Zhu Tian: Starting from the World of Zongwu

"Oh!"

Victoria Song quickly followed and asked in a low voice, "Aren't you going to say hello to our dad?"

Song Xuan rolled his eyes at her, grabbed her arm and walked out the door.

I just made Old Song angry yesterday. If I go to say hello to him now, I'm just asking for trouble!

......

As the imperial capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, this ancient city at the feet of the emperor was extremely prosperous.

Early in the morning, the streets were filled with shouts, yells, and the neighing of horses. You could even see rows of city guards patrolling the streets.

However, no matter whether it was the pedestrians on the street, the vendors on the roadside, or the teams of solemn soldiers, after seeing the black robes worn by Song Xuan and his sister, each of them showed a look of fear on their faces.

The Xuanyi Guards of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the symbol of imperial power and a legal killing organization, who wouldn't be afraid of them?

Song Xuan chose a mutton soup restaurant on the street, ordered two bowls of mutton soup and ten flatbreads, and then he and Song Qian started eating.

People who practice martial arts tend to eat a lot, so the shop owner was very discerning. Seeing that the two of them seemed to be a little hungry, he specially sent them a basket of freshly baked pancakes.

The two of them had a very enjoyable breakfast. After putting a piece of silver on the table, Song Xuan and the other man rushed towards the Xuanyiwei Yamen.

He is going on a business trip today, and he needs to select a few suitable subordinates from the yamen to accompany him.

As we walked along, there were crowds of people walking on the street, and the streets looked messy. From time to time, we could see scholars carrying book boxes rushing along the streets towards the inner city.

Song Xuan frowned and thought for a moment before he suddenly realized, "I was wondering why there were so many people today. It turns out it's the day of the imperial examination, which takes place every three years."

Song Qian looked at those scholars, then tilted her head to look at Song Xuan, nodding slightly from time to time, as if comparing something.

"What are you thinking about?" Song Xuan asked casually.

Victoria Song smiled and tilted her head slightly, "They say scholars are naturally elegant because they have a wealth of knowledge, but after looking for a long time, I haven't found anyone with a better temperament than you, brother.

Somehow, compared to you, they always seem a little wilted."

Song Xuan laughed out loud, what nonsense, my brother practiced the boy's kung fu, and used the pure yang internal force to temper his body and polish his spirit, how could a weak scholar who couldn't even tie a chicken compare to him?

After entering the Xuanyiwei Inspection Office, Song Xuan did not find Zhao Dezhu. It was said that Old Zhao was called to a meeting by the Xuanyiwei Commander before dawn today.

Originally, Song Xuan wanted to ask Lao Zhao to arrange a few people for him, but there was no way. Since the other party was not there, he could only go and recruit men himself.

"Brother Song!"

"Sister Sissi!"

In the yamen, some third-class Xuanyi guards came to report for duty with sleepy eyes, and many of them were yawning, but when they saw Song Xuan and the others, they shuddered and started to greet them from afar.

You can't not say hello, or you'll get beaten.

Song Xuan is an old slacker in the Xuanyi Guard. He has a good temper, is easy to talk to, and has good relationships with people.

But Song Qian is different. Among the third-class Xuanyi guards, she is like a big sister. There are very few people in the entire Xunjiansi third-class Xuanyi guards who have not been beaten by her.

Don’t be fooled by this little girl’s appearance of being well-behaved and obedient in front of Song Xuan. But when she goes out alone, she is the powerful and influential Sister Qian who dominates the area.

There is only one beauty in the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, who wouldn’t bow down when seeing Sister Qian?

Song Qian nodded slightly and stood beside Song Xuan without saying a word. When her brother was around, she always played the role of a little follower. If her brother had something to say, she would try to speak as little as possible.

Song Xuan smiled as he looked at the dozen or so third-class Xuanyi Guards who entered the yamen one after another. He said, "I just took on a case yesterday and need to go to the county town below. Is there anyone interested in joining me?"

After he finished speaking, Song Xuan did not wait for any response, but saw that the dozen or so people who were idle either looked up at the sky or lowered their heads and remained silent. They had no intention of going on the business trip at all.

Wouldn’t it be nice to stay in the capital and eat and drink for free?

Following you to the small county town below to handle a case is not only unprofitable but also dangerous. Only a fool would agree to this.

Seeing that no one responded, Song Xuan was not surprised. After all, he had been doing the same thing when he was a third-class Xuanyi Guard.

He stopped talking and took a step back behind his sister, smiling at the group of young men.

Close the door and let Victoria Song go!

