Chapter 408: Expose the Truth
The gate of the back garden was opened, and Yang Yingneng, who had broken legs, was carried in by several guards. Following him were Di Luo's eldest disciple, Jonba, who had broken hands and lame one leg, and others, who were also locked in with iron chains.
When Kuang Mi saw Yang Yingneng, Qiangba and others, his face changed drastically. Yang Yingneng looked at Kuang Mi and muttered, "I'm sorry, Mr. Kuang."
Yang Qiuchi said: "Now Mr. Kuang should know what kind of accomplices are you?"
Kuang Mi's pale face, a hint of fear flashed across his eyes, and his body moved, about to rush out the door. Song Yun'er's short sword followed like a shadow, moving closely, always against Kuang Mi's throat.
Kuang Mi knew that his martial arts skills were too far apart and he could not escape. He sighed and closed his eyes.
Mr. Kuang shouted in surprise: "Sir, you must have made a mistake. How could my son be the murderer who killed Wu Qiaozhen? No! When Miss Qiaozhen died, my son was on the way to Luzhou to worship his mother."
Yang Qiuchi winked, and Nangong Xiong, who had restrained Mr. Kuang, withdrew his long sword. Yang Qiuchi shouted: "Bring it up!"
The guard brought two more people in from outside the back garden door. Yang Qiuchi said, "Mr. Kuang, let me introduce them. These two are the shopkeepers and waiters of Fulai Inn in Dangliang Town, where the son stayed that night. They proved that the son had dinner that night and was in the room all night, staying in the door, saying that he wanted to read a book. The midnight snack was also placed on the windowsill at the door. At night, the waiter secretly broke the window and looked in because of curiosity. There was no one in the room." Yang Qiuchi turned around and said to the two, "Two, what the official said is right?"
The waiter hushed and said, "Yes, at the fifth morning, Mr. Kuang came out of the room. He seemed very tired. Also, when I fed the horses on the horses in the hut, I found that a horse was covered in sweat and was breathing heavily."
Mr. Kuang had gradually understood what this meant and looked at his son Kuang Mi.
Kuang Mi still closed her eyes and said nothing.
Yang Qiuchi said again: "They left Dangliang Town and had dinner at Sankeli Town at noon. They kept eating this meal for the evening, and then they lived in Sankeli that night and set off the next morning. Lord Kuang, do you know why the son didn't leave after playing the tip at noon?"
Mr. Kuang felt weak, leaned against the wall, and shook his head.
Yang Qiuchi continued: "Because after arriving at Sankeli, the son left again on horseback. He only returned late at night. At this point, we checked the shopkeeper and waiter of Sankeli. Does Lord Kuang know what the son was missing these two times?"
Mr. Kuang shook his head miserably, and deep down he hoped that no one knew the result.
However, Yang Qiuchi already knew: "The first time the son disappeared was that he went back to the inner yamen of the governor's yamen and sneaked into Miss Wu Qiaozhen's room. Before that, Fang Qian, the son of the governor of Meizhou, met Miss Wu Qiaozhen by chance and fell in love with Miss Wu Qiaozhen, and Miss Wu Qiaozhen had a good impression of Fang Qian. So that night, Fang Qian, who had martial arts, also crossed the wall and happened to encounter the son and Miss Wu Qiaozhen intimate. In a sad way, he climbed over the wall and left. Then the son suddenly attacked with a strange trick and stabbed Wu Qiaozhen to death."
Speaking of this, Yang Qiuchi sighed: "Actually, the son really liked Wu Qiaozhen. He stabbed Wu Qiaozhen to death, which was also sad and annoyed. Of course, it was mainly for another reason. So, after stabbing Wu Qiaozhen to death, he took one of Wu Qiaozhen's shoes. The next day, when he stabbed Fang Qian to death, he threw the shoes on Fang Qian's body. He wanted to tell him that he died because of this broken shoe - this was a little childish. Fang Qian's father didn't know about it, and thought it was Fang Qian's beloved girl, so he quietly placed the shoes next to the body in the coffin as a burial."
Yang Qiuchi turned his head and looked at Song Yuner, and smiled slightly: "Later, the sister visited the mourning hall at night and found the cause of death in the square brigade. She ran away without having time to cover the coffin lid, which made everyone think that the corpse was suddenly there. The constables who went in overturned the coffin to fight with the zombies, causing the shoes to fall out. Others did not know the origin of the embroidered shoes, so the haunted one was heard."
Yang Qiuchi took out something from his arms and held it with his fingers. Under the light, there was a small embroidered shoe. Yang Qiuchi continued: "Before I entered the city, I had conducted an external investigation and found Master Fang, the governor of Meizhou, learned about the whole process, and opened the coffin to extract the embroidered shoe. After inspection, the fingerprint on the embroidered shoe was from Lang Kuang Mi. Combined with the fatal injuries of Fangqian's body, this made me convinced that Fangqian was also stabbed to death by Lang Kuang Mi."
Kuang Xianjue didn't know what Yang Qiuchi used to know that the fingerprint on the shoes was from his son, but there was a bigger problem that he didn't understand. Kuang Xianjue shouted: "It's nonsense. Since the dog son is deeply in love with Miss Wu Qiaozhen, would he want to kill her just for her? He also killed Mr. Fang, which is a joke!"
