Chapter 175: The Water Monkey's Confession
The water monkey recalled for a while, and continued to confess: "The Great Elder and I are both greedy for money, and when we saw such a generous reward, we agreed without hesitation.
We laid an ambush on the other side of the river from the imperial city in advance, and when we saw the arrival of the city lord and his party, we sneaked down the river and hid under the city lord's boat.
As soon as the lord's boat moved, so did we.
We followed the boat a mile into the river, and then we began to dig the bottom of the boat, and when we reached the center of the river, the boat cut a big hole.
We had a washbasin-sized hole in the bottom of the boat, and they used a quilt to plug the leak, and I chiseled the hole a little bigger, and even the quilt was pulled into the water.
They couldn't stop the water from rushing into the boat, and in a moment the water filled the boat, and the boat sank to the bottom. This boatload was full of landlubbers, and the Great Elder and I effortlessly killed them one by one.
The river flows at an extremely fast speed, and the corpses are quickly washed away, and killing people in such a torrent will not show a single flaw, and will not leave a trace.
I thought that this mission was completed easily, but I didn't expect that a very powerful character appeared inexplicably at this time, not only dodging my sneak attack, but also fighting with me.
My kung fu is not as good as his, he stabbed the right leg in the lower belly, but fortunately, the great elder came to the rescue, and the man was defeated.
The Great Elder and I took all the small items of value from the ship, but we did not find a large amount of gold or silver. The lord of the city came to office with his family, and it was impossible not to bring gold and silver. There were two large wooden chests in the ship, and it was estimated that the gold and silver were inside.
When I got back, I was thinking about the contents of the two big cabinets, but my foot hurt and I couldn't get into the water for a while.
Mo Shuiqing repeatedly asked me not to show my face and hide my traces. I gambled in the Wang family's casino every day.
It should also be unlucky, the night when the sect master came to the gas refining gate, it happened that I felt panicked this night, and I was afraid that I would lose money if I was not lucky, so I didn't go to the casino.
Bai Shuiqing ordered me to let go of the arsonist who was caught by the sect master. My three brothers and I slipped out of the door where the arsonists were, and thinking that there was no one to guard them, we hurried to cut the rope with our swords.
Unbeknownst to him, there was an eagle and a python guarding them. As soon as we moved, the two brutes attacked us. One brother and I were blinded in one eye by a beak, and two brothers were bitten off by a snake.
As a result, Mo Shuiqing's matter was exposed, forcing people to blow themselves up.
I gambled in the casino for the past two days, and I lost all my money. Before the million silver was given to me, Mo Shuiqing blew himself up. No one else gave me money, and I was so tight on money that I had to rush to get the two wooden cabinets from the underwater shipwreck in the river.
Originally, the eye injury was not healed, so it was not suitable to come, but the thought of the possible gold, silver and silver tickets in the wooden cabinet made my heart agitated, and I put on a sealed eye mask and came.
I know that the sect master came prepared, and it was definitely not the soul of the dead city lord who asked you to come, but I don't know, how did the sect master calculate this?
Wei Jie: "You think I've been in Linjing for three days and don't know anything, but in fact, I haven't arrived in Linjing yet, and on the way I heard that the two city lords who died on the way were murdered, but there is no evidence, and there is no specific murderer, let alone evidence."
I only got the information before dark today, and the two city lords who came to the capital to take office died in the hands of Bai Changqing. This time it was confirmed that you were the murderer, so I came here to look for evidence, but I didn't expect you to send me evidence yourself.
Although Mo Shuiqing is dead, you are not dead, the other murderers are not dead, and now the evidence is ironclad, and the net can be closed. Zhou Yan, Wang Lang, Wang Jiagui...... None of them could escape. ”
Wei Jie pointed with one finger and a wisp of wind struck the water monkey's dantian, and the water monkey became a deposed one-eyed dragon.
Wei Jie said to Deng Yun: "Brother Deng Yun, this water monkey is temporarily locked up in your house, and I entrust you to arrange guards. lest the news leak and be detrimental to the arrest of other people.
There is another thing that you have to do with your own hands. I'm going to fix a book now, and I ask you to help me send it to the prince of the imperial city as soon as possible. These two cabinets are temporarily sealed in your house, waiting for the prince to deal with them. ”
Deng Yun: "Okay, I'm happy to do such a great thing for the people in Linjing!" Go to my house and write a letter. ”
Deng Yun lifted the two wooden cabinets, Wei Jie mentioned the water monkey, broke up with the second boatman, and went to Deng Yun's house.
Deng Yun's house is by the river, and there are several large tiled houses, which are also solid people. A beautiful young wife, a seven-year-old daughter, and a five-year-old boy. The parents are alive and well, and they are a happy family.
