Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 227 Sincere love
Inside the Swallow Tower.

More than twenty corpses were lying in the lobby. They seemed to have died of poisoning, with black and blue faces, looking horrible.

When Huang Sixi arrived at the hall, he immediately squatted among the pile of corpses and examined the cause of death one by one.

Yin Ruiji collapsed beside the pile of corpses, gazing at him sadly.

Feng Xian'er, who was standing beside him, pointed at Huang Sixi and screamed, "He was the one who killed someone last night. He is the murderer!"

Feng Xian'er was clearly out of control, with a look of shock and fear, but she didn't seem to be pretending: "Rui Ji, please speak up. You saw him last night, too. Why didn't you identify him?"

Yin Ruiji's eyes were filled with tears, and she said sadly, "You recognized the wrong person. He is definitely not the murderer."

Except for the two of them, the rest of the people in the hall were runners from the Dali Temple. A few days ago, Huang Sixi cured their colleague Zhou Qian of paralysis. They were all grateful and treated Huang Sixi with great courtesy. They were all hoping to be cured by Huang Sixi if they were injured in the future. How could they allow Feng Xian'er to slander Huang Sixi?

Soon, a bailiff brought a piece of coarse cloth and covered Feng Xian'er's mouth.

But Feng Xian'er seemed to be crazy. Even though she was afraid of Huang Sixi and her eyes were evasive, not daring to look Huang Sixi in the face, she still plucked up her courage, raised her hand and pointed at Huang Sixi, while begging the Dali Temple officials to catch the murderer quickly!

The bailiffs were furious, thinking that this little bitch didn't know what was good for her and would only behave herself under torture, so they immediately fetched ropes, preparing to tie Feng Xian'er up and hang her up.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a majestic voice suddenly came from outside the hall: "If the victim has something to say, he should be allowed to speak freely. Shouldn't you, the Dali Temple, redress the grievances of the victim?"

The bailiffs turned their heads and saw a group of officials from Shendu entering the hall together.

They recognized the identities of these officials; they were all from the Taichang Temple, and their leader was Lord Wei, the Minister of Taichang Temple who had just returned to the capital.

Yesterday, Yuchi Zhenjin took Huang Sixi to visit Lord Wei, but they did not meet. Today, Lord Wei came uninvited.

Swallow Tower was originally under the jurisdiction of the Taichang Temple. Perhaps Lord Wei heard about the murder case and brought a group of subordinates to investigate.

Lord Wei was in his forties, with a long beard and a noble appearance. His family was more powerful than Yuchi Zhenjin's, so his manners were arrogant. After entering the hall, he waved his hand first, and his subordinates immediately walked up to Feng Xian'er and took off the coarse cloth from her mouth.

Feng Xian'er thought she had met a righteous master, and quickly kowtowed to Lord Wei: "Master, Master, I saw the murderer with my own eyes last night, it was that man, please help me!"

Lord Wei said in a pleasant tone: "Don't be afraid. With me here, no murderer can escape!"

He glanced at Huang Sixi, then turned back and asked Feng Xian'er, "A bloody murder happened last night. It was very dark. How can you be sure that the murderer you saw was that person?"

Feng Xian'er hurriedly said, "My Lord, it wasn't last night, it was actually early morning! I was originally sleeping in the same room with Rui Ji, and the murderer first poisoned the Swallow Tower and killed everyone else, leaving only me and Rui Ji. The murderer entered the room and planned to kidnap Rui Ji. I took advantage of the slight light of day to see the murderer's face clearly..."

She looked at Huang Sixi tremblingly: "He looks exactly like that guy!"

Lord Wei asked again: "Rui Ji? Who is Rui Ji?"

Feng Xian'er pointed at Yin Ruiji and said, "Master, she is Ruiji! The murderer had already kidnapped Ruiji outside the door. Ruiji was timid and was planning to accept her fate and let the murderer kidnap her. But she had a poison bead hidden in her possession. She threw it at the murderer, and the murderer screamed and ran away from Yanzilou! After the murderer ran away, Ruiji and I were stunned for a long time, and we didn't dare to go out to report to the police until dawn!"

