Zhending Mansion, Qianshan Town.

As soon as dawn dawned, the tranquility of the town was shattered by the sound of messy footsteps, and the black soldiers surrounded the town to the brim, imposing martial law throughout the town, strictly prohibiting entry and exit.

This caused the people of the town to immediately fall into an inexplicable panic, not knowing what had happened.

Among the people who blocked the town, in addition to the soldiers of the guard, there were many brightly dressed people, and the well-informed townspeople immediately recognized them, those people were the Jinyi guards of the capital, who specialized in handling imperial cases for the emperor, which made the situation in the town even more panicked.

Under the leadership of Jinyiwei, a group of soldiers broke into the two houses in the town and arrested all the men, women and children inside.

In the living room of a large family in the town, Song Qianhu sat on the Taishi chair at the top and sipped, and several local guard commanders and Qianhu sat on the lower sides.

"Get on your knees!" The man of the brocade guard led the men and women of the two families into the living room, and fell to their knees on the ground.

"My lord, I have been wronged, Xiaomin has always been law-abiding and has never committed a crime." A middle-aged man with a Chinese character face kneeling in front of the crowd looked at Song Qianhu and shouted injustice.

"My lord, you must be mistaken, the little ones are all law-abiding citizens!" The round-faced middle-aged man kneeling beside the middle-aged man also shouted and aggrieved.

"No noise in front of adults!"

When a brocade guard standing behind Song Qianhu heard this, he immediately opened his mouth and scolded, "Since you have been arrested, then you must have committed a big crime, otherwise how can you work Jinyi Wei?" ”

The middle-aged man with the national character face and the middle-aged man with a round face suddenly changed when they heard this, it seems that the reason why these Jinyi guards are working is against the two of them, but the two of them really can't think of what they have done to provoke Jinyiwei.

At this time, a middle-aged man over half a hundred years old with a big belly hurriedly entered the hall, he was the townsman.

Although the village elders did not hold official positions, they were appointed by the government to deal with local disputes and manage local security, and the government came to handle errands, and they had the duty of assistance, usually performed by the local gentry.

"You're a local elder?" Song Qianhu glanced at a middle-aged man with a big belly, put down the teacup in his hand and asked quietly.

"Hui Qianhu is a local elder." The fat middle-aged man bowed to Song Qianhu when he heard this, and then asked suspiciously, "My lord came here early in the morning, I don't know why?" ”

"Do you recognize these two?" Song Qianhu stretched out his hand and pointed at the two middle-aged men kneeling in front of him, and asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, the two of them are local cloth merchants and run a cloth shop in partnership."

The fat middle-aged man nodded when he heard this, and a puzzled look appeared on his face, "My lord, did the two of them commit a crime?" ”

"What is the conduct of the two of them?" Song Qianhu didn't answer the fat middle-aged man, but asked expressionlessly, "Who do you have a close relationship with?" ”

"My lord, the two of them are kind and benevolent, they have never quarreled with anyone, and they are two honest people with good conduct." The fat middle-aged man thought about it when he heard this, and said to Song Qianhu, "As for who they have close contact with, I don't know." ”

"The two of you are also people who have traveled from south to north, so naturally you should know that the case handled by Jinyi Wei is a royal case, if there is a fluke, this official will definitely make you regret it at that time."

Song Qianhu knew that he couldn't get useful information from the fat middle-aged man, so he turned to the middle-aged man with a national character face and the middle-aged man with a round face, and asked expressionlessly, "This official asks you, do you know Zheng Dahu in the capital?" ”

"Zheng Dahu?" The middle-aged man with the national character face and the middle-aged man with a round face were taken aback when they heard this, they never imagined that Song Qianhu would be able to find here, no wonder they were so excited.

"This official reminds you that what you have committed is a royal case, and once the crime is confirmed, you will have to raid your family and exterminate the clan, and you don't want those people behind you to be buried with you!"

Song Qianhu was keenly aware of the fact that they had a great relationship with Zheng Dahu from the change in the expressions of the two, so he asked coldly, "This official asks you, do you know Zheng Dahu's whereabouts?" ”

"Raiding the family and exterminating the clan?" The man with the national character face and the man with the round face were stupid when they heard this, and they looked at each other in dismay, they didn't expect the situation to be so serious, and the ordinary case would not be so serious if it was a big deal to cut off the head.

"Is Zheng Dahu in Qianshan Town?" Seeing that the two of them looked flustered, Song Qianhu realized that they didn't know what Zheng Dahu had done, so he asked in a deep voice.

The man with the national character face and the man with the round face looked at each other again when they heard this, and then fell into silence, their faces were pale, large beads of sweat oozed from their foreheads, and they looked frightened and didn't know what to do for a while.

"Actually, you are very lucky to have met a nobleman, if it weren't for that nobleman who didn't want your family to be innocently implicated, this official wouldn't have given you this opportunity!"

Seeing this, Song Qianhu immediately sneered, and said with a grim expression, "Presumably you have also heard of Jinyiwei's methods of handling cases, there is no need for this official to talk to you in vain, as long as you are thrown into the edict, whether you are dead or alive will be resigned to fate!" ”

"Now that Qianshan Town has been besieged, we will turn this place over and find it, if Zheng Dahu is here, all of you will die!" As he spoke, Song Qianhu's face turned cold, and he said in a fierce voice.

