Li Yaozhi walked out of the hall step by step with his back to the flames rising into the sky and the smiling Buddha statue.

He stood quietly on the blood-spattered ground, looking ahead indifferently, his eyes tired and determined, and his slightly trembling hands finally clenched the hilt of the sword.

After calming down, he knew that the family would be in greater risk because of his actions, and he would also be in danger within the family because of this move, but he never regretted his choice.

It seems that he is most concerned with self-discipline and returning to propriety, but the principles he has always followed and the laws he has always been indoctrinated with are not as good as what he wants to do.

What went away with the fire?

It seems that it is not very important anymore.

Originally, the monks could still pretend to do nothing, but Li Yaozhi now even burned the Buddha statue in the main hall in the center!

What rules and regulations, what ethics and moral principles, Li Yaozhi has nothing! He doesn't even have the most basic respect for gods and Buddhas!

The host's face turned black. "Sir, this is too much! How can you kill so many people in a sacred place like the Buddha Temple and even burn it down—"

"Host." Li Yaozhi said.

His voice interrupted the chaotic noise.

Li Yaozhi took a step forward, and both the monks and pilgrims subconsciously took a step back.

They have realized now that Li Yaozhi has done such a thing. Isn't the best way now to kill them all and silence them?

They gasped, their eyes falling on the glowing sword in Li Yaozhi's hand, fearing that Li Yaozhi would kill them all next.

But Li Yaozhi just smiled gently and bowed to the host: "Xiangguo Temple caught fire for no reason, let's ask Jingzhao Yin to put out the fire."

"You, you..." The host pointed at him and was speechless, as if he had never thought about Li Yaozhi's shamelessness.

"My mother has been worshipping Buddha for many years with a pious heart. The Li family is willing to offer incense to Xiangguo Temple for twenty years." Li Yaozhi remained calm and gentle.

The host's unfinished words were stuck in his throat.

Li Yaozhi used both power and kindness, coercion and inducement, and had already made clear arrangements for everyone in Xiangguo Temple.

He had been immersed in political politics since childhood and understood many secrets. If he wanted to kill someone and silence him, he would naturally cut off the root of the problem.

However, Li Yaozhi's purpose was not only to take this opportunity to eradicate these people, but also to have them spread the news.

As for asking Jingzhao Yin to put out the fire, it was just to find a reasonable excuse and to have a rule to cover it up.

He deserved to make a scene.

Seeing that the host did not say anything, Li Yaozhi understood that the host had tacitly agreed to the matter.

Li Yaozhi smiled, bowed to the pilgrims again, and said, "Some troubles have occurred today. I am sorry to you all. Please forgive me."

Most of the pilgrims at Yujing Xiangguo Temple were high-ranking officials and dignitaries, so Li Yaozhi could use their mouths to make this matter bigger.

"Let's go, we will send you all home." Li Yaozhi put his sword back into the sheath and spoke calmly to the group of people who were detained.

Li Yaozhi had caused quite a stir, and he hadn't thought of hiding it.

All the aristocratic families in Yujing who have any spies now know about this.

Not to mention Xiao Yurong who has all-powerful informants.

Xiao Yurong waved away the Fuyang guards who came to report the news. The candlelight illuminated her pale face. Her raven-black eyelashes fluttered twice and drooped, and her amber eyes carried an unclear meaning.

"What a bunch of stupid people." She muttered to herself.

Cuicui, who was serving beside him, did not dare to say a word.

Du Xi sat beside him and played the Hujia for Xiao Yurong, and every sound was sad.

Xiao Yurong leaned lazily against the window, stretched out his hand and caught a drop of rain.

She looked up at the moon and the drizzle outside quietly and said, "It's raining now."

When she lowered her eyes, the thick and thick hostility and darkness could not be dispelled.

But there are so many people trying to stop her. Will she have to kill them all before the road will be smooth?

"Princess, the situation outside is tense. The young master burned down Xiangguo Temple. There will definitely be a tough battle tomorrow." Cuicui said, "Should we let the Fuyang Guards guard it?"

Xiao Yurong said lazily, "They are just clowns, like cicadas in autumn who die after singing their first song. They will never amount to anything."

Cuicui responded, "Yes."

Xiao Yurong closed his eyes.

Li Yaozhi... She originally planned to let Yu Shu do this, but Li Yaozhi took the initiative to do it.

