Chapter 48 If I were a person who was greedy for merit, what would your Inspection Institute have to do with this case?
Bamboo forest
"Go to the West City Military Division first and call five teams."
Ye Zheng said, looking at Fan Xian, "You have been to the Inspection Institute, right? Give him the badge of the inspector."
Fan Xian hesitated for a moment, and even for a moment, he imagined his brother-in-law rushing over, grabbing his feet, lifting him up, and then finding the badge of the Commissioner himself.
"Don't worry. I'll give him the badge and ask him to go to the Inspection Office to call the Fourth and Seventh Offices over. There is another person from the Second Prince's side who needs to be detained and interrogated by the Inspection Office. To be honest, he is your senior brother and also Master Fei's disciple."
Ye Zheng's words made Fan Xian's eyes light up. He looked at Zhongli and took out his waist badge from his belt and handed it to him, jokingly saying, "Brother, why did you go to the Military Affairs Department? The treatment in the Inspection Office is not good?"
"It's too long to explain the reason. I'll talk to Master... Master Fan when I have time later." Zhongli took the badge and saluted.
From the title he changed in time, Fan Xian had a vague feeling that there might be an unpleasant past between Zhongli and the Inspection Institute.
"Sir, I'll go first." After paying his respects to Ye Zheng again, Zhongli stepped on the ground and landed on a horse not far away.
After watching Zhongli riding his horse for a while, Fan Xian retracted his gaze, swept across the tragic scene in the bamboo forest, and finally landed on Ye Zheng's face. He sighed, "I have heard that you have a high level of martial arts attainment. I thought that since you don't have true energy, the rumors might be false and you shouldn't be that powerful. I didn't expect... you are really powerful. I have only seen one person who is so powerful without true energy like you."
He had a smile on his face, but it was not a smooth and harmonious one. The shock Ye Zheng brought to him was too strong, even though he was still a little dazed at this moment.
In the past few breaths, he seemed to see a tiger leaping and grabbing its prey with incredible swiftness.
No, even tigers are not as fierce as him!
Ye Zheng shook his head and said with some emotion, "After all, he is not a grandmaster."
"You... you have lofty ambitions, Grandmaster, tsk..." Fan Xian almost swore, but changed the subject and praised him. He moved closer to him, looked at the four female swordsmen from Dongyi City lying on the ground, and asked, "From what you said, the dead one, these four, are not going to be handed over to the Inspection Institute? These people are all spies from the enemy country. The Military Department is not qualified to detain them, right?"
Ye Zheng smiled.
The handsome face and pure smile must be pleasing to the eye, but in Fan Xian's eyes, there was a captivating murderous aura.
"In Kyoto City, any suspicious person can be questioned by the Military Department. Moreover, if I don't arrest the deputy commander of the Military Department who ambushed him, I'd better not be an official anymore."
Fan Xian almost laughed out loud.
It was obviously you who counter-ambushed!
He thought about the powers and responsibilities of each department of the Inspection Institute and nodded slightly.
In the past, the Inspection Bureau handled more cases of this type involving enemy countries and spies from other countries. In addition, due to the special status of the Inspection Bureau, it has independent investigation and arrest powers, and sometimes even independent trial powers. Over time, these cases have been handled by the Inspection Bureau by default.
Judging from the tone and manner of his brother-in-law, it would be good if they don't run into the Inspection Institute later. If they do, there will probably be a verbal fight.
"Do you have any medicine to stop the bleeding? Give them some. It would be ugly if they died."
Ye Zheng's words brought him back to reality from his thoughts.
"Are you afraid that they will die, so you still use such heavy hands?" Fan Xian squatted beside a female swordsman, looking at the broken and protruding leg bones with strands of muscle hanging on them, and frowned.
He complained, but his men were not slow to take out a few small cans from a small bag tied behind his waist, and asked again, "Now you should tell me who the person behind the scenes is, right?"
Ye Zheng didn't waste time and asked directly, "During this period, every time you went to the Royal Courtyard to look for Sister Wan'er, who was the biggest obstacle you encountered?"
The biggest obstacle?
Who?
Is it a person?
Fan Xian paused, thinking that too much powder had been spilled, and the female swordsman with her chin removed actually twitched.
"Why on earth? Is he too..." He said with a gloomy face and gritted teeth.
"Shut up!" Ye Zheng stopped him.
The four female swordsmen were indeed dizzy, but some of their words were not suitable for others to hear.
After Fan Xian's side finished dealing with the matter, not long after, Ji Zheng's Ni Hu squad, Tang Qi's squad, and 15 other archers arrived with carts, prisoner carts, shackles, and other equipment.
Without Ye Zheng's instructions, after saluting Ye Zheng, he quickly collected the corpses, swordsmen and the weapons of these people.
