Chapter 694 - The Culprit Is An Elderly Person! Overhaul! (1/2)

“The reason you didn’t want to meet Zhang Ling’er was simple. It was because you were busy with the other girls,” Helian Wei Wei said as though she did not notice Zhang Yu’s expression. She continued flatly, “You thought of Zhang Ling’er as a burden, because she was overly ambitious. She was just a plaything to you, so you never expected that she wanted to marry you that badly, to the point where she even plotted to ruin your dates with other girls.”

To Helian Wei Wei, these were all just general reasoning. The things she heard when other people were quarreling as she stood quietly in the alley were not for nothing. She collected the information, sorted out the clues and deduced the facts.

The Secretary of State for the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs had witnessed Helian Wei Wei’s meticulous deduction before. Listening to her words now made him idolize her even more.

Zhang Yu stared at Helian Wei Wei as if he saw a ghost. Somehow, this person, this person even knew what was in my mind!

“You didn’t want to meet her, but you still went that day, because you wanted to end things with her once and for all.” Helian Wei Wei stared right at him, her clear pupils seemed to see through everything. “People from the alley said they heard a couple arguing that day, even the town crier had heard the commotion. In fact, that was not any couple, it was you and Zhang Ling’er arguing. You warned her not to keep pestering you, but she refused since she broke off her engagement for you. Yet, you told her that it was never going to happen, abandoning her just because you felt like it. Therefore, it sounded like a couple fighting.”

Zhang Yu’s fists clenched tightly while his heart pounded in fear. However, disdain filled his face. “Your storytelling is amazing, after all that talk, where’s your proof? I do not want to argue with peasants like you, trying to push all your suspicions onto me, do you think that the judiciary of the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs was for nothing?”

“Seems like I guessed correctly.” Helian Wei Wei judged his expressions, giggling suddenly.

Zhang Yu narrowed his eyes and lowered his voice so that only the two of them could hear. “I know you barely have any proof, so I’ll advise you to know your place. This way, I can still spare your life, or else, our Zhang Family is not to be messed with!”

“Oh?” Helian Wei Wei curved her lips playfully as she looked straight at Zhang Yu. “Speaking of proof, well, I have limited time, so I won’t bother to go and find it. Since you like to bully people with your status, then I shall take pleasure…” With that, she looked at the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs with a smile, her eyes were freezing cold. “Lord Li, drag Zhang Yu out, give him a hundred beatings first. If he still refuses to admit it, continue beating till he does.”

Zhang Yu huffed loudly. “Who do you think you are?! Do you think Lord Li will listen to your one-sided statement?”

However, he never expected that the Secretary would bow respectfully to the person before him. Then, with a loud and clear reply, “Yes, Princess Consort!”

Princess… Princess Consort?!

Zhang Yu swallowed his unfinished words! He turned back and looked at Helian Wei Wei in disbelief!

Upon hearing the reply from the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs, even the cunning Lord Zhang was so shocked that all the color drained from his face.

This, this person was the Princess Consort?

Then…then…the other one…

Baili Jia Jue had remained silent the whole time, only now he started to speak slowly, his voice as melodious as usual. “A hundred beatings is too light of a punishment, might as well castrate him, so Lord Zhang would never forget this as well.”

Upon hearing that, Lord Zhang instantly kneeled on the floor with a thump. He had never met the Third Prince before, but he had heard of his cruel punishments, this was obviously one of the things that he indulged in.

Moreover, he had actually tied up the current crown prince!

And even tried to make His Highness the scapegoat for his own son!

The more he thought about it, the more terrified Lord Zhang was. Trembling, he kowtowed again and again. The sound was so loud that it made people’s heads hurt just by listening to it. “I, I was too ignorant to not recognise Your Highness. I, I have enraged Your Highness, please do spare my life!”

The Lord Zhang that was so full of confidence a moment ago, was now stuttering and stumbling all over his words.

Zhang Yu backed away, horrified, but a man in black which appeared from nowhere was pinning his legs down. The knife in his hand shone ever so brightly!

“I’ll tell, I’ll tell everything!” Zhang Yu struggled while crying and screaming. Tears were streaming down his face while his crotch was drenched, clearly he was so frightened that he was jumping out of his skin.

Helian Wei Wei could not help but admire His Highness’ methods, he was so much more cruel than her that he could even think of cutting off someone’s family jewels.

Just that the scene was way too gruesome, which made Helian Wei Wei cover her nose while watching Zhang Yu.

Baili Jia Jue glanced at the shadow guard and the shadow guard immediately halted his movements. With a flash of his knife, he retreated quickly as though he never existed.

Zhang Yu was crawling on the floor, kowtowing heavily. “Your Highness, the missing people in the alley really had nothing to do with me. I did go to the alley that day, but I left after quarreling with Zhang Ling’er. She kept pestering me, but I had wanted nothing to do with her for a long time, so why would I abduct her? And the other two people, I also have no idea why they disappeared all of a sudden, they were still fine when I met them, I…”

It was obvious that Zhang Yu was speaking incoherently.

Actually, when Helian Wei Wei was at the alley, she had already disregarded the possibility of Zhang Yu being the criminal, because those girls were just a way for him to pa.s.s his time. Even if he disliked them, the most he would do was chase them away with money, or use his status to pressure them. There was no reason for him to abduct them.