Five days later, the case of the missing child reached Kyoto.
In the court hall, Jiang Qing looked proud and glanced at the courtiers lightly. Yu Zhi was a member of the Procuratorate, and if Yu Zhi made meritorious deeds, Jiang Qing's face would also be honored.
Abducting and selling children is a small thing, but robbing their hearts and blood is a big thing.
The most uncomfortable thing was Fan Xiuming, the Minister of Industry. He finally became the Minister of Industry and gained a foothold in the court, but this case completely cut off his promotion path.
The memorial was written about old servants of the Fan family, but who would really think that this matter had nothing to do with the Fan family?
Even if it really didn't matter, everyone would choose to stay away from Fan Xiuming.
Not only Fan Xiuming, but the entire Fan family who were officials in the court felt that their faces were shameless. The impact of this matter has been minimized, but Fan's face is still affected.
Fan Xiuming received a letter from Fan Lixin and a letter from Fan's ancestral hall. One letter was from Fan Lixin telling Fan Xiuming the truth, and the other was from Fan's old man telling him to take care of himself.
Fan's family rules do not tolerate those who corrupt the family tradition.
Chu Emperor Xiao Yuande was furious and asked Fan Xiuming to return to Nanzhou Mansion to rectify his family tradition. Although he has not been dismissed from office, the meaning is self-evident.
After half a month of non-stop work, Fan Xiuming also returned to Su City. At the same time, Fan Xiuming also brought back an imperial edict.
But Yu Zhi was not in Su City.
After having a good show with Su Muchi that day, Yu Zhi returned to the courtyard and found that Li Wantong had left.
It was obviously Fei Ying who had taken control of her body again. Yu Zhi secretly resented this, but there was nothing she could do about it.
Fortunately, the relationship between Li Wantong and Fei Ying is not bad.
Fei Ying also has the cultivation level of the ninth level of Open Monument, which is enough to protect herself.
After helping Cang Huo modify the Red Fire Talisman for a few days, Yu Zhi received a letter from Li Qingru.
Something happened in Cangnan Town!
At this moment, Yu Zhi, Ye Qinghuan, and Wuhua were in Cangnan Town.
In Yu Zhi's layout, Cangnan Town must be in his own hands.
Facing the Qing Gang's offensive, Yunge was defeated after only a few days. Yun Buqi had to send a message to Li Qingru asking for help.
But what came over were two teenagers, to be precise, one teenager and the other bald.
What good could this do?
It wasn't that Yun Buqi didn't believe them, but that these two people were simply too young.
The young man in white clothes and holding a sword also brought a letter to Yun Buqi, and in the ensuing battle, Yun Ge relied on the young man holding a sword to tear open holes and penetrate the Qing Gang's defense line.
Yu Zhi did not show up. He only came for a few days, took a look at the situation, and then left.
With Ye Qinghuan and Wu Hua here, as long as someone who is not a ninth-level expert takes action, they are all capable of fighting.
After returning to Su City, Fan Xiuming had been waiting at the Sheriff's Mansion for several days. Even if he waited like this every day, Fan Xiuming didn't complain at all.
Fan Xiuming, who was in Kyoto, knew better than Zu Anbang where Yu Zhi's confidence lay.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Qiu Mansion were both Yu Zhi's backers. Even when Yu Zhi was imprisoned, the prince and Xu Qing, who were far away in Beiliang Mansion, even rushed 800 miles to testify for Yu Zhi.
With such a background, if it is not a serious crime of treason, it will be a matter of time before he is granted the title of marquis and becomes prime minister.
The imperial edict was handed over to Yu Zhi, and it was Fan Xiuming who had the authority to declare it.
Yu Zhi just glanced at it, threw the imperial edict to Zu Anbang, and told Zu Anbang to do it.
The imperial edict was nothing more than Xiao Yuande praising Yu Zhi, and then the officials in Sucheng County were also transferred.
Su Rongsheng and Su Sui both had official positions in Su City, and Su Ji became the head coach of Su City Army under the strong recommendation of Yu Zhi. Zu Anbang was fortunate that his position as county governor was saved.
But bad news also came at the same time, and You Yuanju escaped.
This incident should have occurred more than a month ago. It was not until the Kyoto Criminal Department waited for the prison car escorting You Yuanju that they traced it along the way, and finally found that You Yuanju had killed the government servant and disappeared.
With Zu Anbang leaving, only Yu Zhi and Fan Xiuming were left in the county governor's mansion.
Fan Xiuming had heard of Yu Zhi's reputation, but had never met Yu Zhi. He was now sizing up the young man in front of him. It only took Yu Zhi three months to go from being despised by everyone in Kyoto and becoming a third-rank official in the court.
Fan Xiuming spent half his life cautiously.
It's really irritating to see people compare to each other.
"Master Fan, what else do you want?" Yu Zhi asked.
Fan Xiuming said: "My son has told me what happened. Thank you Master Yu for being merciful and letting my Fan family go."
Yu Zhi glanced at Fan Xiuming and said, "It's not easy for Mr. Fan to get to the official position he has today step by step. Don't be implicated by people in your family. In the end, you won't even be able to keep your position as the Minister of Works."
Fan Xiuming was about to nod in agreement, but he heard Yu Zhi change the subject and continue: "Don't think that just because Fan is a nobleman in Nanzhou, he can do whatever he wants. I also met an old man named Fan in the prison of Dali Temple. , been imprisoned for twenty years. Mr. Fan, I don’t want to visit you in Dali Temple Prison one day.”
