Chapter 102: Don't Confess to Yourself
When the candles in the cell were lit, Wei Yongnian walked lightly to the black-clothed man who came to the deacon's office in the middle of the night, and said lightly: "I've been waiting for you for a long time, and you're finally here." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
After the man in black slowly got used to the strong and dazzling candlelight, he slowly put his hand down, held his head high, and gave Wei Yongnian a proud "hum".
Wei Yongnian looked at it, smiled coldly, and said, "It seems that you are extremely stubborn?" But it doesn't matter, we have time to spend with you, and the cell boss will lock him up for me first. As he spoke, the cell boss stepped forward to put him in the cell, and the man in black held the cell head hostage with a backhand, only to see him control the cell head with his left hand, and a sharp dart against the cell leader's neck in one hand, threatening: "Lock me up? The beauty of thinking. I'll see who of you can keep me locked up today. Anyway, I can see that it doesn't matter if there is an extra life to get in, as long as this life is out of here, it is enough. As he spoke, he held the cell head hostage and stepped back.
“……。” Wei Yongnian looked at him, was silent for a moment, and said, "Feel free, if you really want to go out of the bloody road, but as long as you say why you want to risk coming in and killing people, I, Wei Yongnian, will definitely order them to let you out, and no one will stop you, I will do what I say." ”
“…… Hum. The man in black said contemptuously, "This night is dark and windy, I came in and killed someone for you to see, I don't believe you can let me go." Besides, do you think I'm going to tell you why I killed someone? And I said I'd get out of here alive? ”
“……。” Wei Yongnian was silent about the questions raised by the man in black, and for his questions, Wei Yongnian could not make any valuable and meaningful promises, so he could only stare closely at his every move. And the other officials around Wei Yongnian didn't dare to act rashly, but they were all a little afraid. Especially the cell boss who was held hostage was even more frightened, he trembled with fright, and kept whispering for mercy. But the more the cell boss moved, the harder the man in black became, so much so that the cell boss had to give up the struggle in order to catch his breath. With a glimmer of hope of being saved in his heart, he looked at Wei Yongnian with tears in his eyes.
But just before the man in black was about to retreat to the door of the cell, Wei Yongnian saw him retreat up the stairs, and looked at his feet from time to time to avoid tripping, Wei Yongnian seized the opportunity at once, he quickly rushed up, grabbed the two arms of the man in black, and reversed the opponent's wrist, at this time, the man in black because his wrist was reversed, the sharp pain at this moment suddenly made him have to let go of the dart in his hand, with the dart "clanging" to the ground, the cell head finally escaped from the control of the man in black, As soon as he escaped, the cell leader quickly stood in the opposite position, and kept retreating into the crowd, distancing himself from the man in black, so as not to be captured again.
After Wei Yongnian saw that the cell boss had successfully escaped from the coercion of the man in black, he took advantage of the situation to turn the arm of the man in black behind him, and took the rope handed by the cell boss to tie up the man in black. Then he brought it to Liu Chao and the three of them, and asked, "You three take a good look, do you know this person?" After speaking, Wei Yongnian pulled the veil of the man in black. Let Liu Chao and the three of them identify.
Liu Chao and the three of them took advantage of the flickering candlelight in the prison to look at the man in black in front of them cautiously. During the identification period, the three of them looked at each other from time to time and exchanged glances. And the man in black was extremely arrogant with his head held high, and he "hummed" twice from time to time. Wei Yongnian looked at them like this, a little impatient, and asked again, "Do you three recognize each other?" ”
Under Wei Yongnian's questioning again, Liu Chao looked at the man in black in shock, and the man in black also showed a fierce and vicious look from time to time, as if he said again, "If you dare to say that you know, I won't kill you", which made Liu Chao and the three of them tremble. At this moment, Wei Yongnian asked again: "What do you ask, do you know each other?" What do you mean by such a dry stare? Knowing, not knowing is only five words in two sentences, why is it so difficult to answer? What are you guys shivering for? No matter how fierce he is, he will be tied up, and you are still afraid that he will eat you? Say, do you know or not? ”
"Big brother, why don't you just tell the truth." Li Xiangyu trembled and whispered to Liu Chao, "Anyway, both horizontal and vertical are dead, and a few of our brothers are not familiar with him, nor are they our own parents, why bother biting their mouths and not saying it?" ”
"That's it." Wang Tao hurriedly echoed when he heard this, "What the second brother said is reasonable, it's better to start with the truth, anyway, it's not our father and mother, why do you have to work so hard for them, big brother, if it weren't for this Wei Yongnian, I'm afraid that our brother and son would have died in Huangquan just now, don't you say?" It's better to listen to the second brother and act truthfully, maybe he can still save his life. ”
“……。” After Liu Chao listened to the words of his two brothers, he thought about it quietly, and felt that what he said seemed to be quite reasonable, if it weren't for Wei Yongnian and the others tonight, they would have gone to see the king of Hades a long time ago. To a certain extent, Wei Yongnian can be regarded as their brother's life-saving benefactor, so it seems very far-fetched to say that the reason for keeping a secret from this person who wants to kill them is still a secret. So Liu Chao gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, made an expression of "let go", and explained truthfully to Wei Yongnian, "Lord Hui, we know this person. It was he who hired us to poison the well that was sealed by the government half a month ago, but our brothers and sons were really forced, and we didn't want to. Doing such a thing, you think it's not good for us, is it? They took our family members hostage, we were all forced, what I said is the truth and the truth, please hold your hand high. But if you don't believe me, we still keep what he gave us, you can go with me and get it back, and you'll know if what I said is true. ”
As soon as Liu Chao finished speaking, the brothers and sons "poofed", knelt down one after another, and begged for mercy with Wei Yongnian. The man in black stood aside and said angrily: "A bunch of soft bones, I knew that you would turn against the water today, and I should have slaughtered you and your family together when I was done." I really shouldn't have looked at Chen Jinqian's face to protect you in the first place. Now it seems that I really regret not being at the beginning. You who are born afraid of death should not be soft. To be merciful to you is to be cruel to us. Immediately, when the three of them heard this, they became even more frightened, and kept begging Wei Yongnian for mercy. I hope that Wei Yongnian can save their family.
