"You are so stupid." Yan Mi's face turned pale, and her words were not easy to hear: "From the beginning to the end, the only person in charge is Yi Duo."

Yun Xi and Ran Piao looked at each other in surprise, and she asked, "You mean, Mr. Yi lied to us when he said he was only responsible for handling the slave trade? How many officials are there in charge of the slave trade?"

"There is only one from beginning to end." Yan Mi sneered, "Slaves in this dynasty are like livestock, even if they are raised and sold in captivity, it is just a business. Do we need more people to share the pie?"

Suddenly comparing so many lives to "livestock", Yun Xi felt a strong discomfort in her heart.

She is a widower, but she is also a healer.

Every life is worthy of respect. Otherwise, what's the point of asking the yamen to pursue the murderer and investigate the truth, and what's the point of asking doctors to save lives and heal the wounded?

Yun Xi concealed the complicated emotions in her eyes, knowing that her own power was limited and it was difficult to compete with the imperial power. The only way forward was to change the status quo as soon as possible, investigate the slave trading case, and strive to abolish "this deal".

Ran Piao could already feel the strong disgust radiating from Yun Xi next to him, and took the initiative to deal with Yan Mi: "Since Prince Yan has already opened his mouth, why bother to keep it secret? Let's just say it."

"What else can you say? Just ask Yi Duo, and you will know everything." Yan Mi sneered, "Old man! Seeing that my prince is going to die, you put all the blame on my head? It's all in vain.

This prince is still..."

Yun Xi and Ran Piao were still waiting for Yan Mi's next words, but they saw him waving his hands, as if he didn't want to say anything more.

The three of them came out of the prison. Qingguo clutched the heavy baggage and said angrily: "I really wanted to hit someone just now!"

Yun Xi nodded, "I want to give him two injections."

So that that unpleasant mouth can say a few human words.

Ran Piao was so startled that he trembled aside and thought to himself: You can't mess with a woman.

"Yun Wuzuo, do you want to sit in the side room where the official is doing business?"

Lu Qingfan hasn't come yet, so the three of them can't just wait in the yard and suffer the glares from all directions.

Yun Xi nodded, "Thank you, sir."

After passing the main courtyard of the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment, there are several neat rows of errand rooms. The first few rooms are mainly for officers and police officers. The officers who are responsible for patrols are allocated another room, and they can take turns when changing guard at night.

Other officials on errands never have fixed houses, and most of them share them.

Before, Ran Piao had opened up a corner in the archives warehouse as a place for running errands. Later, after he was promoted, Lu Shangshu had someone clear out the miscellaneous room next to the archives warehouse and give it to Ran Piao.

For a fifth-rank official, the small room was indeed a bit crude, but it was satisfactory enough for Ran Piao who had never had an independent room.

As soon as Yun Xi and Qing Guo entered the door, they saw several four-character cursive scripts hanging on the top: "Look at the world."

There is a large red table and chairs at the main entrance, with the Four Treasures of the Study placed on the table; the landscape-style ink screen next door blocks the soft couch next to it.

It has to be said that Mr. Ran may seem simple, but he is a very elegant and tasteful person: if you can ignore that the other four walls are all densely packed with books and files, Yun Xi's words of praise are already on the tip of his tongue.

She smiled sarcastically: "You are indeed a master Ran who has been a school inspector. There are so many books!"

"That's natural!" Ran Piao was very satisfied with his arrangement. He asked the two of them to sit down and started to talk about how his books were classified to facilitate exploration.

The more Yun Xi listened, the more she felt that Master Ran had something.

"Knock knock..." Just as he was about to say something interesting, the door suddenly rang.

Qingguo was about to open the door, but was stopped by Ran Piao: "I think Mr. Lu is here!"

He excitedly opened the door and saw the slender and handsome Mr. Lu holding up a tray, on which was placed the official uniform of a fifth-grade member and foreign minister that he had longed for.

Ran Piao was surprised and immediately beamed: "Your Excellency, you are really awesome!"

No matter how many times he went there, he could not get there. Master Lu was immediately successful as soon as he went there!

Lu Qingfan pursed his lips and smiled, then handed the tray over.

When he walked into the house, he was surprised when he saw the densely packed bookshelves with ancient books. Looking at Yun Xi, who also had a look of helplessness, Lu Qingfan shook his head and smiled: "It's Lord Ran's style."

