In the blink of an eye, a year passed.
The Brocade Guard had already been established by Chu Xiao. With the emperor's support, it developed rapidly. Relying on the intelligence of the Jinyiwei, they had already dismissed many local officials. And the Jinyiwei was eventually found out by the courtiers. However, it was too late to resist. Therefore, this group of civil officials encouraged the students to smear the Jinyiwei's reputation among the people.
Of course, Chu Xiao would not allow this to happen. Having grown up in the New Era, Chu Xiao understood the importance of fishing vessels. Therefore, they also mobilized all the forces to make the responsibilities of the Jinyiwei public, and every time the civil servants were captured by the Jinyiwei, they would be announced to the world. He wanted to let the world know what kind of moral conduct civil officials, who were considered honest in the hearts of the people, were.
Although the civil servants also wanted to refute, all denial was meaningless in the face of conclusive evidence. In the hearts of the common people, the Brocade Guard became their guardian god, the great lord of the heavens.
Now, every city had a stronghold of the Jinyiwei. Not only would the Jinyiwei's spies investigate the illegal activities of officials, but even if the common people came to complain, someone would investigate them thoroughly based on this clue. The Jinyiwei did not care about the local tyrants breaking the law, but they would report the matter to the local magistrate and even hand over the evidence. If the government didn't care, the Jinyiwei would report it, and the higher-ups would naturally send people to investigate the officials.
Even the emperor was healed by Xue Muhua, who Chu Xiao had invited over. He no longer looked like he was about to die. Xue Muhua was currently Zhao Xu's Chief Imperial Physician and was treated extremely well.
Chu Xiao himself had also broken through to the Xiantian realm ten months ago and was now stable at the middle stage of the Xiantian realm. Every day, he would train the purity of his zhenqi. Chu Xiao found that after he learned the Minor Non-Phase Method, the speed of refining his Northern Dark True Qi had increased a lot.
At this moment, Chu Xiao dared to say that he was more than ten times stronger than he was a year ago. The difference between Innate and First-class was too great. Not to mention the difference between a Grandmaster and an Inborn. The integration of Heaven and man was a grandmaster.
Chu Xiao had just arrived in Suzhou and everything was on the right track. There was no need for Chu Xiao to keep an eye on him.
He saw that You Feihang's mansion, which was built on the edge of Lake Tai, occupied a large area and had exquisite pavilions.
"Welcome, Your Highness." When the Suzhou magistrate heard that Chu Xiao had arrived in Suzhou, he hurried over. Right now, this King Wu was like the sun at noon. None of the officials in the court dared to offend him. After all, the Embroidered Uniform Guards were a deterrent.
The Jinyiwei's caravans traveled all over the country and even participated in overseas trade. The Jinyiwei could be said to be as rich as a country. Ever since Zhao Xu's health gradually improved this year, he did not use a single cent of the national treasury for large-scale construction.
If it was just money, it would be fine. The key was martial strength. In this year, countless Liao generals were killed. Although the Brocade Guard had never admitted to this matter, anyone with discerning eyes would understand. Great Liao sent an envoy over and did not hesitate to protest with force. Chu Xiao directly replied to the messenger," If the general of your country is not afraid of dying suddenly in the middle of the night, feel free to come.”
It was no wonder that no matter how the other party's generals arranged their arrangements this year, they could not escape the fate of being assassinated. As a result, when the generals of the Liao Dynasty heard that they were sent to guard the border of Song and Liao, they were shocked. They all made excuses and refused to go.
As a result, the generals at the border did not dare to go out, afraid that others would know. After Chu Xiao sent the Suzhou magistrate away, he sent someone to call You Feihang over.
"Feihang, how's the matter I sent you to investigate a year ago?”Chu Xiao did not beat around the bush and went straight to the point.
"Your Highness, this subordinate has asked around. It was confirmed that the Murong family was a descendant of the Yan Country's royal family. Furthermore, he had been building up his forces all these years, preparing to restore the country.”Even Wang Yuyan, that little girl who was ignorant of worldly affairs, knew Murong Fu's motive. It could be seen how indiscreet Murong Fu was.
"Since the evidence is conclusive, we'll move out tomorrow to remove this malignant tumor in Suzhou. Have you investigated the Murong family's power?”Suzhou was Chu Xiao's fief. How could the Murong family be so presumptuous here?
"Your Highness, everything has been investigated. It was all recorded in this book. Your Highness, please take a look." As he spoke, he took out a book and handed it to Chu Xiao.
Chu Xiao took it and looked at it. "Bastards, who gave them the guts?"”On it were written some restaurants, tea houses, and mountain villas run by the Murong family. There were even bandits from the surrounding mountains. These were all within Chu Xiao's acceptable range.
What Chu Xiao could not accept the most was that there were officials involved. Chu Xiao could forgive them if they had been bribed without knowing, but he never expected that some local officials would be such a bastard to participate in the Murong family's 'great cause of reviving the country'. Among them, there were also county magistrates and county captains.
"Wang Dahu." Chu Xiao opened the door and shouted outside.
"Your Highness, what can I do for you?" A guard dressed as a Jinyiwei rushed over.
"Brothers, I have something important to announce.”Chu Xiao said angrily.
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