Chapter 7: The Mastermind Behind the Scenes
That night, the county government jail.
The sky was terribly gloomy, and dark clouds rose to cover the stars and the moon.
In the spacious stone room, three jailers were eating and drinking around the table, and from time to time there were bursts of laughter, and the few fire candles controlled the light in the dark range, and the wooden fence reflected in the room was terrifying.
Suddenly, the candlelight dimmed.
"Is it windy?" A jailer walked over, then suddenly froze and fell to the ground limply.
The other jailers waited for a long time and did not see him come back, and one of them, who seemed to be the head of the cell, was a little impatient, pointed to the other jailer and said, "Wang Fu has been gone for a long time, you go and see what is going on?" ”
The jailer agreed, and as soon as he stood up, he suddenly froze.
The cell boss Huo Di jumped up from the chair at once, and his hand subconsciously pressed on the waist knife!
Because he has seen a dark shadow in front of him, who he doesn't know!
It's just that before he had time to draw the knife, he only felt a finger that was cold to the bone marrow on his body, and the blood around him seemed to be frozen, and he couldn't say a word, so he fell into the same fate as his companion.
Only then did the black shadow turn around and walk slowly along the cells one by one, the sound of footsteps making a loud sound on the ground.
Finally, the footsteps stopped in front of the last cell, and Liu Erwa's face flew out of the dark shadow.
"Yes...... Did the master ask you to save me? He leaned against the window, trying to poke his head out, so excited that his voice changed his tone.
Since the court was put here by the officials, although it was only less than half a day, for Liu Erwa's brothers and sisters, it seemed like a century had passed.
Those who take private bombs are falsely accused of sitting back......
These eight short words kept lingering in front of their eyes, reminding them of their fate: the murderer dies, and the false accusation sits back - that is also a death!
However, the two men deliberated for a long time, and nothing came of it except despair in each other's eyes.
Therefore, when he found out that someone had finally come to save him from life, his feelings could be imagined.
But the dark shadow did not answer his question, but asked, "What about your sister?" ”
"I, I'm in this ......" A shivering female voice came from the darkness, and then another face gradually emerged from the darkness.
"Good, it's all ......," the dark shadow muttered in a low voice.
This voice was very low and soft, and Liu Erwa's brother and sister didn't hear it clearly for a while, and couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "You...... What did you just say? ”
"Nothing." The black shadow shook his head, "Your lord asked me to ask you a question first, what did you say in the court?" ”
"Sir, rest assured! We didn't say a word about what we shouldn't have said. Liu Erwa hurriedly said, "I just said that an unknown merchant stuffed me with the silver, and taught me to find some victims to falsely accuse Liang Zheng." I don't know why. ”
"Yes." The black shadow let out a long sigh of relief, as if relieved.
"Then ......," he said, "you lord has another word for me to convey to you." ”
"What?"
"He's asking you to get on your way!"
Before the words fell, an iron hoop-like hand suddenly reached into the grille and choked the necks of Liu Erwa's brothers and sisters.
The sky outside the window was as dark as a pot lid, as if even the last glimmer of light had been frightened out of the night sky by this extremely cold murder.
Liu Erwa's thin body tensed suddenly, and her eyes almost popped out of her sockets - he never thought that he would be loyal to his master, and the ending he got would be like this!
He twitched, desperately grasping the iron claws that were clasped around his neck, trying to tear them away from his neck, but all his efforts were in vain, and the relentless claws continued to tighten and tighten......
"I'm so blind!"
This was the last thought that flashed through Liu Erwa's mind.
Because he was completely speechless......
Even consciousness has been completely plunged into darkness.
And it wasn't until the body in his hand burst out all the bits and pieces of life contained in it, and the struggle between his fingers gradually exhausted, and finally dissipated, that the black shadow slowly withdrew his hand, took out a rope from his arms, wrapped it around the necks of the two, and then shook his hand, and the rope passed through the beam, and the poor brother and sister hung in the air.
"Don't blame me, if you want to blame, blame your master for being ruthless."
Leaving these last words, the black shadow who had completed the scene layout turned around and left, his figure was so fast, and before the fifth word was finished, the person had disappeared into the prison of the county government.
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"Smack!"
A thunderbolt suddenly broke through the sky, instantly reflecting the Yongning County in the middle of the night, and also reflecting the black shadow of the eaves walking on the wall like walking on the ground.
The black shadow rushed on the row of shopkeepers, a few ups and downs, and then landed in a courtyard with carved beams and paintings, there were three bright and two dark five rooms in the courtyard, only one room was not lit, the man was running to this room, and when he arrived at the door, he did not hesitate, and pushed the door directly.
"Peng Er's family is back, everything is done?"
In the darkness, an old and gloomy voice sounded, followed by a "click", and in the candlelight, a wrinkled, goosebump-haired face was reflected.
The black shadow snorted coldly, covered the door, and took off his hood, but it turned out to be a man with a majestic face, and while walking to the chair and sitting down, he said:
"I, Peng Zhanzhen, made a move, when will there be anything uneven?"
The old man laughed strangely: "Also, who in the rivers and lakes doesn't know that Peng Er of Jigong Mountain is in charge." ”
Who knew that it was okay if he didn't say this, but when he said it, the man unconsciously blushed.
