When Song Qingshu came out from the Wei Palace, he felt lost. He knew that there was no alliance between him and Yelu Nanxian, nor was it a couple relationship. He had no reason to ask her to do this or that. I feel panicked.
Especially her attitude, looking at herself as if she was looking at an ordinary friend... no, not even an ordinary friend, and it hurt him even more.
But he also knows that people have their own thoughts and emotions, and they can't force it if they want to.
In this way, he returned to Zhao Min's small courtyard in a daze all the way. Seeing him coming back, Zhao Min asked casually, "Did you find any clues?"
"No~" Song Qingshu shook his head, obviously a little bit downhearted.
Zhao Min glanced at him strangely, but she was excited now, and didn't pay much attention to his abnormality: "Come and see, I have analyzed some clues here."
"Oh?" Song Qingshu finally raised his spirits. You must know that Murong Jingyue is not only related to the poison in Zhao Min's body, but also the murderer who Bingxueer has been chasing. Murong Jingyue hides in the dark, like a poisonous snake waiting for an opportunity, it's hard to feel at ease if he doesn't get rid of it.
Zhao Min unfolded a roll of paper, densely filled with people's names, pointed to the names on it and said: "This is the list of all important officials of the Khitan court."
Looking at the well-organized names on it, not only the names, but also the official positions, and some brief comments, Song Qingshu couldn't help but admire: "Your efficiency is really high."
"Of course, the princess will always go against the odds," Zhao Min smiled triumphantly, "Let me give you a general introduction, so that you won't be confused in the future."
"Okay." Although Song Qingshu had heard about the courts of the Liao Kingdom in the Kingdom of Jin before, he only knew a few famous people among them, and the rest of the civil and military officials were completely blinded.
"Emperor Yelu Hongji of the Liao Kingdom needs no introduction. I believe that Murong Jingyue doesn't have the skills to impersonate him." Zhao Min made a brief comment, and Song Qingshu nodded secretly. It is the right time, place and people and indispensable for him to be able to replace Liao Tao. He didn't think Murong Jingyue could do it.
Zhao Min continued: "Although the Liao Kingdom is now in decline, there are still many concubines in the harem, but there are only three important ones, Empress Xiao Guanyin, Concubine Wen Xiao Zhonghui, and Concubine Yuan Xiao Yingying."
Song Qingshu secretly thought, Su Quan also said that he came to Liao Kingdom at the beginning, so he doesn't know where she is now.
"Queen Xiao Guanyin, who is beautiful and beautiful, and is good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, is the daughter of Beifu Prime Minister Xiao Pidi, and she is the most favored now." Zhao Min introduced a person's name.
Song Qingshu felt that Xiao Guanyin's name sounded familiar, and suddenly remembered that she was the queen who died in an unjust case in history, and wondered whether she would meet that sad ending in this world.
"Concubine Wen Xiao Zhonghui is the cousin of Empress Xiao Guanyin and the daughter of the fifth chamberlain of the country's uncle. She is delicate and lively, and has always been loved by the emperor." Zhao Min continued to introduce.
"Xiao Zhonghui?" Song Qingshu frowned darkly, the name felt very familiar, it seemed to be the name of the heroine of a certain golden book, I don't know if it was the same person.
"Yuan Concubine Xiao Yingying is the younger sister of Xiao Fengxian, the privy envoy of the Southern Court. Her natal family is strong and her appearance is extraordinary, so she is also favored by the emperor." Zhao Min commented.
The name Xiao Fengxian impressed Song Qingshu. First, he was an important minister of the Liao Kingdom, and second, he was easily associated with Lu Fengxian of the Three Kingdoms, so he was deeply impressed. According to the information of Huanyiyuan, this person appears to be a loyal minister and filial son, but in fact he is also ambitious. generation.
"The prince is still young now, so don't mention it, but the two princesses are already married. Princess Zhao's son-in-law is Xiao Yudu, who was then Pai Yinlang." Seeing Song Qingshu's doubts, Zhao Min explained , "Pai Yin Langjun is similar to a secretary, staying by the emperor's side to help with some paperwork."
Seeing that Song Qingshu understood, Zhao Min went on to say: "Princess Wei's son-in-law is Captain Xiao Xiamo. This person is my key observation object. I suspect that he is probably Murong Jingyue."
"Why?" Song Qingshu wondered, why did so many officials Zhao Min single out him
"Because this Xiao Xiamo had been unknown before, but when the emperor invited Princess Wei to marry him, he suddenly emerged as a force, defeated all the strong competitors and became the son-in-law." Zhao Min replied.
Song Qingshu agrees, like in the previous life, the protagonist is often unknown at the beginning, but suddenly turns out to be born, and is often time traveled...
Zhao Min suddenly looked at him with a strange expression: "Speaking of which, although Song Qingshu in the past was considered a leader of the younger generation in the arena, he was far from being the top. After the lion slaughter meeting, you soared into the sky... Shouldn't you Could it be someone pretending to be it?"
Song Qingshu's heart skipped a beat, this Zhao Min is really smart, he can guess 80-90 out of 10 with just a random guess, but he didn't want the biggest secret to be leaked, so he hurriedly snorted: "I am enlightened after the fiasco of the Lion Slaughtering Conference. You can’t look at it the way it used to be.”
