Martial Arts: This world is different

Chapter 17 Suspicion
"Soft hedgehog armor!?" Lin Hu said in surprise, but few people who are familiar with martial arts culture have never heard of this name. It is the treasure of the island of Peach Blossom Island.

Seeing Lin Hu's surprised look, An Siyuan seemed quite satisfied: "As expected, Zongqi Lin is well-informed, and he can name this thing right away, so you must also know the effect of this thing. Now give it to Zongqi Master, you use it for self-defense."

Lin Hu didn't expect the gift from the other party to be so expensive, so he quickly declined and said, "Master An, this gift is too expensive, I really dare not accept it, and it may be more suitable for you to use than to give it to me."

An Siyuan smiled wryly: "Lin Zongqi, you have good intentions, and An Mou accepts it, but I don't know martial arts, even if I wear this thing, the effect is limited. , having this thing is like adding wings to a tiger, this is exactly what the so-called sword is given to a hero, so you don't have to refuse."

Lin Hu saw that An Siyuan's move was quite sincere, and finally accepted the soft hedgehog armor. An Siyuan demonstrated its hardness in front of Lin Hu. Even the best swords could not pierce through it. After that, An Siyuan specially asked his servants to help Lin Hu put it on on the spot. It was indeed quite light, as if wearing a slightly thick coat, which had little effect on his actions.

Lin Hu was very happy at that time, with this thing, he might not be injured in the situation in the alley before, which shows that An Siyuan put a lot of thought into giving this gift. Running such a huge business is indeed quite extraordinary, and Lin Hu thanked him repeatedly at that time.

In this way, Lin Hu left Anfu, lived back in the city, and rested for two more days. Seeing that the vacation was over, he returned to the Jinyiwei Yamen to report, and he was assigned a task just after he was reinstated, which was to assist Nangong Shaoqing, Li Zhongyi and others found out the spies of Jinyiwei's internal Jianwen Yu party.

Lin Hu himself is quite positive about this matter, because he knows that this internal trouble will not be ruled out, and it may threaten him in the future. After this period of investigation, the case has become somewhat clearer. It was confirmed that the female assassin died of poisoning, and since it was poisoned, it must be done by someone who had access to her, so the circle was narrowed to a relatively small area.

These days, Nangong Shaoqing and the others are not idle. After investigation, the suspects have now been narrowed down to three people. dead, and each of them is suspect.

Lin Hu's first job after his reinstatement was to assist Nangong Shaoqing and others in the interrogation of these three people. The first was the cook Xu Erniu. He looked like a cook. As soon as Xu Erniu entered the room and sat down, Li Zhongyi, who was in charge of the trial, slapped the table.

"Xu Erniu, this is not the first time we have come to you. I don't think we need to repeat many words. If you don't recruit today, we will be tortured!"

Xu Erniu had been in prison for a long time, and he knew all kinds of torture methods. Hearing this, he was so frightened that he knelt down to everyone: "Masters, I am wronged. I have been a cook here since I was 20 years old. It's been almost 30 years, and I have never done anything out of the ordinary, how that woman died has nothing to do with me!"

Nangong Shaoqing said coldly at this time: "You cooked the deceased's diet that day, so it's nothing to do with it?"

Xu Erniu was taken aback when he heard this, and he seemed to realize that what he said just now was inappropriate, so he hurriedly argued: "Even if there is something to do with it, it wasn't me who did it. I understand the principle of killing people for their lives. Don’t dare to do that!?”

At this time, Li Zhongyi took out an account book and threw it on the table: "You usually like to gamble in private, don't you?"

Xu Erniu's face changed obviously when he heard this, his eyes kept rolling, as long as he was not blind, he could basically see that there was a ghost in his heart.

"Ask you!?" At this moment, Lin Hu and Xie Yuan, who was on the jury, shouted loudly at the same time.

Xu Erniu was taken aback, and then said: "It's a small gamble for fun, I usually just play a few games in private with my friends when I have nothing to do."

"I'm afraid there are more than two?" Li Zhongyi said and began to flip through the account book.

"To be honest, we've found out about these things. In the past year, you owed no less than 500 taels of gambling debts. For this reason, you even mortgaged the house you live in. My wife is angry with you because of this. You took your child back to your natal home. Some time ago, you were being chased for debts almost every day. However, just three days before the incident, all the gambling debts you owed were suddenly paid off, and even the house deed was redeemed. How do you explain it!?"

"I asked others to borrow the money." Xu Erniu said vaguely.

"I always ask who borrowed it? Is there an IOU? Who is the guarantor!?"

“I can’t remember for a while”

Li Zhongyi slapped the table violently at that time: "Xu Erniu, you are quite courageous, do you know where this is? Playing tricks here, you don't want to live anymore, do you!?"

Xu Erniu was terribly frightened at the time, and kowtowed his head like a pounding garlic: "My lords, please forgive me, I say it's not okay, I'm guilty, I'm not human, in fact, I was really pressed by the creditors, and in desperation I ended up in the kitchen. I did some tricks on the accounts on the Internet, embezzled a sum of money to pay off the gambling debt, but I have long thought that even if I go around to borrow money, I will make up for the deficit. I know that doing so is not a small crime, how do you masters deal with it? Either way, but the murder of that female prisoner really has nothing to do with me."

Xu Erniu burst into tears at the end, and it really didn't look like a fake. At that time, everyone discussed and verified what Xu Erniu said, and temporarily detained him, and then interrogated the next suspect.

The second person to be interrogated is Cheng Feng, the cell leader. He is only in his thirties this year. He has dark skin and looks good, but his temperament is somewhat wretched. Nangong Shaoqing straight to the point: "Cheng Feng, you Have you been to Yanchun Tower recently?"

Cheng Fengwen frowned slightly, but on the surface he tried his best to put on a nonchalant look: "I've been there twice, isn't it against the law to have fun?"

Li Zhongyi sneered after hearing this: "I'm afraid it's not as light as you said, right? We checked it very clearly. In the past month, you went to Yanchun Tower no less than ten times, and you were looking for the most popular girls. Add up this You don’t know how big the expense is, do you? Where did you get so much money for a small prison boss!?”

"A friend's treat."

"What friend, who's name, what occupation!?"

"A merchant who sells jewelry, named Cheng Shou, is a distant cousin of mine."

"That's right, we have checked that there is such a Cheng Shou, but you are not cousins ​​at all. In fact, you have known each other for less than two months. What did you talk about in Yanchun Tower? Don't think that someone is not aware of it. Bar?"

It was late autumn at this time, and the interrogation room was obviously chilly, but at this moment, beads of sweat appeared on Cheng Feng's forehead.

(End of this chapter)