Chapter 225.

In the night watchman Yamen, the main person in charge of torture is Nangong Qianru, this dead demon is very vicious, created hundreds of inhumane torture methods, ordered the craftsmen to create a new type of torture equipment up to more than a hundred pieces.

Adding to DaBong’s torture tactics.

One of them is called standing punishment, in which a large iron torso is hung around the prisoner’s neck, and after a long time, the prisoner’s neck will become a little too sore and painful to support.

However, the prisoners are not allowed to rest and are forced to stand, which can be painful. In less than two days people die in unending agony.

The criminal law of exploding liver cultivation like Xu Qi’an also existed, and it was said to be the inspiration gained from advancing to the Refined God Realm, and how painful this criminal law was, Xu Qi’an empathized with it.

His reliance on meditation and contemplation was already agonizing, as an unusual person could imagine.

In the Criminal Law Canon authored by Nangong Qianru, there are hundreds of such criminal laws for cutting flesh with a blunt knife.

Although Jiang Lizhong was not the kind of Nangong Qianruo’s interrogation maniac who was proficient in one hundred and eight positions, but under the influence of his ears and eyes, he still knew some of the tortures that were used to torment people.

Liang Youping silently locked eyes with Jiang Ruizhong, both of their gazes were as sharp as an eagle, but Liang Youping, who had little cultivation, quickly lost the battle.

He averted his gaze and smiled to himself, “It seems I have no choice.”

Both Inspector Zhang and Jiang Ruizhong didn’t open their mouths, staring at him with expressionless faces, since this man had fallen into his hands, even if he was a stone, he could still make him talk.

Liang Youping looked at Xu Qi’an, patted his limp leg and said leisurely, “I am not lying, this leg was indeed broken by someone, only the person who saved me was not Zhou Min.

“I was born in Yunzhou, and from the time I can remember, I have known that Yunzhou is seriously plagued by bandits, and the people suffer greatly from them. When I was young, my dream was to practice martial arts and become a swordsman who specialized in killing bandits.

“But poor literature and rich martial arts, poor family can not afford me to practice martial arts, so I had to study. I failed the examination twice, so I threw in the towel and enlisted in the army.”

Before the dream even started, it was defeated by reality …… Luckily, I have a second uncle who feeds me with hundreds of taels of silver every year, or else I would only be studying like Ji Lang …… Auntie hates me as she should.

Xu Qi’an inwardly lamented.

And with Xu Dalang’s qualifications, what could be achieved by studying? It probably wouldn’t be any better than Xu Lingyin.

“One year, I saw a magistrate bullying a woman on the street in Baidi City, so I took action in anger, but I was outnumbered and had my leg broken by his retinue. The magistrate felt spoiled and was unwilling to let me go, and ordered me to be taken out of the city and buried alive, and it was at this time…

“That lord appeared, and he had the guards who accompanied him save me and apprehend the magistrate and give me justice.”

Xu Qi’an realized that that lord should be the person Liang Youping was loyal to, and in all likelihood, he was the mastermind behind the scene.

Liang Youping raised his head, met Inspector Zhang’s gaze, and said word for word, “Yunzhou Buzheng Minister, Song Changsu.”

“……”

The room was silent.

Inspector Zhang’s expression was rather strange, surprised but not surprised at the same time. After all, within Baidi City, any official above the fourth rank could be behind this.

The Governor was prepared for this and would not have reacted with “surprise”.

“It’s him ….”

However, Governor Zhang’s heart is still very heavy, the commander-in-chief Yang Chuannan has already been involved in the case. Now there is another Minister of Public Administration.

Yunzhou officialdom is really rotten from the head to the root.

“Who arrested you?” Xu Qi’an took advantage of the gap and asked.

“I don’t know.” Liang Youping shook his head, bewilderment surfacing on his face, “Not long after you guys left that day, I dispersed the private prostitutes in the store and locked the door to leave. Just as I walked out of Huang Bo Street, I was knocked unconscious.

