The officers and soldiers suddenly made a big move and arrested Zhao Keyuan, which naturally easily alarmed many people near his home. However, because of the incident last night, the people have already become frightened birds, so at this time, they only dare to hide at home, and only those who are brave enough will look through the gap in the courtyard gate and see what is going on.

Therefore, at this time, the streets were still extremely quiet, except for the team that escorted people to the yamen, there was no one else, which also made the officers and soldiers not do too many other superfluous things, such as suddenly knocking on the door of a certain house on a whim and going in to search.

And in fact, because of this, they missed a great opportunity to wipe out all the people of the White Lotus Sect-

In the house of a certain house facing the street, the four people had withered to the ground, and with a convulsion of their bodies, blackened blood continued to flow slowly out of their seven orifices, obviously they were poisoned and died soon.

The four people who fell to the ground were Yan Yuqi, Yan Yulin's brothers, and the two closest stewards of the Yan family, the shopkeeper Ma and the shopkeeper. After the incident, the four of them quickly left the restaurant with Xu Qinglian and Xu Qinglian as agreed before, and then hid in this house that had nothing to do with his family.

Judging from the fact that the city of Suzhou has a population of several hundred thousand, it is almost impossible for the government to find them out of this house. As soon as the limelight passed, they could secretly leave Suzhou through their own doorways.

It seems that everything seems so safe and perfect, but it just needs to be hidden for a while. But just when they thought everything was all right, they were poisoned tonight.

When they realized that they had been poisoned, they could not scream or move, but could only fall to the ground like mud, waiting for death.

Soon after, Xu Qinglian and Bai Lian appeared in front of them together, looking at Yan Yuqi's eyes while flowing with black blood, looking at his own eyes, Xu Qinglian laughed: "It seems that you must not understand why we should get rid of you." ”

Although he couldn't speak, and he couldn't nod his head to admit it, Yan Yuqi still gave his thoughts with his eyes: "Why? Why are you doing this? ”

"Because you are completely useless, staying here will only bring hidden dangers to the Holy Church. If you are taken down by the government, it is likely that we will be exposed. That being the case, the only way to do that is to get rid of you all before an accident happens. Xu Qinglian said it quite lightly, for him, killing so many people was nothing at all.

"Oh, by the way, not only you, but also your family members who left Suzhou first, should be waiting for you below at this time." Xu Qinglian added as if unintentionally: "There's no way, they have a lot of wealth around them, and our losses in the previous incident of private salt are really not small, so we can only use this method to make up for it." But rest assured, they won't die too painfully, and will be much more comfortable than you are now. ”

Regret, anger...... All kinds of emotions grabbed the hearts of the two brothers of the Yan family, and the two of them trembled even more, only then did they know that from the beginning, they had led the entire Yan family to the point of no return. Only then did they understand that what it meant to seek skin with the tiger and cooperate with an organization like the White Lotus Sect was joking with the survival and death of themselves and the entire family. This realization made their bodies tremble even more violently, and if they weren't speechless, they would definitely scold.

It's a pity that now they can only express their anger and unwillingness with their eyes. And the two people in front of them didn't feel anything about it at all, and even enjoyed the wonderful feeling of abusing and killing others, while the other party was powerless to resist.

"Protecting the Dharma, a lot of officers and soldiers suddenly appeared outside." One of his men who was guarding the courtyard suddenly rushed over with some nervousness, and lowered his voice to report.

These words reached the ears of the four people who were about to die, and their spirits suddenly lifted. Although it is impossible for him to take revenge anymore, if he can see the government surround these insidious guys, he will be able to die blindly.

It's a pity that their wish before death was not fulfilled, and not long after Xu Qinglian and the others looked at each other a little nervously, and at the same time they both drew their weapons, the sound outside gradually faded away.

"It doesn't seem to be directed at us. I'll just say that with the ability of the government, it is impossible to find our hiding place so easily. Bai Lian smiled lightly: "Now that we have got rid of these burdens, it will be much easier to get out of the city." ”

"Hmm......" As this sentence was finished, Yan Yuqi on the ground finally spurted blood, and his body completely lost his breath as soon as he straightened up. But his eyes were still wide, and his distorted face was full of resentment. And beside him, the other three had already died one step earlier.

