Chapter 261: Don’t get excited about what I’m going to say next…
"It's too unchallenging to choose one of three suspects!"
As soon as this classic look came out and the prisoner's identity became 100% certain, Li Yan felt a little unmotivated.
The difficult ones are too strenuous, the easy ones are too boring. There is no such thing as a case that is both difficult but not difficult, extremely easy and not easy at the same time~
Not to mention Li Yan's thoughts, looking at Wu Liulang's reaction, Xu Sanlang and Yuan Dalang were stunned: "Wu Laoshi you!"
Cheng Wuzhong looked evil and said: "Brothers Baiqi, we are as close as one family. When have we ever been sorry to you and you actually surrendered to the enemy?"
Wu Liulang burst into tears: "The commander treated us extremely well, it's me...it's me who can't help you!!"
Cheng Wuzhong said coldly: "Tell me, where are Zheng Sanlang and Guo Wulang?"
Wu Liulang lowered his head and said harshly: "They have been killed!"
Xu Sanlang was still dumbfounded, while Yuan Dalang was completely furious: "You actually harmed your own brother! Wu Liu! You evil thief!!"
Cheng Wuzhong's chest rose and fell violently, he stopped Yuan Dalang who was about to rush over, took a deep breath and said, "Where is the body?"
Wu Liulang was silent for a moment and then said: "In the secret passage... come with me..."
He stood up unsteadily.
Cheng Wuzhong put his hand on the handle of the knife at his waist and watched with caution as he turned the four furniture parts in the village master's house in turn...
Along with the rumbling sound coming from the ground, the entrance to the secret passage that could not be found before finally appeared.
Li Yan raised his eyebrows in surprise.
False ancient secret passage: ingenious design, close-ups of various gears.
The real ancient secret tunnel: dig a narrow tunnel and pave the entrance with thatch.
The secret passage that appears now is so subtle that it almost seems fake.
When Cheng Wuzhong looked inside, his body swayed and his eyes turned red.
Yuan Dalang looked over and cried out sadly: "Ah!!"
Because compared to the spotless interior of the village owner's house, when this secret passage is opened, you can see a large amount of blood, minced meat, and fragments of armor inside.
There's even a severed hand.
Cheng Wuzhong walked down, looked at the severed hand, wrapped it with cloth, and said sadly: "This cocoon... is Zheng Sanlang's right hand!"
Zheng Sanlang was a marksman who could make perfect arrows among hundreds of horses, and he was one of the best in archery skills. Looking at his severed hand, Xu Sanlang's eyes were filled with tears silently.
When the two Imperial Guards disappeared before, everyone still had some extravagant hopes. They were just trapped somewhere and nothing happened to them.
But now, there was no luck, and the two of them were killed after all.
When Cheng Wuzhong was grieving, his face became ferocious, he lifted Wu Liulang with one hand and shouted: "What is the reason why you actually communicated with foreign enemies to murder your own brothers?"
Wu Liulang whispered: "Leader, I am not worthy of being your brother. You can hold me to account for the crime. I will bear the sin of killing my colleagues and losing the Shence Crossbow alone, and it will never affect you!"
Cheng Wuzhong was furious: "You said it won't affect you if you say it won't affect me? I have a traitor in Baiqi. How can the Ministry of War, which already regards Beiya as a thorn in its side, miss this opportunity to criticize?"
Wu Liulang's face looked painful, but he kept his mouth shut.
Yuan Dalang also rushed over, shaking his body: "Speak! Speak!"
However, no matter how they questioned and scolded him, Wu Liulang remained silent and gradually showed a numb expression.
"This confession is not thorough enough. Shouldn't it be just pouring beans through a bamboo tube, and telling the sad motive of being forced to kill in one go with the background music?"
Seeing the murderer's tough words, Li Yan was not surprised but happy. His fighting spirit became high again and he began to pace around the house.
He walked around the spacious house of the village owner, especially the four mechanisms that opened the secret passage. His eyes moved slightly, and he asked: "Are the two victims proficient in the art of mechanism and secret passage?"
Cheng Wuzhong replied: "One of them is good at archery, and the other is a rare all-rounder in both civil and military affairs. He is brave and resourceful, but he is not familiar with the art of mechanism."
Li Yan said: "That's strange. The procedures for opening this secret passage are so complicated. How did the two of them discover it since they don't know how to use mechanisms?"
As soon as these words came out, Wu Liulang's body trembled slightly, and his dull expression changed slightly.
Li Yan continued: "Wu Liulang, you are a member of the Hundred Cavalry. Naturally, you know it very well. The elite personnel of the Hundred Cavalry are sparse. It is a big deal for two people to disappear for no reason. What's more, the Shence Crossbow they carried with them was also lost. What's more,
It’s a serious crime, and others will definitely pursue it with all their strength!”
"So when you attacked these two people, something unexpected must have happened and you had to do it in order to hide the secret."
"That's kind of weird."
After Li Yan said this, he walked over and pointed at the blood-stained secret passage: "These traces prove that the battle took place in the secret passage."
"At that time, you had already entered the secret passage. In order to prevent them from going deeper, you suddenly cut off Zheng Sanlang's hand and severely injured Guo Wulang at the same time."
"Kill the two of them, hand over the bodies to the response staff in the secret passage, and drag them all the way to the depths."