What kind of person is Li Yaozhi? Is he doing this for profit? For love?

"It seems that the young master led those adults to find their homes one by one, and now it seems that they have gone to the Deng family." Cuicui asked, "Princess, what should we do?"

"Let him make trouble." Xiao Yurong sighed softly.

She thought about it for a moment. What did the Deng family do in the Fuyang Guards' secret report? The younger brother of the imperial concubine Deng Qi also planned to send two infected boy lovers while she was away in the capital, but Du Xi smiled and refused.

Xiao Yurong said: "Tomorrow, if Deng Qi is still able to breathe, let him crawl into Zhaoyang Mansion to see me."

Cuicui agreed.

Li Yaozhi was indeed making a fuss. Logically speaking, the Li family should have found him out long ago.

But before he left, he left a group of people to surround the entire mansion, and no one could come out until the next morning.

He took the group of detained ministers and went door to door.

Those who deserve to be killed should be killed, those who deserve to be beaten should be beaten, and those who deserve to be intimidated should be intimidated. For a moment, all families were shocked.

Originally, the letter became a death list, making it convenient for Li Yaozhi to search door to door.

The last family was in serious trouble, the Deng family to which the son-in-law of the emperor, Deng Qi, belonged. The person arrested by Li Yaozhi was Deng Qi's younger brother, and he played an indispensable role in raising that group of assassins.

The Deng family was originally a poor family. It was only after Deng Qi, who was very talented, was recruited as a son-in-law by the eldest daughter-in-law, the half-sister of Emperor Xiao and now the aunt of Xiao Yuxie and Xiao Yurong, that the Deng family gradually rose to prominence.

Their son is now the Minister of Rites and once studied at the Imperial College as Xiao Yucheng's companion.

"Oh no! Oh no! My lord!" The servant rushed into the house in a hurry.

Deng Qi, who had a bad feeling after hearing the rumors, thought about it carefully and found that no one in the family had made any unusual moves.

Although their family did not approve of the crowning of the emperor, they were not so bold as to do anything **.

His wife is royal, so he is also a royalist.

So when he heard the news, he immediately closed the door of his house and pretended to be dead.

Are you kidding? He is the emperor's consort, his wife is a rich lady, his son is the Minister of Rites at a young age, his whole family is favored by the emperor and has a bright future!

Being caught up in this kind of turmoil now, does he think he has lived too long?

Li Yaozhi has gone crazy. I heard that he killed eleven people directly, all of them were officials!

But why did Li Yaozhi come to me?

"What do you mean? What happened?" Deng Qi sat up from the bed with a start and quickly wrapped himself in clothes.

The big guy who was sleeping next to him was also woken up and sat up.

The servant had a sad face and said, "This is terrible! The young master has really brought people to attack us!"

"What?!" Deng Qi's face was ugly and unbelievable. "Our family is not involved in these things... Why did he come to our house?"

The eldest son was also worried, "Could it be that some unworthy person in the family has caused trouble outside? My nephews and nieces have always been very capable. Even when the late emperor was alive, he couldn't control them. If something really happens now, His Majesty will not give me face."

Deng Qi certainly knew that Xiao Yuxie wanted to kill even his own brothers, not to mention his aunt who was not a blood relative of his.

"Quick! Quick! Go and take a look!" Deng Qi crawled out.

The big bastard hurried to catch up and ran into the Minister of Rites, who was hastily wrapped in clothes and only wearing one shoe and stumbling out.

"My son! What are you doing out here? Go back quickly, I'm afraid you are here with bad intentions!" the elder said in a sad voice.

"Mom, I am a high-ranking official after all!" The Minister of Rites looked pale, but still managed to say, "Li Yaozhi and I are classmates after all. We studied together in the Imperial College."

At this time, kinship and friendship are of no use.

The family supported each other and rushed outside, and saw Li Yaozhi holding a bleeding sword and leading a group of Rakshasa-like assassins, striding into the door.

Li Yaozhi smiled slightly, as gentle as jade, "They've all been caught."

The group of assassins behind him rushed forward without saying a word. All the servants of Deng family were useless, and the entire family was arrested.

For a moment, there was chaos and the sound of cursing, screaming, and swords could be heard everywhere.

Deng Qi's face turned pale, "Arrogant! Too arrogant! Li Shaoyan, although my Deng family is not extremely wealthy, we are also members of the royal family! This is in Yujing! Under the feet of the emperor, how dare you act like this?"

