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Chapter 132 Take the miscellaneous scholar to take a look
The location of the Eastern Depot.

Cao Zhengchun sat in the lobby with a gloomy expression.

More than a dozen factory guard leaders were kneeling below.

Every leader of the guards wore an expression of trepidation and utter silence.

They kept their heads down, not daring to breathe.

They could all sense the anger emanating from Cao Zhengchun, who sat in the main seat.

Cao Zhengchun never expected that someone would dare to infiltrate his Eastern Depot and commit murder by impersonating another person.

They actually succeeded, and the thief escaped unscathed; they were incredibly audacious.

In particular, from beginning to end, the Eastern Depot and the Imperial Guards failed to discover even the slightest trace of anyone being replaced by a substitute, allowing the thieves to brazenly disregard the Eastern Depot as if it were nothing.

What a bunch of useless trash.

Cao Zhengchun looked at the dozen or so guards kneeling below, his eyes flashing with cold light.

I wish I could kill all these incompetent fools with a single blow.

The prestigious headquarters of the Eastern Depot was actually infiltrated by someone who had switched places with another.

After committing the murder, the thief brazenly escaped unscathed.

However, the imperial guards never discovered the slightest flaw.

If this gets out, what will become of the reputation of the Eastern Depot?
"Factory manager."

At this moment, a factory guard walked in.

"Reporting to the Grand Eunuch, the culprit who infiltrated the Eastern Depot disguised as the Third Leader has been found."

"However, the person is already dead."

After the guard entered, he reported to Cao Zhengchun.

died?

Upon hearing the report from the imperial guard, Cao Zhengchun frowned and stood up abruptly.

"Walk."

"Take this humble servant to have a look."

Cao Zhengchun ignored the dozen or so guards kneeling below and left the Eastern Depot with the guard in tow.

……

Half an hour later, on a mass grave outside the city.

Cao Zhengchun stared at the half-dead corpse in front of him, which was almost melting, his face extremely gloomy.

Corpse-dissolving water?
Destroy corpses and destroy traces.

What a good idea.

If the Imperial Guards hadn't found the clues in time, even if they had been a few minutes later, they probably wouldn't have been able to find the whereabouts of this madman who dared to impersonate someone else and infiltrate the Eastern Depot to commit murder.

"Damn it."

Cao Zhengchun had originally planned to catch this arrogant scoundrel who dared to impersonate someone else and infiltrate his Eastern Depot, and then let him experience the Eastern Depot's cruel tortures.

Let's see who dares to be so audacious as to send people to infiltrate his Eastern Depot's lair and kill people.

But to my surprise, the person was already dead.

The body was even destroyed to cover up the crime.

All leads have now been exhausted.

Cao Zhengchun glanced at the half-corpse on the ground with a gloomy expression and said in a dark tone, "Continue the investigation for me."

"We must not overlook even the slightest clue; we must find out who is behind this."

Cao Zhengchun refused to believe that the person behind it all could leave no trace.

Even if you destroy the body to cover up the crime, it's impossible to erase all traces.

"Yes, Master." The guard beside him immediately bowed and accepted the order.

Cao Zhengchun said nothing more and turned to leave.

Now that the madman who impersonated Li Daotao has been eliminated and the evidence destroyed, Cao Zhengchun sees no further reason to continue watching.

As for the third leader of the Imperial Guard who was replaced by a substitute, Cao Zhengchun knew without a doubt that he was probably in grave danger.

Perhaps, even the third leader of the Imperial Guard was destroyed with corpse-dissolving liquid, leaving no trace.

……

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

Zhou Chen was sitting on the dragon throne, flipping through memorials, when he saw Cao Zhengchun walk in cautiously.

As a close attendant eunuch to Emperor Zhou Chen, Cao Zhengchun naturally did not need to report to the Emperor before entering the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Upon entering the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Cao Zhengchun immediately apologized to Zhou Chen, who was seated on the dragon throne.

