Kill the sadistic male protagonist and become the emperor

Ren Baozhi felt a little ridiculous, even a little pathetic, with tears streaming down her cheeks.

The wind was very strong and my tears were scattered in the wind.

But she felt that it was not enough. She hoped the wind would be stronger and the snow would be heavier so that her pain would be frozen to numbness.

Li Qixi is a princess who is high and mighty. Do you really think you can have a heart-to-heart with her?

It was just a few night talks, but I was the only one who took it seriously.

She didn't know that the world in this book was so full of dangers, and that if she wasn't careful she would be doomed.

When she reached the back garden and saw the frozen lake, for a moment she really wanted to sink into the lake to see if the icy water was enough to make her numb.

There was a person holding a lantern walking behind her, following her from a distance. Ren Baozhi knew who it was, but now she just wanted to escape from her sight.

Ren Baozhi came to the lake, slowly squatted down, clenched his fists and hit the ice hard, again and again.

The ice was cracked and scattered, but she continued to smash it.

His hands were already frostbitten, and now the knuckles were red, swollen, and bruised, with blood seeping out along the cracks in the ice.

The night was gradually illuminated, and the person behind him slowly approached Ren Baozhi. The light cast the shadows of the two people on the broken ice, one squatting and the other standing.

"Wow--"

The ice broke, and Ren Baozhi scooped up a handful of water and splashed it on her face. The cold water droplets splashed onto the ground, and some of them slid down her cheeks and seeped into her collar.

"Are you okay?" The voice of the person behind him was a little complicated, as if he was apologetic, concerned, but also as if nothing happened, still so arrogant.

Ren Baozhi didn't look up, but just kept her eyes open. The water on her hair fell into her eyes, and her eyes were red.

She blinked, shook the water off her face, then sat on the ground, looking at the crescent moon in the sky. After a long while, she said in a hoarse voice, "Not good."

Li Qixi's expression changed slightly: "It's my problem."

"How can I possibly bear the apology from Princess Wu Zhou? I'm just a commoner. It's a great favor that the princess can take me in."

"I have called back the Goshawk."

"Princess Qianqiu is willing to send one of her shadows to protect me. I am grateful to her."

"Feel sorry."

"How much do you know? My identity? My belongings? Everyone around me? Everything I've done?" Ren Baozhitou didn't even respond, his tone as calm as ever. "The man in black? Gui Muxin? Including the fact that I killed Chen Gongzheng tonight?"

Li Qixi was overwhelmed with mixed emotions when questioned like this. She had never expected that her emotions would be affected in this way after Ren Baozhi knew the truth.

Her throat tightened. "I'm sorry."

Ren Baozhi didn't reply, but just let out a short bitter laugh.

In fact, she had thought of all this a long time ago, but she had been deceiving herself and was unwilling to believe it.

Why did Li Qixi know that he had movable lead type?

Why did the group go to the princess's mansion late at night, and the guards in the mansion had no intention of stopping them?

Why couldn't she escape the prying eyes even though she had returned to the princess's mansion?

In fact, she had guessed it a long time ago.

Perhaps he was already in prison when he revealed his real name while drunk.

Ren Baozhi closed her eyes and let out a long breath. When she opened them again, her expression was calm again. "I want to know what else the princess is hiding from me about the things around me."

Li Qixi said: "Gui Muxin is one of my men."

"No wonder?" Ren Baozhi murmured, "No wonder she took the initiative to find me. No wonder so many lonely and helpless women can gather together. No wonder they have enough funds to support their continuous innovation."

"Your defenses are too shallow."

"Yes," Ren Baozhi finally turned around, "Princess, tell me, how should I guard against you?"

"No need to defend."

Ren Baozhi slowly stood up and said, "Oh, that's exactly what someone in a high position would say."

Li Qixi could clearly see the water droplets on her hair, her damp face, and her soaked collar. She said, "Don't be on guard from now on. If anything happens to you, I'll let you know directly."

Ren Baozhi remained silent, staring at Li Qixi for a long time before softly saying, "Why bother?"

"Friends should treat each other sincerely."

Ren Baozhi laughed as if she had heard a joke: "A princess so high and mighty as you are, do you think you could be friends with a lowly person like me?"

Li Qixi said: "If you agree."

Ren Baozhi said, "I once tried to treat you as a friend."

Li Qixi pursed his lips tightly and then relaxed: "I'm sorry."

Ren Baozhi no longer dwelled on this issue. Right now, she had a more important matter to attend to: "Tomorrow, I will go to the Wannian County Government Office to report Chen Gongzheng's death."

Instead of passively waiting for the authorities to arrest you, taking the initiative may reduce your suspicion.

"I'll help you."

"My actions are against the laws of the dynasty. Princess, by shielding me like this, aren't you aiding and abetting the evil?"

"This is not my law, nor is it my dynasty."

Li Qixi's voice was very faint, as faint as the lantern in her hand, and the dim light seemed to be swallowed up by the endless night in an instant.

Ren Baozhi gave Li Qixi a deep look and said, "In that case, I would like to thank Princess Qianqiu."

The night was extremely dark, so dark that it seemed black, so dark that it seemed red, as if a god had poured a basin of blood on the sky.

On the wall of Chen Mansion, two people stood side by side, one dressed in black and the other in white.

Li Qixi looked into the courtyard of Chen's mansion, as if he could smell the bloody odor oozing out from inside.

Shangguan Hualiu followed Li Qixi's gaze and said, "Since ancient times, fortune and disaster have always been interdependent. If she can escape this disaster, she will surely enjoy great blessings in the future."

The crescent moon in the sky slowly sank. The two stood on the wall. Since there were low houses all around, the view was broad and they could see very far.

The night wind picked up, ruffling Li Qixi's long hair, which had not yet been tied up. She said, "Chang'an is always prone to wind and snow, and this winter's wind and snow are even worse."

Shangguan Hualiu said, "Spring will come in three months."

"Spring?" Li Qixi reached out to catch a piece of snow, stared at it for a moment, and said, "I'm afraid spring is still a long way off."

They were silent, no one spoke.

Until the dark sky turned a faint bluish-white, Li Qixi grasped the sword at his waist.

It’s almost dawn.

The second day of the first month of the eighth year of Yaozu.

The magistrate of Wannian County received a report of a murder. Since the deceased was an official appointed by the imperial court, he reported the case to the governor of Yongzhou.

The governor of Yongzhou knew that this case was of great importance, so he submitted the case file to the Central Dali Temple.

After Zhou Mi, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, took over the case, he immediately sent his subordinates to the crime scene to investigate.