After nightfall, a black shadow suddenly shuttled in the sky above the originally silent palace, but no one found the clue.

"Is there any news coming back?" Xiao Yi, the fourth prince, seemed to have known that the black shadow would come, so he waited in the study early, and only asked after the man in black arrived.

The man in black half-knelt on the ground, bowed his head and replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, it seems that the border has suddenly cut off contact, and our people have already sent two messages to the past, and there has been no response. ”

"No response? Can the empty carrier pigeon come back? Xiao Yi didn't wrinkle slightly, as if he had some ominous premonition in his heart, and the whole person became vigilant.

But the man in black on the ground still shook his head: "This time, even the empty carrier pigeon has not returned, I'm afraid..."

The meaning of the man in black, Xiao Yi naturally understands, after all, if there is time for the carrier pigeon to come back, it is better to say, the left and right are just to change the contact, or to wait for this period of time, wait for the news over there to come back again, then it means that it is safe.

But now that there is not the slightest news, it means that there is a great possibility that they have been exposed, and those people have either been arrested, or the entire border has been strengthened, and nothing should be tried to get out of the army.

"In this case, I'm afraid that the official book has also been exposed, but I didn't expect that Cheng Qi has some skills!" Xiao Yi squinted his eyes and said without seeing any emotion.

"No, it should be said that he is a master, he really has the ability, not to mention the position of the first minister of the court, there are many protégés at the bottom, and he is the emperor, and there are countless students in the court, mastering half of the overall situation of the court, and even the most relied on general today is your protégé, it is really a good means!" Xiao Yi said with a smile, with a look of imminent victory.

"Then do we want to take Taifu...", the man in black said halfway, and asked Xiao Yi with a gesture of wiping his neck.

"No, it's more useful to bring Taifu over than to kill him!" After Xiao Yi finished speaking, he walked to the desk, wrote a piece of paper freely, folded it, put it in the envelope and sealed it, and then immediately ordered: "Go, pass this to Jiangnan, and by the way, dispose of the official book, remember that you must not leave a trace, understand?" ”

"Yes, Lord!" The black man replied respectfully.

"Also, how is the matter of the people's grain farm?" Xiao Yi simply did it, leaned back in his chair, and asked with his eyes closed.

The man in black subconsciously swallowed his saliva before saying: "The boss of the people's grain village is called Ruoshu, it should be the oiran in the Wanhua Building, who is friendly with Gu Muyan of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and there is a man behind him, who seems to be under the orders of Gu Muyan of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but I don't know why he appeared in the People's Grain Village." ”

"Oh? It seems that it was you who did the good thing for Wanhualou at the beginning! Xiao Yi didn't get angry, but said with a smile, and then asked, "Can you find the source of those grains in the people's grain farm?" ”

"It should have come in from a small vendor, but my subordinates checked the rice, and it was clearly an excellent early indica rice, exactly like what we sold, but I couldn't find out how they transported such a huge amount of rice out and in." The man in black could hear it even through the mask, and his voice was full of doubt.

But Xiao Yi smiled for the first time, didn't say anything, and then waved his hand at the man in black, and the man in black disappeared without a trace in an instant, as if he had never been here.

Not long after the man in black left, Xiao Yi finally smiled evilly, and muttered: "Gu Muyan, Gu Muyan, you are really interesting!" ”

Early the next morning, the people who got up early to catch the market came out of their homes, and those who had passed by the Ministry of Officials had not yet noticed anything.

But after the fish belly in the sky slowly began to turn white, people were slowly able to see the color clearly, and the people who originally thought that they had only guessed the pond and left watermarks when they walked finally saw that the traces left under their feet were actually bloody footprints.

And because there are still a lot of people rushing to the morning market, those blood-colored footprints look even more shocking.

By the time the officers and soldiers arrived, the people had already found the 'culprit' in the direction of the bloodstains!

This blood water flowed down from the government of the Ministry of Officials, but all the people who passed by the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Ministers and the Government of the Ministry of Ministers were spared, and none of them were spared from stepping on those blood waters.

"What's going on here?"

"Go check it out!"

"I'm not going! If you have the ability, you can go! ”

"Then let's go together!"

The people talked about each other, and finally a few of them had the courage to come forward to find out, but when the man opened the door of the Shangshu's house, there were still two or three people who had fled to the door in order to escape for their lives Leaning against the door, and when the door was opened, the corpses fell at the feet of the people who came forward to investigate the situation.

