Chapter 29 The Twenty-Nine Killings

"Listen to my analysis."

Xiaoyu sorted out her thoughts and said seriously, "First, she said she was a farmer's wife, but look at her little face and hands, they are white and tender, without any blemishes, she doesn't look like a farmer's wife who is often exposed to the rain, wind and sun."

After knowing that it was not because the Buddhist beads could listen to the voice of the heart, Zhou Xunran felt relieved and listened with relish, "Well said, continue."

After receiving his praise, Xiaoyu became more interested and excited:

"Second, you clearly spoke just now, and she could hear that there was a man sitting in the carriage, but when she begged for mercy, she said 'Miss', proving that she knew there was a woman in the carriage. I only opened a small slit in the curtain, and she couldn't have seen it no matter how good her eyesight was. So the question is, how did she know there was a woman in the carriage?"

Zhou Xunran asked, "You mean, she was waiting for us here on purpose?"

Xiaoyu nodded in agreement and said sympathetically, "Nine times out of ten, it's for you."

"I'm really popular. So many people come for me," Zhou Xunran looked at her meaningfully, "Weren't you also coming for me at the beginning?"

[That's true. Maybe this peasant woman is also a killer in disguise. Like me, she wants to assassinate Zhou Xunran.]

"How can I be like her?" Xiaoyu changed the subject guiltily: "What should she do?"

Zhou Xunran said to the outside: "Zhou Yi, take her back home first."

"Yes," Zhou Yi responded.

Xiaoyu was somewhat surprised by Zhou Xunran's decision and wanted to ask, but the next moment she heard Zhou Yi's voice: "Just sit down, you are not allowed to enter the carriage."

The peasant woman said shyly, "I, I'm afraid that my husband's family will see us and cause trouble for the young lady and the young master."

"Don't worry, just sit here."

Through the car window, I saw two people sitting on the front of the car. In the car, Xiaoyu approached Zhou Xunran, half blocking him, and looked at the door vigilantly.

Seeing her so nervous, Zhou Xunran laughed and patted her lightly: "Relax, it's okay."

Xiaoyu didn't listen to him.

But what he said came true. Until they reached the gate of the palace, the peasant woman did not make any more noise.

When they arrived at the gate of the palace, Zhou Xunran said, "Stop in front of the gate."

The carriage can also enter the mansion directly through the side door. Xiaoyu has seen Zhou Yi directly stop the carriage outside the Qingwu Courtyard to facilitate Zhou Txunran's entry and exit.

He now deliberately emphasized that they stopped outside the mansion. Xiaoyu was puzzled and turned to ask him silently.

Zhou Xunran also did not say anything: "Test."

Xiaoyu understood that if the woman outside was an ordinary peasant woman, she would definitely look abnormal when she saw the plaque of the Regent's Palace.

The people outside got out of the car, and Zhou Yi opened the door: "Prince, Xiaoyu, we're here."

Xiaoyu jumped out of the car first, stood beside the peasant woman, and looked at her secretly.

Behind him, Zhou Xunran, wrapped in a thick cloak, also stepped down on the wooden stool with the help of Zhou Yi.

Xiaoyu saw that the peasant woman's eyes only lit up when Zhou Xunran got off the car.

Her target is indeed the prince!

The carriage was pulled away by the coachman from the mansion. The sound of horse hooves faded away, and Zhou Xunran and Zhou Yi had already walked onto the steps.

After Xiaoyu stepped onto the steps, the peasant woman followed her inside.

There was no fear on her face as Xiaoyu had imagined.

After crossing the threshold and walking forward, the guards at the main gate are getting farther and farther away, and the surroundings are becoming quieter and darker.

Suddenly, she heard the sound of a sharp blade being unsheathed, and a woman's cry of "Zhou Xunran! Go to hell!" The peasant woman rushed forward.

