In the backyard of the Ministry of War, Liu Xia was sitting in the hall.

Murong Duo, Minister of the Ministry of War, sat on one side, and the officials of the Ministry of War below also stood there with their waists hunched over.

"Haha, the prince suddenly paid a visit to the Ministry of War. What are you doing?"

After some pleasantries, Murong Duo asked in a friendly voice.

This Murong Duo was not even sixty years old, but he had a strong figure, thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, and was not angry or intimidating.[

He is a member of the Murong family, one of the top ten aristocratic families in Tianji. His cousin Murong Xina is a member of the cabinet and the representative of the Murong family in Longdu.

In the early years, Murong Duo was the commander of the border guard and had outstanding military exploits. Almost five years ago, he was promoted from the command room of the Southwest Border Guard Army back to Longdu and appointed as the Minister of War.

The Ministry of War is equivalent to the Ministry of National Defense, and the Minister of War is the Minister of National Defense.

Responsible for the selection of generals in the national army, logistics support, defense against foreign enemies, elimination of internal troubles, etc.

"Mr. Murong, to be honest, I am here for official business. Can you please lend me a moment?"

Liu Xia smiled lightly.

Murong Duo naturally understood what Liu Xia meant, so he smiled and said, "Everyone, go and do your work."

At this moment, the officials in your hall all retreated.

"The prince is handling the case under orders. If there is anything I can do to assist the prince, I will give my full assistance."

Murong Duo smiled.

"I just want to check some files this time, and I ask the minister for convenience. As for the content I want to check, I ask the minister not to ask any more questions. After all, the case is currently in the confidentiality stage."

Liu Xia said with a smile.

The Murong family has been in Longdu for many years, and their understanding of Longdu is much clearer than Liu Xia's.

The case investigated by Liu Xia is of great significance. If a family like theirs can take it away, they will naturally take it away to avoid being covered in blood.

Therefore, he was eager to hear Liu Xia say this.

"Wei Chen understands. Then Wei Chen will take the prince to the warehouse. The files that have been sealed by the Ministry of War over the years are all there. Do you need Wei Chen to send someone to assist the prince?"

Murong Duo stood up and smiled.

"Haha, no need. I came with my own help."

"Oh, that's fine. Then the minister will lead the way for the prince. Please." [

"please!"

At that moment, the two people headed towards the War Department's warehouse one after the other.

The warehouse is deep in the backyard of the Ministry of War and is quite large.

Every move made by the Ministry of War every year will be recorded.

A clerk in charge of the warehouse opened the door of the warehouse and left.

"My lord, everything you are looking for is here."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Mr. Murong."

"Serving the prince is what you should do. Then I won't disturb the prince. Take my leave."

After saying that, Murong Duo led his people and left the warehouse.

In the warehouse, there are rows of neat shelves, and the shelves are neatly filled with files, marked with years.

The files within each year are divided by specific events.

Liu Xia turned back to Dabao and said, "Go and call all our people in."

After a while, more than thirty people entered the warehouse.

"Everyone, what we are looking for today is the Tianji Dynasty's record of suppressing bandits in the past ten years. Don't worry about those bandits that have been wiped out. The focus is to find those bandits that have been suppressed for many years but still exist. Go ahead.

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After Liu Xia finished speaking, he waved his hand.

At that moment, his people began to look through the files.

The records in these files are very detailed, so it is not difficult to find them.

Generally speaking, the Tianji Dynasty has enjoyed peace in the world and peace in the country over the past few years.

Banditry is not serious, there are about seven or eight cases every year.

For larger bandit troubles, the imperial court would immediately exterminate them together with the clans. After all, the existence of such bandit troubles would have a very serious impact on the local people and public security.

Logically speaking, a mere ragtag group cannot fight against the army of aristocratic families and the imperial court.

However, there are often exceptions to these things.[

Once they are unable to eradicate the weeds and eliminate them here, they will appear elsewhere and continue to cause chaos.

