However, it seemed that there were really ghosts in this Yixia Temple, because they seemed to hear the howling of evil spirits, and the sound was getting closer and closer.

"Sister Ningxiang, it can't be really haunted!" Zhilan dragged her trembling body, lay behind Ye Ningxiang, and asked in horror.

Ye Ningxiang pretended to be calm, patted Zhilan on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "No, even if the queen's ghost is wandering here, she won't come to scare us like this." ”

At this moment, Ye Ningxiang seemed to have suddenly discovered something, and raised the lantern to look carefully ahead. Zhilan was about to speak, but was stopped by Ye Ningxiang's gesture, and then Zhilan also looked at the direction Ye Ningxiang was looking, and suddenly her mouth opened wide, because at the corner of the road, a little white gauze skirt was revealed.

And this gauze skirt is swinging with the wind that is strong and weak, and it is clearly not the clothes of ghosts. If you listen closely, the whining and howling of this sound seems to be coming from that direction.

Ye Ningxiang was afraid of startling the snake, so she deliberately extinguished the lantern, and with Zhilan, she was one foot deep and one foot shallow, like a thief, and quietly came behind the person hiding around the corner.

This person was dressed in white, judging from the back, it should be a young girl, when Ye Ningxiang and Zhilan stood behind her, she was still crying intently, and she didn't even notice the existence of Ye Ningxiang and Zhilan.

Ye Ningxiang deliberately cleared her throat, and the man found that there were two more people behind her at some point. The woman turned around in a panic, and saw that it was the imperial servant Ye who had been canonized by the emperor himself some time ago, and her face, which was already full of tears, looked even more frightened, and her body was shaking uncontrollably.

"Leaf ...... Lord Ye. The woman lowered her head and whispered as she sobbed.

At this time, Ye Ningxiang saw that there was a small copper basin in front of the woman, and there were a few paper coins in the basin that had not been burned.

"Which palace are you from, and what are you doing here in the middle of the night?" Ye Ningxiang asked with a gloomy face and very sternly.

"Slave, slave, slave......" The woman was probably too nervous to even say a complete sentence.

Ye Ningxiang took away her original stern face, squatted down, patted the woman's shoulder very gently, and said with concern: "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you!"

"The slave maid Dongyu is the rough envoy palace maid in Concubine Lin's palace, and she came here in the middle of the night......" Speaking of this, she cried bitterly again, and after a while she calmed down again, and continued: "It is to worship my good sister Chunxue who just died a few days ago. ”

Why are you so sure she was unjustly killed?"

"I entered the palace at the same time as Chunxue, and served in the palace of Concubine Lin together, Chunxue has always been in good health, how could she suddenly die violently!" Speaking of this, Dongyu couldn't control his emotions anymore, and he cried so much that he almost turned his back on his breath.

Ye Ningxiang stood up, returned to her previous stern posture, and asked solemnly, "Do you know what the crime of burning paper money to worship the dead in the palace is?"

"Lord Ye spares his life, Dongyu doesn't dare, Dongyu doesn't dare anymore!" Dongyu grabbed Ye Ningxiang's skirt and cried and pleaded.

Ye Ningxiang turned her head to look at Dongyu, who was crying with pear blossoms, and showed a meaningful smile on her face, and said: "Don't worry, I will help you uphold justice in this matter, if Chunxue really dies unjustly, I will wash away her grievances." As for you, knowing that I will come to the Xia Temple tonight, but deliberately worshipping the spring snow here to attract my attention, you are a scheming girl. But after all, it is a taboo in the palace, and tomorrow I will go to the Punishment Division to receive thirty boards, and then I will report to the Huanyi Bureau!"

Listening to Ye Ningxiang's previous words, Dong Yu thought that she would spare her guilt, but she didn't want Ye Ningxiang to give her a heavy punishment although she didn't want her life, and a resentment rose uncontrollably in her heart, but thinking that her good sister's grievances still had to rely on Ye Ningxiang to wash away, she pretended to be grateful, and kowtowed to Ye Ningxiang again and again to thank her.

On the second day, Ye Ningxiang first reported to Mu Jingyuan that the ghosts and gods of Yixia Hall were pure nonsense, and the reason why the palace was full of wind and rain was nothing more than the result of the people in the palace being idle and chewing the root of their tongues, and then with the help of Mu Jingyuan's name as the emperor, she summoned the palace directors to Zhaoyang Palace, and told these directors with a serious face that if there were rumors of haunting in the future, all the blame would be borne by these people.

These principals were extremely dissatisfied with Ye Ningxiang's warning to him, but with the support of Emperor Mu Jingyuan, these people had no choice but to show their obedience, and then cautiously withdrew from the Zhaoyang Palace.

After these people left, Ye Ningxiang knelt respectfully in front of Mu Jingyuan, with a begging look on her face, "Your Majesty, Ningxiang has something to ask for, and I hope the emperor can agree." ”

Mu Jingyuan watched Ye Ningxiang kneel down and beg him, and immediately squatted down and pulled Ye Ningxiang up, and asked a little eagerly: "Ye Ningxiang, you quickly say what makes you so concerned, but no matter what, I will promise you!"

"Ning Xiang heard yesterday that there was a palace maid in Concubine Lin's palace who died suddenly some time ago, Ning Xiang felt that there was something strange about this matter, and I hope that the emperor can allow Ning Xiang to investigate this matter thoroughly!"

