The Prodigal Son

A bizarre scene unfolded in the room.

Qin Yu pulled Mo Wu's tongue out, and Nan Que'er closed Mo Wu's dislocated jaw and pressed his chin upwards forcefully.

Mo Wu, who originally wanted to die, struggled and resisted desperately, while Qin Yu and Nan Que'er, who should have been wary of him biting his tongue to commit suicide, tried desperately to create the illusion that he had bitten his tongue to commit suicide.

Even Mo Wu himself found this outcome laughable and absurd.

He didn't want to die!

He just wanted to expose Qin Yu's secret.

But Qin Yu and Nan Que'er didn't give him that opportunity at all.

Biting off one's tongue to commit suicide should have been a simple matter of steeling one's resolve.

But now, because of Mo Wu's desperate resistance, this can no longer be called suicide by biting his tongue.

This is called sawing off your tongue with your teeth!

This was an unbearable torment for Mo Wu, who kept letting out piercing screams, which even made Guo Yang, who was interrogating Lao Gui on the other side, turn his head from time to time.

In the end, Mo Wu, who was already physically weak, could not withstand the strength of Qin Yu and Nan Que'er and was forced to bite off his own tongue.

Nan Que'er quickly stuffed the severed tongue into Mo Wu's mouth and tightly covered his mouth.

Qin Yu grabbed Mo Wu's neck directly, preventing him from swallowing the severed tongue, using the severed tongue and the constantly flowing blood to block Mo Wu's trachea.

Fresh blood kept gushing from Mo Wu's nose, staining Nan Que'er's delicate hands red.

The intense feeling of suffocation caused Mo Wu's body to convulse continuously, and with each convulsion, his limbs, whose bones had been broken, sent waves of excruciating pain through him.

The immense pain caused Mo Wu's eyes to bulge outwards, almost bursting from their sockets.

Finally, Mo Wu ended his sinful life in extreme pain.

He was probably the most frustrated, painful, and tragic ninth-realm master in history to die.

After dealing with Mo Wu, the two of them quickly cleaned themselves up.

Nan Que'er wiped the blood off her hands and turned to look at Qin Yu: "It will be difficult for you to improve your strength by relying on the Transformation Yuan Technique in the future."

A vague sense of unease crept into her mind.

Qin Yu's strength has improved too quickly!

With the help of the Transformation Yuan Technique, he advanced directly from the fourth realm to the ninth realm in less than a year.

Although his physical strength has improved, his mental cultivation is definitely severely lacking.

This is undoubtedly a potential problem for him.

"fine."

A mischievous grin spread across Qin Yu's face. "Since I can't improve myself anymore, I'll focus on helping you improve!"

He can still draw strength from others!

Let Nan Que'er draw upon her own power!

"Pooh!"

Nan Que'er spat lightly, "I'm being serious!"

Qin Yu laughed heartily, putting his arm around Nan Que'er's waist. "I was serious!"

"You think I don't know what you're thinking?"

Nan Que'er blushed and pinched his waist lightly, then solemnly instructed Qin Yu: "Stop joking around. You need to improve your mental cultivation in the future, otherwise I'm really worried that you'll go into qi deviation one day."

Don't worry!

Qin Yu patted Nan Que'er's hand, "Someone like me, whom even the heavens wouldn't accept, certainly wouldn't suffer a qi deviation!"

Nan Que'er pouted and prayed silently in her heart.

I hope that day will never come!

The two chatted in the room for a while before dragging Mo Wu's body out of the room.

Upon learning that Mo Wu had committed suicide by biting his tongue, Guo Yang, who was still interrogating Lao Gui, rushed over.

Looking at Mo Wu's corpse, Guo Yang suddenly erupted with uncontrollable ferocity. "Didn't I tell you to be careful? Why did you let him die?"

He didn't expect to get much out of Mo Wu.

At this point, it's not so important how much information you get out of the questions.

He only wanted Mo Wu to live. He wanted to torture Mo Wu slowly, making him wish he were dead!

