Chapter 12: Interrogation
In the corner of the torture chamber, there was a bloodstained wooden table, behind which sat a man wearing a dark yellow official hat, a dark yellow official uniform, black boots under his feet, and a cross knife under his ribs.
Look carefully at his official uniform, there is a flying dragon embroidered on the chest and abdomen, the flying dragon is embroidered with flowers around it, and there are unicorns, rui beasts and so on, the embroidery is exquisite, lifelike.
At that time, even if you were a prince, you could not use a dragon as a pattern on your official uniform, and you could use a dragon as a pattern, that is, the royal family, and the Son of Heaven was wearing a nine-dragon robe, symbolizing the ninety-five supreme.
The people in the Duwei Mansion are all in this kind of official uniform, but many times they are acting in secret, and it is inconvenient to wear official uniforms.
After pushing Shangguan Xiu into the torture room, the burly man pressed him to a black iron chair, and then placed the things that had been searched from Shangguan Xiu's house in front of the official, and whispered in his ear.
This official is nearly forty years old, his face is as white as jade, his sideburns are drooping, his hair is three inches short, and his whole person looks like a military general, but more like a civilian official.
When the burly man finished whispering beside him, the middle-aged man nodded slightly. The burly man bowed, retreated to the thin young man and the beautiful woman, and stood with his head bowed.
"Your name is Shangguanxiu?" he asked, casually flipping through the things on the table. The middle-aged man looks like Sven, and he is gentle and elegant when he speaks, which makes people naturally feel close, which forms a sharp contrast with this gloomy and cold torture room.
Shangguan Xiu looked panicked, and hurriedly responded: "I...... It's Shangguan Xiu. ”
"When you speak to adults, call yourself a villain!" the burly man next to him scolded in a deep voice.
The middle-aged man waved his hand at him, signaling that he didn't have to stress the rules. He said with a smile: "Shangguan Xiu, this official asked you, is this thing yours?" As he spoke, he took out a small cloth bag from his cuff and opened it, revealing a jade bracelet inside.
Seeing this jade bracelet, Shangguan Xiu immediately opened his eyes, this jade bracelet was the birthday gift he bought for Pan Mengjun, but he had already given this jade bracelet to the guys in the tavern, why did it fall into the hands of Duwei Mansion now?
His mind was in a hurry, and he soon understood that when the Duwei Mansion was tracking down the random change cheats, he must have traced down the tavern, and through the guys in the tavern, he found this jade bracelet, and found himself through this jade bracelet.
It's only been a few days, and the Duwei Mansion can track down his head, which is really powerful!
He was deliberately stunned for a while before he reacted, nodded to the middle-aged man again and again, and responded, "My lord, this is ...... This bracelet is indeed mine, it's just, it's just that I've already traded it for wine......"
"So, the night a few days ago, you were at the tavern where the fight took place in the western suburbs?"
"Yes...... Yes, my lord, I just went to drink, I didn't do anything else, and I didn't break the law......"
Before he finished speaking, the burly man scolded again: "You can say whatever the adults ask you, and you don't have to be verbose if you don't ask you!"
"Why are you there?" the middle-aged man glanced at the burly man disapprovingly, signaling him not to interject when he asked himself.
"I just happened to be passing by. ”
"If you don't pass through the northern suburbs, you don't pass through the southern suburbs, why do you pass through the western suburbs? Explain the situation to me, if there is a lie in it, and you see that there are no fishing nets and small knives hanging on the wall, I will order them to wrap the fishing nets around you, and then use those small knives to cut off the protruding flesh from your body piece by piece, and marinate it into bacon. The middle-aged man said with a smile.
It's hard to imagine that he said such vicious words with a smile.
Shangguan Xiu shivered, and immediately told the middle-aged man how he was abandoned by his childhood sweetheart, how he was bullied by Leng Baiyuan, how he went back to take revenge, and how he got mixed into the Imperial Academy.
Finally, he said: " Originally, I was planning to leave Shangjing and return to Zhenjun's hometown, so I passed by the tavern in the western suburbs (Zhenjun is in the west of Shangjing), but I was really unwilling, when there was a fight in the tavern, I was already drunk and didn't know anything, and then I didn't know how I left the tavern, and when I woke up, it was already the next morning, I stayed in a nearby inn for a day, and then returned to Shangjing, and secretly took revenge on Leng Baiyuan, but I knew that this matter could not be over, and after Leng Baiyuan recovered from his injury, he would definitely come to me for revenge, I only learned the Lingwu Method, I did not learn the Lingwu skills, and I fought head-to-head, I was definitely not Leng Baiyuan's opponent, so I had to sneak into the Imperial Academy, I taught myself Lingwu skills in the library, my lord, what I said is the truth, and it is all verified!"
His explanation made sense to connect all the things he had done these days, and it was not difficult to verify that the people he mentioned had names and surnames.
Sven's middle-aged man stared at Shangguan Xiu like electricity, he didn't speak for a long time, and after a long time, he lowered his eyes, picked up his schoolbag, opened it, took out a book from it, opened it casually, and said quietly: "Qian Jin? So, the unlucky ghost who was knocked out by you is called Qian Jin?"
