In my previous life, I killed my whole family. In my next life, I killed the royal family.

Deputy Commander Niu took his men to the dungeon of the government office to check the situation of the interrogation of the bandits.

General Cheng and Captain Duan were leading people to interrogate the three survivors. "Tell me, who are you?"

"Who sent you to rob?"

"What do you want to rob?"

Several policemen took turns using iron whips, iron spikes, and hot plates to attack the three men.

They were beaten until their bodies were covered with bruises, but no matter what torture was used, they gritted their teeth and refused to confess.

General Cheng was very angry. He knew that these people were going to rob the gold and silver of the Qi Mansion, but he could not find out where they came from and he could not report them.

Niu Er looked at the seven bodies lying on the ground and recognized one of them. He was shocked and whispered to his cousin: "This is the guard of the Lu family. We drank with him and robbed a prostitute."

Deputy Commander Niu was startled. He pulled his cousin over and asked in a low voice, "Are you sure you saw that?"

"How could I be mistaken? He has a big black mole on his forehead with hair growing on it. People call him Hei Ermao."

Deputy Commander Niu leaned over to take a closer look and saw that one of them had a broad face and a large, hairy black mole on his forehead.

Deputy Commander Niu thought to himself, "I can't tell General Cheng that I am from the Lu family and let him take the credit. I will report this to His Majesty."

He pretended to be nonchalant and asked, "Where did you get the people? Who killed these seven people?"

Captain Duan explained how he captured these people one by one. "They followed the people from the Qi Mansion and wanted to steal the gold and silver they were carrying."

General Cheng rolled his eyes and added, "I heard from the onlookers that it was just a sack of silver, maybe about one thousand taels. It was too heavy for them to lift, so they sent an ox cart to pull it."

"That's right." Deputy Commander Niu understood what was going on and said with a smile, "You guys continue the interrogation. I still need to go see His Majesty to report back."

"Goodbye, Commander." Captain Duan saw him out and then turned back to continue interrogating the man.

Deputy Commander Niu brought Niu Er and a team of guards back to the palace and reported to the new emperor the results of the interrogation in the government dungeon.

He bowed and reported, "Your Majesty, seven of the bandits were killed, and three survived. General Cheng and the officials from the government office are interrogating those three, but they have not found anything."

The new emperor cursed, "Incompetent fool."

Deputy Commander Niu stepped forward and reported in a low voice, "Your Majesty, I have already recognized who sent the bandits to rob people on the street."

"You recognized someone?" The new emperor looked surprised and asked, "Who is it?"

Deputy Commander Niu was very proud and explained in more detail:

"Your Majesty is busy with court affairs and has no time to know about the little things happening outside. The Qi Mansion and the Lu Family have become enemies..." He talked about the fight between the Qi Mansion and the Lu Family in the past few days.

The new emperor didn't care why they were fighting, he only wanted to know what benefits he could get from the fight between the two governments.

"People from the Qi Mansion are pretending to be bandits?" The new emperor was surprised and delighted. He was worried that he had no good evidence to get rid of the Qi Mansion.

Deputy Commander Niu quickly explained, "It was the Lu family who disguised themselves as bandits and went to kill the people from the Qi Mansion."

The new emperor looked disappointed. "Oh, let me tell you how they became enemies. The Lu family even sent people to kill the people from the Qi family."

"Your Majesty, both mansions have opened money houses. In the past two days, Qi's business has been better than Lu's."

"Is the Qi Mansion's business good? How much silver did it earn?" The new emperor was thinking that if the Qi Mansion had a lot of silver, he might as well find a crime to confiscate the Qi Mansion.

Deputy Commander Niu repeated General Cheng's words, "Not much, just a bag of silver."

"Your Majesty, the Lu family hates the Qi family for stealing their business."

"It's just such a small amount of silver." The new emperor curled his lips.

He thought to himself, "It seems that the Lu family is still the richest in the world."

The new emperor was most attentive in using unconventional means to acquire wealth.

He quickly came up with a good idea: "Now the Lu family has sent servants to pretend to be bandits, and they have been arrested and interrogated by the government office. I have the evidence against the Lu family. If they don't obey, I will confiscate their property and exterminate their entire clan in the name of bandits."

The new emperor now regarded Deputy Commander Niu as his confidant. He arranged, "Go and lock up those survivors in the dungeon in the palace, provide them with good food and drink, and find an imperial physician to treat their injuries."

