Kaoru Yutai's handwriting was as pleasing to the eye as it was in Ye Chi's eyes, but as a serious person, he began to read the contents of the letter after appreciating it.

In the letter, the ins and outs of the assassination of the imperial historian Duan Yan were explained, although it was somewhat unexpected, but after sorting it out, the loopholes in the entire case were filled.

Duan Yan was originally promoted to Beijing because he successfully regained the lost territory by suppressing bandits in Linzhou, but as for why this place was recovered so lightly by a Wenchen, it was because the leader of the bandits was Duan Yan's unknown cousin, who was kicked out of his house for stealing many years ago, and has not been heard from since, but in fact he has become the head of Jishan.

After Duan Yan and his cousin recognized each other, they went straight to his cousin's family, and the two discussed staging a so-called "bandit" drama to show the court, but after the end of the first qiē, Duan Yan, who was supposed to give his cousin a huge sum of money, killed his family after being promoted, who knew that his cousin-in-law Mo escaped with her youngest son.

The murderer Jia Wenbin is the younger brother of Mo's mother's family, and his relationship with their family has always been good, and his son died after his wife died in childbirth, and then he has no heirs for some reason.

At the end of the letter, it was suggested that this was just one side of the story, and although it was in line with the current clues, there was no conclusive evidence, but it was strange that the file on Jia Wenbin had disappeared from the Linzhou Yamen, thus adding some credibility to this statement.

"I see, because the Mo family used to be mountain bandits, Duan Yan expected that they would not dare to report to the official. Ye Chi folded the letter and handed it to the little emperor again, "But that's not what the confession from the Criminal Department said, I don't think Jia Wenbin would say good things about Duan Yan before he died." ”

King Lian took a sip of tea slowly, "The crime that the Criminal Department convicted Jia Wenbin of was waiting for an opportunity to take revenge, while Duan Yan was a good official who was honest and honest. Speaking of which, Duan Yan was promoted by Wei Shangshu, and it is not difficult to understand this fake. ”

The implication is that Wei Hu and the others must be implicated, otherwise there is no reason to fake to protect Duan Yan's reputation.

Although the matter is so obvious, it can't do anything with a secret letter alone, but since Duan Yan is not clean, then some of the people who promoted him to Beijing are destined to be clean.

Ye Chi sighed silently. He doesn't like to be involved in these things, the protection of officials is sometimes very complicated, and often after too many people are involved, even the emperor will choose to turn a blind eye.

At this time, the little emperor also finished reading the letter, he felt that this character was really beautiful, but it would not make Ye Chi so excited, so it was still a human problem, it seemed that this Linzhou governor was really problematic.

"Lord Ye, you haven't talked much about Qinzhou with me after you have been back to Beijing for so long, so let's go play chess today. ”

Ye Chi smiled: "Okay." ”

Indeed, Wei Shangshu's affairs are in a hurry, and the little emperor understands this truth better.

He took Emperor Ming's hand to the imperial garden, and the little emperor kept hanging his head and looked worried.

Who is Wei Hu, he is a friend of General Sun Yu, who is General Sun, he is his mother's cousin, and he is also the uncle of the dynasty. He has also been the emperor for almost five years, and it is very clear who is with whom, the Queen Mother is destined to stand on the opposite side of King Lian, which is really a headache.

Ye Chi was not as preoccupied as the little emperor, and after a few rounds, he sent him to the Queen Mother, and the whole person looked full of spring.

In the morning, when Changsu came back from outside, he brought a letter, saying that he was from Linzhou. The time for Kaoru to reply to him is generally relatively fixed, and he suddenly couldn't believe that there was an extra letter, and he was even thinking about whether it would be sent by someone else, but after thinking about it, there were no other acquaintances in Linzhou, so he still opened the letter.

Familiar letterhead, familiar handwriting, and - three words written!

He had thought that the next reply from Kaoru Tatai would be "I'm fine", "very good", etc., although there was nothing to look forward to, but at least he would be satisfied to receive her letter and know that she was safe.