"The above is a normal inference process based on the scene."
"The question is, how was this secret passage opened in the first place?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Liulang's pupils shrank, and Cheng Wuzhong immediately asked: "What is going on?"
Wu Liulang wanted to open his mouth to quibble, but when he thought of the countless lies needed to cover each lie before, he quickly pursed his lips and said nothing.
But if he shut his mouth, it would be useless.
Li Yan then said: "Needless to say, this is actually only one possibility. Zheng Sanlang and Guo Wulang are not entirely innocent!"
Wu Liulang's expression changed drastically.
Li Yan said: "Leader Cheng, do you still remember that I smelled a burning smell outside the village owner's house?"
Cheng Wuzhong nodded: "Remember, no thieves set the fire."
Li Yandao: "It's not that no one set the fire. I'm afraid someone wanted to set fire to the house first, but then gave up for unknown reasons and was forced to open a secret passage to cover up the secret."
"What the man didn't expect was that after he opened the secret passage, he happened to be bumped into by another Baiqi, and the two started fighting in the secret passage. At this time, Wu Liulang arrived!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Baiqi, who had not surrendered to the enemy, was overjoyed to ask for help, but he never expected that Wu Liulang who came was also with the thieves. With the combined efforts of the two,
Kill it."
"The above is the most reasonable guess based on the current clues."
After hearing these words, Xu Sanlang and Yuan Dalang's faces turned pale, and Cheng Wuzhong's body swayed slightly.
There are two traitors!
But he is the leader after all, and he knows that if this is the case, there is no point in escaping: "What Li Jiyi said is reasonable. If two people are attacking one person, it is no wonder that they can be silenced quietly..."
Yuan Dalang looked at the severed hand and said in a trembling voice: "Guo Wulang is also a traitor? Was he the one who opened the secret passage and murdered Zheng Sanlang?"
Cheng Wuzhong took a deep breath: "This thief is not dead yet. He should be disposing of Zheng Sanlang's body. Go and call someone quickly. We are going into the secret passage to track down the enemy!"
Yuan Dalang pulled Xu Sanlang away. Cheng Wuzhong looked gloomy, came to Wu Liulang, and said in a trembling voice: "Do you know that if the two of you rebel, our entire Baiqi will fall into disloyalty?"
This is actually the same as the defection of Xiao Ling and County Magistrate Cui during the Liangzhou case, which made the central government suspicious of Jiangnan.
It can be said that a person's surrender to the enemy is due to personal reasons. One rat excrement ruins a pot of soup, and it is the rat excrement that others hate.
But if many people surrender to the enemy in an area, the nature is completely different. You said that the soup was originally good, but who knows?
Seeing the always strong Cheng Wuzhong showing this expression, Wu Liulang couldn't stop his tears from flowing down: "We can't help you! We can't help you!"
This was obviously an admission. Cheng Wuzhong closed his eyes and sighed: "At this point, it is our last chance to make up for the crime! What is the reason and what does the thief want to hide? I kneel down for you."
No, just tell me, please!"
As he said this, he actually wanted to kneel down. Wu Liulang panicked and grabbed him: "Leader! Leader! Don't do this!!"
Cheng Wuzhong roared: "Then you should say it!"
Wu Liulang shook his head repeatedly: "I can't say it, I really can't say it!"
Cheng Wuzhong tried hard and soft, but couldn't ask any questions. He had no choice but to bow to Li Yan: "Li Jiyi, please help us!"
Li Yan immediately stepped out of the way, held his arms, and helped him up: "Leader Cheng, please don't do this. I will ask why. Baiqi is trusted by your majesty and is treated very well. Rebellion is just an exception."
The situation...eh?"
At this point, Li Yan suddenly stopped.
Because he looked around and realized that when he mentioned Bai Qi's "excellent treatment", Wu Liulang's cheek muscles suddenly twitched violently.
Why this reaction?
Cheng Wuzhong also said before that there was no shortage of land rewards among the Baiqi family, and Li Yan believed this.
Beiya is the personal guard of the saint, and Baiqi is the most elite unit in Beiya, so the treatment is naturally the best, so that everyone can work together and work hard.
Could it be that……
Li Yan helped Cheng Wuzhong up, came to Wu Liulang, leaned over to his ear, and whispered softly: "...Is that so?"
After Wu Liulang hesitated for a moment, he finally nodded and said: "Yes!"
Li Yan said something more and confirmed: "...Is my guess correct?"
Wu Liulang closed his eyes when he heard this and whispered: "Yes!"
At this time, Yuan Dalang led the rest of the elite Baiqi into the house, waiting for orders. With them watching the prisoner, Li Yan said to Cheng Wuzhong: "Cheng leads the army, can you take a step to speak?"
Cheng Wuzhong said: "Okay!"
The two of them came outside and looked at the bright moon in the sky. Li Yan thought for a moment and said, "Leader Cheng, please don't get excited about what I'm going to say next..."
Cheng Wuzhong thought of the kneeling he had just done, and felt that he did not want to lose his composure in front of this person. He said in a deep voice: "There are two traitors among our hundred cavalry. What can make me more excited than this?"
Li Yan always admired the calm demeanor of a general, so he said bluntly: "Your family's fields have been occupied."