Chapter 2: The spy's disappearance
Judging from the original owner's current charges, it is basically impossible for him to get away with it. The three hundred heads of Japanese pirates that he handed over by pretending to be a Luobei person, the thirty small yellow croakers hidden under his bed, and one thousand taels of silver cannot be faked. If he wants to survive now, he has to find another way.

As the saying goes, "There is always a way out." Although God closes a door for you, he will open a window for you.

After carefully examining the original owner's memory, Ye Mingsheng soon discovered a suspicious point in the memory.

According to the overbearing style of the Supervisory Office in the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty, when the Supervisory Office discovered that an official was corrupt and broke the law, they should have taken him down directly and would not have said any more nonsense to him. The original owner should not have sent a hundred households to have a secret interview like this.

What is even more confusing is that this so-called "secret meeting" is more of a naked intimidation than a meeting!
After presenting the evidence of the original owner's crime, the captain of the Supervisory Department named Jia Liang kept putting pressure on the original owner, telling him how serious the two crimes of embezzling money and killing bandits were, and how terrible beheading and exile were.

It was because of the intimidation from this captain of the Supervisory Department that the original owner panicked and finally chose to commit suicide by taking poison.

As for Ye Mingsheng now, he wants to figure out why the Supervisory Office did this. They have the leverage over him in their hands. To them, he is like a dying man. What good will it do them to intimidate a dying man?
The more Ye Mingsheng thought about this question, the more suspicious he felt. He vaguely realized that if he figured out this question, he would have grasped the "life-saving straw" that would help him escape his current doomed situation!

"Based on the consistent style of the Inspection Department, they will never do useless work. They must have a reason for threatening me, but what is this reason?"

Ye Mingsheng recalled the original owner's memory over and over again, pondering every clue over and over again. His intuition told him that the answer was in his memory!
money?
All of those cruel officials in the Supervisory Office are extremely wealthy. Moreover, when I am executed, my property will be confiscated and I will be exiled. They will be able to take all the money in my home. Why bother doing this now?
色？
That's not right. The original owner was so ambitious that he always wanted to climb up the social ladder, marry a noble lady, change his life through marriage, and climb higher in the officialdom.

But dreams are beautiful and reality is cruel. Due to his humble origin and mediocre ability, the original owner was never noticed by any noble family, so he was never able to achieve high or low positions.

In addition, he did not have much spare money to buy himself a beautiful wife and concubines. Twenty-three was still single, so naturally there was no question of him having any women around him, and he would be coveted by the people in the Inspectorate.

It’s neither money nor sex, so could it be...is there something the Inspectorate needs me to do?
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng, who had been racking his brains and thinking hard, suddenly realized something. A gleam of light suddenly appeared in his tired eyes, as if he had thought of something.

"Wang Kangxin's uncle, Wang Zhongsen, is a captain of the Supervisory Department. I was wondering why he stopped trying after I rejected him and never came to see me again. So that's how it is. So that's how it is. He is so vicious..."

After figuring everything out, Ye Mingsheng took a deep breath, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and then he struggled to get up from the bed.

"Master, don't move. Miss Pei said you need to rest now!"

Ye Tie, who sent Pei Zhixiu back to the room, hurried forward to dissuade him:
"Help me up." Ye Mingsheng ignored Ye Tie's dissuasion and insisted:

Seeing that Ye Mingsheng had made up his mind, Ye Tie, as the captain of the personal guards, could only obey orders and carefully helped Ye Mingsheng up from the bed.

With the support of Ye Tie, Ye Mingsheng, who had just recovered from a serious illness and was weak, slowly walked to the desk in the room, spread out the letter paper and began to write carefully.

After a while, Ye Mingsheng finished writing the letter, blew on the ink that had not yet dried on the letter paper, put it into the envelope, covered it with ink, and handed it to Ye Tie beside him, solemnly instructing:
"Let Ye Kui go to Xin'an County and hand this letter to Wang Kangxin. Tell Ye Kui to hand the letter to Wang Kangxin himself!" Although he didn't know what his young master was doing, he heard Ye Mingsheng's serious tone and naturally understood that the matter was of great importance, so he didn't dare to neglect it. He nodded heavily and went to make the arrangements.

With Ye Tie's departure, Ye Mingsheng was the only one left in the room again. He slowly exhaled and looked a little more relaxed than before.

If what he guessed was correct, as long as he agreed to assist Wang Kangxin in carrying out that crazy plan that could be described as a life-threatening gamble, the Supervisory Office should not trouble him again...

This means that the danger of being beheaded has been temporarily lifted, and he can have the energy to do the second thing.

Realizing this, Ye Mingsheng's eyes revealed a hint of murderous intent and his fists were clenched tightly.

As the seventh-rank commander of the imperial guards of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the original owner was a bit fierce on the outside but actually ambitious, willful and self-righteous.

But there is no doubt that this person is not a fool. A fool certainly cannot become a mid-level military officer of the seventh rank in the Imperial Guards without any background.

The original owner embezzled the property in the Battle of Wanfeng Prefecture, and used the heads of Japanese pirates to pretend to be Luobei people and kill the pirates in the Battle of Xiaoli Town. When he did such a capital crime, he naturally knew to keep it secret. He did these two things very secretly, and only he and the personal soldiers around him knew about it.

Now that the Inspectorate knows about these two things, there is no doubt that someone among the people around him leaked the news.

In his early years, Ye Mingsheng heard that in order to prevent his subordinates from rebellion, Prime Minister Shangguan Hongyuan ordered the Supervisory Office to place spies around the military officers of the Imperial Guard to monitor their movements.

Although this rumor has never been confirmed, it is an indisputable fact that those who conspired to rebel in recent years have all been brought to justice.

Now, combined with his own experience, Ye Mingsheng naturally understood in his heart that the rumors were true. Among those personal soldiers around him, most likely one was a spy from the Supervisory Office. He was betrayed by him and that led to the failure of the plan and his current situation.

When Ye Mingsheng thought that there was such a big bomb hidden next to him that had already exploded once and might continue to explode, his heart suddenly tightened. A chill rushed from his back, making him shiver all over.

Although there is solid evidence that the original owner had committed corruption and false credit, he has already died, and he has paid the price for his mistakes.

Now Ye Mingsheng is himself, a small character who is afraid of death and loves life. He will never keep such a bomb that may explode at any time by his side and let this person betray him.

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng narrowed his eyes, and a flash of murderous intent emerged...

(End of this chapter)