The Emperor's Palace is warm.

The emperor took out the cover of the book signed by Zhao Siqi from the book, looked at it a few times and was very angry, and slapped the book on the case:

"The post man who previously passed the defeat of the Tanglin Guard's defense, I specially placed it in the Beisi Ya for Zhao Siqi to interrogate, and I attached great importance to doing so, but as a result, he was not as good as Shen Chi of the Criminal Department, and even Lu Xiang of Shuntian Mansion Yin was better than him."

Qiao Gongshan silently handed the emperor a cup of tea, and watched the emperor pacing up in the warm pavilion, and did not dare to step forward to persuade him, only listening to him count them one after another.

"The jailer was detained in Bei Si Ya Prison earlier, but Bei Si Ya never gave me an explanation, and it wasn't until Shen Chi closed the case yesterday that he presented this report, which is exactly the same as the content of the case issued by Shen Chi yesterday."

"But interrogating the jailer is much easier than investigating the case of the dead body of the Xingye Gambling House, when the first emperor was there, Zhao Siqi of the Northern Division was not at this level."

The Emperor suddenly stood still, narrowed his eyes, and said:

"Zhao Siqi can't manage the Beisi Ya, so I'll change someone else to take care of it."

The emperor turned to look at Qiao Gongshan and asked:

"Otomo, when will the mission from Tuxilu come back?"

Since the dust settled on the resumption of the mutual market, the mission has been transmitting news to the emperor through the post station as normal, and the return date has been specified in a recent letter.

"The news that Lord Lin came last time should have already set off now, counting the days, and I will arrive in Kyoto at the end of January."

There is a small fire outside:

"Your Majesty, the news from outside the palace gate is that Lord Shen, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Lord Yin Lu of the Shuntian Mansion have urgent matters to see."

Shen Chi and Lu Xiang got out of the carriage outside the Huangji Gate and entered the palace under the guidance of a small internal eunuch.

Lu Xiang glanced at Shen Chi, and there was a trace of apprehension in his expression:

"Fortunately, it is only circulating in a few high-end green houses in Kyoto, and it has been locked down now." Lu Xiang rolled up his sleeves and whispered to Shen Chi:

"Lord Shen, where did you get the news from?"

Shen Chi still looked sickly, coughing in the cold wind, and his thin body was about to be blown down by the wind.

"When the corpse of the Great Cause Gambling House was examined, a little powder was found in its nostrils."

The smell of the powder was strange, and after Shen Chi brought it back to the Criminal Department, he checked it in many ways, and only learned from the mouth of an old official that this was the black fragrance known as the "human killer".

Wuxiang is produced in the far west, and the finished product is a jet-black powder, which is like ascending to heaven after being inhaled by the nose, and the immortal wants to die. However, this substance is very addictive, the price is extremely expensive, the addict does not hesitate to go bankrupt in order to buy black incense, and even sells his children and daughters, and the addict himself will be weak and weak after deep addiction, and will soon die of body failure.

Since the previous dynasty, black incense has been a forbidden item, and this is the first time it has appeared since this dynasty.

"What?" After listening to the two old ministers' reports, the emperor was also surprised:

"Where did they get all this incense?"

Even if it is judged to be a prohibited product, who dares to risk the world's condemnation.

Lu Xiang hurriedly saluted and reported:

"According to the confessions of these Qinglou involved in the incident, there is a shop called Dayun Commercial Bank, which was smuggled into Dachen at the Tulun border and secretly passed it on to them.

"What can be found in the details of Dayun Commercial Bank?"

The Emperor asked.

Dachen is at odds with Tulun, dares to smuggle on the border of Tulun, and can smoothly transport it to Kyoto, which is thousands of miles away, without being discovered, such a thing must not be something that a mere trading house can do.

There must be something wrong with the origin of this firm.

Sure enough, hearing the emperor's inquiry, Lu Xiang's eyes began to flicker a little.

Just as Lu Xiang hesitated, Shen Chili replied:

"The owner behind the Universiade firm is also a singer in the Qinglou, who was ransomed a few years ago and got out of the lowly status, this woman is now the son of Zhang Kui, the head of the North Division, and an outer room of Zhang Yun. As for whether it is related to Zhang Yun himself, no evidence has been obtained. ”

Lu Xiang's back shook slightly, although he was determined to hold on to the emperor's big tree, he still didn't dare to offend anyone easily.

Shen Chi's words were really bold, how could the singer of the Qinglou have such great ability, he simply said that this matter was related to Zhang Kui's son.

