My enemies became my companions

Chapter 25 High-sounding words
"Today I am here to say hello to the brothers from the East Factory. Once we arrive at the blessing temple, everyone will work together."

In the lobby of the East Factory, Chen Yi clasped his fists towards the important figures of the East Factory.

Wang Gu on the side said:

"I believe everyone has heard that for at least the next one or two months, Captain Chen of the West Factory will temporarily take over the position of Chief Supervisor."

In the lobby, several servants were talking and laughing, and compliments were heard everywhere.

Min Ning looked at Chen Yi in front of the crowd with a slightly complicated look in his eyes.

Even though he knew yesterday that he would temporarily serve as the governor, Min Ning was still surprised when he actually saw him here.

Especially... this person who has desires for both his sister and himself is going to be his immediate superior.

"Come on, Captain Chen, this way please."

Wang Gu made a gesture of invitation.
"That's just right. Here is a case file. Take a look at it and get familiar with the East Factory's procedures."

Chen Yi raised his foot and followed Wang Gu.

When Min Ning saw this scene, her brows slightly frowned.

She remembered that yesterday Captain Wang was discussing something with a group of familiar officers.

When they arrived at the case file room, Wang Gu took out a case file from the desk and put it in Chen Yi's hand.

Chen Yi lowered his eyes and glanced quickly.

At the top of the file, there are a few words written:
In the northwest suburbs of the capital, a citizen privately built a baby tower.

Looking at the date on the file, Chen Yi discovered that it was quite old and had been shelved for several years.

Chen Yi frowned and said:
"Privately built baby tower..."

He had heard of the baby tower. It was originally used to abandon sick babies with birth defects. Later, civilians threw their supernumerary babies into it as well. There were some boys among them, but most of them were girls.

Not only that, in some extreme villages, in order to scare the babies away to be reincarnated, the babies inside would be killed by drowning or burning. The cruelty is really hard to describe in words.

As for why this is the case...it's simply because we can't afford it.

"Unlike your West Factory, which supervises one factory and one guard, many of the things we East Factory handle are trivial matters. For example, the private construction of the infant-killing tower made the palace worried that the evil spirit would ruin the feng shui of the capital, so they sent us to the East Factory to do it."

Wang Gu thought that Chen Yi was silent because he didn't expect the East Factory to care about such trivial matters, so he spoke at the right time.

Chen Yi closed the file and said in a deep voice:

"Take me to see it. There is a law in Dayu law that if you kill your own child, you will be punished by being enslaved."

Although it is not known whether the Ding'an Party is involved, to just sit back and do nothing would be a waste of the new official's first three goals.

And if the Ding'an Party wants to play tricks, when they arrive at the prayer hall, Chen Yi doesn't mind killing both the Ding'an Party and the Lin Party.

Wang Gu said with a fake smile:

"Let's set off immediately."

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The tall horse passed through the streets, slowly stepped out of the city gate, and headed towards the villages outside the capital.

Smoke from the cooking stove rose up, and Chen Yi held the reins with a calm expression.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion.

Chen Yi always felt that there were more and more people following the team.

When they left the East Factory, there were only about seven or eight people. After they got out of the city gate, there were suddenly a lot more people.

Chen Yi turned around and casually counted them.

There were fifteen people in total.

They were basically all wearing the uniforms of the Jinyiwei officials, and three of them were even general flag officers.

"Keep going, we're almost there."

Wang Gu, who was following behind him, spoke.

"Does it take so many Jinyiwei to clear a baby tower?"

Chen Yi said casually.

"Captain Chen, you don't know that the court is now full of treacherous officials, and the officials are forcing the people to rebel. Even outside the capital, there are many unruly people."

Wang Gu said with a normal expression,

"If you're not careful, you'll capsize in the ditch."

Chen Yi narrowed his eyes slightly. After crossing a dirt road, the village gradually approached, and a rough wooden tower could be seen in the distance.

There seemed to be some faint sounds inside.

Very faint and can't be heard clearly.

It sounds like crying, and also like mourning.

Chen Yi gripped the reins even tighter.

Deathly silence spread throughout the village. At the sound of horse hooves, almost all villagers huddled inside their houses. The few villagers who were still working lay down on the ridges of the fields, not daring to get up.

The sun was shining brightly, and waves of foul smell of death wafted out from the baby tower.

The wild horse raised its head and let out a long, anxious howl toward the sky.

Behind him, a group of Jinyiwei dismounted from their horses and put their hands on the hilts of their swords at the same time.

Wang Gu clasped his fists and said:
"Please dismount Captain Chen."

Chen Yi did not reply, but just stared at the baby tower.

After a while, he did not dismount, nor did he respond, but said coldly:
"Catch everyone here one by one, find out who built the tower and who is the accomplice. According to Dayu law, take them all to the capital."

Wang Gu ignored it and continued:

"Please dismount Captain Chen."

Chen Yi glanced sideways and asked:
"Didn't you hear what I said?"

Sensing the hostility in the tone, the Jinyiwei slowly pulled out the Inch Embroidered Spring Sword.

Seeing Chen Yi staring at the baby tower, Wang Gu sneered:
"I didn't expect Captain Chen to still have some compassion in his heart."

Chen Yi turned around and looked straight at the group of Jinyiwei.

In the open plain, fourteen people had surrounded him from three directions, and they had drawn their swords.

"Please dismount, sir!"

The Jinyiwei said in unison.

"This place is on the outskirts of the capital, not far from the capital. Not to mention the Jinyiwei, officers and soldiers can also find privately built baby towers during their daily patrols, but this baby tower is still here."

Chen Yi looked at everyone and said slowly:
"Besides, the file has clearly been shelved for some years. Why did you only show it to me today?"

Wang Gu did not answer directly, but just replied:

"The Lin Party has brought chaos to the government, seeking power and accepting bribes. If the Lin Party is not overthrown, then Dayu will never be able to recover."

What did Chen Yi capture from this?
"Lord Lin has always attached great importance to cultivation. No matter how evil he is, he will not sit idly by and watch something like the Baby Tower, which is bad for Feng Shui. This thing will hinder his cultivation and become an immortal, and will also cause dissatisfaction in the palace."

"So... it was your Ding'an Party who did it? Your Ding'an Party deliberately allowed them to privately build the Baby Tower, just to one day build a tower with sand and wear away the stone with water, and then overthrow the Lin Party."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the Jinyiwei changed slightly.

Wang Gu said with a fake smile:
"Captain Chen, even if it's a human, if you scrape the bone to cure the poison, you'll always injure the skin and flesh.

What's more, the Ding'an Party members wanted to prescribe a cure for Dayu.

Compared to the crimes of the Lin Party, what does this count as? "

"Captain Chen, if it weren't for the Lin Party's chaos, why would the common people kill babies?!"

The words fell slowly.

Chen Yi pondered in silence and continued to sit upright.

The late autumn wind swept across the desolate yellow land, blowing up sand and gravel.

The villagers looked out of the window through the small gap in fear.

First, I heard the sound of rustling water and flying sand and rocks. Then I saw the man on the tall horse had not dismounted, but his long sword was already unsheathed, and the back of his hands were full of blue veins.

The fierce horse raised its head to the sky and howled in the autumn wind.

He is neither a good person nor a purely evil person. He has his own bottom line.

Chen Yi held the Embroidered Spring Knife in his hand. He had never wanted to kill someone so much as he did today.

Maybe it’s because…

I've heard too many high-sounding words.

I've seen too many beasts in human clothing.

(End of this chapter)