Cypress Boat Floating

Lu Zhixing was a man of swift and decisive actions. When the marching distribution map was stolen yesterday, in order to prevent the marching distribution map from really spreading with the movement of people, he took control of all the people in the Ministry of War early on and never gave them the opportunity to go out. In particular, several people who had entered the Shangshu study were controlled separately from some more suspicious people, and they would never be given the slightest chance to communicate with others.

This behavior caused some people in the Ministry of War to complain, but they also knew that it was their Ministry of War that was in trouble, so they could only obey orders and at most gossip a few words below. However, as for these things, Lu Zhixing always turned a blind eye and ignored them completely. Now the suspects were people from their Ministry of War. If they let them go casually, and something really happened to the marching distribution map, no one would be able to save their Ministry of War.

Several people walked to the backyard. Several officials who had entered the Shangshu study yesterday were arranged to live alone, and they were not given any chance to contact outsiders.

The purpose of Lu Zhixing doing this was to minimize the possibility of the marching map being leaked.

There are nearly dozens of people working in the Ministry of War, and many of them live in the backyard of the Ministry. Only some ministers who have their own mansions will live there, but a room is reserved for them in the backyard.

Therefore, the backyard of the entire Ministry of War is very large, and there are quite a few rooms, large and small.

Qiu Xingwei led everyone to the backyard. The backyard that used to be noisy and lively was now silent.

Several people walked towards the nearest room, where lived Cheng Tianhe, who was known for his honesty.

Cheng Tianhe was admitted step by step through the imperial examinations from other towns. He is a loyal and honest person. Since he came to the Ministry of War, he has always done whatever he was told to do. He never gets angry with others, and never disobeys other people's orders. He cannot be said to have the best popularity in the Ministry of War, but at least everyone is happy to use him.

The reason why Qiu Xingwei came to him first was, on the one hand, because he believed that a loyal and honest man like him would not do such a thing as stealing the marching map; on the other hand, this person had a good character, and having him start it could also give Lu Zhixing a better feeling and would not make Lu Zhixing think that the people in the Ministry of War were all barbarians and difficult to deal with.

Although the Ministry of War is independent and does not participate in any of the princes' struggles for power, it is their Ministry of War that is in trouble after all. Qiu Xingwei also wants the Second Prince to help him, say a good word for him in front of the Emperor, and clear his name.

People outside all say that the Second Prince Lu Zhi is a good person, but how good can someone who grew up in the palace be? Other people don’t know, but doesn’t he, who has been in the court for so long, know it?

When we arrived at Cheng Tianhe's room, Cheng Tianhe was sleeping. It seemed that this incident did not seem to have much impact on him.

"Tianhe, wake up and open the door. The prince is here and has something to ask." Qiu Xingwei knocked on the door and shouted inside.

"Coming, coming." A lazy voice came from the room, and from the voice, it seemed that he had just woken up.

"Your humble servant greets the two princes and your Excellency. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time." The person who opened the door seemed a little nervous. He kept rubbing his hands together. His small eyes looked particularly honest on his slightly fat face.

When Ye Jianqing saw this face, he roughly understood why everyone wanted to bully him and asked him to run errands for everything.

"It's okay. I came here today just to ask you some questions. Don't be nervous. I'm just asking normally." Lu Zhixing waved his hand to signal him not to be nervous.

"Your Highness, please come in and sit for a while. You can ask whatever you want to ask, and I will tell you everything I know." Cheng Tianhe moved aside and made way for them to enter.

Cheng Tianhe's room was spotless. There was a desk on one side, and there were some books on the desk. It seemed that he loved reading very much.

"I heard that Lord Cheng is a family man, why has he been living in the backyard of this office?" Lu Zhixing looked around and asked directly.

"This..." This question made Cheng Tianhe not know how to answer. He stood aside timidly, stammering.

"Just answer whatever the prince asks you. Didn't you just say you would tell him everything you know?" Qiu Xingwei couldn't stand the look on his face, so he reached out and pushed him, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.

"Lord Qiu, this question does not require an answer. I am just asking casually. Lord Cheng does not need to answer if he does not want to." Lu Zhixing raised his hand to stop Qiu Xingwei from continuing his accusations.

Ye Jianqing couldn't get involved in what was happening between them, so she just stood outside and observed. She wasn't very good at solving cases, but she had the ability to judge people and observe.

If the special forces team members didn't even have this level of observation ability, they would have died in various battles because of some insignificant details.

Ye Jianqing saw that Cheng Tianhe was relieved after hearing that Lu Zhixing had helped him out. This behavior made Ye Jianqing curious about his family.

