After the morning court, Yan Lichu sent someone to secretly keep Su Ye behind.
"Prime Minister Su, Your Majesty, please come to the imperial study to meet me."
Passing through the cheering ministers, the empress' personal maid whispered to Su Ye.
Su Ye nodded slightly and followed.
Yan Lichu had been waiting in the imperial study room for a long time. When he saw Su Ye, he stood up and said apologetically:
"Prime Minister Su, it's not that I don't believe in your judgment, it's just..."
Su Ye smiled calmly:
"Your Majesty, there is no need to apologize. I understand your situation."
It's always a pleasure to communicate with smart people.
Yan Lichu sighed softly and said:
"I am really helpless in sending troops this time. If the war goes unfavorably, I would like to ask Prime Minister Su to provide more support in the court to stabilize the people's hearts."
Su Ye looked serious and nodded solemnly:
"Your Majesty, rest assured that I will do my best to ensure the stability of the country. I hope this war can go smoothly and achieve the goal as soon as possible to avoid falling into a long war."
Yan Lichu nodded slightly and discussed the war with Su Ye, feeling deeply pleased.
She knew that everything Su Ye said and did was for Dayan's safety.
Although his identity raised some questions, she always believed that his loyalty would not change.
Yan Lichu didn't want to talk about the war anymore, so he asked instead:
"Are everything Chen Siwen said today true?"
Su Ye nodded:
"In addition to Chen Siwen's witness testimony, there is also supporting evidence from the case files from that year."
When Yan Li first heard this, he recalled to himself:
"It seems that my feelings back then were not groundless."
Su Ye raised his eyebrows. Could it be that Chen Siwen was not the only surviving insider?
Yan Lichu continued:
"I was not yet born when the corruption case occurred, but I heard my father and Chen Mu discussing the matter when I was a child."
As if something suddenly occurred to him, Yan Lichu's eyes flashed and he said:
"I remembered that I saw a mysterious pattern in my father's palace back then!"
As he spoke, Yan Lichu picked up the pen on the desk, grabbed a piece of white paper, and drew the pattern.
"I have never seen such a strange pattern. Although I am young, it has always been imprinted in my mind."
Su Ye also became curious and stepped forward to take a look.
But he was surprised to find that this was the pattern of the cult organization Blood Shadow Sect that appeared repeatedly on those assassins!
Su Ye took out the pattern drawn by Mo Yi from his long sleeves.
Compare it with the painting on the Empress' desk.
Exactly the same!
Yan Lichu was shocked:
"Does Prime Minister Su know what this pattern represents?"
But he saw Su Ye bowing eagerly:
"Your Majesty, I will investigate on my own. I believe the truth will be revealed soon."
After saying that, he strode out of the imperial study room.
But he didn't see Yan Lichu's expression behind him, and he kept following him with his eyes.
This Su Ye doesn't seem to understand amorous feelings at all.
The only things in his mind were these individual cases and the situation among the seven countries.
Back at the Prime Minister's Mansion, Su Ye saw a letter from Ling Yu, the deputy owner of Wentian Tower:
"At Huamanlou Inn, I found a person with the same pattern on his body."
Su Ye burned the letter on the candlelight and immediately left for Huamanlou.
He disguised himself as a wealthy businessman who went to Beijing to do business, and the Wentianlou subordinates around him pretended to be followers.
A group of people arrived at Huamanlou Inn.
The inn was bustling with activity. Su Ye found a corner and sat down, waiting for the target to appear.
Ling Yu had already been waiting here, stepped forward and whispered:
"The poster is the waiter in the shop."
Following Ling Yu's gaze, Su Ye saw a figure busily walking around the inn.
From the outside, the man looks ordinary and behaves casually.
He seemed like an ordinary waiter in a shop.
But Su Ye felt an unusual aura from him.
Su Ye stretched out his hand and shouted:
"Waiter, take your order!"
The waiter immediately came over with a menu and a warm smile on his face.
"What would you like to eat, sir?"
At this time, one of Wentianlou's subordinates suddenly stretched out his legs.
The waiter tripped and fell, and the clothes in his hands fell apart.
Su Ye's sharp eyes locked at one glance. On his right arm was the pattern of the Blood Shadow Sect!
But at this moment, the waiter subconsciously showed good reflexes.
He stabilized his figure in a flash.
Everyone in the Huamanlou store couldn't help but cast surprised glances.
The waiter seemed to realize that his reaction revealed his strength, but he still had the courage to order for Su Ye.
Su Ye also pretended that nothing happened and casually mentioned a few dishes.
The waiter wrote them down one by one, and then he couldn't wait to bow and leave.
Naturally, Ling Yu would not let him escape and followed him secretly.
I saw the waiter running quickly through the crowd, looking back from time to time for fear of being followed.
Without stopping, he walked through the back kitchen, trying to sneak out through the back door.
The waiter turned around and stepped out the door. When he saw no one was following him, he breathed a sigh of relief.
But the moment he turned his head, his eyes hit Su Ye and his group who were supposed to be sitting in the store.
Su Ye looked at the waiter with a joking expression:
"Why did you run away before the food was even served?"
The waiter looked stern, no longer pretending, but pulled out the dagger hidden in his waist, showing his fierce look.
He waved the dagger and rushed towards Su Ye and others.
A cold glint flashed in Su Ye's eyes, and in the next moment, the Jin Yiwei descended from the sky and captured the waiter easily.
Ling Yu said unhappily,
"This Jin Yiwei is really good at picking up leaks."
Mo Yi held the waiter and tied him up. Hearing this, he chuckled:
"Who asked you to wait so long? Just rush in and arrest people."
Ling Yu rolled his eyes:
"That will only alert the enemy, and outwit them, do you understand?"
The two glared at each other, neither of them convinced of the other.
Here they are grabbing the credit, but the waiter over there shouted unwillingly:
"There's someone above me! You'll regret it!"
As soon as he shouted a few words, Mo Yi impatiently stuffed his mouth with a piece of cloth.
In broad daylight, we can't let him shout and scream indiscriminately, attracting other people's attention, and causing trouble.
Su Ye raised his eyebrows. It seemed that the Blood Shadow Sect was indeed connected with people in the court.
It also reminds me that Yan Lichu said that she had seen this pattern in the late emperor's palace.
In addition, since the case of the Minister of Rites was reopened, assassins who wanted to silence him appeared frequently.
This Blood Shadow Sect must be inextricably linked to the case back then!
The waiter was escorted back to the Prime Minister's Mansion to await interrogation.
He opened his mouth to bite the poison in his mouth, but Mo Yan quickly stopped him and snatched the poison away.
Mo Yi has already seen people from the Blood Shadow Sect commit suicide by swallowing medicine twice, and there is no way they can do it again.
The waiter in the shop couldn't help but feel miserable.
Su Ye walked in slowly and looked at the waiter:
"If you want to survive, just do it from the ground up."
He looked at Su Ye in front of him, and then at Mo Yi who was watching eagerly.
I have long heard that Jin Yiwei's interrogation methods can make life worse than death.
The waiter struggled and hesitated for a long time before finally saying:
"I say! Elder Gong did all this!"
