He continued: "As for deserters, it does happen from time to time, Lord Yang also knows that Nanjian Prefecture is poor and bad, and many soldiers are foreigners, and they want to go back after a long time, they run out of the barracks and drill into the mountains, no one can find them, and if they want to go back, they can't go back empty-handed, and it's not impossible to rob some money and leave." ”

Yang Congyi said: "Since the ruler also thinks that those bandits are likely to be forbidden troops, then you might as well investigate and find out them, so that you can solve the case as soon as possible, and the lower officials have something to do, or leave as soon as possible and return to the front of the palace as soon as possible, what do you think?" ”

Lord Commander asked, "How does Lord Yang plan to investigate?" ”

Yang Congyi said: "Of course, I started directly from the list of forbidden troops, I heard that the gang of bandits existed three years ago, and now they are getting more and more powerful, and in recent years, they should have also absorbed a lot of escaped forbidden troops to join." Xia Guan thought that he could check them one by one in the roster of the past three years, which people were gone, which people were still there, and which people were not there before, they should all be investigated clearly, and the Divine Cavalry Forbidden Army was innocent, otherwise it would be spread out that the bandits in Southern Jianzhou had a close relationship with the Divine Cavalry Army. What do adults think? ”

After thinking for a moment, the Lord Commander replied, "Well, it really should be investigated, and I will immediately have people check it according to the roster." ”

Yang Congyi said: "Why do you need to find other people, it's better not to let too many people know about this matter, even if it is kept secret, one more person knows, there will be more risks, there are many people, it will inevitably spread out, and when the rumors spread, it will be a matter of nothing." This matter can be wrapped up in the lower officials, to ensure that the gods do not know, and help the commander to investigate this matter clearly, and once the bandits who showed their faces are caught, the adults can also explain, so as not to be passive when they get it. ”

The Lord was silent for a long time, thinking about whether to follow the other party's advice.

There has been no battle for a long time, in addition to a few elite forbidden troops stationed in Gyeonggi, the forbidden troops stationed in various local state capitals will be more or less dissatisfied, and some of the number of people in the establishment is even less than half of the establishment, and the situation of empty salaries is widespread, and it is almost an open secret in all armies, and one check is accurate, but for so many years, almost no one has checked, and few people have mentioned it in the imperial court, even if they have checked, it should not matter.

Besides, this time the case of the soldiers in front of the palace is to check the merits, not to verify other things, and Yang Congyi will not care about the trivial things such as the empty salary of the Divine Cavalry.

After thinking about it for a while, thinking of this, the ruler suddenly said: "Those bandits have done such a hurtful thing, and dare to commit twenty-three murders in the city, if they don't investigate clearly and dissociate themselves from them, then they will be able to make the government jealous, and bite the god cavalry, it will be difficult to do." ”

Yang Congyi nodded and said: "The adult is right, there is indeed such a possibility, so it should be investigated quickly, the lower officials have nothing to do at the moment, and they are happy to share the worries of the adults." ”

"Okay, then there's Lord Lao Yang." The ruler clenched his fists and raised his hands.

"Rest assured, my lord, the lower officials will definitely live up to their mission!" Yang Congyi hugged his fists and agreed.

Then he said: "Without further ado, let's start right away, and we can get a head start." ”

"Wait a minute." Lord Commander nodded and immediately walked out of the living room.

He agreed to let Yang Congyi participate in this matter, firstly, because he gave the other party silver, and the other party accepted it, and they were in the same boat, and secondly, he really didn't want too many people to know what he wanted to do, and did it quietly, and others might turn a blind eye and do it blatantly, that is, provocation, making money is expensive and being kind to others, this is the experience he has summed up after many years of hard work.

When he got to the door, he immediately ordered one of the guards to call him to join the army.

A moment later, a soldier came quickly, the commander gave a brief explanation, and the army nodded and left.

When the ruler returned to the living room, and the two of them had not been sitting for a while, they saw the soldier with two soldiers, holding a half-foot-high booklet, slowly walking into the living room.

After the book was put down, the commander waved his hand, and the two soldiers hurriedly withdrew, leaving only the one who joined the army.

"Lord Yang, this is Ming joining the army, the roster you want has been brought, if there is any need, just find Ming to join the army, and this matter will be fortunate Lord Yang." Lord Commander laughed.

Yang Congyi responded with a smile: "Okay, don't worry, adults." After speaking, he glanced at the soldier surnamed Ming, who should be in his early thirties, and he did seem to be a shrewd person.

Lord Commander turned his head and said, "Ming joins the army, Lord Yang will stay in the Commander Yamen for a few more days, and you will arrange a place to live in a while." ”

"Yes." After Ming joined the army and raised his hand, he didn't say much.

"Lord Yang is busy first, I still have some things to do, so I won't bother here, if you have something to look for me, just tell Ming to join the army." After speaking, the ruler got up.

"Okay, my lord, go get busy, don't worry about the officials." Yang Congyi got up and clenched his fists.

The Lord turned and left the living room, quickly disappearing.

