Faced with Xiao Chen's strange aura, Commander Gong Changwei made Zhang Xing feel anxious.
However, Xiao Chen didn't give him the slightest chance to breathe.
"Your soldiers did not poison. I have personally investigated the cook Zhang, and he did not poison either. Could it be that Wang Kuan's father, Marquis Dingxi, poisoned him?" Xiao Chen smiled faintly.
"Ding Xihou? No, it can't be him." Zhang Xing shook his head firmly, "He is Wang Kuan's father, how could he poison his own son?"
"That's strange. Wang Kuan is a person who doesn't seek to make progress. Could it be that he committed suicide out of guilt because too many victims died in the Gongchang Mansion? Does this make sense?"
"Xiaguan also thought about it over and over again. I really can't figure out who poisoned him to death." Zhang Xing lowered his head.
Xiao Chen smiled: "Commander Zhang, I have a general idea of the whole case. Do you want to hear about it?"
"I would like to hear the details." Zhang Xing said bravely.
"This Wang Kuan did not die at the hands of others, but at the hands of his own father, Marquis Dingxi." Xiao Chen said with a smile.
After hearing these words, Wei Li, the magistrate of the government office who had been sitting next to him, could not close his mouth for a long time.
It is said that tigers are poisoned but will not eat their seeds. This Dingxihou actually poisoned his own youngest son?
What is he doing this for? To protect himself indirectly, or to protect some unknown but earth-shattering secrets?
Xiao Chen's words made Zhang Xing, who was sitting close to him, almost stand up.
How dare he doubt Ding Xihou? How dare he doubt Ding Xihou?
Could it be that he has already guessed the real purpose of Lord Hou's visit to Gongchang Mansion this time?
"How is it? Commander Zhang, are you surprised?" Xiao Chen asked with a smile.
"The imperial envoy, are you kidding me? How could a father poison his son to death? How could Dingxi Marquis love his people as much as his own son, so he could do something to his own son?" Zhang Xing said with a surprised look on his face.
"Of course Dingxihou poisoned Wang Kuan for his own reasons. Wang Kuan must have secrets in Wang Kuan's hands that Dingxihou did not want to reveal. Since he is destined to die, it is better to die early, so that Dongchang will not be free to take advantage of him.
I'm afraid it would be bad if some things he shouldn't know were dug out of his mouth. Ding Xihou is really courageous, and he can even kill his own son. As for other people, taking their lives is not casual.
Things." Staring at Zhang Xing, Xiao Chen's face was unusually calm.
Zhang Xing struggled to slip out of the chair, knelt on his knees in front of Xiao Chen, lowered his head and said in fear: "The official was confused for a moment and asked the Marquis of Dingxi to eat with Wang Kuan. If you commit such a crime, please forgive me.
"
"Fa Luo must be Fa Luo, but I want to know, what other secrets are there between you and Dingxi Hou?" Xiao Chen asked in a deep voice.
"No, really not. The villain just gives gifts to Ding Xihou during the holidays, and there is nothing else." Zhang Xing tried his best to explain.
Xiao Chen raised his head and looked at Captain Dongchang who was already ready next to him: "Since Commander Zhang is unwilling to tell the truth, then put on the shackles and go to the house to take good care of him."
"Yes." The captain responded, and the shackles in his hands were pulled towards Zhang Xing without any explanation.
"Sir, you can't be like this. I really don't know anything, so you can't be like this." Zhang Xing waved his arms and begged, refusing to be shackled.
"I just gave you the opportunity, but you didn't cherish it. I already know everything about what you and Ding Xihou did. Since you didn't tell me, then you should suffer a little." Xiao Chen turned around and looked at Duan Tianming.
"Commander Zhang has an injury on his buttocks. Pull him in and take good care of him."
"No problem, chili noodles, mature vinegar, salt, and boiled water, I'm sure he'll be cured in a while." Duan Tianming squinted his eyes and stood up, taking the shackles from the captain's hand: "Be good,
If you raise your arm again, I'll chop it off."
At this point, how could Zhang Xing still have the time to think about Duan Tianming.
Lying on the ground, his head hit the ground with a loud "pop" sound.
"Sir, I said, I said, I said everything."
"It's too late." Xiao Chen turned his head to the side, raised his left hand, and waved it gently.