Lord Wei squinted his eyes and listened, then suddenly opened them and stared at Yin Ruiji: "Yesterday, I received a message that a doctor named Huang was planning to deregister a courtesan named Yin Ruiji from Yanzi Tower. Is that you, bitch?"

Yuchi Zhenjin felt something was not right the more he listened. He said to Lord Wei, "It was me who took Divine Doctor Huang to the Taichang Temple yesterday. At that time, Divine Doctor Huang and I reviewed Miss Yin Ruiji's case file. It is true that the person Divine Doctor Huang wanted to remove was Miss Yin Ruiji!"

When Yin Ruiji heard Lord Wei's unkind words, she just lowered her head. No matter how Lord Wei asked, she was determined not to speak.

When Lord Wei saw that Yin Ruiji didn't say anything, he asked Feng Xian'er again, "What kind of poison bead did this bitch use?"

The poisonous bead had been handed over when the case was reported to the authorities.

The Dali Temple runner handed the leather bag containing the poison beads to Lord Wei.

Lord Wei opened the bag and saw more than a dozen glass beads inside. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "Then this case is simple and clear, right? With all the evidence, it's very likely that Doctor Huang and Princess Yin Rui conspired to poison everyone in the Swallow Tower!"

"Master Wei, please don't lie!"

Yuchi Zhenjin said anxiously, "Dr. Huang is compassionate and specializes in healing the dying and the wounded. How could he be the murderer? Yesterday, Dr. Huang cured Mrs. Rong's stubborn illness. No matter which courtesan he wanted to decertify, he could do it smoothly. There is no need for him to come to Yanzi Tower to kill people again!"

Yuchi Zhenjin suddenly realized that Lord Wei had come with ill intentions.

Lord Wei stroked his long beard and said slowly, "Is it really unnecessary? Hey, since ancient times, adultery has led to death, and lust is a knife above your head! Maybe Doctor Huang has favors in front of Mrs. Rongguo, and even I am willing to remove Yin Ruiji from the official status, but the official prostitutes in Yanzi Tower may be caught at any time. Maybe Doctor Huang couldn't wait and didn't want to watch the girl he liked sleep with someone else last night, so he killed someone in anger!"

Yuchi Zhenjin was speechless for a moment. This possibility did exist.

But Yuchi Zhenjin pointed at Huang Sixi and continued to explain: "Dr. Huang is right here. If he really killed the person, would he have come to the murder scene? With his medical skills, if he really wanted to kill someone, he would definitely kill him thoroughly and leave no one alive!"

Lord Wei looked over and sized up Huang Sixi, then nodded and said, "That's right. If you don't do anything wrong, you won't be afraid of being accused in person. Doctor Huang is indeed courageous, but in this case, only Doctor Huang has a motive for committing the crime!"

When he said this, Huang Sixi suddenly stood up from the pile of corpses and said to the crowd, "Half of these corpses are not dead yet!"

"what!"

Yuchi Zhenjin was overjoyed and asked hurriedly, "Dr. Huang, can you save them?"

"Not bad!"

Huang Sixi pointed at the dozen or so corpses on the ground and said, "I can save these dozen girls!"

When everyone looked over, they found that the girls' faces were full of black and blue symptoms from poisoning. They thought they were dead, so how could they be brought back to life?
Huang Sixi knew that everyone was suspicious, so he looked at Yin Ruiji and said, "That day I not only gave you a batch of poison beads, but also more than ten antidotes. Did you give the antidotes to these people?"

Yin Ruiji nodded.

Near dawn today, the murderer sneaked into Yanzi Tower and used poisonous smoke to kill more than 20 people in the building. Finally, he tried to kidnap Yin Ruiji, but failed. Instead, he was severely injured by Yin Ruiji using poison beads and escaped.

After the murderer escaped, Yin Ruiji took out all the more than ten antidotes given by Huang Sixi and gave them to the sisters in the building. She herself did not know whether these antidotes were effective, but she was determined to give it a try.

Moreover, there were more than twenty people in Swallow Tower, and she only had more than ten antidotes, so it was impossible for everyone to take them.

She only gave the antidote to more than a dozen young girls, and it was this kind act that saved the lives of these girls.

All the antidotes given by Huang Sixi had been soaked in the corpse of the detoxifying treasure 'Red-eyed Ice Toad', and each one of them has the effect of detoxifying hundreds of poisons.

