Jun You Ji Fou

Yan Ye followed Qin Zhao into the Taiwei Mansion, and walked all the way through the vermilion curved corridor towards the study.He admired the grandeur of the mansion along the way, and tried to ask a few questions, but the man in black only gave him a back view and a few indifferent 'hmm', it was really helpless, he closed his mouth resentfully, Following Qin Zhao's stop, seeing the slowly opening door of the study, he quickly adjusted his expression.

Chu Mingyun was drawing something on the map with a pen, when he heard footsteps, he raised his head and saw Yan Ye at a glance, "What are you doing here?"

Yan Ye gave a salute, and replied with a smile: "Your Majesty learned that Your Excellency was inquiring about Old Shangshu Chen, and happened to know something about it, so I hurried to tell Your Excellency."

Chu Mingyun put down his pen and leaned back in his chair, "Do you know where Chen Xuanwen's family is?"

"Just to understand a little bit," Yan Ye said, "A few days ago, when the official was sent to Lin'an as an envoy, he had a small gathering with the county governor. He mentioned that Chen Laoshangshu suddenly asked him for help for some reason, and bought a mansion outside Lin'an city. Xiaodu sent it over. Chen Laoshangshu didn't want to say more, and he didn't feel comfortable asking, but within a few days, the house caught fire in the middle of the night, and it was almost burned when he sent people to rush over."

"Fire in the middle of the night?" Chu Mingyun raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Yes. How could the sheriff dare to be negligent in this case? He sent people to investigate several times. There was no trace of arson. It may be that something happened to the candle in the house."

"Oh," Chu Mingyun sneered, "If the arsonist can be found out by him, he will have no face to kill Chen Xuanwen's family."

There was indeed a lot of going through the motions during the investigation, Chu Mingyun's tone was too sarcastic, cold sweat dripped from Yan Ye's forehead, he didn't dare to look at him, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency said so."

"You mean, Chen Xuanwen's family was burned to ashes?"

"I'm afraid it's not necessarily true." Yan Ye said hesitantly.

"Huh?" Chu Mingyun looked at him.

Yan Ye couldn't help but raised his sleeves to wipe away the cold sweat, and said anxiously: "Then, that county guard is also guessing, the next official is just conveying, not sure."

Chu Mingyun smiled, and said slowly: "What are you so afraid of me for?"

"How could it be?" Yan Ye smiled, and continued courageously: "Some people said that they saw horses and horses stopping there in the middle of the night, and it seemed that they rescued someone, maybe Chen Laoshangshu's only grandson, but the night light It's too deep to see clearly."

Chu Mingyun narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at Qin Zhao.Qin Zhao understood his gaze and nodded, planning to order someone to go to Lin'an after Yan Ye left.

But Yan Ye finished what he had to say, and he didn't intend to leave just like that. Instead, he smiled and said, "Your Excellency cares so much about Chen Laoshangshu, but what's the matter? Although I'm incompetent, I might be able to share some of my worries for you." Woolen cloth."

Chu Mingyun glanced at him, and naturally understood that he wanted to take the opportunity to flatter him, so he said casually, "It's nothing, I just heard that Chen Xuanwen's grandson is not bad."

"..." Yan Ye remembered that the man in front of him was a frankly masculine man, and he choked back at what he had planned, so he could only smile sarcastically.

Chu Mingyun said casually: "By the way, you just come to my house like this, aren't you afraid of being discovered by Su Shiyu?"

"Don't worry, my lord," Yan Ye said hastily, "Doctor Yushi is not at Yushitai at the moment, he went out with his front feet and I came out with his heels."

"Oh?" Chu Mingyun became interested, "Where did Su Shiyu go?"

"Someone impeached Tan Jing, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, for smuggling boats and operating gunpowder. You should know that the records of the Yushitai have passed Master Su's eyes. This is a serious matter. If it is fake, it will give the court officials such a big stigma. It is because our Yushitai did not handle the affairs properly; if it is true, he was afraid that if he handed the paper directly to the emperor, he would startle the snake, Master Su withdrew the paper first, judging by his temperament, the next official probably wants to check it himself .”

Chu Mingyun's face was slightly cold, "Impeach Tan Jing for operating gunpowder?"

Qin Zhao's expression also changed, he stared at Yan Ye and waited for him to continue.

"Yes," Yan Ye was a little puzzled by his reaction, and continued: "Tan Shangshu's official ship smugglers are not a day or two thing, and we were restrained before, and we all went there tacitly. But he didn’t know what happened this time, and he brought several large ships of gunpowder in.”

Chu Mingyun lightly tapped the desk with his fingertips, his eyes fluctuating.

The gunpowder business between him and Tan Jing was over long ago, the western suburbs were blown up, and the mountain torrents were properly buried, the matter was over, but why did Tan Jing get so much gunpowder now? ?Could it be that there are still people in Beijing who want to do something?

