4. The long street outside juying pavilion
5. "This is just beyond stupid! Release me right now and I might still leave you with an intact corpse. Otherwise..."
6. "Otherwise what? You'll call juying pavilion's assassins to come kill me?"
7. "How do you know... That's impossible! Du qiniang has always handled things flawlessly..."
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1. "Still not giving up? Look-"
2. "Why do you people from huoyu tower always hide everything in the same place?"
3. "Behave!"
4. "There are so many death-squad assassins hiding in juying pavilion, plus the heaven-rank killer group, the seven of ghost moon-how could they all be caught..."
5. "Wait!"
6. "The xueji chuqing sword, and... Cangfeng wudi?"
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1. "Sister gu, I did good today, right! I still want candied hawthorn tonight, this time I'll play with you the first half of the night, and sister chi can have the second half, okay?"
2. "Shut up!"
3. Our huoyu tower's heaven-rank assassins cut off their emotions and desires long ago, there's no way they'd...
4. "It's because I treat them like people,"
5. "While huoyu tower treats them like tools for killing, once the mission fails, they're discarded."
1. "Or should I say... Courtesan yu, lord wen, you're nothing but huoyu tower's disposable blades."
2. "The winner takes all, I admit I lost. But I still don't understand: with the strength of the seven of ghost moon..."
3. "Heaven-rank assassins are the best of the best among martial artists, of course, but..."
4. "If armored troops can be used to deal with me, then I can naturally return the favor, using your own methods against you."
2. "What?"
3. "You're sure? Xianyue house had over a hundred tukhara mercenaries from the northern desert- how could the bu liang ren break in?"
4. "It was... Gu ning of the jinwu guard..."
5. "Her again! This isn't the first time she's ruined our work!"
6. "Shouldn't she be in the palace protecting that dog emperor? If she's out here, isn't she afraid someone will assassinate him?"
1. "Heh heh. Don't panic, everyone. Right now, this is a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity."
2. "Quickly send someone into the palace to inform chancellor han xiao-tell her gu ning is out of the palace."
3. "With the palace defenses surely weakened, this is the perfect chance to assassinate that dog of an emperor!"
4. "My lord, both xianyuefang and juyingguan have already fallen-so the matter of qiutong will probably be exposed too... Shouldn't we inform the chancellor?"
5. "No need."
6. "The autumn exam has nothing to do with us. Don't forget our identity and our mission."
7. "As for han xiao, I'm only humoring her for now. We can't stake everything on her. The tukhara mercenaries are crucial to us."
8. "Notify the northern desert envoy group to head to the capital immediately. We need to put some pressure on the court!"
9. Inside xianyue house
1. "We caught a lot of them this time. A duo, a yao-don't go back to the bu liang well for now. The environment there isn't good."
2. "Stay here at xianyue house and keep watch over wen shiyu, yuzhi rouhe, du qiniang, and the rest."
3. "Later I'll report to the empress and tell her xianyue house has been requisitioned for the case."
4. "Thank you, marshal."
5. "Yesterday you sent word for me to bring the imperial guards to assist you-was it all so you could dig out these two rebel organizations completely?"
6. "Why aren't you in a hurry to return to the palace? Aren't you afraid her majesty is in danger?"
1. "Are you blushing?"
2. "Relax. It's all been arranged. As for the investigation—I've found these rebels have a larger organization behind them, and it overlaps heavily with the autumn exam..."
3. "The autumn exam? A bigger organization? You mean the zoroastrian cult behind huoyu tower?"
4. "The zoroastrian cult?"
1. "You didn't know? I've dealt with the cengtai clan before, and I already suspected this matter reached far and wide."
2. "If it involves the zoroastrian cult, it wouldn't be surprising at all."
3. "The zoroastrian cult? Sounds like some kind of evil sect."
4. "Yes. Huoyu tower is one of its branches..."
5. "Got it. Look at this first."
