"You're Lord An?" Ruan Qi lay on the ground and looked up at An Pingyuan and asked.

"It's like a fake. Langqing, you have done a lot of evil, and now that you are arrested, what else do you have to say. An Pingyuan said as he took out the red bundle of immortal ropes and prepared to lock the criminal's wrist.

Ruan Qi shouted: "Lord An, you and this friend have caught the wrong person, I am not Langqing, my name is Ruan Qi, I am a fisherman, people in the nearby towns know me, I don't believe you can ask them." ”

Hearing what the criminal said, Chen Chao was also a little suspicious in his heart, after all, Lang Qing was wearing a mask when he committed the crime, and no one had ever seen his true face, and after committing the crime, he liked to take away the little finger of the victim and make it into a bone necklace to wear with him.

Now, Ruan Qi does not have a mask or bone necklace representing Lang Qing's identity, and it is a bit arbitrary to link Ruan Qi with Lang Qing in a hurry.

Chen Chao looked at An Pingyuan and asked, "Brother An, what do you think?" ”

Chen Chao is a first-time bounty hunter and is still an apprentice, although he is very good at logical reasoning, he is still a little lacking in experience, and there are still many places to learn from An Pingyuan, a grandmaster-level bounty hunter.

An Pingyuan smiled, squatted down to look at Ruan Qi, and asked him, "Since you are not Lang Qing, why did you run away when you knew that someone was investigating you?" Also, you, a fisherman, would you have such good skills? ”

Chen Chao's eyes lit up, and the places that An Pingyuan picked out were really all suspicious.

Ruan Qi was speechless, but he was still unconvinced: "Lord An, you can conclude that I am a criminal based on such doubts, it's too child's play, right?" I was wronged! ”

"Are you wronged? Hehe. An Pingyuan smiled, sniffed, and said, "Ruan Qi, do you know, my nose has a very sensitive sense of smell, and you have the smell of the blood of those victims, how do you explain that the blood of the victims will be on your body?" ”

"What kidding, you're not a dog. Lord An, your remarks are simply ridiculous, and there is no word for the crime you want to add, even if you go to court, I still have to cry out for injustice. Ruan Qi shouted, he didn't plan to confess his guilt easily, anyway, they didn't have any direct evidence.

An Pingyuan shook his head and sighed: "You really don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin, Brother Chen, search him." ”

Chen Chao immediately found a small bag of silver dollars from Ruan Qi, who couldn't resist, and there were about two hundred of them, but there were nothing other valuable.

An Pingyuan took out those silver dollars and still put them under his nose and smelled them, and said to Ruan Qi with a smile: "This silver dollar also has the smell of the blood of the victims, which is ironclad evidence that you have made money and killed yourself." Of course, you will still deny it, and you don't believe that my nose is so smart. But we still have witnesses......"

"Human witness?" Ruan Qi was stunned for a moment, weren't all the victims killed, how could there be witnesses?

An Pingyuan looked at Chen Chao and asked, "Brother Chen, do you know who this witness is?" ”

Chen Chao immediately laughed, the reasoning question was not difficult for him at all, and said, "This still needs to be asked, it is Miss Xue'er." I just asked her about Lang Qing's situation, but she went back to report the news, and Ruan Qi fled in a panic, there is no doubt that Miss Xue'er must know Ruan Qi's true identity, and she will find out if she asks her. ”

Ruan Qi's complexion changed greatly, his psychological defense line collapsed instantly, and he hurriedly shouted: "Don't! Don't go to Miss Cher, it's none of her business, everything is my evil, I ...... I plead guilty. ”

An Pingyuan gave Chen Chao a thumbs up, it is really a blessing in life to have such an awesome apprentice as his successor and inherit the mantle. Chen Chao is talented, and his martial arts attainments are far beyond ordinary people, who else is proficient in a sword technique in two days, the only thing he lacks is experience, and he believes that after tempering, he will definitely be able to grow into a qualified bounty hunter.

……

An Pingyuan and Chen Chao escorted Ruan Qi to the local yamen, and temporarily borrowed a room to begin routine interrogation.

An Pingyuan spread out a book, took out a foreigner's fountain pen, and asked Ruan Qi, who was sitting opposite: "Lang Qing, you can confess your crime now, don't worry, what else do you want, as long as it is reasonable, we will complete it for you." ”

Ruan Qi nodded and said calmly: "I'm not Langqing, my name is Ruan Qi, I didn't lie to you about this." Actually, the real water bandit Langqing has already been killed by me......"

"Killed by you?"

An Pingyuan and Chen Chao glanced at each other, both of them were surprised, they didn't think that Lang Qing, who was committing the crime, was no longer his person, An Pingyuan immediately wrote down this article with a pen in his hand.

Chen Chao interrogated on his beside: "Since you are not a water bandit, why do you want to seek money and kill in the name of others?" ”

Ruan Qi said frankly: "I'm for Miss Xue'er." From the first time I met her in the Qinglou, I was overwhelmed by her, and I made a promise to her that I would raise money to redeem her no matter what. Last year, Lang Qing was arrested by the Yamen and was injured, I happened to save him when I was fishing, and I learned that he was really a bandit Lang Qing, and I saw that he had a lot of money on him, so I killed him......"

"After that, in order to redeem Miss Xue'er as soon as possible, you took the risk of continuing to commit crimes in the name of Lang Qing and collecting money to achieve your ulterior motives, is that so?" Chen Chao asked, and An Pingyuan was rustling records on the side.

Ruan Qi nodded with a guilty face, and said again: "I am a fisherman, although I have also learned a little martial arts, but I have always been looked down upon, but Miss Xue'er does not dislike me, she is willing to talk to me, listen to my stories, she knows everything about me...... I have caused so many sins, and I have more than enough to die, and before I am executed, I only ask Lord An to promise me one thing. ”

An Pingyuan stopped writing and looked at Ruan Qi: "Please speak." ”

Ruan Qi pleaded, "Please help me redeem Miss Xue'er and give her her freedom." ”

An Pingyuan suddenly didn't know how to answer, he wanted to redeem the girl in the Qinglou, and she was a top brand, the price must be expensive, this matter was really not so easy to do.

"Ruan Qi, don't worry, Master An and I will definitely help you fulfill this wish." Chen Chao made a guarantee to Ruan Qi instead of An Pingyuan.

Ruan Qi was immediately relieved and said sincerely: "Thank you." ”

……

An Pingyuan collected the case file of the record, and after going out of the room with Chen, he immediately asked privately: "Brother Chen, you are crazy, you just promised others, you know that we have no money now......

An Pingyuan is a person who keeps his promises, and the things that promise people must be done, and now they are all about to die, even if Ruan Qi is escorted back to the Yamen of the Criminal Department to hand over the errand, the bounty he receives may not be enough to redeem Miss Xue'er, isn't this obviously fooling a dying person.

"Brother An, I didn't expect you to do such a detailed paperwork, and you also sorted out the files in different categories." Chen Chao answered the question.

An Pingyuan smiled indifferently and said: "This is a habit I have developed for many years, I suggest that you also study it in the future, and make a record of each case, so that even if there is a problem, you can see it at a glance...... Hey, don't divert the topic, let me ask you, how are you going to redeem Miss Cher? ”