Exclusive golden branch

Chapter 431 Pearl
If things like Ye Mingzhu can be seen everywhere in the streets, they are not eligible to enter the national treasury.

Things that can enter the national treasury are naturally rare in the world, and it is rare to find a night pearl that is both very good in color and appearance, and it is not small in size.

Cui Duo compared the size of the mouth of the bowl with a delicate expression.

Of course, such things cannot appear without a reason, and the number... thirteen!
If he remembers correctly, this number of Ye Mingzhus were stolen from the imperial treasury last year, and the person who took over the big theft case was not a mediocre person. Move the knife.Therefore, although such a case did not involve a human life lawsuit, it was not a trivial matter after all.

In the end, the person who took over the case was not an ordinary official, but the young Dali Temple Shaoqing Lin Yan personally took over the case, and when he was last year, he went with Ji Chongyan, the great nephew that His Majesty valued very much. He went to Jiangnan Road to find the whereabouts of Ye Mingzhu.

Speaking of the prince of An Guogong... Thinking of the young man he occasionally saw in the palace when he returned to Beijing these years, Cui Duo's eyes flashed with a complicated look: Most beautiful things, whether they are people or objects, are eye-catching, called People are hard to forget.

The appearance of the prince of An Guo... really resembles him very much.Thinking of him, Cui Duo couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

A young man with a silver gun and a white horse, with outstanding ability and good conduct, even the sweetheart he picks is first-class outstanding.He originally thought that the word "unsatisfactory" did not exist in the life of the young man of the Zhao family, but he didn't expect it to disappear so suddenly.Not only was he gone, but the beauty he had in mind was also gone.

Thinking about it this way is really embarrassing.

It is probably because people are getting older and they always like to think too much.Thinking of the old things from Ye Mingzhu's matter, Cui Duo's thoughts drifted a little far away for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he coughed, and instead of talking nonsense with the white-clothed official in front of him, he asked: "Where is he now?"

The person he was referring to was the person who somehow crossed Jiangnan Road with Ye Mingzhu in his arms and came to Henan Road to look for him.

The official said: "It's in the yamen! The next official asked him, but he refused to say."

"He won't talk to you." Although Cui Duo was sometimes out of tune, he was a Jiedushi after all. He seemed careless, but he was very clear in his heart. I will come here, and I will meet him."

This man came with a secret, and he was only willing to tell him.Cui Duo walked towards the yamen quickly, but his brows were furrowed more and more tightly: it was the box of Ye Mingzhu or the box that was stolen, whether the person took money to run errands for others or was related to the assassin, it was all real. There is no need to go all the way to Henan Road.

There must be an extraordinary reason for deliberately going all the way to Henan Road.

Walking into the yamen, I immediately saw the man standing there holding the box.

Just as the official said, he held the box in his arms and looked around, with a tense and shivering expression on his face, very disturbed.

Cui Duo didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so he took off the ID badge on his waist and held it up in front of him to declare his identity: "Henan Provincial Governor Cui Duo."

The person holding the box's eyes lit up when he heard the words, but immediately flinched, and said embarrassingly, "Cui...Master Cui, I..."

"Stop talking nonsense! Why did you bring this box of Ye Mingzhu to me all the way?" Without the kindness he had when he was walking on the streets of Bianzhou City, Cui Duo's face was full of majesty and sternness. "There is no one else here, just say it!"

The person who was called was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he flinched again towards Cui Duo, and then spoke under Cui Duo's urging eyes: "I... I was entrusted by a man named Zhou Fang , run this trip!"

Oh Zhou Fang.Cui Duo nodded and narrowed his eyes, expressionless said: "I don't know."

This name is too common, it can be said that there are a lot of existences on the street, but it is such a common name, and there is no one named Zhou Fang among the people he knows.

But even though he didn't know each other, it didn't prevent him from asking questions.Cui Duo sat down on the chair beside him, took a sip from the teacup on the table, and asked with an "unfathomable" face, "Who is this person? What does he do?"

The person holding Ye Mingzhu shrank and said, "He...he killed the county magistrate named Chen Wanyan in Yancheng."

"Pfft!" A mouthful of tea was sprayed out all at once.

Although he also didn't know Chen Wanyan, the magistrate of Yancheng, the word "killed" was enough to confirm one thing!
Cui Duo, who spouted a mouthful of tea, didn't care to wipe off the tea stained on his mouth, his tiger eyes widened: "A murderer?"

Uh...not really wrong.

