Anecdotes of Tianyuan: The Long Night is Young

Under Zhao Xiyan's order, the dark guard had been with the sons of Gu Shangshu for half a month, and found that the eldest son of Gu Shangshu had a special habit, and it had a long history.The dark guard lifted the black cloth covering it, only to see a lifeless young woman, the flesh of both arms had been neatly peeled off, looking bloody and terrifying.Because the corpse had been there for a few days and it was even more rotten, Zhao Xiyan almost vomited when he saw it, and hurriedly waved for the hidden guard to carry it down.

"What kind of thing is this? It's too infiltrating."

"Back to my lord, I found this from the back of the ancient book. Mr. Gu likes to eat human flesh, and he only likes the flesh on the arms of young women. Every time Mr. Gu becomes addicted, he will hurt himself unbearably. Mrs. Gu can't bear it." The Eldest Young Master self-mutilated, so he often tied or tricked some young women to feed the Eldest Young Master. This was buried in the back mountain a few days ago, and it was still fresh, so the subordinates brought it back."

"It's true that the forest is so big that there are all kinds of birds, and there are people who like to eat human flesh. But how many people have been killed by Mr. Gu?"

"My subordinates hurriedly reported back when they discovered such things. Preliminary investigations revealed the bones of more than 30 young women, all of whom were sliced ​​raw, tortured and then sealed with a sword. Specifically The number is still being investigated, and it will be clear tomorrow.”

"More than 30? Or about? This young master Gu has a bigger appetite than wolves, tigers and leopards, so hurry up and bury this woman. Quickly find out when this young master started to have such a habit, Mrs. Gu Where did you get these women from?"

"Yes! This subordinate takes orders."

When Zhao Xiyan saw the dark guard leaving, he felt really uncomfortable.There are still people in the world who like to eat human flesh, and they only choose young women to eat it. They are really demons in the world.Zhao Xiyan felt a little uncomfortable. These children from aristocratic families not only exploited the common people and oppressed the good ones, but now they also ate strangers.Zhao Xiyan frowned, how could Yan Fengjun not see how shocked he was.

"You don't need to be sad. If you can trip up the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, you will be able to avenge these women. Feng Jun believes that the families of these women will be deeply grateful for the great kindness of the Lord. More importantly, , Isn’t it good to trip up the prince’s left arm? Without the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, it will not be so easy for the officials under the prince to be promoted and transferred.”

"What Yan Jiaozhu said is, thanks to Yan Jiaozhu's reminder. Otherwise, I would not have discovered such a thing so quickly. This king must collect good evidence of the crime, and ask the Minister of the Ministry of Officials to come and go."

"Why does the prince need to be so polite, when the prince is crowned a great treasure, don't forget the little girl's meager credits."

"Yan Jiaozhu is very resourceful and considerate. This king relies on him so much, how dare he forget it."

Yan Fengjun has been on the "battlefield" for a long time, how could he fail to hear Zhao Xiyan's subtext, isn't it saying that she is plotting something wrong?Yan Fengjun didn't care about Duan Wang's distrust at all, there were many ways to make him trust him, and now it's better not to believe.

"It's good that the prince doesn't forget, Fengjun can wait for you."

Yan Fengjun was still so cold and clear, his eyes seemed to be a ball of ice, as if he didn't know Duan Wang as indifferent.Zhao Xiyan couldn't see what this woman wanted, but he was never worried that she would do something that would harm him, and repeated temptations were like hitting cotton with strength.Yan Fengjun has changed a lot about Zhao Xiyan. These days, she has seen the decisive side of Duan Wang, but also the kind and kind side, as well as wisdom.It's just that it's still immature, but it's not easy to kill decisively.King Duan is completely different when he is outside and in the residence.

The prince's hidden guard died in the hands of Zhao Xiyan, how could the prince not know, how could he not be angry.Now something happened to the official department. On the surface, it seems to be calm, but King Duan is making an unannounced visit, and Emperor Shaoyuan's attitude is ambiguous.The old guy in the official department is watertight, but the backyard is not easy at all.The prince found the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and asked him to put his tail between his legs. The Minister of the Ministry of Officials is a fine person, and he knew what he was referring to when he heard it.The Minister of the Ministry of Officials put away his things a long time ago, and his heart was already in his stomach, so he was not afraid at all.

