Friendship

Author: He Yesu

"Big, people, things."

He chewed each word, his words being quite playful.

Ye Jingyuan never believed in groundless rumors, but if he was really such a great person, how could he be noticed by others and even moved to a teahouse for the entertainment of tea drinkers?

He thought for a moment and then asked, "What next? What's the origin of that storyteller?"

The man in gray clothes replied, "He has no special background, and he is not even famous, but our people followed him for a while and found that he had lost him."

After speaking, he lowered his head in shame.

I thought he was just an ordinary person, coming to the teahouse to have a meal, but I didn't expect that he was treated as a dish in the end.

He was prepared to be scolded by the governor, but Ye Jingyuan had no intention of getting angry at all now. Instead, he frowned and said in a confused tone, "Lost?!"

"yes."

The man in gray continued, "The last place he disappeared was in Theater Alley."

Xima Alley is not a remote place. On the contrary, its location is very special and extends in all directions. You can go to many places from there.

Moreover, there are many pedestrians there and the paths are complicated. If you are not careful, you will lose track of your target.

Ye Jingyuan went through the topography of Xi Ma Lane in his mind and asked, "Is it possible that it was intentional..."

"What the Governor is saying is that someone deliberately spread this news to our ears?" The man paused, "But what is the purpose of doing this?"

Ye Jingyuan stared at the mottled bamboos swaying in the wind outside the window and shook his head.

He also wanted to know what the other party's purpose was.

"Didn't the people patrolling the city notice anything strange in recent days?"

"Go back to the governor, not yet."

Everything is as usual, calm and calm.

But such calmness is even more worrying, just like the calm before the storm. Once it reaches a certain critical point, heavy rain will pour down, instantly overturning the entire pattern.

Although the Governor's Mansion currently looks the same as before, in fact it has already been tightened, and I don't know how long it will take to accumulate strength.

"I understand," Ye Jingyuan slowly exhaled, "Continue to send people to keep an eye on the teahouse. If the storyteller is found, arrest him directly."

"My subordinate understands."

The man accepted the order and was about to leave, but the person behind him suddenly stopped him, "You still haven't let go at Qiushui Pavilion?"

"No, his mouth is very tight and cannot be pried open."

Regardless of whether he was punished or offered bribes, the other party refused to reveal any information.

They can't really torture people to death, after all, there is some use in keeping them.

"But my subordinates received news last night that although he has no wife or children, he has a sweetheart named Huaping who lives in the west of the city. The specific address is still being investigated, and I believe he will be found soon."

Ye Jingyuan raised his eyebrows, "Oh? Is there such a thing?"

If a person has no weakness, no matter what method they use to extract a confession, it will be in vain. He was about to give up, but he suddenly found out about a beautiful woman.

Things suddenly became more interesting.

Ye Jingyuan thought for a moment and made up his mind directly, "After you find the person, bring him to Qiushui Pavilion. You know what to do."

The people in prison are not afraid of torture, but it does not mean that the woman is not afraid.

If the pain is on yourself, you can endure it and it will pass; if the pain is on others, it is psychological torture that will never end.

He didn't believe that the other person would be so hard-hearted that he would watch his lover suffer.

"yes."

Ye Jingyuan raised his head and pressed his eyebrows, "Go down."

The footsteps gradually faded away, and soon only Ye Jingyuan was left in the yard.

He looked up at the homing pigeons circling under the eaves and narrowed his eyes slightly.

A few days have passed, and the whereabouts of Cai Wen's nephew and his wife before and after they arrived in Pengcheng have not been found, and the news that reached Haitang County seems to have fallen into the sea, with no waves in sight.

The huge Pengcheng seemed to be isolated, a pool of dead silence.

Ye Jingyuan was very uneasy, but he couldn't find any clues for the time being, and he had no way to deal with it, so he had to wait and see.

The sun was like fire above our heads, scorching the earth without hesitation. In the afternoon, the vendors on the street were forced to sit under the shade of trees to enjoy the cool weather, without even thinking about selling anything.

Bitter summer, bitter summer, it will have to be hot for at least two months before it ends!

It wasn't until the sun set in the west and the evening breeze brought a hint of coolness that the long street became lively again.

Fei Liu walked against the crowd, entered through the back door of Cai's house, took a small path into Qiyun Pavilion, and bumped into Yu Huaishan who had just finished dinner and was out for a walk.

"Doctor Yu, isn't the young master in the room?"

Yu Huaishan shook his head, "I was invited to the front hall by Mr. Cai half an hour ago."

Fei Liu: "Thank you very much."

He turned to leave, but as soon as he walked around the corridor, he saw Xiao Rongxi and Nan Zhen coming together.

"Sir, madam."

Xiao Rongxi nodded and paused slightly, "How about asking?"

Fei Liu dropped behind the two of them and replied, "At the entrance of the third alley in the west of the city, about a hundred steps further in, there is a two-story attic. The person living in it is called Huaping, who has some relationship with Governor Ye."

"According to the Huaping girl, Governor Ye used to go there at least once a month, but recently the two of them haven't seen each other again for more than half a year."

At that time, Xiao Rongxi considered transferring Ye Jingyuan to Pengcheng to guard this important checkpoint. One of the big considerations was that he grew up eating a lot of food, had no relatives, and was not married, so he would not be easily threatened by others.

Ye Jingyuan also knew that his responsibilities were very heavy and he could not let any tricks or weaknesses be exposed, so his interactions with Huaping were not frequent.

He didn't want others to know about Huaping's existence, especially his political opponents, so he never took her into the Governor's Mansion. Instead, he found a house in the west of the city and settled her down.

In order to deceive others, he did not buy the house, but rented it, paying rent every three months.

Coincidentally, that area belonged to the Wang family. When Fei Liu went to investigate, Wang Qingwan directly took out all the information, saving a lot of trouble.

After hearing this, Xiao Rongxi frowned, but she didn't criticize Ye Jingyuan harshly, she was just thinking about the time.

If you haven't been there for more than half a year, doesn't it mean that something happened in the Governor's Mansion before that?

He looked at Fei Liu, "Is there any other news?"

"There was another group of people who discovered the existence of the painting screen at the same time as us. My subordinates followed them for a while and concluded that they should come from the Governor's Mansion."

Lest he be discovered, he didn't dare to get too close, so he just told the most likely route.

He paused and continued, "But there are many tenants there, and they haven't found the specific place yet."

Nan Zhen was listening silently. When she heard this, she suddenly tugged on Xiao Rongxi's sleeve and said, "I have an idea."

…

There is no moon in the middle of the night, only the breeze blows.

There was a little bit of moisture in the air, and it was about to rain.
Chapter completed!