Originally, Song Zhili was just guessing.
Because after all, no one is perfect, it is not impossible that Xu Zhen collected wrong information and mistakenly identified Cui Meng as the ghost-faced killer.
Moreover, even if Xu Zhen is really causing trouble, he will definitely deny it.
However, what surprised Song Zhili was that Xu Zhen actually admitted it directly!
"Why!?" Song Zhili was incredulous, "Why did you do this?"
"Master Song," Xu Zhen said calmly, "I'm good at everything, but I'm a little narrow-minded.
"I owe Cui Xiaotian some debt, and then I was almost killed by the Dongyou San people you hired, so I feel unhappy..."
When Song Zhili heard the words "Dongyou Sanren", he immediately stopped talking.
"Actually, it's not a big deal," Xu Zhen said with a smile, "You two just want my money and the other wants my life! Haha..."
Xu Zhen smiled with an indescribable coldness that made Song Zhili shudder.
"You..." Song Zhili wanted to deny it, but then he thought, at this time, it would be useless to say this anymore.
However, he still couldn't calm down and asked:
"But... how did you do it? Why... did I fall for you a second time? The case... you investigated the case, but those evidences, those people... how... how could it be possible? ?」
Hearing Song Zhili's doubts, Xu Zhen stared straight ahead, his deep eyes filled with crystal light...
Back in time a few days ago, Xu Zhen took three blood confessions from Magistrate Tong and others and came to the South Prison to meet the monk Qi Yunzheng alone.
"...Tell me," Xu Zhen said, holding up the blood letter, "What is missing from Magistrate Tong's confession? Others can't see it, but I can see it clearly. There must be a reason why you came to the Yamen to surrender!"
The monk looked fiercely and stared at Xu Zhen without any response.
"Also," Xu Zhen asked again, "since you explained your intention, Cheng Xiao has become absent-minded and looks at you strangely. Tell me, was he involved in something thirteen years ago? "
The monk continued his death gaze, but this time he spoke: "Amitabha..."
"Okay, don't bother Buddha anymore," Xu Zhen put away the blood letter and said coldly, "You are not a real monk at all. You are pretending to be a monk just to disturb the view."
Upon hearing this, Qi Yunzheng's eyes flashed a little strangely, but it disappeared quickly.
"Qi Yunzheng," Xu Zhen put away the blood book, pulled up a chair and sat in front of the monk, and said, "Are you thinking that I am testing you and your tone?
"Actually, there is no need at all. You have lived here for seven days, and seven days is enough for me to find out a lot of things.
"I'm not bragging to you, your life and your plans are already in the palm of my hand. If I make a move, you will be doomed!"
"Hmph..." The monk snorted coldly, obviously not taking Xu Zhen's threat seriously.
"Okay," Xu Zhen said, "Magistrate Song and the others will come in from outside who knows when, so I will try my best not to waste time and keep the story short with you!
"In this case, you have at least two accomplices," Xu Zhen held out two fingers. "Both of them are fully prepared for your plan. One is familiar with Yanping County and the other is familiar with the county government. I can say that. Right?
"Others haven't figured this out yet, but I already know that there is your insider in the Yanping County government office!"
Hearing this, the corners of the monk's eyes trembled slightly again.
"Otherwise, your plan will not be implemented so smoothly." Xu Zhen stopped catching his micro-expressions and continued, "These two people are hidden very deeply, which is unexpected.
"Let's talk about the first one first. The accomplice who is familiar with Yanping County and helped you kidnap and transport hostages is none other than the arrester thirteen years ago - Shen Mingchen!"
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This time, the monk finally showed his flaw, and a trace of unconcealable surprise flashed in his eyes.
"Yeah, no one would have thought of it, right? I also find it unbelievable," Xu Zhen said, "No, to be precise, I don't want to believe it, because Chief Shen is a person I respect very much!"
"Huh, huh..." The monk snorted again, as if he wanted to cover up his strangeness and was ready to deny it.
"Daxiangguo Temple," Xu Zhen said, "I have already discovered anomalies at the scene where you executed Magistrate Tong. There were traces of deliberate erasure and destruction of footprints. Z.br>
"Think about it, you have already surrendered yourself, why bother to erase your footprints?
"From this, I can infer that there was someone else at the scene, and that person didn't want to leave any footprints.
"The less he wants to leave footprints, the more likely it is that his footprints may be easier to identify than normal people.
"Of course, since the footprints have been erased, it also shows that this person has anti-reconnaissance capabilities, so at that time, I began to suspect that he was a government official!"
"..." The monk still didn't speak, and even closed his eyes, but his nervousness could not be restrained and was captured by Xu Zhen.
"You know what? I went to the scene later and searched the area several times by myself, and finally found clues near an ice depression.
"The ice depression is connected to the ice lake. The distance to the ice lake from there is the shortest, but you need to dismount to cross the ice depression.
"So, not only did I find horse hoof prints there, but I also found several key footprints.
"The left heel of those footprints is very light, like those left by a person walking on tiptoes.
"It so happens that Mr. Shen's left foot is missing. He was accidentally chopped off by a crescent shovel when he was young...
"Later," Xu Zhen said again, "I went to the place where your family used to live, and an old neighbor told me that he had seen a policeman who often visited your house and seemed to have given you money.
"When an agent acts alone, it is definitely not for official business, so... I asked casually, is the agent lame? What do you think the old neighbor answered me?
"So, from then on, I had no choice but to turn the investigation target to Mr. Shen, the catcher.
"He is a good man. He feels guilty for letting your eldest brother die unjustly, so he gave you money, right?"
"..."
At this moment, it was difficult for the monk to conceal his inner excitement. His face trembled and his lips trembled. He wanted to calm down his excitement by chanting sutras, but the sutras were already out of tune.
"I was also feeling very uncomfortable at the time," Xu Zhen said, "so I went to Ziyang Palace, because Shen Mingchen had been staying in Ziyang Palace a few days ago, competing with Taoist priests on chess.
"It's a pity that the results of the investigation still forced me to give up," Xu Zhen said. "During the days when Magistrate Song's children were kidnapped and Lu Yusheng and Liu Sanyang were murdered, Shen Mingchen was not at Ziyang Palace at all!"
"Amitabha..." The monk couldn't bear it anymore and chanted the Buddha's name again.
"Qi Yunzheng, whether you believe it or not," Xu Zhen said, "at worst, we will call Shen Mingchen to confront him, but I warn you, by then it will be too late!
"So, can you have a nice chat with me now?"
The monk kept his mouth shut and still persisted.
"Okay, since you don't give up, then listen to what I say," Xu Zhen said, "While there is still some time, let's talk about your other accomplice!
"Another of your accomplices has been hiding in our Yanping County government office for more than three years. You have worked really hard for today's plan to clean up the injustice!"
