A sword breaks through the air, as if the world is frozen. Countless sword shadows instantly merged, and a cold sword stabbed straight towards Lu Sheng's throat. For every point the sword is handed out, the speed becomes one point faster. The subtlety of this sword lies entirely in the fact that all the internal forces and sword momentum are used to accelerate.

changed to an ordinary master, and he could only dodge in a hurry under this sword, but this sword didn't even have the intention of hiding in Lu Sheng's eyes.

Gently stretched out two fingers, and the narrow sword light instantly froze. It was still a dreamy moment, and in an instant, Zhang Zhidong's forced style fell to the mortal dust.

The sword was so lightly sandwiched between Lu Sheng's two fingers. Zhang Zhidong's eyes widened in horror, he had already overestimated Lu Sheng's martial arts, and originally wanted to use all his strength, but in the face of this sword, Lu Sheng would at least avoid it.

As long as Lu Sheng avoided it, he could successfully rush out of the gap left by Lu Sheng and then smear oil on the soles of his feet, but he never expected that Lu Sheng's martial arts had reached a level that he couldn't understand.

The strongest sword can't even match Lu Sheng's two fingers?

Before he could recover from the shock, Lu Sheng had already slapped Zhang Zhidong in the face.

The scorching pain made Zhang Zhidong fall into extreme panic, his eyes were full of stars, and he seemed to see a figure appear in front of him in a trance.

Lu Sheng slapped his palm lightly on the Qi Sea Dantian in Zhang Zhidong. In an instant, Zhang Zhidong's whole body collapsed like a deflated balloon.

Zhang Zhidong is still vulnerable, and the disciples of the Nanming faction are even more vulnerable. Perhaps, they didn't mean to die for Zhang Zhidong. When Xuan Tianwei put down the two, the disciples of the Nanming Sword Sect actually laid down their weapons one by one and gave up resistance.

"Spare my life—it's none of my business...... I don't know anything......"

"I'm just here to learn martial arts, I really don't know ......"

"Good man, I'm just a miscellaneous disciple......"

Lu Sheng held Zhang Zhidong in one hand, and his eyes swept over the disciples of the Nanming Sword Sect who had given up resistance, "Press it all back, Sun You, you stay and deal with the aftermath." ”

In less than half an hour, the once famous Nanming Sword Sect was served by Xuantian Mansion. Lu Sheng immediately took Zhang Zhidong back to Xuantian Mansion for interrogation, while Sun You stayed behind to look for evidence.

The sun gradually rose, and the news that the Nanming Sword Sect was suddenly wiped out by Xuantian Mansion did not be hidden for long. Soon, the surrounding martial arts sects hurriedly sent people to investigate after learning the news.

"Sun, I didn't find it!"

"I've searched all the account books, letters, and stolen money? So many official grains have been stolen and sold, even if there are no account books and no letters, there should always be dirty silver, right?"

"I searched inside and out, but I didn't find it. ”

"Finding things is still better at it. Suddenly, a voice sounded, and outside the isolation belt, a slender cloud in a green shirt walked slowly.

In the underground interrogation room of Xuantian Mansion, Zhang Zhidong was tied to the cross like mud, and in front of him, Xuantianwei methodically placed one torture instrument after another in front of him.

"Kill me...... Dog Officer ...... Dog Officer ...... Kill me...... Let me die...... Don't fiddle with these things in front of me, I'm not afraid...... I'm not afraid of you...... Butcher ......"

Zhang Zhidong roared heartbreakingly, and the mournful echo made the interrogation room like a Senluo hell.

"What the hell are you called? Save some strength, when you scream later, it's too wasteful to call now. ”

"Squeak-" The door of the interrogation room was opened, and Lu Sheng slowly walked down the stairs in his official robe.

"I know that the people in the rivers and lakes are very bloody, and the most common thing to say is to kill and listen to the respect, if I want to frown, I am not a hero. Or, the head fell off a bowl and a big scar, and eighteen years later, he is a good man again. ”

Lu Sheng slowly came to Zhang Zhidong's face, and his fingers lightly skimmed over the torture instrument in front of him, "But no matter how unruly the Jiangyang thief is, or how much he is not afraid of death, he can't survive the three things in front of him." ”

As he spoke, Lu Sheng slowly took out a strange-shaped knife in front of him, "Don't look at this knife, he also has a name called boning knife." There are two hundred and six bones in the human body, and with this knife, the bones can be plucked out of the human body one by one. Ask, don't say, pick one.

We know how to do it, and you can rest assured that you won't die if you don't remove all the bones. ”

With Lu Sheng's words, Zhang Zhidong's face turned pale. The cold sweat the size of a bean kept dripping down his forehead.

"Let's talk about this one! It's a brush, but the hairs on it are not pig hair, but steel nails. This brush is meant to tickle you.

But don't worry, it's too bloody to scratch like this, do you see that pot of boiling water? After a while, I will pour boiling water on you first, and then use a brush to help you wash it properly. The skin and flesh on your body will fall down with a bang.

We'll take a soldering iron to stop the bleeding and make sure you stay awake while you're in the most pain. Whether to go to the prison or confess first is up to you. ”

At this moment, Zhang Zhidong had already been frightened into the six gods, when he saw the fierce light leaking from Lu Sheng's eyes, and then thought of the fate of the martial arts fellow who fell into the hands of the imperial eagle dog, Zhang Zhidong suddenly hit a spirit and urinated!

