Chapter 229 Questioning
At midnight
A young man disappeared inexplicably in the shop, and the people in the shop suddenly became more alert.
At night, people were arranged to take turns standing guard, two people in a shift.
Just then, Rong Que and Wang Yu, one on the left and one on the right, cut the man's throat and threw him into the cellar in the yard.
Kill him while he is sleeping.
The person in the sleep was cut on the arm by a cold knife before he knew what was happening, and woke up from the pain.
There were twelve people in total, all tied up with hemp ropes, with rags stuffed in their mouths, and thrown on the ground. Only the innkeeper's mouth was free. Rong Que lifted his jaw with the back of his knife, "You want money or your life? Choose."
The shopkeeper was trembling with fear, thinking that these were bandits who broke in at night. He dared not say anything more and just told where he had hidden the money.
The roll of silver notes totaled 18,000 taels. Rong Que held it in his hand and slapped the shopkeeper's head, "That's all? You're kidding!"
As he was talking, Wang Yu raised his knife and chopped off the man's head.
The head rolled on the ground for a few times and stopped in front of the shopkeeper's feet. The shopkeeper was terrified and said, "Please spare my life, our store is really out of money, really gone."
Wang Yu raised the knife again, and another head fell to the ground.
The next person saw that he would be the one to die if the two men were not satisfied, so he whimpered desperately. Wang Yu took the rag out of his mouth. The person took a deep breath and said, "Please spare my life, this is really the only money we have in the store, but we can get more money elsewhere."
Wang Yu put away the knife with satisfaction and kicked the head of the person next to him away, "Where?"
The man's head was kicked directly onto the shopkeeper's thigh. The shopkeeper was so frightened that he trembled with fear. Before he could say anything to stop him, the waiter said, "There is a Laishui County not far from Datong County. There is a carpenter's workshop in Laishui County. The carpenter's workshop is also ours. "
After the young man finished speaking, he trembled and said, "Good man, I... I can lead the way."
Wang Yu raised his eyebrows, "Can you lead the way? Okay, then you keep them. These ones are useless if you keep them!"
Before he could finish his words, he swung the knife in his hand towards the person next to the boy.
Another head fell to the ground.
The remaining guys were so frightened that they expressed their opinions in order to survive.
Wang Yu pulled the rag out of another man's mouth, and the man cried, "Please spare our lives, sir. We are all from Rong'an Marquis' Mansion in Jingdu. If you take us to Rong'an Marquis' Mansion for exchange, you will definitely get more money. Rong'an Marquis' Mansion is powerful and has a lot of money."
Wang Yu kicked him and said, "Bullshit! Do you think I'm stupid? Take you to Rong'an Marquis Mansion for exchange? You think you are the eldest son of Rong'an Marquis Mansion, and your life is so precious!"
The young man immediately said, "We have the account book of Rong'an Marquis in our hands. He dare not refuse the exchange."
Wang Yu said, "Why don't I just take the account book with me? Why should I bring you along as a burden?"
The young man was afraid that he would be beheaded if he spoke too slowly, so he shook his head desperately, "No, no, no, I don't know, only our people can get the silver from the account book. You can't get the silver just by taking the account book."
I didn't expect to get such a reward from a robbery.
Wang Yu and Rong Que looked at each other and asked the young man, "I'll explain it clearly and give you a way out."
The clerk immediately said, "We are in the rice business in Yecheng, Zhao State, and we have business dealings with Rong'an Marquis's Mansion. These account books record how much grain Rong'an Marquis's Mansion sold to us. We made these account books ourselves, and Rong'an Marquis's Mansion doesn't know about it.
If we take this thing to Rong'an Marquis's Mansion, we will definitely be able to threaten the silver.
However, if we are all dead, then the people who did business with the Rong'an Marquis' Mansion at that time would be gone, and the account books alone would not explain the problem.
Therefore, if we want to threaten the silver, we have to go.
Good man, we will help you to collect money, please let us live."
Rong Que said, "Since you are doing business in Yecheng, what's the matter with this ink shop?"
The guy lied, "This is our branch."
The knife in Wang Yu's hand fell without any mercy, and the young man who had just had a glimmer of hope fell to the ground with his head. Wang Yu patted the back of the knife and said, "It's better to tell the truth. Men don't need that much money at most, but you will lose your life."
The young man next to him saw his companion's head fall to the ground, and he shouted, "We killed the original owner of this store."
Wang Yu had interrogated the captured young man once before in the ruined temple. Now he asked again, "Why did you kill him? It would be best if you could tell me something that would satisfy me."
At that time in the temple, the young man just said he didn't know.
But now the clerk glanced at the shopkeeper and said boldly: "Because the people in this shop had close relations with the local county magistrate."
Wang Yu and Rong Que were both stunned.
Wang Yu slapped the young man on the head and said, "Bullshit! What kind of excuse is that!"
The young man said, "It is really because of this. We are just following orders."
Wang Yu said, "With just a few of you and your mediocre skills, can you really kill those people?"
The shopkeeper immediately recognized the words, his eyes widened, "You are not bandits!"
Wang Yu laughed and said, "Who told you I'm a bandit? It doesn't matter who I am. What matters is that I can kill you now! Tell me the truth. How did those people die?"
The young man looked at Wang Yu in horror, "Are you an accomplice of those people?"
Wang Yu was too lazy to talk nonsense and was about to chop off his head. The young man immediately said quickly: "It was the Rong'an Marquis's Mansion who sent people to kill him. The prince came in person at that time."
"Why!"
“We really don’t know the reason. We are just responsible for taking over the calligraphy and painting shop on their behalf. As for other things, the prince didn’t say anything, so it’s not easy for us to ask.
Really, really, my good man, we didn’t kill your people.
It’s all the fault of Rong’an Marquis Mansion!
Not only did they kill your people, but the food they sold to us was also not legal, it was stolen from your army rations."
Wang Yu nodded, expressionless, "Okay, you can keep your life."
After that, he glanced at the people around him and said, "If anyone has any information that can be used to exchange lives, please tell me now. If not, I will send you on your way."
The young man who was declared alive shuddered convulsively and breathed a sigh of relief. He leaned against the wall in a cold sweat and wiped his forehead. "Boss, why did you keep that secret?"
This young man didn’t know whether the other guys had any secrets, but the shopkeeper really had a secret.
Maybe speaking out can save a life.
The shopkeeper was hesitant.
The remaining guys regretted that they spoke too late because they had no more secrets to reveal.
Wang Yu was too lazy to torture them. Seeing that no one spoke up, he simply cut them with his knife.
Although they did not directly kill the people in the shop, they were also one of the murderers.
Wang Yu had already hated him to the core.
