Chapter 1323 Daqian Censor!

After learning that the Censorate had already begun an investigation, Ye Dong, under the advice of his advisor Kong Yu, continued to use his connections to learn about the Censorate's movements. At the same time, he gathered his subordinates, severely reprimanded them, and demanded that they never spread anything related to the Great Zhou royal family.

Faced with Ye Dong's order, although his generals all agreed on the surface, one of them, named Wang Zhou, owed a gambling debt of 1,000 taels of silver, and the creditor was a man with a background. Therefore, after the creditor came to his door and asked for repayment within a certain period of time, Wang Zhou, who could not owe the money and did not repay it, had to take the risk and prepare to sell a piece of Great Zhou palace porcelain.

Although he was forced to take the risk due to his debts, Wang Zhou was not stupid. He had not sold the more sensitive things in his hands. In order to conceal his tracks, he did not sell the stolen goods in Yijing, but asked his brother-in-law to take the porcelain south to Yujing to sell.

Wang Zhou originally thought that a piece of porcelain was not sensitive, and there would be no problem if he took it to Yujing to sell it, and the Censorate would not target him!
However, as a military general, he did not know that although it was just a piece of porcelain, the porcelain that could be used in the Great Zhou Palace were all fine products from the Great Zhou official kilns, and would definitely stand out among the common people.

Therefore, when such things appeared in the market of Yujing, they immediately attracted much attention. The Censorate also heard the news and sent informants to Yujing secretly to check the situation...

After the informant from the Censorate arrived in Yujing, he quickly confirmed that this official kiln porcelain came from the Great Zhou Imperial Palace. Just when Chu Zhiyi was about to follow the clues, Ye Dong also learned the news through his channels!

Ever since he gave orders to his men last time and heard their promises, Ye Dong felt much more at ease!
He felt that he had already told them that the Censorate had received wind of the news and was preparing to investigate. Unless these soldiers were extremely bold, they would definitely stop and not commit crimes in defiance of the law!

So when Ye Dong received the news, he was dumbfounded. Ye Dong, who was furious, didn't know that his subordinate was seeking death in this way. However, after hearing the news that the Censorate was going to follow the clues, Ye Dong, who was worried that this matter would implicate himself, had to take drastic measures and arranged for someone to kill the Censorate's informant.

After killing the witness, Ye Dong gathered his men together again and confirmed that it was Wang Zhou who shipped the goods. For this, Ye Dong whipped Wang Zhou and asked Wang Zhou to cut off two of his own fingers as punishment!

After punishing Wang Zhou, Ye Dong warned all his subordinates that everyone was now in the same boat, and if anyone caused the boat to sink, then don't blame him, Ye Dong, for being ruthless and ungrateful to his colleagues over the years!

After solving his own internal problems, Ye Dong thought that Chu Zhiyi, this weak scholar, would retreat when seeing the death of a person, but unfortunately he underestimated Chu Zhiyi!
The murder of the informant did not scare Chu Zhiyi. Instead, it made Chu Zhiyi more determined to get to the bottom of the case and bring the murderer behind the scenes to justice!
At this time, Liu Xinjie, the censor of the Censorate, took the initiative to stand up and ask Chu Zhiyi, the Left Censor-in-Chief, for instructions. He wanted to take over the case.
In fact, facing Liu Xinjie's request, Chu Zhiyi was a little hesitant. After all, the Ministry of Revenue had already begun to split up the Dadongsheng Trading Company, and Ye Mingsheng had already approved Liu Xinjie's transfer to the Dadongsheng Bank. He was just waiting for the split to be officially announced so that Liu Xinjie could take up his post at the Dadongsheng Bank!
Therefore, Chu Zhiyi had doubts about whether Liu Xinjie could investigate the case thoroughly during his last time in the Censorate!

In this regard, Liu Xinjie also said that it was precisely because he was about to be transferred to the Dadongsheng Bank that he wanted to stand his last shift in the Censorate, solve this major case, and put a perfect end to his career as an imperial censor in the Censorate!

In the end, Liu Xinjie's sincere attitude moved Chu Zhiyi, and the Left Censor-in-Chief of Daqian helped Liu Xinjie get his wish and investigate and handle the case.

