"From now on, only you!" he said, pointing at Zuo Rou. "Only you can answer. Old Liao, shut those two up!"
Without saying a word, Lao Liao found two wads of cloth and used them to firmly gag Zuo Gang and Zuo Qiang.
“I know very well who killed him,” Ning Zhiheng slammed the thin-bladed knife in his hand onto the table. “Don’t think you’re so smart!”
The three siblings immediately understood Ning Zhiheng's meaning upon seeing the thin-bladed knife on the table. He was extremely shrewd and had already figured out many things!
“Now, let me ask you again, did you kill two more men the night before last and then dump their bodies in the North Street garbage dump?” Ning Zhiheng asked.
"Yes, sir, it seems you know everything! I did kill them!" Zuo Rou was unwilling to argue further. She knew this person in front of her would be hard to fool, so she faced him frankly and answered directly, "These people weren't good people either, they were habitual thieves. I killed them to rid the people of a scourge!"
"I know they weren't good people, but I also know that killing them wasn't some act of eliminating evil for the people. Tell me, what was your purpose?" Ning Zhiheng asked coldly.
Zuo Rou hesitated for a long time. She didn't know how much Ning Zhiheng knew about this matter, but she dared not gamble. After all, she needed to give a suitable reason for killing four people! There was no way to avoid it!
Zuo Rou finally replied, "We're looking for something. A family heirloom of our Zuo family is missing. It's in this area, and my siblings and I suspect it was stolen by habitual thieves here, so we caught them to try and recover our heirloom!"
This was the most reasonable explanation she could think of, but she wouldn't reveal her boss's identity. After all, her boss had been kind to her and her brother, so Zuo Rou was still keeping it to herself!
Ning Zhiheng watched this unfold and was secretly surprised. At this point, the three siblings were practically at their wits' end. They had killed four people, and even though those four people were no good and were scum, they still had to pay with their lives according to the law.
Even at this point, the siblings still refused to reveal who was behind it all, which shows that they are people with principles and have some redeeming qualities.
To be honest, Ning Zhiheng himself is not the embodiment of the law, nor is he in the mood to be a messenger of justice!
Whether the law is fair or not in this era is another matter, but at the very least, Ning Zhiheng himself knows that he is not a purely good person either!
Otherwise, what about Wang Bapi, who died at his hands? To put it bluntly, it was simply because Wang Bapi intercepted his money halfway through, blocked Liu Datong's path, and also coveted his property, so he killed him to silence him!
Therefore, the lives of those four habitual thieves were worthless in Ning Zhiheng's eyes. Such people would only pollute the air if they were left in the world. Besides, in this chaotic world, human life is as cheap as grass. What's the big deal if a few thieves die?
It was these three siblings who were willing to take the blame for each other in the face of life and death, a deep bond that moved Ning Zhiheng.
In this world, especially in this chaotic era, it's not uncommon for even close siblings to scheme against each other and resort to underhanded tactics over a few coins! The fact that these three siblings remained loyal and devoted to each other through life-or-death situations is truly remarkable!
When all hope seemed lost, he didn't consider betraying or implicating others, proving himself to be trustworthy and righteous to the person he entrusted with the task.
Ning Zhiheng also felt that he didn't have many talented people under his command. The peripheral forces led by Liu Datong were good at gathering information, but they lacked the ability to actually carry out operations.
In the action team, Shi Hong was actually Wei Liangbi's confidant. It was only because of Ning Zhiheng's domineering nature and his fellow apprenticeship with Wei Liangbi that Shi Hong obeyed Ning Zhiheng.
Wang Shucheng was very impressed with Ning Zhiheng, but he lacked the experience and ability to help Ning Zhiheng. Moreover, he was also a member of the Baoding faction and had a certain background and connections. It would take time to completely subdue Ning Zhiheng.
Only Sun Jiacheng, who was personally promoted by Ning Zhiheng and whose life was saved, can be considered Ning Zhiheng's confidant.
It can be said that Ning Zhiheng's true power at this time was not strong. However, seeing that the three Zuo siblings were affectionate towards their family and loyal to their employer, and that they were all martial artists with good skills, he began to cherish their talents and wanted to recruit them.
As for the three men's murderous nature, Ning Zhiheng felt confident that with proper discipline, they could be brought under his control.
Thinking of this, Ning Zhiheng sneered: "Family heirloom? Let me guess, is your Zuo family's heirloom a family crest seal and a jade magatama?"
After saying that, he stared intently into Zuo Rou's eyes and shouted, "Ignorant fool! You three have been used as pawns and you don't even know it? Do you really think it's just an ordinary family heirloom jade artifact?"
These words immediately shocked the Zuo siblings. They never expected that the other party already knew about the item they had been searching for so desperately!
Moreover, judging from Ning Zhiheng's tone, these two jade artifacts were not simple. When his boss assigned him the task, he only said that it was a matter entrusted to him by an important friend, requiring him to find the lost family heirloom jade artifacts without alerting the authorities.
They had always believed that the police arrested them because they had killed four habitual thieves, but now it seems that the cause of the incident was actually the item they had been searching for.
Seeing the Zuo siblings looking at each other in bewilderment, Ning Zhiheng asked directly, "Tell me, who exactly instructed you to search for these two jade artifacts!"
When asked this question, Zuo Rou remained silent for a long time. Finally, she gritted her teeth and insisted, "No one instructed us. We wanted to find our family heirloom. In short, I killed the person. I accept whatever punishment you may give me!"
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