6. "These "Gold" and "Black" registers-from what I know, they have a lot to do with the autumn exam. I don't recognize many of the names. You're from a military family, so you should know more than I do."
1. "Let me see."
2. "Jia zhongdao, the second daughter of the vice minister of rites."
3. "Wang xiyao, the youngest daughter of the minister of works."
4. "Tian ruqin, the niece of the provincial administration commissioner's office in sichuan."
5. "...wang fu. Yeah, seems like an illegitimate son of some big merchant household in the capital..."
6. "Li jiaye, zhang liugen, zhao rui... I don't think I know any of these. They're probably not from official families."
1. "Wait! I get it now!"
2. "This gold register must be the cheating ledger! The names on it are official kids who got in through the back door, and these are their bribes!"
3. "And as for this black one, it has to be young women from ordinary families!"
4. "Tsk-no, that's not right. If that were the case, wouldn't the gold register alone be enough?"
5. "If I'm right, the people on the black register are probably the ones with real talent!"
6. "To cheat the autumn exam, you still need presentable papers. But some of those official kids can't even write, so if they want to pass, they have to steal from the talented ones."
7. "This is outrageous!"
2. I have hated unfair exams my whole life! The civil service exams are the only chance poor students have to change their fate.
3. Back then, I fought my way out of a sea of thousands to get where I am! How could I let these people play privilege games?
4. "I'm taking charge of this cheating case, no matter what! Once I clean up that cult, I'll ask her majesty to appoint me as the chief examiner for the autumn exam!"
5. "Uh... You, a brute of a warrior, as chief examiner? The court will flip the whole table over."
6. The quest "Interrogate wen shiyu and yuzhi rouhe" is not yet complete. New quests triggered: "Return to the palace to protect the emperor" and "Continue investigating huoyu tower and the autumn exam case."
7. Reactionary forces in the palace have learned the player is outside and are plotting an assassination. Additionally, the player has uncovered part of the truth: continuing the investigation can bring huoyu tower fully into the open.
1. The player faces a hard choice: return to the palace or continue the investigation. No simulations remain. Choose carefully.
2. "They reacted that fast?"
3. "Gu ning is such a weirdo, she came back in glory, yet she's still acting all secretive."
4. "Commander si-"
1. "Assassins have attacked the empress's sleeping palace! There are many of them. Please, grand commander, enter the palace at once!"
2. "Gu ning, hurry and come back to the palace to protec—!"
3. "Shh!"
4. "Gu... Where did she go?"
5. "Commander si yun, rest assured-her majesty is safe. The grand commander has her own arrangements. We were sent to assist you in capturing the assassins."
1. "Nonsense! Come with me into the palace to put down the rebellion first. When she gets back, I'm definitely going to make her pay!"
2. Han xiao thinks she's so smart-she must think I can't cover both ends. She doesn't expect the target to have already left the palace.
3. "Little empress, oh little empress, this time you've done a great service~"
4. "Achoo! Who's thinking about me?"
1. The little empress is sleeping so well today, she didn't even kick the blanket. Guess she was worn out from the journey and all the worry...
2. Sigh, it really hasn't been easy on her. Time for me to handle the real business!
4. Temporary interrogation room at xianyue house
5. "...rope? What's this gag for? And these beads and those carved little wooden sticks?"
1. Is that... A whip? Why does it even "Bloom"?
2. Could it be...
3. ...this is where ningning is going to interrogate the prisoners? How is she going to torture them?
4. It's just three prisoners, does she really need dozens of tools? Wait... Don't tell me some of these are for me? If they get used on me...
5. With ningning's achievements, she could ask me for any reward. Will she hold that whip, look down at me, and order me to crawl at her feet?
1. "Heh heh. Today I'll show your majesty what it means to be so accomplished that one threatens the throne."
3. "Bring all three prisoners here. I will interrogate them personally!"
1. "Oh no!!! That's ningning's voice! What do I do, what do I do?!"