The man holding Ye Mingzhu nodded, and was about to speak, when Cui Duo snorted coldly, and shouted: "Since he is a murderer, tell him to surrender quickly, and tell him not to think that the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Don't you know that 'Is it the king's land under the whole world, is it the king's subject on the shore of the land'? If you have to take it back, the crime is even bigger!"

Hearing the words, the person holding Ye Mingzhu hurriedly said: "He has already surrendered, and he is currently staying in the Yancheng County Yamen Prison."

Oh, that's how it is!Although he is still confused about this matter, it does not prevent Cui Duo from continuing to pat the table, and said: "He killed the county magistrate of Yancheng, and he was imprisoned in the prison in Yancheng. Then his The matter should be decided by the adults who are now in charge of Yancheng Yamen, if you can’t decide, go to Jiangnan Dao Dufu Mansion or something to find the chief, what do you want me to do as a Henan Dao envoy?"

This matter has nothing to do with Cui Duo, whether it is the place under his command or his position.

The three generations of ancestors all served as officials. Although they were only local officials in Henan Province, they did not encounter any major obstacles on the road of Jiedushi in Danghe Province, but this did not prevent Cui Duo from knowing the discord among officials.

The Ye Mingzhu delivered to the door might be hot!Thinking of this, Cui Duo couldn't help squinting his tiger eyes, and looked at the person holding Ye Mingzhu in front of him.

This self holding Ye Mingzhu is just a cannon fodder who was sent out to deliver things. The problem lies in the people behind him.Although I don't know what the idea of ​​the person behind this is, but he has been dragged into the water for thousands of miles, this "friendship" really makes people gnash their teeth.

"Who is in charge of Yancheng's yamen now?" Cui Duo pressed on without waiting for him to open his mouth. Yancheng's affairs should be managed by Yancheng, so why come to him?Is it because the person in charge of Yancheng Yamen doesn't take over?Cui Duo thought about it.

The person holding the Ye Mingzhu didn't hide anything when he heard the words, and said in a straightforward manner: "It's Master Lin, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and the son of Anguogong, Ji Shizi."

Good guy!Aren't these two the ones who tracked down Ye Mingzhu?The county magistrate of the murder was the county magistrate of Yancheng, and the murderer was also imprisoned in the prison of the Yamen of Yancheng.

The vigilance in Cui Duo's tiger eyes was about to overflow, he stared closely at the person holding the Ye Mingzhu in front of him, subconsciously leaned back, distanced himself from that person, and said with a sneer Said: "Then why do you choose to be far away?" Cui Duo said, moving his fingers, "These two people are top-notch in terms of reputation and ability, and they can talk to His Majesty, and they can go straight to heaven. ...directly to..."

He stopped halfway through the conversation, and a hint of deep thought suddenly appeared in the vigilance of his eyes.

After drooping his eyes and pondering for a moment, Cui Duo raised his eyes to look at the person in front of him again: "That's called Li Fang..."

"Zhou Fang." The person holding the Ye Mingzhu box corrected him.

"Okay, it doesn't matter if it belongs to Zhou Fang or Sun Fang, he wants you to give me this thing, but what did he say?"

The person holding the Ye Mingzhu box shook his head, presented the Ye Mingzhu box in front of Cui Duo with both hands, and said: "He only said that these Ye Mingzhus were the thirteen Ye Mingzhus lost in the imperial treasury, and the other Yeming Pearls were all fake. If you don't believe me, just bring Ye Mingzhu to His Majesty and you will see it."

It was clear at first sight... Staring at the Ye Mingzhu presented in front of him, Cui Duo was silent for a moment, gritted his teeth, and took it.

With a hook of the finger, the box was opened, and even though it was broad daylight, the Ye Mingzhu still had a faint glow.

It was really different from ordinary pearls at first glance, but Cui Duo didn't care much about admiring the treasure, he just felt that his fingers holding the box were a little hot.

This treasure is really hot, Cui Duo looked into the box, and the moment he opened it, he saw a polite poem written on the top of the box.

Accumulated water is not clear, and pearls are not easy to find.

Cui Duo searched the poems in his stomach, vaguely remembering that it was a poem describing the hard work of pearl divers.It is not surprising that such actions as engraving poems on the box containing the treasures are considered an arty means.

So... Cui Duo frowned, looked at the box of night pearls in front of him, and began to think with his cheeks on his hands.

Why did the death row prisoner who killed the county magistrate and committed a capital crime waiting to be executed bypass Lin and Ji, who were in charge of his case, and deliver things to him?Cui Duo held this box of Ye Mingzhu and thought: He knew in his heart that he had nothing to do with these things, and the only person he could guess so far seemed to want to use his hand to reach Heaven.

