Lin Guifei is right in front of him, Xun Zhiyin dare not sell Tie Niu at all.

Ying Wuji looked at him trembling on the ground and couldn't help but sneer: "Mr. Xun, if you don't speak, that means you admit it?"

"No, no! I, I..."

Xun Zhiyin panicked, but didn't even have the courage to explain.

Ying Wuji glanced at Ying Yue and found that his expression had also become serious, so he smiled: "Father! This matter is probably related to Mr. Xun, and I think he should be punished with twenty lashes, followed by strict interrogation. I want to see why Mr. Xun wanted to kill me!"

"Master, Master! I really didn't..."

Xun Zhiyin panicked.

Ying Yue waved his hand directly: "Permission!"

Ying Wuji looked at Gongsun Di: "Brother Gongsun, you are an elite of the Legalist school, so I'll leave the whipping to you!"

Gongsun Di sighed lightly and could only nod: "Yes!"

Ying Wuji smiled: "Mr. Xun has committed a serious crime, so there should be no mercy in these twenty lashes. But there are still many things to investigate, so we must not harm his life! His Majesty and the Queen are watching, Brother Gongsun, you must do your best!"

Gongsun Di felt helpless: "Rest assured, Young Master! I am a descendant of the Legalist school, and sentencing is my basic skill. I will not disappoint Young Master's trust!"

Ying Wuji: "..."

Impressive!

This is what you call professionalism!

In no time, the whip was brought, and Gongsun Di personally wielded it. With each lash, there would be a miserable scream.

Xun Zhiyin was beaten until his skin cracked, crying for his parents.

After the twenty lashes, Gongsun Di took him away and sent heavily guarded troops to watch over him.

Ying Yue angrily said: "I never expected that in our great Kingdom Li, there would still be such traitors who dare to kill their ruler! You can release the interrogation. After the truth is revealed, no matter who the mastermind is, I will make them pay the price, without mercy!"

This statement was already quite serious. If the mastermind was from the Xun family, they would be exiled for at least three generations.

Although Xun Zhiyin was from a collateral branch of the Xun family, there were still important figures in the direct line for three generations, so the punishment could not be light.

Ying Wuji smiled: "Thank you, Father! By the way, Father, I have one more request!"

"Speak!"

Ying Yue didn't hesitate. Now Ying Wuji was his favorite son as long as he didn't compete for the crown prince position. He would fulfill any request.

Ying Wuji glanced at the supervisor beside him: "I obtained some clues from the murderer's mouth, saying that this Poison incident is related to a powerful force in Kingdom Li. I want to investigate, but I don't have anyone by my side, so I hope the supervisor can help me. It will only take two days away from the embassy, can you do it?"

"Sure!"

Ying Yue nodded: "Uncle, I entrust this matter to you!"

Although the supervisor was somewhat dissatisfied, he nodded: "As long as Young Master doesn't blame me for negligence, I will do my best!"

"No problem!"

Ying Wuji smiled and then said: "I have finished what I wanted to say, Father, do you have anything else to say?"

Ying Yue remained silent for a while, staring at him with a complicated expression: "Ah... I have treated you unfairly. You must take care of yourself! When negotiating with Kingdom Li, I will send a team of experts to protect you!"

Ying Wuji narrowed his eyes and didn't refuse: "Thank you, Father!"

Ying Yue waved his hand and the illusion dissipated silently, and the communication talisman fell to the ground.

Ying Wuji had a smile on his face and waved to the people in the embassy: "From now on, all of you will follow me. Remember, following me means having meat to eat. Don't listen to those random people's commands every day, understand?"

"We understand!"

The voices of the crowd were extremely loud.

Gongsun Di rubbed his temples. Those random people... was he referring to me?

Ying Wuji didn't bother with his interest and let everyone go about their own business.

The old supervisor snorted and prepared to return to his room.

But Ying Wuji smiled and followed him: "Thirteenth Lord, wait for me!"

According to the family hierarchy, he should indeed call this old supervisor Thirteenth Lord.

Thirteenth Lord was a little displeased: "What? Does Young Master want to scold me again?"

Ying Wuji smiled and waved his hand: "How could that be! I just want to report to you in advance about the investigation of the murderer. So that we can cooperate better when catching the murderer."

Thirteenth Lord had a bad temper and was quite rigid in his work, otherwise Ying Yue wouldn't trust him so much.

Realizing what he meant, Thirteenth Lord nodded with a stern face: "Then come with me!"

After speaking, he walked straight ahead and went all the way to the underground secret room.

Although this place was a secret room, according to the theory of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, it was the most core place of the embassy. It was the best place to monitor the entire embassy.

Thirteenth Lord's expression was cold and indifferent: "Tell me, how do you want to catch the murderer?"

Ying Wuji smiled and spread his hands: "Compared to the local murderer in Kingdom Li, I am more interested in the internal female murderer of our Great Gan!"

