Chapter 25: Steward Liu is a bit smart
Li Xing's eyes lit up when he heard this.
This Heavenly God Sect is not a serious sect when I hear it.
He stopped leaving, turned his head to look at Yang Xiancheng and asked, "Is the Heavenly God Sect rich?" β
Yang Xiancheng was obviously stunned, this is different from his own plan!
Shouldn't he ask, what is the Celestial God Cult?
How to ask if there is any money?
Completely outside of his plans.
However, he was very sincere and conscious, and replied honestly: "Rich, very rich, the four major families of Lingwu will hand over one-third of their income to the Heavenly King every year." β
"It actually involves the four major families, does the border army have anything to do with the Heavenly God Sect?"
Li Xing was taken aback.
Hurry up and ask, he wants to reassess the strength of this Celestial God Sect.
"The border army is under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, and it is not unrelated to the Celestial God Sect, but the old mother of the border army's deputy general, Gu Tong, believes in the Celestial God Sect."
After Yang Xiancheng finished speaking, Li Xing gave him a strange look, it seemed that something was wrong?
The old guy seemed a little too submissive.
Seeing Li Xing looking at him, Yang Xiancheng knew that if he wanted Li Xing to fully believe in himself, he had to come up with real dry goods.
"My lord, I know that you doubt the sincerity of the lower official, then the lower official will say something that is about to happen."
Yang Xiancheng told all the things that Steward Liu had eaten for five days.
"Master Li, if you want to dig out the general information from his mouth, only tonight, he is a confidant of Master Liu, and he knows a lot of things, you can verify what the official said from his mouth."
After Yang Xiancheng finished speaking, he saluted Li Xing again: "Xia Guan was also forced to do so before, and I also ask my lord to open up to Xia Xing in the future." β
"Lord Yang, you can repent, this official is very relieved, after the extermination of the Heavenly God Sect, you will have a share of the credit, but this official still needs you to go undercover, and you must not be exposed."
Li Xing held Yang Xiancheng, who was saluting, patted him on the shoulder and said.
"Xia Guan understands that in order to avoid being discovered, Xia Guan will leave first."
Yang Xiancheng finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and finally fooled it.
Li Xing waved his hand in agreement.
When he left, Li Gou'er whispered, "Young Master, you won't really believe his nonsense!" β
Li Xing glanced at the dog and suddenly smiled: "Do you think the young master is stupid?" Or do you think Yang County is stupid? When smart people lie, they are all half-truths and half-truths, or even ninety percent true and one false. β
"The young master thinks, which of his words is true? Which sentence is false? β
Li Gou'er asked, and Li Xing smiled again: "Won't it be clear to go and interrogate Steward Liu, and go to prison." β
And so, the master and servant went to the prison.
As soon as he entered, the pungent smell made Li Xing almost vomit directly.
This kind of environment is really not a place for people.
It's just that there are no prisoners inside, and it looks empty.
Follow the cell head who is in charge of guarding the cell in Woniu Mountain to the cell where Steward Liu is being held.
Just as he was about to arrive, there was an angry voice in one of the cells: "Dog officer, you don't believe in your words, you are not a human, you are a bastard, a brute!" β
The sudden scene startled Li Xing, and he instinctively took two steps back.
Only then did I see the appearance of this group of people clearly, looking at the people with tattered clothes, blank eyes, and dirty faces.
Li Xing looked at the cell boss and asked, "Who are these people?" It's as if the official killed their parents? And the injury? What's going on? β
"Xiucai, who was arrested a few days ago, has been scolding the adults since he came in, and the small ones can't look past it, so he punished them."
Li Xing was a little embarrassed, he was so busy these days that he forgot about these talents.
said to the cell boss: "They will scold, and the official will not lose a piece of people, it is not right to beat people, and this will not be allowed in the future." β
"It's the adult, the villain remembers."
The cell boss said in his heart that the prime minister is really able to support the boat in his belly.
Li Xing nodded with satisfaction and patted the head of the cell on the shoulder: "The official didn't mean to blame you, there is no need to be nervous, they can scold people to show that they are too full to eat, and they don't need to fight at all, only give them cold water in the next two days, let them have an empty stomach, and stew a pot of rat meat for them the day after tomorrow, just let it go!" β
"Yes, sir."
After the cell boss finished speaking, he couldn't help but tremble.
If a person drinks cold water for two days and then eats rat meat, even if he is released from prison, he must not escape to death.
So he came to the conclusion in his heart that this adult was black-hearted and could not be provoked.
After passing through the cells of several death row prisoners, he finally came to the place where Steward Liu was being held.
I don't know if it was because of the operation of the Liu family in the past, or if the former cell boss took care of him.
In short, now Steward Liu is a separate cell, and the sanitary conditions are okay.
Li Xing walked outside the cell and knocked on the railing: "Steward Liu, can you have a good chat with this official?" β
Steward Liu didn't raise his eyelids, leaned on the straw mat, and said lightly: "My lord, I know the purpose of your coming, I have said everything I can say, and if I can't say it, even if you kill me now, I won't say it." β
"Do you think your master will come to save you?"
Li Xing teased.
"Haha, I'm not that naΓ―ve."
Steward Liu's words were beyond Li Xing's expectations.
seemed to see the confusion in Li Xing's eyes, and Steward Liu still looked like he didn't care.
"Since I was arrested, the lord did not rescue, but sent me a table of wine and food, I know that my limit is approaching, if I guess correctly, the lord should give me five days to disperse, and tomorrow I will die violently."
"You know everything? Don't hate him? Don't want revenge? β
Steward Liu is so smart, but it is unexpected by Li Xing, but it is also reasonable.
After all, no big family would want their housekeeper to be a mediocre person.
Li Xing wanted to provoke words again.
Who knew that Steward Liu looked at Li Xing like an idiot: "My lord, it's naΓ―ve." β
"Something like a dog, it's so rude to adults, believe it or not, Lao Tzu will pull an erhu for you."
"Pull the erhu? Is this also a punishment? β
Li Xing was puzzled: "Can it work?" β
The cell boss just wanted to explain, but Li Gou'er was the first to speak: "Young master, you misunderstood, the erhu in the cell boss's mouth is to remove all the meat on the prisoner's legs." β
"Leave only six tendons, and then use the tools to pull the erhu, with the means of pulling the erhu, rubbing those tendons, which can make people feel pain without dizziness, and life is worse than death."
"What Brother Li said is very true, this is the method."
The cell boss looked at Li Gou'er with a little more cordial eyes, as if he had found a soulmate.
Li Xing was shocked with goosebumps.
That's cruel, isn't it?
couldn't help but look at the two of them: "My Great Xia Criminal Law has already been so cruel?" β