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Qian San deflated on the wide bed in the luxurious bedroom of the back house, and in the two days that the imperial court investigation envoy arrived in Beihai, his heart was always hanging and he couldn't sleep peacefully. His favorite concubine was also driven to sleep elsewhere by himself, and he really didn't have the heart to entangle with this woman, although she could always make himself eat his soul and get great satisfaction, but these days, he had no interest in those things.

The weather was already a little stuffy, but Qian Santong was still covered with the quilt, shrinking himself in the futon and exposing only two ears to listen to the movement outside. The sound of the wind in the night, the rattling of leaves, and every unknown movement made him extremely nervous.

The dog in the front yard barked rapidly, and Qian Santong woke up from his daze, his body full of fat was covered with hot sweat, and he owed his body to call someone: "Agui, Agui." ”

After a while, the personal servant Ah Gui ran in disheveled clothes and agreed repeatedly.

"Where did you die, didn't you hear me call you? Bastard stuff. Qian Santong scolded.

"The lord is angry, what does the lord command?" Agui said busily.

"The dog in the front yard barked so badly, what's wrong? Check it out. ”

"The dog barked? The villain didn't hear it. ”

"Bastard, listen." Qian Santong scolded.

Agui pricked up his ears to listen, and in the silence, there was the sound of the wind and the rustling of leaves in the night wind, as well as the sound of spring insects chirping outside, but the barking of dogs was not heard at all.

"Look, sir, there is no sound of a dog barking." Agui bowed and said.

Qian Santong wiped the sweat on his body and thought to himself, did he hear it wrong? Or is it that you are too nervous and hallucinating? But it is true that there is no sound of dogs barking outside, and finally breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Pour a cup of herbal tea and let me take a sip, my mouth is dry and thirsty." ”

"Hey!" Ah Gui hurriedly poured a cup of herbal tea and held it over, Qian Santong took it and drank it in a few sips, breathed a long sigh of relief, and shrank his body into the quilt.

"Go ahead, go to the front yard and say hello, let the vigil be more careful, and pay attention to the noise." Qian Santong closed his eyes and said.

Ah Gui agreed and retreated, muttering as he walked to the front yard, "Isn't it tossing people?" I have done something unfortunate and I am afraid that it will become like this. If you don't want people to sleep, you have to get up early to work tomorrow. ”

The silence in the room was restored, and Qian Santong, who had replenished the water, was really a little sleepy, and soon after closing his eyes, he fell asleep in a daze, as if he had a dream, and dreamed that someone lifted the quilt that night and tied his mouth, and a knife with a cold and bloody smell was pressed against his throat, which made him indescribably nauseous.

"Spare your life, spare your life, I will do as you are told, and don't kill me." Qian Santong opened his eyes and shouted, and suddenly realized that he was in a dream just now, and let out a long sigh of relief.

However, in the darkness, he saw two black shadows standing next to the big bed, one left and one right, and the moonlight outside the window shone faintly, and he clearly saw two black shadows covering their faces, dressed in black, with black turbans tied on their heads, staring at him with blazing eyes. This is not a dream!

"Ah~!" Qian Santong subconsciously opened his mouth to shout, but the shining light of the blade hit his throat like a mallet, and forced his cry back into his stomach, turning into a muffled snort.

"Is it the money owner? Don't make a fuss, unless you want to be cut off in the head by my brother's sword. The masked man on the left asked softly, with a hint of a smile in his words.

"You ...... What kind of person is it, a good man who spares his life, what do you want? I have the money, as long as it doesn't hurt me, I'll give you money. Qian Santong said incoherently.

"Shut up, chop off your dog's head again." The short sword in the hand of the slender masked man on the right was closer. Qian Santong immediately shut up, his whole body stiffened, and only two eyes were gurgling.

"Qian Dong, we are not here to rob money, of course...... Not...... It's not a robbery. Sit up, we'll ask a few words and go, as long as you answer honestly, we won't touch a single hair. ”

Qian Santong nodded violently, sat up, and his bare upper body trembled. The masked man on the right frowned, turned his head and shouted, "Put on your clothes." ”

Qian Santong quickly put on his coat, and his movements did not match his body shape neatly.

"Qian Dongjia, listen up, I have a few questions for you here, but I don't want to hear you fool us, once we think you are lying, your family will find your headless body in the bed tomorrow morning. Do you understand what I'm saying? The masked man on the left was Wang Yuan, who sat on the edge of the soft bed and asked with a smile.

"Understood, understood. But if you ask, I must know everything. ”

"Good. Your name is Qian Santong, are you the owner of Beihai Restaurant? Wang Yuan said.

"Yes, Beihai Restaurant is my property."

"Good. Tell me, what is the relationship between Beihai County's Beihai County and you? ”

Qian Santong was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect to ask about this matter in the second sentence, although he was surprised, Qian Santong also instantly understood that the purpose of these two people coming tonight was to get involved in this case. sighed in my heart that I really couldn't hide.

Wang Yuan saw Qian Santong hesitating, his brows were already furrowed, and Qian Santong hurriedly said: "Don't drive Liu?" This one...... We...... We have some relationship. The strong man should know...... He is an official...... I am the people, and ...... between us"

Wang Yuan shot out without warning, and slapped Qian Santong's fat face, Qian Santong was caught off guard, this slap made his eyes glow, his face was hot and painful, and there seemed to be fishy sweet liquid flowing out of his nose and mouth.

