Chapter 55
Outside the Hongci Posthouse, the coffin that carried the carriage had long disappeared, leaving only a mess.
"Miss Lin, Deputy Envoy Shen, everyone in the post station has been captured. Please make your decisions."
Shen Ling: "Don't worry, have you interrogated them?"
"We have examined them all. The details are consistent with what we said before, and the confessions have been signed."
Shen Ling nodded, and Lin Xing moved among the people who were tied up and kneeling on the ground. Finally, she stopped in front of someone.
Although the man was tied up, he did not look at all embarrassed. He sat in a gangster posture and showed no fear at all. Even when Lin Xing came in front of her, she didn't even look at her.
Lin Xing chuckled and shook her head, then she casually drew the sword of the guard next to her and cut the rope, "Please forgive me, Boss Li, the people below don't know the rules and actually tied you up as well."
Li Xiaxi was willing to give Lin Xing a look, rubbing her bound wrists, and said in her usual tone: "Miss Lin, that's not right. Your hair is still dripping with water. I feel sorry for you, so how can I blame you?"
Lin Xing returned the sword to the person beside him, touched his hair unconsciously, and said, "Compared to this, I am the more embarrassed."
The casual conversation between the two came to an end as Shen Ling and the captain of the guards came up to them.
Shen Ling: "Take Boss Li with you to record the whole story and see if you can find someone who has never killed anyone. Then convict him based on Boss Li's testimony."
"Yes! Deputy Envoy Shen." The guard responded and saluted to Li Xiaxi, "I apologize for the offense just now."
Boss Li didn't say anything. He gently helped him up and turned to go to the inn. He happened to run into Yu Hang who came out with the testimony, but he ignored him and walked straight inside.
"Can County Magistrate Zhao write down Li Dongyi's crimes?"
“I don’t know, take a look for yourself.” Yu Hang stuffed the paper in his hand into Shen Ling’s arms and raised an eyebrow at him.
Shen Ling curled his lips, sorted them out, and looked at them one by one. The more he looked, the more complicated his expression became, which made Lin Xing beside him curious.
"What's written on it? Why is there such an expression?"
It happened that Shen Ling had finished flipping through the book at this time. He handed it to Lin Xing and asked her to read it herself. Yu Hang also secretly came over.
Lin Xing: "This County Magistrate Zhao actually wrote down all of their crimes over the years, in great detail. Yu Hang, how did you tell him?"
Yu Hang was also confused and said, "Just follow what we agreed on. I didn't miss a single line."
He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then continued, "Could it be that this guy has realized that he can't escape the blame, so he chooses to be lenient if he confesses and to be strict if he resists?"
Shen Ling pulled the letter back into his hand and said, “It’s not that simple.”
Lin Xing: "If County Magistrate Zhao had this intention, he wouldn't have come to this point today. But this is a good thing for us. We have collected the testimonies of both of them, and now we can let them meet."
The three men walked into the lobby of Hongci Station. Li Dongyi and County Cheng Zhao were both tied and kneeling on the ground, one with glaring eyes and the other with a deathly pale face. The lobby was very quiet, perhaps because their mouths were also gagged.
Yu Hang raised his hand, and someone came forward to hold the two men down and take the cloth out of their mouths.
"Mr. Zhao, you deserve it for trying to attack me!"
County Magistrate Zhao didn't look at him and kept his head down like a sculpture.
Looking at the two people with different expressions, Lin Xing smiled and said, "Master Li, don't be in a hurry to scold me. In fact, County Magistrate Zhao didn't do anything to you. I am not his man."
“What!? Then you couldn’t be…” At this point, Li Dongyi seemed to have thought of something and suddenly turned pale with fright.
Lin Xing: "It seems that Boss Li has guessed who sent us here to investigate. The higher-ups said that as long as you two cooperate, we can spare your lives."
County Magistrate Zhao suddenly said, "Save our lives? I'm afraid we'll spend the rest of our lives in prison."
Li Dongyi on the side was shaking even more violently. He struggled desperately. Yu Hang signaled the guards to let him go and see what Li Dongyi wanted to do.
Li Dongyi kept knocking his head, saying, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. This is all my fault..."
"Puchi!" It was the sound of a feather arrow piercing the body.
Blood gushed out from the necks of both men. An arrow pierced their throats, and both men fell to the ground motionless.
"Go chase them!" Yu Hang led the guards in the lobby to chase the thieves. In an instant, only Lin Xing and Shen Ling were left in the post station.
Looking at the blood splattered on her body, Lin Xing knew that she could no longer keep the dress. At this moment, she felt her face getting hot, and when she touched it with her hand, it was blood. She raised her eyes and looked towards the lobby, and saw only red everywhere.
Shen Ling was not spared either, his body was covered in blood. He had never seen such a bloody scene and was unable to recover for a long time.
The man who had been begging for mercy just now was lying in a pool of blood with his eyes wide open, full of fear. Lin Xing stepped forward and closed his eyes. When she turned to look at County Magistrate Zhao, she found that he actually had his eyes closed.
The two stood there blankly, watching the blood flow wildly. Every time it flowed to their feet, they took a step back, and repeated this process.
Suddenly, the two stumbled and fell backwards, and Yu Hang's voice came from behind, "Are you okay?"
Shen Ling shook his head.
Lin Xing: "It's okay, did you catch anyone?"
"He's been caught and is being held outside. Do you want to see him?"
Lin Xing let out a long breath and said slowly: "Why not? Bring the person up."
As soon as he finished speaking, two people came forward with a man in black. This man was really amazing. After so many days, he was still wearing the same clothes as when he was in Li's house.
