The Killer's Cleansing Manual

Qi Zhen personally led the team to Zhao's house and retrieved two account books. Lin Shanjuan opened one of them and found the salt accounts clearly listed. The amount of silver on them was simply shocking.

Not only that, Zhao Xuan only got 10% of the profit, and the remaining 90% went into Ji Shihan's pocket.

Lin Shanjuan snorted coldly. It seemed that Ji Shihan really had the intention of rebellion. Presumably, the weapons in Wuyan Town were also stockpiled for him by Zhao Xuan.

This old guy is really good at raising money and military supplies at the same time.

Fortunately, the salt account had only been traded for a few years, so there weren't that many. Lin Shanjuan had Lu Feng make a copy, and then had Qi Zhen take the copy to the Princess's residence and hand it over to Qi Zhaomian for the final decision. He then proceeded to arrest everyone that night based on the names on the other list!

Qi Zhen rode his horse straight to the princess's mansion with the copied account book. After explaining his purpose, he waited for a while and was summoned.

Qi Zhen had never expected to be summoned. He thought he could just hand the matter over to the maid named Xiao'er as usual. Why did he have to face Her Royal Highness the Princess directly?

Qi Zhaomian looked down at Qi Zhen, who was kneeling politely, and asked, "Did she only ask you to bring this?"

Qi Zhen couldn't guess what she wanted to hear, so he just said truthfully, "Yes."

Qi Zhaomian was angry and asked more clearly: "Why didn't she bring it back to me personally?"

Qi Zhen shuddered, "...My Lord, I want to investigate and confiscate the officials who accepted bribes from women so that I can report to the court tomorrow."

It sounded like she had picked up a reasonable excuse.

Qi Zhaomian sneered: "So, she won't be coming back tonight?"

Qi Zhen was about to cry. No wonder Lin Si went to arrest people, which was against his usual behavior. It turned out that it was not because he didn't trust them to do the job, but because he didn't dare to face the eldest princess!

"Your Majesty, your Majesty... I don't know either."

Qi Zhaomian took a deep breath and said, "Okay, go ahead."

Qi Zhen felt as if he had been pardoned. He hurriedly left the princess's mansion and returned even faster than when he came.

Qi Zhaomian supported his forehead with his hands and closed his eyes, thinking: She was the one who hugged him first, and she was the one who kissed him first, so why is she hiding now?

Want to hide? I'll make sure you have nowhere to hide!

Her eyes fell on the account book, and she remembered to open it.

It would be best if he could give me a life-saving talisman. Otherwise, I wouldn't have to be an imperial inspector anymore. I could just stay in the princess's mansion and be a maid all day long!

She opened it angrily, and was stunned after just one look.

Is this... the account book that Zhao Xuan used to help Ji Shihan steal salt and make money over the past three years?

How could she actually find such a big melon?

Qi Zhaomian was stunned. She hadn't expected Lin Shanjuan to surprise her like this. It seemed that his efforts weren't in vain. He was able to uncover so many things through a single missing woman's case. He was truly a treasure.

Qi Zhaomian stood up and paced around the study, thinking about the best solution.

She had fought with Ji Shihan for many years and knew very well that man's cunning and unreasonable character. As long as he was not really plotting a rebellion, the red book and iron certificate would be enough to pardon all his crimes, not to mention the mere matter of selling salt.

It is absolutely impossible to bring him down through this incident, but... we can use this incident to strengthen his muscles.

"Prepare the carriage and enter the palace. There's no need to hide your tracks. Let whoever needs to know know."

Yue Liu responded and went down to prepare, protecting Qi Zhaomian and going into the palace to meet Qi Yili at night.

Qi Yili dismissed everyone, leaving only a little boy to guard outside, and then poured tea for Qi Zhaomian.

"My sister, you must have something important to tell me late at night. What do you need me to do?"

Qi Zhaomian put the account book on the table, and without first telling his plan, he asked: "Take a look at this first, and then tell me what to do."

Qi Yili flipped it open and became more and more shocked. "This... isn't this evidence that Ji Shihan has accumulated wealth? With this, wouldn't we be able to..."

He was excitedly speaking when he suddenly stopped and said, "No, Ji Shihan has the red seal and iron certificate. You can't touch him with just this."

Qi Zhaomian was already satisfied that he could think of this calmly, so he nodded and said briefly:

"This is what Lin Shanjuan found out. She will tell you about it tomorrow when she goes to court. All you need to do is cooperate with her in court and make Ji Shihan cough up more money. If we can't completely eliminate him, we have to at least injure him a little bit."

Qi Yili nodded repeatedly: "It's just that the area around Wuyan Town has suffered a lot in recent years. I was thinking, why not exempt them from taxes for three years to ease the people's livelihood?"

Qi Zhaomian was very satisfied with his progress: "Just do as you say."

She looked into the void. "This shows that Zhao Xuan is Ji Shihan's pawn in amassing wealth. Knocking him out will be enough to keep him quiet for a while, and it can also be considered as temporarily cutting off one of his arms. This elephant is too big. The only way to completely kill it is to divide it up and eat it. So there is no need to rush."

Qi Yili also nodded seriously: "Brother, I understand." His eyes turned, and then he began to look at Qi Zhaomian casually:

"This time, the Prince Consort has been working on this case for months without a break and has made such a great contribution. How does the Imperial Sister intend to reward him?"

The implicit meaning of this statement is simply: She hasn't had a rest for a long time, so let her have a few more days of rest.

Qi Zhaomian could of course hear that and looked at him with a smile: "According to Li'er's opinion, how should I reward him?"

Qi Yili was so proud that he immediately lost himself in pride: "Since the Imperial Sister is willing to hand it over to me, then let the Prince Consort come to the palace after the court tomorrow. We haven't seen each other for a long time, so it's just right..."

As he spoke excitedly, he realized that Qi Zhaomian's smile might be a little dangerous, so he hesitated and stopped.

"Uh, sister, do you think this method is not feasible...?"

Qi Zhaomian still smiled: "Have you finished copying the book that Prince Consort helped you last time?"

Qi Yili shuddered, "I've finished copying. But... don't be angry, sister. She saw how hard I was working, so she helped me out."

My husband-in-law sees that you are working hard and helps you share your worries, but he always causes more worries for me!

The more she thought about it, the more annoyed she became. Qi Yili noticed the irritation between her brows and boldly guessed, "Could it be that the Prince Consort made my sister angry?"

Qi Zhaomian raised his eyelids and looked at him: "She..."

"She kissed me and then hid from me" sounds like...

Forget it.

Qi Yili smelled the scent of gossip, his ears almost perked up, and asked eagerly, "How is she?"

Qi Zhaomian shook his head: "Nothing."

Qi Yili refused to give up: "You can tell me what's going on, sister. If she bullies you, I will definitely stand up for her!"

Qi Zhaomian hadn't had time to relax after hearing this when Qi Yili said, "But the princess consort is kind and understanding. If there's any misunderstanding, I'd better talk to her..."

Qi Zhaomian's mood completely fell: "If you mention it again, she will continue to copy books!"

Qi Yili shuddered and dared not say another word.

The prince consort is truly a warrior. Not only does he have great strategic strategies, he also dares to make the princess angry.

Ugh……

Is she reasonable? Which of these things she does is reasonable?

This girl who only knows how to hide, once this incident is over, she will definitely keep this person in the house and make her sit facing her every day, to see where she can hide again!