The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

Chapter 540 Interrogation

Tongzhou.

A small town on the water.

The government office had been quickly cleared inside and outside, and the ground, which had been sprayed with water, still had an unpleasant smell of blood.

Tall women in black clothes and holding knives were guarding every blind spot. All the officials, big and small, in the water city were pulled over from their homes or other places, waiting anxiously to be summoned by Princess Yuyi who suddenly appeared in the city.

However, after they waited for a long time, they saw a pretty woman in the fourth-rank official uniform sitting helplessly in the original prefect's position, telling everyone present that Princess Yuyi had left early and she would take over all matters in the water city.

When Bai Queci said this, everyone below breathed a sigh of relief, especially some people who knew very well about the filth and evil hidden in Water City. They even wished that Princess Yuyi would leave as soon as possible.

The government office was filled with the smell of blood, and no one knew where Magistrate Tang had gone. That must mean their plan had failed...

Some people rolled their eyes and began to pray that Magistrate Tang and others were dead, so that the dead would not expose their common secret, and they would have more opportunities to breathe under this female official. Investigating cases usually requires time and energy. Before this female official finds out those unspeakable things, they and others still have time to escape.

Bai Queci sat in the hall, taking in all the expressions of the people below, and could not help but sigh in his heart. As expected by the princess, many officials in this water city had been corrupted by the cult. If Hu Ziyi had not acted decisively and directly activated the spies trained by the Xie family in the city and transferred local female soldiers in advance, today's battle would have been much more difficult.

But maybe it’s not that hard?

Bai Que Ci thought with some uncertainty.

She didn't know Lu Weiyuan's true strength, but Qi Shaofeng's body, which looked like it had been crushed by a giant beast, was right there, and she had no way to ignore it.

Turning her sore wrist, Bai Queci couldn't help but sigh that the martial arts bestowed by the Queen was so useful and so suitable for a woman like herself. Although the world is more open now than it was a decade ago, she still needs to have enough force in her hands to avoid being bullied by others.

Bai Que Ci cleared his throat and began to question the officials in the water city in detail.

Many of these officials quickly fabricated lies that could temporarily exonerate themselves, not realizing that their every move had actually been seen by the Xie Party.

What they didn't know was that the secrets of this small water city that they were trying so hard to hide would soon be revealed one by one by Lu Weiyuan and others who did not leave as they wished.

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"I heard that the fish in this lake are particularly fat, but they are very picky and extremely difficult to fish. Only the locals who are most familiar with the terrain can catch them. Is this true?" Lu Weiyuan, holding a grass in his mouth, leaned against the side of the boat and asked curiously to the two people who were tied up in the boat.

There were two people tied up, one man and one woman. The man was the prefect Tang who was stabbed in the throat. At this moment, he had lost his initial spirit and curled up, as terrified as a cicada exposed to the sun. The woman was the female yamen runner who had "looked after" Mi Nian and Lu Weiyuan. Her slightly round face was also dejected.

Facing Lu Weiyuan's question, the female yamen runner carefully put on a flattering smile: "Reply... reply to your Highness, that's right."

"So can you catch fish?"

The female yamen runner laughed awkwardly: "This old slave... is not from Shuicheng, and I don't know how to swim, Your Highness..."

"Hey, don't be so polite outside." Lu Weiyuan waved his hand and said, "If I put your body into the lake, how many fat fish can I catch? Have you ever calculated it?"

"Your Highness..." The female yamen runner trembled.

Lu Weiyuan sighed heavily on purpose and said, "I've already told you not to be so polite. Call me, well - just call me Miss Yuan. Madam, have you ever wondered if the fat fish in the lake like your own meat more?"

"Miss Yuan, I...I had no choice, I..." The female yamen runner had long been overwhelmed by fear. She burst into vague tears, mixed with slightly vague words, "I don't want to...but I, I have no other choice, I have nowhere else to go, I don't want to die, I don't want to hurt others, but I don't want to die...I..."

"Miss Yuan, this is not how you interrogate someone." Hu Ziyi couldn't stand Lu Weiyuan's intimidation anymore and said, "In the past, we would have had time to wait for her to collapse and confess everything, but now we are already near her lair, so it's better to make a quick decision."

"Oh, it's rare to see you, Xin Sui, talk so much. Well, well, I'll just see how quickly our little General Xin Sui can get useful information out of her. And don't get me wrong, I was just really curious whether the fish in this lake like fatter human flesh, or thinner, tenderer, or older. I didn't mean to scare her on purpose!" Lu Weiyuan shrugged.

Hu Ziyi ignored her nonsense and pulled out the knife directly, pointing it at Magistrate Tang: "Tell me the location of the cult, or I will chop you into pieces!"

Although Magistrate Tang's throat was injured, his larynx was not damaged. Although the wound was inevitably pulled when he spoke, it did not prevent him from confessing frankly. However, he seemed very firm at this time. Lu Weiyuan had been intimidating the two of them for a long time, but in the end, only the female yamen runner broke down and cried.

Facing Hu Ziyi's flashing sword, although Prefect Tang had cold sweat on his forehead, his eyes kept rolling and his lips were tightly closed, refusing to confess.

"Okay." Hu Ziyi didn't hesitate. She picked up the chopped toe and threw it at Magistrate Tang's face. She took out some hemostatic powder and applied it on the wound. "Ask me a question. If you don't answer, I'll chop it off."

Prefect Tang was so horribly bent from the pain, the wound on his neck was torn open again, his eyes rolled back, and all he could hear was the female yamen runner's sobbing in despair.

"Where is the base?"

Hu Ziyi raised the knife and asked.

On the other side, Lu Weiyuan approached Mi Nian and said, "Alas, she is so cruel. I am soft-hearted and cannot stand this, but I cannot resist her. I can only say a few bad words about her behind her back. To be honest, I feel much better after saying this!"