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

Ye Chen looked at the arriving carriage.

At this time, Shen Qiu was already wearing dark black men's clothing, adding a touch of solemnity to his cold temperament.

When the carriage stopped in front of Ye Chen, Shen Qiu jumped down immediately.

"His Majesty."

"Qiu'er, let's get in the car."

Ye Chen waved his hand and got on the carriage directly.

Seeing this, Shen Qiu also got on the carriage.

The carriage set off and soon headed outside the palace.

Ye Chen sat upright in the carriage, closing his eyes to rest.

Even if the carriage left the palace.

Listening to the sounds coming from outside the carriage.

Ye Chen was also completely unmoved.

"Your Majesty, why did you suddenly leave the palace today?"

The carriage had already left the palace.

Shen Qiucai asked.

"Qiu'er, there are a lot more people with northern accents in the city. That Ding Wen must have sent people to the capital."

Ye Chen said in a light tone.

Hearing this, Shen Qiu frowned slightly.

She didn't get any news from the capital.

After all, the Supervisory Department is not under her jurisdiction.

"Your Majesty, Ding Wen must have some ulterior motive for sending people to the capital at this time. We must not take it lightly."

"Well, I think so too, so I plan to leave the palace and take a look."

Ye Chen nodded slightly and took out a memorial from his sleeve.

"According to the information I have received, most of those entering the capital are now concentrated in the west of the city. The people from the Supervisory Office believe that these people must have a contact point in the west of the city."

Ye Chen said to Shen Qiu: "We will go there later."

"promise!"

The carriage soon arrived at the west of the city.

However, unlike the prosperous capital, the houses here are all made of thatched roofs and earthen walls.

You can even see fertile fields around the house.

Ye Chen lifted the curtain and looked outside the carriage. He saw that in the fields, besides people wearing shorts and shorts working, there were also soldiers in armor and sharp weapons watching over them.

"Your Majesty, the fields here were reserved to protect the capital from food shortages during a siege. They were set aside since Dayu founded the country."

Shen Qiu said to Ye Chen.

Hearing this, Ye Chen nodded slightly.

Of course, he was already aware of the layout of the capital city.

Common people also work on these fields every day, but most of the grain produced will be used as reserve grain. Those common people are also tenants and will be paid silver by the government.

"Shen Qiu, these tenants seem to be having a very hard time. Ask the Ministry of Revenue to investigate how much salary the government gives to the tenants each year."

Ye Chen looked at the simple thatched houses on both sides of the street and found that some of the thatched roofs were leaking. He couldn't help but frowned and said.

The Supervisory Office will not investigate the conditions of these shops in the city for no reason.

"promise."

"Also, bring some food for these tenants later."

Ye Chen wanted to see what these tenants ate so that he could understand their living conditions.

He also discovered at this moment that among the people in the entire capital, there was a large group that he had never paid attention to.

In the past, we were busy suppressing Yang Dechang.

But now, Ye Chen has the power to fight against Yang Dechang in the court, and even has the upper hand.

He already has the leisure time to pay attention to people's livelihood.

"promise."

Shen Qiu clasped his fists in agreement, and the carriage soon stopped in front of an inn.

Ye Chen looked at the post station in front of him and narrowed his eyes slightly.

It is a bit strange that Ding Wen chose such a place because it is too remote.

Unlike the city center with convenient transportation, it is too far and too inconvenient to get news from the city center from here.

"It seems like these guys are deliberately hiding their tracks, rather than coming here to gather information."

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and made his own judgment.

"Your Majesty, shall we go in?"

"Ah."

"Your Majesty, this post station doesn't look very big. If we send a large number of imperial guards in, it will easily arouse the enemy's suspicion. Why don't we wait a while and send some imperial guards in batches. Once we are ready, we can go in."

"Yeah, that's okay."

Ye Chen never thought of taking the risk himself.

After Shenqiu gave the order, Xia Ju, who was accompanying him, immediately arranged for the imperial guards to enter the post station in batches.

In order to conceal its presence, the carriage slowly passed by the door of the post station and did not go in directly.

Before the imperial guards had completed all the arrangements at the post station, Lu Niudan, the head of the Supervisory Office, had already arrived on the carriage and reported on the situation at the post station.

"Your Majesty, there are currently forty northerners in the post station. Ten of them are frequently replaced, and throughout the capital, there are over a hundred people who could be their companions."

"The suspected leader is an old man. I have heard these people call him 'Old Lord'."

Lu Niu Dan said so.

Hearing this, Ye Chen immediately raised his eyebrows.

Old lord?

What do you mean?

Isn’t Ding Wen the governor of Bingzhou?

The one who was called Lord by these Bingzhou people should be Ding Wencai.

"Could it be that the old master is Ding Wen's elder, or an elder of the Sima family?"

Ye Chen was a little confused.

He turned and said to Shen Qiu.

"Your Majesty, Sima De, as the current head of the Sima family, is already over fifty years old. If he were his elder, he would be too old."

Hearing this, Ye Chen nodded slightly.

Can an old man in his sixties or seventies still do such spy-like work?

Not everyone is Sima Yi.

"But the head of the Bingzhou Ding family is Ding Huan, who is just over fifty years old. Recently, Ding Huan claimed to be seriously ill and recommended Ding Wen to be the governor of Bingzhou!"

Shen Qiu's eyes were sharp, and he said to Ye Chen: "This old master should be Ding Huan!"

"Humph!"

Confirmed the identity of the old lord.

Ye Chen snorted coldly and said to Shen Qiu, "After the imperial guards are deployed, Qiu'er, follow me to the post station immediately. I want to meet Ding Huan in person!"

"promise!"

The carriage quickly turned and stopped in front of the post station again.

The post station only had two floors with a thatched roof. The yard was not big and there were many vegetables planted in it. It looked very ordinary, even simple.

Ye Chen got off the carriage and followed Shen Qiu into the post station.

And inside the post station.

In the center of the lobby where guests are received.

The fragrant roast lamb has been brought to the table.

More than thirty burly men were sitting around the table, cutting meat with knives and eating, their mouths full of oil and juice splashing everywhere.

And when Ye Chen walked into the inn.

Those burly men looked up at Ye Chen together, were stunned for a moment, and then continued to eat and drink.

"Damn, isn't it said that this post station doesn't usually have many visitors? Why is business so brisk today?"

A dark-faced man slammed the table hard and said in an impatient tone.

"Okay, Zhang Yue, this is not Bingzhou, please restrain yourself."

A man with a long beard patted the man with a dark face and said.

".."

The bearded man seemed very prestigious, so the man surnamed Zhang said nothing more and just started to eat the lamb leg.

Ye Chen glanced at these people, narrowed his eyes slightly, and sat quietly in the corner.