In view of this scene, Wei Yongnian looked at this brother and son, and then looked at the man in black who was captured, thinking about Liu Chao's confession, and felt that it should not be like he was made up and then came to Mengfu. So Wei Yongnian ordered the official to escort the cadre back to the cell, because the man in black had some martial arts, Wei Yongnian tied him up to death, didn't let him have a chance to take advantage of it and then ran away, and let the cell boss help feed him for food. Then he explained everything that happened in the prison tonight to Qi Runben.
When Qi Runben heard this, he exclaimed: "It's really good, it's really a loss to you Steward Wei these days, if you don't have your help, I'm afraid of relying on these servants of mine, this case may have to drag on for a long time." I didn't expect that the case would be almost closed in just a few days. It's so gratifying. ……。 ”
"Lord Qi, don't be happy. Wei still has a few words to say. It can be regarded as asking you on behalf of my old lady. Wei Yongnian interrupted Qi Runben's joy, "I'm afraid you can't close this case according to the actual situation." ”
"Why?" When Qi Runben and Wu Changgao heard Wei Yongnian's words, they couldn't help but exclaim in unison.
"That's right." Wei Yongnian explained word by word, "It's been eight days since this case broke out, I don't know if you have thought about it carefully." This case is not like an ordinary case just poisoning, why did he choose Nancheng? Why did you mix such a small restaurant as Jinfuxuan? And then who opened this Jin Fu Xuan? And this poisoning turned out to be the **** salt used, you may feel very unfamiliar with this poison, of course, this is also normal, after all, this poison itself does not belong to our Xuanwu Empire, it comes from another country, but have you ever thought about it, how did this poison from other countries from afar enter our Xuanwu Empire? I don't know if you have thought about these questions? Of course, the questions about this case are not only these, this case is full of very incredible questions. Therefore, my old lady hopes that Lord Qi, you really can't close the case as an ordinary poisoning case step by step, in other words, none of the four people who were arrested in the case can be killed, and they must be hidden secretly. Because my old lady thinks that there will be a great use in keeping the lives of these four people in the future. I don't know if I say this, Master Qi, Master Wu, can you two understand? ”
"But ......." After hearing Wei Yongnian's simple explanation, Qi Runben looked a little embarrassed, so he said, "In order to arrest this person tonight so that Liu Chao and the three of them don't confess, the official has posted an announcement, what can you do with the official in the face of more than 100 people?" ”
"Yes, Mr. Wei." Wu Changgao also echoed on the side, "If it is really as you said, these people cannot be tried and sentenced in public, then what kind of face will our master have to face those victimized people in Nancheng?" Even if this case is not reported to the court and not reported to the boss, what about the people? And how should the people explain it? ”
“……。” After the two of them finished speaking, Wei Yongnian fell silent all of a sudden, yes, he really didn't think about the question raised by Qi Runben and Wu Changgao, it was very easy to deceive the imperial court, but what about the people? After all, Qi Runben also made a bloody effort to arrest this man in black, and it was not only a matter of blood, but also his own reputation, if it was not tried publicly, it would be really difficult for the people to explain. But if you really go to the public trial and give justice to the victims, then you will lose the most important clue, and you will not be able to go deeper into the source of this poison and the ultimate purpose behind it. During this period of silence, Wei Yongnian looked at the two of them from time to time, and then calmed down and pondered the questions raised by the two of them. After a long while, Wei Yongnian said, "So do you have any death row inmates in the prison who are waiting to be beheaded by the Empress Qiu?" ”
"...... death row inmates?" Qi Runben and Wu Changgao couldn't help but be a little curious about Wei Yongnian's question, and repeated in surprise.