Lu You approached Jiang Chun with his long sword, and Jiang Chun's eyes turned cold: "Since you don't consider me a brother, there is no need for me to show mercy!"
"Come over here!"
As soon as the words fell, the long swords entangled with each other.
Lu You's swordsmanship was not as good as Jiang Chun's, and he was also surrounded by other guards. It didn't take long for the entanglement to finally lead to Jiang Chun deflecting Lu You's sword, with more than a dozen swords resting on Lu You's neck.
Jiang Chun pressed Lu You to Qin Shuhuai and forced him to kneel down. Qin Shuhuai drank tea and looked at Lu You kneeling on the ground without saying a word.
The air was so quiet that it made people feel a little depressed. Lu You was beaten up by Jiang Chun and his men. At this moment, his body was covered with wounds and he was crawling on the ground because of the pain.
Qin Shuhuai finished his tea and finally looked up at him: "I gave you some time to think it through. Have you figured it out now?"
"What does your Majesty mean?"
"I treated you well." Qin Shuhuai put down his teacup. He didn't seem to feel much about Lu You's betrayal. He just said, "Can you tell me why you treat me like this?"
"Why?" Lu You sneered, "Why don't you guess it yourself, Prince?"
"You are Jiang Yi's person."
Qin Shuhuai spoke, but Lu You remained very calm and kept silent.
He didn't know how much he had revealed, so he simply didn't say anything. Qin Shuhuai looked at his expression and made a guess from his face: "You came to me because of Jiang Yi's instructions. When Jiang Yi died, you and your accomplices began to plot revenge. After the palace coup, your accomplices pretended to be the fourth princess, and wanted to overthrow me in the position of the fourth princess and avenge Jiang Yi."
After hearing what Qin Shuhuai said, Lu You was completely relieved and didn't answer at all.
When Qin Shuhuai saw Lu You's expression, he knew that he was wrong. Now that Lu You was alert, he would not be able to get any answers no matter what he asked.
He nodded and said to Jiang Chun, "Take him to Wei Mansion."
After hearing this, Lu You still didn't react. Qin Shuhuai glanced at him and pushed the wheelchair out.
He kept thinking about Lu You's attitude and Jiang Yi's corpse.
Jiang Yi's body was found, so Qin Peng must not be Jiang Yi. But Lu You's reaction told him that Qin Peng was not Jiang Yi's accomplice, so who was Jiang Yi?
Qin Shuhuai felt that he had never been so confused in his life. He thought about it and brought Lu You to Wei Mansion. At this time, Qin Peng was discussing the next step with Bai Zhi. When they heard Qin Shuhuai coming, they looked at each other. Bai Zhi asked first, "What is he doing here?"
Qin Peng quickly reviewed the recent messages in his mind and said uncertainly, "Maybe, he came to give a gift."
Bai Zhi was a little confused: "Gift?"
"He's not the kind of man who would engage in a meaningless struggle."
As he spoke, Qin Peng raised his hand and said, "Please come in, Your Majesty."
After a while, Qin Shuhuai was pushed in by Jiang Chun. Qin Peng smiled and raised his head: "Prince."
Bai Zhi stood up and tactfully retreated. Jiang Chun followed suit, leaving only Qin Peng and Qin Shuhuai in the room. Qin Shuhuai glanced at the pile of files in Qin Peng's hands and said calmly, "We are well prepared."
"Um?"
"First, the Yangzhou governor murdered his wife case to push public opinion to a climax. After this case, once the fact that I killed Jiang Yi was exposed, on the one hand, there was a precedent, so the sentence could not be too light; on the other hand, the people had just experienced a similar case, so they would inevitably have the impression that I was a murderer, and the reputation I had built up over the years would be destroyed in an instant."
"The groundwork is done. Now let's get down to business. I'm curious, how much evidence do you have to prove that I killed Jiang Yi?"
Qin Peng looked at Qin Shuhuai, threw the file in his hand onto the table, and leaned back: "My Lord, you didn't even try to make excuses, you came directly to me and admitted everything. Are you planning to just throw the jar into the ground?"
“Do I need to deny it?”
Qin Shuhuai looked at her calmly: "Do you think you can bring me down with just one case?"
"I really can't overthrow a regent king with just one case," Qin Peng put one hand on the armrest, and with the other hand he lifted his hair, and raised his eyebrows and said, "Since I can't do anything, what is the prince doing here?"
Qin Shuhuai didn't say anything, Qin Peng sneered: "If you feel guilty, then you feel guilty, why are you pretending to be so high and mighty? I can't touch you, but can't I touch Jiang Chun?!"
"You dare."
Qin Shuhuai even spoke the threats calmly. Qin Peng's eyes were cold: "Why do you think I did all this? Every wrong has its perpetrator. If you kill someone, you have to pay the price. Jiang Chun dared to kill someone, so he should be prepared to be killed sooner or later!"
Qin Shuhuai didn't say anything. He raised his hand and poured himself some tea. The tea was still warm and was the best Longjing tea.
In those days, Zhao Peng loved to drink Longjing tea. Beiyan was located in the north and did not produce tea. Every year Zhao Peng had to ask people to purchase large quantities of tea from the south.
