Chapter 503: Silencing
The man in black said calmly, "The young master asked me to come find you. He heard that you were invited to have tea by the Ministry of Justice."
The shopkeeper said hurriedly: "I didn't say anything, really!"
The man in black smiled and said, "If you didn't say anything, why would the official from the Ministry of Justice personally send you back? Seeing how friendly the official was to you, I guess you must have leaked a lot of clues to the government, right?"
The shopkeeper denied it hastily: "I really didn't say anything. I can swear that if I betrayed you, I will be struck by lightning and die miserably!"
The man in black: "It's useless for you to swear to me. You are now being targeted by the Ministry of Justice. This is very disadvantageous to us."
"I can go back to my hometown. I'm leaving now and I promise I'll never come back!"
"You can't get away. Since the people from the Ministry of Justice have already set their sights on you, they will definitely not let you leave easily." The man in black stood up and slowly walked towards him, his eyes fierce and his tone cold, "The young master said that the most reliable people in the world are the dead. Only when you die can the young master feel at ease."
The shopkeeper's face changed drastically and he turned around and tried to run away.
As soon as he took a step out, he found that two tall and strong men had appeared outside the door.
Before the shopkeeper could even scream, he was knocked unconscious.
The man in black took out the rope he had prepared in advance, passed the rope through the beam and tied a knot at the bottom.
They put the shopkeeper's head into it and then kicked over the stool under his feet.
The shopkeeper's neck was suddenly grabbed and his whole body was hung in mid-air.
He woke up all of a sudden, struggling desperately with his hands, kicking his legs, and making painful sounds in his throat.
The man in black and his two accomplices just stood by and watched. They would not leave until the shopkeeper died.
Originally they didn't need to go through so much trouble and could have killed the man with just one knife, but the young master had instructed that they had to do it cleanly and leave no traces.
There was no other way, they could only follow the old rules and hang the man to death, pretending that he died of suicide by hanging.
Just then, there was a knock on the study door.
Boom boom!
The black-clad man and his two accomplices immediately changed their expressions.
The three of them exchanged glances quickly.
The man in black asked in a deep voice, "Who is it?"
The shopkeeper's wife's voice came from the other side of the door: "It's me. I made some snacks and brought them to you specially."
Man in black: "No, we don't want to eat."
The shopkeeper's wife didn't argue any further and just turned and left.
Listening to the footsteps gradually fading away, the man in black and his two accomplices breathed a sigh of relief.
The shopkeeper hanging from the beam gradually fell into despair.
It seems that he can't escape death today.
The strength of his struggle became weaker and weaker, and just when he was about to collapse, the study door was suddenly kicked open from the outside!
Everyone in the room was shocked!
The man in black looked outside the door and saw Zhao Xian rushing in aggressively with dozens of Yulin Guards.
Zhao Xian did not give the other party a chance to escape. Without saying a word, he subdued the three people, knocked them unconscious, tied them up and took them away.
The shopkeeper was let go.
He lay on the ground, gasping for breath, his face looking extremely bad.
Zhao Xian looked down at him and asked coldly, "You still won't say anything now?"
The shopkeeper felt a burning pain in his neck and he uttered a hoarse voice with difficulty.
"I'll tell you everything."
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Dong Mingchun didn't even have time to eat lunch as he interrogated the four prisoners one by one.
The three killers refused to say a word and tried to commit suicide by biting their tongues. Fortunately, they were discovered in time and did not succeed.
As for the owner of Donglailou, he had already been frightened out of his wits, and he spilled the beans without Dong Mingchun even asking.
What he said was almost the same as what Dong Mingchun had said before.
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In order to hold a poetry reading that day, Qin Wen booked the entire Donglai Building. There were many people attending the poetry reading, all of whom were children of wealthy families, and each one was more difficult to please than the other.
The shopkeeper was afraid of offending this group of people, so he ran around and was very busy.
Later, Qin Wen suddenly had someone call him over and asked him if he had seen anyone suspicious.
Of course the shopkeeper said no.
Qin Wen's face looked extremely bad at that time. He said that he had lost a very important book. If he couldn't find it, he would have people seal off the entire Donglai Building!
The shopkeeper was frightened and racked his brains to recall what he had thought of. Finally, he actually figured it out.
He said that he once saw a scholar enter the private room where Qin Wen was.
Because the shopkeeper knew the scholar and knew that the scholar's family was not well off and that he was not qualified to participate in a poetry gathering of this level, he was very surprised when he first saw him and was particularly impressed by him.
After hearing this, Qin Wen immediately left Donglai Building.
The shopkeeper didn’t know what happened afterwards.
Dong Mingchun asked: "Have you told anyone about these things?"
The shopkeeper hesitated.
Dong Mingchun sneered: "If you don't tell me, I'll have someone send you home right away."
The shopkeeper was frightened when he heard this.
He knew that if he went back he would die, and he was almost killed just now.
The shopkeeper said hurriedly, "No, no, no! I'll tell you everything. I told my master about all this. After all, it concerns Mr. Qin Jiu, and I dare not not tell him."
Dong Mingchun asked, "Who is your master?"
The shopkeeper said with difficulty: "I don't know who he is, I just know that everyone calls him the Second Young Master."
He told the whole story in detail about how he came into contact with the Second Young Master.
The Chief Secretary sat next to him and recorded every word he said truthfully in the file.
Based on the clues provided by the shopkeeper, Dong Mingchun asked people to compare and investigate one by one.
Even if they sent out all the capable people, by the time they found out the results, the sun would have already set.
There is only one night left in the three-day appointment.
Zhao Xian rushed back to the palace and personally handed the files and confession prepared by Dong Mingchun to the prince.
Luo Qinghan read through all the files and confessions one by one.
His eyes rested on the last line of the file -
After a thorough investigation by the Ministry of Justice, it was confirmed that the real owner of Donglai Tower was the second prince, Luo Yunxuan.
Luo Qinghan put down the file.
Everything is clear.
The poetry meeting was just a cover. Qin Wen used the name of the poetry meeting to invite young descendants from various families. These people were going to take part in the college entrance examination this year, and they had very strong expectations for this year's examination.
Qin Wen planned to secretly sell the "Book of Changes" containing the examination questions at a poetry meeting.
Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened during the process.
Li Ji was this accident.
He originally just wanted to curry favor with those noble families through poetry gathering, but he accidentally discovered the secret of the poetry gathering.
(End of this chapter)
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