Back at the academy, Chen Leng opened the package and took out the armor and looked carefully. Although this armor has a history of hundreds of years, it is well preserved and has not been damaged. Obviously, people will often take care of it carefully.

Of course, I can't see the material of the armor from this point of view. It's just that the weight is enough to prove the value of this armor.

Chen Leng took an ordinary dagger and slashed it hard on the armor. Only a shallow mark was left on the armor. He wiped the knife mark with his hand, and the knife mark was even shallower and could hardly be seen.

There is nothing wrong with the things in Chen Leng's hand. Even this ordinary dagger was made with craftsmanship. It is comparable to the sharpness and hardness. In addition, his wrist strength only left such a shallow mark on the armor. You can imagine how hard this armor is.

Chen Leng pondered for a moment, spread the armor flat on the table, held the dagger in his right hand and stabbed it at the armor. With a crisp sound, the dagger actually broke.

Looking at the armor again, there was a small pit left on one of the armor pieces.

So the cold face showed joy.

This armor is heavy. If it is an ordinary strong man wearing it, it will be inconvenient to move for a long time. Not to mention any violent movements, wearing armor can exhaust people to death. Unless it is a person with divine power and endurance, Meng Changan naturally has no problem.

So Chen Leng liked this armor the more he looked at it. What kind of expression was on the guy's face when he handed this armor to Meng Changan. In summary, the expression should be in four words to express his desire to refuse and welcome him.

He said no, but his body would be very honest.

"Refreshing."

Chen Leng muttered to himself two words, then suddenly thought of something, looked down at the armor.

He reached out and wiped the armor and placed it in front of his nose and smelled it carefully. After a moment, something was wrong with his cold face.

A buzzing sound in his head.

Tingwei Mansion.

Qianban Nie Ye quickly walked in from outside and saw Han Huanzhi packing his things and going home. He stepped forward and clasped his fists and leaned over: "Sir, something is not good, something happened."

"Um?"

Han Huanzhi's face changed: "What else can happen at this time?"

After approaching, Nie Ye said, "The prisoner who was interrogated just now is Yao Jiuer. He is a confidant of Yao Chaozong and a member of the Yao family. He was originally an insignificant little person. Yao Chaozong saw that he was smart and did things with his heart, so he stayed by his side to dispatch. When I interrogated just now, he suddenly confessed something."

"What?"

"He said that before the accident happened to Yao Chaozong, he had won over the general Chen Leng, and gave Chen Leng a set of ancestral armor called the erectile armor. It was worn by the ancestors of the Yao family after following Emperor Taizu's founding war. It was also given to Emperor Taizu personally. After this armor was given to Chen Leng, he wanted Chen Leng to help arrange for people to join the navy as a general."

Han Huanzhi waved his hand: "Impossible."

Nie Ye said: "I know it's impossible. Yao Jiuer said that. He swears that Chen Leng took the thing but rejected Yao Chaozong. Yao Chaozong was angry and wanted to come to His Majesty to tell Chen Leng, fighting to the death, but he did not attack Chen Leng quickly, and Chen Leng directly set a trap to catch him."

“That’s impossible.”

Han Huanzhi said: "Not to mention that Chen Leng could not accept Yao Chaozong's things at all. Even if Chen Leng took it away and did not intend to do anything to Yao Chaozong, he could kill Yao Chaozong. Why did he catch someone alive and hand it over to our Tingwei Mansion? Isn't Chen Leng afraid that we will interrogate anything? Moreover, if Yao Chaozong wanted to fight with Shen Lengyu, he had been locked in the Tingwei Mansion. Why didn't he say it before, but his subordinates

A small person confessed? This is unreasonable, and there is no one that suits the norm."

Nie Ye asked: "Yao Jiuer said she was afraid of revenge. Sir, what should I do now?"

"Where is the confession?"

"The confession is sealed."

Nie Ye's face looked very ugly and hesitantly said: "But"

Han Huanzhi knew what Nie Ye was worried about. His Majesty promoted the Tingwei Mansion to the dominant position, with much higher authority than the Ministry of Justice and above all yamen. However, His Majesty did not relax the supervision of the Tingwei Mansion. Such a huge yamen and its authority were so terrifying that if it was not controlled properly, problems would arise.

Therefore, in every case involving officials, there are people involved in the interrogation of the case. The people from the Da Neiwei Office took turns to the Tingwei Mansion. They would not be fixed people, but rotated from time to time. This is also to avoid the people from the Da Neiwei Office being bribed by the Tingwei Mansion and being furious after a long time.

Therefore, every time the interrogation and record is conducted, there are people from the Great Inspector Office present, and the record will be copied in duplicate and there should be no falsehood.

Nie Ye was not worried about the people of the Tingwei Mansion. No one in the Tingwei Mansion would believe Chen Leng would do such a thing, and he didn't believe that the Great Inspector Guard believed such nonsense. However, if Han Huanzhi could suppress the matter of the Tingwei Mansion, he would not be able to leave the Tingwei Mansion at all. However, with the people from the Great Inspector Guard, such urgent and important news would be sent to the palace immediately.

"The person is gone?"

"It's gone."

Nie Ye said: "After that person confessed, the people from the Great Inspectorate said that the matter was serious and they should return to the palace as soon as possible, and I couldn't stop him."

"If you send someone back to my house, you will say I have something important to do and I won't be able to go back tonight."

Han Huanzhi gave an order, then strode out: "Let's go and ask Yao Chaozong again."

Yao Chaozong is dead.

