Changming Hall·Xinuan Pavilion.
"Your Majesty, there is news from the south!"
"Oh, give it to me." Slumped down, Emperor Yongxi perked up, pushed away the palace maid who was beating her legs, sat up straight and ordered.
Eunuch Qixi quickly stepped forward and presented a sealed bamboo tube.
"You haven't seen it yet, have you?"
"I don't dare, this slave." Qixi was so frightened that she quickly knelt down and said.
"I'm sorry you don't dare." Emperor Yongxi took off the seal, poured out a paper roll, unfolded it, took a look at the contents, smiled, took off the lampshade on the table, and burned the note on the spot.
"Have you checked Luo Xiaoqi's heels?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Imperial City Department has reported that there is no problem after checking." Qixi said.
"No problem, then where did his medical skills come from? Did it fall from the sky? Why don't you find a better excuse to fool me?" Emperor Yongxi said angrily, "Where is Wang Hai, where are the others?"
"Eunuch Wang has been feeling cold recently and is resting in bed."
"This old guy is lazier than me!" Emperor Yongxi cursed, "Other than that, doesn't he have an explanation?"
"Eunuch Wang said that Luo Xiaoqi once used the pseudonym of 'Westward Traveler' to buy a fragment of the Qingnang Notebook at the No. 1 Auction House in the Ghost Market."
"The Qing Sang Notes, a medical book written by the medicine demon Su Xiaoye a hundred years ago?" Emperor Yongxi was surprised.
"yes."
"He's a secret agent from Nanya. What's he doing buying a medical book?"
"Eunuch Wang also said that before this, he had been to many bookstores and medicine shops in Nanshi and bought many books about medicinal herbs."
"Self-taught, could this guy be a genius?" Emperor Yongxi heard this and thought to himself, is there really such a person in the world?
"Let him write a detailed note and submit it!"
"Your Majesty, Eunuch Wang asked this slave to deliver this to you." Qixi took out a memorial from her sleeve and held it up high.
"Why didn't you take this piece of shit out just now?"
"Your Majesty just asked your servant what to say."
"I remember that you entered Nanya in the same batch as Luo Xiaoqi. You were not qualified enough, so you were ruthless and entered the palace, right?" Emperor Yongxi took the memorial and asked slowly.
"This servant doesn't quite understand what Your Majesty said."
"Wang Hai adopted you as his adopted son, didn't he tell you Luo Xiaoqi's identity?" Emperor Yongxi said, "Don't pretend in front of me."
"The slave left long ago. Even if Luo Xiaoqi and the slave entered the Nanya secret camp in the same batch, what would they do?" Qixi knelt down and said.
"Okay, I don't doubt anything about you. I just want to know about Luo Xiaoqi's situation in the Nanya secret camp. It's pointless for you to do this."
"Your Majesty, I was only twelve years old when I left. My childhood memories have long been blurred. I haven't had much contact with the person you mentioned, Your Majesty."
"Okay, I won't ask anymore. You can go down." Emperor Yongxi waved his hand, indicating that Qixi didn't need to stay to serve him.
This boy is smart and knows how to advance and retreat. He knows what to say and what to ask. He is much easier to use than the little eunuchs in the palace.
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"Through the investigation and questioning of the people and business travelers who fled north from Yangzhou to Luojing in the past few days, it was found that Ding Xian, the deputy envoy of the Yangzhou regiment training, did not have much presence in Yangzhou officialdom. For three years in Yangzhou, he basically lived in seclusion and rarely participated in any activities. A gathering of colleagues can be said to be an invisible person in the officialdom..." Wu Jiong, the newly promoted captain, introduced the relevant investigation situation.
"Yangzhou is a land of fireworks. As a single man, he wouldn't go to a place like that?" Junjie, the Prime Minister of Dali Temple, asked.
"Master Lai is also single, so he must go to a dark place?" Qingyi asked back.
Lai Junjie smiled awkwardly.
"In fact, he may have been there, but no one we asked mentioned relevant information." Wu Jiong continued to answer.
"Ding Xian is a martial arts practitioner, but he has no relevant contact with Yangzhou martial arts?" Ye Liuli asked.
"Yes, the one Ding Xian has most contact with is an escort agency called Zhenwei Escort Agency. This Zhenwei Escort Agency is the property of the Huadu Sword Sect in Yangzhou. Ding Xian's Yangzhou militia has a close relationship with the Zhenwei Escort Agency. It is a cooperative relationship. When it comes to the quantity of goods When there are many, the Zhenwei Escort Bureau will ask the militia to help escort them, and they will be escorted by the government, which will deter ordinary bandits."
"Has he had any contact with the Nanchu spy?"
"There are no relevant findings in the information that can be found so far."
"Counsellor Ye, His Majesty ordered us to find out within ten days. Tomorrow is the day to reply. What can we do now?" Lai Junjie asked Ye Liuli.
"There is no real evidence!"
Lai Junjie was stunned when he heard this. Even if he didn't find any definite evidence, he couldn't treat His Majesty like this. Your Majesty can't do anything to you, but what about us people?
"Master Lai, the investigation must be based on facts. We can't make up random things and make fun of the court's laws, right?" Qingyi said, "Even if Ding Xian has committed a crime, it is not his crime. We cannot forcefully accuse others. On your head?"
"Then you're going to give your Majesty a discount like this?"
"Now that the time limit has expired, this is the only way it can be. Lai Sicheng, are you going to jointly sign the pledge with me, or are we going to submit the pledge separately?" Ye Liuli asked.
"Counsellor Ye, you are the person in charge of this case. I am just assisting you in handling it. Naturally, I will co-sign with you." Lai Junjie said hurriedly.