Qin Yu glanced hatefully at Mo Wu's corpse. "That traitor was too cunning. He bit off his tongue and committed suicide before he could even say a few words. We didn't have time to stop him..."

Guo Yang paused slightly, then gritted his teeth and roared outside, "Men, drag this traitor's corpse out and grind his bones to dust!"

Even if Mo Wu is dead, he will never let this traitor go!

……

Imperial City.

Because Zhao Luan was "unwell," today's court assembly was presided over by Prime Minister Gao Yi.

Yunhuai is not too far from the capital, and news from Yunhuai had already reached the capital yesterday.

However, the news had only reached the court; the specifics remained unknown to the officials.

But one thing is certain: Qin Yu must have had irrefutable evidence that the Shi family assassinated the crown prince, which is why he dared to take such ruthless action against the Shi family.

Perhaps Qin Yu had already discovered that the Crown Prince's assassination attempt was related to the Shi family!

That is why His Majesty granted Qin Yu such great power.

I just don't know if the historian's affairs will implicate the ministers in the court.

If this gets involved, a bloody storm is likely to break out in the court!

After the court session ended, Gao Yi walked out of the Zichen Hall somewhat absent-mindedly.

Qin Yu has uncovered the true culprit who plotted to murder the Crown Prince, which is undoubtedly a great achievement.

Moreover, with the fall of the historian, Qin Yu would inevitably take the opportunity to intensify the rectification of the salt administration.

The Shi family was completely wiped out by Qin Yu, so no matter how much he reformed the salt administration, no one dared to oppose him.

The salt administration has been reorganized, which is another great achievement!

He originally intended to push Qin Yu into the fire pit of reforming the salt administration, but instead gave Qin Yu the opportunity to make great contributions one after another.

The key point is that Qin Yu doesn't get along with him!

The thought of this made Gao Yi feel extremely uncomfortable, as if he had swallowed a handful of dead flies.

The only good thing is that Qin Yu will definitely bring back a huge amount of silver this time!

With this money, his life as prime minister and minister of revenue would certainly be much better.

"Prime Minister Gao, Prime Minister Gao..."

A voice rang in Gao Yi's ears.

Gao Yi came to his senses, only to see Du Zhiwen, who had just returned from Mindi, chasing after him.

Gao Yi composed himself and asked with a smile, "What is it, Lord Du?"

Du Zhiwen looked at Gao Yi with a worried expression: "With such a big incident, coupled with the salt administration problem, the Liangjiang region and the Hai and Yuan prefectures will definitely face a shortage of officials very soon. How should we solve this problem?"

"Lord Du is indeed prepared for a rainy day."

Gao Yi nodded slightly, then looked at Du Zhiwen meaningfully, "Since you're asking, you must have some thoughts, right?"

Du Zhiwen cursed the old fox in his heart and slowly said, "The wrongful imprisonment back then affected a large number of officials! Now that the case of the Crown Prince's assassination has been solved, shouldn't we exonerate those officials and restore their official status, giving them a chance to continue serving the court? This would also alleviate the shortage of officials."

Hearing Du Zhiwen's words, Gao Yi was secretly pleased, but couldn't help cursing Du Zhiwen in his heart.

During the later part of the late emperor's reign, he became the prime minister.

Among the officials who were wrongfully imprisoned back then, quite a few were his protégés.

Reinstating those officials would certainly benefit him.

However, this matter is easy to talk about, but there are many things involved behind the scenes.

Whoever brings it up is likely to be in trouble!

Du Zhiwen must have understood this as well, which is why he left this matter to me.

He wanted to do it, but he didn't want to offend Zhao Luan.

Originally, it should have been him who asked Du Zhiwen to bring up this matter.

Unexpectedly, that bastard beat him to it and made him go get it!

Reversing the Heavenly Gang!

Gao Yi secretly groaned, rubbing his head as he said, "His Majesty is unwell. Let's talk about it when he's better!"

Before Du Zhiwen could say anything more, Gao Yi quickened his pace and left...