Chapter 45: The Third Day of Confusion
[Little thief, will you try to touch the old lady again?] - Believe it or not, the old lady chopped off your paws and pickled them? ]
[Don't...... Don't touch there, thief...... It's too much of a deception! ]
[Giggles, thief, your mouth is quite sweet, how many women have you deceived?] ]
Sister Kim......
In the haze, Xie An felt as if someone was pushing him, and then, the sound of Liangqiu dancing faintly came.
"Ann? Quiet? β
Suddenly opened his eyes, Xie An realized that the sky had already dawned, and Liang Qiuwu, who had finished his daily morning class, was sitting on the side of the bed, gently pushing himself.
"It's a dance...... "Sitting up, Xie An yawned, rubbed his sour eyes, and asked, "What time is it?" β
"It's time...... Sleepy? Looking at Xie An's tired face, a trace of unbearability flashed in Liang Qiuwu's eyes, after all, for the Dongling assassins yesterday, Xie An and his party were busy until the middle of the night, with her physical fitness, it didn't matter, but how could her husband have such a good body as her?
"Let's go wash your face first, the concubine has asked Yiyi to make water for you......" Fetching Xie An's official clothes hanging next to the bed, Liang Qiuwu said softly while serving Xie An to change clothes.
As if noticing the look of worry in Liang Qiuwu's eyes, Xie An smiled slightly, patted the back of her hand and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine......"
In all fairness, if Xie An's previous temperament was followed, most of them would have to sleep until sunrise, but unfortunately he is now an official of the imperial court, and this official is like going to work, although he has gained a lot of things, but he has lost his freedom.
Take Xie An as an example, he didn't sleep until three o'clock when he was ugly, no, he had to get up at the right time, after all, he still had to interrogate the group of Dongling assassins who attacked Weiwei Temple last night.
Although he knows it well. This time, those Dongling assassins desperately attacked Weiwei Temple, seemingly to recapture their fellow ghouls, but in fact, they were just scapegoats abandoned by the crown prince Li Wei and the fifth prince Li Cheng.
According to yesterday's private transaction with the crown prince Li Wei, what Xie An wanted to do was to detain the crime of killing Yu He, the imperial envoy of the right capital of Yushitai, on the heads of these Dongling assassins, so as to cover up for the fifth prince Li Cheng.
Although this is a bit of a suspicion of public welfare, it can be boiled down to the end. Yu He, the envoy of the right capital of the Imperial Historical Observatory, was indeed killed by these Dongling assassins, but he did not wronged the good people.
After a simple breakfast, Xie An and Liang Qiuwu, Fei Guo, Su Xin, Li Jing and other generals went in the direction of Weiwei Temple.
Since the guards of Weiwei Temple were already familiar with Xie An, the soldiers guarding outside the mansion did not stop them. Before the report, Xie An and the others were invited to enter the house on their own.
Walking along the corridor to the prison of Weiwei Temple, outside the prison, Xie An and his party met Xun Zheng, whose eyes were bloodshot.
It can be seen that this Weiwei Si Qingxun has never closed his eyes all night.
"Brother, General Wu!" From afar, Xun Zheng said hello to Xie An and Liang Qiuwu, who were approaching him.
Looking at Xun Zheng's tired face, Xie An had no doubt that he was interrogating those Dongling assassins all night. Then he asked, "Brother Xun, what is the result of the interrogation?" β
Xun Zheng shook his head and scolded in a low voice. "In vain! - Those people are very hard-mouthed, even if the old brother uses a big punishment, those people will not be recruited...... Please! β
"Please!"
Following Xun Zheng, Xie An and Liang Qiuwu came to the deepest part of the prison. In the confinement cell where Xiao Li, the assassin of the dangerous building, was imprisoned, Xie An found out. The famous [Hongshan Four Hidden Knives] of the Dongling Assassins were all tied to wooden frames with iron cables, and they were covered in blood, and it was obvious that these people had suffered a cruel criminal punishment.
Even when Xie An and Liang Qiuwu walked into the house, there were still four guards from the Weiwei Temple, who were beating the four people with a finger-thick cow tendon leather whip.
Among them, [Shadow Snake] Gou Gong, [Sickle] Mo Fei, and [Wealth Ghost] Qian Xi have been beaten unconscious, leaving only the boss of the Dongling Assassins, [Barbarian Bone] Dibu, with an unchanging face and a proud expression, as if the whips were tickling him.
This Assassin ...... Are they all tough guys?
Recalling that Xiao Li, the assassin of the dangerous building, was also tortured like this, but he didn't spit out a word, Xie Anxin secretly felt admiration.
Not to mention the personality and reputation of the Dongling assassins, just looking at them receiving such a heavy sentence and not begging for mercy, it is enough to call them heroes.
