Ye Lou read the secret letter in one breath, his expression gradually becoming shocked, "This..."

Ye Lou looked at the expressions of Xuan Yelan and Lu Yu and realized that what was said in the letter was true.

"This..." Ye Lou knelt down fiercely, "I deserve to die, but my son is still young. I will discipline him strictly in the future. I beg Your Majesty to spare my son's life."

"Ye Qing, please get up quickly," Xuan Yelan hurriedly helped Ye Lou up.

He never doubted Ye Lou's loyalty, but Ye Ze was always neglected in discipline in the imperial capital.

Ye Lou gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and said, "I understand. I will leave now and take my son back to the border."

"Ye Qing," Xuan Yelan called out to Ye Lou who was about to leave.

Ye Lou kowtowed heavily again with a clang, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for sparing my son's life. Even if Your Majesty doesn't tell me, I will never allow my family members to be addicted to opium."

"Before my son makes a big mistake, it is best for me to take him away. Thank you for your grace."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will find out who ordered this before I leave."

"Ye Qing," Xuan Yelan wanted to speak, but couldn't find a chance.

"Your Majesty, rest assured. I will always be loyal to you at all times. Even if it's Prince Yu, I will never betray you."

Xuan Yelan was stunned when he heard this, "Ye Qing?"

Ye Lou raised his head and said with a wry smile, "Your Majesty, I am stupid, but not foolish."

On his way back, Ye Lou heard about Zhang Ji's disappearance. He had accidentally heard that Zhang Ji had contacts with Prince Yu in his early years.

In addition, in the past few years, Prince Yu had intentionally or unintentionally shown signs of wanting to make friends with him. Ye Lou had actually long suspected that Zhang Ji had defected to Prince Yu, but he had been troubled by the lack of evidence.

Now it seems that Zhang Ji is dead. It seems that His Majesty has discovered the affair between Zhang Ji and Prince Yu.

An opium-smoking assassin was also caught at the Mid-Autumn Banquet. Now the secret letter clearly stated that it was his own son who sold the opium. Ye Lou had to connect the two things together.

Tongzhou, the fief of Prince Yu, is rich in poppies, which are the raw materials for opium.

It seems that Prince Yu failed to win him over, and instead reached out to his son.

Xuan Yelan sighed and helped Ye Lou up. The three of them stayed in the imperial study for a long time.

As soon as Ye Lou returned home that day, he took Ye Ze to the border overnight.

Although there were some accidents on the way, fortunately, there was no danger and the two finally arrived safely.

As for Old Madam Ye, Xuan Yelan wanted to send some people to protect the Ye Mansion, but they were discovered by Old Madam Ye within a few days.

Afterwards, Old Lady Ye entered the palace. Xuan Yelan had no choice but to withdraw all his people.

Qi Wuyou stayed in the college for some time and actually found that several students gathered together to smoke opium during class breaks.

After watching for a few more days, Qi Wuyou rushed into the empty classroom with Xiao Ningyu and others.

"Who are you?" When the people inside saw the door open, they hurriedly hid the things in their hands behind their backs.

But with all the smoke around, it's hard not to know what they were doing just now?

Without saying much, Lan Sheng and Xiao Ningxue rushed up and beat up the guys and tied them up.

Several people screamed in pain, "Ah, stop it, ahhhhh."

Qi Wuyou, who was watching happily from the side, said viciously, "Stop shouting. No one will come to save you even if you shout your throat out. We have specially found someone to keep watch, and no one dares to come."

On the only way leading to this classroom, Academician Xiao was sitting under a parasol and drinking tea comfortably.

The students passing by saluted from a distance and then fled away.

In the past, this empty classroom was not only used for smoking, but also for whispering and having private meetings...

But at the moment, tracking down the opium is more important, so those people can only be let go for the time being.

But after seeing this scene today, the students wanted to stay away from it and dared not approach this empty classroom.

Xiao Ningxue rubbed her sore hands and said, "You are so thick-skinned. My hands are hurt by the beating."

Lan Sheng obviously hit Xiao Ningxue harder, and the back of his hand was completely red. "That's right, you are so shameless. Can smoking opium make you more shameless?"

An Ning rolled her eyes. "How is that possible? Opium is extremely harmful. They have just gotten addicted. If three to five years pass, they will be poisoned by opium and become old men."

Those guys were beaten black and blue, and no one came after they shouted for so long. It seemed that these guys had "planned this for a long time", and all eight of them just fired.

"Let me ask you," Qi Wuyou pointed at a random person. Now they were all beaten into pig heads and it was hard to tell who was who.

"Where did you buy this opium?"

The man stammered, not saying it right away, "Yes, yes..."

Qi Wuyou shook his head, "It seems that he is still not honest."

After saying that, he covered his eyes and shrank back. Lan Sheng clenched his fists and made a crackling sound. "In that case, I will teach you a lesson."

After a while, Lan Sheng panted and stood aside, leaning against the wall. "Why didn't I realize before that beating people up is so tiring?"

Qi Wuyou asked again, "Where did you buy it?"

The man finally stopped hiding it, "In a rouge shop in the north of the city."

Another person took over the conversation, "We all bought it there. Ye Ze took us there."

"Yes, that shop only accepts regular customers. After Ye Ze took us there once, we went there to buy things on our own afterwards."

"Oh," Qi Wuyou drew out a long tone, "Then can you take us there?"

"Yes, yes," the few people were really scared of being beaten and agreed quickly.

"Then let's go now without further ado?" Qi Wuyou glanced at the few people with a threatening smile.

"No problem, no problem, let's go now."

Several people finally realized that this little girl who looked only a few years old was the leader.

If they disobey, they will probably be beaten again.

About half an hour later, an inconspicuous carriage stopped outside the rouge shop.

It was just a coincidence that Wuyoutang was right opposite this rouge shop.

Several people got off the car quickly and went straight into Wuyou Hall.

There was no one in the clinic right now, so it was a good opportunity for them to do their work.

A few people were observing the rouge shop across the street through the crack in the door like thieves.

"Are you still buying here?" Qi Wuyou asked.

"Yes, once you enter and give the correct password, someone will take you to the inner courtyard, and then you can do the transaction."

"An Ning, Xiao Lan?" A young man's voice sounded from behind, "Why are you back?"

When they heard this, they looked up and saw Ju Sheng holding a basket of medicine behind them.

The Xiao sisters and Wang Nianci had never seen Ju Sheng before. When they saw a face that looked exactly like Lan Sheng, their pupils trembled.

"Oh my god, exactly the same, your brother?" Xiao Ningxue looked up and hooked her arms around Lan Sheng's shoulders, looking very familiar with him.

"Yeah," Lan Sheng smiled and walked to Ju Sheng's side. "Ju Sheng, my brother, what do you think? Do we look alike?"

Xiao Ningxue applauded, "More than that, they are exactly the same."

At this time, Ju Sheng also saw Qi Wuyou who was squeezed in the innermost part, "Why are you here too?"

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