Lin Ye discovered that Mu Liuhuo turned out to be a very bookish person after washing and changing clothes.
Lin Ye sat there, instead of asking himself, he glanced at Jiao Tianbao.
Jiao Tianbao immediately stepped forward. Just as he was about to ask, Mu Liuhuo shook her head at him.
"I am from Xinling County in the 13th year of Dayu Chenglong's imperial examination. I was transferred from Ningwu to Yunzhou to serve as an official ten years ago."
Mu Liuhuo didn't speak loudly, but his words were clear and unhurried.
Lin Ye was a little more interested in this person. This person's conversation and temperament were not like a mere seventh-grade official.
"First armor?"
Lin Ye frowned slightly.
There are only three people in the first class of the palace examination, the number one scholar, the second person, and the third person.
If it were the first-level imperial examination, there would be basically no chance that a small official with swords and pens would be able to stay in Yunzhou for ten years.
Even a big boss like Jiao Tianbao became suspicious when he heard this and couldn't help but ask: "First-class, No. 1 pick? No. 2 pick? No. 3 pick?"
Mu Liuhuo replied: "Tanhua."
Lin Ye's frown deepened, because if this identity were true, it would be even more unreasonable.
Judging from Mu Liuhuo's appearance and appearance, he is indeed the best choice among men. If he had really been the man who had been the prostitute, he would have fallen into the hands of a big family 100% of the time.
Emperor Jade does not have a son yet, but he does have a daughter. However, if you look at it, thirteen years ago, the eldest daughter of Emperor Yu was only four or five years old, which was far from the time to choose a prince-in-law.
But the royal family doesn't want such a handsome man, and some aristocratic families are rushing to get him.
Lin Ye asked: "Why did you come to Yunzhou to be an official?"
Mu Liuhuo: "The imperial court dispatches people normally, there is no special reason."
Lin Ye said in a calm and emotionless tone: "I don't want to waste time with you."
Mu Liuhuo fell silent.
Lin Yemo counted twenty, but Mu Liuhuo still didn't say anything. He immediately stood up and said, "Throw him back to the prison."
After saying that, he was about to leave.
Jiao Tianbao waved his hand, and two soldiers stepped forward to pull Mu Liuhuo away. Mu Liuhuo's arms shook slightly, and the two soldiers were shaken back by an inner force.
Mu Liuhuo said: "General Lin, I can help you with things and I won't let you down."
Lin Ye looked back at him: "Are you thinking that with your ability, even if you don't want to mention the past, you can impress me and stay in Wulingwei to work?"
Mu Liuhuo nodded: "I am worth staying, general."
Lin Ye: "You are wrong."
After saying that, he strode out of the military tent.
Mu Liuhuo's expression changed a little. When he looked back at Lin Ye, a group of embroidered scale robes had already stepped forward and aimed at him with double-shot crossbows.
Jiao Tianbao went up and kicked him, but Mu Liuhuo didn't resist and was kicked to the ground.
When Mu Liuhuo was tied up by Wu Hua Da and escorted out, he saw Lin Ye in the distance at the school grounds, already questioning several other prisoners who were still kneeling there.
Mu Liuhuo's eyes changed, he looked at Jiao Tianbao and said, "Sir, can you give me another chance? I want to say a few words to General Lin."
Jiao Tianbao thought for a moment, and then went over to talk to Lin Ye. Mu Liuhuo watched from the spot. After Jiao Tianbao finished speaking, Lin Ye just waved his hand, and Jiao Tianbao strode back.
"You have no chance."
Jiao Tianbao said: "The general never likes to give people two chances, and you will not be an exception."
Mu Liuhuo was stunned. He didn't expect Lin Ye's character to be so cold and hard.
But because of this, he didn't want to give up the opportunity anymore. He shouted towards Lin Ye: "General Lin, it will definitely be useful if you stay with me!"
Lin Ye glanced back, gently swung his wrist, and made a waving motion back and forth.
Mu Liuhuo thought it was goodbye.
