Chapter 598: Birds Are Annoying

"Yu Sicheng?" Seeing Pei Ye said.

He Xu didn't speak, glanced at him with narrow eyes, and then took them back.

"You find all the materials about this water canal and garden and give them to me—is the person who built it still there?"

"How would the Xi Guan Order who took office nine years ago know about things twenty-four years ago?" He Xu sighed softly, "I'll try my best to find them. Some construction managers, squad leaders, etc., might be able to leave a few names."

He held the candle and turned page by page. The ink marks of many years were inevitably blurry and annoying, making the eunuch frown: "Supervisor Xu Fang... died of illness seven years ago. Xi Guan Cheng Zhao Wen... returned to his hometown to retire ten years ago, and I guess he doesn't breathe anymore; Li Shui, the Xi Guan Order of that year, eh, this one is still there, promoted to the Inner Servant Province... Hmm, there is a completion summary he wrote for 'Construction of Yusan Garden'... Good habit, good predecessor."

He Xu lowered the candlelight and read carefully: "'Summer of the third year of Suolin, the Xi Guan Bureau received the task of building Yusan Garden northeast of the Mingyue Palace. This is the first garden built in the palace after the establishment of Suolin. Although it was not the Emperor's intention, it also needed to be very cautious. After receiving the task, construction started immediately... After autumn and summer, it was completed in winter. The pavilions are neat, the trees are straight, it is really a beautiful garden. Looking forward to the summer of next year, it should be a garden with lush trees, birds singing and water flowing. The credit for the completion of this garden owes much to the care of the superior, who visited the garden in person and supervised the construction, which is the achievement of the Junior Supervisor Qu, Eunuch Qu Chang.'"

He Xu's throat seemed to be cut off by a "click," his two lips pursed, and he stood still for a breath before adjusting his grip slightly and continuing: "—it is the achievement of the Junior Supervisor Qu, Eunuch Qu Chang."

After reading this, he closed the case file, didn't look down anymore, continued to turn the following ones as if nothing had happened, and then handed them to him together, saying calmly: "I think the following are also official words. You can take them and turn them yourself."

After saying that, he turned around holding the candle.

Seeing Pei Ye stretched out his leg to stop him: "Eh? Why didn't He Eunuch finish reading just now."

"Some official words, it's better to save them." He Xu said, "I'm also very busy here."

"What kind of person is this Qu Chang?"

"Who knows, some big eunuch of that year, I haven't heard of him now." He Xu waved his hand, "Let me go, let me go, I'll go see what's going on in the Embroidery Workshop."

Seeing Pei Ye leaned against the pillar and stretched his other leg over.

"He Eunuch, don't you think it's strange? This broken canal of more than twenty years ago, I'm afraid that those who remember it in this palace can't count to ten. How did I suddenly come to ask about it at this time?"

He Xu glanced at him vigilantly.

Seeing Pei Ye put his palm to his ear, as if sharing a precious secret: "I suspect that this water canal is related to the death of Empress Wei."

The candlelight fell messily, and He Xu fished it twice before fishing it back into his hand. He stood up straight, regardless of the lamp oil spilled on his hand, looked at the young man seriously and silently, and pressed two fingers on his lips.

"You, shut, up."

Seeing Pei Ye was just looking for this reaction from him, smiled and said: "Hey, there's no one else in this room. He Eunuch, you say, if you tell me a few words, it's just a chat. You don't know what I came to check, and you haven't thought about what you were tricked into saying; but if you don't say it, then you are a person in the case, and I don't know what you know... Maybe you have evidence of Empress Wei harming people—"

He Xu "pfft" covered his lips, with a force close to slapping his mouth.

Seeing Pei Ye was not angry or annoyed, pushed his hand away, and revealed a bright and warm smile.

He Xu said angrily: "I said how the Immortal Platform only uses sparrows as names. Sure enough, they are all a bunch of bird people!"

Seeing Pei Ye didn't speak, took out a small booklet.

He Xu took a deep breath, opened the door to look left and right, came back and closed the door cautiously, looked at him and said: "I'll tell you the truth. I really don't know about this water canal or the Empress case. They are all old almanacs. But you came to the palace specifically to ask, I suspect that there is indeed something hidden behind this, and when I turned to the name Qu Chang, it shocked me. I believe that what you are checking indeed has something behind it, so I don't want to get involved—in a while, you take these and go out, check whatever you want, don't get involved with me."