This day the dark guard came to report that there were a total of 37 female corpses in the back mountain of Shangshu Mansion, many of them had turned into white bones.The dark guard bribed the maid, and learned that Mr. Gu started cannibalism at the age of 15.Many young women were first bought by Madam Gu under the guise of buying slaves for the backyard. Later, there were too many maids, and no one dared to work in the house.Mrs. Gu entrusted the toothmaid to go to another place to buy it. The girls all heard that they were going to serve as slaves to a wealthy family in the capital.There are often girls' family members who come to the Shangshufu to look for them, but they are always sent away by the servants of the Shangshufu.The Ministry of Officials colluded with the Ministry of Punishment, and someone went to sue Gu Shangshu, and he was immediately suppressed.Those family members who came to sue were exiled to the south of the Five Ridges, or killed for the crime of falsely accusing the imperial court.If things went on like this, the families of those girls didn't dare to sue, so they had to let Mr. Gu get away with it.

Zhao Xiyan's expression remained unchanged when he heard this, he glanced at the dark guard, and lightly parted his thin lips. "Immediately kill the maidservant who bribed her, and don't leave any traces. For how to kill, you have to refer to Mr. Gu's method."

"Yes."

The hidden guard knew that the master was not the same as before. If the maid can bribe them, she will be able to bribe others in the future.Don't kill and silence, keep bad things?The dark guard went to Shangshu Mansion in the dark, sealed the throat with a sword and killed the maidservant.Following the old master's technique of cannibalism, he took the dagger and cut off the maid's arm piece by piece, and then quietly buried it in the back mountain.

Zhao Xiyan knew that the Ministry of Officials, together with the crown prince, had made a lot of moves to take up the position as an official in Daqi. It was a common practice in Daqi to buy officials, and this was also one of the crown prince's pockets.Those who bought officials were naturally loyal to the crown prince. Zhao Xiyan wanted to find the account book for buying and selling officials.Only by obtaining the list can we easily remove them.Zhao Xiyan ordered the secret guards to visit some girls' families unannounced. The girls' families were terrified when they heard about the dead daughters from these people, and most of them stayed behind closed doors.The hidden guards can only coerce and lure them to tell the truth, the common people are timid, and they all shake out of fear when they draw their swords.The dark guard checked some of them and took them away immediately, and put them all in a room.Zhao Xiyan only ordered them not to be hurt, and that they were provided with meals every day, except that they were not allowed to be free, which was considered generous.

A maidservant in Shang Shu Mansion disappeared for no apparent reason, and after a few days, of course, she attracted Madam Gu's attention.Mrs. Gu asked the housekeeper to investigate quietly, but there was no sign of him.This maidservant was serving in the eldest son's courtyard, Mrs. Gu was afraid that this girl would run away and spread the matter, so she hurriedly sent someone to look for her.The maid is from a small county, and the wife who has been serving the eldest son has been around for some years.Mrs. Gu's heart is always up and down, and she has kept this matter from Gu Shangshu for many years.If Gu Shangshu knew that his eldest son was actually such a person, he was afraid that the family fortune would also fall to the concubine's concubine, how could Mrs. Gu tolerate it.After searching for a few days in the capital, she couldn't find the maid, so Mrs. Gu sent the housekeeper to the maid's hometown to have a look.The housekeeper got Madam Gu's order, saying that if the maid fled back to her hometown, the whole family would be silenced.The housekeeper is the dog raised by Mrs. Gu, and he ran out of the city with the killer to find him.Zhao Xiyan imagined that some people would send people to look for it if they were worried about the failure of this matter, so there were already hidden guards watching.The butler was captured by the hidden guards as soon as he arrived in Shangluo. The butler was captured and locked up with the girls' families.

When the girls' family members heard that this was the housekeeper of the Shangshu Mansion, they became even more furious and joined forces to beat the housekeeper.At first, the steward looked arrogant and reprimanded them saying that he was a member of Shangshu's family, and that he would let Shangshu take their lives in the future.Not one day later, those family members beat the housekeeper into a pig's head, and the housekeeper didn't dare to speak anymore.The place where these people were held was dark except for a small high window.For several days in a row, only people brought food, and they were ignored.

Today, Zhao Xiyan felt that he had exhausted enough, so he brought the housekeeper of the Shangshu Mansion to interrogation.Of course Zhao Xiyan would not show up, so Yan Fengjun wore a veil to serve, and Zhao Xiyan sat behind the curtain behind Yan Fengjun and listened.

"Who are you! Do you know who the Lord is! How dare you tie me here, are you dying?"

"Don't worry about who we are, just say yes or no to whatever I say next."

"Bah! You bitch, how dare you kidnap the butler of my majestic Shangshu Mansion, you are not afraid that my master will rape you first and then kill you!"

"Slap your mouth! This mouth is really unclean."