How had they ever seen such a horrible scene? Naturally, he was so frightened that he ran away, crying and crawling.

Because the door was opened, the people on the street could naturally see what it looked like inside, and the blood flowed like this, right?

The entire government of the Ministry of Shangshu was dyed with a layer of blood red, the blood was splashed on the ground, the bluestone slabs were dyed red, the window paper was also gushing out of blood, and the dark pillars and door frames were also covered with a layer of red, faintly bleeding from the inside.

"Huh? Did you hear anything last night? ”

"No, it stands to reason that after killing so many people, the movement should be huge!"

"Could it be an evil spirit?"

The people, you and I are discussing this human tragedy word by word.

Not only the people, when this matter was reported to the government, the news was also transmitted to the palace, after all, such a big responsibility, even the government in the capital could not afford to pay this responsibility, the best way is to report it to the court.

Therefore, there are also people in the court who are now telling this matter: "Early this morning, some people found that there was a river of blood flowing in front of the mansion of the official Shangshu, and the situation at the scene was extremely tragic, and more than 100 people in the house were killed, but the strange thing is that the people nearby did not hear any movement last night!" ”

"Bold! How dare anyone do such a murder under my nose! "Although Jin Shang looked extremely angry on the surface, but in fact, he had already expected today's outcome, since General Cheng could find out that there was a relationship between the soldiers in the border and this official Shangshu and strengthen his precautions, then there must be people who noticed that he had discovered all this.

It's just that this day came a little faster, and it became more arrogant, after all, in Jinshang's heart, he originally thought that the person behind it would only kill the official Shangshu alone, but he didn't expect that he didn't even let go of his family and those subordinates.

"Where is Pu Hongxuan?" Imakami slapped the table hard and yelled at the courtiers kneeling underneath.

"The minister is here!" Pu Hongxuan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, straightened up slightly and replied respectfully.

Now Jin Shang was angry, when even Thunder stood up from the dragon chair in anger and commanded Pu Hongxuan: "I give you three days, be sure to find out the person behind this!" Even if you dig three feet into the ground, you will dig it out! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Pu Hongxuan came out of the queue and knelt on the ground to receive his order, and left.

Naturally, he was in no mood to continue, and after retiring the courtiers, only Taifu and Cheng Qi were left.

"Taifu, Cheng Aiqing, what do you think about the matter of the official book?" Jinshang didn't have the slightest anger of Fang Cai, but asked very calmly.

Cheng Qi didn't answer immediately, but pondered slightly before replying: "When the minister left the border, he had already ordered thousands of people to guard day and night, so even those inner ghosts who have not been found out will never be able to spread any news. ”

Hearing this, Taifu's brows furrowed slightly, and he stepped forward and arched his hand: "The old minister thinks that there should be someone behind this official book, I'm afraid he has already got the news and taken precautions, so he will kill the official department of Shangshu!" ”

"Didn't you just say that the border has been guarded in layers? So how can the news come out? Imami squinted his eyes and asked Cheng Qidao, obviously a little dissatisfied.

"This..." Cheng Qi couldn't answer for a while, and lowered his head guiltily.

At this time, Taifu Jiewei said: "This news was either spread before the blockade, or because the news was completely locked, which aroused the vigilance of the people behind it. ”

"Well, let the criminal department Shangshu investigate this matter, and retreat." Imakami rubbed his temples and said with his eyes closed.

"The minister has one more thing to request." Cheng Qi still knelt on the ground and said, and did not get up, Taifu also knew that he was afraid that he would not be present in this matter, so he retreated first.

"Say it." Jinshang said lightly, and there was no anger in his tone.

Cheng Qi paused slightly, and then finally raised his head slightly and said, "The minister wants to see Li Zhonghe again." ”

"Why do you want to see him?" Imajo suddenly opened his eyes and asked suspiciously.

"The minister didn't dare to deceive, His Majesty was unwell before, Li Zhonghe and the minister talked about the changes in his family, and he was also a little suspicious of the minister, so he was a little concerned and wanted to ask again." Cheng Qi didn't hide it, he simply told Jinshang in detail about the events of that day, and told Jinshang the purpose of today, so that he could see Li Zhonghe again.