Liu Xinjie was very motivated about this, his last case in the Censorate, and traced the source through various channels. Although none of his subordinates dared to ship the goods due to Ye Dong's threats and warnings, Liu Xinjie still dug up more clues.

At this time Ye Dong also received the news again. He never expected that the censors in the Censorate were so stubborn that they would continue the investigation even after the informant had died!
The insistence of the Censorate at this time also put Ye Dong into a dilemma. He knew that if he allowed Liu Xinjie to continue investigating, Liu Xinjie would most likely find out about him, and then everything would be over...

The way that the military general Ye Dong thought of to avoid being exposed was - killing people!
Although Ye Dong's idea was simple and crude, his IQ was still online. Although he could decide to kill the informant of the Censorate without hesitation, he still had some reservations about killing the censor. After all, killing the censor was definitely a serious crime!

Ye Dong was very clear that he had been hiding things of the Great Zhou royal family. Even if the truth was revealed, given the friendship between him and Ye Mingsheng, Ye Mingsheng would definitely punish him, but he would most likely not kill him. But if he killed the censor, Ye Mingsheng would most likely execute Ma Su in tears in order to maintain the laws of Daqian and the order of the court.

So for a moment, Ye Dong was a little undecided about whether to kill Liu Xinjie. Seeing this, his master Kong Yu gave Ye Dong a suggestion.

Kong Yu believes that killing Liu Xinjie to stop the Censorate's investigation is the last resort and should not be used lightly now!

So Kong Yu thought he could use coercion and inducement. Kong Yu had already learned about Liu Xinjie's family situation and knew that Liu Xinjie had three children, two daughters and one son. The youngest son was just born this year, and Liu Xinjie loved him very much.

Therefore, Kong Yu's plan was to steal Liu Xinjie's youngest son, and when Liu Xinjie had searched everywhere and couldn't find him and was desperate, he would secretly return the child to Liu Xinjie to let him know how powerful it was...
At the same time, Kong Yu learned that Liu Xinjie's life in Yijing as an imperial censor was not tight but definitely not rich. His family still lived in the mansion allocated to him by the court and he did not have his own house in Yijing. So Kong Yu asked Ye Dong for one thousand taels of silver to bribe Liu Xinjie.

Although it was painful for Ye Dong to pay 1,200 taels of silver, seeing that Kong Yu vowed to help him solve the problem, Ye Dong took out the 1,200 taels of silver and handed over several of his trusted subordinates to Kong Yu's command, allowing Kong Yu to handle the matter with full authority.

In Ye Dong's opinion, although one thousand taels of silver is not a small amount, it is nothing compared to the price he will pay once his crime is exposed.

If the problem can be solved with one thousand and two pieces, then he will be very happy!
After getting Ye Dong's authorization, Kong Yu was also confident in his method. He felt that in the face of his two-pronged approach, all Liu Xinjie could do was compromise and surrender!

To be honest, if Liu Xinjie was an ordinary person, he would most likely succumb to Kong Yu's tactics, causing the final investigation of the Censorate to come to nothing, allowing Ye Dong, the murderer behind the scenes, to continue to go unpunished and not be punished by the laws of Daqian!
But time cannot be reversed, and life has no ifs. Liu Xinjie is not an ordinary person. He is the new manager of Dadongsheng Banking House favored by Ye Mingsheng.
So Kong Yu, full of confidence, asked his men to return Liu Xinjie's youngest son, and asked his men to meet with Liu Xinjie, threatened Liu Xinjie with Liu Xinjie's family, and finally took out the one thousand taels of silver to bribe Liu Xinjie...

However, Liu Xinjie flatly refused without saying a word. He directly stated that he was the censor of Daqian and he would not make any deal with criminals!
If he knew that his youngest son was stolen because of this incident, he would not come to meet you even if you did not send his youngest son back! After saying this, Liu Xinjie turned away. Facing Liu Xinjie's integrity and sense of justice as an imperial censor, Kong Yu was really shocked. He could not understand why Liu Xinjie did this. Don't you love your youngest son very much?

