The reason why Shi Xuanming used the stick instead of directly attacking him was because the two of them were standing still, as if they were competing for spiritual energy. If they touched it rashly while the two were competing for spiritual energy, they would definitely be counterattacked by their spiritual energy.
Half of the visitor's body was already frozen and stiff. How could he dodge? He was knocked unconscious by Shi Xuanming's stick and fell to the ground.
If the two were competing for spiritual energy, the stick would definitely be shattered by the shock. However, the stick in his hand was still intact. This made Shi Xuanming wonder if he had made a mistake. He raised the stick and looked at it doubtfully.
The opponent suddenly fainted, and the invading spiritual energy was instantly removed. The immortal aura was disordered, his center of gravity was unstable, and he couldn't help but stumble.
Seeing this, Shi Xuanming hurriedly dropped the stick and reached out to support him, "Sir?"
"I'm fine," Changsheng said, holding on to the table and barely standing, "quickly seal her acupuncture points."
Shi Xuanming was very good at acupuncture skills. He immediately sealed the acupoints after hearing the words of longevity. He had discovered that the opponent was a mountain dweller and was worried about the opponent's luck in tapping the acupoints, so he tapped more than a dozen important acupoints on the opponent's meridians.
At this time, Yang Kai and Yu Yi also heard the sound and rushed over. They saw Zhang Mo fainted on the ground and Shi Xuanming was tossing and turning on the sealing point acupuncture point. The two were also confused. Yang Kai turned to look at Changsheng, "Sir, Zhang What happened to the real person?”
Changsheng was activating spiritual energy to dredge the meridians and relieve the discomfort. Hearing Yang Kai's words, he shook his head and said, "She is not Zhang Mo, she is a Japanese female warrior, disguised as Zhang Mo."
The three of them suddenly understood after hearing this. Yu Yi was worried that Shi Xuanming could not seal the other party's acupuncture points, so he said anxiously, "Sir, this person can pretend to be Zhang Zhenren. If he is allowed to escape, the consequences will be disastrous. It is better to be imprisoned and shackled earlier." It’s just safe.”
"Lock him in." Changsheng nodded.
Shi Xuanming, who was tall, directly carried the man and turned around to go out. Yang Kai and Yu Yi followed closely, worried that the man had accomplices, so they looked around and kept a close watch as they walked.
At this time, Changsheng had stabilized the churning spiritual energy in his body, grabbed the baggage and sword left by this person on the bed, and followed the three people to the prison.
There is currently no prisoner in Yushitai's prison. The reason for this is not because Yushitai is idle on weekdays, but because Changsheng is different from other officials. When other officials catch prisoners, they will deliberately extend the detention time and delay the handling of the case. After the prisoner is arrested, the family will definitely be anxious, and they will either raise money for bribes or ask someone to intercede. At this time, the officials handling the case will be able to get the bribes. If the family members of the prisoner find other officials to intercede, the officials handling the case will take the opportunity to give them face. This The favor can be regarded as earned. If you go to the other party to do things in the future, the other party will not be able to refuse. This situation is very common in yamen in charge of criminal law, and it is the same in almost all yamen, large and small.
But Chang Sheng is an exception. He is not short of money and has no intention of running complicated official career relationships. He doesn't want to reap benefits and handles the case quickly. After catching the prisoner, he will interrogate it immediately and either release or sentence him. He will do it quickly and without delay.
Just because there were no prisoners didn't mean there were no jailers. Seeing Chang Sheng and others personally sending the prisoners in, the jailers immediately took over and put on the shackles and shackles.
"Sir, I'm going to go out and check the situation outside the house first." Yu Yi turned around and walked out.
"I'll go with you." Shi Xuanming didn't like the dark and depressing prison, so he followed him out on an excuse.
Yang Kai doesn't like to interrogate prisoners, but Datou was sent out by Chang Sheng. If he left, Chang Sheng himself would be left here.
Unexpectedly, Changsheng turned his head and said to her, "Brother Yang, you have to go to court tomorrow. Go back and rest early. I will interrogate her alone."
If Chang Sheng hadn't said the last sentence, Yang Kai wouldn't have left, but since Chang Sheng said he wanted to be interrogated alone, it was inconvenient for him to stay here, so he turned around and walked away after nodding.
