Clay Baby suddenly remembered the mysterious man's cold voice: "How dare you lie to me? You traded a full 50,000 taels of silver with Shen Feiyu from the Shen Family Cloth Shop at the Gaosheng Inn. You are indeed a good businessman, but you shouldn't have kept it from me!"
When the mysterious man said the word "conceal", it sounded like "plate".
"It's him!" Clay Boy pointed at Shopkeeper Niu and shouted.
Shopkeeper Niu was shocked when he heard this and ran away. Fan Guangtu shouted! "Stop him!"
The Tiger Yamen had already blocked the entire street, and several officers rushed forward. Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper Niu was very skilled in martial arts, and with just three punches and two kicks, he knocked down three or four of the Tiger Yamen officers who rushed forward.
Wang Dabao rushed forward and engaged in a fight with Shopkeeper Niu. The two were evenly matched. Shopkeeper Niu had been hiding for so many years, looking like an ordinary person, and he had never intended to use such ruthless moves. Wang Dabao was caught off guard several times and almost fell into his trap.
Seeing that Wang Dabao was having a hard time dealing with him alone, Fan Guangtu hurriedly drew the brow knife from his waist and rushed forward.
One against two, the situation immediately reversed. Shopkeeper Niu was overwhelmed by his bare hands, and the two fought for dozens of rounds before Niu was captured.
If we catch him alive, we can pry open his mouth. Fan Guangtu and Wang Dabao were overjoyed. They finally had a breakthrough. Dou Zimo came forward and said, "Congratulations, sirs, for capturing the thief. Sirs, hand this man over to me. I will take him back to the Tiger Court and torture him severely!"
Fan Guangtu nodded: "Come here! Capture Dou Zimo for me!"
Dou Zimo was startled and was about to resist, but before he could unsheathe the brow knife at his waist, he was already pinned down by two officers behind him.
"Sir, why is this happening?" Dou Zimo asked strugglingly.
Fan Guangtu sneered, "Why did Niwa escape to Hu Yasi without leaking the news? I asked you to gather the brothers, but didn't tell you what mission you were going to perform. Dabao, our Zheng Sishi, and I were the only ones who knew that we were going to Niujia Oil Mill to wipe out this gang's lair. No news leaked out beforehand, but why did the people in this courtyard act so quickly? They evacuated before the Hu Yasi people even arrived! There's only one possibility: when you gathered the brothers, you gave these people the message to retreat."
Dou Zimo still tried to argue: "Even if what you said is true, how can you say that I was the one who snitched? You just said that I didn't know what mission the team was going to perform."
Wang Dabao, who was standing next to him, said, "I have to thank you for this. You know the rules of our Tiger Yasi, yet you still dare to ask us what mission we are going to carry out. Especially when you saw the clay doll, your expression betrayed you."
Dou Zimo was furious: "My Lord, I refuse to accept this! It's unfair to conclude that I leaked the information just by looking at my expression!"
Fan Guangtu smiled and said, "Unfair? Zimo, you've been at the Tiger Court for a while now. Everyone says our Tiger Court is a vicious and evil spirit, a ghost sent by the King of Hell to take lives, but has our Tiger Court ever wronged a good person?"
Fan Guangtu suddenly remembered and slapped his head. "Oh, I forgot, except for Lord Zhang Han. The Tiger Yasi has always insisted on fairness and justice in handling cases, never wrongly accusing a good person, and never letting a bad person go. You underestimate Niwa's memory. It was he who remembered and uncovered several accomplices of the rebellion of King Kang Zhao Gou. Were you also there when Manager Niu last met Niwa?"
Dou Zimo was shocked. He wanted to argue, but his mouth was trembling and he couldn't say a word.
Fan Guangtu walked up to him and said, "Dou Zimo, I trusted you so much, yet you committed such a crime. Do you think that by blindfolding Niwa, he won't see anything? Niwa, come and talk to him."
The clay boy timidly stepped forward and said, "Dou, Lord Dou, I've seen you in this room before. Although I couldn't see Shopkeeper Niu's face clearly at the time, I could still vaguely recognize the people around him. Especially when you blindfolded me and escorted me out at the end."
As he spoke, the clay doll took out a piece of black cloth from his bosom and covered his eyes with it: "Look, as long as I raise my head, I can still see you clearly from the corner of my eye."
At this point, Dou Zimo no longer dared to hide it. He sobbed, tears streaming down his face, his whole body limp. "It's all my fault. I couldn't resist the temptation. But, but I really had no choice."
Fan Guangtu waved his hand and said, "If you have anything to say, go back to Hu Yasi and talk to him. Take him back!"
Everyone escorted Dou Zimo and Manager Niu back to Hu Yasi, while Wang Dabao and Fan Guangtu walked side by side.
"Brother Guangtu, do you think this imperial examination cheating case was committed by Manager Niu?" Wang Dabao asked.
Fan Guangtu shook his head: "This Shopkeeper Niu is just a small-time character. The real mastermind behind this is probably not that simple!"
Wang Dabao nodded: "I think so too, let's go back and conduct an urgent trial!"
Dou Zimo knew all about the torture chamber at Hu Yasi, though no one else knew about it. His legs felt weak the entire way there, and when he returned to Hu Yasi, he saw the place where he used to work, now the place where he was being interrogated, and his heart was broken.
When Zheng Xian returned to Hu Yasi, Dou Zimo's confession had already been handed over in the interrogation room. Fan and Wang reported the whole story to Zheng Xian.
Fan Guangtu held up the confession: "So fast?"
The person in the interrogation room said, "The interrogator is even more vulnerable when it's his turn. He confessed everything before the interrogation even began. I then tortured him three more times, and his confessions were identical. He couldn't be lying. Do you want to continue the interrogation?"
Zheng Xian beside him waved his hand and said, "No need. You should be interrogating the shopkeeper Na Niu." Then he took the confession from Fan Guangtu's hand.
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