Chapter 71 Preemptive Strike
"I said!"
In the crowd, a pale-faced young man who looked to be in his twenties suddenly stood up.
"I know where the person you are looking for is!" The young man raised his hands with a look of horror on his face.
He panicked.
If you continue like this, it will soon be your turn.
He is still young and he doesn't want to die.
The young man said with a look of resentment: "Master, you can't let us all be buried with you just because you are the only one. It was clearly you who killed the master of Jinyiwei that night..."
"Shut up!" Zhou Pingli suddenly shouted loudly, took a step forward, and shot out like an arrow.
The sharp eagle claws pointed directly at the young man's throat.
But at that moment, a figure suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.
Immediately afterwards, his chest seemed to have been hit by a huge force, and with a muffled groan, his whole body flew upside down and crashed into the hall.
Lin Mang said coldly: "You dare to take action in front of me, Master Zhou, you are so brave!"
Zhou Pingli stood up with his face covered in blood, laughed miserably, and looked up to the sky.
"Ha ha!"
"idiot!"
"They are all a bunch of idiots!"
Lin Mang sneered, looked at the frightened young man aside, and said coldly: "Tell me, where is he?"
The young man hurriedly said: "In the backyard cellar!"
"When I got up last night, I saw the owner of the house taking someone to the backyard cellar."
Lin Mang casually summoned a Jin Yiwei and told him to take people to find Tang Qi.
After a while, two royal guards came over with a figure on their back.
Lin Mang just glanced at him and quickly looked away, but his whole body seemed to be exuding endless killing intent.
Everyone couldn't help but tremble.
Tang Qi lay on the ground and choked with sobs: "Sir, it's me who has caused trouble for you."
Tang Qi's body was covered with scars, and his once handsome face bore a ferocious scar.
Fortunately, there were no fatal injuries.
Lin Mang expressed some relief and asked, "Tell me, what exactly happened."
Tang Qi took a deep breath and said with shame: "I fell into that old guy's trap. When I woke up, there was already a woman's body on the bed."
"After that, they took me to the cellar. They told me that as long as my lord pointed out that all this was done by you, I would put down my official position and leave."
Lin Mang nodded slightly, looked at Zhou Pingli in the mourning hall, and said calmly: "Tell me, who ordered you to do all this."
Zhou Pingli laughed at himself, coughed up blood, and said intermittently: "No one instigated it, all this was just my doing."
He planned everything, but he never expected that Lin Mang would come so quickly.
According to their original plan, Lin Mang should have entered Nanzhen Fusi Prison at this moment.
As long as Lin Mang enters the prison and the 600th household is leaderless, there will be no trouble, and they also have enough methods to get Tang Qi to accuse Lin Mang.
And as long as Beizhen Fusi can't find Tang Qi, Lin Mang's suspicion will never be cleared.
Without Tang Qi's accusations and the presence of the governor, those remarks without evidence alone would not be enough to bring down Lin Mang.
No matter how hard he calculated, he still didn't expect that Lin Mang would arrive so quickly.
Lin Mang suddenly laughed and said sarcastically: "Are you waiting for the master behind you?"
"Zhao Jingzhong? Or the young Marquis?"
"If that's the case, then you don't have to wait, they won't be able to come today."
Zhou Pingli's face changed slightly.
Lin Mang slowly wiped the blade of the sword and said in a serious tone: "The Zhou family, out of resentment, colluded with Zhao Jingzhong of Qianhu to murder Jin Yiwei."
"punish!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Mang suddenly took a step forward, the embroidered spring knife flying in his hand.
Wherever the figure passed, countless heads were thrown away.
Broken limbs and broken arms were flying in the air, and the broken corpse fell to the ground.
The surrounding Jinyi guards drew their swords again and started a bloody killing.
The white cloth in the mourning hall had already been stained red with blood.
The shrill wails echoed in all directions.
The cold wind blew through the white lantern soaked in blood, making a long "wuwu" sound.
…
Outside Chongjiaofang,
Zhao Jingzhong led his subordinates to ride horses with great momentum.
At this moment, many hooligans suddenly appeared on the street ahead. They pushed carts and even drove cattle and sheep, driving them wildly on the street.
The wide streets have already become chaotic.
"Xu~"
Zhao Jingzhong pulled the reins and said coldly: "Change the road."
Everyone quickly changed direction, but soon, many people from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division appeared on the street.
All kinds of road construction tools were piled up on the ground, and there were many anti-horse piles piled on the ground.
Zhao Jingzhong's face turned completely cold and he said angrily: "Dismount!"
If he can't even see this simple trick, then he would be underestimating him too much.
But at this moment, he didn't bother to bother with these people.
Zhao Jingzhong led everyone forward quickly, and several Jinyi guards quickly lifted the horse-rejecting stake.
But as soon as they walked a few dozen meters, there were many gang members on the street again, and they started to attack openly in the street.
It seemed huge, but the thunder was loud, the raindrops were light, and various weapons collided, but not much blood was seen.
Almost at the same time, countless people from the North City Army and Horse Division appeared from all directions, holding powerful crossbows.
The chaotic crowd surrounded the street, filling the entire street.
Zhao Jingzhong looked gloomy, turned around and ordered: "You guys must resolve the matter here."
After saying that, the figure soared into the sky, directly spanning more than ten feet, and disappeared at the end of the street in a few leaps.
Behind the small door of a room, looking at the retreating figure, Wu Shu patted his chest with lingering fear.
"Master Lin, I can only help you so far."
If he really went to stop Zhao Jingzhong, he would simply be sending himself to death.
After being held back for so long, by the time Zhao Jingzhong rushes over, it should be over, right?
Then he turned around and ordered: "Get ready to withdraw."
…
The cold wind is raging.
Lin Mang's boots stepped into the blood, and blood flowers spattered out.
He leaned over Zhou Pingli's body, took his finger, dipped it in blood and pressed a fingerprint.
A royal guard came forward and whispered: "My lord, it's all been forged."
Lin Mang nodded slightly.
Framing and fabricating crimes are actually not unfamiliar to Jin Yiwei.
This was originally a way to deal with the big guys in the court, but it lost its effectiveness because the power of the Jin Yiwei was decreasing day by day.
"Sir, these are the banknotes found from the Zhou family, totaling 80,000 taels."
"In addition, there are thirty thousand taels of gold and silver, and the title deed of the house is not clear yet."
Lin Mang narrowed his eyes slightly and said calmly: "Carry them all away."
Zhao Jingzhong quickly rushed into the courtyard, looked at the corpses scattered everywhere in front of him, and said with an angry face: "Lin Mang!"
Lin Mang suddenly shouted loudly, interrupted him directly, and said coldly: "Master Zhao, Zhou Pingli has confessed his crime and committed suicide. He once said that all of this was at your instigation. Can you give me an explanation?
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