"According to the confessions of those two guys," Zhao Yu was introducing the situation to Xu Zun in the Yunlong Mountain army camp, "this person called Dao Zun is Ye Hanchen, the Marquis of Wuping in Shuzhou who was demoted that year."
"Oh?" Xu Zun was surprised, "Another Marquis?"
"Yes! This is a super big fish!" Zhao Yu said excitedly, "This guy must have joined Xuanmen because he was dissatisfied after being demoted and became a high-ranking figure!"
"Yes," Ashuzai on the side agreed, "This person must know many secrets of Xuanmen, and he must have a strong network of connections, otherwise he would not become a Taoist master who rebels against the Xuanmen."
"That's right!" Zhao Yu geared up, "If you interrogate carefully, you will definitely be able to find out the big secret of Xuanmen. The Queen Mother will definitely be very happy. The reward, hehehe..."
"Well..." Xu Zun frowned and asked, "Besides him, is there anyone else alive?"
"There are still four or five," Ashuzai replied. "Those Xuanmen disciples are all dead warriors. They knew the situation was over but refused to surrender. Most of them were shot to death by random arrows, and some committed suicide!"
"Fortunately, this Ye Hanchen has no spine," he introduced. "He also had a chance to commit suicide at that time, but he still hesitated, and that's why we captured him alive!"
"Very good," Xu Zun nodded, "In this case, there is a great chance that this guy will speak."
While they were talking, several people had already arrived in front of the camp where the prisoners were held.
The person who greeted them here was Hu Yunliang, a senior soldier in the military camp.
Hu Yunliang first greeted Xu Zun and others, and then claimed that General Jing Hui himself had returned to Hanzhou due to official duties and was not in the camp at the moment, so he could not meet with everyone.
Xu Zun naturally knew that this was an excuse, General Jing Hui just didn't want to show up.
However, General Jing Hui is not trying to be a big name, but he is leading his troops to Yonghui to perform a top-secret mission, and it is indeed inconvenient to show up.
"Master Xu, everyone," Hu Yunliang said to Xu Zun and others, "the Xuanmen rebels have always been a serious problem for the Queen Mother. For being able to catch such a serious criminal this time, on behalf of the general, I am the first to thank you all.
"However, just because these people are repeat offenders, it would be a mistake if you escorted them back to Beijing. So... the general wants us to escort them back!"
Hu Yunliang's words were concise and concise. Although you solved the case, we caught the person, so the credit must go to us.
"this……"
Except for Xu Zun, everyone else looked at each other.
In particular, Ashuzai looked unhappy. Although this was an army, they were all internal guards directly under the Queen Mother.
It is a piece of cake for the inner guards to recruit people in the army, but it is unreasonable for them to want to take the credit from the inner guards.
"Haha, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter," Xu Zun said generously, "The general is really thoughtful. I am also worried that it is not appropriate for us to travel long distances with these felons."
"As long as Mr. Xu understands," Hu Yunliang hurriedly clasped his fists, "please rest assured, Sir, the general will act fairly and will never bury your contributions."
"snort……"
As Xiuzai snorted coldly and glared at Hu Yunliang fiercely, which means that you don't dare to take the credit of the inner guard.
"Hu Canjun," Xu Zun said, "We will not take away the person, but if there is an interrogation, we must be involved, right?"
"Of course it's okay..." Hu Yunliang was already prepared and nodded immediately and said, "But please don't interrogate me for too long, sir!"
"Hey, is this too much!?" Finally, Ashuzai couldn't help but burst out, and shouted with a dark face, "You guys are so brave, you just want to steal people from the internal guards, but now you are not even allowed to interrogate.
Has it been tried?
"Hurry up and call your general over and show him the decree given to Lord Xu by the Queen Mother!"
"this……"
Hu Yunliang suddenly sweated on his forehead. Although they were all frontier soldiers, how could they not be wary of the power of the internal guards?
If someone makes a small report to the Queen Mother, he may be killed.
However, Hu Yunliang had no choice. These words were all told by General Jing Hui, and he had to obey them.
Only then did Hu Yunliang understand why the general was inconvenient to show up.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter," Xu Zun held As Xiuzai down and said with a smile, "It's just a trial of a prisoner. It won't take long, and it won't take too long!"
"Sir..." Ashuzai was dissatisfied, but had to listen to Xu Zun's words.