Generally speaking, unless there are special requests, people with families usually do not live in company dormitories all the time, unless the family relationships are not harmonious.

For ancient people, the most important thing to them was "harmony in the family brings prosperity", so unless they couldn't stand it anymore, unless the other party was really going too far and they couldn't stay in that home, they would generally choose to be patient and continue to maintain a superficial relationship at home.

But this Cheng Tianhe, Ye Jianqing had read his information, he married his current wife when he was in Lin Town, and the couple had a very good relationship. And it was said that after Cheng Tianhe arrived in Beijing, he brought his wife over, and the two of them got a small house outside to live in, and now they have a son.

With such a happy family, he actually didn't go home for half a year and has been living in the office. This is indeed worthy of suspicion.

After Lu Zhixing took a quick look around, he sat down and asked Cheng Tianhe, "When did Lord Cheng enter the Shangshu study yesterday? What did he do there? How long did he stay there?"

Cheng Tianhe stood opposite Lu Zhixing, holding his hands tightly in front of him. He did not answer Lu Zhixing's question immediately, but thought for a while before replying, "I went in at about 3:30 in the morning. I work in the Office of the Ministry of War. I am responsible for signing and receiving documents sent by government offices in other provinces. Every morning, I count today's documents, sort them out, and distribute them to different people.

Yesterday morning, I sorted out the latest documents as usual and found that one of them was sent from Beiguan. Beiguan must be related to the desert. We cannot be negligent when it comes to the desert. So I quickly sent this document to Mr. Qiu's desk so that he can see it as soon as he gets out of court. "

"Then how long did you stay in the Shangshu's study?" Lu Zhixing continued to ask.

"Very quickly, he put down the paperwork and came out,"

"Was there anything unusual in the study when you went in?" Lu Zhixing asked again.

Cheng Tianhe's round face wrinkled up, as if he was thinking hard: "It seems that there is nothing unusual, just like usual."

"Has anyone else gone in there before or after you?"

"Yes." Cheng Tianhe answered quite quickly.

"I had just put away the paperwork, and when I came out I saw Lin Xuan coming to look for Lord Qiu. I told him that Lord Qiu had not come back yet, and he said, "Okay, I'll go in and wait for him," and then he went in, and I left."

"Lin Xuan?" Lu Zhixing glanced at Qiu Xingwei.

Qiu Xingwei immediately explained to him, "Lin Xuan is the supervisor of the Supervision Institute. He is currently arranging a martial arts competition. He comes to talk to me about the arrangements for the competition almost every day. I guess he was waiting for me there because of something yesterday."

"Martial Arts Selection, I remember that it starts in autumn, right? How come it was arranged so soon?" Lu Zhixing frowned.

Qiu Xingwei chuckled and explained to Lu Zhixing: "Your Highness, you may not know that the military selection will be arranged around this time. There are so many armies and generals in Da'an. We have to arrange the registration in advance and investigate the candidates to prevent spies from sneaking in."

"In that case, then Master Qiu has really worked hard."

"I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it. This is my humble duty." Qiu Xingwei didn't dare to accept this hardship. He was as cunning as an old fox. He had always been trying to pull between these princes. He didn't take a clear side, and he didn't offend anyone. His main strategy was to be smooth.

"After you returned to the office, did you see any unfamiliar people entering or leaving the Ministry of War?" Lu Zhixing stopped saying these polite words to Qiu Xingwei and continued to ask questions to Cheng Tianwei.

Cheng Tianhe shook his head: "No, no, the Military Department is very strictly guarded, and strangers will not be allowed in casually."

"Okay, I understand. If you have anything else to add, you can come to me, or go to Prince Xian's Mansion to find the Eighth Prince." After asking basically all the questions that needed to be asked, Lu Zhixing stood up and prepared to leave.

"Goodbye, Your Highness." Cheng Tianhe followed them and saw them off.

After leaving Cheng Tianhe's room, the next person to go was Lin Xuan who lived next door to Cheng Tianhe.

But when heading to Lin Xuan's room, Lu Zhixing waved and called Ye Jianqing over. Ye Jianqing walked to his side without knowing why, and only heard him whisper in his ear: "Go investigate Cheng Tianhe's family, and see if he has been gambling in the past six months, and what casinos he has been going to."

Ye Jianqing looked at him in surprise. She knew what he wanted to do, which was to investigate Cheng Tianhe's family background, but she also didn't want to investigate which casinos he had gone to gamble in the past six months.

Is he so amazing that he knew Cheng Tianhe was a gambler just by asking him questions for a short while?