At night, Guangling City.

The turmoil during the day gradually showed its influence, the Gu family was not a small family after all, and the sharp action of the warp weaving department really frightened the other wealthy merchants in Guangling City.

Fortunately, the Warp Weaving Division and the Guangling Mansion took action in the evening, posting notices in conspicuous places in various parts of the city, stating that the Gu family and Beiyan had colluded and betrayed Huaizhou's military intelligence and people's livelihood information.

If it was just a declaration by the warp weaving department, the squires and people in the city might still be suspicious, but this notice has the endorsement of the prefect Zhan Hui, which undoubtedly greatly increases the credibility, at least no one doubts it on the surface.

Secretly, there may still be people who are uneasy, after all, no one has seen those evidences, who knows if this is a frame-up by the warp weaving department?

Most of the people who hold this idea are squires and wealthy merchants, especially under the premise of fierce fighting on the northern border, any abnormal behavior in the rear will touch the nerves of these people.

The night was like fog, hiding the eyes of countless dark room discussions and peeping eyes.

Most of their eyes were on the austere-looking blue-gray building in the southern city, and even if they didn't dare to get too close enough to be noticed by the warp weavers' spies, they would stare silently a few adjacent streets away.

Inside the yamen of the warp weaving department, there is a completely different atmosphere.

From the inspector Li Jin, to the most junior spy, everyone's face was faintly happy.

Although the former prosecutor Gu Yong was confirmed to be a meticulous work of Beiyan, which made everyone's faces gloomy, but after all, he pulled out the Beiyan stronghold of Huayuelou, and captured and killed dozens of spies in the prosecutor's office, and the credit far outweighed the fault.

Now he has captured Ou Zhiqiu alive, and wiped out all the thieves in the Gu family, and at the critical moment when the border battle is in full swing, such a merit will inevitably be rewarded by the imperial court.

Putting aside those beliefs of loyalty to the monarch and serving the country, the vast majority of people will not refuse to be promoted to receive a reward.

Therefore, when Lu Shen came to the Yamen, everyone who saw him reciprocated with a friendly smile and a little respect, which was rare in the quiet and solemn warp weaving department.

"Have you eaten?" Li Jinying stepped forward and asked with a smile.

Of course, Lu Shen wouldn't talk about having dinner with Lin Xi, and looked at Li Jin's slightly tired smile, so he asked, "Not much gain?" ”

Li Jin nodded and said, "Expected." The Gu family's father and son were easy to handle, and they relented without even resisting the two sets of torture tools. But they are all in one-line contact with Ou Zhiqiu, although they have explained their past contacts with the north, this information is no longer of much value. As for the recent plan in the north, they didn't know the details, but they just followed Ou Zhiqiu's instructions and sent someone to contact Duan Zuozhang. ”

Lu Shen asked as he walked, "What does Ou Zhiqiu want Duan Zuozhang to do?" ”

Li Jindao: "Probably the Huaizhou war will inevitably be lost, and they can find a new way out for Duan Zuozhang." According to Gu Junye's confession, Duan Zuozhang has been pretending to be confused during this time, just as if he didn't understand his hints, and Gu Zuo talked about him several times. ”

Lu pondered: "There are still a few key issues that need to be investigated, where is Yan Jun now?" When to get started? Where are the other details of the Pseudo-Yan Prosecutor's Office hidden? Ou Zhiqiu's three subordinates didn't let go, did they? ”

Li Jin frowned slightly and said: "These three people should be Ou Zhiqiu's henchmen, and they are even more respectful of Wang Shidao like a god, their tone is very strict, and their attitude is extremely rigid. The torture is still being used, but even if they can't hold on, I suspect it will be difficult to achieve much gain. According to the rules of our industry, except for the person in charge, who is Ou Zhiqiu, everyone else has at most a small amount of information. ”

Lu Shen raised his eyes and looked ahead, and said in a deep voice: "In this way, it will ultimately fall on Ou Zhiqiu." ”

As they spoke, the two had already arrived outside the door of the cell where Ou Zhiqiu was being held.

There were eight guards outside, and six masters inside, Ou Zhiqiu was wearing special shackles and leg cuffs made by the Warp Weaving Division, and there was a thumb-thick iron chain around his waist, and the other end was fixed to the wall.

The light in the room was not dim, and Ou Zhiqiu's state was quite calm, because Lu Shen and Li Jin did not order him to be tortured.

He sat on the ground against the wall, looked up at Lu Shen who entered the room, and said lightly: "Don't bother thinking in vain, kill if you want to." ”

Lu Shen and Li Jin glanced at each other, then sat down on the opposite chair, and asked puzzledly: "I didn't let people remove your chin, you can bite your tongue and kill yourself at any time." Isn't these hours enough for you to make up your mind that we have to come to make such a gesture? Or do you just want to put on a show of death in front of us? ”

Li Jin smiled and said, "It's very likely." ”

"Sharp teeth."

