Dafeng Night Watchman
Chapter 61: Chapter 61: Ironclad Evidence

Chapter 61: Chapter 61: Ironclad Evidence

He looked at Xu Qiyan inconspicuously, and seeing that his body was tense and his smile was forced, he comforted him, "I was ordered to take you back for questioning, and I don't know the specific inside story. However, you take money from others to help them get rid of disasters. When you arrive at the yamen, remember one sentence: Don't hide what you should say, and don't say what you shouldn't say, even if you are beaten to death."

I... Don't I know this truth? It's not worth thirty taels of silver at all, shit, what's the difference between this and the insincere excuse of "I have asked the relevant departments to deal with it"... Xu Qiyan wanted to slap the squinty-eyed man to death, but he didn't dare.

The carriage drove through the busy streets and long streets, and arrived at the night watchman's yamen at the beginning of the Si hour.

Xu Qiyan jumped off the carriage and entered this prestigious yamen under the escort of two night watchmen.

Its office space was converted from two three-entry courtyards, with attics standing tall. Night watchmen wearing black clothes and gongs came in and out, with stern expressions and awe-inspiring momentum.

I don't know if I will be sent to the night watchman's prison, where people are eaten without leaving any bones... Let's wait and see what happens. I am a good citizen and I have not broken the law... Xu Qi'an took a deep breath to calm his uneasy mood.

Not long after, he was taken into a small courtyard.

There were two night watchmen standing at the gate of the courtyard. The two sides made a handover. The squinting man stopped at the gate of the courtyard and smiled: "Go in, and wish you good luck."

After that, he left with his serious-looking companion.

Xu Qi'an was taken in, and the two night watchmen pushed open the door of the room and said in a cold tone: "Go in."

This is an interrogation room, with various torture instruments in the corner and an empty long table in the middle.

The chief interrogator did not come.

Xu Qi'an did not dare to sit on the chair, standing in the room, thinking about why the night watchmen would look for him.

But before he had time to think more, footsteps were heard and someone entered the yard.

The door opened, and two middle-aged men with silver gongs embroidered on their chests walked in.

Xu Qi'an's muscles tensed up in an instant, and he quickly glanced at the two silver gongs, and was surprised to replace that one of them was an old acquaintance.

He had a high nose bridge, deep facial features, slightly light pupils, and half of his southern barbarian blood.

It was the silver gong that he met in the back hall of the government office during the tax case. "See you again." Li Yuchun nodded, without any warmth in his eyes.

The two silver gongs sat behind the table, with serious expressions, and looked at Xu Qi'an sharply.

"I ask you questions, and you answer them. If you lie, you will be severely punished." The strange silver gong said in a deep voice.

"Yes..." Xu Qi'an's heart sank, these two looked at him like a prisoner.

Li Yuchun frowned: "Before answering the questions, tidy up your clothes first, this is the most basic etiquette."

Xu Qi'an realized that his collar was too loose and not symmetrical. It was caused by secretly taking out the silver bills in the carriage.

When he tightened his clothes, Li Yuchun looked a little relieved, as if he had solved a problem.

The unfamiliar Yinluo asked: "Do you know that the mastermind behind the tax case is the former Minister Zhou?"

Xu Qiyan answered truthfully: "I heard from Miss Caiwei of the Imperial Observatory."

"Then you know that Zhou Li dealt with you out of revenge."

"I thought of it."

Xu Qiyan remembered the warning of the squinting young man and never concealed what he should say. That day, the white-clothed people of the Imperial Observatory rushed into the Ministry of Justice to save him. It was in public and could not be denied.

It is better to admit it generously and appear to be glorious.

"Do you know that Zhou Li wants to put you to death?"

"I know."

"So, in order to avoid revenge from the Zhou family, you kidnapped the concubine of the Marquis of Weiwu and put the blame on Zhou Li." The unfamiliar Yinluo's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

It was indeed for this matter...Xu Qian'an was not panicked at all, and even showed a certain confusion and panic of being wronged: "I don't understand what you said."

"On the day when the concubine of Marquis Weiwu was kidnapped, you were not on duty at the Changle County government office. Where did you go?"

"I went to the brothel to listen to music. I did neglect my duties and often sneaked to the brothel to listen to music."

