Absolute protagonist

As the capital of Great Yong, Yongjing has always been prosperous. The imperial city is located in the north. The powerful princes and princes live in the east of the city. Low-ranking officials and poor students live in the west of the city. In the south of the city, there is Nanshi, a place for business and trade. There are also many Qin buildings, Chu pavilions, restaurants and boats.

In a certain brothel, a horse-faced man walked out drunkenly, with an afterthought on his face: "Don't mention it! Although the price has increased countless times, the enjoyment of this brothel is better than that of ordinary brothels!"

If he hadn't been rewarded by the nobles, as the groom of the Prime Minister's Palace, how would he have the money to come here to be cool?

"This, this deal..." He burped while holding his neck, and laughed with a big tongue, "It's worth it! It's really worth it! Otherwise, I, Wang Liu, would never come to a place like this... in my entire life!"

The man walked forward crookedly. Just as he turned the corner of an alley, a stick fell from the sky and hit him on the head. As soon as his vision went dark, he fainted.

A basin of cold water was poured on his head, and Wang Liu woke up with a shiver. He found himself in a dark courtyard with a big tree behind him. His hands and feet were tied to the tree, and he couldn't struggle no matter what. Take off.

The cold wind blew quietly at night, and the leaves rustled and whined. There were weeds all around, and there was not a single light. This terrifying atmosphere made his heart tremble.

"Is there anyone?" He shouted loudly, "Help!"

A lump of something was suddenly stuffed into his mouth, and at the same time a big palm like a cattail leaf firmly covered his mouth: "Shut up, it will be your turn soon!"

A gloomy voice sounded in his ears, and in the blurry light, a cold face appeared in front of him, with a particularly eye-catching tattoo on the left side of his face. Wang Liu vaguely recognized the other party's identity. This was Qin Yi, the former bodyguard commander of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and a loyal servant of the Chu family.

It is said that this man was a filial son and a famous ranger back then. He killed someone in anger because of his mother. Chu Buyi, then the local county governor, saw his pity and chose a light sentence. Later, people were sent to place Qin's mother in place until her death.

After his sentence was over, the man went to the Chu Mansion and sold himself to repay the favor. He stayed there for ten years.

Thinking of Qin Yi's cruel deeds in the past, Wang Liu swayed his hands and feet disobediently, making a whining sound from his mouth.

"Cough... cough cough cough..."

Suddenly there was a soft cough in the courtyard. Qin Yi, who had just stared at Wang Liu fiercely, immediately left him. Qin Yi, who was lame on one leg, moved very vigorously and rushed to the center of the courtyard: "Master, you Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, keep going." A voice as clear as jade sounded in the darkness.

Wang Liu, who had been struggling, noticed that there was a recliner in the middle of the dark courtyard, and a vague figure was sitting on it.

Seemingly noticing his gaze, the man glanced at him. For a moment, Wang Liu's whole body seemed to be frozen.

... Could it be the third young master?

He vaguely knew that the third young master was not dead, but was in prison. It's just that the cold aura of this man is really different from the former Mr. Yulou.

When he was surprised, Wang Liu saw several more blurry figures being dragged in from outside the yard and thrown into the yard like dead dogs.

In the darkness, the young man sitting in this deserted house seemed to be completely fine. His eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one, and his voice was soft but decisive: "To avoid any misunderstanding, let's review it first. "

After all, these people were all deduced by him based on existing clues, and there may be some omissions.

…

Half an hour later.

"It's a pity, everyone." The young man's clear and jade-like voice sounded again, but everyone couldn't help but tremble, "It seems that no one among you is innocent."

"The person who provided the map of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the person who helped guide the other party, the person who transported and hid the stolen goods, the person who deliberately gave false testimony, the person who falsely accused and framed..." He tapped his fingers lightly on the seat, each time It seemed to hit the hearts of those present, "Now that they are all here, let's send them on the road together!"

"!!!" Everyone's eyes widened in horror, and they struggled desperately. There were screams and kicking sounds in the yard. Unfortunately, several men appeared soon and held them down.

"Meet him!" A man in the middle of the courtyard somehow managed to free himself from the thing in his mouth. He struggled and begged, "I am your senior brother! We have been friends since childhood..."

Qin Yi mercilessly blocked his mouth again, and kicked the man twice in disgust, directly breaking the man's kneecaps.

He leaned over the recliner and asked in a low voice: "Master, he is not one of those servants, but a scholar who is likely to become an official. Will killing him directly bring you trouble?"

"Since I haven't become an official yet, I'm just a commoner, so don't worry."

The young man's voice was still like the clear breeze and bright moon, without any murderous intent. It seemed as if he was talking about the elegant things of making tea and wine, which made people feel relaxed and happy.

"Besides, who has any evidence?"

A lamp dimly lit up in the courtyard, and the flickering light illuminated the heavenly face, and the burning flames were reflected in his dark eyes.

He pointed his fingers at everyone one by one.

"Here, I accidentally fell into the river after being drunk."

"This one was burned to death in a fire at home."

