Kill the sadistic male protagonist and become the emperor

Zhou Mi is Zhu Dachang's subordinate. Ever since Chen Gongzheng got attached to Long Batian, he has been competing with him everywhere. He has long disliked Chen Gongzheng.

Now that he heard that Chen Gongzheng had died, Zhou Mi was naturally happy. However, after carefully reading the case files and on-site investigation report presented by the governor of Yongzhou, Zhou Mi realized that there was still room for further development in this case.

Chen Baozhi is not only the biggest suspect in this murder case, but also accidentally brought down the Jiang family and broke Zhu Dachang's arm.

What's more, this person is good friends with Princess Qianqiu. Everyone knows that this princess and the Queen Mother have always been of the same mind. Regardless of the relationship between Zhu Dachang and Long Batian, when they face Wu Wencang, they are indeed united in hatred of the enemy.

If he could use this case to get rid of Chen Baozhi, he would definitely be more valued by Zhu Dachang and would surely be successful in the future.

So at dawn the next day, Zhou Mi ordered Ren Baozhi and others to be escorted to the Dali Temple for interrogation.

She looked at the file carefully, tapping the table slowly with her fingertips. Every sound made Ren Baozhi's heart tremble, but she knew very well that she could not reveal any clues at this moment.

She kept telling herself that the Wu Zhou Dynasty was different from the modern era. There was no surveillance, and fingerprints and DNA could not be tested.

The man in black had erased all traces of the crime last night. Now the only thing left to be tested is her mental strength.

Zhou Mi stopped tapping on the table, shook the case file in his hand, and asked, "You said that Mr. Chen tied you and your two children up and took them to the suburbs that night. Why did that happen?"

Ren Baozhi showed just the right amount of panic, she said incoherently: "I... I don't know, it was Ye Ye who tied us up, it was Ye Ye who tied us up, I don't know, I don't know!"

Zhou Mi frowned impatiently, and the wake-up stick fell on the table with a loud "bang". Ren Baozhi was frightened and trembled all over, looking at Zhou Mi in fear.

Seeing that Ren Baozhi was frightened by him, Zhou Mi slowly spoke: "Stop pretending to be crazy and stupid here, and confess the truth to me immediately."

Ren Baozhi's eyes were a little dazed, and she was obviously frightened by the loud noise just now. She seemed to have difficulty understanding the meaning of Zhou Mi's words and did not respond for a long time.

"Bang!" The wake-up stick fell again, and Zhou Mi shouted sternly: "Tell the truth!"

Ren Baozhi was so frightened that she kowtowed repeatedly and said in a trembling voice, "The day before yesterday was New Year's Day, and my sister wanted to go home to visit my aunt..."

She stopped talking halfway through, and really looked like an innocent little girl who was frightened.

Zhou Mi's patience had reached its limit, and he clapped his hands on the table. "I'll give you one last chance. Don't refuse my toast and drink the penalty!"

"I'll tell you right now, I'll tell you right now!" Ren Baozhi burst into tears in fear. "I saw that my sister hadn't come back for a long time, so I thought about going home. Unexpectedly, I was drugged and passed out. When I woke up, she had been kidnapped and taken to the suburbs."

The chief clerk of the Dali Temple standing by recorded everything Ren Baozhi said and did truthfully.

Zhou Mi continued to ask, "Why did Chen Gongzheng tie you three up and take them to the suburbs?"

"Because... because my father wanted to beat my mother to death before, so we had no choice but to flee to the princess's mansion to avoid disaster. I thought my father had calmed down, but I didn't expect..." Having said this, Ren Baozhi paused, as if remembering something horrible. She shook her head slightly, her eyes red. "But I didn't expect my father was still angry. He locked me in the snow. It was so cold, so cold..."

Zhou Mi's eyes were as sharp as torches, carefully examining every expression and gesture of Ren Baozhi. He then winked at the person next to him, who understood and immediately retreated.

Ren Baozhi seemed to be still immersed in the memories of yesterday. She curled up into a ball, feeling anxious and uneasy.

"So," Zhou Mi said, "you harbored a grudge against Chen Gongzheng, and so you cruelly killed him, is that right?"

Ren Baozhi was dumbfounded when she heard this, and said in disbelief, "No... no! How dare I go against my parents and do such an unfilial act!"

She was so scared that tears streamed down her face. She wanted to crawl to Zhou Mi, but the guards pinned her to the ground and she couldn't move.

Ren Baozhi still tried to struggle, but the more she struggled, the stronger the guards pressed her down. Her face was firmly pressed against the cold ground, and she opened her mouth with difficulty: "No... No."

Zhou Mi wanted to continue asking questions, but saw that the man had already arrived with doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau.

He put on a smile and said, "Thank you both."

The two medical workers were also very apprehensive and waved their hands repeatedly, "I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it. Mr. Zhou, you are too kind. This is my job."

After a brief greeting, the two medical workers put down their medicine boxes and prepared to carefully examine Ren Baozhi's injuries.

Seeing this, Ren Baozhi shrank back involuntarily: "What are you going to do!"

Without waiting for Zhou Mi to say anything, the guards restrained Ren Baozhi again. This time, even her mouth was covered. She could only make panicked sounds from her throat, and her tears flowed more and more violently.

After the two medical workers finished reporting the situation to Zhou Mi, the guards let go. Ren Baozhi fell to the ground powerlessly, feeling like she could hardly breathe.

After the doctor left, Zhou Mi took a cup of hot tea and blew on it while asking, "Where did the scar on your neck come from?"

Upon hearing this, Ren Baozhi subconsciously touched her neck, as if she had just discovered the wound: "I don't know."

"Heh," Zhou Mi sneered, placing the teacup back on the table. "What a commoner! You think you can just use the excuse of being unconscious to get away with it?"

"Come here, escort Ren Baozhi to the Ministry of Justice and lock her up in the Dali Temple Prison! Bring in the mother and child!"

Ren Baozhi was dragged out by the jailer. The chief clerk of the Dali Temple, standing nearby, compared his notes with the case file. He stroked his beard and said, "What this man said generally matches the evidence we've gathered, except for the teeth marks on his neck."

Zhou Mi stared at the two documents before him, as if he could burn a hole in them. "If she refuses to confess, I'll beat her until she does! Chen Baozhi can weave all the lies so perfectly, why did she miss this one?"

The chief clerk of the Dali Temple asked, "Why?"

"Why?" Zhou Mi sneered. "Of course it's because the cause of this injury is difficult to fabricate. The more I talk, the more mistakes I make. So I just use the coma as an excuse and pretend I don't know anything."

"Shaoqing, why are you so sure that Chen Baozhi murdered his father? If someone else had a grudge against Chen Gongzheng, they might have taken advantage of the night to commit the crime. You know Chen Gongzheng's character well. He's so arrogant and conceited that he's already offended many people."

"Master, in your opinion, if that man could be so cruel as to murder Chen Gongzheng, why didn't he just kill him completely, but spared his wife's life?"

There were footsteps at the door, and Yunjia and her son were brought in by the guards.