Help! The innocent prince always tries to seduce me clumsily

It was a cloudy night and it rained continuously.

The rain was not heavy, and there was no thunder or lightning, but it continued to rain and never stopped.

Just before dawn, a large number of guards rushed into the city and headed straight for the post station.

The people guarding the city gate immediately rode their horses at full speed to the governor's mansion.

What made him feel strange was that the soldiers who usually guarded the mansion had disappeared.

He didn't have time to think about it and went forward to bang on the door frantically.

"I am Liu Zhongquan! I want to see the governor!"

There was no answer to his knock at the door, and the continuous drizzle had soaked him completely.

Seeing that no one responded, Liu Zhongquan became extremely anxious and knocked on the door again.

"Your subordinate Liu Zhongquan! I have something very important to report to the governor!"

The long bluestone street was full of puddles, and the vendors who had set up stalls on rainy days had all gone home to rest, so there were almost no people on the street.

After a long time, the door of the Governor's Mansion slowly opened a crack.

The person inside only showed a pair of eyes, looking out with great vigilance.

"who?"

Liu Zhongquan was stunned. Isn't it usually the housekeeper who opens the door? Why didn't he recognize the person who opened the door today?

But he didn't care about all that and immediately told everyone about the Imperial Guards entering Jingzhou City.

"I am the city defender Liu Zhongquan, and I have something very important to report to the governor."

The person behind the door stared at him silently. His eyes looked like they had crawled out from a pile of dead bodies. They were rigid and cold.

Liu Zhongquan felt something was wrong, but the man just looked at him for a while and slowly opened the door.

Liu Zhongquan rushed into the mansion directly, "Where is the governor now?!"

The person who opened the door pointed in a direction and Liu Zhongquan immediately ran inside.

After Liu Zhongquan's figure disappeared, the person who opened the door slowly walked out from behind it.

How could he be a member of the governor's mansion? He was dressed in black and had a long sword on his back. He was obviously a nimble and emotionless secret guard.

......

Liu Zhongquan rushed into the study, knocked on the door and shouted.

"Governor! I have something important to report to you!"

The yard was empty and eerily quiet. The dead feeling made people inexplicably scared.

After a while, a low and hoarse voice came from the study, speaking slowly.

"Enter."

Liu Zhongquan couldn't wait to enter the study.

Wu Wenchang stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back. There was no light in the room and his face could not be seen clearly.

Liu Zhongquan saluted.

"Governor! It's bad! His Majesty has sent a thousand imperial guards to Jingzhou City! I dare not stop them. Now the imperial guards are almost at the post station! They should be here to look for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

He spoke the information in one swoop, almost without taking a breath.

But Wu Wenchang still stood in front of the window and spoke slowly.

"understood."

Liu Zhongquan was stunned.

"Sir, the sudden arrival of the Royal Guards must be due to the Crown Prince informing His Majesty. Should we allow the Royal Guards to come and go freely in the city?"

"Don't worry about this." Wu Wenchang's voice was so gloomy that it made people uncomfortable. "Go down."

Liu Zhongquan was a little worried, "Sir, the Imperial Guards..."

Before he could finish his words, Wu Wenchang suddenly turned around.

In the dark room, the expression on his face was very stiff.

Liu Zhongquan was frightened by his sinister look and shut his mouth. He quickly lowered his head and prepared to turn around and leave.

He felt uneasy and inexplicably thought Wu Wenchang was terrifying.

Although his appearance had not changed, for some reason his expression was so stiff and his eyes were so cold.

Just as he reached the door, Wu Wenchang suddenly spoke again.

"and many more."

Liu Zhongquan paused and looked back.

Before he could react, with a "puff", a sword pierced through his entire head directly from between his eyebrows!

Blood flowed from his forehead to his face, and his eyes were wide open in fear until his death.

Wu Wenchang put away his sword and Liu Zhongquan's body fell to the ground.

The secret guard who had just opened the door walked in.

"How did you kill him?"

"Your Highness ordered that those who can disguise themselves should disguise themselves, and those who cannot disguise themselves should be killed. Are you going to let him go back to the city gate to report the news?"

The secret guard looked at the body on the ground and said, "Forget it, just throw it into the warehouse first."

......

At the same time, Chu Shitong's carriage had arrived in front of a farmer's house on the edge of Jingzhou City.

Yueying had been waiting under the car for a long time. When she saw Chu Shitong, she immediately bowed.

"Your Highness."

Chu Shitong responded casually, "They are all in the dungeon."

"Everyone who was at the banquet yesterday is inside. The rest of the people in the mansion have been killed. Wu Wenchang's wife and concubine have also been replaced by our people."

