I am a commoner, but I will lead the empress to unify the world

Is this man teasing me?

Yan Fuyao stared at Shen Changgong with her phoenix eyes.

His eyes were full of majesty.

Normally, this kind of look could scare away some ignorant ministers, or even make them kneel down and beg for mercy.

But the man in front of him was not afraid at all. Instead, the smile on his face became more and more intense.

Those beautiful eyes were bright and lively, as if there were stars in them.

This feeling is like a teenage girl who is just beginning to fall in love, being looked at like this by the handsome guy she has a crush on, and the guy is still saying,

"Little girl, do you like me?"

Can't stand it.

I can't stand it at all.

The Empress's eyes showed a rare trace of panic. She turned her head away and pretended to be calm and said,

"Lord Shen, are you being a little too presumptuous? Do you really think I can't leave you now?"

"Hahaha……"

Shen Changgong laughed heartily, his eyes full of pride.

After teasing the empress and defeating her, he felt a great sense of accomplishment when he saw the majestic empress blushing rarely.

He is very good at flirting with girls, otherwise he wouldn't have won over Zhenlie's sister-in-law in just half a month.

"What are you laughing at? Are you laughing at me?"

"No, I just thought of something happy."

"You're talking nonsense. You're just laughing at me. You haven't stopped yet."

Yan Fuyao also noticed what Shen Changgong was laughing at. He was just feeling proud of himself for embarrassing her.

The empress felt that Shen Changgong was a complicated person. He killed people without blinking an eye and was ruthless. When it came to revenge, he was scheming and could kill all the powerful people and chop off their heads. Such a vicious person should have a gloomy personality.

But the handsome man in front of her was as bright as the sun and as playful as a child. He was actually so happy just to see her blush.

I really don't understand him.

Sure enough, seeing that she was a little embarrassed and angry, Shen Changgong smiled even more brightly.

Yan Fuyao gritted his teeth and aimed the crossbow at Shen Changgong.

"dare you laugh?"

"Your Majesty, is there anything else you would like to add?"

Shen Changgong's expression suddenly became serious.

"No more, please retreat. I will keep this crossbow for self-defense."

"Very well, Your Majesty, please do as you please. I will take my leave."

Shen Changgong looked righteous and left with his hands clasped.

Seeing his expression change from "a playboy" to "a loyal and good man of Yan" in an instant, Yan Fuyao chuckled and thought it was really funny.

After laughing for a moment, she looked at the crossbow in her hand and shook her head.

"I've become like a child."

……

After leaving the palace, Shen Changgong went straight back to the security army camp and sat in the commander's mansion to start working.

Although he was a military commander, he also had to do the work of a civil servant, for example, organizing the confessions of the prisoners.

Mainly the confessions of Duke Ying and Chen Anmin.

Chen Anmin's confession was mostly about the crimes of Duke Liang, and had little involvement with other powerful people, or even no connection at all.

As for the Duke of Ying, although he was the first to be arrested, he admitted all his crimes and had been sentenced to death and his entire clan was exterminated.

But except for the female family members who were all exiled to the frontier as camp prostitutes, all the male members were still imprisoned in the prison.

There are two reasons why Shen Changgong hasn't killed them yet.

The main reason was that he had to wait until all the powerful people were captured, and then drive all the men to the Royal Guard camp, and then gather them in the middle of the training ground. He gave each of them a knife and let them fight each other, so that only one could survive in the end.

He is not a good person. He believes that the best way to take revenge is to make the other person suffer the same pain and humiliation as himself.

The secondary reason was that he wanted to continue to interrogate the British Duke for evidence of collusion with other officials and dignitaries in committing crimes.

Although the Duke of England admitted all his crimes, he did not point out Prince Rong and other powerful people.

Because he knew that those people were outside and there was still hope of rescuing him and overturning the verdict.

If we drag those people into this, we'll be finished.

He has evidence against those people in his hands, so he is not afraid that they will not rescue him.

We are all in the same boat.

All kinds of torture were used, but there was still no effect. The Duke of England kept gritting his teeth and holding on.

Shen Changgong didn't have any particularly good ideas, unless he dragged the Duke of Ying to the execution ground to scare him. But if he still refused to confess, it would be inappropriate not to behead him, as so many people were watching.

He was in no hurry and waited for his enemies to make mistakes on their own.

With nothing to do, he continued to study hidden weapons and secretly sent people to collect and purchase sulfur, saltpeter, charcoal and other items.

Although we cannot openly mass-produce these things yet, we can do experiments on our own first, and then mass-produce them when we have more power.

Once he has the military power and starts mass-producing these things, the empress will have to obey him.

Nothing happened that night. The next day, Shen Changgong went to work as usual, but this time he brought Lu Bing, the deputy leader of the Shadow Guard, with him to teach him the ways of assassination by words and deeds.

He was also taught how to use various hidden weapons and other items, so that he could teach them to other shadow guards after he returned.

If nothing unexpected happens, the shadow guard will become a sharp knife in his hand to stab the powerful.

In the Duwei Mansion, just as Shen Changgong and Lu Bing were talking, the guards ran in and clasped their hands and said,

"Grand Commander, the Left Supervisor of the Imperial Court requests an audience."

Zuo Jian was an official position, almost the second in command of the Supreme Court.

After what happened last time, Shen Changgong has already determined that the Supreme Court belongs to Prince Rong.

"Oh? That's strange. Someone from the Imperial Court is here to cause trouble for me? Let him in."

"As ordered."

A moment later, a civil servant in official robes strode in.

The man looked to be in his forties, with triangular eyes and a hooked nose. He didn't look like a good person at first glance.

"Zhao Men, the Left Supervisor of the Imperial Court, pays homage to the Grand Commandant."

The left supervisor Zhao Men clasped his hands and bowed, showing great courtesy.

"Master Zhao, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Shen Changgong sat in the main seat and did not return the greeting, but just asked calmly.

Zhao Men laughed and said,

"It's like this, Grand Commandant, a group of unruly people have come to the Court of Justice to sue you for bullying them. They say you've been bullying the market, robbing property, abducting women, and taking human lives. The Court of Justice would like to invite you to come and confront them in court."

Upon hearing this, Shen Changgong laughed.

Although the original body was also a good-for-nothing second-generation, he was just a slightly rich second-generation. In a place like the capital where princes and nobles are everywhere, he was probably just a small gangster, and he was as timid as a mouse. He didn't even dare to flirt with his own sister-in-law. How could he have the courage to kill people and rob women?

Just as the empress expected, the enemy attacked him.

Shen Changgong smiled and said,

"Master Zhao has already said that since they are just troublemakers, we should just beat them if they deserve it, and detain them if they deserve it. We can just deal with them directly.

Since ancient times, only officials have sued the people, but how could the people sue the officials?

I think the Minister of Justice should be very experienced in handling these matters."