[The seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Yuan, March 27, Youshi, Deyue Lou Xiuchun Pavilion]

The four thousand households sat in the Xiuchun Pavilion, pushed the cups, called the brothers, and after eating happily for a while, Zhu Leyun found a gap, and asked Nangong silently:

"Brother Nangong, today Shen Dudu asked me and Brother Mu Ye to set up a secret guard outside Cuiyun Tower to monitor passers-by, what does Shen Dudu mean by this?"

Nangong silently took a sip of wine and said, "It's just that I want you to arrest a few passers-by so that you can go back to confess!"

Zhu Le Yun hurriedly asked again: "That...... According to Brother Nangong's wishes, should we arrest someone?"

Nangong looked at Zhu Leyun silently, and asked with a smile, "What do you think?"

Zhu Le Yun immediately said: "Of course you can't be arrested! If someone just passes by outside Cuiyun Tower, they will become the 'murderer' who killed King Han, this is also ...... It's funny, isn't it?"

Nangong said silently: "Since Brother Zhu and Brother Zhang already have a plan in their hearts, why do you still come to ask me?"

Zhu Leyun said: "Don't hide it from Brother Nangong, the secret whistle explained by Shen Dudu, Brother Mu Ye and I have already set it up, not only are there many people, but they are all capable people." These people are all proficient in stalking, tracking, and investigating, and most of them are Mu Ye's first-class secret agents in the Qingjing Division! However, Brother Mu Ye and I are really worried, if tomorrow, Shen Dudu wants someone from us, how should we give an errand to the Dudu? I can't tell Shen Dudu, we sent more than 100 stalkers to keep an eye on the outside of Cuiyun Tower for a day and a night, but we haven't even found a suspicious person, right?"

Nangong waved his hand silently and said with a smile:

"Brothers, I'm too worried, I expect that Shen Dudu will not ask you for someone tomorrow!"

Zhu Le Yun said curiously: "Oh...... Why did Brother Nangong conclude like this?"

Nangong said silently: "Because, don't wait until tomorrow, today Shen Dudu will find the 'murderer'......"

This time, not only Zhu Leyun, but even Zhang Muye and Xu Ke were very surprised, and Zhang Muye asked:

"Brother Nangong, how could Shen Dudu find the 'murderer' so quickly? Brothers are really puzzled, you can tell us quickly......

Nangong silently raised his glass and took another sip, and then said:

"You have all ignored one person, if my guess is right, this person should be by Shen Dudu's side at this moment!"

Zhang Muye and Zhu Leyun asked in unison, "Yang Wenyuan?"

"Hmph......" Nangong sneered silently:

"That's this person! Think about it, this case originally had nothing to do with Shen Dudu, it was he Yang Wenyuan who was unusually 'courteous' to Shen Dudu. Now, the emperor has issued an order and only gave Shen Dudu a ten-day deadline to solve the case. Naturally, Governor Shen will put all the heavy responsibility of solving the case on Yang Wenyuan's head......"

Nangong Buyu took another piece of "fried venison with shrimp", put it in his mouth and tasted it with relish for a while, before he said:

"Right now, the two hundred or so people in Cuiyun Building have all been caught by Yang Wenyuan in his Nan'an Ping Division. And according to Yang Wenyuan's ability, if he wants to find out a few 'murderers' who killed King Han, wouldn't it be easy? If my expectations are correct, I am afraid that at this time, Yang Wenyuan has already submitted the confessions of those 'murderers' to Shen Dudu!"

"Reasonable, reasonable!" Zhu Leyun couldn't help but smile with his palms. He glanced at Zhang Muye again and said, "In this way, Shen Dudu has already found the 'murderer', Brother Mu Ye, we don't have to worry about him!"

Zhu Leyun and Zhang Muye are both old men in the Tsing Yi Guard, and the two of them have served as a thousand households for no less than 10 years, so how can they not know the way of trying cases in the Tsing Yi Wei Middle School? All along, whenever a major and important case occurs in the DPRK and China, the government and the opposition are anxious to demand the result, and if the person who handles the case really cannot catch the murderer, he will often be forced to arrest a few irrelevant civilians indiscriminately under the pressure of public opinion, and then torture them into tricks and use them to atone for their crimes. Therefore, as soon as Zhu Leyun heard what Nangong said today, he naturally understood the mystery hidden in his words.

