A map of Chang'an City was hung on the wall, with many names and times marked on it. Several young eunuchs kept adding names and times with quill pens.
Several large glass mirrors reflected the candlelight and concentrated it onto the city map. Wang Zhen squinted his eyes and looked at the city map. All kinds of data kept spinning in his mind. Finally, he smiled contemptuously, took off his badge and handed it to the person waiting beside him.
"Junbao, take my badge and go find Chang'an Ling, and ask him to lead people to search for the fairyland on earth in Jinchengfang. Use the excuse that he can find it on his own. You are so brave that you hid right under my nose. My good advice has been put to good use."
Jun Bao, who was dressed as a young eunuch, hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother, the Paradise on Earth is the property of a prince."
"It doesn't matter. Chang'an Ling will know what to do. He just needs to be responsible for alerting the enemy. The arrest will have to be done by our own people."
During the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an City implemented a curfew, but in fact it was only a curfew on the main roads in the city. Chang'an had hundreds of wards, the smallest of which was hundreds of thousands square meters, and the largest of which was over a million square meters. One ward was equivalent to the area of a street block in a township, and the wards were still bustling even at night.
If traveling at night or on official business, one must report to the City Patrol Office. Wang Zhen has been running Chang'an for five or six years. Not only has the tentacles of the Ye Ting Bureau spread throughout the imperial palace, he has also maintained good relations with various departments in the city.
"I'm not afraid of pain. The more pain I feel, the stronger I am. In the past, even if I was stabbed a few times, I could still stand up and kill my opponent."
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Most of the people who were evacuating were dressed like scholars in long gowns, and a few were dressed in tight clothes. Dozens of people were evacuating, and one of them cursed and said, "It's really unlucky. We have been here for so many months and have been safe and sound. How could someone report that there is a wanted criminal hiding here?"
In the blink of an eye, dozens of steel hooks with steel wires flew out from the darkness. After touching a person, the steel wires would immediately circle around several times, and finally the steel hooks would pierce deeply into the flesh.
As soon as the silly-looking man in tights finished speaking, screams were heard all around. The silly-looking man in tights looked back and was immediately horrified.
The silly-looking man in a suit walking in front cursed, "There's nothing right. You scholars just like to be suspicious. I think scholars shouldn't get involved in these things. It's better to be upright. Those guys in Yuzhou live like scholars."
Many people were tied up with a steel wire. One end of the wire extended into the darkness, and the other end was a thin steel hook. The steel hook was made up of five fish hooks, like a blooming plum blossom.
"It's because our Xuanwu Guards didn't do their job well that His Majesty handed the matter over to the Ye Ting Bureau."
"Haha, you seem to be having fun here with eunuchs on your left and eunuchs on your right, but why don't you stand up in front of Wang Zhen?"
Someone nearby said unconvincedly, "They are just taking advantage of the good equipment designed for them by the chief steward. In a real fight, these petty thieves are no match for my Xuanwu Guards."
“Ah~.”
"Hey, it's the eagle claw hook of chicken-stealing and dog-stealing. Run away."
Only a handful of people managed to retreat, while the vast majority of people could only lie on the ground, gasping for breath, it was so painful.
Wang Zhen walked up to the silly-looking man and said with a smile, "Be good and stop struggling. The more you struggle, the more it hurts. Don't let yourself die from the pain. For the sake of what you said just now, I can let you suffer less."
"The prince's property is not stable anymore, so it will be difficult for us to find a place to live in the future."
"Something seems to be wrong."
Wang Zhen stood in the restaurant opposite and watched the retreating figures. He waved to the people around him and said, "Let's do it. Don't let these small shrimps go. It's better to take them to the Western Regions than to the Hu people."
After all, his identity as the head of the Ye Ting Bureau and Wang Zheng's disciple is still very useful, and others will more or less give him some face.
Wang Zhen shook his head and said with a smile, "What a fool! The bigger the wound, the more numb you become, so you naturally won't feel any pain. If you don't believe me, just try it."
“I’ve already said that this was specially designed by the chief steward for the eunuchs. We, the Xuanwu Guards, are all rough men, and we can’t use the feminine strength of the eunuchs.
When the chief steward returns to the capital, we will go visit him and ask him to design some equipment for us. I don’t believe that our Xuanwu Guards will be inferior to those eunuchs in the Ye Ting Bureau.”
In every era, there are always some unknown but extremely powerful people, such as the heads of the five surnames and seven clans in this era. They pursue fame and fortune for the sake of fame, but when they are already involved in huge interests, the best choice is to downplay their reputation as much as possible.
"Do you feel like something is amiss?"
"hehe."
"Don't run. The people from the Ye Ting Bureau are more strict the further they get outside. Let's retreat first."
Watching Wang Zhen's leaving back, the silly-looking man in tight clothes struggled hard in disbelief. The severe pain in his waist immediately made him break out in cold sweats, and he almost fainted from the pain.
"That guy has eyes that can see through people's hearts, and he learned the art of divination from the chief steward. Your Majesty also let him monitor the palace. Anyone who sees him will be terrified."
A silly-looking man in tights also had a steel wire wrapped around his body. Just as he was about to use force to stab a steel hook into his waist, he felt a sharp pain and all the strength in his body was immediately gone.
Someone in the upstairs of the inn across the street sighed, "The little guy from the Ye Ting Bureau has made great progress."
“Ah~.”
The so-called paradise on earth is actually another name for a brothel, and the girls inside are also called little fairies. When Chang'an Ling led a large group of people in for inspection, some people secretly evacuated.
"Equipment is good but you have to know how to use it. It's not like we Xuanwu Guards don't have other people's equipment, but no one can use it so smoothly."
During the Xuanwu Gate Incident, soldiers faced off against soldiers, generals faced off against generals, and personal guards faced off against personal guards. Even if Li Shimin won, he would still have suffered heavy losses.
Those who were lucky enough to survive were naturally promoted and made rich, but there were also a few disabled and homeless people. Li Shimin kept them in the imperial city to live out their retirement. These were the original Xuanwu Guards.
These people not only had rich combat experience, but more importantly, they were absolutely loyal to Li Shimin. Their descendants grew up listening to their stories and were also absolutely loyal to the royal family.
Although the number of Xuanwu Guards is small, their strength is very good. The key is that they are safe to use and can be regarded as a trump card in Li Zhi's hand.
But after all, they were born in the battlefield, and they were not inferior to others in fighting, but they were a little lacking in calculation. The appearance of Wang Zhen made up for their shortcomings.