blue shirt oath

Chapter 270: Zhou Qiang Takes Responsibility

Gu Yi cleaned up, ate some food casually, and then hurried to the prison of Kaifeng Mansion, where he saw the two thieves captured by Chengdao two days ago.

The person in the male prison is none other than Zhou Qiang.

Gu Yi stood tall and tall, standing outside the prison door, looking at the young man sitting alone in the corner, and shouted loudly:
"Zhou Qiang."

Zhou Qiang raised her head upon hearing the sound, and seeing Gu Yi, a trace of shame flashed in her eyes.

"Master Gu, it's you."

He smiled dejectedly.

"I already guessed that, except for you, no one can arrest Cuiniang and me so quickly."

"Since that's the case, do you know why the government arrested you?"

"Because I killed someone."

Zhou Qiang didn't intend to hide from Gu Yi, and pretended to be honest.

"Maybe this is fate. When I was in Hangzhou in March in the spring, I assassinated Wang Qinruo, and you saved me. Now that I commit another murder, you have fulfilled my wish by arresting me."

Hearing this, Gu Yi did not show any surprise, but asked calmly: "Do you recognize the deceased? Why did you kill him? Where is his head now?"

"Mr. Gu, why bother to test. I killed the man, and the reason was because of a theft."

Zhou Qiang spoke slowly and clearly.

"I'm ashamed to say that a few months ago, I bribed the yamen jailer, rescued Cuiniang, and fled to the capital pretending to be husband and wife all the way. I had no choice but to go to the capital. The two of us were penniless, so we had to steal for a living. I saw Jingzhong that day. All the dignitaries celebrated Mr. Ding's birthday, so they got malicious intentions and sneaked into Fan Tower to steal everyone's belongings."

"Unexpectedly, I was discovered by Mr. Du, and he was chasing after him. I had no choice but to throw away the stolen things to escape Mr. Du's pursuit. After he left, I went back to Fanlou and hid in the dark to think about it. I want to wait for another opportunity to attack, but I accidentally saw the bartender in Fanlou helping Mr. Gu to a remote place."

"It was already late at night, and I saw that Mr. Gu seemed to be fascinated by someone, and I was worried, so I followed the bartender, but I saw him help you into an old house."

Hearing this, Gu Yi asked: "The ancient house is the Du Mansion near Ren Lane in the east of the city?"

"I don't know if it's the Du Mansion, but the house has been unoccupied for a long time, and it looks very dilapidated. When I saw it, I felt even more strange, so I sneaked into the old house, only to see a masked man in black was already there." Waiting inside, when the man in black saw the bartender and the young master, without saying a word, he raised his knife and cut down the bartender, and then came to stab you, young master—"

"So you killed the man in black to save me?"

Zhou Qiang smiled wryly and nodded: "That's roughly the case. After I killed the man in black, I carried the young master back to Fanlou, and when I went back to dispose of the man in black's body, I bumped into an eleven or twelve-year-old The child came out of it, and the man in black who I killed was decapitated."

"That kid, what's his name?"

"He didn't tell me who he was."

Zhou Qiang's voice sank, and her thoughts drifted back to that night.

When he hurriedly opened the door and entered the eerie old house, a child crashed into his arms in panic.

His eyes were so flustered under the snowy night, but when he saw him, he was extremely trusting.

He said, "Thank you for avenging me."

He said: "It's not suitable to stay here for a long time, you go quickly."

He said: "No one would come here on weekdays, and no one would find someone dead inside so quickly. I have 20 taels of Wenyin here. Take it, run away quickly, and don't steal it."

He was clearly a young boy, but after a moment of panic, he calmly handed over the silver bag on his body to himself, and earnestly advised himself not to steal Yun Yun.

Thinking of that child, Zhou Qiang burst out laughing.

"He is a very interesting kid, but unfortunately, I forgot to ask his name."

Gu Yi stared at Zhou Qiang's expression carefully, seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, he took a step forward: "Zhou Qiang, one last question, where is the picture of the Buddha embroidered in Sichuan?"

Zhou Qiang seemed to be prepared for Gu Yi's question, and replied casually: "It's just a pair of embroidery, I pawned it the next day, and exchanged it for 20 taels of silver. Mother escaped from Kaifeng, unexpectedly, she was arrested by the government before she escaped."

Gu Yi asked: "Which pawnshop?"

"There are many pawnshops by the Bianhe River. I walked into a pawnshop at random, but I can't remember which one it is."

Looking at Zhou Qiang who had a death-willed face, who asked questions and answered them seamlessly, Gu Yi's calm expression concealed grief.

Brother Zhou, brother Zhou!
You are confused!
He took a deep breath, closed his eyes and said, "Brother Zhou, you and I have a very close relationship, but I still need to check whether your words are true or false."

"Hehe, Mr. Gu, just go and investigate. I, Zhou Qiang, am a dying person, and now I can only live a day or a day."

"Brother Zhou."

"Brother Gu, there is no need to say any more. You should report to Lord Yin of the Ming Palace as soon as possible and bring me to justice. I heard that the emperor ordered you to die and asked you to find the real culprit within three days. It's three days. To be honest, I, Zhou Qiang, am not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and I also understand the principle of killing for life, so there is no need for Mr. Gu to do favoritism for me."

"If you are really a murderer, I will never let you go for personal reasons."

Gu Yi closed his eyes, with a look of pain on his face.

He read the books of sages and sages since he was a child, studied the laws of the past dynasties, and acted according to the law since he was a child. In his heart, the law is as big as the sky.

No matter who it is, as long as it violates the laws of the Song Dynasty, it must be punished by law.

In Shocui Tower at the beginning of the year, Zhou Qiang and Chang's father and daughter jointly designed a bow and crossbow mechanism to assassinate Wang Qinruo. Gu Yi knew all kinds of disgust of Wang Qinruo, and out of sympathy for Chang's second sister who was tortured to death by Wang Qinruo, he suppressed the matter. down.

But now, Zhou Qiangruo really killed Wu Qianxing to save himself, even though in a sense, he was his savior, but——

Human life is as big as the sky!
How can he be selfish?How dare you favoritism?

Even if Wu Qianxing was really the real culprit in the case of exterminating the family of Du's family two years ago, and he deserved to die, this is by no means a reason to let the murderer who killed Wu Qianxing go.

In Gu Yi's mind, even if Du Qingshan or Du Qi killed Wu Qianxing himself to avenge his parents, it is not advisable.

After all, he has always believed that revenge is "not the way to govern the world". Private revenge will only occur when the country is unable to uphold justice and the wronged people have nowhere to complain.

So he resolutely accepted Du Qingshan's request and followed him to Kaifeng.

The purpose was not to kill the murderer of the Du Mansion extermination case, but to bring the murderer to justice and bring him to justice.

But now, the person most likely to be the real culprit behind the Du Mansion case died so dramatically.

Moreover, the person who killed him was most likely trying to save himself.

And the young Ah Qi is very likely to be involved.

Gu Yi only felt bored in his heart, but Zhou Qiang had a smile on his face.

He leaned comfortably against the damp wall of the cell, and lazily said: "Mr. Gu thinks so, so I feel relieved."

　what! ! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)