The mountains and rivers are quiet and broad

"Master! Master! Young Master..." The housekeeper of Lei Mansion hurried into the inner hall, saw Lei Jing and knelt down in exhaustion.

"What are you talking about!" Lei Jing scolded dissatisfiedly, "What's the matter with that evil?"

"No, master..." The butler was trembling and unable to speak, "Master, he...Master, master is dead!" The butler lowered his head tightly, let out a wail, and cried "Wow".

"You dog slave! What nonsense!" Lei Jing was furious, suddenly got up, kicked the butler on the butler, and kicked the butler to the ground.

The housekeeper was startled and frightened, he grabbed Lei Jing's leg and got up, shaking his head constantly, "No, master, you have to decide for the young master!"

Seeing the servant carrying the person up to him, Lei Jing was startled and didn't dare to lift the white cloth.

"Master, you have to decide for the young master, young master, the young master died for no apparent reason..." The butler lay at Lei Jing's feet, crying and howling.

"This, this..." Lei Jing only felt his blood rushing up, his eyes went black for a while, he lifted the white cloth with trembling hands, and saw his son's face.

After death, she no longer has a domineering look, but has a different kind of quiet and cute. The sound of "Boom" exploded in Lei Jing's head, Lei Jing covered the back of his head and fell back, his lips turned white, but his forehead was red, and his veins were bulging.

"My lord! My lord—"

"What's going on here!" Lei Jing cried for the first time in all these years and trembled all over.

He has only one son, who has been held in his hands as a treasure since he was a child, but he got spoiled, and the older he grows, the more out of tune he becomes, and when his temper comes up, he will beat his son up, but after all, this is Lei Jing's only son. O son!

"Ah! Ahhhh——" Pushing away everyone, Lei Jing picked up his son's cold body and cried bitterly.

Mrs. Lei, who came in a hurry, looked terrified. Looking at the chaos in the hall, she didn't even have time to look at Lei Tao, she rolled her eyes and passed out.

The servants rushed to help Mrs. Lei again. Seeing the chaos in the hall, yelling and crying, Lin Mian retreated silently, wanting to leave quietly.

"Who did this?" Lei Jing asked hoarsely.

Lin Mian stopped and listened.

The housekeeper was still sobbing, "I don't know, it's just, it's just that Mr. Xiao Farewell sent it back, saying, saying..."

"What did you say!" Lei Jing almost supported himself with the strength of his fury.

"It is said that the young master provoked someone who should not be provoked..." The housekeeper wiped his tearful face, "That person's surname is Xu."

"Xu?" Lei Jing gritted his teeth, and kept searching for someone surnamed Xu in his mind, while Lei Tao's servant knelt down at Lei Jing's feet non-stop: "Master, I know this Mr. Xu..."

Lin Mian didn't listen any more and walked away.

"Miangu?" Xiaorou turned her head to look at the messy Lei Mansion, then at Lin Mian, holding tightly the gift she wanted to win Lei Jing's favor.

"Shh." Lin Mian shook his head, without looking back, just walking forward.

Seeing Lin Mian's face was gloomy, Xiaorou didn't dare to ask any more questions, and followed her quickly, and the two hurried back to Yunhai Tower.

As for Lei Jing, clutching the servant's collar, he almost wanted to eat someone: "Come here! Go and offer a reward: Xu Qingfeng's head on his head! Thirty gold will be rewarded to those who come to see him with his head up!"

--split line--

The night is already deep, and it is cloudy today, covering the moonlight, making the sky and the earth look a lot darker.

"My lord..."

"Yeah." Chen Ke didn't lift his head, "Leave it alone..."

Eunuch Quan had no choice but to put down the files. Looking around the study room, there were already a lot of files piled up, some of which were dusty and even faded.

Since Chen Ke entered the palace overnight the night before, he has been checking and sorting out various cases in Taiheng Palace. He didn't have a good rest for three consecutive days, and Grandpa Quan couldn't help but worry.

"My lord, take a break." Eunuch Quan persuaded, not knowing what Chen Ke was looking for in these old cases.

Chen Ke responded perfunctorily, and after flipping through the file in hand, Eunuch Quan was still standing aside, twisting his stiff neck: "What time is it?"