Seeing this, Xu Qinglian didn't even frown, but asked his subordinates on the side: "What to do with these corpses?" ”

"Don't worry about it, we won't use it again here, just leave it to the government, let them find out. Taking advantage of the fact that it is now dark, let's leave here first, and wait for two days, when the limelight has passed, we can leave Suzhou City. Xu Qinglian glanced at the four corpses on the ground one last time, and after confirming that they could no longer survive, she walked out of the house without looking back.

At this time, the ranks of officers and soldiers had just walked slowly past the front of this courtyard. As long as someone comes forward on a whim and breaks open the courtyard door, they can find the target they need to capture at once.

It's a pity that many things in this world pass by people, even if it is Yu Qian or Kang Sichuan, they are not immortals, and they will not know the enemy, only in the dwelling separated from themselves......

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He was soon taken to the prefect's yamen, and a new round of interrogation began overnight.

This time, Zhao Keyuan had completely lost the need to lie and cover up, and under Kang Sichuan's interrogation, he confessed all kinds of crimes and facts about how he deceived his boss, destroyed evidence, intimidated witnesses, and exonerated everyone in Cao.

That's not all, he even handed over some of the testimonies left by previous witnesses. Those things were actually hidden in the file room of the government office, just because they were hidden, if it wasn't for his personal confession, then even if they knew that these things existed, others would not be able to find them.

This is also where Zhao Keyuan is shrewd. He knew that the Cao Gang was not a good match, so just in case, he kept a hand to protect himself. And now, this has become the key evidence that Kang Sichuan can turn the case over completely.

After dawn, Li Yanjiu and the others were escorted to the front of the court, and when they heard Kang Sichuan give these testimonies one by one, and saw these fatal evidences with their own eyes, they were all stunned, and they couldn't even call out the word wronged.

Kang Sichuan took the opportunity to slap the shocked wood and shouted: "Bold criminal, now that the evidence is conclusive, what else do you have to say?" On that day, did you kill Yue Nanxing and their relatives, and then colluded with Zhao Keyuan and other officials to suppress the case, and you didn't quickly recruit it! ”

With this shouting and questioning, coupled with all the evidence in front of them, Li Yanjiu finally had no courage to deny it, so they could only bow their heads and admit all their crimes.

After asking for a confession, Kang Sichuan ordered someone to bring Yue Nanxing out of prison. This Boss Yue looked much haggard compared to yesterday, and even the hair on his head was half white.

The night's torment for him was too great. Because judging from yesterday's circumstances, I am afraid that it will be difficult to clear away my grievances. That's not all, judging from the attitude of the imperial court this time, they will definitely not compromise, and at that time, the situation of their brothers on the canal will be extremely dangerous.

Although they had said before, once they still couldn't give everyone an explanation tomorrow, they killed Huo Zheng and fled here. However, he knew that once he fell into the hands of the government, with the righteousness of these brothers, he would definitely not give up and leave. I'm afraid that when the time comes, it will be just like what he said before, and it will be a jade and stone burning.

If I had known that this was the result, I should not have taken the risk of doing this, otherwise those brothers would not have fallen into such a mortal situation. This emotion of regret tormented him all night, making Yue Nanxing toss and turn, and his heart was like being fried in an oil pot.

At this time, he was brought to the court, and he didn't have the slightest spirit, and only planned to hear the final verdict of the government. He even made up his mind that if the government let him come forward to recruit those brothers, he would pretend to agree, and then go to the dock and order them to flee for their lives.

But the result surprised him. After coming to the hall, Kang Sichuan slapped the table and said: "Yue Nanxing, what happened half a year ago has now been found out by the official. Indeed, you have been harmed, and you have nowhere to redress. However, this is not an excuse for you to do such an unruly thing this time, attacking official ships and court officials, setting fire to countless ships on the dock, and kidnapping Huo Gonggong, which is a felony! However, in the spirit of the court's benevolence, as long as you can assist the government to recruit the remnants of the party this time and send the hostages back to the shore safely, the official will plead with the court and punish you lightly. ”

"Ah......" Yue Nanxing's whole person was stunned, and he couldn't believe that the other party would say that.

Kang Sichuan also understood why he had such a shocked reaction, so he added: "Don't worry, those who harmed you have been taken down by this official, and your previous grievances have also been thoroughly investigated." It was indeed done by Zhao Keyuan and other officials who colluded to shield Li Yanjiu and other Cao gangs! ”