Chapter 62 Smart Set

In the dungeon in the backyard of Guoan Division, three assassins are imprisoned in the three cells closest to it. Among them, the person in the middle is the short and fat man, whose name is Pang Dingtian. Now he is half leaning against the cold stone wall, closing his eyes and as if he is sleeping, but in fact, his mood is definitely not as calm as it appears.

Pang Dingtian used to be a one-legged thief, and he was best at stealing all kinds of property from rich families. Because of this unique learning, he is living a good life. But he, who is a martial artist, came here half a year ago because of his boasting with several friends, and wanted to steal a few treasures to make his reputation better.

Unexpectedly, this time he met his opponent. After two wins, he was found when he entered the Ye family's mansion for theft, so he fought with the master of the Ye family's nursing home. Of course, he was defeated and captured alive. But the strange thing is that after knowing his name, Ye Mingyang, the head of the Ye family, did not take his life or send him to the official, but persuade him to become the secret force of the Ye family.

The conditions offered by the Ye family are also extremely high. They can not only blame him for his mistakes, but also reward him with tens of thousands of taels of silver a year. In addition, he also promised to find a background in the army after the limelight passed, so that Pang Dingtian, a one-legged thief who could not appear in the sun, could embark on the right path.

Pang Dingtian naturally can't refuse such a good treatment, and he can't tolerate him to say no in the hands of others. Therefore, since half a year ago, Pang Dingtian has become a hidden thir of the Ye family and has eradicated the threat for the Ye family several times. Similarly, he also got many benefits from the Ye family, and such a day is not bad for him.

Pang Dingtian is naturally confident of completing the behavior of Guoansi this time, but he sneaked into the prison to kill a few people without martial arts, which is really nothing compared with the previous danger. But the reality disappointed him. The strength of Guoansi was far from as easy to deal with as the Ye family and he thought. Before they could take action, they became prisoners. What shocked Pang Dingtian more was that the other party still had the idea of killing himself.

He is just a thief. He really doesn't want to put his life in for tens of thousands of taels of silver. But at the same time, Pang Dingtian also knew that the Ye family could not be betrayed at will, otherwise it would be miserable to wait for his end. And the tough attitude of the two people who came with him also made him dare not open his mouth at will. After all, people want faces and trees need skins.

In this way, Pang Dingtian was thrown into this gloomy prison, waiting for the last moment to come. But the more time moves back, the more fearful and unwilling he becomes. He really doesn't want to die like this, but what can he do? The end of betraying the Ye family is the same, so it's better to put up with it.

Just as Pang Dingtian was in a dilemma and didn't know what to do, a heavy footsteps came from the silent corridor. He lived here for two days and was already familiar with the sound of footsteps. It was the food delivery. A small opening was opened for the heavy iron fence, and then a few coarse porcelain bowls were handed in: "Today is your last night. How about it? Can you say it?" The delivery man asked coldly.

Pang Dingtian opened his mouth and finally didn't answer. He finally decided not to recruit. At least this was worthy of what the Ye family had done for himself before. At worst, 18 years later, he was another good man, and he comforted himself so much.

When the man outside the door saw that he didn't say anything, he knew his attitude and snorted coldly: "In this case, this meal is your last meal. Slow down." With that, he handed in another wine jut, which was obviously a broken head wine.

Pang Dingtian is a good drinker. Since he was captured, he has never drunk, and the wine worm in his stomach has long been unbearable. Although he knew that this wine was the last pot in his life, he immediately picked it up, opened the lid, and a pungent smell of wine came out. He took a deep breath: "Good wine!"

Even if the other party is prepared to drug the wine, it is nothing for Pang Dingtian, who has died at that time. Will the dying person be afraid of any poisonous wine? So he poured down a pot full of wine with those good dishes.

After being full of wine and food, Pang Dingtian touched his stomach and only waited for the time to come. But somehow, after waiting for a while, he felt that his eyelids were heavy, and then he fell asleep...

I don't know how many times it took him to recover from the black sweetness. After understanding his situation, Pang Dingtian smiled bitterly. Could it be that he was too tired to get drunk after drinking such a little wine. He did not doubt that someone had done anything in these dishes, because there was no need for the other party to do these.

"I don't know what time it is... How many hours do I have to live?" After Pang Dingtian woke up, he couldn't help thinking about the upcoming result, and his heart was still a little bitter.

seemed to be to give Pang Dingtian an answer. At this time, several brisk footsteps sounded in the corridor. This is completely different from the footsteps of the man when delivering the meal. Naturally, the identity of the visitor is self-evident, and Pang Dingtian's heart suddenly picked up. Although I had made up my mind to die before, I really regretted it at this time.