The face of the man with the national character face and the man with the round face became even more ugly when he heard this, and he was sweating profusely on his forehead, Qianshan Town is now surrounded by the official regiment and can't even fly out, once the official army really digs three feet into the ground here to find Zheng Dahu, it will be difficult for Zheng Dahu to escape this catastrophe.

That's right, the two naturally knew where Zheng Dahu was, and Qianshan Town was their territory, so Zheng Dahu was naturally hidden by the two of them when he came here.

However, Zheng Dahu is the incense master of the White Lotus Sect, if the two betray him, they will become shameful traitors, not only will they be spurned and discredited by the White Lotus Sect, but they will also be hunted down and killed by the people of the White Lotus Sect, so they have some scruples in their hearts.

"The opportunity has already been given to you, since you don't know how to cherish it, then don't blame the official for being ruthless."

Song Qianhu saw that the two were in chaos now, so he was ready to strike while the iron was hot to break their psychological defense line in one fell swoop, so he shouted to the Jinyi guard standing in the room, "Take them down and send them to the edict!" ”

If it weren't for Li Hongyu's explanation to him and let him attack his heart, Song Qianhu would definitely have been serving the round-faced middle-aged man and the middle-aged man with the national character face, why can't Miki ask for it? He didn't believe that the two of them could withstand the punishment of Jinyiwei.

It's just that this will cause two results, one is that the two people are tortured but can't confess, and the other is that the two would rather die than give in.

Li Hongyu's favorite thing to do is to break down the opponent's psychological defense, and then make him honestly explain the problem, which can also save a lot of trouble.

He didn't have time to spend time in Qianshan Town now, God knows how long the Emperor of the Apocalypse would last, and he wanted to find out the truth before the Emperor of the Apocalypse died.

As for the Folk Xinglin Holy Hand that the Emperor of the Apocalypse offered a reward, Li Hongyu did not report any hope at all, the Emperor of the Apocalypse is now injured in his internal organs, if he can't cure those injuries, it will be in vain to have more elixirs.

In fact, Li Hongyu only bet that Zheng Dahu might be in Qianshan Town, but in order to make the middle-aged man with a national character face and a round-faced middle-aged man believe that the government has conclusive evidence, he must act with great fanfare, so as to avoid any fish from escaping from Qianshan Town.

Judging from the current situation, Song Qianhu led a large group of people to come to really give the middle-aged man with a national character face and a middle-aged man with a round face a huge psychological pressure, and the two of them don't think that Song Qianhu = brought so many people just to arrest the two of them.

"My lord knows that we are wronged!"

With Song Qianhu's order issued, the Jinyi guards in the house immediately stepped forward to drive away the family members who were kneeling on the ground, which made the situation at the scene suddenly become chaotic, and the family members opened their mouths to shout grievances.

These family members don't want to go to the edict prison, they can listen to the rumors among the people, it is said that the edict prison kills people without blinking, and those high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the court have to shed their skin if they go in and do not die, not to mention that they are ordinary people, they are simply talking about it.

"If you are wronged, you will be able to figure out everything as long as you move the punishment!" Song Qianhu ignored those family members and said indifferently.

"Come on, search the official door to door, and all those who have come to the town in recent days, whether they are from the town or not, will be arrested by the official."

Saying that, Song Qianhu shouted to the brocade-clothed guard standing behind him, "In addition, post a notice in the town, and anyone who provides clues to catch Zheng Dahu will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver!" ”

"Obedience!" Hearing this, the Baihu bowed to Song Qianhu and walked towards the door.

Then, Song Qianhu waved his hand at the middle-aged man with a national character face and a middle-aged man with a round face who were kneeling there in the room and shouting grievances, and the brocade guards at the scene stepped forward and dragged them, wanting to take them out.

"Adults, thousands of households, the villain has been recruited, the villain has recruited everything, I hope the adult can open up to the villain's family."

Just when a Jinyi guard soldier dragged the middle-aged man with a national character face from the ground, the middle-aged man with a sweaty face looked at his family members with panicked eyes, and could no longer bear the psychological pressure, so he broke free from the brocade guard soldier who was dragging him and knelt down to Song Qianhu.

He knew that once he missed this opportunity, the only thing that awaited them was death, Jin Yiwei was not a reasonable person, and it was easier to kill them in the edict than to pinch an ant to death.

Therefore, for the sake of his family, the middle-aged man with a national face can no longer take care of it now, since the government already knows that Zheng Dahu is in Qianshan Town and has put on a posture of ambition, then what else does he have to insist on?

"Big ...... Adults and villains are also ...... Also willing to confess. Hearing this, the round-faced middle-aged man hurriedly knelt aside and said, since the middle-aged man with a national character face is willing to confess, then if he resists again, then it will be stupid.

Song Qianhu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and a smug smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, if the middle-aged man with a national character face and a round-faced middle-aged man were willing to cooperate, then it would be easy to find Zheng Dahu to come out, and he could also return to Beijing as soon as possible to recover his life.

(End of chapter)