Zhou Mi, the minister of Dali Temple, is the only person in the court today who can compete with Shangshu Ling Liu Xinyan.
But no matter how the two fought in the court, the civil and military officials in the court knew that they were the ones Emperor Yaozong trusted the most.
The two people in the whirlpool of power understood this, and they also knew that Emperor Yaozong needed them to check and balance each other.
Therefore, the two of them were on the same page in the court, but in private they had never interacted with each other.
However, outsiders only know that the two were close friends, but they don't know that the two have still not forgotten the vows they made back then.
"As long as you are rich and noble, don't forget each other."
At this time, Zhou Mi was sitting in the small room having a headache about this matter.
The "cutting off of robes and righteousness" back then was not because the two of them parted ways because of their different ideals and beliefs.
On the contrary, it was after experiencing the "Autumn Hunting Game" that year that the two firmly decided to "separate for the time being and meet again at the top."
Since then, both of them have changed.
Liu Xinyan, who was once a vigorous scholar, has become less pedantic.
Zhou Mi has a deeper understanding of the world: the rules at the bottom of the world seem to be more fragile than he thought, and it only takes a thought from a high-ranking person to change them.
This made Zhou Mi, the enforcer of Dali Temple and the guardian of the rules, almost lose his confidence.
Fortunately, Zhou Mi survived and got to where he is today.
But Zhou Mi has a headache. Recently, he seems to have more and more interactions with Liu Xinyan.
First, the Kaicheng district and county government approached him because of the "disappearance case." However, within a few days, Li Dong directly sent someone to send a message to him.
This made Zhou Mi a little confused.
Isn't Liu Xinyan afraid of "that person" finding out?
If the two of them let others take advantage of their interactions, they would fall out of favor, or both of them would be liquidated.
Could Liu Xinyan be so careless? Or is he about to take action?
But no matter how hard he tried, Zhou Mi couldn't figure out where Liu Xinyan's confidence came from.
Zhou Mi shook his head, recalling that Liu Xinyan had been cautious in every step since the Qiu Shou Bureau. It was rare to be so reckless as recently.
To say that Liu Xinyan's only moment of "universal courage" was during the Autumn Hunting Game.
But that "Master Wangcai" was there at that time, could it be that he is back again?
Zhou Mi shook his head with a sneer, denying this unrealistic idea in his mind.
Just then the bearded man asked to see him.
"Sir, this is the interrogation record of the three people brought back by Chen Tian."
The bearded man handed the three volumes of files to Zhou Mi's desk.
Zhou Mi picked up one of them and opened it.
"It's true as Chen Tian said, there are no useful clues..."
Zhou Mi briefly looked through it for a moment and thought to himself.
The bearded man saw that Zhou Mi was not interested in putting down the first dossier, so he directly reported the general contents of the dossier to Zhou Mi with a look.
"These three people cooperated during the interrogation, but there were no useful clues. The man was already dead when they arrived at the scene. In this regard, the three people's confessions are consistent, and they are all correct."
Zhou Mi nodded, already thinking about how to end this case.
The bearded man recalled the three files, as if he suddenly thought of something, and said with a smile: "But what's interesting is that the confessions of two of them are exactly the same, but the last one said a lot and described the scene a lot. He analyzed the facts of the case clearly, haha... Those who didn’t know thought he had witnessed the case. But when I asked you the last question, guess what, he also guessed.”
As he spoke, the bearded man picked out one of the three portions and handed it to Zhou Mi. Zhou Mi took it, but he wasn't too interested.
After all, even though he didn't go to the scene of this case, he already basically knew what happened.
The "Tang Huai'an Case" that year when Mr. Wangcai solved the case still left a deep impression on him.
No matter how much you speculate about this person, he will definitely not be able to get along with you...
etc……
Zhou Mi's eyes widened and he clenched his hands hard
Tight file.
"Ulana", "Dipterocarps"...
A few familiar words in the dossier deeply stimulated Zhou Xing's nerves.
"stop!"
The bearded man who was about to exit the low room was suddenly stopped by Zhou Mi, and he was surprised to find that the adult, who had always been strategizing, had eyes so shocked that he lost his composure.
