Chen Fei was stunned for a moment and said: "I didn't ask anything, they just said it was impulsive after drinking... Sir, is there any problem?"
Gu Zhan nodded slightly and said: "I carefully recalled the situation that day. Those gangsters went there after I entered the tavern. They drank less than I did, and they started to go crazy. When they went crazy, they went crazy. I'm all crazy, and it just so happens that I don't like it, it's too much of a coincidence."
Chen Fei frowned and said, "Sir, do you suspect that they are deliberately targeting you?"
Gu Zhan nodded slightly and said, "I suspect there is someone behind this, otherwise, just a few gangsters, even if they don't know my identity, they wouldn't necessarily dare to kill people."
Chen Fei said solemnly: "Then I will try it again."
"I'll go in person." Gu Zhan said.
After saying that, Gu Zhan took the horizontal sword and went out.
Chen Fei hurriedly followed.
…
The Linjiang Mansion dungeon was directly under the jurisdiction of the Jinyi Guards. After Gu Zhan came in, he directly revealed his identity. Soon, the jailers brought the gangsters into the interrogation room.
Gu Zhan walked through the dark and narrow passage and came to an interrogation room.
The prison, which was already a bit cold, suddenly became very hot.
Because there was a blazing charcoal fire in the interrogation room, all kinds of soldering iron tools were burning red, and all kinds of torture tools such as iron brushes, bamboo sticks, whips, etc. were readily available.
The three gangsters were being tied to wooden stakes with iron chains.
Gu Zhan has a deep memory of these people, because his predecessor was beaten to serious injuries by these gangsters. If Chen Fei hadn't passed by, he would probably have been beaten to death on the spot.
The identities of these gangsters have been investigated clearly.
They are the gangsters who often hang out in the public. They are the kind of people who can feed themselves and the whole family is not hungry. They usually do some stealing or cheating and robbery.
Gu Zhan waved his hand gently and asked the accompanying guards to leave. Only he, Chen Fei and the three ruffians were left in the interrogation room.
Gu Zhan's face was calm, he walked over slowly, gently fiddled with the red-hot iron, and said in a deep voice: "You guys, do you still recognize me?"
"I recognize you."
The gangster in the middle said with a playful smile: "Master Gu, Master Gu, this is really a misunderstanding. If we knew your identity, we wouldn't dare to attack you even if we had ten of our guts!"
"As long as you recognize him." Gu Zhan looked at Chen Fei and asked, "What sentence did they impose?"
Chen Fei hurriedly replied: "Compensation of a sum of money and a one-year sentence."
Gu Zhan nodded slightly and asked: "Colonel Chen, in this dungeon, some people die in mysterious circumstances every year, right?"
Chen Fei replied: "This is natural."
The gangsters immediately panicked. The leader of the gangsters said hurriedly: "Master Gu, you can't abuse lynching. We have already confessed our guilt and the Yamen have also sentenced..."
"Qiang"
A sound of Jin Ge came out, and white light flashed by,
The horizontal knife in Gu Zhan's hand suddenly came out of its sheath, and slashed the gangster's throat with one blow. In an instant, blood spurted out.
"Uh... uh..."
The ruffian's eyes were full of shock. He opened his mouth to say something, but he could only make a small sound. His mouth was instantly filled with blood, and he soon lost his life.
At that moment,
The remaining two hooligans trembled all over, looking shocked.
Even Chen Fei was startled and looked at Gu Zhan in surprise.
A mechanical synthesized sound sounded in Gu Zhan's mind:
[Experience value +5]
He narrowed his eyes slightly. As expected, the experience points obtained by killing different people were different. It should be the same as the game setting. The higher the combat power, the higher the experience points.
Gently shaking the bloody sword in his hand, Gu Zhan slowly looked at the other two ruffians.
at this time,
The two ruffians were so frightened that their faces were pale, and their eyes were full of horror.
"Sir...sir, please spare my life..."
"Sir, please forgive me, we really didn't mean it..."
"Sir, I have an eighty-year-old mother..."
