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Chapter 65 appears

Why are you so sure?

Tao Qingping couldn't understand the reason.

"Look at Yang Yicheng's wrist."

Xu Ning gave Tao Qingping a hint.

Tao Qingping looked back at Yang Yicheng, who was being restrained, with a puzzled expression.

"That is..."

Under Yang Yicheng's sleeve, Tao Qingping saw a pale yellow thread-woven wristband.

Suddenly, he seemed to remember something and turned to look at Xu Ning.

"Is that yellow wristband the one Nie Xiaowei wore before?"

As an admirer of Nie Xiaowei, Tao Qingping would secretly peek at her every time they met in the alley. He recognized the yellow wristband from Nie Xiaowei's wrist.

"That's right."

Xu Ning gave him a definite answer: "That wristband belongs to Nie Xiaowei."

The reason Xu Ning was so certain that the original owner of the wristband was Nie Xiaowei was because the last time she saw Nie Xiaowei, she had pulled at her collar to cover the injury on her neck.

As Nie Xiaowei tugged at her collar, she completely exposed the wristband to Xu Ning's view.

At that time, Xu Ning was already an expert in the Inner Realm, and his observation skills far exceeded those of ordinary people. He saw the weaving details of the wrist rope.

Upon comparison, Xu Ning discovered that the wristband on Yang Yicheng's wrist, even the loose thread at the end, was exactly the same as Nie Xiaowei's wristband.

In this world, at least in Kangyun County, men rarely wear ornaments, especially feminine ones.

Given their previous special relationship, Xu Ning had reason to deduce that the yellow wristband was a gift from Nie Xiaowei to Yang Yicheng, and that such a gift definitely contained some kind of affection.

"The last time I saw Nie Xiaowei was half a month ago. At that time, this bracelet was still on Nie Xiaowei's wrist."

Xu Ning continued, "Thinking about it this way, she must have given this bracelet to Yang Yicheng within the last half month, or even... maybe just between last night and tonight."

"You mean... after Nie Xiaowei committed murder yesterday, she knew she was in danger, but she still cared about Yang Yicheng, so she risked giving him the wristband as a farewell token before her escape?"

Tao Qingping followed Xu Ning's words and guessed what she meant.

"This is just a hypothesis."

Xu Ning shrugged: "But it's a very reasonable possibility; at least we both think of this line of thought."

Tao Qingping fell silent.

"Even so, it doesn't prove that Yang Yicheng is problematic. Isn't it a bit... to arrest him directly as an accomplice of the Demonic Sect?"

Tao Qingping also possesses a sense of justice by nature.

Xu Ning still wanted to arrest him even though he knew he was not an accomplice of the Demonic Sect.

Tao Qingping felt that this was inappropriate.

However, Tao Qingping quickly seemed to realize something: "Don't misunderstand, I didn't mean to question you. You are a captain of the Fengliu Lane Garrison, I'm just a little curious."

Tao Qingping knew that Xu Ning was tolerant most of the time, but that didn't give him the right to question his decisions.

"I just tested him with my strength and found that he is indeed just an ordinary person."

Xu Ning explained, "However, even so, given how much importance our Black Armor Guards place on Demonic Sect warriors, there shouldn't be any problem in apprehending him as a suspected member of the Demonic Sect."

"As for what I said about killing him, that was a lie."

Xu Ning said, "I'm just gambling right now, gambling that Nie Xiaowei hasn't left Kangyun County yet. If Nie Xiaowei knows that Yang Yicheng was killed as an accomplice of the Demonic Sect, given her feelings for Yang Yicheng, she will definitely come out and clear his name."

"So, you're saying you're using Yang as bait?"

Tao Qingping also figured it out: "But what if Nie Xiaowei has already left? What should we do tomorrow? Still execute Yang Yicheng?"

"No."

Xu Ning shook his head. He also had his own principles: "If Nie Xiaowei doesn't show up, find a reason to detain him. Just based on the fact that he concealed his relationship with Nie Xiaowei, a suspected martial artist from the Demonic Sect, when he faced us just now, it would be reasonable to interrogate him again."

"I see."