"That's true." Zhao Min smiled lightly. She just said it casually and didn't take it seriously. "Besides Xiao Xiamo, there is another very suspicious person, and that is the deputy inspector in front of the palace. Xiao Shishi, known as Xiao Shishilang." (Note: The prototype of Xiao Shishilang here is Xiao Shisan, the deputy inspector of the front office of the Liao Dynasty.)
Because of the influence of the Northern Song Dynasty, whether it is the Liao Kingdom or the Jin Kingdom, there are many shadows of the Northern Song Dynasty in the official system. For example, the Dianqian Secretary is one of them.
Song Qingshu was drinking water, and almost spit out when he heard Xiao Shishilang's name.
Zhao Min didn't know why he reacted so strongly, so he explained to himself: "Xiao Shishilang has great martial arts skills, but no one knows his origin, it's too mysterious."
Song Qingshu thought to himself that Xiao Shishilang was not from the Golden Book World, and it was indeed possible that Murong Jingyue pretended to be him, but after thinking about it, before Xue Yiren and Shen Bijun came out, multiple Xiao Shishilang seemed reasonable, I couldn't help but get a little tangled up for a while.
Zhao Min didn't know that thunder was rolling in his mind at this time, so he continued to explain the situation of the Khitan court to him: "The highest authority in the Liao Kingdom is the Northern Privy Council, and Yelu Renxian, the Northern Privy Councilor, has been fighting the rebellion in the northwest for a long time now, causing The power of the North Privy Council has fallen into the hands of the second in command, Yelu Yixin, the envoy of the Privy Council of the North Council, by the way, he is the father of Yelu Nanxian, the princess of Cheng'an County."
Song Qingshu nodded, he already knew this.
Zhao Min went on to say: "The third in command knows about the secret affairs of the Northern Court, Xiao Yuli, and his niece married Yelu Yixin's son; the fourth in command, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council of the North Court, Xiao Weixin has always been upright and will not form a party with Yelu Yixin It's a pity that he is already old and his role is limited; Zhang Xiaojie, the Privy Councilor of the Tongzhi North Court, was also single-handedly promoted by Yelu Yixin, so it can be said that the current North Privy Council is under Yelu Yixin's control."
Song Qingshu didn't understand: "Since Yelu Yixin is so powerful, why did he let his own daughter marry him? Isn't it easy to find a princess in Shangjing?"
"I don't quite understand this either," Zhao Min shook his head. "Presumably he wants to take the opportunity to build a relationship with Xixia. Having this foreign alliance can strengthen his power."
Song Qingshu thought about it, and there was only this explanation. Last time in Yangzhou, Yelu Yixin used Yelu Nanxian's life to buy himself time in order to escape for his life. It can be seen that he has a cold nature and has no father-daughter relationship at all. What he thinks in his heart is how to maximize the utility of his daughter.
"The Southern Privy Council is Xiao Fengxian's territory. His younger sister is the emperor's concubine Yuan, and his younger brother is Xiao Sixian, the commander of the military commander. His real strength is not inferior to that of Yelu Yixin." Zhao Min commented.
Song Qingshu learned from the information of the Kingdom of Jin that there are three most important military forces in the upper capital of the Liao Kingdom. The first army is the most elite army directly loyal to the emperor; the third is the military commander of the capital, which is the local garrison of the upper capital, responsible for the defense of the upper capital.
Now the two brothers Xiao Fengxian, one in charge of the South Privy Council, and the other in charge of the guards of the capital, are truly powerful.
Because there is always north and south in the official system of the Liao state, Song Qingshu thought at first that the north was the officials who were in charge of the Khitan people, and those who brought the south were the officials who were in charge of the Han people. Later, he learned from the information of Jin that this was not the case, and that the officials who were in charge of the Han people It is called the Haner Privy Council, etc. It is difficult to get to the actual power center. Whether it is the South Privy Council or the South Prime Minister's Mansion, it is still in charge of the affairs of the Khitan tribe and has nothing to do with the Han people.
The reason why the North and South Privy Councils are divided is because the North Privy Council specializes in military and state affairs, and the South Privy Council specializes in ordinary civil and political affairs;
The reason why the northern and southern Prime Minister’s Offices are divided is because there are many Khitan tribes. There were 20 tribes at the founding of the country, which expanded to 34 in the middle period, and even 48 in the later period. , Tulu and other 28 military and political affairs; the Southern Prime Minister's Mansion has jurisdiction over 16 military and political affairs including Yishi, Chute, Tuju, and Pin.
The well-known King of the North Court and King of the South Court are actually another names for the Fifth Court and the Sixth Court. tribe, so the power is much greater than that of other tribal leaders.
Zhao Min got up suddenly: "The information about the government and the people of the Liao Kingdom is roughly the same as what you introduced. Now let's start with Xiao Xiamo, the captain-in-law captain, to see if he is Murong Jingyue in disguise."
Song Qingshu asked suspiciously: "Why don't you start investigating from Xiao Shishilang?" Compared with Xiao Xiamo, he felt that Xiao Shishilang had more suspicious points.
Zhao Min took a secret letter and raised it: "Because I got the news before, I found that after Xiao Xiamo came out of the palace, she didn't go back to the concubine's mansion, but sneaked towards the suburbs of the city, which seemed very suspicious. Alright, let's start with him."
"It seems to be fate, so let's start with him." Song Qingshu was secretly startled. Zhao Min'an's intelligence network in Liao Kingdom is really powerful, and someone is always paying attention to the whereabouts of a son-in-law.
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