Yang Qiuchi was not angry at all, "The reason must be started from the beginning. I almost knew about the matter of investigating and punishing the ship gang in Sichuan Province. Lord Kuang must know it too?"
Kuang Xianjue nodded.
"I took down the ship gang in Baoning Mansion in one fell swoop, so the ship gang hates me to the core and always wants to kill me. The son, who has been hiding you, joined the Jianwen remnant party and was ordered to plan the assassination of this official. He used Miss Wu Qiaozhen's love for him and asked Wu Qiaozhen to tell her father Wu Ciren that he would come to Chengdu to discuss and invite me to celebrate the Fairy Day in Enyang Town. Following Peng Hexi, there was also a maid named Cuihuan, who was also a member of the ship gang. The son wrote a secret letter from the ship gang. They were all in a single line contact. In order to hide their identity, Wu Qiaozhen handed it to Cuihuan through Wu Qiaozhen. This letter instructed Cuihuan to take advantage of the opportunity of his official to enter Enyang Town to assassinate his official..."
"Wait!" Kuang Xianjue seemed to have discovered a major flaw and asked anxiously, "Since the dog is the rest of Jianwen party, how can he command Cui Huan, the ship gang member? Are you talking nonsense?"
Yang Qiuchi looked at the joy flashing in Kuang Xianjue's eyes, and was filled with joy in life. He didn't want to extinguish the spark of joy, but he knew that even if he didn't extinguish it, it would be a hopeless flower that would eventually be shattered by the cruel reality.
Yang Qiuchi sighed: "Mr. Kuang, the money earned by the Ship Gang colluded with the Jianwen Party, and the Ship Gang trafficked smuggling salt and other activities will be given to the Jianwen Party as military pay for future rebellion!"
A trace of fear flashed in Kuang Xianjue's eyes and asked, "What is the basis for Mr. Yang's words?"
Since all of them have already mentioned this, Kuang Xianjue was once a great-grandson of the Hanlin Academy and an extraordinary figure, Yang Qiuchi must explain it to him clearly, although he knew that while he was explaining it clearly, it was the time to extinguish his last hope.
Yang Qiuchi turned his head and looked at Nangong Xiong. Nangong Xiong nodded and ran out of the back door of the back garden. After a moment, he walked in with a few guards and a man with chains.
Kuang Xianjue looked at the man carefully, but didn't recognize him, and couldn't help but look at Yang Qiuchi in confusion.
Yang Qiuchi said: "Master Kuang may not know this person, but this person is famous in Baoning Mansion. He organized the trafficking of smuggling salt, sent people to kill his wife and children, the former magistrate of Bazhou, gathered people to siege the anti-smuggling Jinyiwei, and sent assassins to attempt to hijack my concubine and seriously injured my pregnant concubine, almost with one corpse and two lives. He was Lu Jianli, the rudder of the Baoning Mansion Ship Gang who was wanted by the national sea capture of the Jinyiwei!"
Kuang Xianjue suddenly became depressed. He was once a Grand Secretary of the Hanlin Academy and was extremely smart. How could he not know Yang Qiuchi's intention to show this person now. But he still didn't give up and looked at Yang Qiuchi, but he was powerless to ask questions.
Although he did not ask, Yang Qiuchi explained: "This time I took the trick and ventured deep into the thieves' lair of Nian Baoyuze's sacred mountain, and captured all the thieves. Among the captured thieves, I actually found this irreconcilable enemy. It's really my god!" Turning around, staring at Lu Jianli, and saying coldly: "Shopkeeper Lu, do you know the young master Kuang Mikuang in front of me?"
Lu Jianli slowly raised his head, looked at Kuang Mi, and nodded.
"You can say what you said on Nian Baoyuze Mountain to Lord Kuang again, so that Lord Kuang can understand what is going on."
Lu Jianli said: "Our ship gang is actually... actually has been raising funds for Emperor Jianwen. No, the remaining party of Jianwen trafficked slander. After Mr. Yang Jue broke our Baoning Ship Gang, he was chasing us. Under the arrangement of Yang Yingneng, I hid in Nian Baoyu Ze Mountain. In order to avenge and to prevent the investigation of the ship gang case and find Jianwen's people, we planned... to assassinate Yang Jue..., this matter was planned specifically by me, Yang Yingneng, and the three of Diluo Fa King, and handed over to the lay disciple Kuang Mi, who was a lay disciple of Diluo..."
Kuang Xianjue shouted powerlessly: "Why do you want to bring my son...? My son is a Jinshi!"
A trace of pity flashed in Yang Qiuchi's eyes, and he turned to Kuang Mi and said, "Young Master Kuang, should you tell Lingtang how you were implicated, okay?"
Kuang Mi still closed her eyes and said nothing.
Yang Qiuchi snorted coldly and raised his voice: "Your accomplices have all been captured. Do you still hope to escape? Tell you that your participation in the rebellion of the Jianwen Remnants is a death sentence for killing the nine clans. The evidence is conclusive and you are doomed! Your father will also be beheaded because of you. Don't you want your father to know why he was beheaded because of?"
Chapter completed!