362. An Important Account Book (II)

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

s.h.i.+ didn’t let Long down and it didn’t take long for him to find all the important things.

Later, the two of them began to check those things on the spot.

They mainly wanted to find out if there was anything hidden in there.

After a while, they really found something wrong.

“Another account book should have been hidden away. Look, it’s not right here.”

Long also looked at it and nodded. “Look for it in the study. If it’s not here… then it should be in his bedroom or with the certain woman he likes.”

s.h.i.+ nodded and then frowned. “But there are a lot of women here. It’s a bit difficult for us to find the one.”

Long said indifferently, “Then just let him tell us. Ask w.a.n.g Qi to stop it and we’ll deal with things here. He can go to kill that manager’s concubine… Besides, the manager can’t be alive, either.”

s.h.i.+ nodded. “Don’t worry. I know what to do.”

Long smiled. “Okay.”

Leading Long out of the study, s.h.i.+ found w.a.n.g Qi and gave the orders.

Then, w.a.n.g Qi left.

Long and s.h.i.+ hid themselves again in the study.

Soon after, that manager’s brother-in-law went to the study.

Long and s.h.i.+ didn’t act immediately. They were not in a hurry, because they wanted to see what he would do.

He went there to handle official business.

Long and s.h.i.+ had been watching him and found that he began to read the account book they discovered earlier. After a while, they didn’t think there would be more “secrets”.

So, the two of them looked at each other. Then, s.h.i.+ jumped down and hit that man’s acupoints at lightning speed.

Later, Long also jumped down from the beam.

Such a height wasn’t a big problem for Long, so he could handle it.

After Long stood still, s.h.i.+ glanced at him. “Are you okay?”

Long patted his chest. “Don’t worry. I’m not a totally useless man, okay?”

s.h.i.+ looked at Long and fed Liu Suifeng’s medicine to that man after making sure that Long was really fine.

Once he saw Long and s.h.i.+, that man was covered in cold sweat. Moreover, he had a premonition that he would definitely suffer a lot. He wanted to talk, to ask for help, and to ask for mercy…

However, he couldn’t speak at all.

s.h.i.+ wasn’t interested in such a sc.u.mbag at all, so he directly fed the medicine to him.

Half a quarter of an hour later, that man, who didn’t have a strong will, poured out everything he knew. Both Long and s.h.i.+ were very satisfied.

He did hide another, more secret account book.

Moreover, the things recorded in it were even more useful than Long and s.h.i.+ imagined!

After Long and s.h.i.+ knew the location of the account book, they directly killed him and hung him on the beam.

The reason why they hung him on the beam was because if someone came in, he wouldn’t immediately find out how that man died. It could provide cover for their action.

Long and s.h.i.+ left the study. According to what that man just said, they went to the room of his favorite concubine. There were several people in the room. Besides the concubine, there were still three maids.

But for s.h.i.+ and Long, dealing with these four people was just a piece of cake.

s.h.i.+ made the four of them faint at a very fast speed and he could guarantee that those women didn’t even catch a glimpse of the clothes of Long and him!

s.h.i.+ naturally had no pressure at all when killing women who couldn’t do martial arts.

Even Long didn’t take these women seriously.

Afterwards, s.h.i.+ and Long quickly found the hidden account book according to that man’s words. Then, they opened it and read for a while. After confirming that there was nothing wrong, Long and s.h.i.+ left together. .

It was only three hours later that the accident in this mansion was known to the outsiders.

At that time, Long and s.h.i.+ had already returned to Fang’s mansion.

Moreover, w.a.n.g Qi had also finished his work.

w.a.n.g Qi killed that manager and his concubine, but instead of killing them directly with a knife, he brought the two people together and used a special technique to make the man look like he had a stroke.

There were marks on the neck of the concubine, showing that she was strangled by the man.

It looked like they were making love at that time, but the man suddenly went crazy. He strangled his concubine and she struggled. Then, the man had a stroke and died.

It looked like that on the surface, but in reality… They would see if others could find out.

w.a.n.g Qi did that to conceal the traces.

When Long and s.h.i.+ received the news, they also praised w.a.n.g Qi for his wit.

There was a war at the border of Eastern Darkness, so the death of a manager in the imperial garden wasn’t a serious matter in the imperial city!

Moreover, it was definitely something that needed to be kept secret!

If it spread, they would be laughed at by people all over the nation.

They’d think, “Look, an official was just like that? When making love with his concubine, he got too excited and died!”

So it was really a scandal. Even if that man didn’t die of the stroke, it was true that he and his concubine died when making love!

Even if the coroner found out something, the superior of the manager would only deal with it as an accident.

Otherwise, his superior wouldn’t end up well, either!

However, its aftermath had nothing to do with Long and s.h.i.+.

At this moment, Long and s.h.i.+ were busy with the account book they just took back.

There was a lot of useful information recorded in it.

If the amount of bribes was known by Emperor Zhou, then those officials would definitely suffer a lot!

Fang could also control some people based on the list.

Among those people, several held important positions!

In addition, Fang was a prince. So those who hadn’t taken sides must make the decision at present.

Especially after the crown prince died…

In the court, there would probably be only two parties left.

One would be led by the fourth prince, and the other by the fifth prince.

Of course, those who supported the emperor couldn’t be ignored, but apart from them, the main battle would be between the remaining two princes.

Emperor Zhou wanted to use Fang to pave the way for Zhou Suye.

Once the crown prince died, he would be bound to continue to build up momentum for Zhou Suye.

However, what if Zhou Suye’s reputation was steadily worsening?

What if Fang performed too well?

Then, it wouldn’t be so easy for Emperor Zhou to continue supporting Zhou Suye, right?

It all depended on who was more powerful in this fight!

Touching his chin, Long was very optimistic about their future.

s.h.i.+ said, “With this thing, we’ve got the upper hand, but we must prevent Emperor Zhou from killing Fang Shuoyang secretly.”

“Emperor Zhou is very confident. He won’t think that he can’t protect his favorite son. We’ve also seen that he secretly planted a lot of bodyguards around Zhou Suye. Under such circ.u.mstances, do you think Emperor Zhou will be so anxious to kill Fang Shuoyang? What’s more, he isn’t that old. If only one prince is left, he’ll be forced to abdicate, right? So, rest a.s.sured. If no major changes take place, we can definitely end the whole thing in front of him.”

After thinking for a while, both s.h.i.+ and Fang agreed with Long’s speculation.

“Of course, it’s still too early now. Those things will only happen after the crown prince dies. For now, just wait and see. Let’s proceed step by step. No hurry.”

Long had gradually got a temperament that could ease people’s mind and make them relaxed.

So, after hearing his words, Fang directly went to deal with business.

s.h.i.+ continued to read the account book, looking for the next target.

With this account book, it would be easier for him to find more people.

Of course, those people could only be used, not trusted.

When Fang ascended the throne, all those people would be eliminated!