I didn't expect it to be Zhang Zui.
Jiao Tianbao stepped forward and took action himself, and gave Mu Liuhuo's face a round blow with four big mouths.
After the beating, Jiao Tianbao looked down at his hand, which was all red.
Mu Liuhuo endured the pain in his heart and shouted: "I can help the general, I know many secrets of Yunzhou!"
Lin Ye turned around again, raised his hand and waved lightly.
Jiao Tianbao shouted: "Hold him down."
Several people in embroidered scale robes pressed Mu Liuhuo there firmly. Jiao Tianbao stepped forward and wanted to beat him. He looked at his red hands again and thought for a moment. He saw a row of bamboos growing next to him. He stepped up and kicked them in pieces.
One stick.
He slapped the bamboo away with one palm, pulled out a piece of bamboo strip, and strode back towards Mu Liuhuo.
At this moment, there was some fear in Mu Liuhuo's eyes. He really didn't expect that these guys from Wu Lingwei could be so cruel and ruthless.
They were obviously from the Qi Army Camp, but they had just become Wu Lingwei. Why did they suddenly become the same as those guys from the imperial court's Yu Lingwei?
Emperor Jade has a carefully selected team called Yu Lingwei, which specializes in investigating major cases.
Yu Lingwei is only responsible for one kind of case, and that is treason.
Everyone in the court knew that once someone from Yu Lingwei invited him to tea, there was a 100% chance that he would not be able to get out alive.
Seeing that Dao Tong came back carrying bamboo sticks, Mu Liuhuo shouted a few more times in a hoarse voice.
"General, give me another chance. I will know all the unrecorded cases in Yunzhou City within ten years!"
This sentence allowed him to save his face.
A moment later, in the military tent.
Lin Ye sat behind the desk and looked at the man who called himself Yijia Tanhua with a dull look.
Lin Ye asked: "How do you know that the case I want to investigate is not recorded in the book."
Mu Liuhuo said: "Back to the general, first of all, we people are locked up in a prison. It's almost the same as those who are not treasonous felons. If we can't kill them, we can't let them go. If the general suddenly comes to us, it must be a troublesome thing. Otherwise, it won't be easy."
I will think of those of us, after all, it will be a bit troublesome to use our special annoying people."
"Second, after I was brought to Wulingwei, I saw the mountains of files in the military tent, so I guessed that the case files that the general wanted to investigate were not in the files, so I went to the prison to find a useful person."
Lin Ye nodded: "That's why you feel that you are sure that I will value you, and that's why you dare to be so presumptuous."
Mu Liuhuo lowered his head: "I know I was wrong."
He said sincerely: "General, just ask me. If you want to know what case happened in which year, I will probably remember some of it."
Lin Ye: "Why did you come to Yunzhou?"
Mu Liuhuo raised his head and looked at Lin Ye, with some conflict in his eyes.
But he had woken up. The reason why Lin Ye didn't ask about the case but still asked why he came to Yunzhou was to train the horse.
People on the grassland must tame a wild horse when they see it, because under normal circumstances, the more fierce a wild horse is, the better it will be.
After taming a fierce horse, it will become a good helper on the battlefield, even a weapon for charging and saving lives.
Now in Lin Ye's eyes, he, Mu Liuhuo, is that horse.
The horse is a good horse, but if it doesn't obey you, it's useless.
Once it is tamed, it will naturally be of great use. If it cannot be tamed, no matter how good the horse is, it will only be a hidden danger.
Instead of keeping him alive and possibly kicking and injuring his own people, it would be better to kill him as soon as possible. Mu Liuhuo judged at this moment that Lin Ye could really do it.
After a while, Mu Liuhuo replied: "I want to... protect someone."
Lin Ye asked: "Who are you protecting?"
Mu Liuhuo: "A woman."
When he looked at Lin Ye, there was a bit of begging in his eyes, as if he didn't want to say this in public.
Lin Ye raised his hand and waved it gently, and Jiao Tianbao, Pang Panghai and others immediately retreated.
