Distressed Concubine

Chapter 27 Ruthless
"Sit." Su Mo waved his sleeve robe.

Li Shilang from the household department sat tremblingly beside Xue Fu Yin, and whispered: "What happened?"

"I don't know either. Fuhu Camp was closed last night. I was just about to go to see what's going on this morning when Colonel Su came. I was just about to ask you what's going on outside."

The two looked at each other, but what they got was a loss and anxiety.

After a while, the man in white led a group of people and walked in.

"Lieutenant Su, everyone has been brought here." He bowed and stepped back.

The soldiers who followed quickly brought thick account books and piled them up in front of Li Shilang and Xue Fuyin.

"Let's have a look." Su Mo picked up the teacup on the table and blew on the tea leaves, taking a sip.Yoyo's voice made both of them tremble, and they took the account book and began to look through it.

For a long time, the two looked at each other wanting to cry without tears, but found nothing unusual, and had no idea what Captain Su told them to look at.

Su Mo glanced coldly and put down the teacup. "Hold me here."

He quickly flipped through the pages, and the sound of paper flipping made everyone present tremble, as if a knife blade was hanging around his neck, and he didn't know when it would fall.

Dozens of pairs of eyes were watching him quietly, as if time had stopped.

Suddenly, he paused, and everyone collectively held their breath.

"Cui Hong Mansion, seal it!"

"Changlefang, seal it!"

"Baixianglou, seal it!"

"..."

Every time he said a word, the guards would leave immediately, and the sound of "噗, 咒" made by the iron armor was shocking.

Li Shilang finally couldn't sit still anymore. Several of these shops are famous buildings in the capital, and they give him a gift every year and the taxes are paid on time, so he can't ignore it.

"Lieutenant Su, may I ask why these shops are closed? Several of them are famous buildings in the capital, and officials always like to go in and out. If they are closed like this, when someone asks, it will be difficult for the lower officials to explain."

"Confession?" Su Mo sneered, and threw the ledger into his arms. "Let's see for yourself!"

Li Shilang took the account book, and carefully glanced at the page he had turned over, turning it over and over twice, and just about to say there was no problem, he paused suddenly, his eyes widened so wide that they were about to fall out.

No, there was a severe drought in Nantong in June last year, and almost no crops were harvested. He clearly remembered that there was no food locally at that time, and all major rice shops were imported at high prices from other places. Lost money, the rice was disposed of at a low price.

Xu Jiami from West Street bought grain for 1000 or [-] shi. The price of buying grain was higher than his family's, but the selling price was cheaper than his family's.

But the problem is twelve hundred stone!This loss is not a small amount. Judging from his family's accounts, they are only a medium-sized business, not a rice business. With such a loss, the business was booming at the beginning of this year and they can continue to do so!
Where did they get the working capital?
Li Shilang quickly flipped through the accounts at the back, and was surprised to find that there were a few funds with vague origins.

"This..." He wiped the sweat from his brow, he had a faint feeling that it would not be that simple if Captain Su could intervene.

Li Shilang's sudden change of color made Xue Fuyin even more uncomfortable.

"Go to the dog's head!" Su Mo said leisurely, causing everyone present to panic.

The dog-headed guillotine that the soldiers brought up quickly, the bronze-colored guillotine was covered with a thick layer of dust and had not been touched for many years.

The soldier lifted the guillotine.

"噗!" With a sound, the blade's silver light suddenly appeared, flowing down the blade quickly, sharp and shrill.

The shopkeepers who were kneeling on the ground only felt a gust of cold air invade their heads, and instantly cool down to the soles of their feet.

"Bring up the shopkeeper of Xu's rice shop!" Su Mo gave an order, and a man in his thirties was brought over.

He looked a little fatter, glanced at the dog's head beside him, and burst into tears: "Captain Su, please spare the villain, the villain is a good citizen."

Su Mo tapped on the table with his fingertips, once and for all, but did not speak.

Everyone was holding their breath, and the whole yamen could only hear the man's dry cry. After howling for a while, he heard the abnormal silence around him, stopped crying, and raised his eyes to peek at the person in the main seat.

But all he could see was the cold light seeping out of his icy mask.As if mocking the play for being too fake, he sneered.

The shopkeeper only felt beads of sweat flow down his neck and into his collar.

"I'll give you three sentences, why I arrested you, and what I want to hear, you know."

The shopkeeper's heart skipped a beat, he rolled his eyes while lowering his head, and said sadly: "The villain doesn't know..."

"One sentence."

"Captain Su, I really don't know why I was arrested."

"Two sentences."

Secretly clenching his fists, the shopkeeper cried bitterly: "Captain Su, I'm really a good citizen. I haven't done anything. I really don't know why I was arrested."

"Kill!" He lightly tapped his fingertips on the table, and it fell completely.

This drop knocked the shopkeeper's hopeful heart into the cliff in an instant.

As soon as the soldier heard the words, he gritted his teeth and rushed towards the main seat, as fast as a cheetah, which didn't match his bloated figure.

Even quicker, he raised a cold light in his hand, and aimed at Su Mo's face.

"Captain Su!"

"careful!"

"what!"

The shopkeeper's move was too fast, completely unexpected.

But in the next moment, everyone felt a blur in front of their eyes, as if some kind of white light flashed vaguely.

He stood there with his dagger held high.

Time stood still, and everyone felt their hearts beating in their throats.

