Chapter 270: A 'genius' that only appears once every few hundred years
"This was the stronghold of the internal guards in the past?"
Li Yan returned to the stronghold and first comforted Baiqi with Cheng Wuzhong. Then he came to the cave and heard Qiu Shenji's professional opinions and suddenly said: "It does make sense."
Di Renjie looked solemn: "Liu Lang, the thief can take advantage of this place. If he doesn't discover it by chance, he will be deeply involved with the former internal guards. This matter is very dangerous. Don't let your guard down, otherwise it may cause serious trouble!"
Li Yan nodded and said: "Yes, we are going to take the initiative. Where is Wan'er?"
Di Renjie was a little helpless: "Go and have a look."
Following his guidance, I soon saw Wan'er tiptoeing and the cat eavesdropping outside the interrogation room...
Li Yan came to the side: "So curious?"
Wan'er hurriedly explained: "Master, Uncle Qiu said that there is a lot of knowledge in interrogation, and I want to learn it."
Li Yan smiled and said: "Don't try to learn everything. Interrogation skills are one thing, and appearance and temperament are also important. Your Uncle Qiu is a 'genius' that only emerges in hundreds of years. Others may not be able to do it."
Wan'er was a little disappointed: "Oh!"
Li Yan comforted: "Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses, it's normal."
Wan'er raised her little face: "What about you, Master?"
Li Yan thought for a while and said, "I know a little bit about everything."
Wan'er smiled and said: "I also want to know a little bit about everything, ah... Master, it seems that there is an explanation inside!"
In the interrogation room, Qiu Shenji stood in front of Zheng Sanlang, his brows raised, half-smiling but not smiling: "The person behind you is the Gong family of Bianzhou?"
Zheng Sanlang said: "It's them. My family's land was occupied by the Gong family. They bribed the county government and used it to threaten me. I was confused and obeyed the orders of these traitors."
The recorder next to him was writing quickly. Qiu Shenji was noncommittal and his eyes fell on his severed wrist: "Does it still hurt?"
Zheng Sanlang was stunned: "Of course it hurts."
Qiu Shenji said: "When Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo three times, the people did not hesitate to mutilate their hands and feet in order to avoid the heavy corvee. They were called 'Fu Zu Fu Shou'. After that, the world was in chaos and wars broke out. My father revolted in Qizhou and gathered a crowd.
I saw with my own eyes the suffering of the people."
"When he told me this, I was still young and couldn't understand the purpose of self-mutilation. Now that I see the disaster, I can think of the tragic situation of the people in the late Sui Dynasty..."
"Fortunately, Taizong was so wise and powerful that he created a prosperous age and established Baiqi. Your father is also an elite Baiqi from the older generation, right?"
Hearing this, Zheng Sanlang's cheek muscles twitched violently and he was unwilling to answer.
Qiu Shenji said leisurely: "My father was loyal and righteous, and he accompanied Taizong in the south and north. I am also a loyal and righteous person. How come I am here with you, and your father is loyal and filial, and you become a traitor?"
Zheng Sanlang couldn't help it anymore and said bitterly: "Is Taizong's rule now? If it were Zhenguan Yonghui's rule, how could my family's fields be invaded?"
Qiu Shenji nodded: "It seems that you are dissatisfied with the saint!"
Zheng Sanlang roared: "So what? The saint never cares about our life and death, how can I still be loyal to him? I'm dead anyway, I have nothing to lose, no need to hide it!"
Qiu Shenji grinned: "You think you have nothing to lose, but it is precisely the fact that you still have a lot to lose. Those who are truly despairing and have nothing to live without will never say that like you..."
Zheng Sanlang was so heartbroken by his laughter that he hissed: "What do you want?"
Qiu Shenji didn't answer, turned around a few times, and suddenly said: "Let's go back to the Gong family. This wealthy family outside Guan Guan has been fawning over the saint all day long. Did you know?"
Zheng Sanlang said: "Of course!"
Qiu Shenji tilted his head: "This is strange. You clearly dare to harbor resentment against the saint, but why would you join a family that fawns over the saint all day long?"
After Zheng Sanlang was silent for a while, he said: "The Gong family is respectful on the surface, but in fact they are secretly plotting something evil. They even dared to invade Baiqi's fields, which shows how arrogant they are! I also wanted to report it to the saint, but he was seriously ill and fell into a coma.
, we can’t even see each other, so what if we just vote for the Gong family?”
Qiu Shenji praised: "You are indeed quick-witted. It is quite common sense to say so."
Zheng Sanlang raised his neck and sneered: "I have said what I said, and I have also confessed what I have told you. It was the Gong family who ordered it. Whatever you want, feel free to use torture!"
Qiu Shenji waved his hand: "Hua Zhi!"
The recorder next to him presented the testimony. Zheng Sanlang read it carefully and found that it was consistent with what he said. His left hand was also untied. There was a sneer at the corner of his mouth and he simply signed it.
Qiu Shenji took it, blew it gently, waited for the ink to dry completely, piled up the charges, and told his cronies: "Go and deliver it to Mr. Gong."
Zheng Sanlang suddenly froze and screamed in disbelief: "You! You! Do you dare to collude with the Gong family?"
Qiu Shenji picked his ears and said, "I, the Qiu family, are poor, and the Gong family gives me a gift every year. They are very good people. I have a very good impression of their family."
Zheng Sanlang still couldn't believe it: "You bribed Baiqi to plot evil. This may be a serious crime of treason. Do you dare to inform the Gong family?"
Qiu Shenji smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. If the Gong family is really up to something evil, I will naturally catch them after I have alerted them."
"If not, then instead of caring about me now, you might as well take good care of yourself!"