Because Pang Dingtian's cell is located in the middle, these people must bring up the imprisoned person in front of him before bringing him up. Sure enough, those people soon stopped at a distance of his cell, and then there was a jingle, but they were opening the iron door.

"Greeching--" The iron door was opened, and then a cold voice sounded: "I'll give you one last chance. Will you confess?"

First, there was a silence, when Pang Dingtian thought that the man in front of him would be silent until he was brought out, a familiar voice hoarsely, "If I say everything, can you guarantee that I will not be suspected?"

"It's Xue Muyao... How could he say that?" Pang Dingtian, who heard this sound, was immediately shocked. Among the three of them, the relationship between Xue Muyao and the Ye family was the deepest. How could he betray?

"If you are willing to tell everything truthfully, our national security department will naturally come up with a way to deal with it for you." The person who had just asked answered immediately, with a trace of surprise in his voice.

"I said everything, will you let me go?" Xue Muyao asked again, and it seemed that he was already a little moved.

"Naturally, the most important thing for us is credibility. As long as you are willing to cooperate, we will meet all your requirements. Of course, the premise is that what you say is true, otherwise..."

"It's not impossible for me to tell the truth, but I have another request..." Xue Muyao hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't want the other two to know about this. After all, they will work with me..."

"They are about to go down to see the king of the ordeal. Naturally, this matter cannot be known by them. Don't worry! Can you tell me your identity and origin first?

"No, I can't say it yet. Unless you except those two first..." Xue Muyao refused.

"Okay, we'll ask you after we get rid of them. If you still refuse to say it, you will suffer!" With that, the man retreated from the cell, and then the footsteps came to the cell where Pang Dingtian was.

At this time, Pang Dingtian's heart was completely filled with anger: "Well, Xue Muyao, you are really a scumbag. Previously, he pretended to be righteous and awe-inspiring, requiring us to insist on not revealing everything, but to protect ourselves. Now it's shameless to force us both to death for our own safety and reputation! Since you are so unkind, don't blame me for being unrighteous. Everyone will break up!"

When Pang Dingtian had just made up his mind, the iron door of his cell was also opened from the outside, and a capable man strode in with several government officials. They didn't ask Pang Dingtian any more. As soon as the leader waved his hand, the others forced him to come forward and quickly pressed Pang Dingtian's body against the wall, and then a steel knife had come to his lower abdomen.

The cold feeling came from the knife, making Pang Dingtian's cold hair tree, and the fear of death has suppressed everything. He immediately struggled and shouted, "Don't kill me. I'm willing to confess anything..."

"Is that right? Unfortunately, it's too late. Someone has already given us the same promise. We must kill you!" The leader said that he had made a gesture to the knife holder, and the knife had been raised.

"I can tell you my identity and the identity of the other two people first... My name is Pang Dingtian, the person in front is Xue Muyao, and the other is Zhang Bo..." Seeing that he was about to be stabbed to death, Pang Dingtian couldn't help shouting, "I'm much more sincere than him. He won't say anything!"

"Stop!" The leader raised his hand, stopped the last one with the knife man, and then looked at Pang Dingtian with a smile: "Oh? Are you really called by this name, and the identity of the two of them is really the same?

"It's true! Although we are not famous in the government, we still know a lot about us in the world. My Pang Dingtian's appearance is a little special, and I can never deceive people.

The leader looked at his short and fat figure and nodded and believed his words: "Yes, I have also heard of a lone thief named Pang Dingtian called a short-footed fat rat. Is that you?"

"Yes, it's under. Now you can believe my sincerity, can't you?" Seeing that the other party still knew his mixed name in the world, Pang Dingtian was even more relieved: "Do you... put me down first?"

"Put him down, and I'll ask him carefully." The leader nodded, and the servants put the people back on the ground. After asking the other party to sit down, the leader continued, "To be honest, we are really not very interested in your identity. They are just people in the world and pose no threat to our national security department. What we really want to know is who sent you? What's the purpose?"

"This... If I tell the truth, will you let me go?" Pang Dingtian asked.

"Of course. You just heard that the person named Xue Muyao just said that he was willing to cooperate and explain. We can let him go for the time being. If you tell the truth, we can naturally let you leave.

"Also, I said you can't mention this to others. I don't want to survive from you and be targeted by others." Pang Dingtian is a little inch-footed.

"Good." The man nods slightly: "We will keep it a secret for you. Just say it quickly."

