Huo Tingyu wanted to kill Cai Ying with one shot, but he also wanted to hear why Cai Ying did this, or to deceive Cai Ying and see if he had done other unforgivable things.
However, Cai Ying's words were full of contempt and contempt for the common people. This made Huo Tingyu, who had always believed that he was protecting all people, feel disgusted from the bottom of his heart. He only regretted that he did not shoot Cai Ying immediately.
Otherwise, he would not be able to listen to Cai Ying calling him a "poor man" and a "untouchable" here. It sounded like he didn't want Cai Ying to have a complete corpse.
Cai Ying talked endlessly about how she earned the hard-earned money of the people and how she contributed to Yongzhou by paying taxes. She spoke righteously without any guilt.
Huo Tingyu rubbed his ears and frowned impatiently.
At this moment, Ji Li came over with a long list.
"If Chairman Cai says that he has made contributions to the Yongzhou Chamber of Commerce, I really disagree."
Ji Li clenched his teeth tightly and clenched his fists tightly, as if he was about to thrust his fist like a bowl of ocean into Cai Ying's face in the next moment.
Huo Tingyu took the list handed over by Ji Li and slowly read it in front of Cai Ying.
"It seems... President Cai has killed many of his colleagues in recent years." Huo Tingyu looked at the names on it. The ink that had not completely dried was spread out on the paper and looked particularly thick.
Cai Ying saw a few familiar names on the back of the paper, and suddenly she didn't even want to beg for mercy.
He lowered his head and sat on the ground, looking as if he had given up his stubborn resistance and looked at the blocked exit bitterly.
Huo Tingyu asked him while watching: "Presumably, Chairman Cai knows who is on this list."
He looked at Cai Ying: "Is there anything else you want to say?"
Cai Ying's face had no expression at all, and she looked at Huo Tingyu with a dead expression.
"Shuai Huo, the matter has come to this. I, Cai Ying, have nothing to say. According to Yongzhou law, I am guilty, but in my heart, I don't admit it."
A strange smile appeared on his face, and then gradually expanded, and the crazy laughter echoed throughout the underground workshop.
"You are not me. If you condemn you, I will not admit it, even if I die."
After a while, the laughter gradually weakened and turned into sobs.
"I, Cai Ying, President of the Yongzhou Chamber of Commerce," he said with his distorted thoughts in a righteous tone while looking ahead without focus, "I just want to build a prosperous business like a Western one for Yongzhou.
You don’t understand the field!”
He smiled convulsively: "You will only stick to this three-thirds of an acre of land. Sooner or later, sooner or later it will be destroyed, just like the Qing Dynasty, which became a thing of the past in the blink of an eye."
"In this world, whoever has money is the king, Marshal Huo, do you understand?"
His half-smiling expression was like a poorly made mask, coming in front of Huo Tingyu.
Huo Tingyu looked at Cai Ying expressionlessly, pulled the trigger with his right hand, and shot Cai Ying in the leg.
Cai Ying's screams immediately echoed throughout the underground. Huo Tingyu was pierced by his shrill voice and hurriedly called Ji Li.
"Ji Li, take it back and give it to Du Yu."
Hearing this name, Xu Fanming narrowed his eyes, Du Yu? Du Yu?
After Ji Li received the order, he stuffed Cai Ying's mouth with the cloth he had prepared long ago and covered his head.
The rich and plump Cai Ying was like a fat chicken waiting to be slaughtered in the hands of Ji Li, half held and half carried by Ji Li and walked out.
Chen Jinjun looked at Huo Tingyu: "Cai Ying has gone down a deviant path. She only wants to do what foreigners do, and she completely ignores her brothers and sisters."
Huo Tingyu also shook his head and looked at Chen Jinjun: "He is still a sibling?"
Chen Jinjun was stunned for a moment, then he realized the meaning of Huo Tingyu's words and smiled.
Huo Tingyu looked at Chen Jinjun's smile, wondering what he was thinking in his deep eyes.
Xu Fanming said hesitantly: "I'm sorry to ask Marshal Huo, who is Du Yu?"
Chen Jinjun also looked at Huo Tingyu curiously. She had just noticed the strange look on Xu Fanming's face, and she was a little curious.
"The cruel official of the previous dynasty, Zhao Yu."
Xu Fanming frowned, it seemed that the Du Yu in his impression was not the same person.
Chen Jinjun had an idea: "The cruel officials of the previous dynasty must be quite old, and they are still able to do this job."
Huo Tingyu glanced at Chen Jinjun: "Is my boss trying to trick me?"
"Don't dare." Chen Jinjun quickly pretended to be innocent and shook his head.
Obviously Huo Tingyu didn't intend to argue with her. He just stood up, put the gun behind his waist, and covered it with a leather coat that reached his calf.
"Go to other places and see what dirty things are found." With that said, Huo Tingyu walked outside with long legs.
Chen Jinjun followed. She now wanted to see if anything went wrong at Fule Tea House.
It is undeniable that Yang Qing, who wrote this recipe, has high attainments in fried tea and is a rare talent.
She admitted that she had developed a love for talents, but this had to be based on the condition that Yang Qing had not made a big mistake.
At this time, Xu Fanming discovered the so-called "escape path" Cai Ying had left for him.
He opened the door and touched the soil behind it. The wet touch on his hands made him frown.
"It seems that Cai Ying could have escaped, but it's a pity that the place was blocked from the outside."
After hearing Xu Fanming's words, Chen Jinjun and Huo Tingyu both looked back.
Xu Fanming ran outside and took a shovel from a soldier's hand, and dug into the soil behind the door.
Because the soil sealed behind the door was not completely dry, the shovel could still be inserted in. Xu Fanming dug twice before being stopped by Chen Jinjun.
"What's wrong?" Xu Fanming put the shovel in his hand on the ground and looked at Chen Jinjun,
"Drill a hole upward from here, then follow this direction to the other side, and dig down from the ground."
Chen Jinjun pointed to the area on Xu Fanming's head: "By digging in this way, all the traces on the other side will be destroyed. How can we figure out who sealed Cai Ying here without any clues?"
What she said made sense. Huo Tingyu immediately ordered people to do it, and soon the other end of the blocked passage was dug out.
Although the soldiers dug a slope, Xu Fanming relied on his skill and jumped directly.
"You're right, if I really dig through it, this place will really be destroyed."
Huo Tingyu looked at this side of the thick earth wall and nodded in agreement.
Chen Jinjun also walked down slowly. She looked at the blood stains on the ground and the fingerprints on the earthen wall that blocked the door, and frowned: "This person must have a deep grudge against Cai Ying, so he blocked the door with earth with his bare hands.
It has cut off Cai Ying’s way of survival.”
Huo Tingyu knelt down and rubbed the blood-soaked soil: "This man blocked here not long ago, probably in the past few days. Since he is so familiar with Cai Ying's underground workshop, he is probably Cai Ying's confidant."
Xu Fanming lowered his eyelashes in silence, and then thought of the person he met in Cai Ying's study.
The smile of relief as he fell to the ground seemed to be engraved in his mind.
Xu Fanming couldn't help but lowered his head and looked at the palm of his hand, making a virtual fist, as if he had grasped the karma he had created over the years.