"Don't you like to slander? First you slandered Guo Wulang, and now you slander the Gong family. Guo Wulang is an ordinary person and cannot retaliate. Where is the Gong family?"
"You are dead. Gong cannot take revenge on a dead man. What will he do?"
At this point, Qiu Shenji came to him and said with a smile: "I asked Baiqi about your situation. I heard that your youngest son is young and brave, and he is also good at archery. If you train him well, he might also be a good archer in the future.
A sharpshooter, the son inherits his father's legacy!"
Zheng Sanlang's face turned pale.
Qiu Shenji said: "Your family will definitely be punished and exiled this time, but your son is strong and might be able to survive even if he is exiled to Lingnan. He will still have hope in the future? After all, there is hope when a person is alive. Oh, you say
Don't you attack Gong after he gets angry? It's so scary!"
Zheng Sanlang's throat trembled, and he wanted to beg for mercy, but he knew that this would only increase the opponent's arrogance, so he could only grit his teeth and glare at Qiu Shenji fiercely.
Qiu Shenji touched his palm and said, "Okay! I like your ruthless look. In order to cover up for others, you would even care about your son's life and death. But I am curious, how much pain can your young son endure?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly reached out and pinched his severed wrist tightly.
Severe pain struck, and Zheng Sanlang screamed: "Ahhhhhh!"
The key is that there is also the voice lingering in the ears, forming a double torture of physical and mental torture: "Look, you are screaming like this before I have tortured you. When your son is caught by the Gong family, he will be tortured with all kinds of torture."
How long can he hold on? Where were you when he was shouting "Aye, Aye, help me?"
Zheng Sanlang howled miserably and trembled all over. He endured it again and again, and he endured it again and again.
Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore: "I said! Don't inform the Gong family, I will never dare to slander them again!"
The strength in Qiu Shenji's hand did not weaken at all, and he said calmly: "It turns out that you still have a lot to lose, and my patience is limited. You can think about it before you talk!"
Zheng Sanlang said tremblingly: "I have thought about it, it is Yang Zhirou, the Minister of Household Affairs!"
Qiu Shenji raised his eyebrows: "The Hongnong Yang family is a direct descendant of the royal family and a relative of the queen!"
Yang Zhirou was born in the Guanwangfang of the Yang family in Hongnong. She is currently the strongest member of the Yang family and is also the roommate of Empress Wu's mother, Mrs. Rongguo.
In terms of blood relationship, he and Empress Wu are cousins.
When he thought of following the clues and touching the Queen, Qiu Shenji was a little scared, but he couldn't help but get excited: "Does the Queen know about it?"
Zheng Sanlang's face turned pale: "I think she knows!"
Qiu Shenji deliberately asked: "But how did I hear that the relationship between the queen and her family has always been bad? After the death of Duke Zhou Guo in the past, Mrs. Rongguo and her three daughters were kicked out of the house by the Wu family's children, and the Yang family of her mother's family did not
To lend a helping hand, the queen lived in poverty when she was a child, and when she was in charge of the government, the Yang family of Hongnong did not get any glory?"
Zheng Sanlang said: "I don't know those things... but after He Lanmin's death... Yang seems to have become close to the queen again... Can you let go?"
Qiu Shenji seemed to have noticed just then that he was holding the opponent's severed wrist too tightly, and blood was constantly seeping out from the gaps between his fingers: "Ah, I'm sorry, I was too involved!"
Zheng Sanlang was about to collapse: "Then you are relieved!"
However, Qiu Shenji increased his strength, stimulating him with more severe pain, and immediately asked: "You suddenly exposed yourself because you found a box in the village owner's house with a head inside, right?"
Zheng Sanlang was covered in cold sweat and his pupils shrank: "You...you...how do you know?"
Qiu Shenji asked: "Whose head is that?"
Zheng Sanlang's expression changed again when he heard this. His eyes were bulging with anger and blood red, and he yelled crazily: "I can't say it! Just kill me! Even if you beat me to death, you won't say anything!"
Qiu Shenji asked several times, but this time Zheng Sanlang didn't even care about his precious son and kept repeating the same sentence.
Seeing that this guy was really going crazy if he continued, Qiu Shenji finally let go of his hand and wiped it on Zheng Sanlang's clothes.
After wiping away the blood, he took a piece of cloth and carefully blocked Zheng Sanlang's mouth: "You have a good rest, keep your spirits up, and wait until I come again."
After hearing this, Zheng Sanlang straightened up and fainted.
Qiu Shenji looked thoughtful and walked out of the interrogation room. When he saw Li Yan, his eyes lit up: "Liu Lang, you are back. This Zheng Sanlang has half of the confession."
Li Yan said: "I heard it. It's really amazing. I pried his mouth open in a short time. If it were me, it would have taken a while."
Seeing Wan'er's expression of admiration, Qiu Shenji smiled and said modestly: "I haven't judged people for a long time, and I have become a bit rusty and regressed. But this person has even confessed to the Hongnong Yang family, and he is still afraid of a mere head. What is this?"
reason?"
Li Yan and Di Renjie looked at each other and couldn't figure out why: "There is too little information to analyze."
Qiu Shenji suggested: "The village leader must also know about the condition of the head. How about setting a trap and catching him for interrogation?"
Di Renjie stroked his beard: "You might as well give it a try. The bandits in this village are very convinced of the village leader and call him a reckless hero. Unlike ordinary bandits, they can open up situations from him."
Li Yan said: "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you. I will take care of Yang Zhirou's affairs."
Qiu Shenji showed another expression of hatred for the rich: "I think the Gong family is not innocent either. They have a share in occupying Baiqi's fields. These wealthy families live extravagantly and take excessive demands. They are not good people!"
Li Yan said coldly: "Then go to Luoyang and have a good meeting with this first-ranking family!"