After rebirth, I teamed up with the scumbag's mistress

As the sun sets, its afterglow falls on the earth, giving the entire East Palace a layer of gold.

A man in black entered the East Palace quietly with a knife.

The man stepped forward with his sword in hand, a cold light flashed, blood spurted out, and the heads of the two eunuchs guarding the East Palace fell to the ground.

The remaining two eunuchs guarding the gate were so frightened that they ran forward, shouting, "Help..."

But it stopped abruptly with just one sound, and the head was separated from the person.

The man entered the East Palace with a knife in his hand. Blood was flowing from the tip of the knife in his right hand. The blood dripped onto the floor tiles of the East Palace, forming blood flowers.

The man seemed to have a clear purpose, and he went straight to the prince's bedroom.

The man in black sneaked into the prince's bedroom quietly, with his ears perked up, listening to the noises everywhere.

Soon, he arrived at the Prince's bedroom along the fastest route to the Prince's bedroom.

The prince was not at ease sitting in this position, as the exterior of the prince's bedroom was lavishly decorated with glazed tiles and golden nanmu structure, which had been in the East Palace since previous generations.

The bedroom of the crown prince of this dynasty was extremely simple, with only basic furniture such as a bed, a desk, a couch, a square table and some calligraphy and paintings.

When the man in black entered the hall, the prince was reading attentively at his desk.

The man in black raised his knife and stabbed it straight at the prince's face. He swung the knife so fast and with such force that it even brought up a gust of wind.

In a flash, with a "ding" sound, a dagger came out of the air and knocked the knife from mid-air to the ground.

The man in black failed in his first attack, so he lowered his head and fired several crossbow arrows from his sleeves.

A guard in red stepped forward and swept down the crossbow arrows with his sword.

The prince looked at the scene in front of him, his eyes wide open, and shouted: "Help, help! Capture this thief!"

Upon hearing the news, Eunuch Yu, the manager of the Eastern Palace, appeared at the door of the bedroom with a team of red-clothed guards.

The red-clad guard who arrived just now is the leader of this team of East Palace guards.

When the man in black saw so many people, he rolled over and tried to escape through the window of the bedroom.

Unexpectedly, Eunuch Yu had already kept a plan. Before entering the bedroom, he asked some red-clothed guards to stand guard around the bedroom.

As soon as the man in black climbed over the window, he was discovered by the guards in red outside.

The man in black stabbed a guard in red with a knife, but the guard dodged to the left.

Then the red guard stabbed the black man with his sword, and the black man blocked it with his knife.

The cold light of the weapons reflected on the faces of the two men. They both loosened their hands at the same time, and then stabbed out, making a "ding-dang-dang" sound as the weapons collided.

Soon, another red-robed guard who heard the noise joined the battle.

In a two-on-one situation, the man in black was obviously no match for the opponent and was eventually captured by two red-clothed guards and taken into the prince's bedroom.

"Your Highness, we have captured the assassin. We await your decision." One of the guards in red said respectfully.

"Take the man away and wait for the authorities to deal with him," said the prince.

"Yes." The two red-clad guards said in unison.

Not long after, the emperor received the news in Qiankun Hall that the prince had been assassinated in the East Palace.

The emperor then issued an edict, ordering the Dali Temple to be responsible for investigating the case.

After receiving the emperor's order, Li Jianzhang, together with the Dali Temple's chief judge and several others, went to the Eastern Palace and brought the man in black back to the Dali Temple.

In the Dali Temple prison, they conducted a surprise interrogation overnight.

At this moment, the man in black was tied to a wooden cross frame with iron chains.

"What's your name?" asked the Dali Temple Minister.

"Zhao Qian." The man in black replied.

"Where are you?"

"I'm from Heyang."

"Why did you assassinate the prince today?"

"My Lord, the moon is so bright today."

"Who ordered you to do that?"

"What does 'instruct' mean? Is it something to eat? Haha." The man in black said with a silly laugh.

"How do you know the location of the prince's bedroom?"

"You'll know if you eat vegetarian food."

"How dare you! Speak properly!" the Dali Temple Minister said angrily.

Just like that, the man in black answered the interrogation of the Dali Temple with nothing but nonsense.

The Dali Temple Minister tortured the man in black in the late night, but he remained the same.

The Dali Temple Minister was helpless and called it ridiculous.

Unable to tolerate this man, the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple handed him over to the Ministry of Justice for trial.

After the man in black arrived at the Ministry of Justice, he was re-interrogated by Guo Zuoming, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice.

This time he was much more honest and was willing to speak.

"My daughter was murdered, so I went to the county government to file a complaint. However, the government did nothing. Two months passed without any action. I thought about going to the capital to seek justice, so I brought my son with me. However, when I went to the toilet, my son was also murdered. On the way, a man heard about my story, felt sorry for me, gave me this knife, and told me that my enemy was there. So I went there," said the man in black.

The man covered his face in pain, "I don't know what happened, it was like I was possessed, I actually killed those eunuchs. Alas... I don't know how it turned out like this."

Guo Zuoming hesitated a little, wondering if this guy was a lunatic.

Therefore, Guo Zuoming reported the review results truthfully to the emperor.

Ying Kaiyuan, the head of the Ministry of Justice, observed the behavior of the man in black, Zhao Qian, in prison and felt that he did not seem to be a really crazy person.

So Ying Kaiyuan said to Zhao Qian: "If he doesn't tell him the truth, I will starve him to death here and go to his hometown to spread rumors about him, so that his family will not be able to hold their heads up in the village."

Zhao Qian sighed and explained, "He didn't come to the capital to avenge his children. He came to the capital to take away the money from his family."

"How dare you! Speak properly!" the Dali Temple Minister said angrily.

Just like that, the man in black answered the interrogation of the Dali Temple with nothing but nonsense.

The Dali Temple Minister tortured the man in black in the late night, but he remained the same.

The Dali Temple Minister was helpless and called it ridiculous.

Unable to tolerate this man, the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple handed him over to the Ministry of Justice for trial.

After the man in black arrived at the Ministry of Justice, he was re-interrogated by Guo Zuoming, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice.

This time he was much more honest and was willing to speak.

"My daughter was murdered, so I went to the county government to file a complaint. However, the government did nothing. Two months passed without any action. I thought about going to the capital to seek justice, so I brought my son with me. However, when I went to the toilet, my son was also murdered. On the way, a man heard about my story, felt sorry for me, gave me this knife, and told me that my enemy was there. So I went there," said the man in black.

The man covered his face in pain, "I don't know what happened, it was like I was possessed, I actually killed those eunuchs. Alas... I don't know how it turned out like this."

Guo Zuoming hesitated a little, wondering if this guy was a lunatic.

Therefore, Guo Zuoming reported the review results truthfully to the emperor.

Ying Kaiyuan, the head of the Ministry of Justice, observed the behavior of the man in black, Zhao Qian, in prison and felt that he did not seem to be a really crazy person.

So Ying Kaiyuan said to Zhao Qian: "If he doesn't tell him the truth, I will starve him to death here and go to his hometown to spread rumors about him, so that his family will not be able to hold their heads up in the village."

Zhao Qian sighed and explained, "He didn't come to the capital to avenge his children. He came to the capital to take away the money from his family."

"How dare you! Speak properly!" the Dali Temple Minister said angrily.

Just like that, the man in black answered the interrogation of the Dali Temple with nothing but nonsense.