Episode 10 Chapter 11

Just as Tang Yin expected, after the assassin was imprisoned in the prison, no one rescued him at all, and his accomplices did not seem to care about their life or death. The case of assassinating Xuan Wang has become an unsolved case for the time being.

However, Nifengliu's assassination campaign against Feng Kingdom ministers did not end. On the third day after Xuanwang's assassination, another Feng Kingdom official was attacked by a mysterious killer and died on the spot.

The murdered Fengguo official's name was Wang Cheng. He was ranked as the Censor Zhongcheng and his rank was the third rank. Wang Cheng was not a Feng person, but a Ning person. He was a talented man selected when Tang Yin issued the second Nayan Order. Tang Yin admired Wang Cheng's talents very much and felt that many of his ideas coincided with his own, so Tang Yin also placed great emphasis on him and directly made him a senior official of the third rank. Unfortunately, Wang Cheng had not yet had time to show off his talents for Tang Yin and the Feng Kingdom. He died cowardly at the hands of an assassin.

What is even more infuriating is that a line of blood words was openly left next to Wang Cheng's body: Those who turn traitor to the wind thief will be punished by heaven and earth!

After Tang Yin heard about this, he was furious and ordered Sky Eye, Diwang, Hidden Arrow and the capital defenders to trace the whereabouts of the assassin with all their strength, even if they had to dig three feet into the ground, they would find him out.

Tracing the assassin is certain, but it may not solve the current urgent need. Now, due to the two consecutive assassinations of court officials, everyone in the court is in danger, especially the murder of Wang Cheng, which has led to many talents from Ning. Fengguo's official position was daunting, and many Ning people who had been appointed officials even thought of quitting.

Assassins are rampant. In order to protect themselves, the officials in the court can only spend a lot of money to hire retainers. However, the assassins are all outstanding spiritual cultivators. Hiring ordinary strong men will not help. They can only hire spiritual cultivators who are equally powerful in spiritual martial arts, but there are many of them. The expenses, and the salary of Fengguo officials has always been low, many officials may not be able to hire a spiritual martial arts master even if they spend all their salary.

Qiu Zhen analyzed the situation at hand to Tang Yin and made two suggestions to Tang Yin. One was to increase the salaries of officials, and the other was to establish a special security agency to protect the imperial officials.

After listening to Qiu Zhen's suggestion, Tang Yin thought carefully for a while and said: "After a battlefield was won, all the gold and silver we looted from Ningguo were used up, and the national treasury was empty. If we increase the salary, I am afraid the court cannot afford it." ah."

Qiu Zhen nodded and said: "So, my first suggestion is a bad idea, and even if the official's salary is increased, many people may be lucky and may not spend the money on hiring retainers. So, set up a special It is necessary for the imperial court to ensure the safety of officials.”

"Yes!" Tang Yin nodded thoughtfully and asked, "It's not easy to recruit so many spiritual cultivators."

Qiu Zhen smiled and said: "Under the heavy reward, there must be brave men. In addition, the king can also select outstanding students from Lingwu Academy."

Tang Yin's eyes lit up at first, then he thought about it carefully, then slowly shook his head and said: "The Lingwu Academy in our country has not been established for a long time, it has not been a year, and the students in it may not have achieved anything. "

"Haha!" Qiu Zhen was happy and said: "Your Majesty, you don't know much about Lingwu Academy. Many of the first batch of students who joined Lingwu Academy have basic Lingwu skills and are even Lingwu masters. The reason why they are Entering the Lingwu Academy is just a springboard, the purpose is to get to know the powerful and seek career. Now, although the Lingwu Academy in our country has been established for less than a year, there are many Lingwu masters in it. "

"That's it." Tang Yin was happy after listening to Qiu Zhen's story. He nodded and said, "Okay, Qiu Zhen, you will handle this matter."

"Yes! Your Majesty! Oh... Your Majesty, what is the name of this security agency?" Qiu Zhen asked.

Tang Yin thought for a while and said, "Let's call it Duweiying!"

Under Qiu Zhen's suggestion and with Tang Yin's approval, the Feng Kingdom's Capital Guard Camp was formally established. Since the members of the Duwei Camp are mainly spiritual cultivators, their status has been very high since it was established. If the Eye of the Sky and the Earthly Net are the eyes of the Feng Kingdom, and the hidden arrow is a sharp knife of the Feng Kingdom, then Duweiying is a strong shield of the Feng Kingdom, a strong shield with thorns.

Qiu Zhen's recruitment operation went very smoothly. After the notice was posted, many spiritual cultivators signed up, including Rangers from the Feng Kingdom and Rangers from the Ning Kingdom. Qiu Zhen was extremely careful about these spiritual cultivators who signed up and distributed their information to Eyes of the sky, underground nets, and hidden arrows are ordered to assist in review and investigation.

He was also afraid that spies would sneak into the Duwei camp and become a disaster for his side, so he would rather accept one less spiritual martial arts master while ensuring that his background was absolutely innocent. Qiu Zhen is very careful with the spiritual cultivators he recruits, but he is much more lenient with the students of Lingwu Academy.

As long as there are students who sign up and have good spiritual skills, he will accept them. It's just that there are very few students from Lingwu Academy who have signed up to participate in the Duwei Camp. From the perspective of the ranger, the Duwei Camp is a place with excellent conditions, and the students of Lingwu Academy have a very high vision. Their goal is to become generals in the army in the future. Who is willing to go to the Duwei Camp that has just been established and has no idea of ​​its future? ?

