Chapter 175: Uncontrollable (1st update)
Yu Hong has been taken away. After listening to Wu Chen’s words, the remaining people collapsed on the ground. The man pretending to be a Taoist priest crawled to Wu Chen’s feet and begged. : "We don't want to either, but if we don't send the living people over, we will be sent over..."
"Can't you run away?" Yu Shi'an stepped forward and kicked the fake Taoist priest down. asked sharply.
"Run, you can't run! They are all under the mountain, and our family is in their hands. If we run away, our family may be captured and fed to ghosts..."
" That's nonsense!" Wu Chen interrupted the fake Taoist priest loudly: "From the first time I saw you, you have been acting without any sign of being forced. , after you were arrested and brought to the county government office, none of you took the initiative to say anything about saving your family. Instead, you continued to act in an attempt to deceive and pass. If it is true, as you said, that they used your family members as blackmail, you should have done so once you entered the government office. I can’t wait to tell the truth. Your family has a chance of survival, but you are still lying!”
"No, I'm not lying. We were once bandits from Shifeng Mountain. We were captured by Yu Hong's men. Then they took our wives and children away and fed us a kind of insect. They said that as long as we obey orders, Then nothing will happen..."
Wu Chen waved his hand and said:
"Su Chang was captured by me a long time ago, and the cave on the mountain was destroyed by me. I have heard many stories like this. What are you worried about now? They're all gone, I want to hear your answer What will you say when you come down? Deputy Yu asked your soldiers to wait by the side. I will ask them questions separately. If you lie, kill them immediately! It’s enough to keep Yu Hong alive.”
He came over with his sword in hand and said : "I will serve you personally! I just want to vent my anger. If I don't kill a few people today, I won't understand the hatred in my heart!"
The fake old man was so scared that his whole body was trembling, his heart was in a mess, his mind was blank, and he raised his head. He looked at Wu Chen with his mouth shut.
Wu Chen lowered his head and asked with a cold face: "There are four caves in the mountain. Every time you send a living person to which cave do you send them?"
The fake Taoist man immediately believed what Wu Chen said. It was true that the cave was destroyed. He did not dare to hesitate anymore and hurriedly said: "Most of them will not go in when they are delivered to the entrance of the cave. A few middle-aged people will come out to pick them up and say they are Su Xian." When someone's apprentice wants to go in occasionally, he only sends it to the third cave."
"Have you seen the fourth cave?"
"I have seen it vaguely. I know the third cave. There is light coming in from the four caves”
“Do you know where Su Chang’s disciples rest”
"In the hut at the foot of the mountain."
Wu Chen raised his eyebrows and asked again:
"Have you all seen the dead body in the second cave?"
" See, see.”
“They are all the people you sent”
"There are also some sent by the villagers at the foot of the mountain. We, we are also afraid. If there are not enough people, we will be used to replenish the number. On a full moon night, we will send one, at least three people. We can only pretend to be ghosts and scare people. ..."
"You also have small cloth bags containing black powder?"
The fake Taoist priest was stunned for a moment and nodded subconsciously.
"Who gave it to you? Do you have to change it every time you go or can it be used all the time?"
"I can't say how many times it can be used. Anyway, when the time comes, Su Chang's apprentice will give us new ones.”
"I ask you again, why don't you run?"
"At first, I didn't know what they wanted people to do, and they gave them a lot of money. But later I found out, and I couldn't run away. There were people all over the mountain and the mountain. If you catch him, he will be sent to the cave."
"Are you really a bandit?"
"They will. Your money as reward?”
"Give it."
Wu Chen smiled and asked, "But a large amount of money was not found in the Taoist temple."
"We hid it separately in the mountains, and no one else knew about it."< br>
“Do you recognize all those people at the foot of the mountain?” Wu Chen asked again.
“I can’t say that I recognize them all, but at least they look familiar.”
"Oh? That means you have been doing it for a long time?"
"It has been more than ten years. Yu Hong said that we can stop this year and we can take the money and reunite with our wife and children."< br>
Wu Chen snorted coldly, how could Yu Hong let these people leave alive!
"I asked you to identify the corpse that day. You said that the three deceased had lived in the Taoist temple, and you heard what they said. Is this true?"
"Fake , it’s fake. After the five hundred soldiers were found at the foot of the mountain, Yu Hong said, someone wants to harm us, and said that this person must be My friends, we were all under strict supervision during that time. There was a murder case at the foot of the mountain that day. We soon learned about it. Your every move was watched. In fact, we didn’t know those three corpses, but , but if you say you don’t know me, don’t give up, so Yu Hong came up with this idea..."
"I didn't hear you talking to each other."
"I didn't say it. We made secret gestures. We have been together for a long time, and only a few of us understand some gestures."
Wu Chen frowned. This was his own negligence. Fortunately, it did not affect the investigation. He asked again:
"Since you know that someone wants to frame you, you will definitely investigate closely, but have you found any clues? ”
Several people shook their heads.
When one person watched the fake Taoist answer, Wu Chen was in a relatively stable mood and seemed to be easy to talk to. Thinking that if he showed off, he might be given a lighter sentence, he said in a flattering way:
"This matter is mainly about those at the foot of the mountain. People check, how can they have that ability? , I heard that a few were secretly sent into the hole, but there was no further information. We thought they had been unable to find out. If they could send a few into the hole every month, it would save us trouble..."
Wu Chen raised his foot and kicked the man away, landing him in the courtyard.
Wu Chen knew that his kick was much better than before, and that person would definitely die.
After a scream, a beam of light flashed.
Several people kneeling on the ground all looked back, but no one made a sound, for fear of attracting Wu Chen's attention and getting kicked.
Wu Chen suppressed his anger and walked to the courtyard. Just as he was about to look up at the stars, he heard several shrill screams coming from behind him. Wu Chen suddenly turned around and saw that the sword in Yu Shian's hand was still bleeding. All the victims fell in a pool of blood.
The light beam in the courtyard flashed again. Wu Chen ignored it and walked back into the hall for a few steps. He looked at Yu Shian in surprise. At this time, the second year of high school students also ran back. Before Wu Chen could speak, the second year of high school students came back. First he said regretfully: "Why didn't you leave two for me?!"
Song Gu said regretfully: "I didn't even grab one."
Yu Shian said with a cold face: "They have been doing this all year round. They have lost their humanity long ago. Living a few more days is a waste of food." Wu Chen took a deep breath, turned around and returned to the courtyard, thinking about a The profound question is that the so-called progress of civilization is more reflected in tolerance. But how can we be tolerant when we really encounter such things? Just now he had to hold back and only kicked one person away. If he couldn't bear it, how could it be Yu Shian's turn to take action?
But Wu Chen didn't think about it. He knew that this kick would kill someone. Half a month ago, would he have kicked him like this without hesitation?
(End of this chapter)