Early the next morning, Lin Yue came to the lobby downstairs with big dark circles under his eyes.
The waiter was moving down the door panel and the bench that was placed on the dining table. He was very happy to see his sluggish look. Don't think about it. He must have done too much last night and might not have slept all night.
My shoulder is so injured and it still doesn’t stop, ugh! What can people say?
But think about it carefully, if it were him, guarding such a beautiful woman, he wouldn't be able to calm down that night.
"Why are you laughing? Are there flowers on my face?" Lin Yue sat down next to a prepared dining table, picked up the teapot in the middle and poured a cup of overnight tea into his mouth.
"Master, you didn't sleep well last night. Look at the dark circles under your eyes..."
Lin Yue glared, picked up the cup and made a show of splashing. The waiter was so frightened that he quickly shut up and went into the back hall with a wicked smile on his lips.
Indeed, I didn't sleep well last night.
Fortunately, I had eaten meat twice earlier, otherwise I would never have been able to hold it back.
9CM is enough, but his feelings for Miaotong are not the same as those for Ding Baiying and Ding Chong. He feels that it is better to be more solemn, more serious, and take care of the woman's feelings. At the very least... wait a little longer. So when he slept in bed last night, he was quite honest. He only grabbed her hand and tangled her hair that hung in front of her eyes, but didn't do anything more outrageous.
Almost half an hour passed before Miao Tong came down from upstairs. After washing up, she sat next to Lin Yue. The two of them asked the waiter for a few fried dough sticks and two bowls of rice porridge with sesame oil and sesame to finish their breakfast.
Another half hour passed, and Lin Yue sent Miaotong home. Under the care of two guards, he went to the East Jishi Factory Yamen alone to ask for an audience with Wei Zhongxian.
Perhaps because he sent the bird to the old guy's heart, he regarded him as a confidant. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Wei Zhongxian sitting behind the large vermilion round table in the west room of the living room. There were several plates of food in front of him. There were hand-sized steamed buns, and in the bowl next to them were wontons with dripping oil. Next there were bean soup, flower rolls, egg custard and sesame sesame pancakes, accompanied by light side dishes, and a plate of almond tofu and fried small rice cakes. Salted fish.
Wei Zhongxian picked up the food in front of him with his chopsticks: "Have you eaten?"
Lin Yue shook his head.
"Come over and have something to eat."
"My subordinates dare not."
"I told you to come here."
"Thank you, Mr. Factory." Lin Yue walked over and sat down, picked up a small bun with chopsticks and put it into his mouth.
Wei Zhongxian's food is all prepared by Shangshan Supervisor, which is basically on the same level as Xizong. Even the simplest breakfast, the appearance and taste of the food are much better than those in other restaurants. Let's talk about the dough of these buns. The fragrant spring is soft and smooth, and when you bite it, you can tell that it has just come out of the pot.
"You did a good job with that bird."
"The factory boss's compliments are all the responsibility of his subordinates."
Wei Zhongxian stretched out his hand, and a young eunuch presented him with a clean handkerchief behind him. He took it and dipped it in the corner of his mouth. After finishing it, he noticed that Lin Yue's left arm was wrapped in a bandage.
"What happened to the shoulder?"
Lin Yue said: "Let me report to the factory master, last night someone lured his subordinate to the outside of the city to assassinate him. Fortunately, his subordinate was alert and only received one stabbing, but did not lose his life."
Wei Zhongxian raised his eyebrows: "Is there such a thing? Why did that person want to assassinate you?"
Lin Yue said: "I think it's because my subordinates have been investigating Guo Zhen and Beizhai recently."
"Did you find anything?"
"Thank you, Mr. Factory, yes." Lin Yue paused and said, "Guo Zhen bought the yard where Ling Zongqi was attacked. After learning about this situation, I led people to search Guo Zhen's residence again. I found a letter from Hokusai asking him to go to Jinling Tower to meet. According to the official who sent Guo Zhen to Jinling Tower, a murder occurred shortly after he entered. The shopkeeper, waiter, and cook in Jinling Tower all died, and Guo Zhen died. Zhen was nowhere to be found, and then there was the story of the small flag officer under Shen Lian of the Jinyiwei Baihu, who was assigned as the factory official. Ling Zongqi led the crowd to capture the person, but the masked man with a short knife took the person away under the nose of Shen Baihu. "
"While the investigation was ongoing, Shen Lian who went to cook Beizhai was attacked, but the process was very strange. Afterwards, Pei Lun asked Monk Jinghai of Yong'an Temple and learned that Shen Lian had collected many calligraphy and paintings of Beizhai, so we suspected Shen Bai Hu deliberately let Hokusai go."
"After that, Captain Zheng was ordered by the factory to investigate the shipbuilding documents of the internal officials. A fire occurred in the document warehouse that night. It was suspected that the masked man with a short sword had seriously injured Ling Zongqi. The next day I went to check the documents. Burning the documents, he discovered that Shen Lian and Guo Zhen had known each other eight years ago, so he went to Lu Qianhu to reveal the truth and asked him to cooperate in capturing Shen Lian. However, what he didn't expect was that the Jin Yiwei sent by Lu Qianhu to monitor Shen Lian's mansion All died, and my subordinates almost fell into the enemy’s trap and died outside the city.”
Wei Zhongxian looked at him and said, "Things are quite complicated."
