Chapter 666: Death of a beautiful woman!

Sitting in the study, although the desk in front of him was full of official documents that needed to be dealt with urgently, Ye Mingsheng had no intention of dealing with these things at this moment·································

At this moment, Ye Mingsheng’s mind was filled with the past and every little detail between him and An Miaoyi!

Although both of them knew it tacitly and never mentioned it, both Ye Mingsheng and An Miaoyi knew that their union was a political marriage through and through!
When Ye Mingsheng was alone, he asked himself, do I love An Miaoyi?
Although Ye Mingsheng didn't want to admit it, he couldn't deceive himself. He didn't love An Miaoyi in his heart!
Although he did not love An Miaoyi, Ye Mingsheng knew that he liked An Miaoyi. After all, both her appearance and her temperament that combined charm and nobility deeply attracted Ye Mingsheng. For any physically healthy man, Ye Mingsheng felt that it would be difficult for him not to like such a peerless beauty as An Miaoyi.

In addition to his sensual love, Ye Mingsheng felt more of a family affection for An Miaoyi, and this feeling became even stronger with the birth of his son Ye Jingren! He was used to An Miaoyi being by his side, taking care of his daily life, and taking care of household affairs, so that he had no worries and could focus on military and political affairs!

About a few days ago, Ye Mingsheng received a piece of intelligence jointly sent by Wang Xuecheng and Huo San. The content of the intelligence was only one piece of information, that is, according to the investigation of "Chongyun", a senior undercover agent lurking in Luoan from the Coordination Office, the fifth daughter of the Guanzhong Xiao family had died of a serious illness half a year ago!
However, the Xiao family did not release this news. Instead, they announced that the Fifth Miss's illness was almost cured, but she still needed rest. They used this as an excuse to send the Fifth Miss back to her hometown in Guanzhong!

In Chongyun’s words, the maiden name of the fifth young lady of the Xiao family, whose death was kept secret, was—Xiao Ruolan·····························
There is no doubt that if the information obtained by "Chongyun" during the investigation is true, then there is no doubt that Xiao Ruolan who follows An Tianyu is an impostor, and her true identity is not difficult to guess!

After receiving the news sent back by Chongyun, Huo San and Wang Xuecheng both felt it was very difficult. Even though Chongyun was an important spy planted in Luoan by their Coordination Office, and they were willing to believe Chongyun's intelligence, this matter involved the An family. At such a sensitive time, if it was not handled properly, it would be easily regarded as the "Murong Party" taking the opportunity to attack the An family and An Miaoyi!

Therefore, after discussing with Wang Xuecheng, Huo San did not dare to act rashly. On the one hand, they could only send a message to Luo An's intelligence personnel, asking them to investigate the Xiao family. On the other hand, they notified the internal guards to strengthen the security of the Ye Mansion and sent experts to keep a close eye on Xiao Ruolan!
After Ye Mingsheng knew about this matter, he also approved of Huo San and Wang Xuecheng's way of handling it. After all, Xiao Ruolan's identity was special, and if she was arrested rashly without solid evidence, it would likely cause some unnecessary trouble!
Originally, Ye Mingsheng was waiting for the result of this matter, but he never expected that such a thing would actually happen!
Even though he was very angry, Ye Mingsheng could only hope that An Miaoyi was okay. Although An Miaoyi left the house in a hurry, she did not leave alone. In addition to Qiqige, she was also accompanied by another maid and a groom··································
These two are masters trained and recruited by the Coordination Office. With Qiqige, the three of them together will make it impossible for ordinary people to hurt An Miaoyi! This is also the only hope in Ye Mingsheng's heart now. He doesn't want to see An Miaoyi get into an accident!
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng felt a little regretful. If he had known that An Miaoyi valued An Tianyu so much, he should have sent someone to protect An Tianyu and not give the other party this loophole to exploit!

Just when Ye Mingsheng was in a complicated mood, Ye Cheng walked into the study again and reported to Ye Mingsheng:

"Sir, Xiao Ruolan has been found!"

Upon hearing the news, Ye Mingsheng's eyes suddenly lit up and he asked in a cold voice:
"Where is she now?"