But - the three words written in the letter turned out to be "I miss you very much".

Ye Chiqiang resisted the urge to hire a carriage to go to Linzhou immediately, turned his head and said to Chang Su: "Frame it." ”

Changsu: "......"

***

After that day, although he knew that the Criminal Department was tired, the tacit understanding between Ye Chi and the little emperor had always been good, and he did not mention the inside story of Duan Yan's death, but there was a rumor from the Yushitai.

I don't know where the rumors came from, first it was said that there was a royal history to impeach a certain official, and there were so many people in the imperial history platform, and soon these people found out what action Xu Zhihuan was going to take.

There is also a lot of gossip among the hundred officials, and Xu Zhihuan doesn't know how many people he has offended since he took office, but they are also a little afraid, and when they heard that the target of impeachment was Wei Shangshu of the Criminal Department, they were relieved.

After all, Jingguan was afraid that someone would hold on to it, and Wei Hu had been as honest as a rabbit recently, and even Ye Chi was slightly surprised when such an incident suddenly came out.

It stands to reason that Xu Zhihuan, as the middle prince of the imperial history, has naturally impeached many people, but suddenly said that he wanted to attack Wei Hu, which was too coincidental at this juncture. Ye Chi guessed that it was King Lian who leaked the news to Xu Zhihuan, and after retiring from the dynasty one day, he went to inquire once, and sure enough, the conjecture was confirmed.

"There's such a thing. King Lian wrote lightly, "This king sent someone to say a few gossips in front of Lord Xu, and with his upright temperament, he will certainly check down, but only this time will it be useful." ”

Xu Zhihuan is certainly worth using, but he is not stupid, the Xu family has never intended to participate in these struggles, if it weren't for Wei Hu's suspicion of corruption and bribery, this road would not work.

Ye Chi was a little helpless. No matter whether or not he can find out anything this time, Xu Zhihuan will definitely feel that he is doing it behind his back, and the relationship with Brother Erhuan will not be good now.

The little emperor also had a general grasp of this matter, and soon received the impeachment of Wei Hu, but to his surprise, this note was not only impeachment, but also a confession sent by the local government, which was written by the Qinzhou Prefecture Pastor, telling that when he was in Linzhou, he was coerced and corrupted by Duan Yan, embezzled taxes, and shook out seven or eight names.

Wei Hu immediately knelt down, and said with a pale face: "Please Your Majesty to be clear, the ministers are willing to work for the imperial court, and they will never do anything corrupt and pervert the law!" He looked at Xu Zhihuan on the side, "Lord Xu had a history of forging criminal evidence when he impeached Liang Shilang, and Your Majesty must not listen to his words." ”

Okay, I want to play impeachment. Xu Zhihuan silently glanced at Ye Chi's side, and continued: "Your Majesty, the impeachment of Wei Shangshu this time was not investigated by Wei Chen himself, but received an accusation, and the evidence is conclusive. Qinzhou Prefecture Mu Ding Wentong will be escorted into the capital in a few days, and he will know at that time. ”

Emperor Ming had long expected this scene, looked at Xu Zhihuan and said, "Xu Aiqing, just now Wei Aiqing said that you forged criminal evidence, is there anything wrong?"

Xu Zhihuan's face did not change and said: "Tell Your Majesty, this is slander." ”

The little emperor was silent for a while, it stands to reason that this matter should be handed over to the three divisions for review, but unfortunately one of the masterminds is the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and Wei Hu forged a confession at the beginning, and he is probably not the only one involved in this matter.

Big corruption cases are often very strict, the little emperor looked at King Lian, and finally decided to detain Wei Hu and other seven people, and the case was handed over to Yushitai and Dali Temple for trial.

After the little emperor retired from the court, he had a bitter face, and he didn't dare to ask the queen mother for peace, and he heard Princess Jinshu who came to see him say that the queen mother smashed something in the palace, so he didn't dare to go.

