Ye Weizhou was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Zhao Tianqing's hands trembled when he heard this, the chopsticks fell on the table, and the rice grains were spilled all over the table. His face was full of surprise: "Brother-in-law, do you really want to write an article, write an article about the smuggling of Saito Kaisha?"

Liang Pingzhang nodded: "I said I wanted to write, then I had to write." Moreover, I had consulted with the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, and he agreed with me to write about it. ”

"Will it really be published?" Ye Weizhou asked. She was a little apprehensive in her heart.

"Yes," Liang said, "Sherlock Holmes most often exposed this, and the editor-in-chief encouraged me to write about the smuggling of the Saito Kaisha." ”

Zhao Tianqing breathed a sigh of relief: "Actually, I also hoped that you could write it at the beginning, but seeing that you are so tired every day, I can't speak." You see, you have me by your side, and I am a witness to this smuggling incident, and I remember the events of that day so well that I can tell them at any time......"

Due to her emotion, Zhao Tianqing's face turned a little red when she spoke: "What's more, there is also Weizhou! Weizhou is from the Taxation Department, and she still has a lot of evidence in her hands!"

Liang Pingzhang looked at Ye Weizhou, while the latter frowned and nodded firmly.

When sorting out the relevant reports of Saito Club that day, Ye Weizhou kept an extra eye and copied one more. At the time, she was just intuition, and now it seems that her intuition came in handy.

That night, Ye Weizhou still stayed at Zhao's house.

However, unlike usual, this time, she was mainly busy assisting Liang Pingzhang in writing articles.

Because she was not at ease enough, Ye Weizhou always carried the transcripts that could be used as evidence, and today, she took out the reports one by one, and explained and analyzed them to Liang Pingzhang.

Liang Pingzhang nodded as he listened, and took notes rustling down on the paper. Zhao Tianqing and Zhao Ronghe dozed off while listening, and later had to go back to their rooms to sleep.

Ye Weizhou and Liang Pingzhang finished their busy work very late. When Ye Weizhou fell asleep, Zhao Ronghe, who fell asleep early, couldn't help but wake up because of her action of climbing into bed.

In a daze, Zhao Ronghe reached out and hugged Ye Weizhou's waist, leaned his head against her shoulder socket, and called her softly: "Pingzhang, why are you so busy so late?"

Ye Weizhou's face turned red, but it was not good to push Zhao Lotus away, she cleared her throat and tried to wake up her friend: "Lotus Lotus, it's me, Weizhou." Not your flat chapter. ”

Zhao Ronghe fell asleep with her in her arms.

The moonlight outside the window shines into the room through the gauze curtain. Ye Weizhou lay stiffly on all fours, his eyes open, and he looked at the ceiling. She suddenly had a feeling - perhaps, she was no longer suitable for staying at the Zhao family.

——

The next day, Liang Pingzhang went out early in the morning.

Zhao Ronghe said: "He must have been busy sending the article to the newspaper, which he did earlier. ”

Ye Weizhou ate breakfast with apprehension, and arrived at Jianghaiguan even more nervously and sat down in his place. The customs is no different from a few days ago, and still no one took the initiative to speak to Ye Weizhou.

In the afternoon, a young Englishman appeared outside the office of the tax collection department, looked inside for a while, and shouted in Chinese: "Ye Weizhou!"

The office that was still noisy fell silent in an instant.

Ye Weizhou raised his head from between the reports and looked out the door. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed that almost the entire office was looking at her.

The young Englishman outside the door waved to her, still speaking Chinese: "Follow me." ”

Ye Weizhou answered, got up and walked away.

When passing by Sun Shuli's side, Ye Weizhou seemed to hear a "come on", but when she looked over, Sun Shuli's face was indifferent, as if he hadn't said anything at all.

Ye Weizhou suddenly felt relaxed, and stepped up and walked outside the door.

The young British man outside the door said that he was from the Anti-Smuggling Section, and at the moment, it was Mr. McGuire, the head of the Anti-Smuggling Section, who asked him to invite Ye Weizhou to go.

Hearing this, Ye Weizhou asked him, "Is there a result of the investigation of Saito Club?"

The young man just smiled: "Miss Ye will know when she goes." ”

couldn't ask anything, Ye Weizhou could only wait and see. She also thought silently that even if this time passed, the people above would let her stay at home on vacation like Zhao Tianqing, or directly dismiss her, she would not be afraid.

The young man led her into a small conference room.

In addition to Mr. McGuire, the head of the Anti-Smuggling Division, there were also Kyoji Teradoka from the Valuation Division, and two staff members from the Personnel Division. One is Ye Weizhou's father, Ye Shenxing, and the other is also from the personnel department, and he is also Ye Shenxing's colleague and friend for many years. Ye Weizhou saw him once when he went to find his father last year, and he still had some impressions.

The expressions of the four people were not relaxed. Seeing that Ye Weizhou had arrived, Mr. McGuire took the lead and said, "Miss Ye, please take a seat." ”

Ye Weizhou sat down on the nearest chair.

"This time," Mr. McGuire began, "we have fully discussed it, and will take appropriate measures." ”

Ye Weizhou nervously gathered his fingers and waited for him to continue.