It's a pity that such heroes don't even know that they have been sold by the crown prince Li Wei......
Thinking of this, Xie Anxin sighed secretly, looked back at Xun Zheng and said in a low voice, "Brother, I'm afraid that if you continue to fight, you will die...... These people need to be kept for the painting! β
"Hmm!" Xun Zheng nodded, raised his hand and said, "Okay, stop!" - You guys, go and wake up those three! β
"Yes!" The guards who were executing inside the house clenched their fists and gave orders, and three of them scooped a bucket of water from a large water tank in the house with wooden buckets and threw it at the [Hongshan Four Hidden Knives] except for Dibu.
During this period, the boss of the Dongling Assassins, the brute Dibu, stared at Liang Qiuwu beside Xie An, with a bit of humiliation and resentment in his expression.
It's no wonder, after all, it was Liang Qiu Wu who took down the head of this invincible Dongling assassin last night.
Splashed with cold water by the guards, [Shadow Snake] Gou Gong, [Sickle] Mo Fei, and [Wealth Ghost] Qian Xi woke up one after another, looking at Xie An and the others who appeared here at some point with a blank expression.
Seeing this, Xun Zheng took a step forward, looked at the four people and shouted, "Wait and listen, those who know each other will tell the reason for the beginning and the end, and this mansion can still leave you and wait for a life, otherwise...... Hmph!--Don't confess quickly! β
"Confession?" [Shadow Snake] Gou Gong's handsome face flashed a little gloomy, licked his lips, greedily looked at Liang Qiuwu's beautiful appearance, and said with a lewd smile, "Ask that girl to accompany Uncle Ben for one night, Uncle Ben can consider it......"
"Presumptuous!"
Behind Xie An, Su Xin and Li Jing were furious, and they stepped forward together, one of them gave Na Gou Gong a few slaps, and the other punched him in the chest and abdomen, only hitting Gou Gong and even vomiting gastric juice.
It's no wonder that the two of them are so angry, after all, putting aside the identity of the general of Liangqiu Wudong's army, she is Xie An's main room, in other words, the mother of these generals. As a retainer of the Xie family, how could an outsider be allowed to humiliate his housewife like this?
On the contrary, Liang Qiuwu couldn't bear it, raised his hand and said, "Su Xin, Li Jing, don't fight again, my husband still needs to keep this person for questioning!" β
"Yes!" Seeing Liang Qiuwu speak, Su Xin and Li Jing stopped at this time, and after glaring at Gou Gong fiercely. Back behind Xie An.
At this time, Xie An was looking at [Fortune Ghost] Qian Xi with a surprised expression.
In Xie An's opinion, this Qian Xi, who is known as the [Four Hidden Swords' Wealth Ghost], looks very ordinary and ordinary, and is the type of passerby who will never be found if he is thrown on the street. If there is one characteristic of this person, it is the eyes of this person.
Since Fang Cai, this guy has been staring at Xie An and the others.
"What are you looking at?" Xie An asked curiously.
I saw [Fortune Ghost] Qian Xi glanced at Xie An and the others, and muttered in a low voice, "Two hundred taels...... Forty taels...... Sixty taels ......"
"What?" Xie An asked in surprise.
But Qian Xi ignored Xie An, and suddenly, his eyes fell on Liang Qiu Wu. After looking Liang Qiu Wu up and down a few times, he swallowed his saliva, and muttered with a somewhat shocked expression. "One thousand four hundred taels ......"
Seeing that Qian Xi answered the question, Liao Li frowned, and shouted in a deep voice, "My lord asked you something." Why, didn't you hear that?! β
"Liao Li. Wait......" raised his hand to stop Liao Li, and Xie An looked at Qian Xi in surprise.
What two hundred taels, forty taels?
What the hell is this guy talking about?
Rao is Xie An was also confused, let alone others.
Suddenly, Xie Anxin moved, glanced at the clothes on his body, and the clothes on Liang Qiuwu's body, and suddenly realized.
It turned out that Qian Xi was actually evaluating the price of their clothes and ornaments.
At such a time, are you still in the mood to judge other people's clothes?
This guy is interesting......
Shaking his head with a smile, Xie An took a few steps forward, stood in front of Qian Xi, and asked curiously, "What's your name?" β
Seeing that Xie An didn't seem to recognize these people, Xun Zheng opened his mouth and was about to tell Xie An, but when he saw Xie An raise his hand, he glanced at himself as if he had a deep meaning.