Anyway, bandits are suppressed every year.

In less than an hour, Liu Xia's men reported back one after another.

Dabao and Liu Xia hurriedly sorted it out, found a map, and marked it.

As Liu Xia expected, there were five gangs in total that were suppressed every year but existed every year.

The most powerful one now is the bandit gang near the Sky Mountain in southern Xinjiang. Because the pirates invaded there every year and the imperial court did not have enough troops, although they also encircled and suppressed them, the intensity was not enough. Therefore, the gangs near the Sky Mountain became larger and larger.

The bigger.

Now there are more than 30,000 people.

Most of the remaining three places are located in the border areas.

But there was a gang in one place that caught Liu Xia's attention.

This bandit haunts the vicinity of Yuntianling and has the smallest number of people. Documents record that there are less than 5,000 people, but they have been encircled and suppressed seven times.

Yuntianling is only less than four hundred miles away from Longdu. It stands to reason that in the hinterland of the Central Plains, it should be very difficult for such a gang to survive. But how can it still exist after being encircled and suppressed seven times?

The only reasonable explanation is that someone is protecting them, and if you think about it with your toes, you know who this person is.

As the commander of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Tuoba Lingyun didn't need anything else. As long as he gave them a little information before each encirclement and suppression, he could get things done.

Thinking of this, Liu Xia couldn't help but think of Xiang Dongmei, who was captured in Ma Xiao's case. He turned out to be a member of the notorious Fire Lotus Sect, but in the end he became Tuoba Lingyun's disciple.

Presumably, Tuoba Lingyun is Zhu Neng, and maybe there will be a breakthrough from Xiang Dongmei.

Now that we know that Tuoba Lingyun is the mastermind behind the scenes, we don't have to worry about anything anymore.

"Brother, I suspect that this gang has something to do with Tuoba Lingyun. So, I want to put on a show."

Liu Xia smiled lightly.

"Do you want to encircle and suppress this gang, lead the car out of the cave, and see Tuoba Lingyun's reaction?"

"Well, this place is so close to Longdu, so it should be a very important chess piece for Tuoba Lingyun. I will find a way to encircle them, and you will be in Longdu and keep an eye on Tuoba Lingyun for me. As long as he messes up,

If we can seize his handle, we will have hope."

Liu Xia smiled slightly.

"Okay, don't worry, as long as you have a plan, I will follow you and follow it."

Dabao said, patting his chest.

"Everyone, we're here today, let's go back home."

After Liu Xia finished speaking, he took his people, said goodbye to Murong Duo, and returned to the palace.

After returning to the palace, Liu Xia buried himself in the study and wrote a memorial to the emperor.

Ask the emperor to send troops to encircle and suppress the bandit gang and lure the snake out of its hole.

After writing the memorial, Liu Xia changed into court clothes and headed towards the palace.

Imperial Palace, Tianxin Hall.

The emperor was lying on a low couch with a hint of fatigue on his face, closing his eyes there to rest.

Tianxin Hall is the place where the emperor's cabinet discusses matters. Today, all the cabinet elders have left.

Shen Mo knelt on the emperor's side and gently beat his legs for him.

However, the difference between today's Tianxin Hall and the past is that these two poems are framed and hung in a very conspicuous position.

These two poems were written by Liu Xia at the second prince's residence that day.

The emperor seemed to be particularly fond of these two poems, and personally ordered them to be taken from the second prince's residence and mounted in the Tianxin Hall.

At this moment, the emperor slowly opened his eyes and looked at the two poems in front of him. After reading them once, he couldn't help but nod silently.

"This child has so many poems. It's a pity that this child's handwriting is a bit ugly."

The emperor said calmly.

"The man is perfect, the gold is barefoot. The calligraphy of King Weiyuan Qi is not good. Doesn't this look like His Majesty?"
To be continued...