The prison at Yushitai is also divided into men and women. The person in charge of guarding the prison is a female detective. According to the usual practice, prisoners entering the prison must be searched. Seeing two female detectives about to come forward to search them, Chang Sheng hurriedly reminded him, "She has quenching on her body." It’s a poisonous hidden weapon, so be careful.”
After hearing Chang Sheng's words, the two cheered up, stepped forward cautiously, and searched carefully.
While the two were being searched, the male detective next to Changsheng brought tables and chairs and placed them in the cell. The items found by the two female detectives were placed on the table one by one. In addition to the two waist bags, there were There are more than ten kinds of hidden weapons such as blowpipe, pogo pin, migratory locust, and back arrow.
After confirming that there was no hidden weapon on this person, the two female detectives returned to Changsheng.
Changsheng raised his hands to the two of them, "You go out and wait."
The two of them bowed in response and turned to leave.
After the two left, Changsheng poured out the contents of the two waist bags. One of the waist bags contained the poison-quenching cross concealed weapon, while the other waist bag contained round objects. These round objects were of different sizes. 1. They have different colors. The big ones are the size of eggs, and the small ones are similar to pigeon eggs. They smell of sulfur and saltpeter. They should be some kind of firearms.
In addition to his personal belongings, this person also carried a long sword and a baggage. After pulling out the long sword, he found that although it appeared to be a long sword used by Taoists from Longhu Mountain, it was actually a narrow-blade Japanese warrior. .knife.
There is a change of clothes in the baggage. The outer garment is a complete imitation of Zhang Mo's Taoist robe, but the middle garment and the dirty garment are not of Chinese style and have obvious characteristics of foreign lands.
Just when Changsheng was casually looking through the things in the other party's baggage, he noticed at a glance that the other party had opened his eyes and was looking at him with an indifferent expression.
When he found that the other party was awake, Chang Sheng was not in a hurry to ask questions. Instead, he carefully read the contents of the bag before sitting back on the wooden chair. "Traveling always involves a lot of money. You didn't bring any gold or silver coins with you. This means that you are not alone." Not alone, but someone walking with you.”
After Chang Sheng finished speaking, the other party did not answer. This was also expected by Chang Sheng. He turned to continue, "As far as I know, your Japanese Qi training methods are not very sophisticated. It is not easy to practice to the level of Jushan." , if I guess correctly, you should be the most highly cultivated among the Japanese samurai."
The woman didn't answer.
Changsheng said again, "You are going deep alone. It is impossible not to have reinforcements. Since I know that you have backup, I won't be caught off guard by you. They may come to save you, but I have already taken precautions. Even if they come, I will save you." If I don’t leave you, not only will I not be able to save you, but I will also be involved.”
Chang Sheng had been looking at the other person when he was talking. The other person was still looking like Zhang Mo at this time, which made him a little awkward. Seeing that the other person didn't answer, he walked over and pinched the other person's cheek to look for the mask, but after searching for a long time, he couldn't find it. No trace of attachment was found. After pondering for a while, he thought that some acupuncture points on the head could change a person's appearance, so he searched for it on the back of his neck and back of his head.
Sure enough, after searching carefully, I actually touched the tiny needle tails. There were a lot of them, distributed in Fengchi, Fengfu, Naohu, Qiangjian, Fubai, Naoqi and other acupoints.
The golden needles stuck in these acupuncture points were removed one by one, and the person's appearance gradually changed. Zhang Mo had a face with melon seeds and red phoenix eyes, but this person had a round face with big eyes, low cheekbones, and a small nose, although there was anger in his eyes. , her facial features are still very beautiful, and she should be between twenty-six and seventeen years old.
The person returned to his original appearance, and Changsheng sat back on the chair opposite her, "You have heard what I just said. Any negligence or failure will have to pay a price, and you are no exception. If you are stubborn, If you resist, I will lock you up and arrest your companions when they come to rescue you."
