Ye Qingzhu met the Dark Moon Pavilion Master's gaze and replied without the slightest hesitation, "Qingzhu's life was given to her by the Pavilion Master. It contains only the great cause of restoring the Great Chu, and there is absolutely no personal affection between us."

Seeing Ye Qingzhu's resolute attitude, the Dark Moon Pavilion Master suddenly burst into laughter, turned his back to her, and said, "Since you are so sincere, I will give you another chance."

Ye Qingzhu nodded and stood up from the ground. "This time, I will certainly not disappoint you, Master..."

"I don't care what methods you use next, there is a person named Su Yan in the Oversight Council who cannot be touched."

Ye Qingzhu looked somewhat puzzled. The Dark Moon Pavilion always pursued eliminating any potential threats completely, so she pressed on, "Could it be that Su Yan was placed in the Surveillance Bureau by the Pavilion Master?"

"Qingzhu, you talk too much..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Ye Qingzhu felt a sharp gaze directed at her. She knew without guessing that the Pavilion Master was angry with her words, so she immediately lowered her head and said, "Qingzhu has overstepped her bounds. Please punish me, Pavilion Master."

The Dark Moon Pavilion Master said nothing more and turned to leave the cliff edge.

When Ye Qingzhu raised her head again, the Dark Moon Pavilion Master was nowhere to be seen.

Once the person left, Ye Qingzhu was too lazy to continue pretending. She reached out and shook off the dirt on her dress, her previously fearful expression turning into cold indifference.

After checking that no one was around, he left the cliff edge.

In the blink of an eye, it's already April in the human world.

The case of Wulemu has long been forgotten by the passage of time, and no one remembers that a war was about to break out in Daliang.

Even today, Chang'an remains a place of peace and prosperity, where people live and work in contentment.

Meanwhile, the Great Liang Dynasty also ushered in the triennial imperial examination.

Soon, many more scholars from Chang'an were heading to the capital to take the imperial examinations.

In addition, murders were rare in Chang'an, and the patrol duty did not require the use of the Surveillance Bureau, while the Dali Temple was in charge of handling civilian murder cases.

At this moment, everyone in the Overwatch Council was extremely bored. After spending time together, Su Yan had completely integrated into the Overwatch Council.

Su Yan, Xie Yu, Princess Jingning, and her personal maid were playing mahjong in the pavilion.

Su Yan reached out and grabbed the jade pendant from the table. By feeling the texture of her fingers, she guessed what kind of pendant it was. When she touched the pendant she wanted, her mouth almost split into a grin. She then threw the jade pendant onto the stone table with great flair.

"Nine of Bamboo..."

"bump……"

Upon seeing Su Yan throw out the jade token she wanted, Jing Ning excitedly pushed over the stacked jade tokens, exclaiming, "I won... hurry up and pay me..."

Seeing that Jing Ning had won again, Su Yan sighed helplessly and lazily handed her the silver.

Since the death of Prince Zhennan, Jingning has been seriously ill and has become increasingly thin. Xie Yu has been trying to help Jingning recover.

He often took the princess out for walks to relax, but her condition did not improve.

In the end, Xie Yu couldn't bear to see Jing Ning so heartbroken, so he told her about how the Prince of Zhennan had faked his death to escape.

Jingning's condition has indeed improved, but it's been tough on Su Yan, who is often dragged into being a third wheel between the two of them.

Sure enough, Princess Jingning, having learned mahjong from who-knows-where, insisted on dragging her and Xie Yu to play cards during work breaks.

She had almost lost all of her monthly wages, but fortunately Xie Yu was very shrewd and knew how to navigate social situations. No matter how much money she lost with Princess Jingning, Xie Yu returned it to her in full.

Su Yan wasn't unwilling to play along and slack off with others, but after doing it all the time, she felt like she was about to rot and stink.

However, Jingning has been extremely happy these past few days, and her relationship with Su Yan is getting better and better.

Seeing that Su Yan was not interested, Jing Ning looked at the silver in her arms and seemed to have made a decision. She then gave all the silver to the people who were playing mahjong with her.

Su Yan looked at the silver that Jing Ning had stuffed back into her hand. "Princess, what are you doing?"

"Did I win too much? Money is useless to me. I should save it to buy food for your children."

Su Yan refused, stuffing the silver back into Jing Ning's hand, "Princess, this is the money you won, how can I take it? It's against the rules..."

"If it's not because of money, then why do you look so worried..." Jingning asked, puzzled.

Before Su Yan could answer, Xie Yu interrupted, "Princess, Su Yan's problem isn't about money. It's just that there are no murders in the capital, and she's bored out of her mind."

After Xie Yu reminded him, Jing Ning did indeed notice that the Surveillance Bureau was much quieter.

“Su Yan, how about I introduce you to my brother, the Crown Prince, and ask him to help you find a job?”

Upon hearing this, Su Yan refused without hesitation, "Princess, please spare me. If the headmaster finds out, he'll skin me alive..."

"Then don't be upset. Let's go hunting in the countryside. I didn't go for the spring hunt this year, but it's not too late to go now..."

Upon hearing about hunting, Xie Yu's whole demeanor lit up, her eyes almost squinting with laughter as she excitedly echoed Jing Ning's words, "Great! Great! I want to go out and play too..."

However, Su Yan remained uninterested.

"No, solving cases is more interesting than hunting..."

Just as Su Yan was sighing, there was a commotion at the front gate.

Su Yan listened intently and noticed that the person approaching was hurrying and seemed very anxious.

Su Yan instantly perked up, stood up, and shouted loudly towards the person at the door, "Is there a case?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Sun San walked in from outside the door.

Exhausted and panting, Sun San rubbed his back and looked around at the people in the courtyard, finally fixing his gaze on Su Yan. "Brother Su, I've finally found you..."

Su Yan was somewhat surprised by Sun San's sudden appearance. "Brother Sun, what brings you here?"

Sun San was panting heavily, his expression extremely anxious, "Quick...quick...quick...come with me..."

Upon seeing Sun San's appearance, Su Yan felt a sense of unease. "Has a murder occurred?"

Sun San nodded, "Yes... but it's a case of beating someone to death."

"Shouldn't these kinds of cases be transferred to the Court of Judicial Review? The Court of Judicial Review doesn't handle cases from the common people."

“This is not a civilian case. The person who killed someone was Yan Shuo, the son of Yan Zhuguo, and the deceased was Meng Heng, the son of the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice. The people from the Court of Judicial Review sent someone to invite the head of the Surveillance Bureau to the scene.”

Upon hearing this, Xie Yu said in a deep voice, "What... Then what are we waiting for? Take me to the crime scene immediately."

And so, the four people who were playing cards early in the morning went to the crime scene together.

The crime scene was Juxianju, a place where talented people and celebrities loved to gather and have fun.

Among them were many wealthy and influential families like Yan Shuo's. With the imperial examinations approaching, places like Juxianju were already packed with people.

Su Yan carried the autopsy kit and walked through layer after layer of crowds.

The fight took place on the second floor of Juxianju, and the murderer, Yan Shuo, fled in full view of everyone.

Entering the second-floor room, Su Yan saw the white sheet covering the corpse. She put down the autopsy kit, squatted down, and prepared to lift the white sheet.