Chapter 251

The next day.

Mingjing Si.

"Greetings, Lord!"

Yin Shizhi saw Chen Yan, who was dressed in casual clothes, walking over from afar, and immediately hurried up to greet him and bow respectfully.

"No need for formalities!" Chen Yan waved his hand.

"Lord, it's only the second day after your wedding, why have you returned to the office?"

Yin Shizhi straightened his body and asked in confusion: "Why not spend more time with your wife?"

"The Grand Chancellor granted you seven days of leave..."

As he spoke, he glanced at Chen Yan with lingering fear.

Yesterday's bridal chamber crashing—fortunately, because he wasn't familiar with this Superintendent, he hadn't felt embarrassed to go and had escaped a disaster...

Those who were hit suffered greatly.

"It's idle to stay in the mansion..."

"So I just came over to take a look!"

Chen Yan stretched his back and replied.

Normally, on the second day after a wedding in a family, the newlyweds need to get up early, dress neatly, and go to the parents-in-law's residence to perform the kowtow ceremony to show filial piety.

The parents-in-law would also give the newlyweds brief instructions, mostly teaching the bride the way of managing the household and the way of marital harmony...

But there were no parents-in-law in the Superintendent's mansion, so those steps were skipped. Because of the hard work last night, the two slept until the sun was high before getting up.

After Chen Yan finished lunch, he left Pei Suiwan in the mansion to familiarize herself with the situation and count the property, while he led Zhu Yi and Hongye and rode his horse to stroll to Mingjing Si.

The words had just fallen.

Chen Yan caught a glimpse of someone coming to greet him from afar and teased with great interest: "Yo, You Xian, can you still come to duty today, you brat?"

"Lord, please don't make fun of your subordinate..."

You Xian bowed and, with his paralyzed face, said bitterly: "I laughed for a full incense stick last night, and my whole body is in pain!"

"That move of yours was too ruthless!"

He looked like life was meaningless.

Who would have thought that the dignified new Azure Dragon Mirror Master would end up in such a state?

And it was all because he joined in eavesdropping at the wall...

Fortunately, there were those few who accompanied him in losing face!

Yin Shizhi looked at You Xian, trying his best to suppress the corners of his mouth from rising, so as not to burst into laughter.

"See if you dare to be birds of a feather with Li Tan again?" Chen Yan smiled indifferently, pointed at You Xian, and said playfully.

"I won't dare, I won't dare anymore..." You Xian waved his hands repeatedly.

The leading Azure Dragon Mirror Master didn't even come to duty today; he was laughing so hard he couldn't get out of bed...

Chen Yan nodded with satisfaction, patted You Xian on the shoulder, and said: "Alright, I'll grant you two days of leave..."

"Go and get some good rest!"

"Thank you, Lord!" You Xian was overjoyed. After handing over the affairs to the deputy envoy, he hurried away.

Although he laughed a bit uncomfortably last night, come to think of it, being able to get two days of vacation was still not bad; he could go to the Jiaofang Si to have a good time...

"Yin Mirror Master, how is the interrogation of the two assassins caught yesterday going?"

Chen Yan put one hand behind his back, as if thinking of something, and asked: "Have you found out who sent them?"

Originally, the interrogation was the responsibility of the Azure Dragon Guard...

But three of the four Mirror Masters were "folded" last night.

There was no other way, so it could only be handed over to the one who survived.

"Superintendent, please forgive me..."

Hearing this, Yin Shizhi bowed and said in a deep voice: "Those two assassins seem to have undergone relevant training; their mouths are very hard. Even after suffering cruel torture all night and fainting four or five times, they still insist that they are people of the Grand Minister of Justice!"

Originally, this White Tiger Mirror Master had thought about taking advantage of this heaven-sent opportunity to interrogate them quickly and show his face in front of Superintendent Chen...

But he didn't expect that those two guys were already death warriors who had become desensitized to pain.

Cruel torture was of no use to them at all; they were extremely tricky!

If it weren't for the need to find out the person behind the scenes, Yin Shizhi would really have wanted to kill them to vent his anger...

