Xia Feitao responded to Yu Qingfeng with a sneer and full of sympathy.

"Yu Qingfeng, you are just an insignificant maidservant who was used by them as a pawn to lure me into their trap. They don't care about your safety at all, and now you are stupidly speaking for them."

Yu Qingfeng smiled and waved her hands. How dare you use this little trick of sowing dissension against her?

"Master Xia, you haven't fully realized it yet. Did you forget that the night I came back from the Tomb of the Decapitated Ghost, before I fainted, Master Pei blamed me for being pushy? Master Pei and I had already discussed this in the tomb.

This strategy was just a matter of disagreement over who would be the bait and the ghost knocking on the door in the middle of the night. We all came up with this idea, but at the critical moment, I beat him to it. Even though Mr. Pei was angry, he could only admit it.

ah."

Lin Ming looked at Xia Feitao coldly and did not hesitate to teach:

"After you left that night, we got together in secret and discussed the strategy of inviting you to the urn with Miss Ding. Miss Ding went to Pingchuan County overnight and found this charlatan, and gave him a chance.

Use your talents to do something good."

Yu Qingfeng gave Ding Xiyao a thumbs up, "Miss Ding, you have trained such a trick in such a short time, it is amazing!"

Ding Xiyao clenched her fists at Yu Qingfeng and returned the favor, "In such a short time, you designed and made a soul shield. You are even more powerful!"

"Soul Mask Appearance! How did you do that Soul Appearance Mask? Obviously, obviously your head just disappeared!"

Xia Feitao later realized that this most critical mystery had not yet been solved, and now it was his turn to figure it out.

"Actually, I gave you the hint a long time ago," Yu Qingfeng looked down at Xia Feitao with false sympathy in her eyes, and gave the hint again, "Did you forget the trick? Among the tricks I told you about the magician and the female goblin

, there is such a hood that goes over the head.”

"But the hood in that trick doesn't make the head disappear!"

"Of course not, so their tricks are still slightly inferior to mine."

Yu Qingfeng was so proud that she winked at the old charlatan who had gotten an extra ten taels of silver.

The Taoist Priest Jue Juezi hurriedly came over with the Soul Revealing Shield in his hands and handed it to Yu Qingfeng.

Yu Qingfeng was happy to perform the disappearing head trick for Xia Feitao once again at close range.

Pei Wuyan watched Yu Qingfeng put the soul mask on her head again, and asked dumbfoundedly: "Is this necessary?"

Yu Qingfeng had already put on the soul shield. She fumbled on the wooden board in front of her with her hands and pulled out the wooden board.

Xia Feitao exclaimed because he saw Yu Qingfeng's head disappear again, and it was pitch black inside the soul shield.

"It's necessary. I just discovered that it feels really good to reveal the secret to the bad guy, see the bad guy suddenly realize it, feel ashamed, and admit defeat with conviction."

In fact, Yu Qingfeng's subtext is: the plot develops like this, the protagonist's IQ is crazy, she is very happy, and the audience is also very happy watching it. In fact, the only person who is unhappy is the villain.

"You, you..." Xia Feitao couldn't believe it.

"You'll know if you take a closer look." Yu Qingfeng raised her fingers at Xia Feitao.

Xia Feitao did not dare to get close, as if there was still a ghost in the dark cover.

Yu Qingfeng couldn't see if Xia Feitao was coming over to look, so she put her hands directly into the cover from the front and knocked on it.

"You see, there are actually two reflective mirrors in this cover, which together form an oblique angle and reflect the black wooden boards on both sides. When viewed from the front, you can only see darkness. In fact, my head is behind this oblique angle.

"

As Yu Qingfeng spoke, she touched a small bump on the front edge of the cover. When this mechanism was pressed, the two mirrors in the cover retracted to both sides, with the mirrors facing inward and attached to the wooden boards on both sides of the cover.

