Since I met you, people are dying every day

Because of Ye Sirui's previous questions, this question was not so abrupt. The family member still replied respectfully: "Young master is filial to his parents, loves his younger brothers and sisters, and has at least one letter from his family every month. It's just that he will report the letter after the announcement of the list before the township examination. There was no letter from home that month."

"Then the last letter is the announcement of the good news after the provincial examination?"

The family shook their heads. "No, the young one remembers clearly that the young master wrote the last letter before the exam. At that time, the young one advised him not to waste time. He asked the young one to reveal the list before posting it. The good news should be sent by the government. Later, the young master didn't show up every day, and the younger one didn't pay attention to that letter."

That was the letter that Ma Lu got.

There was no deep meaning in these words, Cui Tong finally saw that something was wrong, and interjected, "Where is that letter now?"

"Naturally, he was taken away by the master of the yamen." The family said.He just bowed his head to state a fact, and there was neither resentment nor unwillingness in his words.

Cui Tong winked at the people in the hall, a yamen servant walked out of the house, Ye Sirui guessed that he was looking for the letter.

The family members got off the stool and knelt down tremblingly, "The young one is a guilty body, he failed to protect the young master, and he is ashamed to see the old man."

People are willing to die to atone for their sins.I just ask my lords, if the case is settled, it would be an idea for them to keep the young master's pen and ink relics and return them to the master. "

Ye Sirui looked at Cui Tong, who frowned slightly.Normally, this request was not too much, but no one knew what secret was in Wan Chengtiao's letter from home, so they dared not agree casually.

Ye Sirui saw that he was in trouble, so he said: "You say that you use death to make atonement, but it's just a moment of verbal courage, so what about your son?"

His son, Wan Chengtiao's school boy, since he was brought into the hall, he sat on the side without saying a word as if he had died.He didn't respond to all kinds of things his father said about Wan Chengtiao, including the words of atonement with death.Knowing Ye Sirui's question, he just woke up like a dream, and shouted hoarsely: "...Dad! Dad——!"

"Silence!" Cui Tong stopped his call, and the guard who guarded him blocked his mouth.But his father seemed to have been awakened by these two father calls, his lowered eyes wandered on his son, various emotions flashed one by one, reluctance, embarrassment.

Anyway, as long as he doesn't mention returning the relic again.Cui Tong leaned closer and asked in a low voice, "Is there anything else you want to ask, Master Qian?"

"No more." Ye Sirui said absently.He was still looking intently at the father and son in prison clothes. "Take it down!" Cui Tong ordered.

Ye Sirui was still dazed and thoughtful until he walked out of Shuntian Mansion.When Cui Tong sent him out, a yamen servant trotted over and whispered something to him, Ye Sirui recognized the one who just slipped out of the hall.Cui Tong glanced at Ye Sirui frequently while speaking, and told him to go down after he finished speaking.

"I'm sorry to trouble Inspector Cui today." Ye Sirui took the horse from the gate and was about to leave, so he casually said some polite words.

"I don't dare to do it, but I have something to show you." Cui Tong cupped his hands casually, and said unceremoniously: "A few days ago, Mr. Qian Shi entrusted someone to come to Shuntian Mansion to borrow Wan Chengyu's relics. A few days have passed, I wonder if I can return it?"

Ye Sirui's mind was clear for a moment, and he said lightly with his hands behind his back: "Inspector Cui, don't worry. If you use it up, I will return it naturally."

"It's not that I'm in a hurry to get down." Cui Tong had a smile on his face, but that smile clearly harbored malicious intentions. "Last night, the Prosecutor's Office just passed away. If such important evidence is destroyed by fire, wouldn't it be a great crime? That's why I have the courage to ask you to return the evidence quickly."

This implies that the epistle was also burned.Ye Sirui didn't know if he had heard about the burning of the Ministry of Rites papers, but it was really ugly.Ye Sirui's expression changed immediately, and the hands behind his back turned into those in front of him, playing with the reins and whip. "Why, what do you mean by that?"

Cui Tong said: "It's just about caring about the evidence, and I don't mean to offend my lord."

"The evidence is intact, don't worry about it, please go back!" Ye Sirui firmly refused, and got on his horse.But Cui Tong approached suddenly and grabbed the rein to prevent him from leaving. "Your Majesty! None of us have seen the evidence. Your words are intact. I'm afraid you won't be able to win people's trust!"

The whip in Ye Sirui's hand was ready to go, but he held it back, and only stroked the mane to comfort the frightened mount. "Why, you dare to threaten me with a low-level inspector!?"

Cui Tong refused to let go. "It's not that I'm threatening you, I'm speaking on behalf of the Shuntian Mansion. Your Excellency was ordered to handle the case, and the Shuntian Mansion could have done it alone and helped you out of good intentions, but your lord has made an inch of it. First, the evidence cannot be borrowed." Also, I ran to Shuntian Mansion to name and interrogate criminals by name! My lord! Shuntian Mansion is not a subordinate of the Prosecutor’s Office!"

