Chapter 119: Quid pro quo
Jiang Chen told Shen Xueying that he had met a local bully outside Longjiang City, named Liu Kui.
This person did all the bad things and was not greedy enough, and he was finally killed by him in a ruined temple with his own hands, so the imprisoned Xuanyan Mansion thief in front of him just used Liu Kui's identity to get by.
It just so happened that Jiang Chen knew the details of this Liu Kui, so he broke his lie at a glance.
Shen Xueying said: "Then, it's up to you next." ”
Jiang Chen walked into the cell, this person had been tortured all over his body, but the sharp aura hidden in his eyes had still not been wiped out.
Most of the people in Xuanyan Mansion are hard-headed, otherwise they would not have taken risks and had the courage to do a rebellion, Jiang Chen was very interested in meeting this person.
"You're finally here."
The man who was chained his hands and feet spoke slowly, as if he knew that Jiang Chen would definitely come.
"Let's make a long story short, don't talk about Liu Kui, that person was killed by me, if you want to suffer less, it's best to tell me plainly, about the things I asked you last time."
The man squeezed out a smile and said bluntly: "My real name is Geng Ji, you really want to know what happened twenty years ago, I can tell you now, but you always have to come up with some conditions to exchange with me, right?" ”
"If you have any conditions, just say it, as long as I can help."
Jiang Chen readily agreed, unlike the people from the Night Execution Division who came to interrogate before, he was actually talking to men with an attitude of equality and intercourse, without the slightest bullying and condescending posture.
The man obviously didn't expect that Jiang Chen would agree so happily.
"I don't know who you are yet, I need you to give me a promise!"
"I'm not from the Night Execution Division, as for whether I can do what you asked me to do, you can only gamble, do you have any other choice than to trust me now?"
Jiang Chen's words pierced Geng Ji's heart, he was now in prison, in fact, except for Jiang Chen, no one else would talk to him so calmly.
If he doesn't seize this opportunity, Geng Ji can only sit back and wait for death.
"I'll give you a moment to think about it." Jiang Chen found a chair and sat down, ready to let Geng Ji weigh the pros and cons, believing that he would make a wise choice.
After thinking about it for a moment, Geng Ji spoke: "Twenty years ago, there was no Xuanyan Mansion, but someone gathered us from all over the country and planned a series of actions against Qishan. ”
"At that time, everyone had a tattoo of the head of a snake with three eyes on their chest, which was used as a uniform mark, so that it was easier to distinguish friend from foe, because we didn't know each other."
When Geng Ji said this, a gloomy smile appeared on his face, as if he was nostalgic for that time.
Then, he continued: "Tiequan Tu Wu Kuishan, was the most popular general in Qishan at that time, and it was rumored that he would be the most likely to take over the position of commander, and with him in charge of Qishan Iron Cavalry, he would continue to be strong for decades. ”
"Therefore, we planned an attack against him, and at that time we mobilized several times the superiority of the opponent's numbers, and used almost every means imaginable, traps, cold arrows, poisonous smoke, fire attacks, etc., and we were just one step away from annihilating them all."
"Unfortunately, Wu Kuishan was finally allowed to escape, and he was pushed down the river by several men who desperately protected him, and we could not continue to chase him. But because of this incident, Wu Kuishan quickly faded out of Qishan in the future, and this operation can be regarded as achieving its goal. ”
Jiang Chen listened to Geng Ji's description and asked, "Who gathered you people, and what is the purpose of targeting Qishan like this?" ”
Geng Ji replied: "I can't name that person, as for the reason for targeting Qishan, it is actually very simple, because Qishan is too strong, and it is the backbone of the entire Daqian military force, and once Qishan collapses, the consequences can be imagined." ”
"That's all I can tell you, don't ask any other questions, I won't answer."
Jiang Chen nodded, but stretched out his hand and pointed out the door, "The people from the Night Punishment Division only agreed to bring me in just to let me ask for some valuable clues, if you don't give me some sweetness, I won't be able to talk to you here next time." ”
This is not wrong at all, if Jiang Chen can't come in next time, how can the deal between them be considered to be completed?
Geng Ji had to confirm that Jiang Chen had done that for him, otherwise everything would be meaningless.
So Geng Ji said a few strongholds of Xuanyan Mansion in various places, but if the Night Punishment Division has the ability, it is better to go and exterminate it, so that Jiang Chen can also explain to Shen Xueying.
Just as Jiang Chen was about to leave, Geng Ji suddenly said, "Slow! ”
"In order to make sure that you will keep your promise, I have decided to tell you one more thing, there is a deeply hidden traitor inside Qishan, who has been working for our Xuanyan Mansion for a long time in the past."
"If you have done that, come back to me with the token, and I will tell you the true face of that man."
Jiang Chen said lightly: "I can understand your thoughts, of course, I can't verify whether your so-called traitor really exists." But it doesn't matter, I will do what I promised you. ”
In order to prevent Jiang Chen from breaking his word and getting fat, Geng Ji also kept a hand for himself, but Jiang Chen just felt that Geng Ji was deliberately lying.
Leaving the dungeon, Jiang Chen told Shen Xueying the addresses of those strongholds, and the latter recognized Jiang Chen's methods with appreciation, but she was curious about why even their night punishment department couldn't do it, but Jiang Chen achieved it in a few words.
"Because I'm sincere enough to give him enough respect and honesty even on the overwhelming side, so that he can at least give me some news that he doesn't think matters, but is useful to me."
The news Jiang Chen refers to here refers to those events twenty years ago, and because so much time has passed, it doesn't matter to Geng Ji at all, but it just so happens to be used as a condition for exchanging with Jiang Chen.
"By the way, Geng Ji is in this situation, what exactly do you want to help him? This matter should be handled by our Night Execution Division. ”
Shen Xueying said this, but was immediately rejected by Jiang Chen in person.
"I, Jiang Chen, have promised other people's things, and I will definitely do it personally, don't you have to be distracted by the night punishment department to deal with the people of the Beiyan Mission, so you don't have to worry about this kind of trivial matter."
Shen Xueying's face showed surprise, "Do you know the recent activities of our Night Punishment Division? ”
"You scattered the manpower of the whole city to track down Han Yuyang before, and the number of people has been greatly reduced since the Beiyan mission entered the city, so it is not difficult to guess at all."
Jiang Chen gave a keen judgment.