Chapter 265 Mr. Fox

After hearing Qi Shuo's story about Lin Hao's suspicions about Doctor Gu at the clinic, Cheng Maoming made a decision without hesitation: "Go arrest him!"

The style of the Jinlin Guards is to rather arrest a wrong person than let an ordinary suspect go, let alone one related to Mr. Fox.

A team of Jinlin Guards changed into plain clothes and quietly surrounded Danxin Hall.

In a nearby teahouse, Qi Shuo and Cheng Maoming sat by the window, overlooking the clinic. After a few cups of tea, Wen Ping, now the steward of Wen Feng and his son, walked quickly into the clinic.

"Manager Wen is here." The apprentice from the clinic greeted him with a smile.

Wen Ping nodded in response and looked inside: "Is Doctor Gu busy? I'm sorry to trouble you to come to my house to change the medicine for my master."

"Doctor Gu is preparing medicine in the back. I'll go and take a look." The apprentice walked in, and soon a middle-aged man came out with him carrying a medicine box.

Wen Ping bowed and said, "Thank you for your help, doctor."

"You're welcome. Let's go." Doctor Gu picked up the medicine box.

In the elegant room, Cheng Maoming stared at the door of the clinic intently. Suddenly, his eyes lit up: "He's out. Is that the man in the long gown and the medicine box on his back Doctor Gu?"

Compared to Cheng Maoming's excitement, the two people who walked out of the clinic were talking unconsciously.

"How did Master Wen sleep last night?"

"Thanks to Doctor Gu, our master slept well." Wen Ping looked happy when he said this.

This joy actually had nothing to do with Wen Rusheng, but was due to a piece of great news that he heard when he went out to buy breakfast early this morning: Miss Lin Er was kidnapped by thieves!

Wen Ping was immediately excited and wanted to buy a long string of firecrackers to set off.

Setting off firecrackers was definitely not an option, so he could only share the good news with Wen Rusheng. However, Wen Rusheng kept shaking his head and insisted that the thieves were doomed, which dampened Wen Ping's good mood.

If it weren't for the need for a place to eat, he would have stayed away from this fool.

"Doctor Gu, a horrific thing happened in the capital. Have you heard about it?" Wen Ping showed a heavy expression. In fact, he didn't say it clearly to Wen Rusheng and wanted to talk to others.

"What's up?"

"That's Miss Lin Er—" Suddenly, a group of men armed with long knives rushed out from both sides. Wen Ping was so frightened that he squatted on the ground with his hands covering his head. His voice changed, "Don't kill me, I didn't say anything!"

At that moment, Wen Ping's mind was filled with only one thought: Oh my God, could it be that what Wen Rusheng said was true, and all those who treated Miss Lin Er badly would be doomed?

"withdraw!"

Wen Ping held his head in his hands when he heard this, and it took him a while before he dared to look around.

"What happened?" The apprentice from the clinic ran out.

Wen Ping looked at the medicine box that fell to the ground, his face blank: "I don't know."

"Who captured Doctor Gu?"

Wen Ping slowly shook his head: "I don't know."

"How come you don't know anything? No, I want to report it to the police!"

As the apprentice finished speaking, several people armed with knives and sticks suddenly rushed out and dragged the apprentice away in the blink of an eye.

Wen Ping was stunned for a moment, then jumped up and ran into the alley, running all the way into the Wen residence without daring to look back.

Cheng Maoming, who had seen everything that happened in front of the clinic, stood up and asked, "Sir, would you like to come with me to Jinlin Guard to listen to the interrogation of this Doctor Gu?"

"Is this...convenient?"

Cheng Maoming laughed: "It's inconvenient for everyone, even the prince."

"Then go join in the fun." Qi Shuo had a smile on his face, but his heart was cold.

Mr. Fox is closely related to the death of the prince, and it would have been best for him not to join in the fun, but since they have set their sights on Ah Hao, he can't stay out of it.

In the Jinlinwei Yamen, Doctor Gu has been locked up in an airtight interrogation room.

Cheng Maoming decided to interrogate him personally.

"You are the doctor of Danxin Hall, your last name is Gu?"

"That's me. I wonder what I did wrong to be arrested here?"

"Mr. Fox." Cheng Maoming suddenly shouted.

Doctor Gu looked puzzled: "What is the master talking about?"

Cheng Maoming raised his chin to his subordinates and said, "Go check his face."

Even if they had arrested the wrong person, he was just a doctor, so there was no need to beat around the bush. If they could really find out that he had changed his appearance, they could naturally use some means to pressure him and force him to speak.

Upon hearing Cheng Maoming's rude request, Doctor Gu's eyes changed.

Two Jinlin Guards came over, one held his head to prevent him from moving, and the other came closer to examine him carefully.

"What are you doing, sir? What are you doing?" Doctor Gu shouted.

Without Cheng Maoming's order, a Jinlin Guard picked up a rag and stuffed it into his mouth.

One can imagine what the rag placed in the interrogation room was used for. The strong stench of blood instantly filled his mouth and nose. Doctor Gu struggled a few times, then rolled his eyes and fainted.

When he fainted, Cheng Maoming started to wonder.

"Prince, I think we have arrested the wrong person. He should be just an ordinary doctor." Cheng Maoming walked to the next room and said to Qi Shuo who was watching the interrogation through a secret hole in the wall.

"What do you mean, Grand Commander?"

Cheng Maoming was disappointed and sighed, "Think about it, my lord. If it was Mr. Fox, would he faint because of a rag?"

