From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Six days ago, I asked Qu Ling to investigate Lu Hanxing and Ye Mian. At present, it seems that Ye Mian's information is not very useful, but Lu Hanxing still needs to be dealt with.

This guy has been in Lin'an Prefecture for many years, and he has countless followers. It is impossible that he has no connection with the gambling house. He must be removed from office first.

"Lu Hanxing has been very cautious in his actions for so many years. He doesn't spend money ostentatiously. It's hard to find any handle on him."

Qu Ling took Zhou Yuan inside and said, "But my friend has a special status after all. I just happened to find Lu Hanxing's information, but she has a bad temper, especially to men. You'd better be careful with your words."

"If you really offend her, I can't help you."

Zhou Yuan nodded and said, "Don't worry, it's normal for people from the Inner Court to have a bad temper. I promise to serve her well."

Qu Ling rolled his eyes and said helplessly, "It's like you want to... What do you think? She is also from Yunzhou, maybe she recognizes you as a fellow countryman. "

"Oh, Yunzhou."

Zhou Yuan nodded, suddenly stopped, stared and said: "Female? From Yunzhou? Inner Court?"

Qu Ling asked in confusion: "What's the problem?"

Zhou Yuan said: "Don't tell me her last name is Ye..."

"How do you know? Hey! Zhou Yuan, don't barge in!"

Qu Ling hurriedly said: "Don't really annoy her!"

"Annoy her ass!"

Zhou Yuan strode forward, pushed open the door, and immediately saw a familiar figure.

The figure in men's clothing was very slender, with white hair and snow neck, picturesque facial features, cold eyes with a hint of sharpness, hair tied up, heroic and valiant.

Ye Qingying happened to look at Zhou Yuan, and frowned, wondering: "Why are you here?"

Qu Ling rushed in breathlessly, and said: "Hey? Do you know each other?"

Zhou Yuan walked up to Ye Qingying and said in a deep voice: "Why did you leave so quickly without leaving a letter?"

Ye Qingying said: "The order from above came too quickly and too urgently, and the mission was very critical. I didn't dare to stay at all."

At this point, she seemed to think that she should be tougher, raised her eyebrows, and said: "Why should I leave you a letter!"

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "Sister Qingying, you have no conscience if you say that, we That was a life-long friendship! Think back to the time in the room of Baihua Pavilion…”

“Bang!”

The teacup fell to the ground, and Ye Qingying stood up suddenly, her face flushed, and she said angrily: “Shut up! Never mention that again!”

Zhou Yuan was about to tease, when he heard Ye Qingying say: “Unless you don’t want any information about Lu Hanxing and Ye Mian anymore.”

Zhou Yuan’s face became serious, and he quickly pulled Ye Qingying to sit down, and laughed dryly: “Sister, don’t lose your temper, I just spoke without restraint for a while, where have you been during this period? Have you been in Lin’an Mansion all the time? Is there any important task!”

Second sister’s little hands are so soft!

Ye Qingying didn’t realize this, but said in a deep voice: “You’d better not ask about my task, anyway, I’ve been in Lin’an Mansion all the time.”

Zhou Yuan was about to speak when he heard another crisp sound.

Damn it, if the teacup did something wrong today, anyone would smash it.

"I'm asking why you knew each other in advance, but you didn't tell me. Are you dumb?"

Qu Ling was obviously very angry. It felt bad to be ignored.

Zhou Yuan immediately smiled and said, "Ling'er, Qingying is my second senior sister. We are like siblings and have a deep love for each other."

Ye Qingying said angrily, "Don't think I don't know what a deep love for each other means!"

Qu Ling also lowered her head and said helplessly, "Don't call me Ling'er, it's weird."

Zhou Yuan said, "What I mean is that we are all family, so let's speak freely."

Ye Qingying didn't respond, but just looked at Qu Ling and asked in confusion, "How could you hang out with such a person? This is a sex-hungry ghost!"

Isn't this just slander! When have I ever...Okay, go on.

Zhou Yuan pressed his forehead and didn't speak.

Qu Ling was stunned and said, "He is the author of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"!"

Ye Qingying snorted, "No wonder, Master Yuan Yi, I thought he looked familiar!"

So the two of them started chatting, talking about their own experiences with Zhou Yuan, of course, they all said the bad things.

