Chapter 656 Chongyun! (Thanks to the book friend Baisi Budeqi Gu for the reward!)
Wang Ye was immediately delighted when he heard Huo San’s order. He had already used all his means on these three medicine soldiers. He had also killed one of them...

Lao said that he had no confidence in digging out information from the remaining two medicine soldiers. If he continued to torture them, the most likely scenario was that the remaining two medicine soldiers would also be finished. Therefore, now that Huo San wanted him to hand over this task, it would be the greatest liberation for him.

Although he felt relieved, Wang Ye still said with guilt on the surface:

"I am incompetent and have disappointed the Director!"

Huo San glanced at him and said coldly:

"Starting from this month, Wang Ye, you will lose your bonus for the next three months!"

As soon as these words came out, Wang Ye's face suddenly showed bitterness, but he could only bow and say:

"I understand the humble position!"

Although Ye Mingsheng has always been high-handed in anti-corruption efforts within the Fengwu Army, he has given the Coordination Office a break because of its special needs. As long as the Coordination Office does not go too far, he can turn a blind eye.

In addition, Ye Mingsheng also used the profits from the industries operated by the General Coordination Office outside the Fengwu Army to set up a small treasury to pay bonuses to the staff of the General Coordination Office. A confidant of Huo San like Wang Ye could generally get a bonus of hundreds of taels of silver in three months. This was suddenly exempted by Huo San, which gave Wang Ye a headache.

After giving Wang Ye a light punishment and a severe warning, Huo San let Wang Ye leave. He himself prepared to find some information to see what this Supervisory Department's Yao Bing was all about. The Supervisory Department secretly sent several high-powered guys like Yao Bing to the Fengwu Army. According to Huo San's experience, the Supervisory Department probably had only two purposes. The first was to attack the important departments of the Fengwu Army, and the second was to carry out assassinations...
Although according to the report below, the medicine soldiers have high combat power, there are only three of them at present. The number is too small to pose any threat to the important departments of the Fengwu Army. Therefore, compared to attacking the important departments of the Fengwu Army, Huo Sangeng believes that these three medicine soldiers are here to assassinate someone!
Just when Huo San was about to study, his door was suddenly opened. Huo San's personal bodyguard Huo Huzi walked over quickly, handed Huo San a note, and said solemnly in a low voice:

"Brother, Chongyun sent a message!"

Hearing the name "Chongyun", Huo San's eyes narrowed immediately. Chongyun was a code name, referring to a secret agent they had painstakingly placed in the headquarters of the Supervisory Department. According to the previous arrangements for Chongyun, now was not the time to activate Chongyun. Therefore, Chongyun took the initiative to contact them now. There were only two possibilities. Either Chongyun felt that he had been discovered, or Chongyun discovered some top-secret information and had to take the risk to send the information back!
Thinking of this, Huo San did not hesitate and directly opened the note to check it. There was not much on the note, only a few words, but it made Huo San's heart chill. He immediately stood up from the chair with horror on his face.

Huo Huzi was shocked to see his usually calm cousin turned into this state. He looked at the note in surprise, curious about what was written on it. However, he knew the rules and did not really look at what was written on the note.

After standing there in contemplation for a few seconds, Huo San instructed Huo Huzi beside him:
"Where is Wang Xuecheng?"

"Deputy Director Wang is inspecting work outside the city today!" Huo Huzi thought for a moment and replied:

Upon hearing this, Huo San ordered in a deep voice:
"Tell him to put down everything he is doing and come back right now. I have something important to discuss with him!"

Hearing Huo San say this, Huo Huzi was startled and said to Huo San after hesitating for a moment:

"Sir, if Deputy Director Wang comes back, it will be at least midnight!"

Huo San heard this and said coldly:

"Tell Wang Xuecheng that I will be waiting for him here no matter how late it is today!"

"I humbly obey my orders!"

Seeing Huo San said this, Huo Huzi no longer had any questions and turned around to leave to pass on the message.

