Chapter 3: The Sudden Death of a Bodyguard

The next morning, after taking the medicine boiled by Pei Zhixiu, Ye Mingsheng, whose face looked a little rosy, was looking at the map of the palace hanging in the room, thinking about the possibility of Wang Kangxin's plan.

Suddenly, there was a lot of noise in the backyard, including some crying. Just when Ye Mingsheng was curious about what happened, he saw Ye Tie walked into the room with a serious expression and said to him:

"Master, Wang Hu...died suddenly!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng's expression suddenly became shocked, and a barely perceptible strange color flashed in his eyes.

The Wang Hu that Ye Tie mentioned should be one of his eight personal soldiers. He was only in his twenties and in the prime of his life. How could he suddenly die?

As if seeing Ye Mingsheng's surprise, Ye Tie added, "Wang Hu's heart is not in good condition on weekdays. This morning, Ma San, who lives with him in the same room, saw that he had not yet gotten up and was about to greet him, but he found that he had not breathed."

When Ye Mingsheng heard that it was a heart attack, the surprise on his face eased. After all, the mortality rate of sudden cardiac death is not low in modern times with advanced medical care, let alone at this time. If Wang Hu died of sudden cardiac death, it can be explained.

After all, the dead was a personal soldier who had followed the original owner for many years. Ye Mingsheng sighed and then, accompanied by Ye Tie, forced himself to stay healthy and head to the place where Wang Hu's body was placed to pay tribute.

Under the gaze of other bodyguards, Ye Mingsheng shed a few tears with a sad look on his face, and then reluctantly sent Wang Hu's body to the morgue of Ruishan County Government, preparing to cremate it and then bring his ashes back to Da Zhou.

Ye Mingsheng, who had won the hearts of some people with this incident, thought that the matter was over. However, what he never expected was that an hour later, Ye Tie secretly brought him something.

Looking at the wooden waist plaque with the Chinese characters of the Supervisory Department engraved on it, Ye Mingsheng said solemnly, "Was this found among Wang Hu's relics?"

"Just now, when Feng Biao and I were sorting out Wang Hu's belongings, we found it from his clothes!" Ye Tie nodded and said in a deep voice.

After saying this, Ye Tie paused and added in a low voice: "The only two people who know about this are Feng Biao and I. I have asked him to keep it a secret!"

Ye Mingsheng fell into deep thought after hearing this. It took him a long time to come back to his senses. He looked at Ye Tie deeply, and then asked in a very serious voice:
"Ye Tie, can I trust you?"

Ye Mingsheng's question stumped Ye Tie. The tough warrior was stunned for a moment before he spoke:
"Mr. Lun, I am the captain of your personal guard. If you hadn't recruited me into the army, I would still be in the outlaws, and I don't know where my body would be buried in the dirt pit."

"Personally, I, Ye Dong, Ye Kui and others are all your relatives, young master. We were personally selected by the old lady from the family to protect you. Everyone in the military camp knows that I am your man!"

Ye Mingsheng was obviously very satisfied with Ye Tie's answer. He waved his hand and asked Ye Tie to come closer to his ear and whispered in his ear.

As Ye Mingsheng spoke, Ye Tie's expression changed suddenly. After Ye Mingsheng finished speaking, he hesitated for a moment, and then asked in confusion, "Master, can you tell me why you did this? They are old people who have followed you for many years..."

Facing Ye Tie's question, Ye Mingsheng smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "I don't want to do this either, but there is no other way or we will all die." Although he still didn't understand why Ye Mingsheng did this, seeing that his young master was talking so seriously, Ye Tie's face became serious, nodded heavily and said, "Young Master, I will get it done."

Ye Mingsheng patted Ye Tie's shoulder with satisfaction and said nothing more. As the captain of the personal guards, Ye Tie's ability and loyalty were unquestionable.

After Ye Tie left, Ye Mingsheng played with the Supervisory Office badge in his hand for a while and fell into thought again. About an incense stick later, Ye Mingsheng came back to his senses and a sneer appeared on his angular face. The next second, he threw the badge in his hand into the brazier used for heating in the house.

This guy really thinks of himself as a fool!

Just when he was about to dig out the traitor around him, the traitor happened to die of a sudden heart attack, and then the Inspectorate badge was found among the relics by coincidence?
Such a coincidence, even if it were put in a novel, I'm afraid no one would dare to write it like this!

Therefore, Ye Mingsheng dared to assert that there must be something fishy about this matter!

The spy planted by the Supervisory Department next to him, seeing that he had not yet been supervised by the Judicial Office, probably knew that he was looking for him, so he wanted to play a trick to escape with him...

This spy may have come up with a plan after seeing Wang Hu's sudden heart death. He took advantage of the chaos to put the Inspectorate's waist badge among Wang Hu's belongings, trying to make people think that Wang Hu was the Inspectorate's spy.

It is also possible that Wang Hu's sudden cardiac death was caused by this spy. This person had planned in advance to put the blame on Wang Hu. Anyway, Wang Hu was already dead, and a dead person could not speak!

Ye Mingsheng originally wanted to observe for a while before finding out the traitor around him, but since the traitor had already made his move, he could only give him a quick death.

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng walked to the desk, spread out the paper, sneered, and wrote down four names on the paper: "Ma San", "Feng Biao", "Wang Hu" and "Chen Changlin".

After writing down these four names, Ye Mingsheng put a big cross on Wang Hu's name. Since this person was already dead, he could naturally be ruled out as a suspect.

Looking at the three remaining names on the white paper, Ye Mingsheng murmured in a low voice: "Now let me see who you are!"

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"Third brother, you said Hu Zi was fine when he was fighting with Luo Bei Gou, how come he got into trouble here when he was about to go home!"

In the evening, in the mourning hall of Ruishan County Government, Chen Changlin, dressed as a personal soldier, looked at his friend who was lying cold in the coffin, and said with red eyes in disbelief:
He and Wang Hu, who just died of a sudden heart attack, are from the same hometown. They had a very good relationship on weekdays. Until now, he has not been able to accept the fact that his good friend has left him.

Next to Chen Changlin, Ma San, whom he called "Third Brother", sighed and said helplessly: "You know about Hu Zi's illness. This disease can be cured in an instant. It is bad luck for Hu Zi to die here."

(End of this chapter)