Maybe he is not the only one who goes straight to Tianting, why not Lin and Ji come to Tianting directly?

What would a condemned prisoner want?Cui Duo quickly flashed an answer in his mind-survival.

There are very few people in the world who are not afraid of death. It would be reasonable if the death row prisoner's request is for survival. Besides, if this is the case, the behavior of bypassing Lin and Ji seems to make sense.

These two people have their own methods and abilities, but they are still young, and now they have put this person in prison with all the witnesses and evidences. It may not be easy for these two people to release them.

There is only one person in the world who can break the law and keep the condemned prisoner alive--Your Majesty.

After all, a condemned prisoner would not be familiar with the two people in charge of the case. Maybe it was because he was afraid that the young man would be too young and tactful, and he would kill him with a knife before he delivered the things to His Majesty?

This is possible, apart from Lin Yan, although the child of the old Ji's family looks like Xiaolang of the Zhao family, but for some reason, the temperament of the whole body gives people a feeling of being not easy to mess with .

Maybe it's because he couldn't figure out what these two people meant, so he switched to him?

If this is the case, it makes sense at all times. Cui Duo glanced at the Ye Mingzhu in his hand, and then considered the issue of things: returning the lost and recovered Ye Ming Pearl to His Majesty should not have such a big face, it is not enough Ask His Majesty to save a death row prisoner, then this... Rubbing the poems on the box, Cui Duo carefully looked at the box containing the night pearl.

He just looked at it but did not forget to talk to that person: "What else did that Wang Fang say?"

"Zhou Fang." The man explained, then shook his head, and said to Cui Duo, "I didn't say anything, I just asked Master Cui to hand over the box to His Majesty, and His Majesty will know."

That's it... Cui Duo looked up at him, thought for a while, and said: "Okay, I understand, you stay here for a few days, and I will deliver the box to His Majesty. If there is nothing wrong, you can leave .”

Although he thought to himself that he had guessed Zhou Fang's intentions, it was not because he wanted a chance to survive that he sent the things to him, the things in this box could save Zhou Fang's life.

But these are just speculations, it's hard to say whether this box of Ye Mingzhu has such a large weight.If something is delivered to him, he has to pick it up if he doesn't.But if something goes wrong, he can't afford it, so just keep him for a few days.

The man nodded repeatedly when he heard the words, it should be, a face that can't be found at a glance when it falls into the crowd, it looks simple, not like a smart person.

It's just that knowing people, knowing faces and ignoring people's hearts, it's better to guard against them!
Waved for someone to take this person down, Cui Duo grabbed a Ye Mingzhu and took it in his hand. The Ye Ming Pearl still had some weight, and the bottom of the box was a little dented. He stared at the slight depression at the bottom of the box for a moment, Cui Duo suddenly With a sound of "Huh", he quickly raised his head and looked at the bottom of the box from the outside. After looking at the bottom of the box for a while, his expression changed suddenly, he looked inside the box again, and reached out to touch the bottom of the box: there is a layer under the box!

Then the things in the interlayer... Cui Duo was about to take the Ye Mingzhu inside away to take a look, but he stopped suddenly when he stretched his hand halfway.

I have to open it up and see, he accidentally broke the box, where can I find a box that is exactly the same?

After all, is it something to be presented to His Majesty, or...forget it!Cui Duo didn't hesitate long before making a decision.

The oral motto left by three generations of ancestors: Knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing!

However, this completely confirmed his guess: relying on Ye Mingzhu alone is obviously not enough for His Majesty to let Zhou Fang survive, the bottom of the box is the key.

This... can't even watch it!If this is a good thing, His Majesty will reward him no matter whether he looks at it or not; but if it is not, it will be a disaster!

Cui Duo put Ye Mingzhu back into the box, covered it, stared at the box in front of him for a moment, frowned suddenly, and began to curse: "What kind of Liu Fang is this, it's really too much!"

Previously, he thought it was the kid from Ji's family who had a fierce look, which made people wonder, but now he suddenly realized that this was not the case: most of the things in this box were not good things, they were very hot.

Is this Qian Fang a bitch?Seeing that the two white-faced children are good-looking, they feel pity for the fragrance and cherish the jade, and deliberately bypass them, telling them to avoid this trouble, and seek far away from the near ones, and come to him to drag him into this muddy water.

Please come here to send a box from a thousand miles away, this Zhao Fang, he wrote it down!

(End of this chapter)