Dongchang Prison was filled with the prisoners captured this time.
The sounds of beatings and screams of torture could be heard endlessly. Even though it was late at night and close to dawn, the place seemed lively because of the screams that continued throughout the night.
It's just that this kind of excitement is not something ordinary people can afford.
Zhou Changshou, who had not slept all night, came here and met Chen Tong, who had just returned from the East Palace.
"How?" Zhou Changshou asked warmly.
Chen Tong took a deep breath, looked unhappy, and said: "I did it, but it's almost like I didn't do it. They are all in single-line contact, and the other party promised huge profits, and they were extremely generous with inducements and coercion. They are just ordinary gangsters."
Sects should agree even if they don’t agree. If you agree, you will be successful if things are done well, but if you don’t agree, it will directly lead to the disaster of annihilation. There are more than ten sects in the world, large and small, that were destroyed because of their refusal."
"They didn't even know who the murderer was, so they were afraid and had no choice but to submit."
"It's just that they don't know who contacted them and for what purpose. It's just that someone will contact them at a certain time, but the person contacted is different every time. Today it is this one and tomorrow it will be that one. There is no characteristic at all.
"
"So the line is almost broken here."
After hearing this, Zhou Changshou asked again: "What's the situation in other places?"
"not good."
Chen Tong's face became even more gloomy and he said: "More than ten counties were attacked at the same time as the capital city. Almost all of them fell. Nearly a hundred officials were killed, and all their corpses were hung on the city walls. In addition, the government offices were burned.
Now the people in these places are in panic."
"In short, it's just one word, chaos."
"There are people discussing this matter everywhere, and there are all kinds of speculations, but most of them say that because the imperial court dealt too hard with the wealthy families in the south some time ago, which caused anger and resentment, the wealthy families bought murder officers."
Zhou Changshou corrected him: "It's not the imperial court, but you Jin Yiwei who are attacking the wealthy households in the south."
Chen Tong said angrily: "Where did Jin Yiwei get the power and courage? What exactly happened? Do you, the instigator, still need to pretend to be false to me?"
"Don't worry."
Zhou Changshou could still laugh now and said, "Did you get embarrassed at the Crown Princess's place?"
Chen Tong sighed deeply and said: "The Crown Princess didn't reprimand me much. She also knew that I was not to blame for this incident, but she only asked me not to allow similar things to happen again..."
"But...it's impossible to guard against it!"
Chen Tong said angrily: "I just want to find out who the mastermind is! Then I will definitely skin him!"
Zhou Changshou said: "It's simple. It's either Zhao Xuanji or King Wen, or several other vassal kings elsewhere. Except for them, no one in the entire Great Qin has the ability to do this. Since we are not sure, we would rather kill the wrong one."
If you let it go, why don't you, commander, operate on Zhao Xuanji in the capital first, and then go and skin him now?"
Chen Tong looked at Zhou Changshou with wide eyes, and after concentrating for a while he said angrily: "You are still teasing me at this time?"
"I won't tease you anymore. Where are the Lin Huaizhang brothers? Bring them out. I will take them away," Zhou Changshou said.
Chen Tong was stunned for a moment and asked: "Take them away? Where?"
"Enter the palace."
Chapter completed!