Retrograde

Chapter 67 Prison Robbery

"It seems that these three people are some of the murderers who killed more than 100 people of the Fang family." After carefully looking at the bloody weapons in the hands of the three men in black, he made his own judgment.

On this point, those experienced people naturally have more say. They took the weapons in the hands of the three and carefully identified them, and then couldn't help nodding: "Yes, the weapons in the hands of these three people are very consistent with the wounds of the people of the Fang family who were killed in front of them. Mr. Yan, what do you think?

Lao Yan also squinted and observed for a long time, and then couldn't help nodding: "These three people did die under the knife in this man's hand." He pointed to the solid man who fell in front of Fang Yuanshan: "And he was killed by a joint hand, and there were scars of soft weapons such as whips on his feet, but the fatal wound was in his heart. Obviously, it was a poisonous hand that the two cooperated with each other. Lord Fang died under a long whip and was hanged by him.

Naturally, people will not doubt Mr. Yan's judgment, but Wang Gu is still a little confused: "On the surface, everything is indeed as we infer, these people in black are the murderers among them. But... why are they still left here?"

The words woke up the others, and they also showed doubts. Yes, these murderers killed everyone in the Fang family before dawn. They had enough time to take away the bodies of the dead people, but why did they leave such a flaw here?

Just as they felt that there must be something strange about it, a man exclaimed, "Well..." Suddenly, he interrupted everyone's thoughts. Under the attention of others, the catcher said his discovery: "Wang, I remember this person. He committed many murders in the north. Liu Siming!" He pointed to one of the bodies.

"Hmm?" Wang Guben was stunned when he heard the words. As an old catcher for many years, he had heard of this murderer who was once very famous in the north. He couldn't help looking at the man's appearance carefully and then nodded: "After what you said, this man is indeed very similar to Liu Siming's appearance described in the former sea arrest documents."

"However, as far as I know, this killer was killed a few years ago." Someone said puzzledly, "Why did you suddenly die here now, and it has something to do with the murder of the Fang family?"

"This... I also seem to have seen his portrait somewhere..." At this time, someone pointed to the short and fat body and said, "He also seems to have a record in the government, and he is a wanted criminal."

A trace of light flashed in Wang Guben's eyes: "It seems that the identity of these murderers is not simple. It's not too late to take people back and make a judgment after carefully identifying them. At this moment, his suspicion of Xu Jinghong decreased a lot, because he knew that there was no such person around Xu Jinghong.

After noon, the group of people in Gyeonggi Province pulled several corpses full of cars back to Daliang City.

At this time, Lian Chongru was already asking Wu Jingzi how to deal with this matter. After listening to his account, Wu Jingzi also frowned: "You mean... he has sufficient evidence to prove that this matter has nothing to do with him?"

"Yes. The identities mentioned by Xu Jinghong are extraordinary and should not lie for him. Although the subordinate did not really go to those people's house to inquire, it is reasonable to infer that this should not be false.

"So, this matter is really strange." Wu Jingzi pondered for a moment and said, "I thought it was Xu Jinghong's hand because he couldn't stand it, but now it seems that it's not. Who else has such a deep hatred to kill the Fang family, and most importantly, who has such a great ability to do this?" In the end, there was a haze in his heart. If you really want to say, the potential power in the hands of these rich families is enough to do this, but who will it be?

"Yes, things are getting more and more complicated." Lian Chongru nodded and sighed that the water in the capital was really too mixed. Even a senior official like him, a veteran in charge of the prison, did not know how to choose when he encountered such a thing. The only way was to turn to his backer. So he put his eyes on Wu Jingzi: "Please show me what should we do? What should Xu Jinghong and his men deal with?

"This case is not big or small. The Fang family has fallen, and even if the whole door is killed, it can't make too many waves. But I still thought it would be an opportunity for us to get more benefits in the court. Facing his cronies, Wu Jingzi said from the bottom of his heart: "In this case, let's just make this water more mixed and involve more people."

"What about Xu Jinghong? If he is not suspected of this, the Ministry of Criminal Justice will release him.

"Who said he was not suspicious?" Di Jingzi glanced at him: "He is still the biggest suspect in terms of motives and other aspects. Your Ministry of Criminal Justice should have interrogated him carefully."

"Ah?" Lian Chongru seemed to understand something, but his face showed surprise: "Your Excellency means let us treat him..." At this, his eyes drooped and made a gesture in his hand.

