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

After Ye Chen left the examination room gate, he patrolled around the examination room.

He didn't believe that those powerful officials would only target the kitchen.

Simply giving some laxatives will not stop the implementation of the exam.

The back of the examination hall was connected to the imperial palace. Apart from the main gate, only the two walls facing north and south were accessible to Ye Chen.

Ye Chen first visited the northern city wall, and he had already inspected the layout around the examination hall.

He knew every street and every building near the examination center.

So, when Ye Chen started his patrol, he went to those hidden places.

But soon, Ye Chen discovered that there were far fewer people on the street than yesterday.

He also noticed that many shops on the street were closed.

"Qiu'er, did you send someone to notify the merchants in these shops to close down?"

Ye Chen asked Shen Qiu beside him.

"Your Majesty, I have never sent anyone to do this. These shops may have closed themselves. After all, the Imperial Guards could search these shops at any time. I believe these merchants are probably afraid of getting into trouble."

Shen Qiu explained.

After hearing Shen Qiu's words, Ye Chen nodded slightly.

In ancient times, human rights were not a concern. Ordinary people were like floating duckweed, so it was normal for them to be timid.

Ye Chen walked along the street for a while, and when he saw that nothing was wrong and was about to return, he suddenly heard a cry for help.

"No, stop fighting! Help, help! Someone's been killed!"

Hearing this, Ye Chen raised his eyebrows and immediately walked towards the place where the sound came from.

Then he quickly came to a small shop. The door of the shop was closed, and the cries for help coming from inside became smaller and smaller and quickly turned into whimpering sounds.

Ye Chen was very familiar with this kind of sound. It was obvious that someone's mouth was blocked.

"Kick the door open!"

Ye Chen immediately gave the order.

Shen Qiu took a step forward and kicked the wooden door hard.

With a "bang", the wooden door was kicked down.

Behind the door, several men in black wearing night clothes quickly revealed themselves.

These men in black are now beating up the two men.

The two men huddled together with their heads in their hands, obviously having lost the ability to resist.

On the other side, a man was tied up on a chair with a cloth stuffed in his mouth.

"Who are you?"

Ye Chen frowned, then pointed with his big hand.

"Come on! Take them down!"

As soon as Ye Chen finished speaking, dozens of imperial guards who had been following him swarmed forward and rushed into the shop.

There were only six people in black, but the number of the imperial guards far outnumbered them.

But these people did not panic. Instead, they drew their swords and fought against the imperial guards.

He even attempted to silence him.

With a "Swish!", three long swords came through the air and knocked the weapons out of the hands of the three men, but the two men who were surrounded and beaten were still beheaded with a single blow.

Shen Qiu's face was cold as he kicked a man in black away and raised his sword to block the last survivor.

The other men in black were also quickly killed. Although they fought hard, they were too few in number. But when they were about to die, they would suddenly stab themselves with a knife, and the imperial guards had no way of capturing them alive.

When Ye Chen saw this scene, he immediately realized that the identities of these people must be extraordinary. They were all death warriors.

"Your Majesty, there is only one survivor now!"

Shen Qiu came to Ye Chen, his face obviously looking a little ugly.

Ye Chen's eyes were cold as he strode into the shop and came to the bound man. He saw that the man had disheveled hair and was tied to a stool with tears in his eyes.

"Is it a woman?"

Ye Chen was a little surprised and reached out to take the cloth out of the man's mouth.

In an instant, he heard the woman's heart-wrenching voice.

"Dad! Brother!"

Seeing this, Ye Chen immediately realized that the two people hacked to death on the ground were the woman's relatives.

"Qiu'er, untie the man and take him down. Comfort him and then ask him what happened."

At this moment, the woman was crying like rain, and she was dizzy with sobs. Ye Chen knew that he couldn't get anything out of her, so he turned to Shen Qiu beside him.

Upon hearing this, Shen Qiu immediately took the person away.

Ye Chen turned his gaze to the corpses in night clothes.

"Go and investigate the identities of these guys immediately!"

Ye Chen found a random stool and sat on it, then spoke to the imperial guards beside him.

The imperial guards immediately began to pick up the bodies on the ground.

Ye Chen also looked around and found that this small shop sold fish, but there were also some sundries piled up inside the shop.

In order to make a living, ordinary people, especially in the feudal era, would sell anything that could make money in general shops.

However, this shop mainly sells fish.

How could such a small shop encounter such a disaster?

Ye Chen felt that something was wrong.

He waited quietly for a while, and Lu Niudan, dressed as an ordinary citizen, came quickly to him.

"Your Majesty, we have investigated and found that those violent individuals were not from the capital, but their weapons were from the southern border troops."

"We also discovered that the 800 men brought by Duke Fuguo left the capital yesterday and have already found a place to camp outside the capital."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen immediately understood what Lu Niu Dan meant.

Duke Fuguo sent the soldiers around him to garrison outside the capital, which was a normal thing. After all, how could a minister in the important capital always bring so many soldiers with him?

But as soon as these people left, someone ran into the store and committed a crime, using weapons from the southern border army.

Putting all this together, Ye Chen could naturally guess that these men in black must have been sent by Duke Fuguo.

"Duke Fuguo must have a purpose for doing these things. Take some people to check the nearby shops to see if there is anything wrong!"

Ye Chen immediately said to Lu Niu Dan.

Lu Niudan took the order and left.

Not long after he left, Shen Qiu also came to Ye Chen.

"Your Majesty, the woman's emotions have stabilized. I have also made inquiries. These men in black suddenly broke into their home today. Not only did they force them to close the door, but they also took away all the fish. Her father and brother were so angry that they argued with them, and then they were beaten up. This is what happened just now."

Shen Qiu said with a gloomy face.

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen immediately said, "Bring that woman out. I have something to ask her."

Hearing this, Shen Qiu's eyes flickered.

"Yes."