The assassin was arrested and Liu Sheng handed him over to Meng Tao.

As a member of the Imperial Guard, Meng Tao was responsible for the defense of this autumn hunt. Now that there were assassins, he naturally had to take charge.

But no matter how Meng Tao threatened and lured him, he just kept silent. He even hid poison in his teeth and tried to bite the poison to commit suicide, but was discovered by Meng Tao, who knocked him out with a punch.

"Commander Meng, did you gain anything?" Liu Sheng came to the place where the assassin was imprisoned. Seeing that the assassin had been beaten to death but still had not confessed a word, he immediately understood everything.

Meng Tao sighed: "This man is determined. No matter what torture we use, he just won't give in."

Liu Sheng smiled lightly: "Why don't you let me try?"

When Meng Tao heard this, he thought it was a good idea, since the assassin was caught by Master Liu after all.

So he quickly made room for him. Liu Sheng glanced at Shi Hu, who immediately understood what was going on. He went over to take the man down from the cross, tied him up on his back on a bench, and stretched his hands straight until the assassin's ribs were clearly protruding from his chest.

When the assassin saw Liu Sheng coming, he managed a mocking laugh with great difficulty: "Don't waste your time, I know nothing."

Liu Sheng ignored his provocation and said calmly, "Don't worry."

He didn't stand up until Shihu finished his work. He picked out a very sharp knife from the many torture instruments and gently pressed it against the assassin's ribs.

"Do you know that Jinyiwei has a torture called playing the pipa?"

The assassin sneered, turned his head away with disdain and ignored Liu Sheng.

Liu Sheng was not angry and continued: "The so-called playing the pipa is to stick out your ribs like you are doing now. Then use a knife to pluck your ribs back and forth, just like playing the pipa."

As he spoke, the sharp blade flicked the assassin's ribs gently, without using any force. But the cold touch, coupled with Liu Sheng's joking tone, frightened the assassin and he trembled uncontrollably.

Yes, he was afraid. Just by hearing the name of the punishment, one could tell how terrible it was.

But he still gritted his teeth and forced himself to calm down: "Kill me if you have the guts."

Liu Sheng ignored him and said, "I am ashamed to say that I have been an official for many years and have never seen anyone playing the pipa. I must appreciate it today."

As he said that, he handed the knife to Shihu. Shihu did not hesitate. He rolled up his sleeves and walked over. He put the knife to the assassin's ribs and was about to poke it.

As soon as the blade touched his skin, before it even touched his ribs, the assassin suddenly wailed, "I confess, I confess, I confess everything."

Shihu laughed out loud and slapped the assassin: "Coward."

Meng Tao's eyes were opened. He had been the commander of the Imperial Guard for so many years and had seen all kinds of powerful characters. But today was the first time he felt that someone was scary from the bottom of his heart.

It seems reasonable that Liu Sheng is one of the Three Dukes at such a young age and is deeply favored by His Majesty.

The assassins confessed everything, saying that they were gangster killers who were commissioned a month ago to help kill Ye Qingwan. They failed in Yihongyuan last time, so they planned this autumn hunting assassination.

"Who commissioned you?"

The assassin shook his head: "I don't know, we are only responsible for killing people, and there are special contacts in between."

The killer is extremely cold-blooded and heartless. He only takes money and does not ask questions. He always prepares poison before setting out. If he fails and is caught, he will commit suicide immediately.

He was in the hunting ground at the time and was greedy for life, so he did not take the poison immediately. Later, when he was interrogated, it was too late to commit suicide.

"How do I contact your contact?" Liu Sheng asked him.

He shook his head: "I don't know. If there is a mission, they will leave a unique code where we pass by to guide us to a certain place. They put the target and money there in advance, and we use the money to kill people."

"What is the name of your organization?"

The assassin told the truth: "Undercurrent."

Liu Sheng didn't say anything more. He just glanced at Shihu and left.

But before he left, the assassin suddenly called out, "Sir, you must protect Ye Qingwan well. Undercurrent has always been determined to accomplish its mission. As long as we receive the money, we will kill her no matter how much it costs."

Liu Sheng was somewhat amused: "So assassins also like to show off their eloquence?"

The assassin was exposed and looked very unhappy. Liu Sheng finally said, "You should worry about yourself."

Although he mocked the sarcastic man like this, Liu Sheng knew that the assassin line was broken. It seemed that Xia Xuejian was not as stupid as he thought, and she even knew to find a professional killer agency like Undercurrent.

Shihu found a pen and paper and asked him to draw the secret code they often used to meet each other. The assassin didn't dare to say anything and could only do as he was told.

Ye Qingwan ignored the assassin and took Ning Shaoqing to sneak into the woods where they hunted during the day: "This is it, dig it quickly."

Ning Shaoqing frowned: "Are you sane? Digging a trap here, are you sure Xia Xuejian will pass by here and fall into it?"

"I'm sure, dig quickly." Ye Qingwan urged him.

Ning Shaoqing still didn't believe it: "How can you be sure?"

"I read it from a fortune teller." Ye Qingwan glared at him and said, "Can you do it? If not, just tell me."

I dug a trap specifically for her. If she didn't jump into it, I would have kicked her down.

"You can't do it." Ning Shaoqing spat at her and said, "Today I'll let you see if I can do it."

After saying that, he started digging quickly. After a while, he dug out a two-meter-deep trap. He was so tired that his waist was about to break, but he still asked her in a show of strength: "Can I do it?"

"Okay, it's simply the Shenzhou Line." Ye Qingwan jumped down immediately after she finished speaking. She compared the height and made sure that Xia Xuejian could climb out by herself before she climbed up.

Perfect!

Just wait for Xia Xuejian to fall down tomorrow.

Everything was ready, and Ye Qingwan and Ning Shaoqing leisurely ran back to the hunting palace and slept until the next day.

As soon as it was daybreak, the maid came to inform him that His Majesty was about to leave and asked her to wash up quickly.

Ye Qingwan narrowed her eyes and complained with a look of agony on her face.

[Alas, it seems that being an emperor is not easy. On weekdays, he has to get up before dawn to attend the morning court. After all, he finally goes out to hunt, and he has to get up early. He really sleeps later than a dog and gets up earlier than a chicken.]

[If it's so hard, why are there so many people vying to become emperor?

Isn't it nice to be an idle prince, eat and sleep, sleep and eat, with beautiful wives and concubines? Aren't they afraid of being masochistic? 】

[Forget it, what does it have to do with me? I better get up quickly and keep an eye on sister Xuejian, making sure she falls into the trap I dug last night, and then I can have a beauty saving the hero.]

[The kind of rescue method that feeds medicine mouth to mouth. 】

The Ninth Prince, who was ready to mount his horse, said:

"Oh, my stomach aches. I won't go hunting today. Go to my father and ask for leave."

As long as I do not appear in the hunting ground, the one who is rescued will definitely not be me.