He held on to the rein tightly, but Ye Sirui couldn't break free, so he had to pull the whip away, but he didn't dodge or dodge, the other hand grabbed the whip out of thin air, and instead used his strength to pull towards him, Ye Sirui had no choice but to let go.The gate of Shuntian Mansion just pretended not to be seen, pedestrians coming and going walked around the official gate, and occasionally saw them tearing, and after seeing the official robe on Ye Sirui, they didn't even dare to point fingers, shrinking their necks and hurrying go away.Ye Sirui couldn't help but regret not bringing Xia Shu out.

"It's the opposite! Let go! What can Li Changrui tell me! What kind of thing are you!?"

"I've offended you! It's just that Mr. Qianshi should return the evidence quickly!" Cui Tong stepped steadily, "The lower official is indeed nothing, but a hereditary hundred households! It's just with Mr. Qianshi Talk, don't bother Lord Fuyin!"

Ye Sirui's head exploded with a buzzing sound.He was cheated.Shuntian Mansion came here with bad intentions, but it has been going on for a long time.Cui Tong is a hereditary member of a hundred households, the sixth rank, but half a level lower than him, so there is no need to shrink from him.However, such a person pretended to be a low-level inspector and ran around for him.

Cui Tong grabbed the rein and subdued the horse with ease, "If your lord refuses to return the evidence, I will have to ask you to dismount from the horse."

Cui Tong is so powerful that he can even parry Xia Shu's attack.Ye Sirui had riding and shooting skills, but it was useless, so he could only look around in a daze, praying for Xia Shu to descend from the sky.

Cui Tong saw that he still hadn't moved, so he threw away the rein, grabbed his robe roughly, and was about to drag him off the horse.

"Cui Tong! What are you doing!"

A shout was like the sound of nature to Ye Sirui.Cui Tong was already in the wrong, so he was frightened at first, and immediately threw away his hands.Ye Sirui was let go, he didn't even care to look back to see who it was, he immediately urged the horse to run away, and turned the horse's head when he didn't hear Cui Tong catching up.

He recognized He Yinglai from a distance.He Ying was dressed in drag, with a bow and arrow on her back, as if she had just come out of the school grounds.I couldn't see his expression clearly from a distance, and I thought he was very shocked.He asked again: "Cui Tong, what's going on?"

"He Ying, it's none of your business!" Cui Tong replied loudly, turned around and was about to pounce on Ye Sirui again, would Ye Sirui give him a chance?Immediately drive the mount to speed up and run back.After running the horse all the way back to the Zhuangyuan Building, Ye Sirui was only half relieved, threw the horse to the waiter, and ran back to the house in one breath, until he saw Xia Shu Anran sitting on the chair, he finally let out his breath.

As soon as Ye Sirui entered, Xia Shu noticed it, and also noticed his disordered breathing. "What's going on? Are there pursuers?" He immediately stood up, closed the door first, and then looked out from the window.

Ye Sirui slumped on the chair, took a few breaths and said, "With He Ying in the way, I shouldn't be chasing you."

Xia Shu walked quickly from the window, grabbed Ye Sirui's wrist with one hand, felt his pulse, frowned for a while, and then gradually relaxed. "It's okay, I was just frightened." Seeing that he was still in a daze, Xia Shu took a bowl of hot tea from the table and gave him. "Tell me, what's going on?"

"Shuntian Mansion asked me for Wan Chengtiao's family letter on the pretext of being afraid of being burned. If I didn't give it, Cui Tong stopped me from leaving." A bowl of tea before he said. "Cui Tong is not a school inspector, he is a hereditary hundred households."

When he was talking, Xia Shu patted him on the back to comfort him, and stared at him without blinking his bottomless black pupils. After hearing what he said, he replied decisively: "In the future, you can go I follow everywhere."

A warm current surged in Ye Sirui's heart, and he hummed with a smile.

"What's going on with He Ying?" Xia Shu picked up the empty tea bowl, and then picked up the teapot to fill up the tea.Seeing his movements, Ye Sirui realized that Chaming had gone somewhere.But it's better if he's not here to get in the way at the moment. "I don't know either. Cui Tong stopped me from leaving. The two of us were in a stalemate. He Ying suddenly appeared. He and Cui Tong seemed to know each other." Ye Sirui frowned as he spoke.

"That's your fate, let's see if you dare to run out without bringing someone with you in the future?" Xia Shu glared at him, and then gave him the tea bowl that was refilled.With this stare, half of Ye Sirui's fear had already gone, and the matter he was struggling with just now was forgotten, and he even held his hand together. "Understood, I will take you with me wherever I go in the future."

Xia Shu pulled out his hand and said seriously: "Where is that letter?"

"That's why I said it was dangerous. Ma Lu handed the letter to me before he left, and it was on my body." Ye Sirui rubbed his chest, but fortunately he took out the letter and handed it to Xia Shu, "You should keep it. "Xia Shu put the letter and Wan Chengtiao's test paper on him. "What's going on here? Isn't Shuntian Mansion also investigating the case? Why did they suddenly oppose you?"

"I know the truth, and now I need evidence." Ye Sirui was about to explain to him from the beginning, when there was a sudden knock on the door.

"who?"

"Master Ye." The voice of the shop waiter came from outside the door, "Master He has appointed to see you."