Chapter 85: Intimidation to force a confession
The spacecraft slowly climbed to an altitude of thousands of feet.
Qingshi said to Teng Shouqian and Chen Tianye: "Let's work separately." After saying that, he led the five people into the middle cabin, and Shen Feiyun and Shen Binghong also followed. Teng Shouqian took Hu Shisan and others to the front deck, but Chen Tianye and Duan Xiaoyu took Barrett to the back deck.
Entering the cabin, Qingshi said to the barbarian man: "Master Du is my nephew. Why haven't I heard him say that he has a son-in-law like you?"
The savage man looked at Qingshi with his eyes wide open, and after a while he came back to his senses and said, "You, liar! Braggart!"
"You lie first! You, liar!" Qingshi pushed back.
"I'm not lying!" Manzi shouted, glaring at the other four men fiercely and said, "Tell Shangguan that I am Lord Du's son-in-law."
"Our sect leader's surname is not Du," Zhan Dawei said, "his surname is Dou."
"I'm talking about Master Dou," Manzi said, "The pronunciation is not standard!" He also spread his hands towards the bluestone.
"Our Lord Dou has only one daughter," Zhan Dawei said, "She is only three years old this year."
"We are determined to have a baby marriage! I am the child's foster husband!" Manzi said.
"Both she and the sect leader were killed by you gangsters!" Zhan Dawei shouted sharply.
"They are all dead. It's all Zhu Ping's fault and it's none of my business!" The barbarian argued loudly, then he covered his face with his hands and cried loudly, "Oh ho ho! My poor father-in-law! Ah! Woohoo! My poor..."
Shen Feiyun laughed angrily, grabbed the barbarian and walked outside the cabin, raised his hand and threw him from the side of the ship. The man shouted to himself in mid-air: "I am really...son-in-law..."
Shen Feiyun clapped his hands, turned around and saw the frightened eyes of Barrett and Grusa, and smiled softly: "Don't be afraid, this guy is full of lies, so I threw him down. Don't lie, I promise Don’t throw it away.” After saying that, he went straight back to the cabin.
Barrett turned to Chen Tianye and Duan Xiaoyu and said with a loyal face: "You two immortals, feel free to ask, but we promise not to tell any lies."
Questions were being held in three places at the same time.
Teng Shouqian asked Hu Shisan how Zhu Ping defeated the Hu family and even other families and sects. Chen Tianye asked Barrett about the same thing. Qingshi mainly asked Zhan Dawei about the situation in the cave.
Shen Binghong walked around in three places, asking and listening in all three places. After a while, the questioning ended and everyone basically got the information they wanted.
Shen Binghong signaled Teng Shouqian, Qingshi Chen Tianye, and asked them to bring all these people to the bow deck, and then said with a smile: "I learned about the situation just now, and I found that some of you are not very honest! According to the rules, If you lie, you will be thrown off the boat. Barrett Grusa, are you two going to jump off on your own? Or are you going to let Brother Chen throw him off?"
Chen Tianye naturally understood, and rolled up his sleeves as if to step forward and grab someone.
"Great Immortal, please forgive me!" Barrett and Grusa both knelt down and kowtowed and cried loudly, "We didn't lie. Is everything we said true?"
"Really?" Shen Binghong smiled slightly, "Then you just said that Hu Shisan was a traitor who betrayed the Hu family. Is this true?"
"It's true, it's true!" Barrett and Grusa nodded repeatedly.
"It's wrong!" Hu Shisan also knelt down and cried loudly, "Shangguan, please don't believe these two barbarians. They are full of lies. They are not the Lu family's son-in-law or adopted son at all. They are the Lu family's. They have already finished killing everyone."
"Oh, really?" Shen Binghong frowned, "So one of you must be lying, or both of you are lying!"
"You lied!" Hu Shisan said angrily.
"You're the one fucking lying!" Barrett and Grusa naturally countered.
For a while, the two sides began to quarrel and expose each other's shortcomings. Only then did everyone realize that Grusha liked to eat children, Barrett called Zhu Ping his godfather, and Hu Shisan liked to peek at the Master Zhu taking a shower...
"That's enough!" Shen Binghong shouted loudly, "Shut up!" After the three of them shut up, Shen Binghong continued, "I hate liars the most. Now I will give you another chance. As long as you tell the truth, I will Spare his life and if he dares to lie, Brother Chen, just throw him off the boat!"
"Okay!" Chen Tianye agreed eagerly.
"Yes, yes, I don't dare to lie." Hu Shisan and the other three people also nodded in agreement.
"Okay," Shen Binghong asked Barrett, "Are you the Lu family's son-in-law?"
"I, I'm not!" Barrett said with a frown, "But I really want to be Mr. Lu's son-in-law! Even in my dreams! I'm telling the truth, you can't kill me!"
