Qi Ning was also unambiguous, and said with a smile: "The matter is indeed not small, but can Captain Qu hear that Lu Shanghe is a disciple of the Beggar Gang?" ”

"Beggar Gang Disciple?" Qu Xiaocang raised his hand and touched his chin and said with a smile: "Gang Master Wei said that he was joking, in the whole world, who doesn't know that Lu Shanghe is the owner of Shadow Crane Villa?" That's one of the eight gangs and sixteen factions, and his status in the rivers and lakes is not weak, but he has become a disciple of the beggar gang, isn't it a joke? ”

Qi Ning sighed: "At the Aoki Conference, he admitted it in front of everyone. ”

"As far as I know, Lu Shanghe killed the White Tiger because he wanted to kill people." Qu Xiaocang smiled and said: "Gang Leader Wei also said just now that these two people joined forces to harm Xiang Gang Leader, but they were in the Aoki Conference, and Bai Hu even said that Xiang Gang Leader had a dying will for him, and what happened before and after this is enough to prove that these two people are all talking and making up lies." As for Lu Shanghe's claim to be a disciple of the Beggar Gang, of course, it was also a lie made up, in order to compete for the position of the leader of the Beggar Gang. ”

In fact, Xuanwu and Suzaku had long thought that this was a huge flaw, and what Lu Shanghe and Baihu had done was already despicable, and what they said would naturally not be credible anymore.

Xuanwu put his hands behind his back and asked, "Captain Qu, what do you mean?" ”

"It's very simple, this is a murder in the rivers and lakes, Lu Shanghe killed Elder White Tiger, our Shenhou Mansion can't turn a deaf ear to this?" Qu Xiaocang said directly: "Qu went up the mountain, firstly, to congratulate the Wei gang leader, and secondly, to take Lu Shanghe, escort him to Beijing, and interrogate him carefully, and of course he will give you a satisfactory explanation when the time comes." ”

Xuanwu frowned and said: "Why did Lu Shanghe murder the gang leader, are there other henchmen in this, we haven't found out yet, did the Shenhou Mansion ask for someone too early?" ”

Qu Xiaocang stepped onto the stage at the corner of his eyes and asked: "The life case, the Shenhou Mansion rushed to investigate the case as soon as possible, this is our business, we have only suspected that the case was handled too slowly, but I have not heard that anyone is suspected of handling the case too early." He added: "Yes, there are also the two hall masters who Cao Wei and the fire monkey split the rudder, which are also involved in many murders on the rivers and lakes, so they must also be brought back." Looking at Qi Ning, he said with a smile: "Gang Master Wei should have no objections, right?" ”

Qi Ning said: "You can take Cao Wei's three people away, but Lu Shanghe still slowed down." After all, this directly involves the gang leader, and my beggar gang must be interrogated first. ”

Qu Xiaocang shook his head and smiled: "This is not in accordance with the rules, Gang Master Wei, could it be that you can't trust the methods of our Shenhou Mansion to handle the case?" Such a big case, if the Shenhou Mansion does not investigate it immediately, I am afraid that it will have no prestige in the rivers and lakes in the future. ”

Xuanwu said lightly: "Captain Qu, if the murderer of the leader of the beggar gang is handed over so easily, how can the beggar gang gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes?" Lu Shanghe claims to have joined the Beggar Gang, and his character is indeed not enough to believe, but you have no evidence to prove that what he said must be false, as long as what he said is not a lie, he is a disciple of the Beggar Gang, then everything that happens can only be an internal affair of the Beggar Gang. ”

"We only recognize him as the owner of Shadow Crane Villa." Qu Xiaocang was still smiling, but his voice was quite indifferent: "Now I just pulled someone and told me that he was a disciple of the Beggar Gang, and we can't immediately prove that he is not a disciple of the Beggar Gang, Your Excellency, doesn't this make us embarrassed?" ”

Qi Ning deliberately didn't speak, Suzaku hesitated, and finally said: "Helper, Captain Qu, you don't think this can be done." We interrogated Lu Shanghe overnight, how much can be tried, and tomorrow morning, Lu Shanghe will be handed over to the Shenhou Mansion, but this time the matter is not trivial, so whenever any confession is tried, the Shenhou Mansion will immediately tell us, I don't know if it is feasible? ”

Although the beggar gang is powerful, but now after all, the entire rivers and lakes are under the supervision of the Shenhou Mansion, and behind the Shenhou Mansion is the powerful army of the Chu State, and no Jianghu sect dares to tear its face with the Shenhou Mansion, and Elder Suzaku is also the most compromise method.

