Jinyiwei: Starting by Killing a Traitorous Superior – Chapter 20

Ch 20: Departure

“I bet that fake princess ran away by climbing out the window herself.”

Tie Junzhuo immediately interjected, “Didn’t you notice? That window opens inward.”

“Is that so?”

Everyone felt that something was off, but they couldn’t quite put their finger on it.

“There was indeed no assassin, but that fake princess never left the room.”

Jiang Chen’s words surprised everyone.

“Then where did she go?”

“She died! Then the maid who came in later turned the corpse into pus, and then carried it out.”

“But what about the commotion later? It’s impossible that all the maids in the princess’s residence were bribed by Imperial Consort Wang, right?”

Tie Junzhuo couldn’t help but retort.

“Do you remember these two stones?”

Jiang Chen held up the two stones, one large and one small, and then said, “There’s one thing you said correctly. The window was indeed not closed from the inside, so the window wasn’t damaged by external force, but opened by itself.”

“Since that fake princess had already been turned into pus, there was no one in the room at that time.”

“So Imperial Consort Wang’s people made a small mechanism. She used a rope that could burn quickly, tied a large stone and a small stone together, put the small stone inside the window, the large stone outside the window, and then closed the window.”

“After that, she hung the rope on the corner of this table, fixing the two stones in place. After the candle burned to a certain length, the rope would be burned through, and the large stone would fall into the grass in the garden, taking the small stone with it, and the window would be directly opened.”

“This way, it creates the illusion that someone broke in from outside the window and kidnapped the princess. As for the two stones, there are stones in the garden, isn’t that perfectly normal?”

After hearing Jiang Chen’s words, everyone seemed to see the murderer arranging everything in person, fooling everyone in the Imperial Palace without using True Qi.

“But why would she do this?”

Tie Junzhuo couldn’t help but ask, “Wouldn’t it be better for her to wait until dawn the next day and then let others discover that the princess was missing?”

Everyone nodded upon hearing these words.

That would indeed buy more time, and wouldn’t cause such a large-scale commotion.

But Jiang Chen shook his head, “No! This is the most brilliant part.”

“If Princess Yuling disappeared out of thin air like that, then the biggest suspicion would be within the palace.”

“Because she disappeared in the palace, the palace would definitely increase the intensity of the investigation, and it’s even possible that they would search palace by palace.”

“And after this kind of thing happens, Imperial Consort Wang would not be able to take the person out from under His Majesty’s nose.”

Saying that, Jiang Chen sneered, “But if the palace is in chaos, in order to search for the princess’s whereabouts, many people will use True Qi. At that time, even His Majesty will not be able to determine whether someone took the princess out of the palace in the chaos.”

“Although this possibility is very small, it is not non-existent. Afterwards, everyone’s attention will be drawn outside the palace, thinking that they have already escaped the Imperial Palace. In this way, the direction of the investigation will be completely off.”

“As long as a while passes, Imperial Consort Wang can find an excuse to return to her parents’ home. At that time, they can openly take Princess Yuling out of the palace.”

While speaking, they had already arrived at the entrance of the Imperial Palace.

Yu Chaoen looked at Jiang Chen, his eyes full of admiration.

“Young Hero, it would be a great pity for the world if you didn’t become a constable.”

“Eunuch is too kind.”

Jiang Chen cupped his hands and said humbly.

At the same time, a golden token flew from the depths of the Imperial Palace.

This token floated in front of Jiang Chen, with six large characters written on it: “First Divine Detective Under Heaven.”

Seeing this token, Tie Junzhuo almost bit his teeth to pieces in hatred.

The previous owner of this token was his father, Tie Yunting, who had solved countless cases in his life before being rewarded this token by the late emperor.

And after the current The Emperor ascended the throne, this token was returned to the current His Majesty when his father was promoted to the leader of the Six Doors.

Furthermore, Tie Yunting had once said that whichever member of the Tie family could obtain this token would be the next head of the Tie family.

If that person from the Six Doors could get it, he could also become his closed disciple.

He never expected that this token would be obtained by someone from the Jinyiwei.

Tie Junzhuo glared at Jiang Chen with murderous eyes.

Jiang Chen also helplessly took it in his hand, “Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!”

Yu Chaoen laughed loudly at this scene, “Young Hero, it seems that His Majesty really thinks highly of you.”

After saying that, he turned around and walked into the palace.

Obviously, there were things he preferred to do there.

That was to let Imperial Consort Wang, who usually liked to call him a castrated dog, see what the consequences of insulting him were.

Meng Wangjin looked at Jiang Chen with a complicated expression.

He also did not expect that he had only let him come over to make up the numbers, but he had actually obtained such an opportunity.

At this moment, the System’s voice also rang in his ears.

“Ding! Congratulations, Host, on completing the mission, obtaining the skill, Eye of Investigation.”

In the next moment, a hint of coolness flashed in Jiang Chen’s eyes. Then, when he looked at everyone again, in addition to the Sin Points above their heads, there were also their names and current realms.

【Tie Junzhuo: Mid-Stage Great Grandmaster Realm】

【Sin Points: 53】

“That kid doesn’t seem to have done few bad things usually.”

Jiang Chen touched his chin and thought.

“Let’s go back. After His Majesty finds out the truth in a few days, he should reward you.”

Meng Wangjin sighed.

Jiang Chen’s reward would bring him no small benefits, after all, it was the person he brought who solved the case.

According to the Great Ming Law, the reward he received would only be higher than Jiang Chen’s.

This was also a law set up to encourage those in higher positions to promote talented juniors.

So for him, the ups and downs of life were nothing more than this.

After leaving the Imperial Palace, Jiang Chen did not stop and went straight to the largest merchant house in the Capital City, “Gathering Treasure Pavilion.”

Soon, he arrived in front of the Gathering Treasure Pavilion.

He saw that this merchant house towered into the clouds, reaching as high as thirty-three stories, covering an area of ​​dozens of acres. Its grand scale was comparable to modern skyscrapers, and even surpassed them.

Each floor of the Gathering Treasure Pavilion was carved with beams and painted pillars, resplendent and magnificent, showing its luxury and nobility.