Chapter 492: Looking for Zhu Yunwen (Part 2)
"It's impossible. After all, the officials who enter and exit the imperial city are the imperial officials. Even if the imperial city is blocked, it is impossible to check it too much. Generally speaking, as long as the identity of the official can be confirmed, it will be released." Lan Yu immediately replied that there was a gap between civil officials and military generals, especially civil officials have always wanted to suppress military generals, so Lan Yu dared not let the army have too many handles to fall into the hands of civil officials.
Li Jie sighed again when he heard this. At this time, the records of entry and exit of other city gates were also sent over. Compared with Hongwu Gate, there were fewer people entering and exiting other city gates. However, Li Jie still did not let it go. He immediately checked it in detail again, but still found no suspicious people.
As time passed, Li Jie finally gave up helplessly. Then he once again told Lan Yu to continue blocking the capital, and then came to the Pacification Office without stopping to find out Zhu Yunwen's whereabouts. Li Jie himself would definitely not do it alone. As the emperor's personal army, the Jinyiwei is the most suitable for this.
The Jinyiwei had been divided into three parts long ago, among which Jiang Yan was in charge of the Jinyiwei's affairs outside the Ming Dynasty, such as intelligence inquiry, assassination, bribery, etc., and they did all the dirty work anyway.
It is precisely because of this that Jiang Yan is not in the capital now, but is in Nanjing most of the time, and he only returns to Beijing to report his duties once a year. The commander of the Jinyiwei who is now in charge of the capital is Huang Hua, who is also a confidant of Lao Zhu. He is now in charge of the Jinyiwei's internal supervision of the Ming Dynasty.
When Li Jie came to the Fufu Division, Huang Hua immediately went out to greet him. Such a big thing happened in the capital, Huang Hua naturally received the news long ago. In fact, he has been living in the Fufu Division these days in order to get the summoned by Zhu Yunyu as soon as possible. After all, as the emperor's personal army, every change of imperial power also means a reshuffle within the Jinyiwei.
Originally, Huang Hua was Lao Zhu's confidant. When Zhu Biao ascended the throne, he should have replaced him. Unfortunately, Zhu Biao fell ill after ascending the throne and had no time to pay attention to the affairs of the Jinyiwei, so Huang Hua and others waited for more than a month in turmoil. As a result, it was better now. Zhu Biao was gone, and the new emperor became Zhu Yunsheng, so Huang Hua didn't know what to do next?
It was also under this situation that Huang Hua learned that Li Jie suddenly came to the Fufu Division, so he naturally came to greet him with great enthusiasm. However, he also knew that there must be something important to Li Jie coming to the Fufu Division at this time, so after welcoming Li Jie back to the Fufu Division, he immediately asked everyone else to retreat.
"Huang Hua, I remember you were Jiang Yan's deputy. When I was in Ningbo, I had seen you?" After Li Jie came in, he did not directly talk about Zhu Yunwen, but stared at Huang Hua in front of him and asked.
"I didn't expect that the prince-consort still remembered this. When I was in Ningbo, I had followed Commander Chiang to do business. At that time, I also saw the prince-consort's heroic figure to suppress Japanese pirates!" Huang Hua replied with a smile, and also flattered Li Jie.
"Very good. Since everyone knows it, I have something to say!" Li Jie pondered for a while before finally speaking, "The last emperor died of illness. His Majesty hurriedly ascended the throne as emperor, but something happened in the palace."
Hearing this matter, Huang Hua immediately stood up straight. Li Jie thought about it for a moment, and then said again: "There was a theft case in the palace, and a very important thing was lost. Now you need to catch the stole person back!"
"Is something lost in the palace?" Huang Hua widened his eyes when he heard Li Jie's words. He even felt a little like laughing. Although it is not rare to throw things in the palace, there is no need to let their Jinyiwei take action, right? And he also asked Li Jie to come to Jinyiwei himself. Could it be that His Majesty the Emperor's jade seal was lost?
Of course, Huang Hua thought about it but did not dare to show it on his face. Instead, he asked respectfully again: "Mr. Concubine, I don't know what was lost in the palace and who was the suspect?"
"You don't need to know what you lost. As for the suspect..." Li Jie said as he took out a portrait from his arms. This portrait was painted by him by himself before.
Li Jie stuffed the portrait into Huang Hua's hands, and then said, "It's the thing this man stole. He should have escaped from the imperial city now. However, the capital is blocked and he should not have left the city yet. You must find out the whereabouts of this man within two days!"
"Two days!" Huang Hua showed a bitter look when he heard Li Jie's words, but when his eyes moved to the portrait, he was so scared that his whole body trembled, and his face was full of panic, "This... this is not..."
"Isn't this?" Li Jie squinted his eyes and asked at Huang Hua. He knew that there was a picture album inside the Jinyiwei, which painted portraits of various important figures in the Ming Dynasty, especially some powerful people in the capital, which was the focus of Jinyiwei's attention, so Huang Hua would definitely recognize the portrait of Zhu Yunwen. After all, he often went to the palace before, and it was normal for him to see Zhu Yunwen.
Huang Huaneng sat in his current position, so he was naturally a very smart person. Especially when he saw the threat brought by Li Zhiguang, he woke up and immediately changed his words: "Stop the anger, I saw it wrong. This person dared to steal things from the palace. The subordinates will definitely arrest him as soon as possible!"
"Very good. This person is likely to collude with the officials in the city. Now he may be hiding in the official's mansion. You should know these things more than me." Li Jie reminded again that the Jinyiwei must know more about which officials Zhu Yunwen has had with him, and these officials are the focus of investigation and control.
"The official understands, but two days is too short?" Huang Hua finally showed a hesitant look. If he was given enough time, he would be 100% sure to find Zhu Yunwen out of the capital, but in just two days, he probably couldn't even check a few officials who were going to investigate. This was simply impossible to complete.
"The capital city can only be blocked for another two days. If the blockade is too long, you should know what consequences will be caused." Li Jie also said helplessly at this time.
"It turns out that the prince-consort is worried about this. If the prince-consort believes in the lower ranks, in fact, even if the general lifts the blockade of the capital, the lower ranks will be sure not to let the stole the person who escaps from the capital!" Huang Hua smiled and said, "Their Jinyiwei is not a waste of money. Although it is split now, it makes them professional, making their functions more accurate, and doing things that could not be done before.
"Are you sure?" Li Jie asked with a look of suspicion when he heard this.
"We definitely can't read the whole city in two days, but it's enough for our subordinates to create a net of heaven and earth!" Huang Hua said with a confident smile.
Chapter completed!