After listening to Xu Ning's entire idea, Tao Qingping expressed his support.

"Then I'll go back now and post notices about beheading Yang Yicheng at Caishikou tomorrow. If Nie Xiaowei is still here, she'll definitely know about it."

"it is good."

Xu Ning nodded.

After saying that, Tao Qingping sighed again.

He looked up at the darkening sky in the distance, shook his head helplessly, and strode out.

Tao Qingping's forced growth stems from his plan to capture the girl he once admired.

……

That very night, at Tao Qingping's urging, the notices were posted throughout the streets and alleys of Fengliu Lane.

The next morning, everyone learned that Yang Yicheng was involved with the Demonic Sect and was to be executed by the Black Armor Guards at Caishikou.

By noon, residents of Fengliu Lane and other lanes flocked to the vegetable market entrance in Fengliu Lane, all wanting to join in the excitement.

At this time, the city guards had already arrived at the market entrance of Fengliu Lane.

All six Black Armor Guards from the Black Armor Guard Post in Maple Willow Lane have arrived.

At this moment, Tao Qingping stood beside Xu Ning, while the other four new black-armored guards stood behind Xu Ning.

"We can bring Yang Yicheng up now."

"Time is almost up," Xu Ning commanded.

"understood."

The one who responded was a burly young man named Song Weiyi, a new subordinate that Qu Dayou had assigned to Xu Ning. He came from Songjiazhuang.

Song Weiyi had great respect for Xu Ning, his superior who was the same age as him.

Although Xu Ning is young and holds a high position, he is not arrogant. He is principled and methodical in his work, which makes him very convincing.

Of course, most importantly, he recognized Xu Ning's martial arts talent and strength.

Xu Ning is now eighteen years old and has already become a Qi Sensing Realm expert. Facing him, all the newcomers feel a sense of distance that is hard to reach.

Not only Xu Ning, but the other new guards in the garrison also thought the same way about Xu Ning.

Therefore, although the current Fengliu Lane Guard Station has few members, it can unite into a force when it matters.

At Song Weiyi's signal, the city guards brought Yang Yicheng onto the stage.

At this moment, Yang Yicheng was just as pale as he had been the day before, and his steps were unsteady.

But facing so many city guards and executioners with knives, Yang Yicheng was not very panicked.

After being detained last night, Yang Yicheng was not tortured; he was simply kept in solitary confinement overnight.

That night, Yang Yicheng reminisced about his life.

He suffered a lot of torment due to his frail health, but he also had a beautiful memory, although that beautiful memory was eventually shattered.

Yang Yicheng had already removed the wrist strap and was holding it tightly in his hand.

Standing on the stage, he looked around at the crowd but did not see Nie Xiaowei.

"Please don't come..."

This was Yang Yicheng's last hope.

At this moment, someone had already held Yang Yi down, and the executioner's knife was about to fall at any moment.

At this moment, Xu Ning was not staring at Yang Yicheng, but was observing the situation in the crowd.

Xu Ning concluded that Nie Xiaowei would most likely appear here.

Because after Xu Ning and Tao Qingping left Yang Yicheng's house yesterday evening, the city guards conducted a thorough search.

This time, they found five hundred taels of silver notes.

There were barely noticeable bloodstains on the banknote.

Regarding the five hundred taels of silver notes, Xu Ning did not directly interrogate Yang Yicheng, but instead had the city guards verify with his family. In the end, they concluded that the silver notes did not belong to his family.

Therefore, it can be inferred that the bloodstained banknote was very likely obtained by Nie Xiaowei from her husband after committing the crime and given to him when she saw Yang Yicheng for the last time.

Because Yang Yicheng needed to take medication regularly and required money to maintain his health, Nie Xiaowei did this out of concern.

"They're not here yet...?"

Seeing no movement from the crowd, Xu Ning waved his hand at the executioner.

The executioner accepted the order and raised his cleaver.

Yang Yicheng closed his eyes, unable to tell whether he felt lost or relieved.

However, just as the blade was about to fall, a voice came from the crowd.

"Wait!"

Then, Nie Xiaowei, dressed in all black, walked out of the crowd.

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