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

Chang'an City

In the two days following Dong Ning's imprisonment, Ye Chen stayed in the prefectural residence, immersed in the mountain of documents.

His eyes were focused and sharp, like a cheetah searching for prey in the grass.

As he continued to read through the documents, he soon discovered that the trials in many of the cases were extremely hasty and completely unfair.

When he compared these cases with Dong Ning's confession one by one, he suddenly understood.

It turned out that the prefect Guo Xing had been protecting Dong Ning. The darkness of the officialdom in Chang'an City was beyond his expectations.

Ye Chen frowned slightly, his heart filled with disgust at this corruption. He realized that the entire Chang'an City was like an apple that looked shiny on the outside but was completely rotten on the inside.

However, Ye Chen also knew that there were more important things at the moment.

He never found any trace of those caravans in these documents.

Those caravans either did not enter Chang'an City at all, or they cleverly bypassed Chang'an.

This made him more eager for Yun Fuyao to come quickly.

Whether it is to suppress and deal with the powerful or to obtain information about caravans, an intelligence organization is needed.

On the third day, Ye Chen received the news that Yun Fuyao had finally arrived.

Ye Chen stood up, straightened his clothes, and went out of the city to greet him in person.

He soon saw the carriage that Yun Fuyao was riding in.

The carriage stopped quickly and Yun Fuyao got out.

At this moment, Yun Fuyao was still wearing the light yellow brocade dress. She had a graceful figure and exuded a unique scholarly temperament.

When she saw Ye Chen personally greeting her, a faint smile appeared on her face. That smile was like the warm sunshine in spring, making people feel warm and comfortable.

She walked quickly to Ye Chen and bowed slightly.

Ye Chen quickly helped him up.

"Your Majesty, on my way here, I have already integrated Murong Yan's intelligence organization in the Guanzhong region and found out the specific locations of those caravans and the Dayuan envoys."

Yun Fuyao's voice was crisp and pleasant, like a clear spring in the mountains.

However, she had anticipated Ye Chen's needs and made preparations early.

When Ye Chen heard this, he was delighted and immediately took her hand and walked into Chang'an City.

After Ye Chen brought Yun Fuyao into the Chang'an City Prefect's Mansion, Yun Fuyao respectfully reported the situation to Ye Chen.

"Your Majesty, those disguised as merchants have already gathered in He County, and the Princess of Dayuan has already arrived in Lantian County. The two places are only a hundred miles apart, and those people don't have many horses. However, He County is a necessary route from Lantian to Chang'an."

Yun Fuyao said softly.

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes slightly.

Gathering on the only way to go, these people must be setting up an ambush.

"Fuyao, besides the information regarding those criminals and the Dayuan envoys, you should also pay attention to the local tyrants in Chang'an. The Dong family is the Marquis of Fubian. Their eldest son, Dong Ning, has committed crimes. I have already captured him and found a lot of evidence of his crimes. I have also learned that the Dong family is very wealthy and their influence may be enormous."

Hearing this, Yun Fuyao was slightly stunned, then nodded.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will pay attention."

"Also, I will not let Dong Ning, that dandy boy, off lightly. You should first investigate the Dong family's power. I promised Dong Yu that I would release Dong Ning, but you must not release him. After I leave, you will make excuses and say we can discuss it after I return."

"Hold them first and let the Dong family fall into chaos so that we can collect more evidence!"

Ye Chen said so.

Hearing this, Shen Qiu nodded slightly.

"The minister obeys the order."

Lin Ziyun then said goodbye to Yun Fuyao, walked out of the prefectural government residence, and waited in front of it.

Soon, a thousand cavalrymen were assembled.

Shen Qiu came on horseback. She had a cool temperament and an unparalleled beauty.

She saluted Ye Chen respectfully: "Your Majesty, the cavalry has been assembled."

Hearing this, Ye Chen nodded slightly, then rode on a horse.

"set off!"

Ye Chen turned the reins and walked away.

At the gate of the prefect's yamen, Yun Fuyao looked at Ye Chen's departing back with a dazed look in her eyes, obviously in a daze.

And when Ye Chen led a thousand cavalrymen out of the city, the scene was spectacular.

The sound of horse hooves roared like thunder, raising a cloud of dust.

Ye Chen rode on the horse, his posture as straight as a pine tree.

After leaving the city, he led the cavalry straight towards He County like an arrow.

He knew that he had to rush to He County as soon as possible, otherwise the Princess of Dayuan would be in great danger.

So he ran for more than ten hours every day, covering a hundred miles a day, sleeping in the open air but without any complaints.

Finally, two days later, Ye Chen arrived in He County.

He County is just a small city. The city wall is an earthen wall only about one meter high and looks inconspicuous.

The cavalry entered the city.

No one dared to stop him.

The county magistrate only dared to greet him at the county government office.

After Ye Chen walked into the county government office, the county magistrate asked Ye Chen with a smile where he came from.

Ye Chen took out the Imperial Guards token.

The county magistrate knelt down immediately.

Ye Chen looked at the county magistrate and then glanced at the interrogation hall in the county government office. Compared with other houses in the county town, this county government office was well-built.

He looked at the county magistrate with a cold gaze and said, "I'm asking you, what's your name?"

"My name is He Shuyi."

"He Shuyi, has any caravan come here before? I'm talking about a large caravan, around 500 people."

For such a small county, a caravan of 500 people can definitely be considered a large caravan.

Upon hearing this, the county magistrate quickly replied, "Sir, a large number of merchants did come here a few days ago."

"However, those merchants left a day ago."

Been walking all day?

That should still be in time.

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes and then asked the county magistrate to take out the map.

After the bamboo slip with the map drawn on it was hung in front of Ye Chen.

Ye Chen searched the map.

If I were to choose an ambush.

Lin Ziyun's gaze suddenly fixed on a certain location on the map.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and thought quickly for a moment.

Then, he turned to look at He Shuyi and asked in a steady and authoritative voice, "What is the situation of this valley on the map? Tell me in detail."

He Shuyi did not dare to delay and told everything he knew.

After hearing this, Ye Chen frowned slightly.

If someone were to ambush us in this place, we would almost be dead!

This is because the ambush site is extremely dangerous.

On both sides are towering cliffs, like two natural barriers, with only a narrow passage in the middle that can only allow five people to enter side by side.

"Qiu'er, prepare the horses!"

"Let our people rest for two hours, then follow me!"

Time is too tight and the ambush location is too dangerous.

Ye Chen must set off immediately.

We must get there before those ambushes take action.

If she had been even a little slower, Princess Dayuan would have been dead!