The man stared at Lin Xing, as if waiting for her to speak. Lin Xing followed his wishes and asked, "Why did you kill them?"
The man said with a ferocious look, "Don't you want to kill me? I'm just helping you."
After saying this, he continued laughing like a madman. Only then did Lin Xing see his face clearly. The contrast between his elegant appearance and abnormal behavior was quite striking.
Yu Hang stepped forward and kicked the man down, pointing at him and saying, "Even if they deserved to die, they shouldn't have died at your hands. Why do you take their lives so lightly?"
The man just coughed and laughed, which forced Yu Hang into a corner. Lin Xing waited for him to calm down.
"Didn't you say you wouldn't stop us? Why did you go back on your word?"
"These two people are scumbags. Is it not okay for me to suddenly change my mind?"
Lin Xing nodded and continued, "Change the question. Who are you? What's your name? What are you doing here at Hongciyi?"
"I was just passing by and happened to come across this incident. Can't I help you?"
Of the three questions, he only answered the most difficult one. Lin Xing naturally asked, "Who are you? What's your name? How old are you?"
"Sun Banfo, hunter, twenty-one years old."
"Your archery skills are very advanced. I wonder where you learned it?"
"I'm a hunter. I usually hunt with feather arrows. I've become proficient in this skill over time. Is that not okay?" With that annoying expression and tone, Yu Hang was so angry that he wanted to kick him, but was stopped by Lin Xing who was standing next to him.
"I accept this answer, but I would like to ask you, how can a hunter have such good Qinggong?"
The man was startled at first, then he put on a mocking smile and spoke even more rudely, "Awesome Qinggong? Are you stupid? If I had extraordinary Qinggong, how could you catch me?"
"That's because you wanted us to catch you on purpose."
Sure enough, Sun Banfo's expression became unbearable. He stopped answering all of Lin Xing's questions and just knelt there motionless. At first glance, people who didn't know the situation would think there were three corpses here.
The door of a room on the third floor of the inn was opened, and Li Xiaxi walked out. It was about time, and Lin Xing didn't want to say anything more, so she waved her hand to signal for the person to be escorted out.
They were all smart people, and in a blink of an eye, only Lin Xing and Li Xiaxi were left in the inn. She stood on the third floor and looked down. The blood on the ground told her what had just happened.
"He... died?"
"Um."
Being too far away, Lin Xing couldn't see Li Xiaxi's expression, couldn't judge her emotions, and didn't know what to say to please her.
Li Xiaxi suddenly slapped the railing and shouted, "It's good that they died. It would be a pity if scum like them didn't die."
These words sounded righteous, but the abnormal tone expressed Li Xiaxi's inner helplessness. Her brother died, and Li Dongyi was her only relative, but he was also the murderer who brought her to eternal damnation.
Happy, relieved, and revenged, the sudden impact left Li Xiaxi at a loss, unable to move at all.
"I'll go out and wait for you." The only thing Lin Xing could do was to give her a quiet environment to deal with her complicated emotions.
Yu Hang came forward and asked, "Do you want to go back to the city now?"
"Well, we don't know what's going on with Xiaomei and the others, let's go back and check the situation quickly."
Without saying a word, Li Xiaxi walked out of the post station. Seeing that everything was normal, she even took Lin Xing's arm and said softly, "Can I ride in the same carriage with Miss Lin back to the city? I'm a little scared."
It was a very convincing act, and it would have been even more so if the tears she wiped away were not air.
Lin Xing responded with a smile: "I have no objection, it depends on whether Shen Ling is willing."
Several people all looked at Shen Ling, but he was in a daze and couldn't even feel the burning gaze. Yu Hang couldn't help but poke him, but Shen Ling didn't care and said directly: "I'll listen to you."
Seeing him so distracted, Lin Xing frowned. Before she could say anything, Li Xiaxi beside her spoke again: "I just want to stay with Miss Lin."
"no."
Li Xiaxi rolled her eyes at Yu Hang, shook Lin Xing's arm constantly, and acted coquettishly towards her. Under her attack, Lin Xing succumbed.
"Sure, Yu Hang, don't worry, nothing will happen, but please stay with Shen Ling."
The two of them got on the carriage hand in hand, leaving only the dazed Shen Ling and the depressed Yu Hang. Yu Hang slapped Shen Ling hard and shouted, "Let's go!"
The carriage moved forward slowly, and Lin Xing said, "Boss Li, do you have something to say to me?"
"Miss Lin, what does this mean?"
Lin Xing sneered and said, "I don't think you are really scared. Tell me why you insist on riding in the same car with me."
"Of course it's because I like Miss Lin."
Although they had only known each other for a short time, Li Xiaxi had really figured out Lin Xing's temper. One of his words made the tips of her ears turn red, and she turned her head away and shut her mouth.
Looking at the shy Lin Xing, Li Xiaxi laughed softly, thinking that this Miss Lin was quite cute, and was completely different from when she first met her.
The scenery outside the window changed, and Li Xiaxi looked more and more familiar. She asked in a low voice: "Miss Lin, do you know Doctor Li?"
With such an ambiguous question, Li Xiaxi herself might not even know what kind of answer she wanted to hear.
"I do know him, and not only that, I also know an interesting story about him. Do you want to hear it?"
Having asked this question, Lin Xing didn't care whether Li Xiaxi wanted to listen or not, and told her all about Doctor Li's experiences over the past decade.
Before she could respond, a shout suddenly came from outside.
"Oh no! Stop the carriage!"
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