"If anyone can catch the murderer, I will reward him with one hundred taels of gold."
As soon as these words were spoken, many people were shocked by the amount of the reward. One hundred taels of silver was enough to astonish most of the people present. One hundred taels of gold was even more shocking. Most of them probably had never seen such a large amount of money in their entire lives.
After Master Wen appeared, the situation was under control and all the merchants and travelers on the ship stopped making noise.
Captain Zhao wiped his sweat and sighed in his heart, thinking that Master Wen was indeed capable and resourceful.
In addition, the four were detained separately.
The old man sat in the cell with a look of sorrow on his face.
The man in gray sat in the corner with his eyes closed, resting.
The fat middle-aged rich businessman spent some money and had some delicious food and drinks prepared for him. He was drinking in small sips.
As for the man surnamed Li, he was cursing in prison.
Bei Yutang and the man in green were secretly observing their every move.
Late at night, a figure sneaked into the prison quietly. He first came to the cell of a fat, middle-aged businessman, who was sleeping soundly and snoring.
When something cold approached his face, he opened his eyes and saw a man standing in front of him, covered with black cloth, wearing a nightgown, and holding a sword in his hand.
At this time, the sword was at his neck.
"Who are you?"
"Here comes someone to kill you. If you kill Miss Wen, I'll send you on your way to accompany her."
The fat rich businessman was so frightened that his face turned pale and his body trembled like a sieve. "Don't kill me, I didn't kill anyone."
The masked man swung his sword in front of him, and the fat businessman rolled his eyes and fell down.
The masked man then went to the cell where the old man was, and just like the fat rich businessman, he was frightened to death. Before he died of fright, the masked man knocked on the door and put him down.
After the masked man came out of the old man's cell, he hesitated for a second between the man in gray and the man surnamed Li, and finally went towards the man in gray.
When the masked man entered the cell, the man in gray's eyelids trembled slightly. As the man got closer, the man in gray continued to sleep peacefully, as if he didn't notice anyone entering.
As the masked man's sword stabbed at him, the man leaped into the air, dodging the sword and lunging at him at the same time.
For a moment, the two sides started fighting.
The masked man gradually pushed him back to the prison door. The man in gray asked, "Who are you? Why do you want to kill me?"
"You killed Miss Wen, you deserve to die."
"I didn't kill him."
"No matter whether you killed him or not, the murderer is among the four of you. Master Wen said that he would rather kill a thousand people by mistake than let one go. If you want to blame someone, blame the murderer for implicating you." The masked man said coldly.
A ruthless look flashed across the gray-clothed man's eyes. "The Wen family is as overbearing as ever. Killing me won't be that easy."
The man in gray rushed out of the cell and turned to escape.
This person was very good at martial arts and he jumped onto the roof in a blink of an eye and escaped quickly.
The masked man immediately gave chase.
Bei Yutang, who was hiding in the dark, watched them leave, his eyes moving away from the man in gray and looking at the masked man.
It’s him!
Bei Yutang recognized the man.
She had felt that his back was very familiar before, and when they touched each other later, she smelled the faint fragrance on him, a scent she had only smelled on one person before.
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