Lin Yue said: "My subordinates suspect that Shen Lian, Guo Zhen, Beizhai, Yin Cheng, and the masked man with a short sword from the Jinyiwei family are all from the same group. On the night of the murder in Jinling Tower, Shen Lian and the masked man with a short sword sang a double act. , rescued Yin Cheng, and then hid in the yard of Guo Zhen, who was eager to contact his friends to discuss countermeasures after hearing that the factory owner was going to investigate the treasure ship case, but was silenced. The murder of General Ling Qi was not because Yin Cheng wanted revenge, but because he did not want him to investigate Shen Refining. What happens next..."
He raised his head slightly and glanced upward at Wei Zhongxian.
The old guy looked at him with eyes full of energy: "What do you want to say?"
Lin Yue left the table, bowed and said: "My subordinates suspect that the case of the emperor falling into the water was not an accident, but that there were rebellious officials and traitors who wanted to harm the emperor. The Jinling Tower murder case and the series of events that followed were done by those people to destroy evidence and obstruct the investigation. .”
Wei Zhongxian stared at him for a while: "Do you know how serious the matter is if your suspicion is true?"
"My subordinates knew that, so they came to the factory to inquire. Should we investigate this case or not?"
Wei Zhongxian turned his head and glanced at the young eunuch standing beside him, and waved his hand, meaning to ask him to avoid it.
After the little eunuch left, the atmosphere in the room became even duller.
Wei Zhongxian tapped his fingers lightly on the table, his eyes sometimes narrowed and sometimes relaxed, looking a little undecided. Regarding the case of Xizong falling into the water, he also had similar speculations, but they were not as specific as what Lin Yue said. Otherwise, Zhao Jingzhong would not have asked Zhao Jingzhong to check the shipbuilding documents of the internal officials in the Jinyiwei case library.
But what's the result? There was a fire in the archives, and all the internal and external documents were burned. Naturally, the case could no longer be investigated.
Logically speaking, Lin San found out so many things and was a meritorious person, but his current behavior seemed to be asking for forgiveness.
Why plead guilty?
Because this little eunuch is smart, very smart.
From the young eunuch's point of view, if he did not investigate, Wei Zhongxian would be sorry for the emperor and himself. If we investigate, what will we do if we make a big fuss? How to ensure the safety of investigators? How to overcome the obstacles encountered during the investigation?
Also, although the young eunuch didn't say it explicitly, the look in his eyes just now was undoubtedly a reminder.
Did Zhao Jingzhong do his best in this case? The record library is such an important place, why is it only fortified in the outer courtyard and not inside?
Everyone knows that the emperor will not live long... They are all looking for a way out for themselves.
"If I say check, do you dare to take this job?"
"It's all up to the factory official."
"Aren't you afraid of what happened last night again? You may not be so lucky next time."
"A Jinyiwei told me that without money, there is no way out. All you have to do is rely on opportunities. When the opportunity comes and you seize it, you can turn around."
"Okay." Wei Zhongxian chuckled: "Well said, I like people like you who dare to tell the truth. I will leave this matter to you. Just say whatever you need."
Lin Yue said: "I only want one thing."
"What?"
"The factory owner's badge."
Wei Zhongxian was stunned. At the moment, his waist card was no different than Shang Fang's sword. This kid really had a bright mind.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside, followed by some noisy conversations.
"What's the fuss about?" Wei Zhongxian looked outside and said.
The little eunuch who had just been kicked out by him came in and said, "Let me tell you, Eunuch Zhao and Miss Wei are here."
"Tell them to come in."
"yes."
The little eunuch respectfully agreed and withdrew.
Soon, two figures flashed out of the door, and Zhao Jingzhong and Wei Ting walked into the room one after the other.
The former saw Lin Yue standing on one side frowning with an unhappy expression, while the latter looked at him mostly with curiosity.
"You two came just in time." Wei Zhongxian stretched out his arm, pointed at Lin Yue and said: "Jingzhong, I see that you are busy with Nanjing affairs recently and can't take care of the treasure ship case. How about this, leave it to Lin San. Check it out.”
Zhao Jingzhong opened his mouth when he heard this, seemingly wanting to defend himself, but in the end he said nothing. He glanced at Lin Yue, then looked back at Wei Zhongxian and said, "Yes, I'll let my adoptive father arrange it."
Wei Ting glanced at him with a half-smile, a look of gloating that could not be concealed on his face.
"This is what you want."
Wei Zhongxian took off the jade medal from his waist and threw it on the table: "Check it carefully for me. No matter who that person is, if he dares to do anything against the emperor, it is a serious crime of treason."
"Yes, I will investigate and deal with it carefully." Lin Yue walked over, picked up the jade plaque on the table, apologized and left.
Zhao Jingzhong lowered his head slightly to hide the deep hatred in his eyes.
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From the chief to the Supervisor of Ceremonies and Supervisor, all the foremen, foremen, housekeepers, and servants of the Dongjishi Factory, as well as the personnel of Jinyiwei with less than 1,000 households, can be deployed at will if necessary.
This was the benefit Lin Yue gained from meeting Wei Zhongxian. Now let alone Qianhu, even Xu Xianchun, the governor of the town, would call him "Brother Lin" affectionately when he saw him.
It's actually quite funny when you think about it. What's the rank of Jian Cheng?
Above the Jian Cheng are the young eunuchs, above the young eunuchs are the eunuchs, above the eunuchs are the side eunuchs and the pen eunuchs, and above them are the palm eunuchs.
According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the eunuch with the palm seal is the fourth rank, while the governor is only one rank lower, from the fourth rank.
It's really funny that a fourth-grade junior minister and a junior eunuch call each other brothers and flatter each other without hesitation.
However, Lin Yue had only been laughing for two days and then stopped laughing. Because before his butt could warm up this powerful position of an official, someone gave him a thousand-year kill move.
