Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 682 Next Target (4100)

"Convincing people with reason..."

Cao Ang hadn't figured out what Wu Liang's words meant, but he saw that Wu Liang had already stepped into the bungalow where these guards were imprisoned, so he quickly followed in.

There are eight guards in the bungalow.

At this moment, they were all tied to the wooden frame, the armor on their bodies had long since faded away, and they were only wearing thin cloth clothes, and the cloth clothes had been whipped to tatters, with mottled blood seeping out from inside.

I saw someone coming in from outside.

These guards all trembled, because once someone came in, it meant that the cruel torture would continue.

Fortunately, it was not Cao Ang who came in first this time, but Wu Liang... These guards have been following Xi Zhicai for a long time, so they have met Wu Liang a few times, and Wu Liang is still close to him. In the past two years, Boss Cao's hot celebrity, Xi Zhicai, is often mentioned in front of them. It's hard for them to know each other.

"..."

The eight guards could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Compared with Cao Ang who was leading the army outside, Wu Liang's harmless appearance was very deceptive, making them think that Wu Liang's methods must be gentler than Cao Ang.

But next second.

Cao Ang, who was holding a whip, followed in, making their hearts rise to their throats again, praying that Cao Ang would not be interrogated again, they really couldn't stand it...

"Everyone."

After Wu Liang came in, he scanned the eight guards first, and then said in a more peaceful tone, "Let me tell you the truth, Army Master Xi has died unexpectedly, and you are his guards." The blame, it stands to reason that you should all be beheaded and buried with Xi Junshi, but Ming Gong has always been good at life, so he entrusted this matter to me, saying that one of the eight of you can be left behind, and it is up to you who lives. Let me decide."

"!!!"

Hearing this, the faces of the eight guards showed despair, which had already extinguished the hopes of most people.

"But I don't even know who you are, so I really don't know how to choose, so I think you should be given a fair chance to fight."

Wu Liang continued, "Next, I will take you out to talk with each other one by one, so as to consider whether you have the qualifications to live."

As he spoke, Wu Liang pointed to the No. 1 guard from the left, and nodded to the Cao Mansion guard guarding the bungalow: "Let's start with you, untie him and come out to see me."

"This is……"

Seeing Wu Liang like this, Cao Ang, who was standing at the back, quickly figured out the method Wu Liang used. He wanted to use this method to alienate the eight guards, making them suspicious and framed each other, so as to defraud more people from their mouths. much information?
This plan is very good, but I can also think of it, but it has not been used yet...

So a guard was taken outside.

Wu Liang cut to the chase and said: "Tell me about what happened last night first, the more detailed the better, if you can add some details that others have not mentioned, you will be more likely to avoid death."

"promise!"

The guard didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly said: "Last night at You, we and the military advisor returned to the residence with the general's reward. Among the rewards were two tanks of high-quality rice wine. The military advisor seldom drank alcohol, so the The two vats of rice wine were rewarded to us, and the military adviser also said that now Chenliu has a large army stationed there, so we are not afraid of any trouble. We have worked hard with the army, and we are allowed to drink tonight... We finally got such an opportunity, so we are quite excited. So there was no restraint, and I got drunk unknowingly, and didn't wake up until someone found out that the military division had been killed."

"So, it wasn't you who found out that Army Master Xi was killed, but who was it?"

Wu Liang asked again.

"It's Zhang Xi. He woke up early in the morning to take a urinate, but saw the door of the military adviser's room was wide open, so he went to check out of curiosity, only to find that the military adviser had been killed."

The guard replied, and then began to beg bitterly, "Wu Taishi, everything the villain said is true, if there is even half a lie, I will teach the villain to be struck by lightning and die!"

Wu Liang continued to ask noncommittally: "Recall carefully, did anyone go out during your drinking last night?"

Cao Ang had actually asked this question before.

But now he didn't interrupt, but stood aside silently, handed over the leading power of the interrogation to Wu Liang, and taught the guard to answer it again.

Maybe Wu Liang would be able to ask something different by using such a method.

The guard said without hesitation: "Wang Zhen and Li You once went out together to have a urinate, but the time was very short, and they ran back after only a few breaths, as if they were afraid that they would eat less than we did. It’s a bad thing.”

