"Your Majesty, Lord Qi requests an audience."
Murong Yue, who was strolling in the barren Imperial Garden, received a report from a palace servant.
"Um."
Qi Yuan, dressed in black, strode over through the thick darkness and knelt on one knee to bow to Murong Yue.
"stand up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"This afternoon, Zhang Yuqing, the Minister of Personnel, was poisoned. I personally followed the suspect and arrested five people involved in the case."
"After interrogation, it was found that all five of them were spies planted in our country by the Yun Kingdom."
Qi Yuan recounted the whole story.
Even though Qi Yuan had built an ironclad defense for the capital, it couldn't stop the foreign spies that had been planted over the years.
In fact, these five spies from Yun Kingdom were not originally supposed to be exposed.
But Yun Kingdom is too poor.
They felt extremely distressed as they looked at the bustling capital of Daqing every day, where money seemed to be everywhere.
After discussing it, they decided to open a shop, partly to make some money and partly to gather information.
Just to be on the safe side, they also bought the shop from Zhang Yuqing's servant in the Ministry of Revenue.
Just in case something happens, they'll drag Zhang Yuqing down with them.
It's really Zhang Yuqing's bad luck.
There are many high-ranking officials in the capital, but Zhang Yuqing's wife is the only one who lives a secluded life and rarely sees anyone. To the outside world, it is always Zhang Yuqing's servant who manages the family property.
The servant needed money for some reason, so he secretly picked up an inconspicuous shop and sold it.
Those five people didn't even ask him to transfer the property.
He was even happier.
The shop is still registered under Zhang Yuqing's wife's name.
As fate would have it, Chief Steward Zhu went out to find something delicious for His Majesty and came across this shop.
To boost their business, they added chestnuts, a specialty of Yun Kingdom, to their soup. Even people from Yun Kingdom might not recognize this ingredient.
I didn't even try to move, but I was still recognized.
After Zhang Yuqing was arrested, the five of them went into hiding, fearing that Qi Yuan would catch them, and also fearing that their superiors in the distant Yun Kingdom would find out.
After some discussion, they decided to just kill Zhang Yuqing.
Let's assume Zhang Yuqing committed suicide out of fear of punishment.
Everything was flawless.
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