"Okay," Shen Binghong said, "Assuming you are smart and don't resist to the end, we won't kill you, but naturally we can't give you the compensation to the Lu family, don't you think so?"
"Yes, yes, I don't want compensation." Barrett said quickly.
"What about you?" Shen Binghong turned to ask Grusa.
"I am not the stepson of the second grandpa of the Lu family," Grusa said, "I don't want compensation."
"Very good," Shen Binghong said with a smile, "What about you? Were you the one who responded when Zhu Ping attacked the Hu family?" He asked Hu Shisan.
"It's me!" Hu Shisan lowered his head and cried, "Zhu Ping captured my wife and children and forced me to do this! I'm sorry..."
"That's enough!" Shen Binghong shouted, "You dare to deceive us and want compensation from the court. It's really unreasonable. Now that you finally told the truth, I will spare your lives and keep all the property you robbed. Get off and get out."
As Shen Binghong spoke, she motioned to Qingshi to lower the height of the spacecraft.
Barrett was the most straightforward and immediately took out a storage container and placed it on the ground. Grusa slowly took out five or six storage containers with a look of pain. Hu Shisan also gritted his teeth and took out three Storage is placed on the floor.
Qingshi waved his hand, and all the storage containers were in his hands. With a sweep of his consciousness, Qingshi found that there were quite a lot of things belonging to Grusha and Hu Shisan, but Barrett's storage container only had one, and there was only one storage container in it. With hundreds of low-grade spiritual stones and a dozen medium-grade spiritual stones, this guy was obviously prepared.
Qingshi didn't say anything and nodded to Shen Feiyun.
Shen Feiyun said: "You three, get out of here quickly."
Barrett was the first to jump out of the ship without hesitation. At this time, the ship had already dropped to a height of only five feet above the ground, so it was naturally not a problem for him.
Grusa and Hu Shisan also jumped out of the boat, only to see the big man who was thrown off by Shen Feiyun just now lying on the grass in a big shape, already dead. Barrett was squatting next to his body, searching his body, taking off a storage bag from his waist, and pulling off two storage rings from his hands.
On the spaceship, Qingshi handed all the storage containers on his handle to Zhan Dawei. Said: "You don't want to go down anymore, stay on the ship for a few days, and then I will take you to Tianwu City."
Qingshi already knew that Zhan Dawei and the other four people had no choice but to surrender and join the Pinghai Clan after the Jiufeng Clan was broken. There were more than ten Jiufeng Sect disciples who originally surrendered to Zhu Ping, but now only four of them are left. Zhan Dawei and the others don't know why. It is estimated that most of the others were secretly killed by these barbarians, or they escaped quietly.
Zhan Dawei thanked the four people profusely, and Qingshi arranged them into a cabin below the deck.
Although others did not understand Qingshi's arrangement, they had no objections. Wu Qinghan couldn't help but said: "Senior Brother Qingshi, these four people are just traitors from the Jiufeng Sect. They can just kill them or drive them off the spaceship. Why bother with them and give him cultivation resources?"
Qingshi smiled slightly and said: "They were captured after exhaustion and were forced to surrender in order to save their lives. In my opinion, the crime is not worthy of death. They are not willing to be thieves, and it is helpful to tell us everything they know. I think we should give them An opportunity to start a new life is just a piece of cake for us, so why not take it?"
"What about Hu Shisan Barret Grusa? And what about those gangsters who have committed many evil deeds?" Wu Qinghan continued to ask, "Are we going to let them go like this?"
Qingshi was stunned, shook his head and said: "If Senior Brother Shen decides to destroy them, I have no objection, but I will not make such a decision myself."
"Our task is to capture Zhu Ping and return it to the academy. If we cannot capture him alive, we can kill him." Shen Feiyun said, "The academy has not asked us to destroy the gangs. My first consideration now is how to complete the task. As for how to deal with these gangsters, Let’s wait until Zhu Ping is caught. Okay, let’s not talk about the gangsters for now, let’s go over the information we got from questioning them first.”
According to the inquiry results, Zhu Ping’s situation is roughly as follows:
Judging from the time, Zhu Ping graduated from Tianlong Academy and returned to Tianwu County about nine months ago.
Six months ago, Zhu Ping made a big fuss at the Zhu Family Council. He first injured the clan elders and then escaped. The next day, he returned to the Zhu Family and killed eleven clan members, including two council elders. His father committed suicide.
Four months ago, Zhu Ping colluded with the barbarian tribes and desperadoes wandering in the wilderness and raided Lujiazhuang outside Tianwu County. They looted everything and left no chickens or dogs behind.
Ten days later, they raided Jiufeng Mountain, occupied Jiufeng Gate and built Pinghai Gate.