Mr. McGuire frowned: "Miss Ye, the patrol room will go to arrest Zhao Tianqing from the Appraisal Department." ”

Ye Weizhou was stunned fiercely, suspecting that he had misheard: "...... What?"

Mr. McGuire looked at her and said in a calm tone: "We believe that both the report and the investigation of Saito should be an internal matter of our customs. Until a complete conclusion is drawn, these should be secrets inside customs. ”

After a pause, Mr. McGuire continued: "But, in a newspaper this morning, we saw a report about the incident. This is a newspaper with a lot of influence in the Shanghai area, and even if what is written in the article is true, but before we completed this investigation, we believe that it is a betrayal in the industry. ”

"Betrayal in the industry?" Ye Weizhou couldn't understand.

"Yes," said Mr. McGuire, "Miss Ye, you must know that the customs has its own regulations and regulations, and after this matter is reported, the judgment of Shanghai society on this matter will certainly affect our justice. This is what we have been trying to avoid, but this time, we can't continue to maintain this impartiality because of Zhao Tianqing of the Appraisal Department. Therefore, we will hold Zhao Tianqing accountable. ”

Ye Weizhou looked at Mr. McGuire motionlessly, and his tone was unwavering: "If that's the case, then you should also hold me accountable." ”

Ye Shenxing, who was worried all the time, wanted to get up to stop Ye Weizhou, but was stopped by his friend beside him.

Ye Weizhou paused word by word and emphasized: "Mr. McGuire, you should also hold me accountable." ”

Mr. McGuire looked at her: "Is Miss Ye also the one who leaked the secret?"

"There's me. Ye Weizhou did not deny it.

"Very well," Mr. McGuire nodded, "and we will hold you accountable." ”

With that, Mr. McGuire got up and walked out of the room.

Ye Shenxing stood up, took a step towards Ye Weizhou, and moved his lips to say something. Ye Weizhou closed his eyes, making it clear that he was not going to talk to him.

The friend next to him simply pulled Ye Shenxing away.

In the conference room, only Ye Weizhou and Teraoka Jianji were left.

After being silent for a long time, Ye Weizhou opened his mouth and asked, "Isn't Mr. Teraoka ready to leave?"

"Ah," Teraoka coughed lightly, "I seem to have fallen asleep just now." ”

Ye Weizhou looked up, and really saw Teraoka Jianji rubbing his eyes and yawning again. She frowned and looked at him like a stranger.

Teraoka Keyji said: "I'm sorry, Miss Ye, I haven't slept very well recently. ”

Ye Weizhou nodded and did not speak.

After a moment of silence, Teraoka Kyoji spoke: "Miss Ye, Ryosuke hasn't slept well recently, and he has talked to me a lot. That's why I didn't get a good night's sleep. ”

Ye Weizhou nodded again, but still didn't speak.

"Isn't it difficult?" asked Teraoka Kyoji.

Ye Weizhou didn't understand, and raised his eyes to look: "What?"

Teraoka Keyji looked at her: "Miss Ye and Mr. Zhao must both firmly believe that what they did was not wrong, but for the good of Jianghaiguan." In fact, Mr. McGuire is also for the good of Jianghaiguan. Although he was British, he still had feelings for the land. ”

"Feelings?" Ye Weizhou felt that this sentence was ridiculous.

From Mr. McGuire's point of view, it is not difficult to understand. He's been busy these days, but what happened today almost broke him. In fact, from a rational point of view, it is true that there should not be too much personal emotion before characterizing something. This affects the judgment. What will happen if this matter of Saito Kaisha appears in the newspapers before the authority is confirmed?"

Ye Weizhou frowned.

"The people of this land have been hurt by guns from Japan, and there is nothing we can do to change that. Resentment that is deeply rooted in people's emotions will be vented in various situations, and once vented, people are likely to cease to be rational. None of us knows how serious it will be for people to do a lot of unexpected things under the influence of such irrational emotions? This is what Mr. McGuire is concerned about. ”

Speaking of this, Teraoka Kenji refused to continue.

He stood up and said to Ye Weizhou, "Okay, I have to go." Miss Ye, you shouldn't be held accountable, customs needs you to stay. There is no content about you in the newspaper, and there is no evidence to hold you accountable. ”

He gently patted Ye Weizhou on the shoulder twice and left the conference room.

Ye Weizhou sat on the chair alone. She thought about it a lot, her mind was confused, and her mind was swirling with what Teraoka Kyoji had said to her, and it kept spinning.

Ye Weizhou was also a little skeptical: Did she really do something wrong?

However, what happened later did not leave her time to wonder if she had done something wrong.

As soon as she returned to the Ye family, before she had time to take a breath, she heard Ye Xiaozong's instructions to her subordinates: "In the future, without my order, you little young lady will never be allowed to step out of the Ye family for half a step!"

On this day, the weather was clear. Zhao Tianqing was arrested, and although Ye Weizhou was not held accountable for various complicated reasons, he was grounded by his grandfather.

As for the "Sherlock Holmes" tabloids that wrote about the Saito Kaisha, they were widely circulated throughout Shanghai, causing one uproar after another.