"According to Mr. Chenzhai, Hu Kangzhi has returned to Beijing from other places."

Cui Yi stood at the bottom of the steps and reported to Ye Yongjia.

"You still have to be more steady," Ye Yongjia gently brushed the railing with his hand, "You let Chen Zhai inquire again, what is this Hu Kangzhi doing?" ”

"The lower official asked, and Chen Zhai said that this was a secret, and it was really difficult to know. But seeing that he often goes in and out of the house, he seems to be very busy, and there should be something inside. ”

"Then we can only fight again," Ye Yongjia sighed, "But we don't have the power to investigate without authorization, I don't know how to arrest him?" ”

Cui Yi said: "After all, Hu Kangzhi is an official of the DPRK and China, once he is arrested, he will inevitably be shocked." And most of his henchmen are servants in the government, who have no power or power, and may be able to attack these people. ”

"There has to be an excuse."

"It's also easy to do, these people often mess around in the market, and they don't have to worry about finding a stain."

Ye Yongjia was overjoyed and ordered him to handle this matter quickly, and if there was any progress, he would report immediately.

Cui Yi also mixed with the people in his early years, so he had a lot of connections around the capital, and within a few days, he gathered a few old friends and asked Hu Kang about the anecdotes in his mansion. During the chat, I learned that there was a guest named Ding Chang in Hu's mansion, who fled to Hu Kangzhi to make a living because he owed a lot of money in a foreign country, and wanted to hide from the limelight.

Cui Yi was very interested, and then asked him what his status was in the Hu Mansion, and everyone said: "He often goes to the restaurant to get drunk, and when he is drunk, he talks about how he entered the palace and how he called people for his master." On one occasion, he even showed us an official seal, which frightened the brothers. ”

Cui Yi listened, sneered slightly, and then took out twenty taels of silver and sprinkled it on the table: "Please do me a little favor." ”

"You are now an official master, what are you restrained, say."

"Is there a place for people? If you want to hide, my criminal department can't do it. ”

"There is a ruined temple at the entrance of the village outside the city, surrounded by weeds, and there is basically no one around."

Cui Yi nodded with satisfaction, then gave half of the silver to everyone and sent them all away; He hurried back to the Criminal Department, dispatched officials, and prepared to kidnap Ding Chang.

Ding Changzheng was ordered by Hu Kangzhi to go to the East Palace to do business, and when everything was in order, it was almost evening. He walked back to his house as usual, and unconsciously walked into a dark alley.

Suddenly, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps behind him, which frightened him into a cold sweat all over his body, and he turned back suddenly, but there was no one in sight. Just when he was frightened, several sturdy figures rushed to his right hand and grabbed him.

"Okay, you kid, it turned out that you hid in the capital in debt!" The officer's eyes were like brass bells, and saliva was sprayed on his face.

"Who are you?"

"You don't know the rich man Yu who borrowed your money at the beginning?"

Ding Chang's face suddenly changed, and he shouted loudly: "I'm different now, I'm the guest of Master Hu!" If you dare to do so, beware of the whole family! ”

"Fuck you, come with us if you don't pay back!" With that, he put shackles on his hands, covered his eyes with a green cloth, stuffed him into the carriage, and galloped out of the city.

"Let him see."

Hearing only an order, the green cloth in front of Ding Chang's eyes was gently removed, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that he was in an empty room, surrounded by dust, and the walls were old, as if they were about to collapse.

"This ...... Where is this? He asked, hunched his neck.

"You don't care where this is," said the servant, standing in front of him with one foot on the table, "and we will not kill you, but let you go as long as we meet our demands." ”

Ding Chang hurriedly kowtowed, and begged: "All masters, you are good, don't look at me as a person from Hu Mansion, I really haven't saved much money!" ”

"If you don't have any money, you can exchange it for information." The man next to him fanned the flames.

"What kind of intelligence?"

The official replied: "We heard that your master was once reused by Lan Yuan, and he and six or seven people drew up a list of denunciations, have you seen those people?" ”

Ding Chang thought for a moment and replied: "Master Hu is very good friends with them, and he is often invited to the mansion for a drink, I have naturally met a few times, but unfortunately I don't remember a name." The day after tomorrow coincides with Mrs. Hu's birthday, and they will also come to buy a banquet. ”

The official asked, "Are you sure those people will go to the feast?" ”

Ding Chang hesitated: "Almost." After all, Lan Yuan entered the edict prison, and they were all afraid of being involved, so when they got together like this, they could still take care of each other if something happened. ”

The official secretly wrote it down in his heart, and then asked, "Who is your new guest there?" ”

"It's a king with a different surname, called Wan Heshun."

"Wan Heshun?" The official frowned, and his heart began to beat suddenly, "Don't talk nonsense! This person has been guarding Jianghuai Town, how could he give up his military power and come to Beijing alone! ”

Ding Chang looked confused, pointed to his ear and said: "I really heard it, and there is no mistake in a word!" Just looking at that style, it doesn't look like an ordinary person. But...... I don't know the purpose of his trip. ”

Realizing the seriousness of the problem, the officials temporarily suspended the interrogation and urgently discussed: only two people should be left to guard here, and the others would go back to report the news.

Ding Chang panicked at this time, climbed forward four or five steps, grabbed a person's trouser leg, and shouted with all his might: "You have told me that you will let me go back after you have explained!" Why don't you follow the preamble? ”

The two guards were furious and drew their swords to force him to retreat: "Isn't this a change in the situation!" If you dare to talk more, be careful that your head will be cut off! ”

Ding Chang was helpless, just cried on the ground, complaining.

"The news is not good......"

Ye Yongjia heard Cui Yi's report, slapped his thigh a few times, leaned back, and sighed.

"Xia Guan really can't figure it out," Cui Yi shook his head and said, "Why did Wan Heshun run to the capital in a good manner, why was he still sneaky, what trick is Chen Dang doing?" As...... Present the matter to the Emperor first. ”

"No," Ye Yongjia's tone was very decisive, "What if this is fake news that the Chen Party deliberately spreads?" I have to guard against it. Nowadays, we can only succeed by responding to all changes with the same and getting rid of all distractions. To put it another way: one way to the dark. ”

Cui Yi smacked his lips: "That...... Just do what you want, continue to use Ding Chang, and then deceive Hu Kang. ”

"How do you want to cheat?" Ye Yongjia sat up.

"Since those people are going to the banquet, we will ......" Speaking of this, Cui Yi suddenly covered his mouth and whispered in Ye Yongjia's ear for a while.

Ye Yongjia's eyes gradually widened, and his eyebrows were twisted: "If you do this, isn't it easier to cause a shock in the imperial court?" ”

Cui Yi's eyes were firm: "With the factor of Wan Heshun, we have to hurry up." At that time, as long as the case is closed within 12 hours, it is guaranteed that there will be no problems! ”