After receiving the instruction, Duan Tianming quickly fastened the shackles on Zhang Xing's wrists, grabbed his back collar, picked him up, and walked straight towards a room next to him.
This sudden change has already made Wei Li, the governor of the government office, look pale.
He was trembling all over and didn't dare to say a word.
As the door was closed, Zhang Xing's screams instantly came from the room.
As if he was used to it, Xiao Chen picked up the tea bowl on the table and took a sip.
Next to him, Wei Li, following Zhang Xing's screams, was twitching involuntarily, as if the inhuman torture was all on him.
The convulsions lasted for a long time, and even the throat began to surge.
It was as if he was trying to vomit out all the wild boar meat he had eaten.
The sky was getting darker and the screams inside the house were getting smaller and smaller.
After finally losing his voice completely, Duan Tianming opened the door and walked out.
"People fainted."
"Walk him up with cold water and pull him out." Xiao Chen said calmly.
"Yes." Duan Tianming turned around and returned to the house.
In a short time, Zhang Xing, the commander of Gong Changwei, who was as wet as a drowned rat, was dragged out.
When he arrived in front of Xiao Chen, he was thrown to the ground as casually as a dead pig.
"Have you enjoyed enough?" Looking at Zhang Xing who was no longer human on the ground, Xiao Chen pushed away his chair and slowly stood up.
"That's enough, that's enough. I said, I'll say anything." Zhang Xing lay on the ground, his tone almost begging for mercy.
"You don't need to worry, let me ask you." Walking to Zhang Xing's side, Xiao Chen slowly squatted down.
"Whose armament in the Nanshan cave belongs to?"
"It's from Dingxihou. The year before last, he sent the armaments he didn't know where to get to Gongchangwei and asked me to keep them tightly. However, it was really unsafe to put so much armaments in Gongchangwei. I then followed Wang Kuanbusi
Being enterprising and not paying much attention to government affairs, it took half a month to transport the general to Nanshan and hide it in a cave that had already been dug."
"The road into Nanshan is narrow and bumpy. What did you use to carry it?" Xiao Chen asked.
"Unicycle. The military equipment was first transported to the mountain pass in a horse-drawn carriage, and then transported into the valley in a wheelbarrow."
"Do you know the quantity of these armaments?"
"Yes. I have recorded all of these things one by one. Including when I started digging the cave in advance, I have recorded it in detail."
"Where are the records?"
"In Gong Changwei."
"Okay. Who else knows about this?"
"No more. I am the only one who knows the inside story about this matter."
"Then those who participated in digging caves and hiding armaments back then were Gong Changwei's soldiers?"
"Yes."
"Where are they?"
Hearing Xiao Chen's question, Zhang Xing, the commander of Gong Changwei who was lying on the ground, cried loudly "Wow".
"I'm sorry for them, I deserve to die. Please punish me."
"Since you feel sorry for them, just tell them what happened at that time." Xiao Chen said coldly.
He vaguely guessed that those who participated in this incident must have been silenced.
Otherwise, Zhang Xing would not have said that he was sorry to them.
"From the mountain pass to the cave, there is nearly a mile of collapsed earth. They... they are all buried under the earth." Zhang Xing cried loudly.
Many of these people are good brothers who have been with him through life and death.
It was because of my deep trust that I would leave this matter to them.
But it was because of this trust that they lost their lives one by one.
"Under the earth? Who buried it?"
"When everything was done, Dingxihou sent people to bury a large amount of gunpowder on the top of the mountain. In order to reward everyone, they placed wine and food on the road before the landslide. Everyone gathered on the road before the landslide.
While we were eating and drinking, there was a loud noise, the mountain collapsed, and everyone was buried underneath."
At this point, Zhang Xing was already crying.
Wei Li, the governor of the government office on the other side, was completely dumbfounded.
As the second-in-command in the government office, he didn't even know that such a big thing had happened within the jurisdiction of Gongchang Mansion.
"How many people are buried underneath?"
"Five hundred soldiers, exactly five hundred."
"The imperial army did not die on the battlefield, but was buried in the mountains by his commander and others. Zhang Xing, even cutting you into pieces is not enough to satisfy my hatred."
Xiao Chen raised his right foot and stepped hard on Zhang Xing's unconscious butt that was almost tortured.
"Ah..." A scream echoed throughout the Guanyi compound.
