Xi Yan took three of them out and locked them in a small room alone, and Xiao Nansheng also planned to interrogate them with her.

Xiao Nansheng stepped forward and asked, "Miss Xiyan, if you interrogate the three people at the same time, aren't you afraid that they will collude to confess and tell lies to fool us?"

Although their Xiao family is not an official eunuch family, they have all heard that when the yamen interrogates the prisoners, they are all arraigned one by one, for fear that they will collude in confessions and confuse the public.

Xi Yan said: "Individual interrogation is a general interrogation method, they don't say that there is no way to kill them, but the three of them are different, there are always some people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and some are afraid that others will betray them." ”

Before Xiao Nansheng understood the meaning of Xi Yan's words, he saw that she was already standing in front of the three people, and motioned for the guards to stretch out the hands of the three of them and put them on the table.

"I'll ask you questions later, and the three of you have to answer them at the same time, if one of them answers or doesn't answer, and if the answer is different from the others, cut off one of that person's fingers, and if you don't answer any of the ten questions or it's different from everyone else, I'm sorry, you may not have a finger in the future. ”

Xi Yan's voice was very cold, and his eyes were also very sharp, and the three of them panicked in their hearts.

"You...... You have a private court, we are not convinced!" said one of them, but his pale face had already revealed his nervousness and fear at the moment.

When Xi Yan heard his words, he sneered: "Since you want to kill our young lady, you must also know that our master is now a secretary of the ministry, and it is more than enough to deal with you minions, not to mention that you are still a killer, if you are sent to the nearby government government half-neatly, the government will not say half of our no." ”

The three of them looked at each other, already speechless in surprise.

They thought they were killers and were ruthless enough to people, but now when they looked at Xiyan, they realized that they were the ones who were really terrifying!

Originally, they were in a desperate business, even if they failed, at most they lost their lives or went to prison for a few years, but like Xi Yan said, asking questions and cutting off fingers, I feel a cold sweat behind my back when I think about it.

Xi Yan looked at their expressions and knew that his goal had been achieved, so he continued in a cold voice: "Since you all know the rules, let's start." ”

"Who sent you to kill our young lady?"

"It's Xiao Lan!"

The three of them replied in unison, but as soon as they finished speaking, the three of them looked at each other again, and they wanted to speak but didn't know what to say, so they had to lower their heads and stop looking at the others.

In such a situation, if one person insists on not speaking, then he will really be punished.

"Xiao Lan, is that Xiao Lan from the Minister's Mansion?" asked Xi Yan again.

"Yes. The three replied.

Xi Yan and Xiao Nansheng glanced at each other, and now that they have asked the mastermind behind it, things will be much easier.

"You can answer the next question. Xi Yan pointed to the person on the left and said, "Do you have any evidence to prove that it was Xiao Lan who instigated it?"

"It was her personal maid who came to us, and said that Shen Yanshu's uncle is very rich, and you can get a lot of money by killing you, but that maid only gave us a bag of silver, and nothing else. "The person has already confessed, and the others can only answer honestly.

Xi Yan asked the question he wanted to ask, and said to the guards: "First beat the seven of them until they can't escape, and then send four people to escort them to the nearby official mansion." ”

The guards looked at Xiao Nansheng, after all, Xiao Nansheng was their master.

Xiao Nansheng nodded and said to them, "Then do what Miss Xiyan said." ”

The three men were dragged out and thrown into a room with four others, and soon there was a sound of quarrelling and scolding in that room, and slowly the sound of the voice weakened, as if it had been gagged, and finally only the men screamed in pain.

The two of them left the room, and Xiao Nansheng said to Xiyan with admiration: "Miss Xiyan is really a good way, she can come up with such a way to scare people." ”

Xi Yan's footsteps stopped, and he turned his head to look at Xiao Nansheng: "Does Xiao Gongzi really think that I am just scaring people?"

Xiao Nansheng was stunned: "Is it difficult to ......"

Xi Yan did not shy away from it: "If any of them tell a lie, I will still deal with it in this way, after all, I have warned them in advance." ”

"That's a bit too much. Xiao Nansheng couldn't accept it.

Xi Yan said: "Xiao Gongzi was born in the Shang family, he has no worries about food and clothing, although he understands the means of competition between the Shang clan, but he has not seen the tragedy of some things, you think I am too much for them like this, but I forgot that they are the ones who want to take the lives of our people!"

"They kill people without blinking, why can't I cut off their fingers?"

"What is the difference between you and the cruel ones?" Xiao Nansheng had always had a good impression of Xiyan, but he couldn't agree with her opinion.

