Chapter 118: Chapter 3 of the Covenant
The carriage swayed for most of the night, and finally stopped at dawn. Qin Mubai and Chen Yan didn't say anything more in the middle of the night, and then called her: "It's time to get off." ”
Chen Yan's starry eyes opened instantly, and without saying a word, she jumped out of the carriage like a gust of wind. The clothes fluttered across Qin Mubai's face, leaving a fragrant breeze.
"Oh, the woman will also have a fat powder fragrance on her body, which is quite special, and the gardenia smell that prevails in Jianghuai...... After all, she is also a woman! Qin Mubai Wan'er smiled and got out of the car.
"The general is there." A way-reading pawn raised his hand and pointed forward to an inconspicuous house.
"Come up and say hello first, and I'll come later." Qin Mubai took three pawns and said to Chen Yan: "Before meeting Liao Lirong, I must promise me one thing. ”
"You said I might not agree." Chen Yan said lightly as cold as frost.
"It's not that hard." Qin Mubai said: "I just ask you not to run to take revenge without permission after hearing Liao Lirong's confession, and ruining my plan." ”
"What's your plan?" Chen Yan sneered: "Debts to pay back money, murder to pay for life, ancient times, heaven and earth righteousness." You must have been careful to check back and forth. It may be an excuse for officials to protect each other. I can't promise you. ”
"Then I guarantee you won't hear anything from Liao Lirong's mouth." Qin Mubai raised his eyebrows lightly, his face sank, and he said: "This case is huge, and it is far more than just Zhu Chengwen being killed. In his position, even if I kill Liao Lirong today, I will never let you take revenge privately. ”
"Then I'll kill you first!" Chen Yan pulled out and moved, his body was like a ghost, and his sword was like a flash, and he stabbed at Qin Mubai's chest!
"Unreasonable!" Qin Mubai let out a deep sigh, this time instead of retreating, his chest and abdomen shrank, and his hands were like a pair of iron tongs, slapping towards the sword clip.
"Bang!"
With a loud bang, Chen Yan's ghostly sword full of murderous intent was actually sandwiched in the palm of Qin Mubai's palm!
Chen Yan was suddenly shocked, and she was also disappointed that she reacted quickly enough, and hurriedly withdrew her hand and drew her sword, but it was as if she had been inserted into the iron stone, and she couldn't pull it out at all. Furious, she raised her foot and swept towards Qin Mubai. Qin Mubai screamed violently, his limbs were at the same time, his hands were like iron tongs, and he twisted the sword with both feet on the ground, slightly soared into the air, and leaned into the air.
"Ah......" Chen Yan is a female streamer after all, although her swordsmanship is excellent, her skills are extremely fast, and her strength is a few grades weaker than Qin Mubai, who was born with divine power. Qin Mubai's slap and clamp, coupled with stepping on the ground and taking off, with the help of the inertia of her body, she could wilt and still be able to hold the sword!
"Hum-" Chen Yan's sword took off his hand. At the same time, the hand holding the sword hurriedly reached behind her, and she kept grabbing it, obviously Qin Mubai's pinch just now also shook her wrist.
Qin Mubai half-churned, his body fell to the ground steadily, and the cold face was frosty, looking at Chen Yan with a light snort, he shook his wrist slightly, turned the sword in his palm over, held the hilt of the sword, shook his wrist, and the sword was inserted directly in front of Chen Yan's toes like eyes.
"Good men don't fight with women, putting up with you doesn't mean they're afraid of you. I hope you don't take my tolerance as weakness and incompetence. Qin Mubai paced a few steps with his hands on his back, and said lightly: "Although I am not very happy to hit women, I don't even mind killing you when you touch my bottom line." ”
Chen Yan stared at Qin Mubai with a pair of eyes, holding the sword tightly, and the knuckles of his fingers were about to turn white, he swallowed a breath of hatred and said in a deep voice: "Okay, I'll agree to your conditions first." But you have to promise me one thing. ”
"You speak first."
"If you know about the murderer, I can give you some time to take care of the so-called 'social affairs'. But when the deadline expires, if you haven't brought the murderer to justice, I will kill you and the murderer together! ”
"It's autumn, and within a month, the murderers will definitely be punished, and you will have a chance to see their rank." Qin Mubai said indifferently: "So you are not allowed to act rashly within this month, otherwise you will bear the consequences." ”
"Humph! Listen, I'll follow you for a month until I see the murderer's head hit the ground. Chen Yan sneered: "Also, just now, I was just a momentary underestimation of the enemy, careless about your way, do you think you can really beat me?" Warning you to stop talking to me in that threatening tone! ”
"Legs are on your feet, where are you going, I don't care, love and follow." Qin Mubai turned around and left as he spoke, "In addition, I have never only recognized victory and defeat, and I have no habit of reasoning with corpses. ”
Chen Yan's delicate body was slightly shocked, and her silver teeth were so annoyed that she glared at Qin Mubai's back several times, but she still raised her heels.
The two of them walked to the front of the house, and the three pawns were waiting outside, and said to Qin Mubai: "General Liao Lirong is inside, and there are four brothers who have stayed here to guard, and it is difficult to fly with wings." ”
"Good. You are waiting for me to go in and try him. Qin Mubai paused, turned back to Chen Yan and said, "You'd better listen in the outer room, don't break in." I'm afraid you'll kill him in a moment of excitement. ”
"It's up to you." Chen Yan coldly threw down a sentence and hugged the sword and turned her face away.
