Yan Ye followed Qin Zhao into the Taiwei's mansion, and walked all the way through the vermilion corridor towards the study. Along the way, he admired the style of the mansion, and tried a few questions, but the man in black only gave him a back view and a few indifferent "um", really helpless, he closed his mouth angrily, As Qin Zhao stopped, looking at the slowly opening study door, he quickly sorted out his expression.
Chu Mingyun was drawing something on the map with a pen, and when he heard footsteps, he raised his head and glanced at Yan Ye, "What are you doing here?"
Yan Ye saluted and replied with a smile: "Xiaguan learned that the Lord is inquiring about Chen Laoshangshu, and happened to know something, so I hurried to tell the Lord."
Chu Mingyun put down the pen and leaned back on the chair, "Do you know where Chen Xuanwen's family is?"
"I just got to know a little bit," Yan Ye said, "A few days ago, the official went to Lin'an, and he had a small gathering with the county governor. He mentioned that Chen Lao Shangshu suddenly asked him for help. Xiaodu sent it over. Chen Lao Shangshu refused to say more, and he was not easy to ask, but within a few days, the house actually caught fire in the middle of the night, and by the time he sent someone to rush it, it was almost burned."
"Fire in the middle of the night?" Chu Mingyun frowned slightly.
"Yes. How dare the county magistrate neglect this case. He sent people to check it several times. There is no trace of arson. It may be that something happened to the candle in the house."
"Heh," Chu Mingyun sneered, "If the arsonist can be found out by him, he will have no face to kill Chen Xuanwen's family."
There are indeed many elements of going through the motions in the investigation. Chu Mingyun's tone was too sarcastic, and Yan Ye's forehead could not help but seep a little cold sweat.
"What do you mean, Chen Xuanwen's family was burned to ashes?"
"This... I'm afraid not necessarily." Yan Ye said hesitantly.
"Huh?" Chu Mingyun looked at him.
Yan Ye couldn't help but lift his sleeves to wipe away the cold sweat, and said uneasily: "Then, that the county guard is also guessing, the lower official just conveyed it, and it is not clear."
Chu Mingyun smiled and said slowly, "Why are you so afraid of me?"
"How could that be?" Yan Ye smiled and continued with courage: "Some people said that they saw a car and horse stop there in the middle of the night. It seems that a person was rescued. It may be Chen Lao Shangshu's only grandson, but the night is dark. It's too deep to really see."
Chu Mingyun's eyes narrowed slightly and looked at Qin Zhao. Qin Zhao caught his gaze and nodded, planning to order someone to go to Lin'an when Yan Ye left.
But Yan Ye didn't intend to leave just like that when he had finished what he had to say. Instead, he said with a smile, "Your Excellency cares so much about Chen Lao Shangshu, but what's the matter? Although the lower official is incompetent, he might be able to share his worries for the Lord. Woolen cloth."
Chu Mingyun glanced at him, and naturally understood that he wanted to take the opportunity to be flattering, so he said casually: "It's nothing, but I heard that Chen Xuanwen's grandson is not bad."
"..." Yan Ye remembered that the man in front of him was a calm and masculine man, and he choked back at the words he had prepared, so he had to laugh.
Chu Mingyun said casually: "By the way, you just come to my house like this, are you not afraid of being discovered by Su Shiyu?"
"Don't worry, my lord," Yan Ye said quickly, "Doctor Censor is not at the Censor Desk at the moment, he went out on his front foot and I came out with my heel."
"Oh?" Chu Mingyun became interested, "Where did Su Shiyu go?"
"Someone has impeached Tan Jingguan, the Minister of Industry, for smuggling gunpowder on ships. You should know that now the censorship of the censors must pass the eyes of Mr. Su. This is serious. If it is false, it will put such a big stigma on the officials of the imperial court. It was our Censor Desk that did things improperly; if it was true, we were afraid that if we handed the book directly to the Holy Spirit, it would be a shock, so Master Su detained the book first. Judging from his temperament, the lower official reckoned that he was going to check it himself. ."
Chu Mingyun's face was slightly cold, "Impeach Tan Jing for operating gunpowder?"
Qin Zhao's expression also changed, staring at Yan Ye and waiting for him to continue.
"Yes," Yan Ye was a little puzzled by his reaction, and continued: "Tan Shangshu's official ship smuggler is not a matter of a day or two. It was a little restrained at first, and we all passed it tacitly. But he didn't know what happened this time, and even brought in several large ships of gunpowder."
Chu Mingyun tapped his fingertips on the bookcase, his eyes fluctuating.
