Chapter 43 Prey
Hao Mengye led people outside.
I saw a person lying on the ground with his hands tied behind his back.
Su Yanshu saw Su Huaishan and was overjoyed: "Second Uncle!"
Su Huaishan nodded and smiled: "Yanshu."
He bowed and greeted the prince: "Your Highness."
"General Su, you don't have to be so polite. You must have worked hard on the journey."
Su Huaishan glanced at the man on the ground and snorted coldly, "This man is the murderer who murdered Master Kong. If King Nanshun hadn't written to me and asked me to help, I wouldn't have been able to catch him."
He bowed to Hao Mengye again and said, "Commander Hao, the murderer is here, and the confession is here. I wonder if you can let my nephew go?"
Hao Mengye thought to himself that Su Huaishan's arrival was at a perfect time. It seemed that the commander was right. The Su family was indeed not very peaceful.
It doesn’t matter whether Su Dingqin lets go or not, but Yu Shengsheng has to stay because she still has to restore the painting.
But now, if Su Dingqin is released, what excuse can he use to keep Yu Shengsheng?
If Su Yanshu came to ask for someone, he could certainly stop him, but Su Huaishan was, after all, the younger brother of General Su, and had some prestige in the army, and he brought the prisoner and his confession.
It can be seen that we are well prepared.
The prince smiled and said, "Congratulations, Commander Hao. I was just worrying about this matter. Now that the criminal and his confession are here, the suspicion of the young general can be cleared."
Hao Mengye motioned his men to take over the confession and glanced at it casually: "Your Highness, you may not know that the Red Dragon Guard has a set process and procedures for doing things. This is the iron rule set by His Majesty."
"I still need to verify whether the confession is true or not, and whether this person is real or not. I have to take the confession again in person."
The prince's smile froze slightly.
Su Huaishan said unhappily: "Commander Hao, could it be that you still doubt that I came all the way here to get a fake witness for you and write a false confession?"
"I can guarantee with my life that this person is the real one. Please let my nephew go home, as well as that useless cousin."
Hao Mengye smiled calmly: "General Su, don't worry. I didn't say that this person is fake. Although there is such a possibility, I don't think General Su will do this."
"Come here, take the man away and interrogate him strictly."
"yes!"
As the Red Dragon Guard stepped forward, the person on the ground turned pale and struggled to get up.
"I have said everything I need to say. I was the one who killed him. I didn't lie!"
He didn't want to go in and be interrogated again. The interrogation in Zhenqiao Tower was no different from the eighteen levels of hell.
Looking back at Su Huaishan, he made up his mind and ran towards the pillars on both sides of the door.
"Bang!"
Blood splattered everywhere.
Hao Mengye could stop it, but he didn't.
Only when a person dies can there be no evidence. Without evidence, he can deny the crime.
The scene became quiet and the strong smell of blood quickly dissipated.
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Yu Shengsheng mixed a red pigment and carefully dipped the smallest tip of the brush into it.
While they were busy, Hao Mengye pushed the door open and Jin Baobao, who was guarding the door, stood up immediately.
Hao Mengye stood at the door and watched for a moment. When Yu Shengsheng stopped moving, he cleared his throat.
"Commander Hao." She bowed.
"What's the situation?" Hao Mengye walked in. "Ms. Yu, to be honest, something unexpected happened."
Yu Shengsheng's heart slightly tightened: "What happened?"
"Su Huaishan is back."
"The second master of the Su family?" Yu Shengsheng frowned.
When she first came back, Yu Shengsheng called Su Huaishan "Second Uncle", but this second uncle never treated her well.
Even letting her stay in the mansion as a cousin was Su Huaishan's suggestion.
If Su Yanshu cares about his own face the most and Su Dingqin cares about the Su family's face the most, then Su Huaishan cares about the entire Su clan.
His whole family lived at the border, but every New Year and festival when they came to worship their ancestors, Su Huaishan would return to his hometown to pay homage.