When Mu Jingyuan heard that this matter might be related to Concubine Lin, he showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, but then said with a smile: "Okay, you can go and investigate, I will support you if you encounter any difficulties." ”

Then Mu Jingyuan thought for a while, grabbed Ye Ningxiang's arm, and said confidently: "Ye Ningxiang, although you are now a second-grade female official, after all, you are different from foreign officials, I can set up an inspection department for you, which is dedicated to you to investigate and deal with illegal things inside and outside the palace." ”

Ye Ningxiang thought that Mu Jingyuan would not refuse her, but she didn't expect him to be willing to add an extra administrative organization for herself, and she was shocked for a while before kowtowing to Mu Jingyuan to thank her.

Mu Jingyuan smiled and said: "Ye Ningxiang, don't think that I am giving you such an important thing to do in order to repay my kindness, you are talented, capable of writing and martial arts, and the most important thing is that you do not belong to any faction in the court, I need you to remove the obstacle to my monopoly of power for me." Mu Jingyuan solemnly patted Ye Ningxiang's shoulder and continued, "Don't let me down!"

"Yes, Ning Xiang will live up to the emperor's expectations. ”

In the next few days, under Mu Jingyuan's instructions, there was an organization called the Inspection Division out of thin air, and the head of this agency was naturally Ye Ningxiang, and the other members were all people who had nothing to do with the officialdom of leaving the country. This institution is clearly to correct the corrupt trend of leaving the country, but in fact, it is to help Mu Jingyuan sweep away dissidents and sit firmly on the throne.

With Wei Xun's help, the Inspection Department was quickly established and became a new organization that terrified the officialdom of the country. After everything was settled, Ye Ningxiang entered the Internal Affairs Mansion accompanied by Wei Xun, and without saying half a word of nonsense, she directly asked for Chunxue's personnel file and the place where she was buried after her death.

According to the dossier, this Chunxue was born in an ordinary peasant family in Shuozhou, but she was a fellow villager with her good sister Su Qingqing when she first entered the palace.

After having a detailed understanding of Chunxue, Ye Ningxiang and Wei Xun took a few newly recruited inspectors to the Xishan closest to the palace, and found Chunxue's burial place according to the location said by the Internal Affairs Office.

Ye Ningxiang and Wei Xun burned a few sticks of incense in front of Chunxue's tomb now, kowtowed respectfully, and then ordered their subordinates to open the museum for autopsy.

It was about half a month since Chunxue's death, and the moment the coffin was opened, a heavy and pungent stench came from the surface, making Ye Ningxiang nauseous, and just when she was about to vomit out, a sachet with a fresh tea fragrance suddenly appeared in front of her.

Wei Xun said with a smile: "It seems that Ning Xiang must have never seen such a corpse before, this sachet is personally mixed by me, it is the most beneficial to calm the mind and stop vomiting." You just rest next to you, smell this sachet, everything here is wrapped around me. ”

Although Ye Ningxiang just nodded lightly in agreement, she was very surprised in her heart, such a bookish and angry person would still make incense, and it seemed that he would also conduct an autopsy listening to the meaning of his words. This made Ye Ningxiang have a strong curiosity about Wei Xun.

About half a pillar of incense, Wei Xun came to Ye Ningxiang confidently and said, "I didn't notice anything abnormal from Chunxue's highly corrupt flesh, but I just removed the rotten flesh from one of her arms, and I found that her bones were dark black. ”

Ye Ningxiang's eyes widened, as if she was asking what this proved, only to hear Wei Xun continue: "This shows that she did not die of a vicious disease, but was poisoned." ”

"You are not a fool, can you be sure of such a conclusion?" Xu has been in contact with Wei Xun for a long time these days, and Ye Ningxiang is also straightforward when he speaks, questioning Wei Xun's ability to perform an autopsy.

Wei Xun was not annoyed, smiled and said: "Ning Xiang, I'm afraid you don't know yet, I have been working as an official in the Criminal Department before entering Dali Temple, and the content of my whole day's work is to deal with the corpses that died in the country. Although I am not a real man, I am under the control of the entire criminal department. After a long time, he naturally practiced the skills of autopsy. ”

"Hehe, Brother Wei, it's me who is too worried. Hearing Wei Xun say this, Ye Ningxiang revered Wei Xun even more, and responded with a smile a little embarrassed.

Since it was found out that Chunxue's death was strange, Ye Ningxiang did not hesitate at all, and ordered his subordinates to carry Chunxue's body back to Dali Temple.

However, as soon as she entered the gate of Dali Temple, Ye Ningxiang found that this Dali Temple seemed to be different from usual. Walking a few steps towards the inner courtyard with the corpse, Ye Ningxiang found that there were suddenly many more people in official uniforms in front of him, and the middle-aged man in his forties standing in the middle looked arrogant, and he didn't seem to take this inspector in his eyes at all.

Ye Ningxiang just wanted to teach this arrogant man a lesson, but he didn't want Wei Xun beside him to bow respectfully to the man, and then said: "I don't know that Lord Lin is here, Wei has missed the distance, and I hope to forgive the sin!"

Just when Ye Ningxiang was wondering who Lord Lin was in Wei Xun's mouth, this Lord Lin looked at Ye Ningxiang with contempt, and then made a gesture, and the subordinates he brought directly intercepted Chunxue's body without saying a word.

"Lord Ye, Lin Chang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was ordered by the Queen Mother to thoroughly investigate the death of the palace maid Chunxue. ”