At this time, Jiao Yujian understood that quibbling was in vain, and to tell the truth, he could get a happy ending.

"Your Majesty, the slave and maid are guilty, and the slave and maid can have today because of the greed of the year......"

Jiao Yujian did not hide it, and explained the causes and consequences of stealing the re-examination questions one by one. Four years ago, Jiao Yujian was only a long-term eunuch in the direct palace eunuch, mainly responsible for inspecting hygiene. He is less than thirty, and he usually has no hobbies, at most, he loves to play with money, and eunuchs can't have children, which can be regarded as personal sustenance. After Jiao Yujian became addicted to gambling, he fell deeper and deeper, owed a lot of gambling debts, and was forced to be helpless, and finally came up with a way to steal the things in the palace and sell them.

He is the chief eunuch of the direct palace, and he always checks the hygiene everywhere when he has nothing to do, and when there is no one around, he comes and goes to order something. Coincidentally, one day I went to a pawnshop specializing in selling stolen goods, and met a young descendant, who saw Jiao Yujian's identity at a glance and recognized the things in his hand, so he talked to him and intended to charge it at the market price. These pawnshops responsible for selling stolen goods gave low prices, and Jiao Yujian was naturally happy when he heard that the other party was willing to pay a high price, so he resold the things to that descendant. Housheng also has a pawnshop in Yanjing City, Jiao Yujian has since taken the stolen goods to him to sell, Housheng is very righteous, not only received the goods at a high price, but also lent him a large amount of silver, helping him get the position of this young eunuch.

Originally, he was safe, and he always helped Jiao Yujian in his later life, and never asked for anything in return, Jiao Yujian was grateful, and always wanted to repay, but he couldn't find a way. But just a few days ago, the next life finally had something to ask for, and the thing he asked for was to steal the temple exam questions. This is the sin of killing the head and destroying the door, how can Jiao Yujian have the courage, when he politely refused, the usually kind and polite offspring turned his face, took out the stolen goods that Jiao Yujian had sold in the past few years, and threatened him face to face, only saying that if he didn't agree, he would poke this matter out and break the net. Jiao Yujian was forced to be helpless, so he had to agree, and instructed his cronies Zhang Ji and Lin Min to peek at the exam questions when they went to the study to clean. It was supposed to be unaware, but how could he have thought that the incident would happen so soon.

At this moment, Jiao Yujian regretted it a lot, just kowtowed vigorously.

When he finished speaking, Yue Su asked, "Gonggong Jiao, you have been friends with that descendant for a long time, do you know what his name is?" ”

"This ...... I don't know, I only know that his surname is Ye, and people who know him call him Mr. Ye. Jiao Yujian replied honestly.

"Mr. Ye!" As soon as he heard this name, Yue Su was stunned for a while, and then asked, "You just said that he has a pawnshop in the city, where is that pawnshop and what is its name?" ”

"This pawnshop is called Jiuling Pawnshop, and it is in the Pisces Hutong in the city." Jiao Yujian said.

Yue Su was very happy to get Mr. Ye's other stronghold, and now without further ado, Yue Su immediately bowed down and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, since the location of the anti-thief has been investigated and dealt with, Weichen asks for an order to go and raid it immediately." ”

"Quasi-play." Zhu Youxiao looked at Zou Yi and said loudly: "Zou Qing, you immediately transfer the forbidden army and go with Yue Aiqing to get people!" ”

"The old slave obeys."

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After all, Zou Yi was too old to go with Yue Su in person, but his efficiency was still quite fast, and he immediately called Liu Yun, the eunuch in charge, to lead five hundred forbidden troops and follow Yue Su to Pisces Hutong to get people.

In the afternoon, Yue Su's Shuntianfu envoys took a large-scale operation, and the people were already shocked, and in the evening, the forbidden army was dispatched again, and the people were even more shocked.

The team rushed straight to Pisces Hutong, and when they were about to arrive, they saw a place in front of them with thick smoke and flames.

Yue Su and Liu Yun rode to the front, Yue Su pointed with a horsewhip and said, "It's not a Jiuling pawnshop." ”

Liu Yun also came here and said, "My lord, our family doesn't know very well, just go over and take a look." ”

Yue Su nodded, the two of them urged the horse forward, and the forbidden army behind followed closely, and when they came to the place of fire, they saw a signboard of "Jiuling Pawnshop" hanging at the door.

"Humph! One step late! Yue Su shook his arm fiercely, turned his head and shouted, "Find someone to ask, when was the fire here." ”

Many people in Zhoubei were busy fighting the fire to prevent the fire from spreading, and they couldn't help but be a little scared when they saw the arrival of the forbidden army. A forbidden soldier grabbed a young man and began to interrogate, and according to the young man's confession, the fire was lit half an hour ago.

Yue Su counted the time, and at that time, he happened to have just entered the palace. There is no need to guess, it must be that after Mr. Ye slipped away, he guessed that he would get the news of the Jiuling pawnshop from Jiao Yujian's mouth, so he burned down the pawnshop first and swept away all clues.

"Lord Yue, now that the pawnshop is on fire, and the thieves inside have escaped, what should we do?" Liu Yun asked in a low voice.

"Ask the people around you, ask about the characteristics of the people in the pawnshop, draw pictures and graphics, and arrest the whole city!"

Yue Su was busy in an orderly manner, and there was a person who was hurrying out of the capital and running to a Zhuangzi that was only more than ten miles away from the city. This man was dressed in an earthy yellow robe, very strong, and his eyes were as fierce as a tiger. As soon as I entered the Zhuang Gate, I rushed to the back flower hall in the familiar road.