“I woke up to find myself locked in a small dark room with a sack over my head, screaming …. Eat, drink, and shit all in the small black room, someone to give me regular food. Then later, I was taken to the dart board and given to you here.”

“Didn’t get a good look at the man?” Xu Qi’an pursued.

Liang Youping shook his head.

…. Liang Youping disappeared after we left, and then, three days later, people from the Witch God Cult entered the dream to interrogate and try to find out whether Liang Youping had fallen into the hands of the night watchman …. Because in these three days, Song Buzhengzhi accompanied Zhang Governor to go out to inspect, so he did not discover that Liang Youping was missing, and it was not until he returned to Baidi City that he realized that the little old brother was lost …. Right on ah.

Xu Qi’an came to a realization.

Inspector Zhang tapped his finger on the desktop, “Continue.”

“Since then, I have been following the Song Buzheng Envoy, when he was not yet a state Buzheng Envoy ….” Speaking of the past, memories flowed from Liang Youping’s eyes:

“As Song Changfu’s official became bigger and bigger, I, a cripple, followed suit and became the present Experienced Division’s Experienced, making it to the sixth rank.

“It was also under Song Changsu’s introduction that I joined the Qi Party. However, this identity is not visible; Zhou Min is a secret agent of the night watchman’s office, while I am a secret agent of the Qi Party.

“The Qi Party has to go through the Experienced Division to deliver military supplies to the mountain bandits. All these years, I’ve been working for Minister Song Buzheng, stealing and altering account books and embezzling military supplies ….”

“Before, he was mouthing off that he dreamed of becoming a warrior and killing all the mountain bandits. Now it’s become a villain who aids and abets the evil.” Xu Qi’an couldn’t help but mock.

Liang Youping lived as the kind of person he hated the most.

In response to Xu Qi’an’s mockery, Liang Youping chose to remain silent.

Governor Zhang narrowed his eyes and asked, “Then what’s going on with Yang Chuannan? He is also a member of the Qi Party, why are you framing him.”

Liang Youping shook his head, “I am not aware of these, I only know that he is not close to the Qi Party. Minister Song Buzheng has revealed that Yang Chuannan was originally a pawn that the Qi Party had placed in the open and could be discarded at any time.”

Backstabber…Xu Qi’an defined Yang Chuannan in his mind.

“Without Zhou Min, the conspiracy in Yunzhou would have gone on forever.” Liang Youping shook his head and lost his smile, “This might be the Heavenly Net, speaking of which, I am on good terms with Zhou Min, and often drink together after my duty has been dispersed.

“I just didn’t realize that he was the secret agent of the night watchman and I was the secret agent of the Qi Party, or else they say that people’s hearts are not the same as their stomachs.”

Liang Youping seems to have opened the box, do not need to interrogate the governor Zhang, himself bara bara will know things spit out.

“Zhou Min is a very smart man, extremely sensitive to numbers, after we sensed that he had discovered that the account books were not right, I had stepped in and pulled him in, promising a heavy promise ….”

Jiang Ruizhong leaned back comfortably in his chair, “He refused?”

“No.” Liang Youping hemmed and hawed, “He agreed flatly and was willing to go along with it. It’s just that he didn’t realize that the so-called pulling together was just a superficial effort, but was actually a test for him, a test to find out what all he had discovered.

“Zhou Min was likewise just a reprieve, turning his head and writing secret reports to shake things up.”

This is the operation of a dark son with IQ online …. If he were to change to the routine in the drama, Zhou Min would definitely reject it righteously …. Xu Qi’an couldn’t help but say as he used the spit to keep his brain active:

“Actually, he had a premonition that you guys were going to kill and kill.”

“Smart people naturally have smart people’s consciousness, he could have escaped, although he couldn’t have escaped either.” Liang Youping raised his chin.

The words seemed to speak of himself, the same wise man who had foreseen his destiny, and since he could not escape, he did not bother to do so.

“After the East Window was discovered, Minister Song Buzheng followed the established plan and pushed Yang Chuannan out to take the fall. While secretly laying out the plan, he waited for the arrival of the governor.”

