Started as a thatched house and ended up as a female figure

Dark clouds are gathering over the city, and a storm is coming.

The capital city these days is like an extremely tense powder keg that could explode with just a spark.

"Father, all the evidence points to Marquis Guangde."

The emperor looked up at Mu Yao and asked, "Do you think it was Marquis Guangde who sent someone to murder Marquis Zhaoping?"

"The second son of Marquis Guangde was injured by Marquis Zhaoping. Marquis Guangde's mansion became a joke in the capital because of Marquis Zhaoping. Marquis Guangde had sufficient motive to kill Marquis Zhaoping."

"so?"

Mu Yao's face was as cold as his voice: "So someone put all the blame on Guangde Hou."

"How can the Crown Prince be sure that Marquis Guangde took all the blame? You also said that Marquis Guangde had sufficient motives to kill Marquis Zhaoping. Maybe it was Marquis Guangde who sent someone to kill Marquis Zhaoping."

"Father, the Guangde Marquis's Mansion cannot withstand the storm. Guangde Marquis does not have such courage, nor does he have such ability."

The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly, with a look of satisfaction in his eyes: "Then have you found out the real mastermind?"

Mu Yao's eyelashes trembled slightly, and Gu Yan flashed through his mind. His voice was silent: "I am incompetent. The other party swept the tail too cleanly. I can't get any evidence."

"It's normal that we can't get any evidence." The emperor casually turned the ring on his right thumb and said calmly, "Since we can't get any other evidence, let's deal with the person the evidence points to."

Mu Yao frowned, "But if we kill Marquis Guangde, wouldn't that just satisfy some people? And Marquis Zhaoping won't be able to rest in peace in the underworld."

"Crown Prince." The emperor looked at Mu Yao, his eyes dark and unpredictable: "When Marquis Zhaoping chose to enter the officialdom, she should have thought that she might not have a good ending."

Mu Yao's eyes were filled with stubbornness: "Father, Marquis Zhaoping has made great contributions to the people of the world."

"I know that, so I never hesitate to reward her."

After saying this, the emperor lowered his eyes, ignoring the dull pain in his heart, with an extremely calm expression on his face:

“She died in a political struggle because of her incompetence, and it was also the ending she chose for herself.

Marquis Guangde is not innocent. I let Marquis Guangde and his family go down to accompany her, so that she won't be lonely and bored down there. This also completes the friendship between me and her as a monarch and a subject."

"But Father..."

"Prince."

The emperor interrupted Mu Yao, with an obvious warning in his unfathomable eyes.

Mu Yao pursed his lips tightly, not daring to speak any more. He just couldn't help but wonder if Gu Yan would be able to hold on if he knew about Cheng Wan's death...

"Tomorrow we will settle the matter of Marquis Zhaoping's death. You can leave now."

"Yes... I will take my leave now."

Mu Yao went out, and the emperor was the only one left in the hall.

The emperor took out Cheng Wan's "love letter" and read it quietly for a long time...

Day and night rotated step by step, and the sky seemed to brighten.

"The fire is coming! The fire is coming! Help! Put out the fire!"

"There's a fire in the Shangshu Ling's house. Go put it out! Go put it out!"

……

Screams, running, cries for help... A fire in the residence of Shangshu Ling Zhou Yi lit up the sky of the capital, and also woke up the capital which had not yet fully awakened.

"What's going on?! How could there be a sudden fire in the Shangshu Ling's mansion?!"

The Secretary General had a solemn expression on his face. He asked the butler beside him while walking quickly towards the carriage parked outside the mansion.

"I don't know either. I just heard a lot of people shouting that there was a fire in the Shangshu Ling's house, and many people were rushing towards the Shangshu Ling's house." The housekeeper of the Secretary's house reported what he knew to the Secretary, and then reminded the Secretary: "Master, please slow down and watch your step."

The Secretary-General frowned, and suddenly felt a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart, but he didn't understand where this uneasiness came from.

"Where's the driver?! How did you arrange it?!"

The Secretary General approached the carriage and found that the coachman was nowhere to be seen, and he became furious.

"I have clearly arranged it... Master!!!"

A burly man with his face covered suddenly jumped out of the carriage and stabbed the secretary-general in the neck. Then he jumped off the carriage and quickly disappeared.

All this happened in the blink of an eye, so fast that no one had time to react.

The secretary covered Gugu's bleeding neck with his hands, his eyes full of confusion. He opened his mouth painfully, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just fell to the ground unwillingly.

"master!"

The butler widened his eyes, knelt down beside the motionless secretary, and placed his trembling fingers under the secretary's nose.

No more breathing.

The butler's face turned pale. He took two steps back in horror and looked at the secretary's body in disbelief.

"Master, master has been killed! Someone come! Someone come quickly!"

There was chaos in front of the Secretary-General's residence, but the murderer had already escaped.

"Master, the five selected targets have been killed. You need to leave the city before martial law is imposed."

After changing his appearance, the "dead man" Cheng Wan skillfully moved through the streets and alleys of the capital, moving quickly towards the city gate.

The city gate had just been opened and there were already a few people entering and leaving the city.

Cheng Wan's image at this moment was that of an honest man. She pushed the cart that she had prepared in advance, lowered her head slightly, and walked out of the city gate smoothly with a speed and posture that was as natural as could be.

Shortly after Cheng Wan left the city, the general guarding the city gate received an order to close the gate.

"Master, what are we going to do next?"

Cheng Wan raised his eyebrows in an ambiguous tone: "Of course, I will stay away from the capital, make myself look worse, and then return to the capital to complain to the emperor."

"Owner……"

"what happened?"

"Master, you are already in a very bad state. You haven't eaten much these days in the capital in order to investigate and verify who was involved in the murder. Master, you should find a place to have a good rest for two days and stop tossing and turning."

Cheng Wan's eyebrows curved, and his voice was brisk:

"Jinjin, I haven't eaten much these past few days just to make myself feel bad.

Don't worry, I know what's going on. After this last scene is over, we can go back to Liangzhou with peace of mind. By then, I will eat well and keep myself plump and white."

Jin Jin hummed twice in Cheng Wan's mind:

“I know that the master wants to eliminate the main enemies in the dark at once so that he can live a more peaceful life in the future, but the master is too courageous!

Master, I don’t think I can tell you everything in the future. If you didn’t jump accurately and hold on firmly when you jumped off the cliff this time, you would have really become a meat paste!

What we said before was to kill all the enemies and then go back to the capital crying and complain to the emperor, but the master suddenly changed his mind and set up a fake death!

The master also said that Gu Yan is sometimes crazy, but I think the master is the one who is really crazy!

Master, you didn’t see it. When you heard that the enemy was coming that day, you were so excited that you went crazy!

......"

Cheng Wan listened obediently to Jin Jin's "complaints" to her, and continued to walk forward leisurely, with a smile on her face all the time.