At the entrance of the underground palace, a burly figure knelt humbly.
If you don't look carefully, his figure almost merges with the shadow of the wall. And at first glance, you can feel the coldness and gloominess emanating from his body.
"Who is he?" Countless questions appeared in Zhu Yunxi's mind.
"Come here!" At the exit to the bright underground palace, the old man's voice echoed slightly between the walls.
The kneeling man kowtowed again, and then almost crawled to the front of Zhu Yunxi.
"My lord, I would like to pay homage to the grandson of the Emperor of the East Palace, Qian Sui!" When he opened his mouth, his voice was like a knife cutting through steel, and it was indescribably harsh.
Zhu Yunxi looked at the other party carefully and said slowly, "Look up!"
Hearing this, the man slowly raised his head.
Zhu Yunxi suddenly discovered that his pupils were different from others, they were not black but cyan.
"Who are you?" Zhu Yunxi asked.
The man lowered his head again and kowtowed, "I am Qingyan!"
Could Blue Eyes be the other well-hidden eyes and ears in the hands of the old man besides Jin Yiwei?
It should be, absolutely yes!
Zhu Yunxi looked at the old man, who was also looking at him.
"Dasun, Qingyan is yours from today on!" The old man's voice was a bit deep, "From now on, these people will only listen to you. They will target whoever you want them to target. You let them
They will cause trouble for whomever they are looking for."
"They will be the most loyal eagle dogs in your hands!"
Zhu Yunxi had already guessed that the old man must have a hidden power in his hands, but he didn't expect that the old man would hand over this power to him so quickly.
"What's your name?" Zhu Yunxi looked at the kneeling Qingyan again and asked.
The man raised his head again and whispered, "Your Majesty, Mao Xiang!"
Mao Xiang?
Zhu Yunxi was shocked. Mao Xiang was the first commander of Jinyiwei. He was originally a general in the army and was responsible for the old man's bodyguard. Later, he became the commander after the Gongwei Division was changed to Jinyiwei.
This man was absolutely loyal to the old man. He only had eyes for the old man, and even Prince Zhu Biao could not command him. He was even known to be perverted among the courtiers, and everyone stayed away from him.
Because whether it is the Kongyin case, the Guo Heng case, or the Hu Weiyong case, this man is the sharpest butcher's knife in the old man's hand.
But later, after killing too many officials, in order to appease the public anger, he became a victim of maintaining the court, and was ordered to die by the old man.
He's not dead?
But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.
The old man will kill officials and the heroes who founded the country, but he will not kill his own eagles and dogs.
He was hidden behind the scenes by the old man and led a secret team alone.
This person is the secret of living!
What flows throughout his body and blood vessels is not blood, but various secrets!
"Grandson!"
"exist!"
"You talk to him, let's go over there and take a look!" As soon as the old man finished speaking, Pu Bucheng supported the old man beside him and slowly walked out of the underground palace. Under the sun, he walked towards the distance.
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The bastard asked someone to serve hot tea, quickly retreated, and personally stood guard outside the door.
In the side hall of the Ming Tower of Xiaoling Mausoleum, Zhu Yunxi was sitting on a chair, and Mao Xiang was kneeling two steps away from him.
The aroma of hot tea filled the air, and Zhu Yunxi didn't know where to start.
"Get up, sit down and talk properly, don't kneel all the time!" Zhu Yunxi said.
Mao Xiang's face seemed to be always cast in a shadow, and his voice was so cold, "I am His Highness's eagle dog. There is no reason for an eagle dog to sit in front of the master!"
Zhu Yunxi smiled slightly and held the tea cup, "Tell me about it! Tell me, how many blue eyes do you have, what have you done, what do you know, and what can you do to help me in the future?"
"I was born with strange eyes, so the people I command are called blue eyes!"
Zhu Yunxi nodded and drank tea slowly, with the tea bowl covering half of his face.
"Actually, there was one before Blue Eyes, called the Dark Guard!"
Mao Xiang continued to speak slowly, "Back then, there was a Guards Division next to the emperor, who was responsible for the safety of the emperor, queen and prince internally, and was responsible for spying on military intelligence externally, acting as a spy, surveying roads and bridges, buying off hostile generals, etc.!"
Intelligence work should not be underestimated in any era. It is equivalent to a hundred thousand troops. The old man was so fast that he swept across the north and south in just seventeen years and established the Ming Dynasty. In addition to the bright lights and shadows of swords, there must be such secrets.
Bingfeng.
"The first people in the Guards Department were all orphans adopted by the Emperor. Later, the nephews of those who died in the army were selected. These people are deeply favored by the Emperor and are loyal!"
"Didn't you say that Qingyan's predecessor was called the Dark Guard? What does it have to do with the Archguard Division?" Zhu Yunxi asked.
"After the Archguard Division was changed to Jin Yiwei, it was divided into two. The ones on the surface are called Jin Yiwei, and the ones in secret are called secret guards!" At this point, Mao Xiang finally showed a rare smile on his face, "Jin Yiwei is just a
It turns out that the branch of the Guards Department is good at punishment. But the old men who are really good at spying, collecting information, assassination, etc. are all secret guards!"
Intelligence work is important, but intelligence organizations cannot grow big, let alone place all their hopes on one organization.
The old man did this. In the future, other emperors of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to Jin Yiwei, also founded Dongchang and Xichang. It was because of this.
