Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 647 - 648 What happened last night_1

Chapter 647: Chapter 648 What happened last night_1

When dawn broke, Qin Kun awoke, and only then did his subordinates dare to report that Zhou Honghai had been waiting outside all night. Qin Kun hurriedly summoned Zhou Honghai.

Zhou Honghai reported the events of the previous night, explaining that someone had assisted the scholars at the academy, leading to the failure of their plan. Hearing this, Zhou Honghai was furious, "Who would dare?"

"Your Excellency, I’m not sure. We were exposed while the enemy was hidden and I couldn’t see who they were," responded Zhou Honghai.

"Aren’t you usually boasting about being the best fighter in Fuku County? Even with more than ten men, only three returned completely submissive. What’s the use of me keeping you around? Send someone to investigate immediately, I want those people found!"

After speaking, Qin Kun felt a little uneasy.

If those people could intervene, it meant that Qin Kun’s actions were known. If someone knew that he was sending men in the middle of the night to kill scholars, could it mean they also knew about his privately constructed Imperial Palace?

Qin Kun immediately called back Zhou Honghai who was about to leave: "Who knew about yesterday’s plan?"

"Your Excellency, besides you, the governor, and the boys I took with me, no one else knew. Only two of these boys remain!"

"Lock them up and interrogate them thoroughly. Regardless of whether they say anything, they must all be killed!"

Zhou Honghai felt anxious but replied, "Yes, Your Excellency!"

"Go, find out who exactly did this!"

...

At the Provincial Academy.

The scholars were still unsettled, watching as people from the Inspection Mansion came to clean up the corpses of the mountain bandits who had broken in the night before.

Song Cheng looked at these "mountain bandits" and knew without needing to investigate that they were Qin Kun’s men.

He only needed to display these corpses at the city gate for two days if these people were soldiers, someone would surely recognize them.

However, it was also possible that these men might be refugees from the north who had been recruited by Qin Kun to cause mischief.

While Song Cheng was watching, Wu Yang came over and informed him, "Sir, Lord Qin is here!"

Song Cheng immediately went out to greet him.

As soon as Qin Kun stepped out of the carriage, he entered the academy. Seeing Song Cheng approaching, he pretended to be unaware: "I heard that there were bandits here last night. Such audacious bandits, even attacking the Provincial Academy. You know this place houses our future colleagues, right, Song Cheng? Have you found out anything?"

Since Qin Kun was playing the fool, Song Cheng obviously did the same: "Your Excellency, we have not yet found out. I need to take these thieves’ bodies back with me to inspect them carefully and discover their identities. And we also have to find out who the brave people were who came to help last night and saved the scholars."

"Indeed, we must ask," Qin Kun entered the academy and seeing the scholars lined up, he asked them: "Do any of you know what happened last night?"

They all shook their heads, looking quite terrified.

Qin Kun was immediately angry, "Cowardly! Although you all read the Santos Books, you were scared by just a few mountain bandits. You have been shaking from last night till now, how can you serve the court in the future?"

With this rebuke, the scholars were even more frightened, but they all looked at Mo Wenxuan.

Mo Wenxuan should have the clearest understanding of what happened last night.

Seeing everyone looking at Mo Wenxuan, Qin Kun pointed at him: "You, come out and tell us what happened last night!"