The prefect was a coward himself. When he saw that the emperor was going to take real action, he didn't care about anything else and blurted out everything he knew.

"There was a masked man in black who suddenly came to me one night, stuffed your portrait of abusive people into my hands and told me that if I wanted to keep my official hat, I had to do what he said."

"After a brief consideration, I found that his advice to me is indeed harmless. After all, if the hooligans under my command knew about the appearance of you, the Emperor, and the Regent, they would definitely not be so blind as to offend you!"

This person is like a bamboo tube that can't be used to pour tofu out. Generally, nothing can be said clearly, but in fact, he didn't say anything useful.

"Have you really never seen that man's face? Is there anything else about him that you don't remember?"

As soon as Zhao Ji opened his mouth, he got straight to the point and asked.

The prefect thought about it again and again for the sake of his own life, but finally shook his head.

"That person was wrapped up tightly, and he was of medium height. You couldn't even tell his face or figure. He wasn't too thin or too fat, just average in every way."

When Zhao Ji heard him say this, he stopped asking questions. It was obvious that the person behind the scenes didn't want the prefect to know his information.

"Take him away, there's nothing to ask..." Zhao Ji yawned and waved his hand casually.

The prefect felt that the situation was not good, and immediately knelt on the ground and pleaded: "Your Majesty, Regent, I have been an official for several years. Although some things I did not do particularly well, I did not oppress the people. I still hope to be given a chance. I will die without regret. It is just that I hope that my family can be re-sent. They know nothing!"

In fact, it seemed that the prefect was doing this for his relatives from beginning to end. Zhao Ji walked forward and asked the prefect to raise his head and look at him.

He put his hand on the prefect and asked again: "Are you really not clear?"

The prefect shook his head, but in his heart he was thinking: "There is a black mole on my hand. I'm sorry, Your Majesty and the Regent. My daughter is still in their hands, so I can only say no... Woohoo, when can you let my daughter out!"

"This damned man in black is probably the kind of person who can give birth to a son without an asshole. He actually used my daughter to threaten me!"

Zhao Ji withdrew his hand. There was no point in listening any further.

However, Zhao Ji could also clearly feel the prefect's anger towards the man in black.

In just a short period of time, he had already greeted the black-clothed man's ancestors for eighteen generations.

It was this string of wonderful curses that made Zhao Ji decide to take the risk and use this man.

"Although you keep saying that you did it for your family, my guards found your daughter missing in your house. Could it be that you knew you did something wrong and arranged for your daughter to be moved out in advance? If that's the case..."

Zhao Ji deliberately slowed down the tone of his last sentence and lengthened the ending.

The prefect's psychological quality was indeed average. When he heard what Zhao Ji said, his whole body immediately trembled.

Zhao Ji continued slowly, "Mr. Prefect, are you saying one thing and doing another? Are you playing the game of pretending to obey but not doing the same thing?"

At this point, the prefect's psychological defenses completely collapsed, and he simply stopped hiding it: "It's not that I don't want to tell you, it's that my daughter is no longer in my house, but was taken away by them as a bargaining chip to threaten me!"

"My life is in danger anyway, so I dare to threaten you, the Regent. If you can guarantee that my daughter can return safely, I will tell you all the information I know."

This is exactly what Zhao Ji wanted to hear. Besides, saving a woman's life was not a difficult task for Zhao Ji. As long as he could find out the mastermind behind the scenes, everything would be easy.

"I can assure you of this, but you must also understand that the reason I am doing this is because you can provide useful information. If what you say is false or useless information, then all our current transactions will be void."

If Zhao Ji readily agreed and guaranteed everything, the prefect would not dare to believe it. However, Zhao Ji's conditional and equal exchange made the prefect feel relieved.

"In fact, when I was dealing with the man in black, I noticed a black mole on the back of his hand. It was about the size of a sesame seed, but the location was very tricky, between the index and middle fingers."

"The voice is a bit hoarse, I guess there is some damage to the throat!"

"It doesn't sound like the normal sound of being sick or in a bad condition."

Zhao Ji kept in mind all the information the prefect said.

"Since you want to save your daughter and I want to catch this man, our actual goals should be the same and I think you are quite honest. Now there is a risky deal. Do you want to do it?"

After initially finding out that the prefect really loved his daughter, Zhao Ji threw out the second round of bait.

The prefect asked, "Then I wonder what kind of deal the regent has? My life is all I have. When I was forced to agree, I had no choice. There is no turning back after I embarked on this path."

Zhao Ji smiled mysteriously and said, "If I tell you that you can help me complete this deal and come back alive, then I will give you a chance to come back?"

The prefect widened his eyes in disbelief and looked to Zhao Ji to see if this was what he understood.

Zhao Ji nodded with a smile in his eyes: "In fact, before coming to you, my guards just investigated your background. Although you have those hooligans working for you, you have always used benefits to keep them from disturbing the people. Although the governance method is a bit unconventional, the final effect is still very good!"

"At least the security in your town that the emperor and I feel is pretty good, but your behavior is not much different from treason, it's just less harmful."

"So the chance I give you to turn back is not to allow you to still enter the temple, but to give you a chance to stay alive."

Originally, the prefect thought that he would die here, but now there was a sudden turn of events, and his eyes were shining.

"No matter what the deal is, I'm willing to give it my all. The worst possible outcome is death!"

Zhao Ji knew that he would agree, so Zhao Ji brought the person into the house. The emperor, who was completely unable to keep up with the situation at this time, silently followed Zhao Ji inside.

However, the emperor has learned his lesson now and knows that he can't help, so he should stop interrupting.

"Come in, I'll tell you my plan in detail. I won't threaten you with the remaining relatives and family members you assisted, but you have to know whose place this is!"