After entering late March, spring is finally long overdue. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoEven after sunset, there is no longer the slightest chill in the city of Beijing, and the breeze from the southeast gently blows on the side of the street, and the willow trees that have just sprouted new sprouts give people a warm and lazy feeling.

However, Li Ye, who returned home from the official office in a sedan chair and looked at everything in front of him, did not have this feeling of comfort, but when he saw the quiet street near his house, he felt extremely uneasy.

In fact, it has not been a day or two since he had this kind of emotion, since there was an accident in the examination room, Yang Zhen and they forcibly stopped the exam, and at the same time, after His Majesty ordered a strict investigation of fraud, he always felt that someone was secretly peeking at him, even in his own study, he did not have a strong sense of security.

Sometimes, Li Ye will comfort himself, this is just a suspicion of a dark ghost, everything he has done is very thorough, it is almost impossible for anyone to find out about him, even if they are really suspicious, in the absence of any evidence, neither the Criminal Department nor Jinyiwei can do anything about themselves. But even so, maybe it's the so-called thief's weak heart, he is still often suspicious, and a stranger comes to the yamen, so he has to be careful for a long time.

This feeling has only intensified since yesterday when he learned that the Ministry of Criminal Affairs had begun to turn its suspicions to officials in the DPRK. He really couldn't figure out how the people in the yamen of the Criminal Department found out about this, and it was impossible for those guys who sold exam questions to ask them to think about the courtiers anyway.

The more he thought about it, the more uneasy Li Ye's heart became, and there was something wrong with seeing everything. For example, today, when he took a sedan chair home, when he saw the quiet street outside through the half-lifted sedan curtain, he unconsciously muttered: "At this time, it is not yet dark and the curfew has not opened, why has the street become so deserted?" Could it be that a yamen somewhere wants to do something, so the street is cleaned? Are they coming against me? Thinking about it, he couldn't help but shiver.

There was something in his heart, so Li Ye couldn't even eat dinner, so he simply locked himself in the study alone, thinking hard about countermeasures. After walking back and forth in the study for no less than dozens of times, and even his feet were a little sore, Li Ye finally had an idea-

"No, I can't just wait to die. No one dares to guarantee that the Criminal Department, as well as the Jinyi Guard, who has always liked to investigate things secretly, will not find out that this matter is related to me at all. But if they want to condemn me, they must prove it. In terms of physical evidence, I just read the exam questions that day and memorized them, and when I spread them out, it was also written by borrowed people's hands, which should have little to do with me. Now the most terrible thing is the witness. Although he was hidden by me long before the exam, this person is a scourge after all, and I can't keep him! ”

Thinking of this, Li Ye, who has always been kind to people and looks at the harmlessness of humans and animals, flashed a fierce glint in his eyes. After gritting his teeth and thinking about it, he already had an idea: "Tomorrow, tomorrow, I will think of getting rid of him." Fortunately, he is just a slave in my family, and even if he dies, as long as I don't say anything, no one will track him down. Yes, that's it! ”

After finally making this decision, Li Ye only felt that the uneasiness that was pressing on his heart finally dissipated a lot. Maybe when things are done tomorrow, this mountain of pressure and haze will completely dissipate......

The next day, Li Ye was always absent-minded in the yamen, and when the time came to Shen Shi or so, he couldn't bear it anymore, just said hello to his colleagues, and left.

But he didn't know that his movements were falling into the eyes of a small merchant who had been hovering outside the yamen of the Ministry of Rites where he was. And after following his sedan chair for a while, and convinced that there was a new person following, the little merchant turned and left, and after turning around, he came to the Yamen of the Zhenfu Division.

Such a small merchant, generally speaking, let alone a place like the Zhenfu Division, even ordinary county yamen dare not enter. But this one just walked in casually, and the two Jinyi guard captains who were guarding the door actually turned a blind eye and let people go casually.

Of course, this person is the secret agent of Jinyiwei, like this, disguised as a secret agent from all walks of life, staring at the major yamen, as well as some suspicious people, there are more than 300 Jinyiwei in the capital.

Originally, these people were going to report their harvest to Yu Yao, who was directly under the Qianhu, but this time it was a little special, this person went straight to the public hall where he commanded Yang Zhen, and after identifying himself, he was allowed to see Yang Zhen, who was handling official business.

As soon as Yang Zhen saw the visitor, his expression also moved: "What, is it that Li Ye finally revealed any flaws?" ”

In the past few days, with the investigation of the palace officialdom, Yang Zhen has set the target of his suspicion on a few officials - according to the news transmitted by Ying Zhou, those eunuchs in the palace who may have come into contact with the test questions have not been strange for a while, and there has been no excuse to leave the palace before, so it can be ruled out that someone in the palace did this case in order to deal with himself or some examiners.

