Most of the government offices in Kyoto that deal with national government affairs are concentrated in the area to the east of Tianhe Avenue. There are not many civilians living here, and the road is also very wide. There are many beautiful or magnificent wooden buildings on both sides of the road. Inside these buildings are the people in charge. A decentralized center of national power. For example, the old military headquarters is located at the crossing, and there is a gigantic stone lion at the entrance, facing the rising sun every day, with its fangs and claws, and the light and shadow are illusory. military might.
The real center of power in the Qing Kingdom is in the deep palaces of the North City. The buildings in the palace are no taller than the government offices of the ministries, except for the towering watchtower. But the thick palace walls and the huge square inside create a very sacred feeling.
The officials of the Qing Kingdom actually knew in their hearts that the majestic and powerful Majesty in the palace would not dwell on the specific details of the officialdom, so for them, the most terrifying part of the Qing Kingdom's bureaucracy was The place with the greatest power is neither the yamen nor the imperial palace—it is the square building in the west of the city with a gray-black outer wall that looks eerie.
The Overwatch Council was established here. Qingguo implemented the system of three courts and six ministries. The three courts were the Supervisory Yuan, the Educational Yuan, and the Military Academy upgraded from the old military department. Among the three courts, the Overwatch Council has the greatest power. The Overwatch Council has independent investigative powers, arrest powers, and even has the power to adjudicate in certain cases. And no other agency has the power to oversee it.
In a sense, this is a beast without a rein, and it is like a secret agency in the hands of His Majesty the Emperor. No, it should be said that the Overwatch Council was originally a secret service agency that His Majesty the Emperor had placed in the open.
It's just that the officials of the Qing Kingdom are always worried. His Majesty the current emperor is so talented that he can still subdue that insidious Dean Chen, the countless spies of the Overwatch Council and the terrifying power in the dark. But what if... in the future, Who will pull the reins of this beast? What's more, the officials who have suffered so much from the Overwatch Council are always secretly slandering that the Overwatch Council is not a beast, but an insidious and despicable wild dog.
At this moment, in the dark room of the Overwatch Council, there was a very secret conversation going on.
"The assassins in the Danzhou Port fire scene were indeed staffed by the academy and belonged to the jurisdiction of Dongshan Road. The organization affairs in other places have always been under the responsibility of the fourth division. The Ministry of Internal Affairs found out that an official from the fourth division was in contact with the second wife of your lord's family. They are distant relatives, so this task should be arranged like this." Fei Jie said in a hoarse voice while looking at the dean.
"Identity?" This is what the old man is most concerned about.
Fei Jie squinted his eyes, his slightly brown pupils were full of uncertainty: "I believe that among the eight people who know about this matter, none of them would leak it. Although the Fifth Master is Miss's personal entourage, he rarely Shot, no one in the world has seen him in person, Ye Liuyun, the only one who has met him, is now a grand master, and it is impossible to go to Danzhou to travel, there is no such a coincidence in the world, so don't worry about others because the five masters And deduce his identity."
The dean's fingers were skinny, with protruding knuckles, and he tapped lightly on the table, thoughtfully: "When I asked you to kill all the black knights who saw Wu Zhu that night, you pleaded with me, but thinking about it now, it's still wrong. "
Fei Jie smiled, and an inexplicable color flashed in his brownish eyes due to too much exposure to poison: "Many people died that night."
At least on the surface, Fei Jie was not afraid of the high-ranking old man in front of him. After all, his status and qualifications were there. He laughed and hissed and said, "It is extremely stupid to kill unnecessarily. You forgot that Miss once Said so."
"Oh." The old man also smiled, as if thinking of many happy past events, but in such a smile, he issued a very sinister command.
"Dongshan Road obeys orders from all over the world. Since the documents and signatures are complete, there is nothing wrong with the procedure, so Dongshan Road does not need to be responsible for this matter. The rest of the people handle it as they please." He smiled and said to himself: "How dare you use my Is it a coincidence that I have the power to kill the person I want to protect, or are some people trying to test something? That second wife, it seems very difficult."
He went on to say: "Everywhere it is said that Ruohai's supervision is not effective, and he signs randomly. If he is not his own son, he will kill him and make trouble! Suspend his salary as a director for three years, and then send his eldest son, Yan Bingyun, to the north. , Only when you get two high-grade items will you be allowed to come back."
After saying this, the dean picked up the document that had been drawn up by the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the desktop, wrote the final conclusion, and signed his own name—Chen Pingping.
Fei Jie wanted to laugh every time he saw the dean's dry and ugly signature, but he had to hold back. He knew that this feminine signature would lead to the death of several high-ranking officials, and the son of a higher-ranking official would sneak into the enemy's country miserably.
The old man laughed at himself: "Fan Jian and I grew up together. I never imagined that I would be so indifferent to his family's affairs now. You can ask someone in charge to find out if the second wife and that woman have any problems." related."
Fan Jian is the name of Earl Sinan, who is Fan Xian's father.
Fei Jie frowned, his brown eyes trembling slightly: "Impossible, they should think that baby died long ago."
"You have misunderstood me. I also believe that it is impossible for them to know that Fan Xian is the young lady's son."
The dean smiled: "Your Majesty has always asked the nobles and civil officials to keep a distance from us, but when you were sent to Danzhou, although it was very hidden, it was still possible to be discovered by the other party. I think both the queen mother and the prime minister are very curious. The relationship between our yard and Earl Sinan, those hidden powers, with the help of the second wife, it is also reasonable to test us and Mr. Fan's reaction to this matter, so let's not overreact, you know? "
Fei Jie suddenly had a suspicion that the Danzhou assassination incident might have happened because the dean deliberately leaked some rumors.
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The old man pushed the wheelchair to the window, lifted a corner of the black cloth, looked out the window, and said indifferently: "Besides, regarding the box, no matter whether Wu Zhu told the truth or not, as long as it doesn't fall into the hands of the enemy in the north good."
"It's a pity that we don't know the size of that box and what it looks like." Fei Jie came to his side and looked out the window following the old man's gaze.
"After I go to hell, you come to play cards with me earlier." Dean Chen said with a smile.
Fei Jie knew that the dean was far from being as old as his appearance, so he smiled and said, "I am a good person, and I will go to heaven in the future."
A black shadow floated over from the corner of the secret room like the wind, and lowered the black cloth to prevent the too strong sunlight from shining on the old man. There was no sound in this person's movements, it was the master who beheaded the staff-wielding mage with a single sword many years ago outside Beijing.
Fei Jie pointed to the black wind shadow and said, "I guess he will come to play chess with you."
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The sun was shining brightly outside the window, and the glazed tiles on several halls of the imperial palace in the distance were shining with golden light.
When passers-by on the road in front of the window passed the gate of the Overwatch Council, they subconsciously took a detour to walk across the street, as if they were afraid of being contaminated by the dark atmosphere here.
There is a wide stone tablet at the gate of the Overwatch Council, on which are written a few words, painted with real gold: "I hope that the people of Qing Kingdom will become unruly people. The heart of not yielding, the heart of not being frustrated when disaster strikes; the heart of not being afraid to correct when something is wrong; not flattering jackals and tigers... "
The signature is three words: Ye Qingmei.
No one knows who Ye Qingmei is, but all the residents of Kyoto know that when the Overwatch Council was established, this stone tablet stood here, shining golden forever, a piece of light, and the golden eaves of the imperial palace in the distance Echoing each other... seems to hide all the darkness in those two buildings.