Under Ye Mingsheng's fierce gaze, Ye Cheng said with some fear:

"She's just outside the mansion. She seems to be here to turn herself in!"

Upon hearing this news, Ye Mingsheng frowned slightly and said:
"Bring her up!"

"Yes!"

After a cup of tea, Xiao Ruolan, wearing handcuffs and ankle chains, appeared in front of Ye Mingsheng.

It must be said that Xiao Ruolan, who looked very delicate, had a different kind of beauty when she knelt on the ground with heavy chains on her shoulders. However, Ye Mingsheng was in no mood to appreciate her at this moment. He looked at Xiao Ruolan coldly and asked:
"Where is An Miaoyi?"

Xiao Ruolan, who was kneeling on the ground, raised her head and looked up at Ye Mingsheng, feeling the murderous intent on Ye Mingsheng's body. The expression on her delicate face also became a half-smile.

“My Marshal Ye, please don’t worry! Madam An is still alive and well…”

Hearing this answer, Ye Mingsheng looked at Xiao Ruolan with cold eyes. Seeing this, Xiao Ruolan seemed a little aggrieved and said:

"My lord, I admire you so much, but you treat me like a piece of trash. I have no choice but to do this. Now it's all your fault. If you were nicer to me, and not as cold as ice, things would never be like this!"

Ye Mingsheng heard this with a cold look in his eyes and said:
"Since you dare to come back, it means you are probably not afraid of death, but death is not the most terrible thing!"

Feeling threatened by Ye Mingsheng, Xiao Ruolan's pretty face blossomed into a brilliant smile, but she started bleeding from her nose as she smiled. Under Ye Mingsheng's gaze, Xiao Ruolan calmly wiped the blood from her nose, then faced Ye Mingsheng's gaze and said with some melancholy:

"Of course I know the methods used by the Coordination Office, but I am afraid I will not be able to enjoy them. I don't have much time left. I have used poison all my life, but I never thought that I would be poisoned without knowing it. I never thought that there is such a top master in your Ye Mansion!"

At this point, Xiao Ruolan sighed to herself and then looked at Ye Mingsheng and said:
"Can you let me meet the person who poisoned me? Let me know at whose hands I died?"

Ye Mingsheng was a little surprised to hear the news. While Ye Mingsheng was hesitating, Xiao Ruolan's nosebleed became more and more severe, and her face became pale. Xiao Ruolan also felt that her condition was getting worse and worse. She didn't care about anything else and said to Ye Mingsheng in a hurry:
"If you give the order to lift the blockade of the seven gates now, An Miaoyi will return to you unharmed..."

By the end of her words, Xiao Ruolan's voice was already very strained. After saying this, Xiao Ruolan looked at Ye Mingsheng with complicated eyes and said:

"Ye Mingsheng... It's a pity that I... am not the real Xiao Ruolan, otherwise I would definitely... make you fall in love with me!"

After saying this last word, Xiao Ruolan, who was kneeling on the ground, completely closed her eyes and was no longer breathing.
Seeing Xiao Ruolan die in front of him, Ye Mingsheng was silent for a while and then said:

"Remove the blockade of the seven gates!" "Yes!"

Xiao Ruolan's final request might very well allow her accomplices to escape, but for the sake of An Miaoyi's safety, Ye Mingsheng still felt that some compromises should be made. Anyway, even if they were allowed to leave Yijing, they would not be able to go far!

After giving the order, Ye Mingsheng hoped that the other party would keep their promise and release An Miaoyi as soon as possible. However, to Ye Mingsheng's surprise, only a quarter of an hour later, An Miaoyi returned to the mansion and appeared in front of him.

Looking at the genuine An Miaoyi in front of him, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but be a little surprised. Was the other party acting so quickly and keeping his promise?
At this time, An Miaoyi was very moved when she knew that Ye Mingsheng had compromised for her. However, she said to Ye Mingsheng a little embarrassedly:

“Husband, although we were attacked by unidentified people, Qiqige and the guards protected me very well. I was just entangled by them and couldn’t get away for a while. Only after Qiqige and the guards killed them all, we were able to get away…”

Upon hearing the news, Ye Mingsheng was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart that Xiao Ruolan did not forget to trick him before she died. Although he was a little annoyed, seeing that An Miaoyi was safe and sound, Ye Mingsheng was satisfied. He gave An Miaoyi a good lecture and told her to come to him if she had any problems in the future and that this kind of situation must never happen again.