A full cup of tea had passed after Huo Huzi left before Huo San finally sat back in his chair. He opened the note again and took a look. The solemn look on his face had not diminished in the slightest. He subconsciously murmured in a low voice:

"I hope Chongyun made a mistake in this matter!"

At 15:30 at night, a team of carriages drove quickly into the residence of the Coordination Office, and then the dusty Wang Xuecheng walked towards Huo San’s office. Although Ye Mingsheng promoted Wang Xuecheng to be the deputy director of the Coordination Office, it was more or less intended to check and balance Huo San and prevent Huo San from dominating the Coordination Office...

Normally, the two of them each take care of their own affairs and check and balance each other without interfering with each other, but there is also a lot of cooperation between the two sides. Today, Wang Xuecheng, who was inspecting work outside the city, saw Huo Huzi who hurriedly came to call him back.

Although Wang Xuecheng didn't know what had happened to Huo San, after hearing Huo San's original words from Huo Huzi, he realized the seriousness of the matter. He didn't delay at all, even without eating, and rushed back quickly in the carriage. They didn't dare to rest for a moment along the way, for fear of missing something.

Seeing Wang Xuecheng rushing back, Huo San handed the note to Wang Xuecheng without any nonsense. Wang Xuecheng, who was very confused, opened the note. When he saw the contents on the note, a look of surprise appeared on his elegant face.

Although Wang Xuecheng knew that Huo San was so serious about this note, the authenticity of the content on the note was probably guaranteed, but the content on the note was too shocking, so he couldn't help but ask Huo San:
"Director, may I ask where did you get this information?"

Huo San did not hide anything when he heard this.
"This is the information obtained by the undercover agent I personally arranged to enter the Supervisory Department. I think this undercover agent is very reliable!"

After getting Huo San's answer, Wang Xuecheng nodded and fell into deep thought. After pondering for a whole cup of tea, he raised his head and asked Huo San:
"Mr. Director, what do you think about this?"

Huo San took a deep breath and said firmly:
“My idea is very simple. It is better to kill a thousand people by mistake than to let one go!” “On the one hand, we have to send people to further verify the news. On the other hand, we have to control the situation immediately! Even if the news is really wrong at that time, we will accept being scolded, or even being caned and dismissed. We must not have any fluke mentality at this time...”

After hearing Huo San's statement, Wang Xuecheng's expression became firm and he said:
"Director, you are right. If this kind of thing really happened, you and I would be the eternal sinners of the Fengwu Army!"

"Director, please tell me what we should do now. I fully support your work!"

After reaching a consensus with Wang Xuecheng, Huo San told him all the plans he had thought of that afternoon:
"This is a serious matter, and we haven't confirmed what happened yet, so I think we should keep an eye on the target first. If the news is correct, the other party is most likely a master of the Supervisory Department, so if we send ordinary people, they will be discovered, and then we will alert the enemy!"

"My newly trained Yi Thirteen and Yi Fourteen can disguise themselves as maids and sneak into the mansion to spy on the other side! After they are trained, the three brothers of the Li family under your command are the masters of our Coordination Office who are good at keeping watch and spying, and they should also be deployed on the periphery!"

Hearing Huo San's instructions, Wang Xuecheng nodded and said:
"No problem. The three brothers were planning to leave for Jinzhong tomorrow. They should still be in the city now. I will go find them and arrange things later... However, Director, our people can only follow them in the city at most. What if they go somewhere else? Do you want to inform the inner guards?"

Huo San hesitated for a moment and said:
"Yes! We should tell the inner guards about this, just in case!"

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"I opened this mountain and planted this tree. If you want to pass by here, you have to leave money for passage. If you don't say no, I will kill you with one blow!"

"I opened this mountain and planted this tree. If you want to pass by here, you have to leave money to pay for passage. If you dare to say no, I will grab your head and kill you in the wilderness. I will not bury you but send you to the hometown platform and you will never be able to come back!"

