Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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“Why do you think someone writes like it’s been engraved?” Wei Ling tilted her head, studying the record with one hand.
It was the preliminary medical report written by Yu Linlang last time. The handwriting was very neat, each character was about the same size and width, and it was pleasing to the eye.
“Wei Ling.” Chen Buyu rushed in excitedly.
Wei Ling quickly put her legs down from the table and picked up a brocade box next to her.
“Your Highness and the others have caught someone at the West Gate!” Chen Buyu urged repeatedly. “Quick, quick! Have you summarized and categorized all the previous reports? Give them all to me. The culprit has been sent to the Governorural Governor’s Office for interrogation overnight.”
Wei Ling hurriedly took out a stack of case files from a low cabinet and handed them over. “They’re all here. Starting with the street thug Chen Ergou.”
“Is the Liang Wang’s file among them?” Chen Buyu asked carefully. “Although the Liang Wang may have died from suffocation due to a blocked throat, the culprit has dismembered him so badly that he must confess and be punished.”
“Yes.” Wei Ling nodded. “The summary report is the top one.”
“Good, good!” Chen Buyu took the files and turned to leave when he suddenly noticed a familiar brocade box on the desk.
“What is this?”
“Oh, it’s that spirit incense. I was a little curious, so I brought it back to examine it. But this incense is quite effective; it invigorates people shortly after lighting it. It really does have a stimulating effect.”
Chen Buyu frowned. “It’s best to avoid using things of unknown origin. Even if you do examine it, you must take care of your health and be careful.”
“Yes, I know.” Wei Ling nodded again, handing Chen Buyu a small porcelain plate. “After the incense burns out, the powder is white. I examined it three times with all my might, but I can’t see anything strange about it. Perhaps, finding a proper doctor to examine it might reveal something.”
Wei Ling said this with a thoughtful expression.
“Perhaps there’s nothing strange about it.” Chen Buyu smiled and walked quickly outside. “I’ll go to the governor’s office first. You can examine it again. If there’s nothing unusual, then gather the evidence and prepare to close the case.”
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Inside the governor’s office, Governor Yu paced back and forth in the hall. When he saw that Mu Wang and Lu Qian had arrived, he was overjoyed and greeted them with a beaming smile.
“As instructed by the Prince, the prisoner has been handcuffed with special equipment. No matter how skilled he is in martial arts, he probably won’t be able to escape. However, that guy has remained silent ever since he entered the prison. Wu Yong is interrogating him now. Wangye, Lord Lu, let’s go and take a look.”
The group quickly entered the prison and saw the constable Wu Yong walking out cursing in the distance.
“What??” Governor Yu’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly stepped forward.
“My lord!” Wu Yong turned and hurriedly bowed to the prince and the others, his face full of frustration. “That brat absolutely refuses to confess, he won’t utter a sound when questioned, and he just laughs when beaten! I’m truly at my wit’s end. I’ve already worn out two whips, he’s truly made of steel.”
As he spoke, the jailer came out from the inner room, “My lord, my lord, that thug has spoken, saying he’ll only talk to the person who managed to get him into prison.”
Governor Yu exchanged a silent glance with Mu Wang, then took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his brow. “Wangye, what do you think?”
Mu Zhao nodded slightly. “I’ll go ask him.”
Because the thug was a highly skilled martial artist, he was given the highest level of security as soon as he was imprisoned, and was placed in the most secluded and isolated dark room.
In the bright torchlight, Mu Zhao slowly walked into the dark, airtight room.
The first thing he smelled was a strong, fishy odor mixed with a foul smell.
The thug, a broad-shouldered man over six feet tall, was now bound by copper rings, his hands and feet in heavy shackles, his back crisscrossed with whip marks.
“As expected of the fearsome Mu Wang of Southern Chu and Western Chuan, I can’t match your cunning. And in martial arts, I can’t even defeat your two guards. I’ll accept my defeat gracefully.” The thug laughed loudly as he approached.
The accompanying Governor Yu trembled in fear and quickly reached out to stop Mu Zhao, “Wangye, be careful.”
“It’s alright,” Mu Zhao waved his hand.
“I’m just curious, how did you know I’d come through the west gate? You deliberately made the defenses on the north side so weak, just to lure me into a trap? I thought there would be a big ambush on the north.”
Governor Yu sneered, “You can say you thought so too? If you could see through our Wangye’s plan at a glance, how could we catch you red-handed?”
The burly man let out another rough laugh.
Governor Yu shouted, “What’s your name? Don’t be so insolent before the Crown Prince. State your name immediately!”
“Me? I don’t change my name, I’m called Wang Baitian.”
Governor Yu quickly took the record book handed to him by the clerk and flipped through it.
“Wang Baitian, what’s your relationship with that Niu Wangshi?” Chen Buyu, who had rushed over, couldn’t help but ask as soon as he stepped into the cell.
Governor Yu hadn’t even finished flipping through the record book when he saw this and turned back happily, “Lord Chen, you’ve come at the right time. This villain is very stubborn and won’t say anything. We’ve prepared the examination report, right? Let’s see what he has to deny.”
Chen Buyu nodded and walked to Wang Baitian, then asked again, “Wang Baitian, what is Niu Wangshi to you?”
“Who is Niu Wangshi?” Governor Yu asked Wu Yong in a low voice.
Wu Yong lowered his voice and told him, “Niu Wangshi is the former eldest daughter-in-law of the Niu family, whom we found out from the villagers. She fled famine from Jinzhou and married into the Niu family.”
Governor Yu suddenly realized, “So that’s how it is.”
He looked at Wang Baitian excitedly, rubbing his hands together and questioning him, “Wang Baitian, tell me honestly, did you kill Liang Wang? Don’t rush to deny it. We have witnesses to your arson and injury at Liang Wang’s residence last night.”
“That old lecher is really dead?” Wang Baitian laughed wildly, “Good, good, good! It was me, I killed him! I, Wang Baitian, take responsibility for my actions. Since I did it, what is there to be afraid of?”
The clerk hurriedly sat down at the simple desk and began to write down the murderer’s confession.
Mu Zhao frowned slightly. “You knew Chen Ergou? Why did you kill him?”
“Hahaha, why did I kill him? That kind of wicked, utterly depraved fool, I was being merciful by dissecting him alive!”
“Do you know the level of terror one feels when watching their flesh being sliced away piece by piece?”
“Hahaha, each of them wept and begged me for forgiveness. Hahaha! How laughable! When they harmed my sister, did they even consider her suffering? I want them to go to the underworld and beg my sister for forgiveness in person.”
“Niu Wangshi was your sister.” Mu Zhao looked at him with a deep gaze. “I advise you to think carefully before admitting it. If you didn’t kill her, you can tell the truth.”
“I killed them all!” Wang Baitian sneered. “Killing one is the same as killing a group. Anyway, once you officials catch me, I can’t escape death. What do I have to fear?”
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