Li Shimin faked his death? Then I will be powerful enough to conquer the world!

Chu Muyun stood in front of the window on the second floor of the inn, staring at the eaves of the Bad People's residence in the distance in a daze.

The wine cup slowly turned between his fingers, and the wine reflected the flickering candlelight.

Chen Yuan walked in quickly with a stack of files in his arms, and the parchment rubbed against his Feiyu suit, making a crackling sound.

"Pacifier, the report is out."

Chen Yuan slammed the scroll heavily on the sandalwood table.

"That Commander Ling is not only problematic, but also very problematic."

When Chu Muyun turned around, the blade of the embroidered spring knife at his waist brushed against the corner of the table, leaving a long white mark on the wood.

He glanced at the red-stamped comments on the file and suddenly grabbed the secret letter at the bottom: "Last year, Ling Ling had just handed over three boxes of looted luminous glass to Chang'an, and this month he's taking a risk for a million taels of silver?"

Chen Yuan's Adam's apple rolled as he recalled the rumors he heard during his undercover investigation last night.

The storyteller in the teahouse vividly described Commander Ling's cruelty, but when he showed his Jinyiwei badge and asked for details, the people suddenly became silent and couldn't even hold their teacups.

"Pacifier, what's wrong?"

Chen Yuan's voice rose unconsciously, and the candle on the desk suddenly burst into sparks, casting a distorted human figure on the wall.

Chu Muyun narrowed his eyes and rubbed the wax seal on the edge of the secret letter with his fingertips: "There are too many clues. Ling Ling has revealed too many clues."

He suddenly slammed the wine cup on the table.

"She destroyed the Zhang family for money, that was one of her reasons, but it wasn't done cleanly enough, and that was her mistake."

The sound of the night watchman's clapper came from outside the window. Chen Yuan looked at the mottled light and shadow on the wall and suddenly realized that something was wrong.

On the night when the Zhang family was massacred, the three hundred bad guards who were supposed to catch thieves in the suburbs disappeared collectively.

The last person the pawnshop owner saw before he was killed was Ling Ling's confidant.

Even the ink on those forged debt documents looked fresh.

"However, over the years, Ling Ling has done everything perfectly."

Chen Yuan grabbed the old case record from the file, and the veins on the back of his hand bulged. "Black market trading of Wushisan, privately setting up a torture chamber to intimidate subordinates, these things have never been discovered."

"Before this, Commander Ling was quite competent."

Chu Muyun suddenly laughed, with a hint of sarcasm in his laughter.

"Chen Yuan, do you think the secret agents in the Bad Guys' mansion are all vegetarians?"

He suddenly approached.

"Why did Ling Ling start destroying the Great Wall the moment we, the Jinyiwei, set foot in Zhuzhou?"

These words were like a bucket of cold water poured on Chen Yuan's head.

He recalled the look in the eyes of the guards at the city gate when they checked his badges when he entered the city three days ago; he recalled the unnatural twitching of the corners of the innkeeper's mouth when he gave them the superior room.

Those seemingly attentive hospitality now seemed to be deliberate arrangements.

"The clue is broken."

Chu Muyun turned and looked out the window at the dark Xiangjiang River and the occasional fishing lights crossing the river.

"When we started to track down the missing silver from the Zhang family, we had already fallen into a trap set by others."

Cold sweat trickled down his back into his armor, and the chill shot from his tailbone to his crown. "Your Excellency, are you saying...that Ling Ling is a discarded child?"

The candle flame suddenly shook violently, casting the shadows of the two people on the wall.

&34;Just wait and see, you'll know tomorrow.&34;

&34;We have lost the initiative.&34;

"Pacifier, if I don't fight you now and arrest Ling Ling, I'm afraid Ling Ling is still drunk at home."

"If we go in time, I'm afraid there is still a chance."

Chu Muyun shook his head when he heard Chen Yuan's words.

"It's too late. She'll die whenever we go. If we go, she'll die inexplicably and get into trouble."

"By then, I'm afraid there will be rumors that my Jinyiwei forced Ling Ling to death."

"Let's go back to Chang'an and report to Commander Wang."

At noon the next day, the stone slabs in front of the Zhuzhou County Government Office were hot from being stepped on by the people.

When Ling Ling appeared on the steps in shackles, the entire county fell into an eerie silence.

Her plain white dress was stained with mud, but her hair was combed meticulously.

"In order to steal the Zhang family's millions of silver, I forged a search warrant to seal off the mansion."

Ling Ling's clear voice startled the crows under the eaves. "They threatened Mr. Zhang with his family's lives to transfer his savings from the bank. After they succeeded..."

She suddenly paused, her eyes sweeping across the hidden Jinyiwei in the crowd, a meaningful smile curling up at the corner of her mouth, "After we succeed, we will naturally cut off the roots."

There were exclamations from the crowd, but Chen Yuan stared at Ling Ling's eyes.

When the official from the Ministry of Justice asked about the whereabouts of the silver, Ling Ling just sneered.

He then fell to the ground, spitting blood and committing suicide by taking poison.

Blood splattered on the blue bricks.

Chen Yuan looked at Ling Ling's gradually cold body and finally understood Chu Muyun's sigh last night.

This seemingly clear-cut case of family murder is nothing more than the most insignificant piece on the chessboard.

The real fighting was not in Zhuzhou, but in Chang'an.

Who does this Ling Ling belong to?

In Nanjing, Lin Dafu's face turned ashen and his chest kept heaving.

"Damn it, if a tiger doesn't show its might, do you really think I'm a sick cat?"

"Those people, did something to me?"

Listening to Lin Dafu cursing.

Mr. Qi scratched his ears.

He looked at the boy from the Zhang family in front of him with a gentle expression.

"Alright, you can stay in Nanjing from now on. We will avenge your Zhang family."

The only remaining grandson of the Zhang family nodded with some fear.

Then he was taken out.

The reason why the Zhang family was able to expand their business to such a large scale was not because of their ability, but because the Zhang family's business itself was very stingy.

In addition to the Zhang family's own strong strength, Lin Dafu just added a little fuel to the fire, and the Zhang family began to rise rapidly.

However, Lin Dafu did not expect that the Zhang family, which had no obvious background in the court, would suffer such a disaster.

It's his fault, actually.

If he had been more careful and found a reliable background for the Zhang family, the Zhang family would not have suffered such a disaster.

"Okay, don't be angry anymore. This matter will definitely get to the bottom of it."

Lin Dafu calmed down.

"Old Qi, you're right. The world has really changed. People bully the weak and fear the strong."

"This group of people really have no bottom line when it comes to making money."

"I want to see who is so reckless."

Mr. Qi raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Want me to help you?"

Lin Dafu shook his head.

"No need. I'll handle this myself. For one million taels of silver, I dare to wipe out the entire Zhang family."

"Since they want money, I will give them money."

"It's nothing more than they wanted Zhang Jiaren's life for money."

"I'll spend money to buy their lives."

"Old Qi, it's useless to bet on the goodness of people's hearts. You should bet on the evil of people's hearts."

"The Zhang family has served me faithfully, and now that they've died tragically, it's time for me to pay a price."

"Someone is coming."

Someone came in from outside.

"President!"

"Ever since our Qianyu Chamber of Commerce withdrew, the business world has become increasingly lawless."

"Spread the news. As long as someone finds out who the culprit is, our Qianyu Chamber of Commerce will give you 10 million taels of silver."