Stop it, Taoist, Your Fight almost Ruins the DAO!

Chapter 186 Conjecture and Truth (Part 2)

"xu brother, where is your backup plan?""time is running out."

yi chen was starting to feel irritated. he had the intuition that even if xu xiaoxun was not killed by the seventh prince, the population disappearances in tianfeng prefecture over the years were very likely connected to him.

but he was powerless to do anything about it.

with the evidence he currently held, it would be a stretch to convict the huang family, let alone perfect the case.

either way, he was definitely not going to return the two hundred thousand taels he had 'borrowed' from the family head huang.

"that seventh prince deserves to die; it's just a pity i can't do anything to him now. once i'm comparable to a true monarch, the first thing i'll do is take him down. the atrocities his minions have committed are enough for me to kill him ten times over."

"alas, bring those cunning criminals up here, one by one."

in a bad mood, yi chen vented all his anger on the scum of tianfeng prefecture.

the night was windless, but there was a moon.

"zhang san."

"li si."

"wang wu."

"yang er mazzi."

...

one by one, names were called by yi chen, followed by various fates: some were sent to the mines, some imprisoned, some beaten to death on the spot, and some executed by dogs.

before he knew it, yi chen was working late into the night.

"next, yu xiang."

another skinny young man was brought in.

as their eyes met, the corners of yi chen's mouth involuntarily curled into a slight smile.

"lady shuang? or should i address you differently?"

"didn't think i'd surprise you, did you?" asked the skinny young man coldly, gently brushing his face with his hands to reveal a face as beautiful as a flower, with hair dark as ink cascading down.

"i simply took a gamble and guessed a little."

"fellow taoist, let's talk."

"it seems i have been played by you, yi chen, and all that information outside must have been embellished and spread by you as well."

"i had no choice. i, the taoist, ran out of tricks, and merely played an idle move on the board."

lady shuang laughed self-deprecatingly, then began to recount her tale unbidden.

"my husband was killed by me, but it was he who forced my hand with his death."

"i am a disciple of the demonic sect, but fate led me to an entangled relationship with a man from the bureau of peace. to avoid suspicion, i hid my identity."

"hmm, love starts unknowingly, but goes deep—understandable," nodded yi chen.

"since he took office as the governor, he has always been troubled by the problem of the population disappearances, but whenever the victims' families filed complaints, the cases were mysteriously suppressed and the issue grew worse."

"he wanted to investigate but encountered many obstacles."

"some wanted him transferred away peacefully, while numerous trivial matters were piled on his plate, distracting his attention."

"so, he went to great lengths to obtain a rare pair of twin shadow gu insects at a high price. he happened to meet a young man named xin wushuang who was

this was all he could do.

at that moment, yi chen wanted more than ever to end the life of a 'person.'