Chapter 95: Division of labor and cooperation, target Duan Yuanming!
The next day, at 11:00 a.m.
Ge Wanshan brought Xu Chong to the government office and ran into Duan Yuanming who was about to go out at the gate.
To be honest, this caught Duan Yuanming off guard.
Because the agreed time was clearly the Chen hour.
But I didn't expect to be arrived half an hour earlier...
Was this the water ghost's idea or Ge Wanshan's idea?
Duan Yuanming thought about it and took a few steps forward with a smile.
"Master, do you have something to go out for?"
Ge Wanshan clasped his fists, looking surprised.
"It's not a big deal..."
Duan Yuanming said calmly.
"If you have anything to do, Lord Fujun can go by himself."
Before Duan Yuanming could finish, Ge Wanshan rushed to say, "Don't worry, I'll be watching, there won't be any problems with the interrogation."
“…”
Duan Yuanming's face twitched and he glanced at Xu Chong who looked indifferent.
It seems that it was Ge Wanshan's idea to move the agreed time forward.
In Duan Yuanming's expectation, Ge Wanshan would worry that 'Xie Changkong' would implicate 'Wei Wuxie', but he never thought that this process would be skipped and he would be directly implicated.
Therefore, Ge Wanshan is unlikely to make any unwise moves when the situation is uncertain.
He went out at 11:00 a.m. just to be on the safe side, intending to intercept Ge Wanshan at Qianhu Suo so that the interrogation of Xie Changkong could be completed smoothly.
One is inside the city and the other is outside the city, so Ge Wanshan has no chance to make any tricks.
But now it seems that Ge Wanshan is much more cautious than he thought...too cautious.
Duan Yuanming's heart sank slightly, but he still smiled and said, "I was planning to invite the two talented people. Now is the perfect time. Please come."
Ge Wanshan's face froze, and then he stepped in.
Duan Yuanming saw it and became more confident.
Halfway through the journey, Duan Yuanming called over the yamen runners and said, "Take General Xu to interrogate the prisoner. If General Xu needs anything, please satisfy him. Don't ask me."
"yes."
The bailiff took the order and made a gesture of invitation to Xu Chong.
Xu Chong also walked away without any change of expression.
Ge Wanshan suddenly turned around, looked at Duan Yuanming, and said, "Master, today is the official trial. In order to prevent any accidents, I'd better go with you to take care of it."
Accident?
If I really let you go, I'm afraid you would be the accident.
Duan Yuanming waved his hand and said, "What's the big deal? If we can figure it out, then we can. If we can't, what can we do? If you and I were here, we might even limit what Xu Xiaoyou can do."
"That's... true."
Ge Wanshan nodded unwillingly, but he couldn't help sneering in his heart.
Wei Wuxie...Oh no, it should be called Duan Wuxie.
Duan Wuxie was right in his guess. Duan Yuanming must have known something and wanted to get some leverage over Xie Changkong.
As long as he deliberately expressed his intention to watch the interrogation, Duan Yuanming would take the initiative to send him away.
Tamanaina...No one knows a father better than his son?
"Yesterday someone sent me an authentic painting by Master Liu, so it's a good opportunity for us to appreciate it together..."
Duan Yuanming led Ge Wanshan to the inner hall of the county government.
As for the water ghost, it can be said that he is not worried at all.
If it was really Xu Chong, he might suppress the secret revealed by Xie Changkong because of Ge Wanshan's support. It is not impossible that he would even kill Xie Changkong for Ge Wanshan.
But unfortunately, this is a water ghost.
How could a Taiping Dao rebel who replaced someone else's identity and wanted to sneak into the imperial court have any real friendship with Ge Wanshan?
On the contrary, if the water ghost gets Ge Wanshan's secret, there is a great possibility that he will directly expose it to gain great merit. At the very least, he will show his loyalty to Ge Wanshan in order to get more care and attention.
Anyway, no matter which one it is, the water ghost will keep Ge Wanshan's secret firmly in his hands.