Mr. Ran sat on the edge of the soft couch, hugging his new official uniform and loving it.

Yun Xi raised her little head and asked Lu Qingfan in a low voice: "Why are you here?"

Lu Qingfan thought of Lu Shangshu's eagerness to ask for a hundred taels back, and whispered: "It has been done a long time ago, just waiting for me to get it."

"Is it Master Shangshu? He didn't embarrass you, right?" Yun Xi immediately realized that Master Shangshu's idea was too small.

Lu Shangshu had an ulterior motive when he asked Lu Qingfan to take over the Qiongfang Villa case, and wanted him to take the blame for the Ministry of Punishments.

Now that the case has been successfully solved, Lu Qingfan has also received a reward from the emperor and made an exception to dispatch Qingzhou personnel to help. He is afraid that Lu Qingfan has become a threat again and wants to use his official uniform as an opportunity to attack him.

"It's just a search for the old man."

Lu Qingfan glanced at Mr. Ran who was still fiddling with his new official uniform. Knowing that he was someone he couldn't count on, he turned to ask, "How's the situation at Yanmi?"

Yun Xi briefly talked about what happened in prison.

Lu Qingfan was not surprised at all when he heard that the person in charge was only Yi Duo.

"Have you already known this?"

"Just some speculation."

Lu Qingfan did not deny it, pursed his lips and said: "We have been tracking him all the way from Jigang to Hong Kong for so long, and the other party has not shown the slightest trace. When it comes to confrontation, it would be weird to admit it frankly."

When he confronted Yi Duo that day, Lu Qingfan was mentally prepared that the other party would not tell the truth.

Yun Xi nodded to express his understanding.

It would save trouble to refocus the case on Yi Duo, and just deploy it as planned.

Speaking of information, Lu Qingfan proposed to take Yun Xi somewhere.

They said goodbye to Ran Piao, who was still admiring the official uniforms, and then left the Yamen of the Ministry of Justice, got on the carriage and drove to the outer city.

Previously, the list Yun Xi provided to Lu Qingfan was handed over to a mysterious organization for investigation.

Today was the day to get information. Lu Qingfan thought that he might as well take Yun Xi to listen, maybe he would find something.

On the way, Yun Xi opened the curtain and looked at the streets of the capital, and asked curiously: "Master Lu, is the place we are going far far away?"

"It's a bit far from the Ministry of Justice." Lu Qingfan, who was driving the car, was very familiar with the side roads around him. He didn't look like he had just arrived in the capital.

"Master Lu is very familiar with the road." Qingguo also noticed this. She held a bag of snacks in her arms, which Master Lu had just given specially, saying that they were famous snacks in the capital.

"Well," Yun Xi turned her head and asked Qingguo: "Master Lu, isn't he originally from the capital?"

"Yes," a deep magnetic voice came from outside the curtain, Lu Qingfan said calmly: "I didn't leave Beijing until I was a teenager."

"No wonder." Yun Xi sat up straight.

You must be filled with emotion to return to the place where you have lived since childhood, right?

Yun Xi thought like this and stared at Lu Qingfan's back in a daze.

She hasn’t been home for many years...

"arrive."

The carriage slowly stopped, Lu Qingfan turned sideways and raised the curtain, facing the little girl's confused look: "Yun Xi?"

Yun Xi's expression flickered, and she blinked and asked, "Huh?"

"arrive."

"oh."

She jumped out of the carriage briskly and found that they had arrived at a deserted path outside the city wall. The towering city wall covered the ground, and even the grass in the corner looked wilting because it was not illuminated by the sun.

"Sir, aren't we looking for information?"

Yun Xi looked around, but there was nothing here!

Lu Qingfan glanced at the ground: "If there is anything, it will be troublesome." He said, squatting in front of a few wilting grass leaves in the corner and pulling hard.

The expected scene of grass blades breaking did not happen. Yun Xi watched helplessly as the cool dirt road under her feet suddenly separated from both sides, revealing a section of steps going downwards.

Qingguo opened her mouth in shock, lost her grip on the snack in her hand, and rolled down the steps.

"My dear, there is a secret room hidden here?!"

[Author's digression]: Ran Piao: New official uniform, hehehe~
Chapter completed!