Chapter 88: It sucks
When the second wave of arrows arrived, Xi Xingchen and Lian Yutang had already entered the house and closed the doors and windows.
Wang Dabao's house is a two-story wooden building, and the arrows fell on the tiles like hail.
Fortunately, there was a layer of tiles, so most of the arrows were blocked by the tiles. Occasionally, a few unruly arrows fell from the broken tiles and were blocked by the second floor slabs.
An oil lamp was lit in the room. After entering, Xi Xingchen saw that Wang Dabao's hands and feet were tightly tied to a chair, and a rag was stuffed in his mouth. No wonder Xi Xingchen and Lian Yutang beat him so hard. Wang Dabao Not even a word.
Xi Xingchen pulled out the rag from Wang Dabao's mouth, took out the dagger hidden in his boot, and cut the rope.
"Brother Wang, what's going on with you?" Xi Xingchen asked.
Wang Dabao took a few sharp breaths before he recovered: "This afternoon, the county magistrate came to me with a man holding a folding fan and asked me if I had seen you the night before the former magistrate Dai Andong was murdered."
"What did you say?" Xi Xingchen asked.
"What else can I say? That day you asked me to turn you upside down in the prison, with so many pairs of eyes looking at you. How can I say that I have never seen you?" Wang Dabao said angrily.
"Haha, I was out of control at that time. It was indeed my lack of consideration." Xi Xingchen apologized quickly.
Wang Dabao said: "You don't need to apologize. I reported your matter."
When Wang Dabao said this, he looked magnanimous and had a clear conscience.
The old boy also looked at Xi Xingchen longingly and almost said, "I put on your little shoes, please praise me."
At this moment, Xi Xingchen swallowed his breath as if he had eaten hundreds of flies, and his face turned green and white.
When Wang Dabao was in the cell, he helped him get water to wash his face and gave him clothes to change into. He was also trying to stabilize Xi Xingchen emotionally, fearing that he would kill someone and silence him.
"He NND, he slapped someone in the face. People, damn, you can't just look at appearances." Xi Xingchen really wanted to slap himself.
Xi Xingchen asked himself that he was not so big-hearted as to retaliate, but he was definitely not to the point of hitting or scolding a good boy who didn't fight back. Especially when the person who was plotting against him behind his back was standing in front of him, he couldn't do it. Just act like nothing happened.
Before that, Xi Xingchen had been cursing the Mohist disciple who reported him, and even secretly made up his mind that as long as he knew who it was in the future, he would be killed alive.
But when Comrade Wang Dabao stood in front of him confidently and asked for praise, he actually felt like he had no idea what to do.
"Damn it, you just said one more thing and I almost lost my life. Now I have to wipe my butt in Wan County. Is it easy for this bullshit Mo family to walk in the world?"
Xi Xingchen originally wanted to greet Wang Dabao's mother cordially, but when he thought of Wang Dabao's age, he gave up decisively.
After all, he is an innocent little virgin who has never even held a girl's hand, so he cannot afford to suffer this loss.
As for Wang Dabao's other relatives and so on, this guy is an old bachelor who can't even find a wife. He is an outcast and has basically cut off all thoughts of Xi Xingchen.
Xi Xingchen thought about it, either to kill him.
Just think about it.
Standing next to him was the second most powerful killer in Nan Mo. People like Nan Mo were more stunned than the others. There was no need for him to find trouble for himself.
But there is one thing that should work. That is to give Wang Dabao a beating to vent his anger. At worst, when he returns to the headquarters to report on his work, he will be slapped by his master and criticized by his master, and he will be criticized as being narrow-minded in the Discipline Hall.
Wang Dabao was a little confused when he saw Xi Xingchen looking at the rope on the ground for a while, and then at the rag on the ground stuffed in his mouth.
Lian Yutang looked at the two of them with a smile and said, "You two can do whatever you want, just pretend I don't exist."
"You're cruel!" Xi Xingchen gave Wang Dabao a hard look and said in his heart, "I, the prime minister, have the guts to support a boat, so I won't care about you, a fool like you."
Comrade Wang Dabao waited for a long time and did not receive Xi Xingchen's praise. He looked a little disappointed and said, "I said you threatened me in the prison that night and asked me to take you to Yao Wenbin. I had no choice but to do it."
"Then the young man who was called 'Mr. Hua' by the county magistrate asked me: 'Why didn't you report it to the magistrate afterwards?'"
"How do you answer?" Xi Xingchen asked.
"I said: 'I will report to the county magistrate that night!'" Wang Dabao said.
"Did you really report it?" Xi Xingchen's eyebrows twitched.
Wang Dabao glared strangely: "Do you really think I'm a fool for reporting this kind of thing? Besides, Dai Andong is dead and there is no evidence to support his death. I can say whatever I want. Who cares?"
"That's reasonable!" Xi Xingchen finally praised Wang Dabao, "Then why did you become like this again?"
Wang Dabao said angrily: "That Mr. Hua suddenly gave me a chest-brushing salute that we Mohist disciples use when we meet, and I returned the salute. So Mr. Hua ordered me to be tied up."
Hearing what Wang Dabao said, Xi Xingchen and Lian Yutang looked at each other.
All Ximo disciples are the same. This is too upright. During the interrogation, they didn't even have any precautions.
Lian Yutang sighed and said, "If I guess correctly, Mr. Hua who is with the county magistrate is Hua Shuixin, the military advisor of Huangfeng Village. It is said that this guy is from the Yin Yang family, and he looks a bit powerful."
"They must have guessed your identity and knew that you had returned to Wan County. They also guessed that you would come to Wang Dabao after returning to Wan County, so they tied up Wang Dabao and wanted to use Wang Dabao to fish. "
Xi Xingchen smiled bitterly and said: "Obviously, I took the bait, and I also got a big fish as a gift."
While the three of them were talking, someone outside shouted loudly: "Bandits from Huangfeng Village, I am Duan Derong, the commander-in-chief of Pingshun Battalion Qian. You have been surrounded. Put down your weapons and surrender. I guarantee your life safety."
"What, have we become bandits in Huangfeng Village?" Wang Dabao's eyes widened when he heard this.
Lian Yutang sneered and said: "Thieves shout to catch thieves. This is a common method. The officers and soldiers have been dispatched, so we must be charged with a crime!"
Xi Xingchen said: "Previously, the county magistrate Dai Andong was bribed by Yao Guoping, and then the county magistrate and the military advisor of Huangfeng Village got together. Now, even the garrison troops are running errands for the bandits of Huangfeng Village. Wan County's The officialdom is really rotten, no wonder the new county magistrate is hesitant to take office, it turns out that they really need to change their blood."
"Let's not talk about the useless things. Now we have to find a way to get out." Lian Yutang said.
"I know this Duan Derong." Wang Dabao said.
"Do you have a friendship?" Xi Xingchen asked.
"Does he still owe me a favor?" Wang Dabao said.
"How big is this favor?" Xi Xingchen asked.
"You should be able to let us go!" Wang Dabao said confidently.
"Then why don't you give it a try?" Xi Xingchen said.