"I don't know which unlucky ghost Yang Wenyuan will find to come out to atone for his guilt this time?" Zhu Leyun asked casually while eating.

Nangong shook his head silently and said, "I can only ask Yang Wenyuan about this." ”

"How can this be reasonable...... Xu Ke naturally heard Nangong's words, he drank all the wine in the cup, put it on the table heavily, and said with an angry expression:

"King Han is dead, Yang Wenyuan can't solve the case, can he beat those innocent people into tricks at will, and use them to atone for the crime?

At this time, Xu Ke was in charge of inspecting thousands of households in Tsing Yi, going back and forth between various divisions, inspecting health affairs, and supervising daily life, which was exactly his job. He had long seen Yang Wenyuan unpleasant, but today he heard Nangong say that in order to solve the case, this person wants to torture innocent people to extract confessions and create unjust cases, according to his temper, how can he stand by and watch?

Zhu Leyun and Zhang Muye glanced at each other, and the two wanted to speak, but they still didn't say anything.

Nangong was silent but said: "Brother Xian, the foolish brother advises you to forget it! Now, King Han has been killed, and the emperor is angry, this ten-day period to solve the case, the emperor is not only for Shen Dudu alone, but also for our entire Tsing Yi Wei." If Shen Dudu really can't solve the case and can't pay the difference, I'm afraid that the emperor will not only punish Shen Dudu, but also the brothers here will also have a crime of 'laziness and dereliction of duty'! Yes, if Yang Wenyuan can really 'crack' the case, it will not be a good thing for us!"

Xu Ke said disapprovingly: "Brother Nangong, Yang Wenyuan, if he can really catch the murderer, it will naturally be good, but if he finds a few innocent people to torture and torture them into confessions, and use this to fool the emperor, then I have to take care of it!"

"Virtuous brother......" Nangong was silent and said with a slightly embarrassed expression: "You better listen to me, the suspect arrested in Cuiyun Mansion is either a prostitute or a prostitute, how many good people will there be?"

Xu Kewu argued to himself: "Brother Nangong, you can't say that, even if it is a woman in a Qinglou or a person who is a prostitute and a miscellaneous person, since those people have not killed anyone, why should they die innocently? They are all born to their parents, raised by heaven and earth, they all have the right to live, and no one can take their lives at will!"

"Brother Xian, your words are also reasonable...... It's just that...... Ahem, cough ......" Nangong coughed twice silently, and for a while, he was speechless by Xu Ke's argument. He had to pick up the glass in front of him, his neck and drink it all.

Nangong said in his heart, Brother Xian, Brother Xian, why are you so stubborn? Since you and I know that the real murderer is Mao Jiaojiao, how can you let Yang Wenyuan catch the real murderer? If he doesn't find a few substitutes for the ghosts, when the time comes, the emperor will really blame him, and a few of us who are thousands of households in Tsing Yi will inevitably be guilty of dereliction of duty. Could it be that you would ruin your future for the sake of those prostitutes?

Zhu Leyun and Zhang Muye, who were next to them, suddenly showed an unhappy look on their faces when they saw Nangong silent, and they didn't know who to persuade for a while. The two of them looked at each other, and they both had the same thought in their hearts: You two are usually like brothers, how can you fight here today for a few female prostitutes?

Among the four people present, Zhu Leyun was the oldest, and seeing that the atmosphere on the field was a little awkward, Zhu Leyun spoke first: "Brother Xu, according to the rules of our Tsing Yi Wei, your right to inspect must also be ordered by Governor Shendu." If this case is finalized by Governor Shen tonight, even if you want to go to Nan'an Pingsi, you have no right to overturn the case again. ”

"Oh...... Really?" Xu Ke raised his head, looked at Zhu Leyun coldly, and said:

"But I don't believe it, tomorrow morning, I'm going to Nan'an Ping Division to supervise this case, I want to see, who dares to stop me from investigating the case?!"

"You ......!" Zhu Le Yun's face turned blue with anger, and he simply turned his head, lowered his head and took a sip of stuffy wine, and said no more. He said in his heart, don't you just rely on the support of His Royal Highness King Zhao? But no matter how noble His Royal Highness King Zhao's status is, he can't care about the trial of our Tsing Yi Wei! You have only been in Tsing Yi Wei for a few days as a little patrol! I think you are crazy and boundless! If it weren't for Nangong's silence today, I would have turned my face with you on the spot!

