The Killer's Cleansing Manual

Qi Yili curled his lips and smiled, "Then I truly misjudged the Grand Tutor. In that case, I will have all the silver in this account book deposited into the national treasury today. Furthermore, the people of Wuyan Town have suffered such injustice, and we must appease them. I will exempt them from taxes for three years, and next year I will select another capable person to be appointed as the county magistrate through the imperial examination."

Ji Shihan's heart was still bleeding, but unexpectedly Qi Yili changed the subject: "Although the Grand Tutor's original intention was to relieve my worries, his method was inappropriate after all. It is true that he extorted the people's wealth. If he does not punish them, it will not appease the people's hearts."

The wrinkles on Ji Shihan's face were all wrinkled together, "I accept the punishment!"

Qi Yili suppressed a smile and said, "In previous years, the Spring Examination was always presided over by the Grand Tutor. Now that something like this has happened, the students will inevitably be dissatisfied. So, let's change it to the Minister of Revenue, Jin Hong, to be the chief examiner for the civil examination, and General Zhennan, Ye Lang, to be the chief examiner for the military examination."

Jin Hong and Ye Lang stepped out in response:

"I obey!"

Ji Shihan was completely drained, his voice sounding hollow: "Your Majesty... obeys your command."

Qi Yili was in a good mood. In order to avoid laughing out loud in the court, he made the final decision: "That's it. Do you have anything else to report?"

Seeing the matter come to an end, the ministers knelt down and shouted: "Our emperor is wise!"

Lin Shanjuan stood there and winked at Qi Yili, and Qi Yili secretly gave her a thumbs up.

After the court was dismissed, Lin Shanjuan went out and mounted his horse to leave. He couldn't wait to go back to the Qingzhengsi to have a good sleep. Ji Shihan hurriedly chased him out, just to make some sarcastic remarks to Lin Shanjuan and test his strength.

Seeing that she was about to leave, the servant beside her hurriedly shouted: "Master Lin, please stay!"

Lin Shanjuan paused, turned around and saw that it was the Grand Tutor coming over. He smiled inwardly and pretended to be humble, bowing his hands: "Grand Tutor, is there anything else I can do for you? If it's too much money and it's inconvenient to transfer, I can find someone to help you!"

Ji Shihan choked and looked at her unhappily, "Not only is Chief Lin eloquent, but his method of solving cases is also unique. I deeply admire him!"

Lin Shanjuan could tell that he emphasized his words, and that he was just taking the opportunity to test him, so he put on his ignorant look again.

"I am deeply honored to receive the praise from the Grand Tutor. I also admire the Grand Tutor's concern for the country and the people. He has been making money for so long, the Grand Tutor is really a man of great vision!"

Qi Zhen and Bai Shu were trying to hold back their laughter. Ji Shihan looked at Lin Shanjuan with a gloomy expression, and was so speechless that he could not utter a word.

Lin Shanjuan didn't want to get entangled with him, so he bowed lazily and left.

Ji Shihan suppressed the urge to jump up and down and breathed a sigh of relief.

Qin Wenxiang timidly approached, then belatedly echoed, "This Lin Shanjuan is really going too far! He's so arrogant!"

Ji Shihan was shocked. When he saw that the culprit was the one who caused him to give away all his silver, he cursed him as a "fool" hundreds of times in his heart!

"What are you doing here suddenly?!"

Qin Wenxiang's indignation quickly turned into flattery, and he looked at Ji Shihan as if to seek credit: "It's just a small matter of rescuing the siege, Grand Tutor, don't worry about it."

Hearing that he still had the nerve to take credit, Ji Shihan's face became even gloomier and he started cursing.

"How dare you take credit for it?! I wanted you to play Tai Chi with the Emperor and get away with it, but look at what your pig-brained brain is saying! I've painstakingly saved this money for so many years! And it's all been given to the national treasury!"

The gentleman was so angry that he lost his composure. Qin Wenxiang then realized what a stupid favor he had given. He knew that he was inferior to him and his voice was very weak.

"Xiaguan...Xiaguan..."

Ji Shihan wanted to hit him now, so he flicked his sleeves and pushed him aside:

"Don't try to be an official here with me. I see you're getting upset! Go home and find your wife to be your official. You can't do anything for me, but you're more likely to cause trouble than help me!"

"Hey! Grand Master! Grand Master!"

After the court session, Lin Shanjuan rode back to the Qingzheng Division. After days of fatigue, the case was finally solved. He could finally have a good rest and stretched happily.

"Boss, Lord Du's favorite concubine said that since the case is closed, she wants to take Lord Du's body back with her."

Mr. Du?

Lin Shanjuan kept stretching and blinking, and it took him a long time to remember that it was the beginning of everything, the brothel murder case that involved Lord Du.

His body was moved here on the pretext of investigation, and it should be returned to him now.

"Okay, I haven't had time to look at the body yet, let's go take a look first."

Several people found the coroner, and the body had already started to stink. Because Lin Shanjuan had not been in the Qingzheng Division for the past few months, he had just disposed of it.

When the concubine heard the news, she was very unhappy. She sat down and cried in the hall, saying miserable words like "My master is dead and I can't take his body back."

It would have been fine if she hadn't acted like this, but the more she cried, the more Lin Shanjuan felt that her acting was strange.

The case was just closed this morning and I just got back. How did she get such well-informed information?

Furthermore, it was clear that she wasn't crying out of sadness, but rather out of joy.

Bai Shu was at a loss because of his concubine's crying. Lin Shanjuan ignored the concubine and went straight to re-examine the brothel owner and asked about this Lord Du specifically.

After asking this question, I found out that Du Hua didn't come to the brothel to seek pleasure that day, but came to redeem the younger sister of his favorite concubine who was sold to the brothel.

younger sister?

Lin Shanjuan: "Did you redeem it later?"

The madam shook her head. "She must not have been redeemed at the time, but I've been here for a few months now, and I'm afraid the Quexianlou has already... I don't know which girl she is."

Things didn't seem that simple. Lin Shanjuan immediately called Bai Shu and ordered him to investigate the whereabouts of all the women in Quexian Tower.

Most of the Qingzhengsi's staff were out visiting various places. After all, these girls were sold to the capital. Even if they wanted to return home, they had no money. Most of them were taken in by wealthy people or moved to other brothels.

After asking for a whole day, when the sun was setting, the concubine was still in the hall, saying that she would get one of Du Hua's relics no matter what.

Lin Shanjuan ignored her and let her stay in the classroom. He integrated the relevant information about Du Hua, closed his eyes and lay in the chair thinking carefully.

Du Hua has no father or mother, and even no brothers or sisters. His wife died early. Apart from this concubine, he is a complete lone commander.

Although he did his job well, he was also a bad person, especially lustful, which was known to almost everyone in the capital.

Such a person is actually willing to spend a lot of money to redeem his sister for his favorite concubine. It must be that he is not only doing it for his favorite concubine, but he also has other intentions.

Since he wanted to redeem someone, why did he need to find five people to serve him?

And this relic...

Lin Shanjuan picked up the only large jade pendant on the table. This was the only relic of Du Hua, and the concubine must have wanted this.

I really don’t know what Du Hua’s aesthetic taste is. How does he wear a jade pendant as big as his palm?