( ) Xie Jing Xing will go to Ruyang City again within a few days of returning to Prince Rui's residence. Since Lu Zhengchun had chosen Ruyang as the base for the rebellion, Ruyang had a complex force in the city. Although there were people from the Mo Yu Army who were sweeping away the remaining troops, they were only troops. Among them, Lu Zhengchun's lackeys, who were deeply hidden, this time the royal family planned to spare none of them. It is better to kill 3000 by mistake than to let one go, so Xie Jing Xing will take care of it himself.
After Xie Jing left, Shen Miao was in charge of everything inside and outside of Prince Rui's residence. Prince Rui's mansion had a light-hearted attitude throughout Long Ye, and many courtiers were still watching, and they were all staring at every move of Prince Rui's mansion. Shen Miao was like in the past, talking to those ladies from time to time and passing some news subtly, the situation was finally brought under control.
The disaster brought about by this wave of Lu family is over, because the rebellion of the Lu family started in Ruyang, but the people in Long Ye were not affected, at most, they scolded the Lu family’s chaotic officials and thieves according to public opinion. .
The people are stable, the courtiers dare not act without authorization, the overall situation is stable, and everything starts to look the same as before, except for the family.
The Ye family of the prime minister's mansion.
Ye Maocai has been struggling in the imperial court for so many years. When Emperor Yongle was on the throne, he was still only a weak boy. Now this boy has grown into an unfathomable man. His methods are as heartless as his father. The house looked like there was no way out.
Ye Maocai is not as stupid as Lu Zhengchun, nor as arrogant as Lu Zhengchun. The power displayed by Emperor Yongle made Ye Maocai understand that the current Ye family was incapable of competing with the imperial family of Great Liang, and could only stick to Emperor Yongle like a needle and a thorn. What was paid was the fate of the entire mansion.
No one wants to die, and no one is willing to go down a dead end willingly.
Ye Maocai was about to start planning an escape route for himself. He hopes to keep his only child, but when necessary, these can be abandoned. But the most important thing is that now the Ye family's every move is being watched under the noses of the royal family, how difficult it is to escape.
What's more, no one thought that Emperor Yongle's movements would come so fast.
On this day, Shen Miaofang came back from the palace of the censor, and it was almost evening. The long summer has finally passed, and the breath of early autumn is beginning to take shape. The flowers and trees in the yard have begun to lose their leaves, and a thin layer has fallen, and they are swept away. When a gust of wind blows, they sprinkle a few grains . Jing Zhe always had a headache, but after the wind passed, he couldn't help but sweep the yard with a broom.
Shen Miao was standing at the edge of the yard, Uncle Tang happened to come over and he smiled when he saw her, "Madam, the kitchen has boiled soup today, when the soup is ready, have someone bring a bowl to Madam. These days Madam Going out early and returning late all day is really hard work.”
“It’s just to accompany people to talk, it shouldn’t be hard work.” Shen Miao smiled slightly. Thinking of Xie Jing Xing who was still in Ruyang now, he couldn't help but sigh.
The matter is far from over, the calmer Long Ye looks now, the deeper the hidden danger is. Even after the Ye family was cleaned up, what happened to Ming Qi, who was thousands of miles away. Now she has two hearts on her mind, worrying about Ming Qi on the one hand, and Da Liang on the other. How long can Emperor Yong Le's condition last, and when Fu Xiu Yi and Qin Guo will join forces to attack Great Liang, this is all uncertain. In the event of any accident, Xie Jing Xing was the only one who could take responsibility in this Great Liang Royal Family, and also, she would also face more problems.
What Xie Jing Xing said was right, there was no time. The time left for them to slowly plan to deal with each other is indeed running out.
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Mo Qing hurriedly walked in with a strange expression. These days, Shen Miao let Mo Qing monitor Ye Mei sister and brother's movements day and night. Ye Mei had already caught up with Jin Xingming, and Jin Xingming was about to leave Great Liang, Shen Miao decided not to let her succeed, in some respects, Ye Mei was more troublesome than Ye Maocai.
"The emperor has ordered Ye Maocai to enter the palace." Mo Qing said.
Shen Miao was startled: "Entering the palace?"
Mo Qing nodded: "Yes, the Ye Mansion is in chaos now, and the servants are all scattered about to escape, but there are people in the palace holding hands outside, and it is very chaotic inside."
Shen Miao murmured, "Why so fast..."