Two months ago, Zhu Ping led Pinghaimen to attack Hujia and Xueshanmen within seven days.
Shen Feiyun said: "Everyone, please tell me what you think."
Seeing Shen Feiyun looking at him, Shen Binghong said: "Jiufeng Gate is a key point. I think it has a lot to do with that cave."
"Be specific." Shen Feiyun said.
"The Lu family is a small family," Shen Binghong continued. "The Lujiazhuang where they are located is an ordinary town. There is no defensive formation. It is easy for Zhu Ping and the others to capture it by surprise."
"Jiufengmen has long since declined. Its power is not much stronger than that of the Lu family. The defensive array is only level 3 and there is no level 3 array mage in charge. They were also raided. This is not too difficult for Zhu Ping and the others. .”
"However, the Hu family and the Xueshan sect are the five major sects in Tianwu County together with the Zhu family. Zhu Ping successively attacked these two major sects in a short period of time. It is obviously because he became much stronger after defeating the Jiufeng sect. .”
"Just now Zhan Dawei said that the cave is a forbidden area of Jiufeng. Anyone who enters will die, but Zhu Ping can enter and exit at will. Therefore, Zhu Ping must have gained mysterious power in the forbidden area of the cave and his strength increased greatly."
"Yes," Teng Shouqian said, "I have seen Zhu Ping play against each other on the Dragon Tiger List. At that time, his strength was far less than it is now. At least his speed was not a bit worse. Now less than a year has passed. Under normal circumstances, with his His aptitude and martial arts cultivation cannot improve so quickly, so he must have had some adventure in that cave."
"That should be the case!" Qingshi also nodded in agreement.
Seeing that everyone agreed with Shen Binghong's analysis, Shen Feiyun nodded and said: "Okay, let's discuss this cave again. What did Zhan Dawei and the others say just now? Qingshi, please tell everyone."
"Okay!" Qingshi said, "This cave has not always been a forbidden area for Jiufengmen. It has been thousands of years since Jiufengmen was established. This cave became a forbidden area only in the last three hundred years."
"It is said that the cave was originally a training place for Jiufeng Sect disciples, and many disciples have entered it to practice in the past dynasties."
"More than three hundred years ago, the Jiufeng Sect, which had been in decline for a long time, was revived. At that time, hundreds of disciples often practiced in the cave for a long time. But something happened later. After the three sons of the sect leader of that generation and many disciples entered the cave, He never came out again."
"The sect master personally led the sect's elites in to search. After a few days, only the sect master came out injured and poisoned. After he came out, he activated the stone gate magic circle and sealed the cave. Then he no longer allowed the disciples of the sect. Ban on entry.”
"The master died of poison less than three days after he came out. As for what was in the cave? What happened? No one knows now."
Teng Shouqian said: "That Shimen array was set up by the previous head of Jiufengmen? So Jiufengmen's formations and magic are very good! Why is the current Jiufengmen defensive array so bad? ?”
"Forefathers have great achievements, but later generations are not up to par," Shen Binghong said. "Before departure, I went to the Imperial Library and checked the information about Jiufeng Sect. The first generation sect leader of Jiufeng Sect was a god. The masters of the Yuan realm were once famous in Chaoge, but they fell into decline for some unknown reason."
"Later, this sect also produced several masters with good cultivation, but each generation was not as good as the previous one. Later, they lived in seclusion in Jiufeng Mountain for many years, and gradually sold off their properties in Chaoge and Tianwu County. It seems that The sect is declining day by day and this is the end of it.”
"Well!" Shen Feiyun said, "There are thousands of sects and families on the mainland. It is normal for their strength to wax and wane. It is not surprising."
"This cave is a bit strange!" Qingshi said, "To complete the mission, we still have to find a way to crack the Shimen Array."
"Yes," Shen Feiyun said, "Qingshi, try your best to see if you can break this stone gate formation. Binghong and Shouqian will also help Qingshi."
Qingshi and the other three people agreed.
"I thought about it again, it's not appropriate for these gangsters to gather here!" Shen Feiyun continued, "Brother Amano, please take Qinghan there and tell the gangsters that Zhu Ping is dead and Pinghaimen will be disbanded immediately. They are limited to today. We will leave Jiufeng Mountain within a few days, and tomorrow we will clear the mountain, and those who linger will be shot to death."
So, Qingshi led Shen Binghong and Teng Shouqian to study the Shimen Array, while Chen Tianye took Wu Qinghan to deal with the gangsters.
After hearing that Zhu Ping was dead, most of these gangsters had already dispersed, and barbarians like Barrett had naturally escaped long ago. Most of the people still staying in Jiufengmen are homeless bandits with nowhere to go. They were intimidated by Chen Tianye and ran away in less than a quarter of an hour.
