Ningzhou, Xuanyinsi Yamen.
The high gate and large courtyard are heavily guarded, and the bricks, stones, tiles and wood are all as black as ink. From a distance, it looks like a black devil's cave, which is in line with the alias of Xuanyinsi - the Black Yamen.
In the magnificent house, a three-meter-long picture of a tiger descending the mountain lies in the middle of the north wall. Its domineering and majestic appearance is lifelike, and the roar of a tiger in the mountains and forests seems natural.
If the beasts in the forest see it, the painting's power will remain the same and no one will argue.
This painting was drawn by Zhu Bangchun, the retired emperor of Wu Zhou. At that time, the Xuanyin Division was rising strongly, with heads rolling wherever its blades passed. It was so popular that even the Huangji Sect had to retreat and was praised by Zhu Bangchun as the emperor's minions.
Of course, Ningzhou is a remote place, so Zhu Bangchun would not bestow imperial calligraphy on it. This is a replica, and the original one is hung in the headquarters of Xuanyinsi in the capital.
Fakes are fakes, but this fake is officially certified and licensed.
Even if we take a step back, the tiger is a real tiger, not a cat or insect with its hands in its pockets.
Unlike that guy, whether he draws a phoenix or an eagle, it all looks the same.
In front of the Tiger Descending the Mountain, a large table was covered with documents. Fox Three sat listlessly in the main seat and stretched lazily: "The weather is nice today. I have nothing to do anyway. I'll go up to the roof and bask in the sun later."
Originally there were three Purple Guards on duty at this position, but now Fox Three and Fox Four take turns. And because Fox Four took the initiative to lead the troops to garrison at Sanqing Peak, Fox Three is in charge of the entire large camp.
Due to personal reasons, the style of Yamen painting changed suddenly.
A bag of melon seeds, a cup of tea, and sitting in the office for a day.
"What a wonderful life! Even gods wouldn't trade it for anything. I don't know what the second brother is thinking. He insists on guarding that little broken mountain. He comes here to join me in corruption. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we abuse our power for personal gain and bully the people in our hometown together?"
When he was still a Qingwei, Hu San had always wanted to sit on this chair. Now that he had moved his butt onto it, he felt it was just so-so and began to think about the location of the headquarters of the Xuanyinsi in the capital.
During these days as a Purple Guard, Fox Three's daily life has been boring.
In the first two days, he was overwhelmed by the large number of official documents, which he could not handle alone. He set up a small cabinet and assigned three trusted young guards to review the documents, which he would sign and seal after the first review.
Once the three-person cabinet is formed, he will have nothing to do.
In fact, it's not that there was nothing. When the two brothers divided power, all the dirty work of running errands in Ningzhou fell to Lu Bei, and all personnel matters related to the undercover were the responsibility of Hu San.
Fox San takes the undercover aspect very seriously. When he started from the grassroots level, he fought on the front line of undercover work for many years and knew how risky this line of work was.
Therefore, he has extremely high requirements for the professional qualities of his undercover agents. In addition to teaching by words and deeds, he will personally verify every mission assigned to the undercover agents to test their acting skills and on-the-spot resourcefulness.
For example, a female agent disguises herself as a prostitute and lurks beside a big boss, but is discovered and locked up in a small dark room. Facing the enemy's brutal interrogation, how can she extract information and escape? This course is what Fox Three attaches great importance to.
In just a few days, he had played the role of a big boss more than ten times. There was a very pretty girl, but because of his average acting skills, he blocked her six times in one night before he finally let her pass.
Ping-Pong-Lang-
"My Lord, I am innocent!"
"Don't kill me. I have an eighty-year-old mother and..."
"Give me a quick death. If a man frowns, he is not a man... What are you doing? Why are you pulling my pants off? I am wrong. I deserve to die. Stop it!"
"… "
The silence was broken by a noisy sound. Fox Three frowned and walked out of the house, with his hands behind his back, walking like a tiger or a dragon. He saw a golden guard walking in a hurry and raised his hand to stop the man.
"Um, Xiao Zhang, come here."
Fox Three called the man over and frowned, "What's going on? Who brought the prisoner here? What's the big case?"
"Sir Hu, it's the prisoner that Sir Hu brought here. He captured a group of bandits." Xiao Liu didn't seem to be very smart and replied honestly.
"???"
A string of question marks flashed across Fox San's forehead. Since when did petty thieves become qualified to be tried in the Xuanyin Division
If I could make it back alive, I could brag about it for the rest of my life!
…
"Second brother, what's going on? Have these bandits offended you?"
In the cold and gloomy prison, Fox San looked ahead in silence. It was a small cell, only the size of a palm. It would be too crowded for three people to stand in it at the same time. However, due to Lu Bei's order, ten people were crammed in.
"Stop talking, I'm in bad luck!"
Lu Bei said angrily: "Brother, you don't know that I was assassinated."
"What? Who is that unlucky guy who won't open his eyes? Where is the body? Pull it over here so I can take a look. Is it intact?"
"Yes, that's him."
Lu Bei pointed casually, and Hu San looked in the direction he was looking. Before he could see who the warrior was, he heard his second brother complaining in grievance.
"I went to Xuanying Mountain to suppress the bandits, showed the Purple Guard Token, and kindly asked them to surrender."
Lu Bei snorted, "Good fellow, a hundred or so people surrounded me, but not only did they not surrender, they even dared to attack me. If I didn't have some skills, I wouldn't be able to fulfill my filial duty to my godmother in the future."
Fox Three was furious when he heard this: "What a bunch of losers, you can't even handle such a small matter, can't someone succeed at this?"
Lu Bei rolled his eyes when he heard this and gave Hu San a look. The two of them found a dark corner and squatted down to discuss the matter.
