Li Siyou, the county officer of Lou County, walked towards the dungeon carrying half a roast chicken and two taels of rice wine.
It was not his job to be on duty today, but after hearing that the two criminals who were caught yesterday reselling imperial products had not yet confessed their guilt, he decided to take a look.
He has been a police officer for more than 20 years. It is not easy to deal with him who commits murder and arson. Can't he deal with a few petty thieves?
In the dungeon, guard Lao Wang was dozing by the oil lamp. Seeing him coming, he rubbed his hands and rushed to greet him. Li Siyou knew that the other party was not really greeting him, but rather the half chicken in his hand, so he smiled and spat at him.
"You haven't gotten any answers after asking for so long, and you still have the nerve to come and eat chicken?"
Old Wang was very shameless and didn't talk back. He took the chicken with a silly smile, tore off a chicken leg and handed it to Li Siyou, then gnawed on the chicken neck himself and reported in a low voice while gnawing.
"I've asked someone to inquire about it, and it's true that it's something that only the palace can have. Even though those two don't look like thieves, they might be pretending to be ignorant. I heard that they were very low-key when they stayed at the inn, and only revealed themselves after they settled in Wangchen Tower. Maybe they knew the origin of the stolen goods and were feeling guilty..."
Li Siyou became impatient and spat out half a bone.
"Do you admit it?"
"He just said that the thing was his, but he refused to acknowledge it."
"Humph, this is irrefutable evidence, why would you deny it?"
"Maybe he's planning something bad."
Li Siyou snorted coldly, wiped the oil on his hands on the hem of his clothes, raised his hand to pick up the wicker whip on the rack beside him, signaled Lao Wang not to make a sound, and quietly approached the innermost cell.
He had some experience dealing with scoundrels and knew that locking up criminals together could sometimes yield unexpected rewards. As he approached the cell a few steps away, he indeed heard some noise.
The first voice to speak was a woman's, and it was directed to the "male and female thieves".
"Why is General Shan so slow this time? It doesn't matter if we get bored here, but what if we get delayed?"
"Why rush? Now that we are here, let's make the best of it."
The woman shook her head, then looked at the person next to her with some surprise.
"You seem to like this place quite a bit. Look at how pitch black it is. Doesn't it look a bit like your Yuanming Palace?"
"Yuanming Palace?" The man beside him suddenly laughed, as if recalling something. "It's somewhat similar. Xu Zhi had secretly made up this story, saying that attending the morning court was like visiting a prisoner in the dungeon. I never thought at the time that I would actually be able to experience it one day..."
Not far away, Li Siyou was standing outside the prison door with his arms folded and watching.
He had seen many prisoners, some throwing tantrums, some pretending to be stupid, some crying, but he had never seen anyone who was so cheerful and talkative.
The woman looked even more fearless. She blew the two strands of hair on her face and whispered something in the man's ear. They both giggled.
What did he think his dungeon was? A teahouse?
Li Siyou was furious.
I didn't want to get involved in this matter when I came to this dungeon today, but now I feel that I can't ignore it anymore. I took a few steps to get the key, unlocked it and entered the cell.
The two of them stopped talking and looked up at him with innocent eyes.
"Brother, I wonder when this misunderstanding will be resolved and when you can let us go?"
Li Siyou spread out the stolen goods that he had seized early in the morning in front of the two men.
"Misunderstanding? You said it was a misunderstanding?"
Xiao Nanhui was happy again, but he felt a little sad at the same time.
Back then, she had never felt so wronged even when she was shot with an arrow as a spy from Nanqiang.
"Brother, those are indeed ours. It would be fine if you didn't return them to us, but why are you still holding on to them?"
Li Siyou picked up the sword.
"Is this sword yours?"
Xiao Nanhui nodded hurriedly.
"be mine."
"Where did you get it?"
She thought about it and answered truthfully.
"Master gave it to me."
Li Siyou picked up the jade pendant again.
"Is this jade pendant yours?"
The young man beside him nodded.
"be mine."
"And where did you get it?"
The man thought about it and answered truthfully.
"It's inherited from my ancestors."
Fuck you!
Li Si slammed the table and stood up. He thought he had seen many shameless people, but he had never seen anyone as shameless as this.
Stealing would be fine, but how could he say such nonsense without blushing or breathing heavily?
"This sword is made of Liuqi Huntian iron. Not only is it impossible to open a furnace without the help of the government, but even this copper is extremely rare. And this jade pendant, even though it's missing half, is clearly a shackle-shaped piece. Do you think it's just cabbage from the East Market, and an heirloom? Who are your ancestors?" Li Si grew angrier and angrier as he spoke, and he laughed out loud, his thick lips spitting out a stream of spit. "Is this thing yours? Why don't you say that the golden-domed palace in Quecheng and the emperor in it are also yours?!"
Xiao Nanhui was about to open his mouth to refute, but when he heard the last sentence, he choked and choked on his own saliva, and started coughing uncontrollably.
The man next to her silently stroked her back, and the two seemed speechless.
Li Siyou felt very happy, thinking that every word he said was reasonable and to the point, and he had refuted the two men so much that they had nothing to say. He crossed his arms with a sense of accomplishment.
"If you two tell me the truth, maybe you can suffer less."
Xiao Nanhui remained silent.
She really wasn't being silent on purpose, she just didn't know what to say.
The oil-soaked willow whip hit the ground with a bang, and Li Siyou's patience was exhausted and he said viciously.
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