Lieutenant Liu quickly concealed his emotions and said calmly:
"The fact that you were captured has nothing to do with me, and I have no intention of investigating whether there was any adultery involved. However, according to the confessions and witnesses I have obtained so far, it is said that you broke out of Han Mansion by force. This matter is
Is it true or false?”
Goat said:
"Really, we have been through adversity together, and there is a deep sense of loyalty between brothers. Therefore, after they heard that I was imprisoned here, they all came to save me."
Captain Liu smiled and said:
"I have heard a little bit about your reputation, Fang Yan and Goat. You are indeed the best among the rangers, with deep loyalty! But when you were rescuing people, did you see a prisoner?"
Hearing what Liu Xiaowei said, the vulture really looked at the goat and Fang Linyan with envy. This is the powerful charm of legend. Any plot character in the world must take a high look at you!
However, when Liu Xiaowei reached the second half of his sentence, he stared at the goat's expression attentively, obviously trying to distinguish some truth from falsehood in his next answer.
But who is a goat? The salesman, who has made a living entirely by observing words and expressions for a long, long time, immediately smiled bitterly:
"Well, I have seen him! This man is wearing a tattered gray gown, and he has strange visions, which is unforgettable at first sight!"
After hearing what Goat said, Lieutenant Liu immediately said seriously:
"As expected, you know the whereabouts of Zhang Xu! Where is this man now!"
The goat said angrily:
"This bastard, he escaped directly, but he made us suffer terribly!"
At this time, everyone had already discussed the rhetoric, and immediately began to angrily reveal some information. Of course, this information was all true and false, and it was difficult to see through:
"That's right, that bastard managed to escape, but left us behind!"
"That black leopard is so cruel! We almost told him where he was."
"If I hadn't reacted quickly to stop that beast, I would have been knocked down directly!"
"...."
The group of people talked all over the place, and Liu Xiaowei did not stop him. He quickly figured out the matter:
According to Fang Linyan and others, they killed the jailer and were about to escape when they heard Zhang Xu's cry for help!
Then they prepared to go over and take a look, thinking that most of the people imprisoned in the "Liu Thief" prison were their own people, so if they had the chance to save someone, they might as well lend a hand.
As a result, as soon as they passed by, they saw Zhang Xu rushing out from the side and leaving them behind without saying a word.
Only then did they realize that there was actually an enemy behind this guy, the extremely ferocious black panther!
The five people immediately fought and retreated. When they arrived at the atrium, they found that the fire bombs thrown by iron needles were ignited. The fire was not small, so they took advantage of the beast's fear of fire and successfully got rid of it.
Escaped.
After listening to their stories, Captain Liu was silent for a while and said:
"Are you telling the truth? If you lie about a major military matter, your head will be lost!"
The goat immediately said emotionally:
"Of course, every word is true. If you don't believe it, then you can immediately find this bastard Zhang Xu to confront us!"
"We really wanted to ask him what he meant by throwing the leopard directly to us! We came here with good intentions to help, but what we got in return was his kindness!"
Liu Xiaowei was silent for a while after hearing this, because it seemed that after the topic came to this point, he could no longer talk at all. Could he really find Zhang Xu to confront him?
However, Liu Xiaowei relied on his intuition to feel that Fang Linyan and the others were lying, or hiding something very important. However, he had no evidence! Or unless he could find another witness to corroborate.
If it were replaced by the other leading soldiers, Lieutenant Liu would probably directly march to the law, and extorting confessions through torture would not be a rare thing.
But among the five people in front of them, Fang Yan and this goat are both famous rangers and have quite a reputation, so they cannot act rashly.
Because it was Lord Cao Ren's idea to use the rangers to form the sentinel team of Zuoqu Ertun. Even if the rest of the people had doubts about this, they did not dare to speak out directly. They could only talk in private and express their dissatisfaction.
Very promising.
However, when this man complained, he was overheard by the Xiahou family and stabbed directly into Cao Ren's ears.