Hearing this, Inspector Zhang questioned, “Then why did you personally stay at the Ding 15 dog meat store? There should be incriminating evidence against Minister Song Buzheng in the account books.”

“Yes, there are a couple of munitions in the ledger that were transferred from the Buccaneer Department to the Capitol. As for why I stayed at Ding 15, the order I received was this.” Liang Youping replied.

…It doesn’t make sense!

Xu Qi’an frowned and looked toward the three white-robed warlocks, “Are his words trustworthy?”

The three white-clothed warlocks shook their heads, “Can’t see through it, his qi is covered up, the Qi Lookout Technique can’t peer into it.”

The qi lookout technique can not be peeped …. Xu Qi An was first taken aback, and then awakened to the fact that Liang You Ping had been tampered with, and someone had covered up his qi for him.

The Fourth had said that warlocks had means to restrain witches, and it was this shielding that allowed Liang Youping to avoid spells and divination.

“Ning Banquet, what do you have to say?”

Despite Xu Qi’an’s serious intellectual decline, Inspector Zhang still wanted to hear more from him.

“Having Liang Youping in the dog meat store is a bad decision. I don’t think that with the sophistication of Minister Song Buzheng, he would make such a low-level mistake.” Xu Qi’an spoke eloquently:

“Of course, we can’t rule out this being a provocation, after all, if that mysterious expert hadn’t taken Liang Youping captive midway, we wouldn’t have been able to find out anything even if we knew the problem wasn’t right.

“In the end, we can only take tangible evidence and bring Yang Chuannan back to the capital to hand over.”

Whether it was a provocation or something else could not be determined at the moment unless Song Changsu was confronted face to face.

Rather, it was that mysterious expert that Xu Qi’an had a candidate for suspicion, and that was the Forced King Yang Qianyi. First of all, he only knew such a high-grade warlock. Secondly, even though there were loose practitioners of warlocks out there, but to be able to shield qi and to be able to hide it from Jiang Ruizhong’s perception, this strength was not something that an ordinary loose practitioner could achieve.

It’s like in the previous life, those who could get into the Chinese Academy of Sciences were definitely highly educated people, and there could be no such thing as a self-taught wild bachelor’s degree.

As for why Yang Qianyue, because Xu Qi’an only thought this one.

Well, this speculation remains to be confirmed ……

“It’s not simple to find out why.” Inspector Zhang sneered, “Immediately pass the order for all troops to be mobilized to apprehend Prefecture Minister Song Changsu. Remember, the army is precious and quick!”

It’s still the same thing that was used against Yang Chuan Nan, but it works well. A surprise operation can catch the enemy off guard and too late to respond.

It didn’t take long for the Huben Guards to go out in full force, and Governor Zhang only brought Jiang Lüzhong and a handful of night watchmen with him. The rest of the silver gongs and brass gongs stayed at the post to watch over Yang Chuannan.

Xu Qi’an also stayed at the stage on the grounds of recuperation.

He had just opened Wushuang outside the city, and was too weak to move at this moment.

…….

Bang!

The gates of the Buzheng Minister’s residence were broken open, and Jiang Ruyi led the Huben guards into the residence, subduing the resisting guards one by one.

Surprisingly, the Song Buzhengzhi did not show up as Yang Chuannan did, and the Huben guards found him in his bedroom, dead.

The Song Buzheng Minister collapsed on the ground, a dagger stuck in his chest, and blood flowed all over the place, soaking his shirt and half of his face.

“Mr. Governor, he’s dead.”

The Huben guards checked and reported respectfully.

“Fear of committing suicide?” Inspector Zhang walked over to the body, his face serious.

Song Changsu is dead just like that?

He pondered for a moment and ordered, “Send someone to the government office and summon an experienced coroner to come and examine the body.”

……

The coroner quickly rushed over, accompanied by the governor of Yunzhou, the governor of the Lord was full of fear and anxiety, and after seeing the body of the Song Buzhengzhi in the bedroom, he sat down on the ground with a scared butt.

“Lord Governor, this, this…” the governor’s face was pale, his mouth trembling, unable to say a complete sentence.