Yang Congyi looked at the two piles of rosters on the table that were more than half a foot high, many of them were covered with dust, and it seemed that no one had turned them over for a long time.

"When did Ming join the army?"

"Eight years in Shaoxing."

"It's been more than ten years now. Ming joined the army, I think the commander attaches great importance to you, and it has been a long time to follow the commander, right? ”

"It's been seven or eight years, and the last general didn't study for a few years before joining the army, and then I met the commander by chance, and I have been following the commander for so many years, from north to south." Ming joined the army and replied without hurry.

"It's really not easy to be with you for seven or eight years, and it's no wonder that the ruler trusts you." Yang Congyi was smiling and relaxed, but his attention to Ming's joining the army did not relax at all.

In the testimony of the shopkeeper Lin, Ming joined the army and Hu Kun also appeared, and Hu Kun acted according to Ming's intention in most cases, and he must have been involved in this series of cases.

"Let's arrange a place for the adults to live first, and then send these rosters to the adults' rooms in a while, and the adults can check them slowly in the room." Ming Senjun felt the other party's eyes glancing at him, and he was slightly uneasy.

"It's okay, don't bother too much, just the place last night." Saying that, he got up, and at the same time said: "The state yazhu is still waiting for me outside the yamen, I'll go out and tell them first, you can send the roster to the room." ”

"Why do you need to run away yourself, and the end will let people go out and tell them the same." Ming joined the army and immediately offered to help.

"No, I'll go there myself, otherwise they won't be able to explain to Lord Zhizhou when they go back."

After Yang Congyi finished speaking, he strode away.

Liu Zhutou saw Yang Congyi coming out of the control yamen from a distance, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "My lord, are you okay?" ”

"It's fine. You go back first, busy with your errands, I will stay here for a while, let Lord Zhizhou rest assured, as soon as there is a result, I will personally go and explain to him. After Yang Congyi finished speaking, he returned to the Yamen again.

It was impossible for Liu Zhutou and the others to chase in, so they shouted "Lord Yang" a few times, but the other party ignored them, so they could only leave one person behind, and the others hurried back to the yamen.

As soon as Yang Congyi returned to the side courtyard, the room where he stayed last night saw that the room had been cleaned up, and the dusty rosters were piled up on the table.

After slapping a few times, bursts of smoke and dust rose from the roster, and under the sunlight, it was extremely clear, choking Yang Congyi couldn't help but hold his breath.

There are too many rosters, and you can't see the way out of the door when you look through them, but fortunately, each roster is marked with a time, and after a rough run, it is really from the last few years.

In the Divine Cavalry Army, he didn't know many names, and the first target was Hu Kun, who had frequent contact with Shopkeeper Lin, since he was called a general, he should at least be an officer, so the problem was a little simpler.

Yang Congyi first checked the roster three years ago, and soon found that a person named Hu Kun was a team general and detained officer, and rummaging through the roster, among the thousands of people in the whole army, Hu Kun was indeed only one.

He then proceeded chronologically to search for Hu Kunqi in other rosters.

A few quarters of an hour later, when the last roster was finished, Hu Kun's name had disappeared, and the time of disappearance was December of the twentieth year of Shaoxing, and the military rank before the disappearance was a general.

There is no doubt that there must be something wrong with this Hu Kun, how much does his disappearance have to do with the ruler, Yang Congyi can't be sure, but after a little thought, he knows that it must not be simple.

Since there is indeed Hu Kunqi in the Divine Cavalry Army, the confession of Shopkeeper Lin is somewhat credible.

But if Hu Kun died, then there would be no proof of death, and the confession of the shopkeeper Lin would become one-sided, and the breakthrough of the murder case would become a dead end.

But this Hu Kun has disappeared from the roster of the Divine Cavalry for five months, whether he is dead or not, the Divine Cavalry can clear up the relationship, could it be that they planned everything half a year ago and prepared for it?

Yang Congyi felt a chill in his heart, if this is the case, what kind of degeneration will the Divine Cavalry become, with only money in their eyes, and no people and human lives?

Hu Kun had disappeared from the roster, and Yang Congyi was very suspicious of whether the twelve bandits were the same as him, so he immediately began to look for people who disappeared inexplicably in the roster.

Half an hour later, he found the result he wanted, a total of thirty-six people had disappeared from the roster for no reason in the past two years, and thirty of them were from the same command, and they were concentrated in two squads, which was also very suspicious, they were most likely among the bandits.

However, the problem followed, they also disappeared from the roster, no matter what they did to the heavens and reason, it has nothing to do with the Divine Cavalry, even if it can be proved that they are deserters of the Divine Cavalry, whether the Divine Cavalry is willing to assist in the pursuit, whether they can catch up is a question.

Yang Congyi found their names, but at the same time he was in a predicament.

Watching the sun set little by little, my brain was a mess, a bunch of numbers were jumping around, and I wanted to sort out a clue, but the more I thought about it, the more chaotic it became, and I couldn't find a fulcrum to break through.