On Xijiang Road, in the other courtyard, Jiang Rongfeng looked at the news reported below, with a fierce murderous look in his tightly narrowed gloomy eyes.
"This Xiao Chen is really arrogant! Do you really think that I, Jiangdong Dao, will just be at his mercy?"
The master on the side whispered, "Sir, the jailer sent out to assassinate Li Bingzhu has not given us any news of the success. Will there be... changes?"
"Do you want to go back early and take charge of the overall situation yourself?"
Jiang Rongfeng's eyebrows twisted into the character "Sichuan". The turmoil on this day was indeed beyond his expectation.
He never thought that Xiao Chen would dare to kill all the mobs; he never thought that Xiao Chen would dare to directly break one of his arms!
Once Wang Jinli died, where could he find such a capable assistant in such a short period of time?
However, after thinking about it, a hint of cunning flashed across Jiang Rongfeng's face, and he said in a deep voice: "No need, now, the fun has just begun."
"Xiao Chen can only handle this situation, but in the future, I don't need to take action, just like your Wang family, Ji family and other aristocratic families, will Xiao Chen have an easy time."
"What I have to do is to contact the Salt Gang, organize a grand event for Jiangdong Road, and just watch from the other side."
A look of contempt filled Jiang Rongfeng's face. Looking at everything in the situation, no matter what, this eunuch could not be his opponent.
With a cold snort, Jiang Rongfeng said thoughtfully and sinisterly: "Don't he like to kill people? If so, I will let him kill as many as he wants!"
Immediately, he immediately went to the desk, quickly revised another letter, and gave it to Master Wang to send to the Salt Gang overnight.
Immediately afterwards, he called his trusted guards and asked him to set a fire in Jiangdong Road Prison tonight and burn the jailers and Li Bingzhu to death in it.
The cold moon and dense forest filled the sky with an even stronger murderous aura.
Xiao Chen didn't rest for too long, coaxing Concubine Shu to sleep, and went to Jiangdong Dafu's prison cell late at night.
At this time, all the guards related to Jiang Rongfeng in the cell were captured by Lin Qi and Lin Ba, tied together with iron chains, and their mouths were blocked with a ball of linen cloth, making them unable to move or speak.
Only one of them was held captive by Lin Qi with a long knife and locked in Li Bingzhu's cell.
Li Bingzhu sat curled up in the corner, his face pale, staring intently at a huge dead rat not far away, as if he had been frightened out of his soul.
Xiao Chen stood coldly in front of him and asked in a deep voice: "Master Li, have you thought clearly now?"
After a while, Li Bingzhu came back to his senses, but he just looked at Xiao Chen nervously and shrank back even more, for fear that Xiao Chen was also here to kill him.
Xiao Chen glanced at him and couldn't help but shook his head. He was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and raised his face slightly to signal Lin Ba.
Soon, Lin Ba brought two hairpins and handed them to Li Bingzhu.
Suddenly, Li Bingzhu's half-dead eyes suddenly widened and seemed to come to life. He looked at Xiao Chen in horror, his voice trembling, "You, how come you have something belonging to my wife and daughter?"
Xiao Chen squatted down, as if looking at a dead mouse, "What do you think? Could it be that the governor picked it up while lying on the bed?"
Li Bingzhu froze for a while. After a while, the shocked expression slowly faded from his face, and was replaced by a look of joy, "Did you arrest my family members?"
"They are not in Jiang Rongfeng's hands, but in your hands?"
As if he saw his last hope, he suddenly grabbed the hem of Xiao Chen's skirt.
Xiao Chen made a cold sound of disgust, kicked him away with his feet, stood up and said condescendingly: "You are a smart man, I don't need to tell you the situation in front of you, you must have understood it."
"The governor will make a condition for you. Hand over the account books and everything you know about the corruption in Jiangdong Road. The governor will let your family go and kill only one of you. He will also give you a knife. Pleasant. How about it?"
The dead rat on the straw mat in the cell was the best reminder.
Xiao Chen only needs to tell him his conditions, and Li Bingzhu can think of the rest.
Wei Zhongxian brought a chair to Xiao Chen, and Xiao Chen sat back leisurely, not in a hurry, giving the man who had reached the end of the road as much time as possible.
Not long after, Li Bingzhu slowly raised his head helplessly, "If I do as you say and explain everything, can you really let my family go?"
"Do you think you are still qualified to negotiate terms with this governor now?" Xiao Chen asked back and sneered, "You can only take a gamble and bet that this governor is a living Bodhisattva."
Li Bingzhu gritted his teeth tightly and looked at the corpse of the mouse on the ground. Of course he understood that he had no way out.
In fact, when the jailer poisoned him just now, he knew that he would never survive this life.
The reason why I haven't taken any further action is mainly because I want to see where my family is.
If it were in the hands of Jiang Rongfeng, then even if he suffered the torture of skin and bones, he would never be able to do it; but if it were in Xiao Chen's place, he would definitely avenge this!
"Jiang Rongfeng dragged me into the water and wanted to kill me to silence me. I have been harmed by him and his lackeys all my life!" With a hint of determination in his eyes, Li Bingzhu suddenly raised his head. At this moment, he decided to gamble. This one!
Just bet that Xiao Chen can do what he says!
"Director Xiao, you guessed it right. I do have an account book here, which is similar to what Wang Wancai recorded, but what I have here is more detailed and more accurate. How can Jiang Rongfeng and all the people who are greedy for ink with him? Those who are greedy and those who want to divide it are all included in it!”
Xiao Chen nodded without any surprise, and just said calmly, "Where is it?"
"In my official residence, in the ancestral hall, under the third oil lamp in the third row!"
Li Bingzhu said this loudly, and then he fell limply to the ground, as if he had exhausted all his strength.
Xiao Chen raised his face slightly and motioned to Lin Ba, "Go and get it."
"Yes, Lord Governor!" Lin Ba agreed and immediately rushed out of the cell.
After waiting in silence for half an hour, Lin Ba came back with a ledger.
Xiao Chen just flipped through it briefly without checking it carefully, so he put away the account book, stood up, and asked coldly: "Do you have anything else to explain?"
Li Bingzhu shook his head in despair, "No more. Everything I know is recorded in this account book."
"Director Xiao, I know that I don't have the ability to buy my own life anymore. Just do it."
"I only hope that you can keep your word and let my family go."
After saying that, Li Bingzhu closed his eyes.
Xiao Chen glanced at him coldly, raised his hand slightly, and made a gesture to wipe his neck, which meant that Lin Ba could take action.
Uh-huh!
There was a sound like a long knife cracking the wind.
Blood splattered on the bars of the cell.
Xiao Chen casually walked outside the prison, "Take the head out and hang it in the Yamen of Daotai Mansion to show to the public!"