At this time, Xu Ke was also extremely bored with Zhu Leyun. Since the day he met Zhu Leyun, he always felt that the other party was not only old-fashioned, but also full of official authority, this person was quite similar to Sun Xun back then. However, the kind of cold and arrogant temperament in Sun Xun's bones, Zhu Leyun did not have half a point, but a little more sleek and sophisticated.

Seeing that Zhu Leyun couldn't persuade him, but instead made himself angry, Zhang Muye on the side said with a smile:

"Brother Xu, it's okay, it's okay! If you really want to go to Nan'an Pingsi tomorrow to investigate the case, I'll go with you!"

"Brother Zhang is willing to accompany me to investigate the case?" Xu Ke looked at Zhang Muye and couldn't help but be surprised.

Zhang Muye is forty years old this year, eight years older than Nangong Buyu, but eight years younger than Zhu Leyun. At his current age, compared to Nangong Buyi, he has more years of accumulated old age, and compared to Zhu Leyun, he retains a trace of the sharpness of his young and strong years. Therefore, he can find something in common with everyone on the field.

Zhang Muye said with a smile: "What's unwilling? I, the Qingjing Division, am here to investigate people and cases for the emperor." Since Brother Xu is not at ease with Yang Wenyuan's trial, Mu Ye will go with you tomorrow!"

"Mu Ye, you have to go ?...... too," Zhu Leyun, who was sitting next to Zhang Muye, wondered.

Zhang Muye waved his hand at Zhu Leyun, and said with a smile:

"To be honest, I can't get used to that Yang Wenyuan for a long time! Since Xu Qianhu wants to check on him, how can we stand by as brothers?"

"Okay!" Xu Ke raised his wine glass and smiled at Zhang Muye: "Brother Zhang, junior brother heard that you have been in charge of the Qingjing Division for ten years, and your ability to solve cases is naturally better than mine!

Somehow, Xu Ke has always had a good impression of this Qingjing Si Qianhu. This Mu Ye looks ordinary, without any outstanding. He is neither tall nor low, neither fat nor thin, with a big face, although his facial features can be called Zhou Zheng, he is really not handsome. If he walked outside without wearing official uniforms, he would think that he was just an ordinary farmer. He looks honest, and there is a kind of naivety in his woodenness. Only his eyes, but they are always shining, and occasionally when his eyes open, there is a striking gaze towards people......

"Okay, just investigate him! In addition to this case, other cases can also be investigated!" Zhang Muye also raised his wine glass, drank a glass with Xu Ke, and replied with a smile.

"You guys......" Nangong shook his head silently, and also raised his wine glass, looking at the expression on his face, it was already acquiescence.

"Mu Ye, you are really ......" Zhu Leyun saw that Zhang Muye actually echoed Xu Ke, so naturally he had nothing to say, so he had to raise his wine glass and drink a glass with the three of them.

Just now, because of the silent arguments between Xu Ke and Nangong, the extremely awkward atmosphere in the private room of the restaurant was suddenly eased at this time, under the joint toast of the four people.

The four of them ate wine for a while, and after talking about the old for a while, Zhang Muye seemed to remember something, so he asked Nangong silently:

"Brother Nangong, Governor Shen asked you to bring people to surround Han Wangfu, did you send someone over?"

Nangong looked out the window silently, and saw that the sky was getting dark, so he said:

"Gu Caixiang should take someone with you!"

Zhu Leyun hurriedly asked, "Brother Nangong, are you really going to raid King Han's Mansion?"

Nangong said with a smile: "I'm going to encircle, not to copy!"

So, Nangong was silent, so he just ordered Gu Caixiang to lead people to surround Han Wang's Mansion, and did not enter the mansion to take people, this arrangement, briefly told Zhu and Zhang some of them.

"Wonderful! Brother Nangong is really wise, and he actually came up with such a clever trick......" Next, Zhu Leyun naturally praised Nangong silently again.

Zhu Leyun diligently poured wine into Nangong's silent wine glass, picked up the wine glass, and said sincerely:

"Brother Nangong, in the future, Brother Mu Ye and I will follow you!"

"Where are the brothers, the brothers have the longest years and the highest reputation in my Tsing Yi Wei, in the future, Nangong will ask the brothers for more advice!"

