The next morning, the sa piece of news was being discussed all over the capital city. If there had been an online platform in this world, this news would have been the number-one trending issue.
The previous night, the Left Guard General’s only son, Cheng Gang, had been crippled in the governnt brothel!
The Left Guard General was a high-ranking general. Not only was he in charge of the imperial guards within the palace, his position was also a vital one.
Cheng Gang was one of the most outstanding n of his generation within the capital. When soone like that was crippled, how could it not cause an uproar?
Everyone assud that the Left Guard General would erupt in fury and viciously cut down the one responsible. After all, Cheng Gang was his only son, and he usually doted on him. Whoever cut short his bloodline in such a manner was sure to incur his full wrath.
Surprisingly, though, Cheng Xiong maintained his silence, and did not go on a rampage.
The officials within the imperial court sensed that sothing was amiss, and they all began to look into this matter privately.
Within this world, no walls were soundproof. Soon enough, they discovered that Cheng Gang hadn’t gone to the governnt brothel alone. He had gone with the young masters of the Qin clan.
"Could the young masters of the Qin clan have done this?"
"It’s a brothel we’re talking about. They probably got into a fight over a girl."
"No wonder Cheng Xiong doesn’t dare exact revenge. The Qin clan is far stronger than the Cheng clan. In the past, Cheng Xiong was even Elder Qin’s subordinate."
These officials believed that they had found out the truth, but soon afterwards, explosive news ca out. It turned out that Cheng Gang had been driven sex-crazy, and had actually gone after the young master of the Qin clan! In the end, it was this young master Qin that crippled him.
"Cheng Gang actually likes n?"
"Didn’t I ntion before that Cheng Xiong kept staring at my butt? It seems their entire family is like this."
"Tsk, why don’t you take a look in the mirror once in a while? The Qin young master is extrely good-looking! No wonder Cheng Gang couldn’t control himself."
"Heh, Qin First Miss is a publicly-acknowledged goddess, and her younger brother is also so ’outstanding’. If soone could snag both of these siblings, wouldn’t they be living in heaven everyday?"
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Once the imperial court learned of this matter, they dispatched the city lord to oversee the case. After all, given the special status of the victim, the matter demanded a proper explanation.
The city lord was put in a really tough spot. On one side was the only son of the Left Guard General, while on the other was the heir of three state dukes. What was he supposed to do? He was also extrely helpless.
However, he was soone who had survived in a place like the capital, which was filled with powerful players, by being flexible. He quickly thought of sothing.
If he couldn’t afford to offend either the Qin clan or the Left Guard General, then could he do sothing about the governnt brothel?
As such, he ordered his constables to capture the courtesan queen and all the other girls involved, intending to pin the bla on them. That way, he could bring so closure to this case, and leave a way out for both sides.
As for the girls from the governnt brothel, their innocence or guilt did not matter to these higher officials.
Having to serve in the governnt brothel was already pitiful enough. It might even be doing them a favor by sending them on their way earlier, so that they could reincarnate and live properly in their next lives.
Unfortunately, even though this plan seed sound, there was an unexpected developnt.
When the constables arrived, the courtesan queen Leng Shuangyue was nowhere to be found. Even the girls who had served in that residence were gone.
Even more strange was the fact that many items within the residence had been deliberately destroyed, as though they were trying to hide so secrets.
The constables imdiately put their full focus on the case, and eventually found a lead in the form of a half-burnt letter. Presumably, the ones who fled had been in too much of a hurry, and did not have ti to verify that everything had been destroyed.
When they examined the contents, they discovered that these people seed to be related to the assassins who had attacked the palace a few days ago. They quickly reported this to the city lord.
The city lord imdiately realized that he had a huge case on his hands, and quickly reported his findings to the imperial court.
The entire court was riled up when they learned of this. The emperor was furious, and ordered the Justice Envoy to investigate this matter fully.
The Justice Envoy was quite annoyed to begin with after being targeted by Cheng Xiong. How could they let this chance go?
Soon afterwards, the Justice Envoy arrested Cheng Gang. At first, Cheng Gang insisted that he knew nothing, but everyone knew that he was close to that courtesan queen Shuangyue, staying at her side almost every night. Who would believe him if he said that they didn’t have anything to do with each other?
The Justice Envoy thus carried out torture, their specialty, to teach Cheng Gang a lesson.
Then, ’confessions’ were obtained from Cheng Gang under torture. He admitted to leaking out news to the assassin, and that was why the assassins were able to invade so easily.
Zhuxie Chixin didn’t let them go yet. He continued his investigation. Soon afterwards, he ’found out’ that Cheng Xiong was the one who incited all of this, that he was already bought out by the assassins.
Sharky nodded with satisfaction, all of his plans were successfully followed. His revenge has begun, Cheng Xiong’s bad days have started.
Cheng Xing was shocked and furious, yet he couldn’t interfere with the Justice Envoy’s investigation at all. As such, he imdiately began to contact all of his connections.
After all, he was one of George’s important personnel. But he didn’t know, he has touched Sharky, who has already instructed Qin Youzhao and Qin Xuejian to do as his plans.