Fan Xiuming was startled and said, "Master Yu is absolutely right. I will be careful in my words and deeds to restrain everyone in the Fan family."
"That's good."
With that said, Yu Zhi stood up and walked out of the Sheriff's Mansion alone.
The Sioux City incident is basically over. The only thing Yu Zhi didn't know yet was Su Ling's small courtyard.
So far, more than half a month has passed since Yu Zhi first discovered the small courtyard, and Su Ling has also returned to Su City.
Yu Zhi brought Heihu to the small courtyard again.
The old courtyard is still covered with dust. Although it is normal, there is nothing strange about it.
"Xiao Hei, take a good smell."
The black tiger's nose is a good thing and can detect many invisible things.
In the past few days, Black Tiger had gained some weight eating meat every day.
Boom, boom, boom.
Black Tiger stamped his feet on a floor and let out a low growl.
Here is another cellar.
"Good job." Yu Zhi praised.
Immediately, Yu Zhi sneaked into the cellar, and there was a faint fluorescent flash.
"Light-Night Pearl? It's quite a luxury. Such a cellar actually uses Night-Light Pearl?"
Yu Zhi followed the only road to the depths. There were night pearls displayed on both sides of the road, and it was not dark.
After walking for a while, Yu Zhi realized that this was not a cellar, but a tunnel leading to somewhere, but what was behind the tunnel?
Yu Zhi continued to move forward, with Black Tiger lying on his shoulders.
After about a stick of incense, the end of the narrow tunnel suddenly became clear.
Yu Zhi walked out of a rockery. He looked at the surrounding pavilions and found that he was not familiar with them.
"Could this be the backyard of a certain family? Based on the walking time just now, this location is still in Sioux City."
"What is Su Ling doing here in the middle of the night?"
After Yu Zhi walked out of the tunnel, he had already figured out Su Ling's suspicious behavior that night.
In just a few moments after walking into the small courtyard, Su Ling had no time to get here. The only possibility was that someone was waiting in the small courtyard, pretending to be Su Ling and leaving the small courtyard.
The real Su Ling acted through secret channels. In this way, even if someone is following him, he will still follow the fake Su Ling.
I have to say that Lidya Su is really cautious.
Yu Zhi looked at everything in front of him, curious in his heart, and hid his figure in the rockery. It's still daytime, and Lidya Su won't get here until night.
After waiting for a while, it seemed that no one was coming in the courtyard.
So, Yu Zhi walked out of the rockery and walked towards the attic not far away.
After walking a few steps, Yu Zhi heard a burst of joyful laughter coming from the other side of the courtyard wall.
Immediately, Yu Zhi jumped up and lay on the wall to look.
I saw two scantily clad women cuddling in the arms of a young man. And the boy's hands were not idle either, roaming around the woman's body wantonly.
"Fang Tao, why is he here?" Yu Zhi murmured.
Yu Zhi thought about it and instantly understood where this place was.
Huanyi Building?
This is the backyard of Huanyi Building.
After finding Li Wantong, Fang Tao no longer had any worries. Fang Tao has lived in Huanyi Building since the day he took the aphrodisiac.
Because there is no control, Fang Tao is happy and carefree. Although not as good as Kyoto, the women in Nanzhou are also very interesting.
When Yu Zhi returned to the backyard, he became more and more confused.
It is not unusual for a rich man like Su Ling to visit a brothel.
Why is Lidya Su so secretive?
When he walked to the attic door, Yu Zhi smelled a pungent smell.
Opening the door, there were countless black powders placed on the first floor of the attic. Each box was covered with a tarpaulin, but the black powder powder scattered on the ground and the smell already told the contents of the boxes.
Yu Zhi was horrified, seeing hundreds of boxes of black powder right in front of him. A spark would be enough to level most of Sioux City.
Walking up to the second floor, Yu Zhi saw the black powder piled up again.
In the corner of the second floor, Yu Zhi found some weapons and armor. The blades were sharp and there were no signs of use. The armor was also very new and had no signs of wear.
Why did Su Ling prepare all this?
Even if the Su family secretly trains guards, they won't be able to use so many armors and weapons.
The next few floors are filled with weapons, medicinal materials, food, and many tents.
Yu Zhi thought about it carefully, aren't these things used for marching and fighting? Why does it appear in the backyard of Huanyi Building?
Could it be that Su Ling wanted to rebel? But just relying on the Su family, why should this meager strength lead to rebellion?
If it's not the Su family, then who is Su Ling working for?
Suddenly, the black tiger jumped down from Yu Zhi's shoulder, bit Yu Zhi's trouser leg, and went straight to the attic.
"Xiao Hei, what did you smell again?"
Yu Zhi followed Hei Hu straight downstairs, only to see Hei Hu digging hard into the box at the bottom of the stairs, and black powder powder was being dug out continuously.
As black powder flew into the air, the pungent smell of gunpowder became stronger.
But soon Yu Zhi also discovered something was wrong. There was a foul smell mixed with the smell of gunpowder.
This familiar stench reminded Yu Zhi of a ferocious-looking night ghost.
Sure enough, as Yu Zhi expected, there was a box placed among the boxes filled with black powder, and the stench came from this box.
The source of night ghosts!
Yu Zhi's eyes were stern.
What a good design, using black gunpowder to cover up the stench of the source of night ghosts.
So do these hundreds of boxes of black powder contain the source of night ghosts?