Xiaoyu only felt someone pulling her back, and then she saw the surroundings suddenly became bright, and Lin Kun led a group of people to surround the peasant woman.

Zhou Xunran and Zhou Yi in front also hid behind the crowd.

Looking at the people around her, the peasant woman's face turned frightening: "You are kidding me!"

Zhou Xunran smiled slightly, his voice as cold as an ice cone: "You were the one who played tricks on me first."

The light from the torch flickered, making his face look mysterious.

Like an evil spirit.

The next moment, he looked at Lin Kun and said arrogantly: "This king wants to live."

This peasant woman's martial arts skills were quite good, and she knocked down four or five of the palace guards in the blink of an eye.

Lin Kun drew his sword and rushed towards her quickly.

Xiaoyu wanted to rush over to help, but as soon as he moved, someone grabbed his arm.

Zhou Xunran moved to her side without her noticing: "Just stay here."

The little fish wilted and quietly hid behind Zhou Yi with him.

After all, there were more people in the palace, so Lin Kun quickly tied her hands with a rope and threw her in front of Zhou Xunran.

She had already suffered a lot of injuries. When she was pushed to her knees, she still glared at the front and spat in the direction of Zhou Xunran: "Zhou Xunran! I will never let you go even if I die! I will turn into a fierce ghost and come to take your life day and night!"

The saliva deviated in one direction and happened to land on the tip of Xiaoyu's shoe.

Zhou Xunran lost his patience in interrogating her and said to Zhou Yi, "Take her away. I want to see the results of the interrogation in half an hour."

Zhou Yi was very good at this kind of thing: "Yes."

When Xiaoyu followed Zhou Xunran away, she looked back and saw that person still staring hatefully in the direction they left.

Xiaoyu chased Zhou Xunran: "Prince, could she be the assassin sent by Cao Shipeng?"

Zhou Xunran said affirmatively: "No."

"So you are her enemy?"

Zhou Xunran slowed down his pace and spoke in a gentle voice: "Six years ago, there was a minister in the Ministry of Personnel named Tian Mansheng. He was upright and incorruptible, and hated evil. During a review of imperial edicts, he made a mistake and was banished from the capital. As a result, he died at the foot of a mountain twenty miles outside the city gate when he left the capital."

Xiaoyu asked: "What does that have to do with you?"

"I gave the order to demote him."

After hearing so much, Xiaoyu understood: "That woman just now was doing it for Tian Mansheng? Then does his death have anything to do with you?"

Zhou Xunran said, "It can't be said that there is no connection at all. At that time, my relationship with Cao Shipeng was in a state of tension. He sent someone to secretly kill Tian Mansheng, and then put the blame on me. Although Tian Mansheng's popularity in the court was not good, everyone believed in his character. When this incident came out, many court officials believed that I was the one who did it. The person just now should be Tian Mansheng's daughter, Tian Xiaohui. She is as upright as her father and doesn't know how to adapt."

Xiaoyu looked back, but Zhou Yi and the others were no longer there.

"Since the prince knows everything, why let Guard Zhou interrogate her? If she refuses to tell the truth, Guard Zhou will torture her, right?"

Zhou Xunran looked down at the tip of her shoes and said nothing.

Xiaoyu didn't notice his actions and said to herself, "So this Tian Xiaohui was deceived and thought that you were the murderer of her father, so she came to assassinate you."

Zhou Xunran said: "I consider her half enemy."

"How can you say that? Her father made a mistake and you punished him. In the final analysis, it was Cao Shipeng who sent someone to kill her father, so Tian Xiaohui's real enemy should be Cao Shipeng."

Xiaoyu thought for a moment and said, "I need to explain this matter to Tian Xiaohui."

"Don't bother. I have so many enemies anyway, I don't care about her alone."

The little fish said seriously: "I care."

Zhou Xunran was just beginning to feel touched when she continued, "Your reputation is already very bad. I don't want everyone to look at me sideways when I go out in the future."

