Li Quan complained that Li Zhen did not understand the worldly ways. Wang Qingyu was gentle and polite, considerate and caring, and thoughtful for herself. After all, she was giving Li Zhen face. Unexpectedly, this fool did not accept the favor and refused to send him back in the end. Li Quan was really angry. She wanted to pick up a stick and beat the ignorant fool.

Fortunately, they had arrived in Nanshi, and Li Zhencai finally got free from his eldest sister's endless complaints.

"Boy, are you free in the afternoon?" Li Quanyu asked in anger.

Li Quan didn't know that her brother had been promoted to deputy commander of the inner guard, and she thought Li Zhen was still the guard next to the female emperor. "If you don't work in the afternoon, come to the wine shop to help me, and I'm almost exhausted."

"Sister, today is New Year's Eve! Are you still so busy?"

"What do you know!"

Li Quan said impatiently: "New Year's Eve is mainly about preparing the goods in the wine shop. In the afternoon, a batch of wine will be released from the palace and asked to be filled into small bottles. The small bottles in the store are not enough, so I have to urge the goods - I said! Are you free?"

"I...maybe I have to practice polo!" Li Zhen scratched his head and smiled.

"That's it, I'll tell you for a long time."

Li Quan glared at him, whipped the little donkey, and entered the gate of Nanshi. His figure was gradually flooded by the surging crowds in Nanshi.

Li Zhen did have something to do in the afternoon, but he didn't go to practice polo, but to prepare for his own secret arrangement. The Inner Guard Office in the Imperial City is just a nominal government office, which represents such a department. But in fact, the Inner Guard must have another unknown command post, that is, the Outer Guard Office located outside the Imperial City.

Logically, he and Wan Guojun should work together, but the intervention of Princess Taiping and Shangguan Wan'er made the inner guard artificially divided into two. Wan Guojun had an external agency, and Li Zhen also had to form his own external agency.

Before this, Shangguan Wan'er had already given him a house. Although this house was a gift from her to Li Zhen, the reality was that he had to have his own office space and also a place to rest for the inner guards.

The house is located in Quanshanfang, covering an area of ​​about eight acres, with a quiet environment and a tall courtyard wall around it. Yesterday he had given the keys to Zhao Qiuniang.

At this time, dozens of inner guard soldiers were busy cleaning the house. Although the house had not lived in for nearly twenty years, the house had just been renovated the year before, and an old couple would come to take care of it regularly, making the house look not desolate.

The house is divided into three places, with hundreds of houses of all sizes and a small back garden. When you walk into the atrium, Li Zhen meets the captain Wang Zongyi. Wang Zongyi hurriedly bows to him, "See Commander Li!"

"You're welcome!"

Li Zhen smiled and asked, "Where is Captain Lu?"

"He was still here just now, maybe he's going back first."

"Tonight is New Year's Eve, Captain Wang should go back early!"

"Report to Commander Li, although it is New Year's Eve, the inner guard must have someone on duty to prevent accidents. We rotate every year, and this year it's the turn of a low-level position."

Li Zhen's face was a little hot. Although he was the commander, he still didn't understand these rules. He thought for a while and asked, "Is there anyone on duty on Wan Guojun?"

Wang Zongyi sighed, "Before September, the Sixth Battalion of the Neiwei was still together, but since Wan Guojun became the deputy commander, the Neiwei has been separated. He hoped that the Sixth Battalion of the Neiwei would obey his command, but our Left Third Battalion would not do it, so we stayed in the Imperial City Office until the commander took office yesterday."

Wang Zongyi thought about how powerful the inner guard was in the past and how powerful it was, but now it was divided into two and had a much smaller impact on the court. He couldn't help but feel sad.

Li Zhen understood his thoughts, and then patted his shoulder with a smile and said, "Don't worry! This is just a temporary separation. The Sixth Battalion of the Inner Welfare will be together sooner or later."

At this time, Chief Cui Shaoying and Chief Yang Xin walked over quickly, and they bowed and smiled from a distance, "Commander Li is here!"

Cui Shaoying and Yang Xin are civilian officials. They can have a holiday this afternoon, but Li Zhen promised them yesterday that they would give them a private room each in secret. Their enthusiasm was immediately mobilized. After the Imperial City Office handled what Li Zhen told him, the two immediately rushed to the sect house.

They all want to do some practical things in the inner guards and accumulate necessary experience and achievements for themselves in order to get promotion. They do nothing all day in the Imperial City Office, and they have no chance of promotion at all.

Li Zhen also replied with a smile: "The two envoys don't have to be on duty tonight!"

Cui Shaoying walked up and smiled and said, "We are not on duty, but when it comes to on duty, I have a suggestion. Can Commander Li listen?"

"Of course there is no problem, let's go into the house and say!" Li Zhen pointed to a room next to him and said.

Yang Xin also wanted to go with him, but Cui Shaoying glared at him fiercely. He had to walk away tactfully. Cui Shaoying and Li Zhen walked into the room. The room was cleaned up and there was a couch on the ground. The two of them sat down. Li Zhen first asked, "How is the mobilization progress of Jiuzhi and Zhang Li?"

"This is a trivial matter. The other party has agreed to release the person. They can come here just after the Ministry of War stamps the transfer letter. But they just happened to encounter the New Year. It is estimated that the procedures will be after the New Year."

Li Zhen nodded and asked again: "What advice does Changshi Cui want to say to me?"

Cui Shaoying lowered her voice and said, "This morning, Princess Taiping went to the Inner Guard Office."