It was well known that Emperor Yong Le wanted to deal with the Ye family, and she was not surprised, but now that Xie Jing Xing was in Ruyang and Emperor Yong Le was in poor health, when Xie Jing Xing was there, he might have more confidence in giving orders, however, Shen Miao After thinking about it, Emperor Yong Le's action was almost too fast to cover his ears, and even she felt it was quick, I'm afraid it was even more sudden for Ye Maocai. The Ye family is also the three caves of the cunning rabbit. If the Ye family is given a chance to breathe, it will inevitably be escaped by Ye Maocai in the future. Now, in the name of entering the palace, Ye Maocai will be put under house arrest first, and the thief will be captured first, the king will be captured first.
She thought for a while and said, "You, Congyang, and Tie Yi will go to Ye Mansion immediately, staring at Ye Mei sister and brother, if they do anything, follow them first, if they want to leave Long Ye, stop and bring them back , life and death."
"Are the three of them staring at Sister Ye Mei?" Cong Yang jumped down from the tree and heard the words: "It's too talented and underutilized. I heard that Mrs. Ye is also not a simple master, why don't I go look at that Mrs. Ye ?"
“Don’t worry about her.” Shen Miao said, “Although she is smart, she is a woman of the Daoist family. The news that came out these days is that Ye Maocai will not let Madam Ye interfere in his political affairs, Madam Ye has no access to Ye Maocai’s power, so she also She can only exist as a smart woman. The emperor didn't let her into the palace, and it was precisely because she realized this that she couldn't make any trouble by herself. However, Ye Mei and her brother were very cunning, and they left Ye Mansion so easily. It will not be that simple, she will definitely make some plans, which will benefit her, and this is what you need to pay attention to the most."
Congyang thought for a while, and felt that what she said made sense, so he nodded. Tie Yi has always only obeyed orders, not to mention Mo Qing. When the three were about to leave, Shen Miao paused and suddenly stopped them and said, "By the way, if you encounter that young master of Ye Fu's family with inconvenient legs, you don't have to hurt him, if anyone wants to hurt him, remember Help him."
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In the night, Ye Mansion was in chaos at the moment.
No one thought that the royal family would suddenly send someone to "please" Ye Maocai away. Although the servants didn't know what was going on, they had heard some rumors these days. It is to let the next people confirm the conjecture in their hearts. For a while, those who packed up their clothes and jewelry were preparing to run away, those who felt that there was no hope of escape and wept secretly in the house, and those who pretended to be nothing and hoped that it was just a misunderstanding and were still doing their own thing. People were panicking.
These servants are actually well disciplined by Mrs. Ye on weekdays, but when it comes to life-threatening matters, no one can take it calmly unless they are saints.
In this chaos, Mrs. Ye was already starting to clean up her gold and silver.
She had seen Ye Maocai's plan for a long time. She had hoped for Ye Maocai at first, but Ye Maocai's escape plan had never included her from beginning to end. The husband and wife were originally from the same forest, and they flew separately when the disaster was imminent. Mrs. Ye can see it clearly now. Ye Maocai did not care about the friendship between husband and wife, and she should have no such husband. The retreat that Ye Maocai arranged is now just cheap for him, there is no way, who made Ye Maocai the biggest target in Emperor Yongle's eyes
She carefully searched the house for the silver notes and jewelry that she could take away, and tried to pick up light clothes, but she couldn't sit still.
Ye Mei and Ye Ke were the same at this moment.
Ye Ke was pacing back and forth in the room, his eyebrows were full of anxiety, and he asked Ye Mei from time to time: "Sister, do you think this is true? The Prime Minister's Mansion is really over? How is this possible? I didn't hear it. Maybe the emperor invited Dad into the palace just for some court affairs, not what we thought."
While Ye Mei was packing some silver notes, she had planned to use those jewelry as silver a few days ago, and then replaced them with silver notes that could be used by all the banks in Great Liang. These things are easy to carry and essential. She said, "Are you still deceiving yourself? If it's just to talk about court affairs, why would Ye Maocai let the guards try to escape when he was asked to leave? It's clearly meant to abscond in fear of crime."
"But before this, there was no sign at all!" Ye Ke still refused to believe Ye Mei's words.
"It's just that you didn't pay attention."
Ye Ke's eyes widened, staring at Ye Mei in disbelief: "What do you mean, sister, did you already know? Since you already knew, why didn't you tell me?"