When they had almost gathered everyone, Zhongli and the people from the Inspection Institute also arrived, but... there were more than just four and seven places.
Ye Zheng looked at the people from the Inspection Institute who came on horseback, and did not blame Zhongli much in his heart.
The archers of the Bingmasi came on foot, dragging carts, and the prisoner carts were pulled by mules, so it was inevitable that they were slow.
"Are these too?" Zhu Ge pointed at Cheng Jushu's body covered with white cloth on the cart, and the four female swordsmen from Dongyi City who were tightly shackled on the prison car. Without even turning his head, he was actually asking Zhongli a question.
Zhongli's face didn't look good.
He used his badge to go to the seventh place...which was the dungeon of the Inspection Institute. Zhu Ge happened to be there too. When he heard about the secret agent from Northern Qi, he insisted on following him.
At this moment he hardly dared to look at Ye Zheng.
"Lord Zhu." Ye Zheng stepped forward and bowed.
Zhuge's eyes were indifferent, almost contemptuous.
This is normal. The First Division of the Inspection Bureau supervises all officials in Kyoto, and those below the third rank can be directly questioned. According to my father, the one who is now selling night fragrance in his family was planted by the First Division.
"Lord Xiaoye." Although Zhuge was indifferent, he still returned the greeting.
"Master Zhu, we are both here for official business, so there is no need to argue. I will just say what I want to say. I want Zhongli to use Master Fan's official badge to go to the Inspection Institute and invite people from the Fourth and Seventh Departments. If I remember correctly, the First Department of the Inspection Institute is responsible for supervising all officials in Kyoto."
Ye Zheng stopped there and his meaning was very clear.
Zhu Ge frowned. "Why should you, the deputy commander of the military department, interfere in the conduct of the Inspection Office?"
Having been above all officials for so long, he probably forgot what he was like in the past.
Ye Zheng didn't bother to talk to him, and looked directly at Yan Ruohai behind him, "What does Lord Yan say?"
Yan Ruohai had a blank expression on his face. He stepped forward and asked, "Zhongli just mentioned that you know the whereabouts of a Northern Qi spy?"
"The person who should be with the Second Prince now is none other than the most famous courtesan in Zuixianju today, Wujinmeihua Si Lili."
Zhongli followed Lin Gong and on Si Lili's flower boat on Liujing River, he saw and heard Si Lili talking with Lin Gong and the female swordsman from Dongyi City.
But he did not pull Zhongli out immediately.
Behind Zhuge, Zhongli felt something hitting his chest.
"What's the proof?" Yan Ruohai asked without moving.
"it's me…"
"This case involves a lot of people. What's the point of your words? Take the archers back to the military headquarters. Remember, you are now a member of my military headquarters!"
As soon as Zhongli opened his mouth, Ye Zheng interrupted him.
"Master Xiaoye."
"Master Xiaoye!"
Yan Ruohai and Zhu Ge didn't understand, so they kept talking and their faces changed.
"What? Did I not check it clearly, or did I remember it wrong? Zhongli had already been dismissed by the Inspection Institute. In my Bingmasi, he is a member of my Bingmasi. Do you have any objection?" Ye Zheng frowned, looking majestic and solemn, and asked in a loud voice.
Yan Ruohai and Zhu Ge were both silent.
"Master Xiaoye said that this case involves a wide range of people?"
After a while, Yan Ruohai took the lead and asked.
Zhuge also looked over.
"I cannot tell you the details of the situation for now. I will wait until I get the confessions from these four people and hand them over to the Inspection Office. Then you will know."
"Master Yan, if I were you, I would already be at Zuixianju right now, and I would take Si Lili first before talking about other things."
"Master Zhu, to be frank, if I were someone who wanted to take credit, what would your Inspection Bureau have to do with this case? I am willing to share the credit with your Inspection Bureau. If you are not grateful, that's fine. Why do you have to show off in front of me?"
"What are you still standing there for? Go back to the Military Affairs Office immediately! Get the confessions of these four people!"
He is so strong.
Zhu Ge's attitude is one aspect, but it does not account for a large proportion.
Besides...he did have the idea of getting some benefits and pushing himself up further.
If I were to hold a higher official position, an interesting phenomenon would occur: father and son would serve in the same court!
Of course, this kind of assassination by enemy spies will probably be ultimately judged and convicted by the Institute of Investigation, together with the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple.
To whom will the military department transfer these female swordsmen from Dongyi City?
If the words are as clear as the sea, it is still acceptable.
Zhuge, this guy's character is...very wrong.
After saying that, he bowed slightly to Yan Ruohai and Zhu Ge and walked away.
Fan Xian took back the badge from Zhongli and went to Zuixianju.
Even though there was a lot of noise and I was in a bad mood, I still had to go to the appointment.
(End of this chapter)