He calmly said: "Check it out yourself, how does Su Shiyu want to find out?"

Yan Ye thought for a while and said, "I took a look at the impeachment document when I sent it over. It seems that Tan Shangshu's cronies have recorded it, saying that there are all kinds of records between him and everyone in the warehouse in the West Market. Master Su may want to get the account."

Chu Mingyun folded his hands and closed the map, got up and straightened his robe, and said, "Okay, you can go back."

"What?" Yan Ye looked at him in astonishment.

Chu Mingyun glanced sideways from the corner of his eyes, "Still waiting for me to see you off?"

"Don't dare not dare." Yan Ye repeated, "It's just... what's wrong, my lord?"

"Suddenly I miss Su Shiyu, I'll go see him." Chu Mingyun said.

"……what?"

But didn't you just see it in the morning?

Chu Mingyun glanced at him impatiently, Yan Ye hurriedly said his thanks, and walked away tactfully.Chu Mingyun and Qin Zhao looked at each other, got out of the house, got on their horses, and went straight to the West Market.

It was Qin Zhao who handed over the gunpowder to Tan Jing, so he naturally recognized the place. The warehouse was on the edge of Chang'an West City. From a distance, it was overgrown with weeds, scattered and dilapidated, like it had been abandoned for a long time, but they knew what it was like heavily guarded.

Qin Zhao naturally proposed to go in, but Chu Ming agreed, "Can you handle Su Shiyu?" 'It was blocked back.Chu Mingyun asked clearly about the layout of the warehouse and the location of the accounting room, and ordered Qin Zhao to take the shadow guards around to hide himself in order to prevent Su Shiyu from leaving first, and then he tiptoed and jumped into the wall.

It was very quiet in the warehouse, only the occasional footsteps of guards passing by.Chu Mingyun sneaked into the account room without much effort. The small brass lock was still intact on the paulownia drawer. Chu Mingyun looked it over, broke the brass beam and threw it aside. The drawer was opened, and the inside was empty.

Su Shiyu was still one step ahead.

Chu Mingyun straightened up and rubbed the center of his brows, left the account room, thought for a while, then turned and walked towards the warehouse.Not more than a hundred steps away, he vaguely sensed people's breath, so he smiled and followed.

Su Shiyu pushed open the warehouse door, suddenly stopped in his footsteps, and turned around suddenly.Raising the sword in the sleeve, showing the edge of the sword, he drew a cold light, but was blocked by someone halfway and held his wrist, and the face that bumped into the field of vision was barely familiar, facing him at a distance of less than half an inch from the edge of the sword. He smiled, "Yo, Lord Su."

Su Shiyu was slightly surprised, "...Master Chu?" He withdrew his hand, pressed the sword back into his palm to hide the edge, and did not let go of his guard, "The person who followed me just now, is it you?"

"Besides me, who else do you want to see?" Chu Mingyun smiled with crooked eyebrows.

"Why did Master Chu appear here?" Su Shiyu asked.

"Isn't it for you?" Chu Mingyun looked at him, sighed deliberately, and said slowly: "I saw Mr. Su casually on the street before, and you disappeared before I could say hello, so I had no choice but to follow. I I searched so hard, and I thought I could take the opportunity to say a few more words to you, but I didn't expect you to be so wary." He paused, and his smile deepened, "If I was slow just now, I'm afraid that sword has pierced through you. Passed by."

"You are too modest. Master Chu is a person who has experienced killing and killing on the battlefield. If you can stop my little trick of self-protection from being disturbed, why bother to say anything." Su Shiyu smiled lightly, and put the Hidden Sword back into his sleeve , "However, did Master Chu come here just to say a few words to me? It really doesn't sound like your behavior."

"I yearn for you and find a chance to get close to you, isn't it a matter of course?"

"..." Su Shiyu frowned, and couldn't help but said, "Master Chu... I'm a man, don't you feel uncomfortable when you flirt with me?"

Chu Mingyun raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile, "I think it's very good, and besides, I have a sincere heart, how can this be regarded as a tune..."

"I made a slip of the tongue," Su Shiyu raised his hand to interrupt him, turned around helplessly and walked into the warehouse, but when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him, Su Shiyu moved the corners of his lips and finally couldn't help but silently sighed twice. The word, "enemy."

"By the way," Su Shiyu asked suddenly, "how is the injury on Master Chu's shoulder?"

"It's been out of the way for a long time." Chu Mingyun closed the warehouse door, turned around and looked at him with a smile, "Do you want to come over and have a look?"

Su Shiyu turned his head, glanced over his shoulders, and then fell on his face again, suddenly smiled, and said, "No need, it seems that the injuries on the flesh are really nothing to Master Chu."

After all, you can have such a thick skin.

Chu Mingyun misunderstood Su Shiyu's implication.