Cao Ren immediately became furious, which made a group of people look disgraceful. Those who complained were immediately caught and beaten with thirty military sticks, and their buttocks were beaten into soft eggs. It is estimated that it will be difficult to stand up for the rest of their lives.
This incident happened ten days ago. Colonel Liu was a bystander. The guy who was beaten with a military stick also owed Captain Liu thirty taels of gambling debt, so the incident was still fresh in his memory.
Not only that, Lieutenant Liu had already received the exact information. Just a few hours ago, someone in this unpopular team actually performed a remarkable feat and directly said that he had surrendered Zhang Zhao, an important minister of Soochow!
This was a great contribution that made Cao Cao so excited that he drank three times in a row after hearing about it!
Liu Xiaowei asked himself that if he attacked the people in Zuoqu Ertun without conclusive evidence at this time, Cao Ren might directly think that he was targeting him, which would be very difficult!
Under this situation, Lieutenant Liu frowned and said:
"Are you sure you have nothing else to say?"
Fang Linyan smiled at this time and said:
"We did encounter some things next, but they didn't have much to do with Zhang Xu."
Liu Xiaowei said seriously:
"If you don't tell me, how do you know it has nothing to do with Zhang Xu?"
Fang Linyan said:
"After we escaped from the village, we saw a large group of Liu Bei's cavalry passing by. They seemed to be hunting for something. Originally, this was none of our business, but the problem was that these cavalry actually discovered our whereabouts and started to hunt us down.
, so we were forced into the mountains."
"But even if we continued to escape into the mountains, they still refused to give up. They dismounted and chased us fiercely. Later we found out that the ones chasing us were actually Liu Beijun's generals..."
When Fang Linyan said this, he suddenly heard a loud roar next to him. The voice that sounded like a broken gong was really very familiar:
"Wow! You bastards, you have finally been caught. You have fallen into the hands of grandpa. Today I will give you thirty lashes first! Come on, come on, tie me up!"
Fang Linyan turned around and found that this guy was Sui Gu, whom he had met not long ago. The two sides fought for a while, and finally Sui Gu left in despair. Unexpectedly, he was actually in the same group as Captain Liu.
of?
However, in the face of Sui Gu's provocation, Fang Linyan smiled calmly, looked at Liu Xiaowei and said:
"Your subordinate just invited us in in front of hundreds of people."
Captain Liu's face looked very ugly at this time. After taking a deep look at Sui Gu, he shouted directly to the soldiers who rushed in from beside him:
"Why are you running around! Go back!"
These soldiers seemed to be more obedient to Captain Liu's orders. After taking a look at Sui Gu who was full of anger, they could only retreat silently.
Then Lieutenant Liu pulled Sui Gu aside. Although he spoke in a lowered voice, you could guess with your toes that he was just asking him what was going on. In the end, Sui Gu must have shouted out with a loud voice:
"What's going on? You ask me what's going on? These bastards will..."
Having said this, Sui Gu's voice suddenly dropped, probably because he was scolded by Colonel Liu. After a while, Colonel Liu came out again and said calmly:
"Is there nothing you want to tell me?"
Fang Linyan looked at Liu Xiaowei and said meaningfully:
"Captain, you are a smart man and you should know the truth behind what you are asking for."
After saying that, he turned around and led the people away. The people at the door wanted to stop them, but found that Captain Liu had not spoken, so they could only let them leave.
Seeing Fang Linyan and others leaving, Sui Gu came out from the side and frowned:
"What does this kid mean?"
Captain Liu shook his head and said:
"Go and invite Xu Wenshu."
After a while, a scribe came over and Liu Xiaowei said:
"May I ask Mr. Xu, what is the answer to your request?"
Mr. Xu said in shock:
"This is a sentence in Confucius' family dialect. I have to look it up."
About half an hour later, Mr. Xu brought a reply to Colonel Liu:
"What I want from you means that people want something from you."
To be continued...