Chapter 30 Bewildering
The next day, Le Yiyang and Cui Xin arrived at Kaifeng Prefecture. When Mei Jiutong saw the two of them coming, she asked in surprise: "Brother Le, why are you here?" Le Yiyang explained his purpose. Mei Jiutong frowned and said: "This matter is not easy to deal with. I mentioned it to you last time that Cui Mingyi, the young minister of Dali Temple, personally investigated this matter. If it is true as you said, the girl who came may be in danger."
Le Yiyang's face changed after hearing this and he remained silent. Cui Xin said angrily: "Is it a mistake to take action by Yi?"
Mei Jiutong said helplessly: "Cui Xin, you have been in the capital for many years. I believe Cui Mingyi has always been impartial and selfless. The law of this dynasty follows the Han system, and the first is that the murderer dies. The law is unkind. If the laws of the Great Jin Dynasty cannot be enforced in Kaifeng Prefecture, will other prefectures and counties in the world still agree with the emperor's laws?" After a while, he added: "Mr. Le, you must understand that this is under the feet of the emperor, not the world."
Le Yiyang didn't know what he meant, so he asked anxiously: "Brother Mei, can you let me see Yun'er?" Mei Jiutong turned around and looked at him, turned around and whispered: "To be honest, since he met you that day, Miss Lai has been taken to the cell of Dali Temple. I heard that Master Cao said that the emperor had personally inquired about this matter, and Cui Mingyi must find out the truth. Now the case has been handed over to Dali Temple, and I can't do anything about it."
Cui Xin saw Le Yiyang's eyes were a little confused, worried that his injury would recur, so she said, "Young Master Le, we are useless here, it seems we have to find another way."
Mei Jiutong nodded and said, "This matter needs to be discussed for a long time."
Le Yiyang didn't expect that the matter was so serious and he kept silent along the way. Cui Xin knew that he was concerned about Lai Ji Yun, and his heart was actually very calm.
When they returned to the Villain Building, there was still a crowd of people in the lobby. When everyone saw Le Yiyang bringing Cui Xin into the door, their eyes showed envy. At this time, the waiter ran over to Cui Xin and said, "Cui Xin, there is a young man coming to find you on the upper floor. He has been waiting for you for a long time."
Cui Xin glanced at Le Yiyang and said, "I don't know which frivolous young master is, and I want to have a bad idea." Le Yiyang heard her words and said casually, "Since a customer has come, I won't go upstairs." Cui Xin took his hand and asked, "Young Master Le, aren't you going upstairs to rest?" Seeing that she intended to let others see her intimate relationship with her, Le Yiyang thought that she could let her leave this smoky place openly in the future, she smiled and nodded and went upstairs together.
When he arrived at the room, as soon as he opened the door, a man stood up to greet him, "Cui Xin, I'm proactive in disturbing you, I hope to forgive me." Cui Xin looked carefully and found that this man was the young man who was speaking up for justice downstairs that day. The man saw that there was another person behind Cui Xin, but fortunately he didn't say anything pretentiously. When Le Yiyang entered the room, the two looked at each other and were both surprised.
The man bowed and said, "I am here to Du Chi, thank you for helping me that day." Le Yiyang smiled and said, "It's so much to ask. If Mr. Du hadn't invited Lord Mei, I wouldn't know how to deal with the scene that day."
Du Chi asked again, "I don't know where the name of the young master Zun's surname is from?" Le Yiyang replied truthfully, "Let Yiyang in Taiyuan."
"Such a coincidence, my father talked about Taiyuan a few days ago." Du Chi said excitedly.
Le Yiyang asked curiously: "Young Master Du, Ling Zun is also a native of Taiyuan?"
Du Chi shook his head repeatedly, looked at Cui Xin again and said, "Cui Xin, how are you doing today?"
Cuixin turned around and ignored her.
Seeing that Du Chi was interested in Cui Xin, Le Yiyang said, "I have something to do, go out first. You guys talk." Cui Xin also wanted to go out together, but was pulled by Du Chi. Du Chi held Cui Xin's hand tightly and said, "Cui Xin, do you know? I haven't seen you these days, and I can't sleep."
Cui Xin broke away from his hand with great force and said coldly: "Please respect yourself, Mr. Du."
Du Chi said unyieldingly: "Cui Xin, have you not understood my affection for you in the past few months?" Cui Xin looked at him and said slowly: "Young Master Du, I already have something to do with you and can't like other people anymore."
Du Chi looked at Cui Xin in confusion, and saw her blushing slightly, he asked, "Tell me, who is it? Is it the Young Master Le just now?" Cui Xin did not answer. He said, "Cui Xin, as long as you follow me, you will enjoy endless wealth and glory in the future."
Seeing him chattering, Cuixin interrupted him: "Young Master Du, although you can call the wind and rain, and even the famous Mei Jiutong in the capital can be dispatched at will, you can do nothing about what happened to the Boqing Tower that day."
When Du Chi saw her poking her short ribs, he said angrily: "Cui Xin, let's take a look! One day, I will make you really like me." After that, he left the door.
Cui Xin saw his behavior as a playboy, and tears kept flowing out. Le Yiyang heard something in her room and rushed in, saw that her eyes were full of tears, handed over a white handkerchief, and asked with concern: "Miss Cui Xin, is Mr. Du difficult for you?"
Cui Xin took the handkerchief, wiped the tears in her eyes, and said, "No, he is the young master of the Taiwei Mansion, so it will not be difficult for me as a brothel woman. Besides, there is already someone in my heart." Le Yiyang did not answer after hearing this, and thought, "Le Yiyang, Le Yiyang, what did you do, how could such a simple woman fascinate you?"