"Cruel?" Xi Yan looked at Xiao Nansheng's righteous and awe-inspiring appearance of accusing him, but felt a little ridiculous, "If you had seen the real battlefield, you wouldn't have made such a decision to deny me so easily." ”

She has lived with Qi Yunge in the border pass for many years, and has learned a lot from General Qi, you can be kind, but you must not be kind to bad people.

In the army, there are many ways to interrogate spies and captives, and news is often the most important, if you can't pry open his mouth for a message that is delivered to him, it is a failure, because a message can sometimes save many lives.

But Xiao Nansheng didn't understand, he shook his head and said: "I haven't seen a real battlefield, but I think there are many things that can be solved in a better way, why do you have to solve them in such a cruel way?"

Xiyan looked at him and said, "Since that's the case, then you can use your method in the future." ”

After saying that, he left expressionlessly.

Xiao Nansheng just wanted to call her, but he couldn't shout, just sighed and went back to his room.

Xiyan told Shen Yanshu the results of the interrogation.

"Xiao Lan?" Even Shen Yanshu was a little surprised, after all, after the last school exam, she and Xiao Lan had not been in contact, I didn't expect Xiao Lan to have such a deep resentment against her, and even did not hesitate to buy a killer to deal with herself.

However, looking at the quality of those seven killers, I also know that the strength of the people behind them is not very good.

Xiyan said: "I seem to have heard some news about Xiao Lan before, saying that she fell off the horse during the school exam, broke her leg, and lay in the house for a short time before she could get off the ground. And she and Qi Huan and Lu Huaimin are together, and their reputation is naturally not any better, and I heard that the marriage that the Shilang Mansion was engaged to her was all withdrawn. ”

was said by Xi Yan, Shen Yanshu could also understand why Xiao Lan hated herself so much, she and Shen Yuyan had similar temperaments, obviously she died by herself, but she threw it on others.

"Have those seven people been handed over to the government?" asked Shen Yanshu.

Xi Yan nodded and replied, "Let the four guards send the people to the nearby official mansion." ”

Shen Yanshu nodded, groaned for a while, and asked, "What about the other group?

Xi Yan shook his head: "These four people act strangely, it seems to be unusual, looking at their outfits and behaviors, it seems that they have been professionally trained." ”

Shen Yanshu thought deeply, these four people were not fast or slow, they happened to be similar to them, if they didn't come at them, she didn't believe it, if their target was not on them, with their martial arts and speed, they shouldn't be the same as Xiao Lu's team.

Xiao Lu brought a total of twelve guards, and now the four escorted the seven killers to the nearby government yamen, so now there are only eight guards left in the inn.

Although Xiao Lu's guards are not bad in martial arts, if they meet a master, they will inevitably suffer.

"If you pay more attention tonight, maybe they're using the idea of catching cicadas with praying mantises. Shen Yanshu instructed.

After all, the night was still long, and many people relaxed after only being able to escape.

However, experienced enemies will choose to strike at this time when they are most relaxed, and if they are not prepared, they will only be caught off guard.

Xiyan nodded: "I know." ”

Shen Yanshu noticed that something was not quite right with Xi Yan's face, so he asked, "What's the matter?

Xi Yan's face was depressed: "It's not your cousin Xiao Nansheng, I interrogated the killer just now, and he said that I was cruel." ”

Shen Yanshu said: "Then what do you say?"

Xiyan shrugged: "What else can I say, let him come to the trial next time!"

Shen Yanshu was amused by her appearance: "Okay, don't be angry with him, he grew up in the rich Jiangnan, and he has seen these things there, so you don't have to be too serious with him." ”

"Uh-huh. Xiyan replied.

Shen Yanshu said again: "If there is such a thing in the future, you should try to think of some gentle methods, after all, not so everyone can understand our approach, although we can not explain, but we can minimize the trouble." ”

"I've saved it. Xiyan said.

The two of them were talking, when they suddenly heard the sound of treading tiles on the roof, very soft.

They immediately fell silent.

"Miss, then you have a good rest, the slave and maid go out first. ”

"Good. ”

Xiyan helped Shen Yanshu to the side of the bed, covered her with a quilt, and then turned around and blew out the candle.

The people on the roof couldn't see the situation in the house clearly, and when they heard the sound of the door closing, they quietly fell, tiptoed in front of the door of Shen Yanshu's room, opened a thin slit, blew some incense, and after a while, two people came in.

They were holding swords, and a slight glimmer of light shone in the darkness.