"Easy to say."

"Qu Chang, he was the Junior Supervisor of the Inner Servant Province more than twenty years ago, and also the popular deputy beside Grand Eunuch Yu." He Xu said, "Many people know this name until now, because before Grand Eunuch Yu entered the Inner Servant Province, he was the one who managed everything. The Inner Servant Province is not like the court, where the wind and waves are constant. For many years, Grand Eunuch Yu has been in office, and everyone remembers clearly what changes have occurred."

"Many older palace people should remember that Eunuch Qu was trusted by Grand Eunuch Yu. At that time, many people wanted to climb onto the corner of Grand Eunuch Yu's clothes, only Eunuch Qu was worthy of being a confidant, serving beside him. This eunuch was experienced, handled things thoughtfully, and when there was something uncertain in the palace, the servants loved to ask him to look at it, and everyone admired him." He Xu said, "Grand Eunuch Yu had a cold and strange temper. With such a eunuch as a partition, everyone was more relaxed."

Seeing Pei Ye nodded: "So Yusan Garden was also fully supervised by him. Where is this person now?"

"Dead."

He Xu's voice was lower: "He was suddenly killed. This is exactly the matter that the servants are silent about—no one knows why. People say that one morning, Grand Eunuch Yu walked into Eunuch Qu's sleeping quarters, and only heard the terrifying screams for half a day; there are also rumors that two people who went to clean up later saw with their own eyes that blood was splashing everywhere, Eunuch Qu's corpse almost became a pool of rotten meat, his tongue was cut, and his eyes were dug out... The more it spreads, the more terrifying it is. It is also said that those two people later trembled whenever they saw Grand Eunuch Yu..." He Xu said, "Maybe the abuse is a false rumor, compiled by the crowd because of fear. But Eunuch Qu's sudden killing is true, and no one has seen him since... Grand Eunuch Yu never mentions this matter, and no one dares to investigate."

"..."

Seeing Pei Ye tapped the pen in his hand lightly.

"Now you know, this name was sensitive in the first place. I never knew, nor did I think about why this old tragedy happened... Until you let me turn out the construction of this Yusan Garden today, and said something about 'water canal'." He Xu's hand was also slightly shaking at this time. He reopened that "Construction Summary" and displayed it in front of the young man.

Indeed, he didn't need to read it. Seeing Pei Ye also recognized it—"... it is the achievement of the Junior Supervisor Qu, Eunuch Qu Chang. Especially, the trees in the garden are afraid of drought and cannot be without water. Eunuch Qu specially supervised the construction of the canal from Jing Pool, avoiding the difficulty of introducing Taiye. This canal is very convenient."

"Only then did I remember." He Xu muttered, "This Yusan Garden seems to be the last thing Eunuch Qu did fully before he died... It was also shortly after the Mingyue Palace assassination that Grand Eunuch Yu buried this confidant."

"Hm..."

"That's it." He Xu said at a very fast speed, "No matter what the inside story is, whatever you check later has nothing to do with me. I am very busy today, spent a lot of effort to find materials, and after finding them, I handed them to you. I didn't say anything."

"Easy to say, easy to say." Seeing Pei Ye bowed and left, gathered the case files on the table, and went straight out the door.

He Xu didn't return the salute at all, frowned and closed the door behind him, just like driving away a fly.

Seeing Pei Ye stepped out of the gate of the Xi Guan Bureau, leaned against a big stone beside him, and looked at the things he had obtained, first putting the small wooden plaque he had stolen into his sleeve.

A curtain was opened in his mind-spirit realm.

Tried to write two characters:

"Are you there?"

After a while, the cyan bird in the upper left corner woke up like a dream and spread its wings.

A line of handwriting appeared: "Hm?"

Seeing Pei Ye wrote seriously: "I want to check Yu Sicheng, where is it appropriate to start?" ===== CHAPTER 599 =====

He tried writing two characters:

"Are you there?"

A moment later, the blue bird in the top left corner seemed to wake up and spread its wings.

A line of handwriting appeared: "Hmm?"

Seeing Pei Ye wrote earnestly: "I want to investigate Yu Sicheng; where is it most appropriate to start?"