The gunpowder business between him and Tan Jing has long since ended. The western suburbs have been bombed, and the mountain torrent has been buried just right. The matter is already over, but Tan Jing is now getting so much gunpowder. Why is it? ? Could it be that there are still people in Beijing who want to do something
He said calmly, "Check it out in person, what is Su Shiyu going to do?"
Yan Ye thought for a while and said: "I also glanced at the impeached document when I sent it to the lower official. It seems that there is a transcript of Tan Shangshu's cronies, saying that the warehouse in the West City contains all the items that he communicated with everyone. Account, Master Su may be trying to get that account."
Chu Mingyun folded his hands and closed the map, got up and straightened his robes, and said, "Okay, you can go back."
"What?" Yan Ye looked at him in astonishment.
Chu Mingyun squinted from the corner of his eyes, "Still waiting for me to see you off?"
"Don't dare." Yan Ye said in a folded voice, "It's just... Sir, what's the matter?"
"Suddenly I miss Su Shiyu, I'm going to see him." Chu Mingyun said.
"… what?"
But didn't you just meet in the morning
Chu Mingyun glanced at him impatiently, Yan Ye hurriedly said his thanks, and left on his own. Chu Mingyun and Qin Zhao looked at each other, went out of the house, got on their horses, and went straight to the West City.
Qin Zhao went to hand over the gunpowder with Tan Jing, so they knew the place. The warehouse was on the edge of Chang'an West City. From afar, it was overgrown with weeds, scattered and dilapidated, like it had been abandoned for a long time. of high security.
Qin Zhao naturally proposed to go in, but Chu Mingyun said, 'Can you handle Su Shiyu? ' to block it back. Chu Mingyun asked about the layout of the warehouse and the location of the account room, and instructed Qin Zhao to take the shadow guard to hide his figure around so that Su Shiyu would not leave first, then he tiptoed and turned into the wall.
The warehouse was very quiet, except for the occasional footsteps of guards passing by. Chu Mingyun sneaked into the account room without any effort. There was still a small copper lock on the paulownia drawer. Chu Mingyun looked at it, and simply broke the brass beam and threw it aside. The drawer was opened, and the inside was empty.
It was still one step ahead of Su Shiyu.
Chu Mingyun straightened up, rubbed his brows, walked out of the account room, thought for a moment, turned and walked towards the warehouse. After a hundred paces, he vaguely sensed the presence of people, so he smiled and followed.
Su Shiyu pushed open the warehouse door, his footsteps suddenly stopped, and he turned around abruptly. The sword in the sleeve of his hand showed a cold light, but he was blocked by someone and held his wrist halfway. The face that came into view was barely familiar, facing the sword at a distance of less than half an inch. He smiled, "Yo, Master Su."
Su Shiyu was slightly surprised, "...Master Chu?" He withdrew his hand, pressed the sword back into his palm to hide the edge, and didn't let his guard down, "The one who just followed behind me was you?"
"Besides me, who else do you want to see?" Chu Mingyun smiled and frowned.
"Why did Master Chu appear here?" Su Shiyu asked.
"Isn't it for you?" Chu Mingyun looked at him, sighed deliberately, and said slowly: "I saw Mr. Su inadvertently on the street before, and you disappeared before I could say hello, so I had to follow. It's been so hard to find, and I thought I could take the opportunity to say a few more words to you, but I didn't expect you to be on guard like this." He paused and smiled even deeper, "Just now, if I'm slow, I'm afraid that sword has already been pierced. It's over."
"You are too modest. Master Chu is someone who has been killed on the battlefield. You can stop my little self-protection trick, so why bother to say anything." Su Shiyu laughed lightly, and put the hidden sword back in his sleeve. , "However, did Master Chu come here just to say a few words to me? It doesn't sound like your style of conduct."
"I miss you and find opportunities to get close to you, isn't it a matter of course?"
"..." Su Shiyu frowned and couldn't help but said, "Master Chu... I'm a man, don't you feel awkward when you tease me?"
Chu Mingyun raised his brows slightly, and said with a smile, "I think it's very good, and I have a sincere heart, how can this be considered a tune..."
"It's my blunder," Su Shiyu raised his hand to interrupt him, turned helplessly and walked into the warehouse, only to hear the footsteps behind him, Su Shiyu moved the corner of his lips and couldn't help but sighed silently. The word, "enemy."
"By the way," Su Shiyu asked suddenly, "How's the injury on Mr. Chu's shoulder?"
"It's out of the way for a long time," Chu Mingyun closed the warehouse door, turned around and looked at him with a smile, "Would you like to come over and touch it?"
Su Shiyu turned his head, glanced over his shoulder, and landed on his face again. He suddenly smiled and said, "No need, it seems that the injury on the flesh is really nothing to Master Chu."
After all, the skin can be so thick.
Chu Mingyun understood Su Shiyu's overtones.