Traveling through the emperor, overthrowing the empress dowager at the beginning

When the woman was brought up.

Ye Chen just glanced at it casually, and then was stunned.

The girl in front of me has fair skin, a slim figure, and a pretty face. Her whole body exudes a graceful and elegant temperament.

Even though she was wearing ordinary linen clothes, the girl's outstanding appearance still looked extremely outstanding, just like a lotus emerging from water.

At this time, the girl's face was still covered with tears, which made her look even more pitiful.

It makes people want to hold it in their arms.

Ye Chen thought that he had seen enough beauties, but the feeling given to him by the girl in front of him was different from that of other girls.

The flavor is quite different.

"I, Tong Le, the commoner, pay my respects to you, sir!"

Tong Le knelt on the ground, tears in her eyes.

Ye Chen also came back to his senses at this time.

He couldn't help but cough twice to hide his embarrassment, then asked, "Um, your last name is Tong?"

"Yes, my name is Tong Le."

"Tong Le, you really don't recognize those men in black? Then do you know what they're going to do with your fish?"

The woman in front of me is very beautiful.

But Ye Chen still remembered that he had to do serious work, so he asked.

"Sir, I don't know either. I just heard from time to time that they seemed to want a lot of fish and a lot of dry firewood. They even took all the firewood from my woodshed!"

Tong Le said sadly.

Hearing this, Ye Chen couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

First the fish, then the dry wood.

He felt more and more that something was wrong.

Then he looked at Tong Le again.

"Miss Tong, your father and brother are now dead. What are you going to do in the future?"

"Sir, this shop belonged to my father and brother. They are dead, and I helped them manage it. In this family, apart from my sister-in-law who has not yet married, this shop is all I have left."

Tong Le lowered her head and sobbed, "But I dare to ask you to appeal for justice. If you refuse, I will report it to the authorities!"

She also had a keen eye and could tell that Ye Chen must be a high-ranking official.

And he is determined to avenge his father and brother.

"Don't worry, I will seek justice for you."

Ye Chen looked at Tong Le, who looked like she was about to cry, and he couldn't help but feel pity for her. Besides, he really wanted to investigate this matter thoroughly.

At this moment, Lu Niudan suddenly walked into the store.

"Sir, my people searched the surrounding shops and found that several fish shops had been looted, and the firewood in many shops had also been taken away!"

"We encountered several men in black, but they were all assassins! The weapons they held were all from the southern border!"

Lu Niudan looked at Tong Le standing beside him and did not call Ye Chen "Your Majesty".

"Ah."

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes.

There is no dry charcoal nowadays, so the way people make fire is to use dry firewood.

But the people of Caochang collected dry firewood and a large amount of fish.

And it’s near the examination center.

Ye Chen frowned, thinking about all this for a moment, and his heart suddenly tightened.

"Miss Tong, you live here, so do you know where the tallest building around here is?"

Ye Chen suddenly said to Tong Le.

"Sir, the tallest building is in the Imperial Palace."

Tong Le said so.

"Besides the Imperial Palace? Where is the tallest building around here?"

"Then, then it can only be Shangyu Tower. His building is the tallest!"

Tong Le answered without hesitation.

"Qiu'er, send someone to Shangyu Tower and seal the entire building for me. I want to go there immediately!"

Ye Chen quickly said to Shen Qiu.

Then he looked at Tong Le again.

"Miss Tong, someone will compensate you for your family's losses. Don't worry about this matter anymore. I will avenge you. However, the person involved in this matter is probably of high status, so it will take time to avenge you."

"Bury your father and brother first, then wait for news."

After Ye Chen finished speaking to Tong Le, he strode towards the door of the store.

Seeing this, Tong Le bit her lip hard and stared blankly at the two bodies covered with white cloth in the yard. She didn't know whether Ye Chen was worthy of trust.

After leaving the shop, Ye Chen immediately walked towards the Jade Tower.

Shangyulou was a restaurant, but it had three floors and was more than two zhang tall. Although not as tall as the walls of the imperial palace, it was indeed the tallest building around the examination hall.

Ye Chen came to the top of the building and looked around. Soon, he saw thick smoke.

The thick smoke was like pillars, floating directly into the sky, but the locations where the smoke came out were concentrated in one place.

"Where is that?"

Ye Chen pointed at the places where thick smoke was coming out and asked.

"Your Majesty, it looks like there are several wine-making workshops."

Lu Niudan looked around and quickly said to Ye Chen.

Hearing this, Ye Chen nodded slightly.

"Lu Niu Dan, Qiu'er, take your men over here immediately and seal off all the winemaking workshops in this area."

"And send someone in to search immediately!"

Ye Chen has already realized that something is wrong.

A wine-making workshop naturally requires a lot of firewood, and the more dry firewood there is, the more smoke will be produced.

This is all normal.

But precisely because it is normal, it is easier to use it to cover up something.

Ye Chen immediately gave the order.

But after giving the order, he suddenly called out to Shen Qiu and Lu Niudan.

"Wait, this will alert the enemy too much. So, send people to carefully approach these places first. After checking them clearly, report back immediately. Don't take any action yet!"

Ye Chen's expression became serious.

If there were only 800 southern soldiers, Ye Chen would naturally not be so careful.

But after Ye Chen guessed what those people wanted to do by collecting fish and firewood, he began to worry.

Although ancient people did not understand physics and chemistry, they knew that oil could be used to ignite fires.

The examination hall is made up of many buildings around it, all of which are made of wood.

If this fire starts, Ye Chen doesn't think he can put it down!