Zhu Yunxi put down the tea bowl and said, "Listen to what you said. Are you not the first commander of the secret guard?"
"When I am the commander of the Jinyi Guards, I cannot command the secret guards." Mao Xiang said seriously, "At that time, the leader of the secret guards was someone else!"
"Who?" Zhu Yunxi asked.
"Cao Guogong, Li Wenzhong!"
It's him?
Li Wenzhong, Duke of Cao State, was the nephew raised by the old man as his son. He was absolutely loyal and had high hopes for him. When Li Wenzhong was at his most powerful, he was in charge of the entire Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, the Imperial College, and all the soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp.
Unexpectedly, he actually secretly controls such a secret intelligence organization.
However, if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.
Besides Li Wenzhong, who else can the old man trust?
Besides Li Wenzhong, who else can the old man give this power to?
"How many of you are there?" Zhu Yunxi asked again.
"Actually, I don't know exactly how many people there are!" Mao Xiang continued to kowtow, "It's true that I am the commander, but there are several commanders under me, who are in charge of different things!"
This was expected by Zhu Yunxi. Naturally, such an organization cannot be dominated by one person. Even if it is the leader, it cannot cover the sky with one hand.
"The roster of Qingyan is not in the hands of me. I don't care about the people who come in every year or the people who leave!" Mao Xiang said, "I just listen to the master, help the master with things, and take care of the people who are entrusted to me by the master.
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Zhu Yunxi smiled and said, "I bet you are a hand-off shopkeeper?"
"Eunuch Park is in charge of the roster, selection and recruitment of personnel!" Mao Xiang said.
"Who? Lao Pu?"
This made Zhu Yunxi slightly stunned.
Pu Bucheng actually still cares about the old man's favor.
But thinking about it again, it seems very reasonable.
Li Wenzhong died young, and there was no one in the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty whom the old man could trust unconditionally.
Then this old eunuch, who has served the old man all his life, is the first choice to do his job.
For kings, eunuchs are indeed the most trustworthy people.
Because a eunuch does not have a king, he is just a eunuch. Everything he has comes from the charity of the king.
Suddenly, Zhu Yunxi thought of a possibility.
He slowly moved forward, looked at the other party condescendingly, and asked, "So, do you have many palace maids and eunuchs among you?"
"That was not the case before, but in the past two years, I have made many relatives of the nephews and nephews of eunuchs in the palace and various palaces." Mao Xiang said without thinking, "Green Eyes mainly targets civil and military officials, major noble families, etc.!"
A short sentence contains a lot of information.
First of all, in the past two years, the eunuchs and nephews in the palace and various palaces have been added.
In other words, starting from the past two years, the old man began to have some other thoughts about his sons and began to secretly stare at them. It cannot be said that he was secretly watching, but that there were many incidents in the past two years.
This incident made the old man feel a little chilled, and he no longer trusted his sons unconditionally as before.
As for the noble family of the imperial court, the old man’s spy had been there from the very beginning.
In other words, the old man can know whatever he wants to know.
"Are there many secrets in each prince's palace?" Zhu Yunxi pondered for a moment and asked.
"I tell you the truth!" Mao Xiang kowtowed again, "It's all trivial and trivial!" He said, after a pause, "Other princes' palaces are leaky sieves. You can know whatever you want to know. But Yan
The king and his ministers still need time!"
After saying that, he paused again, "The people employed in Queen Yan's house are either old people who have been with her since childhood, or they are the dowry of the princess. Ordinary people who enter the palace must start as a handyman and work as a servant for three years.
If you make any mistakes, you can do other things!"
"Even the servants who clean the courtyard of the palace are all veterans who have retired from the army!"
"Last year, when I went to set up spies in Prince Yan's Mansion, a few of them disappeared without knowing where they were."
This is not unexpected.
Zhu Di's side is completely monolithic, plus the monster monk Yao Guangxiao was there in the past, so the management must be airtight.
Suddenly, Zhu Yunxi thought of something, "I want to ask you, where is King Huai?"
"There are people!" Mao Xiang said, "But how many people are there? The list is all in Eunuch Park!" After saying that, he paused and said, "It was Qingyan who made King Huai live a thousand years old!"
At this time, the mystery that had been in Zhu Yunxi's mind was solved.
He Guangyi secretly reported to Zhu Yunxi that the guards he sent to send Zhu Yunwen on his way disappeared out of thin air.
Now it seems that he did not disappear out of thin air, but was silenced by these blue eyes.
For a moment, Zhu Yunxi didn't know whether he should say these people were ruthless or the old man was ruthless.
He suddenly felt that compared to the old man, he was like a pure little white rabbit.
Gradually, Zhu Yunxi also fell into deep thought.
Such a terrifying, pervasive intelligence force hidden in the shadows was handed over to him by the old man. The most difficult thing was not how to master it, but how to use it in the future.
If these people are simply used for surveillance, assassination and other dirty work, it would be a bit unfair!
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Comrades, friends, dears.
Secretly I was so busy today, seven surgeries were performed. Aurora, rib nose, peach buttocks, liposuction around the abdomen, double eyelids...
After all, it's the end of the year, and some ladies are in a hurry to go home and find someone to pick them up... No, it's a blind date.
So I was so busy at the moment that I couldn’t leave my feet off the ground in the hospital.
Please forgive me, be considerate and forgive me.
If I make it up randomly, everyone will be upset.
If you are unhappy, you will suffer misfortune secretly.