"I'm just guessing, it's more based on intuition, and there's no evidence, even if I tell you, do you believe it?" Ye Mei sneered in her heart, but said gently on her face: "Besides, these things are my own. Just take care of it. You are my younger brother after all. Now that something has happened to the Ye family, we can't tie it down and sink together, we have to find a chance to escape. I will take you with me. "
Ye Ke's face was a little complicated, and he seemed very unwilling: "I thought that staying in Ye Mansion was the best choice, but I didn't expect that not only did I not catch an official, but now I have to run away like a bereaved dog. When I was in Qinzhou, I didn't follow the Ye family. It's not as good as before."
"That's not necessarily true," Ye Mei collected all the banknotes and divided them into several fine collections before saying, "You have to save your life first, you don't have to wait any longer. Go to your own room and put away all your valuables, so you can use them when you run away."
Ye Ke moved his lips, but in the end he didn't say anything. He shrugged his fate and walked out of Ye Mei's house. It seemed that he should listen to Ye Mei's words and go back to the house to pack up.
After Ye Mei saw that he had left, there was no sound outside the house for a long time, and then she stood up, her eyes flashed with haze, and she stopped for a moment, and then gently walked out of the door.
She went to Ye Maocai's study.
Ye Maocai's study door was closed, and Ye Ke and Madam Ye entered the study room on weekdays, and Ye Maocai occasionally said something to them. However, Ye Maocai's temperament is cautious, and if he really wants to hide something, he probably won't be in a place like the study where people can easily find it. But the more dangerous the place is, the safer it is. Ye Maocai may also do the opposite and deliberately put things in the study, which is surprising.
However, Ye Mei had previously reminded Ye Ke that she knew that Ye Maocai had hung a picture of a beautiful woman in the study. There seemed to be something strange about the beauty picture. It contained what Ye Maocai said "important things". Ke has no hope of promotion, so this thing can only be kept here.
Because the prime minister's mansion was filled with panic at the moment, and there was no one outside the study, it was easy for Ye Mei to get in, and she quickly found the beauty picture. The beauty picture was hung on the wall opposite Ye Maocai's desk, Ye Mei walked over and fumbled with both hands, but saw that the painting was very flat, and there was nothing wrong with it.
How did Ye Ke find out
Ye Mei didn't give up and searched again, but still found nothing. She was a little discouraged and suspected that Ye Maocai had replaced the thing in the painting somewhere else. Ye Mei expressed his anger at the beauty map, and glanced at the beauty map very dissatisfied, but saw that the beauty on the beauty map was wrong.
The beauty in the picture is standing under the peach tree holding a cup and smiling, her cheeks seem to be flushed, and she looks shy and unable to drink. Those eyes are very indifferent, without a smile, and they are bright, which makes people feel that the painting is lifelike, and it makes people feel cold behind their backs.
Ye Mei
Ye Mei paused in her heart and suddenly stretched out her hand to touch the eyes of the beauty in the painting. Sure enough, the place where her finger touched was a hard bump. On the top, the piece on which the beauty picture was hanging suddenly dented. She was so excited that she reached out and took out an iron box.
That box should be what Ye Ke said: Ye Maocai's precious things. After Ye Mei got something, she didn't stop, she turned around and was about to go outside.
At this moment, the door of the study was suddenly pushed open with a squeak, Ye Mei was stunned, and saw Ye Hongguang pushing the wheelchair in by himself.
Seeing Ye Mei, Ye Hongguang was also taken aback: "Big sister?"
Ye Hongguang was very worried today.
All the servants in the mansion were in a state of panic and confusion. He, the unruly young master, had a low status in the mansion. On weekdays, Ye Maocai would protect him so that he would not be too much to him, but as soon as Ye Maocai left, Madam Ye wouldn't look at him at all, let alone those subordinates. There wasn't even a single person pushing a wheelchair for him.
Ye Hongguang was also very worried about Ye Maocai, but there was no one in the house who spoke to him, so he could only push a wheelchair to Ye Maocai's study, as if there was still Ye Maocai's breath in the study, let him He felt that he was still a young master of the Ye family with the blessing of his father.
Who knew that when he entered the study, he would see Ye Mei.
"Big sister, why are you here?" Ye Hongguang asked.
Ye Mei was still holding the iron box in her hand, and when she saw that Ye Hongguang came in, she was relieved and said with a smile: "Oh, my father asked me to come here to find something for him, and I will give it to him when he returns from the palace. He. I saw that the people in this mansion were busy, so I came to find it myself."
