Chapter 85: Acting Carefully
Chapter 85: Acting Carefully
Whether Wang Chang was being "a wise man never suffers a loss in front of him" or this guy was determined to "settle the score later", for Pei Yuan, it was considered that he had temporarily overcome the imminent crisis.
However, your destiny still lies in your own hands...
After meeting Wang Chang, Pei Yuan turned around expressionlessly, ignored Captain Chen's attempts to stop him, and cleared the room with his knife.
The officials and scholars who were hiding in the room to avoid the rain had just experienced a group of bandits hacking and killing, and they were already frightened out of their wits and had lost all their courage.
Seeing Pei Yuan entering the room with a knife, they immediately scattered.
After Pei Yuan cleared the area, he instructed Chen Toutie, "Go get something to start a fire, and then go see if the stove is still usable. If it's raining over there, put a pot here and make some hot soup."
He turned around to look for Cheng Leixiang, but saw him following Yue Qingfeng with embarrassment.
Before, the two groups arrived at the post station from different intersections.
When Pei Yuan went to negotiate with Yue Qingfeng, he was riding alone.
When raiding the post station, Pei Yuan was afraid of complications, so he chose to join forces with Chen Toutie.
Due to the darkness and rain, the two sides were unable to meet each other.
Cheng Leixiang knew that Yue Qingfeng was there and had prepared himself mentally in advance, but he still felt a little guilty when they met for the first time.
Yue Qingfeng ignored Cheng Leixiang's meaning and said calmly, "Young Master Cheng is now a government official, why does he have to be so estranged from us Jianghu people? The wandering souls of the Thirteen Heroes of Huaishang are still waiting for your father to pay tribute to them."
When the topic turned to Cheng Zhihu, Cheng Leixiang didn't know how to respond.
Many Huashan Sect disciples also looked embarrassed.
Some people didn't dare to pay attention to Cheng Leixiang, while others called him "Big Brother" in a low voice.
Cheng Leixiang tried his best not to look at Yue Chengying, but he also called out softly with mixed feelings, "Big Brother."
Cheng Leixiang uttered a hesitant "hmm", trying hard to appear carefree and sophisticated, but he felt that neither this nor that was right.
Yue Qingfeng no longer paid attention to Cheng Leixiang, and he and his disciples cleared out a room without any courtesy.
The thing has been done, why should we still have any reverence now?
Captain Chen, who had been so arrogant that Yue Qingfeng felt "humble", seemed to have just understood his current situation.
Seeing that the Jinyiwei remained silent, he could only ignore the officials and scholars' pleading looks.
Pei Yuan felt a little unhappy.
He yelled at Cheng Leixiang, "Come over here quickly, stop embarrassing yourself there."
Cheng Leixiang finally had an excuse not to continue to be embarrassed in front of Yue Chengying, and he fled to Pei Yuan's side.
Pei Yuan knew that the physical condition of him and several of his men was very bad.
At this moment, everyone was holding on with all their strength.
Not to mention others, he is already showing signs of feeling dizzy.
If I get a complete fever and become confused later, I’m afraid that by the time I wake up, it will be too late for many things.
Pei Yuan asked Cheng Leixiang to collect some paper and pen from each room, then put a desk in the room and began to record the evil deeds of the White Lotus Sect.
Song Chunniang helped Chen Toutie destroy some furniture and started a fire in the house.
Then he made a rack and hung an iron pot on it.
As the room gradually became warmer, Song Chunniang, who was closest to the fire, began to shiver from the cold.
Pei Yuan knew this was not the time to be soft-hearted, so he threw everyone's bags to her and said, "Come and help us bake a set of replacement clothes."
Song Chunniang knew that if everyone continued to wear wet clothes, they would definitely fall seriously ill, so now was the time for everyone to do their best. She gritted her teeth and insisted on drying clothes for everyone by the fire, regardless of the cold she felt.
When Pei Yuan was rummaging through Song Chunniang's bag, he saw that Tang Bohu's painting of erotic ladies had been soaked by the rain, and he felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife.
This is one hundred taels!!!
My head was already starting to feel dizzy, and my mood was getting worse.
He slammed the table and said angrily, "Everyone must confess, no one can be left out! Cheng Leixiang, go get them!"
Cheng Leixiang went out and quickly drove some officials and scholars here.
Chen Toutie went to the kitchen to find rice, cooked it in the pot, and then helped Cheng Leixiang maintain order.
The first person to come in was Yang Wei, a doctor from the Nanjing Institute of Technology.
Pei Yuanqiang asked the doctor, "You are a court official, so you should cooperate with us Jinyiwei in investigating the case. The White Lotus thieves just now were rampant and killed and injured so many people. Do you have any clues to share?"
Yang Wei thought about it carefully, shook his head and said, "I had just fallen asleep and when I was woken up, I saw the White Lotus bandits rushing into the post station. I was powerless and couldn't even dodge, so how could I dare to move forward?"
Pei Yuan frowned and asked seriously, "No clues?"
Yang Wei thought for a long time and still shook his head, "Those people have their faces covered, so I can't see any features."
Pei Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, recorded what Yang Wei said, and asked him to come forward and sign.
After he signed his name, he warned him, "If I find out that you are hiding something in the future, I will treat you as an accomplice of the White Lotus Sect and arrest you. I will let you have a taste of the imperial prison."
Yang Wei said hurriedly, "This is all I know, and I have absolutely nothing to hide."
After Yang Wei went out, Cheng Leixiang called someone else in.
Pei Yuan continued to ask those people for any clues and asked them to describe the characteristics of the White Lotus bandits.
Many scholars grew up with books in their arms, had not seen much of the world, and were timid and cowardly. It was dark and raining coldly, and they didn't even care about escaping, so who had the mind to see what the White Lotus bandits looked like.
After asking some questions, Pei Yuan asked them to sign their confessions.
There was a small mistake. After a scholar from Jiangxi finished answering, he accidentally glanced at the clothes being baked and suddenly found that two of them seemed extremely familiar.
Pei Yuan immediately turned his stern gaze towards Song Chunniang.
Song Chunniang, whose mind was already a little confused, suddenly came to her senses and hurriedly put away the two pieces of clothing.
Pei Yuan looked at the scholar expressionlessly, then lowered his head and read what he had just registered.
"Your name is Ouyang Bijin? Are you from Anfu County, Ji'an Prefecture?"
The scholar was an extremely intelligent man, and he suddenly understood everything as if he had suddenly realized something!
——The military officer who is currently interrogating them is clearly the "White Lotus Bandits" who just rushed in and killed people indiscriminately!
Now, this group of people not only committed murders openly, but also turned back to sort out the survivors one by one to find out if there were any loopholes left.
Even just in case, these people asked people to give confessions and sign their names.
In this way, even if someone later remembers that something was wrong and wants to change his testimony, we can use today's files to accuse that person of going back on his word and having ulterior motives!
So bold and so careful!
As for those who can provide clues...
The scholar looked at Cheng Leixiang, who was staring at him with a murderous look in his eyes and holding a knife. His legs involuntarily went limp and he fell to the ground.
Pei Yuan picked up the pen and was about to cross out the line he had just written.
Without even looking up, he ordered Cheng Leixiang, "Help him out!"
The scholar was a coward to begin with. He was struck by lightning when he heard that. He immediately knelt forward and cried loudly, "I won't leave until I sign my name."
(End of this chapter)