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Watching the lifelike performance of the storyteller on the stage in Chen's Teahouse, Ye Mingsheng, who was sitting in the hall, also smiled happily.

He really enjoyed the leisurely time in Chenji Teahouse. In addition, the Fengwu Army was in a period of rest and recuperation during this period, and there was nothing to do. The daily government affairs were handled by the Government Affairs Department, so there were fewer things he needed to deal with. Therefore, today he very rarely spent only one morning to finish today's affairs. So in the remaining half day, Ye Mingsheng, who had nothing to do, took a break from his busy schedule and came to Chenji Teahouse to relax.

Looking at Ye Mingsheng's smile, the handsome young man with red lips and white teeth sitting next to him carefully put the peeled melon seeds to Ye Mingsheng's mouth.

Feeling the boy's action, Ye Mingsheng frowned slightly, took the melon seeds with his hands, and then instructed the boy beside him:

"Jinyu, you can just peel it and eat it yourself, no need to give it to me!"

Hearing Ye Mingsheng's words, Jinyu said with some grievance;
"My husband, when you were at home, I always peeled your skin for you!"

Ye Mingsheng heard this and ordered helplessly:

“That was at home. This is outside. Besides, you are a woman dressed as a man. If someone sees us, they will probably think I have some affair…”

When Jinyu heard Ye Mingsheng mention "Longyang's friendship", she seemed to have thought of something. After hesitating for a moment, she did not dare to say it out loud. She could only silently complain about Ye Mingsheng in her heart.

"You still like to walk behind me!"

This time, Ye Mingsheng wanted to come out to relax, and he had planned to do the same as before, traveling light with only guards. However, he did not expect to meet Jinyu in the mansion. After knowing that Ye Mingsheng was going out of the mansion to relax, Jinyu immediately pestered him, saying that she had not been out of the mansion for almost a year, so she insisted on going with Ye Mingsheng.

Because he was at a loss as to what to do with Jinyu's pestering, and considering that Jinyu had performed very well during this period, not only had she served him very well, but Ye Cui had also been praising Jinyu and asked Ye Mingsheng to love her more, so Ye Mingsheng brought Jinyu out as a reward for Jinyu!
After hearing what Ye Mingsheng said, Jinyu also quieted down, allowing Ye Mingsheng to quietly enjoy the storytelling on the stage. After an incense stick of time, the storyteller slammed the gavel and said "let's wait for the next chapter", and the storytelling came to a temporary halt. Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng became a little bored.

Seeing Ye Mingsheng like this, Jinyu didn't seem to understand and advised:
"If you like it, why don't you ask them to come to your house and tell you about it, just like performing a play for your mother!"

Listening to Jinyu's words, Ye Mingsheng shook his head and said:
“The atmosphere is different, and the feeling is naturally different as well…”

Jinyu blinked her beautiful eyes at Ye Mingsheng's sigh, as if she didn't quite understand what Ye Mingsheng said. Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng didn't say much but just smiled. Although Jinyu was young and beautiful, and listened to him very well, the two of them were not on the same channel in terms of thoughts and spirits, and had never had any resonance.

If Zhixiu, Miaoyi and Qingwu were here at this moment, they would definitely understand what he meant. Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng, who was almost relaxed, drank the tea in the cup, asked Ye Kui to pay the bill, and prepared to leave.

At this time, a beautiful young girl walked into the teahouse carrying a bag of rouge and powder. When she saw Ye Mingsheng, her eyes suddenly lit up with surprise and she said to Ye Mingsheng;
"Brother Ye, you are here!"

Ye Mingsheng looked over and saw that the other person was the little girl Chen Xiangling. A gentle smile immediately appeared on his face and he nodded and said:

"If you have nothing to do, come and listen to a book!"

After hearing Ye Mingsheng's answer, Chen Xiangling came over and said to Ye Mingsheng:
“Brother Ye, my father knows that it was you who helped us, and he keeps saying that he wants to thank you very much…”

(End of this chapter)