Ye Dushan rolled up his sleeves and reached out to uncover the white cloth on the stretcher, revealing his face underneath. He glanced at it, and then showed a look of disgust, and threw the white cloth on the face again.

A middle-aged man dressed up next to him and several officials all lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at Ye Dushan's ugly face.

"How did you die?" Ye Dushan asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, Prince Han only has one wound on his body, the wound is very thin and the flesh is not turned out, it should be caused by the blade quickly passing through the throat. He replied, beads of sweat the size of beans on his forehead.

Ye Dushan pointed to the bodies on the other two stretchers, and Sen Ran asked, "What about these two people?"

He said tremblingly: "The methods are similar, even if it is not the same person who killed Prince Han, it should be from the same family." ”

A tall and thin official next to him saw that Ye Dushan's face was not good, and hurriedly added: "These two people are Prince Han's personal guards, and when the people in the prince's mansion found out, the bodies of the three were not far from the mansion......

"Any clues?" Ye Dushan interrupted him impatiently.

The official was stunned for a moment, and said hesitantly: "There were no traces of a fight found at the scene, and the guards on duty did not find anyone coming in and out, so this case is a little troublesome to investigate......

Ye Dushan sneered: "It's your master who died, as the secretary of the Criminal Department, if something like this happens in the imperial city, shouldn't you work harder?"

The official smiled dryly: "Your Majesty, where is this, Weichen has always been loyal to His Majesty alone, and Prince He Han is just a colleague." ”

"Oh, colleague, just that. Ye Dushan learned his tone and said sarcastically, "Get out, I will only give you five days, if there is no result, you should know what the consequences will be for the group of people in Dali Temple." ”

Shang Shu of the Criminal Department answered, and retreated with several other officials in the palace in a little panic.

"Do you know those two guards?" Ye Dushan turned his head and asked Mu Changsheng. Mu Changsheng nodded and said: "Back to Your Majesty, I know a person, who was originally the head of the forbidden army, and his subordinates can barely win him by one and a half moves." Thinking of being Prince Han's personal guard, both of them have some level. ”

Ye Dushan sat on the chair and rubbed his brows: "With such skills, it should be the person who assassinated Qin Cong that day." It's just that Qin Cong has nothing to do with Prince Han, so why did he kill the two of them?"

"Xu is fighting for power? If so, Ma Pingchuan is the most suspicious. Ye Dushan muttered to himself.

After a while, he sighed again, stood up with his hands on his knees, and said as if reluctantly, "Go, follow me to meet Ma Pingchuan." ”

Ye Dushan took a group of followers out of the palace and headed towards Ma Pingchuan's mansion. The residences of the officials of the imperial city are some distance away from the royal palace, Ye Dushan changed into civilian clothes and walked on the street, just like an ordinary official eunuch, without attracting much attention.

While still on the street, Ye Dushan heard the sound of a fast horse galloping, and there were bursts of exclamations from the front. Ye Dushan frowned, and glanced at Mu Changsheng beside him, Mu Changsheng took two steps sideways, and when the horse passed by, he jumped up lightly, his whole body hung on the side of the horse, grabbed the horse's reins with one hand, and pulled the horse in a circle before stopping.

The man on the horse scolded, jumped off his horse, and scolded: "Anything will stand in the way!"

Mu Changsheng didn't say a word, grabbed the man's wrist with one hand, twisted his hand behind his back, and then forced him to kneel in front of Ye Dushan.

"Today's saint, is it enough to stop you miscellaneous pieces?" a eunuch next to Ye Dushan spat.

When the man heard the word "saintly", he didn't even dare to raise his head, but only kowtowed again and again, shouting words of spare.

"Look at your service, which subordinate is it?" Ye Dushan flicked his sleeves, didn't look at him, and asked.

The man seemed to suddenly remember something important, and kowtowed two more heads: "Back to Your Majesty, the little one is the ...... in the Scholar Mansion of Ma University."

"Oh, it turns out that a subordinate in the Ma University Scholar's Mansion has such a majestic style, and it is really powerful!" Ye Dushan smiled. The man was stunned for a moment, and then continued: "The villain doesn't dare! It's just that there was something wrong in the mansion of the scholar of Ma University, and the little one rushed to report the punishment...... Yamen, this is the only time that I have collided with Your Majesty, and I ask Your Majesty to atone for your sins!"

Ye Dushan and Mu Changsheng glanced at each other and asked, "Something happened to Ma Pingchuan?"

"Yes, Scholar Ma has been assassinated!"

Ye Dushan exclaimed: "Ma Pingchuan also had an accident?"

Without waiting for the man to react, Ye Dushan took a step and walked towards Ma Pingchuan's mansion in two steps. There was already a mess in the Ma Mansion, and a few people recognized Ye Dushan, although they were very surprised, they still greeted him and saluted and reported the situation.

Ma Pingchuan is similar to Prince Han, he is also fatal with a knife, and there are no other traces, but the time is two or three hours later than Prince Han.