".....You can go to the private prison to find Zhou Yi."

Only after handing Zhou Xunran over safely to Minglu did Xiaoyu go to the private prison.

Knowing that she was sent by Zhou Xunran, the guards of the private prison did not stop her. This allowed Xiaoyu to see Tian Xiaohui's hands and feet tied to a rack at first sight after entering the interrogation room.

Her outer shirt had been taken off, leaving only her undershirt, which was covered with dozens of bright red whip marks from being whipped all over.

Zhou Yi threw away the barbed whip and, with a lustful look on his face, stripped off the only layer of underwear on Tian Xiaohui's body.

Tian Xiaohui's voice had become hoarse, her body was held tightly and she could not move. She could only shake her head left and right to express her anger.

Xiaoyu was used to interrogations when she was solving problems. Unlike male murderers, if a female murderer was caught, in addition to physical injuries, she would also suffer psychological damage during the interrogation.

For example, stripping you of your clothes and exposing your chastity to the eyes of all.

If one escapes, is rescued, or commits suicide before that, it is a kind of relief.

The fear is that at this time, the person is still awake.

Just like Tian Xiaohui now.

She had never received any systematic training, and she almost collapsed when faced with Zhou Yi's behavior.

Xiaoyu had no sympathy for the man who assassinated Zhou Xunran. But after hearing what he said just now, Xiaoyu felt that Tian Xiaohui could still be saved.

"Guard Zhou." Xiaoyu opened her mouth and stopped Zhou Yi's actions.

Zhou Yi had not yet recovered from the interrogation. There was a drop of blood on a strand of hair hanging down from his face. His entire face, including the muscles, was twisted together. He looked extremely terrifying, which made people feel scared.

Zhou Yi turned his gaze towards the person who brought Xiaoyu in and asked in a sharp voice, "This is a private prison, who let her in?"

At this moment, he was completely devoid of his usual gentleness and kindness.

Xiaoyu said first: "The prince asked me to check the situation. Guard Zhou, you must be tired, why don't you go out and rest for a while, I will ask."

Zhou Yi took a breath and quickly calmed down.

Seeing that there was no fear of him on Xiaoyu's face, he felt relieved. Turning his head to look at Tian Xiaohui, when he looked back, Zhou Yi's face had returned to its usual smiling look, "That's fine, I'll go wash up, and I'll go see the prince later."

Xiaoyu passed him by and entered the interrogation room.

Tian Xiaohui was still in fear and her body was shaking.

Xiaoyu reached out to help her button up, but Tian Xiaohui suddenly lowered her head and opened her mouth, trying to bite Xiaoyu's fingers.

Xiaoyu immediately withdrew her hand: "You are such a person, I helped you out of kindness, but you turned your kindness into hatred."

Tian Xiaohui snorted coldly and spat out the blood in her mouth, "Help me? You are Zhou Xunran's man, how could you help me?"

Xiaoyu said, "If I didn't help you, you would be naked now. How can you still talk to me so calmly?"

Thinking of Zhou Yi's behavior, Tian Xiaohui said angrily: "I must make him pay the price!"

"Come on, Tian Xiaohui," Xiaoyu pulled a stool and sat down in front of her. "Even enemies can admit their mistakes. What ability do you have to make Zhou Shiwei pay the price?"

"What do you mean?"

"What do I mean? If you weren't as dumb as an ox, you should understand what I'm saying now."

Tian Xiaohui glared at her, then suddenly realized, "You know my name?"

"You are Tian Mansheng's daughter. You believed what others said and thought that the prince had someone kill your father, so you disguised yourself as a peasant woman to seek revenge on the prince. I have to say that your acting skills are too poor. You don't look like a peasant woman at all. When I have the chance in the future, I will teach you well."

"You're talking nonsense! He was the one who sent someone to kill my father!"

Xiaoyu laughed: "So you really came here to avenge your father's murder?"

"You lied to me?!"