Seeing this scene, the third-class Xuanyi guards who had originally looked lazy and indifferent suddenly felt as if they were facing a great enemy, and some even subconsciously wanted to retreat.

Song Qian held the hilt of the sword hanging at her waist with her right hand, and said in a somewhat cold voice, "My brother tried to reason with you, but you didn't listen. Now, let's talk about something unreasonable!"

As she spoke, she extended her slender fingers and pointed at everyone one by one. "I'll randomly point at three people. Whoever I point at will be the one to go. Anyone who dares not go will be kicked in the balls!"

These words were somewhat crude, but no one dared to take them as a joke.

Because Song Qian, this tiger girl, really dares to kick!

"Lu Xiaoliu!"

Song Qian pointed to Lu Xiaoliu first. In an instant, a helpless smile appeared on Lu Xiaoliu's round face.

Although he was somewhat reluctant in his heart, he did not refuse. After all, he and Song Xuan siblings were close friends since childhood. How could he stand idly by when his brother needed help?

"monkey!"

Song Qian pointed her finger at a thin and somewhat wretched-looking young man.

Seeing that Victoria Song chose him, the monkey wanted to cry but had no tears, but he dared not say anything. He could only nod and bow honestly, and even flattered: "Sister Victoria has good taste!"

"big cow!"

The one who was finally chosen was a burly man with a dark complexion and a nine-foot height. When he stood there, he looked like an iron tower, which was intimidating.

But even this strong man who was as strong as a steel block, when he was called out by Victoria Song, his eyes instantly turned red, and tears were visible in his eyes.

"Sister Qian, can I not go?"

"My father said he would arrange a marriage for me in the next two days. If this fails, what will I do if I can't find a wife in the future?"

Chapter 9: The Xuanyi Guards are investigating a case, and they ask the person in charge to come out!

Daniel went along anyway.

Because Song Xuan had painted a big rosy picture for him and promised with all his heart that he would find him a satisfactory wife in the future.

The pie is a bit round, but Daniel still believed it.

They are all young people who have been in the same circle since childhood, and everyone still believes in Song Xuan's character.

If he said he would find a wife for me, then he would definitely find a wife for me!

Brother Xuan has always been a reliable person!

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The Great Zhou Dynasty had an extremely vast territory and implemented a ruling system of states, prefectures, counties, and districts. The entire Great Zhou territory included nine states, with one state having twelve prefectures, one prefecture having twelve counties, and one county having twelve districts.

To put it bluntly, a single state is equivalent to a country.

In order to maintain the control of such a vast territory in the hands of the court, emperors of all dynasties have taken many measures.

For example, the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which founded its country on martial arts, attached almost abnormal importance to martial arts. In other words, the royal family was the largest martial arts family in the world.

In the eyes of the emperor, if he wants the dynasty to last forever, mastering the strongest military force is the most fundamental thing.

In addition, in order to check and balance the people in the martial arts world, generation after generation of emperors continued to strengthen the strength of the Xuanyiwei. By the generation of Song Xuan, the Xuanyiwei had become a behemoth.

Song Xuan once heard Zhao Dezhu say that as long as the emperor did not explicitly forbid the Xuanyiwei from interfering, the Xuanyiwei could intervene in anything that happened within the Great Zhou!

The power is staggering.

Shanyin County, where Song Xuan was on a business trip to handle a case, belonged to Mingzhou and was more than 800 miles away from the imperial capital. It was not too far. Considering the physical fitness of several warriors, it would only take a few days to travel there.

Mingzhou, Huai'an County.

After traveling for several days, Song Xuan and his companions entered the county town on their green-maned horses, looking exhausted.

As soon as he entered the city, Song Xuan went straight to the county magistrate's office without saying a word. The case he was going to handle this time was the one that was reported by the Huai'an County Yamen to the Ministry of Justice, but was finally handed over to the Xuanyiwei Inspection Yamen.

It was already afternoon, perhaps because the sun was at its highest and people had just finished lunch, which was the time when they were most sleepy. Outside the county magistrate's office, a few yamen runners were leaning against the wall and taking a nap.

Song Xuan looked at the huge county magistrate's office. This place was the center of a county. A decision made by the county magistrate could even affect the life and death of millions of people in the counties below.

But even such an important place was in a lax state. Apart from a few dozing yamen runners, there was not even a single person to be seen, which showed the neglect of government affairs.

"Brother Xuan!"

Lu Xiaoliu whispered, "I've inquired along the way. Shen Qingyun, the governor of Huai'an County, is a parasite who values ​​money as his life.