Li Zhen was slightly stunned and asked without saying a word: "Did she say anything?"

"She asked us to move all to Wan Guojun's foreign office. Commander Li, don't you think she came in time?" Cui Shaoying sneered.

Li Zhen understood Cui Shaoying's meaning. He implied that Princess Taiping had put a spy in the inner guard in advance and knew that Li Zhen wanted to build a secret office. However, it was reasonable for Princess Taiping to show up at this time, and it was not necessarily someone who betrayed them.

"Maybe this is just a coincidence!" Li Zhen smiled faintly.

"Commander Li, this is by no means a coincidence. Before, Commander Li did not take office, and Wan Guojun did not let us know about his external office at all. However, Commander Li took office yesterday and proposed to arrange an official room for us here. They immediately responded. How could this be a coincidence?

"Then who do you think will inform Princess Taiping?"

Li Zhen remembered it very clearly. Yesterday he only asked Cui Shaoying to arrange an official room here. Who leaked the news? Maybe it was Cui Shaoying himself, who was calling for robbers to catch the thief!

Cui Shaoying's face was a little hot. He knew that Li Zhen was doubting himself, but he must make it clear about this matter, "General Li, after you left yesterday, I told many people about this matter. I admit that my mouth is not very reliable and I always like to share the joy in my heart with others. I was so happy yesterday, so..."

"What Cui Changshi meant is that everyone in the inner guard knew that you and Chief Yang were going to move here?"

Cui Shaoying nodded embarrassedly. Li Zhen didn't say anything for a while. Only now did he understand why Sun Li praised Yang Xin for being smart and capable, but never mentioned Cui Changshi. Keeping secrets is the first principle of the inner guard, but Cui Changshi couldn't do it, which made Li Zhen feel indescribable disappointment.

But on the plus side, it was Cui Shaoying's unreliable mouth that made him discover that there was a sperm liner inserted by Princess Taiping in the inner guard. Who would it be?

Li Zhen pondered for a moment, but had no idea for a moment. He didn't think about this for the time being and smiled and said, "Okay! I understand this. Let's talk about the matter on duty. What good plans do you have?"

Cui Shaoying was excited and hurriedly said: "I think it can be handed over to civilian officials at night and holidays. There are more than a dozen civilian officials in our office, but they are all idle. Why not make full use of it and establish a complete system."

Li Zhen understood his thoughts. Cui Shaoying wanted to take back the dispatching power so that he would have the opportunity to contact the upper class, and maybe he could report directly to the emperor.

In fact, Cui Shaoying’s suggestions are not excessive. The dispatching power does belong to the chief secretary. It is just that because the inner guard was split, Cui Shaoying, the chief secretary, was also undermined.

But now Li Zhen obeys Shangguan Wan'er's orders. How could he return this power to Cui Shaoying? Cui Shaoying is too enthusiastic and it is too unrealistic to consider the problem.

However, it is a good suggestion to use more than a dozen civilian officials who are idle.

Li Zhen smiled faintly and said, "In this way, a civilian official can be appointed, and the place on duty will be arranged by Cui Changshi. The duty location is here. If there is any urgent matter, he can come directly to notify me. As for other systems, we should take it slowly and not be in a hurry."

Cui Shaoying had a little embarrassed face. Li Zhen politely declined his proposal to establish a system. He also realized that he was a little anxious and had to nod and said, "Okay! I'll arrange the officials on duty first."

Cui Shaoying stood up and said goodbye. Just as Cui Shaoying left, Zhao Qiuniang appeared at the door. She watched Cui Shaoying walk away, then walked into the room and said to Li Zhen: "Young Master, you must be wary of him, this Cui Changshi."

"Where is Sister Qiu Niang talking about this?"

"This Cui Changshi is unrestrained and cannot keep secrets. He is also obsessed with power and is determined to find a backer. Some time ago, he and Wu Chongxun had a close relationship. We all say that he has climbed to Wu Sansi's high branch."

"What then?" Li Zhen asked with a smile.

"Wu Sansi is a very realistic person and will not pay attention to him as an empty official without real power, so he is determined to gain power. He also wants us to obey his command and become his advanced capital, but we ignore him. In comparison, Yang Zhubu is trustworthy and can do much more than him. He is suppressed by him and has no chance to stand out."

Li Zhen remembered that he had obviously invited Cui Shaoying and Yang Xin to discuss on duty just now, but Yang Xin did not come with him. He thought that Yang Xin had something to do. Now it seems that Cui Shaoying did not give Yang Xin any chance.

Li Zhen nodded and asked again: "Cui Shaoying just now said, someone among us reported to Princess Taiping, who do you think it would be?"

Zhao Qiuniang sneered: "If Princess Taiping wants to win over this Cui Shaoying, he will definitely be effective immediately. It is estimated that Princess Taiping will not look down on him, and should be the little person below. I know Wan Guojun has put a spy in the Inner Guard Office, and I also know who this person is, but I suggest that the young master not alert me for the time being."

Li Zhen didn't care about the little people, he paid more attention to Cui Shaoying. If Cui Shaoying was pulled over by Princess Taiping, it would greatly interfere with his authority. Li Zhen pondered for a moment: "Let me find a brother to stare at Cui Shaoying. If he has any abnormal situation, he should report to me immediately."

"Abide by the orders!"

Li Zhen looked up at Zhao Qiuniang. Her voice "Honest Position and Obeying Orders" made him feel uncomfortable, but it was reasonable to think that she was her subordinate.
Chapter completed!