Volume 1: Spring in Wulong Town Chapter 85: An 80-year-old mother and an 8-year-old child
Tang Boyuan took out Tian Meng's handwritten letter from his sleeve.
The letter was still well preserved, and even after more than a month, he still carried it with him.
It was obvious that Tian Meng had been attacked, and he was still thinking about it, and the anger in his heart had not subsided.
Zheng Qian quickly glanced at the handwriting in Tang Boyuan's hand and lowered his head very low.
While Tang Boyuan was getting something or reading a letter, he took the opportunity to "analyze" with his brothers who were huddled together behind him...
"First, they seem to have some misunderstandings about our origins. In this case, they would not kill us with a brick without questioning us!"
The first sentence is to calm everyone down, which is very reasonable.
Tang Zheng couldn't help but nod after hearing this.
Immediately afterwards, although Zheng Qian's voice was as soft as a mosquito when talking to his brothers who were crowded together, it did not escape Tang Zheng's ears.
"Second, I am your boss. If you want to interrogate someone, you should interrogate me first. As long as I insist that you are all refugees and I forced you to do this, then given the character of Boss Tang, he shouldn't make things difficult for you."
"Third, as for the attack on Tian and the assassination in Tangjiabao, you just need to insist that you didn't know anything and I will admit everything. That will confirm the second point I mentioned above. Then, you will be fine."
"Fourth, if the bowl falls, it won't make a big scar. If I die, I can save all of you. It's worth it!"
Apart from wanting to correct his last point, Tang Zheng just wanted to applaud for the rest - what he said made so much sense!
Every point is clearly stated and there is no mistake or omission.
Just when Zheng Qian finished speaking, Tang Boyuan had already taken back Tian Meng's letter.
He walked towards Zheng Qian and the others.
Seeing Tang Boyuan coming towards them, Zheng Qian straightened his neck, looking like he was ready to sacrifice himself...
However, Tang Zheng pressed Tang Boyuan's shoulder slightly.
He smiled at Zheng Qian, then walked slowly past him.
"Huh?" Zheng Qian suddenly raised his head and pointed at his nose. "Hey, hey, hey, I'm the boss! I'm here!"
"I know." Tang Zheng smiled.
"Then arrest me, arrest me... No matter how you torture me, if I frown, I will not be named Zheng!"
"Yeah." Tang Zheng nodded, "I understand."
He moved his eyes away from Zheng Qian and continued to walk towards the bandits.
Tang Boyuan tightened his grip on the sword when he saw Tang Zheng casually walk into the group of bandits.
He was afraid that some bandit might suddenly launch a surprise attack and cause some accident to Tang Zheng.
"Got it?" Zheng Qian was stunned for a while, his eyes following Tang Zheng, "Now that you know it, why don't you take me away quickly?"
"..." Zheng Qian's brothers rubbed their temples with their hands, pretending not to know their boss.
You have made it clear that you are a tough guy. Others must be mentally ill. Why would they pick on you instead of just the weak ones?
Tang Zheng laughed: "Your IQ is really too 'high', I am not interested in you."
Zheng Qian slapped his head thoughtfully, "Yes, having too high an IQ is also wrong!"
…
The bandits who were talking in low voices just now all fell silent.
Tang Zheng's gaze moved among this nest of bandits.
"I remember there was one guy hiding behind a tree just now, and he changed three trees..."
"Where, where have I seen you before..." He hummed softly as he searched.
Hearing his low muttering, most of the bandits raised their heads unexpectedly and looked around.
Hiding behind a tree?
The battle just now was so fierce, how could someone among them have been hiding behind the tree?
Just when most people looked up in anger and surprise, only one of them quickly lowered his head.
Therefore, Tang Zheng spotted the target who was bowing his head in disobedience at a glance: "Found it, it's you!"
He was a thin man in a gray robe. When he saw Tang Zheng's gaze coming over, his small eyes rolled around anxiously.
Tang Zheng picked him up from the crowd.
When Zheng Qian saw that it was this man who was dragged out, he cried out in sorrow, "Master Zhen!"
When Tang Boyuan heard him address him as such, he said, "Master? You are actually a scholar?"
"No, no, no, I can't read a single word." Tang Zheng grabbed the collar of Master Zhen and brought him to Tang Boyuan. He quickly knelt down and begged for mercy, "I'll tell you everything. I'll tell you whatever you ask. I know everything. There's nothing I don't know..."
"By the way, don't 'knowing everything' and 'knowing everything' mean the same thing?" Tang Zheng was confused.
"That's not the point..." Tang Xiaotang was stunned.
Tang Zhongxing, who was standing next to Tang Boyuan, exchanged glances.
In fact, the people who refuse to speak are the easiest to interrogate.
If you really meet someone who expresses his attitude and says everything right away, who knows whether what he says is true or false?
However, Tang Zheng obviously didn't care about this, and asked Master Zhen, "What's your name?"
"Zhen Jizhi." Master Zhen answered quickly.
"..." Tang Boyuan's eyelids twitched.
This group of bandits had a leader named Zheng Qian and a legal advisor named Zhen Jizhi.
Did the two of them team up to help him practice cultivation?