For example, Ye Qingying said that Zhou Yuan was lustful, and Qu Ling said that Zhou Yuan was greedy for money. With the two singing the same tune, Zhou Yuan became a bastard who deserved to die.

Anyway, Zhou Yuan calculated that according to the current laws of Dajin, the crimes mentioned by the two people just now could make Zhou Yuan be beheaded seven or eight times and exiled for several lifetimes.

"I say you two don't go too far."

Zhou Yuan finally couldn't help interrupting, "When did I force a woman? When did I drown someone in the water? When did I do something rebellious? Ye Qingying, tell me clearly!"

Ye Qingying snorted, "My firstThe first time I saw you, wasn't it because you were arrested for the crime of forced murder? During the poetry meeting outing, didn't you push Liu Zhe into the water? Aren't you close to the witch in Baihua Pavilion? "

Zhou Yuan looked at Qu Ling and glared, "Miss Qu, when did I cheat? When did I betray my wife?"

Qu Ling tilted her head and said, "I gave you double the royalties, but you cheated on Xue Ningyue and betrayed Zhao Jianjia."

Zhou Yuan rolled his eyes and said, "Forget it, you two. I can't stand putting all the blame on me."

"Let's talk business. Did you bring Lu Hanxing's information? Good senior sister, give it to me quickly."

Ye Qingying shuddered and frowned, "Speak nicely, don't shout nonsense."

Qu Ling closed the door, and the three of them sat around the table.

Then Ye Qingying slowly said, "Lu Hanxing, named Yuntu, from Hengzhou, from a scholarly family. ”

“He studied when he was young and had a good talent. When he was six years old, his family fell into poverty. His father was sentenced to exile for suspected smuggling of porcelain and tea, and died halfway through the exile.”

“After his mother remarried, he lived with his stepfather and began to wield swords and guns. Finally, he served as a secret agent in the Jinyiwei and gradually rose to high positions.”

“This person was able to go from a secret agent to a deputy thousand households, and it took less than 20 years. In the absence of any background, he was promoted so quickly. He is an anomaly.”

Anomaly? There are no anomalies in this world. It’s just that the reasons are buried deeper.

Zhou Yuan said in a deep voice: “Several key promotions must rely on meritorious service. How did he do it?”

Ye Qingying said: “From a secret agent to an ordinary Jinyiwei, he reported the corruption of the Hengyang County Magistrate and produced real evidence.”

“To get to the position of the general flag, he relied on undercover work in the mountain stronghold for a year and a half, drawing detailed maps of the location of the organs and the deployment of defenses, allowing the government to wipe out the mountain stronghold in one fell swoop. "

Zhou Yuan narrowed his eyes and said, "General Flag is basically the limit for ordinary people. It's hard to find opportunities to make meritorious service if you move up."

Ye Qingying sneered and said, "But in the second year, he was promoted to the position of centurion because he solved a major smuggling case."

"After working diligently for several years, he took down the largest casino in the south of Lin'an Prefecture, and dozens of officials were arrested."

"From that day on, he was promoted to deputy thousand households."

Zhou Yuan was silent for a moment, then narrowed his eyes and said, "Did anything big happen in Lin'an Prefecture that year when he solved a major smuggling case and was promoted to centurion?"

Qu Ling said, "That was eight years ago. What big thing could there be?"

Ye Qingying said slowly, "Eight years ago, the first-class Zhenbei Marquis was demoted to the second-class Annan Marquis for forming a clique and engaging in private interests, and was demoted to Lin'an Prefecture."

Zhou Yuan laughed and said slowly, "As I said, there is no anomaly, but the reason is a little hidden. "

Ye Qingying said: "Do you know what order I received that day, so that I didn't even have time to leave a letter?"

Zhou Yuan said: "Could it be related to Annan Hou?"

"The governor of Zhejiang was killed on the canal, and twelve Jinyiwei died. A total of 68 people on the ship died."

Qu Ling was so scared that his face changed horribly, and he exclaimed: "How is it possible!"

Zhou Yuan also took a breath of cold air. Damn, I was killed by someone from a second-rank frontier official?

Is the person behind it really brave?

But Zhou Yuan was relieved soon.

What secret could force the mastermind to kill the governor?

The only way is to rebel.