Ye Dushan looked at the surging flow of people in Mafu, and the people from the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and Yamen came in and out, all crowded together. He suddenly felt a little bored, and he didn't want to find anyone to reprimand him anymore, so he took Mu Changsheng and the others back to the palace.

He didn't say anything all the way, and after returning to the palace, he went directly to the imperial study and dismissed the left and right, leaving only Mu Changsheng alone. Mu Changsheng noticed that Ye Dushan was a little weird, but he had no intention of asking. What I want to say, Ye Dushan will always speak by himself, and Mu Changsheng is just a listener most of the time.

Ye Dushan sat at the table, pushed all the piles of folds in front of the table to the ground, but took out a pot of wine from under the table, made a smug expression at Mu Changsheng, and then poured himself a glass, ignoring Mu Changsheng completely.

A pot of wine quickly bottomed out, but Ye Dushan was not happy, rummaged through the study again, and took out two more wine jugs. Mu Changsheng knew Ye Dushan's habit of greedy cups, and it was no secret that he hid wine in the imperial study, but he rarely drank alcohol for most of the day, and only drank after processing the folds or after the meal.

Mu Changsheng found that Ye Dushan had very few words today. On weekdays, Ye Dushan likes to talk to Mu Changsheng, or analyze the situation, or talk about gossip, Mu Changsheng has always been silent, Ye Dushan talks to himself a lot of the time, and Mu Changsheng is also used to it. Today, Ye Dusk Mountain is also rare and quiet.

Ye Dushan's face was already red because of the wine, and his body exuded the smell of wine. He lowered his head and laughed softly from time to time, as if he was drunk, but Mu Changsheng knew that Ye Dushan had a good amount of wine, and this bit of wine definitely couldn't get him drunk.

"Guess who that swift and weird figure was that day?" Ye Dushan suddenly looked up at Mu Changsheng and smiled.

"Your Majesty, does this know?" Mu Changsheng always asked rhetorically at the right time.

Ye Dushan's eyes were worried, but he seemed to be really drunk: "Have you heard of the Wing Clan?" After speaking, he took another sip of wine into his mouth.

Mu Changsheng thought for a moment and confirmed that he had never heard such an unfamiliar name, so he replied, "My subordinates don't know." ”

"Winged people...... Speaking of which, it can be regarded as having a lot of roots with us. Among the Wing Clan, there is a group of people known as 'Dark Feathers', who are assassins of the night, with a swift body that moves like the wind. ”

Mu Changsheng showed a rare expression of surprise: "Your Majesty is saying, this is the ...... What did this Dark Feather do?"

"Nine times out of ten, it's them. I don't think even a teacher can kill the guards around Prince Han without leaving the slightest trace, but who else can it be except for this group of people who make a living from assassination?"

Mu Changsheng asked hesitantly: "That...... Do you need a subordinate to issue a wanted warrant for His Majesty?"

"Wanted?haha, if the wanted was useful, the ancestor wouldn't have had to do that thing back then......" Ye Dushan suddenly laughed, as if this was something funny.

Mu Changsheng didn't know why, but he felt that Ye Dushan was very different from usual. On weekdays, although Ye Dushan is lazy, it is by no means the current decadence.

"Even if it is the so-called of the Yi clan, they did not kill His Majesty that day, but eradicated the two thieves who were in the partisan dispute in the court, maybe they secretly shared the worries of Your Majesty?"

Ye Dushan chuckled and shook his head: "How can it be so simple, the dispute between the two factions has been nearly twenty years, and a balanced pattern has been formed in the court, at this time, Ma Pingchuan and Prince Han died, the balance of the past twenty years has been broken, and the court will definitely reshuffle the cards, I am afraid that there will be chaos, which is why I have never dared to move these two." ”

"The other party's move is to disrupt the entire court. If a character like Qin Cong appears, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape assassination. Playing with power is accompanied by assassination and Qingdao, and the thief has a bad heart, which is really difficult to prevent. Ye Dushan's face was gloomy, but he still had a smile.

Mu Changsheng was puzzled when he heard this, and asked again: "Then if the other party has evil intentions, why don't you directly assassinate Your Majesty, isn't it faster?"

Ye Dushan's hand holding the wine glass stopped in the air, and then slowly put it down. He stood up and said coldly, "It's the most chilling thing to think about this section. They seem to be playing with me, playing with the entire Longyuan court. This is to kill people!"

As soon as he spoke, he threw the wine glass in his hand violently, and the sound of the porcelain cup breaking echoed in the imperial study. Ye Dushan never called himself "I" to Mu Changsheng, but at this time, Ye Dushan seemed to have forgotten Mu Changsheng's existence, but the power of the emperor came out mightily.

But soon Ye Dushan laughed again, and the roles and emotions changed like a play.

"Let's go, it's time to get down to business. Ye Dushan looked at Mu Changsheng's slightly puzzled expression, and said with a smile full of wine: "It's time to eat, can you summon some singers?"