"Thank you both." Zhou Ming bowed and saluted.
"Master Zhou, please don't say that. You are famous all over the world now and are a great hero of the people. We can do something for you, which is considered a blessing."
The two young yamen servants were very good at talking. After one of them finished speaking, he immediately entered the yamen and went to inform Yi Ming. The other young yamen servant respectfully led Yi Ming to the concierge, made him a cup of tea, and left him alone. Rest and wait.
Zhou Yiming was so anxious that he couldn't think of drinking tea. While waiting for the news inside, he chatted wordlessly with the young yamen servant.
"Is the chief manager busy until so late every day?"
"Almost, from the time when I first took office until now, before Zi Shi, I have never left the Yamen."
Zhou Yiming nodded slightly, thinking that such a diligent official should not be bad at heart.
Soon the little yamen servant who went in to report ran out. He panted and said to Yi Ming: "Mr. Zhou, the chief manager invites you to come in for an interview. Please come with me."
After Zhou Ming thanked him gracefully, he followed the yamen servant into the yamen, passed through the house, and the two of them came to the backyard of the yamen. There were many houses in the backyard, but only one room was brightly lit.
The young yamen officer led him into this room with lights.
Han Pingzhi was sitting behind a table, holding a pen in his hand and correcting the official documents on the table. When he noticed that Yi Ming and the others were coming, he did not react at all and was still concentrating on what he was doing.
"Mr. Han, Mr. Zhou, bring it here." The young Yamen servant softly reported.
Han Pingzhi didn't even raise his head, but waved his hand gently, signaling for the young Yamen servant to leave.
The young yamen servant understood, and then tiptoed out.
Standing in the middle of the room, Zhou Yiming felt anxious when he saw Han Pingzhi paying no attention to him. It was not that he felt embarrassed, but that the matter was urgent and could not tolerate such a delay.
"Master Han, Yi Ming, who holds a humble position, came to visit late at night with something important to report." Yi Ming said while saluting with both hands.
At this time, Han Pingzhi looked like he had just seen Zhou Ming. He raised his head slightly with his pen and looked at Zhou Ming: "Are you Zhou Ming?"
"Exactly a humble job."
With a snap, Han Pingzhi slapped the pen in his hand on the table, stood up, pointed at Zhou Ming, and asked with a sinking face: "You were the one who killed Yan Shikuan and Feng Shiying?"
Zhou Yiming's heart trembled, and he shouted, "It's not good." Han Pingzhi was deeply grateful for Yan Qiu's knowledge. How could he forget this kindness? All the beautiful thoughts he had before coming here were all wishful thinking. He would definitely take this opportunity to take revenge. I hope that he will help me catch the murderer. It is simply wishful thinking. He is lucky that he does not want his own life.
But now that the matter has come to this, Yi Ming has no choice but to retreat, so he simply looks away: "Exactly."
"Mr. Yan has no grudge against you, why did you do this?" Han Pingzhi's voice became louder and louder.
Zhou Yiming was neither humble nor arrogant. In despair, he showed an awe-inspiring and righteous demeanor: "I killed Yan Shikuan and Feng Shiying for Da Chu and to eliminate evil for the people. I have nothing to do with Duke Yan. Even though these two people They are my biological brothers, so I will kill them without fail! Because they deserve to die!"
"So brave!" Han Pingzhi suddenly smiled and praised.
While Zhou Yiming breathed a sigh of relief, he looked confused, wondering what kind of trick Han Pingzhi was playing.
Did he not mean to harm me, but just wanted to test my courage?
Han Pingzhi walked out from behind the table and came to Yi Ming's side. He looked at him carefully from top to bottom. Then he stroked his beard and said with a pleased look on his face: "Sure enough, a hero comes from a young age. Zhou Captou, you are so talented and so young." With such a high level of light martial arts cultivation, the future is limitless.
And the most rare thing is that you have a brave heart that is not afraid of power. This is what I appreciate the most.
That Yan Shikuan behaved all day long and killed countless people. Yan Gong and his son were busy with government affairs and had no time to discipline him, which made him lawless and almost ruined Yan Gong's reputation. "
Zhou Yiming was a little confused when he heard him praising himself at first, but then the more he listened, the more he understood. It turned out that Han Pingzhi had also disliked Yan Shikuan before, and even hated him to the core. Moreover, he believed that Yan Shikuan had done many evil things and had nothing to do with Yan Qiu, and even Yan Qiu's notoriety was all caused by Yan Shikuan.
Although his idea is very strange, Zhou Ming can understand it. It is like a friend around you falling in love with a femme fatale. No matter how you remind and advise him, he will not listen to how dangerous this femme fatale is. They will hate you in turn, because once they are deeply involved in a relationship, people who are addicted to it will only believe what they want to believe, even if the facts are right in front of them, they would rather lie to themselves.
At this moment, Zhou Yiming understood very well that Han Pingzhi was in such a relationship, so he couldn't see Yan Qiu's true face clearly, or even if he could see clearly, he didn't want to believe it.
"Master Han is so complimentary!" Zhou Yiming said, cupping his hands.