"Yes...... Yes, my lord. Shangguan Xiu hung his head and whispered.
The two men and a woman standing on the side almost laughed out loud, although the methods he used were a little despicable, but when he thought about it, he thought it was quite interesting.
The middle-aged man continued to look through other things, and muttered, "You are not small, you dare to pretend to be a student of the Imperial Academy and infiltrate the Imperial Academy. Shangguan Xiu was about to explain, but he said again: "However, this kind of thing is not under the control of our Duwei Mansion, and we can't control this kind of trivial matter." After a pause, he changed his words and said, "Shangguan Xiu, do you know that every word you say now, I will send someone to carefully verify it?"
"I know, but I'm telling the truth. ”
"Whether it's the truth or not, you will know after verification. The smile on Sven's middle-aged man's face disappeared and was replaced by a gloomy face.
Shangguan Xiu's heart sank, and he didn't know where the flaw was in his words, but the two men and a woman standing next to him knew it in their hearts, and the adults showed such an expression to indicate that the case was difficult.
"Flower Butterfly!"
"The subordinates are here!" the beautiful woman stepped out of the line and intervened to give a salute.
"Take him out!" said the middle-aged Sven with a frown and a wave of his hand.
"Yes, my lord!" Hua Die agreed, quickly put away the things on the table, and then put it in her hand, shook her head to Shangguan Xiu, and said, "Shangguan Xiu, you come with me!"
"My lord, I ...... What I just said is really the truth......" Shangguan Xiu stammered and wanted to explain, but Hua Die had already grabbed his clothes and took him out without saying anything.
After Hua Die took him away, the middle-aged man's face sank like water, and asked, "How many people are we checking?"
"Lord Hui, it's the twelfth person!"
"Twelve people have been interrogated, but there is still no progress in the case!" Sven The middle-aged man slammed the table, snapping, and the sound of the sound scared the burly man and the thin man.
The thin man said in a low voice: "If it weren't for the greed of the three White Tigers and their private actions, Shen Zhong would not have died, and the whereabouts of the random cheats would not have been unknown." ”
"What's the use of talking about this now?" the middle-aged man glared at him fiercely, turned to look at the burly man, and asked, "How many people have not been checked?"
The burly man bowed down and said, "My lord, there are still eleven people who have not been checked!"
"Go and find out these eleven people for me as soon as possible! Shen Zhong will not go to that tavern to eat for no reason, there must be his comrades among them!"
"Yes! My subordinates understand! Then my lord, this Shangguan Xiu is pretending to be a student of the Imperial Academy......"
"Do you have to take care of such trivial matters? Remember your identity, you are a member of the Governor's Mansion, not a member of the Lieutenant's Mansion!"
The burly man was reprimanded by the middle-aged man and shrank his neck, and he didn't dare to say more.
Let's talk about Shangguan Xiu, follow Hua Die all the way to the gate of Duwei Mansion.
He subconsciously asked, "Are you going to let me go?"
"Otherwise, do you still plan to live in Duwei Mansion?" Hua Die was amused by his words, handed the cloth bag in her hand to him, and said, "You are lucky, few people who have entered the dungeon of Duwei Mansion can get out alive!"
Shangguan Xiu blinked, the corners of his mouth raised, smiled, and said, "I don't do anything wrong, I'm not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door!"
Hua Die looked at him deeply and said, "I hope so, if what you just said is false, whether it is important or not, Lord Deputy Capital will not let you go." ”
"I ......"
Without waiting for Shangguan Xiu to speak, Hua Die had already turned around and walked back to the Duwei Mansion.
Looking at her departing back, Shangguan Xiu couldn't help but let out a long breath in his heart.
He was right this time, and the Duwei Mansion found him, just knowing that he was in that tavern at the time, and he didn't have the evidence that the random change cheats really fell into his hands.
What a long day has passed! He sighed and walked briskly towards his house.
The next day, Shangguan Xiu got up early, changed into the clothes of the Imperial Academy, had a simple breakfast, and went straight to the Imperial Academy.
Since Du Wei Mansion did not confiscate his clothes, it means that Du Wei Mansion does not want to care about him pretending to be a student of the academy at all, which makes Shangguan Xiu feel like he has taken a reassuring pill.
Just like yesterday, Shangguan Xiu had the clothes of the Imperial Academy, and no one checked him when he went in and out. He came to the library, came to the ancient books area with a familiar car, and took down the two ancient dictionaries, and then he deliberately went to the Lingwu book area, and took out a few volumes of Lingwu originals recorded in ancient texts from them, and brought them back to the desk.
These Lingwu books were originally used to hide people's ears, but in the Duwei Mansion, he said that he was only infiltrated into the Imperial Academy to learn Lingwu, once it was discovered that he only flipped through the ancient dictionary, then he was afraid that the matter of getting random cheats would have to be exposed.
Shangguan Xiu had just sat down for a short time when he heard rustling and rapid footsteps, and the footsteps stopped beside him. He subconsciously turned his head to look, only to see that it was Gu Qingling standing beside him, panting and blushing.
He asked curiously, "Miss Gu, don't you have to go to class?"