In this way, Yang Zhen set the target of suspicion in officialdom. After that, news also came from the Criminal Department, and under Zhu Chen's investigation, he really found a breakthrough from several examiners who were trapped.

These examiners also felt that someone was trying to harm them, so they cooperated with the names of officials who might have an enmity with them. The Criminal Department then makes a judgment based on the duties of these people to see which people are likely to be exposed to the examination questions.

Although this method of investigation is somewhat cumbersome, it is very suitable for this case. After a few days of investigation, several suspicious officials surfaced one after another, among them, Li Ye was one of the very suspicious ones. For this reason, Yang Zhen deliberately sent a few people who were the most proficient at stalking in disguise to stare at each other to see if he would show any flaws.

It's just that I didn't expect that it was only a few days after the plan was arranged, and such news came: "Lord Hui, Li Ye left the yamen early today, and the route he traveled was not to return to his home, so he looked a little strange." ”

"Oh? How many others followed? Yang Zhen's spirits perked up again, and he hurriedly asked. He had waited a long time for this possibility.

"Yes, the other brothers followed." The little merchant hurriedly replied.

"Good! You hurry up and tell the brothers outside, tell them to prepare, and go with me......" Yang Zhen, who wanted to order to go to get people, was halfway through his words, but suddenly changed his words: "No, you go to the yamen of the criminal department, take my name to see Zhu Chen and Zhu Langzhong, and then tell him what he found this time, he should know what to do." ”

“…… Be! Although the little merchant was full of doubts, since it was an order given by the servant, he naturally had no reason not to obey, and after holding his fists, he quickly retreated.

And after he left, several subordinates who had been concerned about this matter also came to the door: "Your Excellency, ......"

Seeing them staring at him, Yang Zhen laughed: "Come in." If there is anything you want to ask or say, you don't have to shy away from it. ”

"My lord, did he find out the problem with the suspect?"

"My lord, when can we go and take down that thief so that I can give you a vent?"

Several of the brothers asked with some urgency. In the past few years, Jinyiwei has become stronger, and almost no losses have been suffered. This time, my own adults were almost cheated, and the brothers were naturally anxious to take revenge.

Seeing that the brothers were so anxious to stand up for themselves, Yang Zhen's heart didn't feel warm, but his face still looked very serious, and he just shook his head: "Don't think about what you can do this time." This time, I have decided that our Jinyiwei will not interfere in the fraud case. ”

"Huh? Why is that? Everyone was stunned, they really didn't expect that their own adults, who had refused to suffer in the past, would not want to take revenge with their own hands this time.

Yang Zhen looked at everyone and laughed again: "You guys, don't always stay in the habit of rushing to kill everything in the past, in fact, there is no need to come out in everything when you fight with others." Sometimes it is more gratifying to use some strategy to get rid of one's enemies with the help of others. ”

Seeing that everyone was still surprised, Yang Zhen could only say earnestly: "Yes, according to your ideas, let's take down the suspicious Li Ye, and then use the most convenient way for us to take everything out of his mouth, and we can take revenge." But have you ever thought about how many people we will offend in this way? ”

Xia Kai and the others were completely stunned by what he said, and they only looked at their adults in silence. Fortunately, Yang Zhen's words continued: "The Criminal Department investigated the case at the behest of His Majesty, and as a result, we robbed them of their lives like this, what do you say, what will they think of us?" In addition, this incident is a fraud in the field, which is the most important thing for scholars, but it turned out that we, the people of Jinyiwei, helped them handle the case, what would they think? In the end, they have always had a prejudice against us Jinyiwei, and now that we suddenly point out that Li Ye is the main culprit of fraud, will they definitely believe it? ”

was asked by Yang Zhen like this, and the expressions of several thoughtful people really became cautious. Although they didn't want to admit it, everyone also understood that there was a huge gap between their Jinyi guards and civil officials, and this case was very sensitive, so it was really not suitable for them to deal with it themselves.

Yang Zhen finally concluded: "It is precisely because of these considerations that I decided to hand over this opportunity to the Criminal Department. Presumably, the officials of the criminal department who are anxious to close the matter will not cover him, and now we can stay out of the matter and watch that guy be convicted, why not? ”

After saying that, everyone had no objections, and Yang Zhen waved his hand: "You all go back separately, and the matter will have a result soon." ”