"..."

Cao Ang was upset.

This answer is the same as what he asked just now, and there is no breakthrough.

"Um……"

Wu Liang nodded slightly. This information was of no value. In just a few breaths, he could only pee in the toilet at the door, and he couldn't do any other superfluous things.

However, he did not give up on this, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "Think about it carefully. In the recent period, the military master Xi has met in private with someone who is not common in ordinary times, or has done some relatively secret things. ?”

"This……"

The guard was pensive.

Cao Ang also raised his spirits in an instant. He has never asked this question before. If he can really ask something, it may become an important breakthrough.

"I remember!"

The guard suddenly remembered something, and continued, "I just returned to Chenliu a few days ago, and the military division once received a letter in a bamboo tube. The Ming army division personally opened it."

"Do you know the person who delivered the letter?"

Wu Liang asked.

"We didn't see the person delivering the letter. When we got up early in the morning, we saw the bamboo tube falling in the front yard. It must have been thrown in from outside the courtyard wall at night. Others can confirm this."

The guard said seriously.

"and after?"

Wu Liang continued to ask.

The guard replied: "Later we gave the bamboo tube to the military adviser, and the military adviser didn't say anything when he took the bamboo tube, but smoke and dust came out of his room not long after, when I replaced the brazier for the military teacher the next day, , I only saw the outline of the ashes of the half-burned bamboo tube in the brazier."

"Then, did the military master Xi ever say anything unusual to you?"

Hearing this, Cao Ang finally couldn't hold back, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

"I never said that the military adviser didn't seem to take this matter to heart, and didn't even ask us to keep it secret, but we know our identities, so naturally we won't go out and talk nonsense."

The guard said.

"..."

Cao Ting immediately exchanged glances with Wu Liang.

They all know what this detail means, and it very likely means that Xi Zhicai also has hidden secrets, and it is very likely that these guards were deliberately dismissed by Xi Zhicai last night in order to treat them. After getting drunk, I secretly met with the owner who sent the secret letter...

Just having this information is not enough, and it is still unable to bring a decisive breakthrough to the case.

"Anything else to add?"

Wu Liang finally asked again.

"It's really gone. The villain is just a guard. Although he is often with the military division, he is not qualified to participate in the military affairs and the military division's private affairs. The only thing he knows is these things that can be seen with the eyes. Please be enlightened by Wu Taishi. Please be enlightened, sir!"

The guard couldn't say anything more, so he knelt on the ground and begged hard, hoping to win the mercy of Wu Liang and Cao Ang.

Wu Liang said with a facial expression: "I can save your life temporarily, but you still need to cooperate with me to do one thing..."

……

Inside the bungalow.

"Ugh……"

The other seven guards looked at each other in blank dismay, their faces were full of sympathy, and they could only sigh in the end.

For them, this was an innocent disaster, Xi Zhicai died inexplicably and tragically after just drinking a big meal, and they also became death row prisoners in a daze.

They don't want to die.

But they are more aware of Xi Zhicai's position in Boss Cao's heart. Now that Wu Liang can promise them that one person will survive, it is the best result. If Boss Cao investigates the matter himself, none of them will survive.

Just at this time.

"Wu Taishi, spare your life! The eldest son, please forgive me! The villain has already told everything he knows, and there is absolutely no concealment. The villain has been wronged... ah!"

Accompanied by a shrill scream, all voices stopped abruptly.

"!!!"

The seven guards in the bungalow involuntarily shivered.

Is this Wu Taishi's method?

It's just an interrogation, and if you can't tell any useful information about the death of the military division, you will be executed immediately, and even the verification process is completely omitted?

At the same time, Wu Liang and Cao Ang walked in again, pointing to the No.2 guard from the left and said, "It's your turn, bring it out."

……

This interrogation lasted nearly an hour.

It can be said that Wu Liang exhausted all means, including bluffing and intimidation, and suddenly asked questions on certain details, but the final result of the interrogation was still not very satisfactory.

The confessions of the eight guards were all reasonable, and no one could find a single flaw.

Wu Liang was almost certain that the eight guards were indeed innocent. If they were not guilty of any crime, then they could only be guilty of dereliction of duty.

