In the magistrate's prison, Wu Yu was woken again by a basin of cold water. Zhan Yang looked at Wu Yu with a pair of eyes full of coldness, "Wu Yu, if you don't say anything, it will be more than that."
Wu Yu's body was covered with bloodstains, dozens of instruments of torture were hung on a wooden shelf not far away, and a clerk had already put the sharp hook with the lute bone into the burning charcoal basin. It is terrifying, and if it is a hot red hook, it will only make the victim more painful—
Wu Yu raised her head angrily, "Zhan catcher, I have said everything I should say, but you don't believe me, you are here to torture me, but the real murderer is still at large, Zhan catcher, this is you His justice and faith?!"
Zhan Yang narrowed his eyes and looked at Wu Yu, "Justice and faith? I only believe what I see!"
Wu Yu spat a mouthful of blood on the ground, "What did you see? Seeing is believing, but sometimes, what the eyes see is not necessarily the truth. Chief Zhan, you have been deceived! You have been deceived by the murderer!"
Wu Yu's face was dirty, and his body was mottled with blood, but when he said this, his eyes were bright and compelling, and he frowned, as if he hesitated for a moment, but he asked again, "Then you said, Why did you appear in that house?"
Wu Yu lowered her head with a sneer smile, "The matter about me in the mansion has nothing to do with the case you want to handle, why should I say it?"
Zhan Yang turned around and leaned against the edge of the table, with a half-smile on his face, "Is it because it has nothing to do with the case that you don't want to say it, or is it because you are afraid that Old Wei Yuanbo won't forgive you?"
Wu Yu's complexion changed slightly, and the determination on his face suddenly disappeared.
Zhan Yang saw that his expression changed and his smile turned slightly cold. Wu Yu is a tough guy, not like a spoiled young master from a noble family, but it is precisely because of this that it shows that this person is not a simple person.
Zhan Yang continued, "Of the four brothers in Uncle Weiyuan's house, the other three are all incompetent. You are not old Uncle Weiyuan's own son, but old Uncle Weiyuan has no choice but to entrust you with the errands that support the family. Over the years, you have worked hard for Weiyuanbo Mansion, without your hard support, Weiyuanbo Mansion would have been completely ruined long ago."
Zhan Yang looked Wu Yu up and down for a moment, "Your mother took you to remarry, it was very hard work, so you serve your mother very filially, but Uncle Weiyuan is not your biological father, your brothers, the eldest and the second are not only not your biological father Brother, they are still idlers all day long. You see yourself struggling to support yourself, but the old uncle still wants to distribute the public property to them. Your own private property."
"Third Young Master, am I right?"
Zhan Yang spoke with sarcasm, and the corners of Wu Yu's lips formed a sharp straight line.
Zhan Yang continued, "That's not enough, you want to be rich and you want to save your mother, so when you heard about this dojo, you wanted to try it out. Six years ago, you traveled to the west, Knowing the sorcery of the Moon Worship Sect, on your way back to Beijing, you arrived at Guanyin Town, south of Lin’an, where you killed three people and wanted to try it, but in the end you had to give up because the victim’s report officer was short. This case , and finally fell on Daoist Zhang at the time, he suffered for you for six years in vain."
Wu Yu's expression changed from apprehension to surprise, and then he smiled helplessly, "If Zhan Butou doesn't do this job, it would be great to be a storyteller. I did learn it six years ago. The land in the southwest, but I have never heard of the Moon Worship Sect, and as for the Guanyin Town you mentioned, I don't even know where it is!"
Zhan Yang's eyes changed, "It's been so long, of course you can argue!"
Wu Yu sneered, "Since you know how my mansion came to be, I'm not afraid to tell you that I'm in the west mansion, and the people I want to meet are my subordinates. My three brothers are all trash Why should they divide up the family property I have accumulated through hard work?! Weiyuanbo’s family property has long been defeated by the boss and the second child! If it weren’t for me, they would have squatted down one by one in the past few years. I can’t even sit in prison! What’s wrong with me taking public property for myself? I deserve it!”
At this point, Wu Yu is not afraid to say these things, Zhan Yang's eyes turned cold, and Wu Yu continued, "Boss and second child, it's okay for the two of them to spend time and drink, one is lustful and the other is gambling, and for these, I did it. Isn’t it justified to arrest the head of a deed that hurts nature and reason? As for my fourth brother, he was led to ruin by the boss and the second! It's been rotten for a long time, and it's just a beautiful skin, as long as I let it go, within two years, this Weiyuanbo mansion will become a joke of the capital!"
