The official led the two inside.
Then, he called for the Minister of Revenue, Liu Dan.
Liu Dan glanced at Li Cheng, then looked at the handwritten decree left and right.
His mustache fluttered in the wind.
It was as if he would not give up until he found some clues from the handwritten order.
After some 'effort', he finally found a problem.
He pointed at a seal. "Lord Li, this seal … seems to be the seal of Lord Gong, who just committed a capital crime."
There were two seals on the handwritten decree.
One for Hanlin Academy's scholars.
Gong Shilin also stamped one.
Li Cheng nodded. "It is his."
"He is dead, so the handwritten decree … I'm afraid …"
"What? Does the seal not count when the person is dead? Moreover, this seal was stamped before the incident. "
"I understand, I understand."
Li Cheng puffed out his chest and raised his chin. "Lord Liu, don't waste time. Hurry and take me to the archives. I want to check the things I want to check so I can go back earlier."
Liu Dan closed the handwritten decree and frowned. "With the handwritten decree, there is no problem in checking. But, what do you want to check? Tell me. Wouldn't it be better for me to find the information and send it to the city department? "
"You don't need to worry about this. Besides, the departments cannot interfere with each other, so I can't tell you what I want to check."
"That is reasonable, but …"
Li Cheng raised his hand to interrupt her. "Why are you so troublesome? I will go to the archives and check the things there. It won't take long! Lord Liu, you have been dawdling with me for so long. Are you trying to stall for time? "
No matter how good his temper was, he couldn't stand being tormented like this.
Liu Dan hurriedly explained, "It's a misunderstanding! As the Minister of Revenue, this official naturally has to investigate. "
"I have the handwritten decree and told you the reason. Can you take me there now?"
"Of course." Liu Dan returned the handwritten decree and turned to the official. "Take Lord Li to the archives."
The official complied. "Yes."
Li Cheng finally heaved a sigh of relief.
Jing Rong and Ji Yunshu, who had been standing behind him, also heaved a sigh of relief.
The three followed the official all the way to the archives.
The place where the Ministry of Revenue stored the information was a small two-story building. There were several armed guards standing guard outside.
Furthermore, the road leading to this small building was guarded by guards.
It was very tight.
Once someone barged in, he would definitely be able to sense it.
The lowly official said, "Official Li, if there's anything you need, just say the word. This lowly official will be waiting outside."
Li Cheng waved his hand.
"When I'm checking something inside, you'd better not come in and disturb me."
"Yes."
Then, Li Cheng brought Jing Rong and Ji Yunshu inside.
But before he even touched the door —
Suddenly, a voice came from behind, "The Ministry of Revenue is really lively today!"
That voice came from afar, but also from near.
Looking back, he saw him leading his men along the long corridor, walking towards them.
Minister of Revenue Liu Dan followed closely behind.
Sure enough, the reason why Liu Dan took so long just now was really to stall for time.
He did not expect that the person he had secretly informed was the Second Prince.
This is great!
Li Cheng's heart tightened. He looked at Jing Rong and Ji Yunshu worriedly.
Then, he signaled for the two of them to hide properly.
Do not be discovered!
Jing Rong was very calm.
He seemed to be prepared.
He unhurriedly took out a small piece of charcoal from his sleeve, rubbed it on his finger, and then wiped it on his face.
Then, he grabbed Ji Yunshu's shoulder and rubbed two small strokes of mustache on her mouth.
Ji Yunshu was stunned.
"What … is this?"
"Charcoal."
"You carry this with you?"
"Just in case." Jing Rong calmly put Charcoal into his sleeve.
Now, both of them had smeared black on their mouths and kept two small strokes of mustache.
Ji Yunshu touched it and said softly, "Give me Charcoal."
"Hmm?"
"Give it to me."
Jing Rong took it out and gave it to her.
She rubbed it on her index finger and then on her eye bags.
Jing Rong frowned and asked, "What is this?"
She replied, "Dark eye circles!"
Pfft —
Although Jing Rong did not understand what dark eye circles were, he also did the same and smeared some on his eye bags.
Then, he put a mole on his face!
It was very funny.
Ji Yunshu felt 'unsatisfied', so she drew on her two thin eyebrows to make them thicker and wilder.
The two of them looked like two completely different people.
This time, Na Yan wouldn't recognize them, would he?
Na Yan walked over and did not notice them. Instead, he smiled and said to Li Cheng, "I didn't know Heir Cheng was here. We bumped into each other."
Li Cheng asked, "Why did Second Prince come here?" "I happened to pass by the Ministry of Revenue, so I came to take a look. Coincidentally, I heard Lord Liu say that you were looking for some information. As far as this Prince knows, Du Mubai's case has been closed and everything has been handed over to the Ministry of Justice. Does Heir Cheng still want to investigate something? Or is it something you can't tell me?
This makes me curious. "
Li Cheng was unperturbed. "Since it's my city's department's matter, does it have anything to do with you?"
"Of course it has nothing to do with me."
"Since it has nothing to do with me, then what I want to investigate has nothing to do with you."
Na Yan smiled. "That's right, it has nothing to do with me. But … it has something to do with the imperial court, so naturally, it has something to do with me."
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean is … why did you come to the Ministry of Revenue to investigate? If you don't explain it clearly, I'm afraid you won't be able to enter the filing room today. "
He put on the airs of a prince!
Li Cheng came here under the guise of the city's department. What reason did he have to give it to him?
He couldn't possibly expose Jing Rong and Ji Yunshu!
He swallowed his saliva and said, "It seems that Third Prince didn't just pass by by by coincidence. You came here on purpose."
Na Yan didn't hide it. "That's right."
"Then, if I can't give you a reason, you won't accuse me of a crime, right?"
Na Yan smiled. "That depends on whether you can give me a reason or not."
The two of them confronted each other.
Li Cheng usually had a lot of crafty ideas. In this situation, he thought about it and naturally came up with an idea.
He said, "Fine, I'll tell Third Prince the reason."
"I'm all ears!"
Li Cheng said with sincerity, "I won't hide it from Third Prince. I came to investigate a woman."
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