Xiao Duo frowned slightly, "If there is any suspicion, it should be those people in the Ministry of War, why is it the Ministry of Justice."

"As a general rule, the people from the Ministry of War are indeed the most suspicious."

Su Jinyue said: "But now all the people in the Ministry of War are in the hands of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Majesty. Even if they are brave enough, they dare not take action now."

"Although the people in the Ministry of Justice don't have as much power as the Ministry of War, they still have some authority. It won't be a problem for them to transport some military equipment out."

Su Jinyue paused and said, "Actually, there is another reason. There is someone in the Ministry of War, so I am suspicious of him."

Xiao Duo immediately knew who Su Jinyue was talking about, "Xie Qingxu? He doesn't have the guts, does he?"

Su Jinyue shook her head. "Although he didn't make any moves regarding the palace, it seemed as if this matter had nothing to do with him."

"But I know that he is the type of person who likes to take credit for himself. This time, he has done a good job and can show his great achievements in front of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Majesty, but he didn't make any move at all."

Su Jinyue looked at Xiao Duo, "Don't you find it strange?"

This point is indeed open to discussion. Xiao Duo said: "His position in the capital is nominal. The generals at the border have no real power in the capital. He should not be able to do this."

"He doesn't have the ability." Su Jinyue lowered her voice and said, "But you still forgot someone, Chu Ling, his current wife. His father-in-law is the Minister of Justice. The relationship between the Minister of War and the Minister of Justice is pretty good."

Hearing this, Xiao Duo pondered for a moment, frowning slightly, "If Xie Qingxu has some hidden agenda, then what is his purpose?"

"I don't know either." Su Jinyue said.

Xie Qingxu is a greedy person who wants to use everyone to climb up.

But if he was really the one smuggling the weapons, Su Jinyue couldn't figure out what his purpose was.

"We can only lure him into a trap and let him reveal his flaws himself." Su Jinyue said.

Xiao Duo raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Su Jinyue and smiled, "Do you have a solution?"

Su Jinyue yawned and kept Xiao Duo in suspense, "Go back and take a rest first, we'll talk about this tomorrow."

"Okay." Xiao Duo said in a doting tone, "I, your husband, will accompany you first, and then go back and have a good rest for the night."

After Su Jinyue and Xiao Duo returned to the general's mansion, it was already late at night, so they went to bed first.

The next morning, in the lobby of the general's mansion.

"Madam, General, there's a man outside claiming to be an official from the Ministry of Justice, delivering a letter, saying he has something important to report." The doorman walked in quickly to report.

"Ministry of Justice?" Su Jinyue and Xiao Duo looked at each other and exchanged puzzled expressions.

"Please let him in." Xiao Duo said in a deep voice.

After the servant left, Xiao Duo tapped the table with his fingertips, "What do you think?"

Su Jinyue thought for a moment, then looked up and said to Xiao Duo, "Only you and I knew what I said about the Ministry of Justice in the carriage yesterday."

"What a coincidence! Someone from the Ministry of Justice came to see you this morning. I'm afraid they have bad intentions."

Xiao Duo raised his lips slightly and said with a smile: "I am not afraid that they come with bad intentions. Maybe I can learn something from them."

A moment later, a middle-aged man in the uniform of the Ministry of Justice walked in quickly with a solemn look on his face.

He clasped his fists and saluted, saying in a hurried tone: "General Xiao, Madam, I am Gu Yan'an, the chief clerk of the Ministry of Justice, and I have come to report an urgent intelligence."

Xiao Duo's eyes were cold, "What information?"

Gu Yan'an handed over a letter respectfully, "According to the spy's report, a large number of weapons were found in the eastern suburbs last night. It is suspected that they are the weapons from the treasury that have been missing recently."

"These weapons are likely related to the remnants of border banditry. I ask the general to send someone to assist in the investigation immediately."

Xiao Duo took the letter, opened it and read it carefully, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

He sneered, "Bandit trouble at the border? When did the Ministry of Justice start to care about border affairs?"

Su Jinyue sat aside, took a sip of tea, and said lightly: "Gu Zhubu, the Ministry of Justice has made such a big move, is the Minister of Justice also aware of the fact that you came to the General's Mansion to report the news?"

Gu Yan'an paused, his eyes flickering slightly, "Madam, the minister does not know about this matter, and I want to ask the general for help."

"You are going to the farthest place instead of the nearest. You could obviously report to His Majesty, so why do you ask to come to me?" Xiao Duo said with a cold expression.

Gu Yan'an said anxiously, "Because... because I have noticed that there seems to be someone in the Ministry of Justice who is the remnant of those bandits!"

Su Jinyue smiled, her voice gentle but sharp, "In that case, why don't you give us the list of officials in charge of this case, so that the general and I can investigate it together?"

Gu Yan'an's face froze, "Madam...is this a little...inappropriate?"

Xiao Duo smiled softly, with a hint of coldness in his tone: "Rules?"

"Master Gu, the theft of military equipment is a major case for the imperial court. Since the Ministry of Justice has requested assistance, the rules must be changed."

"If the chief clerk cannot make a decision, why not let the Minister of Justice come to see me in person?"

Gu Yan'an was sweating profusely and could only nod and agree, "I remember the names of the colleagues who are responsible for this matter. I will write it to the general now!"

After Gu Yan'an finished writing and left in a hurry, Xiao Duo put down the paper with the list and looked sideways at Su Jinyue: "This Ministry of Justice is really interesting. A chief clerk bypassed the minister and came to us for help?"

"It may not be that he wants to come."

Su Jinyue's eyes darkened slightly. "The names of people he provided may not have been involved."

"He wants to muddy the waters so that we can't investigate."

Xiao Duo's eyes were filled with deep thought. "If the weapons are not being shipped to the border, where are they planning to ship them to?"

"There are two possibilities."

Su Jinyue said with certainty, "One is the secret base inside the capital, and the other is other secret forces far away from the capital."

"If it is the second case, the person behind the scenes must have used his connections to transport the weapons out of the city, and this is exactly why the Ministry of Justice was able to intervene."

Xiao Duo nodded, "If that's the case, then we should take action."

Su Jinyue smiled slightly, "I have thought of a plan to find out their background."

That afternoon, the General's Mansion quietly dispatched a team of soldiers to leave the mansion accompanied by Xiao Duo's trusted guards.

This group of people seemed to be heading straight for the eastern suburbs, but they secretly turned back and hid in several key nodes in the city.

At the same time, Su Jinyue personally arranged for the servants in the mansion to secretly pass on a piece of news.

General Xiao has found out the whereabouts of the weapons and will raid the bandit's lair early tomorrow morning.

The news spread throughout the capital at an extremely fast speed.

Night falls in a dark alley somewhere in the capital.

A man in black hurried into a secret house.

After looking around, he whispered to the gatekeeper, "The news is confirmed. General Xiao will take action tomorrow."