Mu Liuhuo said: "After I was in high school, I was favored by Prince Yue and wanted to betroth his sister to me."
"But I didn't expect that a few days later, Prince Yue was investigated by the Yuling Guards for colluding with the eunuchs in the palace and suspected of treason. Prince Yue was executed, and his wife and daughter were demoted to common people."
"The princess who was supposed to be my wife was married to a businessman by the emperor's casual orders."
Mu Liuhuo lowered his head, his voice trembling slightly when he said these words.
"I originally wanted to take the princess and escape, but the then Minister of Civil Affairs, Wan Yulou, took a fancy to me and wanted to betroth his daughter to me."
When Lin Ye heard this, his brows wrinkled again.
"I was unwilling and refused Wanyu Tower. He became furious and wanted to deal with me. But he didn't expect that a few days later, his daughter would be selected by the emperor and directly summoned to the palace."
Lin Ye: "Concubine Wan Gui?"
Mu Liuhuo raised his head and glanced at Lin Ye, then nodded: "Yes."
He continued: "Wanyulou probably didn't want to cause any more trouble when his daughter entered the palace, so he didn't pay much attention to me."
"I inquired and learned that the princess left Geling and went to Ningwu County with the person she married. So I tried my best to smoothen the relationship and was assigned to Ningwu as an official."
Mu Liuhuo paused for a moment as he said this, as if the pain in his heart was unbearable.
Lin Ye didn't rush him, just waited quietly.
After a long time, Mu Liuhuo continued to speak.
"I originally thought that after arriving in Ningwu, I would pick up the princess and leave, and then just wander around the world."
"But I observed secretly and discovered that the businessman He Wenwen treated the princess very well."
Mu Liuhuo said: "He Wenwen lived in seclusion in Ningwu. Later, he probably realized that the emperor's people would not let the princess go easily, so he took the princess all the way north."
He looked at Lin Ye and said: "If I really take away the princess, she will never be able to stand up again. If I follow He Wenwen, there may be a way to survive. At least she can live normally under the sun."
"So, I resigned from my official position in Ningwu and secretly protected them all the way north to Yunzhou."
"After He Wenwen and the princess arrived in Yunzhou, they kept their names anonymous and got along for a long time. They are actually very affectionate as a couple."
Mu Liuhuo said: "At this point, I thought, I won't bother you anymore. After all, He Wenwen has fulfilled his responsibilities as a husband."
"So I found Fuzhi Jin Shengchang, whom I met when he was in Geling."
Lin Ye said: "Jin Sheng went to the palace examination in the same year as you. He was the number one scholar, and you were the third flower?"
Mu Liuhuo nodded: "Yes."
Lin Ye asked: "What happened next?"
Mu Liuhuo said: "After a few years, even I thought things would never change again, until the princess... gave birth to another child."
When Lin Ye heard this, his heart tightened suddenly.
Mu Liuhuo said: "The princess and He Wenwen had a daughter first, and nothing happened. But after the princess gave birth to a boy, everything changed."
Lin Ye took a deep breath.
Emperor Jade, in order to secure his position and eliminate hidden dangers, was really cruel to the extreme.
No matter where the princess and He Wenwen went, they would never be able to hide them without leaving any trace. The Yu Lingwei who was responsible for this matter were like hounds secretly watching them, always watching.
The princess and He Wenwen gave birth to a daughter, and Yu Lingwei wouldn't care, because a girl would most likely not be a disaster.
But the princess gave birth to another boy.
God knows whether the princess and He Wenwen will instill hatred in a boy.
Doesn't this sound ridiculous?
But that's what Yu Lingwei does.
A boy who was just born was regarded by them as a hidden danger that might threaten the emperor in the future.
So, they came to the door.
Mu Liuhuo looked at Lin Ye and was shocked.
Because he found that the anger and murderous intent in General Lin's eyes were heavier than his own.
He didn't understand it for a moment, and couldn't figure out why.