"It's long past time." Eunuch Quan looked at Chen Ke disapprovingly: "My lord, you haven't eaten dinner yet."

"Not too hungry..."

Eunuch Quan sighed, it seems that Mr. Xu still has to be moved out. "My lord, if Mr. Xu knows that you don't care about your body like this, you will definitely be anxious..."

"Got it." Chen Ke closed the file, and happened to feel a little tired. "Bring the food."

Along with the meal, there was also a letter.

"Report to the lord, Mr. Xu has sent a letter."

Chen Ke picked up his rice bowl, put it down again after hearing the words, first took Xu Qingfeng's letter, walked to the desk, took a letter cutter and carefully cut it open.Seeing this, Eunuch Quan sighed silently again, not knowing what to do.

Xu Qingfeng is not like Chen Ke, who has a picture album and embossed flowers. What is solid is a letter, but he wrote two full pages.

From King Ren:

The capital city is far away, separated by thousands of miles, and it will take a few days to reach what you think in pen, write it into paper, and send it to Hongyan...

Xu Qingfeng first said that the two were far apart, and although the words expressed his longing bluntly, there were also several times of complaints. Chen Ke took the complaints as interest, and read the beginning of a paragraph several times before continuing to read.

Xu Qingfeng wrote about what he saw on the road and the scenery of Qingzhou, and then he mentioned meeting Xiaobie and Yetan Qinghuahui.

Xu Qingfeng wrote down all the speculations about the Blue and White Club, and then promised to take good care of himself, asking Chen Ke to take care of his health and so on.

At the end, Chen Ke talked about the picture album and embossed flowers. He didn't say whether he liked it or not, so he replied with a line of poems based on the eight characters on the title page of the picture album:

——The peach blossoms are scorching with a bit of fragrance, and the return date is far away.

"The return date is far away and can be expected." Chen Ke couldn't help sighing that the correspondence between letters was not as satisfying as he imagined, and on the contrary, it made lovesickness even more painful.

After folding the letter along the creases and carefully storing it in the dark compartment behind the bookshelf, Chen Ke returned to the table for dinner.

"What's going on with Keqing Yan?"

"No difference."

"Continue to monitor."

"Yes……"

Chen Ke hastily ate his dinner and returned to the desk.

The book case contains information about the Jinwang case, the collusion with foreign races case, and the Xizhou case, as well as the change of appointments in Dali Temple, the appointments of the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Rites, and the investigations of Yan Keqing, Huang Bainian, Wang Jin and others who were investigated by Chen Ke. Father-in-law's biographical information.

All the information on paper and available for investigation has been gathered in Chen Ke's hands, and there is no mistake in co-authoring Yan Keqing's statement that day.

The conclusion of King Jin's case was conclusive.

But Chen Ke still couldn't grasp the inner thread.If it weren't for the intersection with Yan Keqing before rebirth, Chen Ke would not doubt Yan Keqing. As a prime minister, Yan Keqing is undoubtedly outstanding.If it wasn't for Yan Keqing who happened to handle the King Jin case, Chen Ke would not place the suspicion on Yan Keqing.

What else?Chen Ke rubbed his robe subconsciously, doubting Yan Keqing was more of an intuition.What is the clue he missed?

The dossier that Eunuch Quan brought in just now is on the right. Chen Ke picked up the top one, and saw that the bottom one was today's inventory of the state treasury.Chen Ke put down the file in his hand and pulled out the bottom list.

It is said to be a list, and it does record the things in the treasury in detail.At the end of the list, Wang Jin, the person in charge of the household department, signed and stamped it, and Dong Xuemin, the inspector of the official department, stamped it for certification.

Chen Kefu looked at the list again, and asked Quan Gonggong to find out the previous two days, but he still couldn't see the clue.

"Look at..."

"The old slave can't see it." Eunuch Quan hesitated only when Chen Ke tested him, and then looked at him seriously: "It's not the same as before."

"Oh?" Chen Ke raised his eyebrows, motioning for Eunuch Quan to continue.

Eunuch Quan is indeed an old man in the palace. After he entered the palace, he served Emperor Xuanwu. The inventory of the treasury was done once a year at first, and there was always a chance to see the list.

