"Are you willing to be the commander of the Golden Snake Guards now?”
Hong Fu took a deep breath and solemnly hung the golden token on his waist. He cupped his fists and said,"This lowly subject will definitely not disappoint Your Majesty's promotion!"
Yang Guang nodded and said seriously," The Golden Snake Guards are few in number. They won't be of much use in a head-on battle. That's why I want you to train the Golden Snake Guards into special personal guards who specialize in intelligence theft and assassination. Can you do that?"”
Hong Fu said," This humble official is in charge of intelligence theft and assassination in the Supreme Court. I have some experience. I just have a request that I hope Your Majesty will agree to."”
"Tell me what you want."
"I have some trusted subordinates in the Supreme Court, all of whom are elites in intelligence theft and assassination. I would like to ask Your Majesty to transfer them to the Golden Snake Guards to assist me. This will save a lot of time in training.”
Yang Guang smiled and said," This is easy. I will give you an imperial edict. You can go to the Supreme Court to dispatch as many people as you need." He believed that the King of Yue would not mind such a small matter.”
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Hong Fu said happily.”
" I trust your abilities," Yang Guang said solemnly." I gave you the Golden Snake Guards." In the future, if the Golden Snake Guards have any needs, you can ask for them. I will definitely satisfy them. It's just that I can't give you too much time to train. The current situation in Jiang Du is complicated, so you must immediately set up a thorough intelligence network in the capital.”
"I will not disappoint Your Majesty," Hong Fu said solemnly.”
Yang Guang's eyes revealed a thoughtful look as he slowly said,"Tomorrow, the imperial envoy in charge of investigating the canal corruption case will bring the main criminal, Ma Shumou, back to the capital. The first thing I want you to do is to closely monitor the relevant personnel of this case!”
Hong Fu's expression turned cold. She had been ambushed and seriously injured because she was looking for evidence of Uncle Ma's corruption. She knew the implications of this case and nodded solemnly.
Night fell.
The Yuwen clan mansion was brightly lit.
Yuwen Huaji, Yuwen Zhiji, Yuwen Chengdu, and the other direct descendants of the Yuwen clan, as well as the Minister of Personnel, Gao Mingde, and the Minister of Justice, Liu Changfeng, were all present in the meeting hall in the backyard. Each of them had a heavy expression on their faces.
"Patriarch, the guest elders have arrived.”
Hearing the servant's words, Yuwen Huaji immediately stood up and greeted,""Quickly invite them in."
After a while, five men and a woman walked in from the door.
Yuwen Huaji was ambitious. There were countless talents in his family, but he still spent a lot of money to buy the world's capable people for his own use and granted them the status of guest ministers.
The six people in front of him were the top existences among the hundreds of Honored Guests. Other than the green-clothed woman who wore a cloak and covered her entire body, the other five men were all famous existences in the martial world.
Among them, the bald man walking in the front was the Tyrant Blade Mountain Breaker, who had once shocked the two banks of the Huai River. He had cultivated the Heaven Splitting Wave Saber Technique and was once a grandmaster. His attainments in saber techniques had reached the Perfection Realm.
Five years ago, Duan Yue accidentally killed an inner disciple of the Sword of Heavenly Lake Sect and was chased by the elders of the Sword of Heavenly Lake Sect for thousands of miles. Although he managed to escape with his life, his dantian was severely injured and his cultivation was greatly reduced. Because of this, he was disheartened and directly sold himself to the Yuwen family, seeking wealth in the secular world.
The four men behind Duan Yue were dressed differently, but they came from the same family. In their early years, they plundered and robbed ships on the Yellow River. They were known as the Four Ghosts of the Yellow River in Jianghu, and each of them had the cultivation of the middle stage of the Connate Realm.
As for that one and only woman, her origins were much more mysterious. Even Yuwen Huaji had never seen her true appearance and only knew that her name was Yue Ji. Not only was her cultivation unfathomable, but her wisdom was even deeper than the sea. The Yuwen clan being able to rise rapidly these two years was mostly due to her credit.
When Yuwen Huaji saw who it was, he cupped his hands politely and said,""Fairy Yue, Elder Duan, this way please.”
Duan Yue didn't dare to be arrogant and hurriedly returned the greeting,""Greetings clan lord Yuwen."
But Yue Ji did not have so many misgivings and directly sat on the first seat on the right.
Yuwen Huaji didn't mind. After all six of them were seated, he frowned at the servant and said,""Where's Mr. Zhangsun?"
The servant whispered," I've already sent someone to the Wind Cloud Pavilion to deliver the invitation. However, the butler guarding the door said that their young master was seriously injured and needed to recuperate. So, he returned the invitation."”
Yuwen Zhiji, who was sitting on the left, snorted and said unhappily,""Brother, are you still not giving up? That Zhangsun guy is obviously jackals of the same feather as Li Shiming. Big brother has sent people to our door several times, but he doesn't know that he doesn't even put our Yuwen clan in his eyes.”
Gao Mingde, the Minister of Official Personnel Affairs, also said,"That's right. Zhangsun Wuji has been in the capital for almost a month, but he has never participated in any meetings or proposed any ideas. Clearly, his heart is not here.”
Yuwen Huaji's expression instantly turned ugly, but he knew that they were right. He could only return to the main seat resentfully and say in a muffled voice,""Zhangsun Wuji is backed by the Profound Secrets Pavilion. There is no harm in befriending him.”
The Minister of Justice, Liu Changfeng, was the most tactful person. He immediately tried to smooth things over."We have Fairy Yue's advice, even if Zhangsun Wuji came, he might not be of much help. Let's talk about the canal corruption case. Recently, the number of memorials from the Ministry of Rites has increased by several times. It's obvious that the Xiao family has already made their move. We need to come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible.”
Gao Mingde said coldly," What's there to discuss? Uncle Ma was greedy and even did something that violated the cardinal guides like cooking and eating babies. Now that his crime has been exposed, he has no one to blame but himself. We can just send someone to assassinate him." He couldn't possibly implicate everyone just because of him, right?”
Liu Changfeng also echoed,"Lord Gao is right. As long as Ma Shumou is dead, I will forcefully close the case." In a situation where the dead could not testify, the Xiao family would not be able to cause any trouble.”
Gao Mingde and Liu Changfeng were both ministers of the court and officials who had benefited the most from the canal project. Seeing that Kaihe Protector-General Ma Shumou would be escorted back to the capital tomorrow, they could not sit still.
However, after they finished speaking, they suddenly realized that Yuwen Huaji, Yuwen Zhiji, and the others, who should have responded to them actively, were silent.
Uneasiness instantly welled up in his heart.# Daguan Review Passed: Daguan Time:011720192:32PM
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