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Ling Chu became more and more impatient. He glanced at the ghost next to him and saw his expression changed.

He turned over his hand and took out a yellow talisman, and said with a cold face, "This is the soul-destroying talisman, giving you the last chance. If you don't do it, you will only have one end."

Although the ghost had never heard of this talisman, he knew what it was used for just by hearing the name.

His expression changed.

But he still gritted his teeth.

Finally, he closed his eyes as if he was about to die.

Ling Chu wasn't angry either. She didn't expect this man to confess.

He raised his hand and flicked it, and the talisman fell on the masked man.

Accompanied by a miserable howl, the man died in the blink of an eye.

Seeing the ghost disappear like this, the eyes of the Imperial Guards looking at Ling Chu changed.

Refreshed my understanding of her once again.

As expected, a person cannot be judged by his appearance. This seemingly weak princess is actually no worse than these forbidden soldiers.

The emperor was quite satisfied with Ling Chu's methods.

Although Ning Chuyi was very heroic, many ladies secretly admired him.

But he has always had a cold temperament, and after joining the Jinyi Guards as a servant, his methods of doing things became even more tough and ruthless, making ordinary ladies feel timid when they saw him.

Now King Dingyuan's daughter needs to be courageous and capable, so the two of them are quite a match.

No one knows what the emperor is thinking.

The masked man next to him couldn't help but change his face when he saw that his companion was in such a state of confusion, and his already gloomy grimace was even more terrifying.

Ling Chu was satisfied with this.

He took out the Bodhi Whip again.

Asked softly, "Have you thought about whether you want to confess?"

Her voice was not loud, even soft.

But falling in the eyes of that ghost frightened him more than anyone else.

Seeing his hesitation, Ling Chu didn't even give him a chance to think about it.

He raised his hand and whipped him with a whip.

The ghost immediately howled in pain.

After his voice softened, Ling Chu asked, "Have you thought about it now?"

The ghost almost couldn't help but cry. The girl asked him if he had made up his mind, but in fact she didn't give him a chance to choose.

He didn't want to confess.

Originally, he was already dead and was not afraid of physical pain at all. But that strange whip struck not the flesh, but the soul.

The kind of pain that burned his soul made him so painful that he doubted the existence of ghosts.

Before he could say anything, Ling Chu turned over his hand and took out another yellow talisman.

It is the same soul-killing talisman as before.

The ghost's expression finally changed. He was afraid that he would be as distraught as the previous ghost, so he spoke eagerly, "We are from the Wei family in Bingzhou."

The emperor frowned and searched his mind, but couldn't find any information about the Wei family in Bingzhou.

However, the accompanying eunuch chief hesitated for a while and then said, "Your Majesty, I remember that Empress Li's maternal cousin seems to be from Bingzhou. I don't know if it is..."

As the emperor's chief eunuch, one must not only be able to serve others, but also have an extraordinary memory. The emperor has many things to do every day, and he does not pay attention to the trivial matters around him.

At times like now, you have to rely on him to remind you.

Mr. An didn't finish his words, as if he was unsure, but he knew in his heart that he was probably inseparable.

With Eunuch An's reminder, the emperor also remembered.

He seemed to have heard Concubine Li mention that her maternal cousin's family was in Bingzhou, and his surname was indeed Wei.

But if he remembered correctly, the Wei family was just a local merchant in Bingzhou that dealt in porcelain.

Li Bin once wanted to help her cousin Wei Dongkui obtain the qualifications of an imperial merchant from him. But because the Wei family's porcelain did not suit him, he rejected Li Bin. This happened many years ago, and the emperor has long forgotten it. If Eunuch An hadn't mentioned Li's maternal cousin, the emperor would not have remembered it.

"Are you sent by Wei Dongkui?"

When the ghost saw the emperor glaring at him, he instinctively trembled in his heart.

I was hesitating whether to continue.

The emperor has lost patience.

"Don't tell? I don't believe it and we can't find out. Since he won't confess, there's no point in keeping him. Princess Jiashan, please kill him."

"it is good."

The masked man is already dead. He is not afraid of the emperor, but he is afraid of Ling Chu's soul-killing talisman.

I dare not hide it anymore.

"Yes, we are indeed people sent by Wei Dongkui."

Seeing that he was about to confess, Ling Chu stopped.

The emperor looked very unhappy, "Did Concubine Li instigate this?"

"I don't know, we are just killers raised by the Wei family. How could the people above tell us such a big thing?"

Even though the man had confessed, the emperor still couldn't believe it.

It wasn't that he didn't believe what this man said, he just couldn't understand why the Wei family wanted to kill him.

The Wei family was just a merchant, so how could they have the courage to send people to kill him at the risk of implicating the nine clans?

If it was said to be the instigation of Concubine Li, the emperor would not be able to figure it out.

Li Concubine only had a little princess and no son. Even if she killed him, what benefits would Concubine Li get.

The fact that Libi can live well in the harem and give birth to children shows that she is not a fool.

She must know that only if he, the emperor, lives well can she and her children live a safe and smooth life.

The emperor couldn't figure it out and continued the interrogation.

But the ghost didn't know much.

These masked men with high martial arts skills who were sent were just killers raised by the Wei family.

How could the people above tell them who instigated such a big thing as intercepting and killing the emperor?

These killers just received news yesterday that they were asked to disguise themselves as bandits to intercept and kill the emperor. Originally they would not have dared to do such a thing, but the killers raised by the Wei family were not limited to the ones who came today.

If they don't agree, they will be silenced by another group of killers with higher martial arts skills.

Although they are killers, they don't want to die at a young age.

There is no choice but to agree.

Although the emperor was angry, he couldn't get any more information from this ghost. I was in a hurry to go to Xuanqing Temple and had no intention of continuing to investigate.

He just told Ling Chu to put the ghost away first and leave it to be dealt with later.

Then he asked Ning Chuyi to send a letter back to Beijing to secretly investigate Concubine Li.

Ling Chu secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the matter had finally come to an end and he could leave.

Although the rain has stopped, the cold wind is still biting.

Everyone was already tired and hungry, but after a fight with those masked men, their stomachs felt like drums.

The sky has all darkened.

But they couldn't leave just yet.

In the fight just now, the bodies of the dead Imperial Guards still had to be disposed of.

Some of the Imperial Guards found half-dried branches from somewhere and lit torches for lighting.

The emperor is going to Xuanqing Temple, so naturally he cannot take these corpses with him. We can only dig a big hole first and bury them. When they return to Beijing, they will send people to transport these corpses back.

As for those who were caught alive, after interrogation, the emperor ordered them to be dealt with.

Assassinating the emperor would be a serious crime that would implicate the nine clans. Naturally, the emperor would not let them go just because they were forced.

After the bodies were buried and the wounds of the injured Imperial Guards were treated, the team finally set off again. (End of chapter)