And this is exactly the situation he wanted to create.
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the other side.
The deepest part of the entire prison was cleared to ensure that the interrogation would not be interrupted.
Xu Chong walked into Xie Changkong's cell for the third time.
Compared to yesterday, there was only one more long case in the cell.
"you again?"
Xie Changkong stared at Xu Chong and sneered, "Sending a small character like you, does the court have no one else to use?"
"I hope you can still laugh later."
Xu Chong's face was stern, and he behaved like a true master of torture. He meticulously untied the long knife from his waist and slowly started to take the pieces apart.
"Ah."
Xie Changkong said disdainfully, "I've been locked up here for more than half a month. What kind of tricks have I not seen?"
"You've never seen my method before."
Xu Chong took out the last instrument of torture, placed it on the long table, and pointed at Xie Changkong's left hand: "You will know when you see it for yourself."
"have a look?"
Xie Changkong turned his head and suddenly widened his eyes.
The five fingers of his left hand disappeared without him noticing .
This strange method did frighten Xie Changkong for a moment.
But only for a moment.
Thinking of what Duan Yuanming had said, he quickly calmed down.
It's just a severed finger. With the vitality in the meridians, it can be reattached in a month.
"Don't worry, you won't feel the pain until one stick of incense has passed. "
Xu Chong bent down to pick up his finger, pretending not to know that Xie Changkong had taken the pain-relieving medicine, and said deliberately.
"That's it?"
Xie Changkong raised his lips and said, "It's just a broken finger, so what if it's a broken hand or a broken foot?"
"It won't happen that fast. The better your hands and feet are, of course it will come little by little."
Xu Chong smiled sinisterly, "After all... you can't eat that much in one bite."
"I can't eat...what..."
Xie Changkong's expression suddenly changed.
However, before he could even finish, Xu Chong grabbed his chin.
Five bloody fingers were forcibly stuffed into Xie Changkong's throat.
“Hmm…Hmm…”
'Xie Changkong' struggled desperately, but his strength was blocked, and this struggle was of no use to Xu Chong.
"you……"
Xu Chong looked at Xie Changkong's horrified eyes and once again recalled the assassin named Zhong Dahe.
The strength in his hand loosened for a moment, allowing Xie Changkong to spit out the remaining two fingers.
"vomit……"
Xie Changkong kept retching.
Xu Chong silently withdrew his hand, his thoughts drifting away.
Just now, he remembered all his plans, and remembered that he wanted to kill Xie Changkong and Duan Yuanming.
But all of this seems to be out of harmony, as if there is a missing cause, causing the motivation to be less strong.
Now he understood that it was the obstacle of knowledge and perception that concealed Zhong Dahe's existence.
It’s really weird…
Fortunately, it did not interfere with the plan. I must never be so careless in the future.
Xu Chong calmed down and picked up the two fingers that had fallen to the ground again: "Don't you like to eat human flesh? Why is it that the meat above the Tongmai is not as good as those of ordinary people?"
“…”
Xie Changkong's stomach was churning and he felt so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood.
With Duan Yuanming's reminder, he was actually already prepared to eat human flesh, and was confident enough not to reveal any flaws.
But he never expected that what he was going to eat was his own flesh...
What the fuck!
Even if it was really Xie Changkong, he wouldn't be able to eat his own flesh, right?
Xu Chong pretended to pinch Xie Changkong's chin again.
"etc!"
Xie Changkong hurriedly called a halt, "I said, what do you want to know? I'll tell you!"
At this point, the conditions for "confession" have been met and we can proceed according to the plan.
"What do I want to know?"
Xu Chong frowned, "You don't even know this little bit of rules? Just speak for yourself! Say whatever comes to your mind!"
"Okay, I'll tell you!"
Xie Changkong said quickly, "I am from the Xie family of Taiping Dao, but if you want to find out where the Xie family is through me, this really won't work."
