The Killer's Cleansing Manual

Qi Zhen suppressed his laughter and bowed, "Director Lin, we've captured that man and his two accomplices. They're in jail. We're here to ask you to interrogate them."

Bai Shu added, "But there's no rush."

After saying that, the two of them looked at each other -

Alas, I never thought that Lin Si would be such a little lamb in front of the eldest princess.

Lin Shanjuan paused, counted carefully, and caught three, but he didn't know if there was anyone eavesdropping.

"Now that we've caught him, let's go take a look."

She turned around and looked at Qi Zhaomian flatteringly: "What about the clothes..."

Qi Zhaomian raised his eyebrows in a good mood, "Since I have already agreed, I will not regret it."

Lin Shanjuan said goodbye happily, and walked past Qi Zhen and Bai Shu, saying, "Let's go and see what this fishing line looks like."

As the three of them left, Qi Zhaomian immediately stopped smiling and called out, "Yue Liu."

"My subordinate is here."

"Find someone to keep an eye on those people in the jail, to make sure they don't get killed."

"Yes!"

Yue Liu took the order and left. Qi Zhaomian looked around Lin Shanjuan's house. It was simple and clean. There was nothing in the house except a bed and a table.

If it were someone else, they would definitely think that he was deliberately ignoring her, but she was fine, and she felt at ease living in a house like this.

Although she is the son-in-law of the emperor, she is still a third-rank Lin Si. She was not annoyed when she was seen being so humble in front of him, but was complacent instead. I really can't figure out what kind of personality she has.

If she was shameless and without dignity, yet she was so fierce in front of others, why was she so soft and submissive when it came to me?

"Your Highness, Mr. Cen has returned and would like to see Your Highness."

Xiao'er's report interrupted her train of thought. Qi Zhaomian sat with a stiff waist, and then stood up.

"Add a bed and quilt to the princess consort. It's cold, don't let her get too cold. Tell Mr. Cen to wait in the study."

Xiao'er was happy and agreed readily.

When Qi Zhaomian walked out of the side room and came to the study, Cen Li was already sitting on a chair. When he saw her come in, he knelt on the ground.

"Cen Li greets His Highness."

Qi Zhaomian's tone softened a bit, and he passed by him and sat in the main seat: "Sir, you are welcome, please take a seat."

The two of them sat down, and Cen Li took the initiative to speak: "In the past six months since I left Beijing, I have cleaned up the intelligence network in Jiangnan and eliminated the people planted by Ji Shihan. Now, the situation in Jiangnan is under our control."

Jiangnan is a fertile land. Qi Zhaomian nodded with satisfaction and said, "Thank you for your hard work, sir. I will send the reward to your courtyard in a moment."

Cen Li seemed to hesitate for a moment, then hesitantly said, "It is my honor to work for Your Highness. I do not want any reward. However, I have a question that I would like to ask Your Highness."

"speak."

"I heard that Your Highness has taken on a female consort. May I ask who orchestrated this for Your Highness?"

Qi Zhaomian raised her eyelids and glanced at him: "This is my own decision. Do you think there is something wrong with it, sir?"

Cen Li choked and shook his head slightly: "I dare not, but what is the intention of this female prince consort?"

Qi Zhaomian retracted his gaze: "The old ministers in the court are watching too closely, so they just found a female consort to block the wind."

Cen Li was relieved. "That's great. I heard that Your Highness and her were in love, and I thought..."

"What do you think?"

Cen Li was startled awake by the sudden interruption and quickly changed her words: "I thought Your Highness had lost his fighting spirit, so I was worried."

Qi Zhaomian closed his eyes and said, "No. Mr. Cen, you've worked hard all the way. Go down and rest."

Cen Li understood the meaning of dismissal and stood up and left.

This female consort is definitely not just a shield. It seems that I really have to meet her!

Only after the person left did Qi Zhaomian open his eyes.

What is the purpose of the female prince consort?

At the beginning, she really wanted to be a shield, but over the past six months, this person seemed to have given her more surprises than she had imagined.

"Your Highness."

Qi Zhaomian raised his eyes and saw that it was Nanny Chen, and his smile became much more sincere.

"Madame Chen, come and sit down."

Nanny Chen smiled but didn't sit down. Instead, she walked up to her with a worried look on her face.

"I came here to ask Your Highness, have you had any grudges with your husband?"

Qi Zhaomian was stunned: "Madam, where did you get this from?"

Nanny Chen sighed, "Your Highness and the Prince Consort have been sleeping in separate rooms for so long, what else could it be but a rift between them?"

Qi Zhaomian didn't know what to say for a moment. After all, she had said in person on the wedding day that she and Lin Shanjuan were in love. Now she was in a difficult situation.

"I...didn't argue with her. She gets up too early every day to attend court, which always disturbs my sleep, so we're going to separate rooms for now."

She barely found an excuse, but couldn't fool Nanny Chen.

"But doesn't the Prince Consort also sleep in a separate room when he's on leave? Don't blame me for being nosy. It's true that the late Empress entrusted you and Your Majesty to my care before she died. Seeing you alone every night, I'm really worried. Plus, I just heard that the Prince Consort brought a woman back. This..."

There was no telling how much the conversation would escalate. Qi Zhaomian took a deep breath and simply put the blame on Lin Shanjuan: "She doesn't want to live with me."

Nanny Chen was stunned for a moment, then seemed to have made up her mind.

"Old slave knows."

She turned and left, and Qi Zhaomian felt very nervous.

What do you know? What are you going to do?

Things were crowded together, Qi Zhaomian rubbed his temples. Among so many people, it was the most relaxing when he was with Lin Shanjuan.

I don’t know what Nanny Chen is planning to do.

But what else could Nanny Chen do?

——Qingzhengsi, prison cell——

Lin Shanjuan sat lazily in the presiding judge's seat, tapping the table with his index finger intermittently and flipping through the "Thirty Methods of Torture and Extortion of Confessions" with his other hand.

This book is actually just the Book of Songs, but she just gave it a new cover and changed its name.

There were three men kneeling in front of her, each one tougher than the other. They let Qi Zhen and Bai Shu take turns attacking her without saying a single useful word.

It seems that the hard bones can only be broken by hard means.

She pointed to the line "Guanguanjujiu, on the island of the river" in the book and asked Bai Shu, "You said, burning a wire red-hot and threading it through a person's throat and pulling it repeatedly, tsk, that's a bit cruel, isn't it?"

Bai Shu shuddered, covered his neck and swallowed.

"Yes, sir, but some are stubborn and stubborn, and this is the only way to open their minds, so that their throats won't be blocked and they won't be able to tell the truth."

The three strong men resisted the urge to touch their necks and took a peek. Qi Zhen had already started burning the wire in tacit understanding.

Lin Shanjuan nodded in agreement, and pointed at "My heart is filled with longing for your green collar" and asked Qi Zhen.

"Knock the prisoner's teeth out and glue them back together, then knock them off again after they're firmly glued, and then repeatedly grind the gums with sandpaper. Ugh, it's a bit unbearable, oh?"

Qi Zhen licked his teeth and couldn't imagine how Lin Si came up with these strange but cruel tricks.

"I think it's okay to use it on them. They have very tough teeth anyway."