Glancing at Xie An, and then at Xun Zheng, who seemed to want to say something, Qian Xi grinned and said with a sneer, "This lord, that Lord Xun knows that I am waiting for the details, why don't you ask Lord Xun?" β
Xie An shook his head when he heard this, and said meaningfully, "No, this mansion wants to wait for yourself to say it!" β
It seems to be Ming
What was white, that Qian Xi's face changed slightly, the smirk on his face gradually put away, and he slowly shook his head and said, "That adult is going to be disappointed!" β
"What did you say?!" Su Xin was furious when he heard this, and was about to step forward to torture Qian Xi fiercely, but saw Xie An wave his hand, asking Su Xin to retreat to his original place, and then looked at the Hongshan Four Hidden Knife in front of him, and said with a smile, "This government doesn't mind using violence to solve the problem, it's just that sometimes, there is a better way than directly using violence...... Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Qian Xi, chuckled and said, "You ...... Do you like money? β
"Who doesn't love money?" Qian Xi pursed his lips disdainfully.
Seeing this, Xie An smiled inexplicably, then took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms, took one out of them, and shook it in front of Qian Xi.
"Five hundred taels ......" staring at the silver ticket, Qian Xi swallowed his saliva unconsciously, barely piled up a smile, and pretended to be disdainful and said, "Use a mere five hundred taels to buy a small opening, adults are too stingy, right?" β
"No, no, no," Xie An shook his head and said with a smile, "This is not for your ......" he said, he pinched the corner of the silver ticket with both hands, and slowly tore the silver ticket in front of Qian Xi.
Under the surprised gaze of everyone in the room, Qian Xi stared at Xie An's movements, his body writhed unconsciously, and even his breathing intensified a little.
"Snort...... a silver ticket of five hundred taels was torn in half by Xie An, looking at the silver ticket that he casually discarded on the ground, Qian Xi's eyes were indescribably strange.
"Still won't tell?" Glancing at Qian Xi with a chuckle, Xie An took out another silver ticket of five thousand taels from his arms, shook it in front of him, and said with a smile, "This time it's five thousand taels......
Seeing that Xie An had pinched the ends of the silver ticket with both hands and tore it, Qian Xi's face flushed abnormally and shook his head incessantly.
"No, don't, don't ......"
"Don't?" Tearing open a small corner, Xie An chuckled and said, "Then do you say it?" β
Xie An's words. As if Qian Xi had grabbed some life-saving straw, I saw him gasp a few times and say urgently, "Qian Xi, the little one is called Qian Xi!" - If the adults have anything to say, just ask, and the little ones will know everything...... Don't, don't tear ......"
"How nice would it be to work together like this?" With a chuckle, Xie An casually stuffed the five thousand taels of silver tickets into the palm of Qian Xi's right hand and said softly. "When the government asks you later, you will answer honestly, you know?"
Suddenly, Qian Xi seemed to have forgotten the pain all over his body, and his face was full of spring. Nodding again and again, he said, "Yes, yes, the little one knows everything......
"Fourth, you ......" Seeing that Qian Xi was leveled by Xie An in three and two clicks, [Shadow Snake] Gou Gong was furious and scolded angrily. When is it, I am still only thinking about money! β
Qian Xi shrank his head when he heard this, but he was reluctant to let go of the silver ticket in his hand, so he had to pretend not to hear it. Keep your head down and don't speak.
"Don't worry, it'll be your turn later!" Glancing at Gou Gong, Xie An walked up to Mo Fei and looked up and down at this Dongling assassin whose temperament was somewhat similar to Luo Chao.
I don't know why. This assassin, Mo Fei, was tightly wrapped all over his body. Even the cuffs and trouser cuffs are tightly wrapped with black cloth.
Looking at the piece of black cloth hanging around his neck, Xie An chuckled and said, "It's very tightly wrapped...... Now, what's your name? β
"......" raised his hand and glanced at Xie An, but Mo Fei was silent.
Seeing this, Xie An clapped his hands and said slowly, "Unwilling to say?" Ah, it doesn't matter...... By the way, it's fun to hide in the shadows and watch others, right? ββThere's a sense of security, isn't it? - Hiding in the shadows, I can be bad for others, but no one can be bad for me......"
"......" didn't know why, and a trace of inexplicable fluctuations flashed in the expressionless Mo Fei's eyes.
After taking a deep look at Mo Fei, Xie An suddenly lowered his voice and said, "If you don't want to say it, this government will strip you naked, put you in a prisoner car, and go around the streets and alleys of Jijing, how about it?" ββThat's interesting, isn't it? β
"......" Under the surprised and puzzled gaze of everyone in the room, Mo Fei's complexion changed greatly, his face flushed sickly, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Mo Fei......"
"Third child, ...... you" [Shadow Snake] Gou Gong looked at Mo Fei in surprise.
"Good!" With a slight smile, Xie An untied the black cloth around Mo Fei's neck and covered his face again for him, and it was vaguely found that Mo Fei's nervous expression gradually eased, and he glanced at Xie An gratefully.
