Unforgettable Emperor's Favor Chapter 30.1

Published at 3rd of May 2023 06:37:45 AM

30. Doubt (1)

“Prince Yingchuan, we have checked everything according to your instructions, and we didn't find any suspicious person.”

“Have you all searched everything thoroughly? He has injuries on his body, no matter what, he won't be able to conceal it easily.”

The guard still shook his head. He looked anxious, it seemed that he was very scared that he might anger Murong Xu, but he really didn't have the courage to hide anything.

Murong Xu frowned, and couldn't help feeling annoyed,

“How is that possible? Could it be that my suspicions were wrong?”

Murong Xu was suddenly awakened from his spring escapade last night, and he wasn't able to close his eyes again after that.

It was all for the sake of pursuing this daring assassin. Last night, when he heard about the report, he immediately concluded that the identity of this assassin was probably Murong Yan.

However, after an entire night without sleep, he can't help but hesitate.

Was he too eager to capture Murong Yan so much that he would ignore some hints and clues?

Thereby clouding his own reasoning and judgement? He stood up and reflected deeply.

After a while he asked,

“What about Shangshu Liao?”

“His corpse was left untouched in the guest room. Since the prince didn't give any orders, we didn't dare to make any decisions.”

“Good.”

Murong Xu was quite satisfied with their performance, he pinched his brow tiredly and lifted his steps towards the guest room.

Ever since he heard about Liao Zheng's assassination, all his attention had been drawn away by the thoughts of capturing Murong Yan, and he wasn't able to see Liao Zheng's condition properly.

Perhaps he should calm down and look for information based on Liao Zheng's corpse.

Just as the guard said, Liao Zheng's room was still in the same condition as last night, the door was unhinged from the outside, which could be pushed open easily with a light push.

However, although the door was open, no one dared to come over to see what was going on. The surrounding area presents a dead silence, slightly making people feel ominous.

Murong Xu vaguely heard the guards mention yesterday that Shangshu Liao's death was quite terrible.

He tried to recall the gossip about Liao Zheng in the court, and already made a rough guess in his heart, but even though he had already braced himself for what was coming, when he actually saw the scene, he was still disgusted.

The state of Liao Zheng's death was more than unsightly.

His back was leaning against the bedpost, his eyes were open so wide that one could almost suspect that his eyeballs would fall out at any moment.

There were signs of struggle on the bed, the brocade quilt was tossed and crumpled, and there were so many unpleasant stains on it.

Apart from the bed, the rest of the room also looked miserable, even a seasoned veteran like Murong Xu still felt his eyes were dirtied after seeing it.

Who would have known that Liao Zheng, who was the former master and teacher of the crown prince, and had read the books of the Confucian sage and never deviates from his teachings, actually has some unspeakable hobbies when it comes to sex.

He didn't want to look any further, so he walked towards the window, then asked with a frown,

“Where are the two singers?”

“One of them was still lying unconscious, and still not awake till now. The other one was conscious, and she was the first one to discover Shangshu Liao's corpse last night.

Murong Xu had a habit of changing women like he was changing clothes, so when he heard Liao Zheng asking to take those two women for himself, he didn't really care.

However, when he heard that one of them was abused too much to the point of coma, he still found it ridiculous.

Murong Xu tried to hold back the nausea that was creeping inside his head and asked,

“What did that singer say?”

“She said that she couldn't make it through last night, and that she really couldn't meet Shangshu Liao's demands. She immediately fell unconscious after she was thrown away hard by him. When she woke up, she saw Shangshu Liao half sitting on the bed, and was not moving for a long time. She did not dare to disturb him. She just knelt upright on the side and waited. After a while and there was still no movement on Shangshu Liao's side, she finally felt that something was wrong, so she looked up at Shangshu Liao and found that his posture was a little off. She was brave enough to crawl over to take a look, and found that he was already dead.”

Murong Xu already knew what happened later. After all, Liao Zheng was an important minister of the court, he was a celebrity in front of the emperor, and his death immediately alarmed the entire mansion.

Murong Xu was shocked when he heard the news of his death, and his drunkenness immediately disappeared.

At this point, someone came over to report that the body of one of his bodyguards was found in the grass.

He suddenly guessed a possibility, so without caring about the banquet and women, he Immediately led his people out in pursuit.

The blood trail soon led them to Jian'an Lane, so they spent the first half of the night tossing around inside the Yu family mansion, and the second half of the night in other places, all of them were exhausted, but they still found nothing.

Murong Xu looked towards the corner of the window quietly. He couldn't help thinking about the fact that he tossed around all night just to end it all for naught.

When he was in the Night City, he had heard that Liao Zheng often had women at home who couldn't bear the torture and committed suicide.

He didn't expect that even when he's out on the field, Liao Zheng was still unrestrained, and couldn't even contain his bad habits.

There are whips for special purposes inside the room. Although the two singers are often used by the rich and powerful to have fun, they have not been trained to endure these kinds of torture, so how can they tolerate this?

They didn't serve well and couldn't make Liao Zheng comfortable. So out of anger he seized the whip and knocked one of the women unconscious.

The other one was so terrified to death when she saw her companion's miserable state. She took the whip tremblingly, but she still couldn't satisfy him. So she was thrown away by Liao Zheng, hit the wall, and passed out immediately.

One of the two women was seriously injured and the other one was in a coma. No one knew what Liao Zheng had done after that time.

Murong Xu didn't want to go in and dirty his eyes, so he sent his men to search around inside. After a while, the guards came out to report,

“Your Highness, Shangshu had a lot of injuries, some are new and some are old. Your subordinates are incompetent, we can't find the fatal one.”

Murong Xu understood what the guards meant. Liao Zheng had special hobbies. There are whip marks criss-crossed all over his body, and new marks were added again last night. The assassin's fatal blow was mixed in with Liao Zheng's new and old injuries, so it was really hard to judge.

Murong Xu didn't want to hear about it anymore, so he ordered,

“Go and check the things in his room, don't miss anything.”

When the guard came back again, the look on his face was a little strange,

“Your Highness, because Shangshu Liao was… Active— last night, so the things in the study were also knocked around all over, the civil and military map entrusted by His Majesty was also soiled by stains.”

Chapter end