Although these antidotes could not completely cure the poison of more than a dozen girls, they preserved a faint trace of their breath.

It was this remaining breath of life that gave Huang Sixi the opportunity to save them.

But what no one expected was that when Huang Sixi rescued the first girl.

The girl opened her eyes and saw Huang Sixi. She showed the same fear as Feng Xian'er: "You... you evil villain, you poisoned me. Help, help..."

Huang Sixi was trying to give her luck, but when he saw her accuse herself of being the murderer, he immediately stopped and she fainted.

This time, Huang Sixi seemed to be unable to wash himself clean even if he jumped into the Yellow River.

Everyone in the lobby looked at each other, thinking that this matter was extremely strange. Everyone was extremely sure that Huang Sixi was definitely not the murderer, but the victim insisted that Huang Sixi was the real murderer who poisoned the victim!

The bailiffs of the Dali Temple always believed in Huang Sixi's innocence. They all walked to Yuchi Zhenjin and whispered, "Sir, someone must have disguised Huang the Divine Doctor and sneaked into Yanzi Tower to commit the crime. This is a frame-up!"

When Lord Wei heard what the yamen runners said, he also said to Yuchi Zhenjin: "Whether it is a frame-up or not, Doctor Huang is definitely not innocent. The murderer who sneaked into Yanzi Tower last night must be someone who looks like Doctor Huang! Lord Yuchi, why not put Doctor Huang in the Dali Temple's prison first, and then slowly investigate!"

Yuchi Zhenjin would rather sacrifice his own Wusha than imprison Huang Sixi: "Sir Wei, Madam Rongguo's illness has not been cured. In the next seven days, she will need Divine Doctor Huang to treat her. If we delay for a day and cause Madam Rongguo to be ill, or something goes wrong, wouldn't it be a disrespect to the Queen Mother!"

Now that Huang Sixi has been arrested, who will save the old lady of Rongguo?
If the old man Rongguo died, Yuchi Zhenjin might lose his head, and Wu Zetian would be cursed by the world as an unfilial daughter.

Lord Wei also made it clear: "Lord Yuchi, if you don't put Doctor Huang in jail, believe it or not, rumors will spread throughout the capital tomorrow, saying that the Queen Mother protected a murder suspect in order to save the old lady of Rongguo, and the suspect was a butcher who murdered more than 20 people. Then the Queen Mother will be branded as an unvirtuous person!"

Yuchi Zhenjin was stunned. He only now understood that the Yanzilou bloody case was not aimed at Huang Sixi, but an attack launched by the old ministers of the court against the Queen Mother.

Ever since Your Majesty allowed the Empress Dowager to participate in handling state affairs a few years ago, there have been repeated reports that the Empress Dowager has been abusing her power and violating etiquette, causing dissatisfaction among the court officials, and even Your Majesty has some complaints.

All the officials in the capital city understood that there was a risk that the position of Queen might change hands.

On the surface, Huang Sixi's removal of Yin Ruiji from the family was a trivial matter, but once it involved Wu Zetian, even the smallest matter could be magnified into a bloody conflict.

Who killed more than 20 people in Yanzi Tower? It doesn't matter at all! What matters is that Wu Zetian was implicated, which gave the censors a breakthrough to depose the empress!
If the Dali Temple arrested Huang Sixi now, he would definitely be resentful and would never treat Lady Rongguo again. If anything happened to Lady Rongguo, Wu Zetian would feel sorry for her mother.

But if the Dali Temple did not arrest Huang Sixi, what would happen to the twenty lives lost in Yanzi Tower? These people were all women. Wu Zetian was the empress of the Tang Dynasty. How could she watch innocent women being killed and protect the murderer? This would definitely have a negative impact on her reputation as the empress.

No matter what Wu Zetian did, she would get into trouble.

Yuchi Zhenjin felt that he could no longer handle the matter. He stepped forward and grabbed Lord Wei's wrist: "Let's go and see the Queen Mother and ask her to make the decision!"

"Let's meet!" Lord Wei said confidently, "Even if I meet the Queen, I dare to speak out. Although the women in Yanzi Tower are lowly people, they cannot be killed by anyone. If the murderer is not brought to justice, it will violate the benevolence of our Tang Dynasty!"