"Ah."

Chu Shitong entered the yard, and a secret guard caught up with him and said.

"Your Highness, as soon as you left, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went to the inn to look for you."

"Let him go back. The Royal Guards should have arrived at the post station. Don't run around in the rain."

"Yes."

There was an ordinary earthen house in the yard. After entering the house, there was a passage leading downwards on the ground next to a stone vat.

Yueying lit a candle and led the way in front of Chu Shitong.

The trail was long and wet.

Not long after walking, I heard a few men shouting and cursing at the end.

"If you don't let us out, we'll kill you all when we get out!!"

"Do you know who you have kidnapped? Let us go!"

Their curses were nasty, but luckily the dungeon was located very deep and soundproof, so the farmers in the surrounding homes could not hear them.

Yueying took Chu Shitong into the dungeon.

Wu Wenchang and almost all the famous officials in Jingzhou were in jail. Some of them were tied up and thrown to the ground, while others were hung up.

There were a few candlesticks on the walls around, and the lighting wasn't very bright, but it was still easy to see what was going on in the cell.

There were rows of torture instruments along the wall, all arranged neatly.

However, these torture instruments are not new. There are bloodstains on them, and it is obvious that they have been used many times.

Yueying moved a chair over, and Chu Shitong walked into the dungeon slowly.

When they saw Chu Shitong, almost all the officials were stunned.

"Your Highness Prince Qi?!"

Wu Wenchang's jaw dropped.

"Your Highness Prince Qi, you...are these all your people? What are you going to do?"

Chu Shitong sat steadily in the chair, and Yueying brought the jasmine tea that had been brewed long ago. The aroma and heat of the jasmine tea seemed to turn into a beam of warm light in the cold and damp dungeon, making it seem out of reach for them who were already cold and sleepy.

Chu Shitong did not answer, but picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly.

One county magistrate really couldn't stand it anymore. He started shivering from the cold because it was raining outside and the dungeon became wet and cold.

"Your Highness Prince Qi! I have never offended you. Every grievance has its perpetrator. What do you mean by tying me up in here?"

Chu Shitong put down the teacup and frowned slightly.

Yueying's face turned cold instantly. She quickly walked up to the county magistrate, pulled out a long knife from behind, and stabbed him hard in the neck!

"Ahhhh-"

The man's cries of pain were heart-wrenching, and the blood spurting from his neck was scarlet and hot.

The officials around were so frightened that they all started to tremble, and the more vulnerable ones couldn't help crying and shouting.

"Your Highness Prince Qi, please spare my life..."

Chu Shitong waved his hand, and Yueying put away the knife and stood aside.

Although the officials around were all scared to death, Wu Wenchang was the governor of Jingzhou after all, and he had seen some big things. He suppressed his panic and vaguely guessed the reason why Chu Shitong brought them here.

What other reason?

Why did Si Jingli come here? Isn’t that the reason?

Wu Wenchang never thought that Chu Shiyu sent a troublemaker on the surface, but secretly sent Chu Shitong over.

For a moment, Wu Wenchang couldn't guess how far Chu Shitong had investigated.

Chu Shitong raised his eyes, and Yueying immediately scolded him.

"Shut up! Listen to His Highness!"

Everyone shut up after hearing this shout. No one expected that the woman who was drinking with them with a sweet smile last night would turn into such a scary face like a demon today.

Chu Shitong said: "Actually, there is nothing much to say. I have already checked everything. I came to see you because I have something else to ask you."

Several timid officials were so frightened that they could not control their expressions and hurriedly asked in a low voice: "Governor, what should we do?"

Wu Wenchang gritted his teeth and sneered, "I wonder what His Royal Highness Prince Qi has investigated? How dare he directly target all our officials in Jingzhou? Does His Royal Highness Prince Qi think that he can arrest people and put them in the dungeon based on speculation without any evidence?"

Chu Shitong chuckled: "I don't need any evidence, I just need to know that it was you who did it."

She beckoned to the secret guards beside her and said, "Bring the confession form over here and have each of them put their fingerprints on it."

Wu Wenchang was anxious, "What crime have I committed? How can you convict me without any evidence?!"

"Since you are in my hands now." Chu Shitong said, "If you refuse to sign, just kill them directly. Then put the signature on them after they die. When they are released, they can say they committed suicide out of fear of punishment."

After hearing what Chu Shitong said, the officials who originally wanted to resist all became obedient.

Yueying and the secret guards asked each of them to press their fingerprints. But when it came to Wu Wenchang, he took a look at the confession and said, "Embezzled 1.8 billion taels of tax revenue? Are you crazy? I have never done this!"