"That's very good, very good..." Hu Yunliang wiped his cold sweat and ordered to the soldiers behind him, "You all heard it? Take Mr. Xu in to interrogate the prisoner!"
"yes!"
Immediately, soldiers led Xu Zun and others into the camp.
"Hey, Ash," Xu Zun pulled Ash to his side and whispered, "Don't be impatient. I'm right. With just the few of us, you can ensure that Ye Hanchen is sent back smoothly.
The Holy City?"
"This..." Ashuzai was still unconvinced, "We can give orders to the states and counties along the way and ask them to send people to escort them."
"Then can you guarantee that there are no Xuanmen people among these people? Are they really that clean, even among your inner guards?"
After getting to the point of the sentence, Asiuzai finally stopped talking.
As the saying goes, it is easy to dodge open guns but hard to guard against hidden arrows. Xuanmen is extremely hidden. Even if you don't rob people blatantly, you may still plot behind your back.
This is evident from the explosion at Kuhe Wharf, which is not easy to prevent.
Moreover, Dai Long and several other guards were injured, and it was really difficult for them alone to save anything.
Rather than forcing it, it would be better to hand Ye Hanchen over to the army, which would be safer. To put it bluntly, even if something happens to Ye Hanchen, it has nothing to do with them.
In fact, all this was within Xu Zun's plan.
The reason why he asked Zhao Yu to contact the army was to use the power of the army to solve Xuanmen;
The second is to sell a favor to General Jing Hui to balance his regret of not being able to lead his army into Yonghui and ensure the safety of Yonghui City.
The third point is to involve the military to handle follow-up matters more securely.
Now, as long as they can pry open Ye Hanchen's mouth and obtain important information, it means that their merits have been fulfilled.
After some thought, Xu Zun decided not to show up in front of Ye Hanchen.
After all, Ye Hanchen will be escorted by the army, and no one is sure what will happen, so it is best not to let Ye Hanchen know that he is not dead.
Since everyone else had shown up at the dock, the interrogation could only be left to Zhao Yu and Asiuzai.
Xu Zun was outside the camp and found a suitable angle to watch secretly.
Even though Ashuzai's pronunciation was not very accurate, he had rich experience in interrogation. When facing a felon of Ye Hanchen's level, he did not threaten or intimidate him, let alone beat him. Instead, he elegantly took out a piece of brocade cloth and beat Ye Hanchen.
said:
"The Holy Queen Mother has decreed that anyone who is arrested and rebels against the Taoist party, regardless of their rank, can be pardoned from the death penalty if they can change their minds, surrender to the court, and provide important clues.
"Those who help me catch those who rebel against the party and defeat the evil cult's conspiracy will be pardoned and rewarded based on their merits."
After saying that, he raised the brocade cloth in front of Ye Hanchen for Ye Hanchen to check, and said at the same time: "Wu Pinghou must cherish this last opportunity! Otherwise, when you enter the Holy City, you should know what is waiting for you!"
"Ah!!?" Ye Hanchen was shocked, "You...you know who I am?"
Ye Hanchen only thought that Zi Jian Feishuang had been killed long ago, so he never expected that the other party would already know his identity.
"There is the seal of the Holy Queen Mother on it," Ashuzai said calmly, "Young Master Ye should recognize it, right?"
"This..." Ye Hanchen asked tremblingly, "Is this true? But...but I have already killed the executioner. The Queen Mother...will she let me go?"
"Alas!" As Xiuzai put away the brocade cloth and said quietly, "If you submit, you still have a chance! If you don't submit, then I won't be able to help you!"
After saying that, he turned around and left.
"Wait a minute!" Ye Hanchen hesitated for a moment, then finally lowered his head in a compromised manner, "I'm willing... I'm willing to surrender!"
"Hmph..." Asiu Zai first snorted with satisfaction, and then asked in a pretentious manner, "Master Ye, you can't just talk. If you really want to surrender, you have to show some sincerity, right?"
"Oh...oh..." Ye Hanchen was completely defeated, and he immediately nodded and said as if to please, "I am willing to tell you everything I know about Xuanmen. I understand the inner workings of Xuanmen, oh, I also know
Several bases in Shuzhou, and...and..."
As he spoke, he said with great excitement: "I also know something important. They... they are going to do a big event in the Holy City of Xuanmiao City. They also said that my Daxuan is going to change the sky..."
