"Well, now is your chance. Not only do I not want you to pay with your life, but I will also give you both a reward of 800,000 strings of cash."
Upon hearing this, Cui Hongyu and Cui Chenghe exchanged a glance, then quickly stood up and knelt before Zhao Xin. "Your Majesty, please command us, and we will obey."
Zhao Xin said to Cui Hongyu, "You are organized, right?"
Cui Hongyu was of course a reasonable person, "Yes, Your Majesty, there is an organization."
"What's your name?"
"Tianlong Society."
"Tianlong Society? Why choose such a name?"
"It means to replace the emperor."
Zhao Xin was stunned when he heard this. Damn, it really is a big fish, but the name is really ugly.
"Alright! Tell me everything you know. Your sins will be forgiven, and you will also receive a reward. Of course, the prerequisite is that you must tell me valuable information."
Cui Hongyu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. I understand what you mean, but I still have a question."
"What?"
"Well, if our group doesn't go back, the hall master will soon find out."
"We certainly want the reward His Majesty has given us, but we also need to live to spend it, so we hope His Majesty can send us to a safe place."
"That's no problem," Xin Zhao said.
"That's easy to discuss. Don't worry. After I investigate the matter, I'll send you to the county town in the east. Although it's not as prosperous as the imperial capital, it's still a big city."
"You can go there and live out the rest of your life with more money than you can spend in your lifetime."
"Okay, okay, now I feel relieved."
Zhao Xin was a little unhappy. When he first met Cui Hongyu, he felt like a hero, and there was still a heroic spirit in his conversation. Why did he look so mercenary now?
But this doesn’t matter. I’m not very familiar with him. We are just cooperating now.
Furthermore, as the saying goes, a man of insight is a true hero. Not everyone wants to spend their entire lives in an underground organization. Now that he's out on the shore, he'll probably be happy for three days. Therefore, Cui Hongyu's behavior is quite normal. Not only can he now sever ties with an illegal organization, but he can also be forgiven of his past crimes and given enough money to last him a lifetime. This, of course, means he's cooperating with the emperor.
It is true that people are born in hardship and die in comfort. When Cui Hongyu knew that he could get ashore, he really didn't feel that heroic anymore. The first time he met him, he felt like a hero.
"Unchain him," said Xin Zhao.
"This... Your Majesty, is there any danger?"
"It's okay. I'm a martial arts master myself, and I brought guards with me. Open the lock."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Let's talk outside. Don't worry, as long as we know enough, we can consider anything."
"Yes, yes, Your Majesty."
Zhao Xin took Cui Hongyu out of the cell and asked him questions one after another, but it seemed that Cui Hongyu knew more.
Taking Cui Hongyu to a room where government affairs were handled, Zhao Xin asked, "Who is the leader of this organization?"
"The leader is not the master behind the scenes. The real master behind the scenes is beyond my reach at my level, but I can tell your majesty where the headquarters is."
"If Your Majesty can capture our leader, then you will know everything Your Majesty wants to know."
Zhao Xin said, "Okay, I'll go find the headquarters later, but let's not talk about the headquarters yet."
"I want to know how much you know now. Tell me all the useful information."
"The mastermind behind this is named Nan, I'm sure of that."
"Actually, or to put it more directly, the Nan family is behind this. Of course, I can't be so sure, but I can be sure that the owner's surname is Nan."
Zhao Xin quickly asked, "How do you know this?"
"I did some work for him and heard the chief calling his name."
Zhao Xin glanced at Zhuge Liang. At a time like this, Zhuge Liang had to step in. Zhao Xin said to Zhuge Liang, "Prime Minister, this concerns whether the Nan family is plotting a rebellion. Please help investigate."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Zhuge Liang sat across from Cui Hongyu and said, "Tell me about the hierarchy in your organization."
"Ordinary members are the lowest level."
"The incense master leads ten ordinary members, and I am the incense master."
"Above the incense master, there is the hall master."
"A hall master leads seven incense masters. Above the hall master is our leader."
"How many hall masters are there in total?"
"Nine."
Zhao Xin was a little surprised when he heard this. This incense master had ten members, a hall master had seventy members, and there were nine hall masters, totaling more than six hundred people.
"What is the recruitment threshold for ordinary members?" Zhuge Liang continued to ask.
"It's quite high. One must be good at martial arts and have killed someone before."
Zhao Xin was stunned again. Over 600 murderers? This was truly a big fish. Who on earth would dare to protect such an organization?
Nan Cang doesn't have the courage to do this. Now the problem arises again. Such a large criminal organization must have spread throughout the capital long ago. Therefore, the chief executive of the capital is very likely to know about this organization, but it was suppressed.
Zhuge Liang continued, "Have you seen your leader?"
"Yes."
"What's the chief's last name?"
"My last name is Cui."
Zhao Xin was still surprised. His surname was Cui? Zhuge Liang said, "Okay, I understand."
"Please write down the address of the headquarters on a piece of paper."
Zhuge Liang turned to Zhao Xin and said, "Your Majesty, I can make a rough guess about the situation."
"Prime Minister, please speak."
"It's unlikely that the Grand Marshal is protecting this organization. It must be someone within the Nan family who did this."
Zhao Xin also said: "Yes, I think so too."
"As long as we catch the leader of this organization, everything will be cleared up."
Zhuge Liang turned to Cui Hongyu and asked, "Has your leader been at the headquarters all this time?"
"Yes, he has always been there, but the hall master's martial arts skills are very high, and the nine hall masters are also in the headquarters."
Zhao Xin doesn't care about his high martial arts skills. This is easy to solve. Li Cunxiao and Wang Xuance are enough to solve this problem. If it doesn't work, bring Yu Huatian along.
However, Zhuge Liang could not go. If such a top civil official was brought there by him and something unexpected happened, it would be a huge loss.
Afterwards, after Zhao Xin had grasped all the details of the situation, he called Cui Chenghe over and continued to interrogate him. Cui Hongyu did not lie, and there was no need for him to lie. If he missed this opportunity to get ashore, he would be a gangster for the rest of his life, and one day he might be hacked to death on the street, so he would not lie.
After figuring out the situation, the next step is to capture the leader of this organization.
He knew the whole situation. As long as he was caught, he would torture him to death. He also had to find out who was sheltering this organization.
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