“What’s the panic about?” Inspector Zhang took one look at Song Changsu’s corpse and had to take the governor out of the bedroom first, to the study, to tell him about the reversal of the case.

So it turns out that Minister Song is the culprit who colluded with the Witch God Cult to deliver munitions to the mountain bandits?

The governor’s gaze was frozen, and he didn’t digest this shocking news for half a day.

“This matter should be announced down as early as possible, lest the hearts of the officialdom in Yunzhou become restless.”

Position determines thinking, Zhang governor at the moment is thinking about how to appease the officials and maintain stability.

If Xu Qi’an were here, the first thing he’d do is blow through the body and the case until there are no oversights.

As he was talking, the Huben guards came in to inform, “My lord, the coroner has finished examining the corpse.”

“Summon him in.” Inspector Zhang said.

The coroner came in with hurried feet and a lowered head.

“Report it.”

“Yes!” Only then did the coroner speak, saying, “The deceased, Song Changsu, was forty-five years old, six feet and one inch tall, the body’s head, hair, skin, and bones were all undamaged. The limbs and torso have no other injuries except for the chest stab wound.

“No odor or color in the mouth or throat, not death by poisoning. Examined, death by stab wound to the chest, suicide.”

Inspector Zhang nodded and said, “Preserve the body properly.” He also turned his head to the governor and said, “Summon the officials above the sixth rank of Baidi City to the government office of the Buzhengji Department. This official has something to say.”

After making the arrangements, Inspector Zhang frowned and pondered for a long time, beckoning a gong and commanding:

“You quickly return to the post, tell Xu Qi’an what happened here as it is, listen to his opinion, and report back to this official. By the way, include the coroner’s autopsy report.”

…..

Stagecoach.

“What, Minister Song Buzheng is dead?!”

Xu Qi’an, who had heard the news, stared in shock.

“The governor wants to ask your opinion.” The gong who had delivered the message sat down on the table with a big grin, his feet on the bench, cupping a cup of tea in his hand, taking a sip and nagging:

“Surname Song was sensible, and when he heard the commotion of us breaking into the house, he knew that it would be hard to escape, and committed suicide in fear of his crime. The governor asked me to come back and ask you what you think of this matter.”

Yuanfang, what do you think …… Xu Qi an subconsciously floated this famous line in his mind.

Song Changsu’s suicide in fear of crime was something he didn’t expect, and thought he had a chance to get Liang Youping to confront Song Changsu in court.

Xu Qi’an was unusually mentally exhausted, thinking about things one by one:

Was it the Governor’s strategy of “speed is precious” that made Song Changsu feel that the situation was over and chose to kill himself?

But normally, shouldn’t it be a case of not seeing the coffin …. This is not a game, feel a little disadvantage on the five-point vote …. The death is a little too impulsive, well, it is also possible that the dream witch who never showed up to kill and kill.

No, the premise of the dream witch to kill and exterminate, it has to be the east window, right …. But how does he know that things have been exposed?

It was like a bolt of lightning struck into the mind.

“There must be Song Changsuke’s eyes near the stagecoach station, always monitoring the movements over here. It’s not likely to be that Fourth Grade Dream Witch. When the Fushun Dart Bureau’s bodyguards escorted Liang Youping in, although there was a sack over him, the crippled man’s walking features were obvious.”

“Song Changsu has long known that Liang Youping has fallen …. into the net.” Xu Qi’an made a judgment in his mind as he finally realized what was wrong.

They interrogated Liang Youping for more than half an hour in the post, after which the governor led the team to storm into the Buzheng Minister’s residence, even with the running speed of the Huben Guards, it would take at least forty minutes to get from the post to the Buzheng Minister’s residence. In such a long time, Song Changfu will sit at home and wait for death?

But Song Changfu is indeed dead, and the coroner has already examined the body …… lying down!

“No good, we’ve been tricked!”

Xu Qi’an blurted out.

…….

PS: This chapter is over 4,000 words, so it’s a late update. I’m sure everyone can understand.