"Why is the Third Princess here?" Lu Changzhou heard the report and originally thought that it was Fu Yunxi who came. A hint of joy just appeared on his face, but he didn't know that it was Zhong Nanyiyi.
If anyone else treated her like this, Zhong Nanyiyi would have walked away long ago, but she was more patient with Lu Changzhou.
"I have nothing to do today, so I came to see how my senior brother is doing." Zhong Nanyiyi's face was hurt. It was obvious that he just came to care for his senior brother, but he was treated like this. He felt very uncomfortable.
Lu Changzhou also felt that his recent behavior had been a bit excessive. He had such a good relationship with his junior sister before, but now she was taking her anger out on him because of his own affairs. This was indeed inappropriate.
"I have been a little busy recently, but I have adapted to it. I hope the Third Princess will return home earlier. I am afraid that the things here will scare the Eldest Princess." When Lu Changzhou was handling government affairs, his tone was inevitably serious, with a sense of official business.
But Zhong Nanyiyi was not in a hurry. She had asked Leng Que to make all the arrangements. If she left at this time, she would miss the big show. So she wandered around Lu Changzhou's room. There were many files in the room, but these were not books that could not be read, so Lu Changzhou did not care about them anymore.
At this time, soldiers came to the door to report that something had happened on West Street and that someone might be killed.
Upon hearing this, Lu Changzhou quickly stood up and prepared to go deal with things. Zhong Nanyi curled her lips upon hearing this, it seemed her plan was successful.
As for the lives of those untouchables, it is a compliment to them if they can be put to good use.
West Market.
The shop was run by a family. One morning, the shopkeeper had just gotten up to open the shop when he saw a man in black slashing at his neck. The shopkeeper had no way to avoid it and almost thought he was going to die. At this time, a secret guard came out from nowhere, knocked the black-clothed man's knife away, and subdued the man with his backhand.
When Lu Changzhou came over, he saw that the killer was seriously injured and fainted. Because he fainted, he missed the best opportunity to commit suicide.
Zhong Nanyi, who was following behind, had obviously not expected to see such a scene and was stunned for a moment. What if the killer was caught and he betrayed the Spring and Autumn Pavilion? The Spring and Autumn Pavilion was currently working for Zhong Nanyi. Although she said she didn't care about the people in the Spring and Autumn Pavilion, if people knew that she was connected to the assassin organization, it might affect her reputation.
But no matter how much she thought about it, she was still taken back to the Dali Temple by Lu Changzhou. Once someone enters the Dali Temple, no matter how tough their words are, it is difficult not to reveal the truth.
Fu Yunxi was watching the situation here from a teahouse not far away. Seeing that everything was as she expected, she breathed a sigh of relief.
The killers of Chunqiu Pavilion have done a lot of bad things. If we can eliminate them in one fell swoop, it will be considered as eliminating harm to the people.
After Lu Changzhou brought the person back, he watched over it personally.
The person who came this time was just the lowest-level killer from Chunqiu Pavilion. He originally thought it was just a small mission, but he didn't expect it to be ruined.
The killer was filled with despair. If he had known this would happen, he would have bitten the poison earlier. But now that he had entered the Dali Temple, there was no way for him to escape.
And his missions were all carried out in secret, so who was the person who injured him?
These killers were puzzled when they saw an adult who looked like a scholar walk in.
He heard those people call him "Sir", and the two officers and soldiers said that his official position was the Minister of the Dali Temple.
Lu Changzhou has become accustomed to the punishments in the Dali Temple these days. If he felt nauseous and wanted to vomit at the beginning, now he just looks a little paler after seeing these.
He looked at the tied-up killer and asked, "If you are willing to tell me who ordered you and where you are from, I will let you go."
The killer didn't believe him so easily, and his eyes were full of vigilance.
Since he refuses to accept the toast, we can only use punishment to force him to speak.
The whips and red-hot tongs used by the Dali Temple were considered common punishments. The killer's face was covered in sweat and his body was covered in blood, but he was too stubborn to confess anything.
Lu Changzhou had no choice but to go out to find out more information, but he saw Zhong Nanyiyi still sitting outside waiting.
Zhong Nanyiyi wanted to know the result of the interrogation, so she stayed in the Dali Temple. Besides, if she could find an opportunity, she could just kill the killer.
It is said that dead people are the most reliable.
But her abnormal behavior caught Lu Changzhou's attention. After all, Zhong Nanyiyi had always behaved very politely in front of Lu Changzhou. Now, after being urged several times but without any response, it was indeed not her usual style.
Later, Zhong Nanyiyi finally contacted a minor official stationed in the Dali Temple. In addition, Lu Changzhou did not find out anything during the interrogation, so he left with peace of mind.
After Zhong Nanyiyi left, Lu Changzhou was taken to the prison again. At this time, he saw a small official about to feed the killer water. In fact, such a situation was not uncommon.
In the past, if you wanted to keep a prisoner alive, you would feed him water.
But it seemed too early to feed water today, and Lu Changzhou noticed that the officer's eyes were not right, so he quickly overturned the water that the man brought over.
As a result, the water was poured on the ground, and the ants died immediately when they passed by.
So this water is poisonous!
The officer was discovered and immediately hit his head against the wall and died. His family's lives were in Zhong Nanyiyi's hands, so only if he died alone could he save their lives.
There was a gloom in Lu Changzhou's eyes, and he was obviously not in a good mood.
I didn't expect that there were people from outside planted in the Dali Temple. It seems that it has something to do with these aristocratic families.
Lu Changzhou thought about Zhong Nanyiyi's abnormal behavior just now and had his own guess, but he had no evidence, so he still had to get the killer to confess.
The fact that the killer was able to endure so many punishments proved that he had a strong endurance, so the punishments that were used later were those unique to the Dali Temple.
Lu Changzhou took a look at the barb. This was one of the most cruel punishments in the Dali Temple. It was the most painful when the barb pierced into the body and then was pulled out.
The killer's psychological defenses had already reached their last step, and this feeling of being worse than death was really too unbearable.
So he confessed everything, "I am from the Spring and Autumn Pavilion. As for killing the shopkeeper, it was just to complete the task assigned by my superiors."
Lu Changzhou believed that the killer did not lie. It was because of the information provided by the killer that they finally found Chunqiu Pavilion. However, although they found the lair, they only caught some of the killers. Many people knew the news in advance and left.
But what Lu Changzhou couldn't understand was why Chunqiu Pavilion would kill the small shopkeeper, and the killer confessed that he had no intention of escaping, but was caught by the Dali Temple instead. This was even more inexplicable.
It seemed as if the case was simply sent to the Dali Temple for no reason and then quickly solved.
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