Since I met you, people are dying every day

"It's been five years, where do we start?" Zhou Yi asked curiously.

When it comes to these minutiae, ordinary officials may not be clear about it, but there are few who are more familiar with this than Ye Sirui. "The Commander of the Jingwei is in charge of the guard army, guarding the capital, and guarding the palace."

Zhou Yi nodded, he knew that such a yamen was enough.Ye Sirui said again: "Actually, I really don't want to look for him, this is also an old acquaintance, and Jingwei Commander Wan Lun is Wan Chengtiao's uncle."

"Then he won't give you a good look." Zhou Yi said casually.

Ye Sirui sneered again and again: "I don't want to give him a good look yet! Why should I be afraid of him?" He thought of what the Beidang had done, and got up angry, "Since I think of this, why don't I go today!"

Zhou Yi followed behind him slowly.

There are several yamen in the capital, and officials have to go around when they have nothing to do. The Beizhen Fusi is counted as one, and the Jingwei Commander is also counted as one.Although Jin Yiwei was scary and had to take a detour, the commander of the Jingwei made Simenqian cold, but there was a reason to avoid suspicion.The Commander of the Jingwei is responsible for guarding the palace ban. The position of the commander is very important, and the emperor's confidantes are often seated.Since he is a confidant, he must be a direct minister and a lonely minister. Since he is destined to be a lonely minister, why should he join him?

Naturally, Ye Sirui didn't care about this, he changed his official uniform into a regular one, and walked straight to the door with a big swagger.The disciples of the Jingwei Commander and Envoy are all tall and handsome Jinwuwei soldiers. When they saw that a civil servant dared to come to the door, they all stared wide-eyed.

Ye Sirui didn't talk nonsense, and directly took out the dental plaque that Eunuch Feng had handed over to him, "I am following the orders of the emperor, please don't stop me."

The Jinwu Guards are the personal guards of the Son of Heaven, and most of them are selected from among noble sons, each one of them is one of a hundred warriors.In the past, even the dignified civil servants would not be envious of them when they saw them tall and handsome, wearing swords to protect them. Where did these five-rank officials come from, so rude?

However, they could still weigh the weight of the dental plaque, so they could only endure the humiliation and get out of the way, and asked by the way: "Which one of the Jingwei commanders does your lord want?"

"Commander Wan." The official put away the dental plaque, stared straight ahead, and strode out.

The soldier was again offended by his attitude.Commander Wan is a senior official of the third rank, how could he, a junior official of the fifth rank, just see him?

He was slandering to himself, the civil servant finally turned his head, took two steps closer, smiled, and his attitude became much gentler, "May I ask where Commander Wan works?"

The guard wanted to say something sarcastic, but the official's entourage cast a glance.That glance was as cold as the frost of the twelfth lunar month, and the guard shuddered all over, put away his teasing heart, and replied: "Go through the hall, the main hall is the yamen of Commander Wan, but if you want to deal with business, you should go to the commander and Tong Zhi Li." Your Excellency, Mr. Li's yamen is next to Mr. Wan."

The official frowned when he heard this.After taking a closer look, the guard had to admit that he did have a pretty face, which was no worse than those famous courtesans outside. "Master Li? But Uncle Li of Qingyuan?" His voice was also clear and sweet.The guard quickly clenched his hands to remind himself, women are just embroidered pillows, what's the use of being so good-looking?Immediately replied seriously: "Master Li is from martial arts, not from the lineage of Uncle Qingyuan."

The official thanked him kindly, and drifted away. The guard still did not take his eyes off his back for a long time.

Ye Sirui followed the path pointed out by the guards, and he had already figured out the door in his heart.After all, Wan Lun belonged to the Wan family, so no matter how much he put on a lonely, high-profile, non-partisan attitude, how could the emperor feel at ease?It's just that according to the usual practice, the commanding envoy must come from a family, so as to appease those veterans.The commander and acquaintance Master Li who is really in power is His Majesty's real confidant and loyal minister.

Not having to deal with Wan Lun, Ye Sirui felt a little more relaxed, and his attitude towards Master Li became more respectful.When he arrived at the gate of the yamen, he politely asked the adjutant outside the gate to pass it on for him, and presented the dental plaque.After a while, the adjutant came out and handed back the tooth card, only saying that Mr. Li was welcome.

Ye Sirui asked Zhou Yi to stay outside the door, and went in alone, and greeted him politely: "The next official will punish you and inspect the envoy Siqian. Ye Sirui has seen Mr. Tongzhi."

This Li Qi and Li Tongzhi's attitude was very cold, "I understand, what orders does Master Ye have?"

Regarding his attitude, Ye Sirui didn't take it seriously, and was still courteous, "I'm under the emperor's order to investigate the case, and my ability is limited. I still need to cooperate with your company. If there is any offense, please bear with me. Dare to ask about the case in Beijing five years ago?" Where is the watch list?"

Li Qi still said indifferently: "The list of guards is kept on file according to the law, but I don't know which day Master Ye wants?"

Ye Sirui announced the date.

Li Qi's expression finally changed a bit, "Lord Ye's imperial mandate is not light." But with just this one sentence, he returned to his businesslike appearance. "I'll ask someone to investigate." He called his subordinates, told him the date and where the file was located, and asked him to look for it. Then he glanced at Ye Sirui and said, "Master Ye, you don't mind my office here, do you?"

