Traveling through the emperor, overthrowing the empress dowager at the beginning

"Mr. Kou, tell me, who is the person behind you?"

Ye Chen looked at Kou Tao, who had a panic-stricken expression, and felt quite disdainful in his heart, but his tone was calm, and contained endless dominance.

"I won't tell you, Mr. Zhen, you're done. Your entire Zhen family is finished!"

Kou Tao gritted his teeth, his tone filled with resentment.

"Oh, what Zhen family? My last name is Ye."

Ye Chen showed a sneer on his face. It was obvious that Kou Tao had not yet understood the situation.

"Mr. Kou, I am a member of the Emperor's Imperial Guard!"

"I'm done? Do you have the ability to do that?"

"If you don't tell the truth, even Buddha can't save you. I'm telling you!"

Ye Chen stepped on Kou Tao's chest, completely crushing his body. His sharp eyes were like a knife blade as he stared at his swollen and deformed face, speaking word by word.

Hearing this, Kou Tao was shocked.

"Heaven, the Emperor's Imperial Guards, you, you, you lied to me, you are the Emperor's man."

Kou Tao's face was distorted, with both shock and anger.

"That's good to know. Tell me now, who is your backer? Otherwise, you will have to go to the death row of the palace. I promise that I will make you live a life worse than death."

Ye Chen's voice was cold. For what Kou Tao had done, it would not be too much to kill him a thousand times.

"Oh, so what about the Emperor's Imperial Guards? Boy, don't think that the Imperial Guards are so great."

Kou Tao gritted his teeth and said almost crazily: "You, you will not have a good ending, you definitely will not have a good ending!"

"Snapped!"

Ye Chen stomped hard on Kou Tao's face, breaking his nose bridge, causing him to bleed from his nose.

Kou Tao howled in pain and rolled on the ground.

"Qiu'er, find a prison van, lock him up for me, put him in the palace's death row, and interrogate him strictly!"

Ye Chen waved his hand, and Shen Qiu immediately led his men forward and dragged Kou Tao away.

And seeing that everything has become a foregone conclusion.

Ye Chen turned and walked towards the carriage.

"Qiu'er, search the pawnshop and don't miss any evidence."

Before getting on the carriage, Ye Chen said to Shen Qiu again.

Hearing this, Shen Qiu nodded.

"Yes."

And after Ye Chen got on the carriage.

Qin Man, who had been staying obediently in the carriage, couldn't wait to ask, "Your Majesty, are you okay?"

Before, Qin Man had been peeping out through the window of the carriage, but she heard the shouts and screams coming from the pawnshop. Her heart was in her throat at the time, and she only felt relieved when she saw Ye Chen walking out of the pawnshop in good health.

But when she saw Ye Chen getting on the carriage, Qin Man immediately asked with concern.

"I'm fine, Meng'er, I didn't scare you, did I?"

Ye Chen smiled gently and said.

"No."

Qin Man blinked her eyes. Seeing that Ye Chen was fine, she was completely relieved.

"Come on, Meng'er, follow me back to the palace, and then I'll send someone to escort you out of the palace."

Ye Chen smiled slightly and said to Qin Man.

Hearing this, Qin Man nodded.

"Ah."

Shen Qiu quickly found someone to get a prison van, and Kou Tao was stuffed into the van. To prevent him from shouting, a cloth was stuffed into his mouth and he was put in shackles.

"Your Majesty, we searched the entire pawnshop and found ashes from burnt items in several rooms. We asked someone and they said Kou Tao came into the pawnshop yesterday and burned all the boxes of bamboo slips."

Hearing this, Ye Chen frowned slightly.

"Qiu'er, everyone arrested today must be strictly interrogated. Find out what's burning, and use torture if necessary!"

"promise."

Shen Qiu clasped his fists in response.

"Ah."

Ye Chen's face darkened slightly. He could already guess that Kou Tao must have burned all the evidence long ago.

Now, only torture can force him to tell the truth.

"Your Majesty, our men found some unburned bamboo slips while rummaging through the ashes."

"Oh."

Ye Chen's eyes lit up and he quickly said, "Then show it to me!"

"Yes."

Several bamboo slips were quickly brought in front of Ye Chen.

Most of these bamboo slips have traces of burning, and some are only half left.

Ye Chen picked up the bamboo slips, looked at the words on them, and narrowed his eyes.

"Qinling?"

"Thirty-six thousand people?"

Ye Chen's face darkened slightly.

Many of the words on the bamboo slips had no meaning. Ye Chen sifted through them and picked out two paragraphs.

"Could it be that they are sending 36,000 men to the Qinling Mountains?"

Ye Chen asked.

Hearing this, Shen Qiu's face turned cold and he didn't intend to say anything more.

Qin Man blinked and asked in confusion, "Your Majesty, what's inside the Qinling Mountains? Why do we need to send so many people there?"

“Oh, there’s a mine!”

Ye Chen connected Kou Tao's previous words and had some guesses in his mind.

"Qiu'er."

"exist."

“Who is in charge of the Qinling Mountains?”

"Your Majesty, the Qinling Mountains are near the capital. As for management, the Jingzhao Yin should be in charge."

"Then when I return to the palace, have the Jingzhao Yin come to see me."

Ye Chen put the bamboo slips in his hand aside, and at this moment, the carriage suddenly stopped.

Shen Qiu hurried out, and a guard dressed as a commoner came forward. After talking with him for a while, Shen Qiu returned to Ye Chen.

"Your Majesty, the city defense troops have been mobilized!"

"Hmph, how many people are here?"

"Come out in full force."

Shen Qiu's face darkened slightly.

This time, the city defense troops called back all the soldiers patrolling outside. It was obvious that they were going to do something big and spare no effort.

"Ah."

Ye Chen showed a sneer on his face and said, "Qiu'er, send someone to the palace to find the Queen Mother and transfer another thousand imperial guards. This time, there is no need to change into civilian clothes. Let them leave the palace in a grand manner and come to support."

Upon hearing this, Shen Qiu immediately gave the order.

The carriage moved on.

Kou Tao, who had been staying in the prison van with a cloth stuffed in his mouth and his hands tied in shackles, suddenly stood up excitedly.

“Mmmmm~!”

Kou Tao stretched his neck as if he wanted to speak.

As far as he could see, more than a thousand soldiers in leather armor were organized into a tight square formation and marching forward.

In this square formation, Kou Qing was riding a tall horse with a very gloomy face and his hand tightly gripped on the hilt of the sword.

And when Shen Qiu stepped forward to negotiate.

"you again!"

Kou Qing looked at Shen Qiu and said with gritted teeth.

"The Imperial Guards are doing their job, please withdraw immediately!"

Shen Qiu raised his hand and showed the token.

"Imperial Guards, huh, can the Imperial Guards just smash shops and rob civilians?"

This time, Kou Qing was not as gentle and calm as last time, and he spoke to Shen Qiu angrily.

Hearing this, Shen Qiu frowned slightly, then said: "We smashed the shop of a wicked man, and arrested a wicked man, a wanted criminal of the imperial court!"

"fart!"

At this moment, Kou Qing suddenly drew his sword.

"Brothers, come on!"

Kou Qing swung his sword and was about to attack immediately.

But his subordinates, the more than one thousand city defense soldiers, looked at each other, and many of them showed hesitation.

"Those who disobey orders will be subject to military law. Attack them now!"

Kou Qing continued to roar.

Some city defense soldiers began to move forward hesitantly.