Qin Hexuan thought more.
"Uncle Ye, please take Qingtian back first. She probably hasn't eaten enough yet, but she's almost done. You can give her a snack or some fruit."
Boss Ye didn't know what Qin Hexuan was going to do, so he heard Mr. Wei, who had followed him, say, "You guys go back. I'm here, nothing will happen. Don't scare Qingtian."
Hearing that Qingtian might be scared, Ye Lao Da stopped hesitating and hurried away with his daughter in his arms. Ye Lao San and Ye Lao Si naturally followed him.
After Qin Hexuan saw them leave, he signaled the shopkeeper to close the door, then stepped forward and kicked the short man in the chin.
"Ah - murder -" The short man screamed in pain as his jaw was reset.
"Shut up! If you scream, I'll take it off your chest again!" Qin Hexuan said coldly.
Judging from the performance of the two people just now, the tall one is obviously a young man who doesn't know how to deal with things.
Although that kind of person is straightforward, he is often very stubborn and very loyal.
So Qin Hexuan chose to question the short man.
"You're not from here, are you?"
The short man avoided the question but did not answer it directly.
Seeing that he was silent and not angry, Qin Hexuan dragged a chair and sat in front of him and analyzed: "Although you can't tell the flaws from your accent, the fact that the shopkeeper dared to run out to look for people instead of pretending to see and hiding proves that you have never appeared in Fengle County before, let alone being a local snake.
"Of course, the bigger flaw is, you don't even know who I am, and yet you dare to arrest me?"
Qin Hexuan's words made the short man confused and uncertain.
He looked up at Qin Hexuan, but really didn't recognize him.
"I am from the Qin family in the capital. The county magistrate and the head of the Ye clan don't dare to act rashly when they see me. If you are really a local tyrant, not only will you not dare to touch me, you might even have to send people to follow me and protect me.
"Otherwise, if anything goes wrong with me, the Qin and Wen families, together with the people from Prince Rui's Palace, will turn your Fengle County upside down. Not to mention those who have done bad things, even a mouse that has stolen food will not be spared!"
Although Qin Hexuan's words were a bit exaggerated, they were indeed pretty much the same.
He was not a young man who grew up surrounded by millions of pampered women, so he was very clear about the following tricks.
Anyone who can do bad things so blatantly in the county town is either planning to make a quick buck and run away, or has strong backing in the city.
As for the latter, when someone comes to the city who is not to be trifled with, they will all hide away in an instant, knowing the news better than anyone else, or even turn into "good citizens", eager to go to the streets to maintain public order, so that the big shots can come happily and leave safely, without causing any trouble and getting themselves implicated.
So Qin Hexuan concluded at a glance that these three people must be vagrants committing crimes.
But I think there are not many people who dare to be so presumptuous around the capital.
After hearing Qin Hexuan's analysis, the short man was already covered in cold sweat. The sweat flowed down to his chin, mixed with the saliva that flowed when his chin was removed, and dripped onto the ground.
The tall man on the side also looked at Qin Hexuan in surprise and doubt, but unfortunately he couldn't close his jaw, and he couldn't say anything. He could only make a humming sound and drool continuously.
Qin Hexuan took in the expressions of the two people and had a better idea of what was going on.
He shifted slightly, adopting a more relaxed posture, and said, "Didn't you dare to stop the caravan and rob it before, leaving no one alive? Why are you so cowardly now? You dare not admit it?"
"Wuwuwuwu——" The tall man whimpered anxiously, and then tried to crawl forward on his knees, but Qin Hexuan raised his foot and pressed it on his forehead, so he dared not move.
Qin Hexuan looked at the short man and said, "I'll give you one last chance. If you don't tell me, I'll tell him."
The short man finally fell to the ground and burst into tears: "Master Qin, please understand, the three of us really haven't killed anyone—"
"The three of us were originally hooligans from the neighboring county, and at most we did some petty thefts in the village.
"Then one day, several houses in our area suddenly lost things one after another, and everyone said it was us.
"The three of us were so angry and were looking for someone to take the blame for this, but we unexpectedly ran into Boss Cheng."
"That success?"
"That's Cheng, the successful one," the short man said. "Boss Cheng said someone told him his fortune and said he was destined to do great things from birth. If we follow him, we're guaranteed to enjoy endless wealth and glory in the future.
"Then he gave us three brothers everything he had stolen in the village.
"When we saw it, we thought, isn't this much better than stealing chickens and dogs?
"Besides, Boss Cheng has over 20 men under his command. The three of us are no match for him, so we might as well submit to him.
"Besides, picking up the crumbs that fall from people's fingers is better than our previous life.
"That's how we started following Boss Cheng.
"The early days were indeed pretty good. He led us to rob things and women. We ate meat every day, and at night..."
"Cough cough——" Mr. Wei couldn't bear to listen anymore and interrupted the short man with a few coughs.
The short man then remembered that the person interrogating him was still a child, and quickly skipped this part.
"Anyway, everything was fine at the beginning. The three of us even said privately that meeting Boss Cheng was a blessing from our past lives.
"But later on, they became more and more daring, and even planned to rob a merchant caravan, claiming they had a lot of goods and silver.
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