"What is it?" Ye Hongguang's eyes fell on the box in Ye Mei's arms: "Is this the box that the eldest sister is holding?"
Ye Mei smiled and said, "That's right." Then she said, "Is the third brother also looking for something? Then I won't bother. This room is left to the third brother, and the third brother can look for it slowly." She He was about to leave and was about to step over Ye Hongguang's wheelchair when he heard Ye Hongguang suddenly say, "Big sister, don't you know that Dad never lets women into his study?"
Ye Mei paused for a while.
Ye Hongguang's eyes are very clear and naive, but at the moment it seems to be very sharp. He said, "Big sister, why are you lying, why are you lying to me?"
"I didn't lie to you." Ye Mei calmed down and said with a smile, "What I said is true. If you don't believe me, when my father comes back, if you ask him again, you will know whether what I said is true or false."
Ye Hongguang didn't hear Ye Mei's words, and continued: "Is it because of this box in your arms? Is it because you want to steal the contents of this box? This box belongs to my father, although I don't know. What is it, but since you came to steal something in this chaotic time, I think this thing is very important to my father, and it is also very precious."
Ye Mei was stunned.
This lame young master who looks weak, but he has inherited some things from Ye Maocai. Although he doesn't know the personnel, he is undoubtedly very smart.
Ye Mei gradually clenched her palm.
"Put this box down, I can pretend that nothing happened." Ye Hongguang said.
"Third brother," Ye Mei tried to coax him: "My father asked me to take this box, I really didn't steal it."
"Since you didn't steal it, and your father asked you to take it, then you shouldn't be in a hurry. You can give it to your father when he comes back." Ye Hongguang refused to give in at all.
Seeing that the time agreed with Jin Xingming was getting closer and closer, Ye Mei became anxious and said, "What if I don't?"
"Why not?" Ye Hongguang frowned: "Could it be that you really stole it?"
Ye Mei was a little annoyed. Ye Hongguang's thoughts were different from ordinary people. She didn't even know how to coerce and lure the young man in front of her. Said he was smart, but he foolishly thought he would hand over what he got, and said he was stupid, but he saw the uniqueness of this box at a glance, and stopped her at such a critical time.
Seeing that Ye Mei didn't move, Ye Hongguang's good temper gradually disappeared. He said sternly: "If the big sister insists, I can only ask my mother to come over and let my mother stop you."
Madam Ye
Although Mrs. Ye is not worth mentioning in the eyes of Emperor Yongle, she is just a somewhat smart woman, but in this prime minister's residence, she is the head of all servants, and all servants must obey Mrs. Ye's command. Moreover, although Mrs. Ye recognized her as her daughter, she stood on Ye Maocai's side. If Mrs. Ye knew about it, the box might not be kept.
"No!" Ye Mei blurted out.
"Then put down the box."
Ye Mei said: "Third brother, listen to me..."
"Someone!" Ye Hongguang suddenly shouted loudly, so frightened that Ye Mei immediately covered his mouth. Ye Hongguang began to struggle, but he could not walk at all, and he was too weak to use his strength. He was completely restrained by Ye Mei. Ye Mei covered his mouth, but his eyes were not far from his hand. The big silver scissors in the wastebasket came.
Her eyes flashed, and she thought about it in her heart. Without any hesitation, she grabbed the scissors without frowning, and stabbed Ye Hongguang in the chest viciously!
While Ye Hongguang was pressing her nose and mouth, Ye Mei suddenly stabbed her with scissors, kicked her legs a few times, and stared at Ye Mei with staring eyes, as if she never thought that there would be such a vicious woman in the world. But he didn't have the strength to shout anymore, he just struggled to make a "ha" sound from his throat.
Ye Mei glanced at him coldly, and said coldly, "I didn't want to kill you, but you talk too much." She turned around and left.
Ye Hongguang fell to the ground, his wheelchair overturned, and his whole body was lying on the ground, and the ground was gradually wetted by blood.
Calling people, but how easy is it to say? The door that is so close at hand, at this moment, is like a road with no end in sight, and it is desperately long.
The few Tie Yi had just arrived in Ye's residence, but they didn't see Ye Mei's whereabouts. They thought Ye Mei had escaped in a short period of time, but when they found the study, they were shocked and Ye Hongguang fell in a pool of blood. In the middle of dying, I do not know whether to die or live.
Cong Yang asked, "What's going on? What should I do?"
Mo Qing came out of the other room and said, "Sister Ye Mei is planning to escape from the house. Big Brother Tie Yi is very good at light work, so it's up to you to follow him."