That's impossible. The remnants of Emperor Pingle who were captured by the Jinlin Guard are all very tough. Even if they couldn't hold back and confessed in the end, they were tortured.

Qi Shuo smiled slightly: "But I don't think it's necessarily wrong. Grand Commander, do you want to make a bet?"

Cheng Maoming immediately shook his head: "No need to bet, I think the prince is right."

Qi Shuo:?

Even though he was a meticulous person, he didn't understand what General Cheng meant by this. Could it be that he was speaking in a sarcastic way like Ah Hao?

Thinking of this, he moved to the side unnoticeably, slightly increasing the distance between the two of them.

Ah Hao likes it no matter whether the words are spoken in a positive or negative way. It is a bit abnormal for a grown man to do this.

Cheng Maoming blinked.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but Prince Jing seemed to have suddenly become cold towards him.

This won’t do!

"Prince——"

He reached out to pat Qi Shuo on the shoulder when he heard his subordinates in the interrogation room shout, "Grand Commander, we've found something!"

Cheng Maoming looked through the secret hole and saw a Jinlin guard holding a shaky piece of thin skin in his hand.

Cheng Maoming hurried to the next door.

At this time, Doctor Gu was still unconscious with his head tilted. A strand of his hair covered part of his face, making it difficult to see his true appearance.

"Turn his face around." Cheng Maoming ordered.

A Jinlin Guard straightened Doctor Gu's head and lifted up the lock of hair.

"It's him!" Cheng Maoming was extremely excited. "The prince drew this person based on the confession of the man who poisoned the prince!"

Cheng Maoming still kept the portrait carefully, so he took it out immediately to compare the two to be on the safe side.

"It must be him!"

But why is this person still unconscious because of a rag?

Cheng Maoming frowned and ordered his subordinates: "Wake him up."

A basin of water was poured down, and Doctor Gu slowly woke up.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Cheng Maoming asked coldly, pinching the thin skin with two fingers.

The rag in Doctor Gu's mouth had been taken out, but the fishy smell in his mouth had not yet dissipated. He tilted his head and retched twice before looking at the mask held by Cheng Maoming.

Cheng Maoming sneered: "Don't tell me, a doctor in a clinic needs to wear this thing."

Doctor Gu remained silent.

"Don't tell me? I'm sorry." Cheng Maoming winked at his subordinates.

The Jinlin Guard took a bloodstained whip from a shelf nearby and lashed it at Doctor Gu.

These Jinlin Guards who were familiar with torture all used skillful force. Although the whip did not seem to use much force, Doctor Gu, who was stripped down to his undershirt, was immediately covered in flesh.

Screams rang out in the interrogation room, and Cheng Maoming scratched his ears.

I always feel that Doctor Gu’s screams are particularly loud, different from those spies who have entered the Jinlin Guard.

After three screams, which was three lashes of the whip, Doctor Gu shouted in a trembling voice: "I said -"

The Jinlin Guards who were carrying out the execution glanced at Cheng Maoming and stepped aside after receiving the signal.

"What is your relationship with Mr. Fox?" Cheng Maoming asked.

"I am... Mr. Fox."

Cheng Maoming raised his eyebrows and his first reaction was disbelief.

It's not that easy to confess.

He even picked up the portrait again to look at it, and there was no doubt that the man in front of him was the person in the portrait.

Could it be that this person has a second layer of disguise?

As this thought flashed through his mind, Cheng Maoming immediately ordered his subordinates to check again.

Doctor Gu's face was pinched, and his voice changed slightly in pain: "I have already confessed, why are you still humiliating me like this?"

The Jinlin Guards in charge of the inspection ignored his words and reported to Cheng Maoming after a careful inspection: "Grand Commander, this man does not have a second mask on his face."

"Keep an eye on him."

Cheng Maoming quickly went to the next room and expressed his doubts: "This man confessed too easily. Although he looks just like Mr. Fox in the prince's painting, I still feel like there's something fishy going on."

Qi Shuo, with Lin Hao's words about Mr. Fox's origins, was able to see things more clearly: "Grand Commander, have you ever considered that Mr. Fox wasn't a carefully trained spy, but rather a guest of honor of those people?"

Cheng Maoming was startled, then patted Qi Shuo's shoulder vigorously: "Your Highness is right, it's me who is confused!"

Imagine grabbing a Great Zhou noble and giving him a few good lashes. Could he withstand it? Definitely not.

This explains why Mr. Fox could be knocked unconscious by a rag.

Cheng Maoming had a plan in mind and went to the interrogation room at a brisk pace.

"Since you admit that you are Mr. Fox, then tell me how you contacted people when something happened, and who are your accomplices in the capital."

"Whenever they need help, they'll disguise themselves as patients and come to the clinic to see me. They'll tell me where to meet, and it's always a different place..."

Cheng Maoming was not satisfied after hearing this: "Given Mr. Fox's status, there shouldn't be only these few accomplices he knows about."

"That's really all."

Cheng Maoming's face darkened: "Continue the torture."

Since he can't stand the torture, that's easy to deal with. Maybe we can get some new insights by beating him up a bit. There's no loss if we can't get anything out of him.

This time they used branding instead. When the red-hot iron was pressed against his body, white smoke came out and Mr. Fox screamed in pain.

After being hit twice, Mr. Fox's voice trembled with pain: "Yes... yes, there is another person with an extraordinary status..."