"Pfft..." A burst of bright red sprayed out first, and the head of the shopkeeper fell hard, bounced on the office table, rolled to the ground, and threw up a cloud of dust.

The head rolled along the bluestone ground to the side of the dog's head, bringing out a bright red blood band.

The body collapsed, and with a "pound", it hit everyone's heart.

kill!Captain Su actually killed someone in public!

Li Shilang and Xue Fuyin only felt that cold sweat was flowing like a waterfall. Just a moment ago, they were nervous about Captain Su's personal safety, but at this moment they felt sincere fear.

Obviously, the shopkeeper of Mihang is a well-trained killer. A killer has been lurking in Nantong for so long, but they didn't notice it. Looking at the group of people kneeling in Ya Neiwu...

They instantly understood Captain Su's intentions.

God, so many.If there are problems, will they still guarantee the black hat?
Su Mo took back the white Hidden Sword. "The bustard of the Cuihonglou family brought it up."

This old bustard was already in her forties, and she just saw the shopkeeper of Mihang die instantly, and now her face was pale with fright, and the rouge and powder makeup on her face could not conceal the fear in her heart.

Seeing the soldiers walking towards her, she was so frightened that she quickly curled up into a ball and cried in a piercing voice: "My family doesn't know, my family doesn't know anything."

As soon as the soldier's hand grabbed her shoulder, she began to struggle frantically, trying to run out.

The man in white stepped on her skirt, and she fell down on all fours. Just as she struggled to prop up one arm, her figure stopped on the spot.

A sharp sword pierced her back and passed through from the direction of her heart.

The bright red blood splashed, she opened her abrupt eyeballs, her eyes suddenly became dizzy, and her head tilted down.

The man in white withdrew his sharp sword and waved to the soldier in front of him. "take away."

"Yes." The soldiers in silver armor dragged the bustard's feet and pulled her out of the yamen. Her body dragged a thicker band of blood on the ground, reeking of blood.

Everyone who was kneeling was like a nightmare at the moment. Looking at the man in the main seat who was full of cold, they finally understood what it meant to be the Iron Faced King of Hades.

They shouldn't be lucky, but can they escape if they are not lucky?
No matter those who are familiar with him or not, almost everyone understands Su Mo's temper, and his severe punishment is not at all a small matter of extorting a confession by the capital's yamen.

He is the chief of the army, and for those who disobey, there is only one word. "kill!"

Seeing this, the shopkeeper of Baixianglou was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled under the yamen case, prostrated himself on the ground, and kowtowed non-stop.

"I said, I said, I said everything, begging Captain Su to spare my life."

The sound of "bang, bang" is like a heavy hammer hitting the heart of a person who is still hesitating.

"Kill." Su Mo ignored his begging for mercy and ordered coldly.

The shopkeeper looked up in astonishment, and there was a sound of gasping all around.

Take the initiative to confess and kill?Isn't there no way out at all?

What the hell is he trying to do?Don't you want to force a confession?If a confession is forced, shouldn't the confession be heard at the very least?
A burst of blood rose, and another head rolled away.

At this moment, no matter how strong the will is, no matter how loyal the devotion to the country is, they can't resist the rapid disintegration of the psychological defense line, like a thousand-foot tall building collapsing and shattering into wreckage.

The method of killing three people in a row without stopping for a single point, almost killing them made them feel extremely horrified.

What kind of military power, what kind of conspiracies and tricks, after being slaughtered one by one like livestock, in the face of life and death, ants have to take a breath.

Seeing his lips parted slightly, several people who were still hesitating immediately raised their weapons and rushed towards Su Mo at the same time.

"Anyway, it's dead anyway, so it's better to fight!"

Someone yelled, and now four or five shopkeepers got up again, and all kinds of hidden weapons and sharp blades flew straight to Su Mo.

The group attack of nearly ten people made Li Shilang and Xue Fuyin's throats twitch. I wonder if they have been officials for many days, and they have never had such a shocking thing today.

How come there are so many killers?What happened in Nantong in the past few years?

It's over, if they don't take the blame and resign this time, I'm afraid the Jiuzu will be in danger.

Su Mo smiled coldly, and when the group of people rushed to the Ya'an, they stomped their feet.

The loud "boom" made the attackers instantly alert, and looked up after the sound.

The huge iron cage fell rapidly with a ton of force, impartially, enclosing all the attackers in the iron cage.

Only then did everyone understand that the reason why he massacres at such a fast pace is to drive people to a dead end without leaving them any time to think, just to force people to instinctively fight back in the face of life and death. What he wants is to let them Self-disruption, and then catch them all!
Su Mo flew over the iron cage and walked to the other end. His behavior was curious, but in the next moment, everyone felt like the frost in June, and there was no redemption.

"shoot!"

With just one order, the silver-armored soldiers all took out their short crossbows from their waists, clicked their arrows, and the rain of arrows flew across the sky like locusts.

Every time the sound of "chirp, chirp", Li Shilang and Xue Fuyin trembled.

The incident happened so suddenly that no one had time to breathe.

"what!"

The tragic scene was staged under the upright plaque. He faced the iron cage with his hands behind his back, and a group of people kneeling beside him watched the lives that were still alive just now fall into the iron cage one by one.

They were powerless to struggle, the battle of trapped beasts was so pale and powerless, one hand stretched out of the iron cage, grasping the slightest scratches on the bluestone, their ten fingers were bloody and bloody, but they couldn't catch any hope of life...

(End of this chapter)