"There seems to be a trend of the official family and the Yushitai being connected in tandem recently."
As soon as he found something unusual in the Yushitai, Lei Yungong immediately rushed to the Funing Hall to report.
Now, Lei Yungong's assignment has become Guan Gou Huangcheng Secretary, of course, he is only one of Guan Gou.
Generally speaking, there will be four court officials in the Imperial City Division, half of whom are eunuchs who are escorted by internal servants and have common backgrounds.
The other half were filled by trusted military ministers, who were basically the emperor's former ministers.
Back to business.
Lei Yungong is now one of the four official officials. The specific task he is responsible for is investigating affairs. To be more specific, he is dedicated to investigating folk customs and slandering those who criticize the government.
Occasionally, he would be responsible for monitoring trade routes, that is, certain illegal economic activities.
"Serial connection?"
Hearing the news, Li Jie couldn't help but feel a little headache.
In the Yushitai, the officials there are all stubborn people. Of course, in most cases, their stubbornness is limited to the imperial power.
"What do they want to do?"
As soon as these words came out, Lei Yungong suddenly felt a sense of regret in his heart.
Too careless!
He only wanted to take credit, but forgot what officials valued most. He should have found out the specific matters first and then reported them.
However, the matter had reached this point and the mistake was irreversible, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and answer.
"The little one is checking it out and will find out soon."
"soon?"
Li Jie glanced at him coldly: "How soon is soon?"
Upon hearing the change in the official's tone, Lei Yungong shuddered subconsciously, then gritted his teeth and said.
"Two days!"
"Within two days, I will definitely figure out the movements of the Yushitai."
"Um."
Li Jie nodded secretly, is this reasonable? How can you be vague when reporting to the leader?
Then, he waved his hand.
"Go down."
"I'll take my leave, little one."
Hearing this, Lei Yungong breathed a long sigh of relief, then bowed slightly and backed away slowly.
After leaving the inner hall, Lei Yungong raised his sleeves and gently wiped the sweat on his forehead.
too difficult!
Two days, two days, how could he use two days to find out what was on the Yushitai?
Ordinary methods will definitely not work, you must be fast!
Otherwise, the officials won't be able to explain it.
After pondering for a moment, Lei Yungong thought, since being soft is not enough, then be hard!
Liu Jun, he really couldn't move.
But he can still touch the confidants in Liu Yun's family.
Just kidnap the person back and torture him severely. Of course, this must be done in secret.
If he is exposed, even if he is a member of the Imperial City Department, he will not be able to hide it.
The next day.
An old servant in Liu Yun's family suddenly disappeared. When Liu Yun returned home from work, he learned about this and immediately ordered all the servants in the family to go out to search for him.
This old servant was not an ordinary person, but had followed Liu Jun all the way from Daming Mansion to the capital.
When he was young, the old servant was Liu Jun's reading companion.
The two have known each other for decades. Although they are master and servant in name, they are actually more like brothers.
However, until nightfall, still no news came back.
Under the light, Liu Jun's face had a touch of sadness.
Where did Xiang Wan go?
Liu Yun is 44 this year, and Xiang Wan is the same age as him. Half of his body is about to be buried. There is no way he would leave without any reason.
The night got deeper and deeper, and there was still no news from Xiang Wan.
Imperial City Secret Prison.
Xiang Wan woke up from his coma and looked at the surrounding environment with confusion in his eyes.
There was only one oil lamp in the dim room, and its illumination range was very limited. Only a corner of the room could be seen.
However, even if he could only see a corner of the place, Xiang Wan understood the current situation.
A dark room, a damp floor, and a wooden cell door. Obviously, this is a private prison!
Who can catch me?
Why are you arresting me?
For a moment, two doubts popped up in Xiang Wan's mind.
He asked himself that he had not offended anyone, and his status was not high, he was just a servant of the Liu family.
Thinking of this, Xiang Wan suddenly realized.
Yes!
It must be the ‘enemy’ of the family leader!
Just as Xiang Wan was analyzing secretly, there was a sudden sound of opening the door at the cell door.
After a while, a man with a feminine appearance, about thirty years old, appeared in front of Xiang Wan.
"Hello, Butler Xiang."
The man chuckled and got straight to the point.
"I asked you to come here today mainly because I have something I want you to help me with."
"please?"
Xiang Wan sneered and said sarcastically.
"Is this a please?"
Snapped!
As soon as he finished speaking, the man didn't react at all, but the man who was following him was very excited. He raised the whip in his hand and gave Xiang Wan a hard blow.
"Old guy, pay attention to your attitude!"
hiss!
Everyone who has tried it knows how painful it is when a whip soaked in water hits the body. Xiang Wan, who is already in his fifties, couldn't help but let out a painful groan.
"Asshole!"
The feminine man suddenly turned around and slapped his follower on the face.
"Please punish me for your little trespass!"
"roll!"
The feminine man kicked the follower, then turned around and looked at Xiang Wan with a pleasant look.
"The people under my command are ignorant, so please don't worry about it, Chief Butler."
Xiang Wan remained silent. This whip also made him wake up. He was now just someone else's prisoner.
People are knives and servants, and I am fish and meat.
"It seems that Butler Xiang doesn't mind."
The feminine man chuckled and brought up the previous topic again.
"If that's the case, then I'll tell you straight away."
"With Butler Xiang's intelligence, you should understand why we brought you here, right?"
"That's right, it's about Liu Zhongcheng."
"Liu Zhongcheng seems to be a little busy recently. Can I ask what Liu Zhongcheng is busy with?"
"who are you?"
Xiang Wan looked at the feminine man with a wary expression.
The feminine man looked at Xiang Wan condescendingly, his tone was very casual.
"Do you think I would tell you?"
"hehe."
Xiang Wan sneered and said, "You are like a dog and a fly."
Although Xiang Wan is only a servant of the Liu family, he has been eating from the Liu family since he was a child, and Liu Jun treats him like a brother.
Therefore, Xiang Wan has made up his mind that he will never leak anything inside Liu's house.
"If you don't eat after the toast, it seems you have to drink as a penalty?"
The feminine man clapped his hands gently, and soon, two tall and burly men walked into the cell.
"It's a pleasure to serve this master."
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The next day.
When the sky was about to get dark, the feminine man who had been tortured all night walked out of the secret prison with a gloomy look on his face.
He cursed while wiping the remaining blood on his hands with a handkerchief.
"No matter how hard the bones are, they still won't loosen up?"
"What a damn bad luck!"
After scolding a few times, the feminine man looked up at the sky, then walked into a room, quickly changed his clothes, and hurried towards the imperial city.