Wen Yue was lifted up like a chicken with its neck pinched. Su Junyao, with bloodshot eyes, pinched his neck and kept tightening his hands.
"Cough cough... Let go, let go, cough..."
Enraged by Wen Yue's words, Su Junyao had completely lost his mind and was utterly deaf to Wen Yue's cries for help.
Jiujiu was anxious and kept hitting the stool with his hands, but it was completely unable to bring his father back to his senses.
Wen Yue's throat was sore and the air in his chest was getting less and less. Just when he thought he was about to die, a baby's cry saved his life.
"Wow!"
"Dad, let go! You can't kill someone! If you kill someone, I won't be able to take the civil service exam!"
This is a matter of life and death, let go immediately!
Su Junyao's eyes regained some clarity, and the strength in his hands also eased. He stepped back a few steps to distance himself from Wen Yue to prevent himself from doing anything irreversible.
Su Junyao's voice was hoarse and deep, yet carried an irresistible sense of authority: "Continue!"
Wen Yue knew that the young master of the Marquis's mansion, who held the power of life and death, was no better than an assassin, so he had no choice but to honestly confess his affairs.
“My parents worked for the Zheng family, and later they were the ones who guarded your mother’s body for Xiao Wenshi. After Xiao Wenshi successfully deceived the people of the Marquis’s mansion, my parents announced to the outside world that Xiao Wenshi was dead. Because more than a year had passed, no one suspected anything. Afterwards, our whole family was silenced by Zheng Xiulan who hired someone to kill us.”
"How did you find out all this?" Su Junyao hugged Qiuqiu, trying to draw some warmth from her.
Wen Yue naturally didn't have that ability. When he returned from Jingxin Garden that day, he saw Wen Shi rushing into Qiao Muyang's room and telling him directly that he must have some secret to tell. So he lay down under the window and started eavesdropping.
"You've been discovered?"
"Yeah. I was discovered. A black cat suddenly appeared out of nowhere and scratched Qiao Muyang, which gave me a chance to escape."
Wen Yue knelt before Su Junyao and kowtowed several times: "Your Highness, the little beggar at the mountain temple outside the city is innocent. I will let you decide my fate, I only ask that you give them a decent burial with a simple coffin."
Su Junyao sneered: "You do seem to have a lot of feelings and loyalty."
The little beggar is so pitiful!
Su Junyao met Qiuqiu's dark eyes. The child hadn't fully developed yet, and her eyes were round and bright. Looking into her eyes felt like being sucked into a deep pool.
"Yes, the little beggar is innocent and pitiful."
Their whole family is also innocent in this power struggle...
"I need you to come out and testify. The little beggars from the mountain temple will be sent to the hospital if alive, and buried with honor if dead."
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Wen Yue's wish had been fulfilled. He only needed to avenge his family before he had no more attachments to this world.
Thinking of the killer who was hunting him, and then thinking of the people who killed his entire family, the method was clean and efficient, so there must be a connection.
"Your Highness can start with the clue that Zheng Xiulan hired someone to commit murder. It's definitely not something that she and her daughter could accomplish by murdering the Lady of the Marquis's Mansion."
The killers brought back also became one of the clues, but he knew too little. The killers from thirteen years ago were either dead or retired and could not be found.
Su Junyao stared at the killer until the back of his neck felt cold. "Actually, the one in your family might know."
Which one is in my family?
【My thirteen!】
Su Junyao turned around and saw half a small head peeking out from the edge of the dimly lit Ministry of Justice prison. He stared at it for a moment, then quickly pulled his head back.
[Oops, we've been spotted!]
There was another commotion; it seemed the person had escaped.
When did a killer named Thirteen appear in their house?
Su Junyao ordered his men to keep a close watch on this person, and then turned to look for Qiuqiu, whom he had brought out.
Inside the Ministry of Justice, Qiuqiu was surrounded by several dark-faced men who were whispering among themselves. When Su Junyao entered, Qiuqiu put on a serious and solemn expression, but the way she looked at him had changed considerably.
"If Lord Su needs any help, please don't hesitate to ask." Raising this little girl is not easy, and I've never seen a girl who likes copper coins.
Su Junyao sighed; he did indeed need their help with something. The Ministry of Justice's investigations were much more efficient.
"Lord Xu, please send someone to Jingzhou and Yucheng to investigate a tragic family massacre, starting with the former top scholar Zheng Qiangong and his wife, Xiao Wenshi!"
For a moment, the white-bearded Master Xu was confused. "Your aunt and uncle?" They've been dead for over a decade, why are you suddenly investigating this? "And what other family massacre case is there?"
When he said he needed help, he meant borrowing money; he didn't mean taking on such a huge mess.
"Lord Su..."
【Can’t you really help Qiuqiu?】 Sensing that Lord Xu was about to refuse, Qiuqiu launched a pitiful attack, which silenced Lord Xu, who was at the age of enjoying his grandchildren.
Lord Xu resigned himself to his fate: "For Qiuqiu's sake!"
Su Junyao: “…”
Alas, after decades in officialdom, my reputation is less than that of my daughter who is not even a year old.
Upon learning that Thirteen was the retired killer brought back by Su Wenqi, he first scolded him and then asked him to call the person out.
They had hoped to seek comfort from the lady, but to their surprise, she glared at them with obvious disdain.
Actually, it's not entirely his fault. He said he wanted to recruit a group of martial arts masters as bodyguards, offering extremely high prices, since money is the last thing he lacks. Who would have thought that Yu Fengchen would find him a single idiot? He only just discovered the Shadow Guards' backgrounds; almost any one of them could wreak havoc.
Liu Yueyao awkwardly tugged at the corner of her mouth: "Big brother, after all, the third brother paid for it. And the thirteenth brother is no longer under his jurisdiction."
"You ran away because you couldn't afford the money?" Su Junyao said with a hint of sarcasm. He now had a new understanding of his third brother's fearlessness!
Su Wenqi: "Chiu Chiu took him away."
"You were taken away by Qiuqiu?" Su Junyao was already overwhelmed with work and exhausted, and Su Wenqi was driving him crazy. "You gave a top assassin to Qiuqiu?"
What to do with it? String it into a candied haws string and swing it around for fun?
This was unfair to Su Wenqi. He moved back to avoid his older brother's murderous gaze. "It's not my fault. Qiuqiu wanted it herself. She cried loudly when she wasn't given it to her."
Su Junyao glared at him and stormed off. She'd deal with him later!
He hurried back to Jingxin Garden, fearing that if he was even a moment late, his precious daughter would be torn to pieces by the assassin leader. He searched everywhere but couldn't find Qiuqiu, so he called out to Dongxiao, who was carrying a teacup, "Where's Miss?"
Dong Xiao looked back at Su Junyao with a wronged expression: "In the yard."
Su Junyao paused, sensing something was amiss: "What happened?"
Dong Xiao finally found someone who could make the decision for her, and she immediately accused her family's bad Miss Jiujiu of being disloyal and forsaking her loyalty for the sake of a woman: "Sir, I have fallen out of favor! Miss Jiujiu has been replaced as a servant!"
"They're still a bunch of stinky men!"
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