After listening to this, Jiang Zhijie stared at Xue Pingchuan with a suspicious look on his face. He grew up watching Xue Pingchuan grow up, and although he knew that he was not as honest as he seemed on the surface, he would never be smart enough to be so smart. "Tell me, who told you this idea?"

Xue Pingchuan was a little anxious, waved his arms and said loudly: "Uncle Jiang, you don't look down on people. After hearing about this in the morning, I went back to the public house and meditated and racked my brains. I still hate him when I almost killed him last night, and then I think of the Assassin who suddenly burst in from outside. You see, there were exactly five of those assassins......"

Seeing that Xue Pingchuan was still boasting about himself, Jiang Zhijie directly interrupted him and said, "It was your subordinate Xu Anping who told you." ”

"Uh, uh!" Xue Pingchuan, who was still boasting about himself and being smug, suddenly felt as uncomfortable as eating a fly, and said with some annoyance: "Uncle Jiang, can't you let me be proud for a while?" Finally, there is such an opportunity to show up, and you come to debunk it again. Can you save me some face? Okay, okay, it was Xu Anping who told me, and that's also because I have a good leadership. And I was involved in the discussion, otherwise he wouldn't have wanted this. ”

"Well, it seems that Xu Anping told you. I didn't expect this kid to be really a talent, he just entered the officialdom and knew the Tao so clearly, and he really deserved to be Xu Guoqing's grandson. Jiang Zhijie didn't care about Xue Pingchuan's complaints at all, and automatically filtered out the role he said.

Xue Pingchuan knew that he was being despised again, and said indignantly: "Uncle Jiang, why do you look down on me so much? I am also very capable, not worse than others. And ah......"

"Come to the house after you get off duty and take the Lingbao Bow. Remember, if you break the bow, I'll have to pull out your tendons. ”

Xue Pingchuan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately turned his resentment into joy, and agreed repeatedly: "Hey, hey! Uncle Jiang can rest assured, I will definitely offer the Lingbao Bow like a treasure, that is, occasionally take it out to show off, so that the group of buddies can open their eyes. ”

Jiang Zhijie waved his big furry hand and said unceremoniously: "Get out!" Don't come to Lao Tzu to hang around, and it's annoying to look at it. Also, Ding Dasheng will be transferred to the other 100 households tomorrow, you look at the arrangement. ”

"Thank you, Uncle Jiang! Uncle Jiang is very gracious, and his nephew is grateful. When I go back today, my nephew will set up a longevity ranking for you, and in the morning and evening, Zhuxiang will bless you with a long life. Hey, hey, hey......"

Before Xue Pingchuan went out, a figure had quietly left from the window, and no one noticed.

Jiang Zhijie sat on the chair and thought about what Xue Pingchuan said just now, the more he thought about it, the more feasible he felt, and it was likely that Xu Anping's guess was right. He unconsciously picked up the teacup and poured a few sips of herbal tea, and thought of another question: "Who sent the assassin to assassinate Ye Xiangye?" "Now because the assassin has been killed, the clue may be cut off for a while, but as long as the problem is not solved, there is no guarantee that it will not happen again in the future." Alas, let's mess with the level in front of us first. So, after he confessed a few words to a confidant, he went to the commander Cao Wenbing.

"Zhijie, you're here. Can I help you? The emperor is very concerned about Lord Ye's case, you must not take it lightly. Cao Wenbing saw that Jiang Zhijie took the initiative to find him, and hurriedly asked. He knows the character of the other party, and he will never set foot in this public house if he has nothing to do.

Jiang Zhijie bowed his hand, and said with a solemn and solemn face: "Returning to the commander, the lower officials have found some suspicious points after careful inspection today, and they have come to report to your lordship. ”

"Oh, Zhijie really never disappoints this official. Tell me about it! The official was so anxious that he couldn't swallow it. Cao Wenbing asked eagerly. The case of Ye Nanqing's assassination involves a lot of things, and I feel my scalp tingle just thinking about many things. Even if he grew up with the emperor and was very trusted, he couldn't hold back at all, and if he didn't get it right, he would lose his official position. Thinking of the people he had offended over the years, he couldn't help but shudder.

"My lord, last night, when Xia Guan led a team to encircle and suppress the rudder of the Blood Hand Alliance's capital, a group of assassins broke in from the outside and almost disrupted the entire arrangement. Fortunately, his subordinates used their lives to fill in the numbers, so they killed all these people. Coincidentally, there are a total of five people in this group, dressed in black, and their martial arts are strong......" Speaking of this, Jiang Zhijie paused and stopped talking.

Cao Wenbing frowned when he heard this, and his face was a little unpredictable. After a while, he whispered, "Are you sure it was five assassins who broke in?" ”

Jiang Zhijie said without hesitation: "Yes, my subordinates confirmed it, and I personally went to check the body, and the body is now being placed in the room." There is evidence that they are in league with the Assassins of the Bloody Hand Alliance. They should have been preparing to return to the rudder after carrying out the mission, and when they saw that the rudder was besieged, they wanted to rescue the people inside. ”

Cao Wenbing's brows relaxed slightly when he heard this, and then he said with hatred: "These thieves dare to assassinate the prime minister, they are really heinous and deserve death!" Zhijie, you still can't relax, and then you still have to send more people to investigate, in case there are fish that slip through the net. ”

Hearing Cao Wenbing say this, Jiang Zhijie breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he knew that Lord Cao had accepted this statement and was ready to use it to explain it to the emperor and Ye Xiangye. But he still said, "Yes! Rest assured, my subordinates will personally follow up on this case. Even if the Assassin is dead, his subordinates will continue to investigate to see if they can find the mastermind behind it. ”

"Well, there you go." Cao Wenbing waved his hand to signal that Jiang Zhijie could leave. After Jiang Zhijie left, Cao Wenbing sat in the official hat chair and fell into deep thought. He has been in charge of the spy department for more than 20 years, and of course he knows some methods of deception and perfunctory, and he does not have to ask for the truth. At this level, he has long known that he thinks more about the pros and cons of a matter than what is right or wrong. In other words, there is no such thing as black and white. He understands this truth, and the person who sits on the throne understands this truth even more. Therefore, what the emperor wants is also a reasonable explanation, not a black hand behind the scenes. He asked Jiang Zhijie to continue to investigate, also to try to avoid any obvious mistakes, otherwise he would not be able to explain at all. If they are caught by those civil officials who stare at each other and find fault every day, they will definitely put themselves to death. Of course, he believed that Jiang Zhijie also knew this truth. Thinking of this, he began to be suspicious again. "Who wants Ye Nanqing to die?"

The next day, all the people in the spy department took action and searched for assassins in various areas of the capital with great fanfare. I don't know how much money and jewelry went into the pockets of the captains of the spy department, of course, some Jiangyang thieves were caught and thrown into prison at night.