"This is not a compliment," Han Pingzhi suddenly said with a sincere face, "Captain Zhou, you may think that getting rid of Yan Shikuan is just a trivial matter, but for us loyal people working under Mr. Yan, it is a big deal. Big things.
Every time we know that this evil thief has done something harmful to the world, our hearts will twist with knives. However, because of Duke Yan’s face, we cannot come forward to directly accuse him, and other officials in the court are afraid of Duke Yan’s majesty. , and did not dare to punish this villain, so that he finally became crazy and hurt countless innocent women. "
After hearing this, Zhou Yiming was stunned for a moment, thinking that judging from these remarks alone, this Han Pingzhi should be considered a person with a sense of justice. This kind of person is generally not too bad. If I tell him later If the current predicament is fully explained, there is still hope of getting his help.
"Thank you for your appreciation. In fact, I didn't think so much when I was handling the case." Yi Ming quickly saluted and said what was in his heart.
Han Pingyi patted him on the shoulder with emotion: "Good boy, Mr. Yan's ability to maintain his reputation depends entirely on you. Mr. Yan has a high position and is very busy with official duties, so I definitely can't thank you in person. I represent Yan here. I want to say thank you to you."
After Han Pingzhi finished speaking, he bowed deeply to Yi Ming.
Zhou Yiming hurriedly stepped forward to help: "Master Han, you are such a great gift. You really don't dare to accept such a humble position."
Zhou Yiming helped Han Pingzhi to a seat next to him, and then stood aside respectfully. He felt puzzled in his heart. I really didn't expect that after killing Yan Shikuan and Feng Shiying, I could actually get the thanks of the old thief Yan Qiu's subordinates. Go back and When Xia Dezhang and the others were told this, they probably wouldn't believe it until they died.
After Han Pingzhi calmed down, he hurriedly asked Zhou Ming: "Captain Zhou, look at me. As we get older, we tend to get confused easily. I just wanted to thank you, but I forgot to ask you. Why did you arrive at the General Affairs Office so late?" Why did the government come to see me?"
Zhou Yiming was worried about what kind of opportunity he should find to talk about business. When he saw Han Pingzhi asking this question, he immediately replied: "Master Han, to be honest, when I come here this time, I do have important matters to discuss with you."
Han Pingzhi knew Zhou Yiming's courage and courage. From the tone and expression of his words, he had already guessed that something big must have happened, otherwise Zhou Ming would not be so panicked.
"Say it quickly." Han Pingzhi sat upright and stared at Zhou Ming.
Zhou Yiming told Han Pingzhi everything he found in Huamanlou in one breath, but he concealed the real reason why he and his brothers from the yamen went to Huamanlou. He only said that he had received intelligence, which showed that the oiran girl in Huamanlou was His identity was suspicious, so he led the brothers in the yamen to Huamanlou to investigate.
After listening to Yi Ming's words, Han Pingzhi was shocked. As the general manager of the General Affairs Office, although he had just arrived, he never expected that there would be so many spies from the North lurking under his nose, and they were just there. Even in a place with fireworks like Huamanlou, these details are not spared.
If Zhou Yiming hadn't used his wit to see the flaw in this courtesan girl and captured him in one fell swoop, if a member of the royal family really went to Huamanlou to look for this courtean girl in the future, if something happened to him, he would The general manager is fully responsible.
After all, the General Affairs Office is the immediate boss of the four inspection yamen in Huijing. The security of the entire city is entirely under the responsibility of the General Affairs Office. Once something goes wrong, he, the general manager, will be the first to be unlucky.
"It's so dangerous! Mr. Zhou, thank you for your cleverness and seeing through this traitor's conspiracy. Otherwise, if something happened, we wouldn't be able to survive." Han Pingzhi wiped the cold sweat from his face, feeling a sense of disaster in his heart. The feeling of the rest of my life.
Zhou Yiming knew in his heart that this was not the time to be happy yet, so he immediately said: "Master Han, now is not the time to relax our vigilance. The top priority is now. I also ask Master Han to quickly dispatch his troops, divide the troops into seven groups, and dispatch them at the same time to kill these spies. Catch them all.
Moreover, the operation must be kept absolutely confidential, and no information can be leaked out, otherwise it will definitely alert the enemy.
These people have been lurking quietly in the city for so long. Everyone is by no means an ordinary person, and they all have extremely high martial arts cultivation. If ordinary government servants are sent there, not only will it be impossible to catch people, but they will let them To die in vain. "
Han Pingzhi took a breath, spread his hands, and said helplessly: "But it is almost late at night, and most of the experts in the Yamen of the General Affairs Office have gone home. Except for some ordinary Yamen, there are only three or four people who are still in the Yamen. There is a master of the second-level realm, and with only this few manpower, I am afraid that it is not enough to cope with this operation."
Zhou Yiming frowned and murmured in his heart. There were only so many people in the General Affairs Office, and the masters with the highest level of martial arts cultivation were only at the second level. With such low strength, it was impossible for one person to lead a team and capture those northern masters. Even for two or three second-level masters, there is a big question mark as to whether they can be absolutely sure of catching those spies.
Seeing Zhou Yiming's worried look, Han Pingzhi immediately thought of an idea: "Captain Zhou, what do you think of my approach?"
