When Ye Feng returned to the inn, it was already late at night.

Seeing that he came back unharmed, the Helian Tie who was waiting in the inn looked a little excited, and it could be seen that he had been worried about Ye Feng's safety.

But he still didn't say much, just shouted a little excitedly: "Childe!"

In fact, there are not too many words, his concern for Ye Feng has been clearly written on his face, and anyone will feel that this is really a rare loyal servant.

The flying bat Cai Lao Liu was lying on the bed in the guest room, the wound on his chest had been bandaged, it seemed that Miss Cheng had already taken care of the wound for him, he should be fine at the moment, and fell asleep deeply.

After all, he was seriously injured and had shed so much blood, and now he needed to rest the most, and Ye Feng didn't intend to disturb him.

Seeing Ye Feng come in, Cheng Nianzhen, who was sitting in front of the bed, didn't react much, just smiled at Ye Feng and said lightly: "You're back." ”

Just this smile, just this sentence is enough.

It seemed that in her heart, she had never doubted whether Ye Feng could deal with all kinds of dangers in the Feng Mansion, in her mind, Ye Feng was the smartest, and nothing could stump him at all.

This smile, this sentence, was like an ordinary greeting when he saw his family returning, but it made Ye Feng feel a burst of warmth and relief in his heart.

Ye Feng didn't have any extra words, just nodded at Miss Cheng and smiled slightly.

Sometimes, a smile and a nod between each other are better than a thousand words, and can bring peace and tranquility to people's hearts, which may be the heart of the heart.

As soon as he turned his head, Ye Feng saw that there was still a person standing in the room, but it was the chief arrester of the Criminal Department.

He didn't sit either, just stood coldly against the wall, his eyes looking at the flying bat Cai Lao Liu, who was sleeping on the bed, his eyes were like staring at a prey, as if he was afraid that he would run away as soon as he woke up.

Ye Feng looked left and right, but didn't see Jiang Mubai, so he asked casually, "Where is Old Uncle Jiang?"

Chang Wuyi snorted coldly, and said emotionlessly: "That old monster, as soon as he arrived at the inn, he yelled that he was hungry, and dragged your two precious brothers to find food, who knows where they will be at this time?"

Ye Feng looked around, and sure enough, he didn't see his two righteous brothers, Xie Zhenliang and Zhang Fatzi, it seemed that Chang Wuyi was really right.

Thinking that a master like Jiang Mubai acted so freely and casually, unexpectedly, but also fell in love with his righteous brother Zhang Fatzi, Ye Feng couldn't help but smile a little helplessly.

Speaking of which, if Jiang Mubai hadn't appeared in time tonight, I am afraid that no one would have been able to save this flying bat Cai Lao Liu. Maybe even he will be able to get out of front of Old Man Hua.

Thinking of this, Ye Feng was still full of gratitude to Jiang Mubai in his heart.

Speaking of which, this world-famous Taishan Jiang Mubai has rescued him in danger several times in the past few years, although he was entrusted by the Tang Sect of Shuzhong, but he can be regarded as Ye Feng's benefactor.

Having said that, a character like him would even listen to Tang Da's words, although it was said that there was some relationship between him and the Tang Sect in Shuzhong, but now Ye Feng couldn't help but feel curious about this origin.

At this time, Chang Wuyi cleared his throat and suddenly asked, "Ye Gongzi already knows what happened in Xi'an City, right?"

Ye Feng didn't speak, just nodded silently.

Chang Wuyi suddenly appeared in this small Lingbao City this time, and took the initiative to assist him in investigating the clues about the murder of Feng Mansion, which originally made Ye Feng feel a little strange.

Although he couldn't say why, vaguely, he still felt that Chang Wuyi must have something important to ask him for help.

Now that the matter of the Feng Mansion has been settled, it seems that it is time to get down to business.

Ye Feng vaguely felt that what Chang Wuyi was going to talk about next must be very important and extraordinary.

He raised his eyes and glanced at Miss Cheng, and Cheng Nian said with sincere understanding: "You guys talk first, I'll go to the back kitchen to see how the medicinal soup is doing." ”

With that, he got up and left the room.

In the room, only Ye Feng and Chang Wuyi were left, and of course, there was also the flying bat Cai Lao Liu, who was still sleeping after lying on the bed and being seriously injured.

Chang Wuyi is a direct person, he doesn't like to detour around corners, not only does he act directly, but he also speaks, so he goes straight to the point as soon as he speaks: "Does Ye Gongzi know why I'm here?"

Ye Feng shook his head, he really didn't know.