Although puzzled, Kong Yu could only report the situation to Ye Dong in frustration. Although Ye Dong was also furious at Kong Yu's failure, seeing that Liu Xinjie was not moved and was determined to fight him to the end and get to the bottom of the matter, Ye Dong felt a little scared!
At this time, Zhao Bao, another commander under Ye Dong, learned about Liu Xinjie's affairs. When he was in Luoan, he also secretly hid the artifacts of the Great Zhou royal family and was one of the participants in the incident!

Zhao Bao was very clear-headed. He also understood that given the relationship between Ye Dong and Ye Mingsheng, even if the truth came to light, Ye Dong would definitely be punished, but his life would most likely be saved!

But Ye Dong's life could be saved, but it did not mean that their lives could be saved, so seeing Ye Dong hesitant in killing Liu Xinjie, Zhao Bao became ruthless and bold, and directly made a move of killing first and reporting later, and arranged for a retired soldier from the Flying Tiger Battalion to kill Liu Xinjie...
Zhao Bao originally thought that this matter would go unnoticed, and even if the Censorate investigated, it would become an unsolved case. The case would also be left unresolved because of Liu Xinjie's death, and he would be safe!

But his idea was totally wrong. The current censor was assassinated on his way home, and the person who was killed was the head manager of Dadongsheng Bank appointed by Ye Mingsheng. Therefore, whether it was the Censorate, the Ministry of Justice, the Yijing Prefecture, the Youyan Provincial Government, or even the Coordination Office, they all attached great importance to this matter!

This matter eventually alarmed Ye Mingsheng, who handed it over to the Coordination Office for full investigation!

After learning that the Coordination Office had intervened in the investigation, Ye Dong knew that the matter was over, but he still couldn't help but hold on to a glimmer of hope!
But when the king came to the General Staff after completing his studies that day and asked the General Staff to cooperate in the investigation, Ye Dong's hope was completely shattered!
Ye Dong, knowing that the truth could no longer be concealed, once again prepared to sacrifice the pawn to save the king, following the advice of his advisor Kong Yu!

He asked Kong Yu to contact Zhao Bao and put forward conditions, asking Zhao Bao to surrender voluntarily and take responsibility for everything, and then he would do his best to protect Zhao Bao's family.

When Zhao Bao saw that things were going badly, he knew that he would not survive, so he gladly accepted Ye Dong's conditions!

However, sometimes man proposes, God disposes. Just when Ye Dong was somewhat relaxed because he knew Zhao Bao had accepted his conditions, his housekeeper came to report in a panic;

"My master is not well! My master is not well!"

Seeing the housekeeper so flustered, Ye Dong couldn't help but feel a sense of crisis in his heart and said:

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"Master, I don't know what happened, but the people from the patrol camp suddenly surrounded our mansion and didn't let anyone in or out..."

When these words came out, Ye Dong, who didn't know what was going on, trembled suddenly. At this moment, under the protection of a team of armored soldiers, Chu Zhiyi, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, came in front of Ye Dong.

Although Ye Dongming knew Chu Zhiyi's intention at this time, under the signal of the butler Kong Yu, he pretended to know nothing and asked in confusion:

"Chu Zhiyi, what are you doing? You brought the patrol camp to break into my mansion. Are you planning to rebel?"

Hearing Ye Dong mention the word "rebellion", Chu Zhiyi snorted coldly and said:
"Someone is hiding the artifacts of the Great Zhou royal family and wants to rebel, but that person is not me!"

After saying that, Chu Zhiyi was too lazy to talk nonsense with Ye Dong anymore, and immediately ordered the patrol soldiers around him:
"Take them all away!"

As soon as these words came out, Ye Dong shouted:

"I am a general appointed by His Majesty himself. I wonder who dares to arrest me!"

Seeing Ye Dong drawing his sword as if to resist, Chu Zhiyi narrowed his eyes and said:

"Ye Dong, do you really want to rebel?"

"Humph! Chu Zhiyi, you despicable villain, don't try to frame me here! My surname is Ye, I am His Majesty's personal soldier, a general of Daqian, and a marquis of Daqian. No one can arrest me without His Majesty's order!"

“Chu, you son of a bitch, you bastard, if you want to arrest me, then show me His Majesty’s order. If you have His Majesty’s order, I will follow you without a word and you can kill me or cut me into pieces as you please. If you don’t have His Majesty’s order, don’t even think about framing me here. Whoever arrests me is rebelling. Do you still want to live...?”