"That's good. I've written a memorial here. Could you please Lai Sicheng to sign it?" Ye Liuli directly took out a written memorial and handed it over.
Lai Junjie opened it and frowned. It was clearly a closing document. The Liu family released Ding Xian, and there was no evidence of collaborating with the enemy and treason. However, it was a serious crime to destroy the Sheng family's leather goods shop, but he had been captured by Xirong. Killed by the phantom of the Puppet Hall, you can't take the body to the execution ground and behead it again, right?
So the case is closed, and it will be easier to explain to Xirong. The murderer was also killed by you, what else is going on? You guys from the Puppet Hall killed Duke Cheng Guo’s fourth son and you haven’t said anything yet!
By signing his name, he agreed with the judgment above, which made Lai Junjie extremely confused. This was not his task.
He was given a message quietly from above, asking him to find evidence of Ding Xian's "collaboration with the enemy and treason", even if it was just suspicion.
If you submit this memorial, will your career be ruined?
But it's no good if he doesn't sign. Everything has been said. If he really refuses, Ye Liuli will not be able to pass this test. This is really difficult.
"If Lai Sicheng doesn't want to sign, don't force it. I don't like to force others to do anything." Ye Liuli said lightly, not caring at all.
"Counsellor Ye, is it too hasty to end the case like this?"
"There is nothing I can do about it, the counselor. Your Majesty gave me ten days, and the results will come within ten days. In ten days, I can only give this result."
"Then can't you please give your Majesty a little more time?"
"Who's to say, you go or I go? This is a thankless thing."
"Can the counselor please ask Commander Pei or the Grand Governor to come and speak?"
"Master Pei has just taken office and is very busy. How can he have the time? Besides, why should he listen to me? As for the Governor, he doesn't care about anything now. He won't go to His Majesty for such a trivial matter. Aren’t you making yourself uncomfortable?”
"Then this..."
What Lai Junjie wants to say is, why don't you just go and fend for yourself? You are a princess. If you really open your mouth, will His Majesty refute your reputation?
But he didn't dare to say this.
His Majesty ordered Ye Liuli to take over this case. He didn't want to handle it in the first place. Now that he's looking for an opportunity to close the case, get rid of it and continue the investigation, that fool will listen to you.
The article is not about the case itself, but outside the case.
Your Majesty wants to use Ding Xian's case to involve Duke Cheng Guo. Ding Xian is obviously not enough, the Liu family is. If Ding Xian collaborates with the enemy and treason, and the Liu family covers and hides it, then it will naturally be a conspiracy.
The Liu family and Shen Zhuang are related by marriage, and Liu Qian is also Shen Zhuang's uncle, so they are involved.
Your Majesty wanted to beat the Duke of Cheng, but at the same time he didn't want to confront her directly, so he pushed the princess Ye Liuli in front. The princess was going to be married anyway, so it didn't matter if she offended him.
"Should Mr. Lai Sicheng sign or not? Or, can Mr. Lai find definite evidence before tomorrow?" Ye Liuli asked directly.
Sweat dropped from Lai Junjie's forehead.
"Counsellor Ye, can I give you an answer later?"
"Yes, before I hand over the certificate, Lai Sicheng can come at any time if he wants to sign it." Ye Liuli did not press any further.
She has already figured out that Lai Junjie is the emperor's man. This case is inherently deep. If he is a smart man and can close the case when someone in front of him accuses him, he should just go with the flow, but he doesn't. Do this.
This is enough to show that he came with a mission.
From the time he was guarding No. 3 Pingkangfang, waiting for him to lead people to search, it was obvious that this guy's purpose was not pure.
"Counsellor Ye, the Marquis invites you and General Qinglang to go there right away!" Suddenly, a small official came in from outside the door, and he was the person serving Ye Hou.
"Master Hou, what can you say?"
"The villain doesn't know."
"Qingyi, let's go and take a look." Watching Ye Liuli and Qingyi leave in a hurry, Lai Junjie couldn't help but have a bad premonition that something big was going to happen.
Ye Liuli and Qingyi came to Sansi Hall and saw Ye Hou and Yao Wenzhong, the commander of Jing'an Division, also there.
"Your Highness, this is the eagle letter we just received. The Saint of Yaowang Valley and the Great Elder encountered a snowstorm in Anle Town, Shuozhou, and then were attacked halfway. The battle was very tragic. Lie Xuan of Chengguo Duke's Mansion arrived with people. , and then they were saved." Yao Wenzhong stood up and said with a fist.
"Who did it?"
"Your Majesty's Black Feather Guard." Ye Hou said slowly.
"What?" Ye Liuli was shocked when he heard this. The Black Feather Guards were directly subordinate to Emperor Yongxi's bodyguards. There were only three thousand people in total. They were all selected from Zhenwu students. They were loyal and had the lowest cultivation level of the fourth grade. There are one-tenth third-level masters, dozens of Wuzong-level masters, and four first-level grand masters.
This personal guard has been stationed in the capital to protect the safety of the palace and cannot easily leave the capital. Without the decree of Emperor Yongxi, no one can move it.
The Black Feather Guards intercepted and killed the Holy Maiden of Medicine King Valley and the Great Elder without even concealing their identity. What does Your Majesty want to do?
"Yaowang Valley has been deeply involved in Southern Chu in recent years. As a martial arts sect in the Great Zhou Dynasty, it has colluded with Southern Chu secretly. Your Majesty has long been dissatisfied with it." Ye Hou explained, "This time it was just an excuse to deliberately After all, I think Your Majesty will definitely find a valid reason to explain this matter."
"Did you catch Yaowanggu's painful foot?"
"I don't know. His Majesty may not be doing this because he wants to break up with Yaowanggu." Yao Wenzhong analyzed.
"The storm is coming, please proceed with caution."
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