The impersonator lasted less than half an hour.
“Your Highness Prince Leng, Consort Leng, I confess! I confess! Have someone let me down quickly, I truly can’t stand it.”
As the fake Yin Si spoke, his voice trembled. This Consort Leng was truly skilled at tormenting people.
He really couldn’t bear it.
The insects crawled all over him. If he moved even slightly, the bees would sting him, the ants would bite him, and there were other insects…
He really couldn't imagine what his face would look like if the bees, ants, and other insects continued to torment it. It was highly likely that he wouldn’t even be able to open his mouth.
“Ye Yi, put on this protective shield and gloves and clear the bees and ants crawling on his eyes and mouth. Don’t worry about the rest for now. Just enough so he can open his eyes and speak,” Consort Leng ordered.
With that, Leng Ruo Li took out the protective shield and gloves from her sleeve and handed them to Ye Yi.
“Yes, subordinate obeys!” Ye Yi replied respectfully.
He followed the Consort’s instructions, quickly put on the protective shield and gloves, and walked towards the fake Yin Si with an excited expression.
“Haha…”
The task Consort gave him was so fun. He, Ye Yi, must cherish this opportunity.
However, it had to be said that Ye Yi’s task made the guards and hidden guards of the Prince’s mansion extremely envious.
“Consort, why didn’t you assign this good deed to us subordinates?” Yin Chen asked with a smile.
“Yes, Consort, why didn’t you let us do it? Ye Yi, that foolish guy, isn’t good at tormenting people,” Ye Ying seconded.
Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han: “…”
“Seeing all those crawling insects on that person, wouldn’t your scalps go numb?”
Hearing this, Ye Ying and Yin Chen exchanged glances, then turned around and shook their heads at Leng Ruo Li.
“Consort, our scalps don’t go numb. On the contrary, we find tormenting bad people quite interesting,” Ye Ying and Yin Chen replied in unison, with awkward smiles.
Their words left Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han speechless.
Leng Ruo Li smiled faintly, “Jun Mo Han, your guards are too adorable.”
“Since you want to play, I’ll teach you some tormenting tricks another day when I’m free. But I must declare in advance that these tricks can only be used on bad people, never on our own people or innocent individuals. However, for now, let’s first get the secrets out of this person.”
Leng Ruo Li reminded the guards.
A moment later, Ye Yi had cleaned the bees and ants from the man’s eyes and mouth as per Leng Ruo Li’s instructions.
The fake Yin Si, who had been forced to close his eyes by the insects, could finally slowly open them.
“Who are you? What is your real name?” Leng Ruo Li asked, her gaze sharp as she swept over the fake Yin Si.
“I am an intermediate killer supervisor from Dark Night Pavilion, sent as an informant. My combat strength ranks in the lower-middle tier within Dark Night Pavilion. My real name is He Songyan,” He Songyan replied truthfully.
“What is your purpose for infiltrating our Prince’s Mansion?” Leng Ruo Li asked, a hint of scrutiny in her eyes.
“I, I was originally sent by the Pavilion Master to find the missing high-level killers. Then, through some of our special methods, I learned that one of our high-level killers, Aunt Lan, was imprisoned in the Prince’s Mansion, so I planned to wait for an opportune moment to infiltrate.” He Songyan said unhurriedly.
“When did you sneak into our Prince’s Mansion? And where did you take our Yin Si?” Leng Ruo Li asked in a clear, cold tone.
“I infiltrated the Prince’s Mansion two months ago. However, before that, I spent a full two months hiding in the shadows, thoroughly investigating the details of the hidden guards in the Prince’s Mansion. I also mimicked their usual movements and behaviors flawlessly. At the same time, I made many realistic human skin masks identical to yours.”
“Two months ago, one night, Yin Si was standing guard alone on the courtyard wall. For some reason, Ye Ying had to go to the outhouse repeatedly that night, and each time he returned, he looked like he had suffered a serious illness, appearing weak and listless. So, I felt my chance had come. I casually flicked a poisoned needle, hitting Yin Si and making him fall into a poisoned stupor. Then, I put on the human skin mask that looked exactly like Yin Si and replaced him on guard duty,” He Songyan recounted to the Prince and Consort.
“And where is our real Yin Si? Where is he now?” Leng Ruo Li asked in an icy tone, a bad feeling rising within her that Yin Si might be dead.
“He, he was killed by me!” He Songyan stammered in reply.
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone standing in the garden changed their expressions, their anger immediately ignited.
“What? You killed our Yin Si!” Everyone exclaimed in unison.
“You are too vicious, I will avenge Yin Si!” Yin Chen exclaimed, then flashed in front of He Songyan, clenched his fist, and punched him directly in the stomach. He Songyan vomited a mouthful of blood on the spot.
Then, other guards and hidden guards, with eyes red, came before He Songyan, each landing a punch, beating him severely.
“Alright! Everyone, stop for now! Yin Si is gone, and I know you all feel very upset! But don’t we, the Prince and I, feel upset too?”
“Today, we have another mission, which is to make He Songyan reveal the whereabouts of Yin Er and Xiao Liu Zi. If we are a step too late in finding them, they might also be killed. Therefore, our most urgent task now is to find Yin Er and Xiao Liu Zi first,” Leng Ruo Li reminded them sternly, her voice clear.
“If you don’t listen to the Consort, all of you get out!” Jun Mo Han said with a cold tone.
All the hidden guards and guards standing in the garden immediately quieted down. They were truly upset upon hearing that their brother, with whom they had spent over ten years, was dead. They had lost control of their emotions and forgotten that they still had another brother to save.
After hearing their Consort and Prince, the guards immediately regained their composure.
“He Songyan, after you killed Yin Si, where did you bury his body?” Leng Ruo Li asked with a heavy heart.
“He, he, was, was secretly, carried, carried to, outside the city moat, and, thrown, into, the river,” He Songyan said, blood flowing from his mouth, his breath weak.
“Do you know the whereabouts of Yin Er and Xiao Liu Zi?” Leng Ruo Li asked anxiously.
“They, they might, have been, kidnapped by, the Hall Master of, Huoying Tang, to, Six Phases Manor…” After saying this, He Songyan finally breathed his last.
“Your Highness, do you know what kind of place this Six Phases Manor is?” Leng Ruo Li asked with a face full of confusion.