"Yes... Ye Mingyang, the head of the Ye family, asked us to come to Guoansi. His purpose is to kill the three masters of Cao Liliang that you took down before. As for why we did this, it is unknown." At this point, Pang Dingtian had no room to bargain and had to say everything he knew.

After listening to him, a trace of pride flashed in his eyes, and then nodded: "So that's it. Well, you are safe for the time being. After we find out the matter, we will naturally let you go.

"So... what about the proposal that Xue Muyao just gave you?" Pang Dingtian still asked uneasily.

"Since we haven't done business with him, you will naturally not be in danger of your life. However... this must be under the condition that what you said is true, otherwise, our national security department has many ways to make your life worse than death. After giving him this, several people opened the door and went out. When the door was closed, a proud smile appeared on their faces.

In the door, Pang Dingtian fell to the ground. He felt that this time he was more tired than playing with a close master all day. However, he doesn't regret the final decision. At least he is still alive, so there is still hope, isn't he?

Unfortunately, Pang Dingtian was imprisoned in the cell and could not see the situation in Xue Muyao's cell separated by a wall. If he can see what's going on there, I'm afraid he can't laugh. Because in the cell, Xue Muyao was sitting there with an angry face, and his eyes were about to spit out fire, but his mouth was tightly strangled by strips of cloth, so he could not make a sound, only silent anger burned on his body.

Since Xue Muyao's mouth was tied like this, it was naturally not him who talked to someone just now. Naturally, he did not betray the Ye family and Pang Dingtian to save his life. Everything is just a game, in order to let Pang Dingtian tell the truth, and the one who just played the role of Xue Muyao is one of the government officials. He is good at imitating people's voices. After Xue Muyao has heard some words before, he can imitate seven or eight images.

And Pang Dingtian was calculated by them because of the environment and psychological reasons here, and his mind was not completely clear when he just woke up. Until this time, he did not know that he had become the only one who betrayed the Ye family.

After seeing his angry appearance in front of Xue Muyao's cell, Xiong Geng was more convinced that what Pang Dingtian said was the truth. He knew that he had successfully completed the task assigned to him by Xu Jinghong, so he immediately went out happily. He wanted to tell the team the answer.

At this time, Xu Jinghong in front of him was not in a good mood. Because he just received a secret message from the Chu family and knew the debate that happened at the Xiaochao meeting today. The Fang family still has such a great power that can pose such a great threat to themselves.

That's not enough. The attitude of those courtiers has also made Xu Jinghong know how difficult his way forward is. Obviously, they intend to remove their hidden danger from the court while taking down the Fang family. And the emperor, naturally, can't change such a result, and everything seems to have become a fore.

"What should I do? If there is no official position in the court, it will be too difficult for me to do something! Also, what can I do to fight back when those families are so calculating about me? Xu Jinghong thought impatiently.

Sun Zaiyuan looked next to him and then sighed, "Lord, you are still too radical. If you act so without scruples, you are bound to attract too many people's resentment and fear. They will definitely not let you continue to exist and pose a threat.

"Yes, when we figure this out and change our strategy, it's too late." What Xu Jinghong said was to hand over Cao Liliang's family to the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Hearing his words, Sun Zaiyuan also sighed. He still came a little late. The contradiction between Xu Jinghong and the Beijing Zhong family is irreconcilable, and now he can't save it.

"But it's not so easy for them to kick me out of the court like this. I will always make him pay the price!" Xu Jinghong launched again after a long time.

"What are you going to do?" Sun Zainyuan didn't say anything else at this time and wanted to plan for the future.

"This depends on whether the old bear can successfully let the man tell the truth." Xu Jinghong said and looked outside, but he happened to see Xiong Geng rushing forward: "Old Xiong, is there a result?"

"The team is really powerful, and I guessed it all at once." Xiong Geng smiled and said that he had asked about the people arranged by the Ye family to kill Cao Liliang.

After hearing the details, Xu Jinghong narrowed his eyes: "The Ye family's mind is easy to guess. They not only want the Fang family to be removed by us, but also want me to have a problem with Guoan. What a good plan to stone two birds with one stone.

"Yes, Ye Mingyang has always been hidden, and he is indeed a difficult person. How is the lord going to fight back? Sun Zainyuan, who is already familiar with Xu Jinghong's style of behavior, asked.

"Since their people are in our hands, the initiative is in our hands. This time, I not only want them to suffer a great loss, but also want the people of the whole dynasty to know the despicableness of the Ye family and make them busy. Xu Jinghong said, and his eyes were more murderous.