Chapter 161 Poke the hornet's nest

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A torch was inserted at the door of the interrogation room, and the fire became brighter, making the two oil lamps lighted inside useless.

As an imperial guard general, Guo Shao didn't care about the small matter of setting up a private prison hall. His current position was to kill a few people casually, but nothing happened.

Luo Mengzi cursed Li Chongjin from the side. Guo Shao was upset by his quarrel, and shouted: Shut up!Third brother, you go and prepare now and set off. It’s dawn when you arrive in Tokyo. Take my letter to the Guards and report directly to Han Tong... You should go to your second brother first. I’ll feel more at ease when Yang Biao does things. Don’t yell at who it is. No matter what, you can yell at no cost!

Luo Mengzi was scolded and touched his head, stopping speaking.This guy is so naughty that he only listens to scold him, but he still listens to Guo Shao's advice very much.

Guo Shao said again: I will write another letter, suggesting that after Han inform the Privy Council, he would directly ask the Kaifeng Prefecture government to send someone to seal the kilns and gambling houses in Guihua Street, Dongshi City.Since Li Xia'er is in charge there, someone may know his background.

He turned around and said to his personal soldiers: Block your mouth and sentenced it to one stroke with ten fingers.

Li Mazi was anxious and struggled to make the chair crackle and shouted: Every word I say is true, General, I... um!

Guo Shao said: Do you know who I am?Guard Sima Budu Yuhou, the chief officer of Kaifeng Prefecture had to nod and bow when he saw me. You are a scoundrel, you dare to play tricks in front of me. It seems that you will not cry until you see the coffin.

The things in this room are not specialized and there is nothing left, so the personal soldiers are going to find bamboo sticks again.Guo Shao said: Soak some salt into concentrated salt water, and strong wine. Soak the bamboo sticks to make it more exciting.

Of course, it can also be disinfected to prevent this guy from getting infected and dying.

Li Mazi was waiting for the torture and nodded desperately.

Seeing this, Guo Shao said: Let him say something, anyway, I have to wait for the things to come over.

As soon as the cloth from Li Mazi's mouth was pulled out, he hurriedly said: Li Xia'er often goes in and out of the Zhao family!

Guo Shao immediately became interested and asked: Let’s talk about it in detail.Li Mazi said: Li Xia'er is brother and brother to me, and she is very good to me. She is in Tokyo and has no family.I don't know what he is from, and he doesn't say anything when asked.I was also curious, so I looked for an opportunity to follow him a few times and found that he really often went in and out of Zhao's mansion.

Is Zhao Kuangyin's mansion the commander in front of the palace?Guo Shao asked directly.

Li Mazi nodded and said: Yes, it is Zhao Hongyin and Zhao Kuangyin's mansion.But there were two times when I saw Li Xiaer with the third son of the Zhao family.

Guo Shao glanced at the pen and ink on the table and ordered: Release the tie, let him free up his right hand, and write down everything you confessed just now.You can read?

Li Mazi said: I know some words.He picked up the pen tremblingly and asked: Will he still be tortured?Guo Shao said: I won’t know yet, write it carefully.

While waiting for him to write his confession, Guo Shao pressed his forehead and pondered for a while.

Zhao San has no grudges and no grudges with him, so why did he fight to the next time? Is it just because he fell in love with Miss Li and felt hatred?

Miss Li is not his wife, and she can't take any major risks even if she is jealous... If Miss Li is Zhao San's wife, Guo Shao will go to insult his wife, which makes sense.

Could it be Zhao Kuangyin’s behind the scenes?

Guo Shao also felt that it seemed that it was not very good. It was meaningless for Zhao Kuangyin to assassinate and blame Li Chongjin. Guo Shao and Li Chongjin were not in harmony at first.

Moreover, if Zhao Kuangyin really breaks the ball to death, Guo Shao doesn't feel that he can escape this time; if Zhao Kuangyin fails to blow it up with gunpowder, he will definitely have ambushing troops to kill him, and he will be on the strong and bully the weak in this wilderness. The success rate is still very high.

But the strong leader Chai Rong is still there, and Guo Shao is not the most powerful general of the imperial guards, and his prestige and qualifications are very insufficient.

Zhao Kuangyin had no need to do this at all, and he had to be so despicable and useless measures with a general who seemed to be no threat to him for the time being.

It's not like what Zhao Kuangyin did.

It’s almost certainly Zhao San!

Although the guy's motive is a bit incredible, it is logically understandable; moreover, Zhao San is now without any experience and is just a gangster in the process of progress, so his psychology cannot be understood equally by old gangsters like Li Chongjin and Zhao Kuangyin... The 17 or 18-year-old young man who is doing nothing all day is just a time when he is not afraid of heaven or earth; he must be guarded against in future generations, and maybe he just stabs you for a small matter and doesn't know why.

Zhao San had no strength, but now Guo Shao actually felt a chill towards that guy.