"Isn't it normal for the Ministry of Criminal Justice to have some accidents at some time?" Wu Jingzi only said such a sentence in the end, so he sent him away. He has said enough to say what he wants to say. Next, it depends on what Lian Chongru does.

Returning to the government office of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Lian Chongru seemed to be a little worried. He could see that Xu Jinghong also had a certain backer. If he really had a problem in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, his responsibility would be too big. But he didn't dare to disobey Wu Jingzi's intention, so he had to take a look first.

After settling down, Lian Chong called the stewmer in the dungeon: "How about those new people?"

"They? It's okay, quite honest. I don't know what the lord has to order?" The stewer didn't understand what it meant when his master asked the prisoner so quickly, and asked carelessly.

"Let them dry for two days first, and they will be cut off from eating and drinking." After a moment of silence, Lian Chongru finally made up his mind with a cold light in his eyes: "Two days later, take good care of them according to the rules of entering the prison."

"Yes, little one is going to prepare!" A small man like a stewman dared not ask questions, and he quickly agreed and wanted to leave.

"Wait!" I didn't want Lian Chongru to stop him again: "You must supervise this matter in person, and you are not allowed to let outsiders know inside, and I haven't told you anything. Remember?"

"Yes, yes, the villain wrote it down. All this is the decision made by the villain to ask about their crimes!" This person is also good at looking at people's eyes. He quickly grasped the incorruptible mind and hurriedly agreed.

"Go down and work hard. I won't treat you badly." After a smile, Lian Chongru finally let him go.

In the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Xu Jinghong was locked in a cell alone, and his brothers did not know which side they were locked in, which made him feel a little uneasy. Although when he decided to do it this time, he knew that he might be suspected, and then when he was tried, he still underestimated the decisiveness of the other party. I thought that after the proof of those people, I would only stay in prison for half a day and be released, but it has been almost a day, and there is still no one to let me go.

"Is it possible that those princes refused to testify for me in order to be afraid of any trouble? Even if they refuse, Zhaocong will not refuse. With his testimony, those people will not ignore it. And even if they don't believe it, they have to take me out to ask. Why don't they listen to it when they are in prison? Xu Jinghong lay on the wet haystack, full of doubts that could not be answered.

In fact, Xu Jinghong doesn't care much about such an environment. The prison where Xu Shihao was imprisoned was a little worse than here, and it is even more unmatched in the southwest mine. But like now, he doesn't know what's going on outside, and the feeling of waiting is still unbearable.

After thinking about it for a long time and couldn't figure out a reason, Xu Jinghong suddenly found a strange situation: since he was imprisoned, no one has come. No one has ever come to ask for a confession, persuasion, or deliver food and water. This is really unusual, and he has clearly felt hungry and thirsty.

After waiting for almost an hour and judging that he should have been locked in for nearly two days, Xu Jinghong finally couldn't help knocking on the fence in front of the cell and shouted, "Is there anyone? Why hasn't even been a food delivery for two days?"

The sound came far away from the quiet and deep dungeon, and then a faint echo came back, but no one responded. Instead, a voice came from a distance after a while: "Is it the team? Where are you?" But it was Xiong Geng's rough voice.

Xu Jinghong and he answered a few words before he knew that the two sides were separated by more than 20 cells, nearly a hundred feet away. If he hadn't shouted, the other party would have known his current whereabouts, and the others would have been sporadically imprisoned in his place. Although he knew the whereabouts of his brothers, Xu Jinghong felt more difficult to feel at ease, because they were also ignored as much as himself. It would be unrealistic to say that there was no conspiracy.

It's strange that there are only a few of them in this dungeon, and there are no guards. So Xu Jinghong and others can still talk loudly. But it's too troublesome to talk like this. In addition, everyone hasn't been in water for two days, so after saying something, they lost their energy to continue, and the dungeon fell silent again.

"There must be something wrong with this. What on earth do the officials of the Ministry of Criminal Justice want to deal with me?" After calming down again, Xu Jinghong found that he was still too confident. These families have become afraid of themselves. Now he sends him to the door in person. I'm afraid that it's not so easy to go out safely: "Fortunately, he sent Mr. Sun out before, and he doesn't appear in front of people much, otherwise these two days He can't stand it when he comes."

After such an uneasy half day, even if Xu Jinghong has a good internal strength, he can't stand it. His Taoist skills are not profound, and he can't reach the realm of the valley like some Taoist people. He can't eat or drink for many days without hurting his body. It's enough to eat, but he can't drink water for two days, which is also extremely unbearable for him. His body has obviously been dehydrated, and there is little strength left all over his body.

