Chapter 268 Forced Confession (3)

The man lowered his head, and no one could see his expression, so naturally, it was impossible to tell whether it was true or false. However, he seemed to have forgotten that he was not the only Dragon Shadow Guard in the woodshed. When he said that all of them were here and had not heard any news, the other Dragon Shadow Guards were all stunned reflexively. Although they quickly returned to normal, they could not escape the gaze of Shen Xiangwan and Wei Chengyi.

"Yeah?"

Raising his eyebrows, Shen Xiangwan let out a faint smile, and looked at the assassins behind him and asked with an ambiguous tone, "Is everything he said true?"

“Yes, yes…”

Thinking she just wanted to confirm it, the Dragon Shadow Guards nodded in unison. They also had some illusions in their hearts. As long as they could fool her, their deaths would be worthwhile.

"hehe···"

Hearing this, Shen Xiangwan and Wei Chengyi exchanged a glance and couldn't help laughing. These people, at this time, were still playing tricks on them. Did they really think they were easy to fool? But...

"Have you thought it through? I'll ask you one last time, is what he said really true?"

“···”

The laughter stopped abruptly, and Shen Xiangwan's voice remained flat, but anyone who wasn't a fool could tell that there was something else behind her words. They didn't dare to respond, their hearts hanging in their throats.

"It seems you won't cry until you see the coffin."

She stood up and walked towards the man. A syringe appeared in Shen Xiangwan's hand. Facing everyone's puzzled gazes, she stabbed the needle into the man's neck with her backhand.

"ah···"

The man cried out in pain reflexively, and an inexplicable fear rose in his heart.

"If what he says later is different from what he said before, don't blame me for being cruel."

Walking back and sitting down again, Shen Xiangwan said lightly.

Did she know he was lying?

All the assassins couldn't help but let out a thud in their hearts, secretly guessing what she was going to do. What they didn't see was that the painful expression on the man's face with his back to them had gradually turned into confusion and dullness. Yes, Shen Xiangwan had injected him with a drug specifically designed to make people confess. Since there were still people jumping around outside, she couldn't continue to play around.

"Are there any of your people out there? What news did you get before this? Have you reported it back to the Imperial City?"

Shen Xiangwan's voice sounded again. Seeing that she was still asking the same questions as before, everyone felt relieved. As long as they insisted on their previous statements, she would be unable to do anything to them. Of course, they were not ignorant and foolish. They naturally knew that they would not survive this time. Now they only hoped that they would not die so miserably.

"have."

Unfortunately, they were about to be disappointed. The man overturned his own explanation as soon as he opened his mouth: "We still have one person left outside. Before this operation, we discovered that there seemed to be some abnormalities in the military and political power in Chenzhou. We left one person outside to investigate. I don't think any news has been sent back to the imperial city yet."

The man answered every question and explained everything clearly.

"No... no, we have no one left."

"Yes, he lied!"

“We really have no one left…”

Hearing this, Shen Xiangwan smiled, but the assassins were terrified. They had never dreamed that he would confess on his own initiative. What was the point of their previous lies? Was he trying to kill them?

"Oh!"

Giving them a meaningful look, Shen Xiangwan sneered, "Do you know where that person is hiding?"

"Know."

"No, shut up!"

As expected, the man answered in the affirmative, but the others' faces were filled with fear and anger, not understanding why he suddenly changed his words.

"Where is he?"

Ignoring those people, Shen Xiangwan continued to ask.

"The courtyard on the innermost left side of Wanren Lane in the eastern district of Fucheng is our base."

"Shut up, shut the fuck up!"

Seeing that he actually said it, one of the assassins was furious, and most of the rest fell to the ground weakly, with only the words "it's over, it's over" in their minds.

After leaning over and whispering a few words to Wei Chengyi, Yuan Xiu turned around and strode away. They had to catch that man immediately, otherwise he would definitely notice something was wrong, and it would be troublesome if he changed places to hide.

"Since you are a peak Grandmaster, your status in the Dragon Shadow Guard should be quite high, right? Do you know why the Dog Emperor is so determined to kill Wei Chengyi and the Wei family?"

After a short silence, Shen Xiangwan asked again. She was a little confused. The Dog Emperor was afraid of the Wei family and worried that the Wei family would make a comeback. She could understand all this. If it were any other time, she would not be surprised if he wanted to destroy the Wei family so much.

But now the border is unstable. Outside the eastern border, the Qiang State is eyeing us covetously. Several battles of varying sizes have broken out. The peasant uprisings in Quanzhou, Binzhou and Taizhou in the country are also raging.

Moreover, because it hadn't rained for several months, the second-season crops planted in the south had almost all dried up. A nationwide famine was about to break out. The dog emperor should be extremely worried, so how could he still be so determined to destroy the Wei family that he even spent money to entrust the Silver Moon Tower?

No matter how he looked at it, Shen Xiangwan felt it was a bit strange. However, the Dog Emperor was also a real dog. He would rather take money to entrust the Silver Moon Tower to kill people than to provide relief to the victims. Otherwise, how could peasant uprisings break out in Quanzhou and other places?

"Because Prince Wei Yang, the Crown Prince, and Wei Chengming ostensibly died in battle, they actually died at the hands of the Dragon Shadow Guards. It was also us who secretly orchestrated Wei Chengyi's poisoning, and you must never know about this. Furthermore, His Majesty has sent several groups of men to assassinate you, yet you're still alive and well. He considers you a serious threat and must eradicate you. Furthermore, nearly 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers suddenly requested discharge from the Eastern Frontier Army, and some convicted generals and their families have mysteriously disappeared. His Majesty believes they will all come to Chenzhou to join Wei Chengyi, and only by killing all the Wei family members first can we eliminate future troubles."

"What?"

Wei Chengyi, who had remained calm throughout his life, leaped to his feet. Did his grandfather, father, and brother not die on the battlefield, but at the hands of the Dragon Shadow Guards? He had lived two lifetimes and yet he had no idea.

"Husband!"

Knowing that deep down in his heart he valued the old prince and the others, Shen Xiangwan reached out and held his hand, then raised her head and looked at him with unconcealed worry.

Feeling the warmth from her, Wei Chengyi looked down at her hand holding his, his eyes bloodshot. Let's forget about his poisoning, he was not stupid, he had realized long ago that his poisoning was not simple, but he just couldn't find the evidence. However, he didn't expect that there was something else behind the death of his grandfather, father and brother. For the first time, he urgently wanted to lead his troops back to the imperial city, capture the dog emperor alive and offer a blood sacrifice to the spirits of his grandfather and others in heaven.

[End of this chapter]

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