"What do you mean?"

Thirteenth Lord frowned, and the wrinkles on his face became deeper.

Ying Wuji didn't explain directly, but smiled and asked: "Thirteenth Lord, may I ask, when do you usually report to Father alone?"

Thirteenth Lord seemed to realize something: "After the morning court, His Majesty will be alone for an hour. I usually report at that time."

Ying Wuji was pleased: "Isn't that soon?"

Thirteenth Lord thought for a moment and looked at him thoughtfully, then nodded: "Indeed, it's soon! I need to meditate. There are chairs and snacks over there. If you're tired, you can wait there for a while!"

"Alright! Thank you, Thirteenth Lord!"

Ying Wuji grinned at him and then lay down to rest.He had never had much contact with Thirteenth Lord before, and only felt that this person was just a tool, devoid of emotion and interest.

But now it seems that it is not the case.

For a full half an hour, the two did not say a word.

Suddenly, at that moment, Thirteenth Lord suddenly opened his eyes and slapped Ying Wuji on the head: "It's almost time, wake up!"

"Ah..."

Ying Wuji's head was slapped and it hurt, but looking at Thirteenth Lord's stern face, he didn't dare to say anything, just smiled and said, "Then please waste another communication talisman, Thirteenth Lord!"

"Mm!"

Thirteenth Lord impatiently responded, while taking out the communication talisman, he said, "I just scanned the surroundings again and didn't find anyone!"

Ying Wuji smiled and said, "The situation is getting serious now. Even if this villain is strong, how dare he act recklessly under your nose?"

"Heh..."

Thirteenth Lord sneered, he still didn't care about the hidden villain in the embassy. After all, with his cultivation at the Martial Realm, unless he mastered a powerful concealment technique, even if it was an opponent of the same level, they couldn't hide their perception.

But he felt that Ying Wuji didn't seem to be talking nonsense.

As he infused mana into the communication talisman, he asked, "So you deliberately proposed to go out and investigate for two days, just to let the villain relax his guard and then kill Xun Zhiyin?"

Ying Wuji was slightly surprised, but he flattered, "My little trick, indeed can't fool Thirteenth Lord!"

Thirteenth Lord shook his head and the communication talisman was fully activated.

Ying Yue's image appeared again in the illusion, and at this moment, he was alone in a room, without the presence of Lin Guifei.

In a short period of time, the father and son had met twice.

"Speak! What else?"

Ying Yue was not surprised. He remembered the scene just now very clearly. Xun Zhiyin obviously thought of a candidate, but didn't dare to say it. Ying Wuji gave up on publicly questioning this best option, which already indicated something.

Ying Wuji didn't beat around the bush either and said directly, "I think there is someone behind Xun Zhiyin, and this person has considerable influence in our Kingdom Qian. I won't say who I suspect specifically, but the King should have an idea in his heart."

Ying Yue didn't refute, he just said in a deep voice, "Catch the thief and find the dirty one, what are you planning to do?"

Ying Wuji smiled and said, "This afternoon, Thirteenth Lord and I will go out to investigate openly. If someone is guilty, they will definitely take the opportunity to kill Xun Zhiyin!"

Regardless of whether the killer's list was provided by Xun Zhiyin or not, he would not let Xun Zhiyin leave alive.

But Xun Zhiyin's performance today precisely confirmed a certain speculation in his mind, so he made such a scene in public.

Ying Yue's expression became serious. He increasingly felt that his son's intelligence surpassed his own at that age. But this matter was of great importance and could potentially have extremely negative consequences.

Xun Zhiyin knew that someone was watching him and knew who it was, but he didn't dare to say it publicly. So who is this person?

Ying Yue looked at Ying Wuji and asked, "Although your move today is clever, it is not flawless. How can you be sure that person will definitely kill Xun Zhiyin?"

Ying Wuji smiled and said, "It's simple! Because of the King's words, Xun Zhiyin can't afford to lose. He just wants to please people and doesn't need to destroy his own family! If Xun Zhiyin can't afford to lose, the hidden villain won't be able to take the risk! After all, if this matter is exposed, it will cause big trouble!"

Ying Yue asked in return, "You should hope that this matter is exposed, it would be a good thing for you if the power of the mastermind behind the scenes is tarnished! You gave that person the opportunity to kill Xun Zhiyin, once Xun Zhiyin dies, there will be no evidence."

Ying Wuji laughed at himself, "Even if I really want to expose it, won't the King suppress it? Our old Ying family is not foolish. If the King takes the initiative to publicly hold someone accountable, I would already be satisfied. He wouldn't really abolish the cultivation of his own son, who possesses an awakened ancient bloodline, and demote him to a commoner, right?"

Hearing this, Ying Yue fell silent for a long time.