"Your Majesty, this is..."

"Go quickly, I have my own intentions."

"I obey, Your Majesty."

Deputy Commander Niu led his men to the dungeon of the government office and delivered the emperor's order, "Hand the man over to me and I will interrogate him personally."

General Cheng looked at the officials in the government office, wondering why the emperor was so concerned about the bandits.

Deputy Commander Niu took the three surviving bandits away and transported them to the palace dungeon, where he provided them with good food and drink and also called in an imperial physician to treat their injuries.

General Cheng turned around and quietly told Qi Ze about this.

"Minister Qi, last night bandits came to rob and kill people in your mansion. Seven bandits died and three were injured. No matter how we interrogated them, they refused to confess. Later, they were taken into the palace by Deputy Commander Niu. You must be careful."

Qi Ze thanked him and whispered, "My second brother went out of the house last night to get information. I heard that it was someone from the Lu family."

In fact, Qi Yuan didn't find out, it was Qi Wan who said, "The people who came to rob and kill us were recognized by me as being from the Lu family."

When General Cheng heard that the bandits were from the Lu family, he was shocked. "The Lu family is too bold. They used servants to pretend to be bandits and kill people from the general's mansion in the capital. They are not afraid of being punished."

"They are rich and powerful and are not afraid of anything." Qi Ze snorted coldly.

General Cheng understood, "No wonder those three refused to confess even if beaten to death. Their families were slaves in the Lu Mansion. How could they dare to confess and implicate their families?"

He also had some questions, "Why did the emperor take those three people away?"

Qi Ze shook his head, "I don't know either."

He thanked General Cheng for his timely tip-off and quietly gave him a banknote, "Let the brothers have some wine."

"Thank you, Minister Qi." General Cheng took the banknote.

He also had a plan in mind to use the money.

General Cheng is now the city's defense general, protecting public security inside and outside the capital.

If the Lu family continues to cause trouble in the capital, it is very likely that he will be implicated.

General Cheng decided to send a few trusted men to keep an eye on the Lu Mansion for twelve hours.

He also said to his men: "This is our private matter. I will give you extra silver, one tael of silver per hour."

"If you get useful information, there will be a reward."

"Yes, General." Those people went to keep an eye on the Lu Mansion.

Lu Fenghui went to the government office and asked a lot of questions. Then he turned to the robbers. "Why did the capital city have robbers? Did the government office find out anything?"

Mr. Xiao shook his head. "Seven of the bandits died and three were injured. The dead were sent to the funeral home, and we tried every possible means to get a confession out of the three survivors."

Lu Feng would breathe a sigh of relief.

Unexpectedly, Lord Xiao whispered again: "The emperor sent people to bring those three people into the palace last night. They are no longer under our jurisdiction. This is a good thing." He had a smile on his face.

The hot yam was thrown away, and the government office was able to pass the test safely without any mistakes.

Lu Fenghui would be shocked to hear this. He had been an official for many years and naturally understood that the emperor had sent people to bring the three people into the palace. Whether they confessed or not, the emperor already had a big handle in his hand.

Since the emperor has taken away these three people, he must have some plan.

Lu Fenghui didn't show it on his face, but in his heart he cursed the people of the eldest house, "Idiots, wait and see how the people of the Lu family die."

When he got home, he only told his elders, "I went to the government office today to do some work, and I heard from Lord Xiao that those three people refused to confess no matter how hard they were beaten."

He didn't say anything about the three people being taken away by the emperor.

If Lu Feng would say this, the eldest branch of the Lu family would definitely ask him to find a way to go to the palace dungeon to silence or rescue people. Wouldn't he be going to die?

He would never do anything risky like this.

What's more, all these troubles were caused by the eldest son of the family. Why should he, the son of the second son, bear the responsibility?

The Lu family all breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good that they don't have any tricks."

“They are all loyal servants.”

"Give their families more money."

Lu Fengyun added: "The bodies of the seven people are in the charity cemetery."

The eldest master of the Lu family's main house quickly sent someone to ask, "Lu Gu, find a stranger to go to the charity cemetery and burn those seven people.

If someone who knew them recognized them, hundreds of years of reputation of their Lu family would be ruined.

Their Lu family would be scolded, "The Lu family are bandits!"

If this were the case, the Lu family didn't even dare to think about it.

The families of the ten servants received generous compensation, which temporarily appeased them.