"Mr. Kang, you are so kind!"

Ye Zixun smiled and exchanged a few polite words with Kang Xian.

Then, Kang Xian looked at Ning Yi and said, "Well, after this incident, you have become enemies with Liangshanpo. If you are interested, why not come to the Secret Investigation Department to help get rid of this trouble ..."

Ning Yi smiled and shook his head: "I appreciate Elder Kang's kindness, but I have already promised Elder Qin that I will go to the capital soon. As for the Liangshan bandit problem, Elder Kang should choose another virtuous man!"

Kang Xian said with regret: "That's such a pity..."

Ning Yi pondered for a moment, then whispered, "However, I do have something I would like to ask the Jiangning Secret Investigation Department for help."

Kang Xian raised his eyebrows: "Tell me about it."

Ning Yi signaled his wife Su Tan'er to take the Su family's storekeeper away, and asked Kang Xian to send his attendants away. Only then did he tell Kang Xian everything about how he had let the Liangshan bandits go and captured Zhang Shun alive.

After listening to this, Kang Xian nodded thoughtfully.

"I understand. You go back to the Su family first. If there is any news in two days, I will send someone to inform you..."

…

…

In September of the ninth year of Jinghan, the weather became increasingly cold.

A light snow fell in Jiangning City after a long absence. Ye Zixun sat on a stone bench by the Qinhuai River, playing chess with Ning Yi.

There were two beautiful women next to them, dressed in simple clothes and with graceful figures, like ladies in paintings. They were holding paper umbrellas, shielding the two men from the wind and snow, while curiously observing the situation on the chessboard.

These two women were Ning Yi's confidante Nie Yunzhu, and the courtesan Yuan Jiner who went to Nie Yunzhu after being redeemed from a brothel.

Ning Yi returned to Jiangning and first took his wife and others back to the Su family to meet the relatives and friends of the Su family. Then he went out to Zhuji and told Nie Yunzhu and Yuan Jiner the news of his safe return.

From this, it can be seen that this woman does have a high status in Ning Yi's heart.

In fact, this is true. In the original plot, Nie Yunzhu and Yuan Jiner both married Ning Yi in the end.

"No more, no more!"

Ye Zixun suddenly admitted defeat and sighed helplessly, "I have improved my chess skills to the level of a national player, but why can't I beat you?"

Ning Yi laughed: "The chess game is ever-changing. It is not enough to have only the experience of a national player. We also need to be able to adapt to the situation and respond to the situation..."

Ye Zixun knew what he was talking about. The memory points of those Go masters that he absorbed could only give him their experience, but not their own Go talent, which was the most important thing.

Nie Yunzhu and Yuan Jiner naturally didn't know about these things.

Seeing Ye Zixun was a little discouraged, Nie Yunzhu comforted him in a gentle voice: "Young Master Ye is already very powerful. Ever since Prime Minister Qin set up a stall to play chess here, I have often watched from the sidelines. Few people can fight Li Heng to such an extent as you can."

Ye Zixun glanced at her and was not pleased.

“…That’s because I used a cheat!”

Nie Yunzhu was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly asked, "What is a cheat?"

Ning Yi laughed it off and brushed aside the question about the plug-in.

Just as the two were about to set up another plate, a carriage suddenly arrived from a distance.

Everyone turned around and saw an old man getting out of the car. He said respectfully to Ning Yi and Ye Zixun, "Mr. Ning, Mr. Ye, the master wants to see you..."

It’s the old servant beside Kang Xian!

Ning Yi and Ye Zixun looked at each other and told Nie Yunzhu and the other to go home as soon as possible. Seeing them nod, they got on the carriage and signaled the old servant of the Prince Consort's Mansion to take them to see Kang Xian.

Soon, the carriage stopped in front of a teahouse loft owned by the Prince Consort's Mansion.

The old servant led the two men into the attic, went up to the third floor, and walked through the long corridor under the watchful eyes of the guards on both sides, and came to the compartment at the end of the corridor.

Pushing open the door, Kang Xian and an ordinary-looking middle-aged man were standing there.

“You’re here…”

Kang Xian smiled and asked them to sit down, then looked at the middle-aged man beside him and said, "Talk to them!"

"yes!"

The middle-aged man nodded respectfully and said in a deep voice: "After receiving the news from Mr. Ning, we urgently contacted our colleagues and asked them to send people to track the Liangshan bandits. However, when they found the Liangshan bandits, the group had already left the city and disappeared into the mountains ten miles outside the county."

Ning Yi frowned and asked, "So you lost him?"

The middle-aged man felt a little ashamed: "Among the Liangshan bandits, there are masters who are good at climbing mountains and crossing ridges, and they act recklessly..."

Ye Zixun rolled his eyes and interrupted without any hesitation: "You are incompetent, so why are you making so many excuses? Elder Kang, you asked us brothers to come here just to tell us this news, right?"

"hehe……"

Kang Xian smiled, glanced at the middle-aged man who already looked a little angry, pointed at Ye Zixun and said, "This is Ye Zixun from the Three Heroes of Tiannan."

The anger in the middle-aged man's eyes disappeared, replaced by deep fear: "So it's Master Ye, I've heard of you for a long time!"

Kang Xian smiled and said, "Go on."

"yes."

The middle-aged man bowed respectfully, and then continued: "Although the Liangshan bandits have disappeared, we still got the intelligence that Mr. Ning entrusted the Secret Investigation Department to investigate..."