Chang Wuyi's voice was still cold and emotionless: "This time, I."

In fact, it was ordered to come. ”

When Ye Feng heard this, he couldn't help but be taken aback: "Is it the emperor's secret decree?"

Chang Wuyi was still expressionless, but there was a trace of fear in his voice: "Half a month ago, there were five hundred Jin Wuwei secretly going out of Beijing on business, this matter was originally extremely secret, no one knew, however, they were found in a valley not far from here, and all the five hundred soldiers were killed, and none of them lived!"

What the!

Ye Feng only felt a shock all over his body when he heard this, and he was inexplicably stunned.

He used to serve in Jinyiwei, so he naturally knew that Jin Wuwei was a forbidden army guarding the imperial city, and if he wanted to mobilize a soldier and a pawn, he had to go through the emperor's approval.

Five hundred gold guards left the capital, such a big thing, naturally the emperor would never know about it.

They must have been ordered to go out of Beijing on a very secret mission, but why did they all die in a valley?

As a forbidden army, Jin Wuwei is all the elite of the army, and it is not easy to annihilate such a team. Who did this?

Ye Feng looked at Chang Wuyi and asked, "So, your secret order is to investigate this matter?"

Chang Wuyi nodded.

Ye Feng's heart became more and more strange, the Imperial City Forbidden Army was the emperor's pro-military guard, and it was usually fashionable and not subject to the control of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and even the military department had no right to ask, except for such a big matter, how could the emperor send a small chief arrester of the criminal department to investigate?

This sounds a little inexplicable.

It's just that these words are somewhat disgusting to Chang Wuyi's meaning of being a small official, and it is difficult to ask, so Ye Feng turned to ask in a deep voice: "Who dared to kill the forbidden army?"

A strange expression appeared on Chang Wuyi's face, and he said slowly: "I went to the scene to investigate, and the five hundred corpses were intact and uninjured, and they were not killed. ”

Ye Feng blinked his eyes a few times and asked, "Then it's poison?"

Chang Wuyi shook his head again and said: "It's not like it, the poison that can poison five hundred sergeants must be very violent, but in addition to the people, even the horses are safe and sound, and I have examined the corpse, and there is no sign of poisoning." ”

At this moment, Zi Ye Feng felt extremely strange: "It is neither murder nor poisoning, so how did these five hundred Jinwuwei soldiers die?"

Chang Wuyi paused before slowly replying: "Their corpses are swollen and blackened, their bodies are ulcerated and pus-flowing, and they stink, and they look like they are infected with some kind of epidemic. ”

Ye Feng was stunned.

Although he did not know medical skills, it was impossible to think that 500 people were infected with the epidemic at the same time and died at the same time.

But Chang Wuyi is not a person who lies, and there is no need for him to make up lies to deceive himself, so this matter is really strange.

Ye Feng was thinking with a thick brow, but Chang Wuyi's voice changed a little: "The corpse of these five hundred Golden Wuwei soldiers is not the strangest place, the strangest thing is that I found something in the barracks where their corpses were ambushed. ”

Ye Feng asked, "What is it?"

Chang Wuyi frowned deeply, and it seemed that he was puzzled: "It's a huge black iron box." The chest was empty, and there was nothing in it, but there were a dozen chains, and a pair of bloody iron hooks, which had clearly been held in some kind of vicious animal before. ”

After a pause, he added, "Or, it's someone locked up." ”

When he said the last sentence, Chang Wuyi's tone was full of surprise and disbelief, and he locked people with iron hooks into the flesh, so cruel and careful precautions, so what kind of terrifying person would this person who was locked in a big iron box be?

Ye Feng was also stunned, it was the first time he had heard of such a method of detention. During his years in Jinyiwei, he had seen many vicious people who had committed serious crimes, but none of them were detained in such a way, which was simply a form of torture and a very inhumane method.

After a long time, he slowly asked, "So, this animal or person locked up in this big iron box escaped?"

Chang Wuyi nodded, and said in a deep voice: "This big iron box is loaded on a carriage, it should be for the convenience of transportation, I guess that these five hundred Jin Wuwei soldiers secretly went out of Beijing, and their characters are escorting this big iron box." ”

"Now that all the 500 sergeants have died, and the big iron box has been opened from the outside, no matter what is being held inside, there is no trace of what is being held inside, so I have absolutely reason to believe that the sudden death of these 500 sergeants is not just as simple as contracting the epidemic, it must be a premeditated conspiracy!"