Zhao Xiyan listened to such vulgar words behind him, and uttered a sound, only then did the housekeeper know that there was someone behind the curtain.The dark guard stepped forward, pinched the butler's chin, and slashed twenty times on the mouth, until the butler lost several teeth and his mouth was covered in blood.

"Can you answer now? You'd better keep your mouth clean, otherwise..."

"I said I said, you ask you ask."

"His Royal Highness, can you go to your master's house?"

"No."

"Full of nonsense! Slap your mouth!"

The dark guard came forward again and pinched the housekeeper's mouth, ignoring his tears and begging for mercy.Another twenty slaps on the mouth made his face turn from red and swollen to black and purple.The housekeeper cried and begged for mercy on the ground, Zhao Xiyan frowned, but Yan Fengjun was as cold as looking at ordinary objects.

"Will you answer well this time?"

"Don't fight anymore, I will say everything I say. The Shangshu works for His Highness the Crown Prince, and His Highness never comes to the Shangshu Mansion. The master always goes to Beiyuan to meet His Highness the Crown Prince."

"Beiyuan? What Beiyuan?"

"Shuanglong Lane Jiangfu in the north of the city, the master often goes to discuss matters with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"How did you know? As far as I know, you are serving Mrs. Gu in the mansion. You are not the one following Gu Shangshu."

"Little man... The villain has an affair with his wife, and he always follows the master. If he doesn't know the whereabouts of the master, if the affair is broken, the master will kill me and my wife."

"You are so daring, you dare to have sex with Mrs. Shangshu. It is very easy for Mrs. Shangshu to find a male favorite. You are old and decrepit, how can you look at you. You don't look in the mirror first when you lie."

"When Madam Yunying was not married, we..."

"You are really good. Mr. Gu married a green hat and went home. I don't know that Mr. Gu and the two Miss Gu were born by Mr. Gu."

Zhao Xiyan was a little sullen when Yan Fengjun procrastinated the word "cuckold". He didn't know if Yan Fengjun knew something.Ulanya's child is not his, and this time Ulanya is staying in Duanwang's Mansion, and Qi Rui is in his name, so she is considered to be wearing a cuckold.In addition, Su Qingshu and Chu Hengyuan, the editor of the Imperial Academy, had been having an affair with letters for several years.He also wears a green hat.Zhao Xiyan's heart sank after hearing Yan Fengjun's words with charm.Hearing what Yan Fengjun said, the housekeeper dared not speak to him.It is not clear whose flesh and blood the Eldest Young Master Gu and Miss Gu are.Mrs. Gu is the first lady to serve Mr. Gu at night, and let the butler brought from her natal family serve him during the day.Later, Master Gu made a fortune, got into the eyes of the prince, married a concubine and came to Mrs. Gu's place for less time.Mrs. Gu's needs are strong, and she spends day and night with the housekeeper, but because of Mrs. Gu's natal family's strength, Mrs. Gu dislikes her original spouse, but occasionally the rain and dew come to Mrs. Gu's place.Mrs. Gu's child doesn't know whether it belongs to Master Gu or the housekeeper, even Mrs. Gu herself can't tell.

Yan Fengjun interrogated the housekeeper a lot, and the housekeeper naturally recruited everything after being punished.After Zhao Xiyan finished listening, it wasn't surprising that the butler was mostly unimportant except for his confession of his affair with Mrs. Gu and the use of Beiyuan.The crown prince acted carefully and did not leave any traces. I don't know where the account book of Mr. Gu is hidden.Zhao Xiyan asked someone to take the housekeeper back, and ordered the secret guards to visit the Shangshu's mansion tonight, to find out the structure of the Shangshu's room first, so that he can do things conveniently.Zhao Xiyan asked Yan Fengjun to continue to interrogate the family members of some of the victimized girls, all of whom pointed the finger at Shangshufu without exception.But when it came to asking them to go to Dali Temple to beat drums and complain, none of them dared to move and knelt down to beg for mercy.Zhao Xiyan sighed, it seems that these people still have to be forced.The tragic death of a family member is nothing, but their own death is the big deal. There is nothing wrong with being wise and safe. Zhao Xiyan still feels a little angry and thinks they are useless.Zhao Xiyan sat down and got ready. In this battle of the Ministry of Officials, no matter whether he wins or loses, he has already shown his edge.The prince must point all the spearheads at him, Yan Fengjun asked him if he was afraid, Zhao Xiyan only smiled slightly.

"The lord has been exposed this time. His Highness the Crown Prince's power in the court can be said to be overwhelming. If all the spearheads are pointed at you..."

"If this king was afraid, he wouldn't do this. Since he did this, he would definitely not be afraid."

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