Seeing that Ye Mingsheng was really angry, An Miaoyi behaved very well and repeatedly said that there would never be a next time. Although An Miaoyi made a guarantee, Ye Mingsheng still executed the "family rules" before letting her go!
After teaching An Miaoyi a lesson, Ye Mingsheng found Huo San. Although he was safe this time, he was still very dissatisfied with Huo San's work. Didn't he tell him that he had sent a master to keep an eye on Xiao Ruolan? Then why did Xiao Ruolan still cause so many troubles?

Huo San, who was scolded by Ye Mingsheng in the study, felt a little aggrieved. He did send an expert to keep an eye on Xiao Ruolan, but he did not expect that Xiao Ruolan was so powerful. She poisoned the expert he sent without making a sound, and then kidnapped An Tianyu and wrote a threatening letter to An Miaoyi.

After scolding Huo San, Ye Mingsheng gave Huo San a death order that anyone involved in this incident must turn themselves in within seven days!

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Seeing the city gate in front of him that had just been unsealed being sealed again, Zhang Xiu couldn't help but feel confused. He didn't know what the City Defense Bureau was doing. It was really puzzling that they changed their orders every day. However, his intuition told him that something big seemed to have happened in Yijing City!

But what does this have to do with him, a small official in the tax department?

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiu shook his head and took his two men beside him to his destination, Dingshenghe Cloth Shop, located on Xianghe South Street!

Seeing Zhang Xiu and others coming, the shop assistants all stopped them, but some of them reacted quickly and called the shopkeeper out immediately.

Upon hearing the news from the clerk, Shopkeeper Wang, who was leisurely drinking tea in the cloth shop, immediately came out with a smile.

"Master Zhang, what brings you here?"

Although Shopkeeper Wang was smiling and enthusiastic, Zhang Xiu still spoke coldly in a businesslike manner:
"Shopkeeper Wang, is your cloth shop doing well this month?"

When Shopkeeper Wang heard Zhang Xiu ask this, the smile on his face suddenly froze, and he felt disappointed, knowing that Zhang Xiu's visit today might have bad intentions!

Although he felt a little uneasy at this moment, under Zhang Xiu's gaze, Shopkeeper Wang forced a smile on his face and continued:
"Thanks to Marshal Ye, my shop is doing quite well!"

Hearing this answer, Zhang Xiu looked around and nodded slightly and said:
“In that case, please ask Manager Wang to take out your account books. These officers will also check your warehouse…”

Although he had anticipated Zhang Xiu's intention, seeing that he really came for this matter, Shopkeeper Wang complained in his heart and asked tentatively:
"Master Zhang, what happened?"

Zhang Xiu glanced at Shopkeeper Wang with a half-smile and said calmly:

"What's going on, Shopkeeper Wang, don't you know?"

Upon seeing this, Shopkeeper Wang felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave, but he could only ask someone to bring the account book and let his clerk take the servants to check the warehouse.

After receiving the account book, Zhang Xiu immediately asked the accompanying legal advisor to check the account, while he himself went to the warehouse. Just as he was checking the piles of cloth and silk in the warehouse, his subordinates came to report to him:

"Sir, we found a vault beneath the warehouse, and there are a lot of unregistered silks in the vault!"

Upon hearing the news, Zhang Xiu immediately became alert and followed the officers to the basement. Looking at the hundreds of silk products and some gold, silver and jade wares in the basement, Zhang Xiu's expression became serious. The reason why he came to Dingshenghe Cloth Shop today was because he got the news that Dingshenghe Cloth Shop was evading taxes!

But now it seems that the problems of Dingsheng and Buzhuang are far more than just tax evasion!
At the same time, another officer came to his side and reported to him:

“Sir, the master said that there is probably something wrong with Dingshenghe’s account books, but it will take some time to calculate the specific amount…”

(End of this chapter)