Plotting with You: The Forensic Scientist in Ancient Times!-Chapter 437 - 436: Yirou Ke Gang

Just as Lu Jun had just showed his position, Lu Chao came to ask for a favor, and Lu Jun, without hesitation, readily lent his troops to Lu Chao.

Moreover, Lu Chao didn’t ask for many people, he borrowed only a hundred men at most, and then arranged for these soldiers to change into plain clothes, disguising them as ordinary people.

This would not make Lu Jun wary, nor would it bring him any new trouble, so naturally, he was even more satisfied, eagerly utilizing this opportunity to demonstrate his sincerity with his prompt attitude.

Zhu Yu was relieved to learn that Lu Chao had brought a hundred elite soldiers disguised to support them.

Although Lu Qing and Lu Chao are from the same clan by blood, the two brothers’ personalities are closer than those of Lu Chao and his real brothers born of the same father.

Both are meticulous, thorough, and discreet. Whenever they do something, they don’t need long discussions to convince each other; they understand each other almost instantly.

This discreet support is precisely what Lu Qing wanted.

"So, they caught Nanny Shi and the others, right?" she asked as Lu Qing supported her for a slow walk inside the room.

"Yes, we caught them, and immediately dislocated their jaws. Sure enough, we found hidden poison bags in their back molars, just like before." Lu Qing nodded, answering Zhu Yu’s question while also addressing another unspoken query she had.

"And the Fake Castle Master who escaped earlier, was he hiding in the Little Mountain Building?" Zhu Yu quickly asked again.

Though she thought herself that during those few days inside, she could even go out of the room to look around freely, provided she didn’t attempt to go through the main door, the loose guarding didn’t seem to indicate someone was hidden there fearing discovery.

However, she still hoped to find that person quickly and uncover the mastermind behind all this and what terrifying scheme they were plotting.

"No, we searched everywhere but found nothing, though from Nanny Shi’s attitude, she seems to know the Fake Castle Master." Lu Qing shook his head, "In the Little Mountain Building, no one is willing to confess until now.

After all, this is Lan Country, and we cannot use certain methods here.

Lu Chao will be returning in a few days, by then he will escort those people back to Jin Country’s border, and he will imprison them himself.

I believe Lu Chao will find a way to make those few open their mouths."

"Lu Chao...what kind of drastic measures does he have?" Zhu Yu thought although she didn’t have many practical dealings with Lu Chao before, by borrowing Lu Qing’s influence, she met him often in the Yunyin Pavilion.

The impression Lu Chao gave her was not that of the genteel scholar he appeared to be, but his temperament was indeed much more gentle than Lu Qing, or, to put it differently, more—kind.

This may have something to do with their upbringing; Lu Qing always had to choose between life and death in every step, thus naturally developing more decisiveness and ferocity alongside caution.

Whereas Lu Chao, the only surviving child of the Empress, even with some harboring ill intentions, had to be more restrained. Several secret trials failed, and as he grew older and his temperament became more indifferent, his relationship with Emperor Jin increasingly distant, the hidden plots seemed to have ceased.

Therefore, he was more prudent and willing to leave a way out for others.

So Zhu Yu found it hard to imagine that the trained bandits, each determined to die if they couldn’t succeed, could be gotten to talk by Lu Chao, let alone Lu Qing.

Lu Qing wasn’t surprised by Zhu Yu’s doubts, he smiled slightly: "You’ve surely heard of the saying ’gentleness subdues hardness.’

For those not afraid of death, people like me have no means, but in Lu Chao’s hands, they cannot die nor know when it will end, he is quite skilled in psychological tactics."

Zhu Yu nodded, feeling a bit emotional inside.

They say the Emperor is the True Dragon Emperor, so calling the royal palace a "dragon’s den and tiger’s lair" is not overstated.

To survive and grow up smoothly in such an environment, without relying on external shelter, no matter what the temperament, at the end of the day, they are tough people.

"By the way, what are those brutal methods used by Nanny Shi and her people to abduct those innocent girls for?" Since Lu Qing had spoken, Zhu Yu naturally didn’t bother worrying unnecessarily and turned to ask another focus she wanted to know before but lacked the energy to inquire.

"Sit down, and I will tell you slowly." Lu Qing thought they had walked enough circles in the room for Zhu Yu’s current state, so he helped her sit by the bed again, "We heard external rumors before, saying that girls chosen by the Little Mountain Building would be pampered to become fair and beautiful, then sent to prominent officials as concubines or even main wives.

However, once these girls enter the Little Mountain Building, they are rarely seen again. Their families only receive a rich dowry but get no chance to see their daughters."

"Indeed, when Nanny Shi spoke to me and Yan Daoxin, she mentioned marrying off as noble concubines, etc." Zhu Yu nodded, "But who has ever heard of a matchmaker place with such complex and vicious secret passages?

However, when I walked around outside the room there a few times, no one stopped me, they didn’t seem particularly worried about me trying to escape.

This leaves me a bit confused."

"They indeed don’t worry too much about the girls being raised there escaping." Lu Qing sighed, "Firstly, they set up some strong Protectors at the only convenient entrance, like when you first went in there, even a robust woman couldn’t pass through those Protectors.

And those girls brought in, once they start taking the specially prepared ’tonic,’ they quickly become fairer and prettier, while their limbs become weak and powerless. Let alone climbing all those stairs, even reaching the door with its high threshold would keep them tightly bound, with no chance to escape."

"Are they being ’nourished’ to ruin their vitality?" Zhu Yu was somewhat shocked, "Becoming more beautiful but weaker...those girls aren’t then..."

Her mind connected the dots, and her face changed immediately.