"Where is this person?"
The bearded man was also stunned when he saw the adult being so rude for the first time. It wasn't until he saw the anxious and terrifying look in the adult's eyes that he woke up from his brief trance. Read the book
"Sir...who do you mean this confession belongs to?"
Zhou Mi nodded impatiently.
Although the bearded man didn't understand why the adults were so anxious, it didn't stop him from understanding the importance of this person.
The bearded man stepped forward and took a look at the file in Zhou Mi's hand, then took a step back and said, "Boss, please wait a moment. I will bring this person up right away..."
But the bearded man still underestimated how much Zhou Mi valued this person.
"Wait a minute, I'll go with you to see him."
The bearded man once again noticed something unusual, and then he was shocked to find that after standing up, the master straightened his official uniform, put on his official hat neatly, and then took a deep breath.
He clearly looked like he was going to meet an important person.
However, with Zhou Mi's current status, what kind of noble talent deserves Zhou Mi to take him so seriously.
Even in the eyes of the bearded man, this is no longer as simple as being serious, but serious.
The bearded man did not dare to think any more. He was just glad in his heart that he was still respectful when interrogating this person and did not use any extraordinary means.
The bearded man was distracted thinking about this in his mind, but he did not dare to slow down the movements of his feet at all. Because he could hear the anxiety in Zhou Ming's footsteps as he was leading the way, this made him no longer have any idea of guessing the identity of this person.
There is no one at his level who can make adults pay such attention to him. The smartest thing to do now is to lead the way, and then forget what you saw and heard today, or it will rot in your stomach forever.
The distance from the low room to the interrogation room on the first floor is not long, but for the bearded man, it has experienced a spiritual change. When he arrived, he even opened the door with caution.
The iron door made a faint "squeak" sound, and he tried hard to suppress the noise, as if he was afraid of disturbing the people in the interrogation room.
"Iron Gate" had never been so careful, but at this moment, it felt like its once intimidating "squeak" sound was so harsh and inappropriate.
There was no bench in the interrogation room, so Changsun sat on the floor and closed his eyes to relax. He slowly opened his eyes when he heard the sound of the door opening.
When he saw the iron door open and Zhou Mi suddenly appeared, he stood up with a smile in his eyes.
Zhou Mi walked into the interrogation room in no hurry. His previous anxiety turned into anxiety after arriving in the interrogation room. He was not sure whether this person was the person he was expecting.
But after the iron gate opened, the moment Zhou Mi saw the other person open his eyes, he was basically sure that this person was "him".
But the other party's words completely dispelled Zhou Mi's doubts.
"I didn't expect you to take me to the first floor. I originally wanted to go back downstairs to have a look..."
The bearded man's heart skipped a beat after hearing this. At this moment, he was more than a little bit more uneasy than Zhou Mi.
He didn't know whether the other party was a god or a demon, he only knew that he was an important person that everyone valued.
If the other party mentions something wrong with him at this time, it will be a disaster for him.
The other party's words made the bearded man almost think that the other party was dissatisfied with the treatment of the "interrogation on the first floor". However, the other party's next sentence, "I want to go back downstairs to have a look," made the bearded man put his heart back into his stomach.
At the same time, the bearded man was also a little surprised that the other party had even been downstairs. Could he be some extremely vicious person? Ever been interrogated downstairs?
However, before the thoughts in the bearded man's mind could be cleared up, Zhou Zhou tapped him on the shoulder, which meant that he should avoid it.
The bearded man took the order, slowly closed the iron door, and exited the interrogation room.
But just as the iron door was about to close, the bearded man boldly looked in through the crack in the door.
Then he saw a jaw-dropping scene...
The dignified minister of Dali Temple actually saluted respectfully to the people in the interrogation room!
The bearded man quickly covered his open mouth, then covered his eyes and closed the iron door.
"I didn't see it, I didn't see it..."
The bearded man muttered to himself in a daze while quickly exiting the first floor.
