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The two arrived at the courtyard where the assassin was being held.

Eagle Claw was already waiting at the door. When he saw Xiao Jingyan arrive, he quickly stepped forward and bowed.

Xiao Jingyan waved his hand, and he and Jin Hu put on their masks, pushed open the door, and left the dungeon.

Through the railing, you could see five men in black tied to pillars, all of them injured, and the air was thick with the smell of blood.

Xiao Jingyan walked to the interrogation room outside, sat down, and gestured with his chin towards Jin Hu.

Jin Hu understood, opened the cell, and dragged the first assassin over.

The man was forced to kneel on the ground. He looked up at Xiao Jingyan, who was sitting down. Although he couldn't see Xiao Jingyan's face through the mask, he could feel the chill emanating from him.

His heart skipped a beat, and he gritted his teeth, glaring at Xiao Jingyan: "You don't need to ask anymore, I won't tell you."

Jin Hu grabbed his shoulder and demanded, "Who sent you?"

The man turned his head away, gritting his teeth and remaining silent.

Xiao Jingyan said calmly, "Chop off his fingers."

Jin Hu stepped forward, grabbed his hand, and with a swift motion, stabbed a finger into the ground. The man gritted his teeth and groaned, but remained defiant: "Go ahead and kill me if you dare!"

Xiao Jingyan said calmly, "Give him his wish!"

The man's face turned pale instantly. Jin Hu slashed the dagger across his neck, and blood gushed out. His eyes widened, and he only managed to utter, "You're not a martial artist..." Before he could finish the word "virtue," he was already dead.

At the last moment, he regretted it, but Xiao Jingyan didn't give him a chance.

Xiao Jingyan didn't even frown, and waved his hand: "Next."

Jin Hu dragged the body aside and brought in the second assassin.

The man's face turned deathly pale when he saw his companion's corpse on the ground.

He was trembling all over as Jin Hu forced him to kneel on the ground, demanding, "Who sent you?"

The man's lips trembled as he gritted his teeth and said, "If you have the guts, kill me. I'll be a hero again in eighteen years."

Xiao Jingyan looked at him and said coldly, "I have never been one to force others to do things against their will."

He waved to Jin Hu, who swiftly drew his sword and fell to the ground as well.

On his deathbed, he thought, "Couldn't you have asked me a few more questions? If you had asked me two more times, I would have definitely told you."

In my next life, I definitely won't be stubborn anymore; being stubborn can really get you killed.

Immediately afterwards, the third assassin was dragged in. Seeing the bodies of his two companions on the ground, and calculating the time, he understood everything. These two heroes were truly capable of killing.

The man knelt down with a thud, shouting, "Heroes, what do you want to ask? I'll confess, I'll confess everything!"

Jin Hu was stunned. Couldn't you have waited until I asked first? It's not very fulfilling.

He smirked and asked, "Who ordered you to intercept Miss Yun's carriage?"

The man hurriedly spoke, fearing that a moment's hesitation would turn him into a corpse: "They're from the Princess's residence! We're just doing this for money, we really didn't know that young lady was... a member of the hero's group! Please, hero, spare our lives!"

Jin Hu then asked, "How did you know they were from the Princess's residence?"

The man quickly explained, "Although we're doing this for money, we still need to know who the other party is. If we can't afford to offend them, we won't do it. So after accepting the task, we've been following that person. He was very careful, taking a long detour, and finally entered the Princess's residence. But we can't enter the Princess's residence, so we don't know if it's really the Princess."

Jin Hu glanced at Xiao Jingyan and continued, "What did he have you do?"

The man swallowed hard and continued, "Let us kidnap the people in the carriage and kill...kill them."

"How dare you!" Xiao Jingyan slammed his hand on the table, which cracked instantly.

"Hero, spare my life! If I had known that young lady was under your protection, I would never have dared to lay a hand on her! Please, sir, investigate thoroughly!" the man pleaded in terror.

Xiao Jingyan suddenly asked, "Do you remember what the characteristics of the person who hired you were?"

The man thought for a moment and said, "It's a woman. She's wearing a cloak, and her face is covered up so I can't see her features, but judging from her age, she's probably around forty."

Xiao Jingyan then asked, "If this person stood in front of you, would you recognize him?"

The man nodded quickly: "I'll definitely recognize the person as long as they speak."

Seeing that there was nothing more to ask, Xiao Jingyan waved his hand, signaling to continue interrogating the remaining two.

The fourth and fifth assassins were brought in separately. Upon seeing the corpses on the ground, they dared not pretend any longer and confessed everything.

The testimony is basically consistent with the third one.

But the last person said, "That woman had a mole near her eye. I saw it when she took off her hat before entering the yard."

Xiao Jingyan's eyes darkened. There was a mole at the corner of his eye; it belonged to Ya Min's wet nurse.

He stood up, turned around, and walked out.

Jin Hu tossed the man to Eagle Claw and followed Xiao Jingyan out of the dungeon.

Standing in the courtyard, Xiao Jingyan said to Jin Hu, "Keep the living ones for now. Throw the dead ones into Ya Min's courtyard. I want some people to know that daring to touch my people will come at a price."

Jin Hu's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly agreed. He knew that the prince was determined to teach Ya Min a lesson.

Although we can't do anything to her openly, we still have to stand up for Miss Yun.

At the Princess's residence, Ya Min still has a high fever that won't go down for the past few days. Several imperial physicians have come, all saying that the cold has penetrated to the bone and that she has been frightened and needs to rest.

I was prescribed a calming remedy, but it didn't help after I drank it.

The servants, having spent the day on guard duty, would become somewhat lax at night. The old women on night watch would come out and wander around the courtyard during the first half of the night, but they would simply go to sleep when they were extremely tired in the second half.

This is the residence of the Princess, heavily guarded. Who would dare to break in?

It was in the middle of the night that Eagle Claw led his men to dump the two corpses in Ya Min's yard.

The next morning, a maid opened her eyes, pushed open the door, and prepared to go to the kitchen to fetch hot water.

She yawned, rubbed her eyes, and looked down to find two people lying in the yard—or rather, two corpses, and two corpses with their eyes wide open in death.

The maid screamed in fright and scrambled into the room, crying, "Help...help! Something...something's happened!"

Princess Yamin's wet nurse quickly stepped in to stop her: "What kind of behavior is this, shouting like that? If you frighten the princess, you'll be held responsible!"

Yamin had been woken up. She weakly opened her eyes and asked, "Granny, what happened?"

The wet nurse quickly went over to her and said, "Princess, it's nothing. A maid just tripped and fell. Please rest, I'll go take a look."

Yamin hummed in agreement and closed her eyes again.

The old woman grabbed the maid's arm and pulled her outside, whispering, "Talk outside, don't frighten the princess!"

The maid, still shaken, shrank back against the old woman, pointing towards the door, her voice trembling with tears: "Old woman, outside, there are...two dead people!"