Xuanwu also knew in his heart that it was impossible for the Shenhou Mansion to back down in this kind of matter, and it was useless to fight more.

"That's what Gang Master Wei mean, too?" Qu Xiaocang looked at Qi Ning with a smile.

Qi Ning thought that he was worried that these two elders would not come up with an idea, but since Suzaku had come up with an idea, he was right in the middle of it, and immediately said, "What Elder Suzaku said is indeed the best way. ”

"In that case, we can wait a night." Qu Xiaocang smiled and said, "Early tomorrow morning, Lu Shanghe will be handed over to our Shenhou Mansion to take back to the capital." He looked at Suzaku and said, "Elder Suzaku has been in the capital, and if we really judge the confession, we will immediately tell Elder Suzaku about it, but it's ......!" After a pause, he said: "But I don't think it's too late, in case there is a change, Lu Shanghe should be interrogated immediately, let's go over now, and the beggar gang and the Shenhou Mansion will join forces to try the case!" ”

Elder Suzaku said: "The Shenhou Mansion has a lot of experience in interrogation, if it is a trial together, it is not a bad thing, helper, what do you think?" ”

Qi Ning got up and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, we will go over now, with the help of Captain Qu of the Shenhou Mansion, I am afraid that we will be able to judge the confession today." ”

A few people did not delay, and set off immediately, Lu Shanghe was imprisoned by Cao Yang and taken to the old dragon cave, which was not too far away.

Qi Ning and Qu Xiaocang walked in front, the other three followed, Ximen Zhanying stared at Qi Ning's back, and was quite grateful in his heart, not only saved her life last night, but also gave her a great credit, after going back, everyone in the Shenhou Mansion looked at her differently, which made Ximen Zhanying quite satisfied.

She wanted to be grateful, but she couldn't find a chance at all.

The old dragon cave is in the mountain, there is a lake on the side, called Longtan Lake, the lake water is extremely clear, like a mirror, the surrounding scenery is reflected on the lake surface, the landscape is the same color, a tortuous sheep intestine path leads straight to the entrance of the old dragon cave, this is a very remote place on the west mountain, and it is also an excellent place to detain prisoners.

Approaching the Old Dragon Cave, Suzaku was familiar with the environment here, walking in front to lead the way, following the path to the entrance of the cave, and several people followed.

Suddenly, I heard an exclamation, Qi Ning was overlooking Longtan Lake, heard the exclamation, and hurriedly looked over, only to see Elder Suzaku who was walking in the front snatched a few steps forward, Qi Ning and the others immediately realized that something was wrong, and they all flew forward, but saw a person lying on the ground at the corner of the path.

Qi Ning knew that something was wrong, but Elder Suzaku had already squatted down and stretched out his hand to probe his snort, then turned around and said in a lost voice: "He..... He's dead! ”

The people sent to see Lu Shanghe were all Elder Xuanwu's subordinates, in addition to the helmsman Cao Yang, they also selected several good helpers, listening to Elder Suzaku's words, Xuanwu changed color, and he had already rushed forward, stretched out his hand to probe his nose, his face was solemn, he realized something, and he accelerated his steps and ran towards the old dragon cave.

The distance of the old dragon cave is only a few dozen steps away, a few people speed up their steps, and soon see a hole in front of them, the hole is not small, before they get close, they see a person lying on the left and right at the entrance of the cave, Xuanwu is agile, check it, and immediately rush into the old dragon cave.