Wu Yu laughed as she spoke, her smile was bitter and mocking, with madness looming on her face, "Zhan Butou said that I would kill people for my mother? For money and prosperity, would I go to a dojo to kill people? I don’t know, I never believed in the Buddha and Heaven! Ever since I was a child, I only believed in myself, what kind of dojo and rituals, those things are just a joke in my eyes, but you guys think that I did these things... Those who believe in People of Buddha, in my eyes, are simply trash, I am someone who can climb up with my own hands, why should I set up some dojo... "
Wu Yu seemed to have been opened up, not only defending himself, but also expressing anger for what happened in the past two days. Zhan Yang looked at Wu Yu with cold eyes, and suddenly, a clerk walked in from outside, and the clerk was beside Zhan Yang Whispering a few words, Zhan Yang frowned, looked at Wu Yu again, and ordered the servants beside him, "Take him back so he can be taken care of!"
Ya Chai nodded, Zhan Yang took the knife and walked out.
Walking out along the corridor, Zhan Yang's face was extremely gloomy, and when he walked out of the prison, the bright light hit his face, Zhan Yang exhaled a sigh of relief, his expression was much calmer, he didn't stop, and went directly to the back hall where he often discusses matters.
When we arrived at the back hall, Qin Wan had already arrived. Seeing him appear, he turned around and asked, "Is there a result?"
Zhan Yang arched his hands and saluted, and shook his head, "I still refuse to say it, but I have admitted to embezzling the public property of the uncle's house."
Qin Wan nodded, "Perhaps, the third son of the Wu family really has nothing to do with this matter."
Zhan Yang frowned suddenly, "Master, this..."
Qin Wan looked at Zhan Yang and said, "The murderer didn't kill an adult last time, but the arrester should know that there is one more chance left, which is tomorrow night..."
Zhan Yang hurriedly said, "The princess means—"
"Zhang Daochang said that if the murderer kills one more person, the magic power of this dojo will be stronger, so the murderer will not let go of the opportunity tomorrow night. Whether the murderer is Mr. Wu, maybe we will know the answer tomorrow night."
Zhan Yang hesitated to speak, but he trusted Qin Wan, not to mention that the third son of the Wu family could not escape. Even if he went to investigate other people, the third son of the Wu family was still in prison. The tragedy, so tomorrow night, we still need to cooperate with Zhantou."
Zhan Yang hurriedly said, "The princess already has doubts?"
Qin Wan nodded and beckoned to let Zhan Yang get closer.
Zhan Yang took two steps forward, and Qin Wan ordered in a low voice.
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Coming out of the yamen, Qin Wan went straight to Anyang Marquis Mansion, and when they arrived, Yue Ning and Wei Qizhi had been waiting for a long time, Qin Wan saw the two of them and said, "I've already made an agreement with Zhan Butou, and tomorrow will be as we said before." Just do it."
Wei Qizhi's face was serious, but he was a little more solemn than usual, "If it's really as the princess expected..."
Qin Wan said, "If it's as I expected, then we've caught a murderer, so what's wrong?"
Wei Qizhi sighed, "It's just that the world is unpredictable."
Qin Wan and Yue Ning looked at each other, and Yue Ning said, "What? Don't you have the heart?"
Wei Qizhi looked at Yue Ning and smiled slightly, "That's not true, I can tell right from wrong, but I can't tell right from wrong, how dare I become friends with the two princesses?"
Yue Ning was noncommittal, and Qin Wan said again, "Tomorrow we will still meet at the Hou Mansion."
Wei Qi raised his jaw, "Although the princess can rest assured, she will not dare to make mistakes."
Qin Wan looked at Wei Qizhi with a smile and shook his head. After Wei Qizhi finished speaking, he took out a yellowed book from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Yue Ning, "Princess, look what this is— "
Yue Ning was slightly surprised, took the book and opened it, her eyes lit up, "Is this the book of war written by the former general Lu Zhigong?"
Wei Qizhi nodded quickly, "Exactly. A few days ago, I took your military book back to read it. After reading it, I felt dissatisfied, so I asked someone to look for it again. Finally, I found this book."
Yue Ning was overjoyed, "The military books he wrote are very focused on actual combat, and it is hard to find them now."
As she was talking, Yue Ning couldn't wait to open it up to take a look. After just a few glances, she showed a look of indulgence, and said while reading, "I didn't expect you to also like military books."
Wei Qizhi was a little proud, "Why can't I like it? Is it up to you to like it or not?"
Yue Ning sighed secretly while looking at the book, while Qin Wan looked at Yue Ning, then at Wei Qizhi, raised his brows high, Yue Ning was overjoyed that he had won the book of war, and asked one or two questions from time to time The question is, Qin Wan doesn't know the art of war, so only Wei Qizhi talks to her, and she comes and goes, but it can be seen that Wei Qizhi really understands a lot.