In the flower hall, there was a young man sitting on the central throne, Yue Su would definitely recognize this person when he saw it, this was the little eunuch he met in the Jade Pavilion. It's just that the little eunuch at this moment, wearing a robe of a scholarly son, holding a white paper fan in his hand, looks gentle and elegant, and he definitely does not have the kind of snarky atmosphere when he wears a eunuch uniform. The little eunuch is very delicate, and compared with Li Qiongying, who always likes to dress as a man, he might as well let it go.

There are two rows of chairs at the bottom, and there are six people sitting on the left and right, four men and two women, all dressed in strange ways. The first one on the left, thin and withered, with two whiskers on his face, and gray clothes on his body, should I say it, his honor is matched with this outfit, it is really a little similar to a mouse. In his hands, it is an extremely beautiful young Dao Gu, Dao Gu is dressed in plain clothes, holding a whisk, which makes people ashamed of themselves when they see it. Under Miao Ling Daogu, there was a middle-aged woman in a green dress, the woman's face was charming, her eyes were shining, her waist was a water snake, and her body was concave and convex, which was no different from a beautiful snake.

The three benevolent brothers sitting opposite the three of them, the most numerous, had a nose like a hanging gall, eyes like a brass bell, a face like loess, and especially the nose, which was no different from a cow's nose. He wore a coarse cloth gown with unbuttoned coats, revealing his thick chest hair. Next to his chair, leaning on a golden-backed machete. This person's attack is a middle-aged man in a gorgeous costume, this dress is extremely gorgeous, if it is worn on someone else, it is no different from a nouveau riche, but on his body, he looks extremely noble and has a proud atmosphere. At his behalf, there was an old man with a white beard, dressed in a white robe and with a goatee, no different from an old goat.

After the tiger-eyed man ran into the flower hall, he arched his hand at the little eunuch and said, "Mr. Ye, as you expected, there is really a large group of people who went to raid the Jiuling pawnshop. It's a good thing we left in time, otherwise it would have been over. ”

Mr. Ye shook the paper fan lightly, without a trace of smugness, and said lightly: "It's all my miscalculation, I didn't expect that Yue Su to be so cunning that he dared to run under my nose, and I also let the tiger return to the mountain." It's a pity that the monkey and the old pig all died in order to meet me......"

In the end, Mr. Ye showed a trace of regret.

"Mr. Ye doesn't have to be sad, I have been blessed by the lord for generations, and I have been ordered to assist Mr., and we are ready to sacrifice our lives for righteousness. Hate only hates that Yue Su, too cunning, one day he will say, but if he falls into my hands, he will be cut by a thousand knives. "It was the rat-whiskered elder who was sitting on the upper left hand.

"The eldest brother is right, Mr. Ye doesn't have to be too sad, the five of them, the god horse, the monkey, the old pig, the golden rooster, and the mountain dog, all have it, and the lord will take good care of it and raise it. It's just that now, all the strongholds in the capital have been raided, what should we do next? After the middle-aged man in Chinese clothes said this, everyone looked at Mr. Ye above.

Mr. Ye closed the paper fan and said, "This plan to win over the scholars and collect them for their own use has failed. I will write a letter to my lord and plead guilty. When I came to Beijing, my lord once said to me that the affairs in Henan have not been completed, and he hopes that we will complete the affairs here, turn around and go south, and go to Henan. Now it seems that the capital is useless for the time being, so let's pack up and prepare to go south. ”

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In the case of the Dragon Slaying Gang, although Yue Su seized the time to investigate, he never made a breakthrough. The people of the Jade Pavilion who were arrested did not find any flaws, whether they were tortured and interrogated, or induced confessions and intimidation, and got a little useful clue. However, a lot of officials in Yanjing City who often go in and out of the Jade Pavilion have been dug up.

The list in Liu Banxian's hand, Yue Su played a role more or less, and Liu Banxian fooled three candidates, and they were all invited to Shuntian Mansion for tea. If it is according to the emperor's intentions, these three boys, seven of whom are on the list of foreign families, have all lost their fame and will be interrogated strictly, but Yue Su is still merciful and only finds those three.

These three boys were polite to Yue Su on the surface, but they didn't take Shuntianfu very seriously in their hearts, after all, they were tributes and did not break the law. However, when Yue Su showed the words of dismissing his fame, the three of them were dumbfounded, and under Yue Su's "respectful teaching", they all said about going to the Jade Pavilion to get the re-examination questions and the dragon slaying order. And confessed a piece of news, that is, there were not only three of them who went to the Jade Pavilion, but when they went, they also saw other candidates.

With such an analysis, Yue Su also knew in his heart that "Mr. Ye" did not hand over all the candidates who needed to be recruited to Liu Banxian, and would definitely distribute them to other people similar to Liu Banxian in the city, and everyone would split up together.

Who have been to the Jade Pavilion, there is no way to verify it now, what he can do is to send messengers everywhere to arrest those who set up stalls to tell fortunes, and then coerce and deceive confessions. Not to mention, in two days, a total of more than a dozen fortune-telling "immortals" were caught, and two lists were obtained from them. According to the holy will, all those who have been to the Emerald Pavilion will be stripped of their fame. It can be said that if you can go alone, it is an impure motive.

After this incident, for more than a month in the capital, no "great immortals" and "half-immortals" dared to go to the street to tell fortunes. A few days later, the day of the temple test finally arrived.