Elder Suzaku followed closely behind, stretched out his hand to sniff again, and then turned his head back, his face full of horror: "Helper, they ..... They're all dead, too! ”

Qi Ning and Qu Xiaocang both looked solemn, knowing that something was wrong, Qi Ning quickly went to the old dragon cave, but Qu Xiaocang did not follow immediately, but went over to squat down to check the corpse.

As soon as I entered the cave, there was a cold air coming in, the sun was setting, the afterglow shone into the entrance of the cave, only to see five or six corpses lying horizontally and vertically, Xuanwu's body was like a charm, floating in the cave, Qi Ning knew that he was looking for Lu Shanghe, and he also glanced at it, and found that there was a stone pillar on the side, but there were ropes scattered under the stone pillar, which was the rope used to bind Lu Shanghe before.

Qi Ning's heart sank, and the situation in front of him was obviously that someone had rescued Lu Shanghe.

At this time, he also saw Cao Yang lying on the edge of the stone pillar, walked over slowly, squatted down and took a look, only to see that Cao Yang's eyes were still open, his pupils had already dilated, and he was extremely gray, but his face had a look of horror, obviously he was greatly frightened before he died.

Cao Yang, the helmsman of the beggar gang who had been in the rivers and lakes for many years, was so frightened before he died, Qi Ning couldn't figure out what Cao Yang saw before he died.

What made Qi Ning feel strange was that at first glance, Cao Yang did not have the slightest scar or even blood stains on his body, he was wearing a knife at his waist, the waist knife was still on his waist at the moment, his hands were separated from left and right, looking at his posture, he couldn't even make the action of taking the knife before he died.

After Suzaku entered the cave, he also immediately checked the corpse, and everyone was silent, and soon saw Xuanwu coming over, his eyes were as bright as ice, and his voice was cold: "Helper, Lu Shanghe is gone." ”

When he saw the first corpse outside the cave, Qi Ning faintly guessed this result, and when he heard Xuanwu's confirmation, his brows couldn't help but lock tighter.

At this time, he saw that Qu Xiaocang had already entered the cave, glanced at the corpse on the ground, but he was holding a small wooden ruler in his hand, and he didn't know where it came from, without saying a word, he actually walked to the side of a corpse, lifted the corpse's foot with one hand, and measured the corpse's feet with the other hand with a wooden ruler.

Qi Ning and the two elders were very surprised, but when they saw Qu Xiaocang, they measured all the soles of the feet of the five corpses in the cave, and then walked to Qi Ning's side and said, "Gang Master Wei, please raise your feet, there is hard work!" He said it politely, but in a non-negotiable tone.

Qi Ning wondered in his heart, raised one foot, Qu Xiaocang took a wooden ruler and measured it, and then went over to ask the two elders to raise their feet too, several people didn't know what medicine Qu Xiaocang sold in the gourd, but seeing that he looked serious, and it was just a matter of lifting his feet, they all relied on him.

After Qu Xiaocang measured, he didn't say much, and when he got out of the Old Dragon Cave, Elder Suzaku waited for him to go out, and couldn't help but come to Qi Ning's side, and said in a low voice: "Helper, what is he doing?" ”

Qi Ning vaguely guessed something in his heart, but he just shook his head and said softly: "I'll know later." Glancing at Cao Yang's corpse again, his heart was awe-inspiring, secretly thinking that the disciples of the beggar gang gathered in Xishan, Xishan can be said to be completely controlled by the beggar gang at the moment, but who will run to the old dragon cave and rescue Lu Shanghe.

"Helper, do you immediately gather people to guard the area around Xishan?" Xuanwu's expression was solemn: "Lu Shanghe shouldn't have gone far." ”

"Don't move yet." Qi Ning shook his head and said: "Now go down the mountain to gather people, and when you encircle the West Mountain, Lu Shanghe will not know where to go for a long time, and it is impossible for hundreds of people to surround the West Mountain impenetrable." He groaned slightly, and then walked out of the old dragon cave, but saw that under the afterglow of the sunset, Qu Xiaocang was kneeling on the ground, staring at the ground without saying a word.