Seeing this, Xie An shook his head with a smile, turned his head to look at [Shadow Snake] Gou Gong, and said with a smile, "It's your turn!" - Guess what's your weakness? β
"Weakness? Joke! What weaknesses will Uncle Ben have......" Gou Gong pursed his lips and said disdainfully, but seeing that the two brothers were effortlessly settled by this Xie An in front of him, he felt a little weak in his heart.
"Isn't there a weakness? I can't see it......" smiled playfully, Xie An reached out to the side, Su Xin suddenly understood, pulled out the saber at his waist, and handed it to Xie An.
Under the terrified gaze of [Shadow Snake] Gou Gong, Xie An held the sword in his hand and touched it lightly between his legs, seeing Gou Gong subconsciously put his legs together, Xie An showed a somewhat playful smile on his face, shrugged his shoulders and said, "If there is a part missing, as a man, there will be a lot less fun, right?" β
"You!" Gou Gong was shocked and angry, glaring at Xie An viciously.
Seeing this, Xie An grabbed him by the placket, lowered his voice, and said in a deep voice, "What a big courage to make a public statement and tease the wife of this mansion?" ββDo you think this government can't cure you? -- This government has a way to make your life worse than death! Believe it or not, this government just called a hundred people to turn you? β
"......" In an instant, Gou Gong's face changed greatly, and he looked at Xie An with a terrifying look as if he was looking at a powerful ghost, and the whole person involuntarily shrank back.
"So, it's better to give this house a good ...... Can it be done? After tidying up Gou Gong's clothes, Xie An casually handed the sword in his hand back to Su Xin and said lightly.
"......" looked at Xie An in horror, Gou Gong dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, and he was no longer so calm.
Seeing this, Xie An chuckled, walked in front of Di Bu, and was about to speak, but saw Di Bu open his mouth and say, "Don't ask, my lord, Di Bu is down!" - What a good way to do it, such a questioning is unheard of...... Dare to ask what adults call it? β
A trace of surprise flashed in Xie An's eyes, and he said, "This mansion is the Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple, Xie An!" β
"It turned out to be Lord Xie Anxie, the chief judge of the Great Prison Temple...... Di Bu's face showed a little sudden realization, and then said with a light smile, "According to what the adults see, what weaknesses does Di have to follow?" β
Xie An frowned slightly when he heard this.
To be honest, the personalities of Fang Cai Qian Xi and Mo Fei are easy to deduce, one is a miser who is obsessed with money to a certain extent, and the other is an autistic person with low self-esteem who does not like to be exposed to others, to some extent, both of them have a certain degree of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
As for [Shadow Snake] Gou Gong, this person is normal, if you want to say that there is any weakness, I'm afraid it's just lustful, in this case, Xie An used what he was most afraid of to deal with this guy, naturally he was immediately successful, after all, he himself was also a greedy and lustful guy, but it hadn't reached the level of Qian Xi and Gou Gong.
However, the head of the Dongling Assassins in front of him, Di Bu, made Xie An feel that he couldn't see through it, as if he didn't care about anything.
Suddenly, Xie An noticed the bulging muscles of Di Bu's whole body, his heart moved, and he asked with a chuckle, "How many hours does Di Zhuangshi practice martial arts every day?" β
"Three ......" Speaking of this, Di Bu's face changed slightly, as if he realized Xie Anxin's thoughts, and beads of sweat couldn't help but ooze from his forehead, and he turned to say, "Shi Ke can be killed, but not humiliated!" ββWhat exactly do you want to ask? β
Sure enough, it's a pure martial artist who pays attention to martial arts......
For some reason, Xie An couldn't help but think of Lu Gong, and secretly sighed in his heart.
Xun Zhengfang had been watching from the sidelines, and when he saw Xie An quietly, he repeatedly leveled these four hard-mouthed guys, and was amazed in his heart, and when he heard this, he asked in a deep voice, "Who is the mastermind behind you and others?" ββWhy don't you recruit it quickly?! β
"......" glanced at Xie An deeply, Di Bu frowned slightly, thought for a while, and said inexplicably, "It's the eighth prince...... His Royal Highness Li Xian! β
"What? Is it the Eighth Prince? β
Except for Xie An, everyone in the room looked at each other.
This guy ......
Glancing at Di Bu with an inexplicable expression, Xie Anxin was slightly startled.
Only then did he understand that the crown prince Li Wei did not ask these Dongling assassins to confess for nothing, that guy actually wanted to detain the charge of killing that minister on the Shangyuan Festival on the head of the eighth prince Li Xian.
What a plan to kill two birds with one stone......
What to do?
Is it to debunk him? Or do you just don't know?
Glancing at Dibu, Xie An fell into deep thought.