Wang Yuan said coldly: "What are you doing? Is it a deception to make up stories? This slap teaches you a lesson. In this way, it is not a slap, it will directly give you a sword, and you will be a transparent hole. ”

Qian Santong covered his face and inhaled slightly, not daring to make a sound.

"Answer my question." Wang Yuan shouted.

"Yes, Liu Ji and I are friends, and I gave him 20% of the shares last month."

"Why did you give him shares?"

"I want to make friends with him, rely on his power to let him take care of my business and family business in Beihai County, and I want him to help make more money." Qian Santong no longer dared to hide it, he knew that this was the answer that the two people in front of him wanted to hear.

"Good. Let me ask you again, what happened on the night of the fourth day of the fourth month of April? ”

Qian Santong's body trembled, on the fourth day of the fourth month of April, what happened that night was the source of fear, he remembered it clearly, and remembered every detail clearly, so his answer was very detailed, so detailed that it was a little verbose.

Wang Yuan listened carefully, and did not stop him from describing the situation that night over and over again, and when he finished speaking, he nodded and asked, "Are you saying that someone from the capital found out about the affair between you and Liu Ji, so they arrested you at night and asked about it?" ”

"Yes, yes, but it doesn't seem to be because of Liu Beijia's incident in Beihai County, I vaguely think that Liu Beijia did something before he came to Beihai County, these people just chased to Beihai County, and by the way, they found out about our friendship with Liu Beijia. Hey, if I knew this, I wouldn't have had a relationship with this Liu Bei Pan if I was killed, I regretted killing me, regretting killing me, who knows what he did in the capital? ”

Wang Yuan interrupted his rambling and asked, "Do you know who the person from the capital is?" ”

Qian Santong shook his cheeks and swayed wildly: "I don't know, I don't know, I just heard Liu Beijia call him Ji Shicao." ”

Wang Yuan and Gongsun Lan glanced at each other, turned their heads and asked again, "How many people did Ji Shicao bring?" Since you bribed Liu Ji, how could he let you come back? ”

Qian Sandao: "I can't see clearly when it's dark, but at least there are one or twenty people." I don't know why he let me back, but we know what the man thinks. If you can save your life, you have already been blessed by the Bodhisattva, do you dare to ask the reason? ”

Wang Yuan sneered, rolled up his sleeves, Qian Santong knew that it was going to be bad, and before a word begging for mercy could be spoken, the slap flew in front of him, and he was hit by four big mouths in a row, and there was a buzzing sound in his head, and he almost fainted. But when he saw Wang Yuan's hand touching the blade again, he tried his best to keep himself awake and not faint, and spit out a sentence from his swollen mouth: "Spare your life, I'll say it all." ”

Wang Yuan chirped: "Dog thing, when I speak, it's a fart, right?" Why did you immediately shovel all the inscriptions of Li Yong in the restaurant after you returned that day? After that day, Liu Ji accused Li Yong of embezzlement of public money, do you dare to say that you don't know about this? How could you bribe Liu Ji to get away easily? Why don't you tell the truth? Do you really want me to use a knife to kill you? ”

Qian Santong covered his swollen mouth and face and kowtowed on the quilt repeatedly, and said in a wailing voice: "The hero spares his life, I can't help it, Na Ji Shicao warned us, saying that if you tell others about this matter, you will kill my whole family, I don't mean to hide it, I'm just afraid, I'm afraid to die." ”

Wang Yuan said: "Are you afraid of him, aren't you afraid of us?" Say. ”

Qian Santong sighed with tears in his eyes and said: "I did hear Ji Shicao and Liu Beijia talking, although I didn't listen to it all intermittently, but it was indeed Ji Shicao who used the things in the capital and the things in Beihai County to coerce Liu Beijia. I didn't know it was aimed at Li Taishou before, but when they let us return, Ji Shicao called us to give a lecture, and I guessed that he was going to deal with Li Taishou after listening to the content of his lecture. ”

Wang Yuan frowned and said, "How did he tell you?" ”

Qian Santong gritted his teeth and said: "The left and right are dead, just tell the heroes everything." When Ji Shicao released us, he asked us to help him do something, as long as he did this for him, the bribe of Liu Ji would be written off, and we would be exempted from criminal responsibility, otherwise we would be punished according to the law. ”

"What's the matter?"

"He asked us to wait for news from him, and at the appropriate time, he would let a few of us who were still well-known in Beihai County come forward and jointly go to the yamen to expose Li Taishou for forcing us to give him money and goods for him to squander. We also need to prove that Pei Dunfu and Li Taishou often corresponded with each other, and the two not only gave each other valuable gold and silver utensils, but also once instructed the government and other things after being drunk. In short, the villain didn't understand those things, and Ji Shicao said that he didn't need to understand, and only reported it according to the meaning he provided. In order to save his life, the villain had to agree, and the others also agreed, even if the villain didn't want to, he didn't dare to say half a word. Qian Santong cried and cried a lot, sighing and sighing.

The more Wang Yuan listened, the more frightened he became, so it turned out that he not only had to confirm Li Yong's crimes, but also implicated these things on other officials. Zichuan Taishou Pei Dunfu needless to say, he is also the target they want to get rid of. In addition to Pei Dunfu, there must be a way to implicate the people who replaced him, which is to involve all the way and wipe out all the people who should be attacked, this is the effect of Li Yong's case.