Countless thoughts and feelings in Guo Shao's mind surged, even making him feel like everything was entangled together like a numbness.But it only takes a little time to clear the hemp.

Zhao San's method of using secret moves made Guo Shao have the highest hostility. It is easy to avoid hidden arrows and is difficult to defend against. It is not defeated by others but killed by others. I am afraid that everyone will not be able to accept such consequences.

Guo Shao’s direct idea was to kill Zhao San!

The best solution is of course to put it to death openly.

If Li Xia'er can be arrested and Li Xia'er confessed, Zhao San will confirm the charge... Li Xia'er may not be able to catch him, but there are indeed several lines that can roughly verify the relationship between Li Xia'er and the Zhao family.

For example, the slaves of the Zhao family may have met Li Xia'er; and Li Xia'er's appearance is described as a surviving Li Mazi.

It depends on how to operate.

But more considerations came to Guo Shao's mind: at most, Zhao Kuangyin could not move; unless he completely ignored the situation and broke the death with Zhao Kuangyin like Zhao San, it would be difficult to win... Have you ever considered the emperor's feelings?

In any case, if Zhao Kuangyin has a chance in the future, he may not let Guo Shao go.Guo Shao also thought of more people: What would Chai Rong think when he saw these confessions and evidence?What would Li Chongjin think?

What Zhao San did was indeed stabbing a hornet's nest.Guo Shao felt that he could not learn from him or be stupid, and he had to think about it thoroughly.

...At dawn, Datong Temple Inn became even more lively.

Dozens of personal soldiers of Guo Shao arrived first, and later Wang Pu, deputy envoy of the Privy Council, and Han Tong, came directly with the cavalry. After noon, a group of officials from Dali Temple and Kaifeng Prefecture also came to inspect the scene.

Wang Pu said calmly: Where did General Guo get hurt? Let everyone take a look.

Wang Pu obviously did not doubt Guo Shao, but just saw everything clearly in front of everyone.

Guo Shao then untied his belt. As soon as he untied his belt, he suddenly remembered that the bandage was a pair of strapless breasts!

His movements suddenly froze.

Seeing this, Han Tong asked: What's wrong?General Guo doesn’t want to show it to us?

Mother Han glared at him, his words were so ugly.Could it be that I am still pretending to be injured... the house has collapsed, why should I pretend?

But when it comes to this, Guo Shao had to bite the bullet and unbutton his clothes, not caring about the minor details.

When everyone saw that they almost didn't laugh out loud on this serious occasion, Wang Pu's face turned red, and Han Tong stared at each other with his eyes wide open.

Guo Shao untied his pink strapless breasts and pointed to the wound and said: The arrows are covered with arsenic, and the arrow clusters are kept, so that officials can take people to check.

After watching the injury, everyone collected some of the murderous weapons and the burning powder of the gunpowder at the scene.

Wang Pu looked at the residual powder, took it to his nose and sniffed it, and said to Guo Shao in a deep voice: Not many people know about General Guo’s prescription.However, there are also gunpowders for making fireworks and firecrackers on the market, and Taoist priests also use them to depress fires. It is difficult to check after the powder has been burned.

Guo Shao said: I have not bullied men and women to make grudges everywhere, and most people may not be able to do this.

Wang Pu nodded, refused to comment, and said: The criminal handed over to me and there is a confession.

Guo Shao was a little hesitant.

Wang Pu said in front of everyone: What is the meaning of the official family.You can rest assured to leave it to me, Mr. Wang is very fair in doing things.When Guo Shao heard that it was the official's intention, Wang Pu could not have faked the imperial edict in front of several ministers, so he agreed.

Wang Pu first read the confession and said: Kaifeng Prefecture sent someone to check the kilns and gambling houses in Tokyo. Because of the fact that the Imperial Army General was established, the Privy Council would send people to participate.Some police officers were dispatched to search nearby for clues, and the notice was made in the prefectures and counties to coordinate the case handling.He pointed to the person stranded in the inn and said: As soon as possible, ask and investigate those people, and let those who are not suspected of it be released first.

He said to Guo Shao again: After returning to Beijing, I will arrange for someone to interrogate the criminal and draw a portrait of the main culprit (Li Xia'er), and I will be wanted from all sides.

Wang Pu deployed the scene in just a few words, and in his calm speech, he grasped the key point: in addition to the survivors caught on the spot, the main focus was on the kilns in Dongshi.

Guo Shao couldn't help but admire Wang Pu's ability and demeanor.Wang Pu is old and thin, and his appearance is not as good as Wei Renpu, but his ability and ability to master the situation are probably a little higher than Wei Renpu.

Wang Pu said again: General Guo will be at ease when he goes home to heal his wounds and pay attention to his protection. Don’t worry about other things. We will give you an answer.

Guo Shao said: Thanks to Deputy Envoy Wang presided over the situation.

He suddenly had an idea: although this matter was dangerous, he almost lost his life; but it was over, and now it seemed that there was room for development.