"Your Majesty, this old servant is guilty." "This old servant never expected that someone would dare to impersonate a member of the Imperial Guard and infiltrate the Eastern Depot to silence Cui Yongyuan and more than a dozen other criminal officials."

"This is the old servant's fault."

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Cao Zhengchun knelt down on the ground with a 'plop'.

Cao Zhengchun knew that Cui Yongyuan and his group had been silenced and were imprisoned in the Eastern Depot's jail, and the Eastern Depot could not escape responsibility.

As the chief supervisor of the Eastern Depot, Cao Zhengchun was the first to be implicated and had no choice but to kneel down and beg for forgiveness.

"Oh?"

"Someone actually impersonated a member of the Eastern Depot and infiltrated it?"

Zhou Chen was slightly surprised after hearing Cao Zhengchun's words.

Zhou Chen was wondering what kind of person could sneak into the Eastern Depot without being discovered by the guards.

It turns out that the imperial guards were tricked by a substitute.

Zhou Chen looked at Cao Zhengchun, who was kneeling on the ground; "Where is he?"

"Have you caught it?"

Zhou Chen asked.

Cao Zhengchun forced a smile and said, "The person is dead."

"By the time this old servant found the person, he was already dead."

"The body was even destroyed to cover up the crime."

Cao Zhengchun looked extremely uncomfortable.

Not only was the Eastern Depot's lair infiltrated by a sleight of hand, but they also failed to capture the perpetrators and had their bodies destroyed, thus cutting off all leads.

This made the Eastern Depot lose face.

died?

Was the body destroyed to cover up the crime?
Zhou Chen frowned slightly.

Seeing this, Cao Zhengchun hesitated for a moment and then said, "Although this person's body has been destroyed to cover up the crime, in my estimation, this person should be a martial arts practitioner with a high level of disguise skills."

"Otherwise, it would have been impossible for the Imperial Guards to infiltrate the Eastern Depot by substituting one person for another, and yet the Imperial Guards couldn't detect a single flaw."

Cao Zhengchun speculated.

To be able to infiltrate the Eastern Depot by substituting one person for another, and to have the Eastern Depot's guards not notice a single flaw, requires an extremely high level of disguise skills.

Such people are usually members of the martial arts world.

This is Cao Zhengchun's speculation.

As for why a martial arts figure would infiltrate the Eastern Depot to silence Cui Yongyuan and his group, it goes without saying that someone must have hired this martial arts figure with exceptional disguise skills to do so.

Unfortunately, this martial arts master, skilled in disguise, died, and his body was destroyed to cover up the crime.

Finding out who's behind this won't be so easy.

A member of the martial arts world?

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chen's eyebrows immediately rose.

"Another person from the martial arts world."

"These people in the martial arts world are becoming increasingly audacious; it seems they don't respect the imperial court at all."

Zhou Chen said with a cold gaze.

First, some people from the martial arts world cooperated with the traitors of the Yellow Heaven Sect to surround and kill Grand Tutor Wen Zhong.

Now, some audacious individuals from the martial arts world have infiltrated the Eastern Depot, using a decoy to kill Cui Yongyuan and other high-ranking criminals.

It's absolutely lawless.

It seems I need to find an opportunity to free up my resources and properly clean up the martial arts world.

Otherwise, people in the martial arts world wouldn't know what it means that "all land under heaven belongs to the king" or the power of the emperor, which cannot be challenged.

Zhou Chen thought to himself.

Cao Zhengchun knelt on the ground and remained silent. He had said everything he needed to say; now it was up to Zhou Chen to punish the Eastern Depot.

"Get up!"

"This matter needs to be further investigated."

"I'd like to see who these people are, even going so far as to hire martial arts practitioners to infiltrate the Eastern Depot, just to silence Cui Yongyuan and his ilk."

Zhou Chen glanced at Cao Zhengchun kneeling on the ground and said expressionlessly.

Upon hearing this, Cao Zhengchun immediately kowtowed and said, "This old servant obeys the decree."

……

(End of this chapter)