"Brother Nangong, don't say anything, be a brother first!"

"Good!"

The two of them raised their glasses to a full drink, and neither of them felt very happy.

After drinking, Zhu Leyun picked up the wine jug again, and was about to fill it for Nangong, but saw that the wine jug was empty, and the wine inside had already been drunk.

Seeing that the four pots of "Fenyang Drunk" in the private room had been drunk, and none of them came to refill the wine, Zhu Leyun couldn't help but be furious, he immediately stood up, walked out of the door angrily, and shouted downstairs:

"Little Er, come here to refill the wine!"

When the little two who ran the hall heard this, he hurriedly ran upstairs and brought four pots of forty-year-old "Fenyang Drunk" for everyone. The shopkeeper was so anxious that he ran out of breath, but he was still reprimanded loudly by Zhu Leyun.

Zhu Leyun returned to the private room, scolded and scolded himself: "These dog slaves have no rules, and they don't even know how to come up to add wine!" He seemed to have long forgotten that just now, it was he himself who loudly explained to the shopkeeper and ordered them not to enter and disturb.

......

Time was in a hurry, the four of them pushed the cup, you came and went, and drank for a moment of light, and the four pots of wine brought by the shopkeeper were drunk again. Zhu Leyun never thought that among the four thousand households, only he had the shallowest amount of alcohol. He stood up and was about to call Xiao Er to drink loudly, but was stopped by Nangong silently waving his hand:

"Brothers, forget it, it's time now, we should go back! Tonight's drinking party, the brothers are very happy, come tomorrow, let's get together again!"

Zhu Leyun nodded, so he called the shopkeeper and planned to pay the wine bill.

The shopkeeper bowed down and entered the private room, looked at the banquet and made a little calculation, gritted his teeth in his heart, and just quoted a loss-making price:

"Ladies and gentlemen, tonight's banquet only needs nine hundred taels of silver!"

"Nine hundred taels?" Zhu Leyun's right hand had already reached into his arms, and he was about to take out the silver ticket, but when he heard the price of this drink, his hands couldn't help but freeze there.

In fact, just a pot of 40-year-old "Fenyang drunk" has already sold 110 taels of silver on the market. Today, they drank all eight pots of wine in one go, and the price of the wine quoted by the shopkeeper barely counted the cost of the food.

Nangong glanced at Zhang Muye silently, and ordered: "Mu Ye, you still invited you to this wine today! After all, Brother Zhu is a Qingshui Yamen, but there is not as much oil and water as you here!"

Zhang Muye smiled, then reached into his arms, took out a silver ticket of 1,000 taels, handed it to the shopkeeper, and said lightly: "Don't look for it!"

The shopkeeper took the silver ticket and went with great gratitude.

And Zhu Leyun's silent eyes when he looked at Nangong were also "a thousand thanks......

The four thousand households walked out of the Deyue Tower in turn, and then they each gave up their hands.

Zhang Muye just said, "Brother, I'll go first!" and was the first to turn around and stride away.

When Zhu Leyun said goodbye to Nangong, he was extremely reluctant, and said several "heartfelt words" one after another, to the effect that he would follow Nangong in the future, and the four of them should form an alliance forever in Tsing Yi Wei, and swear not to leave Yunyun.

After saying goodbye to Zhang Muye and Zhu Leyun, Nangong went west side by side with Xu Ke without saying a word, and walked for half a moment.

Nangong asked silently: "Brother Xian, do you really want to check Yang Wenyuan?"

Xu Ke said: "Brother Nangong, you really don't want me to investigate?"

"Brother Xian, if you were your eldest brother, you wouldn't go to investigate that case!"

"Brother Nangong, you just let Yang Wenyuan's guy torture indiscriminately and disregard people's lives?"

"However, have you ever thought that if you find out Yang Wenyuan's mistakes, the emperor will most likely put the burden of investigating the case on your head!

"This ......" Xu Ke was speechless for a moment.

Nangong said again: "Take 10,000 steps back, even if you tell the emperor that King Han was killed by a cat demon, the emperor may not be willing to believe it! You don't have any physical evidence in your hand, and you can't catch Mao Jiaojiao, and the officials will impeach you for 'bewitching the public and talking nonsense', brother Xian, when the time comes, even your senior brother may not be able to save you!"

