My subjects are too rebellious!

"What are you going to do next?"

Yu Huatian took a sip of tea and asked softly.

Hai Rui looked at Chun Yun and the other man being taken away, thought for a moment, and then said, "Interrogate them first."

"The trial is over."

"Then we will naturally follow the clues and find out who is behind this."

After saying this, Yu Huatian started laughing.

After hearing Yu Huatian's laughter, Hai Rui turned around and asked, "Master, are you making fun of me?"

"I dare not." Yu Huatian waved his hands quickly.

Then he pointed at the group of girls and asked, "What about them? How do you plan to arrange it?"

Hai Rui was troubled by this problem. He couldn't afford to support so many people. While he was troubled, his eyes turned to Yu Huatian who was sipping tea beside him.

"Master, do you have an idea?"

Yu Huatian just glanced at these women, and then said: "This is easy, first seal up Qingyun Tower and wait for His Majesty to make a decision."

But Hai Rui thought of another possibility and said, "What about their safety?"

"I will leave a team of people from the West Factory here to watch over them. They can protect them and provide them with food every day."

Now Hai Rui was completely relieved and he could concentrate on dealing with Chun Yun.

"Master, if that's the case, I'll go first."

"Please."

Yu Huatian just watched Hai Rui leave, and after he left, he waved his hand, and Tan Luzi immediately ran over.

"What do you want, Lord Governor?"

"Go and invite Lord Jianghe."

Tan Luzi naturally knew where Heshen was. He walked straight out of Qingyun Tower and invited Heshen, who was tasting and watching this good show, to come over to the teahouse opposite.

Heshen was not at all curious about the fact that Yu Huatian knew his whereabouts.

"Master He, judging from your complexion, you seem to be in high spirits recently."

He Shen smiled and waved his hand: "Master, what you said is right. When it comes to being happy and proud, who can compare to you?"

The two smiled at each other, and then Yu Huatian said, "Did His Majesty ask you to bring him here?"

He Shen smiled, then picked up the teacup and took a sip, saying, "The tea from Qingyun Tower is still the best."

"Yu Huatian, you and I are both working for the higher-ups, you should understand the rules."

As soon as these words came out, Yu Huatian already knew the answer.

But he didn't understand, if His Majesty had known about Qingyun Tower for a long time, why didn't he intervene directly, but let Hai Rui be the first to take action.

Seeing that Yu Huatian was about to ask more questions, He Shen interrupted him and said, "This matter will be decided by the Holy Spirit. As for you and me, we are just pawns in this game."

"Just do what you and I should do, but don't ruin the whole game because of your curiosity."

After saying this, Heshen straightened his robe, then stood up and said goodbye.

After Heshen left, Yu Huatian still sat there, thinking.

It wasn't until he thought of a possibility that he stood up with a look of shock on his face. When he reached the door, he turned around and looked at the girls behind him.

Then he said to Tan Luzi, "I leave this to you. Bring some people to protect their safety. Don't let anything go wrong."

Tan Luzi clasped his fists and said, "Master, I understand!"

...

The news of Qingyun Tower being closed spread quickly in Kyoto. After all, it was a top-notch brothel that gathered all the top courtesans in a short period of time.

However, most people were there to watch the fun. As for those who were related to Qingyun Tower, they were busy burning letters at home.

As for Hai Rui, he pushed the two men back and began to question them, but no matter how he asked, the two men didn't say a word.

"You two are such bastards. You won't confess unless you're beaten. If you don't confess, you'll be severely punished!"

But facing Hai Rui, the two of them just smiled miserably and did not answer.

Seeing that conventional means were useless, Hai Rui handed the job over to the spies from the Western Factory.

The Western Factory's methods of torture were naturally varied.

Some people would use firewood as a stick and hit their hands and feet, which was called "dropping firewood"; some would use wooden ropes to clamp their throats, which was called "clamping the gang"; some would wrap a rope around their heads and add wooden wedges, which was called "brain hoop"; some would tie their hands behind their backs and make them kneel on the ground, with a short, hard wooden braid of the two strands crossed and the jailers would jump on them, which was called "super stick". The pain was so deep that it almost killed the prisoner.

Even though the two fainted several times, they clenched their teeth and said nothing.

And time gradually passed in this process.

Seeing that it was getting late, Hai Rui confessed and had the two men thrown into jail.

He planned to meet Yu Huatian and ask him for some advice.

As soon as he went out, he saw a drizzle. Hai Rui picked up his oil-paper umbrella and walked towards the West Factory.

...

The cell smelled strange, a mixture of dampness from the rain and dried blood.

The whole space was very dark, with only a few oil-sealed lamps on both sides flashing faintly. The wind blew out two of them.

There is no sunlight here all year round, and even the air is turbid. A normal person can't stand staying here for a while. People who are locked up here may never be able to get out.

Therefore, there is not only the smell of dampness and blood here, but also a breath called death.

Chunyun and Chen Jinyong were imprisoned separately. After a day of torture, they were both completely exhausted and lay motionless on the ground.

Letting the rat crawl all over my body is disgusting, but now it is very difficult to move my fingers, so what can I do?

Just as the two were preparing to rest, the oil lamp in the corridor flickered for a moment and a figure flashed by.

Chen Jinyong saw it very clearly, and something suddenly occurred to him.

He quickly looked towards the darkness at the side, and there was a plea in his voice, a plea that he had never uttered to Hai Rui even when he was being tortured.

"Don't...don't kill me, I didn't say anything! I really didn't say anything!"

But after Chen Jinyong finished speaking, no one responded from that direction for a long time. Just when Chen Jinyong thought it was an illusion.

A deep voice sounded: "Only the dead can keep secrets."

After saying that, as Chen Jinyong looked on in horror, several tiny ice needles shot straight at his forehead.

It was already dark and the visibility was poor, and there were ice needles, so Chen Jinyong didn't even try to dodge.

Seeing that he was completely out of breath, the man in the dark shadow left and walked towards Chunyun's cell.

The cell was originally quiet, so Chunyun naturally heard the prayer that Chen Jinyong had just made.

She knew what she was going to face next, but she also knew that praying was useless.

So he just looked at the dark shadow beside him and smiled miserably.

Just as the ice needle was about to touch her, a crisp sound rang in her ears.

"Ding Ding Ding!"