Following Qin Ji, Zhao Geng was then arraigned, which complicated the already gradually clear case.

Zhao seemed to have guessed what Qin Ji would say to Yang Guang, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he admitted the fact that he had been spying on Mei Er alone in the past few days, but at the same time insisted that in the few days that he was spying on Mei Er alone, he either saw Mei Er's figure shaking in the store every day, or he had heard Mei Er's voice, so he thought that everything was as usual.

According to the confessions of the two sergeants, because Zhao was the minor leader of their group of six people, and in their minds, they believed that Mei Er had been under close surveillance for eight years, and had not found any unusual behavior in him, so they did not report the situation to Qu Tutong in time.

After a careful investigation of the "Mei's Grave Ceremony", the possibility of the murderer breaking into the door at night to kill people was ruled out, so Zhao Geng naturally became the person who was most suspected of committing the crime, and when he refused to confess to colluding with others to murder Mei Er, Yang Guang immediately ordered someone to torture Zhao Geng, but although Zhao Geng was beaten to the point that his skin was broken and he screamed miserably, he always insisted that he never colluded with others to kill Mei Er.

When Yang Guang received Guo Yan's report and learned that Zhao Geng was beaten to the point that his flesh and blood were blurred, and he only had one breath left, but he still refused to confess, he was thinking about whether to send someone to Shangshu Province to recall Pei Yun and discuss with him, how to force Zhao Geng to confess, but he saw Li Jing, who was accompanying him, clasping his fists and saying: "Lord Wang, the last general thinks that Zhao Geng refuses to confess until he dies, and there must be another hidden secret." ”

"Tell me, what's going on?"

"Think about it, if Zhao Geng really colluded with others to kill Mei Er, then after the incident, why would he not try to escape and wait for the prince to ask him about the crime?"

"This king has thought about it carefully, this is exactly what Zhao is more cunning, he knows that Mei Er is dead, Qin Ji will show this king that he has been monitoring Mei Er alone in recent days, and he is the most suspicious, but he does not run away, and he also made up the lie that he has heard Mei Er's voice every day in the past few days, and saw Mei walking around the store, which is to confuse the public, in a vain attempt to mislead this king into believing that the case cannot be so simple and clear, and then achieve his goal of exonerating himself." Yang Guang refuted Li Jingdao disappretently.

Li Jing nodded slightly and said, "It is true that this possibility cannot be ruled out. But did the prince think about it, Zhao Geng, as the leader of the six sergeants sent to monitor Mei Er in this round, he had the opportunity to wait for the opportunity to collude with others to kill Mei Er, so he didn't have to be when Qin Ji was sick, and he would do it alone to monitor Mei Er in the past few days, wouldn't this be a suspicion of causing trouble? Moreover, according to Qu Tutong, every other month, another group of sergeants will be changed to monitor Mei Er, if Zhao wants to kill Mei Er, why don't he choose to do it a few days at the end of the month, but choose to kill people at the beginning of the month, isn't it too stupid? ”

Yang Guang was moved by Li Jing's words, and his previous suspicion of Zhao Geng began to waver, staring at Li Jing and asking, "Then according to what you mean, do you mean ......?"

"Since the prince believes that the two sergeants who monitored Mei Er during the day have the possibility of colluding with others to murder Mei Er, why should he believe what Qin Ji said and only torture Zhao Geng?" Li Jing said lightly.

"Yes, it really can't be ruled out that Qin Ji deliberately blamed Zhao Geng, this king may have been deceived by Qin Ji's cowardice before." Yang Guang's eyes rolled, and he instructed Li Jing, "Then draw the gourd in the same way, and the sticks on Zhao Geng's body should also be tasted by Qin Ji." ”

Qin Ji's bones were far less hard than Zhao's, and he only received a dozen big sticks on his body, so he screamed in pain, couldn't survive the punishment, and asked to see Yang Guang in person and confess the truth that he was instructed to murder Mei Er.

"The little one only asks the prince to give the little one a happy death, and there is nothing else to ask for." Qin Ji was escorted to Yang Guang again by Li Jing with two sergeants, and it was still the same cowardice that Yang Guang had when he first saw him, prostrate on the ground, crying bitterly and begging.

Yang Guang looked at Qin Ji who was kneeling in front of him, still not believing that such a coward was actually the murderer of Mei Er, and said coldly: "Qin Ji, this king can agree to your request, but you must first truthfully confess how Mei Er murdered, and who made you do this, otherwise, just by virtue of your deception of this king, this king has a way to make you not be able to survive and die, do you believe it?" ”

"Faith, faith...... The little one thanked the prince for his great kindness. ”

"Say!"

"The little one is forced by others, if you can't kill Mei Er, the small family won't be able to survive, Lord Wang." Qin Ji hissed loudly and began to confess, "The little one knew that Zhao Geng was responsible and righteous, so he deliberately pretended to be sick and coaxed him to order the little one to go home for treatment, and monitor Mei Er alone, while the little one pretended to be a scholar and mixed into the 'Mei Tomb Dian Xing' with a sharp blade, and killed Mei Er with a knife, intending to blame Zhao Geng ......"

"After Mei Er's death, Zhao even claimed that he still heard him talking to people in the store and saw him, what is going on?"

"It's all a villain who is pretending, just to cause misunderstanding to Zhao Geng, and when the case comes out in the future, Zhao Geng's crime of colluding with others to murder Mei Er will be confirmed......"

"Hehe, this king underestimated you before, but I didn't expect you to think so carefully about things! Say, who is the Lord's behind you? Yang Guang laughed angrily, gritted his teeth and asked Qin Jidao.

Qin Ji shook his head and couldn't answer.

Yang Guang "snapped" a few cases, and shouted at Qin Ji and asked: "Qin Ji, you have committed the crime of exterminating the three clans, can you say that this king can't kill your whole family?" ”

Qin Ji knelt down and hurried forward a few steps, begging with a crying voice: "Lord Wang, you can kill the little one with one sword." As he spoke, he suddenly jumped up and rushed straight towards Yang Guang.

This time he became struggling, Guo Yanhuo, who was standing beside Yang Guang, pulled out his saber and stabbed Qin Ji who was distracted by Yang Guang. Just when the tip of his sword was about to stab Qin Ji, he only heard a "choking" sound, and a long sword stretched out in the oblique stab, blocking Guo Yan's sword edge, Guo Yan was startled, and only then did he see that it was Li Jing who opened his sword edge, and saw Li Jing stretch out his left hand, grabbed Qin Ji's vest with a "bang", and dragged him back alive, threw it to the ground, stepped forward and stepped forward to step on him.

Yang Guang was shocked, but in an instant, he understood Qin Ji's intention to sneak attack him, he was not angry, he stopped Guo Yan, threw an appreciative glance at Li Jing, and deliberately slowed down his tone and said to Qin Ji: "This king Nian is still able to sacrifice his life and die in order to protect his family, and he promises you today that as long as you confess the main messenger behind you, I will keep your whole family safe and only treat you for the crime." ”

Qin Ji couldn't die, and after hearing Yang Guang's words, he subconsciously glanced to the east, and was ruthless, biting the upper and lower rows of teeth hard, and actually committed suicide by biting his tongue on the spot.