After Cui Xin left, Le Yiyang remembered the agreement with Lai Jiyun, so he took out the Huixu Sword Note and practiced it repeatedly in the room, day and night.
A few days later, Mei Jiutong came to the Faiqing Tower. Le Yiyang waited for him to walk into the backyard and greeted him, "Brother Mei, how are Yun'er now?" Mei Jiutong replied, "Brother Le, everything is fine, but I'm not used to staying in Dali Temple." Le Yiyang thought to himself, "Who will be in a good mood in the cell?" He asked, "Brother Mei, can't Yun'er come out now?" Mei Jiutong said solemnly, "Brother Le, it's hard to describe at this time."
Mei Jiutong told what had happened in the past few days and asked about his injuries. Seeing that he was fine, he told him to rest in the Farewell House with peace of mind and wait until the time is right before arranging him to meet Lai Jiyun. Le Yiyang bowed his head and thanked him.
It turned out that when Warrior Dangxiang returned to the inn that night, he was meeting Tuoba Jiyu who came to the inn room. Everyone was shocked and quickly bowed and bowed. Tuoba Jiyu had learned that Yelu Zhongying was about to meet the emperor of Jin soon and was about to carry out an assassination operation again before she entered the palace. He happened to pass by the inn tonight and decided to come in and see him put in a spy here during the day. As soon as Tuoba Jiyu walked into the room, he saw them all return in a dusty manner.
Seeing that something was wrong with it, Tuoba Jiyu asked, "What's wrong with you tonight?"
Several people deliberately said the situation in the House of Love. When Tuoba Jiyu heard Le Yiyang provoking for no reason and maliciously slandering Dangxiang Warrior, he was furious and put a corner of the table with his hands and said, "This person is so bold. He dares to insult me like this. We must find out their details."
These people received the order and soon found the bag that Yelu Zhongying gave him in Le Yiyang's room. After Tuoba Jiyu opened it, he found that it was full of Khitan coins and said, "It seems that they are Yelu Zhongying's people, no wonder they are causing trouble for you."
The people asked in fear, "General, my subordinates don't understand very well." Tuoba Jiyu looked at them and said, "You don't stay in the inn, but you caused trouble everywhere, almost disrupting my plan. I learned yesterday that the spy's reward, Yelu Zhongying will enter the palace to meet the saint in the past two days. I don't know what she has in her intentions. We must stop him from reconciling with Jin, otherwise we will be in trouble."
The warriors hurriedly knelt down and said, "We are incompetent, please punish the general!" Tuoba Jiyu suppressed the anger in his heart when he saw these people, and comforted him: "It's over here, there is no choice. Since they are Yelu Zhongying's subordinates, we can just put this matter on her."
The people said tremblingly: "What the general said is so, what do we need to do next?" Tuoba Jiyu took out a piece of stuff from his arms and handed it to them, "Take my token to the Kaifeng Prefecture Office, and say that my man was assassinated by the Khitans in the Villain Building, and ask them to give me an answer." "No!" After saying that, the group of people hurried downstairs.
Tuoba Jiyu walked around the house twice and said to his subordinate Bushi: "Let's go, let's leave the matter here to him." The group left the inn one after another.
In Kaifeng Prefecture, Mei Jiutong was asking Ji Yun in the lobby, and suddenly saw the prefect Cao Tieshi coming hurriedly. Mei Jiutong asked, "Sir, haven't you rested so late?"
Cao Tieshi looked at Lai Ji Yun and called Mei Jiutong outside the door: "Jiutong, this is the person you brought back from the Bieqinglou tonight. Why is it a girl?" Mei Jiutong replied: "Sir, this is the girl from Luzhou." Cao Tieshi was puzzled after hearing Mei Jiutong's words and asked: "Why, you have known each other before?" Mei Jiutong said in a singular manner: "I met Beizhi at the inn yesterday, and there was also a brother Le who should have brought him back together. He is now injured and he is recovering from Cuixin."
Cao Tieshi took out the token in his hand and handed it to Mei Jiutong: "It seems that what the man said just now is true." Mei Jiutong took it and saw the six gilded characters "Dangxiang Tuoba Jiyu" engraved on it. He asked: "Sir, where does this token come from?" Cao Tieshi said: "It was sent by Tuoba Jiyu's subordinates. I already know the reasons and consequences of the matter. It's a bit tricky now, so I'll discuss it with you."
Mei Jiutong had some understanding of Dangxiang, and when he saw that things had come to this point, he said carefully: "Sir, Dangxiang's Duke Li Yiyin has been named the southwest recruitment envoy of the Khitan by the emperor, and we will work with us to guard against the Khitan's southern invasion. Now the one who died in the Bieqinglou is Dangxiang's warrior, what can we do about it?"
Cao Tieshi said thoughtfully: "Jiutong, we are now confronting the Khitan. If we offend Tuoba Jiyu for this, it will make the Dangxiang people feel disappointed. If they collude with the Khitan, our Jin Kingdom will be in danger." After hearing this, Mei Jiutong was worried that Cao Tieshi was afraid of the hasty settlement of the case because of Tuoba Jiyu, and hurriedly said: "The yamen's case depends on evidence. If it is true that the Dangxiang warrior has made mistakes first, we cannot tolerate it and wrongly accuse the good people. Beizhi feels that the matter tonight needs to be clarified. I hope you can understand it."
Cao Tieshi is not a mediocre official. Seeing that the matter tonight is of great importance and has exceeded the scope of Kaifeng Prefecture's authority, he said: "Jiutong, since the murder case of Biaoqinglou involves Dangxiang people, if you have no objection, I will decide to report this matter to the court and ask Dali Temple to assist in handling it."
Chapter completed!