Every word he said was filled with righteousness.

Wait for Yuchi Zhenjin and Lord Wei to leave.

Huang Sixi found the Dali Temple bailiff and said, "I want to talk to Miss Yin Ruiji alone. I hope you brothers can accommodate me!"

The yamen runners had no problem, but a group of subordinates from the Taichang Temple also stayed in Yanzi Tower. They were worried that Huang Sixi would take Yin Ruiji away and they were unwilling to let Huang Sixi and Yin Ruiji be alone together.

The yamen runners understood each other tacitly and attacked together, beating the Taichang Temple subordinates out of the Swallow Tower lobby. They all thought: "For the sake of Divine Doctor Huang, we have put our future on the line this time. We only hope that the Queen Mother will protect Divine Doctor Huang and let our favor last forever!"

Soon, only Huang Sixi and Yin Ruiji were left in the hall, and Feng Xian'er was also taken out by the yamen runners.

Huang Sixi asked directly: "What happened last night?"

Yin Ruiji did not answer first, but asked: "When Mr. Huang first met Nunu and gave her the jade flute, what else did you give her?"

Huang Sixi said: "I gave you three gold ingots first, but you didn't want the money, so I gave you the jade flute!"

Yin Ruiji smiled bitterly: "Mr. Huang is the real Mr. Huang, not a fake one!"

Huang Sixi had guessed her experience: "Did you see someone who looks like me last night?"

Yin Ruiji wiped her tears and narrated in an orderly manner: "Last night, Sister Xian'er was bullied by Master Bo Qianzhang of the Dali Temple. After Master Bo left, Sister Xian'er was whipped on the back and asked Nunu to apply medicine to her. After the medicine was applied, Sister Xian'er fell asleep on Nunu's bed and slept until dawn. Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and Nunu saw Mr. Huang rushing in."

Huang Sixi told her: "That's not me. I stay at Sanzang Temple at night and in Shendu City during the day!"

She believed what Huang Sixi said, and nodded to him several times before saying, "The murderer looks like Mr. Huang. At first, I thought it was Mr. Huang, and I was very happy. Although I didn't know why Mr. Huang came to see me in the morning, I didn't ask any more questions!

The man asked Nunu to follow him, so Nunu did as he asked. When they reached the door of the lady's room, Nunu said, "My dear, please wait a moment. I will take back the jade flute and then leave the Swallow Tower with you!"

The man was very impatient, and he grabbed Nunu's wrist and refused to let go, and he scolded Nunu: "It's just a jade flute. When we get out of the city, I will buy you thirty of them, so that you can play a different one every month!"

This jade flute was given to Nunu by her husband, but he didn't take it seriously. Nunu was surprised and said casually: "This is not an ordinary jade flute. Nunu must take it back no matter what!"

The man became even more angry and mocked Nunu: "Is it your former lover who gave it to you? Well, go and get it!"

Then he released Nunu's wrist.

Nunu had doubts in her heart, but she didn't dare to speak out.

After getting the jade flute back, Nunu placed it horizontally in front of the man and asked him with a smile: "My dear, don't you know the origin of this jade flute? This is a jade flute made by my mother at great expense. It is worth a million gold. Nunu likes it very much!"

The man was very disdainful: "Your aunt made such an expensive jade flute, in the final analysis, it is for money, so that you can play the flute for her to earn money!"

This jade flute was a gift from Huang Langjun to Nunu, but the man didn't recognize her. Nunu finally realized that the man was pretending to be Huang Langjun, so she took out a poison bead given by Huang Langjun and threw it at the man. The man accidentally inhaled the poisonous smoke and shouted to Nunu: "Rui Ji, I really want to take you far away, why did you release the poisonous fog to attack me? Quickly remove the poisonous fog and follow me!"

When Nunu saw that he didn't recognize the poison beads, he became even more certain of his impersonation and smashed two more poison beads on the ground.

Huang Langjun's poison bead is truly a miraculous item. The poisonous smoke covered the entire attic corridor. The man couldn't find Nunu, and he inhaled more and more poisonous smoke, so he escaped from the Swallow Tower. "

This is how the whole bloody incident happened.