Ye Feng nodded, and after listening to Chang Wuyi's description, he also had it

Feeling the same way, he asked, "Where are the bodies of these sergeants now?"

Miss Cheng is proficient in medical skills, and if she is allowed to examine it slightly, she will definitely be able to tell whether these sergeants died of epidemic disease or poisoning.

Chang Wuyi shook his head and sighed: "Because the corpses of these soldiers decompose extremely quickly, lest the epidemic spread, I ordered their corpses to be gathered together and burned to ashes, which is no longer verifiable. ”

Ye Feng felt a little regretful, but Chang Unrighteous Approach couldn't be said to be wrong, after all, if it was really an epidemic, once it spread, it would not be a joke.

Since it is no longer possible to start with the corpse, we can only start with the murderer's purpose.

Whether the five hundred sergeants died of the epidemic or poisoned, the murderer's purpose must have been the one in the big iron box...... Let's just think it's a person!

Secretly mobilized 500 forbidden army sergeants to escort him, and was so closely guarded in a large iron box, this person's identity must not be simple.

Ye Feng pondered and asked, "When the emperor summoned Lord Chang to issue a secret decree, did he say anything else?"

Chang Wuyi shook his head, and seemed to feel a little unbelievable about this matter: "The emperor originally only needed to let Lord Zheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, pass on the decree, but this time he actually summoned me in person, but he didn't say anything, I only felt that he seemed to be in a particularly bad mood at that time, and only let the attendant read out the secret decree, ordering me to investigate the truth of the case, and everything can be done cheaply, and he didn't say anything more, and the secret in this big iron box was not mentioned in half a word." ”

Ye Feng smiled bitterly, this is to play a dumb riddle, not only allowing you to act cheaply, but not saying any clues, letting you check it yourself, this is called unreasonable.

But since the emperor is reluctant to talk about it, there is naturally something he needs to avoid.

Now you can't run to ask the emperor, hey, what is mysteriously locked up in your big iron box? That's called looking for death.

Ye Feng couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic in his heart, such a nerve-wracking errand actually fell on his head, he could really be regarded as a dark cloud cover, unlucky.

As soon as he looked up, he saw Chang Wuyi looking at him with a look full of eager hope, and suddenly he understood.

Dark clouds cover the top, and the unlucky people are not always unrighteous, but themselves!

No wonder Chang Wuyi suddenly appeared here so enthusiastically, and spared no effort to help him find clues about the murder of Feng Fu, it turned out that he could repay himself and help him solve this big trouble.

But his trouble is too big, it involves not only the forbidden army, but also the secret that the emperor does not want to mention, it is really not something that anyone can help solve, Ye Fengke does not want to get into such a big trouble.

He was about to say goodbye, when a thought suddenly flashed in his mind, and he was stunned.

For such a big matter, the emperor only found Chang Wuyi, a small chief arrester of the criminal department, to investigate it, which is a strange thing in itself.

Could it be that the emperor had calculated it early in the morning, knowing that Chang Wuyi had a friendship with him, he would definitely ask himself for help?

In the capital before, Ye Feng had seen the emperor's profound and unfathomable scheming and great wisdom that had insight into the world, which was absolutely possible.

If that's the case, I really can't excuse myself.

Just when Ye Feng hesitated, Chang Wuyi seemed to see that he meant to retreat, and said faintly: "Ye Gongzi's next stop is to go to Xi'an City?" I heard that there is also a plague in Xi'an City now, and there are many dead, maybe this is related to the epidemic contracted by the five hundred Jinwuwei soldiers, I also want to go with me to investigate, I don't know if Ye Gongzi is convenient?"

With all that said, what else could Ye Feng say, he could only nod his head in agreement.

Chang Wuyi's face was suddenly full of lightheartedness, and it seemed that with the help of Ye Feng, the smartest person in the world, no matter what kind of problem he had, he would be able to solve it.

He stood up and walked briskly towards the door.

Ye Feng looked up and saw the flying bat Cai Lao Liu, who was still asleep on the bed, and couldn't help asking, "Lord Chang, what about him......"

Chang Wuyi continued to walk, and replied without even looking back: "The evil big devil flying bat has been stabbed to death by the gentleman's sword Feng Mingli in the Feng Mansion tonight, this is what this official has seen with his own eyes. At this moment, the person on the bed is just a hawker who was inadvertently injured and watched the excitement, and Ye Gongzi can handle it. ”

Before the words stopped, his figure was gone.

Ye Feng smiled indifferently, he suddenly felt that this Chang Wuyi Chang who had always been cold now vaguely seemed to have some temperature.