Zhao Peng likes to drink, so Qin Shuhuai also likes it. Drinking Longjing tea at this moment makes Qin Shuhuai feel familiar and makes him feel much more at ease.
Qin Peng didn't plan to do anything to him this time, but focused on Jiang Chun. He had no problem protecting himself, but if Qin Peng was determined to cause trouble for Jiang Chun, he would be in big trouble.
Qin Shuhuai was calm, and Qin Peng followed suit. Qin Shuhuai was a person who never showed his emotions, but she was not. She had always been a person who showed everything on her face since she was a child. Unless she was deliberately suppressing it, most of the time, she would rather live a more outspoken life.
If anyone slapped her once, she would slap him back eighteen times.
Whoever makes her unhappy, she will make him unhappy a thousand times or a hundred times.
She had told Qin Shuhuai before that one should not keep things in mind. If one keeps things in mind for too long, one will become corrupted, either physically or mentally.
She felt that Qin Shuhuai was extremely responsible for the way he had become.
Qin Shuhuai drank the tea and felt that he had left Qin Peng alone. He finally said, "I understand what the princess means. Then I want to ask, can't the princess give in even a little bit?"
"What does your Majesty mean?"
"Jiang Yi is already dead. It would be useless even if the princess let Jiang Chun die. Why don't you and I discuss it. Princess, you might as well tell us what you want."
Qin Shuhuai said directly: "Princess, do you think the position of Yangzhou Governor is enough?"
This time it was Qin Peng's turn to remain silent. She seemed not to have heard what Qin Shuhuai said. She lowered her head to drink a sip of tea, then raised her hand to look at the new pattern on her nails. Qin Shuhuai saw Qin Peng's reaction and knew that she was dissatisfied.
"Princess, just tell me what you want."
"The governor of Yangzhou, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, and the army responsible for rebuilding the northern city are led by Wei Yan."
Qin Peng quickly reported his request. Qin Shuhuai sneered after hearing what Qin Peng said: "I treat the princess sincerely, but the princess is asking for so much?"
"I waited for you sincerely for a whole day, and you just treated me perfunctorily like this?"
Qin Peng looked up at Qin Shuhuai and said, "The position of Yangzhou governor is certainly important, but for a princess like me who has no power or influence in the capital, what use is it to be the governor of Yangzhou?"
"Okay." Qin Shuhuai nodded in response. Qin Peng was a little surprised. She deliberately made so many requests. In fact, she was planning to slowly negotiate with Qin Shuhuai, but she didn't expect Qin Shuhuai to be so easy to talk to?
However, Qin Shuhuai said, "I can obey your Highness in all these matters, but I want to ask if the princess knows someone."
Qin Peng's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. As expected, he heard Qin Shuhuai say, "Lu You, does the princess know?"
Qin Peng didn't say anything. Qin Shuhuai must have known about the relationship between Lu You and her. At least he knew that Lu You was important to her. Qin Peng didn't show any emotion on her face, and slowly said, "What do you plan to do, Prince?"
"Don't beat around the bush with me," Qin Shuhuai said directly, "Just tell me what you want, or we'll both be in trouble."
Qin Peng didn't intend to waste time and said quickly, "I want both the prefectural governor of Shuntian and the governor of Yangzhou. If you can't give them to me, just kill Lu You and I will send Jiang Chun to accompany him immediately."
"Okay." Qin Shuhuai nodded decisively.
Qin Peng smiled again and said softly, "I like talking to straightforward people like you. When my people take office, the evidence will be handed over to you. Don't worry, I will never mention this matter again."
Qin Shuhuai couldn't help but frown when he heard Qin Peng so decisively give up Jiang Yi's case.
"Who are you?"
Qin Shuhuai stared at her. Qin Peng propped up his chin and said in a long voice: "I am Qin Peng."
"No," Qin Shuhuai said immediately, "You are not."
"I'm not Qin Peng," Qin Peng stared at Qin Shuhuai with cold eyes: "Who do you think I am, Your Majesty?"
“That’s my question to you.”
"I am really Qin Peng." Qin Peng answered calmly: "Prince, this question is meaningless. Instead, I want to ask you, have you ever dreamed of Jiang Yi in all these years?"
"Why would I dream about her?" Qin Shuhuai answered coldly, as if he didn't think there was anything wrong with his answer. Qin Peng looked at his indifferent expression and instantly got angry. He sneered, "Wouldn't the prince feel guilty for killing his own wife?!"
"Guilty conscience?" Qin Shuhuai chewed on these four words and chuckled. He raised his head and looked at Qin Peng, with a hint of madness in his eyes: "She, Jiang Yi, and her Jiang family don't feel guilty, so why should I feel guilty?"
"She is your wife. No matter how bad she is, you shouldn't be so vicious!"
"I'm vicious?!" Qin Shuhuai laughed wildly: "Her Jiang family killed my first wife for power, isn't it natural for me to be vicious?!"
"Even though I, Qin Shu Huaiyin, am vicious and cruel, and even though I have committed many crimes in my life, I will never regret killing his entire Jiang family."
"They deserve to die."
Qin Shuhuai looked up at her, as if he was mad. Every word he spoke was like a poison that would perforate the intestines of anyone he touched, causing them to suffer from stomach ulcers and liver and intestines breakdown.
"The entire Jiang family deserves death."