When Han Huanzhi took Nie Ye to the torture room, he was stunned at first sight. He pushed open the door of the torture room. The light in the room was dim, but Yao Chaozong was lying on the ground and could not see it?

Han Huanzhi strode over, held Yao Chaozong's body up, reached out to find his nose, and pinched the pulse door. His face was as ugly as a volcano that was about to erupt at any time.

"Dead."

Han Huanzhi stood up: "Who is on duty?!"

The four court lieutenants guarding outside were also stunned, and their faces were pale. They knelt on the ground together. One of them said, "We are on duty, sir, Yao Chaozong is definitely not our killing. It's still good to deliver food to him after dark, and nothing is wrong."

“Meal?”

Nie Ye quickly walked to the table and looked at it. There were leftover food and half a steamed bun on the table. It was obvious that Yao Chaozong died before he finished his meal, and he didn't even say anything. Otherwise, the Tingwei outside would not have been unaware of it. He should have felt uncomfortable when he was halfway through the meal and wanted to call someone but couldn't, so he walked towards the door and wanted to call the Tingwei outside. Half of the people fell to the ground and couldn't bear to die.

"Send someone to find Fang Bailu and Fang Baijing."

"yes!"

Han Huanzhi sat down on the chair: "Let the coroner come here."

Soon, the coroner arrived in a hurry, and Han Huanzhi pointed to the food: "Go and see if it is poisonous."

The coroner checked the food, then squatted beside the body and checked carefully, looked through the eyelids and the injuries on his body. He stood up and looked at Han Huanzhi: "It was not poisoned, there was no sign of poisoning on his body."

At this moment, Fang Baijing and Fang Bailu rushed back. Han Huanzhi was silent for a moment and ordered: "Fang Baijing, summon everyone in the Tingwei Mansion to gather in the yard today.

No one is allowed to leave with my order, you should stare at it yourself."

"yes!"

Fang Baijing immediately bent down and bowed.

Han Huanzhi looked at Fang Bailu: "You are here guarding this corpse. Please check it carefully again. Think about it, what medicine can't be seen but it makes people die."

Han Huanzhi let out a long sigh: "Nie Ye, bring Yao Jiuer with me and enter the palace."

Nie Ye nodded and turned around and went out to take the people.

Han Huanzhi was silent for a moment and said, "All matters in the Tingwei Mansion were suspended. I waited for me in the yard before I came back. I never wanted to doubt anyone among my own people. I always said that the people in the Tingwei Mansion were open and honest. Before tonight, His Majesty asked me, I would say the same, but after tonight, I was no longer qualified to say this, and the Tingwei Mansion was in shame."

Han Huanzhi shook his head and stepped out.

Everyone knows that Yao Chaozong died something wrong, and everyone knows that Yao Jiuer’s confession is problematic. If someone hadn’t delivered a letter to Yao Jiuer in advance, he would not have said such words. If someone hadn’t tampered with the food, Yao Chaozong would not have died. This person could only be from the Tingwei Mansion.

Han Huanzhi's carriage passed through the night. Halfway through the road, he heard a sound of horse hooves. His car stopped, and the brigade of imperial cavalry also stopped opposite him. An imperial guard general led by him urged his horse to come and clasped his fists on the horse's back: "I've seen Lord Han."

Han Huanzhi asked: "General Yu, what happened?"

The Imperial Army General replied in Jiangnan: "According to the orders of the Tingwei Mansion."

Han Huanzhi's face changed suddenly.

Yu Jiangnan said: "Your Majesty was furious and issued an order for the imperial guards to block the Tingwei Mansion. Lord Han was offended."

Han Huanzhi let out a long sigh and nodded: "It's okay, go, I'll go into the palace and ask for your Majesty."

"Your Majesty is waiting for you."

Yu Jiangnan clasped his fists again: "The emperor's order is here, please forgive me."

After saying that, he waved his hand: "Go!"

The imperial guards' elite cavalry whizzed out.

Weiyang Palace.

The emperor glanced at the big guard kneeling there: "What did Yao Jiuer say? You want to be careful and don't miss a word."

The big guard raised his head and said, "Go back to your majesty, Yao Jiuer said that Yao Chaozong heard that the navy general Shen Leng lacked military expenses, so he privately sent someone to give Shen Leng a few hundred thousand taels of silver and a set of armor. He also told Shen Leng that there were million taels of silver hidden in the yamen of the Ministry of Water Affairs Department, so Shen Leng found the location of the silver at once."

"He also said that Yao Chaozong planned to send his son and nephew to Shen Leng's army. In addition, there were more than a dozen young people from the Yao family. Shen Leng initially agreed, but after getting the money, he regretted it and led his troops into the Ministry of Works to arrest people."

The emperor frowned: "If this is the case, why didn't Yao Chaozong say it?"

The guard of the great inner guard replied: "Yao Jiuer said that Shen Leng threatened Yao Chaozong. If he talked nonsense, he would overturn the entire Yao family. If he didn't speak, he would just do his family. He would kill him. He also said that the money from the Yao family was unknown, and it might be all black money, so this money would be used as military expenses to go to war with the people of Sang, and to buy protective gear to protect his naval soldiers."

The emperor paced back and forth in the room, turned around and asked, "Is there any?"

"Yao Jiuer also said that when Chen Leng arrested Yao Chaozong, he said it clearly. He wanted his money to be used as military expenses. It was a dream to send some people who were wrong to the navy. Corrupt officials like them should be punished. No matter what means they use to punish them, as long as they were done, they would do the way for heaven."

Hearing this sentence, the emperor's face changed.
Chapter completed!