Even if Xi Zhicai let them drink freely, they should leave two of them to stay awake for the night, instead of all drunk and unconscious.

And this is obviously not something to be pursued now.

Wu Liang's first task is to track down the real culprit who killed Xi Zhicai.

"It seems that the death of Military Master Xi has nothing to do with them directly..."

Cao Ang also came to such a conclusion, looking at Wu Liang and said helplessly.

"The only clue right now is the secret letter, but the content of the secret letter has only been read by Xi Junshi, and it should be destroyed after reading it. This clue has also been broken."

Wu Liang nodded slightly.

Cao Ang suddenly thought of something again, and asked quickly: "By the way, talented and virtuous brother, don't you know how to perform the magic trick? If you perform the magic trick once now, will you have a chance to recall the soul of the military master Xi and make him say What happened last night?"

This was already the second time someone mentioned Wu Liang's technique of raising a ghost after Xi Zhicai's accident.

It was Xun Yu who mentioned it for the first time.

"Brother Zixiu, it's not that I don't know that my magic spell is sometimes ineffective. It's not that I can use it if I want to use it... If I really have this ability, of course I have to do it right away. No matter what, I have to do it for fun." The military division seeks justice."

Wu Liang had no choice but to talk clichédly.

"Ugh--"

Cao Ang sighed again, "I hope that this talented and virtuous brother's technique of raising a ghost will come to fruition as soon as possible, so that the real culprit can be caught, so that my father can feel at ease sooner, and the military master can also take revenge sooner. avenge……"

"My little brother hopes so too."

Wu Liang murmured.

He was already thinking about what to do next, and now that he couldn't get any clues from these guards, he might need to use some extraordinary measures.

Wu Liang thought of Zhen Mi's fox servant.

Fox servants are very sensitive to smells, if the scene is well protected, Zhen Mi sends fox servants to the scene to track down the smell of the scene, maybe there is a chance to find out who has been to the scene, and eliminate them one by one.

of course.

You can also ask Hu Pu to directly track down Xi Zhicai's smell. The murderer took away Xi Zhicai's head. If there is no special treatment, Hu Pu may follow Xi Zhicai's smell to find the murderer.

Thinking of this, Wu Liang cupped his hands and said to Cao Ang: "Brother Zixiu, I have no idea for the time being, so I decided to call in the Huan army under my command to help. It might be helpful to brainstorm like this, so I will leave first."

"Um……"

Cao Ang didn't know what to do, so he nodded slightly.

Coming out of Cao's mansion like this, Wu Liang walked home while thinking.

"!!!"

The feet that were walking quickly stopped suddenly, Wu Liang stood in place, and he suddenly realized something that he had to guard against.

Many high-level officials in Cao Ying knew about his "Skill of Qiqi", Xun Yu believed that "Skill of Qiqi" was the only breakthrough, and now Cao Ang also believed that "Skill of Qiqi" was the only breakthrough.

So if the murderer gets the news...in order to ensure that he will not be exposed, wouldn't he have to silence him immediately before he can sleep?
……

At the same time, Xi Zhicai lived.

Boss Cao has not left until now. While ordering Cao Chun to lead the tiger and leopard riders to seal the scene tightly, he insisted on staying in the courtyard and waiting for news from Cao Ang and Wu Liang.

Boss Cao didn't leave.

Xun Yu and Cheng Yu were also on the sidelines, waiting like this for more than an hour, finally Xun Yu couldn't hold on anymore, and stepped forward to persuade him: "I know that Minggong and Zhicai have a deep affection. , Now that Zhicai has never encountered anything, Minggong is in a state of mind that is hard to calm down, but the matter has come to this point, Zhicai is gone, I am afraid that many affairs in the future will have to be done by himself, Minggong should pay more attention to his body and mind, and must not be too sad because of this. For the most important."

"Wen Ruo, Zhicai is my right-hand man. Now that I lose him, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to find such a confidant who shares my heart."

Boss Cao sighed.

"At the beginning, Zhicai was personally recommended by me, and he and I are also close friends, and I know that his talent is rare in the world."

But Xun Yu said, "However, there are not only people with such talent as Zhicai. Now I know someone who can stand shoulder to shoulder with him. If Duke Ming needs it, I would like to recommend him again."

(End of this chapter)