"They don't want to starve us to death like this, do they?" Just as Xu Jinghong lay there powerless, thinking about this terrible possibility, a sound of footsteps came from far and near. His six senses are still very sensitive, even if his body is a little unbearable at this time.

The footsteps quickly came to his cell, and then a voice without any emotion said, "Are you Xu Jinghong? After being imprisoned for two days, will you confess your crime?

Xu Jinghong looked at this pale face and expressionless, like a zombie-like humanity: "I didn't commit any crime. How can I plead guilty? Also, why don't you bring us water and food these two days?

"Because this will be more convenient for you to torture." The man answered, and then ordered, "Take him outside. I'm going to ask him well." With his words, several strong men have opened the door of the prison, and then came to Xu Jinghong and pulled him out.

At this time, if Xu Jinghong wants to resist, these people are nothing at all, even if he is completely out of his strength. However, after this idea, Xu Jinghong quickly held it down, because in this way, he really confirmed the crime of killing the Fang family. Then he could escape from the prison and even the beam. In the future, he can only die to the end of the world, and it will be difficult to make a difference. So although he knew that something bad might happen to him next, he still resisted and was dragged out of the cell by them.

"The team is right!" When Xu Jinghong was dragged by the jailers through the doors of the closed brothers' cells, they all rushed to the fence and shouted: "Let him go, what do you want to do!" Those who are impatient, such as Xiong Geng, want to break out of the door - although they may not be able to break through these large wooden fences with people's waist thickness. But Xu Jinghong still stopped their movements with his eyes. If he resisted, everything would be lost.

After leaving the narrow and deep corridor here and passing through three doors, Xu Jinghong was escorted by them to a relatively spacious room made of stone slabs and steel. On the wall here, there are all kinds of torture tools, some he has seen, and some he has never seen. However, the cold light and residual blood stains on these instruments of torture still made Xu Jinghong's heart throb.

The man was quickly tied to a scaffold, and unlike the previous method Xu Jinghong committed against the person who fell into his hand, he was hung upside down in mid-air. In this way, it won't take long, and he will feel dizzy because of the blood flowing back.

After everything was ready, the zombie's face smiled: "Do you know who I am?" Without waiting for Xu Jinghong to ask, he gave the answer: "I'm here and I'm known as the King of the Red, so people here call me the King of the Red! I think you can guess why I am called the king of the year, right?

"So, if you don't want to taste the feeling of being in hell, you'd better explain the facts quickly. I can give you time to consider the last cup of tea. He said that he had picked up the teacup and slowly scooped it up.

Xu Jinghong smiled bitterly in his heart, and this world came really fast. I have tried many people in the Guoan Department and used a lot of means. I didn't expect to return to myself in a blink of an eye.

After a long time, King Zhong Yan put aside the teacup that had been drunk, and then said, "How's it going? Are you willing to tell the truth?

"To tell the truth... I haven't done this at all. Many people can testify to this, and your officials of the Ministry of Criminal Justice are also clear." Xu Jinghong said unmovedly.

"In this case, there is nothing we can do. Let's give him some loose dishes first. Zhong Yan said calmly.

Before Xu Jinghong was ready, the jailer who had been standing beside him pulled down the organ on the execution rack that tied him. In the creaking sound, the seemingly ordinary scaffold began to extend up and down, and Xu Jinghong's suspended body was slowly stretched.

It was okay at the beginning. After all, he was not completely tied, but after a long time, the bones were pulled painfully. And this torture tool is still stretching up and down, making Xu Jinghong's bones moan in pain.

"Hi..." Xu Jinghong resisted the pain and did not make a big call, but the sweat on his face kept emerging, and the muscles on his face continued to tremble, obviously suffering great pain. But those people didn't care about Xu Jinghong's feelings at all. They kept shaking the scaffold to make his body suffer more pain.

Xu Jinghong knew that if he went on like this, he was likely to be disabled by this simple move and must save himself. Although he is not going to resist, he can still do something. After made up his mind, he had quickly mobilized his internal breath, filled his hands and feet, and then bowed his body inward.

"Squeak... Squeak..." The scaffold still stretched up and down under the shaking of the two jailers, but this time there were some changes, and its movements became slow. Then, just as everyone was surprised by what was wrong with this torture tool, the torture rack weighing more than 100 catties suddenly made a crisp sound and then broke in half.

Xu Jinghong also fell to the ground heavily, but this was much better for him than just now, and after his eyes fell on those who were a little at a loss, he had a new idea.