He is the most effective cadre under the Red Lady of Jigong Mountain, and the Red Lady is the same brother and sister, but although the two are in the same school, their temperaments are very different.
After he went down the mountain, he threw himself into Chiyungang, but he was depressed and only became a small leader. After the red lady raised the incident in Jigong Mountain, he heard the news, so he rushed to help. The red lady read that everyone was out of the same school, so she gave him a position as the second master.
Therefore, when he listened to the old man praise "who on the rivers and lakes doesn't know his skills", this was a polite rhetoric in his ears, but it became a bitter irony.
"No more gossip!" He couldn't help but interrupt loudly, "The old man sent me a message and asked me to come to Yongning in the starry night, just to clear the portal for you?" ”
This old man is rich and rich, when Peng Zhanzhen was in Chiyungang, he once tried to rob him, but he was arrested by him, but the old man did not embarrass him, but let him go.
"Not really." The old man said, "There is a good business right now, and I don't know if the second owner is interested." ”
"Business?"
"Now that the situation is difficult, Henan has continuous natural disasters, and the days on the mountain must not be easy, right?"
Peng Zhanzhen couldn't help but sigh.
This is said to my heart......
In the past few days, due to successive natural disasters, the livelihood of many states and counties has withered, and they have naturally become even more sad when they rely on robbing homes and houses to do business without capital.
"What Li Yuanwai said is very true," Peng Zhanzhen sighed, "but my junior sister ...... Alas, they always refuse to rob the common people, and rob the rich and have to pick those with bad deeds to start, which ......"
"So if there is a rich family with bad deeds, the second boss will definitely take action?" Li Yuanwai stared at him with a faint gaze.
"Yes, exactly." Peng Zhanzhen nodded.
"Okay, old and rotten Yongning for many years, no one knows the things in this Yongning City better than me. When it comes to doing evil, no one is more than 'he.' Li Yuanwai said, while dipping his fingers in the tea, he wrote two big words on the table one by one:
Liang Zheng!
"This person can be called 'the first evil young man in Yongning'," Li Yuanwai said, "Relying on his own relatives of the county order, he seduces women, ruins people's reputations, bullies and dominates the market, and does all kinds of evil!" If I can ask the second master to do the right thing for heaven, it will be a blessing for the people of Yongning. ”
Speaking of this, Li Yuanwai's eyes almost wanted to erupt into flames.
This is the expression of his true feelings......
Li Yuanwai's real name is Li Jingbai, and he was also a big official for a while, but because he mistakenly voted for the eunuch party, he was dismissed and returned to his hometown in the early years of Chongzhen, so he changed his name to Li Shiqing.
He will never forget the scene a year ago: when he returned home, he found that in the closed bedroom, his young and beautiful little wife was actually rolling naked on the sheets with this boy, and was about to let out a moan of extreme pleasure......
Every time he thought of this scene, his eyes couldn't help but spew out the flames of jealousy, and his fists were clenched so that his nails were digging deep into his flesh.
He hates!
hated his wife's infidelity, hated that kid's shamelessness, but even more so himself......
Because his body, which didn't move at all, actually reacted shamefully!
He was reluctant to punish his beautiful and moving little wife, so he could only vent all his hatred on Liang Zheng.
Go to the county government to file a complaint - who in the county doesn't know the relationship between Liang Zheng and Wu Dalie? Besides, he didn't want to make such a shameful thing public.
It's not that he hasn't tried to retaliate in private, but the generals of the Liang Mansion are all brave, and their own people have small arms and legs......
Framed ...... Ordinary small cases can't help Liang Zheng at all, and Yongning County is small, everyone looks up and doesn't look down to see him, if he is framed for a big case, it is easy to get into trouble, and he will be implicated.
That's why he's been holding back until now.
So when he saw that the culprit who deserved to be cut by a thousand knives, Liang Zheng, actually dared to come to the city to set up porridge and pave good people, he had a plan.
These are all homeless people, they have nothing to do with Yongning, it is not easy to implicate themselves, and they are almost out of food, just give them some money, and they are absolutely willing to work for themselves.
Charges ...... Then accuse him of poisoning and killing!
As for the motive, Liang Zheng usually bullies men and women, isn't it logical to find a reason why he can't rob people and rob people to make poison and assassinate?
As the saying goes, human life is a matter of heaven, this big basket, Wu Dalie is afraid that he can't cover him, so he can only handle it impartially and let him pay for his life!
That's why he set up a porridge shop on the outskirts of the city for days, secretly looking for candidates.
But he never thought that he had planned such a careful thing, and Liang Zheng completely turned the death situation over in just a few words.
not only got rid of the crime, but also put Liu Erwa in prison, and also tried out the inside story that there must be a mastermind behind the scenes, forcing himself to ask Peng Zhanzhen to kill him for fear of being implicated.
Thinking of this, Li Shiqing couldn't help but stare hatefully in the direction of the Liang Mansion in the distance: "In this way, it can not only do the way for the sky, but also solve the urgent need of Guishanzhai, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?" ”
Outside the window, a bolt of lightning tore through the sky!
also reflected Li Shiqing's old face standing at the window, as white as a zombie.