Ma Dawei quickly agreed, then looked at the bodies on the ground and asked, "Who are these people?"

"Those men are all rebels, and the woman was the stall owner," Zhao Ting said.

"Take them all back to the yamen!" Ma Dawei ordered, then led the way.

A moment later, Jiang Chen was respectfully invited into the county yamen's main hall by the county magistrate, who had been informed of the situation.

"Your humble servant, Chen Wenqian, greets Your Majesty!"

The county magistrate prostrated himself on the ground.

Ma Dawei was shocked. Wasn't he the garrison commander? When did he become His Majesty?

He didn't have time to think about it and quickly knelt down as well.

"Are you the local county magistrate?" Jiang Chen asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, your humble servant is indeed the local county magistrate," Chen Wenqian quickly replied, his heart in his throat.

He had already heard a rough report of the incident from his subordinates. He initially thought it was an assassination attempt on the garrison commander within the city, and he was hoping to downplay the matter.

He never expected that the one who was assassinated was Jiang Chen, the emperor of Da Wei.

Chen Wenqian already felt that his head was in danger.

While Chen Wenqian was trembling with fear, he heard Jiang Chen soften his tone and say, "A woman lost her life because of me. I order you to ensure that her family is well taken care of."

Chen Wenqian couldn't believe his ears.

His Majesty was so solemn, yet he was only instructing him to take care of this matter, and not to punish him?

Chen Wenqian didn't dare to think too much and quickly said, "Your humble servant obeys!"

After agreeing, Chen Wenqian waited for Jiang Chen to punish him, but after waiting for a while, he still didn't hear Jiang Chen speak.

He couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, are there any other instructions?"

"No," Jiang Chen said.

None?

Chen Wenqian was a little surprised and said, "Those assassins..."

"That's not your concern. What you need to do is to appease the people of Shangdu and prevent them from panicking because of this incident," Jiang Chen said.

"Yes."

After Chen Wenqian agreed, he heard Jiang Chen say, "Alright, arrange a place for me to rest. I'm tired."

"Yes!"

After arranging everything, Chen Wenqian was still confused.

The assassination attempt, just like that, was over?

It wasn't just Chen Wenqian who was puzzled, Jing Yue was also very surprised.

Of course, she knew that Jiang Chen would not let the assassination attempt go.

What she didn't understand was why Jiang Chen wanted to kill them all, instead of leaving one alive to interrogate.

Just as Jing Yue was pondering Jiang Chen's thoughts, she heard Jiang Chen say faintly, "We'll return to the capital tomorrow. If Zhao Ting can keep up, he can return to the capital with us. If he needs to stay behind for treatment, let him return to the capital on his own after he recovers."

Jing Yue was taken aback, then understood.

His Majesty was returning to the capital to investigate the assassination attempt!

Early the next morning, after breakfast, Jiang Chen asked Chen Wenqian to send a coachman to drive them back to the capital.

Within the capital, the ministers who had received news of Jiang Chen's assassination attempt were in a state of chaos.

All the ministers reached a consensus that they could no longer allow His Majesty to continue traveling incognito.

Previously, they could say that the local county magistrate was audacious, but this time, it was a blatant assassination attempt!

The nature of this was different!

Just as the ministers were racking their brains to write a joint letter to be sent to Shangdu, Zhao Liting, the Minister of Rites, received news that Jiang Chen was about to enter the capital and immediately arranged for the imperial carriage to welcome him!

His Majesty was back?

This news surprised the ministers greatly.

Had His Majesty changed his nature?

Otherwise, why would he suddenly return?

Zhao Liting didn't have time to analyze this. He quickly arranged the imperial carriage and went out of the city to welcome Jiang Chen.

With such a grand formation, everyone in the capital knew that His Majesty had returned.

Many people didn't think much of it after they found out.

His Majesty returning to the capital and being welcomed by the imperial carriage was normal. This was the standard that His Majesty should have.

However, there were also some people who saw the meaning behind this action.

This was a deterrent to them!

"Tell the people below to stop all actions and erase all possible traces!" In Phoenix City, after Wang Yaohui saw the news of Jiang Chen's return to the capital, he immediately ordered.

Just as this order was issued, a servant came to report that the Tang Prince wanted to see him.

Wang Yaohui arrived at the Tang Prince's mansion and saw the Tang Prince, Jiang Sheng, pacing back and forth in the hall, his face full of worry and anxiety.

Seeing his father-in-law, Wang Yaohui, come over, Jiang Sheng quickly went up to him and said anxiously, "Father-in-law, he's returned to the capital alive!"

Wang Yaohui made a "shush" gesture and asked everyone to leave before saying, "Your Highness, the Tang Prince, there's no need to be so anxious."

"How can I not be anxious?"

Jiang Sheng looked at Wang Yaohui and said, "We are..."

Jiang Sheng gestured across his neck with his hand and said, "This is a crime punishable by death!"

Wang Yaohui chuckled and said, "Your Highness, if you don't say it and I don't say it, how would Jiang Chen know that we did it?"

Jiang Sheng was stunned, then overjoyed, and said, "Father-in-law, he doesn't know that we did it?"

Wang Yaohui smiled and nodded, "The ones we sent out were all death warriors. Even if they die, they won't say anything."

"Moreover, all the traces have been erased. It's impossible for him to know that we ordered it."

Hearing this, Jiang Sheng couldn't help but admire, "As expected of my father-in-law!"

But then Jiang Sheng said again, "But I went to the capital before. Will he see any clues from this?"

Wang Yaohui pondered slightly, then shook his head, "Your Highness, rest assured, you went to the capital only to celebrate Consort Yu's birthday. What crime is there in that?"

Hearing Wang Yaohui say this, Jiang Sheng finally felt relieved.

However, he was still a little unwilling in his heart, "It's a pity that we couldn't kill him!"

A cold glint flashed in Wang Yaohui's eyes, "Your Highness, there are many days to come. There will always be opportunities!"

After Jiang Chen returned to the capital, he ordered Jing Yue to lead the dark guards to investigate and find out the other party's identity.

Five days later, Jing Yue knelt in front of Jiang Chen with a look of shame.

"Your Majesty, your subordinate is incompetent and has not been able to find any traces of the other party."

"Not even a single trace?" Jiang Chen said.

Jing Yue shook her head.

Jiang Chen's eyes narrowed slightly. This was about what he had expected.

The fact that the other party was able to seize the opportunity of his trip south to act was enough to prove that he was not an easy opponent to deal with.

Seeing that Jing Yue was still kneeling on the ground, Jiang Chen said, "Get up."

Jing Yue was a little ashamed and said, "Your subordinate is incompetent, please punish me, Your Majesty."

Jiang Chen waved his hand and did not blame Jing Yue.

He knew the methods of the dark guards.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that they were the most elite group of people in Da Wei.

It was absolutely impossible for them to be careless.

In other words, it wasn't that the dark guards were incompetent, but that the other party was too powerful.

This could be seen from the assassins who assassinated him in Shangdu.

Sending out seven death warriors of that level at once could not be done without years of accumulation.

Jiang Chen tapped lightly on the imperial desk with his fingers. Being able to train such death warriors, an ordinary person could certainly not do it.