I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 329 Begins to cheat

"What's going on with these two?" In the suburbs, Xiao Jingfan rode his black frost horse and coldly looked at the woman and servant who were immobilized by having their acupoints sealed.

“They have connections with the abbot of Taoran Temple.” Siyue recounted the story of following the tea master, then took out a few sheets of paper from his sleeve and handed them over, “Please take a look, young master.”

Xiao Jingfan took it and saw that the paper contained the story of his transformation into a three-headed, six-armed god battling a White Bone Demon named Yin Lanci.

Although it was only a small part of it, he was still quite shocked.

He took a few deep breaths and waved the papers in his hand at Mitsuki: "Where did you get these?"

“Inside this woman’s house,” Siyue said, “I heard from the tea server that the story told at the Donghe Restaurant today was given to me by this woman.”

Xiao Jingfan asked, "What about the tea server?"

“He ran out the back door,” Mitsuki replied. “I sprinkled tracking powder on him, so it’s easy to find him.”

Finding him wouldn't be of much use; that tea server was just doing his job for money and knew nothing.

Upon hearing this thought, Xiao Jingfan turned to look at the two people standing to his left, watching the commotion, practically cracking melon seeds.

How come you've become so familiar with each other after just one trip?
Feng Jing noticed that Chu Liuzheng was looking this way, so he immediately nudged him with his elbow, his lips not moving but his voice saying, "Young Master is looking at you."

Chu Liuzheng was browsing the system when he was startled and immediately shut it down. He looked at the person on horseback, his lips moving but his voice audible: "I'm looking at you."

"you."

"you."

"you."

As the two were arguing, Xiao Jingfan grabbed his riding whip and pointed at Chu Liuzheng: "Come here."

Oh wow, it really is me.

Chu Liuzheng stepped forward, completely bewildered: "What are your orders, young master?"

Xiao Jingfan glanced down at her: "Who told you to come shopping with me?"

Chu Liuzheng retorted, "Didn't you agree to it, young master?"

Xiao Jingfan frowned: "When did I agree to that?"

"That's what Dr. Feng said." Chu Liuzheng pointed at Feng Jing, decisively betraying his teammate.

Xiao Jingfan glanced over coldly.

Feng Jing: "..."

Such a powerful emperor is so stingy that he even controls his subordinates when they go shopping. Doesn't he worry about driving them away?

He said matter-of-factly, "Young master, if we hadn't gone out to look around, we wouldn't have found these two people."

【That’s right. 】

Chu Liuzheng nodded inwardly, completely agreeing.

Upon hearing the tone of these fair-weather friends, Xiao Jingfan suddenly felt a headache coming on.

"You can interrogate those two." He gestured with his chin toward the woman and servant, and said to Chu Liuzheng, "If you can't get anything out of them, then you can continue learning to ride horses."

Chu Liuzheng stared in shock.

[Damn it! Tyrant, does the late emperor even know how despicable you are?]

Xiao Jingfan narrowed his eyes: "Any objections?"

Chu Liuzheng quickly shook his head.

Xiao Jingfan said, "Then you can take over the abbot of Taoran Temple. Since you have nothing to do in the carriage, you can interrogate all three of them."

This isn't my job!

Chu Liuzheng was internally frustrated. She really wanted to say firmly that she could ride a horse, but then she thought better of it.

If they want to review it, they will. If the technology is lacking, they can make up for it with a systematic approach. If they can't find out the truth, can't they find out the truth themselves?
Xiao Jingfan looked at her and added, "If you do well, you will be rewarded."

Chu Liuzheng immediately perked up and rolled up his sleeves to get to work!

【Hehe, here comes the reward!】 "What do you want to do?" Inside the carriage, the servant, whose pressure points had just been released, stared wide-eyed at the smiling woman in front of him with wary eyes.

"Don't be nervous, I won't hit you." Chu Liuzheng looked at him like he was a silver ingot, her almond-shaped eyes curving into two arcs, her attitude very kind. "What's your name?"

