When Xuanyuan Peng asked this question, Su Renyi, standing among the officials, looked completely bewildered.
Those assassins from yesterday?
Isn't that his assassin?
The assassins today weren't sent by him; they're definitely not from the same group!
At this moment, Su Renyi secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, someone else was now chasing Xuan Yuanzhan, and a new scapegoat had appeared, so the emperor would no longer suspect him.
Su Xuening stood not far away, watching Su Renyi's gloating little expression, and a barely perceptible sneer appeared on her lips.
Isn't he celebrating too soon? He'll be crying later!
Qiu Ye and the other two obeyed orders and went together to examine the bodies of the assassins.
All the assassins who were killed, as well as the surviving ones, had black snake tattoos on the back of their hands, including the one whose arm had been severed.
After inspecting the area, Qiu Ye stepped forward and reported, "Your Majesty, these assassins are the same group as those from yesterday."
When Qiu Ye said this, Su Renyi and Shao Kun were both stunned.
Su Renyi looked at the assassins' corpses on the ground in disbelief.
Are these also his people?
But he didn't send anyone else, did he?
Could it be Consort Su?
Su Renyi glanced at the several assassins who had been captured alive, and a chill ran through him.
Impossible. His men are all suicide squads. How could they be captured alive so easily?
Furthermore, Consort Su knew that the matter had alarmed the Emperor, so how could she still send assassins to kill Su Xuening? Consort Su herself said yesterday that she would take a break for a while. It's impossible that she would knowingly send assassins to kill Su Xuening and the others knowing that the Emperor was present today. Therefore, it must not be Consort Su!
He didn't send anyone, and neither did Consort Su, so these assassins couldn't possibly be their people!
But why does the Minister of Justice still say that they are the same group of assassins as yesterday?
Could it be that the assassins Xuanyuan Zhan and his group sent to the palace yesterday were not the ones he sent, but another group of killers who also went to assassinate Xuanyuan Zhan and Su Xuening?
Besides this possibility, Su Renyi couldn't think of any other possibility.
With that thought, his tense heart instantly relaxed.
It turns out that the people they sent to the palace yesterday weren't his assassins at all. Now that's settled, everything is resolved, and he and Consort Su don't have to worry anymore.
Besides Su Renyi, Shao Kun was also completely bewildered.
What? They're the same group of assassins from yesterday?
Did he send assassins out yesterday?
I don't think so! But the Black Snake Society has many assassins, so it's possible that some of them might be secretly taking on private jobs behind his back, which might have offended the Emperor.
What idiot is this? They don't even use their brains when accepting missions, daring to provoke the Emperor!
This is it, my crimes are compounded, I'm going to die this time!
Upon hearing that it was the same group of assassins, Xuanyuan Peng became even more enraged. He glared at Shao Kun and coldly shouted, "Speak! Who sent you to assassinate me, the Holy King's Consort, and the Holy King!"
Shao Kun was so frightened by Xuan Yuanpeng's drinking that he didn't dare to utter a word.
Xuanyuan Peng was even angrier, and said in a sinister tone, "It seems you don't just want one person to die, you also want your entire family to be executed and your nine generations of relatives to be exterminated!"
The phrase "execution of the entire family and nine generations of relatives" terrified Shao Kun, causing him to break out in a cold sweat and his mind to buzz violently.
Qiu Ye stepped forward and grabbed Shao Kun's hair, forcing him to raise his head: "You're from the Black Serpent Society, aren't you! Why have you repeatedly attempted to assassinate the Holy King and the Emperor!"
Unexpectedly, he even knew about the Black Snake Society. Shao Kun's mind went blank again: "I'm innocent!"
He has never attempted to assassinate the Holy King before; he only did it this once!
"Still dare to argue!" Qiu Ye shouted angrily, "You're not afraid of executing your entire family and even your nine generations of relatives! Do you think the Emperor can't find your family? With the combined efforts of the three judicial departments, we can find out everything about your ancestors for eighteen generations. Now, tell the truth!"
Shao Kun finally woke up and immediately raised his head to beg Xuan Yuanpeng for mercy: "Your Majesty, spare my life! Even if you gave me a hundred lives, I would not dare to assassinate you. I was the one who assassinated the Holy Prince's Consort."
"How dare you!" Enraged, Xuan Yuanpeng stepped forward and kicked Shao Kun hard in the face, breaking Shao Kun's nose.
What kind of filthy wretch is he to dare touch his woman!
"Speak! Who ordered you to assassinate the Holy King's Consort and the Holy King!"
With a bloody nose, Shao Kun trembled and said, "A man came to me with a box of gold, asking me to assassinate the Holy King, the Holy King's Consort, and the Holy King's Dowager Consort. He promised me a lot of gold after the deed was done. I was blinded by greed and committed this terrible crime. I will never dare to do it again. Please, Your Majesty, spare my life!"
Shao Kun was terrified and kowtowed desperately to Xuan Yuanpeng.
He doesn't actually have any family; he's just afraid of dying!
Xuanyuan Peng narrowed his eyes angrily: "Who is that man?"
Shao Kun had no idea who he was, and on the verge of tears, he said, "He was wearing a mask and a cloak, I have no idea who he is!"
Seeing that Shao Kun didn't seem to be lying, Xuan Yuanpeng solemnly asked, "Besides wearing a mask and a cloak, does he have any other distinguishing features?"
Shao Kun suddenly remembered something: "When that person left, a jade pendant fell off his body. I picked it up and intended to return it to him, but I thought the jade was of good quality, so I kept it."
At the time, he actually wanted to keep evidence, so he didn't chase after them to return it. He also thought that if they could exchange it for a mission, he could use the jade pendant to continuously exchange for silver in the future.
Upon hearing the words "jade pendant," Su Renyi subconsciously reached for his waist.
It was empty there; the jade pendant was nowhere to be seen.
What a coincidence, that person also lost their jade pendant!
For some reason, Su Renyi had a bad feeling, but then he thought that he had never hired the Black Snake Society to kill Xuan Yuanzhan and the others, so the person was definitely not talking about him, and there was nothing to panic about.
"Where's the jade pendant!" Upon hearing that there was a jade pendant, Qiu Ye's eyes lit up as if he had found a clue.
They investigated this case for a whole day and night, but apart from finding the Black Snake Society, they really couldn't find the mastermind behind it.
But the Emperor only gave them three days. They originally planned to petition the Emperor to arrest all the members of the Black Serpent Society and interrogate them severely after the Emperor finished hunting today. They did not expect that the Black Serpent Society would be so audacious as to attempt an assassination again after only one day. This time, they even dared to assassinate the Emperor. They are truly audacious!
Shao Kun glanced at the Imperial Guards holding him, and they understood his meaning, temporarily releasing his only remaining arm.
Shao Kun reached into his crotch and rummaged around, a shameless act that made Bai Shi and Su Xuening both turn their eyes away.
Xuanyuan Peng's face darkened as well. Fortunately, Shao Kun had actually pulled a jade pendant from his crotch. If he had pulled out something else, he would probably have been killed on the spot.
Shao Kun handed the jade pendant to Qiu Ye, who was initially disgusted but had no choice but to accept it and show it to Xuan Yuanpeng.
Qiu Ye didn't dare hand this filthy thing to Xuan Yuanpeng, so he could only hold it up himself and show it to him: "Your Majesty, this is the jade pendant!"
Upon seeing the jade pendant in Qiu Ye's hand, Su Renyi was completely stunned!
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