"Wrong person arrested?"
Tang Liu looked at the fat face and large mole in front of him and snorted coldly, "If we arrested the wrong person, why did you run away? Are you so scared because someone was eavesdropping outside? Isn't it because you have something to hide? Tell me, what have you done!"
Before Qian Dafu could finish speaking, Tang Liu slapped him hard on the head again, "And another thing, you're already so old, why are you calling me 'big brother'? It makes me look so old!"
Someone suggested, "Old Tang, why don't we find somewhere else to talk?"
Tang Liu then came to his senses and heard people nearby pointing and whispering.
Turning around, he realized that a large crowd had gathered nearby, mostly customers who had come out to see what was going on after hearing the commotion. Among them were the people who had been with Qian Dafu.
The merchants were eager to go forward, but they were afraid when they saw the mercenaries and ended up just watching from a distance.
Amid the crowd's murmurs, Tang Liu turned around and shouted, "When the government is handling matters, bystanders should stay away. Be careful, or we might arrest you and this guy together. Do you all want to go to jail?"
Tang Liu was very imposing; after shouting a single sentence, most of the people scattered.
Official robes have always been something that ordinary people absolutely dare not provoke.
Without needing to be ordered, the mercenaries dragged Qian Dafu up, completely disregarding his injuries, causing him to scream incessantly.
"Stop yelling, it hurts people's ears!"
Tang Liu cursed and turned to leave.
One of the men standing next to him asked, "Old Tang, you did a pretty good job. You really pulled it off."
Tang Liu chuckled, "We're at least a person of some standing in Qihuai County."
Someone bluntly exposed, "You don't have much ability in the county. I think it's those people in the South District who have flattered you too much, calling you 'adult' and making you arrogant."
"You..."
Tang Liu didn't know what to say, so he could only keep his mouth shut and lead the way.
Amidst cries of "Ouch!", under the cover of night, no one saw Qian Dafu's expression gradually shift from panic to cold indifference.
A sinister look appeared on that fat face.
A group of people escorted Qian Dafu. Along the way, some people noticed this scene, but seeing the menacing aura of the group, no one dared to step forward.
They did not return to the South District, feeling it was unsafe to bring people there.
Tang Liu was reluctant to spend the money, so he found a nearby inn that wasn't very nice, and the group booked a few rooms and checked in together.
Inside the room, Qian Dafu sat crookedly on the floor, his expression one of distress and pain.
"Stop pretending. You won't die from a fall. Besides, you're such a big lump of flesh, you can't possibly get hurt."
Tang Liu sat on the bed, looking down at Qian Dafu in front of him.
There was a mercenary in front of, behind, to the left and right of Qian Dafu. Some were standing, some were sitting, and some were leaning against the door of the room.
It can be said that Qian Dafu is now like a caged bird, and a wounded one at that.
"Tell me, what's your name?"
Tang Liu glanced at Qian Dafu, then suddenly shouted.
Qian Dafu immediately couldn't help but shudder and tremble uncontrollably.
"Sir, my name is Qian Dafu..."
Tang Liu couldn't help but burst into laughter, cursing, "Looking at his useless appearance, I'm starting to wonder if we've picked the wrong person. Does he look like the kind of person who does that kind of thing?"
One of the mercenaries looked him over and shook his head. "Doesn't seem like it."
“I think so too.” Tang Liu touched his nose.
Qian Dafu immediately crawled forward with difficulty and grabbed Tang Liu's leg. "Sir, I'm not a bad person. I'm just pretending to be a conman, taking advantage of the greed of those merchants to make some money..."
Tang Liu tried to swing his leg, but he couldn't shake off Qian Dafu, who was gripping him tightly.
This made him lose face, so he scolded him forcefully before Qian Dafu reluctantly let go.
Next, Tang Liu and several mercenaries began to interrogate him in detail.
Qian Dafu didn't hide anything and told everyone everything without reservation.
From the rise of the Qian family to their purge by the imperial court, and then to how I experienced a life of wandering and hardship.
In the end, she even started crying, which was heartbreaking to watch.
"Old Tang, this doesn't really look like it. I suspect we've come to the wrong place."
"No rush, let's interrogate him for a few days first. Maybe he's faking it." Tang Liu also had some doubts about whether he had made a mistake. After all, there were quite a few people who were overweight and had moles on their faces.
The person who would actually attempt to assassinate the lord would definitely not be this cowardly and weak fellow in front of me.
They came out today to have fun, and before meeting Qian Dafu, they had already drunk quite a bit, so they were all a little tipsy.
Qian Dafu insisted that he knew nothing about the assassination attempt and was merely using Tang Huan's name to deceive Tang Liu, leaving Tang Liu unsure of where to begin.
In the end, everyone could only go to their rooms to rest.
Because of Qian Dafu's behavior, Tang Liu had already decided to keep an eye on him by himself, but one of the mercenaries felt unsafe and asked to live with him.
After everyone else had gone back to their rooms to rest, the mercenary who remained did nothing but find a rope and tie Qian Dafu's hands behind his back.
Only after making sure the rope was tied securely enough did the two feel relieved.
Not only was he relieved, Tang Liu even called his waiter to have a pot of wine brought over. While drinking, he talked nonsense to Qian Dafu, or boasted about how powerful he was in Qihuai County.
At first, the guards refused to drink, but they couldn't resist Tang Liu's constant persuasion and relaxed.
They drank for an hour, and before they knew it, they had drunk two more jugs of wine, and then they fell into a deep sleep.
Soon after, the sound of someone fast asleep could be heard.
In the stillness of the night, the sound of someone sleeping could be heard from time to time.
Qian Dafu, whose hands were tied behind his back to the table, suddenly opened his eyes. He turned to look at the bed. Under the moonlight, the two people on the bed were already embracing each other. Tang Liu's hands and feet were wrapped around the other person.
Qian Dafu took a deep breath to calm himself down.
He changed his appearance completely.
He was neither as composed as when he dined and drank with the salt merchants, nor as weak when facing interrogation; at this moment, he was more like a wolf.
A wolf with fierce eyes.
The sound of them sleeping soundly continued all night.
Tang Liu only remembered having a very pleasant dream, spending the whole night having a romantic time with the most popular rouge girl in the capital.
Tang Liu's headache became severe after the hangover. He opened his eyes in bed and then pounded his forehead.
Then he saw the mercenary lying next to him and immediately pushed him away with obvious disgust.
But when Tang Liu sat up, he was dumbfounded.
"They ran away?"
Tang Liu stared blankly at the broken rope beside the wooden table not far away, and at the window that had been opened a crack.
As for Qian Dafu, who was supposed to be tied up, he was nowhere to be found.
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