People like this are generally unwilling to get involved in right and wrong and get involved in the whirlpool of disputes. Wei Jie could see from Deng Yun's words and deeds that this was a man with a sense of justice, ability, and talent. If you enter the officialdom, you are a rare talent.
Wei Jie immediately wrote a letter to the crown prince, briefly explaining the collusion between the city lord of Zhou Yan in Linjing City, the Wang family and the head of the Qi Refining Gate, and the murder of the two city lords before and after who were appointed by the prince to be the city lord in Linjing City.
He also wrote about the corrupt officials and corrupt officials in the capital, the three major families, the collusion of the gas gate, and the situation of the common people.
Finally, when it comes to Deng Yun's merits, character, talent, and ability, the earth praised him. Strongly recommend to the prince, you can take it for your own use.
Wei Jie wrote the letter to Deng Yun. Tell Deng Yuntian to leave for the imperial city as soon as it dawns, and strive to arrive in one day, the matter is urgent, the sooner the better.
He also instructed the water monkeys to be kept in custody and not to leak the news.
After explaining Deng Yun, Wei Jie said goodbye to Deng Yun, disappeared in a flash, and disappeared into the wilderness of the night.
Wei Jie returned to the Qi Refining Gate, Xiu Ning and Wen Qian hadn't slept yet, and both of them were hurrying up to cultivate, preparing for a large-scale battle.
Xiuning knew very well that the City Lord's Mansion had a strength of 10,000 people, which was a very powerful armed force.
Zhou Yan will not be willing to fail, once he finds out that Wei Jie has found out the facts of his crime and caught his fox tail, he will jump over the wall in a hurry, making a dying struggle, and a big war will be inevitable.
As soon as Wei Jie entered the room, he told Xiuning and Wen Qian the confessions of the water monkeys and the water monkeys one by one. When the two of them heard this, their brows tightened, and no one expected that the Qi Refining Gate would follow the city lord Zhou Yan and do such a heartbreaking thing.
Xiuning: "What do we do now?" ”
Wei Jie: "Don't hesitate to eliminate the risk factors one by one from near and far." Now immediately eliminate the internal troubles, then deal with the Wang family, and finally deal with the city lord.
There are 10,000 soldiers in the City Lord's Mansion, and it is not a good thing to fight, and the loss is the loss of the Great Wei Dynasty. ”
Wen Qian: "Clean up the internal troubles now?" ”
Wei Jie: "Do it immediately, arrest the four elders of Mo Shuiqing, including the Great Elder Song Chang, and the three people who set up the fire, who are Mo Shuiqing's henchmen and minions, and also participated in the murder, so arrest them immediately."
They are all involved in the case of robbing and killing the city lord by pretending to be bandits, and they will definitely help the enemy when they are fighting, and then they will be in trouble. ”
Xiuning and Wen Qian nodded yes again and again, stood up and were about to walk out. Wei Jie said: "You two don't have to go, just wait for me to wake up the second elder and take me to action." After all, it's night, and the two of you can't move easily. ”
The two beauties think that what their husbands said is right, there is nothing that cannot be done with a fierce man like their husbands, but they just let their husbands sleep all night, and they worked hard all night.
Wei Jie woke up the second elder, and ordered the second elder to wake up the other two elders as well, and took him to the rooms of the great elder to arrest people.
The first one to be caught was the Great Elder, but he didn't expect to pounce. This guy is cunning and cunning, knowing that Wei Jie will do something to him, he hides in his lover's house day and night, and does not show up in the sect.
The other three elders who followed Mo Shuiqing closely, and Mo Shuiqing's three henchmen were all arrested. During the overnight interrogation, the six people confessed to the murder of the two city lords.
It's just that the main culprit of the Great Elder Song Chang is very unfavorable to Wei Jie, and Wei Jie's plan of action will be exposed in advance.
The next morning, as soon as the morning dawned, the Second Elder convened a meeting of all the disciples. The second elder, Chen Bingxiang, informed his disciples that Bai Shuiqing had colluded with the city lord Zhou Yan and murdered the two city lords who had come to the capital to take office on the way.
The second elder also told the disciples: "Six murderers involved in the murder were arrested, and the main culprit, the water monkey, was caught while salvaging the belongings of the deceased in the river. Only the other main culprit, Song Chang, is on the run, and he wants the disciples to keep their eyes open and report as soon as they find out. ”
In fact, these things have been rumored for a long time, and the disciples are vaguely aware of them, and now that they have been confirmed, they are still very shocked.
These people are too bold to even dare to murder important officials sent by the imperial court, and they have been killed again and again, and they will continue to kill in the future.
If it hadn't been for the horses who had found out the truth of the case this time, the murder would have been endless, and the cycle would have continued.