Gu Zhan raised his eyelids slightly and said softly: "I'll give you one last chance. Who ordered you to kill me?"
A trace of panic flashed in the eyes of the two ruffians.
A ruffian swallowed his saliva and said, "Sir... Sir, it's really just a misunderstanding. No one..."
There was a soft sound of "Puff", and the sound of the blade entering flesh was heard.
The ruffian who spoke lowered his head and looked at the horizontal knife that had been inserted into his heart. Two mouthfuls of blood came out of his mouth, and he died quickly.
[Experience value +6]
The system notification sounded in my mind again.
Gu Zhan didn't pay too much attention, but slowly drew out the knife, looked at the last ruffian who was scared to death, and said: "I am very impatient, so if you want to be loyal, I can fulfill your loyalty... …”
"I said, I said!"
The ruffian was so frightened that he hurriedly said: "Zhang Peng from the Jinyiwei Baihu Station in Nancheng asked us to do this. Mr. Gu, we were also deceived. We really don't know your identity. That Zhang Peng just told us that you are in trouble." You are a foreigner who gave us one hundred taels of silver and asked us to kill you.
This is not the first time we have done this kind of thing. After all, for outsiders, no one will care if they die. The worst we can do is go out and hide for a while to avoid the limelight. Mr. Gu, really, if I had known your identity earlier, you would have given us Not even ten brave men would dare.
We knew that things were in trouble, so we prepared to escape, but we were caught by Captain Chen. Please spare your life, Master Gu. I really didn’t know it was you. It was Zhang Peng who was harming us. He wanted to kill you... "
The ruffian was almost crying, praying hysterically.
Gu Zhan frowned slightly, looked at Chen Fei, and asked, "Who is this Zhang Peng?"
Chen Fei looked a little ugly and said slowly: "Sir, there is only one named Zhang Peng in the Hundred Households Office in Nancheng. After all, he is still your subordinate. However, just a few days after you came to the Hundred Household Office, the people under you are still there." I didn’t fully recognize him, so I don’t recognize him.”
Gu Zhan searched his memory carefully, but found that his predecessor had never dealt with this Jin Yiwei named Zhang Peng. There should be no life-or-death feud between the two.
"Did my father have any grudge against Zhang Peng?" Gu Zhan asked.
He could only think of one reason.
Chen Fei looked ugly and said slowly: "Sir, I'm afraid it's not your father who has a grudge against him, but you."
"Me?" Gu Zhan asked doubtfully, "Why don't I know?"
Chen Fei took a deep breath and said: "Sir, this Zhang Peng has no direct conflict with you, but he is a confidant of Colonel Cao Feng..."
Chen Fei stopped talking at this point.
However, Gu Zhan already understood what Chen Fei meant.
There are four captains under the banner of Gu Zhan, and Cao Feng is one of them. He is also the oldest among the four captains.
Originally, when Gu Zhan's father died, Cao Feng was the most promising candidate to take over the position of Xiao Qi. Even if Gu Zhan came to fill the vacancy, he should start as a strongman. However, because Gu Zhan had studied and obtained the title of scholar before, he had to fill the vacancy. At that time, he parachuted directly into a small flag.
Gu Zhan understood immediately,
Cao Feng must have held a grudge and killed him directly. After all, as long as he died, Cao Feng could take over Xiao Qi's position.
Gu Zhan's face was gloomy, he pointed at the ruffian and said, "Send someone to keep an eye on him. Don't let him die."
After saying that, Gu Zhan strode out of the interrogation room.
After a while, Chen Fei followed out and asked, "Sir, what are you going to do?"
"Buy a murderer, or attack and kill the Shangguan, of course to get the person," Gu Zhan said coldly: "Let's arrest Zhang Peng first. Even if Cao Feng has ten lives, it won't be enough to kill him!"
While walking,
Gu Zhan summoned the system and started adding points.
The system prompt sounded in my mind:
[Xuan Yuan Gong upgraded to the second level]
[The current realm has been upgraded to the eighth level]