"oh?"

"Before leaving the county, the Liangshan bandits specifically went to massacre the entire Liu family, a grain merchant. After investigation, we found that they only took a small portion of the new grain harvested in autumn. Obviously, grain and fodder were not their first target."

After hearing the middle-aged man's words, Ning Yi and Ye Zixun looked at each other.

The latter said with interest: "Let me guess, there is a big force behind the Liu family, right?"

The middle-aged man nodded and said, "The head of the Liu family, Liu Yanjiang, had a beautiful sister. In order to gain wealth, Liu Yanjiang married his sister to the second son of the Chen family in Beijing as a concubine. Since then, the Liu family has been affiliated with the Chen family in Beijing..."

After finishing speaking, Kang Xian waved his hand, and the middle-aged man bowed respectfully and slowly left the room.

After he left, Kang Xian asked curiously, "When did you offend the Chen family?"

Ning Yi shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I don't know either..."

Kang Xian looked at him deeply and suddenly said, "Six Gates Chief Constable Chen Yayuan died on the day Hangzhou was captured. He was the most meritorious spy in Hangzhou."

Ning Yi said with emotion: "Chief Constable Chen sacrificed his life for his country. I admire him very much... Is he also from the Chen family in Beijing?"

Looking at the surprised expression on Ning Yi's face, Kang Xian couldn't help but laugh.

"It seems that you intend to solve it yourself... Well, then I will not interfere any more. When you go to the capital in a few days, when you meet Prime Minister Qin, remember to tell me that there is an old man in Jiangning who is waiting for him to retire and come back to play chess!"

"Ning has made note of this!"

Ning Yi stood up with a smile, bowed and said, "Goodbye."

After leaving the teahouse, Ning Yi looked back at the attic behind him, with no expression of joy or anger on his face.

Ye Zixun smiled and said, "Look, let me tell you, Brother Wenren betrayed you."

Ning Yi thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Wenren Buer is a direct descendant of Elder Qin. He has no reason to betray me. And judging from Elder Kang's attitude, he can't be sure whether I killed Chen Yayuan or not."

"This means that the news was not leaked from Wenren Buer..."

Ye Zixun asked curiously, "How did the Chen family know about this?"

Before he finished speaking, Ye Zixun paused and looked at Ning Yi.

They found that they seemed to have missed a very important piece of information——

The time traveler who came from a royal family also knew the future plot!

After a long silence, Ning Yi smiled bitterly and said, "It seems that classmate Zhou is also a time traveler like you!"

The time traveler here refers to the time traveler who knows the plot of "The Son-in-law", not the indigenous time traveler like him.

Ye Zixun frowned tightly: "According to the original plot line, you are going to kill the emperor and rebel in the future, and he is the second son of the current emperor. It is reasonable for him to kill you, but... it's not necessary!"

"Your talent is clear to anyone who has read the original novel. Why doesn't he try to pull you into his camp?"

Ning Yi said calmly: "Only the King of Qin himself can know this..."

…

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Kaifeng Prefecture is located at the tip of the huge alluvial plain in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has fertile soil, suitable climate, key geographical location and convenient water and land transportation connecting the north and the south.

Since the Xia Dynasty in 2000 BC, a dynasty's capital was built here for the first time.

Over the next four thousand years, ten dynasties established their capitals here.

In the present-day Wu Dynasty, which is the Song Dynasty in a parallel universe, the city of Bianliang in Kaifeng Prefecture is already the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. Under this city, there are ancient traces of the Xia Dynasty, the city walls of Daliang in the Warring States Period, and the ruins of Bianzhou in the Tang Dynasty.

Today, despite the passage of time, this ancient capital of the Six Dynasties remains prosperous.

When Ning Yi and Ye Zixun first arrived in Bianliang, they were completely unfamiliar with the place.

Fortunately, the Su family is a wealthy merchant in Jiangning and also has business in Kyoto. As soon as they got off the boat, the shopkeeper Liao from the capital came to greet them with a smile on his face and said that he had already arranged an inn for them to stay in, which was the largest and most expensive Fuxiang Inn in Bianliang.

Ye Zixun smiled and said, "I appreciate the kindness of Manager Liao on behalf of my fourth brother, but we brothers are going to the capital this time at the invitation of Prime Minister Qin. We should decide where to stay after we meet Prime Minister Qin!"

When Qin Xiang's name came out, Shopkeeper Liao had nothing to say. He could only smile and say, "That's how it should be, that's how it should be!"

Ye Zixun frowned and said, "But why hasn't Prime Minister Qin sent anyone over yet?"

Ning Yi smiled and said, "Maybe he hasn't received the news yet..."

Ye Zixun rolled his eyes: "Do you believe this?"

Ning Yi smiled and said nothing.

If he were alone and had not received an invitation from the Prime Minister's Mansion, he would definitely find a place to stay first, then walk around the capital, waiting for the Prime Minister's Mansion to send someone to invite him.

After all, the Prime Minister's Mansion is an important place, and Ning Yi is just a commoner and a son-in-law. In this era, he has no right to send a letter to visit.

But with Ye Zixun, the situation is completely different.

This guy is a veteran time traveler, used to being unscrupulous, how could he tolerate this?

After waiting for a while and seeing that no one came to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Ye Zixun immediately turned to look at Manager Liao.

"Where is the Prime Minister's residence? Take us there."

Shopkeeper Liao was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a moment, then nodded respectfully and invited the two men into the carriage.