"It doesn't matter whether you did it or not. What matters is that you admit your sin."

Chu Shitong ordered the secret guards to investigate the circulating money in the banks. They traced many underground silver and money reserve banks and estimated that there were at least 200 million taels of silver in them.

Chu Shitong was a little bit unconvinced. Could it be that Chu Shifeng had embezzled 200 million taels in his previous life?

After some thought, Chu Shitong also felt that the number of 180 million taels was just right, and decided to report it as he had done in his previous life.

"I don't admit it!" Wu Wenchang yelled like a madman, "Kill me if you dare! Eighteen hundred million taels! I want to see where you're going to get these eighteen hundred million taels after I die!"

Chu Shitong sneered, looking up at him with his eyes downcast, as if he was looking at some lowly ant.

"I know where your money is."

Wu Wenchang, who had just shown an heroic look, was stunned on the spot. He widened his eyes in disbelief. His panicked gaze lasted for less than a few seconds before he said hastily, "I don't believe it! Don't try to trick me!"

"Believe it or not, it's Liu Zeshan, isn't it?" Chu Shitong smiled and said, "He will be the next one I catch."

When Wu Wenchang heard the name "Liu Zeshan", his eyes widened, the whites of his eyes were full of bloodshot, and his whole face turned red with anger.

"You! How could you possibly know that?!"

Chu Shitong saw the fat man behind Wu Wenchang trying to secretly untie the rope, so he pointed at the fat man and said, "He told me."

The fat man's movements also came to a sudden stop, and he raised his head in confusion.

When he sensed Wu Wenchang's tremendous anger, sweat began to pour down his forehead and he explained in a hurry.

"I didn't say that! It has nothing to do with me!"

Wu Wenchang's arms were tied, but sitting on the ground did not prevent him from ramming his head hard into the fat man's head!

The fat man was caught off guard and his head collided with his. There was a muffled sound in the dungeon, and blood instantly gushed out of both of their heads.

Wu Wenchang's attack was too ruthless, and the fat man was stunned and fell down.

Even though he fell down, Wu Wenchang still smashed his head hard against his face as if he was not satisfied.

The officials around were terrified and quickly pleaded for mercy.

"Your Highness Prince Qi, please spare me. This matter has nothing to do with me! I am not familiar with the governor at all!"

"Your Highness Prince Qi, this money was taken by the Governor, it has nothing to do with us!"

Listen to them making all sorts of excuses for themselves.

Chu Shitong took out a stack of letter papers and read them slowly.

"Wang Weiye, the magistrate of Songyang County, took office in the 17th year of the Yuanchu Period. In April of the first year, he accepted a bribe of 300 taels of silver for the poisoning case of the Wang family and acquitted the poisoner. In June, he accepted a bribe of 50 taels of silver and acquitted the street thugs who insulted a decent woman. In July, he seized five acres of good farmland from the Zhang family in the name of the magistrate. In August, he sold the civil servants in the magistrate's office for 150 taels of silver per official position..."

Chu Shitong casually recited the deeds of several people, which instantly made their hearts turn cold.

This happened many years ago, and Chu Shitong not only knew about it, he also knew exactly how much money was collected and what case it was!

Chu Shitong threw a thick stack of papers to the ground, with a look of impatience on his face.

"Do you think this kind of thing is difficult to investigate?" Chu Shitong said, "As long as you do it, there will definitely be clues left. Even if you deal with all the clues, there will still be traces left."

Even Wu Wenchang was speechless.

"Yueying, take the rest to the dungeon next door. Kill anyone who disobeys. Since the money has been paid and the crime has been admitted, it doesn't matter if they live or die."

"Yes."

Yueying took two secret guards and dragged the others to the cell next door.

In front of Chu Shitong, only Wu Wenchang was left.

Wu Wenchang's face was covered in blood, and his eyes were soaked with blood. He stared at Chu Shitong with hatred.

Chu Shitong crossed his legs and said with a smile, "Governor, do you know why I only left you here?"

Wu Wenchang gritted his teeth and said, "You already know where the money is, what else is there to ask?"

Chu Shitong shook his head, seemingly unsatisfied with this, and said, "This is very simple. I want to ask you something else."

"What's the matter?" Wu Wenchang sneered. "I'm already a dead man after I confessed. Do you think I'll tell you if you ask me?"

"You may be dead, but others are not."

Chu Shitong said: "You have a wife, concubines, children, and a nearly seventy-year-old mother. Oh, I almost forgot, you seem to have a grandson who is less than two months old."