"Don't kill me...... Don't kill me...... I don't want to die...... Don't want to die...... I recruit, I recruit ......"

"I don't want to die, it's hard, but I don't want to die a painful death, I can do it. ”

Seeing Zhang Zhidong trembling like a sieve, Lu Sheng's eyes showed a trace of contempt, "Who is the ghost owner?"

"It's me!"

"Is that you?" Lu Sheng looked at Zhang Zhidong in surprise, because in Lu Sheng's speculation, the ghost owner should be a person with great weight in the officialdom. Lu Sheng originally wanted to ask Zhang Zhidong about this tumor hidden in the officialdom of Chuzhou. But he never expected that Zhang Zhidong would say that the ghost owner would be himself!

"It's me, I'm the ghost owner!" Zhang Zhidong nodded repeatedly.

"You still dare to lie to me?" Lu Sheng suddenly drank fiercely.

"Don't dare...... Can't...... I'm really the owner of the Ghost Farm...... Don't torture, I just want to die quickly, I just want to be happy. ”

"You're the ghost owner, so let me ask you, where is the grain you've stolen?"

"Mo Valley!"

"What is that place?"

"There is a valley in the Mo valley in the western mountains of Dong Ho Province, and we will transport official grain there, and in a few days someone will bring gold. I don't know who the other party is, only that the buyer's name is Lion. ”

"Lion?

"I really don't know about this......" Zhang Zhidong hurriedly shook his head and said.

Lu Sheng's brows furrowed suddenly, the situation obtained from Zhang Zhidong's mouth was very different from Lu Sheng's expectations, which made Lu Sheng doubt his previous speculation.

Could it be that Zhang Zhidong is really the owner of the ghost village?

"You can tell me clearly about the case of stealing and selling official grain. ”

In May this year, Qi Shicheng, the proprietor of the Food for Heaven Grain Store, suddenly came to me and told me that he had a buyer who needed to buy a large amount of grain, and if this business could be successful, we could make a big profit of five million taels of silver.

Wealth is moving, so I was moved. After that, I found Xiao Yannian of the city defense army, and he recommended me, and then I assumed the name of the ghost village owner, and under coercion and temptation, I reached an agreement with the grain officials of the Seven Prefectures to secretly resell the official grain in the granary of Chuzhou to make money. ”

"How can food be found by the world?"

"The cooperation between the Nanming Sword Sect and Qi Shicheng has lasted for ten years, and the people who helped them escort the caravan in the past were all sent by me. ”

"You mean that Qi Shicheng has found a buyer and needs a lot of grain, and Qi Shicheng doesn't have so many goods, so he conspired with you to steal and sell official grain to make a fortune, right?"

"Yes!"

"Where did you get so much courage? Also, according to the grain road officials, the ghost owner was forced to cooperate because he had evidence of their corruption and perversion of the law. How did you get the evidence of their corruption and perversion of the law?"

"That group of insatiable people said this in order to shirk the charge, I got some of their behavior of stealing and selling official food over the years from Xiao Yannian, but there is no evidence.

When I found them secretly, you didn't see their greed at the time, and we just hit it off. Moreover, most of the official food and silver stolen and sold fell into their hands.

They are buying and selling without capital, and the official grain is owned by the government, and they directly sell it at 70% of the market price. We're only getting a three-thirds of the profits. ”

"Then Qi Shicheng died later...... What's going on?"

"What you need to do this kind of thing is that God doesn't know it, and even the officials of the grain road don't know who the buyer is and who we are, just to ensure that nothing goes wrong. But we didn't expect Qi Shicheng to secretly keep the account book behind his back.

Forget about the account book, it was even stolen by a snitch and even fell into the hands of Xuantian Mansion. Since Qi is unkind, then don't blame us for being unjust, so Xiao Yannian and I teamed up to gather all the shopkeepers before the autumn harvest, and Xiao Yannian and I joined forces to slaughter them all. ”

"Your heart is black enough, so you mean that you killed Haoyue to kill your mouth?"

"If it weren't for that snitch, this thing would have been unaware, and of course I wouldn't let him go. ”

"And what happened to the locust plague?"

"Locust plague?" Zhang Zhidong looked at Lu Sheng blankly, "If I had known that there would be a locust plague, I wouldn't have dared to move the idea of official food." Originally, Chuzhou was not short of grain, although it was stolen and sold so much, but the grain officials also had a way.

As long as we do something about weighing the grain every year, we will be able to make up for the deficit in less than five years. Who knew that people were not as good as heaven, and locust plagues would break out. ”

Lu Sheng's eyes kept staring sharply at Zhang Zhidong's eyes, and Zhang Zhidong's eyes were full of fear. It's like a broken man who has a strong iron bone, but after being severely smashed to the bone, he completely exposes his weakness.

It stands to reason that Zhang Zhidong's words at this moment should not be a lie, and the explanation is reasonable. However, this is too different from Lu Sheng's speculation.

A group of corrupt officials, a hypocrite of martial arts, and a senior general of the city defense army. Such a group of people who can't get on the stage have done such a beautiful job?

What makes Lu Sheng even more unconvinced is that the content of Zhang Zhidong's confession has no corresponding evidence as evidence. Corrupt officials have been poisoned, and Xiao Yannian has committed suicide by poisoning. Even if all the sins were put on them, Lu Sheng would not be able to refute it.

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