Wang, the head of the police, and other clerks can testify for him on this point, because everyone is doing this.

Besides, what does my Changle County's fast hand skipping work to visit the brothel have to do with you night watchmen.

"Then how do you explain the certificate? The records of the yamen issuing certificates show that you went to the inner city many times." Li Yuchun said in a deep voice.

"I am innocent!" Xu Qi'an's eyes widened, and he defended himself excitedly: "I have never been to the inner city, and I have never taken a certificate from the government office." They are framing me. I asked someone to get a certificate to enter the inner city, and my hands and feet are clean... And the client is Yang Ling, what does he have to do with me, Xu Qi'an? The two silver gongs interrogated for a while, but did not catch any clues from Xu Qi'an's

words.

They looked at each other, and seemed a little surprised.

When it comes to interrogation skills, I am also a professional... Xu Qi'an breathed a sigh of relief, and his eyes caught a glimpse of the torture instruments, and his heart tightened again.

Li Yuchun sighed: "Yes, if we hadn't mastered the evidence in advance, I might have believed you just based on the conversation just now."

They are framing me again... and the tone is still very confident... Xu Qi'an has no expression.

As a professional who graduated from the police academy and worked in the police station for several years, Xu Qi'an is confident to deal with various interrogations. Unless the other party confesses under torture, that is another matter.

Minister Zhou had already fallen, and without evidence, he believed that the night watchman would not make it too difficult.

The unfamiliar Yinluo took out a small notebook from his pocket, opened it, glanced at Xu Qi'an, and read from the notebook:

"On the first day of October, the day of Renxu, Xu Qi'an returned from Yunlu Academy and bought two gold step-shakings at Baoqixuan. On the way, he was followed by someone who was suspected to be from Zhou's mansion.

"That night, I scared off the assassins from Zhou's mansion."

"On the second day of October, the day of Guihai, I moved my female relatives to Yunlu

Academy to avoid disaster."

"On the fifth day of October, the day of Bingyin, I entered the inner city and entered the Jiaofang Division. I stayed in Yingmei Pavilion for one night. "Gift to Fuxiang" is suspected to

be written by Xu Qi'an."

"On the seventh day of October, the day of Wuchen, I drove a carriage and hit the concubine of Marquis Weiwu, and kidnapped the concubine of Marquis Weiwu by unknown means." The man with the strange face closed the small book, looked at Xu Qi'an sarcastically, and

sneered.

Xu Qi'an's body became colder and colder, as if he lacked clothes to wrap himself in the cold winter, and he shivered slowly.

The night watchman followed me... He followed me on the day I went to the academy... All my plans in these days were seen by the night watchman... It's over!

Why would the night watchman follow me? I'm just a quick hand, this is unreasonable... Xu

Qi'an roared angrily in his heart.

He felt the despair of the abyss.

Framing the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and kidnapping the daughter of the Marquis,

the two crimes combined are enough to execute the whole family.

The great scholar of Yunlu Academy couldn't save him, the white-clothed man of the

Sitianjian couldn't save him, no one could save him!

My feet and hands were cleaned up very cleanly, and there was no evidence to convict me, but

the night watchman who followed me witnessed my plan throughout the whole process...

Man proposes, God disposes.

Xu Qiyan's forehead was covered with cold sweat, which slowly slid down his cheeks and dripped onto the ground under the teasing and cold gazes of the two silver gongs.

Wait!

He suddenly noticed an unreasonable detail. Since the night watchman witnessed the whole process, why didn't he expose him?

As long as the book was handed in, Zhou Li would be free from the crime, and the knife that was waved towards the Xu family fell again after being late for a month and a half. Why wait until Minister Zhou fell before inviting him to "drink tea"?

Xu Qiyan exhaled a foul breath, along with all kinds of negative emotions, and lowered his

eyebrows and said: "I plead guilty. I did everything. You two adults, how to deal with it is up

to you."

The serious-looking silver gong raised his eyebrows, looked at Li Yuchun, and they both

smiled. "Very smart, very sharp. "Li Yuchun smiled and said, "Just now I was testing you. If you reveal

any flaws during the interrogation, or if your mind is crushed by the hard evidence, then you will be greeted with real punishment."

After a pause, he restrained his serious expression and smiled more relaxedly: "And now, you are greeted with an invitation from the night watchman."