Changsun looked at Zhou Mi, who was dressed in a blue python robe. He was happy for him and at the same time sighed in his heart about the wonder of fate.
The three Zhou Mi in the dream were originally marginalized figures in the imperial court who were excluded by various factions. It is estimated that even they themselves did not expect that many years later they would have the status and power they have today.
But only they themselves understand that the turning point of fate began when they met that person that year.
And that person is the eldest grandson in front of him.
This is why the Zhoumi Association attaches so much importance to it.
The eldest grandson stepped forward to help Zhou Mi, who was saluting, and looked at the middle-aged man in front of him who was no longer young. There was a lot of self-restraint and a little inevitable twilight in his eyes, but what made the eldest grandson happy was that there was still a faint flash of the old days in his eyes. enthusiasm.
"I didn't expect that after so many years, we would meet again in such a scene..."
Changsun said with a smile.
Zhou Mi shook his head and replied: "Thinking about the past, it has indeed been many years, but seeing you still so young, I feel like it was all just a dream last night."
Changsun smiled slightly and did not explain the many unreasonable things.
Because even now he has not figured out why all this happened, he just has some vague guesses in his heart.
Without continuing to reminisce about the past, the eldest grandson went straight to the topic.
If Chen Tian at that time could not understand many details of the "Tang Huaian case", then Zhou Mi had a complete grasp of the case.
Moreover, the "Tang Huaian case" was very involved, and similar cases happened again. Zhou Mi would not even have such sensitivity.
But Changsun had been waiting for a day, but he didn't notice any special actions in Dali Temple. Even the person who interrogated him was not Chen Tian.
This made the eldest grandson a little confused, so the eldest grandson mentioned those key words in his confession to attract Zhou Mi's attention.
"This case of player murder is exactly the same as the case of Tang Huaian back then. Chen Tian should have discovered it as well. Did he report it to you truthfully?"
Changsun did not directly ask Zhou Mi why he "pretended to be deaf" to the case, but adopted a relatively tactful approach.
Zhou Mi hesitated to speak. On the way here, he guessed that the eldest grandson would "torture" him about this matter, and he was also having a headache because of this matter before he saw the eldest grandson's confession.
But now that he saw his eldest grandson, he seemed to see hope again.
"Sir, don't be surprised. There may be a more complicated situation behind this case..."
As he spoke, Zhou Mi took out two jade slips from his sleeves and handed them to his eldest grandson with both hands.
"Your Excellency, please review these two pieces of information first."
There was doubt in Changsun's eyes, but he took the jade slip in his hand without hesitation.
"The first piece of information was sent by Li Dong. It recorded the missing persons cases he discovered while patrolling in Kaicheng District during this period. Some of the details were not included in the files submitted by the Kaicheng District and County Government."
The eldest grandson browsed the jade slips while listening to Zhou Mi's narration, but the content in the jade slips made the eldest grandson frown.
"There are so many people missing... and the county government didn't notice it? I don't believe it!"
Zhou Mi nodded.
Changsun then opened the second jade slip in his hand.
"Is it Chen Tian's?"
Changsun asked in surprise.
Zhou Mi nodded, his expression a little solemn.
"This came through our secret line. Even the people in the temple don't know about this line. It is usually only used in times of crisis.
..."
"I have never used it in so many years..."
Zhou Mi added.
Changsun heard something unusual, and then looked at the jade slip in his hand.
"The disappearance case is related to the player case, please come quickly for reinforcements!"
Changsun looked at Zhou Mi questioningly.
Although this clue alone is enough for Changsun to pay attention to the disappearance case in Kaicheng District, Changsun still wants to know more information between the two.
However, Zhou Mi didn't know any more.
Zhou Mi shook his head and said: "Chen Tian didn't explain specifically. But he is now in Kaicheng District and County Government, and the situation... is not good."
"Um?"
"Li Dong sent a message this morning. Chen Tian was injured last night and rushed back to Kaicheng District County Office. When the messenger arrived, he was still in a coma..."
Before Zhou Mi could finish speaking, Changsun interrupted him without any hesitation.
"Prepare the car, I'm going to drive to Chengdu now!"