If Wei Hu and the others fall, the brave and unscrupulous General Sun will certainly stop for a while, and the Queen Mother sees that King Lian is dominant, and her son is young and has no precautions against this regent, so she has no place to make a fire in her stomach.

Ye Chi was not particularly surprised by this matter, Wei Guozheng was enlightened, and it was only a matter of time before corruption was discovered, especially those imperial histories were not fuel-efficient lamps, but what made him a little curious was who wrote to Xu Zhihuan.

Late autumn was approaching, and the weather suddenly became gloomy, and the detained Dingzhou Mu also arrived in the capital, but his attitude of admitting his mistake was very good, and he asked for punishment with great sincerity. When he was demoted for the first time, he expected that something would happen to Wei Hu's side, and as soon as he heard the news, he came to ask for guilt, shaking Duan Yan and the others in Linzhou all the way around.

Take the initiative to admit your mistake and have a chance to save your life, if you wait to be caught, go home and wash your neck, not to mention that the evidence of his crime is indeed in the hands of one person.

The evidence was conclusive, Xu Zhihuan's impeachment was justified, and the case was quickly settled. The situation in the DPRK has been changing subtly, Ye Chi felt that he really owed Xu Zhihuan a favor this time, and when he returned home, he called out: "Second ...... Brother Bright. ”

Xu Zhihuan's face sank suddenly.

"What's the matter with Brother Qingyuan?"

Ye Chi called him down to ask why he knew so much about Linzhou, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not suitable to ask like this, so he changed his words and said: "Brother Huang Jing is so honest and honest, and he is not afraid of the powerful, this official really admires it." ”

Xu Zhihuan didn't understand why he suddenly slapped his ass with such a gentle and kind face, and frowned in surprise.

In fact, what he wants to impeach the most is the person in front of him, it is because of this person, the subordinates of Yushitai only need to put up two fingers every day to know that he is coming, and even the female officials come to talk just to shout "Erhuan" to have a good time, and want him to be a noble son of Yushu Linfeng...... Don't mention it.

Ye Chi chose another way to go, and when he turned around, there happened to be a carriage slowly passing by, and the autumn wind blew the curtain slightly.

***

After returning home in the evening, Chang Su came to inform the eldest princess that he had invited him to dinner. Ye Chi often went to the princess's mansion to help transcribe some things when he was young, and after so many years, he hadn't officially visited for a long time.

He asked Changsu to prepare briefly, and went to the banquet with gifts, only to learn that the little emperor and Princess Jinshu were also here, and the elder brother Huaiwang wanted her to go back as much as possible, and it was estimated that she would leave before winter.

During the banquet, Princess Jinshu didn't say much, her complexion looked white and red in the candlelight, and she walked over and toasted Ye Chi with a glass of wine: "Lord Ye, do you remember that this palace once asked your aunt to bring you a poem?"

Ye Chi remembered this as such, but at that time he felt that the princess was on a whim, and now he didn't know how to answer. Princess Jinshu smiled faintly, didn't ask anything more, and suddenly said: "This palace entered Beijing this time, and I also want to come to see Lord Ye." ”

She drank the wine as she spoke, but she suddenly coughed because it was too strong. The palace maid on the side hurriedly helped her to go elsewhere, and in order not to look embarrassed, Ye Chi said goodbye to the eldest princess of Yasuhara and left with Changsu.

After Su Yu sent them to the door, he went with Changsu to lead the carriage. Ye Chi drank some wine, and the cool evening breeze blew on his face, which was extremely pleasant.

He stood like this for a while, looked up at the moon, and suddenly heard soft footsteps behind him, thinking that it was Chang Su coming, but the sound was a little different, and when he was about to turn his head, he was suddenly grabbed by someone's hand.

The touch on his hand was cold, but the force was so strong that he couldn't resist at all, and his arm couldn't move.

Immediately afterward, he was pressed against the wall and embraced.