Yin Ruiji finally said to Huang Sixi: "After that man left, Nunu fed the antidote to the sisters in the building, and then accompanied Sister Xian'er to report to the police. On the way, Nunu told Sister Xian'er that this matter was strange and that what she saw might not be true, but Sister Xian'er did not believe it.

I remembered Mr. Huang's instructions to me to go to Sixi Medicine Hall in Xiushanfang to find you if I encounter any danger, but I am afraid of causing trouble for Mr. Huang..."

She was truly in love with Huang Sixi and always considered Huang Sixi first in everything, regardless of her own situation.

After reporting to the authorities, she didn't know how to explain her relationship with Huang Sixi. She just made up her mind that even if she was beheaded by the authorities, she would not say anything that was unfavorable to Huang Sixi.

Now that she had poured out her heart to Huang Sixi, the grievance and fear in her heart surged uncontrollably throughout her body, and tears began to flow down her face.

Huang Sixi saw her tears, so he held her soft and tender hands and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, this is just a small matter. I promise that the government won't make things difficult for you, and no one can bully you! From now on, I will never let you go through such a misfortune again. I will dig deep into the ground to uproot the person who pretended to be me!"

He finished these words.

There was a sudden knock on the lobby door, and Yuchi Zhenjin pushed the door open and said with a smile, "Divine Doctor Huang, the Queen Mother has an imperial decree for you!"

Huang Sixi saw that Yuchi Zhenjin was smiling happily, and thought that the imperial edict should be in his favor.

Seeing that only the yamen runners and Feng Xian'er were behind Yuchi Zhenjin, he asked, "Where is the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Mr. Wei?"

"The one with the surname Wei? He has been dismissed by the Empress, and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites will be replaced soon!"

Yuchi Zhenjin smiled happily: "The Queen Mother said that Divine Doctor Huang is a master in medicine, kind-hearted and skilled in medicine. He is absolutely impossible to be related to the Swallow Tower murder case. Miss Yin Ruiji will also be declassified and become a commoner immediately. Divine Doctor Huang can only focus on treating the old lady of Rong State and the people of the world from now on. Don't worry about anything else. The Queen Mother will take care of it!"

Huang Sixi asked again: "How do we track down the murderer of the Yanzilou murder?"

Yuchi Zhenjin was stunned for a moment and thought that Huang Sixi didn't need to worry about this matter at all.

He pointed at Feng Xian'er and said, "This courtesan was forced to lose her virginity, and then she bore a grudge and poisoned everyone in Yanzi Tower, but she framed Doctor Huang. She is the only murderer, and this case can be quickly resolved!"

When Feng Xian'er heard this, she was so frightened that she trembled all over: "Master, Master, how could I be a murderer? I am the victim!"

The day before yesterday, she was seduced by Bo Qianzhang, an official from the Dali Temple, and was forced to give up her innocent body.

Seeing that Bo Qianzhang was right beside Yuchi Zhenjin, she rushed forward, hugged Bo Qianzhang's thighs, and cried, "Master Bo, please give me some justice. I am the victim, how can I be the murderer!"

Bo Qianzhang kicked Feng Xian'er to the ground and cursed: "I don't even know you, little bitch. If you dare to bite someone again, I will kick you to death!"

He stepped forward and wanted to kick her again, wishing he could kick Feng Xian'er to death to avoid any more trouble.

As a result, he was stopped by Huang Sixi.

After Huang Sixi pushed Bo Qianzhang away, he said to Yuchi Zhenjin, "Feng Xian'er is innocent. She has nothing to do with the bloody case at Yanzilou. We must not let a weak girl like her take the blame!"

Yin Ruiji originally wanted to speak up for Feng Xianer, but after hearing what Huang Sixi said, she suddenly felt sweet in her heart. Huang Sixi did not allow the innocent woman to be bullied for the sake of self-protection, and he would definitely stick to the end to help her get rid of her citizenship.

Will Huang Sixi's actions lead to irreparable consequences? Yin Ruiji thought to herself, I will live and die with Mr. Huang.

Even with more than a dozen girls in the lobby, Yin Ruiji believed that Huang Sixi would eventually rescue them.

(End of this chapter)