Ou Zhiqiu sneered, and said, "I just want to see you Qi people who can't want to be angry and ruined." ”

Lu Shenqi said: "How do you know that we must want to ask some secrets from you?" ”

The ridicule on Ou Zhiqiu's face became more and more obvious, in his opinion, Lu Shen was too immature, although this person killed a blind cat and ruined his plan, it was still a little unsightly in this head-to-head confrontation.

Seeing that he was silent, Lu Shen said bluntly: "I do want to ask you some questions. I think you're also interested in how much I know and what I want from you, right? ”

Ou Zhiqiu squinted: "What do you want to ask?" ”

Lu Shen said calmly: "The Inspector's Office hides the list and whereabouts of all the detailed works in Guangling City. ”

"Guess?" The corners of Ou Zhiqiu's mouth hooked up a cold arc.

Lu Shen's heart was racing, but he said calmly: "If you can guess, why should I waste time with you." ”

Ou Zhiqiu said: "I'm afraid this matter is going to disappoint you." ”

Lu Shen asked, "What if I must know?" ”

Ou Zhiqiu unhurriedly adjusted his sitting posture to make himself more comfortable, and then said lightly: "I have heard the prestige of the nineteen torture tools of the Southern Qi Warp Weaving Division, except for the Yang Guangyuan Yang Marshal back then, no one can survive the torture of the Warp Weaving Division, either confess or die halfway. Although Ou did not dare to compare with Yang Dashuai, he also wanted to try the means of the warp weaving division. ”

Li Jin frowned slightly, this person obviously can't guess with common sense, on the surface he is wanton and casual, but in fact he must have his own calculations.

But he didn't interject in a hurry, anyway, he wasn't in a hurry for a while, and he couldn't disturb Lu Shen's train of thought.

Lu Shen seemed to suddenly come to his senses, nodded and said, "You're right, we should torture you." ”

Of course, Ou Zhiqiu didn't have a brain problem and had to be tortured to be comfortable, but after he found that he was trapped in the Gu Mansion by the elite of the Warp Weaving Division, he had already thought about focusing the other party's attention on himself.

If Duan Zuozhang can make a desperate bet, use thunderous means to restrain these people in front of him, and smoothly control the situation in Guangling City, this will naturally be the best result - Ou Zhiqiu returned to Guangling City this time, and the first set of plans formulated was to pull Duan Zuozhang into the water, as long as the deputy commander changed the flag and changed the banner, he would not pay any price for capturing Guangling, and it would also have a double effect with half the effort for the follow-up defense of the city.

However, the sky is not as good as the people, he has just started the plan, Gu Junye has not yet persuaded Duan Zuozhang, the master of the Lu family has set his eyes on Gu Zhai, and then the more professional spies of the Warp Weaving Division also surrounded.

Ou Zhiqiu didn't have the opportunity to abscond, but after repeated deliberation and deduction, he knew very well that as long as he left, the Gu family would definitely not be able to keep his mouth shut after exposing his traces, and he was likely to be unable to get rid of the master of the warp weaving division, so he had a second plan.

When the warp weaver started today, he didn't think about looking for an opportunity to fight his way out of the encirclement, and almost resolutely waited for the arrival of the other party.

Looking at Lu Shen's seemingly innocent demeanor at this moment, Ou Zhiqiu said disdainfully: "You can try it." ”

"Okay."

Lu Shen simply spit out a word, and said: "Not long after I joined the Warp Weaving Division, I don't know much about the doorway, but fortunately, I have you to remind me." Well, I'll have you tortured first, and we'll talk about it when it's over. ”

Ou Zhiqiu couldn't help but squint his eyes when he heard this.

Lu Shen got up and said to Li Jin: "Brother Li, please bring those three fine workers and let them watch their bosses be tortured." Also, tell them that we can be kind to their superiors if they are willing to tell them what happened to the rest of them. ”

Li Jin said very cooperatively: "No problem. ”

After about half a burnt incense, three Beiyan Xiaozuo, who were covered in scars and barely able to walk, were dragged in.

Even though he had already sharpened his heart like iron and seen too much death and blood, Ou Zhiqiu still unconsciously clenched his fists the moment he saw them.

The eyes of the three of them suddenly lit up after seeing Ou Zhiqiu, as if they suddenly had the motivation to live.

Lu Shen was indifferent to this, gave Li Jin a look, and then walked straight out, leaving a plain and polite word.

"Brother Ou, forgive me, I don't really want to see that kind of cruel scene. If you can't hold on, you can always call it a halt, as long as you are willing to tell me the answer, and the warp weaver will give you a happy death. ”

Looking at his decisively departing figure, Ou Zhiqiu's face was expressionless, but a disturbing thought suddenly appeared in his heart.

This young man actually knew how to take the initiative, not like a novice with no experience.