Naturally, Ye Sirui couldn't say he minded.Li Qi left him in the hall and looked at the official document by himself.

After a while, the subordinate officer turned back and handed over the file to Li Qi. Li Qi glanced at it and said, "Master Ye, let's go and see it. According to what I see, there is nothing wrong with it."

After thanking Ye Sirui, he stepped forward to take the file, and looked directly at Zhongcui Palace. Habayashi Qianwei was in charge of guarding Zhongcui Palace that day, which was the same as the usual arrangement. General Zagen led the guards to patrol.That day, the general in charge of Zhongcui Palace was Lu Jiangchen, the commander of Habayashi's avant-garde guard.

"Where is Lu Jiangchen now?"

Li Qi already knew what Ye Sirui was investigating, and he didn't even have an expression of sudden understanding, "Because King Xiang was assassinated, Lu Jiangchen and that team of Yulin guards were both punished by His Majesty. Now Lu Jiangchen... has resigned and retired."

"Resign to live in seclusion?" Ye Sirui frowned again, "Then where is his family?"

"Lu Jiangchen is a native of the capital. As for where his family is, I don't know." Li Qi finished speaking coldly, and then pretended to see off the guests, "Master Ye, what else can you do?"

Ye Sirui borrowed pen and ink to write down the names of the guards of the Habayashi Guards one by one, "I also want to meet the guards of the Habayashi Front Guards, especially those who were familiar with Lu Jiangchen back then."

Li Qi nodded to his subordinates, and stopped talking to Ye Sirui.The subordinate officer took Ye Sirui out, and Ye Sirui called Zhou Yi.When they arrived at an empty room, the officer asked Ye Sirui politely: "Which guards do you want?"

Ye Sirui showed him the paper, and the subordinate officer took it, "Please wait here a moment, sir."

Ye Sirui and the others had no choice but to wait again.While waiting, Ye Sirui briefly explained to Zhou Yi the information he had just received: "The one who was guarding the Zhongcui Palace that day was Yubayashi Qianwei, and the general who was sitting on the watch was Lu Jiangchen, the commander of Yubayashi Qianwei. Unfavorably punished, Lu Jiangchen has resigned from office and retired, I want to find the guards at that time and ask about the situation that day, or find out his whereabouts."

Zhou Yi was silent for a while.Ye Sirui thought he was not interested.Unexpectedly, Zhou Yi suddenly said again: "It was I who harmed them."

Ye Sirui wanted to comfort him, but he couldn't say anything to comfort him.Those guards were indeed punished for Zhou Yi's assassination of King Xiang.However, Zhou Yi...Zhou Yi...Zhou Yi's assassination of King Xiang was just to avenge his parents.

This is the Commander of the Jingwei, and Ye Sirui couldn't be too intimate, so he could only verbally say some empty comforting words: "This... is also a dilemma, and I don't blame you."

They sat for a while before Ye Sirui felt that the subordinates had been away for too long.Just as he was thinking about it, he saw the subordinate officer return with a look of embarrassment on his face, and returned the paper to Ye Sirui, "I'm really sorry, my lord, I went to check and found that there are no such people on the list in Jingzhong Habayashi Qianwei."

His expression was a little panicked, so Ye Sirui could only ask as kindly as possible: "What's the reason?"

"Maybe it was transferred to another place, or..." He smiled dryly and remained silent.

Ye Sirui sighed. "Then can you ask me, is there anyone who was familiar with Lu Jiangchen in the past? Or someone who knows Lu Jiangchen's whereabouts?"

The subordinate officials responded again.

After waiting for another cup of tea, the subordinate officer returned angrily.Ye Sirui knew from his expression that it was useless again, so he thanked him and went out with Zhou Yi.

After going out, Zhou Yi asked him, "What are you going to do next?"

"Go to Beizhen Fusi and ask Jin Yiwei to help find someone." Ye Sirui replied without changing his face. "As long as this person is still alive, Jin Yiwei will definitely be able to dig him out."

Zhou Yi took a few breaths and stared at Ye Sirui's back thoughtfully.Ye Sirui realized that he hadn't followed, so he walked full pace. "Ziqi, are you a little too serious?"

"What do you mean?" Ye Sirui asked.

Zhou Yi seemed to be trying to organize his words. "If you want to know what happened, I can tell you. You...you spent so much effort to find that person, what exactly do you want to know?"

Ye Sirui was a little displeased, but he kept it in his heart and didn't express it. "If I didn't search seriously and went back to His Majesty and couldn't find out, wouldn't His Majesty be suspicious? Only when I search hard and find nothing, can people believe that nothing can be found out. come out."

"But I think you're wasting your time." Zhou Yi said.

Ye Sirui had planned to turn around and walk forward, but was stopped by this sentence. "Investigating this case is a waste of time, so what can I do? Tell the emperor that you are the murderer?" He originally wanted to refute Zhou Yi's words, but he unconsciously became angry and turned into a question.

Before Zhou Yi could say anything, Ye Sirui shook his head and begged, "Zhou Yi, I can't help it. If you think it's a waste of time, just wait in the room for me to go back."

Zhou Yi took the initiative to follow, "Let's go together."