"Look at what Lord Deng said. Yaozhi is terrified." Li Yaozhi's eyes were still calm, with a hint of smile, as if he could see through people's hearts.

Looking into Li Yaozhi's eyes, Deng Qi suddenly felt frightened. He thought the rumor that Li Yaozhi had murdered the king might be true.

This man has been pretending for so long that Yujing and even the whole world will think that he is the most kind, harmless, self-disciplined and upright gentleman in the world.

This guy is actually a complete lunatic.

The Minister of Rites was trembling all over. He was not like his father, a military officer who had fought in battles, made contributions, and seen big scenes.

He is a civil servant! The young man from Wuling, who grew up in a place as rich and glamorous as Yujing, had never seen anyone killed.

The Li family's assassins, including Li Yaozhi, all exuded murderous intent and a strong smell of blood.

"I just killed eleven people." Li Yaozhi curved his eyes, "They were either ministers or their family members."

"What do you mean?" Deng Qi was really afraid of Li Yaozhi.

Although Li Yaozhi has a handsome appearance and always smiles when he speaks, his smile never reaches his eyes, and he is also smiling when he is plotting against you.

"One of them has some connection with you, adults." Li Yaozhi smiled.

Deng Qi's ominous premonition became more serious.

At Li Yaozhi's signal, the murderous assassin dragged a bloody and unidentified object and threw it in front of Deng Qi.

The pungent and strong smell of blood rushed straight into my nose, and there were a lot of screams all around.

Deng Qi was stunned, and he screamed, covered his mouth and stepped back.

The Minister of Rites even started vomiting.

Deng Qi managed to calm himself down and looked carefully. He saw a white light in front of his eyes and felt dizzy.

Although their faces were unrecognizable and they were just a mass of flesh and blood, the corners of their clothes could still be recognized. Moreover, now everyone had been caught by Li Yaozhi in the yard.

The only one who didn't come was his stupid brother who had gone somewhere unknown.

"Li Yaozhi!" Deng Qi trembled like a sieve, his eyes turned black, "You, you..."

He was so angry that he was speechless.

"Sir Deng, your brother conspired with a group of traitors to assassinate ***. This crime is no different from treason. Does your lord know this?" Li Yaozhi asked.

"What?!" Deng Qi's face was distorted, and he was about to pass out. "He, he wants to murder ***?!"

So many things happened in just one night.

If his useless brother really did this, let alone him, all nine clans would have to die with him!

If he had known this earlier, why would Li Yaozhi have to do it? He should have personally chopped off this stupid thing that had harmed the nine clans!

"How dare he do this? He is pushing our whole family into the fire pit!" The eldest sister was shocked and angry. "No wonder I saw him sneaking around these few days and never coming home!"

The Minister of Rites stopped vomiting, he felt that his life was over.

Li Yaozhi nodded slightly. "The group of people who colluded with him all wrote their names in a letter. There are also many people who secretly provided help but refused to sign the letter. If these people stay in the court, they will become a big problem in the future."

"The accomplice said that your brother was the one who contacted these people. But now that your brother is dead, it's hard to say what the connections were." He kept smiling, "We need to ask Lord Deng for help to find out who is involved. After all, as your brother, Lord Deng should know your brother well."

Deng Qi was almost biting his teeth.

If Li Yaozhi really wanted to investigate, he should have spared his stupid brother's life and investigated the matter first.

But Li Yaozhi had already chopped the man into meat paste and threw it in front of him for him to investigate. He also had to find out those old foxes who contributed secretly. It was as difficult as climbing to the sky!

Doesn't this mean that his family is responsible?

"I work from nine to five, running around for the family, and I'm so busy all day long, how could I possibly know what this idiot is doing?" Deng Qi said, "Now you want me to find out the group of old foxes who are in contact with him behind the scenes, isn't that too much to ask?"

Li Yaozhi smiled: "This is not something I should consider. This matter is of great importance. I hope you will do it with all your heart."

Deng Qi was so angry that he almost lost his mind. "Li Yaozhi, don't go too far!"

"Thank you, sir. I am not discussing this with you." Li Yaozhi always used courtesy before force. "If you can't find out, the crime of treason should be punished with death at the very least."

He looked around, "The only one who can survive by then is probably the eldest son, right? Oh, the Minister of Rites should be able to survive too, after all, he is also a relative."

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