This was indeed the greatest benefit that Ying Wuji could obtain.

Before, he felt that he had given birth to a useless son and felt ashamed, but now as he looked at Ying Wuji, he liked him more and more.

The more he liked him, the more sad he felt.

So, was his son hiding his true abilities before just to safely return to Kingdom Qian?

Now there was no need to hide anymore, but he was afraid that he would have to stay in a foreign country forever.

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If Wuji was born, why was there a need for Wuque?

"Sigh..."

Ying Yue sighed deeply. Although everything now was based on speculation, he felt that it was almost certain.

He asked, "If Xun Zhiyin really dies, what do you want?"

Ying Wuji held up three fingers, "First, the person who secretly monitored me and colluded with the killer must die. Before dying, they must be sent to me for Thirteenth Lord to confirm whether he can truly block their perception. Otherwise, it would be bad if the wrong person is killed.

Second, I can't bear this grievance. I know that in your eyes, Ying Wuque is the future of Kingdom Qian, so I want him to suffer the most ruthless torture without affecting his cultivation! Also, since the future crown prince is seriously injured, the queen should visit him. I want my mother to go and visit him, so that he won't recover too easily and Ying Wuque can recover on his own!

Third, this assassination attempt on me could not have been accomplished by just a mother and daughter who have recently arrived in Kingdom Qian. They must have support in Kingdom Li. I need to know which major force in Kingdom Li is behind this!"

Ying Yue: "..."

This son is just like him, a ruthless person.

In that case, even finding a scapegoat for the killer was impossible. There were many people who could block Thirteenth Lord's perception, but none of them would be willing to be a scapegoat.

And as for Ying Wuque, he really had to endure a set of ruthless torture. Although the queen understood the overall situation, she would never tolerate anyone who harmed her son.Whether it was a real severe injury or a fake one, she could tell at a glance.

Ying Yue didn't hesitate for long before he nodded and said, "Alright! Let's do as you say!"

Upon hearing this affirmative response, Ying Wuque's face finally softened a bit.

In fact, if Ying Yue were a bit more of a scoundrel, he could have completely avoided publicly announcing the severe punishment of Xun Zhiyin, but he still said it, and he took the initiative to do so.

Although his own value was reflected in this, at least this fish-lipped Oduosang had made his stance clear.

He took a deep breath and asked another question: "What about my mother? How is she?"

Ying Yue was silent for a while: "Your mother is very dissatisfied with me. She knows that I want to suppress that matter and is very dissatisfied. She suspects that it was done by Lin Guifei and almost crippled her. In the end, she still considered the overall situation and stopped pursuing it, but she locked herself up and hasn't seen me for a month."

"Oh..."

Ying Wuji nodded: "So you're really a scoundrel. My mother locked herself up, and you happily slept with your little wife?"

Ying Yue: "..."

Ying Wuji said indifferently: "I need you to apologize to my mother! After she forgives you, give her a message talisman. I want to ask her personally how you apologized to her!"

Although he had been separated from his mother for many years and didn't receive much support from his maternal clan this time, these were mostly irresistible factors.

Ying Wuji had a strong impression of his mother, a qualified mother who was soft on the outside but tough on the inside. She only had one flaw, which was called knowing the big picture.

Ying Yue's face was somewhat unable to hang on.

He had been the king of the Kingdom Qian for so many years, when had he been scolded like this?

If someone else scolded him, he would have ordered to behead them long ago.

But this person was Ying Wuji, his own son, and a son who could make a lot of money.

He couldn't bear to behead him!

Ying Wuji didn't point at his face and curse "Old Biedeng", which was already giving him a lot of face.

More importantly, he felt guilty!

After struggling for a long time, Ying Yue finally nodded: "Alright! Let's do as you say!"

Ying Wuji nodded: "Okay! If there's nothing else, I'll hang up first!"

"Hang up?"

Ying Yue didn't know what this "hang up" meant, and wanted to say something, but Ying Wuji had already torn off the message talisman, and the phantom disappeared instantly.

Thirteen Master sat next to him, leisurely drinking tea: "I still feel that the villain you mentioned is a figment of your imagination!"

"Whether it's a figment of my imagination or not, won't we know if we go out for a couple of days?"

Ying Wuji said with a smirk, he suddenly felt that this old man seemed quite interesting.

Thirteen Master stood up and stretched: "Alright! I haven't been out for a long time, it's just right to go out and stroll around. There's a good restaurant in the west of the city, you're going to make a lot of money in a few days, you're treating!"

"Alright!"

Ying Wuji agreed with a smile, he could afford to spend some money on drinks.

It was almost noon, he and Thirteen Master left the Kingdom Qian embassy under the watchful eyes of everyone.

After leaving, he turned his head and glanced at the plaque.

Today.

Waiting for the news of Xun Zhiyin and his backstage master's death.

And it would be the most miserable death.