"Heh", the emperor's brows jumped, "What can a singer do with such a thing?" ”

Zhang Yun is not the one who insults people and does evil in the market today.

It's the shadow again, and it's related to the North Division.

The commander of the Northern Siya was originally Zhang Kui, and later Zhang Kui was entrusted by the first emperor to carry out secret orders, so he promoted Zhao Siqi to be the commander.

The two were originally in the same year, and because of their discordant temperament, they had a bad relationship all the year round, which was something that everyone in the court knew.

Thinking that the errand that Zhang Kui was doing now was also related to Tulun, the emperor said hatefully:

"Investigate, continue to investigate thoroughly, no matter who is found, all of them will be strictly dealt with."

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When Chengye arrived home, he dismounted and lost the reins and went to Fei Minghe's courtyard.

On the way, he suddenly remembered something, stretched out his hand and beckoned a little guy, took out a piece of broken silver and gave it to him, and whispered a few words in his ear, and the little guy covered his mouth and ran away with a smile.

Cheng Ye shouted at his back again:

"It's ready, you're still here, waiting for me to pick it up."

Hearing the little guy answer from outside the low wall of the courtyard, he entered Fei Minghe's house with confidence.

The charcoal fire in the room was very warm, but the doors and windows were closed, and the air smelled of herbs.

Mr. didn't know when his body would get better, and Cheng Ye was a little lost.

Fei Minghe was sitting behind the bookcase, burying his head in marking something on a map, when he heard Cheng Ye's footsteps, he looked up and smiled at him.

"Sir, when will I tell the emperor about the Turkun spy network?"

At the time of Tuxilu, they had already discovered that Dachen had a problem with the Tulun intelligence system. After returning to Kyoto, Cheng Ye found that Fei Lao was already planning to rebuild Tulun's intelligence system.

"Don't be in a hurry at this time, when your uncle and them come back, the plan in my hand is about to be ready, and it is not too late to tell the emperor at that time."

Fei Minghe took out something from his desk and handed it to Cheng Ye, "I have recorded a collection of the Tulun royal family, the people's feelings, and the internal situation of the imperial court, you can take a look at it first." ”

Cheng Ye took the set, and the tentacles were soft sheepskin, and the sheepskin was wrapped in a thick stack of bound notes, densely filled with things, and even a few maps.

Thinking of the mental effort required by these things, his eyes were a little astringent, and he cleared his throat and said:

"Sir doesn't have to do this, you dictate it, I can remember."

Fei Minghe didn't answer, waved his hand at him and continued to bury his head in the case.

He was afraid that he would really not be able to hold on, so he wrote down everything he knew in advance, leaving it all to Cheng Ye, and it was not in vain that Wei Shuai entrusted him before he died.

Cheng Ye carefully put the sheepskin set on his chest, and when he left the yard, he saw Fang Cai's little servant holding an oiled paper bag and stretching his neck and waiting outside.

He laughed when he thought of what he was going to do, and the gloom after seeing Fei Lao disappeared.

Xiao Yuyi's residence is arranged in the front yard of Fei Minghe's residence, and he is in the same place as Ah Xiao.

When Cheng Ye entered the door, she was fiddling with a pair of nine rings in the house.

Cheng Ye laughed secretly in her heart, this stupid girl can even play with this kind of children's toy for so long.

"I've brought you some Kyoto food, you can taste it."

Cheng Ye handed her an oiled paper bag, turned around and went out.

Xiao Yuyi immediately lost the nine consecutive rings to unpack the oil paper bag:

"Haha, thank you Second Master for hurting me."

"Ah", there was a scream from the room, and then I heard the door being slammed open, and Xiao Yuyi jumped out with his mouth open and his teeth and claws, about to pounce on Cheng Ye and choke his neck.

Cheng Ye laughed and jumped onto the wall: "A sufficient amount of pepper, punish your poor mouth." ”

"Second master, second master."

A little girl stood under the wall with the corner of her skirt up, looking up at him with wide eyes.

"Qingmei, is there anything wrong with Nuan Qing?"

Cheng Ye jumped off the wall as calmly as he could and asked her.

Qingmei is the big girl who needs to be used by Miss Wei Nuanqing's side, and she bowed and said:

"A few days ago, Miss Biao said that she missed her father, and Miss wanted to ask for him, when will they return to Beijing, Lord Lin?"

Cheng Ye said angrily in her heart, and asked for Cousin Qiu, she wanted to ask herself.

"Don't worry about Cousin Qiu, the business over there has been completed, and I will be back soon."