Yu Qingfeng's head appeared in the hood again, and then she saw the dumbfounded and sculpture-like Xia Feitao in front of her.

"The mechanism is on the grooves of the boards on both sides. If you don't look carefully, you might think the woodwork is rough. When you pull out the board, press it and the head will disappear."

After Yu Qingfeng finished explaining, she whispered to Pei Wuyan: "I have to sell these props and tricks to that troupe, and it won't be in vain that I worked hard all night to make them."

"Getting carried away." Pei Wuyan shook his head and looked at Yu Qingfeng as if he were looking at a childish child.

Only then did Yu Qingfeng realize that she had really enjoyed the performance and was into the drama. She had deeply experienced the joy of being a detective and she was really carried away.

She quickly restrained herself, cleared her throat, and made her final statement with a straight face:

"Not only the soul mask, but also the psychological implications of the cold and stern look I looked at you before I fainted. Oh, by the way, there was also Miss Ding who deliberately tampered with the ritual instruments. I pretended to be ill and was alone in the room.

, the conversations Master Pei and Miss Ding had with me when they visited me, all these were specially acted out for you and the men you sent to follow and monitor us. With these, plus the killer soul shield, you won’t take the bait.

That’s weird.”

"Admit defeat, you are not unfairly defeated by our future first female official of Dali Temple."

Lin Ming's words were obviously meant for Xia Feitao, but he said them to Yu Qingfeng.

Yu Qingfeng smiled in surprise.

Lian Shurong again showed off his style as Master Qingtian, who was presiding over the case in Dali Temple, and said seriously:

"Xia Feitao, we are the witnesses who heard your confession with our own ears. If you don't want to suffer the pain of your flesh and bones, it's better to plead guilty directly. I don't think you can bear any punishment if you are so pampered."

Pei Wuyan saw that Xia Feitao was still acting stupidly and not responding, so he added weight.

"Xia Feitao, if you spend money to buy an official position, there will naturally be others who will pay you to sell it. As long as the evidence of the crime has been investigated for so many years, it will be a matter of time. I advise you to plead guilty directly. I also have a bargaining chip to intercede for your family. You said,

You still have children, and you don’t want to annihilate them, right?”

When Ding Xiyao heard this, she realized it later and asked Pei Wuyan: "Master Pei, how will this case be decided?"

"Master Ding will be redressed and will definitely tell the world. As for stealing five thousand taels of silver from the disaster relief official, framed the court official, or being an upright parent official, causing him to bear the crime for twenty years, that is Xia Weifeng's crime. But

He knew his father's crimes but covered him up and used dirty money to buy an official position." Pei Wuyan snorted coldly and raised his voice, "According to the law, everyone in the family will be executed."

"Everyone is being executed?" Xia Feitao suddenly woke up.

Yu Qingfeng couldn't see Xia Feitao's fear of being late, so she taunted:

"Mr. Xia, you yourself are a criminal who knows the law and breaks the law. When you protected Xia Weifeng and spent the stolen money to buy an official position, didn't you think that one day you might end up with such consequences, which would harm your family and future generations?"

Xia Weifeng hurriedly adjusted his posture, from sitting to kneeling, found the right direction, and kept kowtowing to Pei Wuyan.

Dong-dong-dong, accompanied by all kinds of begging for mercy and crying.

Pei Wuyan said coldly, "Qingfeng just left one last note when he was liquidating your crimes. You attempted to kill Qingfeng. Although you failed, the crime is unavoidable. Xia Feitao, you cannot escape the death penalty, but I will do what I say. You

Your wife, children, and family members will not be buried with you."

When Xia Feitao heard this, his body froze for a moment, and then he kowtowed again, but this time he no longer begged for mercy, but was filled with words of gratitude.

Everyone looked at each other and left one by one.

Two Dali Temple guards, one on each side, lifted Xia Feitao, who was kneeling on the ground limply, and temporarily detained him in the county jail.


Chapter completed!