novelhk Chapter 659 Pressing Handprints
Chapter 659 Pressing Handprints
Not just their family, but probably other families are the same; no one would dare to leave their own secrets in the hands of others.
These martial arts figures were right about one thing: only the dead can keep secrets.
However, regardless of the circumstances, what these six people wrote was true, and they were all serious crimes punishable by death.
As for their daily bullying of men and women, they did want to write about it, but were stopped by Yiren, who was standing nearby watching them.
"Write something useful, something truly significant. Who cares about your trivial matters?"
"Or are you trying to fool my young master and deliberately stall for time?" With that, he drew his sword and held it to Young Master Liu's neck.
"Great hero, spare my life! I won't write any more of this. I'll write the important parts, the important parts."
She gave a heavy, cold snort, and gently sliced the sword across his neck, sending a sharp pain through him.
At the same time, a tuft of hair fell to the ground; he was almost dead.
The other person was so frightened that they dropped their calligraphy brush, touched their neck (there was no blood), but were still terrified.
He lay sprawled on the ground, begging for mercy: "Don't kill me, don't kill me, great hero, spare my life!"
"Don't worry, you won't die for now. But if you don't write honestly, I might really get serious." She knew how to handle things.
"I'll write, I'll write, I'll write," the man said, his hands trembling with fear as he picked up the brush from the ground, wiped it on his clothes, dipped it in ink again, and began to write.
This immediately stunned the young men, who then realized that what the man said was true.
They really intended to kill them, and would never dare to be petty again.
Thus, a certain balance was temporarily achieved.
These young masters wrote with lightning speed, as if they had poured all the effort they had put into writing over the years into this piece.
Shen Ruyi began to plan her next move.
It's like finding a pillow when you're sleepy, but you can't completely rely on these people.
After all, these young masters are clearly spoiled brats from their families, and they are not secretive about any information they may have.
Moreover, none of these were fatal events for their families.
But the basic crimes are certainly known. Having that information is sufficient.
This can be used as a breakthrough point; once you start tearing, the opening will gradually widen.
Moreover, the crime of treason alone—assassinating a prince of this dynasty—is enough to punish them.
These people write very quickly and write a lot of words.
In any case, these young masters believed that Shen Ruyi and her group were all going to die sooner or later, so they wrote whatever they wanted without any scruples.
Things like selling smuggled salt, bribing officials, collusion between officials and businessmen, and selling official positions and titles.
There were also numerous cases of forcing ordinary people to sell their land and shops, seizing other people's property and various prescriptions, and extracting confessions through torture.
Shen Ruyi looked at these things and cross-referenced them. These people shouldn't have written anything wrong; the information on them all matched up.
The evidence against Prefect Qiu and Magistrate Huang for smuggling salt is now conclusive.
Putting aside other incriminating evidence, this one point alone is enough to get them into serious trouble, and it's enough for Shen Ruyi to raid their home.
They searched the house but couldn't find any evidence.
After reading it, Shen Ruyi took out the inkpad with satisfaction and made the people press their fingerprints on it.
No fingerprints are acceptable.
It wasn't until this moment that these young men realized something was wrong, thinking to themselves that these people might not actually be martial arts heroes.
They might be people from the imperial court, otherwise why would they carry things like ink pads on their bodies?
Only then did he become truly frightened, realizing he was doomed, and secretly glanced at Shen Ruyi.
If it were someone from the imperial court, then their family would be completely ruined.
The first to react, Young Master Lu lunged forward, trying to snatch back what he had written.
But how could Shen Ruyi possibly agree? She had been on guard against that all along.
He stuffed all the evidence into his pocket and said, "You all better behave yourselves. Swords don't have eyes."
"Are you lying to us?"
"It's not exactly a lie, but if we don't kill you today, no one can guarantee what will happen to you in the future."
"You, you..."
Shen Ruyi: "What do you mean, 'I'? All's fair in war, you know?"
After finishing, he whispered to Shadow Five and the others, "You few stay here and watch over them. Imprison them for the crime of assassinating me, and they will come into the city with our group later."
My beloved and I will go first to gain the upper hand, and then we can proceed to the next step.
"Yes, Master. Do we still need to hide the fact that these young masters are planning to assassinate you?"
Shen Ruyi thought for a moment and said, "No need. Just bring them in openly. There's no need to hide it or publicize it."
If we just come in an ordinary way, we might be able to leak a message: that I, the king, have been assassinated.
Let's stir things up and create chaos among these families because of these young masters, the more chaotic the better. If everyone is at peace, then we should be crying.
However, let our troops stay outside the city gates for one more night, and enter the city tomorrow morning.
They need to allow enough time for them to conduct nighttime raids on these families.
Even if you can't visit them all, you should at least pick two or three key ones to visit.
"Yes, Master, but are the two of you alright?"
"The two of us are enough. With fewer people around, others won't notice us, and we'll be the safest. We can also stay hidden in the shadows, making it easier to move around."
"Yes."
Shen Ruyi and Yiren mounted their horses and headed towards the city.
There were only two of them, so they didn't attract attention. They found a small inn that was the closest to the prefectural government office and settled in.
I strolled around the streets.
The remaining time was used to determine the location and distance routes of the various prefectures within the city.
We need to scout out the location first so we can take action at night.
Of course, they sampled plenty of local delicacies and snacks, eating whenever they came across them, and by the end of the trip, the two of them were completely stuffed.
I didn't even need to eat dinner; I took a short nap beforehand to rest.
As night fell and the streets became sparsely populated, Shen Ruyi and Yiren appeared on the street like ghosts.
As soon as I went out, I saw people asking around and looking for someone.
Even the city gates, which should have been closed after sunset, were wide open now because of the disappearance of Qiu Wenbin and several other young masters.
Moreover, the investigation was extremely thorough.
Shen Ruyi and Yiren went directly onto the roof, essentially walking on it to reach the prefectural government office.
The officials and heads of several prominent families in Jiakang City, who should have been resting long ago, were now forced to sit here waiting for news.
She never expected that these people would be discussing her, Shen Ruyi.
"Where do you think they could be going? Could they be hiding in the East Sea King's army?"
"The only place we haven't searched yet is the people stationed outside the city."
"You've got a good chance. Who would dare investigate that God of Slaughter's team? You or I?"
"Yes, Prefect Qiu, you should come up with a specific plan by now. Shouldn't we have a face-to-face meeting with that person?"