"This ......" Xu Ke thought to himself, if I play to the emperor according to the truth, even if the emperor can believe me, then wouldn't I also harm my senior brother? Senior brother is responsible for catching the cat demon, and it was in vain to catch him for a month, but now, the cat demon killed his sixth brother, and this crime is not unimportant for the senior brother!

Nangong continued: "Brother Xian, Brother Fool knows that you can't get used to Yang Wenyuan's style, and Brother Fool also knows that you pity those weak and innocent people. However, since you and I are already in the Tsing Yi Guard, we can't help ourselves, and there are some things that you must not do willfully on your own impulse!"

At this point, Xu Ke had no choice but to nod and say, "Brother Nangong, the younger brother knows! Since the elder brother doesn't want me to check, the little brother won't check!"

Nangong was overjoyed when he heard this, he patted Xu Ke's shoulder and said with a smile:

"Sure enough, it's my good brother! Today's wine, you and Zhu Leyun are very bored, right? I see that you haven't drunk much! The next time, you come to your brother's house, let's get drunk and rest, how about it?"

As soon as Xu Ke heard "to his brother's house", the figure of the mountain-like woman immediately flashed in his mind, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly arched his hand again and again, and said:

"It's late at night, Brother Nangong, don't send it, don't let the little brother go first, let's meet tomorrow morning!"

"Okay, we'll see you tomorrow morning!"

Nangong waved his hand silently, and saw Xu Keqi's long and thin figure, already looking forward and striding away......

Nangong looked at Xu Ke's back of "hurriedly leaving", and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, and said in his heart, Brother Xian, I just asked you to come to my brother's house as a guest, and I didn't let you go out of my way to see my sister, why do you bother?

After saying goodbye to Xu Ke, Nangong turned around and went east without saying a word, he didn't worry about Gu Caixiang, so he decided to go to Han Wang's Mansion to check it out in person.

He walked all the way, thinking all the way:

"I remember that two months ago, at that time, I suddenly went from an inspector to a thousand households, and was specially promoted by the Son of Heaven to a thousand households in the Bei'an Ping Division. At that time, among the Tsing Yi guards, the governor Shen Huan was eyeing himself, and the remaining four thousand households, inspecting the thousand households Yang Wenyuan had become Shen Huan's lackey, and Pei Caibao, a thousand households of the Nan'an Ping Division, had fallen into Shen Huan's arms, and the Luan Yi Division Thousand Households Zhu Leyun and the Qingjing Division Thousand Households Zhang Muye remained neutral on the surface, but in fact, they were secretly hooked up with Shen Huan, and they were alone, struggling in the Bei'an Ping Division, walking on thin ice......"

At that time, I hardly had any friends around me who could be trusted. The only Xu Ke was sent to prison by the Son of Heaven, and not only did he not get his help, but he still had to find ways to protect him! Looking back on that difficult time, he wanted to resign from the emperor countless times, and wanted to retire to the countryside from now on, so he simply withdrew from Tsing Yi Wei and withdrew from this annoying dispute......

"But now, just two months have passed, and the change of the times is so rapid! Not only did Xu Ke come out of the Divine King Pavilion and was appointed by the Son of Heaven to inspect a thousand households, but there was a huge help from his side, and even Zhu Leyun and Zhang Muye, the two oldest thousand households, also fell to him together. Today in Deyue Building, Zhu Leyun is diligent in persuading himself to drink, and he is loyal, this 'flattery' is really what he did not expect......"

"Thinking back to the beginning, when I was still an inspector, Zhu Leyun saw him, and he didn't even look at it, it was only a few months, and today's Zhu Leyun is like a family dog in front of him, so docile and close to his ears......"

Thinking of this, Nangong couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Ahem...... The times also have fate! The times have created people, and there have been such different changes! As the old saying goes, 'Life and death have destiny, and wealth is in the sky'.

In the end, Nangong's silent face gradually showed a smug look:

"It's ridiculous that Shen Huan is this guy! There is only one fool in his hands, Yang Wenyuan! He thought that his clever plan had succeeded in his arrangement today, but he never thought about it, but he pushed the two thousand households who were originally neutral to my side together. Now, I have the help of my virtuous brothers, there are three thousand households alliance in the guard, and there are two royal highnesses King Zhao and King Wei to help me speak, just Shen Huan, what a word!"