"It's not so detailed in the past. This Lord Yan is quite reliable...but there is no record of entering and leaving the warehouse?"

The list sent every day is a thick volume, recording the location, style, and value of each item, but the record of the time of entry and exit is very vague.

The original intention of counting the treasury was because the Ministry of Household Affairs was loose and failed to check it properly before, and it was suspected that the treasury had been involved.

But instead of pinpointing the problem, the list is like a catalog—a catalog of things to find.

"Ah, maybe it's because there are other records in the national treasury for entering and leaving the treasury..." Grandpa Quanyou was speculating, and Chen Ke propped his chin thoughtfully.

"My lord, it's time to rest." Seeing that Chen Ke had been in the study from day to night, and now it was about to dawn again, Eunuch Quan couldn't help but persuade: "You have to take care of yourself."

"En." Chen Ke stood up, and he was really tired. Eunuch Quan hurried forward to help Chen Ke change his clothes. Chen Ke waved his hand to signal that he didn't need it.

"My lord?" Eunuch Quan also didn't have a good rest. Seeing Chen Ke getting up, he was very worried. He didn't know if others were not nearby to serve him. He never left Chen Ke, and he could see clearly: King Ren recently ate less and slept less. Not as good as before.

"Is there morning morning today?"

"Yes." Eunuch Quan was puzzled, but King Ren had never been to court in the past few years.

Chen Ke sat up, feeling that his head was heavy after staying up all night, and the whole father-in-law hurriedly served tea, and Chen Ke felt better after drinking it.

"Changing clothes..."

Eunuch Quan was still a little confused, not sure whether to go to get the court clothes, but Chen Ke ordered casual clothes.

"To the Treasury."

There was an early court today, and the treasury secretary had to go down to start work again. Cai Xi, who was in charge of the treasury department, walked slowly towards the treasury department. When he saw King Ren's sedan chair, he widened his eyes suspiciously.

"Lord Cai?" Eunuch Quan smiled politely.

"Exactly." Cai Xi's figure was sideways, but there were a pair of big eyes on his chubby face.

"King Ren has something to ask." Eunuch Quan lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, Chen Keben closed his eyes and rested, and it was time to get off the sedan chair.

"My humble minister sees King Ren."

"You don't have to be polite."

Mr. Quan stepped forward to help Cai Xi on Chen Kexu's behalf, "Does the Treasury Department have recent registrations for entering and leaving the treasury?"

"Some..." Although Cai Xi was puzzled, he still said, "Not only the recent ones, but also the ones from ten years ago. Does the lord want to check?"

Chen Ke nodded slightly.

Cai Xi hurriedly made a gesture of invitation, "My lord, I invite you, I invite you inside."

Since the entry and exit registration ten years ago, there is still a thick stack. Cai Xi wiped the sweat from his forehead, feeling very nervous: "My lord, the registrations for the past ten years are here, a total of sixteen volumes."

"How long have you been the treasury secretary, Shangji?"

"I just took office last month." Cai Xi said cautiously, he had heard of the name King Ren before, but it was the first time he saw King Ren, but he didn't feel that King Ren was as scary as the rumors said.

"Who was your predecessor?"

"Master Zeng Jia Zeng is the respected teacher." Zeng Jia has been in charge of the treasury department for a long time, and it is rare to hold a position for more than four years.

Chen Ke didn't speak any more, and picked up the register book at the top, with "Yuande first year" written on the spine.

According to the time when Yan Keqing counted the national treasury, and looked at the registration for the past three years, there was nothing unusual.Things that go in and out of the treasury are customized every year, and it is only necessary to follow the process without making mistakes.

"Eight years of Zhengwu." Chen Ke said coldly.

Cai Xi quickly took out that book, brushed off the dust on it, and presented it respectfully.

Eight years, exactly eight years ago.Chen Ke didn't think much, and found out the before and after of King Jin's case.

Sure enough, three days before the assassination of King Jin, he entered the treasury once, and put ten bolts of silk and satin from the Western Regions into the treasury, which were stamped with King Jin's seal.

However, what Chen Ke didn't expect was that on the day King Jin was assassinated, the registration of personnel entering and exiting the warehouse was impressively written: Guan Hongfeng.