In his opinion, Yu Shengsheng's existence is no different from a stain on the Su family. Although she is of the Su family's bloodline, she did not grow up in the Su family since childhood. She is just a wild girl. The glory of the Su family must not be tarnished.
Su Zhiyi is the perfect daughter of the Su family.
Yu Shengsheng breathed a sigh of relief. It must be no good for Su Huaishan to return to Beijing at this time.
"Su Huaishan not only came back, but also brought back a man who claimed to be the one who harmed Kong Dezhao, in order to clear Su Dingqin of suspicion."
Yu Shengsheng thought to herself that as expected, Su Huaishan would never come back for no reason. He solved Su Dingqin's dilemma with one move. Su Dingqin wanted to go back home, and she had no way to stay here any longer.
Yu Shengsheng glanced at the things on the desk and said, "If Commander Hao trusts me, let me take these back to the mansion."
"No," Hao Mengye refused. "This painting is of great importance. It was hard to get it. It must not leave Zhenqiao Tower again."
Yu Shengsheng pursed her lips and said nothing. She had no other choice.
"The witness has already hit himself against a pillar and died. I can wait for two more days. Can it be repaired in two days?"
Yu Shengsheng said three days, which was already the shortest time. At that time, she wanted to win Hao Mengye's trust and seize this opportunity, so she naturally shortened the time.
Who knows, this kind of thing will happen again.
She frowned and said nothing, wondering if she could speed up her sleep if she could only sleep for two hours at night, when a Red Dragon Guard came over quickly.
"Commander-in-chief, someone sent a letter."
Hao Mengye opened the letter and his brows slowly tightened.
Jin Baobao came closer and glanced at the letter: "Commander-in-chief, I know a little bit of Kung Fu, but I'm a stranger. How about I deliver the letter for you and you protect my daughter?"
Yu Shengsheng pulled her over and shook her head, "Don't talk nonsense."
Hao Mengye glanced at Jin Baobao, seeming to be thinking about something.
"Tell them to check again..."
Before he finished speaking, Yu Shengsheng glanced at the letter in his hand and said, "Commander Hao, this letter is different."
Hao Mengye turned to look at her: "What's the difference?"
"Can I take a closer look?"
Hao Mengye gave her the letter without hesitation - she was right here and couldn't cause any trouble.
Yu Shengsheng pointed at the two lines of words above: "This letter says that there will be unusual movements in the South Residence tonight."
Hao Mengye nodded: "Yes, this is a criminal we have been watching for a long time, and he has not been caught. There are two houses, one in the south and one in the north, and there may be clues about him."
Yu Shengsheng pondered, "One is to the south and the other is to the north. If we follow the wrong direction, will it be possible for him to escape?"
"Yes, it is possible."
"The word 'Nan' in the letter," Yu Shengsheng picked up a pair of tiny tweezers and put a little water on the tip, "was covered over."
As soon as she finished speaking, she exerted a little force with her fingers, picked up a thin layer of paper with the tip of the tweezers.
Jin Baobao clapped and praised: "Miss, you are amazing."
Hao Mengye raised his eyebrows slightly: "Miss Yu, you have good eyesight."
"Then Miss Yu, do you think I should send someone to the North Residence?"
Yu Shengsheng returned the letter to him and said with a faint smile: "Shengsheng is dull and doesn't understand these big schemes. He only knows some petty tricks."
"However, if it were me, I would still go to the South Residence."
Hao Mengye was at ease: "Why?"
Yu Shengsheng held the thin paper with the word "Nan" in her hand and said, "This method is not very clever. It's just that the light here is a little dim, so Commander Hao didn't notice it because he didn't look closely."
"You are cautious and perceptive. You will check again and again before you actually give the order to act. You will definitely be able to see the clues by then."
"If you could tell that the South House was fake, you might not go to the South House, but to the North House. This person is very alert. He grasped the psychology of ordinary people and did the opposite."
Hao Mengye smiled and said, "Miss Yu knows about military tactics?"
"I dare not, I just often go hunting in the mountains."
A chill flashed across Hao Mengye's eyes - Commander, are you also your prey?
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