"Oh?"

"Are these two really that resistant?"

"Those who practice martial arts are indeed different!"

Chen Yan immediately became interested, raised his eyebrows, and laughed.

Cruel torture was useful, but it wasn't omnipotent...

Someone who could resist had finally appeared.

Didn't he have something to pass the time with today?

Seeing that the Superintendent didn't mean to blame him, Yin Shizhi added: "Especially that woman, not only is her mouth hard, but she also keeps spouting dirty words, insulting and cursing you, Superintendent..."

"A woman?"

Chen Yan pursed his lips, smiled meaningfully, and said: "Yin Mirror Master, since physical torture hasn't pried their mouths open and we haven't gotten what we want, then let's attack the heart!"

"Does the Superintendent already have a brilliant plan in mind?" Yin Shizhi asked tentatively.

"Let's go!"

Chen Yan smiled indifferently, beckoned lightly, and said: "Wait for me to go and meet those two..."

White Tiger Hall.

Interrogation room.

"Is this Mingjing Si of yours, which is famous and makes people fear like tigers, only capable of this little bit?"

"And that Chen Yan, he is just famous for nothing!"

Yan Qingwu's messy hair was stuck to her cheeks with congealed blood scabs, and her originally beautiful brows and eyes were now full of bruises and scars.

Her left eye was swollen to only a slit, and the torn wound at the corner of her mouth was covered with black scabs. Every time she breathed, tiny blood bubbles overflowed from her broken lips.

That moon-white undergarment soaked in blood was already in a mess. Under the large patches of dark red blood, crisscrossing whip marks were exposed, the flesh was turned outward, and some wounds were still oozing turbid tissue fluid.

Although she had become like this, her mouth seemed to be soaked in poison, and she was still outputting continuously.

"Woman, say one more word..."

Hou Gui's eyes narrowed into a line, trying his best to suppress the anger in his chest, and said through gritted teeth: "Believe it or not, I'll tear your mouth apart!"

This dead woman not only insulted Mingjing Si, but even dared to insult their Superintendent...

This was unbearable.

"Don't just talk, do it..."

Yan Qingwu snorted coldly and intensified her provocation: "If you have the guts, kill me!"

"You dead cripple!"

Obviously, this woman who had suffered all kinds of torture was deliberately provoking them, trying to seek death and get it over with...

"You damn it!"

The anger in Hou Gui's chest couldn't stop overflowing.

"Alright, stop the torture..."

Chen Yan and Yin Shizhi walked in from outside, "Everyone, withdraw!"

"Yes, Superintendent." Hou Gui nodded, glared at the woman on the torture rack, and did as he was told.

"Chen Yan, you are a newlywed, and you actually came?"

Yan Qingwu looked at this young man who appeared suddenly, quite surprised, and mocked: "It's a pity that the move failed, and I didn't make you a widower!"

Her words were full of regret.

"Bold!"

Yin Shizhi said sternly: "How dare you call the Superintendent by his name and speak such wild words!"

Yan Qingwu, who was determined to die, broke the jar and snorted coldly: "Not only do I dare to call him by his name, but I also dare to greet his ancestors of eight generations!"

"￥#@￥￥￥%&***##@@@"

All kinds of insulting words came out of her mouth.

But when her mouth was sore from outputting, she found that Chen Yan was indifferent, not even having a trace of emotional fluctuation, and asked in confusion: "Chen Yan, I've scolded you right to your face like this..."

"Are you not angry at all?"

Chen Yan shrugged, smiled indifferently, and said nonchalantly: "Look at this question; why should I be angry with a Liang Kingdom spy who is about to die?"

"I don't know what benefits the Xiao imperial clan gave you to make you two so fearless of death..."

"Does that Xiao clan deserve it?"

Yan Qingwu curled her lips into a look of disdain, smiled contemptuously, and said: "Your Mingjing Si is truly unworthy of its name, just having its..."

But just as she said half of it, she realized the problem and said in surprise: "No! You are trying to trick me?!"