Two days later, Lin's dyeing workshop.

At this time, Ye Cheng and Qi Ying had already rushed to Yunyang, and then mobilized local officers and soldiers in the name of the general government.

In the workshop, Ye Cheng strode with a cadre of soldiers, and in the sound of armor rubbing, someone in the dyeing workshop hurriedly greeted him, bent down and arched his hands, and said with a smile on his face: "Master Jun, what's wrong?" ”

"Call your steward at once!" Ye Cheng didn't have any nonsense.

Under so many soldiers, the man dared to hesitate, and after answering again and again, he also hurried away.

Not long after, the steward appeared, squeezed his smiling face, bowed his shoulders, but before he could speak, Ye Cheng had already taken the dye from Qi Ying's hand and handed it to the steward: "Is this dye from you?" ”

The steward took it, and he didn't know what happened, but after checking it, he still said truthfully: "Yes, my lord, the dyes in our dyeing workshop have a special material, the color will be brighter, and the taste will not be pungent. ”

"Good." When Ye Cheng heard this, he immediately took out another portrait, shook his hand, and asked, "Do you know this person?" ”

The portrait shows the deceased with blue dye in the cracks of his fingernails.

The steward looked at it and said with some uncertainty: "This is a little familiar"

At this moment, a guy beside him suddenly interjected: "Isn't this the sixth son!" He worked as a short-term worker in the dyeing workshop, and he somehow didn't see anyone during this time, and he still had no salary. ”

"Oh? Are you sure!? Ye Cheng's spirit was shocked.

"It's him! I can recognize that kid when he turns to ashes. The guy swore by it.

"Do you know where he lives?" Ye Cheng continued to ask.

"I know, it's the people of Wangjiazhuang." The guy replied that the co-workers were naturally familiar.

Hearing this, Ye Cheng couldn't help but glance at Qi Ying, then put away the portrait and said, "Go!" ”

Now that the identity of the deceased has been determined, as long as you follow this line, you will be able to find the source, Ye Cheng's mood is also a little excited, because of the urgency of time, he did not delay for a moment, and in the afternoon of the same day, he arrived at Wangjiazhuang.

The rest is much simpler.

Ye Cheng first found the head of the village, and then searched around the village.

"Isn't this the sixth son! His brother was a soldier, and he heard that he died on the battlefield, and some time ago, the sixth son learned that the country seemed to have some policy, so he went to the county government to ask for his brother's military salary, but he went this time, and he didn't come back until now, and he didn't know what happened."

"There are many people who have followed the sixth son, and I heard that they went to Qinzhou to file a complaint."

After some visits, he got a lot of useful clues, and Ye Cheng also began to discuss with Qi Ying.

The latter said: "Now it can be basically concluded that the thirteen deceased, all of whom were villagers of the village, and their families had all died on the battlefield, and now, the king is issuing a royal decree, ordering all localities to verify the military status of the martyrs and pay the military salaries of the martyrs." ”

"These dead people are all honest peasants, and they have no enemies, and there is only one possibility for them to be killed, that is, to kill their mouths, and to destroy their mouths of accusations."

"You mean that there may be a problem with the salaries of the martyrs here, and some people are afraid that they will sue in the capital?" Ye Cheng asked in a condensed voice.

"Yes." Qi Ying said directly: "On the whole, there is only one person, the local county order." Even if it's not him, it's definitely inseparable from him. ”

"Yes." Ye Cheng nodded, and asked again, "What about your opinion?" ”

"According to the clues we currently have, we can directly arrest and bring to justice and interrogate them strictly!" Qi Ying said.

"Nope." How do you know that Ye Cheng waved his hand slightly: "The county order here, after all, is an official of the imperial court, and this case, as of now, is no longer a simple civil homicide case, it involves corruption in the officialdom, and this matter is also out of the control of the Wuwei Mansion." ”

"But my lord, the county order here is very likely to buy murder, as long as it is related to the murder, the Wuwei Mansion should deal with it." Qi Ying said urgently.

"Huh?" Ye Cheng raised his hand again and said: "Xiao Qi, I know that you have the courage to do things, but there are some things that are not as simple as you seem on the surface, involving officialdom, you need to consider carefully, and according to what we currently have, we can already return to the king, as for the big corruption case, there will be other departments to take over." ”

As he spoke, he said: "If the Wuwei Mansion acts rashly, it will be true, just like this matter, do you dare to guarantee that it has nothing to do with the Fuling County Guard, if so?" Are you going to catch the Fuling County Guard? He is the governor of a place, and with the Wuwei Mansion, he can't move! ”

"This" Qi Ying is over, he is young, capable, and single-mindedly grasping murders, and in order to investigate murders, he can do whatever it takes.

But Ye Cheng's thoughts are obviously different from his.

Ye Cheng did not deal with this matter in Yunyang, but after collecting relevant evidence, he rushed back to Qinzhou non-stop and returned to Xiao Yuan.

In the palace study, Xiao Yuan was looking at a series of official documents presented by Ye Cheng.

The latter, along with Qi Ying, knelt down below.

The more he looked, Xiao Yuan's face became more and more gloomy, and in the end, he slapped the file on the table hard, and scolded angrily: "Damn!" ”

Hearing this, Ye Cheng and Qi Ying's bodies couldn't help but lower again, and the former hurriedly said, "The king is angry." ”

Xiao Yuan didn't expect that local officials, what is bad for greed, would dare to embezzle the salaries of martyrs! The anger in his heart can be imagined, and after suppressing the anger, he said in a deep voice:

"This case, the Wuwei Mansion handled it very well, especially Qi Ying, who deserves to be commended, listen to the order! The current Qi Ying of this king is the right guard envoy of Qinzhou, and the Wuwei Mansion also has a great merit! ”

"Thank you!" Both of them kowtowed excitedly at the same time.

Especially Qi Ying, before, he was just a low-level officer of the First Martial Guard Mansion, and now he has become the right guard envoy, that is a dignified five-rank military attaché, although it is not very high, but compared to him before, can it be compared!

When he spoke, his voice trembled slightly.

"You guys should step back first, there is no need for the Wuwei Mansion to interfere in this matter." Xiao Yuan waved his hand again.

"Yes! Wechen retired. The two hurriedly saluted and retreated.

After he left, Xiao Yuan couldn't help it anymore, crumpled the silk book into a ball, and threw it to the ground angrily: "Call Liang Yuan over!" ”

After a while, Liang Yuan hurried over, as soon as he entered the study, he felt the depression of the atmosphere, seeing Xiao Yuan's gloomy face, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and after giving a salute, he said cautiously: "King." ”

"Go! Escort Yunyang County Order back to the capital! At the same time, secretly control all the officials in Fuling! ”

Hearing this, Liang Yuan was shocked, and then hurriedly responded: "Weichen obeys!" ”

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