"this……"

Like the judge of the underworld sentencing everyone to death, every time he pointed his finger at someone, someone's body trembled. After pointing in a circle, he finally pointed to the so-called senior brother kneeling in front of him: "As for you..."

"You will be found on the street outside the brothel tomorrow morning, and the cause of death is...horse wind."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Yi made a lightning move, took the thing in the man's mouth, and stuffed a pill into it. Qin Yi used both hands to close the other's jaw and forced him to swallow it.

At the same time, more than ten knife lights lit up in the yard.

The next day, more than ten strange deaths occurred in Yongjing. The Jingzhao Yin Yamen became busy because of this.

Chu Si sat by the window in a restaurant, his eyes swept across the bustling street and the Jingzhao Yin's yamen runners who were rushing around on the street.

The Boyang Chu family has been a noble family for generations, and the Chu family where Prime Minister Chu Buyi belongs is just one of them. Although the entire Chu family seemed vulnerable in the face of the sudden imperial power, the family business in secret was by no means something that ordinary people could imagine. If the court had not held the righteous cause, the northern and southern armies were stationed outside the city, and the evidence was irrefutable, it would never have been so easy to overthrow a powerful official.

After Chu Si came out, the strength that the Chu family secretly preserved had a backbone. Although most of the past connections were cut off after the fall of the Prime Minister's Mansion, there was no shortage of gold and silver. Chu Si distributed a large amount of money, and Qin Yi, the former leader of the rangers, spoke. I don't know how many rangers in Yongjing secretly surrendered to him and became Chu Si's eyes and ears.

The so-called rangers in this era were not the knights who saw injustice on the road as later generations thought, but were closer to the ruffians and thugs in the rivers and lakes. It's just that most of them have good skills, and they are trustworthy and loyal.

With these local snakes, he spent a few days to make a plan, and arranged all the people to be dealt with clearly overnight.

However, his simple and rough method made the entire Jingzhao Yin Yamen busy.

Outside the morgue, the coroner who performed the autopsy respectfully reported his conclusion, and saw that Shangguan's face suddenly fell, full of dark clouds.

"Except for one of them who had a sudden stroke, the others were killed by a knife in the heart?"

In the Jingzhao Yin Yamen, the current Jingzhao Yin was also stunned when he received the results reported by his subordinates.

...The one who had a stroke was easy to say, but the others seemed to have been drowned, burned, or fell to death... In the end, a simple autopsy could find out the real cause of death. How careless must this person behind the scenes be, even pretending to be an accident is so perfunctory?

Jingzhao Yin's brows were tightly locked. He read the papers several times again, and the whole person suddenly stood up.

——No, it's not perfunctory. He did it on purpose!

In the files, except for the fact that these people were killed, there was no evidence of the murderer. All clues were wiped out. If there was no autopsy, it would look like an accident.

The laws of the Great Yong Dynasty were perfect, and the chain of evidence was linked one by one. Even if the autopsy showed the result of homicide, even if the murderer was guessed, he could not be arrested without evidence.

So why did the other party leave this last flaw? He did it on purpose, it was a kind of intimidation!

At this time, a subordinate came up and whispered, "Sir, I found another thing."

"What is it?"

"These people, including the scholar Ma Shangfeng, are all related to the Prime Minister's Mansion..." The man said carefully, "Especially the guy Ma Shangfeng, I heard that he was the disciple who sued the Prime Minister."

As he spoke, the man muttered to himself. Could it be that those people in the Prime Minister's Mansion died too unjustly, and came to take revenge?

... Prime Minister's Mansion?

Jingzhao Yin's eyes narrowed. A person's name flashed through his mind.

Yulou Young Master, Chu Yuzhi!

It was him! He was deliberately intimidating other people involved in the big case! Or, he wanted to force those people to expose themselves.

And Jingzhao Yin could guess even if he didn't know that the person who could overthrow the prime minister must be a big shot in the court!

"What a courage..." Jingzhao Yin couldn't help but sigh in a low voice, "To threaten the nobles with a commoner..."

"Chu Yuzhi, you are really brave! Don't you worry about your own safety at all?"

A voice suddenly sounded in the restaurant. Qin Yi subconsciously protected Chu Si and looked at the person vigilantly.

Qu Yingfei, dressed in a jade crown and gorgeous clothes, came up from the stairs. His face was not good. Obviously, Chu Si's threat to him still made him feel uneasy.

"It doesn't matter. Isn't there the young marquis?" Chu Si motioned Qin Yi to step aside and said with a smile, "I believe the young marquis will not let me get into trouble."

As he said that, he picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea.

Qu Yingfei's face darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye: "Don't go too far, do you think you can keep threatening me with this?"

"That's right." Chu Si nodded seriously. He knew very well that he was far from breaking the other party's bottom line.

Qu Yingfei was angry and was about to take the cup of tea and drink it in one gulp. But Chu Si smiled and took it up and drank it into his mouth.

"Even if you are not good enough, the prince can't even protect his body, right?"

The author has something to say: The plot has not yet unfolded. First disrupt the entire Kyoto, and then the whole world.

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