Tie Yi said yes, jumped out of the window and disappeared into the night.
When Mo Qing's eyes fell on Ye Hongguang on the ground, he was also startled, and said, "What's going on?"
"I don't know?" Cong Yang scratched his head, squatted beside Ye Hongguang to probe his breath, and said, "There is still a breath, but I don't know if it can be saved."
"It looks like someone has been tricked." Mo Qing said, "Hurry up and make a move to attract people."
"Come on." Cong Yang clapped his hands: "The servants in this house are too busy to take care of themselves now, how can they still have time to take care of this young master, have you heard that the phoenix is not as good as the chicken? And the ladies in this house are not very good. I like him, and it's too late to applaud him when he looks like this, how could it be possible to hire a doctor for him."
"Then take him back." Mo Qing walked to Ye Hongguang's side and picked him up. Ye Hongguang was so weak that he could wrap it up effortlessly. Mo Qing said: "Madam treats this kid in a different way. If we don't see death, it's not good. If we want to come here, Madam, we will make the same choice. Take him back to find Mr. Gao first. Whether we can save or not depends on his life. Bar."
Congyang shrugged: "Listen to you."
But I heard the young man suddenly open his eyes, struggling to squeeze out a few words.
"The frieze...stealing...things...running..."
"What did he mean by that?" Cong Yang wondered.
Ye Hongguang tilted his head again, and he didn't wake up again.
"I don't understand, hurry up and wait for the next person to come." Mo Qing said, the two didn't dare to delay, they didn't stay here for a long time, and left quickly.
Shen Miao was sitting in the room waiting for the news that Emperor Yong Le’s actions came so fast that he had to advance many things, planning is one thing, seeing if the plan can be successful or not is another.
But Tie Yi had been gone for so long, and her heart sank as she wondered if Ye Mei had already escaped.
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Jing Zhe happily said, "We're back, they're back!"
Shen Miao stood up, only to hear Gu Yu's surprised voice outside the door, "What's going on?"
"Please come over, Doctor Gao." This was Mo Qing's voice.
Immediately afterwards, the door was pushed open, Mo Qing and Cong Yang walked in, Mo Qing was carrying someone and went into the room and put that person on the couch, Shen Miao looked intently, but was dumbfounded. Stopped, lost his voice: "Ye Hongguang!"
"When my subordinates went there, they found him lying in the study, and it seemed that he had been assassinated. The person who assassinated should be someone from the house. Brother Ye Mei was about to escape, and Tie Yi had followed them, leaving a signal along the way. The subordinates will rush over soon. I have already ordered someone to invite Mr. Gao." Mo Qing explained.
“Who in the Ye residence has a deep hatred with a child?” Shen Miao was very sad when she saw Ye Hongguang’s face that was similar to Fu Ming’s Jiufen now, and she was also a little angry, “It’s a bad thing for a child next time.”
"Maybe Ye Mei did it?" Cong Yang said.
Shen Miao frowned, "What is the interpretation of this?"
"This child woke up once in the middle, said a few words, and Mei stole something and ran away." Mo Qing said, "My subordinate guessed that she might want to say that Ye Mei stole something and ran away, or maybe she was arrested when she stole something. If Ye Hongguang encounters it, he will kill him."
"But what exactly was stolen?" Cong Yang said: "Gold and silver jewelry? To start with a child for these things, tsk tsk, this woman is really cruel."
“No.” Shen Miao said suddenly.
The two were stunned for a moment, and invariably asked, "What's wrong."
“No, this matter is not right.” A thought suddenly flashed in Shen Miao’s heart, and before she had time to think about it, she immediately said, “Cong Yang, you immediately follow the signal left by Tie Yi and look for it. Seeing that Li Meiruo is about to leave Long Ye, don't stop her, whether it's by road or by water, but delay their time, let them slow down a little bit more."
"Don't stop them?" Cong Yang was startled.
“Yes, not to stop.” Shen Miao said. She looked at Ye Hongguang on the couch again, and replaced Jingzhe Gu Yu, and asked Gao Yang to cooperate with him immediately after he came over.
Finally, she said to Mo Qing, "Mo Qing, come to the study with me."
Although everyone was inexplicable, seeing her solemn expression, they did not dare to refute, so they followed her.
Shen Miao's eyes were as cold as a knife.
Mrs. Mei stole something and ran away
Steal what? Where to run
Shen Miao was almost aware of her plan, so she came to give her a ride.