Ding Mi served as the Minister of Duzhi and was in charge of the financial power of the imperial court. He, Yan and Deng were derogatorily called the "Three Dogs of Taichung" by the people at the time. They were one of Cao Shuang's most trusted cronies.

Ding Mi liked to give advice to Cao Shuang, and often regarded himself as Cao Shuang's think tank. However, his ideas were generally bad, cunning and vicious, which often made the ministers dissatisfied. Even He Yan and Deng looked down on him and did not interact with him privately.

However, Cao Shuang admired his strategies and often followed his advice.

As soon as Ding Mi opened his mouth, Cao Shuang immediately became interested and said, "Is there any good opportunity that Yan Jing might as well tell you about?"

Ding Mi twisted his beard and smiled slightly: "Since the assassin dared to commit murder in Luoyang City, he must be confident and not afraid of being investigated. If the general sends someone to investigate, it will be like trying to draw water from a bamboo basket, but in vain."

Cao Shuang was slightly shocked, and he talked with you for a long time. Just like Bai said, Cao Shuang also knew that these assassins must have some background, and wanted to find out and try to compete with each other.

"Does Yanjing think there is no need to investigate this matter?"

"Investigate, why not investigate? Not only do we need to investigate, but we also need to get to the bottom of it and hold everyone accountable!" Ding Mi said firmly.

Cao Shuang was really confused this time, and even Xia Houxuan didn't know what was going on. They both looked at Ding Mi, wanting to hear his opinion.

"Yan Jing, what do you mean?"

Ding Mi smiled leisurely and said: "General, it is the responsibility of the Tingwei Mansion to arrest thieves and arrest thieves. Since assassins assassinated the emperor's family members in Luoyang City, the general can instruct Tingwei to arrest the thieves within a time limit.

, it would be great if the Tingwei can find out the real culprit, but if not, the general can remove him for dereliction of duty."

Wang Ye, the current Tingwei, had just been promoted from the minister of Dali Temple, and Wang Ye was from Sima Yi's line. Because of Wang Ye's promotion, Cao Shuang and Sima Yi had some conflicts, but in order to allow Bi Gui to smoothly

After taking up the post of Sili Xiaowei, Cao Shuang finally compromised and made Wang Ye a court captain.

The reason why Wang Ye was promoted to the rank of Tingwei was because Wang Ye had helped Sima Yi in the case of warding off evil spirits. In return, Sima Yi would definitely help Wang Ye get promoted.

Therefore, Sima Yi gave up competing with Cao Shuang for other positions, except for the position of Tingwei. Sima Yi always refused to compromise. Cao Shuang had no choice but to agree to Wang Ye's appointment.

However, this matter has always made Cao Shuang brooding. Tingwei is one of the Nine Qings and is in charge of the world's prisons. It can be regarded as an important position. Cao Shuang has been trying to let his confidant Li Shenglai take the post of Tingwei, but in the end

The result was the opposite.

If there is a suitable opportunity to kick Wang Ye away, Cao Shuang will naturally be happy to see it happen.

Ding Mi's suggestion made Cao Shuang's eyes light up. Isn't this just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Let Wang Ye investigate this unsolved case. If it can be found out, wouldn't it be just right? According to what Xia Houxuan just said, this time

It is very likely that the Sima family did the thing. If the Sima family can be caught, Cao Shuang can just go in and kill Sima Yi.

If Wang Ye cannot be investigated, or if he does not investigate at all, it will play into Cao Shuang's plan. Taking this opportunity to remove Wang Ye from his post and investigate, Li Sheng may take over the post of Tingwei.

"No, Yan Jing's plan is very clever! Come here, pass the order of this general, ordering Wei Wang Ye to immediately investigate the case of Cao Liang's assassination. The real murderer must be captured without any mistakes!"

"Wei!" the military officer took the order and immediately went to Tingwei Mansion to deliver the order.

Ordinary business orders must at least be conveyed during official office hours, but this order was an urgent order, so the officer who conveyed the order didn't even care whether it was midnight or not, and went straight to Tingwei's Mansion to convey the order.

Over there, Wang Ye had just taken off his clothes and rested when he heard a servant reporting that someone was coming from the General's Mansion. He got up in a hurry. Under the dim light, it was inevitable that he had made a mistake while he was busy. He even wore his pants inside out. Fortunately, the servant next to him also made a mistake.

When someone reminded him, Wang Yecai hurriedly took off his pants and put them on again.

Arriving at the central hall, Wang Ye met with the officers of the army, who also conveyed Cao Shuang's orders to him.

Wang Ye was suddenly confused. Most of the assassination cases like this were unsolved cases, and it was very difficult to investigate them.

But this was a matter that the general supervised personally, and the victim was a member of the royal family. Wang Ye did not dare to neglect his responsibilities, so he ordered all the officials of Tingwei Mansion to call out in the middle of the night.

Most of the officials in Tingwei Mansion also fell asleep like Wang Ye. After receiving the order, they all got up hurriedly and gathered in the lobby of Tingwei Mansion. In the rush, some were disheveled and some were wearing arrogant hats.

, there are people who lose their shoes but lack socks. This is probably the most confusing roll call in the Tingwei Mansion.

Wang Ye led a group of police officers and rushed to Zhuolong Garden, where the incident occurred.

The parties involved, Cao Liang and Fang Bu, had already left Zhuolong Garden, but Xia Houxuan had sent the imperial army to protect the entire scene, and no one else was allowed to come near it.

The five corpses were still lying there quietly, maintaining the same state as when they first died. Wang Ye sent Yi Zuo to inspect the corpses. Among the five corpses, three died by cutting their throats with a knife, and the other two died.

Tou, was shot in the temple by a short crossbow arrow and died.

Nothing was found from the five corpses that could prove their identities. Of course, this was not beyond Wang Ye's expectation. After all, the assassins came out to commit crimes and there was no reason to reveal their identities. He wanted to find out these five

Where the assassin came from and who was sent by him is definitely not an easy task.

Wang Ye could not find anything of value at the scene, so he ordered the five corpses to be carried back to Tingwei's Mansion. After dawn, Wang Ye made a special trip to Gaolinghou Mansion to personally question the person involved, Cao Liang.

Naturally, Cao Liang would not provide him with any valuable information, and Cao Liang did not discuss the speculation with Wang Ye that the assassin might be sent by the Sima family.

After all, Cao Liang also knew that Wang Ye was Sima Yi's man and he could eat whatever he wanted, but he couldn't say this nonsense.

But Wang Ye is also a shrewd person. Even if Cao Liang did not disclose the details, he still got some clues from other sources. The assassination incident was actually closely related to the Sima family.

This undoubtedly made Wang Ye fall into entanglement. If he investigated to the end, his mentor Sima Yi would definitely be traced. However, Cao Shuang could not explain the inaction and sabotage. This time, Cao Shuang gave him an order to supervise the matter late at night. Wang Ye

Naturally, I would not think that Cao Shuang did it unintentionally.

If he fails to investigate well this time, it is very likely that Cao Shuang will not give him good luck. If he casually accuses Luo, he can be dismissed from his post and investigated or even thrown into prison.
Chapter completed!