"Pingyu." The servant struggled against the ropes binding his hands. "Who are you people? Why are you eavesdropping on our conversation and arresting me and Tongniang?"

So that woman's name was Tongniang.

Chu Liuzheng watched his movements and said, "Stop struggling. This knot is specially designed to tie up pigs. The more you struggle, the tighter it will be tied. Even pigs can't break free, let alone you."

Ping Yu's face flushed red with anger: "You called me a pig?"

"No." Chu Liuzheng blinked. "I was just reminding you, but there's nothing I can do if that's how you think."

Ping Yu: "..."

This woman is quite pretty, how can she be so shameless?
"Let me go right now!"

"Don't be in such a hurry." Chu Liuzheng sat opposite him. "If you answer my questions obediently, I'll consider letting you go."

"Why?" Ping Yu tried to break the rope with his internal force, but for some reason, he felt unbearable pain in his dantian as soon as he tried to circulate his internal energy, as if countless needles were pricking him.

His face was deathly pale, cold sweat covered his forehead, and he gritted his teeth as he asked, "What did you do to me?"

"It's just a little poison." Chu Liuzheng still smiled. "If you want your martial arts to be completely destroyed and your meridians severed, then continue circulating your energy."

Pingyu glared angrily: "You're so vicious!"

"Thank you for the compliment." Chu Liuzheng suddenly stopped smiling. "If you don't want to become a cripple, then you'd better behave."

Ping Yu was startled; this woman's expression changed far too quickly!

Chu Liuzheng asked, "The first question is, who wrote the script that the tea server read?"

Pingyu gritted his teeth and remained silent.

"You're pretty tight-lipped." Chu Liuzheng poured himself a glass of water and slowly said, looking at the system interface, "What if I told you I know where your brother is?"

Ping Yu was slightly taken aback: "You know me?"

"I can read faces," Chu Liuzheng said, pointing to his eyes and beginning to deceive. "I can tell your family situation just by looking at you."

"Liar." Ping Yu curled his lip. He had been traveling the world since he was twelve years old, and this little trick wouldn't fool him.

"Don't believe me? Then tell me and see if I'm right." Chu Liuzheng didn't wait for his response and slowly said, "Your older brother is called Pingxuan. He is five years older than you. When he was eight years old, he was kidnapped by human traffickers on the street and his whereabouts are still unknown. Your parents fell off a cliff and died while looking for him, leaving you to grow up alone."

You were lucky; at the age of seven, you became an apprentice to a powerful master, learning martial arts skills. At twelve, you began venturing into the world, earning a living while searching for your brother, but three years passed without success.

Chu Liuzheng glanced at him: "You're working for the abbess of Taoran Temple because she told you she knows Pingxuan's whereabouts, isn't that right?"

Pingyu was stunned: "How did you know?"

"Just a guess," Chu Liuzheng chuckled. "Do you believe me now?"

"I don't believe you." Pingyu pursed her lips. "Unless you tell me where my brother is first."

"You wish." Chu Liuzheng took a sip of water. "Fine, don't tell me then. Tongniang probably knows more than you do."

She called out, "Chenxing, bring Tong—"

"Wait, I'll tell you!" Pingyu leaned forward in a hurry, almost knocking the small table to the ground. "I know more than Tongniang!"

Chu Liuzheng quickly reached out to help him up.

Hearing the noise, Chenxing poked her head in from behind the curtain and asked, "What is it?"

"It's nothing, the table just fell over." Chu Liuzheng waved his hand at her.

Chen Xing said "Oh," then pulled her head back and leaned against the carriage to continue reading Wu Mian's autopsy report.

The head injury was indeed fatal, but why would someone who was killed by a brick have fluid buildup in their lungs? It wasn't like they drowned.

Moreover, people who drown usually have swollen lungs, but Wu Mian's body did not show such symptoms.

Everything else was normal.

Chen Xing frowned, completely baffled. Why had Wu Mian come back to life?