So no one cos to help them.
Later on, the Emperor even ordered for the Commandant of Justice and Security Officer to investigate this case alongside the Justice Envoy, thus having three departnts involved.
The Commandant of Justice was one of the nine ministers in charge of punishnt and the prison, the highest judicial structure of the central authorities. This was similar to the later world’s supre court.
The Security Officer was in charge of the capital’s public security, so they overlooked the capital city and its surrounding area’s officials.
This was equivalent to the later world’s Ministry of Public Security, prosecutor’s office, discipline inspection commission, and other similar organizations.
These three groups were now working together. This was sothing never before seen.
The Commandant of Justice quickly took Cheng Gang. They were not like the Justice Envoy with their interrogation by torture, but rather amiable. Not only did they get Cheng Gang treated, they even brought him food and drink.
But then, everything was transferred from the Commandant of Justice to the Security Officer. Cheng Gang fell from heaven down to hell again.
After staying with the Commandant of Justice for a few days and being treated with all types of dicines, his injuries from the Justice Envoy already pretty much healed. Yet when he arrived at the Security Officer’s place, he was imdiately beaten as soon as he arrived.
The wounds that had scabbed opened up again. He scread for rcy.
After his hell-like experience with the Justice Envoy, he knew that gritting his teeth and bearing the pain was completely useless. He still had to speak in the end.
The only difference was whether he was going to confess after he couldn’t take it anymore, or save himself the pain.
As such, the Security Officer quickly obtained his oral confession that he was colluding with the assassins, and he was acting under his father’s prompting.
George’s faction was shocked and furious. After all, the Security Officer used to be one of their n, but the assassination attempt on Sharky when he first entered the palace stripped him of this role.
The previous Security Officer was transferred away to the position of supervisor of attendants.
The newly appointed Security Officer was Cao Xing, the crown prince’s lesser tutor’s father, so he was definitely on the crown prince’s side. Now that he was given this opportunity, he was definitely going to make full use of it.
After listening to Sharky’s explanation of what happened during this period, the long haired Diana walked over to the window and gazed towards the distant throne room.
There was a sneer on her face. "Those court officials all speak of compassion, duty, propriety, and integrity, yet they’re all acting under selfish interests. Such chaos will one day lead to a calamity."
Sharky said, "With the most powerful emperor overseeing them, what kind of calamity could happen even if these people argue?"
Diana said with a profound voice, "But the emperor will still perish one day."
Sharky nodded, but he asked, "How are you so certain?"
Diana replied, "There has always been a rumor that the emperor was seriously wounded from his battle against the Fiend Emperor, to the extent where it lowered his lifespan. However, no one knows if this is real or not. When I fought him, I beca certain that he was indeed injured."
"With the emperor’s cultivation, I wouldn’t have been able to get away if he wasn’t injured."
Sharky was shocked. "You’re already a grandmaster, but you can’t even get away? Is the difference that great?"
"Why do they call him an Earth Immortal? To a certain degree, he is already half immortal. For the rest of us, even the very best are still mortals. There’s obviously a huge difference." Diana’s tone carried a bit of helplessness. At the sa ti, her eyes were full of longing towards that cultivation realm.
Sharky suddenly realized sothing. Whether or not the emperor was going to die wasn’t sothing he should be concerned about. What he had to focus on was Cheng Gang’s case.
"By the way, even though Cheng Gang’s father has been pronounced guilty by both the Justice Envoy and Security Officer, the Commandant of Justice will insist that there is no cri. Even though Cheng Xiong has already been taken into custody, with this stalemate, aren’t we still missing the important, decisive evidence?"
Frankly speaking, his retaliation against Cheng Xiong was already extrely successful. He almost instantly brought down a glorious Left Guard General and threw him into prison. However, George’s faction had substantial power, so he didn’t know whether or not Cheng Xiong really will be found guilty in the end.
A mysterious smile appeared in Diana’s eyes. "I don’t think that’s anything difficult at all."
Sharky was listening with his ears pricked. "Please tell , what is the solution!"
Diana nodded, she explained, "Did you forget about the assassins that were captured? The proof has always been there."
She then said, "Find a way to contact them. As long as they admit to colluding with Cheng Xiong, then Cheng Xiong will undoubtedly die."
Sharky gave Diana a surprise look, he didn’t know just for solving his trouble. She is ready to sacrifice her own people. He was filled with gratitude.
"Thanks," He nodded with gratitude, looking towards Daina.
"It’s okay, if you get any chance to rescue them, you can rescue them, or else leave them on their own," Diana remained silent for a mont before saying.
"Okay," Sharky nodded, he knew so of the guys who had been captured. He has already t many of them, and everyone respects them.
He also knew how to et with Right Guard General Guo Zhi, he is soone who is working under his father. So there is no need to use his Justice Envoy identity, he himself was capable alone.
He was just going towards the prison, when he collided with Catherine.
"Sharky, where are you going?" She asked him, because for the past two days, he has not visited her. Fengi also agreed with Catherine.
"Did you know about the recent uproar over Cheng Xiong’s case?" Sharky asked.
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