He took out a rope and tied the mother and child together, then picked up a smelly sock from the ground and stuffed it into their mouths before lighting the oil lamp.
"Whoosh—"
Ji Ming carried a basin of water and splashed it on the two people's faces.
The two regained consciousness.
"Hmm?"
"Mmm-mmm-mmm—"
When they opened their eyes, they were still confused, but after realizing their situation, the mother and son became agitated.
It kept making "uh-uh" noises.
Another one is trying to break free from its constraints.
"Quiet down! If you struggle again, don't blame me for my merciless sword!" Ji Ming drew his sword from his waist and swung it around.
The sword, polished to a high shine, appeared exceptionally sharp under the light of the oil lamp.
The two fell silent.
"Who owns the luminous pearl you mentioned today?"
The whistle cuts straight to the point.
"Ugh ugh ugh—" Liu Youdi couldn't speak; she could only nod and shake her head frantically.
“Remember this, if you don’t tell the truth, you and your son will be dead! I’m taking the sock out of your mouth right now. If you dare to scream, I’ll kill your son in the next second! You’d better think it over!”
Ji Ming placed his sword against Ma Nianzu's neck.
But the next second I smelled a strong odor of urine.
Ji Ming knew.
This kid is scared out of his wits.
He took a step back, afraid of getting covered in the smell of urine.
Meanwhile, Jifeng took the sock out of Liu Youdi's mouth.
At the same time, he drew his sword and held it to her neck.
"I...I...I'll talk, please don't kill me, I'll tell you everything."
Liu Youdi trembled like a sieve.
He even started stuttering when he spoke.
"Speak quickly! Don't wear down my patience!" Ji Ming roared in a low voice.
"Alright, alright, I'll tell you. That luminous pearl belongs to our restaurant manager. She wears it around her neck every day. I saw it by chance the other day. It's a green stone that glows!"
Liu Youdi was breathing rapidly, as if she was about to faint from fright at any moment.
"Who is your manager? Where does he live?"
Ji Ming asked again.
"In, in the Yan, Yan, Yan family, her name is Yan Changyu, her home is in the Yan residence, she is the daughter of the owner of the Yan family pastry shop, her home is in the Yan residence!"
Liu Youdi's face was deathly pale, and a few drops of cold sweat rolled down her forehead, which could be clearly seen even in the dimly lit room.
Ji Ming gleaned a few key words from her fragmented words: the person who possessed the luminous pearl was none other than the Yan family mansion they had searched last night.
Why wasn't it found last night?
The two looked at each other, both seeing confusion in each other's eyes.
"Sir, sir, please, please don't kill me, please, please."
Liu Youdi also wet her pants.
Her eyes were filled with tears, and her voice trembled even more violently.
He became a stutterer.
"Stuff the socks in," Ji Ming said to Ji Feng.
"Hmm." Jifeng sheathed his sword back at his waist. He then stuffed the smelly sock from the ground back into Liu Youdi's mouth.
"Since you've told us the whereabouts of the luminous pearl, I'll let you go this time."
Ji Ming's words made the two of them swallow back the heart that was about to leap out of their throats.
'Swish'.
However, before they could relax...
Ji Ming swung his sword and slit the necks of the mother and son; the sharp sound of the sword echoed in the room.
The next second, they felt a sharp pain in their necks, and blood gushed out.
The wind howled and pushed them back a few steps.
To avoid getting bloodstains.
Seeing the mother and child across from him, who were about to die, his eyes were filled with resentment and incomprehension.
Ji Ming said slowly.
"I said I'd let you off the hook, but I didn't say I'd spare your lives, haha."
His laughter was like that of a demon crawling up from the underworld.
"Mmm, ho ho ho—"
Liu Youdi and Ma Nianzu twisted and turned frantically, seemingly trying to break free from their restraints. Because their mouths were stuffed with smelly socks, they couldn't curse and could only make whimpering and gurgling sounds.
Struggling is ultimately futile.
Even in modern times, there's a high chance of not being able to save someone who has their throat slit; imagine how much more likely that would be in ancient times.
Soon, both of them breathed their last.
"Let's go to the Yan residence." Ji Ming wiped his sword clean with the bedding on the bed, and he and Ji Feng turned and left. After they came out, they didn't forget to close the wooden door behind them.
Fifteen minutes after they left.
A man came out of the outhouse next door.
He was wearing a thin undershirt, and his trousers were soaked, looking like urine stains in the moonlight.
The man was shivering from the cold.
Their words were fighting each other.
"Crunch."
When Yu Huan arrived at the Ma family's house, he gently pushed open the wooden door and saw two corpses inside and blood all over the floor. He was so frightened that he almost screamed, but he covered his mouth tightly.
He walked unsteadily back into the house.
"Get up! Hurry! Hurry, go report to the authorities!! The Ma family mother and son have been murdered! Report to the authorities immediately!"
"Honey, are you dreaming?" The woman, woken up by the noise, looked completely bewildered.
"Go report to the authorities quickly! The two members of the Ma family have been murdered. They learned the whereabouts of the luminous pearl and were killed to silence them. Go report to the authorities quickly! I heard, I heard, the family that possesses the luminous pearl is... is Manager Yan of the Yan Family Pastry Shop!"
His voice was extremely loud.
This meant that nearby residents who were light sleepers could hear it clearly.
Someone immediately went to the county government to report it to the authorities.
It just so happened that Zuo Li was on duty today. He arrived at the Ma family's house with five constables, still half asleep. Upon seeing the corpse, their drowsiness immediately vanished.
"You're saying the murderer went to the Yan residence?" Zuo Li asked Yu Huan with a grave expression.
“Yes, they said they were going to the Yan residence!” Yu Huan nodded repeatedly.
His wet pants have already been changed.
His expression wasn't as frightened as before.
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