Unable to recruit students from Lingwu Academy, Qiu Zhen simply raised his army and rushed directly into Lingwu Academy. While the students were still in class, he named people by name. As long as they were mentioned by him, regardless of whether they wanted to or not. If you are willing, you will be brought into the Duwei camp by soldiers, which will be regarded as a formal joining.

Qiu Zhen's tough and brutal approach caused great dissatisfaction among Lingwu College, and the college's president Zhang Xiu immediately went to Tang Yin to complain. Zhang Xiu was a typical scholar, rigid and stubborn, but he was serious and meticulous in his work, and he was just right for the position of president of Lingwu College. The person who recommended him to Tang Yin was Shangguan Yuanji.

After Zhang Xiu met Tang Yin, he told Tang Yin everything Qiu Zhen had done. He thought Tang Yin would find Qiu Zhen and scold him, and then return the students of Lingwu College. However, Tang Yin just nodded and said lightly: "This king knows." Then there was no follow-up.

Obviously, Tang Yin acquiesced to Qiu Zhen's approach, but Zhang Xiu didn't understand and refused to give up. He listed the harms and disadvantages of Qiu Zhen's action in front of Tang Yin. In the end, Tang Yin really didn't have the patience to listen any more, so he interrupted Zhang Xiu and said, "Master Zhang, Prime Minister Qiu's action was approved by the king. When the country is in trouble, everything is special. If Master Zhang is still fussy at this time, it would be too inhumane and unreasonable. Master Zhang, go back quickly!"

Not only did Zhang Xiu fail to file a complaint against Qiu Zhen, but he was also scolded by Tang Yin. In desperation, Zhang Xiu had to leave.

Qiu Zhen took a two-pronged approach, recruiting spiritual practitioners on one hand and forcibly recruiting students from the Lingwu Academy on the other. In less than ten days, the Fengguo Duwei Camp was officially established, with more than 300 members, all of whom were spiritual practitioners, and 20,000 special military soldiers were dispatched to the Duwei Camp.

As for who to choose as the general manager of the Duwei Camp, Tang Yin also spent some time thinking about it. After thinking about it, he only had three candidates in his mind.

The first one was Zhan Peng, who was both civil and military, superb in spiritual martial arts, and good at strategy. He was a rare general in the Feng Army. The second one was Kong Yan. Kong Yan's spiritual martial arts were just average, but he was smart, quick-witted, and quick to react. He was good at dealing with emergencies. The third one was Lei Zhen, who had made great achievements in the Battle of Wancheng. Lei Zhen was too low-key. Tang Yin didn't know him very well before. He only knew that he was a great spiritual martial artist, stubborn, and would rather die than leave the Feng Kingdom. But in the Battle of Wancheng, Lei Zhen's performance was remarkable. He almost single-handedly blocked the elite Zhen Army led by Li Cheng and became famous in one battle.

Tang Yin couldn't make up his mind. This morning, he asked someone to find Qiu Zhen to ask Qiu Zhen's opinion. Qiu Zhen hadn't arrived yet, but Wu Mei came first. Assassins have been rampant in recent days, Wu Mei has not dared to leave the house. Today, she really can't stay any longer and wants to go back to her parents' home to visit her parents, so she came to inform Tang Yin.

Hearing that Wu Mei was going to Wu Mansion, Tang Yin was silent for a moment and said, "Mei'er, I'll go with you later. I have some things to deal with now."

It was rare that Tang Yin was willing to accompany her back to her parents' home. Wu Mei was naturally very happy and nodded repeatedly. Then she asked curiously, "Yin, I heard that the Duwei Camp was established recently?"

Tang Yin was happy and nodded in response, "Yes! I have sent someone to find Qiu Zhen to discuss the Duwei Camp."

"It has been established, what else is there to discuss?"

"Although it has been established, the person in charge The general in charge of the Duwei Camp has not been finalized yet. "

"So that's the case." Wu Mei nodded, without asking any more questions, and then said: "I'll go back to my room and wait for you." She turned around and was about to leave, Tang Yin reached out and pulled her, smiling: "Qiu Zhen is always very fast, you just need to stay in the study for a while."

Wu Mei also wanted to stay with Tang Yin, but when the monarch was discussing matters, the wives and concubines needed to avoid it, which was also the rule of the royal court. Now that she heard Tang Yin say that she could stay, Wu Mei gladly accepted it and sat down beside him happily.

Tang Yin was right, Qiu Zhen did come very quickly.

Seeing Wu Mei was also there, Qiu Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then bowed to Tang Yin and Wu Mei.

Tang Yin didn't say any extra nonsense, and asked directly: "Qiu Zhen, I have thought of three people for the general in charge of the Duwei Camp, you can help me with some advice."

"I wonder who the king's candidate is?"

"Zhan Peng, Kong Yan, Lei Zhen." Tang Yin picked up the teacup and said slowly.

Wu Mei didn't care much about Tang Yin and Qiu Zhen's discussion, but when she heard about Lei Zhen, she immediately paid attention. Lei Zhen saved Wu Mei in the battle of Wancheng, and she was grateful to Lei Zhen from the bottom of her heart.

After listening to Tang Yin's three candidates, Qiu Zhen smiled and felt that the king's candidates were not bad, at least Zhan Peng and Kong Yan were good.

In fact, Qiu Zhen didn't know Lei Zhen very well. He only knew that he performed well in Wancheng, but Zhan Peng and Kong Yan had participated in the war to destroy Ning and the war to defend the country. Qiu Zhen was very familiar with these two people.

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