Chapter 616: All Dead

Xu Wei Laosan gritted his teeth, his face showing embarrassment.

His father Xu Jinsong was furious. "It's already this time; are you still trying to hide it? Speak! How exactly did you provoke him?"

"Why isn't it that he bullied me, but that I had to provoke him?"

"I don't understand Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, but don't I understand you? Are you going to speak or not?"

Xu Wei Laosan couldn't withstand his father's slap and had to confess about the Shen family matter.

As soon as Xu Jinsong heard this, he kicked this troublesome son off the bed on the spot.

"You bastard! You deserve to be dealt with by Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen! Since you knew that the father and son were protected by Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen himself, you still dared to play little tricks. Fortunately, he is someone who mixes in officialdom and didn't haggle with you, just gave you a scare, not really wanting your life. If it were any other Ninth-Rank martial artist, you would be a corpse by now."

Xu Jinsong was furious; the brat had been spoiled by the family and didn't know the height of the sky or the depth of the earth. He had just offended the Wei family of the Marquis of Xuanwei's mansion, and now he went to provoke Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen. Was he thinking the Xu family had too few enemies?

He was so angry he wanted to split this bastard son in two with one palm.

"The Shen father and son forged their identities to enter the capital; I sent people to remind them and even sent silver, but they were not sensible and insisted on staying in the capital. I just wanted to give them a lesson." Xu Wei Laosan still tried to defend himself.

"Is that a lesson? You are clearly trying to drive them to their deaths. Enough, don't worry about this matter. The grudge between our Xu family and the Shen family was settled long ago. From now on, you are not allowed to go looking for trouble with the Shen father and son. Forget it, until the Shen father and son leave the capital, you will stay at home and reflect on your mistakes; without my permission, you are not allowed to step out of the courtyard gate."

"Father, the mere Shen family..."

"The Shen family has nothing to do with you." Xu Jinsong's expression instantly became extremely gloomy, even revealing three parts of viciousness. "The Xu family has nothing to do with the Shen family; you only need to remember this point. If you dare to mess around behind my back, Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen won't need to take action; I will beat you to death first."

Xu Jinsong left a harsh threat and flicked his sleeves to leave.

Chen Guanlou gave two taels of tea leaves to Medical Official Mu.

Medical Official Mu pondered for a moment. "You lost?"

"Didn't lose, but didn't win either. The Xu and Shen families have quite a grudge, and it's a long story. Two taels of tea leaves can be considered your hard-earned money for this period."

Medical Official Mu chuckled. "Then if the Xu family comes to ask me to treat an illness tomorrow, should I go or not?"

"Are you sure the Xu family will look for you?" Chen Guanlou sneered. "Your Mu family has been in decline for decades and has long been forgotten by people. You detoxified the Second Imperial Prince last time, but the palace kept it strictly secret, and that bunch of bastards from the Taiyi Academy didn't make a name for you, and you didn't promote yourself..."

"Don't promote, must not promote." Medical Official Mu waved his hands repeatedly; he didn't want to make a name for himself. If his name became known, wanting to continue working as a medical official in the Heavenly Prison would be difficult. In the future, where else could he find so many free experimental human bodies without any worries?

"If your name isn't known, why would the Xu family look for you to treat an illness?" Chen Guanlou complained. "Your medical clinic only treats common people with common illnesses; there are few difficult and miscellaneous diseases. Making a name for yourself is not easy!"

Medical Official Mu took a little bit of tea leaves, prepared to brew them, and said very indifferently: "My Mu family doesn't seek fame, only peace. Good days have only been here for a few days, so I dare not have other thoughts. Rest assured, my lord, I will always work in the Heavenly Prison."

"Bring your grandson to the Heavenly Prison to practice medical skills. Staying in the medical clinic all year round is not a solution; they are all common illnesses, and I fear he won't be able to practice anything. When you die, let your grandson take over your job."

"Pah, pah, pah..." Medical Official Mu was very angry, complaining that Chen Guanlou had a crow's mouth.

At this moment, Lu Datou ran in like a gust of wind from outside. "My lord, it's bad, it's bad..."

"Catch your breath before you speak. How is it bad, who was arrested again."

"It's not that they were arrested, people are dead, many people are dead." Lu Datou said urgently: "In the place where the Second Imperial Prince was assassinated, the people in the surrounding villages were all arrested by the Embroidered Uniform Guard a few days ago. People were released back a few days ago, and then, my lord, guess..."

Guess my ass.

Chen Guanlou kicked Lu Datou over.

Lu Datou did a somersault and climbed up, laughing, and hurriedly said: "One of the villages, two hundred people, all died last night!"

"Dead! A village of two hundred people, all dead?" Chen Guanlou couldn't believe it; how was that possible? At the foot of the capital, a proper village, two hundred people, all died in one night. Even if you killed them one by one, it would take some time.

"Really! They really all died! I heard it from the Embroidered Uniform Guard. The Embroidered Uniform Guard has already set off for that village. I heard that in a village of two hundred people, not a single one survived. My lord, there is one more thing: the ten prisoners that the Imperial Prison deposited in our Heavenly Prison were also from that village, and they all died."

Chen Guanlou frowned; why was the Second Imperial Prince assassination case developing more and more strangely? This method was already beyond the scope of traditional palace fighting.

I fear the Second Imperial Prince assassination was not done by people in the palace.

He exchanged a look with Medical Official Mu instantly, and both of them felt a sense of shared fear.

Medical Official Mu muttered: "I knew that getting involved with the Imperial Palace would definitely not be a good thing. The Second Imperial Prince has been awake for a few days, and all the villagers are dead; I fear someone in the imperial court will make a big deal out of this, and it might even develop in an unpredictable direction."

Chen Guanlou felt troubled. He instructed Lu Datou to continue gathering news, then hurriedly went down to the Grade-C prison and came to Tang Jiu's cell door.

"The imperial court is in a troubled time; I fear they will need to kill a few heads to offer to heaven. You hurry up and take care of yourself."

Since they need to offer to heaven, Tang Jiu is a very good head.

Kid, if you want to live, hurry up and find a way to break out of prison. If you are late, you will have to go to the execution ground to offer to heaven. Even the Great Ming Prince couldn't escape the fate of offering to heaven; what does a mere Tang Jiu count for?

Tang Jiu understood.

"Thank you, my lord! I will never forget your great kindness."

"Stop talking nonsense! Everyone is very busy lately, so I won't come again."

Chen Guanlou left hurriedly, left the Heavenly Prison, and headed straight for Shuanghe Village outside the city.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard had indeed already arrived.

The corpses were laid out at the entrance of the village, over two hundred corpses, simply covered with straw; that scene was truly terrifying! If ordinary people saw it, I fear they would be scared to faint on the spot and have nightmares every night, unable to sleep peacefully.

Chen Guanlou saw the Imperial Prison's coroner checking and registering the corpses one by one.

Cause of death?

Listening to the coroners exchanging information, the entire village had been drugged. After being drugged, they were killed. Some had their throats cut, some were stabbed in the heart, some were hacked...

Based on the wounds, it could be seen that there was more than one murderer.

Chen Guanlou changed his appearance and secretly mixed in with the laborers.

He counted and checked again and again.

The number was correct; 208 people in the whole village, the number matched. However, Chen Guanlou was certain that one person was missing!

The old farmer who was identified by Tang Jiu as the serial killer, known as Wei Hanzi! ===== CHAPTER 617 =====