However, he immediately heard Tang Zheng's affirmative voice: "Fake name!"
Zhen Jizhi was stunned at first, then quickly smiled and said ingratiatingly: "Yes, yes, sir, you didn't ask for my real name, right?"
Although Tang Boyuan had no idea how Tang Zheng could tell that this was a fake name, he knew that Tang Zheng probably had some way to tell it, so he simply shut up and stepped aside without saying anything.
Just when Zhen Jizhi thought that Tang Zheng was going to ask for his real name, Tang Zheng asked, "How many people are there in your family?"
Zhen Jizhi was stunned by the question again...
"Hurry up!" Tang Zheng pulled out a knife from a Tang Family Fort disciple nearby. "My time is precious. I'll ask you a question. Answer it immediately. If you don't answer within three breaths, I'll kill you and ask the next one."
"Don't! Oh, please don't. There are three of us in my family... four of us... no, five of us..."
"How many bites?"
"Wow, wow, wow, wow, I have an eighty-year-old mother above me, an eight-year-old child below me, and I still..." Zhen Jizhi hit his head on the ground.
"Okay. Next question." While Tang Zheng was answering, he was always looking at the reactions of the other bandits. He didn't last long on a question before he immediately changed the subject, "How long have you been following your boss Zheng?"
"I've only been with him for two months and three days..."
"Think it over carefully!" Tang Zheng roared and swung the knife across.
"Ahhh." Zhen Jizhi raised his hands. "Two years, more than two years! In these two years, I followed Boss Zheng to fight in many battles, wiped out more than a dozen gangs of bandits, and made great contributions. Woo, Boss Zheng, save me..."
"Then who sent you to follow him?" Tang Zheng interrupted him even faster and moved the knife closer to his neck again.
"Young Master Lan..." Zhen Jizhi blurted out a name subconsciously.
Then he shut up.
Tang Zheng smiled and threw the knife away.
The way Tang Boyuan and the others looked at Tang Zheng was all abnormal.
There was silence all around...
Zhen Jizhi was stunned for a moment, then slapped himself in the face.
No! Something is definitely wrong.
Although his strength is only at the bottom among Lan Shaoze's men, his talking skills are unmatched, especially when it comes to dealing with interrogations, where he is the best!
He has practiced how to change the subject and how to talk nonsense with a mixture of truth and lies!
But how long has it been...
How could he say Lan Shaoze's name?
Zheng Qian's eyes were already filled with anger: "Sent? Sent by Lan Shaoze? What do you mean? Zhen Jizhi, tell me what you mean?"
Zhen Jizhi shrank his neck and lowered his head, counting ants on the ground with a sly look in his eyes.
Tang Zheng laughed and stretched: "Alright. Since you have said Lan Shaoze's name, you should know that Lan Shaoze will not spare your life. Just say what you should and shouldn't say."
“……”Zhen Jizhi sat on the ground dejectedly, his eyes dull.
"Speak up!" Zheng Qian's eyes were blazing with fire, and he yelled at him, "You better explain it to me! What on earth do you want to do by Lan Shaoze sending you to get close to me and my brothers? Tell me!"
Zheng Qian's brothers also looked at Zhen Jizhi with red eyes.
Just as Zhen Jizhi said, in the two years since he came to the bandit den, he has been fighting alongside them, assisting them in their battles, destroying more than a dozen bandit dens, and constantly offering advice and strategies to help them expand their power...
They really regard Zhen Jizhi as their good brother, the wise guy!
But now thinking about it, it seems that they got some unexpected help when they were annexing other bandits.
And this unexpected help came from Zhen Jizhi, who was sent by Lan Shaoze with a special purpose.
The moment Zhen Jizhi uttered Lan Shaoze's name, he was completely hopeless...
Lan Shaoze never keeps useless people, and Zheng Qian and the others can no longer be fooled.
He could only raise his head, glance at Tang Zheng, then at Tang Boyuan, and asked, looking for the last ray of hope: "If I tell you everything, can you spare my life? Although I am not in a high position, I have my own methods, and I really know everything... This sentence is not a lie."
"There's one more thing that's not a lie." Tang Zheng smiled with his eyes narrowed.
"Which sentence?" Zhen Jizhi asked.
"You said, 'I have an eighty-year-old mother and an eight-year-old child!'" Tang Zhengdao said.
“……” Zhen Jizhi’s lips were trembling with shock—how could he know?
After Tang Zheng finished speaking, he did not look at him again, but smiled meaningfully: "Oh, killing someone with a borrowed knife, Lan Shaoze is still good at it!"
All the bandits looked at the dead body on the ground, and their eyes towards Zhen Jizhi were almost enough to burn him to ashes.
After all this time, they turned out to be the "knife" that was borrowed!
The most ridiculous thing is that not only were they borrowed a knife, but they also spent two years “sharpening the knife” before borrowing it.
As soon as Zhen Jizhi saw their looks, he knew that if any of these men survived, they would definitely not let his family go, so he threw himself on the ground and said, "No! I don't want my life anymore, I really don't want it anymore! I just beg you not to hurt my mother and children... Please, I beg you..."
