Volume 1 Zhangqiao Iron Coffin Chapter 40: Ultimate Loss of Control (Part 2)
I click!
What’s happening! ?
When the guards moved the wardrobe and smashed the hidden wooden door, a dark entrance appeared in front of everyone.
Xu Zun was stunned for a moment and could hardly believe his eyes.
I have lived in this house for more than half a year, how come I never knew there was a secret passage behind the closet?
He tried hard to explore his memory, but his memory told him that he really knew nothing.
"Sir," the guard reported to Cai Kun, "There seem to be stairs in here, and it looks very deep!"
"How is it?" Looking at the surprised and astonished eyes of the crowd, Cai Kun said proudly, "I told you, this matter is definitely not that simple!"
After saying that, he snapped his fingers at his men, and four inner guards lit fire sticks, held swords in hand, and entered the secret passage to investigate.
After a while, lights came on inside.
After a while, one of the guards ran out in panic, immediately bowed in front of Cai Kun, and reported tremblingly:
"Sir! We have discovered something serious. Please go in and take a look!"
"Oh? Great!" Cai Kun was so excited that he straightened his clothes and said to the officials around him, "Come on, everyone, let's take a look at what gift our County Lieutenant Xu has prepared for us."
As he spoke, he deliberately observed Xu Zun's reaction, and then ordered: "Bring them in as well!"
So, led by the guards, everyone entered the secret passage one by one.
As soon as you enter the secret passage, there is a staircase leading downwards.
The crowd walked down the stairs and came to a narrow corridor.
The corridor is narrow, with lampstands built on both sides.
When the oil lamp is lit, you can see that the corridor is clean and tidy, without any dust. There is plenty of oil in the oil lamp, indicating that someone maintains it regularly.
The crowd walked forward along the passage for about twenty or thirty meters before finally arriving at a relatively spacious secret room.
However, Cai Kun, who was walking in front, was suddenly stunned when he first saw the situation in the secret room!
His eyes were wide open and his cheeks were trembling, as if the things in the secret room were far beyond his expectations.
Then, after all the officials entered the hall, they were all stunned as if they were struck by lightning.
The elderly Li Yan collapsed and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Chen Taiji supported him in time .
At this moment, since Xu Zun was at the end of the team, after seeing the surprised expressions of the people in front of him, his curiosity suddenly reached its peak.
Judging from the location , this secret room is located just below his backyard.
It was unbelievable that there was such a large space under the backyard and I had no idea about it.
So he leaned forward and even put his head on Luo Baiwan's shoulder to squeeze in.
However, before he could see what was going on in the secret room, he heard Cai Kun in front of him shouting:
"Quick! Capture Xu Zun for me! Capture him!!!"
ah?
Xu Zun was already tied up with ropes and captured by them, why did he have to be captured again?
"yes!"
However, the guards in front had already understood what their leader meant. They immediately pushed Qiu Yongnian and Luo Baiwan away, then pulled Xu Zun into the hall, drew out their swords, and placed the cold blade on Xu Zun's neck!
Damn it!
After Xu Zun was pinned to the ground, he could finally see what was going on in the secret room.
But inside the secret room, there were large pieces of iron plates, rivets, hammers, saws and other objects scattered around, and in the center of the secret room, there lay a huge, pitch-black iron coffin!!!
this……
This, this, this...
Under such shocking circumstances, Xu Zun couldn't even curse Niangniang Xiong!
Why is this?
Why... would the iron coffin appear in the basement of my own house?
Could it be that the culprit of the Iron Coffin Case is——me! !?
Impossible!
Xu Zun's mind went blank. Even though he had traveled through time, his memory would not lie. He had nothing to do with this iron coffin!
Looking up, I saw that the iron coffin in front of me was not yet completed. There were large iron plates that had not been assembled, and there was no coffin lid.
However, there seemed to be something lying inside the coffin, but Xu Zun could not see clearly due to the obstructed vision.
“Is that so…?!”
At this moment, Qiu Yongnian also collapsed on the ground, his face full of disbelief, and at the same time, he looked at Xu Zun with a resentful look.
"How..." He asked tremblingly, "Why is it you?"
"Hmph!" Luo Baiwan snorted coldly from behind, with only anger in his eyes.
"Your Excellency!" At this time, a guard reported to Cai Kun, "A dead body was found in the coffin, and it seems that the person died not long ago."
ah?
Xu Zun thought the shock had ended there, but he didn't expect it to continue.
"Carry it out and let them identify it." Cai Kun ordered the guards to carry the body out.
As a result, before even seeing the body, Xu Zun recognized the owner of the body just by the clothes. It was his housekeeper - Xiao Qi!!!
"Sir," Qiu Yongnian also recognized him and said quickly, "This man is the servant of County Magistrate Xu."
Click...
The body was thrown in front of Xu Zun. Xiao Qi's young face was devoid of any signs of life. His eyes were wide open, and his neck was twisted in an abrupt way.
The neck was broken!
Xu Zun thought to himself that this way of dying was exactly the same as that of the chief clerk Liu Zhang.
Clean and neat, a fatal move.
The person who killed Xiaoqi should be the master mentioned by Huo Anu!
"Beautiful! Really beautiful!" At this moment, Cai Kun seemed to have just recovered from his shock and said in his usual tone, "What do you think, everyone? I think this case must be the work of an insider, right?
"Xu County Lieutenant, you hid it really well!" He held up the letter to Xu Zun and said, "If Cai's guess is correct, the person who exposed you should also be one of your important subordinates? Unfortunately, you were betrayed by your own people!"
Tsk tsk…
Xu Zun frowned and said in his heart, I was not betrayed, but I was framed again.
"Now, why don't you tell us the truth about your accomplice..."
Cai Kun originally said that he was determined to succeed, but before he could utter the word "explain", his eyes suddenly froze!
Then, he frowned, as if he had thought of an important idea.
"Sir! I have something to say!" At this moment, an old but extremely powerful voice suddenly came from behind the crowd.
Everyone turned to look , only to see that the man was Luo Baiwan, the magistrate of Xinye County, with his hands tied!
"This house..." Luo Baiwan said while panting, "It doesn't belong to Xu Zun!"
boom……
Just a few words made Xu Zunyu feel like he was struck by lightning. He already knew what Luo Baiwan wanted to say!
"Sir!" Luo Baiwan knelt heavily on the ground and said angrily, "I think that Xu Zun alone cannot commit such a shocking crime.
"Behind him, there must be an even more powerful force supporting him!"
"Oh..." Cai Kun narrowed his eyes and showed that sinister and chilling smile again, "That's right, I think so. In that case...
"Master Chen, Master Li!" He turned and ordered the Imperial Censor Chen Taiji and the Provincial Governor Li Yan, "Immediately organize all the manpower, surround the Shen Mansion, and arrest Shen Tiande!
"No one in the Shen family can be spared!!!"
