The First Tyrant of Daxia

Qin Yun stood up and continued to threaten, "Have you heard of the cooking punishment? Throw a living person into a water tank, light firewood underneath, cover it, and boil the person to death."

Xia Yan's eyes showed a trace of fear, and she cried, "Your Majesty, I'll tell you, I'll tell you!"

Qin Yun raised his eyebrows. Is she so easy to give in? It seems that Xia Yan's true identity may really be just a concubine, an ordinary weak woman.

"Before Lin Changshu got into trouble, he had a premonition that he might fail in his attempt to force the emperor to abdicate. He was afraid that Wang Wei would abandon him and ignore him, so he gave me a map and asked me to leave early."

"If this fails, let me hide the map. This will make Wang Wei afraid to act rashly and have to find a way to save him."

"But after the plan failed, Wang Wei took action and sent many people to hunt me down and kill me in order to silence me."

"I...I don't even have the chance to threaten him with the map."

"I was lucky and escaped from the pursuit, but I had nowhere to go. I wandered for a while and then was captured by the imperial guards."

Xia Yan said fearfully, having been involved in such a conspiracy, she had already panicked.

Qin Yun narrowed his eyes and took out the map: "Does Wang Wei know about this map?"

Xia Yan shook her head: "He doesn't know. Lin Changshu said that no one knows about this map. This is a backup plan he left for himself to prevent himself from being thrown away as a pawn."

Qin Yun asked again: "What does this map represent? Have you ever been to the marked places?"

Xia Yan said: "I don't know what it means, and I don't dare to go there."

"It seems, it seems to be related to the assassination in the palace..."

Qin Yun's eyes flashed with a sharp light. He was not surprised that the assassination was related to Wang Wei. What surprised him was the map. He felt that he had touched the truth behind the conspiracy!

This is the most important!

"Tell me everything you know about the assassination in the palace!"

Xia Yan looked terrified and sobbed, "Your Majesty, I'll tell you everything. Can you spare my life? I really didn't participate in anything. It's just that Lin Changshu doted on me and told me a lot of things. That's all."

Qin Yun signaled with his eyes, asking the imperial guards to help Xia Yan up and give her a seat.

"Tell me, as long as it's true, I won't kill you and will let you out of the prison."

Xia Yan looked at his expression, then lowered her head, not daring to ask for anything more.

He said, "I overheard once that Lin Changshu was talking to a man in black. He said that he had arranged a place for them to stay and prepared a plan to enter Xuanwu Gate. Wang Wei would cooperate and asked them to act at Chou time."

"The next day, the people in the streets of the imperial capital were talking about the assassins who broke into the palace and assassinated someone last night."

Qin Yun asked: "Who is the man in black? Do you know him?"

Xia Yan looked hesitant: "It seems, it seems that Lin Changshu calls him Master... This man has his face covered, and Lin Changshu doesn't know his true identity."

Hearing this, Qin Yun's expression changed drastically!

master?

Is he the master who arranged the eunuch killer in the palace?

As expected, the assassination and the fire in the prison were conspired by the same group of people.

But Qin Yun's face changed again. If that was the case, the mysterious master was not Wang Wei, otherwise why would he need to cover his face when communicating with Lin Changshu? They were a pair in cahoots.

Mysterious sir, who could that be?

"Mr. Feng, Tao Yang!" he shouted decisively.

"The humble position is here."

"The old slave is here."

Qin Yun turned around and said, "Go, Shadow Guards and Imperial Guards, work together to find the marked points on this map overnight and see what's so strange there that can implicate the assassin leader and Wang Wei at the same time!"

"Yes!"

Old Feng and Tao Yang received the order, took the map, and left the prison as quickly as possible.

Soon after, the shadow guards and thousands of the most elite imperial guards quickly left the palace and rushed along the Grand Canal under the stars and moon, unhindered.

It is expected that it will be very late when we arrive at the Grand Canal and find the deep mountains and old forests.

Qin Yun was extremely restless that night.

He meditated in the imperial study until midnight. Thinking back to the past, he became very suspicious. He thought that the Wang Group was just a traitor in plain sight.

In secret, there is another big fish.

This conjecture can only be known after the mysterious master is caught. Perhaps he will be involved in a lot of things.

While in the Tianlao Prison, Xia Yan also talked about some related things.

But it was all sporadic and of no use. All she knew was what she had learned from Lin Changshu's favor, and she was not a direct participant in these things.

Lin Changshu is unlucky and has to be on guard against Wang Wei selling him out.

But Wang Wei was even more ruthless. As soon as Lin Changshu got into trouble, he immediately sent people to kill his close relatives.

In particular, Xia Yan's disappearance caused Wang Wei to feel uneasy, which led to the subsequent events.

In the imperial study, Qin Yun wanted to give an order directly to send out the army to kill the entire Wang family.

But he managed to suppress the impulse.

First, there is no hard evidence, only one-sided statements. If we act rashly, there will inevitably be chaos in the court, or even a coup.

Second, if they touch the Wang family, they must wipe them out completely, otherwise it will only alert the enemy. Qin Yun will not feel at ease until he finds out the mysterious master and the assassin leader in the palace.

His mind was in a mess and many of his thoughts were unclear, as if there was an invisible hand controlling everything. He was kept in the dark and the clues were fragmented. This feeling was really uncomfortable.

At this moment.

Eunuch Xi said softly, "Your Majesty, it's very late. How about you turn over a card and take a rest?"

Qin Yun was in no mood to think about those romantic things now. He frowned and said, "I have fallen asleep in the imperial study. If there is any news from Elder Feng, wake me up immediately."

"Yes." Eunuch Xi nodded, then stepped aside and waited.

Qin Yun was lying on the dragon bed in the imperial study, thinking about things. As he was thinking, he slowly fell asleep.

In the early morning, the sky was just beginning to dawn!

Eunuch Xi woke him up, and sure enough, there was a reply from Old Feng.

An urgent letter came from the Grand Canal, which contained only two sentences: "The valley is the killer's base camp. I request Your Majesty to send more troops to clean up the mess!"

Qin Yun lost all desire to sleep and immediately summoned Xiao Jian into the palace at night.

A few hours later.

The Mangshan camp, which was closest to the Grand Canal, sent out 5,000 troops and headed straight for the valley mentioned in the letter.

Everything that happened was a secret operation and no one knew about it.

Qin Yun sat in the imperial study, waiting in a daze. When the time for the morning court session came, there was still no news from the front line.

He was anxious, but he also knew that the journey was long and it wouldn't be that fast.

As usual, he went to the morning court, handled government affairs, and then found Yan Zhong to listen to his report.

It was almost noon when Qin Yun finally couldn't hold on any longer. He hadn't slept all night and was extremely tired.

Finally, he went to the Yangxin Palace and fell into a deep sleep.

Seeing him like this, Concubine Xiao Shu felt very distressed and stayed by Qin Yun's bed, holding him in her arms like an older sister to make him sleep more comfortably.

Afternoon dusk!

When Qin Yun woke up, Eunuch Xi happened to come running towards him.

"Your Majesty, Shadow Guard Feng Lao, Guard Tao and others are back!"

"They also secretly brought someone back! Elder Feng asked Your Majesty, how should we deal with him?"