Chapter 155: Stealing the Dragon and Turning the Phoenix

"Follow them out of the city, and there should be news soon."

"Okay." After this word, the middle-aged man bowed down and retreated, and Xiaolou also regained his calm.

The autumn sun fell from east to west, falling to the other end of the distant mountains in the changing golden sunset, and when the last bit of sunset was also swallowed up by the twilight, the small building sounded the sound of hurried footsteps.

The middle-aged man walked in three steps and two steps, and said eagerly: "Girl, something happened!" ”

Green Yi put down the volume he had just read halfway in his hand, raised his eyes and said, "Didn't you kill those people?" ”

The middle-aged man shook his head hurriedly, and said something that made the green clothes change in shock, "What about those group of dart masters, the villain doesn't know, but the person we sent there is dead." ”

Green Yi suddenly got up, his eyes burst out with a cold light like a blade, "You say it again!" ”

"The villain thought that they would be able to come back before sunset, but they didn't see anyone for a long time, and the villain was a little worried, so he planned to go out of the city to see, but as soon as he arrived at the city gate, he saw someone outside the city running over with a panicked face, saying that he was ten miles away from the city, and found a group of corpses."

The villain followed the guards to the place where the man had spoken, and found ...... Found ......" The middle-aged man said with fear on his face: "The dead are all the people we sent, seven corpses." ”

Green Yi clasped his hands tightly, "We sent a total of seven people, that is to say, all of them are dead, and there is no one left!" ”

The middle-aged man lowered his head and didn't dare to answer, for a long time, the green clothes were flat, and he said in a cold voice: "Do you know who killed them, what about the group of dart masters?" ”

"The murderer didn't leave any traces, and the group of dart masters didn't know where to go, Xiao'er guessed, could it be the hands of the group of dart masters at all?"

"No, it won't." Green Yi said coldly: "I asked Wei Wenbin, except for Zhou Zheng, the head of the dart, who can barely rank among the second-rate masters, the rest of the dart masters are all ordinary, and it is impossible to kill our people, there must be someone secretly helping them." ”

"So what now?"

Green Yi gritted his teeth fiercely, "Check!" We must find out who is secretly working against us, and send another group of people to Jiangning, and that group of dart masters will definitely escape back there! ”

After the middle-aged man left, Green Yi rushed into the palace before the palace gate was closed, and told Dongfang Huan about these things, and the latter was also surprised to learn about it; But the matter has come to this point, it is useless to scold, so I can only let the green clothes step up the investigation, and be sure to find the group of murderers and the dart master.

On 25 September, a prisoner truck drove out of the prison of the Criminal Department, and inside was a prisoner dressed in white prison clothes with unkempt hair, and a sign was inserted behind the prisoner's collar.

The prisoner car drove all the way to the execution ground at the entrance of the vegetable market, where many people had been surrounded, and in the past 20 years, the Wei clan has been so powerful that even if they have committed any crime, at most they will be dismissed and their homes will be decapitated.

After the prisoner car stopped, Wei Wenbin was pulled down from the prisoner car and knelt on the torture platform, thinking that he knew that he could not escape death, Wei Wenbin knelt there blankly, did not speak or resist, and looked confused.

In charge of the beheading was Wang Langzhong of the Autumn Trial Department of the Criminal Department, and the messenger arched his hand and said: "My lord, the prisoner has been brought, please verify your identity." ”

"Okay." Wang Langzhong got up and walked to the prisoner with his head down, and after identifying the dirty face, he nodded: "Yes, it is the prisoner Wei Wenbin." ”

After examining the criminals, Wang Langzhong was about to return to the prison to behead the platform, when out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a vermilion-topped carriage parked outside the execution ground, and an old man with a long beard helped the coachman's hand to get out of the carriage.

Wang Langzhong hurriedly stepped up and said respectfully: "Xia Guan has seen Wei Houye. ”

The person who came was Wei Jin, and after signaling Wang Langzhong to be exempt, he said in a dumb voice: "The old man wants to give the dog his last ride, I don't know if it's convenient?" ”

"Of course, please wait." Wang Langzhong was full of promises and then persuaded: "The matter has come to this, I still hope that Wei will wait for the festival and mourn, and I want to come...... Master Wei doesn't want to see you sad. ”

Wei Jin's eyes turned red, he raised his sleeve to wipe the corners of his eyes, and said in a choked voice: "The old man understands what Lord Wang means, but it's just ...... Wen Bin is the only son of the old man, and now he is about to be beheaded, the old man ...... It's like a knife in my heart. ”

Wang Langzhong sighed silently, and after leading Wei Jin to the execution platform, he suddenly retreated, leaving Wei's father and son to get along.

Wei Jin took the food box in the butler's hand, took out a plate of delicate side dishes, and said hoarsely: "These are the side dishes you love to eat on weekdays, your mother got up early in the morning to make them, eat more." ”

The housekeeper said on the side: "Madame was originally going to come with me, but before I went out, I fainted because of excessive sadness, and I couldn't come to see off the eldest son." Wei Wenbin listened silently, didn't even move his eyelids, and didn't know if he heard it or not.

Wei Jin brought a plate of jade and white jade balls to his mouth, and while feeding, he talked about Wei Wenbin's childhood, and the latter never said a word, mechanically chewing the food that was fed into his mouth.

Looking at him like this, Wei Jin seemed to be more and more sad, hugged him with tears and said, "It's all because my father is useless, I can't save you, if you want to blame it, blame it." ”

As three o'clock in the afternoon approached, the executioner walked up to the execution platform with a wide ghost-headed knife, and the butler packed up his things and said in a low voice: "Master Hou, it's almost three o'clock in the afternoon, let's go down, so as not to miss the time of execution." ”

"In the future, your mother and I will go to see you on the day of Qingming and cold food, life and death, so that you can live a good life...... Go ahead. After saying this, Wei Jin reluctantly let go of his hand, and the butler helped him off the execution platform.

When the shadow of the sun was shining until three o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Langzhong took the red stick in the lottery holder and threw it on the ground vigorously, "Execution!" ”

With these two words, the brand on the back of Wei Wenbin's neck was taken down, and the executioner raised the extremely sharp ghost head knife with an expressionless face and slashed it down on his neck.

After a knife, the head fell to the ground without any suspense.

The Wei family took the separated body back for burial, and so far, the case of corruption and bribery was completely over, but ...... Is it really over?

In the early morning of the next day, when the people living near the east city gate went out, they were surprised to find that the city gate, which had always been opened early, was still tightly closed at this time, but there was a person who was gagged and hung on the city tower, and a sign was hung around his neck, on which eight words were written - stealing the dragon and turning the phoenix, Wen Bin is not dead!

Wen Bin, Wei Wenbin?

But it is clear that many people saw him beheaded on the execution ground yesterday, how could he still be alive? Is it a prank?

There are more and more onlookers, and some people who have seen Wei Wenbin recognize the person who was hanging in the city tower, and it is indeed Wei Wenbin, as if it were fake.

It is impossible for people to come back from the dead, and it is impossible to have two lives in one body, so the only possibility is that the one who was killed yesterday was not Wei Wenbin, but a ghost for the dead, which is also the "stealing the dragon and turning the phoenix" written on the sign.

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