The three pawns sneered at her together, walked to the side, and no one paid any attention to her.
Qin Mubai walked into the house, and the four pawns were distributed in different corners of the inner room, closely monitoring all movements inside and outside, ensuring that there was no blind spot. The Hundred Riders have a lot of training in this area, and it seems that they are also very good at carrying out tasks.
Liao Lirong was lying sideways on the bed in the back room, probably asleep.
Qin Mubai asked the pawns to wait outside the door, walked to the side of the bed and kicked Liao Lirong's buttocks.
"Oh woo-" Liao Lirong was so frightened that he screamed in panic, and sat up, and suddenly saw Qin Mubai in front of him, panicked for a moment, and muttered: "Qin, General Qin!" ”
"Do you still recognize me? That's a good way to save your tongue. Qin Mubai didn't hurry to sit down on a chair next to the bed and raised his chin: "Sit well, I have something to ask you." ”
"Yes, yes. If there is something to say, General Qin just asks for his humble position...... Knowing everything is endless. Liao Lirong was a little at a loss, he sat down, but he only dared to sit down with half of his buttocks against the bed board, his upper body was straight, but he hung his head and didn't dare to look at Qin Mubai with his eyes.
"Last time, I sent a few brothers to ask you some rough questions, and you have already confessed that you took advantage of Zhu Chengwen's lack of wet towels to cover his nose and mouth, causing him to suffocate to death, and then created the false appearance that he was hanging from the beam at the scene. Is that so? Qin Mubai asked.
"Yes, yes. At that time...... The ghost is obsessed with me and forced me again, I'm sorry for my brother! While chattering in a panic, Liao Lirong actually wiped his face with his sleeve and howled.
Outside the door, Chen Yan held the sword tightly with both hands, her finger bones cracked, and a pair of starry eyes were full of murderous energy, and she finally held back and rushed in without drawing her sword.
"If you do this again, I'll punch you in the head." Qin Mubai said calmly and indifferently, but he was so frightened that Liao Lirong's body was shocked, and he instantly stopped squeaking and didn't dare to squeak casually.
"I ask you who gave you the order to do this? Who's your upper hand? Qin Mubai asked.
"This, this humble duty can't be said!" Liao Lirong opened his mouth in embarrassment, glanced at Qin Mubai in panic and apprehension, and hurriedly turned his eyes away.
"Are you afraid that someone will retaliate and kill you after you say it?" Qin Mubai sneered: "Then have you thought clearly, if you don't say it, I can bury you alive now?" ”
"I, I say I say!" Liao Lirong hurriedly said, just like pouring beans from a bamboo tube-
"My superior, General Qin, also knows Cheng Songnian, the assassin of Jiangzhou, and Ma Kun, the governor of Jiangzhou Mansion. In fact, the two of them are not the culprits behind this case, they also acted on orders. The biggest back bar behind us is Shengnan Hou Zhang Tianci! Last year, there was a huge amount of money for repairing the embankment, and Cheng Songnian was the first to report it to Zhang Tianci. Then some of the big officials above them divided half of the money, leaving a small half...... The lowly and some of the petty officials each shared a little. Originally, my brother Zhu Chengwen also had a share, but he refused to ask for it, and scolded me angrily. For this reason, I was so ashamed that I wanted to return the money, but I was threatened with my life by Cheng Songnian and others...... Out of desperation, he had to secretly accept the money, and since then he has become their minions. ”
"Let me remind you first, you don't have the face to call Zhu Chengwen the world's brother." Qin Mubai said: "In addition, I want to ask you, according to what you just said, you divided most of the 50 million money, but there are still 10 or 20 million that have fallen to your county office." There should be a record of the receipts and disbursements of this money. Where is the account book now? ”
"This ...... I really don't know about it. Liao Lirong shook his head a little dazedly, "Brother Zhu...... Oh, Zhu County Commander received only five million money at that time, which was not enough at all, and he was very angry, and he was ready to sue the imperial court at that time. But he was persuaded by Cheng Songnian and others to use both soft and hard methods, and since then, Zhang Tianci has murderous intentions towards him. I also heard Cheng Songnian's instructions, saying that I should find a stubble and sue Zhu Chengwen to let him get out of the county government of Jishan County, and then promote me to be the county magistrate. But after taking bribes, Zhu Chengwen didn't trust me so much, and he was always wary of me, and I never had a chance. Cheng Songnian kept urging me to say that in the spring of the next year, no matter what, even if it was a false accusation, I would sue and take Zhu Chengwen away. Who knows it's only been a few days...... The flood is going to explode! The general will know the rest of the matter. ”
"In this way, Zhu Chengwen really knows a lot of things about you, and he refuses to go along with you, and it just so happens that there is a flood at this time. Zhang Tianci, Cheng Songnian and others were afraid that because of this flood, the imperial court would thoroughly investigate the matter of building the embankment, so they ordered you to murder him, right? At the same time, you imitated his handwriting, wrote a suicide note of 'suicide in fear of sin', and issued a county decree in his name to force the people of the city to move out of Jishan City, right? Qin Mubai said.
"Yes...... It is General Qin's heart that is as careful as expected, everything is like God, everything is as you said. Liao Lirong's face was white, cold sweat flowed, his head was lowered, and he replied in a low voice.
"I'll kill you!!"
At this moment, there was a sudden cry of sorrow and rage at the door, and a black shadow swept in like a flash of lightning. The cold light flashed violently, and a sharp sword pointed directly at Liao Lirong's throat, stabbing it with infinite murderous and hateful!