Changsheng paused for a moment before continuing, "You should know that there are many envoys to the Tang Dynasty imprisoned in the prison of Dali Temple. You should also know that the emperor thinks highly of me. If you act violently and hysterically, I will punish you." Report to the court and say that you are here to assassinate the emperor. Not only will you and your companions die, but those innocent envoys sent to Tang will also die."
Before Chang Sheng finished speaking, it was reasonable for the other party not to answer. Chang Sheng continued, "Don't doubt that I only talk but don't do anything. I can do what I say. Since you are here, you must also know that I have a relationship with Tian Zhenyumi. To be fair, I don’t want to kill her tribe and compatriots, so as long as you tell me the truth, I will let you go, and I can swear not to tell anyone what you said to me."
After saying this, Chang Sheng thought that the other party should speak, but the other party still did not say anything. After thinking about it, Chang Sheng thought that the other party might be because he had not been magnanimous in his previous close combat, so he said, "How dare you disguise yourself?" Come here to show that you not only know Zhang Mo very well, but also know nothing about me. You should know my personality and style. When I fought with you before, I did not mean to be rude, but reacted to the situation. Your The cultivation level is higher than mine, so I don’t dare to be careless. I can only strive for speed when making moves, and I have no time to avoid suspicion.”
Seeing that the other party was still silent, Changsheng said again, "You and your companions agreed to stay at Yushitai for one night. If they don't see you early tomorrow morning, they will know that something happened to you. Then they will have two choices. One I came to save you, and I was already prepared. They could only fly into the flames. Another possibility is that they thought they couldn't save you, so they told others about your accident. No matter what they did , it’s not a good thing for you. You dare to come here alone, which means you are not afraid of death, but are you afraid of losing your reputation? Are you afraid of complicating those innocent envoys to Tang Dynasty? "
No matter how powerful the master of persuading surrender is, it is impossible to convince the other party with just a few words. Changsheng continued to work hard, "I know you will not surrender, and I don't need you to surrender. I just need you to communicate with me on an equal footing. You tell me the truth. I Let you escape unscathed. I also know that it is impossible to turn enemies into friends with you. If we meet again in the future, it is up to you to fight with swords."
Changsheng said so much, but the other party didn't respond at all. Changsheng was somewhat disappointed, but he did not give up. He said again, "I just said, any mistakes and failures will have to pay a price. If you make a mistake, you must accept the punishment. If you fail, you have to admit defeat. People who make mistakes and losers should not try to escape the punishment they deserve. It’s not just you, but me too. You should know Long Haotian of the Beggar Clan. This person once designed to harm me. I was negligent for a moment. I fell into a trap. I don't hate him for planning to harm me. I just hate myself for being impulsive and reckless. So I gave him the Heavenly Silkworm Magic and paid the price for my impulsiveness and recklessness. You must not have any good intentions when you come to see me. I just discovered the clues carefully and managed to capture you. I was not arrogant, I just wanted to have an equal exchange with you and exchange a few words of truth from you. Is it so difficult?"
Chang Sheng said everything that needed to be said, and he was sincere and frank, but the other party still remained silent. Chang Sheng was a little annoyed. Just when Yu Yi came back from his inspection, he turned around and said to Yu Yi, "Go tell Yang Kai and report to the court tomorrow morning." , Yushitai captured a Japanese samurai who carried a large number of hidden weapons. After interrogation, he confessed that he had cooperated with the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty in an attempt to assassinate the emperor."
Yu Yi didn't expect Changsheng to tell her this, and as a senior detective, she also knew that the purpose of the other party's trip was not to assassinate the emperor. She had doubts in her heart, so she didn't respond immediately.
Changsheng turned to look at the female warrior, "I will stay with you in the prison tonight. If you change your mind, I will go out and take back your life. If you are bent on seeking death, then wait until the court orders you all to be killed tomorrow morning. Behead him and punish him."
"Sir, please calm down." Yu Yi said from the side.
"Why don't you be angry? I said my mouth was dry, but she never said a word." Chang Sheng failed to persuade her to surrender, and she was angry and anxious. "I really can't shed tears until I see the coffin. I really think I dare not go on a killing spree."
"Sir, it's not that she doesn't want to speak, it's just that she can't speak. I saw Shi Xuanming sealing her mute hole with my own eyes before..."
