The soldiers opened the pillow and saw a crumpled note hidden inside, which was expected to be a confidential matter, so they didn't dare to peep at it without permission, so they handed it to the officer first: "Sir, we found this thing!" It should be Cai Xianqing's private collection! ”

The officer put it in the palm of his hand and looked at it, and was shocked, and said in the ears of the two soldiers: "This is evidence that is not favorable to Shi Dudu, don't teach others to know!" Be smart and burn this note, or you'll be in big trouble......"

The soldiers were ordered, crumpled the note into a ball, and said viciously to Cai Xianqing: "You treacherous official with ill intentions, you dare to write such a thing to slander Xuanhua!" This thing must not be kept! ”

Cai Xianqing's face was pale, and he sat motionless, watching them put the note on top of the torch, and it turned to ashes in an instant.

"Don't think about using such tricks again in the future, otherwise you will make my family governor angry, but there is no chance for you to regret it!" The officer threatened him with words, and then beckoned to his soldiers: "Go!" ”

Just as a large group of soldiers was preparing to retreat, ten strong men on horseback suddenly came in the distance, shouting at the place: "What are you doing! On a big night, it was actually breaking into Lord Cai's house! Is this how Shi Dudu served the imperial court? ”

The officer turned his head and saw that it was the guards who were following the patrol, so he arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty is only ordered to search for illegal things, not to oppose the imperial court officials." ”

"Fuck your shit!" The guards raised their swords angrily, "We will patrol the border by holy order, how can I use you to search!" ”

Just when the two sides were tense, Cai Xianqing ran out and stood at the door and shouted with all his might: "They are all asking each other outside the house, I invited them in, don't misunderstand a few guard brothers." ”

The guards hesitantly put back their swords, and after Shi Yiyi's soldiers were all gone, they hurried to ask Cai Xianqing about his safety.

"These dogs, they can even kick the door!"

"It's cold outside, I'll talk to you all about going into the house." Cai Xianqing patted his forehead and sighed.

Everyone went to the house and sat down, and Cai Xianqing said: "This matter is my negligence." But no one expected that Shi Yiyi would come hard...... I'm afraid he already knows something about the inside of the court, so he has no worries. to dare to do this. If there is a problem on Lord Ye's side, we will really lose all our efforts. ”

"It's better to send someone to investigate."

"Never!" Cai Xianqing pressed the man's mouth, and his tone was serious, "Shi Yiyi is unscrupulous now, and he will definitely strengthen his control over us." If you do something under his nose, I don't know how much revenge you can suffer. It's better to wait for Lord Ye to come back, everyone should be honest, so as not to be caught by them. ”

Sure enough, as he expected, Shi Yiyi strengthened the monitoring of the border patrol personnel the next day, and even set up four soldiers in front of Cai Xianqing's house, and every time Cai Xianqing entered and exited the room, he had to be accompanied by one person; In the evening, a change of guard will be arranged, and the whole barracks will be like a prison.

The team patrolling the border was hollowed out like this, and Cai Xianqing had to hope that the only remaining turning point was in Ye Yongjia's hands.

Ye Yongjia felt the same way at this time. He sat on a pavilion by the water, waiting to set off with Niu Yuan to go to the house. Just a little earlier today, Niu Yuan ran to him and said to him: "I intend to go to the household department today to check the truth, Tinglong is familiar with the border affairs, and he should be of great use by my side." But there are still affairs to be handled at home, and after lunch, I will enter the palace and go with you. Ye Yongjia saw that he had no prevarication, so he naturally agreed, and came to the pavilion not far from the Ministry of Household Affairs to wait for someone early.

"Bong-sang!" Ye Yongjia saw Niu Yuan walking in from the gate, and hurriedly went down to the pavilion to greet him.

"This official is late, I'm really sorry to make Ye Shilang wait." Niu Yuan tugged at his collar a few times and smiled at him.

"As long as adults have firm beliefs, it's never too late."

"Yes, it's time for us to go to the Longtan Tiger's Den firmly. But before leaving, I had to explain a few words before I could rest assured. Niu Yuan patted him on the shoulder and instructed earnestly, "First, although there are many controversies in reform and failure is common sense, Tinglong cannot easily retreat, so it is the way of heroes with lofty ideals; Second, because the official needs to use tactics to win, he sometimes retreats as advances, and I hope that you can review the situation and not misunderstand what I mean, but it will disrupt the deployment of the official, which is not good. ”

"Xia Guan remembered."

"Alright, let me do it." Niu Yuan smiled knowingly.

The old man of Tobe rocked the recliner in the inner courtyard, yawned, and gradually became sleepy. He slowly stood up, wanting to go to the house to sleep, so he shouted out the door: "This official should sleep for a while, and if anyone visits, report it in time." ”

"Understood..."Before the word 'white' could be fully spoken, the gatekeeper said, "But ...... But now there are people. ”

"What?" Shang Shu didn't hear clearly until he slowly turned around and saw Niu Yuan and Ye Yongjia.

"See Fengxiang for the lower officials." He gasped, his eyes fluttering.

Niu Yuan walked over with a smile: "Adults don't have to be humble. You are responsible for many affairs at the border, you are very busy on weekdays, and you pay a lot of money, unlike me, who is sitting in Zhongshu Province as a minister, leisurely, and has nothing to do. ”

Shang Shu bowed in fear: "That's the lower officials who are greedy for a quick mouth, it's all nonsense, nonsense......"

"It's normal for the DPRK and China to fight, I won't blame you," Niu Yuan waved his hand indifferently, which made Shang Shu very relaxed, he had already begun to welcome Feng Xiang to the second hall for tea, but he didn't expect Niu Yuan to have the next sentence: "But your household department does bear the military expenses of the border pass." This Ye Shilang knows the silver used in Xuanhua, please take me to check the documents and check the discrepancies. ”

Shang Shu's head 'buzzed', his frightened eyes widened, and he looked at Niu Yuan with an incredulous gaze, making the latter a little confused.

"In the ......," he said less sharply, "in the library behind the second hall." ”

"Well, the household documents are suspected of being confidential, I will go with Lord Shangshu, and Ye Shilang will take the right and stay in the hall to rest." Niu Yuan turned his head and said to Ye Yongjia.

"It's ...... Okay, everything is arranged by the buttons. Ye Yongjia was very stunned, he didn't understand what Niu Yuan was thinking, but in order to search for evidence as soon as possible, he had to obey the order.

Niu Yuan's heavy steps stepped on the stairs in front of the library, and every time he stepped on a floor, he had to stay for a moment, looking left and right; On the last floor, he hung his raised foot in the air, and no longer stretched forward.

"You don't think ......" Shang Shu saw this and wanted to ask in a whisper, but was interrupted by him: "What is the official thinking, it has nothing to do with you, open the door." The foot finally landed on the ground.