Yue Ning seemed to have found a confidant, and it was rare for her to be in full swing with Wei Qizhi.
Qin Wan was watching while drinking tea. The more he looked at it, the more unpleasant it became. Seeing that it was getting late, he reminded Wei Qizhi that it was time to leave. Wei Qizhi reluctantly went out, turning back every step...
Qin Wan looked at Wei Qizhi, while Yue Ning was still reading the book of war, Qin Wan said, "I didn't expect Mr. Wei to be good at this..."
Yue Ning hurriedly said, "Yeah, I didn't expect that, looking at him now, I think he is much more stable and reliable."
Qin Wan touched this sentence for a while, and secretly reprimanded Wei Qizhi from the bottom of his heart!
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Early in the morning of the second day, when Wei Qizhi got up, a servant came outside to report, "My lord, there is someone outside asking to see you, saying that someone from the Ranmo Painting Museum came to see you—"
Wei Qizhi was slightly surprised, "What did you say?"
The boy shook his head, "That's not true, I just said I want to see you."
Wei Qizhi didn't dare to be careless, and hurried to the front hall, and saw that it was indeed a young servant whom he had seen in the dyed ink painting gallery standing there.
As soon as he saw him, the young servant hurriedly said, "Master Wei, the painting that was supposed to be delivered yesterday was delayed. The old gentleman said that the person who wanted to buy the painting came to pick it up by himself. Our young master is sick in bed, so we specially asked the villain to come to pick it up." Let you know."
Wei Qizhi was slightly surprised, he was going to the Hou's mansion later—
Wei Qizhi didn't need to rush to pay attention to this matter at first, but thinking that Qin Wan's purchase of the painting was true, he said, "Where is the old gentleman your son mentioned earlier?"
The servant hurriedly took out a note, "This is what the young master told you."
Wei Qizhi took the note, opened it, and saw that this house was in the southeast of the capital, similar to the address Ning Buyi mentioned last time, but a little far away from him. He hesitated for a moment, thought for a while, and felt that It's enough to go back and forth before noon, so I nodded, "Okay, I'll go get it right away."
The boy quickly responded, "The villain will go back and report to our young master."
Wei Qizhi waved his hand, seeing the boy leave, he hurriedly asked someone to change his clothes, brought enough silver taels, got on his horse and left, Wu Shu followed Wei Qizhi and galloped towards the south of the city.
The two rode on horseback for half an hour before arriving at the house that was written on the note. The house looked small and a bit old, but it was clean and tidy. It seemed that people lived there. Ning Yi received most of his paintings from This house was accepted by some declining big families, and this house was quite suitable. Wei Qizhi got off his horse, and Wu Shu stepped forward to call for the door.
It was summer, and there was some heat coming out early in the morning, looking at the rising sun in the sky, Wu Shu looked at his young master a little confused, "Young master said he was going to the Marquis' mansion, but this trip will take quite a while. "
Wei Qizhi raised his hand and tapped Wushu on the forehead, "What do you know! I don't bring any gadgets with me today, if I bring a painting, wouldn't the princess be happy?!"
Wu Shu held his forehead helplessly, "But this painting is not for Princess Yongning..."
Wei Qizhi raised his hand and knocked Wu Shu on the head again, "What do you know! You're still meddling with your master's affairs!"
Wu Shu had a bitter look on his face and wanted to argue, when the gate of the old courtyard suddenly opened with a "squeak", and an old man in gray clothes stood inside the gate, the old man looked at Wei Qizhi, then at Wei Qizhi Wu Shu asked, "The one who bought the painting?"
This is not a courtesy, Wei Qizhi couldn't care less about buying paintings, so he nodded, "Yes, old man, please take me to see your master—"
The gray-clothed old man nodded with a smile, and let the two into the door first.
The two entered, the old man in gray closed the courtyard door, and then led the two of them to the main hall, but when they arrived at the main hall, it was empty, but the old man in gray took the two of them around Baosha and walked to the back yard. The outside looks clean and tidy, and the inside looks very tidy, as if the yard is only taken care of and no one lives in it.
Some doubts arose in Wei Qizhi's heart, but he didn't ask any questions. When he arrived in the backyard, refreshments and an incense burner had been set up in the gazebo, the gray-clothed old man said, "Mr. "
Wei Qizhi nodded, walked over with Wu Shu, and glanced at it. The refreshments and incense burner were very delicate, and strands of sandalwood were still floating in the incense burner. Wei Qizhi sat down in his robe, swept the refreshments, and did not move.
The backyard is sparsely populated with flowers and trees, which is somewhat elegant. Not long after sitting down, two figures walked out of the back hall. Wei Qi got up subconsciously to greet them, but when he saw the people who came out, Wei Qizhi's complexion suddenly changed.