"Brother, do you know the East Palace?"
"I heard that they pissed you off?"
Fox Three raised his eyebrows, put away his frivolous behavior, and said seriously: "The East Palace has a close relationship with the three colleagues in front of us. The daily management is not a small amount. Since we took office, they have never come to visit. To be honest, they are just passers-by. It's time to teach them a lesson."
"I think so too. It's too outrageous. Why don't we teach them a lesson and give them a chance to start over? What do you think, big brother?"
"How?"
"Hehe..."
Under the diligent and honest governance of the Dongwang Palace, the Dongwang County, which has convenient transportation and fertile farmland, has a population of just under one million. If we exclude those households that have fled but whose registered permanent residence is still there, it is hard to say whether there are even half a million people.
This is a shockingly low number. You have to know that in Dongyang County where Lu Bei is located, Langyu County is a place where people live and work in peace and contentment. If you count the surrounding villages, the population is as high as 400,000.
Langwu County, which is geographically remote and has extremely difficult transportation, has a population of 200,000.
Not to mention Dashengguan in Dongqi County, a county with a population of over one million, the streets are always bustling during market days.
Comparing the county with the prefecture, the lower level is better than the higher level in seconds. Dongwang County is rotten to the core and can only be cured by severe medicine.
Lu Bei explained the situation of Dongwang County in a wavy manner, and Hu San frowned as he listened: "Second brother, you are not bad. You are very conscious and know how to win the hearts of the people for your own benefit."
"Brother, what you said is wrong. I have no ambition, so what's the point of having the support of the people?"
Lu Bei looked around and said proudly, "Don't be so blunt. I just like to see people get into trouble."
Who isn’t!
Fox Three chuckled and said, "Tell me, what are you going to do with it, brother? How many heads do you want to take off, and how much silver do you want to get?"
A new official has three things to do when he takes office. He and his second brother together have six things to do. Most people can't handle it. The East Prince's Mansion is prestigious but shabby enough, so it's just right to be neither too high nor too low.
"Brother, look, these are the things I dug out from the back garden of the East King's Mansion." Lu Bei opened his mouth and spit out a golden knife, a jade seal, and a large stone tablet engraved with 'The East King Should Be Established'.
“Hiss, hiss, hiss—”
Hu San took a deep breath of the bad smell in the cell: "The golden sword... and the jade seal, this is a serious crime of treason, the three clans will be exterminated!"
"Isn't it? This is a serious matter, so I came here to discuss it with you, big brother."
"Wait a minute, why is this jade seal a blank slate? Where is the word printed on it?"
Fox Three raised his hand to call for a stop, pointing at the stone tablet and saying speechlessly: "And this big stone, forget about the golden knife and the jade seal, but this is such a big stone, there is not a single drop of mud on it, are you sure it was just dug out?"
"To be precise, it hasn't been buried yet."
"…" x2
"Brother, say something!"
"Talk about bullshit!"
Fox San Kuang rolled his eyes and said, "Rebellion is a serious crime that will lead to the extermination of the entire family. There are hundreds of people in the East Palace, including the three clans... well, just counting the East Palace lineage, there are a full two thousand heads. Brother, you are a bit too harsh."
"If a man is not ruthless, he cannot stand firm."
Lu Bei sneered three times: "Since I have offended them all, I might as well offend them to death. Once they are all dead, I will sleep peacefully."
“That makes sense.”
His second brother had a good reason, and Fox Three could not refute it. He lowered his head and thought for a while, then slowly said, "If I'm not mistaken, this is the first time that my brother has done something like framing someone for treason, right?"
"Brother, you are wise. I know I am a decent person and I cannot do anything that would go against my conscience. I have come all the way to ask for your advice."
"Well, leave it to me."
"When do we leave?"
"There's no rush. It'll take at least three days."
Hu Sanmo calculated and added, "Slow work produces fine work. The golden sword can be used right away, but the jade seal and the imperial robe... even for me, it will take some time."
"Okay, but before that, big brother, give me a task first, the kind that requires paperwork."
"What the hell? I'm just an accomplice, how can I be the mastermind?"
Fox Three was furious, thinking that he was going to take the blame.
"It's not a big deal. Look at how cowardly you look. I'll do it myself. Where is the seal of the yamen?" Lu Bei stood up with a grunt, angrily scolding Hu San for not fulfilling his responsibility as an elder brother, and strode towards the yamen office.
Today, he is going to give himself a task!
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At Sanqing Peak, halfway up the mountain, one hundred and twenty players gathered, each holding a set of Xuanyinsi Silver Guard dog skin and a standard brocade sword.
However, his silly temperament was too prominent, and the high-quality black-patterned brocade robe looked fake and shoddy.
"Man, we're going to be famous. This is the largest team mission since the public beta."
"Sparrow food, you can't get it anywhere else."
"What a cool outfit! I'll try to lose it later so I don't have to return it."
"The clothes are very cool, but they are too troublesome to wear."
"All ancient styles are like this. They are troublesome to wear. I will draw a set of clothes for the principal to review someday. If it's okay, we can tailor them to our measurements. You won't wear this anymore in the future."
"What kind of outfit?"
"Suits, sunglasses, and white gloves."
"It's possible, but this is the world of immortal cultivation. Wouldn't it be too different and not satisfy the principal?"
"Just give it a try. Just tell him that it's the style of the immortal world and that all the gods and Buddhas in the sky dress like this. Maybe he'll agree."
"Wait a minute, didn't you find anything wrong?"
"What's wrong?"
"Look at the shuttles over there. There are four of them, and they can only carry 40 people, but we have more than 100 people here..."