor is found out, in addition to his duties as a "Secretary" and his merits in the resume assessment, the Empress will also give him an additional reward.
The empress didn't say anything, but scanned his body carefully from top to bottom with her eyes.
She seemed to have made some kind of decision, and then said with unclear meaning: "Have you ever heard of the I Ching cleansing the marrow?" Seeing that Zhao Duan remained silent, she said leisurely:
"Tonight, I will give you a chance to be reborn."
…
…
While Zhao Duan was waiting in the palace, he was fascinated by the special reward in the evening.
The subsequent ripples of this incident also spread outside the palace.
Metropolitan Procuratorate.
In the afternoon, Yuan Li took a nap. When he woke up leisurely, he opened the door and walked out of the room where he rested in the Yamen.
Passing through the patio courtyard, you can see the rockery on the terrace and the gentle breeze blows.
The handsome and elegant imperial censor, with eyes full of vicissitudes of life, walked leisurely and walked in the small garden behind the Yamen to clear his mind.
This is his habit, and everyone under the yamen knows it.
Therefore, during this period, few people would disturb me unless it was something important.
But today is different.
After Yuan Li had walked a few steps, a censor rushed out of the small garden: "Sir, Mo Zhaorong came from the palace with His Majesty's oral instructions. It seems that something important has happened."
"Oh?" Yuan Li was slightly surprised.
Since the fall of Pei Kaizhi, the dispute between the two parties in the court has stabilized. Except for the little incident that the boy named Zhao has been tossing over the past two days, there have been no other disturbances.
Why did Mochou come here in person?
A few moments.
Yuan Li saw Mo Chou in the inner hall and smiled:
"Zhaorong looks bad today, but something happened and he came here."
Mochou smiled bitterly: "Don't you know, Mr. Yuan?"
The Metropolitan Procuratorate is not an intelligence agency. Yuan Li is in the Yamen all day long and does not know what is going on outside.
Mochou sighed and said in a complicated tone:
"It's the imperial office... That Zhao Du'an planned today to trick out two moles..."
She described the incident concisely and to the point.
Da Qingyi was leisurely at first, then gradually became serious, and then became stunned.
Finally, when she finished speaking, Yuan Licai stared at her suspiciously: "You mean, it only took Zhao Duan seven days to capture the rebels hiding in the imperial office?"
Mochou nodded with difficulty:
"Although it has not been verified yet, since it has been reported to the palace, it must be true."
silence.
In the hall, the imperial censor, who had just woken up from his nap, was a little distracted and suspected that he had not woken up.
He had clearly judged it to be two months, but Zhao Duan only took seven days.
Like a dream.
…
…
"What? Both rebels have been captured?"
In the White Horse Prison, Sun Lianying, with gray hair on her temples and sunken eye sockets, was slightly surprised and looked at Lihuatang Jinyi who was ordered to come to report.
Qian Kerou said "En", but because she was not familiar with him, she seemed cautious:
"My lord, oh, that is Zhao Jisi, specially ordered me to report."
Sun Lianying sat on a bamboo chair in the backyard, digesting the news. After a long time, she nodded slowly and said, "What about Ma Yan?"
The cute new girl Jin Yi was confused and said weakly: "The Governor is currently suppressing the thieves in the prison to prevent accidents."
"Okay, I understand." Sun Lianying exhaled and said:
"What else did the boy named Zhao say?"
Qian Kerou said straightforwardly: "My lord said that an official under him named Zhu Kui was suspected of being killed by the rebels. Now he has been taken to the imperial office. Please follow the regulations of Baima Prison and properly comfort him." His family."
Sun Lianying had a slight impression of the ugly old official and nodded after hearing the words:
"Go back and tell our family that we know."
After Qian Kerou left, the old eunuch was sitting alone under the tree. Suddenly he saw a leaf falling from the crown of the tree above his head and falling on his knees.
"People die like leaves falling."
…
…
Tianshi Mansion.
The girl Jin Jian, who has a mysterious temperament, is wrapped in starlight, and exists as a transparent person, walks briskly.
Turning into a stream of light, it arrived at the door of the quiet house in the deepest part.
Two small hands pushed open the brown wooden door, and under the big banyan tree, the Heavenly Master rarely closed his eyes to rest.
Instead, he moved a low table and sat on the floor.
Holding a carving knife in his hand, he was looking attentively to carve words on a roll of jade slips spread out on the table.
"Hey, Master, you are repairing the Book of Heaven."
The girl with pale skin, delicate facial features, and dull eyes gradually regained focus and said in surprise.
The successive heads of the Tianshi Mansion all have a tradition of compiling books.
It is to record the sect's supreme mental method, understanding of the way of heaven and practice in written form.
For thousands of years, the Book of Heaven has been revised by generations, and fewer and fewer words can be added or deleted.
Even if Zhang Yanyi is known as the head of the Tianshi Mansion, he can still be among the top three.
But the number of times he wrote the Book of Heaven was also very few.
Do you have any insights that are unprecedented enough for Master to write and revise the book?
"Yes," Zhang Yan smiled, put down the carving knife, picked up the jade slip, blew on it, and said:
"Jin Jian'er, come and take a look, is this okay?"
Jin Jian walked vigorously, took a closer look, and whispered: "Daosheng Yi... Hey, Master, you are so shameless. Why did you write your name in the Book of Heaven?"
Jin Jian wrinkled his nose and pointed out shrewdly: "Shengyi... means derivation, that is Yanyi."
Zhang Yan was startled for a moment, then laughed heartily, shook his head and said: "No, I learned this sentence from a little friend."
"Do I recognize it?" Jin Jian wondered:
"How come this disciple doesn't know when Master made a friend?"
Zhang Yan smiled and said nothing. The word "Zhao Duan" came to his mind, but he was not ready to say it.
However, it was in the sea of mind that this name suddenly appeared, and there was a vague premonition of the way of heaven.
Zhang Yan frowned slightly, pinched his fingers to deduce, and was surprised to find that the words "Zhao Duan" were covered with a light red murderous intent.
"Is this son... in danger?"
(End of chapter)