"If the superiors like something, the subordinates will follow suit. Throughout the Huai'an County government, from the county governor to the deputy prefect, the chief clerk, and even the petty officials and runners, there is no one who is not greedy for money."

As he spoke, he pointed to the empty government office and said, "In this place, let alone ordinary people, even wealthy families would not dare to come and report the injustice they encountered.

Those vampires in the yamen will eat the defendant and then the plaintiff. Anyone who enters here will be skinned alive if not killed. Over time, few people come here to sue.

Even if disputes arose among the people, they would rather spend more money to resolve them privately than come to the government office.

Song Xuan looked around the county magistrate's office imperceptibly, nodded slowly and smiled, "Xiao Liu, you said that ordinary people would rather suffer losses and consider themselves unlucky than come to the yamen to report a crime, but as a result, an adultery case caused a sensation in the local area and even reached the imperial capital's Xuanyiwei Yamen.

Isn’t this interesting?”

"It's very interesting!" Lu Xiaoliu also laughed.

Victoria Song was a little confused and frowned, saying, "Can you two grown men be more direct when speaking? What do you mean by interesting or not interesting?"

Song Xuan explained, "Generally speaking, when a case occurs in a local area, most people try to cover it up as much as possible, and only report it to the higher authorities when it is no longer possible to cover it up.

As a result, a case that happened in a county town even reached the Imperial Capital's Xuanyiwei Inspection Office. What do you think of this situation? "

Song Qian suddenly realized, "Is it because someone at the prefectural or provincial governor's side suppressed the case? As a last resort, the Huai'an County Magistrate used his connections to send the case to the imperial capital?"

Song Xuan shook his head, "He's just a county governor, he doesn't have such power.

If nothing unexpected happens, there should be a power struggle among the prefectural governor or even the local officials in the provincial capital. Someone wants to use this case to drag down some local officials or even kill them."

"I understand what you said!" Song Qian understood. "To put it bluntly, someone is using our Xuanyi Guard as a knife to kill a few political enemies, right?"

Song Xuan nodded, "For the time being, this is possible, and the possibility is very high!"

Victoria Song snorted in dissatisfaction, "These people who play politics are so dirty, they dare to use our Xuanyi Guards as knives, aren't they afraid that they will be chopped down as well!

Brother, what should we do next? Should we continue with this case?"

"Why not?"

Song Xuan chuckled, "No matter what he's plotting, let's first get to the bottom of the case. After all, this is the first case we've taken on. If we just go back in disgrace, how will we survive in the Xuanyiwei Yamen in the future?"

He paused, "Let's find out the whole story. It's all about those murderous guys from the Law Enforcement Department. They don't care what schemes you have, they'll kill you if they can!"

As he said that, he waved at Daniu, "Daniu, go and knock on the door!"

Da Niu uttered a muffled "hmm" and strode forward. The ground even shook slightly with his steps.

"Who's in charge?"

Da Niu's thunder-like voice rang out at the gate of the county magistrate's office. The sudden sound instantly woke up several napping yamen runners.

One of the yamen runners, who looked like the squad leader, started cursing before even opening his eyes: "Which blind bastard is making such a noise? He doesn't even look... look..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he opened his eyes and saw the dark and burly figure of Da Niu, who was as strong as an iron tower. Even the sunlight was blocked out from that station, and a large shadow was cast over him, causing the team leader to become speechless.

After swallowing, the squad leader lowered his voice and spoke more slowly.

Especially after seeing Da Niu's extremely eye-catching dark black Xuanyi guard robe, his expression was even more frightened.

"This is the county governor's residence. Who are you?"

Da Niu took the token from his waist with one hand, and with the other hand, he lifted the squad leader up by the neck like a chick, and put the token in front of him.

"Do you recognize this token?"

"I recognize it!" The squad leader's eyes hurt because of the three big words "Xuanyiwei" and he spoke repeatedly in a hoarse voice.

"It's good that you recognize me!" Da Niu put away the token, threw the squad leader to the ground, and shouted loudly.

"The Xuanyi Guards are investigating the case. Tell your supervisor to come out!"

Chapter 10 Ye Dianshi

The squad leader crawled to the yamen to call for help.

After a while, a group of yamen runners came out quickly, escorting a man in the uniform of a registrar.

The man didn't look very old, probably around thirty years old. With his fair complexion and beard, he didn't look like a warrior, but more like a gentle and refined scholar.

"I am the Prefect of Huai'an County. I wonder if you are from the imperial capital?"