The beauty of the lady

Chapter 340 The Mysterious Man (1)
"Yes, the old slave will fetch it now."

Not long after, Manager Xu came back, and several people gathered around the big square table in the main hall, looking at the picture in front of them.

Ye Que marked the five villages with a pen, then looked at Ji Heng and said, "Master Ji, what did you see?"

Ji Heng looked at the five villages in front of him, there was nothing special, but they were built on the hillside...

Hillside!

"Wuchen means that they want to clean up people? For this mountain?"

"At least that's what I saw. If not, it would not be an easy task to kill so many people."

"But why? If there is really any gold or silver in this mountain, or coal mines, all you need to do is report it to the imperial court. If you dig it without permission, you will be punished by the nine clans."

Ye Xuan looked at Ji Heng and asked, "Teacher, doesn't the Su family in Jiangbei have silver mines?"

"This is different. This is an unowned barren mountain. The court has a clear law. Only five years after you buy your land, if you find ore, you can belong to yourself. Now that they can do evil, it is absolutely impossible Gold, silver and jade mines, and coal mines, regardless of whether they are on their own land or not, should be reported to the imperial court and they will be dug secretly, and they will be punished as treason."

"So that's the case." Ye Chen nodded.

Ye Que pointed at the mountain with his slender white fingers, and said softly, "So I guess the mines on this mountain are not gold, silver and jade mines, nor coal mines, but iron mines."

"Iron mine?" Ji Heng was shocked, "Is there really someone who wants to rebel?"

"That's right. For such a large-scale massacre, the imperial court will definitely send important officials to come. After all, this is the first time in the 500-year history of the Great Yan Dynasty, and the current emperor has only the prince under his knee. If it is really possible, maybe the emperor will If they go north in person, they may kill the king at that time, so this trip, Lord Ji may be in constant danger, and I suspect that the magistrate of Yingzhou Prefecture also knows the secret, and maybe he has surrendered in secret."

"According to what you said, I really think something is wrong with the prefect of Yingzhou."

It is reasonable to say that it is easy to send the corpse to the house or set up a temporary mortuary shed. If you can do this, you either don’t understand it, or you have a ghost in your heart, and Ji Heng is not a three-year-old child. I understand why the magistrate of Yingzhou, who is with him, wants to abuse the dead in this way. There is a saying among the people that the scorching sun is the bane of ghosts.
"So, this time we will be very dangerous. The enemy is in the dark, and we are in the light. It will be inconvenient to move."

"Since you have a clue when you come here, why don't you ask someone to send a letter back to Beijing, and ask the emperor to dispatch the manpower as soon as possible."

Ye Que shook his head, "It's still too early, and we're just guessing, but it's not too late to make a decision in a few days."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Ye Xuan and said, "Piao'er, you stay in the mansion these days, and you are accompanied by Sun Ying. Everything is inconvenient. Anyone with a little vision can know that you came from the palace. For your sake To be safe, it is better to rarely see outsiders. If something happens, I will tell you what to hear."

Ye Cheng nodded: "I listen to my cousin."

"That's good, Sun Ying, take good care of His Highness these days."

"Yes, my servant understands." Even if he tried his best to protect His Royal Highness the crown prince.

Looking at the deep night outside, Ye Que felt a little puzzled. If it was really an iron mine, the villagers at the foot of the mountain would undoubtedly be the best labor force. Why would they kill everyone? This is really incredible.

However, in the early morning of the second day, Xing Yiming, the magistrate of Yingzhou, came to the other courtyard with a team of arresters.

Ji Heng and Ye Que met them in the main hall.

"Xing Yiming, the magistrate of Yingzhou, my next official, see Mr. Ji."

"Master Xing, you don't need to be polite, please sit down." Ji Heng smiled and let the tea sit.

"Thank you sir."

Xing Yiming is a man in his fifties, with a small beard and no white hair. Except for the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, his complexion is still very fair. He is of medium build, slightly fat, and his eyes are smiling. It seems to be very kind.

Dan Shui Ye Que felt that this Xing Yiming was a bit weird.

"Master Xing, you should talk about this massacre case. The emperor was furious when he found out about it, so he asked me to come here. We must catch the real culprit behind the scenes and avenge the nearly two thousand people who died. If this incident happened in your Yingzhou Mansion, if you handle it a little bit carelessly, your official position may be lost."

"Master Ji, I really don't know about this matter. I only got the news on the third day after the incident. I wrote the memorandum at that time and sent it to the capital urgently."

"Let's put this matter aside first, and you talk about the situation at that time."

"Yes!" Xing Yiming wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "That mountain is called Cuiyun Mountain, and it is not the biggest or best in Yingzhou Prefecture. Master Ji knows that our people rely on mountains to eat mountains, and water to eat water. , so a few villages gradually gathered at the foot of the mountain. Cuiyun Mountain is nearly half of the stone mountain, so it is almost impossible to cultivate and farm, but the land at the foot of the mountain is still very good, and there are some wild rabbits and pheasants on the mountain. And so on, if the nearby villages and towns are not hunting, they seldom go there, and it is summer now, the heat is unbearable, and there are few people going up the mountain in normal times. Just a dozen days ago, several people in the city Two hunters teamed up to go hunting in the mountains, but they could smell blood from a distance. When they walked in, all the people in that village were dead. No one was alive, except for the men who were working outside, and even the newborns. The baby was not let go, and then several people reported to the official, and when the official felt it, the place was already like hell, with corpses everywhere, and then inspected several nearby villages, all of them were dead, the official was terrified I couldn't bear it, on the one hand, I asked Wu to do the autopsy, and on the other hand, I hurriedly wrote a note to the court."

"Master Xing, came a few days ago, is there anything unusual about Yingzhou Mansion? Or did a stranger come to Yingzhou after the incident?"

Ye Que asked lightly.

Xing Yiming looked at Ye Que, and saw that although he was wearing half a mask, he had an extraordinary temperament, a very gentle voice, and a comfortable smile on his brows and eyes.

"Master Ji, this is..."

"Oh, this is my cousin. He likes medicine at home. When he heard that someone was murdered, he followed me to take a look."

"Oh!" It may be because of the heat, Xing Yiming touched his sweat again, "If it is unusual, the lower officials have not noticed it. For strangers, Yingzhou Mansion is located between Luzhou Mansion and Jiangzhou Mansion. There are a lot of chariot and horse dealers here, and they are also near the canal, if it is said that a large number of people come here, I have never heard of it."

Afterwards, Ye Que asked a few more questions and stopped talking, while Ji Heng and Xing Yiming chatted with each other until noon, when Xing Yiming said he wanted to have a light meal with them, but Ye Que refused.

(End of this chapter)