Li Quangui looked at the group of men in black surrounding them and smiled obsequiously. Through the gaps between the men in black standing in front of him, he could see three people standing in front of the corridor not far away.
Although one of them was also dressed in black and had his back to them, his figure and aura told them that this person's clone was no ordinary person, and the two people next to him should be that person's bodyguards.
Li Quangui smiled obsequiously at the man in black in front of him.
"Brothers, who are you? As I just said, I am the magistrate of Liangcheng County. My family has been robbed, and they have poisoned us and tied us up. Could you please untie us? I will reward you handsomely afterward."
The man in black in front of him drew half a sword and shouted at Li Quangui.
"Shut up! Speak when it's your turn. If you utter another word, I'll cut your tongue out!"
Li Quangui was startled by the man's words and quickly nodded. He could tell that these people were not to be trifled with, so he shut his mouth.
Just as Mei Niang, who was beside Li Quangui, was trembling with fear and tried to get closer to him, calling him "Master," the woman's cries angered the group of men in black. They pushed Mei Niang away and whispered a rebuke, telling her to shut up.
"Bring Li Quangui here."
A command came from not far away, and the man in black in front of him stepped forward and grabbed Li Quangui.
"Go! Just answer whatever our master asks you. If you say anything more, you'll suffer a terrible death."
Li Quangui hurriedly nodded: "Yes, yes, but may I ask you, what is the identity of your master?"
"Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask!"
As they were talking, the man in black had already grabbed Li Quangui and thrown him behind Su Yi, forcing him to kneel down.
Li Quangui knelt down, leaned forward, and slammed his head heavily against the cold stone slab.
Although the person in front of him did not turn around, his innate aura of authority was like a heavy mountain, making it hard for Li Quangui to breathe and filling him with endless fear.
"As the magistrate of Liangcheng, can you tell me how you were kidnapped?"
"This king?" The person in front of him called himself "this king"? There are only two kings in the Dongyue Kingdom. Whether it is King Yun or King Yi, they are important figures that Li Quangui would never dare to hope to meet in his life.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, I, Li Quangui, the magistrate of Liangcheng, pay my respects and kowtow to you."
Before he could finish speaking, Li Quangui was scolded by Ling Yu.
“Tell us whatever the prince asks! We know exactly who you are and what kind of person you are. If you dare to hide anything, we’ll kill you right now.”
Upon hearing Ling Yu's words, Li Quangui was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground. When he came to his senses, he hurriedly replied in a trembling voice.
"Your Highness, yesterday I was drinking with a friend at the Laifu Inn. During the meal, my friend took a liking to a man who was having lunch at the inn. The man claimed that he had killed someone in another place and was on the run. He said that he knew my friend was highly skilled in martial arts and could protect him, so he agreed to follow my friend."
Ling Yu rebuked, "Is your so-called friend Zhao Dazui, the big boss of Shiling Mountain?"
When Li Quangui heard Ling Yu say this, he was taken aback. When he realized what was happening, he trembled even more than when he first learned that the person in front of him was a prince.
Ling Yu said, "As I just said, we know exactly who you are and what your past misdeeds are. The 168 bandits on the mountain have been wiped out by us, and you and the people of Liangcheng who were involved in colluding with officials and bandits are doomed today. However, if you confess the truth, we might spare the lives of your wife and children."
Upon hearing this, Li Quangui immediately burst into tears: "Your Highness, I will tell you, I will tell you right away!"
"Yesterday, Zhao Dazui and I got drunk at the inn. While walking, we accidentally bumped into a man. The man was handsome, and Zhao Dazui, who had a penchant for homosexuality, took a liking to him. He immediately became lustful and started to grope the man."
"But the man's accomplice was highly skilled in martial arts and easily defeated Zhao Dazui. However, for some reason, when the handsome man learned that Zhao Dazui was the leader of Shiling Mountain, he told his accomplice to stop and declared that he had long admired Zhao Dazui and wanted to follow him."
Li Quangui couldn't see the face of the man who called himself a prince, but he could clearly feel that the man's aura instantly turned cold when he heard that the man had followed Zhao Dazui.
Seeing that Li Quangui had stopped again, Ling Yu scolded him again: "I didn't tell you to stop, so keep talking until you get to the point of how you were tied up here."
Li Quangui repeatedly said yes, then swallowed and continued.
"After Zhao Dazui got the handsome man, he originally planned to take him back to Shiling Mountain immediately. However, seeing the handsome man in his arms, he was too eager to consummate his marriage with him. So, I went along with it and brought them to my villa."
"After that, when Zhao Dazui came to my villa, he couldn't wait to take that handsome man to the side room in my backyard to do 'that'."
"I was already drunk at that time, and the soldiers and bandits who came back to the villa with us had also drunk quite a bit. When I opened my eyes again, I saw the prince's servants splashing us to wake us up."
"When I woke up, I discovered that apart from Zhao Dazui and the two men, everyone in the villa yesterday, including the servants and maids, had been drugged and tied up."
"I don't know the specifics of what happened. In my opinion, Zhao Dazui was probably also poisoned. And the two men who came back with us are very likely the ones who drugged us and tied us up."
Ling Yu took out a portrait of Mu Jin dressed as a man and handed it to Li Quangui.
"Could it be this person?"
Upon closer inspection, Li Quangui nodded immediately: "It's him, it's him."
Su Yi scoffed when he heard Li Quangui say that. If it weren't for the fact that the others saw his hands clenched tightly behind his back, with veins bulging, they might have really thought that he didn't care about the matter at all.
Ling Yu gave a wink to the guard beside her, who then dragged Li Quangui away.
Seeing himself being dragged away by the guards, Li Quangui became anxious.
"Your Highness, I know I have committed grave sins and am destined to die. I only beg you to spare my entire family; they are all innocent! Your Highness, Your Highness!"
The guards carrying Li Quangui, fearing they would upset Su Yi, knocked Li Quangui unconscious with the hilt of their swords, and the villa instantly fell silent.
Seeing that Su Yi remained silent, Ling Feng and Ling Yu exchanged a glance, sighed inwardly, and lowered their heads.
After a long while, they heard: "I once warned Nangong Min that if she couldn't protect Ajin, she should keep her heart hidden."
"If I hadn't come along, I really wouldn't have known that she would actually lower herself to deal with that bandit for Nangong Min, just to save two insignificant people."
Su Yi understood Mu Jin. Mu Jin was not one to meddle in other people's business. It was probably Nangong Min, the young master of the Nangong family, who had a heart to save the world and insisted on saving the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and Mu Jin could only get involved.
It's hard to imagine what Nangong Min felt as he watched Mu Jin feign compliance with the bandits. Thinking of this, Su Yi's narrowed eyes turned as cold as a deep pool.
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