"Like the other five major families, the Xie family does not have a family headquarters. All the descendants are scattered..."
"Thirty years ago, there were four brothers in my generation in the Xie family..."
He chattered on and on, telling all the big and small things about the Xie family.
Even the mysterious third son of the Xie family, Xie Changqing, had a few words to say.
Xu Chong's brows gradually furrowed.
Are these things all made up?
If it is not fabricated, then isn't the relationship between the Duan family and the Taiping Dao a little too close?
"Xie Changkong" said this while watching Xu Chong's expression.
I thought to myself that it was just as the young master said, this water ghost didn't believe that he was Xie Changkong at all...
So, Xie Changkong stopped talking about the Xie family at the right time.
"Gone?"
Xu Chong's brows relaxed and he bent down again.
Xie Changkong followed Xu Chong's movements and suddenly found five more fingers on the ground... No need to ask, these were from the right hand.
Damn the horse!
Xie Changkong was full of resentment.
He had no preference for eating human flesh, but he had no doubt that he could chew up the water ghost and swallow it down to skin and bones without batting an eyelid.
"Wait!...Actually, I'm also looking for that Wei Wuxie!"
Xie Changkong said humiliatedly, "Last time he left traces in Fenggu County, I reported it to the Xie family in hopes of repairing my relationship with them, but I didn't expect... In fact, I only found traces of Wei Wuxie, and didn't see him at all!"
"Didn't see it?"
Xu Chong laughed and shook his head, "I don't believe it."
After saying that, he pinched Xie Changkong's chin again.
"Really! But I know some things about Wei Wuxie! Among them is..."
Bang!
Before he could finish his words, Xie Changkong saw Xu Chong being blown away by a huge force, falling far away on the other side of the prison, unconscious.
???
Xie Changkong was completely confused and had no idea what was going on.
You have prepared all your secrets and were about to throw them out, but the person who received the secret got knocked away?
Who did it?
Xie Changkong instinctively turned his head and looked around.
There's clearly no one here... Wait, why is the cell starting to spin?
A head rolled to the ground.
…
…
The inner hall of the county government.
A group of officials were appreciating the so-called authentic works of Master Liu, praising them endlessly. Only Ge Wanshan looked helpless and bored, glancing towards the door from time to time.
Duan Yuanming took note of Ge Wanshan's performance and felt more confident in forcing Ge Wanshan to hand over Xu Chong.
Little did he know that Ge Wanshan's helplessness and boredom were all fake. Looking at the door, he was calculating the time according to the sun.
"about there."
Ge Wanshan retracted his gaze, leaned over and whispered in Duan Yuanming's ear: "Master, there is something that is really hard to say. I thought about it for a long time and decided that it is better to tell you frankly."
Tell it frankly?
Duan Yuanming was stunned for a moment.
Would Ge Wanshan be so scared that he would offer the evidence to others?
This is not a good thing...
The evidence was already in their hands, and the reason they took such a long detour was because they wanted to let that 'Xu Chong' know the truth through interrogation.
In this case, even if it was because of the commander-in-chief of the Blood Robe Guard, Ge Wanshan would have to give up "Xu Chong" on his own initiative.
No, the interrogation results haven't come out yet...
Duan Yuanming was thinking about how to delay, but he heard Ge Wanshan whisper again: "This matter has something to do with you."
Is it about me?
Duan Yuanming's heart tightened, and he immediately waved his hand: "Everyone, please go first. This government has important matters to discuss with Captain Ge."
"In that case, I will take my leave first..."
The officials saluted and filed out.
There were even some careful ones who ordered the guards at the door to close the door of the inner hall.
When there were only two people left in the hall, Duan Yuanming looked at Ge Wanshan in confusion.
"Here's what happened."
Ge Wanshan whispered, "When I left this morning, someone left a note at the door of my room."
"A note?"
Duan Yuanming didn't understand.
"It says……"
Ge Wanshan's voice became lower and lower, "Wei Wuxie's real name is Duan Wuxie!"
